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Definition[1]
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Much intercourse with good friends, much hearing of the Law, much meditation on the impure. Also, much worship, much service of good friends, much inquiry on important doctrines. There are other groups.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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(一)指親近善友、聽聞法音、修不淨觀。〔長阿含經卷九「十上經」〕
(二)指多供養佛、多事善友、於多佛所請問法要。〔天台四教儀集解卷中〕
(三)指天台三觀。(參閱「三觀」706)
(四)指作福、供佛與求法。多,表示許多功德之意。
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佛光電子大辭典
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p547
Definition[3]
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1.多近善友、多聞法音、多修不淨觀。2.多供養佛、多事善友、多問法要。
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陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》
Definition[4]
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(名數)多近善友,多聞法音,多修不淨觀也。又多供養佛,多事善友,多問法要也。或以名天台之三觀等,三多不一種也。輔行序曰:「三多之妙運遽階。」四念處一曰:「三多倍際。」助覽曰:「或云:三止三觀所蘊法多;或云三種止觀,所蘊法多,故曰三多。」四教集解中曰:「言三多者,長阿含(九卷十上經)云:三多成就:一近善友,二聞法音,三惡露觀。大般若云:多供養佛,多事善友,於多佛所請問法要。妙經亦云:有福供佛求法等三(序品曰:若人有福,曾供養佛志求勝法,為說緣覺),或以福田時節種子名為三多。是則三多大小皆有,然三多義解者鮮矣。余今所示,其必然耶?」
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》