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Definition[1]
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(or 三種緣慈) The three reasons of bodhisattva's pity — because all beings are like helpless infants; because of his knowledge of all laws and their consequences; without external cause, i.e. because of his own nature.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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眾生緣慈悲、法緣慈悲、無緣慈悲。眾生緣慈悲是對一切眾生都視如父母兄妹眷屬,常起與樂拔苦的心,這是凡夫或未斷煩惱的有學人所起的慈悲;法緣慈悲是破除我之相,對眾生隨力隨意拔苦與樂,這是已斷煩惱達於法空的三乘聖人所起的慈悲;無緣慈悲是心無分別,普救一切,不但對一切人類拔苦與樂,擴展至一切有情動物,皆起憐愍愛護的心,這是諸佛所獨有的慈悲。
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陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》
Definition[3]
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(名數)眾生緣,法緣,無緣也。【參見: 慈悲】
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》