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Definition[1]
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指法華經之說會。二處即靈山、虛空。三會者,即:(一)自初至寶塔品之半,在靈山說,故稱為靈山會。(二)自以大音聲普告四眾,至神力品之終,坐於虛空之多寶塔中,佛又以神力使大眾亦在虛空,故稱為虛空會。(三)囑累品以下,由塔出還本座說,稱為復靈山會。
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佛光電子大辭典
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p213
Definition[2]
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The two places from which the Buddha is supposed to have preached the Lotus Sūtra, i.e. the Vulture Peak, the sky, and again the Vulture Peak; the three assemblies are (1) those he addressed from the Peak, chapters 1 to the middle of the eleventh chapter; (2) those addressed from the sky, to the end of the twenty-second chapter; and (3) again those on the Vulture Peak, from the twenty-third chapter to the end.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[3]
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(術語)法華經之說會也。二處者,靈山與虛空,三會者,自初至寶塔品之半,在靈山說,故曰靈山會。自以大音聲普告四眾至神力品之終坐於虛空中之多寶塔中,又佛以神力使大眾亦在虛空,故曰虛空會。囑累品已下由塔出還本座說,故曰復靈山會。
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》