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Definition[1]
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The above five developments are given the colors respectively of yellow, red, white, black, and blue (or green), each color being symbolic, e. g. yellow of Vairocana, red of Mañjuśrī, etc.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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(術語)菩提黃,是金剛性也。修行赤,赤是火之義也。與文殊之義同。萬行以妙慧為道,離慧不得有作。成菩提白,是圓明究極之義,又是水之義。如我昔願,今既滿足,化一切眾生,使皆入於佛道,為是事故,起大悲也(大悲水色,其白如上)。涅槃黑,垂跡極而返於本,濟生有緣之緣盡。則如來方便之火息,故涅槃也。佛已隱於涅槃之山,故色黑也。方便究竟青,方便究竟位之中心為空,具一切之色,即是加持世界曼荼羅普門之會,畢竟清淨而無所不有。故青也。見大日經疏二十。
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》