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Definition[1]
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A cloth or cord tied in six consecutive double loops and knots. The cloth represents the fundamental unity, the knots the apparent diversity. v. 楞伽經 5.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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比喻六根。據楞伽經卷五載,佛陀以一寶花巾比喻真性,花巾綰六結,而以六結比喻眼、耳、鼻、舌、身、意等六根,表示根本雖一,然由妄相乃分別生起六根。
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佛光電子大辭典
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p1295
Definition[3]
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六結===(譬喻)以一巾譬真性,以六結譬眼耳等六根,使知根本雖一,而由妄相分別生六根也。楞伽經五曰:「佛告阿難:此寶花巾,汝知此巾元止一條,我六綰時名有六結,汝審觀察,巾體是一因結有異。」
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》