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Definition[1]
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The interpretation of the Prajñāpāramitā that advanced and ordinary students have in common, as contrasted with its deeper meaning, or 不共般若 only understood by Bodhisattvas.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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共通的般若。般若華譯為智慧。
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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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共般若者,即通教也。通即通共之義,謂聲聞、緣覺、菩薩三乘之人,共依此教而修證也。
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明,一如《三藏法數》字庫
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===(術語)般若經中有淺深二說,於聲聞與初心之菩薩共通說其淺義,是曰共般若,單對上位之菩薩,說其深義,是曰不共般若。由天台之四教言之,則共般若為通教,不共般若為別圓二教也。智度論百曰:「如先說般若,有二種:一者共聲聞說,二者但為十方住十地大菩薩說。」
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》