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Definition[1]
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Includes (1) 分段生死, the condition and station resulting from good or bad karma in the three realms (desire, form, and formlessness) and in the six paths; (2) 變易生死 the condition and station resulting from good karma in the realms beyond transmigration, including arhats and higher saints.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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分段生死與變易生死。分段生死是三界內凡夫的生死輪迴流轉,有身分形段可見的;變易生死是三界外聖者的生死,已無生死輪迴的身分形段,祇是在心念的生生滅滅不停,是精神上的生死。菩薩斷除根本無明,才無變易生死。
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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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(術語)分段生死與變易生死也。【參見: 二種生死】
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》