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Definition[1]
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大機 "great capacity." (1) A person who has received the supreme teaching of the great vehicle and embodies its resultant excellent abilities. A person who has accepted the great vehicle teaching and possesses the spiritual qualities resultant of bodhisattva practices. (2) Great functioning. The great functioning of an impeccable Chan teacher; the methods s/he uses to guide practitioners.
Definition[2]
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(一)又作大根機、大機根。指大乘之機根。即受持大乘法，信念堅固，以修行力可至菩薩乘之機類。
(二)禪林用語。又作大機用、大機大用。意指具有極大之作用。與「格外玄機」同義。然若將「大機大用」一詞析為大機、大用，則二者之意義有別，大機明示宗旨之境界，大用則是接化學人之方法。〔人天眼目卷二、百丈語錄〕
Source
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佛光電子大辭典
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p886
Definition[3]
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The great opportunity, or Mahāyāna method of becoming a bodhisattva.
Source
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[4]
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（術語）受持大乘法可到菩薩乘之機類也。
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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