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Definition[1]

Contemplating the tree (of knowledge, as Śākyamuni is said to have done after his enlightenment).

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

世尊成道已,起金剛座而觀菩提樹。法華玄贊卷四末(大三四‧七二九上):「佛成道已,樹下經行。觀樹喜自道圓,經行思惟利物;又觀樹心凝妙理,經行想化群生;又觀樹想蔭四生,經行思施福慧。」〔法華經方便品〕

Source
佛光電子大辭典
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Definition[3]

===(雜名)釋尊成道已,起金剛座,觀菩提樹也。法華經方便品曰:「我始坐道場,觀樹亦經行。」文句五上曰:「感樹恩故觀察,念地德故經行。」嘉祥義疏四曰:「有人言:此是隨從世法,即世界悉檀也。世人思惟凡有二種:一觀物思惟。二經行思惟。今隨從世法,亦作此二也。」玄贊四曰:「觀樹喜自道圓,經行思惟利物,又觀樹心凝妙理,經行想化群生。」

Source
丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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