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Definition[1]
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Contemplation or meditation as one of the two methods of entry into truth, i.e. instruction and meditation; also one of the 六妙門.
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
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觀門===(術語)教觀二門之一。又六妙門之一。謂觀法也。觀法者法門之一,而為入道之門戶故名門。止觀大意曰:「教觀門戶。」
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丁福保《佛學大辭典》
Definition[3]
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觀者,分別觀察之心也。謂修行之人,雖因前止,證諸禪定,而解慧未發,若心住定,則有味著之失。是故不著於止,起觀分別,則無漏方便,因此開發,故以觀為門也。(無漏方便者,漏謂因見、思惑,漏落生死也。將斷此惑而證無生,故名無漏方便。)
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明,一如《三藏法數》字庫