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| Mindfulness of the Four Material Elements | ||
| 作者 | Alfredson, Murray |
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| 出處題名 | The Middle Way: Journal of the Buddhist Society |
| 卷期 | v.75 n.4 |
| 出版日期 | 2001.02 |
| 出版者 | The Buddhist Society |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.thebuddhistsociety.org/ |
| 出版地 | London, England, UK [倫敦, 英格蘭, 英國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | 四大=地水火風=Four Great Elements=Four Gross Elements=Earth, Water, Fire, Wind |
| 摘要 | Earth, water, fire and air are the terms of the now outdated idea of the four elements in Western thought. The four elements have been displaced by the many chemical elements, and this displacement has been a potent force in the development of modern science. The Eastern notion of the four elements, even though the words naming them are similar, is not to be confused with the Western idea of a physical element as a constituent of matter. The physical or material elements, as understood in Buddhist thinking, are instead to be seen as aspects or qualities of material existence. Indeed, for this reason Venerable Soma prefers to use the term 'mode' rather than 'element' in his translation of the Satipatthana Sutta and selections from the commentary and sub-commentary. Fuller descriptions of mindfulness of the elements in the body than those in the Satipatthana Sutta are to be found in several of the other suttas in the Majjhima Nikaya. |
| 目次 | ● Pathavi, the Earth Element ● Apa, Apo, the Water Element ● Teja, Tejo, The Fire Element ● Vayu, the Air or Wind Element ● Exercises for Contemplating the Physical Elements |
| ISSN | 00263214 (P) |
| 點閱次數 | 642 |
| 建檔日期 | 2004.05.28 |
| 更新日期 | 2020.11.17 |
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