- 回向
- (囘向, 回向)
[lang id =1028]迴向 pariṇāmanā. To turn towards; to turn something from one person or thing to another; transference of merit); the term is intp. by [lang id =1028]轉趣 turn towards; it is used for works of supererogation, or rather, it means the bestowing on another, or others, of merits acquired by oneself, especially the merits acquired by a bodhisattva or Buddha for the salvation of all, e. g. the bestowing of his merits by Amitābha on all the living. There are other kinds, such as the turning of acquired merit to attain further progress in (sa) bodhi, or nirvana. [lang id =1028]回事向理 to turn (from) practice to theory; [lang id =1028]回自向他 to turn from oneself to another; [lang id =1028]回因向果 To turn from cause to effect. [lang id =1028]回世而向出世 to turn from this world to what is beyond this world, from the worldly to the unworldly.* * *又作回向。 以自己所修的善根功德, 回轉給眾生, 并使自己趨入菩提涅槃。 或以自己所修的善根, 為亡者追悼, 以期亡者安穩。 諸經論有關回向之說甚多, 慧遠的《大乘義章》卷九, 分回向為三種: 一、 菩提回向, 回己所修之一切善法, 以趣求菩提的一切種德。 二、 眾生回向, 念眾生故, 回己所修一切善法, 願以與他。 三、 實際回向, 以己之善根回求平等如實法性。* * *◆謂三業所修一切諸善, 乃至懺悔、 勸請種種功德, 回施法界一切眾生, 同證菩提, 是名回向。 (三業者, 身業、 口業、 意業也。 梵語菩提, 華言道。 ) ◆謂三業所修一切諸善, 乃至懺悔、 勸請、 隨喜種種功德, 回施法界一切眾生, 同證菩提, 是為回向。 (三業者, 身業、 口業、 意業也。 梵語菩提, 華言道。 )* * *回是回轉, 向是趣向, 回轉自己所修的功德以趣向於其他方面, 叫做回向。 回向約可分為三類, 即回因向果, 回事向理, 回自向他。
Dictionary of Buddhist terms. 2013.