佛土

buddhakṣetra. [lang id =1028]佛國; [lang id =1028]紇差怛羅; [lang id =1028]差多羅; [lang id =1028]刹怛利耶; [lang id =1028]佛刹 The land or realm of a Buddha. The land of the Buddha's birth, India. A Buddha-realm in process of transformation, or transformed. A spiritual Buddha-realm. The Tiantai Sect evolved the idea of four spheres:

(1) [lang id =1028]同居之國土 Where common beings and saints dwell together, divided into (a) a realm where all beings are subject to transmigration and (b) the Pure Land.

(2) [lang id =1028]方便有餘土 or [lang id =1028]變易土 The sphere where beings are still subject to higher forms of transmigration, the abode of Hīnayāna saints, i.e. (sa) srota-āpanna [lang id =1028]須陀洹; (sa) sakṛdāgāmin [lang id =1028]斯陀含; (sa) anāgāmin [lang id =1028]阿那含; (sa) arhat [lang id =1028]阿羅漢.

(3) [lang id =1028]實報無障礙 Final unlimited reward, the Bodhisattva realm.

(4) [lang id =1028]常寂光土 Where permanent tranquility and enlightenment reign, Buddha-parinirvāṇa.

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指一佛所住的國土， 或一佛所教化的領土， 有淨土、 穢土、 報土和法性土等的分別。