- 等覺
- (等覺, 等觉)
(sa) samyak-saṃbodhi; absolute universal enlightenment, omniscience, a quality of and term for a Buddha; also the 51st stage in the enlightenment of a bodhisattva, the attainment of the Buddha, enlightenment which precedes [lang id =1028]妙覺.* * *1.佛的別稱。 等是平等, 覺是覺悟, 諸佛的覺悟, 平等一如, 故名等覺。 2.大乘五十二階位中, 第五十一位, 名為等覺, 即十地位滿, 將證佛果之中間階段, 因其智慧功德, 等似妙覺, 故名等覺, 又名一生補處, 或金剛心菩薩。
Dictionary of Buddhist terms. 2013.