- 十二真如
- The twelve aspects of the bhūtatathhatā or the ultimate, which is also styled the [lang id =1028]十二無為 "inactive" or nirvana-like: and the [lang id =1028]十二空 "void" or immaterial:(1) The chen ju itself;(2) [lang id =1028]法界 as the medium of all things;(3) [lang id =1028]法性 as the nature of all things;(4) [lang id =1028]不虛妄性 its reality contra the unreality of phenomena;(5) [lang id =1028]不變異性 its immutability contra mortality and phenomenal variation;(6) [lang id =1028]平等性 as universal or undifferentiated;(7) [lang id =1028]離生性 as immortal, i.e. apart from birth and death, or creation and destruction;(8) [lang id =1028]法定 as eternal, its nature ever sure;(9) [lang id =1028]法住 as the abode of all things;(10) [lang id =1028]實際 as the bounds of all reality;(11) [lang id =1028]虛空界 as the realm of space, the void, or immateriality;(12)[lang id =1028]不思議界 as the realm beyond thought or expression.* * *又名十二無為, 或十二空。 一、 真如, 即諸法的體性真實如常; 二、 法界, 界是所依之義, 即諸法所依之所; 三、 法性, 即諸法的體性; 四、 不虛妄性, 即毫無虛妄; 五、 不變異性, 即沒有生滅變異; 六、 平等性, 即沒有差別不同; 七、 離生性, 即離生滅; 八、 法定, 即法性常住; 九、 法住, 即諸法住於真如的法位; 十、 實際, 即諸法性真實到極點; 十一、 虛空界, 喻理體周遍於法界; 十二、 不思議界, 即理體言語道斷, 心行處滅。
Dictionary of Buddhist terms. 2013.