善根 shàngēn

  1. shàngēn phrase Wholesome Roots
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
  2. shàngēn phrase virtuous roots; wholesome roots; kuśalamūla
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kuśalamūla, Pali: kusalamūla, Japanese: zengon, Tibetan: dge ba'i rtsa ba. There are different enumerations of wholesome roots. One is (1) alobha 'nongreed,' (2) adveṣa 'nonhatred,' and (3) nondelusion 'amoha.' (BCSD '善根', p. 263; BL 'kuśalamūla', p. 457; FGDB '善根'). For example, 是菩薩有大智慧深善根 'A bodhisattva has great wisdom and deep roots of virtue (Xiaopin, scroll 7 小品般若波羅蜜經).

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