凡夫 fánfū

1. fánfū noun a commoner
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Opposite of a noble (Guoyu '凡夫')
2. fánfū noun an ordinary person; prthagjana
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pṛthagjana, Pali: puthujjana, Japanese: bonbu; a person that has not studied or practiced Buddhism to the level of a noble person (BL 'pṛthagjana'; FGDB '凡夫')

Contained in

• 凡夫性 the disposition of an ordinary person

Also contained in

凡夫俗子

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• Sentient beings and Buddhas are equal, transforming sentient beings - Part 25 [Lecture] 生佛平等無我度生分第二十五 【講話】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 34
• Sentient beings and Buddhas are equal, transforming sentient beings - Part 25 [Translation of Canonical Source Text and Notes] 生佛平等無我度生分第二十五 【譯文　原典　注釋】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 21
• Humanistic Buddhism and Training in Meditation 人間佛教的定學 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 17
• Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 16
• Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 14
• Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 10
• Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 9
• Discussing Passion and talking of Love 談情說愛 Humanistic Buddhism Series 3 - Buddhism and Life 《人間佛教系列3－佛教與生活》 — count: 9
• Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 9
• Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 8

Collocations

• 就是凡夫 (就是凡夫) 那就是凡夫的迷界 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, Aksayamati Bodhisattva asks a Question 無盡意發問 — count: 8
• 即非凡夫 (即非凡夫) 如來說即非凡夫 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Sentient beings and Buddhas are equal, transforming sentient beings - Part 25 [Lecture] 生佛平等無我度生分第二十五 【講話】 — count: 7
• 凡夫心 (凡夫心) 凡夫心住在五欲聲色的追逐中 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Generosity and non-attachment - Part 4 [Lecture] 布施心應無所住分第四 【講話】 — count: 7
• 凡夫二乘 (凡夫二乘) 破凡夫二乘妄想分別的我法執 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, The name of this sutra - Part 13 [Lecture] 如法受持第一義諦分第十三 【講話】 — count: 7
• 凡夫众生 (凡夫眾生) 凡夫眾生所執之我 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Sentient beings and Buddhas are equal, transforming sentient beings - Part 25 [Translation of Canonical Source Text and Notes] 生佛平等無我度生分第二十五 【譯文　原典　注釋】 — count: 7
• 在凡夫 (在凡夫) 應身佛顯現在凡夫與二乘的心外 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Beyond form and laksana - Part 20 [Lecture] 見身無住離相見性分第二十 【講話】 — count: 5
• 一般凡夫 (一般凡夫) 在一般凡夫的認識裡 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 4
• 凡夫见 (凡夫見) 凡夫見有來有去 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, All appearances are false; the true appearance of the Tathagata - Part 5 [Lecture] 諸相非如來實相第五 【講話】 — count: 4
• 破凡夫 (破凡夫) 破凡夫二乘妄想分別的我法執 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, The name of this sutra - Part 13 [Lecture] 如法受持第一義諦分第十三 【講話】 — count: 3
• 令凡夫 (令凡夫) 為令凡夫去邪歸正 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, The unattainable dharma - Part 22 [Lecture] 菩提性空得果無住分第二十二 【講話】 — count: 3