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杴 [py] fan2 [wg] fan [ko] pôm [ja] 儃儞 bon ||| (1) All, common, general, every. (2) Mortal, secular, earthly. [Buddhism] (3) Dull, foolish (bala). (4) Deluded, secular; 'regular person' or 'worldling,' as opposed to a sage. (5) All, completely, in general, entirely. (6) As a rule; approximately. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

杴晇 [py] fan2fu1 [wg] fan-fu [ko] pômbu [ja] 儃儞僽 bonbu ||| (1) A fool, an ignorant person. An unenlightened person; someone who has no grasp of the Buddhist doctrine (Skt. baala, Pali baala). Often translated into English as "worldling."(2) Xuangzang used this term as a translation for p.rthag-jana, an alternative for 堎惗, referring to an ordinary unenlightened person who has not yet grasped the significance of the Four Noble Truths. It is also seen used in Yogaacaara texts to indicate a practitioner who has not yet entered the Path of Seeing 尒摴. See also 擇杴晇. [Dictionary References] naka1269a [Credit] acm(entry)

杴嬸 [py] fan2yu2 [wg] fan-yü [ko] pômu [ja] 儃儞僌 bongu ||| Foolish, unenlightened people (baala). 乲棼梘榑, T 1602.31.480c乴 [Dictionary References] naka1268b [Credit] acm(entry)

杴惞 [py] fan2sheng4 [wg] fan-sheng [ko] pômsông [ja] 儃儞僔儑僂 bonshou ||| 'Ordinary man and sage.' In the Hiinayaana tradition, the 'first fruit' 弶壥 and above is considered as sage, in Mahaayaana the first of the ten bhuumis and above is considered as sage. The below this, deluded people, are called 'regular people' or 'worldlings.' [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

杴惞埶惓 [py] fan2sheng4 yi1zheng4 [wg] fan-sheng i-ch'eng [ko] pômsông ûijông [ja] 儃儞僔儑僂僀僔儑僂 bonshouishou ||| The "difference between worldling and sage is in the correctness." (A phrase repeated throughout Hamhô's 熂嫊 Commentary to the sutra of Perfect Enlightenment 殺鍿鉙愢媌) [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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