Dictionary of Buddhist Studies
慧命
【術語】法身以智慧為壽命。智慧之命夭傷，則法身之體亡失。蓋慧為法身之壽命，故曰慧命。四教儀曰：「末代凡夫於佛法中起斷滅見，夭傷慧命，亡失法身。」
尊稱比丘曰慧命。博聞強識，以慧為命之義也。又曰慧壽。新譯曰具壽。猶言慧命須菩提等。行事鈔下三曰：「毘尼母云：下座指上座為尊者，上座指下座為慧命。」勝鬘寶窟中本曰：「慧命者，以廣大甚深之慧為命故，名慧命也。如經言慧命須菩提，慧命舍利弗也。」資持記下三之二曰：「慧命謂博聞強識以慧為命也。」
Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
慧命
[zh] huìmìng
[ko] 혜명
[ko] hyemyeong
[ja] エミョウ
[ja] emyō
Basic Meaning: life power as a metaphor for wisdom
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A Glossary of Dharmarakṣa's Translation of the Lotus Sūtra
慧命
慧命(huì mìng)104c5.read 思念
cf.Krsh. 152;
A Glossary of Kumārajīva's translation of the Lotus Sūtra
慧命
慧命(huì mìng) “a man of wisdom and life power”(a translation of Skt. āyuṣmat [ “life-possessing”, often applied as a kind of honorific title (MW)])HD. 7.683b(四分律行事鈔); DK. 4.1163d(師資記);
16b8.爾時，慧命須菩提、摩訶迦旃延、摩訶迦葉、摩訶目連從佛所聞未曾有法，世尊授舍利弗阿耨多羅三藐三菩提記，發希有心，歡喜踊躍(p)
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
慧命
Wisdom-life, or wisdom as life, wisdom being the basis of spiritual character. A term of address to a monk, also 慧壽, and to a monk by a superior.Dictionary of Buddhist Studies
慧命經
【書名】印光法師曰：「國初魔民柳華陽作慧命經，盡用佛經祖語，證煉丹法。挽正作邪，以法謗法。未開眼人見其邪說，認為真實，正見永失。所言所修，皆破壞佛法。而猶囂囂自得，謂吾幸遇真乘，得聞正法。所謂認賊為子，煮砂作飯，一盲引眾盲，相牽入火坑。可不哀哉！」