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金剛乘
[zh] jīngāng shèng
[ko] 금강승
[ko] geumgang seung
[ja] コンゴウジョウ
[ja] kongō jō
Basic Meaning: adamantine vehicle
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
金剛乘
vajrayāna. The diamond vehicle, another name of the 真言 Shingon.Dictionary of Buddhist Studies
金剛乘
【術語】真言教之異名。教法堅利如金剛也。瑜祇經曰:「以金剛自性,光明徧照,清淨不壞,種種業用,方便加持,救度有情,演金剛乘,唯一金剛斷煩惱。」金剛頂經瑜伽修習毘盧遮那三摩地法曰:「演說如來三密門,金剛一乘甚深教。」梵名Vajra-yāna,但於印度特指佛教中陰陽和合派之教義,然於根本決不然也。