平びょう等どう観かん

noun

viewing all things as equal; non-discriminative thought

A philosophical or ethical stance of seeing all beings or phenomena as fundamentally equal, without discrimination. Often used in discussions of equality and impartiality.

• 彼かれは平びょう等どう観かんに立たって、すべての人ひとを公こう平へいに扱あつかった。

  He treated everyone fairly, based on a view of equality.

noun

Buddhist contemplation of the equality of all things

In Buddhism, a meditative insight that all phenomena are equal in their emptiness (śūnyatā). A technical term used in Mahayana texts.

• 平びょう等どう観かんは、般はん若にゃ経きょうで説とかれる重じゅう要ような観かん法ぽうの一ひとつです。

  The contemplation of equality is one of the important meditative practices taught in the Prajñāpāramitā sutras.