The Real Meaning of the Five Vidyas

The Real Meaning of the Five Vidyas

今說五明真諦

Traditionally, the vidyas are divided into the five major vidyas and the five minor vidyas. The five major vidyas are the silpakarmasthanavidya (craftsmanship vidya), the cikitsvidya (healing vidya), the sabdavidya (sound vidya), the hetuvidya (causality or Buddhist logic vidya), and the adhyatmavidya (inner realization vidya). The five minor vidyas are rhetoric, ornate diction, prosody, dramaturgy, and astronomy. Actually, the Five Vidyas are not that narrow. Everything in the universe can be classified into five aspects of brightness and darkness. To develop everything that is good in the universe and that benefits living beings is classified as “bright.” That which confuses and is bad is classified as “dark.” This is the real meaning of the Five Vidyas (Five Bright) of which the Buddha spoke.

Venerable Akou Lamo Rinpoche

(This text was translated from the Chinese text that follows.)

傳統五明學分大、小五明，大五明是工巧明、醫方明、聲明、因明、內明，小五明是修辭學、辭藻學、韻律學、戲劇學、星系學。實際上，五明不是這麼狹隘，而是將宇宙之萬有歸納為五個方面，稱之為五明、五暗，開敷出宇宙間一切美好的、利益眾生的概之為明，迷在昏沉、不祥的概之為暗，這才是佛陀的五明真諦。

阿寇拉摩仁波且

（此文的英文翻譯印在前面）

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