Taxonomy of meanings for 分別:　　

  • DISTINGUISH
    • NPabbuddhistBUDDH: negative: discriminative thinking; way of thinking which makes distinctions; false way of thinking
    • NPabrelationaldistinction
    • VPadNseparated out, distinguished
    • VPt[oN]make proper distinctions between things
    • VPt[oN]actmake distinctions BUDDH: discriminate (falsely); in the Buddhist context the compound word nearly always has a negative connotation (referring to making distinctions during the process of perception and thus creating a dualistic world-view, in which one discrimates between self and others, subject and object, etc.; as such one does not see things as they really are, i.e. in their state of thusness; in the Zen context fēnbié is often described as one of the main obstacles to enlightenment); SANSKRIT vikalpa, vibhajya
    • VPtoNmake distinction between
    • VPtoNpassiveget distinguished properly
    • VPtt+.S1+S2distinguish whether S1 or S2 is the case, be not indifferent to whether S1 or S2 is the case
    • NPabactmaking of proper distinctionsLZ
    • VPt(oN)distinguish between the contextually determinate objectsLZ
  • DIFFERENT
    • NPabrelationaldistinction
  • DIVIDE
    • VPtoNdivide up, cut up
  • UNDERSTAND
    • VPt(oN)buddhistBUDDH: understand, comprehend (with contextually determinate object)
    • VPtoNbuddhistBUDDH: understand, comprehend; skr. jānati no negative connotations such as in Zen texts (see DISTINGUISH); e.g. LOTUS(B): 95c9 分別空慧 wisdom of understanding emptiness (śunyatā-)gatiṃgata... (KARASHIMA 1998: 138)
  • SHOW
    • VPtoNbuddhistBUDDH: show, explain, preach very frequently used for example in LOTUS(B), in contrast to Zen texts no negative connotations: LOTUS(B): 78a5 分別三乘