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目足仙 see styles |
mù zú xiān mu4 zu2 xian1 mu tsu hsien Mokusokusen |
Akṣapāda, founder of the Nyaya, or logical school of philosophers. M. W. |
盲学校 see styles |
mougakkou / mogakko もうがっこう |
school for the blind; (place-name) Mougakkou |
相應宗 相应宗 see styles |
xiāng yìng zōng xiang1 ying4 zong1 hsiang ying tsung sōōshū |
Yoga, the sect of mutual response between the man and his object of worship, resulting in correspondence in body, mouth, and mind, i. e. deed, word, and thought; it is a term for the Shingon or 眞言 school. |
眞言宗 see styles |
zhēn yán zōng zhen1 yan2 zong1 chen yen tsung Shingon Shū |
The True-word or Shingon sect, founded on the mystical teaching 'of all Buddhas,' the 'very words ' of the Buddhas; the especial authority being Vairocana; cf. the 大日 sutra, 金剛頂經; 蘇悉地經, etc. The founding of the esoteric sect is attributed to Vairocana, through the imaginary Bodhisattva Vajrasattva, then through Nāgārjuna to Vajramati and to Amoghavajra, circa A.D. 733; the latter became the effective propagator of the Yogācāra school in China; he is counted as the sixth patriarch of the school and the second in China. The three esoteric duties of body, mouth, and mind are to hold the symbol in the hand, recite the dhāraṇīs, and ponder over the word 'a' 阿 as the principle of the ungenerated, i.e. the eternal. |
督学官 see styles |
tokugakukan とくがくかん |
school inspector |
石州流 see styles |
sekishuuryuu / sekishuryu せきしゅうりゅう |
(1) Sekishū school of tea ceremony; (2) (See 生け花・1) Sekishū school of ikebana |
砂利子 see styles |
jarinko じゃりんこ |
(kana only) (sensitive word) student who can't keep up in school |
研究所 see styles |
yán jiū suǒ yan2 jiu1 suo3 yen chiu so kenkyuujo(p); kenkyuusho / kenkyujo(p); kenkyusho けんきゅうじょ(P); けんきゅうしょ |
research institute; graduate studies; graduate school; CL:個|个[ge4] research institute; (research) laboratory |
研究部 see styles |
kenkyuubu / kenkyubu けんきゅうぶ |
(n,suf) research division; research club (e.g. at school, university) |
社会科 see styles |
shakaika しゃかいか |
social studies (school subject) |
祕密宗 秘密宗 see styles |
mì mì zōng mi4 mi4 zong1 mi mi tsung himitsu shū |
The (above) esoteric sect. |
祕密戒 秘密戒 see styles |
mì mì jiè mi4 mi4 jie4 mi mi chieh himitsu kai |
Its commandments. |
祕密經 祕密经 see styles |
mì mì jīng mi4 mi4 jing1 mi mi ching himitsu kyō |
the scriptures of the esoteric school |
神学校 see styles |
shingakkou / shingakko しんがっこう |
theological school; seminary; (place-name) Shingakkou |
私学校 see styles |
shigakkou / shigakko しがっこう |
(archaism) private school |
私立中 see styles |
shiritsuchuu / shiritsuchu しりつちゅう |
(abbreviation) (See 私立中学校) private junior high school |
私立校 see styles |
shiritsukou / shiritsuko しりつこう |
(abbreviation) (See 私立学校) private school |
秋入学 see styles |
akinyuugaku / akinyugaku あきにゅうがく |
starting the new school year from autumn (instead of spring); autumnal admission; fall matriculation |
秋学期 see styles |
akigakki あきがっき |
autumn term (of school); fall semester; autumn quarter |
究竟卽 see styles |
jiū jìng jí jiu1 jing4 ji2 chiu ching chi kukyō soku |
The stage of complete comprehension of truth, being the sixth stage of the Tiantai School, v. 六卽. |
空假中 see styles |
kōng jiǎ zhōng kong1 jia3 zhong1 k`ung chia chung kung chia chung kū ke chū |
Unreality, reality, and the middle or mean doctrine; noumenon, phenomenon, and the principle or absolute which unifies both. 空Unreality, that things do not exist in reality; 假 reality, that things exist though in "derived" or "borrowed" form, consisting of elements which are permanent; 中 the "middle" doctrine of the Madhyamaka School, which denies both positions in the interests of the transcendental, or absolute. 空以破一切法, 假以立一切法, 中以妙一切法 other 卽 空卽假卽中. śūnya (universality) annihilates all relativities, particularity establishes all relativities, the middle path transcends and unites all relativities. Tiantai asserts that there is no contradiction in them and calls them a unity, the one including the other 即空即假即中. |
空始教 see styles |
kōng shǐ jiào kong1 shi3 jiao4 k`ung shih chiao kung shih chiao kū shikyō |
The initial teaching of the undeveloped Mahāyāna doctrines is the second of the five periods of Śākyamuni's teaching as defined by the Huayan School. This consists of two parts: 空始教 the initial doctrine of śūnya, the texts for which are the 般若, 三論, etc.; and 相始教, the initial doctrine of the essential nature as held by the esoterics; intp. in the 深密 and 瑜伽 texts. |
立川流 see styles |
lì chuān liú li4 chuan1 liu2 li ch`uan liu li chuan liu Tachikawaryū |
Tachikawa school |
立志式 see styles |
risshishiki りっししき |
coming-of-age ceremony for middle school students |
筆禅道 see styles |
hitsuzendou / hitsuzendo ひつぜんどう |
Art of the Brush (esp. school of Japanese Zen calligraphy) |
終南山 终南山 see styles |
zhōng nán shān zhong1 nan2 shan1 chung nan shan Shūnan san |
Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an; also known as the Taiyi Mountains Zhongnan Shan, a mountain in Shanxi; a posthumous name for Du Shun 杜順, founder of the Huayan or Avataṃsaka School in China. |
終園式 see styles |
shuuenshiki / shuenshiki しゅうえんしき |
kindergarten closing ceremony (at end of school year in March, before spring break) |
終業式 see styles |
shuugyoushiki / shugyoshiki しゅうぎょうしき |
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony |
給食係 see styles |
kyuushokugakari / kyushokugakari きゅうしょくがかり |
lunch monitor; student responsible for school lunch distribution and clean-up |
給食室 see styles |
kyuushokushitsu / kyushokushitsu きゅうしょくしつ |
(See 給食) Japanese (school) lunchroom; Japanese (school) cafeteria |
給食費 see styles |
kyuushokuhi / kyushokuhi きゅうしょくひ |
charge for a meal (usu. at school); school lunch fee |
綴り方 see styles |
tsuzurikata つづりかた |
(1) (way of) literary composition; (2) (way of) spelling; (3) school composition |
総本家 see styles |
souhonke / sohonke そうほんけ |
head family; main branch of a school or religion |
緣會宗 缘会宗 see styles |
yuán huì zōng yuan2 hui4 zong1 yüan hui tsung en'e shū |
school [propounding the doctrine of emptiness as the] conjunction of conditions |
編入学 see styles |
hennyuugaku / hennyugaku へんにゅうがく |
(noun/participle) admission and placement (e.g. to a school); transfer admission; advanced-standing admission |
練習所 see styles |
renshuujo / renshujo れんしゅうじょ |
training school; training institute |
練習船 see styles |
renshuusen / renshusen れんしゅうせん |
school or training ship |
縦横家 see styles |
juuouka; shououka / juoka; shooka じゅうおうか; しょうおうか |
(hist) (See 諸子百家) School of Diplomacy (school of thought during the Warring States period in China) |
縱橫家 纵横家 see styles |
zòng héng jiā zong4 heng2 jia1 tsung heng chia |
School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2] and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪[Zhang4 Yi2] |
織部流 see styles |
oriberyuu / oriberyu おりべりゅう |
Oribe school of tea ceremony |
置き勉 see styles |
okiben おきべん |
(noun/participle) leaving all your textbooks, etc., at school |
羅睺羅 罗睺罗 see styles |
luó huó luó luo2 huo2 luo2 lo huo lo Ragora |
Rāhula, the eldest son of Śākyamuni and Yaśodharā; also羅睺; 羅吼; 羅云; 羅雲; 曷怙羅 or 何怙羅 or 羅怙羅. He is supposed to have been in the womb for six years and born when his father attained buddhahood; also said to have been born during an eclipse, and thus acquired his name, though it is defined in other ways; his father did not see him till he was six years old. He became a disciple of the Hīnayāna, but is said to have become a Mahāyānist when his father preached this final perfect doctrine, a statement gainsaid by his being recognized as founder of the Vaibhāṣika school. He is to be reborn as the eldest son of every buddha, hence is sometimes called the son of Ānanda. |
羯拏僕 羯拏仆 see styles |
jien á pú jien2 a2 pu2 jien a p`u jien a pu Kanaboku |
Kaṇabhuj; Kaṇāda 蹇尼陀, founder of the Vaiśeṣika school of Indian philosophy. |
耽美派 see styles |
tanbiha たんびは |
aesthetic school |
聾学校 see styles |
rougakkou / rogakko ろうがっこう |
(See 聾唖学校) school for the deaf; (place-name) Rougakkou |
育児院 see styles |
ikujiin / ikujin いくじいん |
orphanage; nursery school |
胎藏界 see styles |
tāi zàng jiè tai1 zang4 jie4 t`ai tsang chieh tai tsang chieh taizō kai |
Garbhadhātu, or Garbhakośa-(dhātu), the womb treasury, the universal source from which all things are produced; the matrix; the embryo; likened to a womb in which all of a child is conceived— its body, mind, etc. It is container and content; it covers and nourishes; and is the source of all supply. It represents the 理性 fundamental nature, both material elements and pure bodhi, or wisdom in essence or purity; 理 being the garbhadhātu as fundamental wisdom, and 智 acquired wisdom or knowledge, the vajradhātu. It also represents the human heart in its innocence or pristine purity, which is considered as the source of all Buddha-pity and moral knowledge. And it indicates that from the central being in the maṇḍala, viz. the Sun as symbol of Vairocana, there issue all the other manifestations of wisdom and power, Buddhas, bodhisattvas, demons, etc. It is 本覺 original intellect, or the static intellectuality, in contrast with 始覺 intellection, the initial or dynamic intellectuality represented in the vajradhātu; hence it is the 因 cause and vajradhātu the 果 effect; though as both are a unity, the reverse may be the rule, the effect being also the cause; it is also likened to 利他 enriching others, as vajradhātu is to 自利 enriching self. Kōbō Daishi, founder of the Yoga or Shingon 眞言 School in Japan, adopted the representation of the ideas in maṇḍalas, or diagrams, as the best way of revealing the mystic doctrine to the ignorant. The garbhadhātu is the womb or treasury of all things, the universe; the 理 fundamental principle, the source; its symbols are a triangle on its base, and an open lotus as representing the sun and Vairocana. In Japan this maṇḍala is placed on the east, typifying the rising sun as source, or 理. The vajradhātu is placed west and represents 智 wisdom or knowledge as derived from 理 the underlying principle, but the two are essential one to the other, neither existing apart. The material and spiritual; wisdom-source and intelligence; essence and substance; and similar complementary ideas are thus portrayed; the garbhadhātu may be generally considered as the static and the vajradhātu as the dynamic categories, which are nevertheless a unity. The garbhadhātu is divided into 三部 three sections representing samādhi or quiescence, wisdom-store, and pity-store, or thought, knowledge, pity; one is called the Buddha-section, the others the Vajra and Lotus sections respectively; the three also typify vimokṣa, prajñā, and dharmakāya, or freedom, understanding, and spirituality. There are three heads of these sections, i. e. Vairocana, Vajrapāṇi, and Avalokiteśvara; each has a mother or source, e. g. Vairocana from Buddha's-eye; and each has a 明王 or emanation of protection against evil; also a śakti or female energy; a germ-letter, etc. The diagram of five Buddhas contains also four bodhisattvas, making nine in all, and there are altogether thirteen 大院 or great courts of various types of ideas, of varying numbers, generally spoken of as 414. Cf. 金剛界; 大日; 兩部. |
胴田貫 see styles |
doutanuki / dotanuki どうたぬき |
(1) Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province; (2) sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords; (3) in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword |
能大師 能大师 see styles |
néng dà shī neng2 da4 shi1 neng ta shih Nō Daishi |
能行者 The sixth patriarch 慧能 Hui-neng of the Ch'an (Zen) School. |
能太夫 see styles |
noudayuu / nodayu のうだゆう |
high-ranking noh actor; head of a noh school |
臨済宗 see styles |
rinzaishuu / rinzaishu りんざいしゅう |
Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism |
自車学 see styles |
jishaga じしゃが |
(abbreviation) (Akita dialect) (See 自動車学校) driving school |
自車校 see styles |
jishakou / jishako じしゃこう |
(abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See 自動車学校) driving school |
芬皇宗 see styles |
fēn huáng zōng fen1 huang2 zong1 fen huang tsung Funkō shū |
Bunhwang School |
英会話 see styles |
eikaiwa / ekaiwa えいかいわ |
(1) English conversation; (2) (abbreviation) school for English conversation |
英語塾 see styles |
eigojuku / egojuku えいごじゅく |
private school for the study of English |
草月流 see styles |
sougetsuryuu / sogetsuryu そうげつりゅう |
Sogetsu school of flower arrangement |
荷澤宗 荷泽宗 see styles |
hé zé zōng he2 ze2 zong1 ho tse tsung Kajaku shū |
Heze School |
莊嚴門 庄严门 see styles |
zhuāng yán mén zhuang1 yan2 men2 chuang yen men shōgon mon |
The gate or school of the adornment of the spirit, in contrast with external practices, ceremonies, asceticism, etc. |
菩薩藏 菩萨藏 see styles |
pú sà zàng pu2 sa4 zang4 p`u sa tsang pu sa tsang bosatsu zō |
The Mahāyāna scriptures, i.e. those of the bodhisattva school. |
華嚴宗 华严宗 see styles |
huá yán zōng hua2 yan2 zong1 hua yen tsung Kegon Shū |
Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra) The Huayan (Kegon) school, whose foundation work is the Avataṃsaka-sūtra; founded in China by 帝心杜順 Dixin Dushun; he died A.D. 640 and was followed by 雲華智嚴 Yunhua Zhiyan; 賢首法藏 Xianshou Fazang; 淸涼澄觀 Qingliang Chengguan; 圭峯宗密 Guifeng Zongmi, and other noted patriarchs of the sect; its chief patron is Mañjuśrī. The school was imported into Japan early in the Tang dynasty and flourished there. It held the doctrine of the 法性 Dharma-nature, by which name it was also called. |
華嚴時 华严时 see styles |
huā yán shí hua1 yan2 shi2 hua yen shih Kegon ji |
The first of the 'five periods' as defined by Tiantai, according to which school this sūtra was delivered by Śākyamuni immediately after his enlightenment; but accounts vary as to whether it was on the second or third seventh day; all these claims are, however, devoid of evidence, the sūtra being a Mahāyāna creation. |
華嚴經 华严经 see styles |
huá yán jīng hua2 yan2 jing1 hua yen ching Kegon kyō |
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school; also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra Avataṃsaka-sūtra, also 大方廣佛華嚴經. Three tr. have been made: (1) by Buddhabhadra, who arrived in China A.D. 406, in 60 juan, known also as the 晉經 Jin sūtra and 舊經 the old sūtra; (2) by Śikṣānanda, about A.D. 700, in 80 juan, known also as the 唐經 Tang sūtra and 新經 the new sūtra; (3) by Prajñā about A.D. 800, in 40 juan. The treatises on this sūtra are very numerous, and the whole are known as the 華嚴部; they include the 華嚴音義 dictionary of the Classic by 慧苑 Huiyuan, about A.D. 700. |
薩婆多 萨婆多 see styles |
sà pó duō sa4 po2 duo1 sa p`o to sa po to Satsubata |
(薩婆多部) sarvāstivāda, the doctrine that all things are real, the school of this name, v. 有 and 一切有. |
薬学部 see styles |
yakugakubu やくがくぶ |
school of pharmacy; department of pharmaceutical sciences |
藪内流 see styles |
yabunouchiryuu / yabunochiryu やぶのうちりゅう |
Yabunouchi school of tea ceremony |
蘇悉地 苏悉地 see styles |
sū xī dì su1 xi1 di4 su hsi ti soshitsuji |
susiddhi, a mystic word of the Tantra School, meaning "may it be excellently accomplished", v. the蘇悉地經 Susiddhi Sutra and 蘇悉地羯羅經 Susiddhikāra Sutra. |
虎丘山 see styles |
hǔ qiū shān hu3 qiu1 shan1 hu ch`iu shan hu chiu shan Koku san |
Huqiu Shan, a monastery at Suzhou, which gave rise to a branch of the Chan (Zen) school, founded by 紹隆 Shaolong. |
衞世師 衞世师 see styles |
wèi shì shī wei4 shi4 shi1 wei shih shih Eiseishi |
Vaiśeṣika; derived from viśeṣa, characteristic, individuality, particularity or individual essence. M.W. Also 鞞世師 (or 鞞思迦); 吠世史迦; 勝論宗 An atomistic school founded by Kaṇāda. Like the Saṅkhya philosophy it taught a dualism and an endless number of souls, also by its doctrine of particularity or individual essence maintained 'the eternally distinct or sui generis nature of the nine substances' (see below), 'of which the first five including mind are held to be atomic.' M.W. The interaction of these with the six mentioned below produces cosmic evolution. It chiefly occupied itself, like the orthodox Nyāya philosophy, with the theory of knowledge, but it differed by distinguishing only six categories of cognition 六諦, viz. substance, quality, activity, species, distinction, and correlation, also a seventh of non-existence, and nine substances possessed of qualities, these 九陰 being: the five elements, air, fire, water, earth, ether, together with time, space, spirit (manas), and soul (ātman). Cf. Keith, Indian Logic and Atomism, and Dasgupta, History of Indian Philosophy. |
表千家 see styles |
omotesenke おもてせんけ |
Omotesenke school of tea ceremony; (o) Omote Senke (school of tea ceremony) |
裏千家 see styles |
urasenke うらせんけ |
Urasenke school of tea ceremony |
補習校 see styles |
hoshuukou / hoshuko ほしゅうこう |
(abbreviation) (See 補習授業校) supplementary Japanese school (outside Japan); weekend school |
補習班 补习班 see styles |
bǔ xí bān bu3 xi2 ban1 pu hsi pan |
cram class; cram school; evening classes |
西山派 see styles |
xī shān pài xi1 shan1 pai4 hsi shan p`ai hsi shan pai seizanha / sezanha せいざんは |
Seizan sect (of Pure Land Buddhism) West Mountain School |
見学者 see styles |
kengakusha けんがくしゃ |
visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.) |
視学官 see styles |
shigakukan しがくかん |
(prefectural) school inspector |
観世流 see styles |
kanzeryuu / kanzeryu かんぜりゅう |
{noh} Kanze style; Kanze school of noh |
訓練所 see styles |
kunrenjo; kunrensho くんれんじょ; くんれんしょ |
training school |
認可校 see styles |
ninkakou / ninkako にんかこう |
accredited school |
語數外 语数外 see styles |
yǔ shù wài yu3 shu4 wai4 yü shu wai |
Chinese, math & English (school subjects) |
說假部 说假部 see styles |
shuō jiǎ bù shuo1 jia3 bu4 shuo chia pu Sekke bu |
The Prajñāptivādinaḥ school, a branch of the Mahāsāṅghikaḥ, which took the view of phenomenality and reality, ? founded on the Prajñāpti-śāstra. |
說轉部 说转部 see styles |
shuō zhuǎn bù shuo1 zhuan3 bu4 shuo chuan pu Setten bu |
idem 經部 (經量部) Sautrāntika school. |
調査書 see styles |
chousasho / chosasho ちょうさしょ |
(1) written investigation; report of an investigation; (2) school record (on a student); transcript (of grades) |
談林派 see styles |
danrinha だんりんは |
Danrin school (of haikai poetry) |
請假條 请假条 see styles |
qǐng jià tiáo qing3 jia4 tiao2 ch`ing chia t`iao ching chia tiao |
leave of absence request (from work or school) |
識含宗 识含宗 see styles |
shì hán zōng shi4 han2 zong1 shih han tsung shikigon shū |
school [advocating the view that all is] contained in consciousness |
譬喩師 譬喩师 see styles |
pì yù shī pi4 yu4 shi1 p`i yü shih pi yü shih Hiyushi |
(譬喩論師) Reputed founder of the 經量部 Sautrāntika school, also known as 日出論者. |
象徴派 see styles |
shouchouha / shochoha しょうちょうは |
{art} Symbolist school; Symbolists |
賢首宗 贤首宗 see styles |
xián shǒu zōng xian2 shou3 zong1 hsien shou tsung Genju shū |
School of Xianshou |
購買部 see styles |
koubaibu / kobaibu こうばいぶ |
school store; co-op |
蹇尼陀 see styles |
jiǎn ní tuó jian3 ni2 tuo2 chien ni t`o chien ni to Kennida |
Kaṇāda, 蹇拏僕Kaṇābhuj, atom-eater, Kaṇāda's nickname, the reputed founder of the Vaiśeṣika school. |
農学校 see styles |
nougakkou / nogakko のうがっこう |
agricultural school |
迦葉遺 迦叶遗 see styles |
jiā shě yí jia1 she3 yi2 chia she i Kashōyui |
Kāśyapīya, a school formed on the division of the Mahāsaṅghikāḥ into five schools a century after the Nirvana. Keith gives the southern order, in the second century after the Nirvana, as Theravāda (Sthavira), Mahīśāsaka, Sarvāstivādin, Kāśyapīya. Other forms: 迦葉毘; 迦葉維; 迦葉波; 迦葉臂耶; 柯尸悲與. |
通学帽 see styles |
tsuugakubou / tsugakubo つうがくぼう |
hat worn by kindergarten or primary school pupils walking to school |
通学服 see styles |
tsuugakufuku / tsugakufuku つうがくふく |
school uniform |
通学路 see styles |
tsuugakuro / tsugakuro つうがくろ |
school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot) |
通学鞄 see styles |
tsuugakukaban / tsugakukaban つうがくかばん |
school bag; school satchel |
進学塾 see styles |
shingakujuku しんがくじゅく |
(private) part-time school for that prepares students for entrance examinations; cram school; prep school |
進学校 see styles |
shingakkou; shingakukou / shingakko; shingakuko しんがっこう; しんがくこう |
(1) school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; (2) (dated) school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college |
運動会 see styles |
undoukai / undokai うんどうかい |
athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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This page contains 100 results for "The Old Way - Old School" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
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