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教え

see styles
 oshie
    おしえ
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

教判

see styles
jiào pàn
    jiao4 pan4
chiao p`an
    chiao pan
 kyōhan
The various divisions of teaching or doctrine, such as the Tiantai theory of the five periods of Śākyamuni's life, the four classes of doctrine, the four styles of teaching, etc.

教旨

see styles
 kyoushi / kyoshi
    きょうし
doctrine; teaching; tenet

教條


教条

see styles
jiào tiáo
    jiao4 tiao2
chiao t`iao
    chiao tiao
doctrine; dogma; creed; dogmatic
See: 教条

教法

see styles
jiào fǎ
    jiao4 fa3
chiao fa
 kyouhou / kyoho
    きょうほう
teaching method; teachings; doctrine
(1) teachings of Buddha; (2) teaching method; way of teaching
doctrine

教相

see styles
jiào xiàng
    jiao4 xiang4
chiao hsiang
 kyōsō
The particular teaching of a sect.

教行

see styles
jiào xíng
    jiao4 xing2
chiao hsing
 michiyuki
    みちゆき
(personal name) Michiyuki
Instruction and conduct; teaching and practice; also the progress of the teaching, or doctrine.

教觀


教观

see styles
jiào guān
    jiao4 guan1
chiao kuan
 kyōkan
Teaching and meditation; the Buddha's doctrine and meditation on it; also教觀二門.

教證


教证

see styles
jiào zhèng
    jiao4 zheng4
chiao cheng
 kyōshō
The two ways of learning, by teaching or experience.; Teaching and evidence, doctrine and its evidential results, or realization.

教體


教体

see styles
jiào tǐ
    jiao4 ti3
chiao t`i
    chiao ti
 kyōtai
The body, or corpus of doctrine; the whole teaching.

方廣


方广

see styles
fāng guǎng
    fang1 guang3
fang kuang
 hōkō
vaipulya, 毘佛略 expansion, enlargement, broad, spacious. 方 is intp. by 方正 correct in doctrine and 廣 by 廣博 broad or wide; some interpret it by elaboration, or fuller explanation of the doctrine; in general it may be taken as the broad school, or wider teaching, in contrast with the narrow school, or Hīnayāna. The term covers the whole of the specifically Mahāyāna sutras. The sutras are also known as 無量義經 scriptures of measureless meaning, i. e. universalistic, or the infinite. Cf. 方等.

方等

see styles
fāng děng
    fang1 deng3
fang teng
 hōdō
vaipulya; cf. 方廣. 方 is interpreted as referring to the doctrine, 等 as equal, or universal, i. e. everynwhere equally. An attempt is made to distinguish between the two above terms, 方廣 being now used for vaipulya, but they are interchangeable. Eitel says the vaipulya sutras 'are distinguished by an expansion of doctrine and style (Sūtras developées, Burnouf). They are apparently of later date, showing the influence of different schools; their style is diffuse and prolix, repeating the same idea over and over again in prose and in verse; they are also frequently interlarded with prophecies and dhāraṇīs'; but the two terms seem to refer rather to the content than the form. The content is that of universalism. Chinese Buddhists assert that all the sutras from the 華嚴 Huayan onwards are of this class and therefore are Mahāyāna. Consequently all 方等 or 方廣 sutras are claimed by that school. Cf. 方便.

昔圓


昔圆

see styles
xí yuán
    xi2 yuan2
hsi yüan
 shakuen
older perfect doctrine

時教


时教

see styles
shí jiào
    shi2 jiao4
shih chiao
 jikyō
taxonomy of doctrine based upon time period

末世

see styles
mò shì
    mo4 shi4
mo shih
 masse; massei / masse; masse
    まっせ; まっせい
last phase (of an age)
(1) degenerate age; corrupt world; (2) {Buddh} (See 末法) age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law
The third and last period of a Buddha-kalpa; the first is the first 500 years of correct doctrine, the second is the 1, 000 years of semblance law, or approximation to the doctrine, and the third a myriad years of its decline and end. Also 末代.

末尼

see styles
mò ní
    mo4 ni2
mo ni
 mani
maṇi 摩尼; a jewel, a crystal, a pearl, symbol of purity, therefore of Buddha and of his doctrine. It is used in oṃ-maṇi -padmi-hūṃ.

末田

see styles
mò tián
    mo4 tian2
mo t`ien
    mo tien
 matsuda
    まつだ
(place-name, surname) Matsuda
Madhyāntika, 末田地 (末田地那); 末田底加, 末田提; 末田鐸迦; 末彈地; 末闡地 or a 摩 is also used for 末. It is tr. by 中; 日中, 水中河中, and 金地. One of the two chief disciples of Ānanda, to whom he handed down the Buddha's doctrine. He is reputed to have been sent to convert 罽賓 Kashmir, the other, 商那和修 Śāṇakavāsa, to convert 中國 which is probably Central India, though it is understood as China. Another account makes the latter a disciple of the former. Eitel says that by his magic power he transported a sculptor to the Tuṣita heavens to obtain a correct image of Maitreya.

本教

see styles
běn jiào
    ben3 jiao4
pen chiao
 honkyō
The fundamental doctrine, i. e. of the One Vehicle as declared in the Lotus Sutra, also 根本之教.

梵輪


梵轮

see styles
fàn lún
    fan4 lun2
fan lun
 bonrin
The brahma-wheel, the wheel of the law, or pure preaching of the Buddha; his four梵行 v. 四無量心; the first sermon at the request of Brahma; the doctrine or preaching of the Brahmans.

正宗

see styles
zhèng zōng
    zheng4 zong1
cheng tsung
 masamune
    まさむね
orthodox school; fig. traditional; old school; authentic; genuine
(1) famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; (2) (colloquialism) sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844); (surname, given name) Masamune
correct doctrine

沙彌


沙弥

see styles
shā mí
    sha1 mi2
sha mi
 shami
novice Buddhist monk
śrāmaṇera, 室羅摩拏洛迦; 室末那伊洛迦; 室羅摩尼羅 The male religious novice, who has taken vows to obey the ten commandments. The term is explained by 息惡行慈 one who ceases from evil and does works of mercy, or lives altruistically; 勤策男 a zealous man; 求寂 one who seeks rest; 求涅槃寂 one who seeks the peace of nirvāṇa. Three kinds are recognized according to age, i. e. 7 to 13 years old, old enough to 驅鳥 'drive away crows'; 14 to 19, called 應法 able to respond to or follow the doctrine; 20 to 70.

法筵

see styles
fǎ yán
    fa3 yan2
fa yen
 houen / hoen
    ほうえん
the seat of the Law, on which the one who explains the doctrine is seated (Buddhism)
{Buddh} (See 法の筵・のりのむしろ) preaching place
dharma assembly

法義


法义

see styles
fǎ yì
    fa3 yi4
fa i
 noriyoshi
    のりよし
(male given name) Noriyoshi
meaning of the doctrine

淘汰

see styles
táo tài
    tao2 tai4
t`ao t`ai
    tao tai
 touta / tota
    とうた
to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out
(noun, transitive verb) (1) weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {biol} (See 自然淘汰) selection
The fourth of the five periods of Buddha's teaching, according to Tiantai, i.e. the sweeping away of false ideas, produced by appearance, with the doctrine of the void, or the reality behind the seeming.

漸教


渐教

see styles
jiàn jiào
    jian4 jiao4
chien chiao
 zengyō
The gradual method of teaching by beginning with the Hīnayāna and proceeding to the Mahāyāna, in contrast with 頓教 q.v. the immediate teaching of the Mahāyāna doctrine, or of any truth directly; e.g. the Huayan school considers the Huayan sūtra as the immediate or direct teaching, and the Lotus Sūtra as both gradual and direct; Tiantai considers the Lotus direct and complete; but there are other definitions.

爲宗


为宗

see styles
wéi zōng
    wei2 zong1
wei tsung
 i shū
regarded as the definitive doctrine

玄宗

see styles
xuán zōng
    xuan2 zong1
hsüan tsung
 gensou / genso
    げんそう
(person) Xuanzong (Emperor of China, r. 712-756)
The profound principles, or propositions, i. e. Buddhism.

玄秘

see styles
xuán mì
    xuan2 mi4
hsüan mi
mystery; mysterious; occult; abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious)

玄義


玄义

see styles
xuán yì
    xuan2 yi4
hsüan i
 gengi
The deep meaning; the meaning of the profound; it refers chiefly to the Tiantai method of teaching which was to proceed from a general explanation of the content and meaning of the various great sutras to a discussion of the deeper meaning. the method was: (1) 釋名 explanation of the terms; (2) 辨體 defintion of the substance; (3) 明宗 making clear the principles; (4) 論用 discussing their application; (5) 判教 discriminating the doctrine. v. also 玄疏.

玄道

see styles
xuán dào
    xuan2 dao4
hsüan tao
 harumichi
    はるみち
(given name) Harumichi
The profound doctrine, Buddhism.

理佛

see styles
lǐ fó
    li3 fo2
li fo
 ributsu
The fundamental or intrinsic Buddha, i.e. the dharmakāya; also the Tiantai doctrine of Buddha as immanent in all beings, even those of the three lowest orders; which doctrine is also called 素法身 the plain, or undeveloped dharmakāya.

理入

see styles
lǐ rù
    li3 ru4
li ju
 rinyū
Entry by the truth, or by means of the doctrine, or reason, as 行入 is entry by conduct or practice, the two depending one on the other, cf. 二入.

理具

see styles
lǐ jù
    li3 ju4
li chü
 rigu
Wholly noumenal or all things as aspects of the absolute, a doctrine of the Tiantai 'profounder' school, in contrast with the 事造 of the 'shallower' school, which considered all things to be phenomenally produced.

理卽

see styles
lǐ jí
    li3 ji2
li chi
 risoku
(理卽佛) The underlying truth of all things is Buddha; immanent reason; Buddhahood; the Tiantai doctrine of essential universal Buddhahood, or the undeveloped Buddha in all beings.

理教

see styles
lǐ jiào
    li3 jiao4
li chiao
 rikyō
principle and doctrine

相宗

see styles
xiàng zōng
    xiang4 zong1
hsiang tsung
 aisou / aiso
    あいそう
(surname) Aisou
idem 法相宗.

相待

see styles
xiāng dài
    xiang1 dai4
hsiang tai
 soudai / sodai
    そうだい
to treat
{Buddh} (See 絶待) existing in opposition or interdependence
The doctrine of mutual dependence or relativity of all things for their existence, e. g. the triangle depends on its three lines, the eye on things having colour and form, long on short.

相空

see styles
xiàng kōng
    xiang4 kong1
hsiang k`ung
    hsiang kung
 sōkū
The unreality of form; the doctrine that phenomena have no reality in themselves, in contrast with that of Hīnayāna which only held that the ego had no reality.

眞乘

see styles
zhēn shèng
    zhen1 sheng4
chen sheng
 shinjō
The true vehicle, i.e. the true teaching or doctrine.

禪機


禅机

see styles
chán jī
    chan2 ji1
ch`an chi
    chan chi
Buddhist allegorical word or gesture; subtleties of Buddhist doctrine

空教

see styles
kōng jiào
    kong1 jiao4
k`ung chiao
    kung chiao
 kuukyou / kukyo
    くうきょう
(given name) Kuukyō
The teaching that all is unreal. The 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa School divided Buddha's teaching into three periods: (1) the Hīnayāna period, teaching that 法有 things are real; (2) the 般若 prajñā period, that 法 空things are unreal; (3) the Huayan and Lotus period of the middle or transcendental doctrine 中道教.

空解

see styles
kōng jiě
    kong1 jie3
k`ung chieh
    kung chieh
 kūge
The interpretation (or doctrine) of ultimate reality.

空諦


空谛

see styles
kōng dì
    kong1 di4
k`ung ti
    kung ti
 kuutai / kutai
    くうたい
{Buddh} (See 三諦) truth of emptiness (holding that all things are void)
The doctrine of immateriality, one of the three dogmas of Tiantai, that all things animate and inanimate, seeing that they result from previous causes and are without reality in themselves, are therefore 空or not material, but "spiritual".

立破

see styles
lì pò
    li4 po4
li p`o
    li po
 rippa; ryuuha / rippa; ryuha
    りっぱ; りゅうは
{Buddh} establishing and refuting (a doctrine)
To state— and confute— a proposition.

竺學


竺学

see styles
zhú xué
    zhu2 xue2
chu hsüeh
Buddhist doctrine (archaic); Buddhist studies
See: 竺学

竺法

see styles
zhú fǎ
    zhu2 fa3
chu fa
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha, archaic); Buddhist doctrine

約教


约教

see styles
yuē jiào
    yue1 jiao4
yüeh chiao
 yakukyō
約部 According to their doctrine or according to their school.

約法


约法

see styles
yuē fǎ
    yue1 fa3
yüeh fa
 yakuhō
temporary law; provisional constitution
According to the doctrine, or method.

經部


经部

see styles
jīng bù
    jing1 bu4
ching pu
 kyōbu
(經量部) Sautrantika, an important Hīnayāna school, which based its doctrine on the sūtras alone, cf. Keith, 151 et al.

綱要


纲要

see styles
gāng yào
    gang1 yao4
kang yao
 kouyou / koyo
    こうよう
outline; essential points
elements; essentials; outline
outline of a doctrine, text, etc.

緣起


缘起

see styles
yuán qǐ
    yuan2 qi3
yüan ch`i
    yüan chi
 engi
to originate; origin; genesis; account of the origins of an endeavor
Arising from conditional causation; everything arises from conditions, and not being spontaneous and self-contained has no separate and independent nature; cf. 緣生. It is a fundamental doctrine of the Huayan school, which defines four principal uses of the term: (1) 業感緣起 that of the Hīnayāna, i.e. under the influence of karma the conditions of reincarnation arise; (2) 賴耶緣起 that of the primitive Mahāyāna school, i.e. that all things arise from the ālaya, or 藏 fundamental store; (3) 如來藏緣起 that of the advancing Mahāyāna, that all things arise from the tathāgatagarbha, or bhūtatathatā; (4) 法界緣起 that of complete Mahāyāna, in which one is all and all are one, each being a universal cause.

縁起

see styles
 engi(p); inen(ok)
    えんぎ(P); いんえん(ok)
(1) omen; sign of luck; (2) origin; history; causation; (3) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (orig. meaning) (See 因縁生起) dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

義立


义立

see styles
yì lì
    yi4 li4
i li
 giryū
doctrine is articulated

聞法


闻法

see styles
wén fǎ
    wen2 fa3
wen fa
 monbou; monpou / monbo; monpo
    もんぼう; もんぽう
{Buddh} hearing the teachings of Buddha
To hear the doctrine.

聽教


听教

see styles
tīng jiào
    ting1 jiao4
t`ing chiao
    ting chiao
 chōkyō
Those who hear the Buddha's doctrine; those who obey.

蓮理


莲理

see styles
lián lǐ
    lian2 li3
lien li
 renri
The mystic doctrine of the Lotus faith.

藏教

see styles
zàng jiào
    zang4 jiao4
tsang chiao
 zōkyō
The Piṭaka, i.e. Tripiṭaka school, one of the four divisions 藏通別圓 as classified by Tiantai; it is the Hīnayāna school of the śrāvaka and pratyeka-buddha type, based on the tripiṭaka and its four dogmas, with the bodhisattva doctrine as an unimportant side issue. It is also subdivided into four others, 有 the reality of things, 空 their unreality, both and neither. The bodhisattva of the Piṭaka school is defined as undergoing seven stages, beginning with the four dogmas and ending with complete enlightenment under the bodhi-tree.

說法


说法

see styles
shuō fa
    shuo1 fa5
shuo fa
 seppō
way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation
To tell or expound the law, or doctrine; to preach.

說漸


说渐

see styles
shuō jiàn
    shuo1 jian4
shuo chien
 setsu zen
teaches the doctrine of gradualism

說頓


说顿

see styles
shuō dùn
    shuo1 dun4
shuo tun
 setton
teaches the sudden doctrine

論議


论议

see styles
lùn yì
    lun4 yi4
lun i
 rongi
    ろんぎ
(n,vs,vt,adj-no) discussion; argument; debate
upadeśa, dogmatic treatises, the twelfth and last section of the Canon.

軌持


轨持

see styles
guǐ chí
    gui3 chi2
kuei ch`ih
    kuei chih
 kiji
A rule and its observance, intp. as to know the rule or doctrine and hold it without confusion with other rules or doctrines.

轉教


转教

see styles
zhuǎn jiào
    zhuan3 jiao4
chuan chiao
 tengyō
To teach or preach through a deputy; to pass on the doctrine from one to another.

轉輪


转轮

see styles
zhuàn lún
    zhuan4 lun2
chuan lun
 tenrin
rotating disk; wheel; rotor; cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism
cakravartī, "a ruler the wheels of whose chariot roll everywhere without hindrance." M.W. Revolving wheels; to turn a wheel: also 轉輪王 (轉輪聖王); 輪王; 轉輪聖帝, cf. 斫. The symbol is the cakra or disc, which is of four kinds indicating the rank, i.e. gold, silver, copper, or iron, the iron cakravartī ruling over one continent, the south; the copper, over two, east and south: the silver, over three, east, west, and south; the golden being supreme over all the four continents. The term is also applied to the gods over a universe, and to a buddha as universal spiritual king, and as preacher of the supreme doctrine. Only a cakravartī possesses the 七寳 saptaratna and 1, 000 sons. The cakra, or discus, is also a missile used by a cakravartī for overthrowing his enemies. Its origin is probably the sun with its myriad rays.

通教

see styles
tōng jiào
    tong1 jiao4
t`ung chiao
    tung chiao
 michinori
    みちのり
(abbreviation) (See 通信教育) correspondence education; correspondence course; distance education; (given name) Michinori
Tiantai classified Buddhist schools into four periods 藏, 通, 別, and 圓. The 藏 Piṭaka school was that of Hīnayāna. The 通Tong, interrelated or intermediate school, was the first stage of Mahāyāna, having in it elements of all the three vehicles, śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattva. Its developing doctrine linked it with Hīnayāna on the one hand and on the other with the two further developments of the 別 'separate', or 'differentiated' Mahāyāna teaching, and the 圓 full-orbed, complete, or perfect Mahāyāna. The 通教 held the doctrine of the Void, but had not arrived at the doctrine of the Mean.

道力

see styles
dào lì
    dao4 li4
tao li
 dōriki
The power which comes from enlightenment, or the right doctrine.

道理

see styles
dào li
    dao4 li5
tao li
 michitada
    みちただ
reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
reason; logic; sense; truth; right; (given name) Michitada
Truth, doctrine, principle; the principles of Buddhism, Taoism, etc.

遺教


遗教

see styles
yí jiào
    yi2 jiao4
i chiao
 yuikyō
work or plans left as a legacy; the views of the departed; posomethingumous orders or teachings
遺化; 遺法; 遺訓 Doctrine, or transforming teaching, handed down or bequeathed (by a Buddha).

邪見


邪见

see styles
xié jiàn
    xie2 jian4
hsieh chien
 jaken
    じゃけん
evil point of view
Heterodox views, not recognizing the doctrine of moral karma, one of the five heterodox opinions and ten evils 五見十惡.

邪說


邪说

see styles
xié shuō
    xie2 shuo1
hsieh shuo
 jasetsu
harmful teachings; evil doctrine
incorrect teaching

邪説

see styles
 jasetsu
    じゃせつ
heretical doctrine

邪論


邪论

see styles
xié lùn
    xie2 lun4
hsieh lun
 jaron
    じゃろん
heretical doctrine; wicked teaching
erroneous theories

釋典


释典

see styles
shì diǎn
    shi4 dian3
shih tien
 shakuten
Buddhist doctrine; sutras
The scriptures of Buddhism.

釋義


释义

see styles
shì yì
    shi4 yi4
shih i
 shaku gi
the meaning of something; an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases; definition; an interpretation (of doctrine); religious doctrine
explicating the meanings

金口

see styles
jīn ko
    jin1 ko1
chin ko
 kaneguchi
    かねぐち
gold-colored paper wrapped around the tip of a cigarette (coloured); (surname) Kaneguchi
The golden mouth of the Buddha, a reference inter alia to 金剛口 the diamond-like firmness of his doctrine.

門派


门派

see styles
mén pài
    men2 pai4
men p`ai
    men pai
 monpa
    もんぱ
sect; school (group of followers of a particular doctrine)
division of a religious sect; branch of a school
門流; 門葉; 門跡 The followers, or development of any sect.

陣営

see styles
 jinei / jine
    じんえい
(1) camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); (2) (orig. meaning) military camp; encampment; cantonment

頓教


顿教

see styles
dùn jiào
    dun4 jiao4
tun chiao
The doctrine that enlightenment or Buddhahood may be attained at once; also immediate teaching of the higher truth without preliminary stages.

體空


体空

see styles
tǐ kōng
    ti3 kong1
t`i k`ung
    ti kung
The emptiness, unreality, or immateriality of substance, the 'mind-only' theory, that all is mind or mental, a Mahāyāna doctrine.

默理

see styles
mò lǐ
    mo4 li3
mo li
The principle of silence, that the absolute is indefinable, the doctrine of Vimalakīrti.

一佛乘

see styles
yī fó shèng
    yi1 fo2 sheng4
i fo sheng
 ichibutsu jō
The Mahāyāna, or one-Buddha vehicle, especially the teaching of the Lotus Sūtra.; The one Buddha-yāna. The One Vehicle, i.e. Mahāyāna, which contains the final or complete law of the Buddha and not merely a part, or preliminary stage, as in Hīnayāna. Mahāyānists claim it as the perfect and only way to the shore of parinirvāṇa. It is especially the doctrine of the 法華經 Lotus Sūtra; v. 大乘.

一法印

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yī fǎ yìn
    yi1 fa3 yin4
i fa yin
 ippōin
The seal or assurance of the one truth or law, see 一如 and 一實; the criterion of Mahāyāna doctrine, that all is bhūtatathatā, as contrasted with the Hīnayāna criteria of impermanence, non-personality, and nirvāṇa.

一道義


一道义

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yī dào yì
    yi1 dao4 yi4
i tao i
 Ichidō gi
Doctrine of the Single Path

一音教

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yī yīn jiào
    yi1 yin1 jiao4
i yin chiao
 ittonkyō
The one-sound teaching, i.e. the totality of the Buddha's doctrine; a school founded by Kumārajīva and Bodhiruci.

三平等

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sān píng děng
    san1 ping2 deng3
san p`ing teng
    san ping teng
 mihira
    みひら
(place-name, surname) Mihira
The esoteric doctrine that the three— body, mouth, and mind— are one and universal. Thus in samādhi the Buddha "body" is found everywhere and in everything (pan-Buddha), every sound becomes a "true word", dhāraṇī or potent phrase, and these are summed up in mind, which being universal is my mind and my mind it, 入我我入 it in me and I in it. Other definitions of the three are 佛, 法, 儈 the triratna; and 心, 佛, 衆生 mind, Buddha, and the living. Also 三三昧. Cf. 三密. v. 大日經 1.

三時教


三时教

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sān shí jiào
    san1 shi2 jiao4
san shih chiao
 sanji kyō
(三時教判) The three periods and characteristics of Buddha's teaching, as defined by the Dharmalakṣana school 法相宗. They are: (1) 有, when he taught the 實有 reality of the skandhas and elements, but denied the common belief in 實我 real personality or a permanent soul; this period is represented by the four 阿含經 āgamas and other Hīnayāna sūtras. (2) 空 Śūnya, when he negatived the idea of 實法 the reality of things and advocated that all was 空 unreal; the period of the 般若經 prajñā sūtras. (3) 中 Madhyama, the mean, that mind or spirit is real, while things are unreal; the period of this school's specific sūtra the 解深密經, also the 法華 and later sūtras. In the two earlier periods he is said to have 方便 adapted his teaching to the development of his hearers; in the third to have delivered his complete and perfect doctrine. Another division by the 空宗 is (1) as above; (2) the early period of the Mahāyāna represented, by the 深密經; (3) the higher Mahāyāna as in the 般若經. v. also 三敎.

三種斷


三种断

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sān zhǒng duàn
    san1 zhong3 duan4
san chung tuan
 sanshu dan
The three kinds of uccheda— cutting-off, excision, or bringing to an end: (1) (a) 自性斷 with the incoming of wisdom, passion or illusion ceases of itself; (b) 不生斷 with realization of the doctrine that all is 空 unreal, evil karma ceases to arise; (c) 緣縛斷 illusion being ended, the causal nexus of the passions disappears and the attraction of the external ceases. (2) The three śrāvaka or ascetic stages are (a) 見所斷 ending the condition of false views; (b) 修行斷 getting rid of desire and illusion in practice; (c) 非所斷 no more illusion or desire to be cut off.

不共法

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bù gòng fǎ
    bu4 gong4 fa3
pu kung fa
 fugu hō
āveṇika-buddhadharma. The characteristics, achievements, and doctrine of Buddha which distinguish him from all others. See 十八不共法.

中道觀


中道观

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zhōng dào guān
    zhong1 dao4 guan1
chung tao kuan
 chūdō kan
One of the Tiantai 三觀 three meditations, i. e. on the doctrine of the Mean to get rid of the illusion of phenomena.

了義經


了义经

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liǎo yì jīng
    liao3 yi4 jing1
liao i ching
 ryōgi kyō
The sūtras containing it. Mahāyāna counts all Hīnayāna sutras as 不了義經; Mahāyāna sūtras are divided into both kinds according to different schools.

二佛性

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èr fó xìng
    er4 fo2 xing4
erh fo hsing
 ni busshō
Dual aspects of the Buddha-nature, i.e., 理佛性 the Buddha-nature which is fundamentally in all sentient beings, and 行佛性 the functioning Buddha-nature active and effective in some, but not in others, a doctrine of the 法相 school.

二国論

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 nikokuron
    にこくろん
two-country model (esp. China and Taiwan); two-country doctrine

五攝論


五摄论

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wǔ shè lùn
    wu3 she4 lun4
wu she lun
 Goshōron
A śāstra of Asaṅga 無著, also translated as the 攝大乘論, giving a description of Mahāyāna doctrine; Vasubandhu prepared a summary of it; tr. by 無性 Wuxiang. Translations were also made by Paramārtha and Xuanzang; other versions and treatises under various names exist.

假名宗

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jiǎ míng zōng
    jia3 ming2 zong1
chia ming tsung
 kemyō shū
schools that hold to the doctrine that all naming is only by designation

分相門


分相门

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fēn xiāng mén
    fen1 xiang1 men2
fen hsiang men
 fun sō mon
The doctrine which differentiates the three vehicles from the one vehicle; as 該攝門 is that which maintains the three vehicles to be the one.

删闍夜


删阇夜

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shān shé yè
    shan1 she2 ye4
shan she yeh
 Sanjaya
(or 耶毘羅胝子); 删逝移毘刺知子 Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, or Saṁjayin Vairaḍīputra, one of the six founders of heretical or non-Buddhist schools, whose doctrine was that pain and suffering would end in due course, like unwinding a ball of silk, hence there was no need of seeking the 'Way'.

別相諦


别相谛

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bié xiàng dì
    bie2 xiang4 di4
pieh hsiang ti
 bessō tai
doctrine of particularity

化地部

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huà dì bù
    hua4 di4 bu4
hua ti pu
 Keji bu
Mahīśāsakah, 磨醯奢婆迦部; 彌喜捨婆阿; 彌婆塞部, 正地部 an offshoot from the 說一切有部 or Sarvāstivāda school, supposed to have been founded 300 years after the nirvana. The name Mahisasakah is said to be that of a ruler who 'converted his land' or people; or 正地 'rectified his land'. The doctrines of the school are said to be similar to those of the 大衆部 Mahāsāṅghika; and to have maintained, inter alia, the reality of the present, but not of the past and future; also the doctrine of the void and the non-ego; the production of taint 染 by the five 識 perceptions; the theory of nine kinds of non-activity, and so on. It was also called 法無去來宗 the school which denied reality to past and future.

十力教

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shí lì jiào
    shi2 li4 jiao4
shih li chiao
 jūriki kyō
The religion of Him who has the ten powers, i.e. Buddhism.

原人論


原人论

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yuán rén lùn
    yuan2 ren2 lun4
yüan jen lun
 Gennin ron
(華嚴原人論) A treatise on the original or fundamental nature of man, by 宗密 Zongmi, the fifth patriarch of the Huayan school, explaining its doctrine, in one juan.

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