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顯教

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: direct teaching

Senses:

  • Expressed teaching; exoteric teaching. A teaching that can be understood by ordinary people; a teaching expressed through standard language and logic; also written as 顯了. Contrasted with esoteric, or hidden teachings 密教, typified by those of the True Word school 眞言宗. Cf. 顯密. 〔摩訶止觀 T 1911.46.3c15〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, JEBD, Iwanami]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 247

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 234

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 170b/189

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 332a

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 197

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3251a,1001c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 410-1*925-2*959-2

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    Entry created: 2002-04-13

    Updated: 2010-09-19