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七宗

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: seven schools

Senses:

  • The seven East Asian schools of Lǜ (Vinaya) 律, Faxiang (Dharma-character) 法相, Sanlun (Three Treatise) 三論, Huayan (Flower Ornament) 華嚴, Tiantai 天台, Zhenyan (True Word) 眞言, and Chan (Meditation) 禪 Zen. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, JEBD, Yokoi, Soothill]
  • The seven schools of Chan in China during the Southern Song Period: the Linji school 臨濟宗, the Weiyang school 潙仰宗, the Caodong school 曹洞宗, the Yunmen school 雲門宗, the Fayan school 法眼宗, the Huanglong school 黃龍宗, and the Yangqi school 楊岐宗. [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 452

    Bulgyo sajeon 874a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 447a

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 128, 273, 420

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 275a/303

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 633

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 149

    Fo Guang Dictionary 99

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.9-10)1194a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 731-3

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2017-08-15