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三國佛法傳通緣起

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Basic Meaning: Sankoku buppō denzū engi

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  • Circumstances of the Transmission of Buddhism through Three Countries; 3 fasc. A history of Buddhism completed in 1311 by the Kegon 華嚴宗 scholar-monk Gyōnen 凝然 of the Tōdaiji 東大寺. An account of how Buddhism was transmitted to China and Japan from India. Gyōnen records the existence of 'thirteen schools' in China, including Abhidharma 毘曇, Satyasiddhi 成實, Vinaya 戒律, Sanlun (Madhyamaka) 三論, Nirvana Sutra 涅槃, Dilun 地論, Pure Land 淨土, Chan 禪, Mahāyānasaṃgraha 攝論, Tiantai 天台, Huayan 華嚴, Faxiang (Yogâcāra) 法相 and Zhenyan (Esoteric Buddhism) 眞言. This is an important document for understanding East Asian Buddhist history, although there is a glaring omission of Korea, despite the fact that it had to have been clearly known to Gyōnen that the Nara schools were directly transmitted to Japan from the Silla. Abbreviated as 傳通緣起. [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Iwanami, JEBD, FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 350

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 393c

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 315

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 253a/280

    Fo Guang Dictionary 605

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ④76c*/④76d

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1507b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 617-1

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    Entry created: 2010-04-22

    Updated: 2015-12-13