Digital Dictionary of Buddhism

DDB Top Page 
 
 
  XML source

佛祖正傳大戒訣

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: Busso shōden daikaiketsu

Senses:

  • Abbreviated to Daikaiketsu 大戒訣. A work published in 1748 in three sections on the precepts the Buddhas and patriarchs have 'rightly transmitted,' written by Japanese Sōtō 曹洞宗 Zen scholar and abbot of Zenjōji 禪定寺 and Kūinji 空印寺, Menzan Zuihō 面山瑞方 (1683–1769). The work discusses the precepts in the context of the Chan/Seon/Zen tradition and classifies the differences between the śrāvaka precepts 聲聞戒 and the bodhisattva precepts 菩薩戒. [Stefan Grace; source(s): ZGDJT]
  • Search SAT
  • Search INBUDS Database

    • Feedback

    [Dictionary References]

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1089b

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 41

    Copyright provisions

    The rights to textual segments (nodes) of the DDB are owned by the author indicated in the brackets next to each segment. For rights regarding the compilation as a whole, please contact Charles Muller. Please do not reproduce without permission. And please do not copy into Wikipedia without proper citation!

    Entry created: 2017-03-31