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信行

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: faith and practice

Senses:

  • Believing action; faith and practice. Action resulting from faith in anotherʼs teaching (also called 隨信行), in contrast with action resulting from direct apprehension of the doctrine 法行 (隨法行) (adhimukti-caryā). The former is found among those of dull faculties 鈍根, the latter among those of sharp spiritual faculties 利根 (Skt. śraddhânusārin, adhimokṣa, ādhimokṣika). 〔四教儀註, 教行信證, 正法眼藏〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Ui, Soothill, Hirakawa]
  • Xinxing (540–594); founder of the Three Levels teaching 三階教 movement. He entered the saṃgha at the age of seventeen and devoted himself to the study of the Huayan jing 華嚴經 and scriptures. He became a follower of Pure Land 淨土 Buddhism at an early stage, and from this gradually formulated his concept of the three stages. He devoutly observed the precepts and had many clerical and lay followers. His writings include Sanjiewei bieji lu 三階位別集錄 (3 fascicles), Duigen qixing zalu 對根起行雜錄 (33 fascicles), the Sanjie fofa 三階佛法 (4 fascicles), and at least ten other titles. He is known as Da Xinxing chanshi 大信行禪師. [Jamie Hubbard]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 179

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 592, 592

    Bulgyo sajeon 515a

    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 123,124,135,179,218,229,231,318,345,368,372

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 607b

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 283a/313

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 775c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 16

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0134

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 344

    Han'guk bulgyo inmyeong sajeon (Yi) 169

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2351a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 864-1

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    Entry created: 1997-09-15

    Updated: 2020-02-15