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傳燈

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Basic Meaning: transmission of the lamp

Senses:

  • To transmit the light that dispels the darkness of nescience, meaning, to transmit the Dharma 傳法. Especially used in the Chan school 禪宗 to describe the mind-to-mind transmission of enlightenment from master to disciple—from one patriarch to another. 〔景德傳燈錄〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Soothill, Yokoi, Iwanami]
  • An abbreviation of Jingde chuandeng lu 景德傳燈錄. [Charles Muller]
  • Chuandeng (1554–1628). A Tiantai 天台 monk of the late Ming Dynasty 明代, also known as Wujin 無盡, Youmen 有門, Youxi 幽溪, Youxi Ｗujin 幽溪無盡, Youxi Chuandeng 幽溪傳燈, and Wujin Chuandeng 無盡傳燈. His lay surname was Ye 葉. He is noted for works on Tiantai history and Pure Land 淨土 practice, including the Tiantaishan fangwai zhi 天台山方外志 and Jingtu shengwusheng lun 淨土生無生論. [Charles Jones]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 764

    Bulgyo sajeon 768a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 898d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 596

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 94

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 993a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5392

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 470

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.9-10)958a, (v.1-6)3812a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1263-2

    Soothill 395

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    Entry created: 2002-12-31

    Updated: 2016-09-29