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律院

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Basic Meaning: vinaya temple

Senses:

  • Vinaya school; traditional vinaya seminary. A Vinaya seminary is the place for the study of the monastic precepts and the education of vinaya teachers. Syn. 律寺. As distinguished from 教院, 禪院, etc. 〔宋高僧傳, 敕修百丈淸規〕 [Ockbae Chun, Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura]
  • During the early Song dynasty, this term might refer to a hereditary monastery, i.e., one in which the abbacy and control of monastery affairs remained with members of its ordination lineage. (See Morten Schlütter, How Zen Became Zen. Hawai'i, 2008, p. 45–49) [Charles Jones; source(s): Schlütter]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 1099

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1419c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3801

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)496aa,1712a

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    Entry created: 2007-12-06

    Updated: 2024-03-07