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教

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: teaching

Senses:

  • Teachings (Skt. deśanā; Tib. bstan pa / bshad pa); instructing (Skt. prakāśana; Tib. ston par byed pa). [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura,Stephen Hodge]
  • A particular type of Buddhist teaching, such as 'sudden teaching,' 'gradual teaching,' 'Pure Land teaching,' etc. [Charles Muller]
  • The academic, or scholarly aspect of the Buddhist teaching, as opposed to the meditative 禪 aspect. In Korea, these two aspects became polarized into two opposing factions, which struggled with each other for recognition by the state. Eventually the academic faction was eclipsed and subsumed by the Seon faction. [Charles Muller]
  • In Vinaya texts, 教 often means to 'incite' —in the case of leading, or encouraging someone else to commit an offense. [Charles Muller]
  • Skt. pravacana, to teach, instruct, inculcate; śāśana, teaching, precept, doctrine; āgama, sect, school, church (Skt. anuśāsanī, avavāda; vijñapti; adhiṣṭhāna, adhīṣṭa, anuśāsaka, anuśāsana, anuśāsita, anuśāsinī, anuśāsti, anuśiṣṭa, abhivyāhāra, avavadita, avodita, ākhyāta, ājñā, ānuśāsanī, ārocayati, uddeśa, upadeśa, upasthāyika, kathā, kārita, gama, grantha, deśana, dharma-vinaya, dhvaja, naya, nirdeśa, paryeṣayati, prayojya, vacana, vaco-gata, vākya, vijñapana, vijñapayati, vidhāna, vyapadeśa, śāstra, śikṣayati, śikṣā, śiṣya, saṃcodita, samādāpaka, samādāpayati, samādāpita, saṃmantrita, sādhayati, sūtra, sūtrânta). [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 180

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 0213d

    Koga 91

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 230a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 4595

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0571

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)559a,570a,572a,573c,576a,596b,621a, (v.9-10)343b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 374-2

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa) {Digital Version}

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2024-03-29