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法師

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: teacher of the Dharma

Senses:

  • A person who knows the Buddhist teachings well. A monk or nun who acts as a guide to sentient beings; a preacher of the Dharma (Skt. dharma-kathika, dharma-bhāṇaka; Tib. chos smra ba; Pāli dhamma-kathika, dhamma-bhāṇaka). [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui,Nakamura,Soothill, YBh-Ind, Yokoi]
  • In the Shidijing 十地經, a teacher who specializes in the instruction of the ten bodhisattva stages. In the Lotus Sutra 法華經, five types of dharma-teachers are introduced 五師. [Charles Muller]
  • A master of the Abhidharma. [Charles Muller]
  • (Skt. ācārya, guru, *dharma-kathika, dharma-dhara, dharma-bhāṇakatva, dhārmakathika, dhārmika) [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 976, 953

    Bulgyo sajeon 273a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1155a

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 724

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 227

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 168, 243

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 3-P162, 6-P128

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 1232a, 1252c →ほうし

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3378

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0716

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4599a, (v.1-6)4599a,1504a,2317a, (v.9-10)954b,148c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1384-3, 1601-2

    Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

    Lokakṣemaʼs Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā (Karashima) 156

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2021-07-29