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解間

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Basic Meaning: between retreats

Senses:

  • Literally the 'period'  間 of 'loosened'  解 rules. The interim periods, each three months long, that intersperse the summer and winter retreats 安居. Traditionally, a time when Buddhist monks are free to wander, make pilgrimages to sacred sites, and travel to other monasteries where they wish to register for a retreat. [Griffith Foulk]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 232

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 147

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 308a

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    Entry created: 2009-09-03