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鏡堂覺圓

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Basic Meaning: Jingtang Jueyuan

Senses:

  • (1244-1306. ) Chinese monk of the Linji (J. Rinzai) school 臨濟宗; known posthumously as 大圓禪師. Founder of the Kyōdō Branch 鏡堂派, one of the twenty-four transmissions of Zen 禪宗二十四流 that reached Japan. Arrived in Japan in 1279. [Michel Mohr]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 150a

    Nihon bukkyō jinmei jiten 181b

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 432

    Fo Guang Dictionary 6710

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 165

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    Entry created: 2005-01-31

    Updated: 2006-12-31