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開 [to disclose]
開三顯一 [explaining the three]
開了 [to comprehend completely]
開元 [Kaiyuan]
開元釋教錄 [Record of Śākyamuni's Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan period]
開元錄 [Kaiyuanlu]
開光 [opening the eye]
開光明 [opening the glint of the eye]
開具 [take an inventory of implements]
開制 [encouraging [proper moral behavior] and suppressing [immoral behavior]]
開化 [to guide]
開口 [to open the mouth]
開合 [opening and sealing]
開啓 [opening statement]
開喩 [revealing clearly]
開單 [to open a saṃgha hall]
開基 [founding]
開基堂 [founding patron's hall]
開堂 [to open the hall]
開士 [enlightening hero]
開室 [admission to the room]
開導 [to guide]
開導依 [initiating and guiding support]
開導根 [initiating and guiding support]
開山 [to establish a temple]
開山堂 [founder's hall]
開山祖 [founder of a school]
開山祖師 [founder of a school]
開度 [to save]
開廓 [vast]
開廢 [approval and disapproval in terms of moral discipline]
開廢會 [to reveal and unite]
開心 [awaken the mind]
開悟 [to uncover enlightenment]
開悟令解 [awaken [them] and make [them] understand]
開成 [Kaijō]
開敷 [spread flowers]
開敷華佛 [Saṃkusumitarāja]
開敷華王 [Saṃkusumitarāja]
開敷華王如來 [Saṃkusumitarāja Tathāgata]
開方便門 [opening up with the provisional approach]
開明 [opening the eye]
開曉 [to open and illumine]
開會 [to reveal and unite]
開會念佛 [assembly chanting]
開本 [to commence]
開枕 [to bring out the pillows]
開梆 [to strike a wood block]
開權 [opening with the provisional]
開權示實 [opening the provisional to disclose the real]
開權顯實 [starting with the expedient teachings and revealing the truth]
開法 [to begin to expound the dharma]
開法藏眞言 [sūtra-opening mantra]
開淸 [Gaecheong]
開演 [to preach]
開爐 [opening braziers]
開爲二 [to open up into two]
開甘露門 [opening the nectar-gate]
開發 [to enlighten others]
開白 [to start from zero]
開眼 [opening the eye]
開眼供養 [offering of opening the eye]
開眼光 [opening the eye]
開示 [to elucidate]
開示壞不壞路 [the teaching of elimination without eliminating the path]
開示悟入 [disclosing, indicating, awakening [sentient beings], and [making them] enter]
開祖 [founder of a sect]
開素 [to relax rules on prohibited food and drink]
開經 [opening sūtra]
開經偈 [opening chant of the sutra]
開緣 [conditions exempting violation of precepts]
開葷 [to relax rules on prohibited food and drink]
開裂 [to burst]
開覺 [to awaken]
開解 [to make clear]
開許 [to permit]
開誘 [to reveal]
開譬 [introducing the simile]
開近顯遠 [opening the near and revealing the distant]
開迹顯本 [starting with the traces to disclose the source]
開通 [to open]
開道 [to enlighten [others]]
開道者 [revealer of the way]
開達 [to know]
開遮 [approval and disapproval in terms of moral discipline]
開遮戒 [that which is permitted and that which is forbidden by the precepts]
開避 [to avoid (someone else)]
開避法 [initiating and guiding support]
開門 [opens the gate]
開閉 [to open and shut]
開闡 [to open and make clear]
開闡義師 [teacher who discloses the meaning]
開除 [to expel]
開靜 [to break the silence]
開題 [to interpret the title of a scripture]
開顯 [to disclose]
開顯圓 [manifestly perfect (teaching)]
開齋 [breakfast]
Updated: 2012-05-06