Katakana: ホニン

Hepburn: hōnin

duty

• Task, occupation; commission, charge. To take fully as one's own. To perform one’s duty; to look after (Skt. viniyoga; Tib. bsko ba). 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.317b03 〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): YBh-Ind, Nakamura]
• Maintaining one's practice after awakening. The term is defined differently in various sources, in some places referring to actual practice, in others signifying the natural actions of the enlightened master. An abbreviation of 保護任持. [resp. Ockbae Chun]
• To know [something]. ""Now that you know what is the most important thing in Buddhism, how can you be satisfied with the transient world?" [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Yokoi]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 945

Bulgyo sajeon, 303a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1158b

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 113

Kattō gosen (Mujaku Dōchū), 907/94

Koga, 420

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 224

Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga), 11-P66, 19-P110

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1219b

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

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