八字

Readings

Pinyin: bāzì

Wade-Giles: pa-tzu

Hangul: 팔자

Korean MC: palja

Korean MR: p'alcha

Katakana: ハチジ

Hepburn: hachiji

bát tự

eight words

• The eight leading characters of the 聖行品 chapter in the Nirvāṇa Sūtra 生滅滅巳寂滅爲樂, the teaching of the sutra is death, or nirvāṇa, as entry into joy. 〔六祖壇經 T 2008.48.363a26〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura, Soothill]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 863

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1021d

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1103a

Ding Fubao

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1406-2

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