失國出家

Readings

Pinyin: shīguó chūjiā

Wade-Giles: shih-kuo ch'u-chia

Hangul: 실국출가

Korean MC: silguk chulga

Korean MR: silguk ch'ulga

Katakana: シッコクシュツケ

Hepburn: shikkoku shukke

leave home because of losing one's country

• One of the ways some people become monks, in contrast to how Śākyamuni "aroused faith in his mind and happily left home" 發心信樂出家. Losing one's country 失國 would usually mean "being exiled or banished," a common, but heavy punishment for breaking the law in pre-modern times. 〔善見律毘婆沙 T 1462.24.695a27〕[resp. Tom Newhall; source(s): ]

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