本業

Readings

Pinyin: běnyè

Wade-Giles: pen-yeh

Hangul: 본업

Korean MC: bon-eop

Korean MR: pon'ŏp

Katakana: ホンゴウ

Hepburn: hongō

former activities

• Prior activities. The things that the Buddha did in his prior lifetimes. (Skt. *pūrva-karman, parikarman) 〔唯信鈔; 菩薩瓔珞本業經 T 1485.24.10c21〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, Gakken, Nakamura, LinYutang]
• The main activities; primary practices. For example, in the Benye jing 本業經, the main activities of the bodhisattvas are their practices through the forty-two stages. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): LinYutang]
• Colloquially, one's main profession; original profession. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): LinYutang]

Dictionary References:

Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga), 9-P176

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1261a

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0644

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