法嗣

Readings

Pinyin: fǎsì

Wade-Giles: fa-szŭ

Hangul: 법사

Korean MC: beopsa

Korean MR: pŏpsa

Katakana: ホウジ

Hepburn: hōji

Hepburn: hassu

pháp tự

Dharma heir

• The disciple to whom the master has imparted his most profound realization. A disciple who is the recipient of Dharma transmission from a teacher in a particular dharma lineage. 〔六祖壇經 T 2008.48.361b24〕 [resp. Charles Muller, Griffith Foulk; ref. JEBD]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 953

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 870

Bulgyo sajeon, 273a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1027c, 1130a

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 101b/112

Koga, 424

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 241

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1111a, 1232a, 1252c →ほうし , 1232b

Fo Guang Dictionary, 3411

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)1993b

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