Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
:
Teaching dealing with phenomena. The characterization by Tiantai of the Tripiṭaka or Hīnayāna teaching as 界内事教 within the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness; and the 別教 'different teaching' as 界外事教 outside or superior to those realms; the one dealt with the activities of time and sense, the other transcended these but was still involved in the transient; the 別教 was initial Mahāyāna incompletely developed.
Source
:
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]
:
天台宗所立藏、通、別、圓等四教之中,為區分差別之事與真諦之理,乃謂藏教為界內之事教,通教為界內之理教;別教為界外之事教,圓教為界外之理教。其中,界內之事教係分析現實中各種色心諸法之事相差別而闡明之,界外之事教則先由界外,再返回現實;即針對現實之各種事相,一一施設其真實自在之對處,以詮釋恆沙無量之事。(參閱「化法四教」1325)
Source
:
佛光電子大辭典
Page
:
p3043
Definition[3]
:
如教導有十二種中說。##二解 顯揚六卷十一頁云:一、事教。謂宣說各別色等眼等一切法教。
Source
:
朱芾煌《法相辭典》字庫