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Definition[1]

Now a 眞言 Shingon term; the 四教 are the Tiantai four schools of 顯 open or exoteric teaching; the 三密 are the Shingon esoteric teaching in which the three 身口意 body, mouth, and mind have special functions.

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

四教三密===(術語)身口意之三業也。是真言密教之教之妙行。故四教三密,為顯(天台)密(真言)二教之兼稱。

Source
丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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