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Definition[1]
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教 (1) The Buddhist teaching. (2) A particular type of Buddhist teaching, such as "sudden teaching," "gradual teaching", "Pure Land teaching," etc. (3) The academic, or scholarly aspect of the Buddhist teaching, as opposed to the meditative 禪 aspect. In Korea, these two aspects became polarized into two opposing factions, which struggled with each other for recognition by the state. Eventually the kyo faction was eclipsed and subsumed by the sŏn faction.
Definition[2]
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pravacana, to teach, instruct, inculcate; śāśana, teaching, precept, doctrine; āgama, sect, school, church.
Source
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[3]
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聖人對世人的訓誨。
Source
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陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》
Definition[4]
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教===瑜伽八十三卷十二頁云：教者：謂不因他發起請問，由哀愍故，說法開示。##二解無性釋四卷七頁云：謂彼聖者金剛藏、識所變影像、為增上緣；聞者身中識上影現，似彼法門。如是展轉傳來，說名為教。
Source
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朱芾煌《法相辭典》字庫
Definition[5]
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【梵】śāsanam
【滿】šajin
【蒙】shashin
【漢】教
Source
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Pentaglot Dictionary of Buddhist Terms
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