Dictionary of East Asian Buddhist Terms

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老 [py] lao3 [wg] lao [ko] no [ja] ロウ rou ||| (jaraa). 'Old age', 'decay.' One of the four basic kinds of suffering 四苦. A provisionally established dharma in Consciousness-only theory. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

老子化胡經 [py] Lao3zi3 hua4hu2 jing1 [wg] Lao-tzu hua-hu ching [ko] Noja hwaho kyông [ja] ロウシケコキョウ Roushi keko kyou ||| Laozi Huahu jing (Sutra on the Conversion of the Barbarians); By Wang Fu 王浮. This text claimed that after his disappearance, Laozi went to India, converted people there, and became the Buddha. An early Chinese apocryphal sutra, written by a Taoist for the purpose of discrediting Buddhism and elevating Taoism. Texts such as this which were usually discovered by early Buddhist canonical catalogers and eventually rejected. [Dictionary References] iwa843 [Credit] acm(entry)

老死 [py] lao3si3 [wg] lao-ssu [ko] nosa [ja] ロウシ roushi ||| (jaraa-mara.na). Old age and death. The twelfth of the twelve limbs of conditioned origination. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

See the character 考 in CJKDict

考 [py] kao3 [wg] k'ao [ko] ko [ja] コウ kou ||| (1) To think, plan, reflect on. (2) To inspect; examine. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

See the character 耆 in CJKDict

耆闍崛山 [py] Qi2she2jue2shan1 [wg] Ch'i-she-chieh-shan [ko] Kisagulsan [ja] ギシャクッセン Gishakussen ||| Grdhrkuuta mountain near Raajagraha in Central India. Its name literally means "Vulture Peak ." It is the reputed site of many of `Saakyamuni's lectures. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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