Dictionary of East Asian Buddhist Terms

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鳩摩羅什 [py] Jiu1mo2luo2she2 [wg] Chiu-mo-lo-shih [ko] Kumarasip [ja] クマラジュウ Kumarajuu ||| A transliteration of the name of Kumaarajiiva (344-413), often abbreviated as luoshi 羅什. He was from a noble family of Kucha. As a scholar-monk, he first studied the "Hiinayaana" 小乘 teachings and later became a Mahaayaana 大乘 adherent, and a specialist in the Maadhyamika 中觀派 doctrine of Naagaarjuna. He came to Changan in 402, and with the aid of numerous collaborators and assistants, became one of the most prolific translators of Buddhist texts in history, rendering some 72 texts into Chinese. Among the most important of these are the Diamond Sutra 金剛經, Amitaabha-suutra, Lotus Sutra 法華經, Vimalakiirti-nirde`sa-suutra 維摩經, Madhyamaka-kaarikaa and the Mahaa-praj~naapaaramitaa-`saastra. His translation was distinctive in a flowing smoothness that is the result of his prioritization on the conveyance of the meaning as opposed to precise literal rendering. Because of this, his renderings of seminal Mahaayaana texts have often remained more popular than later, more exact translations. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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鳳林山 [py] Feng4lin2 shan1 [wg] Feng-lin shan [ko] Pongnim san [ja] ホウリンザン Hourin zan ||| The Pongnim san school, one of the original "nine mountain 九山" schools of Korean (Silla) Sôn, established by Wôngam Hyôn'uk 圓鑑玄昱 and his student Simhûi 審希. [Dictionary References] ZGD1146a [Credit] acm(entry)

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鵝珠 [py] e2zhu1 [wg] o-chu [ko] aju [ja] ガシュ gashu ||| From the Da4zhuang1yan2lun4jing1 大莊嚴論經, fascicle eleven. "The goose and the gem." A Buddhist teaching story about a monk in ancient India who was exemplary in his practice of the precepts. A traveling monk comes to an inn where a royal jeweler is also staying. The jeweler happens to leave a gem on a table which is eaten by a goose. Upon becoming aware of the missing gem, the jeweler blames the monk, who is aware that it was actually the goose who stole the gem. Fearful that exposure of the truth will result in the slaughter of the goose, the monk keeps silent, and is therefore bound and beaten severely. The goose, who returns to drink the blood of the bleeding monk, is killed by the jeweler, who cuts it open and finds the jewel inside.[Dictionary References] fks6651 [Credit] acm(entry)

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鶴林 [py] he4 lin2 [wg] Hao-lin [ko] Hangnim [ja] ガクリン Kakurin ||| "Crane Forest ," "`Saala Forest ." The place where the Buddha died. The leaves of the trees in `Saala Forest at Ku`sinagara turned the white color of crane feathers when the Buddha died, thus this name. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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