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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
四衆 四众 see styles |
sì zhòng si4 zhong4 ssu chung shishu; shishuu / shishu; shishu ししゅ; ししゅう |
(1) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees); (2) four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices); (3) (in Tendai) the four assemblies The four varga (groups, or orders), i. e. bhikṣu, bhikṣuṇī, upāsaka and upāsikā, monks, nuns, male and female devotees. Another group, according to Tiantai's commentary on the Lotus, is 發起衆 the assembly which, through Śāriputra, stirred the Buddha to begin his Lotus Sutra sermons; 當機衆 the pivotal assembly, those who were responsive to him; 影向衆 the reflection assembly, those like Mañjuśrī, etc., who reflected on, or drew out the Buddha's teaching; and 結緣衆 those who only profited in having seen and heard a Buddha, and therefore whose enlightenment is delayed to a future life. |
說四衆過 说四众过 see styles |
shuō sì zhòng guò shuo1 si4 zhong4 guo4 shuo ssu chung kuo setsu shishu ka |
accuse the four groups of Buddhist practitioners of faults |
說四衆過戒 说四众过戒 see styles |
shuō sì zhòng guò jiè shuo1 si4 zhong4 guo4 jie4 shuo ssu chung kuo chieh setsu shishuka kai |
precept forbidding speaking of the faults of the four groups of renunciant practitioners |
不說四衆過罪戒 不说四众过罪戒 see styles |
bù shuō sì zhòng guò zuì jiè bu4 shuo1 si4 zhong4 guo4 zui4 jie4 pu shuo ssu chung kuo tsui chieh fusetsu shishu kazai kai |
The prohibition of mentioning the errors and sins of other disciples, cleric or lay. |
說四衆名德犯過戒 说四众名德犯过戒 see styles |
shuō sì zhòng míng dé fàn guò jiè shuo1 si4 zhong4 ming2 de2 fan4 guo4 jie4 shuo ssu chung ming te fan kuo chieh setsu shishu myōtoku bonka kai |
precept forbidding speaking of the faults of the four groups of renunciant practitioners |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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