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Usage of 何 in Buddhist Hybrid Chinese
This is from T263, the Lotus Sūtra, eight groups of 4 characters:
如來所詔 常以知時 為其眾生 而行智慧
|| 以何方便 而受道法 何因令獲 從佛經教
Does 何, particularly in 以何方便, mean that there is a question being asked here? Or is it ...
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方便: a “skillful means” of translating upāya or not?
In Chinese Buddhism, 方便 is used to translate the word/concept Upāya. Was 方便 an existing Chinese word that already meant "convenient" (or something else) and then given this technical meaning for ...
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Usage of 行 as “walk” in Literary Chinese
In Buddhist Hybrid (Literary?) Chinese, 行 occupies several functions, including "to walk", "volitional fabrication" (as a translation of the Sanskrit/Pāli: saṃskāra/saṅkhāra), "[religious] practice", ...
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Any formula for final sentences in 長爪梵志請問經 (Dirghanakha-sutra)?
The two closing phrases of 長爪梵志請問經(Dirghanakhasutra) in Taisho's Tripitaka go as follows:
皆大歡喜。信受奉行
1) Although I haven't read all the texts of the Taisho'c compendium, the phrases are likely to be ...
