There are 6 total results for your 本門 search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
本門 本门 see styles |
běn mén ben3 men2 pen men honmon ほんもん |
(1) (rare) main gate; front gate; (2) {Buddh} (See 迹門) latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha; (surname) Motokado v. 本迹. |
本門寺 see styles |
honmonji ほんもんじ |
(personal name) Honmonji |
本門十妙 本门十妙 see styles |
běn mén shí miào ben3 men2 shi2 miao4 pen men shih miao honmon jūmyō |
ten subtle aspects of the second half of the Lotus Sūtra |
本門本尊 本门本尊 see styles |
běn mén běn zūn ben3 men2 ben3 zun1 pen men pen tsun honmon honzon |
The especial honoured one of the Nichiren sect, Svādi-devatā, the Supreme Being, whose maṇḍala is considered as the symbol of the Buddha as infinite, eternal, universal. The Nichiren sect has a meditation 本門事觀 on the universality of the Buddha and the unity in the diversity of all his phenomena, the whole truth being embodied in the Lotus Sutra, and in its title of five words, 妙法蓮華經 Wonderful-Law Lotus-Flower Sutra, which are considered to be the embodiment of the eternal, universal Buddha. Their repetition preceded by 南無 Namah ! is equivalent to the 歸命 of other Buddhists. |
本門佛立宗 see styles |
honmonbutsuryuushuu / honmonbutsuryushu ほんもんぶつりゅうしゅう |
Honmon Butsuryū-shū (branch of Nichiren Buddhism) |
池上本門寺 see styles |
ikegamihonmonji いけがみほんもんじ |
(personal name) Ikegamihonmonji |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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