事じ相そう

noun

aspect; phase; phenomenon

Buddhist term referring to the observable aspects or phases of existence, often contrasted with 理相 (risō, the underlying principle).

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、事じ相そうと理り相そうを区く別べつして考かんがえる。

  In Buddhism, a distinction is made between the phenomenal aspect and the underlying principle.