noun
Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices
A specific Buddhist text attributed to Bodhidharma, discussing two ways of entering the path (by principle and by practice) and four types of practice.
『二入四行論』は達磨大師の教えを伝える重要な禅宗の文献です。
The 'Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices' is an important Zen text conveying the teachings of Bodhidharma.
The title is composed of Sino-Japanese elements: 二入 (two entrances), 四行 (four practices), and 論 (treatise/discourse). The exact historical derivation of the title is uncertain; it is a conventional name for this early Chan/Zen text.