正しょう法ぼう

noun

true dharma; true teachings of Buddha

Buddhist term referring to the authentic teachings of the Buddha, as opposed to distorted or provisional teachings.

• 正しょう法ぼうを守まもり伝つたえることが僧そう侶りょの務つとめです。

  It is the duty of monks to protect and transmit the true dharma.

noun

age of the true law

In Buddhist cosmology, the first of the three ages after a Buddha's death, during which the true teachings are still practiced and enlightenment is possible. Often contrasted with 像法 (age of the semblance dharma) and 末法 (age of the degenerate dharma).

See also: 三時

• 正しょう法ぼうの時じ代だいには、多おおくの人ひとが悟さとりを開ひらいたとされる。

  It is said that many people attained enlightenment during the age of the true law.