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法ほう眼げん宗しゅう

Meanings

1

noun

Fayan school (of Zen Buddhism)

Buddhism

A specific school of Zen Buddhism; used in historical and religious contexts.

法ほう眼げん宗しゅうは中ちゅう国ごくの禅ぜん宗しゅうの一いっ派ぱです。
The Fayan school is a sect of Chinese Zen Buddhism.

Kanji

法method, law, rule
眼eyeball
宗religion, sect, denomination

Etymology

From Chinese 法眼宗 (Fǎyǎn zōng), named after the founder Fayan Wenyi (法眼文益). The derivation is well-established in Buddhist history.