法ほう蔵ぞう

noun

Buddhist teachings; Buddhist scriptures

Refers to the body of Buddhist doctrine and canonical texts, often used in a doctrinal or scholarly context.

• 彼かれは長なが年ねん、法ほう蔵ぞうの研けん究きゅうに専せん念ねんしてきた。

  He has devoted many years to the study of the Buddhist scriptures.

noun

Dharmakara; Amitabha Buddha before enlightenment

Proper noun referring to the bodhisattva Dharmakara, who became Amitabha Buddha. Used in Pure Land Buddhist contexts.

• 法ほう蔵ぞう菩ぼ薩さつは四し十じゅう八はちの誓せい願がんを立たてたと伝つたえられている。

  It is said that Bodhisattva Dharmakara made forty-eight vows.