五ご時じ八はっ教きょう

noun

five periods and eight teachings; Tendai classification of the Buddha's teachings

A technical term in Tendai Buddhism that categorizes the Buddha's 50-year teaching career into five chronological periods and eight doctrinal methods. Used in scholarly or religious contexts.

See also: 五時教

• 天てん台だい宗しゅうでは、釈しゃ迦かの教おしえを五ご時じ八はっ教きょうに分ぶん類るいする。

  In the Tendai sect, the Buddha's teachings are classified into the five periods and eight teachings.