五ご時じ教きょう

noun

five-period classification of the Buddha's teachings

A Tendai (Tiantai) doctrinal system that divides the Buddha's 50-year teaching career into five chronological periods. Often discussed alongside 五時八教. Used in academic or sectarian Buddhist contexts.

See also: 五時八教

• 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-period teaching.

• 五ご時じ教きょうは、華け厳ごん・阿含あごん・方ほう等どう・般はん若にゃ・法ほっ華け涅ね槃はんの五いつつからなる。

  The five-period teaching consists of the Avatamsaka, Agama, Vaipulya, Prajnaparamita, and Lotus-Nirvana periods.