引いん導どう

noun

last rites; requiem; words for the dead

Buddhist term for the final words or sutra recited to guide the spirit of the deceased. Also used in the idiom 引導を渡す (to give the final push, to dismiss someone).

• 僧そう侶りょが故こ人じんに引いん導どうを渡わたした。

  The monk recited the last rites for the deceased.

• 社しゃ長ちょうはついに彼かれに引いん導どうを渡わたした。

  The president finally gave him his walking papers.

noun

conversion to Buddhism; guiding to Buddhism

Rare Buddhist term for leading someone to the Buddhist faith. Not used in everyday language.

• この書しょ物もつは人ひと々びとを引いん導どうするために書かかれた。

  This book was written to guide people to Buddhism.