遍へん照じょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

universal illumination; all-pervading light

Buddhist term referring to the boundless, illuminating wisdom of the Dharma-body (法身). Often used in doctrinal or poetic contexts. The alternate reading へんしょう is less common.

See also: 法身

• 仏ほとけの智ち慧えは遍へん照じょうして一いっ切さいを照てらすと説とかれる。

  It is taught that the Buddha's wisdom illuminates all things universally.

• この経きょう典てんには法ほっ身しんの遍へん照じょうについて詳くわしく述のべられている。

  This sutra describes in detail the universal illumination of the Dharma-body.