開かい経きょう

noun

prefatory sutra; opening sutra

Buddhist term for a sutra recited at the beginning of a ceremony or as an introduction to a main sutra.

• 法ほう要ようでは、まず開かい経きょうを読どく誦じゅします。

  At the memorial service, we first recite the opening sutra.

noun

opening a sutra; beginning to read a sutra

Refers to the act of starting to read or chant a sutra, often in a ritual context.

• 開かい経きょうの合あい図ずで、僧そう侶りょが一いっ斉せいに読経どきょうを始はじめた。

  At the signal to open the sutra, the monks began chanting in unison.