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There are 9 total results for your 宗要 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

宗要

see styles
zōng yào
    zong1 yao4
tsung yao
 shūyō
The fundamental tenets of a sect; the important elements, or main principle.

法華宗要


法华宗要

see styles
fǎ huā zōng yào
    fa3 hua1 zong1 yao4
fa hua tsung yao
 Hokke shūyō
Doctrinal Essentials of the Lotus Sūtra

涅槃宗要

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niè pán zōng yào
    nie4 pan2 zong1 yao4
nieh p`an tsung yao
    nieh pan tsung yao
 Nehan shūyō
Doctrinal Essentials of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra

華嚴經宗要


华严经宗要

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huā yán jīng zōng yào
    hua1 yan2 jing1 zong1 yao4
hua yen ching tsung yao
 Kegon kyō shūyō
Doctrinal Essentials of the Flower Ornament Sūtra

大慧度經宗要


大慧度经宗要

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dà huì dù jīng zōng yào
    da4 hui4 du4 jing1 zong1 yao4
ta hui tu ching tsung yao
 Daiedo kyō shūyō
Doctrinal Essentials of the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-sūtra

成唯識論宗要


成唯识论宗要

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chéng wéi shí lùn zōng yào
    cheng2 wei2 shi2 lun4 zong1 yao4
ch`eng wei shih lun tsung yao
    cheng wei shih lun tsung yao
 Jō yuishikiron shūyō
Doctrinal Essentials of the Discourse on the Theory of Consciousness-only

無量壽經宗要


无量寿经宗要

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wú liáng shòu jīng zōng yào
    wu2 liang2 shou4 jing1 zong1 yao4
wu liang shou ching tsung yao
 Muryōju kyō shūyō
Doctrinal Essentials of the Sūtra of Immeasurable Life

彌勒上生經宗要


弥勒上生经宗要

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mí lè shàng shēng jīng zōng yào
    mi2 le4 shang4 sheng1 jing1 zong1 yao4
mi le shang sheng ching tsung yao
 Miroku jōshō kyō shūyō
Doctrinal Essentials of the Sūtra on the Ascension of Maitreya

兩卷無量壽經宗要


两卷无量寿经宗要

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liǎng juǎn wú liáng shòu jīng zōng yào
    liang3 juan3 wu2 liang2 shou4 jing1 zong1 yao4
liang chüan wu liang shou ching tsung yao
 Ryōkan muryōju kyō shūyō
Doctrinal Essentials of the Two-fascicle Sūtra of Immeasurable Life

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 9 results for "宗要" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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