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Jijñ
s
s(Skt., ‘desire to know’). In Hindu philosophy, an investigation or enquiry regarding a qualified object of knowledge. See
BRAHMAJIJÑ
S
.
BRAHMAJIJÑ
S.Jikaku Daishi
(posthumous title)
:
(posthumous title)
:
Jikishi ninshin
(direct transmission of teaching in Zen)
:
(direct transmission of teaching in Zen)
:
Jikkai
.
.
1
Jap., ‘the ten realms’, i.e. the states of possible being:
2
Jap., ‘ten precepts’, the ten precepts undertaken by a Buddhist monk: see
LA
.
Jap., ‘the ten realms’, i.e. the states of possible being:
(i).
jigoku
of torment or hell;
(ii)
gaki
-d, of hungry spirits;
(iii)
chikusho
, of animals;
(iv)
ashura
, that of
asuras;
(v)
ningen
, of humans;
(vi)
tenj
(vii)
sh
, ofr
;
(viii)
engaku
, of
pratyekabuddhas
;
(ix)
bosatsu
, of
bodhisattvas
;
(x)
butsu
, of
buddhas
2
Jap., ‘ten precepts’, the ten precepts undertaken by a Buddhist monk: see
LA.
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