The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1349 page)

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(fl. 6th cent. CE).
Founder of the
Vinaya
school of Buddhism in the kingdom of Paekche in Korea. Ky
mik studied the Vinaya in India, returning home in 526 with the texts of the five-division Vinaya. Upon his return, he was commissioned by King S
ngmy
ng (r. 523–53) to translate the Vinaya texts which, subsequently, became the foundation of Paekche Buddhism.
Ky
-gokokuji
(temple in Ky
to):
see
T
JI
.
Kyosaku
also Keisaku
.
Zen ‘wake-up stick’, used by teachers to stimulate pupils and perhaps shock them into enlightenment. It represents the sword of
Mañju
r
which cuts through all delusions.

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