The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1759 page)

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(P
li; Skt.,
parivr
jaka
, ‘homeless one’). One who has left home for religious purposes. In early Buddhism, it is a name for one who has joined the
sa
gha
(community).
Pacceka-buddha
(solitary Buddha):
Pacem in Terris
.
An
encyclical
letter of Pope
John XXIII
, dated 11 Apr. 1963, on the achievement of peace through the establishment of justice. It argues that peace can be established in the world only if the moral order ‘imprinted by God on the heart’ is obeyed.
Pa-chiao Hui-ch’ing
(Jap., Bash
Esei
;
c.
10th cent. CE)
. A Korean Zen master of the Igy
school (see
KUEI-YANG-TSUNG
), who travelled to China and became the dharma-successor (
hassu
) of Nan-t’a Kuang-jun. He is best remembered for his
k
an
(
Wu-men-kuan
44): ‘If you have a staff, I will give you a staff. If you do not have a staff, I will take your staff away.’

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