The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (536 page)

Read The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Online

Authors: John Bowker

BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
8.62Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Ch'ing-t'an
(Chin., ‘pure conversation’). The cultivation in China among the educated or literati or erudite and philosophical conversation. Sometimes referred to as a ‘neo-Taoist school’, they were in fact a tradition, embracing more than neo-Taoists (e.g. Buddhists). Among many groups, the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove were especially famous.
Ching-te Ch'uan-teng-lu
(The Passing on of the Lamp;
Jap.,
Keito-ku Dent
-roku
)
. An early work (1004) of Ch'an/
Zen Buddhism
, describing the history, via biographies, of the transmission of enlightenment, up to
Fa-yen Wen-i
, founder of the
H
gen
school.
Ching-t'u
(Chin., Jap. j
do).
Pure Land
, or the untainted transcendent realm created by the
Buddha
Amit
bha (
Amida
) to which his devotees aspire to be born in their next lifetime. Ching-t'u Tsung is thus the Pure Land School.
Chinju
(Jap.,
chin
, ‘to pacify’ +
ju
, ‘a lord’: to protect). A Japanese tutelary shrine, temple, or deity.
Chin-lien
(Golden Lotus)
:

Other books

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
Doc: The Rape of the Town of Lovell by Jack Olsen, Ron Franscell
Rekindled by C.J. McKella
House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo
Such Sweet Thunder by Vincent O. Carter
The Man with the Golden Typewriter by Bloomsbury Publishing