The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (588 page)
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Daiji
(Jap., ‘great compassion’). The great compassion which is the goal and practice of
bodhisattvas
. It is often used as the title of particular bodhisattvas, e.g. daiji daihi no satta, ‘of great compassion and mercy’, is Jiz
; daiji daihi no honji is Kannon.
bodhisattvas
. It is often used as the title of particular bodhisattvas, e.g. daiji daihi no satta, ‘of great compassion and mercy’, is Jiz
; daiji daihi no honji is Kannon.
Daiji
(Jap., ‘important matter’). The one thing necessary in Japanese Buddhism for the attainment of enlightenment, namely, the desire and intention to seek it.
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