The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (792 page)
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Five pecks of rice
(school of religious Taoism)
:
(school of religious Taoism)
:
Five periods, seven stages
(Taoist analysis of progress to the goal)
:
(Taoist analysis of progress to the goal)
:
Five Periods and Eight Schools
.
.
T’ient’ai classification, initiated by
Chih-i
, of the
Buddha's
teaching to reconcile the immense divergences that had grown up since his death. Controlled by the acceptance that the Buddha adapted his teaching to the levels of his audiences (
up
ya-kau
alya
), the five periods are chronological in his life, producing
Chih-i
, of the
Buddha's
teaching to reconcile the immense divergences that had grown up since his death. Controlled by the acceptance that the Buddha adapted his teaching to the levels of his audiences (
up
ya-kaualya), the five periods are chronological in his life, producing
(i)
Buddhtra
in the first three weeks;
(ii) the
in the next twelve years;
(iii) the Vaipulya-s
Mah
, stressing superiority of
bodhisattva
over
arhat
, in the next eight years;
(iv)
Prajñ
(
Perfection
of Wisdom), unfolding
(v) the
Lotus S
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