The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (871 page)
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Gorinsotoba
(Jap., ‘sotoba [
st
pa
] with five sections’). Tombs (which became common after the Kamakura period in Japan) with five stone sections, of different shapes, placed on top of each other.
st
pa] with five sections’). Tombs (which became common after the Kamakura period in Japan) with five stone sections, of different shapes, placed on top of each other.
Gos
la, Makkhali
(founder)
:
la, Makkhali(founder)
:
Gosan
or Gozan
.
or Gozan
.
‘Five mountains’ (Chin.,
wu-shan
), the federation of Ch’an/Zen monasteries, in groups of five, especially of Hangchou, Ming-chou, and then in Japan of Kamakura and Ky
to. Because monasteries were often built on mountains, the word
shan
(Jap.,
san
or
zan
) came to mean ‘monastery’.
wu-shan
), the federation of Ch’an/Zen monasteries, in groups of five, especially of Hangchou, Ming-chou, and then in Japan of Kamakura and Ky
to. Because monasteries were often built on mountains, the wordshan
(Jap.,
san
or
zan
) came to mean ‘monastery’.
Gosan-bungaku
(Jap., ‘five-mountain literature’). Collective term for writings from the
gosan
(federation) of Ky
to, during the Muromachi period (1338–1573).
gosan
(federation) of Ky
to, during the Muromachi period (1338–1573).Gose
(Jap., ‘the hereafter’). The afterlife in general; in particular, birth after death in the domain of
Amida
.
Amida
.
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