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    読経

    読どきょ経う

    sutra chanting

    KMT9News #31+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab25 strokes

    どきょうどっきょう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    sutra chanting

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    お坊ぼうさんが読どきょ経うを始はじめた。

    The monk began sutra chanting.

    KMT8Religion & Philosophy
    毎まい朝あさ、お寺てらでは読どきょ経うの声こえが響ひびき渡わたる。

    Every morning, the sound of sutra chanting echoes through the temple.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    葬そう儀ぎでは、故こ人じんの冥めい福ふくを祈いのって僧そう侶りょが読どきょ経うを行おこなう。

    At funerals, monks perform sutra chanting to pray for the repose of the deceased.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    座ざ禅ぜんと読どきょ経うは、禅ぜん宗しゅうの修しゅ行ぎょうの基き本ほんである。

    Zazen and sutra chanting are the basics of Zen Buddhism practice.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    読どきょ経うは、仏ぶっ教きょう徒とが精せい神しんを集しゅう中ちゅうさせ、心こころを落おち着つかせるための重じゅう要ような修しゅ行ぎょうの一ひとつだ。

    Sutra chanting is one of the important practices for Buddhists to concentrate their minds and calm their hearts.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    読
    よ.む・-よ.み…(4)
    read
    経
    へ.る・た.つ・たていと・はか.る・のり…(5)
    sutra・longitude・pass thru・expire・warp
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