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    3. 慈眼

    慈眼

    慈じ眼げん

    merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)

    KMT10News #43+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab24 strokes

    じげんじがん

    Noun

    1.
    merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)
    Buddhism

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    仏ぶつ像ぞうは慈じ眼げんで人ひと々びとを見み守まもる。

    The Buddha statue watches over people with merciful eyes.

    KMT8Religion & Philosophy
    観かんの音ん様さまは慈じ眼げんをもって衆しゅ生じょうを救すくうと言いわれている。

    Kannon (Goddess of Mercy) is said to save all living beings with merciful eyes.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophy
    慈じ眼げんのまなざしは、苦くるしむ人ひと々びとに安やすらぎを与あたえる。

    The gaze of merciful eyes brings peace to suffering people.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    仏ぶっ教きょうの教おしえでは、慈じ眼げんは慈じ悲ひの心こころの象しょう徴ちょうである。

    In Buddhist teachings, the merciful eye is a symbol of compassion.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophy
    古ふるい寺てらじ院いんに安あん置ちされた仏ぶつ像ぞうの慈じ眼げんには、長ながい歴れき史しが刻きざまれているようだ。

    The merciful eyes of the Buddha statue enshrined in the old temple seem to bear a long history.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyArt & DesignHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    慈
    いつく.しむ…(5)
    mercy
    眼
    まなこ・め…(2)
    eyeball
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