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    3. 華厳

    華厳

    華け厳ごん

    avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha)

    KMT10News #42+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab27 strokes

    けごん

    Noun

    1.
    avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha)
    Buddhism
    2.
    Avatamska sutra
    abbreviation
    3.
    Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
    abbreviation

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    華け厳ごんは仏ぶっ教きょうの教おしえの一ひとつです。

    Kegon is one of the teachings of Buddhism.

    KMT8Religion & Philosophy
    奈な良ら時じ代だいには、華け厳ごん宗しゅうが国こっ家か仏ぶっ教きょうとして重じゅう視しされました。

    During the Nara period, the Kegon sect was highly regarded as state Buddhism.

    KMT9HistoryReligion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    東とう大だい寺じは華け厳ごん宗しゅうの大だい本ほん山ざんとして知しられています。

    Todai-ji Temple is known as the head temple of the Kegon sect.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistoryCulture & Traditions
    華け厳ごん経きょうは、宇う宙ちゅう全ぜん体たいが仏ほとけの光こう明みょうに満みちているという壮そう大だいな世せ界かい観かんを示しめしている。

    The Avatamsaka Sutra presents a magnificent worldview that the entire universe is filled with the Buddha's light.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophyphilosophy
    華け厳ごんの思し想そうは、日に本ほんの仏ぶっ教きょう美び術じゅつにも大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえました。

    The philosophy of Kegon also greatly influenced Japanese Buddhist art.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyArt & DesignCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    華
    はな…(3)
    splendor・flower・petal・shine・luster…(4)
    厳
    おごそ.か・きび.しい・いか.めしい・いつくし…(6)
    stern・strictness・severity・rigidity
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