黄檗宗

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黄	檗	宗
おう Grade: 2	はく > ばく Hyōgaiji	しゅう Grade: 6

Alternative spelling
黃檗宗 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Chinese 黃檗山／黄檗山 (Huángbòshān, “Mount Huangbo”), a mountain in eastern Fujian Province, the site of Wanfu Temple, the home temple of the sect's founder Ingen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːba̠kɯ̟ᵝɕɨᵝː]

Proper noun

黄(おう)檗(ばく)宗(しゅう) • (Ōbakushū) 

1. (Buddhism) Ōbaku school, one of the major sects of Zen Buddhism

See also

• 曹洞宗(そうとうしゅう) (Sōtōshū, a sect of Zen Buddhism)
• 臨済宗(りんざいしゅう) (Rinzaishū, a sect of Zen Buddhism)