shinzoku-nitai
(shinzoku-nitai)
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Term for the double theory of truth, mundane and supermundane. |
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Term for the double theory of truth, mundane and supermundane. Initially a philosophical, epistemic distinction developed by the pivotal Buddhist teacher Nagarjuna (150-250 C.E.). In later Japanese Buddhism it was given a social interpretation in which the supermundane teaching denoted the path of salvation, while the mundane teaching referred to the morality and ethics prescribed by society. |
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Living in Amida’s Universal Vow: Essays in Shin Buddhism, by Alfred Bloom |
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