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密教 [news2,nf27]
【 みっきょう [news2,nf27] 】
1. [n] {Buddhism}
▶ esoteric Buddhism
▶ Tantric Buddhism
▶ Vajrayana
▶ secret Buddhist teachings
▶ Mikkyō
Cross references:
  ⇔ ant: 1873890 顕教 1. Kengyō; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
  ⇐ see: 2428120 青面金剛【しょうめんこんごう】 1. Shōmen Kongō; Blue-Faced Vajra; blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period
  ⇐ see: 2014380 密【みつ】 5. esoteric Buddhism; secret Buddhist teachings
  ⇐ see: 2840449 仏頂尊【ぶっちょうそん】 1. Butchōson (type of Buddha representing omniscience in Mikkyō Buddhism); Butchō



History:
6. A 2020-10-03 01:24:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikkyō
GG5, DDB, etc.
  Comments: 
I'd prefer to lead with "esoteric Buddhism", which is what the JEs and the DDB have. I think Mikkyō can stay but certainly not as the first gloss.
  Diff: 
@@ -18,2 +17,0 @@
-<gloss>Mikkyō</gloss>
-<gloss>Vajrayana</gloss>
@@ -21,0 +20 @@
+<gloss>Vajrayana</gloss>
@@ -22,0 +22 @@
+<gloss>Mikkyō</gloss>
5. A* 2020-10-02 23:00:09  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
gg5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana
  Comments: 
Do we need "Mikkyo" as a gloss? It's not a Japanese concept.
  Diff: 
@@ -16 +15,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -19,0 +19 @@
+<gloss>Vajrayana</gloss>
@@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<gloss>Tantric Buddhism</gloss>
4. A 2016-05-10 22:52:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2016-05-10 12:20:38  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<field>&Buddh;</field>
2. A* 2016-05-10 10:50:18  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kukai/#EsoMikVsExoKen
http://www.shingon.org/teachings/ShingonMikkyo/esoteric-exoteric.html
  Comments: 
Tidying up a bit
  Diff: 
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1873890">顕教</xref>
-<gloss>Mikkyou</gloss>
-<gloss>secret religious transmissions</gloss>
-<gloss>Esoteric Buddhist teachings</gloss>
+<xref type="ant" seq="1873890">顕教</xref>
+<gloss>Mikkyō</gloss>
+<gloss>esoteric Buddhism</gloss>
+<gloss>secret Buddhist teachings</gloss>
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