The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (536 page)

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Ch'ing-t'an
(Chin., ‘pure conversation’). The cultivation in China among the educated or literati or erudite and philosophical conversation. Sometimes referred to as a ‘neo-Taoist school’, they were in fact a tradition, embracing more than neo-Taoists (e.g. Buddhists). Among many groups, the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove were especially famous.
Ching-te Ch'uan-teng-lu
(The Passing on of the Lamp;
Jap.,
Keito-ku Dent
-roku
)
. An early work (1004) of Ch'an/
Zen Buddhism
, describing the history, via biographies, of the transmission of enlightenment, up to
Fa-yen Wen-i
, founder of the
H
gen
school.
Ching-t'u
(Chin., Jap. j
do).
Pure Land
, or the untainted transcendent realm created by the
Buddha
Amit
bha (
Amida
) to which his devotees aspire to be born in their next lifetime. Ching-t'u Tsung is thus the Pure Land School.
Chinju
(Jap.,
chin
, ‘to pacify’ +
ju
, ‘a lord’: to protect). A Japanese tutelary shrine, temple, or deity.
Chin-lien
(Golden Lotus)
:

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