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Fud
(Jap., ‘immoveable’). One of the deities, in Japanese Buddhism and folk-religion, who protects Buddhism and its true adherents, or simply, those who appeal to him. These protective deities are known as
my
, and they usually take frightening forms.
my
, and they usually take frightening forms.
Fugen
(a bodhisattva)
:
(a bodhisattva)
:
Fugy
-ni-gy
-ni-gy(Jap., ‘doing by not doing’). Zen action which arises from deep enlightenment, and which is not intended or premeditated, but simply arises as the absolutely appropriate action in relation to the contingent circumstance.
Fuh
z
z(Jap.). The transmission of the
buddha-dharma
in Zen Buddhism through the lineage of patriarchs (
soshigata
), and also a person in that lineage (see
HASSU
).
buddha-dharma
in Zen Buddhism through the lineage of patriarchs (
soshigata
), and also a person in that lineage (see
HASSU
).
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