BUDDHIST RITUALS  

Hypernym
  • RITUALTYPICALLY COMPLEX SHOULD:obligatory PUBLIC CUSTOM.
    • CUSTOMREPEATED ACT CONFORMING to what is a COMMON RULE in one's GROUP.
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION....

    Words

    摩頂  mó dǐng OC: maal teeŋʔ MC: mʷɑ teŋ 1 Attribution
    • 佛光大辭典 Fóguāng dàcídiǎn The Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism ( FOGUANG) p. 6075b

      Syntactic words
    • VPiactBUDDH: to rub one's forehead is a symbol for the transmission of the dharma and the prediction of future Buddhahood. Compare LOTUS: 釋迦牟尼佛從法座起，現大神力，以右手摩無量菩薩摩訶薩頂。('the Buddha rose from his dharma-seat, displayed great supernatural powers and with his right hand rubbed the forehead of countless great Bodhisattvas').
    灌頂  guàn dǐng OC: koons teeŋʔ MC: kʷɑn teŋ 1 Attribution
    • 佛光大辭典 Fóguāng dàcídiǎn The Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism ( FOGUANG) p. 6853a-6854b

      Syntactic words
    • NPab(BUDDH:) water-pouring ceremony (this term is of pre-Buddhist origin and denotes a ceremony on the occasion of a king's ascending of the throne, or as ceremony for conforming somebody as crown prince; in the AVATAMSAKA it is mentioned that a Bodhisattva of the 9th stage, on the occasion of entering the tenth stage of his development, undergoes a ceremnoy where Buddhas sprinkle his forehead with 'prajñā water' (智水), confirming that he entered the stage of a 'Dharma-king' (法王); as such in some sutras the tenth stage of a Bodhisattva is also referred to as 灌頂地; the ceremony also plays an important role in esoteric Buddhism, 密教); skr. abhiṣecana, abhiṣeka
    • VPiact(BUDDH:) pour water over the forehead (this term is of pre-Buddhist origin and denotes a ceremony on the occasion of a king's ascending of the throne, or as ceremony for conforming somebody as crown prince; in the AVATAMSAKA it is mentioned that a Bodhisattva of the 9th stage, on the occasion of entering the tenth stage of his development, undergoes a ceremnoy where Buddhas sprinkle his forehead with 'prajñā water' (智水), confirming that he entered the stage of a 'Dharma-king' (法王); as such in some sutras the tenth stage of a Bodhisattva is also referred to as 灌頂地; the ceremony also plays an important role in esoteric Buddhism, 密教); skr. abhiṣecana, abhiṣeka

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