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[clarify, unfold]

開三顯一 [explaining the three, revealing the one]

開了 [comprehends completely]

開元 [Kaiyuan]

開元釋教錄 [Record of Śākyamuni's Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan period]

開元錄 [Kaiyuanlu]

開光 [opening the eye]

開光明 [opening the glint of the eye]

開具 [take an inventory of implements]

開制 [encouraging [proper moral behavior] and suppressing [immoral behavior]]

開化 [guide, teach, edify, or transform sentient beings]

開合 [opening and sealing; analysis and synthesis]

開啓 [opening statement]

開基 [founding patron of a temple]

開堂 [open the hall]

開士 [enlightening hero— the bodhisattva]

開室 [admission to the room]

開導依 [initiating and guiding support]

開導根 [initiating and guiding support]

開山 [establish a temple]

開度 [saves, liberates]

開廢 [approval and disapproval in terms of moral discipline]

開廢會 [reveal and unite]

開心 [awaken the mind]

開悟 [uncover enlightenment]

開悟令解 [awaken [them] and make [them] understand]

開成 [ Kaijō]

開敷 [spread flowers]

開敷華佛 [Saṃkusumitarāja]

開敷華王 [Saṃkusumitarāja]

開敷華王如來 [Saṃkusumitarāja Tathāgata]

開明 [opening the eye]

開曉 [to open and illumine]

開會 [reveal and unite]

開會念佛 [assembly chanting]

開本 [to commence]

開枕 [bring out the pillows]

開權顯實 [starting with the expedient teachings and revealing the truth]

開法 [begin to expound the dharma]

開法藏眞言 [sūtra opening mantra]

開淸 [Gaecheong]

開演 [to preach, lecture; expound]

開甘露門 [opening the nectar-gate]

開發 [enlighten others]

開白 [to start from zero]

開眼 [opening the eye]

開眼供養 [offering of opening the eye]

開眼光 [opening the eye]

開示 [elucidate the teachings]

開示壞不壞路 [the teaching of elimination without eliminating the path]

開示悟入 [disclosing, indicating, awakening, and entering]

開祖 [founder of a sect]

開素 [to relax rules on prohibited food and drink]

開經 [opening sūtra; outline a sūtra]

開經偈 [opening chant of the sūtra]

開葷 [to relax rules on prohibited food and drink]

開覺 [to awaken]

開解 [makes clear, explains]

開許 [permits, allows]

開誘 [to reveal, disclose]

開譬 [introducing the simile]

開近顯遠 [opening the near and revealing the distant]

開迹顯本 [starting with the traces to disclose the source]

開通 [opens, opens a way through]

開道者 [revealer of the way]

開達 [knows, understands clearly]

開遮 [approval and disapproval in terms of moral discipline]

開避法 [initiating and guiding support]

開闡 [to open and make clear]

開靜 [to break the silence]

開題 [to interpret the title of a scripture]

開顯 [disclose; reveal]

開顯圓 [manifestly perfect (teaching)]

開齋 [breakfast]


Updated: 2007-01-18