自行

Readings

Pinyin: zìxíng

Wade-Giles: tzu-hsing

Hangul: 자행

Korean MC: jahaeng

Korean MR: chahaeng

Katakana: ジギョウ

Hepburn: jigyō

self-cultivation

• One's own religious training 自利, especially as distinguished from the activity of teaching others 化他. Seen in the phrase 自行化他, which is synonymous with 自利利他. (Skt. svayam...acarat, svânuvṛtti, prayoga) 〔四教儀 T 1931.46.779b12〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, Nakamura, FGD, M-W]

Dictionary References:

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 422b

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 550d

Fo Guang Dictionary, 2521

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0985

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)1751a

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