Word Meaning 法華八講

ほっけはっこう hokkehakkou

法華八講 is read as ほっけはっこう (hokkehakkou) and means Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time).

Meaning

English

  1. Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

Reading

Kana

ほっけはっこう

Romaji

hokkehakkou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 55633 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

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法華経

ほけきょう

Lotus Sutra

法華

ほけ

Lotus Sutra

法華神道

ほっけしんとう

Hokke Shinto (Shinto doctrines based on Nichiren Buddhism)

法華宗

ほっけしゅう

Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)

比良八講

ひらはっこう

Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

南無妙法蓮華経

なむみょうほうれんげきょう

Glory to the Sutra

妙法蓮華経

みょうほうれんげきょう

Lotus Sutra

永字八法

えいじはっぽう

Eight Principles of Yong

付法の八祖

ふほうのはっそ

the Eight Lineage Patriarchs who received the transmission of the teachings, leading back to the Vairocana Buddha (Vairocana Buddha, Vajrasattva, Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)

法廷

ほうてい

court (of law)

法案

ほうあん

bill (law)

法曹界

ほうそうかい

legal circles