Kanahogo - Kanahogo

Japanese: 仮名法語 - かなほうご

Language written in kana or a mixture of kana and kanji, used to explain Buddhist teachings primarily to the general public. Since the introduction of Buddhism to Japan, many scriptures written in Chinese have been used for study and ceremonies, but in the process of accepting Buddhism, an imported ideology, there was a demand to translate it into the language of the general public, particularly so that it could be directly understood by the general public. First, Sanskrit words were written in kana, then conjunctions and particles were written in kana, and Buddhist thought began to be written in pure Japanese. In the past, Buddhist books written in Japanese were only given a subordinate status, but in recent years they have attracted attention as a sign of the popularization of Buddhism and as a sign of an ethical view suited to the lives of the Japanese people.

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Japanese:

かな，またはかなに漢字を交えて，主として民衆に向って仏教の教えを説いた言葉。日本では仏教伝来以来，学習用，儀礼用に漢文の経典が多く用いられたが，外来思想である仏教を受容する過程において，特に民衆が直接に理解しうるよう，民衆の言葉に置き換えることが要求された。まず梵語がかな書きされ，ついで接続詞，助詞などがかな書きされるにいたり，さらに純和文をもって仏教思想が述作されるようになった。過去においては，邦文の仏教書は従属的地位しか与えられなかったが，仏教の民衆化を示すものとして，また日本人の生活に即した倫理観を示すものとして，近年では注目を受けるにいたっている。

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