Journey - Keiko

Japanese: 経行 - けいこう

〘noun〙① (━suru) To go around. To pass by. A passage. ※Reading book, Tsubakisetsu Yumiharigetsu (1807-11), Shui-fugen: "Also, Tendai Myomonku Hachi-no-ni says, <abbreviated> I was on a Buddhist pilgrimage in Gishakutsu . " [Kyouzen - Poem of an Autumnal Stay at Hasanji Temple] ② The cycle of the moon. Menstruation. Menstrual flow. ※Ono To Tamake Uso Jizu (around 1854-60): "Women's training is called menstrual service." [Shoji Junjo] ③ Actions that follow the teachings of Confucian scriptures. ※Edo Hanjo-ki (1832-36), vol. 4: "They preach the teachings of the scriptures, but they fail to practice them." ④ ⇒ Kyogyo (practice)

Kyo- gyōkyaugyau [Traveling]

〘Noun〙 A Buddhist term. To walk back and forth in a fixed place. It is done to wake up from fatigue and drowsiness during zazen. By extension, it means to walk in a fixed place such as a Buddhist temple while chanting sutras and chanting the Nembutsu. Kinhin. *From the Ryoiki (810-824): "Walking under the trees to seek the Buddhist path." *From the Genpei Jōsuiki (before the 14th century), chapter 28: "Reading sutras relentlessly and walking around the temple ."

Kin-hin [Travel]

〘Noun〙 ("Kin" is the Tang and Song pronunciation of "sutra" and "hin" is the Tang and Song pronunciation of "practice") In Zen Buddhism, in order to prevent falling asleep during zazen, all the monks would stand up at the same time and walk a set distance back and forth slowly according to the proper etiquette within the hall. ※Shobogenzo (1231-53) Gyojijo "The saints of old would often walk in the open air under the trees (kinhin) "

Hei-Yu/Ku [Traveling]

〘Self-Ka 4〙 Time, days, etc. pass. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 15.3713 "The leaves are turning yellow now, and I will wait for my sister, but now it is twice as long as it used to be."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① (━する) めぐり行くこと。すぎ行くこと。経過。※読本・椿説弓張月（1807‐11）拾遺附言「亦天台妙文句八之二曰、〈略〉我耆闍崫(ぎしゃくつ)に於(おいて)経行(ケイコウ)せしに」〔皎然‐秋晩宿破山寺詩〕② 月のめぐり。月経。経水。※小野徒玉茎嘘字尽（1854‐60頃か）「婦人のけいこうを月役という」〔証治準縄〕③ 儒教の経書の教えにのっとった行動。※江戸繁昌記（1832‐36）四「口、経義を説くも、躬、経行を欠く」④ ⇒きょうぎょう（経行）

きょう‐ぎょうキャウギャウ【経行】

〘名〙仏語。一定の場所を行ったり来たりして歩くこと。坐禅の疲労や眠気をさますために行なうもの。転じて、読経念仏しながら仏堂内などの一定の所を歩くこと。きんひん。※霊異記（810‐824）中「樹下を経行して、仏道を求む」※源平盛衰記（１４Ｃ前）二八「偏へに経をよみ、坊中(ばうぢう)に経行(キャウギャウ)して」