Fusatsu - Fusatsu

Japanese: 布薩 - ふさつ
Fusatsu - Fusatsu

It is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word poadha, and can be translated as "long-cultivation" or "long-purification." Monks gather in one place once every two weeks, on the 15th and 30th or 15th and 29th, to read out the "Haradaimokusha" (a collection of 250 precepts), and those who have sinned repent and reflect on their actions. Since this is a meeting to confirm that the precepts are being followed, attendance is strictly regulated and unauthorized absence is not permitted. This is a Buddhist sect, but in Mahayana Buddhism in China and Japan, Mahayana Budhassa based on the "Bonmo-sutra" was also practiced, and in Japan, the Bonmo-sutra Budhassa was particularly popular. For lay people, it refers to observing the eight precepts on the six fasting days (8th, 14th, 15th, 23rd, 29th, and 30th).

[Akira Hirakawa]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

サンスクリット語ポーシャダpoadhaの音訳で、長養、長浄などと意訳する。比丘(びく)たちが半月に1回、15日・30日あるいは15日・29日に一所に集会し、「波羅提木叉(はらだいもくしゃ)」(二百五十戒の条文集)を読み上げ、罪ある者は懺悔(ざんげ)し、行為を反省する。戒律が実行されていることを確認する集会のため、出欠は厳重で、無断欠席は許さない。これは部派仏教のものであるが、中国・日本の大乗仏教では、『梵網(ぼんもう)経』に基づく大乗の布薩も行われ、とくに日本では梵網の布薩が中心であった。在家では六斎日(ろくさいにち)(8・14・15・23・29・30日)に八斎戒などを守ることをいう。

[平川 彰]

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