āgama (English spelling) agama

Japanese: āgama(英語表記)agama
āgama (English spelling) agama

...An early Buddhist scripture that compiles the sermons of Shakyamuni. A transliteration of the Sanskrit word āgama. āgama means "the teachings passed down."

From [Early Buddhism]

… Early Buddhist sects consisted of practitioners (monks) and lay believers (lay people). It is said that Shakyamuni recommended the above-mentioned training to monks, and three things to lay people: the theory of alms (loving all living beings with compassion, and giving alms especially to monks), the theory of precepts (observing the five precepts of lay people, namely, not killing, not stealing, not committing adultery, not lying, and not drinking alcohol), and the theory of rebirth in heaven (obeying the above two precepts and you will be born in heaven after death). Early Buddhist scriptures include the five Nikāyas written in Pāli in Sri Lanka, the four Agamas (āgama) translated into Chinese, and others. Buddhism [Kato Junsho]. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "āgama" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…釈尊の説教をまとめた初期仏教聖典。サンスクリットの〈アーガマāgama〉を音写した語。アーガマは〈伝承された教え〉を意味する。…

【初期仏教】より

… 初期仏教の教団は,修行者(出家)と在俗信者(在家)から成り,釈迦は出家に対しては上述の修行をすすめ,在家に対しては施論(慈悲をもって生きとし生けるものを愛し,特に出家者へ布施を行うこと),戒論(在家の五戒すなわち不殺生,不偸盗,不邪淫,不妄語,不飲酒の各戒を守ること),生天論(以上の二つを行えば,死後天に生まれる)の三つをすすめたといわれている。 初期仏教の聖典としては,スリランカに伝わるパーリ語で書かれた5部のニカーヤnikāya,漢訳として伝わる4部の阿含(あごん)(アーガマāgama)その他がある。仏教【加藤 純章】。…

※「āgama」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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