sprul sku (English spelling) sprulsku

...Abbreviation of the reincarnated Buddha. In Tibetan it is called Tulk (sprul sku, incarnation) or Kuke (sku skyes, reincarnation). The incarnated bodhisattva that the Buddha makes appear in this world continues to save people by being reborn in the world of reincarnation until all people are enlightened and saved, and based on the teaching of the Lankavatāra Sutra that the Buddha himself will not enter the ideal nirvana, the Buddha considered outstanding monks to be such bodhisattvas, and the custom arose of searching for reincarnations among those who were conceived and born within 49 days of the death of the bodhisattva.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sprul sku" is listed below.

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…転生活仏の略語。チベット語ではトゥルク(sprul sku，化身)またはクケー(sku skyes，御転生)という。仏がこの世に出現させる化身の菩薩は，すべての人々が悟り救われるまで輪廻の世界に生まれかわって救済を続け，自分は理想とされる涅槃（ねはん）に入らないという《楞伽（りようが）経》の教えに基づいて，優れた僧をそのような菩薩とみなし，その死後49日間に受胎されて生まれた者のあいだから転生者を探し出す習慣が生じた。…

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