四箇大乘

(四箇大乘, 四个大乘)

The four Mahāyānas, i. e. the four great schools:

(1) [lang id =1028]華嚴 Huayan or Avataṃsaka;

(2) [lang id =1028]天台 Tiantai;

(3) [lang id =1028]真言 Zhenyan, Shingon, or esoteric;

(4) [lang id =1028]禪 Chan, Zen, or intuitive school. Another group is the [lang id =1028]法相, [lang id =1028]三論, [lang id =1028]天台, and [lang id =1028]華嚴.