- 權教
- (權教, 权教)
Temporary, expedient, or functional teaching, preparatory to the perfect teaching, a distinguishing term of the Tiantai and Huayan sects, i.e. the teachings of the three previous periods [lang id =1028]藏, [lang id =1028]通 and [lang id =1028]別 which were regarded as preparatory to their own, cf. [lang id =1028]圓教.* * *方便的教法。 華嚴天台等一乘家判法相三論之三乘教為權教, 而華嚴天台自己的一乘教為實教。 又以天台所立的四教來說, 藏通別等三教是權教, 圓教是實教。
Dictionary of Buddhist terms. 2013.