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.

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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。