空门 (kōng) — (Buddhism) the gate of emptiness; the Buddhist path or monastic life
Definition
空门 refers to the Buddhist monastic life — someone who 'enters 空门' becomes a monk or nun and leaves secular life behind. Read this meaning only with the Buddhism sense, not with the unrelated everyday word 空 (empty).
noun
(Buddhism) the gate of emptinessthe Buddhist path or monastic life
Examples
- ，空门。Tā kàn pò hóng chén, zuì hòu dùn rù le kōng.He saw through the vanity of the world and finally entered the monastic life.
- 空门。kōng Shì fó jiào zhōng zhòng yào de gài niàn zhī yī.The gate of emptiness is one of the important concepts in Buddhism.
- 空门。Zhè bù xiǎo shuō miáo xiě le yí wèi sēng rén cóng kōng dào shì sú de zhuǎn biàn.This novel describes a monk's transition from the monastic life to the secular world.
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