Obaku
/ˈəʊbakuː/ /ˈəubəkuː/ /əʊˈbɑːkuː/noun
One of the three principal branches of Japanese Zen Buddhism.
- Founded in Japan 1655, this branch of Zen has particularly influenced artists, writers, and scholars..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Chinese Repository. From Japanese Ōbaku (more fully Ōbaku-shu Obaku sect) from the name of Mount Obaku (Japanese Ōbaku-san), given by the Chinese monk known in Japanese as Ingen to the mountain near Kyoto where he founded the sect.
- prayable
- prayer
- prayer beads
- prayer bell
- prayer-bones
- prayer book
- Prayer Book churchman
- Prayer Book Psalter
- prayer breakfast
- prayer cap
- prayer card
- prayer carpet
- prayer chain
- prayer circle
- prayer cloak
- prayer cure
- prayer cylinder
- prayer day
- prayer desk
- prayer flag
- prayerful
- prayerfully
- prayerfulness
- prayer gong
- prayer group