The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1232 page)

 
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(
bka.’gyur
, ‘translated word (of the Buddha)’). The primary part of the Tibetan Buddhist canon which comprises all
s
tras
and
tantras
attributed directly to the historical
Buddha
kyamuni
, to his later revelation, or (in the case of some tantras) to another transcendent Buddha. The Kanjur numbers 100 or 108 vols. according to edn., and was largely systematized by the scholar and historian Butön, in the 14th cent. CE. See also
TANJUR
.

 
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(Jap.; Chin., K’an-huach’an). Zen based on the contemplation of words, a description of Zen in which the
k
an
is pre-eminent. In time, it became virtually synonymous with
Rinzai
, in contrast to
S
t
, which was termed
mokush
zen
.

 
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(Jap., ‘meditation’). Meditation in Japanese Buddhism, especially on the
Pure Land
of
Amida
.

 
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