The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (877 page)
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Gozan Zen
(form of Zen Buddhism in Japan)
:
(form of Zen Buddhism in Japan)
:
Gozu
(school of Ch’an Buddhism)
:
(school of Ch’an Buddhism)
:
see FAJUNG.
Grace
.
.
1
In Christian theology, the expression of God's love in his free unmerited favour or assistance.
‘Grace’ then becomes a category for describing free and uncoerced actions in other religions, especially of K
a in the
Bhagavad-g
t
: see e.g. PRAS
DA; R
M
NUJA (for
anugraha
); PRAPATTI. As a concept, grace is of great importance for Sikhs, in Gur
N
nak's
hymns and in all subsequent Sikh theology. Analogous to the benedictory glance of a human guru, this sense of God's loving favour is conveyed by the words
pra
ad
,
kirp
,
nadar
,
bakh
In Christian theology, the expression of God's love in his free unmerited favour or assistance.
‘Grace’ then becomes a category for describing free and uncoerced actions in other religions, especially of K
a in theBhagavad-g
t: see e.g. PRASDA; RMNUJA (foranugraha
); PRAPATTI. As a concept, grace is of great importance for Sikhs, in Gur
Nnak'shymns and in all subsequent Sikh theology. Analogous to the benedictory glance of a human guru, this sense of God's loving favour is conveyed by the words
pra
ad,
kirp
,nadar
,
bakh
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