Branch teaching
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branch teaching
枝末法輪・枝末教 ( Jpn shimatsu-horin or shimatsu ﾭkyo )
(1) One component of the "thrice turned wheel of the Law," a division of Shakyamuni's lifetime teachings into three categories set forth by Chi-tsang (549-623) of the Three Treatises (Sanlun) school in China.
See thrice turned wheel of the Law.
(2) The term used by Fa-tsang (643-712), the third patriarch of the Flower Garland (Hua-yen) school in China, in reference to all sutras except the Flower Garland Sutra, including the Lotus Sutra. Fa-tsang called the Flower Garland Sutra the root teaching.
