While in Mahayana Buddhism (exoteric Buddhism) dharma is preached broadly to people through words and texts, characteristically in Mikkyo a very mystical and symbolic dharma is transmitted by a master to a disciple within the sect. |
一般の大乗仏教(顕教)が民衆に向かい広く教義を言葉や文字で説くに対し、密教は極めて神秘主義的・象徴主義的な教義を教団内部の師資相承によって伝持する点に特徴がある。 |