法ほう眼げん

noun

dharma eye

Buddhist term for the eye that perceives the truth of the dharma; one of the five eyes (五眼).

See also: 五眼

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、法ほう眼げんは真しん理りを見み抜ぬく智ち慧えの眼めとされる。

  In Buddhism, the dharma eye is considered the eye of wisdom that discerns the truth.

noun

second highest priestly rank in Buddhism

Abbreviation of 法眼和尚位 (ほうげんかしょうい), a high priestly rank in Japanese Buddhism.

• 彼かれはついに法ほう眼げんの位くらいに叙じょせられた。

  He was finally conferred the rank of Hōgen.

noun

title for doctors (archaic)

Archaic honorary title once granted to physicians and other professionals; no longer in modern use.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、医い者しゃに法ほう眼げんの称しょう号ごうが与あたえられることがあった。

  In the Edo period, the title Hōgen was sometimes bestowed upon doctors.