大本涅盘经

Traditional form:

大本涅槃經

Pinyin (reading):

dàběn Nièpánjīng

Definitions:

• the great Nirvana sutra: every living thing has Buddha nature.

Characters:

• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 涅 - to blacken; slime, black mud
• 盘 - tray, plate, dish; to examine
• 经 - the classics; to experience, to undergo

Traditional characters:

• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 涅 - to blacken; slime, black mud
• 槃 - tray; to rotate, to turn; to search
• 經 - the classics; to experience, to undergo