本事 běnshi

1. běnshi noun ability; skill
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 本领 (ABC 'běnshi' 本事 n, p. 38; CC-CEDICT '本事'; Guoyu '本事' běnshi)
2. běnshì noun source material
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'běnshì' 本事 n 2, p. 39; CC-CEDICT '本事')
3. běnshì noun this matter
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'běnshì' 本事 n 1, p. 39; CC-CEDICT '本事'; Guoyu '本事' běnshì 2)
4. běnshì noun a tale; a story; a plot in a play or song
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '本事'; Guoyu '本事' běnshì 1)
5. běnshì noun itivrttaka; stories of the disciples’ past lives
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: itivṛttaka, Pali: itivuttaka; Tibetan: de lta bu byung ba; teachings by the Buddha about the causes and conditions of his disciples' past lives; one of the 十二部经 'twelve divisions of the sutras' (BL 'itivṛttaka', p. 375; FGDB '本事'; SH '本事經', p. 189; Tzu Chuang 2012, pp. 329-332)

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• 十二部经; 1. 长行 2. 重颂 3. 孤起 4. 譬喻5. 因缘 6. 无问自说 7. 本生 8. 本事 9. 未曾有 10. 方广 11. 论议 12. 授记(十二部經; 1. 長行 2. 重頌 3. 孤起 4. 譬喻5. 因緣 6. 無問自說 7. 本生 8. 本事 9. 未曾有 10. 方廣 11. 論議 12. 授記) Twelve Divisions of Sutras: 1. Sutra (discourses); 2. Geya (repeated verses); 3. Gatha (verses); 4. Avadana (parables); 5. Nidana (expositions of causes); 6. Udana (unprompted teachings); 7. Jataka (stories of the Buddha’s previous lives); 8. Itivrttaka (stories of the disciples’ previous lives); 9. Abdhutadharma (miracles); 10. Vaipulya (profound teachings); 11. Upadesa (debates); 12. Vyakarana (prophecies)
• 本事经(本事經) Itivṛttakasūtra; Benshi Jing

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卖本事 、 本事诗

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• The Great Treasures Collection Sutra 大寶積經 Buddhism Series 2 - Canonical Texts 《佛教叢書2－經典》 — count: 3
• Special Ways of Teching 特殊的教育法 Humanistic Buddhism Series 6 - Buddhist Studies and Seeking the Dharma 《人間佛教系列6－學佛與求法》 — count: 2
• Lotus Sutra 妙法蓮華經 Buddhism Series 2 - Canonical Texts 《佛教叢書2－經典》 — count: 2
• Volume 9: Investigation of Buddhist Questions - Class 2: Educating on Principles 第九冊　佛教問題探討 第二課　教理 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 2
• Volume 2: The Truth of Buddhism - Class 2: Collection of Discourses 第二冊　佛教的真理 第二課　經藏 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 2
• Volume 1: The Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha Triple Gem - Class 11: The Content of the Dharma 第一冊　佛法僧三寶 第十一課　佛法的內容 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 2
• Chapter 2: Challenging Limits - Each has the Own Path 卷二　挑戰極限 ■各行其道 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 8 - The World's Energy 《人間萬事8－人間的能源》 — count: 1
• True Equality 真正的平等 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 1 - All in a Thought 《迷悟之間(一)真理的價值》 — count: 1
• My Appraisal of Contemporary Characters 我對當代人物的評議 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 4 - Social Affinities 2 《百年佛緣4－社緣篇2》 — count: 1
• Buddhism and the Flowers of Causes and Conditions 佛教與花的因緣 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 本事品 (本事品) 藥王菩薩本事品 — Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》, Volume 2: The Truth of Buddhism - Class 2: Collection of Discourses 第二冊　佛教的真理 第二課　經藏 — count: 5
• 本事本生 (本事本生) 本事本生 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, Where the Future of Buddhism Lies (Lecture 3) 佛教的前途在那裡(第三講) — count: 3
• 本事等 (本事等) 本事等各種方式觀機逗教 — Humanistic Buddhism Selected Letters 《人間佛教書信選》, Buddha's Light Newsletter - The Duty of Buddha's Light International Association Members 佛光世紀 佛光會員的任務 — count: 3
• 本生本事 (本生本事) 本生本事未曾有 — Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》, Volume 8: Buddhism and Study about the World - Class 6: Buddhism and Education 第八冊　佛教與世學 第六課　佛教與教育 — count: 2
• 凭本事 (憑本事) 彼此各憑本事爭取第一 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 1 - All in a Thought 《迷悟之間(一)真理的價值》, True Equality 真正的平等 — count: 2
• 妙庄严王本事 (妙莊嚴王本事) 妙莊嚴王本事品 — Buddhism Series 1 - Doctrine 《佛教叢書1－教理》, Steps in Studying Buddhism - Part 4: Stopping and Seeing Meditation 學佛的次第 第四篇　止觀雙修 — count: 2
• 真本事 (真本事) 必須靠真本事 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 12 - The Stages of Life 《迷悟之間(十二)生活的層次》, College Degrees 學　位 — count: 2
• 药王菩萨本事 (藥王菩薩本事) 藥王菩薩本事品 — Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》, Volume 2: The Truth of Buddhism - Class 2: Collection of Discourses 第二冊　佛教的真理 第二課　經藏 — count: 2
• 本事未曾有 (本事未曾有) 本生本事未曾有 — Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》, Volume 8: Buddhism and Study about the World - Class 6: Buddhism and Education 第八冊　佛教與世學 第六課　佛教與教育 — count: 2