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Tomato (medicine)


tomato


Origin: Sp. Or Pg. Tomate, of American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.

<botany> The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow colour, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.

<zoology> Tomato gall, the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx, or Macrosila, quinquemaculata) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also potato worm.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Honen (sh)




orig. Seishimaru

born May 13, 1133, Inaoka, Mimasaka province, Japan
died Feb. 29, 1212, Kyoto

Japanese Buddhist leader.

As a monk at the Mount Hiei monastery of the Tendai (Tiantai) sect, he learned the Pure Land doctrines of Chinese Buddhism (see Pure Land Buddhism), which taught salvation by the mercy of Amitabha Buddha, and he subsequently became the founder of the Pure Land (Jodo) sect in Japan. Honen believed that few people were spiritually capable of following the Buddha's own path to enlightenment, and in 1175 he proclaimed that the only thing needed for salvation was the nembutsu, or chanting of the name of Amida (Amitabha). Honen settled at Kyoto and gathered disciples, including Shinran. Persecuted by Other Buddhists, he was driven into exile in 1207 but returned to Kyoto in 1211.