How to say "teachings" in Japanese

• 教えおしえJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers teachings as the doctrine, precepts, or instruction handed down by a teacher, master, or religion. Use it for what someone actually taught, e.g. a philosopher's or mentor's teachings.
  聖書せいしょには、賢かしこい教おしえがたくさん見付みつかります。↗

  Much wisdom is to be found in the Bible.
• 教訓きょうくんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers teachings in the sense of a moral lesson or precept derived from experience, history, or failure. Choose it when 'teachings' means the lesson learned rather than the content of instruction.
  実例じつれいは教訓きょうくんにまさる。↗

  Example is better than precept.

Use 「教え」 for teachings as the content of what someone (a teacher, master, or founder) taught, and 教訓 for teachings understood as a moral lesson drawn from an experience.

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• 教えおしえteaching
• 教訓きょうくんlesson
• 義ぎteachings
• 道みちteachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist)