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There are 11 total results for your Japanese Zen search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

十宗

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shí zōng
    shi2 zong1
shih tsung
 jūshū
The ten schools of Chinese Buddhism: I. The (1) 律宗 Vinaya-discipline, or 南山|; (2) 倶舍 Kośa, Abhidharma, or Reality (Sarvāstivādin) 有宗; (3) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect founded on this śāstra by Harivarman; (4) 三論宗 Mādhyamika or 性空宗; (5) 法華宗 Lotus, "Law-flower" or Tiantai 天台宗; (6) 華嚴Huayan or法性 or賢首宗; ( 7) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana or 慈恩宗 founded on the唯識論 (8) 心宗 Ch'an or Zen, mind-only or intuitive, v. 禪宗 ; (9) 眞言宗 (Jap. Shingon) or esoteric 密宗 ; (10) 蓮宗 Amitābha-lotus or Pure Land (Jap. Jōdo) 淨士宗. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 9th are found in Japan rather than in China, where they have ceased to be of importance. II. The Hua-yen has also ten divisions into ten schools of thought: (1) 我法倶有 the reality of self (or soul) and things, e.g. mind and matter; (2) 法有我無 the reality of things but not of soul; (3) 法無去來 things have neither creation nor destruction; (4) 現通假實 present things are both apparent and real; (5) 俗妄眞實 common or phenomenal ideas are wrong, fundamental reality is the only truth; (6) things are merely names; (7) all things are unreal 空; (8) the bhūtatathatā is not unreal; (9) phenomena and their perception are to be got rid of; (10) the perfect, all-inclusive, and complete teaching of the One Vehicle. III. There are two old Japanese divisions: 大乘律宗, 倶舎宗 , 成實 宗 , 法和宗 , 三論宗 , 天台宗 , 華嚴宗 , 眞言宗 , 小乘律宗 , and 淨土宗 ; the second list adds 禪宗 and omits 大乘律宗. They are the Ritsu, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Hossō, Sanron, Tendai, Kegon, Shingon, (Hīnayāna) Ritsu, and Jōdo; the addition being Zen.

布団

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 futon
    ふとん
(ateji / phonetic) (1) futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor); (2) round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

蒲団

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 futon
    ふとん
(1) futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor); (2) round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

薄団

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 futon
    ふとん
(irregular kanji usage) (1) futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor); (2) round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

煎茶道

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 senchadou / senchado
    せんちゃどう
(See 煎茶・せんちゃ・1,黄檗宗・おうばくしゅう) sencha tea ceremony; Way of Sencha Tea; Chinese-influenced Japanese tea ceremony using leaf tea rather than powdered tea, assoc. with the Ōbaku school of zen

筆禅道

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 hitsuzendou / hitsuzendo
    ひつぜんどう
Art of the Brush (esp. school of Japanese Zen calligraphy)

達磨宗


达磨宗

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dá mó zōng
    da2 mo2 zong1
ta mo tsung
 darumashuu / darumashu
    だるましゅう
(1) (rare) (See 禅宗) Zen (Buddhism); (2) (derogatory term) (archaism) (See 達磨歌) confusing style of middle-age Japanese poetry
The Damo, or Dharma sect, i.e. the 禪宗 Meditation, or Intuitional School.

久松真一

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 hisamatsushinichi
    ひさまつしんいち
(person) Hisamatsu Shin'ichi (1889-1980) - philosopher, scholar of Zen Buddhism and master of the Japanese tea ceremony

八宗九宗

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bā zōng jiǔ zōng
    ba1 zong1 jiu3 zong1
pa tsung chiu tsung
 hasshū kushū
八家九宗 The eight Japanese schools 八宗 with the Zen 禪 school added. The first four are almost or entirely extinct.

Variations:
布団(ateji)(P)
蒲団(rK)

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 futon
    ふとん
(1) (See 敷き布団・しきぶとん,掛け布団・かけぶとん) futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; (2) round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

Variations:
布団(ateji)(P)
蒲団
薄団(iK)

see styles
 futon
    ふとん
(1) (See 敷き布団・しきぶとん,掛け布団・かけぶとん) futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; (2) round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 11 results for "Japanese Zen" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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