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妙 see styles |
miào miao4 miao myou / myo みょう |
More info & calligraphy: Clever / Superb / Wonderful(noun or adjectival noun) (1) strange; weird; odd; curious; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill; (surname) Myō su, sat, mañju, sūkṣma. Wonderful, beautiful, mystic, supernatural, profound, subtle, mysterious. su means good, excellent, surpassing, beautiful, fine, easy. sat means existing, real, good. mañju means beautiful, lovely, charming. Intp. in Chinese as 不可思議 beyond thought or discussion; 絕待 special, outstanding; 無比 incomparable; 精微深遠 subtle and profound. |
明 see styles |
míng ming2 ming mei / me めい |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright(1) (ant: 暗) brightness; (2) discernment; insight; an eye (for); (3) (See 明を失う) eyesight; vision; (prefix) (4) (abbreviation) (See 明治) nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (surname) Meishuu vidyā, knowledge. ming means bright, clear, enlightenment, intp. by 智慧 or 聰明 wisdom, wise; to understand. It represents Buddha-wisdom and its revelation; also the manifestation of a Buddha's light or effulgence; it is a term for 眞言 because the 'true word' can destroy the obscurity of illusion; the 'manifestation' of the power of the object of worship; it means also dhāraṇīs or mantras of mystic wisdom. Also, the Ming dynasty A. D. 1368-1644. |
禪 禅 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan yuzuri ゆずり |
More info & calligraphy: Zen / Chan / Meditation(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim. |
禪宗 禅宗 see styles |
chán zōng chan2 zong1 ch`an tsung chan tsung Zenshū |
More info & calligraphy: Zen BuddhismThe Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門. |
禪悅 禅悦 see styles |
chán yuè chan2 yue4 ch`an yüeh chan yüeh zenetsu |
More info & calligraphy: Inner Bliss and Peace from Meditation |
蓮華智 莲华智 see styles |
lián huá zhì lian2 hua2 zhi4 lien hua chih renge chi |
More info & calligraphy: Mystic Lotus Wisdom of Amitabha |
菩提達磨 菩提达磨 see styles |
pú tí dá mó pu2 ti2 da2 mo2 p`u t`i ta mo pu ti ta mo bodaidaruma ぼだいだるま |
More info & calligraphy: BodhidharmaBodhidharma, commonly known as Damo, v. 達; reputed as the founder of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitional or Mystic School. His original name is given as 菩提多羅 Bodhitara. |
卍 see styles |
wàn wan4 wan manji まんじ |
swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; (given name) Manji sauvastika, 塞縛悉底迦; also styled 室利靺瑳 śrīvatsa, lucky sign, Viṣṇu's breast-curl or mark, tr. by 海雲 sea-cloud, or cirrhus. Used as a fancy form of 萬 or 萬; and is also written in a form said to resemble a curl. It is the 4th of the auspicious signs in the footprint of Buddha, and is a mystic diagram of great antiquity. To be distinguished from 卐svastika, the crampons of which turn to the right. |
唵 see styles |
ǎn an3 an on おん |
(interjection) oh!; (dialect) to stuff something in one's mouth; (used in buddhist transliterations) om (interjection) (See オーム) om (ritual chant in Hinduism, etc.); aum oṃ; auṃ; 'a word of solemn affirmation and respectful assent (sometimes translated by yes, verily, so be it, and in this sense compared with Amen). 'M. W. It is 'the mystic name for the Hindu triad', and has other significations. It was adopted by Buddhists, especially by the Tantric school, as a mystic spell, and as an object of meditation. It forms the first syllable of certain mystical combinations, e. g. 唵?呢叭 061971 吽 oṃ maṇi padme huṃ, which is a formula of the Lamaistic branch, said to be a prayer to Padmapani; each of the six syllables having its own mystic power of salvation from the lower paths of transmigration, etc.; the formula is used in sorcery, auguries, etc.; other forms of it are 唵?呢鉢頭迷吽; 唵麽抳鉢訥銘吽. |
梵 see styles |
fàn fan4 fan bon ぼん |
abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2]; abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican (1) Brahman (ultimate reality of the universe in Hinduism); Brahma; (2) Brahma (Hindu creator god); (3) (abbreviation) (See 梵語) Sanskrit; (given name) Bon Brahman (from roots bṛh, vṛh, connected with bṛṃh, "religious devotion," "prayer," "a sacred text," or mantra, "the mystic syllable om"; "sacred learning," "the religious life," "the Supreme Being regarded as impersonal," "the Absolute," "the priestly or sacerdotal class," etc. M.W. Translit. |
三密 see styles |
sān mì san1 mi4 san mi sanmitsu さんみつ |
{Buddh} three mysteries (Buddha's body, speech and mind) The three mystic things: the body, mouth (i.e. voice), and mind of the Tathāgata, which are universal, all things being this mystic body, all sound this mystic voice, and all thought this mystic mind. All creatures in body, voice, and mind are only individualized parts of the Tathāgata, but illusion hides their Tathāgata nature from them. The esoterics seek to realize their Tathāgata nature by physical signs and postures, by voicing of 眞言 dhāraṇī and by meditations, so that 入我我入 He may enter me and I Him, which is the perfection of siddhi 悉地; v. 大日經疏 1. 菩提心論. |
三界 see styles |
sān jiè san1 jie4 san chieh sangai さんがい |
(1) {Buddh} (See 欲界,色界,無色界) the three realms of existence; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 三千大千世界) the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; (3) {Buddh} (See 三世・さんぜ・1) past, present and future existences; (suffix) (4) far-off ...; distant ...; (surname) Mikai Trailokya or Triloka; the three realms; also 三有. It is the Buddhist metaphysical equivalent for the Brahmanic cosmological bhuvanatraya, or triple world of bhūr, bhuvaḥ, and svar, earth, atmosphere, and heaven. The Buddhist three are 欲, 色, and 無色界, i.e. world of sensuous desire, form, and formless world of pure spirit. (a) 欲界 Kāmadhātu is the realm of sensuous desire, of 婬 and 食 sex and food; it includes the six heavens of desire, the human world, and the hells. (b) 色界 Rūpadhātu is the realm of form, meaning 質礙 that which is substantial and resistant: it is above the lust-world and contains (so to speak) bodies, palaces, things, all mystic and wonderful一a semi-material conception like that in Revelation; it is represented in the 四禪天, or Brahmalokas. (c) 無色界 Arūpadhātu, or ārūpyadhātu, is the formless realm of pure spirit, where there are no bodies, places, things, at any rate none to which human terms would apply, but where the mind dwells in mystic contemplation; its extent is indefinable, but it is, conceived of in four stages, i,e. 四空處 the four "empty" regions, or regions of space in the immaterial world, which are 四無色 the four "formless" realms, or realms beyond form; being above the realm of form, their bounds cannot be defined. v. 倶舍論世間品. |
三金 see styles |
sān jīn san1 jin1 san chin mikane みかね |
(surname) Mikane The three metals, gold, silver, copper. The esoterics have (a) earth, water, fire, representing the 身密 mystic body; (b) space and wind, the 語密 mystic mouth or speech; (c) 識 cognition, the 意密 mystic mind. |
五法 see styles |
wǔ fǎ wu3 fa3 wu fa gohō |
pañcadharma. The five laws or categories, of which four groups are as follows: I. 相名五法 The five categories of form and name: (1) 相 appearances, or phenomena; (2) 名 their names; (3) 分別 sometimes called 妄想 ordinary mental discrimination of them— (1) and (2) are objective, (3) subjective; (4) 正智 corrective wisdom, which corrects the deficiencies and errors of the last: (5) 如如 the 眞如 Bhutatathata or absolute wisdom, reached through the 如理智 understanding of the law of the absolute, or ultimate truth. II. 事理五法 The five categories into which things and their principles are divided: (1) 心法 mind; (2) 心所法 mental conditions or activities; (3) 色法 the actual states or categories as conceived; (4) 不相應法 hypothetic categories, 唯識 has twenty-four, the Abhidharma fourteen; (5) 無爲法 the state of rest, or the inactive principle pervading all things; the first four are the 事 and the last the 理. III. 理智五法 cf. 五智; the five categories of essential wisdom: (1) 眞如 the absolute; (2) 大圓鏡智 wisdom as the great perfect mirror reflecting all things; (3) 平等性智 wisdom of the equal Buddha nature of all beings; (4) 妙觀察智 wisdom of mystic insight into all things and removal of ignorance and doubt; (5) 成所作智 wisdom perfect in action and bringing blessing to self and others. IV. 提婆五法 The five obnoxious rules of Devadatta: not to take milk in any form, nor meat, nor salt; to wear unshaped garments, and to live apart. Another set is: to wear cast-off rags, beg food, have only one set meal a day, dwell in the open, and abstain from all kinds of flesh, milk, etc. |
內祕 内祕 see styles |
nèi mì nei4 mi4 nei mi naihi |
The inner mystic mind of the bodhisattva, though externally he may appear to be a śrāvaka. |
大教 see styles |
dà jiào da4 jiao4 ta chiao daikyō |
The great teaching. (1) That of the Buddha. (2) Tantrayāna. The mahātantra, yoga, yogacarya, or tantra school which claims Samantabhadra as its founder. It aims at ecstatic union of the individual soul with the world soul, Iśvara. From this result the eight great powers of Siddhi (aṣṭa-mahāsiddhi), namely, ability to (1) make one's body lighter (laghiman); (2) heavier (gaiman); (3) smaller (aṇiman); (4) larger (mahiman) than anything in the world ; (5) reach any place (prāpti) ; (6) assume any shape (prākāmya) ; (7) control all natural laws (īśitva) ; (8) make everything depend upon oneself; all at will (v.如意身 and 神足). By means of mystic formulas (Tantras or dhāraṇīs), or spells (mantras), accompanied by music and manipulation of the hands (mūdra), a state of mental fixity characterized neither by thought nor the annihilation of thought, can be reached. This consists of six-fold bodily and mental happiness (yoga), and from this results power to work miracles. Asaṅga compiled his mystic doctrines circa A.D. 500. The system was introduced into China A.D. 647 by Xuanzang's translation of the Yogācārya-bhūmi-śāstra 瑜伽師地論 ; v. 瑜. On the basis of this, Amoghavajra established the Chinese branch of the school A.D. 720 ; v. 阿目. This was popularized by the labours of Vajrabodhi A.D. 732 ; v. 金剛智. |
怪祕 怪秘 see styles |
guài mì guai4 mi4 kuai mi |
strange; mystic |
手印 see styles |
shǒu yìn shou3 yin4 shou yin shuin |
handprint; fingerprint; thumbprint mūdra, mystic positions of the hand; signet-rings, seals; finger-prints. |
明妃 see styles |
míng fēi ming2 fei1 ming fei myōhi |
Another name for dhāraṇī as the queen of mystic knowledge and able to overcome all evil. Also the female consorts shown in the maṇḍalas. |
智力 see styles |
zhì lì zhi4 li4 chih li chiriki ちりき |
intelligence; intellect (noun - becomes adjective with の) wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains; (given name) Chiriki Knowledge and supernatural power; power of knowledge; the efficient use of mystic knowledge. |
智城 see styles |
zhì chéng zhi4 cheng2 chih ch`eng chih cheng tomoki ともき |
(personal name) Tomoki The city of mystic wisdom, Buddhahood. |
智妙 see styles |
zhì miào zhi4 miao4 chih miao chimyō |
Mystic knowledge (which reveals spiritual realities). |
智斷 智断 see styles |
zhì duàn zhi4 duan4 chih tuan chidan |
Mystic wisdom which attains absolute truth, and cuts off misery. |
法相 see styles |
fǎ xiàng fa3 xiang4 fa hsiang hossou / hosso ほっそう |
(1) {Buddh} (See 法性) dharmalaksana (dharma characteristics, the specific characteristics of all manifest phenomena); (2) (abbreviation) (See 法相宗) Hosso sect of Buddhism The aspects of characteristics of things-all things are of monad nature but differ in form. A name of the 法相宗 Faxiang or Dharmalakṣaṇa sect (Jap. Hossō), called also 慈恩宗 Cien sect from the Tang temple, in which lived 窺基 Kuiji, known also as 慈恩. It "aims at discovering the ultimate entity of cosmic existence n contemplation, through investigation into the specific characteristics (the marks or criteria) of all existence, and through the realization of the fundamental nature of the soul in mystic illumination". "An inexhaustible number" of "seeds" are "stored up in the Ālaya-soul; they manifest themselves in innumerable varieties of existence, both physical and mental". "Though there are infinite varieties. . . they all participate in the prime nature of the ālaya." Anesaki. The Faxiang School is one of the "eight schools", and was established in China on the return of Xuanzang, consequent on his translation of the Yogācārya works. Its aim is to understand the principle underlying the 萬法性相 or nature and characteristics of all things. Its foundation works are the 解深密經, the 唯識論, and the 瑜伽論. It is one of the Mahāyāna realistic schools, opposed by the idealistic schools, e.g. the 三論 school; yet it was a "combination of realism and idealism, and its religion a profoundly mystic one". Anesaki. |
灌頂 灌顶 see styles |
guàn dǐng guan4 ding3 kuan ting kanjou; kanchou / kanjo; kancho かんじょう; かんちょう |
(1) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; (2) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); (3) {Buddh} pouring water onto a gravestone; (4) teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music) abhiṣecana; mūrdhābhiṣikta; inauguration or consecration by sprinkling, or pouring water on the head; an Indian custom on the investiture of a king, whose head was baptized with water from the four seas and from the rivers in his domain; in China it is administered as a Buddhist rite chiefly to high personages, and for ordination purposes. Amongst the esoterics it is a rite especially administered to their disciples; and they have several categories of baptism, e.g. that of ordinary disciples, of teacher, or preacher, of leader, of office-bearer; also for special causes such as relief from calamity, preparation for the next life, etc. |
照寂 see styles |
zhào jí zhao4 ji2 chao chi shōjaku |
The shining mystic purity of Buddha, or the bhūtatathatā. |
痴定 see styles |
chī dìng chi1 ding4 ch`ih ting chih ting |
The samādhi of ignorance, i.e. without mystic insight. |
眞色 see styles |
zhēn sè zhen1 se4 chen se shinjiki |
The mystic or subtle form of the bhūtatathatā, or absolute, the form of the void, or immaterial, dharmakāya. |
神呪 see styles |
shén zhòu shen2 zhou4 shen chou shinju; jinju しんじゅ; じんじゅ |
mystic spell; dharani; (surname) Shinnou a supernatural spell |
神妙 see styles |
shén miào shen2 miao4 shen miao shinmyou(p); shinbyou(ok) / shinmyo(p); shinbyo(ok) しんみょう(P); しんびょう(ok) |
marvelous; wondrous (noun or adjectival noun) (1) meek; quiet; docile; humble; faithful; obedient; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) mysterious; marvelous; marvellous Mysterious, mystic, occult, recondite, marvellous. |
禪思 禅思 see styles |
chán sī chan2 si1 ch`an ssu chan ssu zenshi |
Meditation thoughts; the mystic trance. |
禪慧 禅慧 see styles |
chán huì chan2 hui4 ch`an hui chan hui zen'e |
The mystic trance and wisdom. |
禪河 禅河 see styles |
chán hé chan2 he2 ch`an ho chan ho zenka |
The dhyāna river, i.e. the mystic trance like a river extinguishes the fires of the mind. The 尼連禪 river Nairaṅjanā (Niladyan), which flows past Gayā. |
禪病 禅病 see styles |
chán bìng chan2 bing4 ch`an ping chan ping zenbyō |
The ills of meditation, i.e. wandering thoughts, illusions. The illusions and nervous troubles of the mystic. |
禪習 禅习 see styles |
chán xí chan2 xi2 ch`an hsi chan hsi zenshū |
The practice of religion through the mystic trance. |
蓮理 莲理 see styles |
lián lǐ lian2 li3 lien li renri |
The mystic doctrine of the Lotus faith. |
薄證 薄证 see styles |
bó zhèng bo2 zheng4 po cheng hakushō |
Shallow insight, weak in mystic experience. |
要妙 see styles |
yào miào yao4 miao4 yao miao yōmyō |
The essential and mystic nature (of Buddha-truth). |
覺母 觉母 see styles |
jué mǔ jue2 mu3 chüeh mu kakumo |
Mother of enlightenment, a title of Mañjuśrī as the eternal guardian of mystic wisdom, all buddhas, past, present, and future, deriving their enlightenment from him as its guardian; also 佛母. |
證悟 证悟 see styles |
zhèng wù zheng4 wu4 cheng wu shōgo |
Mystic insight; conviction by thinking, realization, to prove and ponder. |
證道 证道 see styles |
zhèng dào zheng4 dao4 cheng tao shōdō |
The way of (mystic) experience; to witness to the truth. |
雙流 双流 see styles |
shuāng liú shuang1 liu2 shuang liu sōru |
Shuangliu county in Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1], Sichuan; Chengdu's main airport The twin streams of teaching and mystic contemplation. |
霊智 see styles |
reichi / rechi れいち |
mystic wisdom |
霊知 see styles |
reichi / rechi れいち |
mystic wisdom |
靜智 静智 see styles |
jìng zhì jing4 zhi4 ching chih |
Calm wisdom, the wisdom derived from quietness, or mystic trance. |
鳥道 鸟道 see styles |
niǎo dào niao3 dao4 niao tao chōdō |
a road only a bird can manage; steep dangerous road The path of the birds, evasive, mysterious, difficult, as is the mystic life. Also a fabulous island only reached by flight. |
カバラ see styles |
kabara カバラ |
kabbalah (Jewish mystic tradition) (heb: kabbālāh); qabalah; cabala; (place-name) Kabala (Siera Leone); Kavala (Greece); Kavalla; Cavara |
三祕密 三秘密 see styles |
sān mì mì san1 mi4 mi4 san mi mi san himitsu |
The three mysteries, a term of the esoteric school for 身, 口, and 意; i.e. the symbol; the mystic word or sound; the meditation of the mind. |
六行觀 六行观 see styles |
liù xíng guān liu4 xing2 guan1 liu hsing kuan rokugyō kan |
The six meditations, also called 厭欣觀; 六妙行 comparing the 下地 lower realms with the 上地 higher, the six following characters being the subject of meditation: the three lower represent 麤 coarseness, 苦 suffering, and 障 resistance; these in meditation are seen as distasteful: while the higher are the 靜 calm, 妙 mystic, 離 free, which are matters for delight. By this meditation on the distasteful and the delectable the delusions of the lower realms may be overcome. |
曼荼羅 曼荼罗 see styles |
màn tú luó man4 tu2 luo2 man t`u lo man tu lo mandara まんだら |
(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) mandala mandala; Buddhist visual schema of the enlightened mind; (given name) Mandara 曼怛羅; 曼特羅; 曼陀羅; 曼拏羅; 蔓陀囉; 滿荼邏 maṇḍala, a circle, globe, wheel ring; "any circular figure or diagram" (M.W.); a magic circle; a plot or place of enlightenment; a round or square altar on which buddhas and bodhisattvas are placed; a group of such, especially the garbhadhātu and vajradhātu groups of the Shingon sect; these were arranged by Kōbō Daishi to express the mystic doctrine of the two dhātu by way of illustration, the garbhadhātu representing the 理 and the 因 principle and cause, the vajradhātu the 智 and the 果 intelligence (or reason) and the effect, i.e. the fundamental realm of being, and mind as inherent in it; v. 胎 and 金剛. The two realms are fundamentally one, as are the absolute and phenomenal, e.g. water and wave. There are many kinds of maṇḍalas, e.g. the group of the Lotus Sutra; of the 觀經; of the nine luminaries; of the Buddha's entering into nirvana, etc. The real purpose of a maṇḍala is to gather the spiritual powers together, in order to promote the operation of the dharma or law. The term is commonly applied to a magic circle, subdivided into circles or squares in which are painted Buddhist divinities and symbols. Maṇḍalas also reveal the direct retribution of each of the ten worlds of beings (purgatory, pretas, animals, asuras, men, devas, the heavens of form, formless heavens, bodhisattvas, and buddhas). Each world has its maṇḍala which represents the originating principle that brings it to completion. The maṇḍala of the tenth world indicates the fulfilment and completion of the nine worlds. |
木得羅 木得罗 see styles |
mù dé luó mu4 de2 luo2 mu te lo mokudokura |
Mudra, a seal; mystic signs with the hands. |
無動佛 无动佛 see styles |
wú dòng fó wu2 dong4 fo2 wu tung fo Mudō butsu |
Akṣobhya, cf. 阿閦婆 and 不動佛 The unperturbed Buddha, sometimes tr. as motionless, but the reference is to his calmness, serenity, and absence of passion; he is one of the Five Dhyāni-Buddhas, and generally reigns over the east, his kingdom being Abhirati; realm of mystic pleasure. In the Lotus Sūtra he is named as the first of the sixteen sons of Mahābhijñābhibhu. One of his principal characteristics is that of subduing the passions. |
胎藏界 see styles |
tāi zàng jiè tai1 zang4 jie4 t`ai tsang chieh tai tsang chieh taizō kai |
Garbhadhātu, or Garbhakośa-(dhātu), the womb treasury, the universal source from which all things are produced; the matrix; the embryo; likened to a womb in which all of a child is conceived— its body, mind, etc. It is container and content; it covers and nourishes; and is the source of all supply. It represents the 理性 fundamental nature, both material elements and pure bodhi, or wisdom in essence or purity; 理 being the garbhadhātu as fundamental wisdom, and 智 acquired wisdom or knowledge, the vajradhātu. It also represents the human heart in its innocence or pristine purity, which is considered as the source of all Buddha-pity and moral knowledge. And it indicates that from the central being in the maṇḍala, viz. the Sun as symbol of Vairocana, there issue all the other manifestations of wisdom and power, Buddhas, bodhisattvas, demons, etc. It is 本覺 original intellect, or the static intellectuality, in contrast with 始覺 intellection, the initial or dynamic intellectuality represented in the vajradhātu; hence it is the 因 cause and vajradhātu the 果 effect; though as both are a unity, the reverse may be the rule, the effect being also the cause; it is also likened to 利他 enriching others, as vajradhātu is to 自利 enriching self. Kōbō Daishi, founder of the Yoga or Shingon 眞言 School in Japan, adopted the representation of the ideas in maṇḍalas, or diagrams, as the best way of revealing the mystic doctrine to the ignorant. The garbhadhātu is the womb or treasury of all things, the universe; the 理 fundamental principle, the source; its symbols are a triangle on its base, and an open lotus as representing the sun and Vairocana. In Japan this maṇḍala is placed on the east, typifying the rising sun as source, or 理. The vajradhātu is placed west and represents 智 wisdom or knowledge as derived from 理 the underlying principle, but the two are essential one to the other, neither existing apart. The material and spiritual; wisdom-source and intelligence; essence and substance; and similar complementary ideas are thus portrayed; the garbhadhātu may be generally considered as the static and the vajradhātu as the dynamic categories, which are nevertheless a unity. The garbhadhātu is divided into 三部 three sections representing samādhi or quiescence, wisdom-store, and pity-store, or thought, knowledge, pity; one is called the Buddha-section, the others the Vajra and Lotus sections respectively; the three also typify vimokṣa, prajñā, and dharmakāya, or freedom, understanding, and spirituality. There are three heads of these sections, i. e. Vairocana, Vajrapāṇi, and Avalokiteśvara; each has a mother or source, e. g. Vairocana from Buddha's-eye; and each has a 明王 or emanation of protection against evil; also a śakti or female energy; a germ-letter, etc. The diagram of five Buddhas contains also four bodhisattvas, making nine in all, and there are altogether thirteen 大院 or great courts of various types of ideas, of varying numbers, generally spoken of as 414. Cf. 金剛界; 大日; 兩部. |
蘇悉地 苏悉地 see styles |
sū xī dì su1 xi1 di4 su hsi ti soshitsuji |
susiddhi, a mystic word of the Tantra School, meaning "may it be excellently accomplished", v. the蘇悉地經 Susiddhi Sutra and 蘇悉地羯羅經 Susiddhikāra Sutra. |
蘇波訶 苏波诃 see styles |
sū bō hē su1 bo1 he1 su po ho sohaka |
svāhā, Hail! A kind of Amen; a mystic word indicating completion, good luck, nirvana, may evil disappear and good be increased; in India it also indicates an oblation especially a burnt offering; the oblation as a female deity. Also 蘇和訶; 蘇婆訶; 蘇呵, also with 沙, 娑, 莎, 薩, 率, ? as initial syllable. |
遠行地 远行地 see styles |
yuǎn xíng dì yuan3 xing2 di4 yüan hsing ti ongyō chi |
The seventh stage of the bodhisattva, in which he leaves the world of phenomena and enjoys mystic contemplation. |
遠離樂 远离乐 see styles |
yuǎn lí lè yuan3 li2 le4 yüan li le onri raku |
The joy of the first dhyāna heaven, in which the defilement of desire is left far behind in mystic contemplation. |
阿目佉 see styles |
ā mù qiā a1 mu4 qia1 a mu ch`ia a mu chia Amokukya |
(阿目佉跋折羅) Amogha, or Amoghavajra, 阿牟伽 (or 阿謨伽 or 阿穆伽) intp. 不空 (不空金剛) a monk from northern India, a follower of the mystic teachings of Samantabhadra. Vajramati 金剛智 is reputed to have founded the Yogācārya or Tantric school in China about A.D. 719-720. Amogha succeeded him in its leadership in 732. From a journey through India and Ceylon, 741-6, he brought to China more than 500 sutras and śāstras; introduced a new form for transliterating Sanskrit and published 108 works. He is credited with the introduction of the Ullambana fesival of All Souls, 15th of 7th moon, v. 盂. He is the chief representative of Buddhist mysticism in China, spreading it widely through the patronage of three successive emperors, Xuanzong, Suzong, who gave him the title of 大廣智三藏 q.v., and Daizong, who gave him the posthumous rank and title of a Minister of State. He died 774. |
陀羅尼 陀罗尼 see styles |
tuó luó ní tuo2 luo2 ni2 t`o lo ni to lo ni darani だらに |
incantation (Sanskrit: dharani); religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil) dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant (or 陀羅那); 陀鄰尼 dhāraṇī. Able to lay hold of the good so that it cannot be lost, and likewise of the evil so that it cannot arise. Magical formulas, or mystic forms of prayer, or spells of Tantric order, often in Sanskrit, found in China as early as the third century A.D.; they form a potion of the dhāraṇīpiṭaka; made popular chiefly through the Yogācārya 瑜伽 or 密教esoteric school. Four divisions are given, i.e. 法陀羅尼, 義陀羅尼, 咒陀羅尼 and 忍陀羅尼; the 咒, i.e. mantra or spell, is emphasized by the 眞言 Shingon sect. There are numerous treatises, e.g. 陀羅尼集經; 瑜伽師地論, attributed to Asaṅga, founder of the Buddhist Yoga school. |
三密六大 see styles |
sān mì liù dà san1 mi4 liu4 da4 san mi liu ta sanmitsu rokudai |
The three mystic things associated with the six elements, i.e. the mystic body is associated with earth, water, and fire; the mystic words with wind and space; the mystic mind with 識 cognition. |
三密相應 三密相应 see styles |
sān mì xiāng yìng san1 mi4 xiang1 ying4 san mi hsiang ying sanmitsu sōō |
The three mystic things, body, mouth, and mind, of the Tathāgata are identical with those of all the living, so that even the fleshly body born of parents is the dharmakāya, or body of Buddha: 父母所生之肉身卽爲佛身也. |
三祕密身 三秘密身 see styles |
sān mì mì shēn san1 mi4 mi4 shen1 san mi mi shen san himitsu shin |
A term for the mystic letter, the mystic symbol, and the image. |
三種灌頂 三种灌顶 see styles |
sān zhǒng guàn dǐng san1 zhong3 guan4 ding3 san chung kuan ting sanshu kanjō |
Three kinds of baptism: (1) (a) 摩頂灌頂 Every Buddha baptizes a disciple by laying a hand on his head; (b) 授記灌頂 by predicting Buddhahood to him; (c) 放光灌頂 by revealing his glory to him to his profit. (2) Shingon has (a) baptism on acquiring the mystic word; (b) on remission of sin and prayer for blessing and protection; (c) on seeking for reward in the next life. |
事理禪師 事理禅师 see styles |
shì lǐ chán shī shi4 li3 chan2 shi1 shih li ch`an shih shih li chan shih jiri zenshi |
A mystic, or monk in meditation, yet busy with affairs: an epithet of reproach. |
應法妙服 应法妙服 see styles |
yìng fǎ miào fú ying4 fa3 miao4 fu2 ying fa miao fu ōhō no myōbuku |
The mystic (or beautiful) garment of accordance with Buddha-truth, i.e, the monk's robe. |
撥草瞻風 拨草瞻风 see styles |
bō cǎo zhān fēng bo1 cao3 zhan1 feng1 po ts`ao chan feng po tsao chan feng hassō senpū |
(or 撥草參玄) To uproot the weeds (of ignorance) and look for the mystic Buddha-breeze. |
本囊伽吒 本囊伽咤 see styles |
běn nāng gā zhà ben3 nang1 ga1 zha4 pen nang ka cha honnagada |
pūrṇaghaṭa, full pitcher, 'one of the sixty-five mystic figures said to be traceable on every footprint (śrīpada) of Buddha. ' Eitel. |
無上妙覺 无上妙觉 see styles |
wú shàng miào jué wu2 shang4 miao4 jue2 wu shang miao chüeh mujō myōkaku |
The supreme mystic enlightenment. |
無心道人 无心道人 see styles |
wú xīn dào rén wu2 xin1 dao4 ren2 wu hsin tao jen mushin dōnin |
The hermit or saint in ecstatic contemplation, as with emptied mind he becomes the receptacle of mystic influences. |
眞言祕密 眞言秘密 see styles |
zhēn yán mì mì zhen1 yan2 mi4 mi4 chen yen mi mi Shingon himitsu |
The mystic nature of the mantras and dhāraṇīs; the esoteric things of Shingon. |
禪波羅密 禅波罗密 see styles |
chán bō luó mì chan2 bo1 luo2 mi4 ch`an po lo mi chan po lo mi zen haramitsu |
The sixth or dhyānapāramitā, the attainment of perfection in the mystic trance. |
蘇非主義 苏非主义 see styles |
sū fēi zhǔ yì su1 fei1 zhu3 yi4 su fei chu i |
Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition) |
閑居十德 闲居十德 see styles |
xián jū shí dé xian2 ju1 shi2 de2 hsien chü shih te kanko juttoku |
Ten advantages of a hermitage given in verse, i.e. absence of sex and passion; of temptation to say wrong things; of enemies, and so of strife; of friends to praise or blame; of others' faults, and so of talk about them; of followers or servants, and so no longing for companions; of society, and so no burden of politeness; of guests, and so no preparations; of social intercourse, and so no trouble about garments; of hindrance from others in mystic practice. |
鼻隔禪師 鼻隔禅师 see styles |
bí gé chán shī bi2 ge2 chan2 shi1 pi ko ch`an shih pi ko chan shih |
dhyāna master with nose (and other organs) shutoff from sensation, i.e. a stupid mystic. |
Variations: |
reichi / rechi れいち |
mystic wisdom |
ミスティック see styles |
misutikku ミスティック |
(can be adjective with の) mystic |
ミスティック川 see styles |
misutikkugawa ミスティックがわ |
(place-name) Mystic (river) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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