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There are 49 total results for your Permanence search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

永久

see styles
yǒng jiǔ
    yong3 jiu3
yung chiu
 eikyuu / ekyu
    えいきゅう

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Eternal / Long-Lasting
everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) eternity; permanence; perpetuity; (2) (hist) Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3); (female given name) Haruku

永遠


永远

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yǒng yuǎn
    yong3 yuan3
yung yüan
 eien / een
    えいえん

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Eternity / Always and Forever
forever; eternal
(n,adj-no,adj-na) eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality; (female given name) Mirai
forever

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    wo3
wo
 ga
    が
I; me; my
(1) {Buddh} obstinacy; (2) atman; the self; the ego
I, my, mine; the ego, the master of the body, compared to the ruler of a country. Composed of the five skandhas and hence not a permanent entity. It is used for ātman, the self, personality. Buddhism takes as a fundamental dogma 無我, i.e. no 常我, no permanent ego, only recognizing a temporal or functional ego. The erroneous idea of a permanent self continued in reincarnation is the source of all illusion. But the Nirvana Sutra definitely asserts a permanent ego in the transcendental world, above the range of reincarnation; and the trend of Mahāyāna supports such permanence; v. 常我樂淨.

三印

see styles
sān yìn
    san1 yin4
san yin
 san'in
The three signs or proofs of a Hīnayāna sutra— non-permanence, non-personality, nirvāṇa; without these the sūtra is spurious and the doctrine is of Māra; the proof of a Mahāyāna sūtra is the doctrine of 一實 ultimate reality, q. v. Also 三法印.

三教

see styles
sān jiào
    san1 jiao4
san chiao
 sankyou; sangyou / sankyo; sangyo
    さんきょう; さんぎょう
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
(1) Shinto, Buddhism and Confucianism; the three religions; (2) Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism; (3) Buddhism, Shinto and Christianity; (given name) Mitsunori
The three teachings, i.e. 儒, 佛 (or 釋), and 道Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism; or, 孔, 老, 釋 Confucianism, Taoism (aIso known as 神敎), and Buddhism. In Japan they are Shinto, Confucianism, and Buddhism. In Buddhism the term is applied to the three periods of Śākyamuni's own teaching, of which there are several definitions: (1) The Jiangnan 南中 School describe his teaching as (a) 漸progressive or gradual; (b) 頓 immediate, i.e. as one whole, especially in the 華嚴經; and (c) 不定 or indeterminate. (2) 光統 Guangtong, a writer of the Iater Wei dynasty, describes the three as (a) 漸 progressive for beginners, i.e. from impermanence to permanence, from the void to reality, etc.; (b) 頓 immediate for the more advanced; and (c) 圓complete, to the most advanced, i.e. the Huayan as above. (3) The 三時敎q.v. (4) The 南山 Southern school deals with (a) the 性空of Hīnayāna; (b) 相空of Mahāyāna; and (c) 唯識圓 the perfect idealism. v. 行事鈔中 4. Tiantai accepts the division of 漸, 頓, and 不定 for pre-Lotus teaching, but adopts 漸 gradual, 頓 immediate, and 圓 perfect, with the Lotus as the perfect teaching; it also has the division of 三藏敎 , 通敎 , and 別敎 q.v.

不磨

see styles
 fuma
    ふま
permanence; immortality

二見


二见

see styles
èr jiàn
    er4 jian4
erh chien
 futami
    ふたみ
(can be adjective with の) forked (road, river); (place-name, surname) Futami
Two (wrong) views: (1) Looking on people grudgingly with regard to almsgiving and preaching the Buddha-truth. (2) (a) 有見 Holding to the real existence of (material) things; (b) 無見 holding to their entire unreality. (3) (a) 斷見 Holding to the view of total annihilation; (b) 常見 to that of permanence or immortality.

二邊


二边

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èr biān
    er4 bian1
erh pien
 nihen
(a) 有邊 That things exist; (6) 無邊 that since nothing is self-existent, things cannot be said to exist. (2) (a) 增益邊 The plus side, the common belief in a soul and permanence; (b) 損減邊 the minus side, that nothing exists even of karma. (3) (a) 斷邊見 and (b) 常邊見 annihilation and immortality; v. 見.

二鳥


二鸟

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èr niǎo
    er4 niao3
erh niao
 nichou / nicho
    にちょう
(female given name) Nichō
The drake and the hen of the mandarin duck who are always together, typifying various contrasted theories and ideas, e.g. permanence and impermanence, joy and sorrow, emptiness and non-emptiness, etc.

五見


五见

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wǔ jiàn
    wu3 jian4
wu chien
 gomi
    ごみ
(surname) Gomi
The five wrong views: (1) 身見 satkāya-dṛṣṭi, i. e. 我見 and 我所見 the view that there is a real self, an ego, and a mine and thine: (2) 邊見 antar-grāha, extreme views. e. g. extinction or permanence; (3) 邪見 mithyā, perverse views, which, denying cause and effect, destroy the foundations of morality; (4) 見取見 dṛṣṭi-parāmarśa, stubborn perverted views, viewing inferior things as superior, or counting the worse as the better; (5) 戒禁取見 śīla-vrata-parāmarśa, rigid views in favour of rigorous ascetic prohibitions, e. g. covering oneself with ashes. Cf. 五利使.

八不

see styles
bā bù
    ba1 bu4
pa pu
 hachifu
The eight negations of Nagarjuna, founder of the Mādhyamika or Middle School 三論宗. The four pairs are "neither birth nor death, neither end nor permanence, neither identity nor difference, neither coming nor going." These are the eight negations; add "neither cause nor effect"and there are the 十不 ten negations; v. 八迷.

四倒

see styles
sì dào
    si4 dao4
ssu tao
 shitō
The four viparyaya i. e. inverted or false beliefs in regard to 常, 樂, 我, 淨. There are two groups: (1) the common belief in the four above, denied by the early Buddhist doctrine that all is impermanent, suffering, impersonal, and impure; (2) the false belief of the Hīnayāna school that nirvana is not a state of permanence, joy, personality, and purity. Hīnayāna refutes the common view in regard to the phenomenal life; bodhisattvism refutes both views.

四德

see styles
sì dé
    si4 de2
ssu te
 shitoku
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends; the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
The four nirvana virtues, or values, according to the Mahāyāna Nirvana Sutra: (1) 常德 permanence or eternity; (2) 樂德 joy; (3) 我德 personality or the soul; (4) 淨德 purity. These four important terms, while denied in the lower realms, are affirmed by the sutra in the transcendental, or nirvana-realm.

常住

see styles
cháng zhù
    chang2 zhu4
ch`ang chu
    chang chu
 joujuu / joju
    じょうじゅう
long-term resident; permanent residence; eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada)
(adverb) (1) always; constantly; eternally; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} (orig. meaning) (ant: 無常) constancy; eternity; (n,vs,vi) (3) permanent residence; (surname) Tokosumi
Permanent, always abiding, eternal.

常性

see styles
cháng xìng
    chang2 xing4
ch`ang hsing
    chang hsing
 jōshō
permanence

常想

see styles
cháng xiǎng
    chang2 xiang3
ch`ang hsiang
    chang hsiang
 jōsō
concept of permanence

常相

see styles
cháng xiàng
    chang2 xiang4
ch`ang hsiang
    chang hsiang
 jō sō
characteristic of permanence

常見


常见

see styles
cháng jiàn
    chang2 jian4
ch`ang chien
    chang chien
 jouken / joken
    じょうけん
commonly seen; common; to see something frequently
{Buddh} eternalism (belief in permanence of things); sassatavada; (surname) Tokomi
The view that (personality) is permanent.

恒久

see styles
 koukyuu / kokyu
    こうきゅう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) permanence; perpetuity; (personal name) Hisanaga

恒常

see styles
héng cháng
    heng2 chang2
heng ch`ang
    heng chang
 koujou / kojo
    こうじょう
constancy; permanence
Constant, regular.

悠久

see styles
yōu jiǔ
    you1 jiu3
yu chiu
 yuukyuu / yukyu
    ゆうきゅう
long (tradition, history etc)
(adj-na,adj-no,n) eternity; perpetuity; permanence; (female given name) Yuku

斷常


断常

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duàn cháng
    duan4 chang2
tuan ch`ang
    tuan chang
 danjō
End or continuance, annihilation or permanence, death or immortality.

永世

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yǒng shì
    yong3 shi4
yung shih
 eisei / ese
    えいせい
eternal; forever
eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence; (surname) Nagayo

永代

see styles
 eitai / etai
    えいたい
permanence; eternity; (personal name) Hisayo

永存

see styles
yǒng cún
    yong3 cun2
yung ts`un
    yung tsun
 eison; eizon / eson; ezon
    えいそん; えいぞん
everlasting; to endure forever
(noun/participle) durability; permanence; perpetuity

永続

see styles
 eizoku / ezoku
    えいぞく
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) permanence; continuation

涅槃

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niè pán
    nie4 pan2
nieh p`an
    nieh pan
 nehan
    ねはん
nirvana (Buddhism)
(1) {Buddh} nirvana; supreme enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} death; death of Buddha
nirvāṇa, 'blown out, gone out, put out, extinguished'; 'liberated-from existence'; 'dead, deceased, defunct.' 'Liberation, eternal bliss'; '(with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual existence.' M.W. Other forms are 涅槃那; 泥日; 泥洹; 泥畔 Originally translated 滅 to extinguish, extinction, put out (as a lamp or fire), it was also described as 解脫 release, 寂滅 tranquil extinction; 無爲 inaction, without effort, passiveness; 不生 no (re)birth; 安樂 calm joy; 滅度transmigration to 'extinction'. The meaning given to 'extinction' varies, e.g. individual extinction; cessation of rebirth; annihilation of passion; extinction of all misery and entry into bliss. While the meaning of individual extinction is not without advocates, the general acceptation is the extinction or end of all return to reincarnation with its concomitant suffering, and the entry into bliss. Nirvāṇa may be enjoyed in the present life as an attainable state, with entry into parinirvāṇa, or perfect bliss to follow. It may be (a) with a 'remainder', i.e. the cause but not all the effect (karma), of reincarnation having been destroyed; (b) without 'remainder', both cause and effect having been extinguished. The answer of the Buddha as to the continued personal existence of the Tathāgata in nirvāṇa is, in the Hīnayāna canon, relegated 'to the sphere of the indeterminates' (Keith), as one of the questions which are not essential to salvation. One argument is that flame when blown out does not perish but returns to the totality of Fire. The Nirvāṇa Sutra claims for nirvāṇa the ancient ideas of 常樂我淨 permanence, bliss, personality purity in the transcendental realm. Mahāyāna declares that Hīnayāna by denying personality in the transcendental realm denies the existence of the Buddha. In Mahāyāna final nirvāṇa is transcendental, and is also used as a term for the absolute. The place where the Buddha entered his earthly nirvāṇa is given as Kuśinagara, cf. 拘.

長久


长久

see styles
cháng jiǔ
    chang2 jiu3
ch`ang chiu
    chang chiu
 choukyuu / chokyu
    ちょうきゅう
(for a) long time
(1) permanence; perpetuity; (2) Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24); (male given name) Hitoshi

八顚倒

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bā diān dào
    ba1 dian1 dao4
pa tien tao
 hachi tendō
The eight upside-down views: heretics believe in 常樂我淨 permanence, pleasure, personality, and purity; the two Hīnayāna vehicles deny these both now and in nirvāṇa. Mahāyāna denies them now, but asserts them in nirvāṇa. Also 八倒.

四句執


四句执

see styles
sì jù zhí
    si4 ju4 zhi2
ssu chü chih
 shikushū
The four tenets held by various non-Buddhist schools: (1) the permanence of the ego, i. e. that the ego of past lives is the ego of the present; (2) its impermanence, i. e. that the present ego is of independent birth; (3) both permanent and impermanent, that the ego is permanent, the body impermanent; (4) neither permanent nor impermanent; that the body is impermanent but the ego not impermanent.

四念處


四念处

see styles
sì niàn chù
    si4 nian4 chu4
ssu nien ch`u
    ssu nien chu
 shinenjo
Four objects on which memory or the thought should dwell— the impurity of the body, that all sensations lead to suffering, that mind is impermanent, and that there is no such thing as an ego. There are other categories for thought or meditation.; (四念處觀); 四念住 smṛtyupasthāna. The fourfold stage of mindfulness, thought, or meditation that follows the 五停心觀 five-fold procedure for quieting the mind. This fourfold method, or objectivity of thought, is for stimulating the mind in ethical wisdom. It consists of contemplating (1) 身 the body as impure and utterly filthy; (2) 受 sensation, or consciousness, as always resulting in suffering; (3) 心 mind as impermanent, merely one sensation after another; (4) 法 things in general as being dependent and without a nature of their own. The four negate the ideas of permanence, joy, personality, and purity 常, 樂, 我, and 淨, i. e. the four 顚倒, but v. 四德. They are further subdivided into 別 and 總 particular and general, termed 別相念處 and 總相念處, and there are further subdivisions.

常住論


常住论

see styles
cháng zhù lùn
    chang2 zhu4 lun4
ch`ang chu lun
    chang chu lun
 jōjū ron
eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda)
eternalism

恒久性

see styles
 koukyuusei / kokyuse
    こうきゅうせい
permanence; perpetuity

永続き

see styles
 nagatsuzuki
    ながつづき
(1) permanence; continuation; long-lasting; (noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (2) to last a long time; to continue; to keep at something for a long time

永続性

see styles
 eizokusei / ezokuse
    えいぞくせい
persistent; permanence

長続き

see styles
 nagatsuzuki
    ながつづき
(1) permanence; continuation; long-lasting; (noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (2) to last a long time; to continue; to keep at something for a long time

八不正見


八不正见

see styles
bā bù zhèng jiàn
    ba1 bu4 zheng4 jian4
pa pu cheng chien
 hachi fushō ken
The teaching of the 大集經 26, on the eight incorrect views in regard to (1) 我見 the existence of a permanent ego; (2) 衆生見 the five skandhas as not the constituents of the living; (3)壽命見 fate, or determination of length of life; (4) 士夫見a creator; (5)常見 permanence; (6) 斷見 annihilation; (7) 有見 the reality of things; (8) 無見 their unreality.

六十二見


六十二见

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liù shí èr jiàn
    liu4 shi2 er4 jian4
liu shih erh chien
 rokujūni ken
The sixty-two 見 or views, of which three groups are given: The 大品般若經 in the 佛母品 takes each of the five skandhas under four considerations of 常 time, considered as time past, whether each of the five has had permanence, impermanence, both, neither, 5 x 4 = 20; again as to their space, or extension, considered as present time, whether each is finite, infinite, both, neither =20; again as to their destination, i. e. future, as to whether each goes on, or does not, both, neither (e. g. continued personality) = 20, or in all 60; add the two ideas whether body and mind 神 are a unity or different = 62. The Tiantai School takes 我見, or personality, as its basis and considers each of the five skandhas under four aspects, e. g (1) rūpa, the organized body, as the ego; (2) the ego as apart from the rūpa; (3) rūpa as the greater, the ego the smaller or inferior, and the ego as dwelling in the rūpa; (4) the ego as the greater, rupa the inferior, and the rupa in the ego. Consider these twenty in the past, present, and future = 60, and add 斷 and 常 impermanence and permanence as fundamentals = 62. There is also a third group.

千古不磨

see styles
 senkofuma
    せんこふま
(yoji) permanence; immortality; eternity

四枯四榮


四枯四荣

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sì kū sì róng
    si4 ku1 si4 rong2
ssu k`u ssu jung
    ssu ku ssu jung
 shiko shiei
When the Buddha died, of the eight śāla trees surrounding him four are said to have withered while four continued in full leaf— a sign that the four doctrines of 苦 suffering, 空 the void, 無常 impermanence, and 無我 impersonality were to perish and those of 常 permanence, 葉 joy, 我 personality, and 淨 purity, the transcendent bodhisattva doctrines, were to flourish.

常樂我淨


常乐我淨

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cháng lè wǒ jìng
    chang2 le4 wo3 jing4
ch`ang le wo ching
    chang le wo ching
 jōraku gajō
The four pāramitās of knowledge: eternity, bliss, personality, purity, the four transcendental realities in nirvāṇa, v. Nirvāṇa Sutra.

念念無常


念念无常

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niàn niàn wú cháng
    nian4 nian4 wu2 chang2
nien nien wu ch`ang
    nien nien wu chang
 nennen mujō
Instant after instant, no permanence, i. e. the impermanence of all phenomena; unceasing change.

永久不変

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 eikyuufuhen / ekyufuhen
    えいきゅうふへん
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (yoji) permanence; forever unchanging

涅槃八味

see styles
niè pán bā wèi
    nie4 pan2 ba1 wei4
nieh p`an pa wei
    nieh pan pa wei
 nehan no hachimi
The eight rasa, i.e. flavours, or characteristics of nirvāṇa-permanence, peace, no growing old, no death, purity, transcendence, unperturbedness, joy.

淨我樂常


淨我乐常

see styles
jìng wǒ lè cháng
    jing4 wo3 le4 chang2
ching wo le ch`ang
    ching wo le chang
 jō ga raku jō
[authentic] purity, self, bliss, and permanence

生滅去來


生灭去来

see styles
shēng miè qù lái
    sheng1 mie4 qu4 lai2
sheng mieh ch`ü lai
    sheng mieh chü lai
 shōmetsu korai
Coming into existence and ceasing to exist, past and future, are merely relative terms and not true in reality; they are the first two antitheses in the 中論 Mādhyamika-śāstra, the other two antitheses being 一異斷常 unity and difference, impermanence and permanence.

生滅去來一異斷常


生灭去来一异断常

see styles
shēng miè qù lái yī yì duàn cháng
    sheng1 mie4 qu4 lai2 yi1 yi4 duan4 chang2
sheng mieh ch`ü lai i i tuan ch`ang
    sheng mieh chü lai i i tuan chang
 shōmetsu korai ichii danjō
birth, extinction, going, coming, uniformity, diversity, cessation, and permanence

Variations:
永久
永遠
常(rK)

see styles
 towa
    とわ
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (poetic term) eternity; perpetuity; permanence

Variations:
永久(P)

長しえ
常しえ
永え

see styles
 eikyuu(永久)(p); tokoshie(永久, 長shie, 常shie, 永e, 永); towa(永久, 常) / ekyu(永久)(p); tokoshie(永久, 長shie, 常shie, 永e, 永); towa(永久, 常)
    えいきゅう(永久)(P); とこしえ(永久, 長しえ, 常しえ, 永え, 永); とわ(永久, 常)
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) (とわ tends to be more abstract) eternity; permanence; perpetuity; (2) (えいきゅう only) Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

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

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