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Characters Pronunciation
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Simple Dictionary Definition

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dìng
    ding4
ting
 jou / jo
    じょう

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Samadhi
to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
(1) (See 案の定・あんのじょう) certainty; reality; actuality; (prefix noun) (2) (See 定宿) regular; permanent; (3) {Buddh} (See 三昧・さんまい・1,禅定・ぜんじょう・1) samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); (given name) Yasushi
To fix, settle. samādhi. 'Composing the mind'; 'intent contemplation'; 'perfect absorption of thought into the one object of meditation.' M. W. Abstract meditation, the mind fixed in one direction, or field. (1) 散定 scattered or general meditation (in the world of desire). (2) 禪定 abstract meditation (in the realms of form and beyond form). It is also one of the five attributes of the dharmakāya 法身, i. e. an internal state of imperturbability or tranquility, exempt from all external sensations, 超受陰; cf. 三摩提.


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shàn
    shan4
shan
 yuzuri
    ゆずり

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Zen / Chan / Meditation
to abdicate
(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.

三昧

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sān mèi
    san1 mei4
san mei
 sanmai; zanmai
    さんまい; ざんまい

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Samadhi
Samadhi (Buddhist term)
(1) (さんまい only) {Buddh} samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) (san:); (suffix noun) (2) (usu. ざんまい) being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. ざんまい) prone to; apt to; (given name) Sanmai
(三昧地) Samādhi, "putting together, composing the mind, intent contemplation, perfect absorption, union of the meditator with the object of meditation." (M. W.) Also 三摩地 (三摩提, 三摩帝, 三摩底). Interpreted by 定 or 正定, the mind fixed and undisturbed; by 正受 correct sensation of the object contemplated; by 調直定 ordering and fixing the mind; by 正心行處 the condition when the motions of the mind are steadied and harmonized with the object; by 息慮凝心 the cessation of distraction and the fixation of the mind; by 等持 the mind held in equilibrium; by 奢摩他, i.e. 止息 to stay the breathing. It is described as concentration of the mind (upon an object). The aim is 解脫, mukti, deliverance from all the trammels of life, the bondage of the passions and reincarnations. It may pass from abstraction to ecstasy, or rapture, or trance. Dhyāna 定 represents a simpler form of contemplation; samāpatti 三摩鉢底 a stage further advanced; and samādhi the highest stage of the Buddhist equivalent for Yoga, though Yoga is considered by some as a Buddhist development differing from samādhi. The 翻譯名義 says: 思專 when the mind has been concentrated, then 志一不分 the will is undivided; when 想寂 active thought has been put to rest, then 氣虛神朗 the material becomes etherealized and the spirit liberated, on which 智 knowledge, or the power to know, has free course, and there is no mystery into which it cannot probe. Cf. 智度論 5, 20, 23, 28; 止觀 2; 大乘義章 2, 9, 1 3, 20, etc. There are numerous kinds and degrees of samādhi.

入定

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rù dìng
    ru4 ding4
ju ting
 nyuujou / nyujo
    にゅうじょう

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Zen Contemplation
(Buddhism) to enter a meditative state
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} (ant: 出定) entering a state of intense concentration; (n,vs,vi) (2) death (of a high-ranking priest); (place-name) Nyūjō
To enter into meditation by tranquillizing the body, mouth (i.e. lips), and mind, 身口意.

愛心


爱心

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ài xīn
    ai4 xin1
ai hsin
 aishin
    あいしん

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Loving Heart / Compassion
compassion; kindness; care for others; love; CL:片[pian4]; charity (bazaar, golf day etc); heart (the symbol ♥)
(obsolete) love; affection; (female given name) Rabu
A loving heart; a mind full of desire; a mind dominated by desire.

瑜伽

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yú jiā
    yu2 jia1
yü chia
 yuga
    ゆが

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Yoga
yoga (loanword)
{Buddh} (See ヨーガ) yoga; (surname) Yuga
yoga; also 瑜誐; 遊迦; a yoke, yoking, union, especially an ecstatic union of the individual soul with a divine being, or spirit, also of the individual soul with the universal soul. The method requires the mutual response or relation of 境, 行, 理, 果 and 機; i.e. (1) state, or environment, referred to mind; (2) action, or mode of practice; (3) right principle; (4) results in enlightenment; (5) motivity, i.e. practical application in saving others. Also the mutual relation of hand, mouth, and mind referring to manifestation, incantation, and mental operation; these are known as 瑜伽三密, the three esoteric (means) of Yoga. The older practice of meditation as a means of obtaining spiritual or magical power was distorted in Tantrism to exorcism, sorcery, and juggling in general.

失意泰然

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 shitsuitaizen
    しついたいぜん

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Keep Calm in Face of Adversity
(adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) keeping calm and collected at times of disappointment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity


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luàn
    luan4
luan
 ran
in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary
Disturb, perturb, confusion, disorder, rebellion.

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jìng
    jing4
ching
 sakae
    さかえ
border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
(1) border; boundary; (2) turning point; watershed; (3) area; region; spot; space; environment; (4) psychological state; mental state; (1) border; boundary; (2) area; region; spot; space; environment; (3) psychological state; mental state; (4) (Buddhist term) cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind; (surname) Sakae
viṣaya; artha; gocara. A region, territory, environment, surroundings, area, field, sphere, e.g. the sphere of mind, the sphere of form for the eye, of sound for the ear, etc.; any objective mental projection regarded as reality.

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huǎng
    huang3
huang
 kou / ko
    こう
(bound form) in a hazy state of mind; (bound form) to snap out of that state; used in 恍如[huang3 ru2] and 恍若[huang3 ruo4]
(given name) Kō
dim


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shě
    she3
she
 sha
    しゃ
to give up; to abandon; to give alms
{Buddh} equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
upekṣā, neglect, indifference, abandoning, M.W. To relinquish, renounce, abandon, reject, give. One of the chief Buddhist virtues, that of renunciation, leading to a state of "indifference without pleasure or pain" (Keith), or independence of both. v. 舍. It is defined as the mind 平等 in equilibrium, i.e. above the distinction of things or persons, of self or others; indifferent, having abandoned the world and all things and having no affections or desires. One of the seven bodhyaṅgas. Translit. sa, śa, s(r).

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yǒu
    you3
yu
 yuu / yu
    ゆう
to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
(1) existence; (n,n-pref) (2) possession; having; (3) (abbreviation) (in company names; written as (有)) (See 有限会社) limited company; (personal name) Yumi
bhāva: that which exists, the existing, existence; to have, possess, be. It is defined as (1) the opposite of 無 wu and 空 kong the non-existent; (2) one of the twelve nidānas, existence; the condition which, considered as cause, produces effect; (3) effect, the consequence of cause; (4) anything that can be relied upon in the visible or invisible realm. It means any state which lies between birth and death, or beginning and end. There are numerous categories— 3, 4, 7, 9, 18, 25, and 29. The 三有 are the 三界 trailokya, i. e. 欲, 色 and 無色界 the realms of desire, of form, and of non-form, all of them realms of mortality; another three are 本有 the present body and mind, or existence, 當有 the future ditto, 中有 the intermediate ditto. Other definitions give the different forms or modes of existence.

三有

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sān yǒu
    san1 you3
san yu
 san'u
The three kinds of bhava, or existence; idem 三界 q. v. The three states of mortal existence in the trailokya, i. e. in the realms of desire, of form, and beyond form. Another definition is 現有 present existence, or the present body and mind; 當有 in a future state; 中有 antara-bhava, in the intermediate state. 三有對 The three sets of limitation on freedom: (a) direct resistance or opposition; (b) environment or condition; (c) attachment. 三有爲法 The three active) functioning dharmas: (1) pratigha, matter or form, i. e. that which has ' substantial resistance'; (2) mind; and (3) 非色非心 entities neither of matter nor mind; cf. 七十五法. 三有爲相 The three forms of all phenomena, birth, stay (i. e. 1ife), death; utpāda, sthiti, and nirvana.

五法

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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.

五識


五识

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wǔ shì
    wu3 shi4
wu shih
 goshiki
The five parijñānas, perceptions or cognitions; ordinarily those arising from the five senses, i. e. of form-and-color, sound, smell, taste, and touch. The 起信論 Awakening of Faith has a different set of five steps in the history of cognition; (1) 業識 initial functioning of mind under the influence of the original 無明 unenlightenment or state of ignorance; (2) 轉識 the act of turning towards the apparent object for its observation; (3) 現識 observation of the object as it appears; (4) 知識 the deductions derived from its appearance; (5) 相續識 the consequent feelings of like or dislike, pleasure or pain, from which arise the delusions and incarnations.

入心

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rù xīn
    ru4 xin1
ju hsin
 nyūshin
To enter the heart, or mind; also used for 入地 entering a particular state, its three stages being 入住出 entry, stay, and exit.

四禪


四禅

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sì chán
    si4 chan2
ssu ch`an
    ssu chan
 shizen
(四禪天) The four dhyāna heavens, 四靜慮 (四靜慮天), i. e. the division of the eighteen brahmalokas into four dhyānas: the disciple attains to one of these heavens according to the dhyāna he observes: (1) 初禪天 The first region, 'as large as one whole universe' comprises the three heavens, Brahma-pāriṣadya, Brahma-purohita, and Mahābrahma, 梵輔, 梵衆, and 大梵天; the inhabitants are without gustatory or olfactory organs, not needing food, but possess the other four of the six organs. (2) 二禪天 The second region, equal to 'a small chiliocosmos' 小千界, comprises the three heavens, according to Eitel, 'Parīttābha, Apramāṇābha, and Ābhāsvara, ' i. e. 少光 minor light, 無量光 infinite light, and 極光淨 utmost light purity; the inhabitants have ceased to require the five physical organs, possessing only the organ of mind. (3) 三禪天 The third region, equal to 'a middling chiliocosmos '中千界, comprises three heavens; Eitel gives them as Parīttaśubha, Apramāṇaśubha, and Śubhakṛtsna, i. e. 少淨 minor purity, 無量淨 infinite purity, and 徧淨 universal purity; the inhabitants still have the organ of mind and are receptive of great joy. (4) 四禪天 The fourth region, equal to a great chiliocosmos, 大千界, comprises the remaining nine brahmalokas, namely, Puṇyaprasava, Anabhraka, Bṛhatphala, Asañjñisattva, Avṛha, Atapa, Sudṛśa, Sudarśana, and Akaniṣṭha (Eitel). The Chinese titles are 福生 felicitous birth, 無雲 cloudless, 廣果 large fruitage, 無煩 no vexations, atapa is 無熱 no heat, sudṛśa is 善見 beautiful to see, sudarśana is 善現 beautiful appearing, two others are 色究竟 the end of form, and 無想天 the heaven above thought, but it is difficult to trace avṛha and akaniṣṭha; the inhabitants of this fourth region still have mind. The number of the dhyāna heavens differs; the Sarvāstivādins say 16, the 經 or Sutra school 17, and the Sthavirāḥ school 18. Eitel points out that the first dhyāna has one world with one moon, one mem, four continents, and six devalokas; the second dhyāna has 1, 000 times the worlds of the first; the third has 1, 000 times the worlds of the second; the fourth dhyāna has 1, 000 times those of the third. Within a kalpa of destruction 壞劫 the first is destroyed fifty-six times by fire, the second seven by water, the third once by wind, the fourth 'corresponding to a state of absolute indifference' remains 'untouched' by all the other evolutions; when 'fate (天命) comes to an end then the fourth dhyāna may come to an end too, but not sooner'.

境地

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jìng dì
    jing4 di4
ching ti
 kyouchi / kyochi
    きょうち
circumstances
(1) state (of mind); mental state; emotional condition; (2) field (of activity); (3) one's lot; circumstance; situation in life; (4) (orig. meaning) place; region; area; land; (surname) Sakaichi
condition

小乘

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xiǎo shèng
    xiao3 sheng4
hsiao sheng
 shōjō
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部.

心境

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xīn jìng
    xin1 jing4
hsin ching
 shinkyou / shinkyo
    しんきょう
mood; mental state; frame of mind
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
mind and (its) objects

心柄

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 kokorogara
    こころがら
state of mind

心機


心机

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xīn jī
    xin1 ji1
hsin chi
 shinki
    しんき
thinking; scheme
mental state; attitude
The motive power of the mind, the mind the motor.

心氣


心气

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xīn qì
    xin1 qi4
hsin ch`i
    hsin chi
intention; motive; state of mind; ambition; aspiration; heart 氣|气[qi4] (TCM)

心理

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xīn lǐ
    xin1 li3
hsin li
 shinri
    しんり
psychology; mentality
state of mind; mentality; psychology
principle of the mind

心神

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xīn shén
    xin1 shen2
hsin shen
 shinshin
    しんしん
mind; state of mind; attention; (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution
mind
The spirit of the mind, mental intelligence: mind.

心緒


心绪

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xīn xù
    xin1 xu4
hsin hsü
 shinsho; shincho
    しんしょ; しんちょ
state of mind; mood
emotion; mind; (female given name) Mio

心腸


心肠

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xīn cháng
    xin1 chang2
hsin ch`ang
    hsin chang
heart; intention; one's inclination; state of mind; to have the heart for something; mood

情緒


情绪

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qíng xù
    qing2 xu4
ch`ing hsü
    ching hsü
 joucho(p); jousho(p) / jocho(p); josho(p)
    じょうちょ(P); じょうしょ(P)
mood; state of mind; moodiness; CL:種|种[zhong3]
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) emotion; feeling; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) atmosphere; mood; spirit

捨心


舍心

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shě xīn
    she3 xin1
she hsin
 shashin
The mind of renunciation.

画境

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 gakyou / gakyo
    がきょう
(1) feeling of a painting; atmosphere of a painting; mood of a painting; (2) state of mind when painting; mood to paint

神志

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shén zhì
    shen2 zhi4
shen chih
consciousness; state of mind; compos mentis

神思

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shén sī
    shen2 si1
shen ssu
state of mind

神魂

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shén hún
    shen2 hun2
shen hun
mind; state of mind (often abnormal)

禪那


禅那

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chán nà
    chan2 na4
ch`an na
    chan na
 zenna
dhyāna, abstract contemplation. There are four degrees through which the mind frees itself from all subjective and objective hindrances and reaches a state of absolute indifference and annihilation of thought, perception, and will; v. 禪. The River Jumna.

終心


终心

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zhōng xīn
    zhong1 xin1
chung hsin
 shūshin
final state of mind

置く

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 oku
    おく
(transitive verb) (1) to put; to place; (transitive verb) (2) to leave (behind); (transitive verb) (3) to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; (transitive verb) (4) to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; (transitive verb) (5) to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.); (transitive verb) (6) to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; (transitive verb) (7) to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; (transitive verb) (8) to separate spatially or temporally; (v5k,aux-v) (9) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb) to do something in advance; (v5k,aux-v) (10) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb) to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

依他心

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yī tā xīn
    yi1 ta1 xin1
i t`a hsin
    i ta hsin
 eta shin
The mind in a dependent state, that of the Buddha in incarnation.

優畢捨


优毕舍

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yōu bì shě
    you1 bi4 she3
yu pi she
 upisha
(or 優畢叉) upekṣā. The state of mental equilibrium in which the mind has no bent or attachment and neither meditates nor acts, a state of indifference. Explained by 捨 abandonment.

八解脫


八解脱

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bā jiě tuō
    ba1 jie3 tuo1
pa chieh t`o
    pa chieh to
 hachi gedatsu
aṣṭa-vimokṣa, mokṣa, vimukti, mukti. Liberation, deliverance, freedom, emancipation, escape, release―in eight forms; also 八背捨 and cf. 解脫 and 八勝處. The eight are stages of mental concentration: (1) 内有色想觀外色解脱 Liberation, when subjective desire arises, by examination of the object, or of all things and realization of their filthiness. (2) 内無色想觀外色解脫 Liberation, when no subjective desire arises, by still meditating as above. These two are deliverance by meditation on impurity, the next on purity. (3) 淨身作證具足住解脫 Liberation by concentration on the pure to the realization of a permanent state of freedom from all desire. The above three "correspond to the four Dhyānas". (Eitel.) (4) 空無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of the infinity of space, or the immaterial. (5) 識無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of infinite knowledge. (6) 無所有處解脫Liberation in realization of nothingness, or nowhereness. (7) 非想非非想處解脫 Liberation in the state of mind where there is neither thought nor absence of thought. These four arise out of abstract meditation in regard to desire and form, and are associated with the 四空天. (8) 滅受 想定解脫 Liberation by means of a state of mind in which there is final extinction, nirvāṇa, of both sensation, vedanā, and consciousness, saṁjñā.

六染心

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liù rǎn xīn
    liu4 ran3 xin1
liu jan hsin
 roku zenshin
The six mental 'taints' of the Awakening of Faith 起心論. Though mind-essence is by nature pure and without stain, the condition of 無明 ignorance, or innocence, permits of taint or defilement corresponding to the following six phases: (1) 執相應染 the taint interrelated to attachment, or holding the seeming for the real; it is the state of 執取相 and 名字相 which is cut off in the final pratyeka and śrāvaka stage and the bodhisattva 十住 of faith; (2) 不斷相應染 the taint interrelated to the persisting attraction of the causes of pain and pleasure; it is the 相續相 finally eradicated in the bodhisattva 初地 stage of purity; (3) 分別智相應染 the taint interrelated to the 'particularizing intelligence' which discerns things within and without this world; it is the first 智相, cut off in the bodhisattva 七地 stage of spirituality; (4) 現色不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint, i. e. of the 'ignorant' mind as yet hardly discerning subject from object, of accepting an external world; the third 現相 cut of in the bodhisattva 八地 stage of emancipation from the material; (5) 能見心不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint of accepting a perceptive mind, the second 轉相, cut of in the bodhisattva 九地 of intuition, or emancipation from mental effort; (6) 根本業不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint of accepting the idea of primal action or activity in the absolute; it is the first 業相, and cut of in the 十地 highest bodhisattva stage, entering on Buddhahood. See Suzuki's translation, 80-1.

命終心


命终心

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mìng zhōng xīn
    ming4 zhong1 xin1
ming chung hsin
 myōshū shin
the state of mind as one approaches death

夢心地

see styles
 yumegokochi
    ゆめごこち
(noun - becomes adjective with の) dreamy state of mind; ecstasy; trance

希有心

see styles
xī yǒu xīn
    xi1 you3 xin1
hsi yu hsin
 keu shin
a rare [religious] state of mind

心調善


心调善

see styles
xīn diào shàn
    xin1 diao4 shan4
hsin tiao shan
 shinjōzen
sound state of mind

最後心


最后心

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zuì hòu xīn
    zui4 hou4 xin1
tsui hou hsin
 saigo shin
最後念 The final mind, or ultimate thought, on entering final nirvāṇa.

毘遮羅


毘遮罗

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pí zhē luó
    pi2 zhe1 luo2
p`i che lo
    pi che lo
 bishara
vicāra, 'applied attention,' Keith, cf. 毘怛迦 intp. as pondering, investigating; the state of the mind in the early stage of dhyāna meditation.

無記心


无记心

see styles
wú jì xīn
    wu2 ji4 xin1
wu chi hsin
 muki shin
a morally indeterminate state of mind

一相三昧

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yī xiàng sān mèi
    yi1 xiang4 san1 mei4
i hsiang san mei
 ichisō zanmai
A state of samādhi in which are repressed hate and love, accepting and rejecting, etc., and in which the mind reaches an undivided state, being anchored in calm and quiet.

七上八下

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qī shàng bā xià
    qi1 shang4 ba1 xia4
ch`i shang pa hsia
    chi shang pa hsia
at sixes and sevens; perturbed state of mind; in a mess

十種不淨


十种不淨

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shí zhǒng bù jìng
    shi2 zhong3 bu4 jing4
shih chung pu ching
 jusshu fujō
The deluded, e.g. the hīnayānists, because of their refusal to follow the higher truth, remain in the condition of reincarnation and are impure in ten ways: in body, mouth, mind, deed, state, sitting, sleeping, practice, converting others, their expectations.

夢見心地

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 yumemigokochi
    ゆめみごこち
(See 夢心地) dreamy state of mind

威儀等心


威仪等心

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wēi yí děng xīn
    wei1 yi2 deng3 xin1
wei i teng hsin
 igi tō shin
to state of mind such as the various kinds of deportment

得意淡然

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 tokuitanzen
    とくいたんぜん
(adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) not letting oneself puffed up by one's success; maintaining a serene state of mind when one has achieved a great success

心理状態

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 shinrijoutai / shinrijotai
    しんりじょうたい
state of mind; (one's) mental state

心緒不寧


心绪不宁

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xīn xù bù níng
    xin1 xu4 bu4 ning2
hsin hsü pu ning
unquiet state of mind

漏盡意解


漏尽意解

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lòu jìn yì jiě
    lou4 jin4 yi4 jie3
lou chin i chieh
 rojin ige
The passions ended and the mind freed, the state of the arhat.

無餘湼槃


无余湼槃

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wú yú niè pán
    wu2 yu2 nie4 pan2
wu yü nieh p`an
    wu yü nieh pan
 muyo nehan
(無餘依湼槃) anupadhiśeṣa, the nirvāṇa state in which exists no remainder of the karma of suffering; it is also the nirvāṇa of arhat extinction of body and mind, described as 無餘灰斷.

生希有心

see styles
shēng xī yǒu xīn
    sheng1 xi1 you3 xin1
sheng hsi yu hsin
 shō keu shin
to give rise to a rare state of mind

精神状態

see styles
 seishinjoutai / seshinjotai
    せいしんじょうたい
mental condition; state of mind; mentality

寃親平等心


寃亲平等心

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yuān qīn píng děng xīn
    yuan1 qin1 ping2 deng3 xin1
yüan ch`in p`ing teng hsin
    yüan chin ping teng hsin
 onshin byōdō shin
A mind that knows neither enmity nor friendship, no discrimination of persons.

心境の変化

see styles
 shinkyounohenka / shinkyonohenka
    しんきょうのへんか
(exp,n) change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state

Variations:
境(P)

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 sakai(p); kyou(境) / sakai(p); kyo(境)
    さかい(P); きょう(境)
(1) (usu. さかい) border; boundary; (2) (さかい only) (often ...を境に) turning point; watershed; (3) (usu. きょう) area; region; spot; space; environment; (4) (usu. きょう) psychological state; mental state; (5) (きょう only) {Buddh} cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind

Variations:
気持ち(P)
気持

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 kimochi
    きもち
(1) feeling; sensation; mood; state of mind; (2) preparedness; readiness; attitude; (3) (humble language) thought; sentiment; consideration; solicitude; gratitude; (n,adv) (4) slightly; a bit; a little

Variations:
空(P)
虚(oK)

see styles
 sora
    そら
(1) sky; the air; the heavens; (2) weather; (3) far-off place; distant place; (4) (often as 〜空もない) state of mind; feeling; (5) (usu. as 空で) (from) memory; (by) heart; (6) falsehood; lie; (prefix noun) (7) (before an adjective) somehow; vaguely; (prefix noun) (8) (before a noun or a verb) fake

Variations:
気持ち(P)
気持
氣持ち(sK)

see styles
 kimochi
    きもち
(1) feeling; sensation; mood; state of mind; (2) preparedness; readiness; attitude; (3) (humble language) thought; sentiment; consideration; solicitude; gratitude; (n,adv) (4) slightly; a bit; a little

Variations:
思う(P)
想う
念う
憶う
懐う
惟う

see styles
 omou / omo
    おもう
(transitive verb) (1) (想う has connotations of heart-felt) to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon; (transitive verb) (2) to think (of doing); to plan (to do); (transitive verb) (3) to judge; to assess; to regard; (transitive verb) (4) to imagine; to suppose; to dream; (transitive verb) (5) to expect; to look forward to; (transitive verb) (6) to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want; (transitive verb) (7) to recall; to remember

Variations:
思う(P)
想う
憶う(rK)
念う(rK)
懐う(sK)
惟う(sK)
意う(sK)

see styles
 omou / omo
    おもう
(transitive verb) (1) (想う has connotations of heart-felt) to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon; (transitive verb) (2) to think (of doing); to plan (to do); (transitive verb) (3) to judge; to assess; to regard; (transitive verb) (4) to imagine; to suppose; to dream; (transitive verb) (5) to expect; to look forward to; (transitive verb) (6) to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want; (transitive verb) (7) to recall; to remember

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