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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

圓信


圆信

see styles
yuán xìn
    yuan2 xin4
yüan hsin
 enshin
Complete faith; the faith of the 'perfect' school. A Tiantai doctrine that a moment's faith embraces the universe.

圓斷


圆断

see styles
yuán duàn
    yuan2 duan4
yüan tuan
 endan
The Tiantai doctrine of the complete cutting off, at one remove, of the three illusions, i.e. 見思 associated with 空; 塵沙 with 假; and 無明 with 中; q. v.

山家

see styles
shān jiā
    shan1 jia1
shan chia
 yamaga; sanka
    やまが; さんか
mountain villa; house in the mountains; mountain retreat; (surname) Yanbe
The 'mountain school', the ' profounder ' interpretation of Tiantai doctrines developed by 四明 Ssu-ming; v. last entry.

性具

see styles
xìng jù
    xing4 ju4
hsing chü
 seigu / segu
    せいぐ
sex toy; sex aid
The Tiantai doctrine that the Buddha-nature includes both good and evil; v. 觀音玄義記 2. Cf. 體具; 理具 of similar meaning.

理佛

see styles
lǐ fó
    li3 fo2
li fo
 ributsu
The fundamental or intrinsic Buddha, i.e. the dharmakāya; also the Tiantai doctrine of Buddha as immanent in all beings, even those of the three lowest orders; which doctrine is also called 素法身 the plain, or undeveloped dharmakāya.

理卽

see styles
lǐ jí
    li3 ji2
li chi
 risoku
(理卽佛) The underlying truth of all things is Buddha; immanent reason; Buddhahood; the Tiantai doctrine of essential universal Buddhahood, or the undeveloped Buddha in all beings.

不退土

see styles
bù tuì tǔ
    bu4 tui4 tu3
pu t`ui t`u
    pu tui tu
 futai do
The Pure Land, from which there is no falling away.

天台宗

see styles
tiān tái zōng
    tian1 tai2 zong1
t`ien t`ai tsung
    tien tai tsung
 tendaishuu / tendaishu
    てんだいしゅう
Tiantai school of Buddhism
Tendai sect (of Buddhism); (personal name) Tendaishuu
The Tiantai, or Tendai, sect founded by 智顗 Zhiyi. It bases its tenets on the Lotus Sutra 法華經 with the 智度論, 涅盤經, and 大品經; it maintains the identity of the Absolute and the world of phenomena, and attempts to unlock the secrets of all phenomena by means of meditation. It flourished during the Tang dynasty. Under the Sung, when the school was decadent, arose 四明 Ciming, under whom there came the division of 山家 Hill or Tiantai School and 山外 the School outside, the latter following 悟恩 Wuen and in time dying out; the former, a more profound school, adhered to Ciming; it was from this school that the Tiantai doctrine spread to Japan. The three principal works of the Tiantai founder are called 天台三部, i. e. 玄義 exposition of the deeper meaning of the Lotus; 文句 exposition of its text; and 止觀 meditation; the last was directive and practical; it was in the line of Bodhidharma, stressing the 'inner light'.

諦道理


谛道理

see styles
dì dào lǐ
    di4 dao4 li3
ti tao li
 tai dōri
principle of the truth(s)

三千實相


三千实相

see styles
sān qiān shí xiàng
    san1 qian1 shi2 xiang4
san ch`ien shih hsiang
    san chien shih hsiang
 sanzen jissō
The reality at the basis of all things, a Tiantai doctrine, i. e. the 眞如 or 法性 idem 諸法實相.

觀待道理


观待道理

see styles
guān dài dào lǐ
    guan1 dai4 dao4 li3
kuan tai tao li
 kantai dōri
empirical reasoning

一生入妙覺


一生入妙觉

see styles
yī shēng rù miào jué
    yi1 sheng1 ru4 miao4 jue2
i sheng ju miao chüeh
 isshō nyūmyōkaku
A Tiantai doctrine that Buddha-enlightenment can be attained by any in one lifetime, i.e. the present life.

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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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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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