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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
日蓮 日莲 see styles |
rì lián ri4 lian2 jih lien nichiren にちれん |
More info & calligraphy: NichirenNichiren, the Japanese founder, in A. D. 1252, of the 日蓮宗 Nichiren sect, which is also known as the 法華宗 or Lotus sect. Its chief tenets are the three great mysteries 三大祕法, representing the trikāya: (1) 本尊 or chief object of worship, being the great maṇḍala of the worlds of the ten directions, or universe, i. e. the body or nirmāṇakāya of Buddha; (2) 題目 the title of the Lotus Sutra 妙法蓮華經 Myo-ho-ren-gwe-kyo, preceded by Namo, or, 'Adoration to the scripture of the lotus of the wonderful law, ' for it is Buddha's spiritual body; (3) 戒壇 the altar of the law, which is also the title of the Lotus as above; the believer, wherever he is, dwells in the Pure-land of calm light 寂光淨土, the saṃbhogakāya. |
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. |
二執 二执 see styles |
èr zhí er4 zhi2 erh chih nishū |
The two (erroneous) tenets, or attachments: (1) 我執 or 人執 that of the reality of the ego, permanent personality, the ātman, soul or self. (2) 法執 that of the reality of dharma, things or phenomena. Both are illusions. "All illusion arises from holding to the reality of the ego and of things." |
四執 四执 see styles |
sì zhí si4 zhi2 ssu chih shishū |
The four erroneous tenets; also 四邪; 四迷; 四術; there are two groups: I. The four of the 外道 outsiders, or non-Buddhists, i. e. of Brahminism, concerning the law of cause and effect: (1) 邪因邪果 heretical theory of causation, e. g. creation by Mahesvara; (2) 無因有果 or 自然, effect independent of cause, e. g. creation without a cause, or spontaneous generation; (3) 有因無果 cause without effect, e. g. no future life as the result of this. (4) 無因無果 neither cause nor effect, e. g. that rewards and punishments are independent of morals. II. The four erroneous tenets of 內外道 insiders and outsiders, Buddhist and Brahman, also styled 四宗 the four schools, as negated in the 中論 Mādhyamika śāstra: (1) outsiders, who do not accept either the 人 ren or 法 fa ideas of 空 kong; (2) insiders who hold the Abhidharma or Sarvāstivādāḥ tenet, which recognizes 人空 human impersonality, but not 法空 the unreality of things; (3) also those who hold the 成實 Satyasiddhi tenet which discriminates the two meanings of 空 kong but not clearly; and also (4) those in Mahāyāna who hold the tenet of the realists. |
外法 see styles |
wài fǎ wai4 fa3 wai fa sotonori そとのり |
outside measurements 外教; 外典; 外執 External doctrines; rules or tenets non-Buddhist, or heretical. |
妄執 妄执 see styles |
wàng zhí wang4 zhi2 wang chih mōjū もうしゅう |
(Buddhist term) deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs) False tenets, holding on to false views. |
宗乘 see styles |
zōng shèng zong1 sheng4 tsung sheng sō jō |
The vehicle of a sect, i. e. its essential tenets. |
宗分 see styles |
zōng fēn zong1 fen1 tsung fen sōbun |
distinctions in tenets |
宗旨 see styles |
zōng zhǐ zong1 zhi3 tsung chih shuushi / shushi しゅうし |
objective; aim; goal (1) tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (2) (religious) sect; denomination; religion; faith; (3) one's principles; one's tastes; one's preferences The main thesis, or ideas, e. g. of a text. |
宗義 宗义 see styles |
zōng yì zong1 yi4 tsung i shuugi / shugi しゅうぎ |
denominational doctrine; doctrine of a sect; (male given name) Muneyoshi The tenets of a sect. |
宗致 see styles |
zōng zhì zong1 zhi4 tsung chih shūchi |
The ultimate or fundamental tenets of a sect. |
宗要 see styles |
zōng yào zong1 yao4 tsung yao shūyō |
The fundamental tenets of a sect; the important elements, or main principle. |
宗趣 see styles |
zōng qù zong1 qu4 tsung ch`ü tsung chü shūshu |
doctrinal tenets |
宗骨 see styles |
zōng gǔ zong1 gu3 tsung ku shūkotsu |
The 'bones' or essential tenets of a sect. |
教外 see styles |
jiào wài jiao4 wai4 chiao wai kyōge |
Outside the sect, or school, or church; also not undergoing normal instruction i.e. the intuitive school which does not rely on texts or writings, but on personal communication of its tenets, either oral or otherwise, including direct contact with the Buddha or object of worship, e.g. 'guidance'. |
破執 破执 see styles |
pò zhí po4 zhi2 p`o chih po chih hashū |
To refute (false) tenets, e.g. the belief in the reality of the ego and things. |
自教 see styles |
zì jiào zi4 jiao4 tzu chiao jikyō |
one's own tenets |
要領 要领 see styles |
yào lǐng yao4 ling3 yao ling youryou / yoryo ようりょう |
main aspects; essentials; gist (1) (See 要領を得る) point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline; (2) knack; trick; the ropes |
邪執 邪执 see styles |
xié zhí xie2 zhi2 hsieh chih jashū |
Heterodox tenets and attachment to them. |
部執 部执 see styles |
bù zhí bu4 zhi2 pu chih bushū |
The tenets of a sect or school. |
上座部 see styles |
shàng zuò bù shang4 zuo4 bu4 shang tso pu jouzabu / jozabu じょうざぶ |
Theravada school of Buddhism Sthaviravada (early Buddhist movement) 他毘梨典部; 他鞞羅部 Sthavirāḥ; Sthaviranikāya; or Āryasthāvirāḥ. The school of the presiding elder, or elders. The two earliest sections of Buddhism were this (which developed into the Mahāsthavirāḥ) and the Mahāsānghikāḥ or 大衆部. At first they were not considered to be different schools, the 上座部 merely representing the intimate and older disciples of Śākyamuni and the 大衆 being the rest. It is said that a century later under Mahādeva 大天 a difference of opinion arose on certain doctrines. Three divisions are named as resulting, viz. Mahāvihāravāsinaḥ, Jetavanīyāḥ, and Abhayagiri-vāsinaḥ. These were in Ceylon. In course of time the eighteen Hīnayāna sects were developed. From the time of Aśoka four principal schools are counted as prevailing: Mahāsāṅghika, Sthavira, Mūlasarvāstivda, and Saṁmitīya. The following is a list of the eleven sects reckoned as of the 上座部: 說一切有部; 雪山; 犢子; 法上; 賢冑; 正量; 密林山; 化地; 法藏; 飮光; and 經量部. The Sthaviravādin is reputed as nearest to early Buddhism in its tenets, though it is said to have changed the basis of Buddhism from an agnostic system to a realistic philosophy. |
二法執 二法执 see styles |
èr fǎ zhí er4 fa3 zhi2 erh fa chih ni hosshū |
The two tenets in regard to things; of. 二我執, i.e. 倶生法執 the common or natural tendency to consider things as real; 分別法執 the tenet of the reality of things as the result of false reasoning and teaching. |
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. |
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'. |
違宗過 违宗过 see styles |
wéi zōng guò wei2 zong1 guo4 wei tsung kuo ishū ka |
fallacy of contradicting one's own tenets |
五三八二 see styles |
wǔ sān bā èr wu3 san1 ba1 er4 wu san pa erh go san hachi ni |
Five, three, eight, two, a summary of the tenets of the 法相 school, 五法, 三性, 八識, and 二無我 q. v. |
以心伝心 see styles |
ishindenshin いしんでんしん |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (yoji) telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; communion of mind with mind; (2) (yoji) {Buddh} non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism |
出世說部 出世说部 see styles |
chū shì shuō bù chu1 shi4 shuo1 bu4 ch`u shih shuo pu chu shih shuo pu Shusse setsu bu |
出世部 (出世間說部) (or 出世語言部) Lokottaravādinaḥ, 盧倶多婆拖部 an offshoot of the Māhāsaṇghikāḥ division of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools; the tenets of the school are unknown, but the name, as implied by the Chinese translation, suggests if not the idea of Ādi-Buddha, yet that of supra-mundane nature. |
空有二執 空有二执 see styles |
kōng yǒu èr zhí kong1 you3 er4 zhi2 k`ung yu erh chih kung yu erh chih kūu nishū |
(or 空有二見). The two (false) tenets, or views, that karma and nirvana are not real, and that the ego and phenomena are real; these wrong views are overcome by the 空有二觀 meditating on the unreality of the ego and phenomena, and the reality of karma and nirvana. |
自教相違 自教相违 see styles |
zì jiào xiāng wéi zi4 jiao4 xiang1 wei2 tzu chiao hsiang wei jikyō sōi |
fallacy of contradicting the tenets of one's own tradition |
超宗越格 see styles |
chāo zōng yuè gé chao1 zong1 yue4 ge2 ch`ao tsung yüeh ko chao tsung yüeh ko chōshū okkyaku |
transcend the tenets and go beyond the standards |
順下分結 顺下分结 see styles |
shùn xià fēn jié shun4 xia4 fen1 jie2 shun hsia fen chieh |
The five ties in the lower realm which hold the individual in the realms of desire, i.e. desire, resentment, egoism, false tenets, and doubt. |
異部宗輪論 异部宗轮论 see styles |
yì bù zōng lún lùn yi4 bu4 zong1 lun2 lun4 i pu tsung lun lun Ibu shūrin ron |
Treatise of the Wheel of the Different Divisions of the Tenets |
自教相違過 自教相违过 see styles |
zì jiào xiāng wéi guò zi4 jiao4 xiang1 wei2 guo4 tzu chiao hsiang wei kuo jikyō sōi ka |
fallacy of contradicting one's own tenets |
阿毘達磨藏顯宗論 阿毘达磨藏显宗论 see styles |
ā pí dá mó zàng xiǎn zōng lùn a1 pi2 da2 mo2 zang4 xian3 zong1 lun4 a p`i ta mo tsang hsien tsung lun a pi ta mo tsang hsien tsung lun Abidatsumazō kenshū ron |
Revealing the Tenets of the Abhidharma Treasury |
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