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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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niàn
    nian4
nien
 nen
    ねん

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Mindfulness
to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
(1) (esp. 〜の念) sense; idea; thought; feeling; (2) desire; concern; (3) (esp. 念に〜、念の/が〜) attention; care; (personal name) Nen
smṛti. Recollection, memory; to think on, reflect; repeat, intone; a thought; a moment.

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    yi4
i
 i
    い

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Idea / Thought / Meaning
idea; meaning; thought; to think; wish; desire; intention; to expect; to anticipate
(1) feelings; thoughts; (2) meaning; (personal name) Kokoro
Manas, the sixth of the ṣaḍāyatanas or six means of perception, i.e. sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind. Manas means "mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will". M.W. It is "the intellectual function of consciousness", Keith. In Chinese it connotes thought, idea, intention, meaning, will; but in Buddhist terminology its distinctive meaning is mind, or the faculty of thought.


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ài
    ai4
ai
 ai
    あい

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Love
to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do something); to tend to (happen)
(n,n-suf) (1) (See 愛する) love; affection; care; (2) {Buddh} attachment; craving; desire; (3) {Christn} (See アガペー・1) agape; (4) (abbreviation) Ireland; (female given name) Rui
kāma; rāga. Love, affection, desire; also used for tṛṣṇā, thirst, avidity, desire, one of the twelve nidānas. It is intp. as 貪 coveting, and 染著 defiling attachment; also defined as defiling love like that toward wife and children, and undefiling love like that toward one's teachers and elders.


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    yu4

 yoku
    よく

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Desire / Longing / Craving
desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed
greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants
Passion, inordinate desire, lust, v. 欲.

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chūn
    chun1
ch`un
    chun
 haru
    はる

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Spring Season
spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
(n,adv) (1) spring; springtime; (2) New Year; (3) prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); heyday; (4) adolescence; puberty; (5) sexuality; sexual desire; (personal name) Haruji

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    yu4

 yoku
    よく

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Desire / Longing / Craving
to wish for; to desire; variant of 慾|欲[yu4]
greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants; (surname) Yoku
rājas, passion. Also kāma, desire, love. The Chinese word means to breathe after, aspire to, desire, and is also used as 慾 for lust, passion; it is inter alia intp. as 染愛塵 tainted with the dust (or dirt) of love, or lust. The three desires are for beauty, demeanour, and softness; the five are those of the five physical senses.

四諦


四谛

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sì dì
    si4 di4
ssu ti
 shitai
    したい

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Four Noble Truths (Buddhism)
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]
{Buddh} (See 苦集滅道) The Four Noble Truths
catvāri-ārya-satyāni; 四聖諦; 四眞諦. The four dogmas, or noble truths, the primary and fundamental doctrines of Śākyamuni, said to approximate to the form of medical diagnosis. They are pain or 'suffering, its cause, its ending, the way thereto; that existence is suffering, that human passion (taṇhā, 欲 desire) is the cause of continued suffering, that by the destruction of human passion existence may be brought to an end; that by a life of holiness the destruction of human passion may be attained'. Childers. The four are 苦, 聚 (or 集), 滅, and 道諦, i. e. duḥkha 豆佉, samudaya 三牟提耶, nirodha 尼棲陀, and mārga 末加. Eitel interprets them (1) 'that 'misery' is a necessary attribute of sentient existence'; (2) that 'the 'accumulation' of misery is caused by the passions'; (3) that 'the 'extinction' of passion is possible; (4) mārga is 'the doctrine of the 'path' that leads to the extinction of passion'. (1) 苦 suffering is the lot of the 六趣 six states of existence; (2) 集 is the aggregation (or exacerbation) of suffering by reason of the passions; (3) 滅 is nirvana, the extinction of desire and its consequences, and the leaving of the sufferings of mortality as void and extinct; (4) 道 is the way of such extinction, i. e. the 八正道 eightfold correct way. The first two are considered to be related to this life, the last two to 出世間 a life outside or apart from the world. The four are described as the fundamental doctrines first preached to his five former ascetic companions. Those who accepted these truths were in the stage of śrāvaka. There is much dispute as to the meaning of 滅 'extinction' as to whether it means extinction of suffering, of passion, or of existence. The Nirvana Sutra 18 says that whoever accepts the four dogmas will put an end to births and deaths 若能見四諦則得斷生死 which does not of necessity mean the termination of existence but that of continued transmigration. v. 滅.

天上

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tiān shàng
    tian1 shang4
t`ien shang
    tien shang
 tenjou / tenjo
    てんじょう

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Heavenly / Celestial
celestial; heavenly
(n,vs,adj-no) the heavens; (given name) Tenjō
The heavens above, i. e. the six devalokas 六欲天 of the region of desire and the rupalokas andarupalokas, i. e. 色 and 無色界.

情欲

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qíng yù
    qing2 yu4
ch`ing yü
    ching yü
 jōyoku
    じょうよく

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Lust / Desire / Passion
(noun - becomes adjective with の) passions; sexual desire; lust
The passions, desires.

想い

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 omoi
    おもい

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Omoi / Desire
(1) thought; (2) imagination; mind; heart; (3) desire; wish; hope; expectation; (4) love; affection; (5) feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience

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.

愛慕


爱慕

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ài mù
    ai4 mu4
ai mu
 aibo
    あいぼ

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Adoring Love
to adore; to admire
(noun, transitive verb) love; attachment; adoration; (female given name) Narumo
desire

愛憎


爱憎

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ài zēng
    ai4 zeng1
ai tseng
 aizou / aizo
    あいぞう

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Love and Hate
love and hate
love and hate
Love and hate, desire and dislike.

捨欲


舍欲

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shě yù
    she3 yu4
she yü
 shayoku

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Give Up Desire
cutting off desire

欲望

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yù wàng
    yu4 wang4
yü wang
 yokumō
    よくぼう

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Desire / Craving
desire; appetite; lust
desire

熱望


热望

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rè wàng
    re4 wang4
je wang
 netsubou / netsubo
    ねつぼう

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Aspire / Burning Desire
to aspire
(noun, transitive verb) longing for; burning desire

轉世


转世

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zhuǎn shì
    zhuan3 shi4
chuan shih
 tense

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Reincarnation (Buddhism)
reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
To return to this life.

願望


愿望

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yuàn wàng
    yuan4 wang4
yüan wang
 ganbou(p); ganmou / ganbo(p); ganmo
    がんぼう(P); がんもう

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Desire / Wish / Aspiration
desire; wish
(noun, transitive verb) desire; wish; aspiration

カーマ

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 kaama / kama
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Carma
(1) kama (desire, wish, or longing; one of the goals of life in Hindu tradition) (san:); (2) Kamadeva (Hindu god of human love); (personal name) Khama

デザイア

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 dezaia
    デザイア

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Dezyre
desire; (personal name) Desire


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tān
    tan1
t`an
    tan
 tan; ton; don
    たん; とん; どん
to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt
(1) coveting; (2) {Buddh} (usu. とん) raga (desire)
rāga; colouring, dyeing, tint, red; affection, passion, vehement longing or desire; cf. M. W. In Chinese: cupidity, desire; intp. tainted by and in bondage to the five desires; it is the first in order of the 五鈍使 pañca-kleśa q. v., and means hankering after, desire for, greed, which causes clinging to earthly life and things, therefore reincarnation.

性慾


性欲

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xìng yù
    xing4 yu4
hsing yü
 seiyoku / seyoku
    せいよく
sexual desire; lust
(noun - becomes adjective with の) sexual desire

情慾


情欲

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qíng yù
    qing2 yu4
ch`ing yü
    ching yü
 jouyoku / joyoku
    じょうよく
lust; desire; sensual
(noun - becomes adjective with の) passions; sexual desire; lust

意欲

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yì yù
    yi4 yu4
i yü
 iyoku
    いよく
to intend to; intention; desire
(n,n-suf) will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)

慾望


欲望

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yù wàng
    yu4 wang4
yü wang
 yokubou / yokubo
    よくぼう
desire; longing; appetite; craving
(irregular kanji usage) desire; appetite; lust

所願


所愿

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suǒ yuàn
    suo3 yuan4
so yüan
 shogan
    しょがん
wished-for; desired
wish; desire
that which one desires

欲念

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yù niàn
    yu4 nian4
yü nien
 yokunen
    よくねん
desire
desire; wish; passion

欲求

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yù qiú
    yu4 qiu2
yü ch`iu
    yü chiu
 yokkyuu / yokkyu
    よっきゅう
to desire; wants; appetites
(noun, transitive verb) desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
desire, craving, aspiration

物欲

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wù yù
    wu4 yu4
wu yü
 butsuyoku
    ぶつよく
material desire; craving for material things
greed; worldly or materialistic desires

私欲

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sī yù
    si1 yu4
ssu yü
 shiyoku
    しよく
selfish desire
self-interest; selfish desire

苦集滅道


苦集灭道

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kǔ jí miè dào
    ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4
k`u chi mieh tao
    ku chi mieh tao
 kujuumetsudou; kujumetsudou; kushumetsudou / kujumetsudo; kujumetsudo; kushumetsudo
    くじゅうめつどう; くじゅめつどう; くしゅめつどう
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]; also called 四諦|四谛[si4 di4]
{Buddh} (See 四諦) Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)
The four axioms or truths: i. e. duḥkha, pain; samudaya, as above; nirodha, the extinguishing of pain and reincarnation; mārga, the way to such extinction; cf. 四諦.

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 o
    を
(particle) (1) indicates direct object of action; (particle) (2) indicates subject of causative expression; (particle) (3) indicates an area traversed; (particle) (4) indicates time (period) over which action takes place; (particle) (5) indicates point of departure or separation of action; (particle) (6) (See が・1) indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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rén
    ren2
jen
 hito(p); hito
    ひと(P); ヒト
person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
(1) person; someone; somebody; (2) human beings; mankind; man; people; humans; (3) (kana only) (usu. ヒト) human (Homo sapiens); (4) (other) people; others; (5) character; personality; nature; (6) capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person; (7) adult; grown-up; (8) (used when rebuking or criticizing someone) I; me; one; (surname) Hitotaka
manuṣya; nara; puruṣa; pudgala. Man, the sentient thinking being in the desire-realm, whose past deeds affect his present condition.

使

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shǐ
    shi3
shih
 shi
    し
to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do something; envoy; messenger
(1) messenger; (2) (abbreviation) (See 検非違使) police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); (3) {Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering); (female given name) Tsukasa
To send; cause; a messenger; a pursuer, molester, lictor, disturber, troubler, intp. as 煩惱 kleśa, affliction, distress, worldly cares, vexations, and as consequent reincarnation. There are categories of 10, 16, 98, 112, and 128 such troublers, e. g. desire, hate, stupor, pride, doubt, erroneous views, etc., leading to painful results in future rebirths, for they are karma-messengers executing its purpose. Also 金剛童子 q. v.

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ch`ü
    chü
 shu
    しゅ
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
{Buddh} (See 十二因縁) appropriation; obtaining; (surname) Takadori
upādāna. To grasp, hold on to, held by, be attached to, love; used as indicating both 愛 love or desire and 煩惱 the vexing passions and illusions. It is one of the twelve nidānas 十二因緣 or 十二支 the grasping at or holding on to self-existence and things.

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gòu
    gou4
kou
 ku
    く
dirt; disgrace
{Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering); (personal name) Yoshimi
mala. Dust, impurity, dregs; moral impurity; mental impurity. Whatever misleads or deludes the mind; illusion; defilement; the six forms are vexation, malevolence, hatred, flattery, wild talk, pride; the seven are desire, false views, doubt, presumption, arrogance, inertia, and meanness.


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qiāng
    qiang1
ch`iang
    chiang
 masaru
    まさる
to desire; to invite; to request
(given name) Masaru
will

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xiān
    xian1
hsien
(literary) to want; to desire; (literary) pleased; gratified; happy

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hào
    hao4
hao
to desire

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bēi
    bei1
pei
 hi
    ひ
sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
{Buddh} karuna (compassion)
karuṇā; kṛpā. Sympathy, pity for another in distress and the desire to help him, sad.

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xiǎng
    xiang3
hsiang
 sou / so
    そう
to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
(1) conception; idea; thought; (2) {Buddh} (See 五蘊) samjna (perception); (given name) Nozomu
To think, meditate, reflect, expect; a function of mind.

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kài
    kai4
k`ai
    kai
to desire

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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.

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chī
    chi1
ch`ih
    chih
 chi
    ち
    oko
    おこ
imbecile; sentimental; stupid; foolish; silly
(1) foolishness; fool; (2) (Buddhist term) moha (ignorance, folly); (noun or adjectival noun) foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
moha, 'unconsciousness,' 'delusion,' 'perplexity,' 'ignorance, folly,' 'infatuation,' etc. M.W. Also, mūḍha. In Chinese it is silly, foolish, daft, stupid. It is intp. by 無明 unenlightened, i.e. misled by appearances, taking the seeming for real; from this unenlightened condition arises every kind of kleśa, i.e. affliction or defilement by the passions, etc. It is one of the three poisons, desire, dislike, delusion.


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fu
 baku
    ばく
to bind; to tie; Taiwan pr. [fu2]
(See 縛につく) tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
bandha. Tie, attachment, bind, bond, another name for kleśa-afflictions, the passions, etc., which bind men; the 'three bonds' are 貪瞋痴 desire, resentment, stupidity; translit. pa, ba, va; cf. 跋, 婆, 飯.


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xiàn
    xian4
hsien
 sen
to envy
To desire; praise; surplus.


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xìng
    xing4
hsing
 kyou / kyo
    きょう
feeling or desire to do something; interest in something; excitement
(1) interest; entertainment; pleasure; (2) (See 六義・1) implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); (given name) Hajime
abhyudaya. Rise, begin; prosper; elated.


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zhù
    zhu4
chu
 cho
    ちょ
to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding
(1) work; book; (suffix) (2) (a book) by; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) obvious; striking; (personal name) Akira
To manifest, display, publish, fix; interchanged with 着. In a Buddhist sense it is used for attachment to anything, e.g. the attachment of love, desire, greed, etc.; To cover, put on; cause; place; complete; ought, must.


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    yu2
to desire passionately


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yuàn
    yuan4
yüan
 gan
    がん
(bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that something may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
prayer; wish; vow; (female given name) Nozomi
praṇihita; praṇidhāna; resolve, will, desire, cf. 誓.

もん

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 mon
    モン
(particle) (1) indicates reason or excuse; (2) (feminine speech) indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged; (f,p) Mon; Monn; Monts; Mons

七使

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qī shǐ
    qi1 shi3
ch`i shih
    chi shih
 shichishi
The seven messengers, agents, or kleśas—desire 欲愛; anger, or hate 瞋恚; attachment, or clinging 有愛; pride or arrogance 慢; ignorance, or unenlightenment 無明; false views 見; and doubt 疑.

七垢

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qī gòu
    qi1 gou4
ch`i kou
    chi kou
 shichiku
The seven defilements―desire 欲, false views 見, doubt 疑, pride 慢, arrogance 憍 torpor 隨眠, and 慳 stinginess; cf. 七使.

七情

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qī qíng
    qi1 qing2
ch`i ch`ing
    chi ching
 shichijou / shichijo
    しちじょう
seven emotional states; seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy 喜[xi3], anger 怒[nu4], anxiety 憂|忧[you1], thought 思[si1], grief 悲[bei1], fear 恐[kong3], fright 驚|惊[jing1]; seven relations
(1) seven emotions (in The Book of Rites: joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate, desire); seven emotions (in Buddhism: joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate, desire); (2) seven effects (of a traditional Chinese medicine); (surname) Shichijō
The seven emotions : pleasure, anger, sorrow, joy, love, hate, desire.

七有

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qī yǒu
    qi1 you3
ch`i yu
    chi yu
 shichiu
七生 The seven stages of existence in a human world, or in any 欲界 desire-world. Also (1) in the hells, (2) as animals, (3) hungry ghosts, (4) gods, (5) men, (6) karma 業, and (7) in the intermediate stage.

三受

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sān shòu
    san1 shou4
san shou
 sanju
The three states of Vedanā, i. e. sensation, are divided into painful, pleasurable, and freedom from both 苦, 樂, 捨. When things are opposed to desire, pain arises; when accordant, there is pleasure and a desire for their continuance; when neither, one is detached or free. 倶舍論 1.

三垢

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sān gòu
    san1 gou4
san kou
 miyoshi
    みよし
(personal name) Miyoshi
The three defilers—desire, hate, stupidity (or ignorance), idem 三毒.

三想

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sān xiǎng
    san1 xiang3
san hsiang
 sansō
The three evil thoughts are the last, desire, hate, malevolence; the three good thoughts are 怨想 thoughts of (love to) enemies, 親想 the same to family and friends, 中人想 the same to those who are neither enemies nor friends, i.e. to all; v. 智度論 72.

三愆

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sān qiān
    san1 qian1
san ch`ien
    san chien
The three misleading things: 貪 desire, 瞋 ire, and 邪 perverted views.

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.

三株

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sān zhū
    san1 zhu1
san chu
 mikabu
    みかぶ
(place-name) Mikabu
The three tree-trunks, or main stems—desire, hate, stupidity; v. 三毒.

三根

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sān gēn
    san1 gen1
san ken
 mine
    みね
(place-name, surname) Mine
The three (evil) 'roots'— desire, hate, stupidity, idem 三毒. Another group is the three grades of good roots, or abilities 上, 中, 下 superior, medium, and inferior. Another is the three grades of faultlessness 三無漏根.

三毒

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sān dú
    san1 du2
san tu
 sandoku
    さんどく
{Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance)
The three poisons, also styled 三根; 三株; they are 貪 concupiscence, or wrong desire, 瞋 anger, hate, or resentment, and 痴 stupidity, ignorance, unintelligence, or unwillingness to accept Buddha-truth; these three are the source of all the passions and delusions. They represent in part the ideas of love, hate, and moral inertia. v. 智度論 19, 31.

三漏

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sān lòu
    san1 lou4
san lou
 sanro
The three affluents that feed the stream of mortality, or transmigration: 欲 desire; 有 (material, or phenomenal) existence; 無明 ignorance (of the way of escape). 涅槃經 22.

三火

see styles
sān huǒ
    san1 huo3
san huo
 sanka
The three fires—desire, hate, and stupidity; v. 三毒.

三界

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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.

三緣


三缘

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sān yuán
    san1 yuan2
san yüan
 sanen
The three nidānas or links with the Buddha resulting from calling upon him, a term of the Pure Land sect: (a) 親緣 that he hears those who call his name, sees their worship, knows their hearts and is one with them; (b) 近緣 that he shows himself to those who desire to see him; (c) 增上緣 that at every invocation aeons of sin are blotted out, and he and his sacred host receive such a disciple at death.

三縛


三缚

see styles
sān fú
    san1 fu2
san fu
 sanbaku
The three bonds— desire, anger, stupidity; idem 三毒.

三請


三请

see styles
sān qǐng
    san1 qing3
san ch`ing
    san ching
 sanshō
A request thrice repeated— implying earnest desire.

三障

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sān zhàng
    san1 zhang4
san chang
 sanshō
The three vighna, i.e. hinderers or barriers, of which three groups are given: (1) (a) 煩惱障 the passions, i.e. 三毒 desire, hate, stupidity; (b) 業障 the deeds done; (c) 報障 the retributions. (2) (a) 皮煩惱障 ; (b) 肉煩惱障 ; (c) 心煩惱障 skin, flesh, and heart (or mind) troublers, i.e. delusions from external objects: internal views, and mental ignorance. (3) 三重障 the three weighty obstructions: (a) self-importance, 我慢; (b) envy, 嫉妬; (c) desire, 貧欲.

不悅


不悦

see styles
bù yuè
    bu4 yue4
pu yüeh
 fuetsu
displeased; annoyed
Unhappy, uneasy, the disturbing influence of desire.

九地

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jiǔ dì
    jiu3 di4
chiu ti
 kyuuchi / kyuchi
    きゅうち
very low land; (surname) Kuji
The nine lands, i.e. the 欲界 realm of desire or sensuous realm the four 色界 realms of form or material forms; and the four 無色界 formless realms, or realms beyond form; v. 九有, 九有情居, 禪 and 定. The nine realms are:—(1) 欲界五趣地; the desire realm with its five gati, i.e. hells, hungry ghosts, animals, men, and devas. In the four form-realms are:— (2) 離生喜樂地 Paradise after earthly life, this is also the first dhyāna, or subject of meditation, 初禪. (3) 定生喜樂地 Paradise of cessation of rebirth, 二禪. (4) 離喜妙樂地 Land of wondrous joy after the previous joys, 三禪. (5) 捨念淸淨地 The Pure Land of abandonment of thought, or recollection (of past delights), 四禪. The four formless, or infinite realms, catur arūpa dhātu, are:—(6) 空無邊處地 ākāśānantyā-yatanam, the land of infinite space; also the first samādhi, 第一定. (7) 識無邊處地 vijñānānamtyāyatanam, the land of omniscience, or infinite perception, 二定. (8) 無所有處地 ākiñcanyāyatana, the land of nothingness, 三定. (9) 非想非非想處地 naivasaṁjñānā-saṁjñāyatana, the land (of knowledge) without thinking or not thinking, or where there is neither consciousness nor unconsciousness, i.e. above either; this is the 四定. Eitel says that in the last four, "Life lasts 20,000 great kalpas in the 1st, 40,000 in the 2nd, 60,000 in the 3rd, and 80,000 great kalpas in the 4th of these heavens."

九想

see styles
jiǔ xiǎng
    jiu3 xiang3
chiu hsiang
 kusō
(九想觀) or 九相 navasaṃjñā. Meditation on a corpse in order to curb desire; one of the meditations on the unclean: vyādhmātakasaṃjñā, its tumefaction; vinīlakas., its blue, mottled colour; vipadumakas., its decay; vilohitakas., its mess of blood,etc.; vipūyakas., its discharges and rotten flesh; vikhāditakas., its being devoured by birds and beasts; vikṣiptakas., its dismembering; asthis., its bones; vidagdhakas., their being burnt and returning to dust.

九業


九业

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jiǔ yè
    jiu3 ye4
chiu yeh
 kugō
The nine kinds of karma, i.e. the desire realm and the form realm each has conduct that causes karma, does not cause karma, or is neutral, making 6; in the formless realm there are non-causative deeds, neutrality, and immortality, making 9; 成實論 8.

事教

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shì jiào
    shi4 jiao4
shih chiao
 jikyō
Teaching dealing with phenomena. The characterization by Tiantai of the Tripiṭaka or Hīnayāna teaching as 界内事教 within the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness; and the 別教 'different teaching' as 界外事教 outside or superior to those realms; the one dealt with the activities of time and sense, the other transcended these but was still involved in the transient; the 別教 was initial Mahāyāna incompletely developed.

事障

see styles
shì zhàng
    shi4 zhang4
shih chang
 jishō
Phenomenal hindrances to entry into nirvāṇa, such as desire, etc.; 理障 are noumenal hindrances, such as false doctrine, etc.

二因

see styles
èr yīn
    er4 yin1
erh yin
 niin / nin
    にいん
{Buddh} two causes
Two causes, of which there are various definitions: (1) 生因 The producing cause (of all good things); and 了因 the revealing or illuminating cause i.e. knowledge, or wisdom. (2) 能生因 The 8th 識 q. v.: the cause that is able to produce all sense and perceptions, also all good and evil; and 方便因 the environmental or adaptive cause, which aids the 8th 識, as water or earth does the seed, etc. (3) 習因 or 同類因 Practice or habit as cause e. g. desire causing desire; and 報因 or 果熟因 the rewarding cause, or fruit-ripening cause, e. g. pleasure or pain caused by good or evil deeds. (4) 正因 Correct or direct cause i.e. the Buddha-nature of all beings; and 緣因 the contributory cause, or enlightenment (see 了因 above) which evolves the 正因 or Buddha-nature by good works. (5) 近因 Immediate or direct cause and 遠因 distant or indirect cause or causes.

二惑

see styles
èr huò
    er4 huo4
erh huo
 niwaku
The two aspects of illusion: 見惑 perplexities or illusions and temptations arise from false views or theories. 思惑 or 修惑, ditto from thoughts arising through contact with the world, or by habit, such as desire, anger, infatuation, etc. They are also styled 理惑 illusions connected with principles and 事惑 illusions arising, in practice; v. 見思.

二愛


二爱

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èr ài
    er4 ai4
erh ai
 futae
    ふたえ
(female given name) Futae
The two kinds of love, 欲愛 ordinary human love springing from desire; 法愛 bodhisattva or religious love, i.e. desiring to save all creatures.

五乘

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wǔ shèng
    wu3 sheng4
wu sheng
 gojō
The five vehicles conveying to the karma reward which differs according to the vehicle: they are generally summed up as (1) 入乘 rebirth among men conveyed by observing the five commandments; (2) 天乘 among the devas by the ten forms of good action; (3) 聲聞乘 among the śrāvakas by the four noble truths; (4) 緣覺乘 among pratyekabuddhas by the twelve nidānas; (5) 菩薩乘 among the Buddhas and bodhisattvas by the six pāramitās 六度 q. v. Another division is the various vehicles of bodhisattvas; pratyekabuddhas; śrāvakas; general; and devas-and-men. Another is Hīnayāna Buddha, pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, the gods of the Brahma heavens, and those of the desire-realm. Another is Hīnayāna ordinary disciples: śrāvakas: pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas; and the one all-inclusive vehicle. And a sixth, of Tiantai, is for men; devas; śrāvakas-cum-pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas: and the Buddha-vehicle. The esoteric cult has: men, corresponding with earth; devas, with water: śrāvakas, with fire: pratyekabuddhas, with wind; and bodhisattvas, with 空 the 'void'.

五情

see styles
wǔ qíng
    wu3 qing2
wu ch`ing
    wu ching
 gojou / gojo
    ごじょう
the five passions (anger, joy, hatred, desire and grief)
The feelings, or passions, which are stirred by the 五根 five senses.

五海

see styles
wǔ hǎi
    wu3 hai3
wu hai
 goumi / gomi
    ごうみ
(surname) Goumi
The five 'seas' or infinities seen in a vision by Puxian, v. 舊華嚴經 3, viz., (1) all worlds, (2) all the living, (3) universal karma, (4) the roots of desire and pleasure of all the living, (5) all the Buddhas, past, present, and future.

五濁


五浊

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wǔ zhuó
    wu3 zhuo2
wu cho
 gotaku
the five impurities (Buddhism)
五滓; 五渾 The five kaṣāya periods of turbidity, impurity, or chaos, i. e. of decay; they are accredited to the 住 kalpa, see 四劫, and commence when human life begins to decrease below 20,000 years. (1) 劫濁 the kalpa in decay, when it suffers deterioration and gives rise to the ensuing form; (2) 見濁 deterioration of view, egoism, etc., arising; (3) 煩惱濁 the passions and delusions of desire, anger, stupidity, pride, and doubt prevail; (4) 衆生濁 in consequence human miseries increase and happiness decreases; (5) 命濁 human life time gradually diminishes to ten years. The second and third are described as the 濁 itself and the fourth and fifth its results.

五結


五结

see styles
wǔ jié
    wu3 jie2
wu chieh
 goketsu
Wujie or Wuchieh Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 Xian4], Taiwan
The five bonds to mortality: 貧 desire, 恚 hata, 慢 pride, 嫉 envy, 慳 grudging.

五蓋


五盖

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wǔ gài
    wu3 gai4
wu kai
 gogai
The five covers, i. e. mental and moral hindrances— desire, anger, drowsiness, excitability, doubt.

五障

see styles
wǔ zhàng
    wu3 zhang4
wu chang
 goshou / gosho
    ごしょう
(1) {Buddh} five hindrances (that prevent a woman from becoming a Buddha, a Brahmā, a Shakra, a devil king, or a wheel-turning king); five obstructions to women's attainment; (2) {Buddh} five hindrances (that impede ascetic practices; sensory desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, doubt)
The five hindrances, or obstacles; also 五礙; 五雲. I. Of women, i. e. inability to become Brahma-kings, Indras, Māra-kings, Caikravarti-kings, or Buddhas. II. The hindrances to the five 五力 powers, i. e. (self-) deception a bar to faith, as sloth is to zeal, anger to remembrance, hatred to meditaton, and discontent to wisdom. III. The hindrances of (1) the passion-nature, e. g. original sin; (2) of karma caused in previous lives; (3) the affairs of life; (4) no friendly or competent preceptor; (5) partial knowledge.

仇怨

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chóu yuàn
    chou2 yuan4
ch`ou yüan
    chou yüan
hatred and desire for revenge

住捨


住舍

see styles
zhù shě
    zhu4 she3
chu she
 jūsha
to abide in indifference [toward worldly desire]

修惑

see styles
xiū huò
    xiu1 huo4
hsiu huo
 shuwaku
    しゅわく
{Buddh} perceptive mental disturbances
Illusion, such as desire, hate, etc., in practice or performance, i.e. in the process of attaining enlightenment; cf. 思惑.

八忍

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bā rěn
    ba1 ren3
pa jen
 hachinin
The eight kṣānti, or powers of patient endurance, in the desire-realm and the two realms above it, necessary to acquire the full realization of the truth of the Four Axioms, 四諦; these four give rise to the 四法忍, i.e. 苦, 集, 滅, 道法忍, the endurance or patient pursuit that results in their realization. In the realm of form and the formless, they are called the 四類忍. By patient meditation the 見惑 false or perplexed views will cease, and the八智 eight kinds of jñāna or gnosis be acquired; therefore 智 results from忍 and the sixteen, 八忍八智 (or 觀), are called the 十六心, i.e. the sixteen mental conditions during the stage of 見道, when 惑 illusions or perplexities of view are destroyed. Such is the teaching of the 唯識宗. The 八智 are 苦, 集, 滅,道法智 and 苦, etc. 類智.

八覺


八觉

see styles
bā jué
    ba1 jue2
pa chüeh
 hachikaku
The eight (wrong) perceptions or thoughts, i.e. desire; hate; vexation (with others); 親里 home-sickness; patriotism (or thoughts of the country's welfare); dislike of death; ambition for one's clan or family; slighting or being rude to others. 華嚴經 13.

冀求

see styles
 kikyuu / kikyu
    ききゅう
(noun/participle) longing; great desire; aspiration

切望

see styles
qiè wàng
    qie4 wang4
ch`ieh wang
    chieh wang
 setsubou / setsubo
    せつぼう
to eagerly anticipate
(n,vs,vt,adj-no) earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering

劣情

see styles
 retsujou / retsujo
    れつじょう
animal passions; carnal desire; lust

匠気

see styles
 shouki / shoki
    しょうき
affectation; desire to be impressive

十使

see styles
shí shǐ
    shi2 shi3
shih shih
 jū shi
十大惑; 十根本煩惱 The ten messengers, deluders, fundamental passions; they are divided into five sharp and five dull; the five 鈍使 dull ones are desire, hate, stupidity, pride, and doubt; the five sharp 利使 are 身見, 邊見, 邪見, 見取見, 戒禁見, v. 見.

十心

see styles
shí xīn
    shi2 xin1
shih hsin
 jisshin
The ten kinds of heart or mind; there are three groups. One is from the 止觀 4, minds ignorant and dark; affected by evil companions; not following the good; doing evil in thought, word, deed; spreading evil abroad; unceasingly wicked; secret sin; open crime; utterly shameless; denying cause and effect (retribution)―all such must remain in the flow 流 of reincarnation. The second group (from the same book) is the 逆流 the mind striving against the stream of perpetual reincarnation; it shows itself in devout faith, shame (for sin), fear (of wrong-doing), repentance and confession, reform, bodhi (i.e. the bodhisattva mind), doing good, maintaining the right law, thinking on all the Buddhas, meditation on the void (or, the unreality of sin). The third is the 眞言 group from the 大日經疏 3; the "seed" heart (i.e. the original good desire), the sprout (under Buddhist religious influence), the bud, leaf, flower, fruit, its serviceableness; the child-heart, the discriminating heart, the heart of settled judgment (or resolve).

十見


十见

see styles
shí jiàn
    shi2 jian4
shih chien
 juumi / jumi
    じゅうみ
(surname) Jūmi
The ten (wrong) views; see 五見and add 貪, 恚 , 慢 , 無明 and 疑見 desire, hate, pride, ignorance, and doubt.

十軍


十军

see styles
shí jun
    shi2 jun1
shih chün
 jūgun
The ten armies of Māra, which the Buddha attacks and destroys; the armies are desire, anxiety, hunger and thirst, longing, torpidity, fear, doubt, poison, gain, haughtiness (i.e. disdaining monks).

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