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四大皆空

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sì dà jiē kōng
    si4 da4 jie1 kong1
ssu ta chieh k`ung
    ssu ta chieh kung
lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom); this world is an illusion

如幻三昧

see styles
rú huàn sān mèi
    ru2 huan4 san1 mei4
ju huan san mei
 nyogen sanmai
as-illusion samādhi

如幻如夢


如幻如梦

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rú huàn rú mèng
    ru2 huan4 ru2 meng4
ju huan ju meng
 nyogen nyomu
like an illusion, like a dream

幻を追う

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 maboroshioou / maboroshioo
    まぼろしをおう
(exp,v5u) to pursue an illusion; to pursue a fantasy; to pursue phantoms

我人四相

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wǒ rén sì xiàng
    wo3 ren2 si4 xiang4
wo jen ssu hsiang
 ga nin shisō
The four ejects of the ego in the Diamond Sutra: (1) 我相 the illusion that in the five skandhas there is a real ego; (2) 人相 that this ego is a man, and different from beings of the other paths; (3) 衆生相 that all beings have an ego born of the five skandhas; (4) 壽相 that the ego has age, i.e. a determined or fated period of existence.

摩訶摩耶


摩诃摩耶

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mó hē mó yé
    mo2 he1 mo2 ye2
mo ho mo yeh
 mokomaya
mahāmāyā, intp. by M.W. as 'great deceit or illusion worldly illusion, the divine power of illusion (which makes the material universe appear as if really existing and renders it cognizable by the senses), the Great Illusion (the illusory nature of worldly objects personified and identified with Durgā)'. Mahāmāyā was the wife of Śuddhodana, and mother of Śākyamuni. He, Siddhārtha, was born 'from her right side', and she died seven days later, her sister Mahāprajāpati becoming his foster mother. Also called 摩訶第脾 Mahādevī; 摩訶夫人 Lady Māyā, etc.

有漏世界

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yǒu lòu shì jiè
    you3 lou4 shi4 jie4
yu lou shih chieh
 uro sekai
(or 三界) The world, or worlds, of distress and illusion.

有餘涅槃


有余涅槃

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yǒu yú niè pán
    you3 yu2 nie4 pan2
yu yü nieh p`an
    yu yü nieh pan
 uyo nehan
有餘依 (有餘依涅槃) Incomplete nirvāṇa. Hīnayāna holds that the arhat after his last term of mortal existence enters into nirvāṇa, while alive here he is in the state of sopādhiśeṣa-nirvāṇa, limited, or modified, nirvāṇa, as contrasted with 無餘涅槃 nirupadhiśeṣa-nirvāṇa. Mahāyāna holds that when the cause 因 of reincarnation is ended the state is that of 有餘涅槃 incomplete nirvāṇa; when the effect 果 is ended, and 得佛之常身 the eternal Buddha-body has been obtained, then there is 無餘涅槃 complete nirvāṇa. Mahāyāna writers say that in the Hīnayāna 無餘涅槃 'remainderless' nirvāṇa for the arhat there are still remains of illusion, karma, and suffering, and it is therefore 有餘涅槃; in Mahāyāna 無餘涅槃 these remains of illusion, etc., are ended.

法性隨妄


法性随妄

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fǎ xìng suí wàng
    fa3 xing4 sui2 wang4
fa hsing sui wang
 hosshō zuimō
The dharma-nature in the sphere of delusion; i. e. 法性隨緣; 眞如隨緣 the dharma-nature, or bhūtatathatā, in its phenomenal character; the dharma-nature may be static or dynamic; when dynamic it may by environment either become sullied, producing the world of illusion, or remain unsullied, resulting in nirvāṇa. Static, it is likened to a smooth sea; dynamic, to its waves.

法身菩薩


法身菩萨

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fǎ shēn pú sà
    fa3 shen1 pu2 sa4
fa shen p`u sa
    fa shen pu sa
 hōsshin bosatsu
法身大士 dharmakāyamahāsattva, one who has freed himself from illusion and attained the six spiritual powers 六神通; he is above the 初地, or, according to Tiantai, above the 初住.

眞妄二心

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zhēn wàng èr xīn
    zhen1 wang4 er4 xin1
chen wang erh hsin
 shinmō nishin
The true and false minds i.e. (1) The true bhūtatathatā mind, defined as the ninth or amalavijñāna. (2) The false or illusion mind as represented by the eight vijñānas, 八識.

空即是色

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 kuusokuzeshiki / kusokuzeshiki
    くうそくぜしき
(yoji) {Buddh} (See 色即是空) emptiness is form; illusion of the reality of matter

緣理斷九


缘理断九

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yuán lǐ duàn jiǔ
    yuan2 li3 duan4 jiu3
yüan li tuan chiu
 enri danku
By the consideration of the tenth realm only, i.e. the Buddha-realm, to cut off the illusion of the nine other realms of time and sense.

菩薩聖衆


菩萨圣众

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pú sà shèng zhòng
    pu2 sa4 sheng4 zhong4
p`u sa sheng chung
    pu sa sheng chung
 bosatsu shōshu
The bodhisattva saints who have overcome illusion, from the first stage upwards, as contrasted with ordinary bodhisattvas.

貨幣錯覚

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 kaheisakkaku / kahesakkaku
    かへいさっかく
money illusion

轉迷開悟


转迷开悟

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zhuǎn mí kāi wù
    zhuan3 mi2 kai1 wu4
chuan mi k`ai wu
    chuan mi kai wu
 tenmei kaigo
To reject the illusion of the transmigrational worlds and enter into nirvana-enlightenment.

迷悟因果

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mí wù yīn guǒ
    mi2 wu4 yin1 guo3
mi wu yin kuo
 meigo inga
In the four axioms, that of 'accumulation' is caused by illusion, with suffering as effect; that of 'the way' is caused by enlightenment, with extinction (of suffering) as effect.

阿羅漢向


阿罗汉向

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ā luó hàn xiàng
    a1 luo2 han4 xiang4
a lo han hsiang
 arakan kō
The direction leading to arhatship, by cutting off all illusion in the realms of form and beyond form.

陰妄一念


阴妄一念

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yīn wàng yī niàn
    yin1 wang4 yi1 nian4
yin wang i nien
 onmō no ichinen
The illusion of the skandhas like a passing thought.

障盡解脫


障尽解脱

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zhàng jìn jiě tuō
    zhang4 jin4 jie3 tuo1
chang chin chieh t`o
    chang chin chieh to
 shōjin gedatsu
Salvation through the complete removal of the obstruction of illusion.

ファイ現象

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 faigenshou / faigensho
    ファイげんしょう
phi phenomenon (optical illusion)

一斷一切斷


一断一切断

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yī duàn yī qiè duàn
    yi1 duan4 yi1 qie4 duan4
i tuan i ch`ieh tuan
    i tuan i chieh tuan
 ichidan issai dan
when one [illusion] is severed, all are severed

不空如來藏


不空如来藏

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bù kōng rú lái zàng
    bu4 kong1 ru2 lai2 zang4
pu k`ung ju lai tsang
    pu kung ju lai tsang
 fukū nyorai zō
不空眞如 The realm of phenomena; in contrast with the universal 眞如 or 法身 dharmakāya, unmingled with the illusion of phenomena.

不覺現行位


不觉现行位

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bù jué xiàn xíng wèi
    bu4 jue2 xian4 xing2 wei4
pu chüeh hsien hsing wei
 fukaku gengyō i
The first two of the 十地 of the saint, in which the illusion of mistaking the phenomenal for the real still arises.

如夢幻泡影


如梦幻泡影

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rú mèng huàn pào yǐng
    ru2 meng4 huan4 pao4 ying3
ju meng huan p`ao ying
    ju meng huan pao ying
 nyo mu gen hō yō
like an illusion, like a bubble, like a shadow

如幻三摩地

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rú huàn sān mó dì
    ru2 huan4 san1 mo2 di4
ju huan san mo ti
 nyogen sanmaji
as-illusion samādhi

富蘭那迦葉


富兰那迦叶

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fù lán nà jiā shě
    fu4 lan2 na4 jia1 she3
fu lan na chia she
 Furanna Kashō
布剌拏 (or布剌那, 晡剌拏, 晡剌那, 棓剌拏, 棓剌那); 不蘭; 補剌那, etc. Purāṇa Kāśyapa; one of the six heretics opposed by Śākyamuni; he taught the non-existence of all things, that all was illusion, and that there was neither birth nor death; ergo, neither prince nor subject, parent nor child, nor their duties.

イルージョン

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 iruujon / irujon
    イルージョン
illusion

八十一品思惑

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bā shí yī pǐn sī huò
    ba1 shi2 yi1 pin3 si1 huo4
pa shih i p`in ssu huo
    pa shih i pin ssu huo
 hachijūippon (no) shiwaku
The eighty-one kinds of illusion, or misleading thoughts, arising out of desire, anger, foolishness, and pride - nine grades in each of the nine realms of desire, of form and beyond form.

沒曳達利瑟致


没曳达利瑟致

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mò yè dá lì sè zhì
    mo4 ye4 da2 li4 se4 zhi4
mo yeh ta li se chih
 moei darishichi
māyādṛḍṭi, illusion-views, intp. by 我見 egoism, the false doctrine that there is a real ego.

空飛ぶカヌー

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 soratobukanuu / soratobukanu
    そらとぶカヌー
(1) canoe, etc. in very clear water (illusion of flying); (pronoun) (2) Flying Canoe (Canadian folk-tale)

イリュージョン

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 iryuujon / iryujon
    イリュージョン
illusion

カフェウォール錯視

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 kafewoorusakushi
    カフェウォールさくし
café wall illusion (optical illusion); Münsterberg illusion

ミュンスターバーグ錯視

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 myunsutaabaagusakushi / myunsutabagusakushi
    ミュンスターバーグさくし
(See カフェウォール錯視) café wall illusion (optical illusion); Münsterberg illusion

Variations:
迷い(P)
紕い
紕(io)

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 mayoi
    まよい
(1) (See 迷う・2) hesitation; bewilderment; perplexity; doubt; indecision; (2) illusion; delusion; (3) {Buddh} inability to reach enlightenment

Variations:
イリュージョン(P)
イルージョン

see styles
 iryuujon(p); iruujon / iryujon(p); irujon
    イリュージョン(P); イルージョン
illusion

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

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