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 hotoke
    ほとけ

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Buddhism / Buddha
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2tuo2])
(surname) Hotoke
Buddha, from budh to "be aware of", "conceive", "observe", "wake"; also 佛陀; 浮圖; 浮陀; 浮頭; 浮塔; 勃陀; 勃馱; 沒馱; 母馱; 母陀; 部陀; 休屠. Buddha means "completely conscious, enlightened", and came to mean the enlightener. he Chinese translation is 覺 to perceive, aware, awake; and 智 gnosis, knowledge. There is an Eternal Buddha, see e.g. the Lotus Sutra, cap. 16, and multitudes of Buddhas, but the personality of a Supreme Buddha, an Ādi-Buddha, is not defined. Buddha is in and through all things, and some schools are definitely Pan-Buddhist in the pantheistic sense. In the triratna 三寳 commonly known as 三寳佛, while Śākyamuni Buddha is the first "person" of the Trinity, his Law the second, and the Order the third, all three by some are accounted as manifestations of the All-Buddha. As Śākyamuni, the title indicates him as the last of the line of Buddhas who have appeared in this world, Maitreya is to be the next. As such he is the one who has achieved enlightenment, having discovered the essential evil of existence (some say mundane existence, others all existence), and the way of deliverance from the constant round of reincarnations; this way is through the moral life into nirvana, by means of self-abnegation, the monastic life, and meditation. By this method a Buddha, or enlightened one, himself obtains Supreme Enlightenment, or Omniscience, and according to Māhāyanism leads all beings into the same enlightenment. He sees things not as they seem in their phenomenal but in their noumenal aspects, as they really are. The term is also applied to those who understand the chain of causality (twelve nidānas) and have attained enlightenment surpassing that of the arhat. Four types of the Buddha are referred to: (1) 三藏佛the Buddha of the Tripiṭaka who attained enlightenment on the bare ground under the bodhi-tree; (2) 通佛the Buddha on the deva robe under the bodhi-tree of the seven precious things; (3) 別佛the Buddha on the great precious Lotus throne under the Lotus realm bodhi-tree; and (4) 圓佛the Buddha on the throne of Space in the realm of eternal rest and glory where he is Vairocana. The Hīnayāna only admits the existence of one Buddha at a time; Mahāyāna claims the existence of many Buddhas at one and the same time, as many Buddhas as there are Buddha-universes, which are infinite in number.

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xìn
    xin4
hsin
 shin
    しん

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Honesty / Fidelity
letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
(1) honesty; sincerity; fidelity; (2) trust; reliance; confidence; (3) (religious) faith; devotion; (counter) (4) counter for received messages; (female given name) Yuki
śraddhā. Faith; to believe; belief; faith regarded as the faculty of the mind which sees, appropriates, and trusts the things of religion; it joyfully trusts in the Buddha, in the pure virtue of the triratna and earthly and transcendental goodness; it is the cause of the pure life, and the solvent of doubt. Two forms are mentioned: (1) adhimukti, intuition, tr. by self-assured enlightenment. (2) śraddhā, faith through hearing or being taught. For the Awakening of Faith, Śraddhotpāda, v. 起信論.

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 ryoku
    りょく

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Power / Strength
power; force; strength; ability; strenuously
(suffix) strength; power; proficiency; ability; (given name) Riki
bala; power, strength, of which there are several categories: 二力 power of choice and of practice; 三力 the power of Buddha; of meditation (samādhi) and of practice. 五力 pañcabala, the five powers of faith, zeal, memory (or remembering), meditation, and wisdom. 六力 A child's power is in crying; a woman's in resentment; a king's in domineering; an arhat's in zeal (or progress); a Buddha's in mercy; and a bhikṣu's in endurance (of despite) . 十力 q.v. The ten powers of Buddhas and bodhisattvas.

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 sou / so
    そう
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) vibrancy; strength; bravery; manliness; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (esp. of men) one's prime (approx. age 30); (counter) (3) (also 草) counter for times of moxibustion; (personal name) Yūki

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qiè
    qie4
ch`ieh
    chieh
 shou / sho
    しょう

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Mistress / Concubine / Servant
concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
(1) (See 妾・めかけ) mistress; kept woman; concubine; (pronoun) (2) (archaism) (humble language) (feminine speech) (See 妾・わらわ) I; me


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    qiang3
ch`iang
    chiang
 kyou / kyo
    きょう

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Strong / Powerful / Force
to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort
(suffix) (1) (ant: 弱・1) a little over; a little more than; (2) (ant: 弱・2) strength; the strong; (suffix) (3) powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful; (suffix) (4) (after a number on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale; e.g. 5強) (ant: 弱・3) -upper (seismic intensity); (personal name) Tsuyomi
Strong, forceful, violent; to force; to strengthen.

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yǐng
    ying3
ying
 kage
    かげ

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Shadow
picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace
(1) shadow; silhouette; figure; shape; (2) reflection; image; (3) ominous sign; (4) light (stars, moon); (5) trace; shadow (of one's former self); (surname) Kage
Shadow, picture, image, reflection, hint; one of the twelve 'colours'.

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xīn
    xin1
hsin
 shin
    しん

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Heart / Mind / Spirit
heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
(1) (See 心・こころ・1) heart; mind; spirit; vitality; inner strength; (2) bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); nature; (3) (usu. written as 芯) (See 芯・2) centre; center; core; heart; (4) (See 心臓・1) heart (organ); (5) {astron} (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (6) (archaism) (child. language) friend; (given name) Haato
hṛd, hṛdaya 汗栗太 (or 汗栗馱); 紀哩馱 the heart, mind, soul; citta 質多 the heart as the seat of thought or intelligence. In both senses the heart is likened to a lotus. There are various definitions, of which the following are six instances: (1) 肉團心 hṛd, the physical heart of sentient or nonsentient living beings, e. g. men, trees, etc. (2) 集起心 citta, the ālayavijñāna, or totality of mind, and the source of all mental activity. (3) 思量心 manas, the thinking and calculating mind; (4) 緣慮心; 了別心; 慮知心; citta; the discriminating mind; (5) 堅實心 the bhūtatathatā mind, or the permanent mind; (6) 積聚精要心 the mind essence of the sutras.

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rěn
    ren3
jen
 nin
    にん

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Patience / Perseverance
to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself
(archaism) endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint; (given name) Nin
kṣānti, 羼提 (or 羼底); patience, endurance, (a) in adverse circumstances, (b) in the religious state. There are groups of two, three, four, five, six, ten, and fourteen, indicating various forms of patience, equanimity, repression, forbearance, endurance, constancy, or "perseverance of the saints," both in mundane and spiritual things.

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 ri
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Science
texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
(1) reason; principle; logic; (2) {Buddh} (See 事・じ) general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (3) the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism); (given name) Wataru
siddhānta; hetu. Ruling principle, fundamental law, intrinsicality, universal basis, essential element; nidāna, reason; pramāṇa, to arrange, regulate, rule, rectify.

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kòng
    kong4
k`ung
    kung
 kuu / ku
    くう
to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time
(1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空軍) air force; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements); (can be adjective with の) (6) {math} empty (e.g. set); (female given name) Ron
śūnya, empty, void, hollow, vacant, nonexistent. śūnyatā, 舜若多, vacuity, voidness, emptiness, non-existence, immateriality, perhaps spirituality, unreality, the false or illusory nature of all existence, the seeming 假 being unreal. The doctrine that all phenomena and the ego have no reality, but are composed of a certain number of skandhas or elements, which disintegrate. The void, the sky, space. The universal, the absolute, complete abstraction without relativity. There are classifications into 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 18 categories. The doctrine is that all things are compounds, or unstable organisms, possessing no self-essence, i.e. are dependent, or caused, come into existence only to perish. The underlying reality, the principle of eternal relativity, or non-infinity, i.e. śūnya, permeates all phenomena making possible their evolution. From this doctrine the Yogācārya school developed the idea of the permanent reality, which is Essence of Mind, the unknowable noumenon behind all phenomena, the entity void of ideas and phenomena, neither matter nor mind, but the root of both.

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shēn
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shen
 mi
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Body
body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
(1) one's body; one's person; (2) oneself; one's appearance; (3) one's place (in society, etc.); one's position; (4) main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid); (surname) Misaki
kāya; tanu; deha. The body; the self.; Two forms of body; there are numerous pairs, e. g. (1) (a) 分段身 The varied forms of the karmic or ordinary mortal body, or being; (b) 變易身 the transformable, or spiritual body. (2) (a) 生身 The earthly body of the Buddha; (b) 化身 hinirmāṇakāya, which may take any form at will. (3) (a) 生身 his earthly body; (b) 法身 his moral and mental nature—a Hīnayāna definition, but Mahāyāna takes his earthly nirmāṇakāya as the 生身 and his dharmakāya or that and his saṃbhogakāya as 法身. (4) 眞應二身 The dharmakāya and nirmāṇakāya. (5) (a) 實相身 The absolute truth, or light, of the Buddha, i. e. the dharmakāya; (b) 爲物身 the functioning or temporal body. (6) (a) 眞身 the dharmakāya and saṃbhogakāya; (b) 化身 the nirmāṇakāya. (7) (a) 常身 his permanent or eternal body; (b) 無常身 his temporal body. (8) (a) 實身 and 化身 idem 二色身.

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    gui3
kuei
 oni(p); ki
    おに(P); き

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Ghost Demon
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
(1) ogre; demon; oni; (2) (See 亡魂) spirit of a deceased person; (3) (おに only) ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); (4) (おに only) (See 鬼ごっこ・おにごっこ) it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); (5) (き only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (prefix) (6) (おに only) (slang) (See 超・1) very; extremely; super-; (surname) Miniwa
preta 薜荔多, departed, dead; a disembodied spirit, dead person, ghost; a demon, evil being; especially a 餓鬼 hungry ghost. They are of many kinds. The Fan-i ming i classifies them as poor, medium, and rich; each again thrice subdivided: (1) (a) with mouths like burning torches; (b) throats no bigger than needles; (c) vile breath, disgusting to themselves; (2) (a) needle-haired, self-piercing; (b) hair sharp and stinking; (c) having great wens on whose pus they must feed. (3) (a) living on the remains of sacrifices; (b) on leavings in general; (c) powerful ones, yakṣas, rākṣasas, piśācas, etc. All belong to the realm of Yama, whence they are sent everywhere, consequently are ubiquitous in every house, lane, market, mound, stream, tree, etc.

体力

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 tairyoku
    たいりょく

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Physical Strength
(1) stamina; endurance; physical strength; resilience; resistance to disease; (2) strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

克己

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kè jǐ
    ke4 ji3
k`o chi
    ko chi
 kokki
    こっき

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Self-Restraint / Self-Control
self-restraint; discipline; selflessness
(n,vs,vi) self-control; self-mastery; self-restraint; self-denial; (given name) Yoshimi

公案

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gōng àn
    gong1 an4
kung an
 kouan / koan
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Koan
judge's desk; complex legal case; contentious issue; koan (Zen Buddhism)
{Buddh} koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping)
J. kōan; 因緣 A dossier, or case-record; a cause; public laws, regulations; case-law. Problems set by Zen masters, upon which thought is concentrated as a means to attain inner unity and illumination.

力量

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lì liang
    li4 liang5
li liang
 rikiryou / rikiryo
    りきりょう

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Strength / Ability
power; force; strength
(1) ability; capacity; capability; talent; (2) physical strength

勇力

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yǒng lì
    yong3 li4
yung li
 yuuryoku / yuryoku
    ゆうりょく

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Courage and Strength
courage and strength
courage; (personal name) Yūri

十法

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shí fǎ
    shi2 fa3
shih fa
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Ten perfect Mahayana rules
The ten 成就 perfect or perfecting Mahāyāna rules; i.e. in (1) right belief; (2) conduct; (3) spirit; (4) the joy of the bodhi mind; (5) joy in the dharma; (6) joy in meditation in it; (7) pursuing the correct dharma; (8) obedience to, or accordance with it; (9) departing from pride, etc.; (10) comprehending the inner teaching of Buddha and taking no pleasure in that of the śrāvaka and pratyeka-buddha order.

大力

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dà lì
    da4 li4
ta li
 dairiki
    だいりき

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Great Power
energetically; vigorously
(noun - becomes adjective with の) immense physical strength; (p,s,g) Dairiki
great power or energy

強力


强力

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qiáng lì
    qiang2 li4
ch`iang li
    chiang li
 kyouryoku / kyoryoku
    きょうりょく

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Herculean Strength
powerful
(noun or adjectival noun) powerful; strong; (surname) Gouriki
strength

強固

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 kyouko / kyoko
    きょうこ

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Strength: Strong and Solid
(noun or adjectival noun) firmness; stability; security; strength

心扉

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xīn fēi
    xin1 fei1
hsin fei

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Inner Heart / Inner Soul
inner heart; soul

心燈


心灯

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xīn dēng
    xin1 deng1
hsin teng
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Inner Light / Intelligence
The lamp of the mind; inner light, intelligence.

我慢

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wǒ màn
    wo3 man4
wo man
 gaman(p); gaman
    がまん(P); ガマン

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Gaman
(noun/participle) (1) endurance; patience; perseverance; bearing (with something); (noun/participle) (2) self-control; self-restraint; (surname) Gaman
abhimāna, ātma-mada. Egoism exalting self and depreciating others; self-intoxication, pride.

拉力

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lā lì
    la1 li4
la li

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Rally
pulling force; (fig.) allure; (materials testing) tensile strength; (loanword) rally

捨己


舍己

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shě jǐ
    she3 ji3
she chi
 sutemi
    すてみ

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Self Sacrifice
selfless; self-sacrifice (to help others); self-renunciation; altruism
(given name) Sutemi

正念

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zhèng niàn
    zheng4 nian4
cheng nien
 shounen / shonen
    しょうねん
correct mindfulness (Buddhism)
(1) {Buddh} (See 八正道) right mindfulness; (2) true faith (in rebirth in the promised land); (place-name) Shounen
samyak-smṛti, right remembrance, the seventh of the 八正道; 'right mindfullness, the looking on the body and the spirit in such a way as to remain ardent, self-possessed and mindful, having overcome both hankering and dejection. ' Keith.

武術


武术

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wǔ shù
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wu shu
 bujutsu
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Martial Arts / Wushu
military skill or technique (in former times); all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development); self-defense; tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage); also called kungfu 功夫; CL:種|种[zhong3]
(1) martial arts; military arts; (2) (See 武術太極拳) wushu (Chinese martial art)

氣力


气力

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qì lì
    qi4 li4
ch`i li
    chi li

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Strength / Vigor / Energy
strength; energy; vigor; talent

無我


无我

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wú wǒ
    wu2 wo3
wu wo
 muga
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Selflessness
anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self")
(1) selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; (2) {Buddh} anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls; (female given name) Muga
anātman; nairātmya; no ego, no soul (of an independent and self-contained character), impersonal, no individual independent existence (of conscious or unconscious beings, anātmaka). The empirical ego is merely an aggregation of various elements, and with their disintegration it ceases to exist; therefore it has nm ultimate reality of its own, but the Nirvāṇa Sūtra asserts the reality of the ego in the transcendental realm. The non-Buddhist definition of ego is that it has permanent individuality 常一之體 and is independent or sovereign 有主宰之用. When applied to men it is 人我, when to things it is 法我. Cf. 常 11.

無量


无量

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wú liàng
    wu2 liang4
wu liang
 muryou / muryo
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Immeasurable / Unlimited
measureless; immeasurable
(adj-no,n) immeasurable; infinite; inestimable; (given name) Muryō
apramāṇa; amita; ananta; immeasurable, unlimited, e.g. the 'four infinite' characteristics of a bodhisattva are 慈悲喜捨 kindness, pity, joy, and self-sacrifice.

独立

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 dokuritsu
    どくりつ
(n,vs,vi) (1) independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself; being on one's own; (n,vs,vi) (2) independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; (n,vs,vi) (3) separation; isolation

献身

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 kenshin
    けんしん
(n,vs,vi) devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

禪宗


禅宗

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chán zōng
    chan2 zong1
ch`an tsung
    chan tsung
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Zen Buddhism
Zen Buddhism
The 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.

空無


空无

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kōng wú
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k`ung wu
    kung wu
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Nothingness
Unreality, or immateriality, of things, which is defined as nothing existing of independent or self-contained nature.

節制


节制

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jié zhì
    jie2 zhi4
chieh chih
 sessei / sesse
    せっせい

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Temperance
to control; to restrict; to moderate; to temper; moderation; sobriety; to administer
(n,vs,vt,adj-no) moderation; self-restraint; temperance

自信

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zì xìn
    zi4 xin4
tzu hsin
 jishin
    じしん

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Self-Confidence
to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself); (surname) Jishin

自制

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zì zhì
    zi4 zhi4
tzu chih
 jisei / jise
    じせい

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Self-Control
to maintain self-control; self-control
(n,vs,vt,vi) self-control; self-restraint

自力

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zì lì
    zi4 li4
tzu li
 jiriki(p); jiryoku
    じりき(P); じりょく

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Power of Oneself / Self-Sufficient
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) one's own strength; one's own efforts; (2) {Buddh} self-salvation; (place-name) Jiriki
self-power

自尊

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zì zūn
    zi4 zun1
tzu tsun
 jison
    じそん

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Self-Respect / Self-Esteem
self-respect; self-esteem; ego; pride
self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride

自律

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zì lǜ
    zi4 lu:4
tzu lü
 jiritsu
    じりつ

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Self-Discipline / Will-Power
self-discipline; self-regulation; autonomy (ethics); autonomic (physiology)
(1) {phil} (See 他律・1) autonomy (in Kantian ethics); (2) self-control

自恃

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zì shì
    zi4 shi4
tzu shih

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Self-Reliance
self-esteem; self-reliance; overconfident; conceited

自愛


自爱

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zì ài
    zi4 ai4
tzu ai
 jiai
    じあい
self-respect; self-love; self-regard; regard for oneself; to cherish one's good name; to take good care of one's health
(n,vs,vi) (1) (See ご自愛ください) taking care of oneself; (n,vs,vi) (2) self-love
Self-love, cause of all pursuit or seeking, which in turn causes all suffering. All Buddhas put away self-love and all pursuit, or seeking, such elimination being nirvāṇa.

自然

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zì rán
    zi4 ran2
tzu jan
 jinen
    じねん

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Nature
nature; natural; naturally
(n,adv) occurring naturally (without human influence); (female given name) Minori
svayaṃbhū, also 自爾; 法爾 self-existing, the self-existent; Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and others; in Chinese it is 'self-so', so of itself, natural, of course, spontaneous. It also means uncaused existence, certain sects of heretics 自然外道 denying Buddhist cause and effect and holding that things happen spontaneously.

自由

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zì yóu
    zi4 you2
tzu yu
 jiyuu / jiyu
    じゆう

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Freedom / Liberty
freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted; CL:種|种[zhong3]
(noun or adjectival noun) freedom; liberty; (male given name) Yoriyoshi
self-established

自省

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zì xǐng
    zi4 xing3
tzu hsing
 jisei / jise
    じせい

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Introspection / Self-Awareness
to examine oneself; to reflect on one's shortcomings; introspection; self-awareness; self-criticism
(noun, transitive verb) self-examination; reflection; (given name) Jisei

自衛


自卫

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zì wèi
    zi4 wei4
tzu wei
 jiei / jie
    じえい

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Self-Defense
to defend oneself; self-defense
(n,vs,vt,vi,adj-no) self-defense; self-defence

見性


见性

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jiàn xìng
    jian4 xing4
chien hsing
 kenshou / kensho
    けんしょう

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Kensho - Initial Enlightenment
self-awareness; consciousness of one's own character
To behold the Buddha-nature within oneself, a common saying of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitive School.

謙虛


谦虚

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qiān xū
    qian1 xu1
ch`ien hsü
    chien hsü

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Humble / Modest
modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks

警察

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jǐng chá
    jing3 cha2
ching ch`a
    ching cha
 keisatsu / kesatsu
    けいさつ

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Police
police; police officer
(1) police; (2) (abbreviation) (See 警察官) police officer; (3) (abbreviation) (See 警察署) police station; (suffix noun) (4) (colloquialism) self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody; vigilante; gatekeeper

迫力

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 hakuryoku
    はくりょく

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Gutsy / Daring / Bold
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength; punch; edge; vigor

體力


体力

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tǐ lì
    ti3 li4
t`i li
    ti li

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Physical Strength
physical strength; physical power
See: 体力

一匹狼

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 ippikiookami
    いっぴきおおかみ

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Lone Wolf
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person

平常心

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píng cháng xīn
    ping2 chang2 xin1
p`ing ch`ang hsin
    ping chang hsin
 heijoushin / hejoshin
    へいじょうしん

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Heijoshin / Presence of Mind
levelheadedness; calmness; equanimity
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
ordinary mind

心技体

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 shingitai
    しんぎたい

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Shingitai / Shin Gi Tai
{MA;sports} three qualities of a martial artist or athlete: heart, technique, strength

自信心

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zì xìn xīn
    zi4 xin4 xin1
tzu hsin hsin

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Self-Confidence
self-confidence

自尊心

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zì zūn xīn
    zi4 zun1 xin1
tzu tsun hsin
 jisonshin
    じそんしん
self-respect; self-esteem; ego
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride

自意識

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 jiishiki / jishiki
    じいしき

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Self Consciousness
self-consciousness

護身術

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 goshinjutsu
    ごしんじゅつ

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Goshin Jutsu
art of self-defense (defence)

一道神光

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yī dào shén guāng
    yi1 dao4 shen2 guang1
i tao shen kuang
 ichidō no shinkō

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Intuitive Wisdom / Inner Light
Inner light; intuitive wisdom.

以柔克剛


以柔克刚

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yǐ róu kè gāng
    yi3 rou2 ke4 gang1
i jou k`o kang
    i jou ko kang

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Flexibility Overcomes Strength
to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)

克己奉公

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kè jǐ fèng gōng
    ke4 ji3 feng4 gong1
k`o chi feng kung
    ko chi feng kung

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Work Unselfishly for the Common Good
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication; to serve the public interest wholeheartedly

思い切り

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 omoikiri
    おもいきり

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With all the strength of your heart
(adv,n) with all one's strength; with all one's heart; resignation; resolution

波多黎各

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bō duō lí gè
    bo1 duo1 li2 ge4
po to li ko

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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States

泰然自若

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tài rán zì ruò
    tai4 ran2 zi4 ruo4
t`ai jan tzu jo
    tai jan tzu jo
 taizenjijaku
    たいぜんじじゃく

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Presence of Mind
cool and collected (idiom); showing no sign of nerves; perfectly composed
(adj-t,adv-to) (yoji) having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed

理直氣壯


理直气壮

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lǐ zhí qì zhuàng
    li3 zhi2 qi4 zhuang4
li chih ch`i chuang
    li chih chi chuang

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Engage with Confidence
in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side; to have the courage of one's convictions; just and forceful

自己実現

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 jikojitsugen
    じこじつげん

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Self Actualization
(noun/participle) self-actualization; self-fulfillment; self-realization

自己抑制

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 jikoyokusei / jikoyokuse
    じこよくせい

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Self-Control
(noun/participle) self-restraint; self-control; abstinence

自我實現


自我实现

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zì wǒ shí xiàn
    zi4 wo3 shi2 xian4
tzu wo shih hsien

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Self Actualization
self-actualization (psychology); self-realization


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nèi
    nei4
nei
 nai
inside; inner; internal; within; interior
within

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nèi
    nei4
nei
 nai
    ない
(suffix) (ant: 外) within ...; inside ...; (surname) Nai
Within, inner.

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gòu
    gou4
kou
inner rooms of palace; ten billions

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gōng
    gong1
kung
 kou / ko
    こう
meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
(1) merit; success; meritorious deed; (2) achievement; accumulated experience; (male given name) Tsutomu
Merit, meritorious; achievement, hence 功力 achieving strength, earnest effort after the good).

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mǎo
    mao3
mao
 u(p); bou / u(p); bo
    う(P); ぼう
mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon); 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit; ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east); variant of 鉚|铆[mao3]; to exert one's strength
(1) the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Hare; (2) (See 卯の刻) hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am); (3) (obsolete) east; (4) (obsolete) second month in the lunar calendar; (personal name) Bou

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    qu3
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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zhào
    zhao4
chao
 jō
to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
To summon, call.


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jiān
    jian1
chien
 ken
    けん
strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
(1) (rare) strength; solidity; firmness; (2) (rare) armour; armor; (male given name) Tsuyoshi
dṛḍha. sthira : firm, firmly fixed, reliable.

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wài
    wai4
wai
 soto(p); to(ok)
    そと(P); と(ok)
outside; in addition; foreign; external
(1) outside; exterior; (2) the open (air); (3) (ant: うち・6) other place; somewhere else; outside one's group (family, company, etc.); (surname) Hoka
bāhya. Outside, external; opposite to 内 within, inner, e. g. 内證 inner witness, or realization and 外用 external manifestation, function, or use.

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ào
    ao4
ao
 fukashi
    ふかし
interior; inner part; inside; (surname) Fukashi
hidden


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ào
    ao4
ao
 fukashi
    ふかし
obscure; mysterious
(out-dated kanji) interior; inner part; inside; (surname) Fukashi
[奥] South-west corner where were the lares; retired, quiet; abstruse, mysterious; blended; warm; translit. au.

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    ji3
chi
 ki; tsuchinoto
    き; つちのと
self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
6th in rank; sixth sign of the Chinese calendar; (place-name) Ki
Self, personal, own.

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duó
    duo2
to
 do
    ど
to estimate; Taiwan pr. [duo4]
(n,n-suf) (1) degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); (counter) (2) counter for occurrences; (n,n-suf) (3) strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; (n,n-suf) (4) alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; (5) (See 度を過ごす) extent; degree; limit; (6) (See 度を失う) presence of mind; composure; (given name) Wataru
pāramitā, 波羅蜜; intp. by 渡 to ferry over; to save. The mortal life of reincarnations is the sea; nirvana is the other shore; v. pāramitā, 波. Also, to leave the world as a monk or nun, such is a 度得 or 度者.

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xìng
    xing4
hsing
 narikuse
    なりくせ
nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
(archaism) disposition; nature; character; (surname) Shou
svabhāva, prakṛti, pradhāna. The nature intp. as embodied, causative, unchanging; also as independent or self-dependent; fundamental nature behind the manifestation or expression. Also, the Buddha-nature immanent in all beings, the Buddha heart or mind.

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    zi4
tzu
 shi
    ほしいまま
to abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)
(adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
offered

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 etsu
    えつ
self-satisfaction; rejoicing; (female given name) Yoroko

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zǒng
    zong3
tsung
 sou / so
    そう
(hist) rural local self-government (Muromachi period); (surname) Michi
overall

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màn
    man4
man
 man
slow
māna. Pride, arrogance, self-conceit, looking down on others, supercilious, etc.; there are categories of seven and nine kinds of pride.

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jiāo
    jiao1
chiao
 kyō
arrogant
Boastful, bragging; self-indulgent; indulgent; translit. ko, kau, go, gau; cf. 瞿, 倶, 拘, 巨.

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    wo3
wo
 ga
    が
I; me; my
(1) {Buddh} obstinacy; (2) atman; the self; the ego
I, my, mine; the ego, the master of the body, compared to the ruler of a country. Composed of the five skandhas and hence not a permanent entity. It is used for ātman, the self, personality. Buddhism takes as a fundamental dogma 無我, i.e. no 常我, no permanent ego, only recognizing a temporal or functional ego. The erroneous idea of a permanent self continued in reincarnation is the source of all illusion. But the Nirvana Sutra definitely asserts a permanent ego in the transcendental world, above the range of reincarnation; and the trend of Mahāyāna supports such permanence; v. 常我樂淨.

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jiè
    jie4
chieh
 kai; ingoto(ok)
    かい; いんごと(ok)
to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing something; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
(1) (かい only) {Buddh} admonition; commandment; (2) sila (precept)
śīla, 尸羅. Precept, command, prohibition, discipline, rule; morality. It is applied to the five, eight, ten, 250, and other commandments. The five are: (1) not to kill; (2 ) not to steal; (3) not to commit adultery; (4) not to speak falsely; (5) not to drink wine. These are the commands for lay disciples; those who observe them will be reborn in the human realm. The Sarvāstivādins did not sanction the observance of a limited selection from them as did the 成實宗 Satyasiddhi school. Each of the five precepts has five guardian spirits, in all twenty-five, 五戒二十五神. The eight for lay disciples are the above five together with Nos. 7, 8, and 9 of the following; the ten commands for the ordained, monks and nuns, are the above five with the following: (6) not to use adornments of flowers, nor perfumes; (7) not to perform as an actor, juggler, acrobat, or go to watch and hear them; (8) not to sit on elevated, broad, and large divans (or beds); (9) not to eat except in regulation hours; (10) not to possess money, gold or silver, or precious things. The 具足戒full commands for a monk number 250, those for a nun are 348, commonly called 500. Śīla is also the first of the 五分法身, i.e. a condition above all moral error. The Sutra of Brahma's Net has the following after the first five: (6) not to speak of the sins of those in orders; (7) not to vaunt self and depreciate others; (8) not to be avaricious; (9) not to be angry; (10) not to slander the triratna.


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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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shàn
    shan4
shan
 hoshiimama / hoshimama
    ほしいまま
without authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself; to monopolize; expert in; to be good at
(adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary

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    qi2
ch`i
    chi
 hata
    はた
banner; flag; (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]); administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county; CL:面[mian4]
flag; (surname) Hata

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xiāng
    xiang1
hsiang
inner lining of wooden utensils; component beam used in building construction; species of oak tree with medicinal bark (old)


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    wu1
wu
 yogore; yogore
    よごれ; ヨゴレ
variant of 污[wu1]
(kana only) (See 汚鮫・よごれざめ,オーシャニックホワイトティップシャーク) oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
Filthy, impure. kleśa; contamination of attachment to the pleasures of sense, to heretical views, to moral and ascetic practices regarded as adequate to salvation, to the belief in the self, all which cause misery.; Impure; to defile.

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méng
    meng2
meng
 mei / me
    めい
oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
(1) (obsolete) (See 盟を結ぶ) alliance; (n,n-suf) (2) aimag; league; administrative subdivision in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia; (female given name) Mei

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jīng
    jing1
ching
 sei / se
    せい
essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of something; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
(1) spirit; sprite; nymph; (2) energy; vigor (vigour); strength; (3) fine details; (4) (See 精液) semen; (given name) Makoto
Cleaned rice, freed from the husk, pure; essential, essence, germinating principle, spirit; fine, best, finest.

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zòng
    zong4
tsung
 muneo
    むねお
old variant of 縱|纵[zong4]
(adverb) (kana only) even if; (adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary; (1) the vertical; height; (2) front-to-back; length; (3) north-to-south; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) vertical (relationship); hierarchy; (5) (weaving) warp; (personal name) Muneo

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lǎo
    lao3
lao
 rou / ro
    ろう
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
(n,n-pref,n-suf) (1) old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder; (pronoun) (2) (archaism) (humble language) (used by the elderly) I; me; my humble self; (surname) Rou
jarā; old, old age.

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