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髻珠 see styles |
jì zhū ji4 zhu1 chi chu |
髻寶 The precious stone worn in the 髻 topknot; a king's most prized possession in the Lotus Sūtra parable. |
鷲山 鹫山 see styles |
jiù shān jiu4 shan1 chiu shan washiyama わしやま |
(place-name, surname) Washiyama Gṛdhrakūṭa, Vulture Peak near Rājagṛha, 'the modern Giddore, so called because Piśuna (Māra) once as assumed there the guise of a vulture to interrupt the meditation of Ānanda' (Eitel); more probably because of its shape, or because of the vultures who fed there on the dead; a place frequented by the Buddha; the imaginary scene of the preaching of the Lotus Sūtra, and called 靈鷲山 Spiritual Vulture Peak, as the Lotus Sūtra is also known as the 鷲峯偈 Vulture Peak gāthā. The peak is also called 鷲峯; 鷲頭 (鷲頭山); 鷲臺; 鷲嶽; 鷲巖; 靈山; cf. 耆闍崛山. |
鹿車 鹿车 see styles |
lù chē lu4 che1 lu ch`e lu che |
Deer carts, one of the three kinds of vehicle referred to in the Lotus Sūtra, the medium kind; v. 三車. |
龍女 龙女 see styles |
lóng nǚ long2 nv3 lung nü |
More info & calligraphy: Dragon Lady |
一乘法 see styles |
yī shèng fǎ yi1 sheng4 fa3 i sheng fa ichijō hō |
(一乘法門) The one vehicle method as revealed in the Lotus Sūtra. |
一乘經 一乘经 see styles |
yī shèng jīng yi1 sheng4 jing1 i sheng ching ichijō kyō |
一乘妙典 (or 一乘妙文) Another name for the Lotus Sūtra, so called because it declares the one way of salvation, the perfect Mahāyāna. |
一佛乘 see styles |
yī fó shèng yi1 fo2 sheng4 i fo sheng ichibutsu jō |
The Mahāyāna, or one-Buddha vehicle, especially the teaching of the Lotus Sūtra.; The one Buddha-yāna. The One Vehicle, i.e. Mahāyāna, which contains the final or complete law of the Buddha and not merely a part, or preliminary stage, as in Hīnayāna. Mahāyānists claim it as the perfect and only way to the shore of parinirvāṇa. It is especially the doctrine of the 法華經 Lotus Sūtra; v. 大乘. |
一大宅 see styles |
yī dà zhái yi1 da4 zhai2 i ta chai ichi daitaku |
The great house, i.e. the burning house (of the world) in the Lotus Sūtra; also 火宅. |
一大車 一大车 see styles |
yī dà chē yi1 da4 che1 i ta ch`e i ta che ichi daisha |
The one great salvation vehicle of the Lotus Sūtra, the Mahāyāna. |
三輪教 三轮教 see styles |
sān lún jiào san1 lun2 jiao4 san lun chiao sanrin kyō |
The three periods of the Buddha's teaching as defined by Paramārtha: (a) 轉法輪 the first rolling onwards of the Law-wheel, the first seven years' teaching of Hīnayāna, i.e. the 四諦 four axioms and 空 unreality; (b) 照法輪 illuminating or explaining the law-wheel, the thirty years' teaching of the 般若 prajñā or wisdom sūtras, illuminating 空 and by 空 illuminating 有 reality; (c) 持法輪 maintaining the law-wheel, i.e. the remaining years of teaching of the deeper truths of 空有 both unreality and reality. Also the three-fold group of the Lotus School: (a) 根本法輪 radical, or fundamental, as found in the 華嚴經 sūtra; (b) 枝末法輪 branch and leaf, i.e. all other teaching; until (c) 攝末歸本法輪 branches and leaves are reunited with the root in the Lotus Sutra, 法華經. |
不動佛 不动佛 see styles |
bù dòng fó bu4 dong4 fo2 pu tung fo Fudō Butsu |
不動如來; 阿閦鞞 or 阿閦婆, Akṣobhya, one of the 五智如來 Five Wisdom, or Dhyāni-Buddhas, viz., Vairocana, Akṣobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitābha, and Amoghasiddhi. He is especially worshipped by the Shingon sect, as a disciple of Vairocana. As Amitābha is Buddha in the western heavens, so Akṣobhya is Buddha in the eastern heaven of Abhirati, the realm of joy, hence he is styled 善快 or 妙喜, also 無瞋恚 free from anger. His cult has existed since the Han dynasty, see the Akṣobhya-Tathāgatasya-vyūha. He is first mentioned in the prajnapāramitā sutra, then in the Lotus, where he is the first of the sixteen sons of Mahābhijñā-jñānabhibhu. His dhyāni-bodhisattva is Vajrapāṇi. His appearance is variously described, but he generally sits on a lotus, feet crossed, soles upward, left hand closed holding robe, right hand fingers extended touching ground calling it as color is pale gold, some say blue a vajra is before him. His esoteric word is Hum; his element the air, his human form Kanakamuni, v. 拘. Jap. Ashuku, Fudo, and Mudo; Tib. mi-bskyod-pa, mi-'khrugs-pa (mintug-pa); Mong. Ülü küdelükci. v. 不動明王. |
二世尊 see styles |
èr shì zūn er4 shi4 zun1 erh shih tsun ni seson |
Śākyamuni and Prabhūtaratna, the Buddha 多賓 in the eleventh chapter of the Lotus Sūtra; see also 二尊. |
信解品 see styles |
xìn jiě pǐn xin4 jie3 pin3 hsin chieh p`in hsin chieh pin shinge bon |
Chapter on Belief and Understanding (Lotus Sūtra) |
八交道 see styles |
bā jiāo dào ba1 jiao1 dao4 pa chiao tao hakkyōdō |
The eight roads in the eight directions, bounded with golden cords, mentioned in the Lotus Sūtra as in certain Buddha-realms. |
八王子 see styles |
bā wáng zǐ ba1 wang2 zi3 pa wang tzu hachiouji / hachioji はちおうじ |
Hachiōji (city); (place-name, surname) Hachiouji; Hachioji The eight sons of the last of the 20,000 shining Buddhas 燈明佛 born before he left home to become a monk; their names are given in the first chapter of the Lotus sūtra. In Japan there are also eight sons of a Shinto deity, reincarnated as one of the six Guanyin. |
化城品 see styles |
huà chéng pǐn hua4 cheng2 pin3 hua ch`eng p`in hua cheng pin kejō bon |
Chapter of [the Parable of] the Conjured City (Lotus Sūtra) |
十三身 see styles |
shí sān shēn shi2 san1 shen1 shih san shen |
The thirty-three forms in which Avalokiteśvara (Guanyin) is said to have presented himself, from that of a Buddha to that of a woman or a rakṣas. Cf. Lotus Sūtra 普門 chapter. |
十如是 see styles |
shí rú shì shi2 ru2 shi4 shih ju shih juunyoze / junyoze じゅうにょぜ |
{Buddh} ten thusnesses (in Tendai) The ten essential qualities, or characteristics, of thing, according to the 方便chapter of the Lotus sūtra: 相如是 form; 性如是 nature; 體如是 corpus or embodiment; 力如是 powers; 作如是 function; 因如是 primary cause; 果如是 environmental cause; 果如是 effect; 報如是 karmic reward; 本末究竟等 the inseparability, or inevitability of them all. |
四七品 see styles |
sì qī pǐn si4 qi1 pin3 ssu ch`i p`in ssu chi pin shishichi hon |
The twenty-eight chapters of the Lotus Sutra. |
四勝身 四胜身 see styles |
sì shèng shēn si4 sheng4 shen1 ssu sheng shen shi shōshin |
The four with victorious bodies, who were transformed independently of normal rebirth; also styled 解行身 bodies set free from all physical taint, thus attaining to Buddhahood. The four are the 龍女 dragon daughter of the Lotus Sutra, who instantly became a male bodhisattva; and three others of the 華嚴 Huayan sutra, i. e. 善財童子; 兜率天子, and 普莊嚴童子. |
四安樂 四安乐 see styles |
sì ān lè si4 an1 le4 ssu an le shi anraku |
(四安樂行) The four means of attaining to a happy contentment, by proper direction of the deeds of the body; the words of the mouth; the thoughts of the mind; and the resolve (of the will) to preach to all the Lotus Sutra. |
四菩薩 四菩萨 see styles |
sì pú sà si4 pu2 sa4 ssu p`u sa ssu pu sa shi bosatsu |
The four bodhisattvas— Avalokiteśvara, Maitreya, Samantabhadra, and Mañjuśrī. Also, the four chief bodhisattvas in the Garbhadhātu. There are also the 本化四菩薩 of the Lotus Sutra, named 上行, 無邊行, 淨行, and 安立行. |
四要品 see styles |
sì yào pǐn si4 yao4 pin3 ssu yao p`in ssu yao pin shiyōbon |
The four most important chapters of the Lotus Sutra, i. e. 方便品; 安樂行品; 壽量品, and 普門品; this is Tiantai's selection; the Nichiren sect makes 勸持品 the second and 神力品 the fourth. |
圓頓觀 圆顿观 see styles |
yuán dùn guān yuan2 dun4 guan1 yüan tun kuan endon kan |
(圓頓止觀) as given in the 摩訶止觀 is the concentration, or mental state, in which is perceived, at one and the same time, the unity in the diversity and the diversity in the unity, a method ascribed by Tiantai to the Lotus Sūtra; v. above. |
壽量品 寿量品 see styles |
shòu liáng pǐn shou4 liang2 pin3 shou liang p`in shou liang pin Juryō bon |
The chapter in the Lotus Sūtra where Buddha declares his eternity; v. also the 無量壽經. |
大樂説 see styles |
dà lè shuō da4 le4 shuo1 ta le shuo |
Mahāpratibhāna. A bodhisattva in the Lotus Sutra, noted for pleasant discourse. |
大牛車 大牛车 see styles |
dà niú chē da4 niu2 che1 ta niu ch`e ta niu che dai gyū sha |
The great ox cart in the Lotus Sutra 法華經 parable of the burning house, i.e. Mahāyāna. |
天台宗 see styles |
tiān tái zōng tian1 tai2 zong1 t`ien t`ai tsung tien tai tsung tendaishuu / tendaishu てんだいしゅう |
Tiantai school of Buddhism Tendai sect (of Buddhism); (personal name) Tendaishuu The Tiantai, or Tendai, sect founded by 智顗 Zhiyi. It bases its tenets on the Lotus Sutra 法華經 with the 智度論, 涅盤經, and 大品經; it maintains the identity of the Absolute and the world of phenomena, and attempts to unlock the secrets of all phenomena by means of meditation. It flourished during the Tang dynasty. Under the Sung, when the school was decadent, arose 四明 Ciming, under whom there came the division of 山家 Hill or Tiantai School and 山外 the School outside, the latter following 悟恩 Wuen and in time dying out; the former, a more profound school, adhered to Ciming; it was from this school that the Tiantai doctrine spread to Japan. The three principal works of the Tiantai founder are called 天台三部, i. e. 玄義 exposition of the deeper meaning of the Lotus; 文句 exposition of its text; and 止觀 meditation; the last was directive and practical; it was in the line of Bodhidharma, stressing the 'inner light'. |
天台律 see styles |
tiān tái lǜ tian1 tai2 lv4 t`ien t`ai lü tien tai lü Tendai ritsu |
The laws of the Tiantai sect as given in the Lotus, and the ten primary commandments and forty-eight secondary commandments of 梵網經 the Sutra of Brahma's Net 梵網經 (Brahmajāla); they are ascribed as the 大乘圓頓戒 the Mahāyāna perfect and immediate moral precepts, immediate in the sense of the possibility of all instantly becoming Buddha. |
妙莊王 妙庄王 see styles |
miào zhuāng wáng miao4 zhuang1 wang2 miao chuang wang Myōshō ō |
(妙莊嚴王) Śubhavyūha, the king who is the subject and title of the twenty-seventh chapter of the Lotus Sutra. He is also reputed to be the father of Guanyin. |
威音王 see styles |
wēi yīn wáng wei1 yin1 wang2 wei yin wang Ion ō |
Bhīṣma-garjita-ghoṣa-svara-rāja, the king with the awe-inspiring voice, the name of countless Buddhas successively appearing during the 離衰 kalpa; cf. Lotus Sutra. |
娑伽羅 娑伽罗 see styles |
suō qié luó suo1 qie2 luo2 so ch`ieh lo so chieh lo Sagara |
Sāgara. 娑竭羅 The ocean. The nāga king of the ocean palace north of Mt. Meru, possessed of priceless pearls; the dragon king of rain; his eight-year-old daughter instantly attained Buddhahood, v. the Lotus Sutra. |
安立行 see styles |
ān lì xíng an1 li4 xing2 an li hsing anryūgyō |
Supratiṣṭhita-cāritra; a Bodhisattva in the Lotus Sutra who rose up out of the earth to greet Śākyamuni. |
宿王戲 宿王戏 see styles |
sù wáng xì su4 wang2 xi4 su wang hsi shukuō ki |
nakṣatra-rāja-vikrīḍita, the play of the star-king, or king of the constellations, one of the samādhi in the Lotus Sutra. |
宿王華 宿王华 see styles |
sù wáng huā su4 wang2 hua1 su wang hua Shukuōke |
Nakṣatra-rāja-saṅkusumitābhijña, king of the star-flowers, a bodhisattva in the Lotus Sutra. |
常不輕 常不轻 see styles |
cháng bù qīng chang2 bu4 qing1 ch`ang pu ch`ing chang pu ching jōfugyō |
Sadāparibhūta, the monk who never slighted others, but assured all of buddhahood, a former incarnation of Śākyamuni; Lotus Sutra 20. |
廣長舌 广长舌 see styles |
guǎng cháng shé guang3 chang2 she2 kuang ch`ang she kuang chang she kōchō zetsu |
A broad and long tongue, one of the thirty-two marks of a Buddha, big enough to cover his face; it is also one of the 'marvels' in the Lotus Sūtra. |
影響衆 影响众 see styles |
yǐng xiǎng zhòng ying3 xiang3 zhong4 ying hsiang chung yōkō shu |
影向衆 The responsive group in the Lotus Sūtra, who came in response to a call, e.g. Mañjuśrī, Guanyin, etc. |
慈悲室 see styles |
cí bēi shì ci2 bei1 shi4 tz`u pei shih tzu pei shih jihi shitsu |
The abode of compassion, the dwelling of Buddha, v. Lotus Sūtra. |
憍曇彌 憍昙弥 see styles |
jiāo tán mí jiao1 tan2 mi2 chiao t`an mi chiao tan mi Kyōtonmi |
憍答彌; 倶答彌 Gautamī, feminine of the patronymic Gautama, the family name of Śākyamuni. Gautamī is a name for Mahāprājapatī, his aunt and nurse, who in the Lotus Sūtra is predicted to become Buddha. |
放光瑞 see styles |
fàng guāng ruì fang4 guang1 rui4 fang kuang jui hōkōzui |
The auspicious ray emitted from between the eyebrows of the Buddha before pronouncing the Lotus Sutra. |
施開廢 施开废 see styles |
shī kāi fèi shi1 kai1 fei4 shih k`ai fei shih kai fei se kai hai |
A Tiantai term indicating the three periods of the Buddha's teaching: (1) bestowing the truth in Hīnayāna and other partial forms; (2) opening of the perfect truth like the lotus, as in the Lotus Sutra; (3) abrogating the earlier imperfect forms. |
曼荼羅 曼荼罗 see styles |
màn tú luó man4 tu2 luo2 man t`u lo man tu lo mandara まんだら |
(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) mandala mandala; Buddhist visual schema of the enlightened mind; (given name) Mandara 曼怛羅; 曼特羅; 曼陀羅; 曼拏羅; 蔓陀囉; 滿荼邏 maṇḍala, a circle, globe, wheel ring; "any circular figure or diagram" (M.W.); a magic circle; a plot or place of enlightenment; a round or square altar on which buddhas and bodhisattvas are placed; a group of such, especially the garbhadhātu and vajradhātu groups of the Shingon sect; these were arranged by Kōbō Daishi to express the mystic doctrine of the two dhātu by way of illustration, the garbhadhātu representing the 理 and the 因 principle and cause, the vajradhātu the 智 and the 果 intelligence (or reason) and the effect, i.e. the fundamental realm of being, and mind as inherent in it; v. 胎 and 金剛. The two realms are fundamentally one, as are the absolute and phenomenal, e.g. water and wave. There are many kinds of maṇḍalas, e.g. the group of the Lotus Sutra; of the 觀經; of the nine luminaries; of the Buddha's entering into nirvana, etc. The real purpose of a maṇḍala is to gather the spiritual powers together, in order to promote the operation of the dharma or law. The term is commonly applied to a magic circle, subdivided into circles or squares in which are painted Buddhist divinities and symbols. Maṇḍalas also reveal the direct retribution of each of the ten worlds of beings (purgatory, pretas, animals, asuras, men, devas, the heavens of form, formless heavens, bodhisattvas, and buddhas). Each world has its maṇḍala which represents the originating principle that brings it to completion. The maṇḍala of the tenth world indicates the fulfilment and completion of the nine worlds. |
法花經 法花经 see styles |
fǎ huā jīng fa3 hua1 jing1 fa hua ching Hōke kyō |
Lotus Sūtra |
法華宗 法华宗 see styles |
fǎ huā zōng fa3 hua1 zong1 fa hua tsung hokkeshuu / hokkeshu ほっけしゅう |
(1) Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren); (2) Tendai sect of Buddhism Lotus Sūtra School |
法華経 see styles |
hokekyou; hokkekyou / hokekyo; hokkekyo ほけきょう; ほっけきょう |
(abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 妙法蓮華経) Lotus Sutra |
法華經 法华经 see styles |
fǎ huá jīng fa3 hua2 jing1 fa hua ching Hokke kyō |
The Lotus Sutra Lotus Sūtra |
無動佛 无动佛 see styles |
wú dòng fó wu2 dong4 fo2 wu tung fo Mudō butsu |
Akṣobhya, cf. 阿閦婆 and 不動佛 The unperturbed Buddha, sometimes tr. as motionless, but the reference is to his calmness, serenity, and absence of passion; he is one of the Five Dhyāni-Buddhas, and generally reigns over the east, his kingdom being Abhirati; realm of mystic pleasure. In the Lotus Sūtra he is named as the first of the sixteen sons of Mahābhijñābhibhu. One of his principal characteristics is that of subduing the passions. |
無盡意 无尽意 see styles |
wú jìn yì wu2 jin4 yi4 wu chin i Mujin i |
Inexhaustible intention, or meaning, name of Akṣayamati, a bodhisattva to whom Śākyamuni is supposed to have addressed the Avalokiteśvara chapter in the Lotus Sūtra. |
然燈佛 然灯佛 see styles |
rán dēng fó ran2 deng1 fo2 jan teng fo Nentō Butsu |
Dīpaṃkara Buddha, the twenty-fourth predecessor of Śākyamuni, who always appears when a Buddha preaches the gospel found in the Lotus Sūtra, in which sūtra he is an important hearer; also 錠光; 提洹竭 (or 提和竭); 大和竭羅. |
燈明佛 灯明佛 see styles |
dēng míng fó deng1 ming2 fo2 teng ming fo Tōmyō Butsu |
日月燈明佛 A Buddha mentioned in the Lotus Sūtra. |
眉間光 眉间光 see styles |
méi jiān guāng mei2 jian1 guang1 mei chien kuang miken kō |
The ray of light which issued from the 眉間白毫相 lighting up all worlds, v. Lotus Sutra. |
空王佛 see styles |
kōng wáng fó kong1 wang2 fo2 k`ung wang fo kung wang fo Kūō butsu |
Dharmagahanābhyudgata-rāja. A Buddha who is said to have taught absolute intelligence, or knowledge of the absolute, cf. Lotus Sutra 9. |
華藏界 华藏界 see styles |
huā zàng jiè hua1 zang4 jie4 hua tsang chieh kezō kai |
(華藏世界) The lotus-store, or lotus-world, the Pure Land of Vairocana, also the Pure Land of all Buddhas in their saṃbhogakāya, or enjoyment bodies. Above the wind or air circle is a sea of fragrant water, in which is the thousand-petal lotus with its infinite variety of worlds, hence the meaning is the Lotus which contains a store of myriads of worlds; cf. the Tang Huayan sūtra 8, 9, and 10; the 梵網經 ch. 1, etc. |
蓮華經 莲华经 see styles |
lián huá jīng lian2 hua2 jing1 lien hua ching Renge kyō |
Lotus Sūtra |
衣座室 see styles |
yī zuò shì yi1 zuo4 shi4 i tso shih e za shitsu |
The robe, throne, and abode of the Tathāgata, see Lotus Sutra 法師品. |
讀誦品 读诵品 see styles |
dú sòng pǐn du2 song4 pin3 tu sung p`in tu sung pin dokuju hon |
stage of recitation (of the Lotus Sūtra) |
辟支佛 see styles |
bì zhī fó bi4 zhi1 fo2 pi chih fo byakushi butsu |
(辟支迦) (辟支佛陀) (辟支迦佛陀) pratyekabuddha, one who seeks enlightenment for himself, defined in the Lotus Sūtra as a believer who is diligent and zealous in seeking wisdom, loves loneliness and seclusion, and understands deeply the nidānas. Also called 緣覺; 獨覺; 倶存. It is a stage above the śrāvaka 聲聞 and is known as the 中乘 middle vehicle. Tiantai distinguishes 獨覺 as an ascetic in a period without a Buddha, 緣覺 as a pratyekabuddha. He attains his enlightenment alone, independently of a teacher, and with the object of attaining nirvāṇa and his own salvation rather than that of others, as is the object of a bodhisattva. Cf. 畢. |
七十二歳 see styles |
qī shí èr suì qi1 shi2 er4 sui4 ch`i shih erh sui chi shih erh sui shichijūni sai |
The age, 72, at which Buddha is reputed to have preached the Lotus Sutra. |
三僞一眞 三伪一眞 see styles |
sān wěi yī zhēn san1 wei3 yi1 zhen1 san wei i chen sangisshin |
The three half-true, or partial revelations of the 小乘, 中乘 and 大乘, and the true one of the Lotus Sūtra. |
三權一實 三权一实 see styles |
sān quán yī shí san1 quan2 yi1 shi2 san ch`üan i shih san chüan i shih sangon ichijitsu |
The Tiantai division of the schools of Buddhism into four, three termed 權temporary, i. e. 藏, 通 and 別 q.v. v. e fourth is the 實 or圓real or perfect School of SaIvation by faith to Buddhahood, especially as revealed in the Lotus Sutra, see 一實. |
三界火宅 see styles |
sān jiè huǒ zhái san1 jie4 huo3 zhai2 san chieh huo chai sankaikataku さんかいかたく |
(person) Sankai Kataku The burning house of the triple world, as in the Lotus Sūtra parable. |
三草二木 see styles |
sān cǎo èr mù san1 cao3 er4 mu4 san ts`ao erh mu san tsao erh mu sansō nimoku |
A parable in the Lotus Sutra; the small plants representing ordinary men and devas, medium sized plants śrāvakas and pratyeka-buddhas, and 大草, 小樹 and 大樹 tall plants and small and large trees three grades of bodhisattvas. Another definition applies the term to the 五乘 five "vehicles". There are also others. |
三陀羅尼 三陀罗尼 see styles |
sān tuó luó ní san1 tuo2 luo2 ni2 san t`o lo ni san to lo ni san darani |
The three dhāraṇī, which word from dhāra, " maintaining," "preserving," is defined as the power maintaining wisdom or knowledge. Dhāraṇī are "spells chiefly for personal use" (Eliot), as compared with mantra, which are associated with religious services. The Tiantai School interprets the "three dhāraṇī" of the Lotus Sutra on the lines of the三諦, i.e. 空, 假and中. Another group is聞持陀羅尼 the power to retain all the teaching one hears; 分別陀羅尼 unerring powers of discrimination; 入音聲陀羅尼 power to rise superior to external praise or blame. |
上行菩薩 上行菩萨 see styles |
shàng xíng pú sà shang4 xing2 pu2 sa4 shang hsing p`u sa shang hsing pu sa Jōgyō bosatsu |
Viśiṣṭa-cāritra Bodhisattva, who suddenly rose out of the earth as Buddha was concluding one of his Lotus sermons; v. Lotus sūtra 15 and 21. He is supposed to have been a convert of the Buddha in long past ages and to come to the world in its days of evil. Nichiren in Japan believed himself to be this Bodhisattva's reincarnation, and the Nichiren trinity is the Buddha, i.e. the eternal Śākyamuni Buddha; the Law, i.e. the Lotus Truth; and the Saṅgha, i.e. this Bodhisattva, in other words Nichiren himself as the head of all living beings, or eldest son of the Buddha. |
不受三昧 see styles |
bù shòu sān mèi bu4 shou4 san1 mei4 pu shou san mei fuju zanmai |
In the Lotus Sutra, cap. 25, the bodhisattva 無盡意 obeying the Buddha's command, offered Guanyin a jewel-garland, which the latter refused saying he had not received the Buddha's command to accept it. This attitude is attributed to his 不受 samādhi, the samādhi of 畢竟空 utter 'voidness', or spirituality. |
二處三會 二处三会 see styles |
èr chù sān huì er4 chu4 san1 hui4 erh ch`u san hui erh chu san hui nisho san'e |
The two places from which the Buddha is supposed to have preached the Lotus Sūtra, i.e. the Vulture Peak, the sky, and again the Vulture Peak; the three assemblies are (1) those he addressed from the Peak, chapters 1 to the middle of the eleventh chapter; (2) those addressed from the sky, to the end of the twenty-second chapter; and (3) again those on the Vulture Peak, from the twenty-third chapter to the end. |
五十展轉 五十展转 see styles |
wǔ shí zhǎn zhuǎn wu3 shi2 zhan3 zhuan3 wu shih chan chuan gojū tenden |
The fiftieth turn, i. e. the great-ness of the bliss of one who hears the Lotus Sutra even at fiftieth hand: how much greater that of him who hears at first hamd ! 五十功德 idem 五十展轉 and 五十轉五十惡 The fifty evils produced by the five skandhas, i. e. 色 seventeen, 受 eight, 想 eight, 行 nine, 識 eight. |
五千上慢 see styles |
wǔ qiān shàng màn wu3 qian1 shang4 man4 wu ch`ien shang man wu chien shang man gosen jōman |
The five thousand supremely arrogant (i. e. Hīnayāna) monks who left the great assemibly, refusing to hear the Buddha preach the new doctrine of the Lotus Sutra; see its 方便 chapter. |
五百由旬 see styles |
wǔ bǎi yóu xún wu3 bai3 you2 xun2 wu pai yu hsün gohyaku yujun |
The 500 yojanas of difficult and perilous journey to the Land of Treasures: v. the Lotus Sutra. |
五種法師 五种法师 see styles |
wǔ zhǒng fǎ shī wu3 zhong3 fa3 shi1 wu chung fa shih goshu hosshi |
The five kinds of masters of the Law, v. Lotus Sutra, 法師品— one who receives and keeps; reads; recites; expounds; and copies the sutra. |
佉羅騫馱 佉罗骞驮 see styles |
qiā luó qiān tuó qia1 luo2 qian1 tuo2 ch`ia lo ch`ien t`o chia lo chien to kyarakenda |
Kharakaṇṭha; kings of demons, kings of asuras present when Buddha preached the Lotus Sutra; also described as rumbling like thunder, or stirring up the waves of the ocean. |
六十六部 see styles |
rokujuurokubu / rokujurokubu ろくじゅうろくぶ |
Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan) |
分陀利迦 see styles |
fēn tuó lì jiā fen1 tuo2 li4 jia1 fen t`o li chia fen to li chia fundarika |
(also see 分陀利) puṇḍarīka, 芬陀; 分荼利迦, 分荼利華, 奔荼利迦, 奔荼利華; 本拏哩迦; the 白蓮花 white lotus (in full bloom). It is also termed 百葉華 (or 八葉華) hundred (or eight) leaf flower. For Saddharma-puṇḍarīka, the Lotus Sutra, v. 妙法蓮華經. The eighth and coldest hell is called after this flower, because the cold lays bare the bones of the wicked, so that they resemble the whiteness of this lotus. It is also called 隨色花; when a bud, it is known as 屈摩羅; and when fading, as 迦摩羅. |
化城喩品 see styles |
huà chéng yù pǐn hua4 cheng2 yu4 pin3 hua ch`eng yü p`in hua cheng yü pin Kejō yu bon |
Chapter of the Parable of the Conjured City (Lotus Sūtra) |
十三觀音 see styles |
shí sān guān yīn shi2 san1 guan1 yin1 shih san kuan yin |
(三十三尊觀音) The thirty-three forms in which Guanyin is represented: with willow, dragon, sutra, halo, as strolling, with white robe, as lotus-sleeping, with fishing-creel, as medicine-bestowing, with folded hands, holding a lotus, pouring water, etc. 三十三過 The thirty-three possible fallacies in the statement of a syllogism, nine in the proposition 宗 pratijñā, fourteen in the reason 因 hetu, and ten in the example 喩 udāharaṇa. |
十不二門 十不二门 see styles |
shí bù èr mén shi2 bu4 er4 men2 shih pu erh men jū funi mon |
The school of the ten pairs of unified opposites founded by Jingxi 荊溪 on the teaching of the Lotus sūtra. There are several books bearing the name. The unifying principle is that of the identity of contraries, and the ten apparent contraries are matter and mind, internal and external, 修證 practice and proof (or realization), cause and effect, impurity and purity, objective and subjective, self and other, 三業 action, speech, and thought, 權實 relative and absolute, the fertilized and the fertilizer (i.e. receiver and giver). There are several treatises on the subject in the Canon. |
十六王子 see styles |
shí liù wáng zǐ shi2 liu4 wang2 zi3 shih liu wang tzu jūroku ōji |
(十六王子佛); 十六沙彌 The sixteen princes in the Lotus Sūtra who became Buddhas after hearing their father preach it. |
十羅刹女 十罗刹女 see styles |
shí luó chà nǚ shi2 luo2 cha4 nv3 shih lo ch`a nü shih lo cha nü jū rasetsunyo |
The ten rākṣasī, or demonesses mentioned in the Lotus Sūtra 陀羅尼品. They are now represented in the temples, each as an attendant on a Buddha or bodhisattva, and are chiefly connected with sorcery. They are said to be previous incarnations of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas with whom they are associated. In their evil state they were enemies of the living, converted they are enemies of evil. There are other definitions. Their names are: (1) 藍婆 Lambā, who is associated with Śākyamuni; (2) 毘藍婆 Vilambā, who is associated with Amitābha; (3) 曲齒 Kūṭadantī, who is associated with 藥師 Bhaiṣajya; (4) 華齒 Puṣpadanti, who is associated with 多賓 Prabhūtaratna; (5) 黑齒 Makuṭadantī, who is associated with 大日 Vairocana; (6) 多髮 Keśinī, who is associated with 普賢 Samantabhadra; (7) 無厭足 ? Acalā, who is associated with 文殊 Mañjuśrī; (8) 持瓔珞 Mālādharī, who is associated with 彌勒Maitreya; (9) 皐帝 Kuntī, who is associated with 觀音 Avalokiteśvara; (10) 奪一切衆生精氣 Sarvasattvaujohārī, who is associated with 地 藏 Kṣitigarbha. |
四大菩薩 四大菩萨 see styles |
sì dà pú sà si4 da4 pu2 sa4 ssu ta p`u sa ssu ta pu sa shi dai bosatsu |
The four great Bodhisattvas of the Lotus Sutra, i. e. Maitreya, Mañjuśrī, Avalokiteśvara, and Samantabhadra. Another list of previous Bodhisattvas is 上行 Viśiṣtacāritra; 無邊行 Anantacāritra; 淨行 Viśuddhacāritra, and 安立行 Supratiṣṭhitacāritra. |
大乘妙經 大乘妙经 see styles |
dà shèng miào jīng da4 sheng4 miao4 jing1 ta sheng miao ching Daijō myō kyō |
idem 法華經 the Lotus Sutra. |
大光普照 see styles |
dà guāng pǔ zhào da4 guang1 pu3 zhao4 ta kuang p`u chao ta kuang pu chao daikō fushō |
The great light shining everywhere, especially the ray of light that streamed from between the Buddha's eyebrows, referred to in the Lotus Sutra. |
大和竭羅 大和竭罗 see styles |
dà hé jié luó da4 he2 jie2 luo2 ta ho chieh lo Daiwaketsura |
Dīpaṃkara. The Buddha of burning light, the twenty-fourth predecessor of Śākyamuni, a disciple of Varaprabha ; v. 燃 and 提. In the Lotus Sutra he appears from his nirvana on the Vulture Peak with Śākyamuni, manifesting that the nirvana state is one of continued existence. |
大白牛車 大白牛车 see styles |
dà bái niú chē da4 bai2 niu2 che1 ta pai niu ch`e ta pai niu che dai byaku gosha |
The great white-bullock cart of the Lotus Sutra, the Mahāyāna, as contrasted with the deer-cart and goat-cart of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, i.e. of Hīnayāna. |
大般涅槃 see styles |
dà bān niè pán da4 ban1 nie4 pan2 ta pan nieh p`an ta pan nieh pan dai han nehan |
mahāparinirvāṇa, explained by 大入滅息 the great, or final entrance into extinction and cessation; or 大圓寂入 great entrance into perfect rest; 大滅度 great extinction and passing over (from mortality). It is interpreted in Mahāyāna as meaning the cessation or extinction of passion and delusion, of mortality, and of all activities, and deliverance into a state beyond these concepts. In Mahāyāna it is not understood as the annihilation, or cessation of existence; the reappearance of Dīpaṃkara 然燈 (who had long entered nirvāṇa) along with Śākyamuni on the Vulture Peak supports this view. It is a state above all terms of human expression. See the Lotus Sutra and the Nirvāṇa sūtra. |
天台三教 see styles |
tiān tái sān jiào tian1 tai2 san1 jiao4 t`ien t`ai san chiao tien tai san chiao Tentai sangyō |
The three modes of Śākyamuni's teaching as explained by the Tiantai sect: (1) the sudden, or immediate teaching, by which the learner is taught the whole truth at once 頓教; (2) the gradual teaching 漸教; (3) the undetermined or variable method-whereby he is taught what he is capable of receiving 不定. Another category is 漸 gradual, 頓 direct, and 圓 perfect, the last being found in the final or complete doctrine of the 法華經 Lotus Sutra. Another is: (1) 三藏教 the Tripiṭaka doctrine, i. e. the orthodox Hīnayāna; (2) 通教 intermediate, or interrelated doctrine, i. e. Hīnayāna-cum-Mahāyāna; (3) 別教 differentiated or separated doctrine, i. e. the early Mahāyāna as a cult or development, as distinct from Hīnayāna. |
天台大師 天台大师 see styles |
tiān tái dà shī tian1 tai2 da4 shi1 t`ien t`ai ta shih tien tai ta shih tendaidaishi てんだいだいし |
(personal name) Tendaidaishi The actual founder of the Tiantai 'school' 智顗 Zhiyi; his 字 was 德安 De-an, and his surname 陳 Chen, A. D. 538-597. Studying under 慧思 Huici of Hunan, he was greatly influenced by his teaching; and found in the Lotus Sutra the real interpretation of Mahayanism. In 575 he first came to Tiantai and established his school, which in turn was the foundation of important Buddhist schools in Korea and Japan. |
妙法華經 妙法华经 see styles |
miào fǎ huā jīng miao4 fa3 hua1 jing1 miao fa hua ching Myō hoke kyō |
the Lotus Sūtra |
妙法蓮華 妙法莲华 see styles |
miào fǎ lián huá miao4 fa3 lian2 hua2 miao fa lien hua myōhō renge |
法華 The wonderful truth as found in the Lotus Sutra. the One Vehicle Sutra; which is said to contain 實法 Buddha's complete truth as compared with his previous 權法 or 方便法, i.e. partial, or expedient teaching, but both are included in this perfect truth. The sutra is the Saddhamapuṇḍarīka 正法華經 or (添品妙法蓮華經) 妙法蓮華經, also known as 薩曇芥陀利經, of which several translations in whole or part were made from Sanskrit into Chinese, the most popular being by Kumārajīva. It was the special classic of the Tiantai school, which is sometimes known as the 蓮宗 Lotus school, and it profoundly influenced Buddhist doctrine in China, Japan, and Tibet. The commentaries and treatises on it are very numerous; two by Chih-i 智顗 of the Tiantai school being the妙法蓮華經文句 and the 玄義. |
安樂行品 安乐行品 see styles |
ān lè xíng pǐn an1 le4 xing2 pin3 an le hsing p`in an le hsing pin anraku gyō bon |
Chapter of Soothing Conduct (Lotus Sūtra) |
實相法界 实相法界 see styles |
shí xiàng fǎ jiè shi2 xiang4 fa3 jie4 shih hsiang fa chieh jissō hokkai |
The first half is a Lotus Sūtra term for Reality, the latter half a Huayan term for the same. |
平等大慧 see styles |
píng děng dà huì ping2 deng3 da4 hui4 p`ing teng ta hui ping teng ta hui byōdō daie |
Universal great wisdom', the declaration by the ancient Buddha in the Lotus Sutra, that all would obtain the Buddha-wisdom. |
從地踊出 从地踊出 see styles |
cóng dì yǒng chū cong2 di4 yong3 chu1 ts`ung ti yung ch`u tsung ti yung chu jūchi yōshutsu |
Springing out of the earth, chapter 15 in the Lotus Sutra. |
意安樂行 意安乐行 see styles |
yì ān lè xíng yi4 an1 le4 xing2 i an le hsing i anraku gyō |
The calmly joyful life of the mind — one of the four in the Lotus Sutra 14; v. 四安樂行. |
會三歸一 会三归一 see styles |
huì sān guī yī hui4 san1 gui1 yi1 hui san kuei i esan kiichi |
To unite the three vehicles in one, as in the Lotus Sutra. |
本迹二門 本迹二门 see styles |
běn jī èr mén ben3 ji1 er4 men2 pen chi erh men honjaku nimon |
A division of the Lotus Sutra into two parts, the 迹門 being the first fourteen chapters, the 本門 the following fourteen chapters; the first half is related to the Buddha's earthly life and previous teaching; the second half to the final revelation of the Buddha as eternal and the Bodhisattva doctrines. |
本門十妙 本门十妙 see styles |
běn mén shí miào ben3 men2 shi2 miao4 pen men shih miao honmon jūmyō |
ten subtle aspects of the second half of the Lotus Sūtra |
本門本尊 本门本尊 see styles |
běn mén běn zūn ben3 men2 ben3 zun1 pen men pen tsun honmon honzon |
The especial honoured one of the Nichiren sect, Svādi-devatā, the Supreme Being, whose maṇḍala is considered as the symbol of the Buddha as infinite, eternal, universal. The Nichiren sect has a meditation 本門事觀 on the universality of the Buddha and the unity in the diversity of all his phenomena, the whole truth being embodied in the Lotus Sutra, and in its title of five words, 妙法蓮華經 Wonderful-Law Lotus-Flower Sutra, which are considered to be the embodiment of the eternal, universal Buddha. Their repetition preceded by 南無 Namah ! is equivalent to the 歸命 of other Buddhists. |
正法華經 正法华经 see styles |
zhèng fǎ huā jīng zheng4 fa3 hua1 jing1 cheng fa hua ching Shō hokke kyō |
The earliest translation of the Lotus Sutra in 10 juan by Dharmarakṣa, A. D. 286, still in existence. |
比良八講 see styles |
hirahakkou / hirahakko ひらはっこう |
Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar |
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