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無餘


无余

see styles
wú yú
    wu2 yu2
wu yü
 muyo
aśesa. Without remainder, no remnant, final; applied to the section of the Vinaya regarding expulsion for unpardonable sin from the monkhood; also to final nirvāṇa without remainder of reincarnation.

爪土

see styles
zhǎo tǔ
    zhao3 tu3
chao t`u
    chao tu
 sōdo
(爪上土) The quantity of earth one can put on a toe-nail, i. e. in proportion to the whole earth in the world, such is the rareness of being reborn as a human being; or, according to the Nirvana Sutra 33, of attaining nirvana.

現般


现般

see styles
xiàn pán
    xian4 pan2
hsien p`an
    hsien pan
 genhatsu
attainer of nirvāṇa directly within the desire realm

現證


现证

see styles
xiàn zhèng
    xian4 zheng4
hsien cheng
 genshō
The immediate realization of enlightenment, or nirvana; abhisamaya, inner realization; pratyakṣa, immediate perception, evidence of the eye or other organ.

生般

see styles
shēng pán
    sheng1 pan2
sheng p`an
    sheng pan
 shōhan
rebirth into nirvāṇa

生飯


生饭

see styles
shēng fàn
    sheng1 fan4
sheng fan
 sanban
出飯 Offerings made before a meal of a small portion of food hosts and all the living; cf. Nirvana Sutra 16, and Vinaya 雜事 31.

病子

see styles
bìng zǐ
    bing4 zi3
ping tzu
 byōshi
Just as a mother loves the sick child most, so Buddha loves the most wicked sinner. Nirvana Sutra 30.

直道

see styles
zhí dào
    zhi2 dao4
chih tao
 chokudou / chokudo
    ちょくどう
straight path (that people should take); straight road; (given name) Naomichi
The direct way (to nirvana and Buddha-land).

眞如

see styles
zhēn rú
    zhen1 ru2
chen ju
 shinnyo
    しんにょ
(surname) Shinnyo
bhūtatathatā, 部多多他多. The眞 is intp. as 眞實 the real, 如 as 如常 thus always or eternally so; i.e. reality as contrasted with 虛妄 unreality, or appearance, and 不變不改 unchanging or immutable as contrasted with form and phenomena. It resembles the ocean in contrast with the waves. It is the eternal, impersonal, unchangeable reality behind all phenomena. bhūta is substance, that which exists; tathatā is suchness, thusness, i.e. such is its nature. The word is fundamental to Mahāyāna philosophy, implying the absolute, the ultimate source and character of all phenomena, it is the All. It is also called 自性淸淨心 self-existent pure Mind; 佛性 Buddha-nature; 法身 dharmakāya; 如來藏 tathāgata-garbha, or Buddha-treasury; 實相 reality; 法界 Dharma-realm; 法性Dharma-nature; 圓成實性 The complete and perfect real nature, or reality. There are categories of 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, and 12 in number: (1) The undifferentiated whole. (2) There are several antithetical classes, e.g. the unconditioned and the conditioned; the 空 void, static, abstract, noumenal, and the 不 空 not-void, dynamic, phenomenal; pure, and affected (or infected); undefiled (or innocent), i.e. that of Buddhas, defiled, that of all beings; in bonds and free; inexpressible, and expressible in words. (3) 無相 Formless; 無生 uncreated; 無性 without nature, i.e. without characteristics or qualities, absolute in itself. Also, as relative, i.e. good, bad, and indeterminate. (7, 10, 12) The 7 are given in the 唯識論 8; the 10 are in two classes, one of the 別教 cf. 唯識論 8; the other of the 圓教, cf. 菩提心義 4; the 12 are given in the Nirvana Sutra.

眞寂

see styles
zhēn jí
    zhen1 ji2
chen chi
 Shinjaku
The true Buddha-nirvana as contrasted with that of the Hīnayāna.

眞我

see styles
zhēn wǒ
    zhen1 wo3
chen wo
 shinga
(1) The real or nirvana ego, the transcendental ego, as contrasted with the illusory or temporal ego. (2) The ego as considered real by non-Buddhists.

眞空

see styles
zhēn kōng
    zhen1 kong1
chen k`ung
    chen kung
 mahiro
    まひろ
(female given name) Mahiro
(1) The absolute void, complete vacuity, said to be the nirvana of the Hīnayāna. (2) The essence of the bhūtatathatā, as the 空眞如 of the 起信論, 唯識, and 華嚴. (3) The void or immaterial as reality, as essential or substantial, the 非 空 之 空 not-void void, the ultimate reality, the highest Mahāyāna concept of true voidness, or of ultimate reality.

示寂

see styles
shì jì
    shi4 ji4
shih chi
 jijaku
    じじゃく
to pass away (of a monk or nun)
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} death of a high-ranking priest
to indicate the way of nirvana.

空寂

see styles
kōng jì
    kong1 ji4
k`ung chi
    kung chi
 kuujaku / kujaku
    くうじゃく
empty and silent; desolate
(1) {Buddh} complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things); nirvana (where this emptiness is realized); (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (archaism) quiet and lonely
Immaterial; a condition beyond disturbance, the condition of nirvana.

空法

see styles
kōng fǎ
    kong1 fa3
k`ung fa
    kung fa
 kūhō
(1) To regard everything as unreal, i.e. the ego, things, the dynamic, the static. (2) The nirvana of Hīnayāna.

空見


空见

see styles
kōng jiàn
    kong1 jian4
k`ung chien
    kung chien
 hiromi
    ひろみ
(female given name) Hiromi
The heterodox view that karma and nirvana are not real, v. 空有.

空門


空门

see styles
kōng mén
    kong1 men2
k`ung men
    kung men
 sorakado
    そらかど
(surname) Sorakado
(1) The teaching which regards everything as unreal, or immaterial. (2) The school of unreality, one of the four divisions made by Tiantai (3) The teaching of immateriality, the door to nirvana, a general name for Buddhism; hence空門子 are Buddhist monks.

空際


空际

see styles
kōng jì
    kong1 ji4
k`ung chi
    kung chi
 kuusai / kusai
    くうさい
horizon; point where the sky meets the earth
The region of immateriality, or nirvana. Also called 實際, the region of reality.

糞果


粪果

see styles
fèn guǒ
    fen4 guo3
fen kuo
 funka
The āmraka fruit in the midden, or a pearl in the mud, cf. Nirvana Sutra 12.

義辯


义辩

see styles
yì biàn
    yi4 bian4
i pien
 giben
One of the seven powers of reasoning, or discourse of a bodhisattva, that on the things that are profitable to the attainment of nirvāṇa.

聖果


圣果

see styles
shèng guǒ
    sheng4 guo3
sheng kuo
 seira / sera
    せいら
(female given name) Seira
The holy fruit, or fruit of the saintly life, i.e. bodhi, nirvāṇa.

聲聞


声闻

see styles
shēng wén
    sheng1 wen2
sheng wen
 shōmon
(Buddhism) disciple
śrāvaka, a hearer, a term applied to the personal disciples of the Buddha, distinguished as mahā-śrāvaka; it is also applied to hearers, or disciples in general; but its general connotation relates it to Hīnayāna disciples who understand the four dogmas, rid themselves of the unreality of the phenomenal, and enter nirvana; it is the initial stage; cf. 舍.

背念

see styles
bèi niàn
    bei4 nian4
pei nien
 hainen
To turn one's back to; carry on the transmigration life and abide quietly in the nirvāṇa-mind.

船師


船师

see styles
chuán shī
    chuan2 shi1
ch`uan shih
    chuan shih
 senshi
Captain, i.e. the Buddha as captain of salvation, ferrying across to the nirvāṇa shore.

苦際


苦际

see styles
kǔ jì
    ku3 ji4
k`u chi
    ku chi
 kusai
The limit of suffering, i. e. entrance to nirvāṇa.

薪盡


薪尽

see styles
xīn jìn
    xin1 jin4
hsin chin
 takigitsuki
(薪盡火滅) Fuel consumed fire extinguished, a term for nirvana, especially the Buddha's death or nirvana.

解脫


解脱

see styles
jiě tuō
    jie3 tuo1
chieh t`o
    chieh to
 gedatsu
to untie; to free; to absolve of; to get free of; to extirpate oneself; (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries
mukti, 'loosing, release, deliverance, liberation, setting free,... emancipation.' M.W. mokṣa, 'emancipation, deliverance, freedom, liberation, escape, release.' M.W. Escape from bonds and the obtaining of freedom, freedom from transmigration, from karma, from illusion, from suffering; it denotes nirvāṇa and also the freedom obtained in dhyāna-meditation; it is one of the five characteristics of Buddha; v. 五分法身. It is also vimukti and vimokṣa, especially in the sense of final emancipation. There are several categories of two kinds of emancipation, also categories of three and eight. Cf. 毘; and 八解脫.; v. 解.

諸著


诸着

see styles
zhū zhāo
    zhu1 zhao1
chu chao
 shojaku
All attachments: the ordinary man is attached to life, the arhat to nirvāṇa, the bodhisattva to his saving work.

護摩


护摩

see styles
hù mó
    hu4 mo2
hu mo
 goma
    ごま
{Buddh} homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
homa, also 護磨; 呼麽 described as originally a burnt offering to Heaven; the esoterics adopted the idea of worshipping with fire, symbolizing wisdom as fire burning up the faggots of passion and illusion; and therewith preparing nirvāṇa as food, etc.; cf. 大日經; four kinds of braziers are used, round, semi-circular, square, and octagonal; four, five, or six purposes are recorded i.e. śāntika, to end calamities; pauṣṭika (or puṣṭikarman) for prosperity; vaśīkaraṇa, 'dominating,' intp. as calling down the good by means of enchantments; abhicaraka, exorcising the evil; a fifth is to obtain the loving protection of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas; a sixth divides puṣṭikarman into two parts, the second part being length of life; each of these six has its controlling Buddha and bodhisattvas, and different forms and accessories of worship.

贖命


赎命

see styles
shú mìng
    shu2 ming4
shu ming
 shokumyō
To redeem life; a redeemer of life, said of the Nirvāṇa sūtra.

超八

see styles
chāo bā
    chao1 ba1
ch`ao pa
    chao pa
 chōhachi
Surpassing the eight other schools, as does the teaching of the Lotus and Nirvāṇa Sūtras, according to Tiantai.

趣寂

see styles
qù jí
    qu4 ji2
ch`ü chi
    chü chi
 shujaku
The destiny of nirvāṇa, as understood by the Hīnayāna.

近圓


近圆

see styles
jìn yuán
    jin4 yuan2
chin yüan
 konen
Nearing perfection, i.e. the ten commands, which are "near to" nirvana.

迦利

see styles
jiā lì
    jia1 li4
chia li
 Kari
Kali, strife, striver; ill-born; also 迦梨; 迦棃; 迦藍浮; 迦羅富; 迦陵伽王; 哥利 (or 歌利); 羯利 Kalirāja, Kalingarāja, a king of Magadha noted for his violence; it is said that in a former incarnation he cut off the ears, nose, and hands of the Buddha, who bore it all unmoved; cf. Nirvāṇa sūtra, 31.

迦葉


迦叶

see styles
jiā shě
    jia1 she3
chia she
 kashou / kasho
    かしょう
(person) Kasyapa (Hindu sage); Kashou
(迦葉波) kāśyapa, 迦攝 (迦攝波) inter alia 'a class of divine beings similar to or equal to prajāpati'; the father 'of gods, demons, men, fish, reptiles, and all animals'; also 'a constellation'. M.W. It is intp. as 'drinking light', i.e. swallowing sun and moon, but without apparent justification. (1) One of the seven or ten ancient Indian sages. (2) Name of a tribe or race. (3) Kāśyapa Buddha, the third of the five buddhas of the present kalpa, the sixth of the seven ancient buddhas. (4) Mahākāśyapa, a brahman of Magadha, who became one of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni, and after his death became leader of the disciples, 'convoked and directed the first synod, whence his title Ārya Sthavira (上坐, lit. chairman) is derived.' Eitel. He is accounted the chief of the ascetics before the enlightenment; the first compiler of the canon and the first patriarch. (5) There were five Kāśyapas, disciples of the Buddha, Mahā-Kāśyapa, Uruvilā-Kāśyapa, Gayā-Kāśyapa, Nadī-Kāśyapa, and Daśabala-Kāśyapa; the second, third, and fourth are said to have been brothers. (6) A bodhisattva, whose name heads a chapter in the Nirvana Sutra. (7) 迦葉摩騰 Kāśyapa-Mātaṅga, the monk who with Gobharana, or Dharmarakṣa, i.e. Zhu Falan 竺法蘭, according to Buddhist statements, brought images and scriptures to China with the commissioners sent by Mingdi, arriving in Luoyang A.D. 67.

逆流

see styles
nì liú
    ni4 liu2
ni liu
 gyakuryuu / gyakuryu
    ぎゃくりゅう
against the stream; adverse current; a countercurrent; fig. reactionary tendency; to go against the trend
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
To go against the current, i.e. the stream of transmigration, and enter the path of Nirvana, also called 預流, the srota-āpanna, or śrāvaka first stage.

通行

see styles
tōng xíng
    tong1 xing2
t`ung hsing
    tung hsing
 tsuukou / tsuko
    つうこう
to go through; to pass through; to be in general use
(n,vs,vi) (1) passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic; (n,vs,vi) (2) common usage; widespread use
The thoroughfare, or path which leads to nirvāṇa.

過度


过度

see styles
guò dù
    guo4 du4
kuo tu
 kado
    かど
excessive; over-; excess; going too far; extravagant; intemperate; overdue
(adj-na,adj-no,n) excessive; immoderate
To pass from mortal life.

道俗

see styles
dào sú
    dao4 su2
tao su
 douzoku / dozoku
    どうぞく
monks and laity
Monks and laymen.

道果

see styles
dào guǒ
    dao4 guo3
tao kuo
 dōka
The result of the Buddha-way, i.e. nirvāṇa.

道法

see styles
dào fǎ
    dao4 fa3
tao fa
 douhou / doho
    どうほう
(surname) Dōhou
The way or methods to obtain nirvāṇa.

達磨


达磨

see styles
dá mó
    da2 mo2
ta mo
 daruma(p); daruma
    だるま(P); ダルマ
(1) (kana only) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (2) (kana only) Bodhidharma; (3) prostitute; (personal name) Daruma
dharma; also 達摩; 達麼; 達而麻耶; 曇摩; 馱摩 tr. by 法. dharma is from dhara, holding, bearing, possessing, etc.; and means 'that which is to be held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice'; 'anything right.' M.W. It may be variously intp. as (1) characteristic, attribute, predicate; (2) the bearer, the transcendent substratum of single elements of conscious life; (3) element, i.e. a part of conscious life; (4) nirvāṇa, i.e. the Dharma par excellence, the object of Buddhist teaching; (5) the absolute, the real; (6) the teaching or religion of Buddha; (7) thing, object, appearance. Also, Damo, or Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth Indian and first Chinese patriarch, who arrived in China A.D. 520, the reputed founder of the Chan or Intuitional School in China. He is described as son of a king in southern India; originally called Bodhitara. He arrived at Guangdong, bringing it is said the sacred begging-bowl, and settled in Luoyang, where he engaged in silent meditation for nine years, whence he received the title of wall-gazing Brahman 壁觀婆羅門, though he was a kṣatriya. His doctrine and practice were those of the 'inner light', independent of the written word, but to 慧可 Huike, his successor, he commended the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra as nearest to his views. There are many names with Dharma as initial: Dharmapāla, Dharmagupta, Dharmayaśas, Dharmaruci, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmatrāta, Dharmavardhana, etc.

還滅


还灭

see styles
huán miè
    huan2 mie4
huan mieh
 genmetsu
To return to nirvana and escape from the backward flow to transmigration.

還生


还生

see styles
huán shēng
    huan2 sheng1
huan sheng
 genshō
To return to life; to be reborn in this world; to be reborn from the Hīnayāna nirvana in order to be able to attain to Mahāyāna buddhahood; also, restoration to the order, after repentance for sin.

金沙

see styles
jīn shā
    jin1 sha1
chin sha
 konsha
gold dust; salted egg yolk sauce
Golden-sand (river), an imaginary river in the Nirvana Sutra 10. Also the Hiraṇyavatī, v. 尸.

雙木


双木

see styles
shuāng mù
    shuang1 mu4
shuang mu
 namiki
    なみき
(surname) Namiki
雙林; 雙樹 Twin trees, the śāla-trees under which the Buddha entered nirvana.

離微


离微

see styles
lí wēi
    li2 wei1
li wei
 rimi
Apart from all the phenomenal; li is intp. as spirit, wei as its subtle, mysterious functioning; li is also intp. as nirvana in character, wei as prajñā , or intelligence, knowledge, discrimination.

順逆


顺逆

see styles
shùn nì
    shun4 ni4
shun ni
 jungyaku
    じゅんぎゃく
right and wrong; loyalty and treason; obedience and disobedience
To go with, or resist, e.g. the stream to reincarnation, or to nirvāṇa.

頭陀


头陀

see styles
tóu tuó
    tou2 tuo2
t`ou t`o
    tou to
 zuda
itinerant monk (loanword from Sanskrit)
dhūta, also 杜多; 杜荼 shaken, shaken off, cleansed. To get rid of the trials of life; discipline to remove them and attain nirvāṇa. There are twelve relating to release from ties to clothing, food, and dwelling: (1) garments of cast-off rags; (2) only the three garments; (3) eat only food begged; (4) only breakfast and the noon meal; (5) no food between them; (6) limited amount; (7) dwelling as a hermit; (8) among tombs; (9) under a tree; (10) under the open sky; (11) anywhere; (12) sitting and not lying down. There are other groups.

點石


点石

see styles
diǎn shí
    dian3 shi2
tien shih
The stones nodded in approval (when 道生 Daosheng read the Nirvana Sutra).

かの国

see styles
 kanokuni
    かのくに
(1) that country; (2) (archaism) nirvana

一代教

see styles
yī dài jiào
    yi1 dai4 jiao4
i tai chiao
 ichidai kyō
The whole of the Buddha's teaching from his enlightenment to his nirvāṇa, including Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna teaching.

一法印

see styles
yī fǎ yìn
    yi1 fa3 yin4
i fa yin
 ippōin
The seal or assurance of the one truth or law, see 一如 and 一實; the criterion of Mahāyāna doctrine, that all is bhūtatathatā, as contrasted with the Hīnayāna criteria of impermanence, non-personality, and nirvāṇa.

七勝事


七胜事

see styles
qī shèng shì
    qi1 sheng4 shi4
ch`i sheng shih
    chi sheng shih
 shichishōji
The seven surpassing qualities of a Buddha; v. also 七種無上; they are his body, or person, his universal law, wisdom, perfection, destination (nirvana), ineffable truth, and deliverance.

七種辯


七种辩

see styles
qī zhǒng biàn
    qi1 zhong3 bian4
ch`i chung pien
    chi chung pien
 shichishu ben
The seven rhetorical powers or methods of bodhisattvas :― direct and unimpeded; acute and deep; unlimited in scope; irrefutable; appropriate, or according to receptivity; purposive or objective (i.e. nirvana); proving the universal supreme method of attainment, i.e. Mahayana.

七種食


七种食

see styles
qī zhǒng shí
    qi1 zhong3 shi2
ch`i chung shih
    chi chung shih
 shichishu shiki
The seven kinds of food or āhāra, sustenance :―sleep for eyes, sound for ears, fragrance for nose, taste for tongue, fine smooth things for the body, the Law for the mind, and freedom from laxness for nirvana.

三三昧

see styles
sān sān mèi
    san1 san1 mei4
san san mei
 san zanmai
(三三昧地) The three samādhis, or the samādhi on three subjects; 三三摩 (三三摩地); 三定, 三等持; 三空; 三治; 三解脫門; 三重三昧; 三重等持. There are two forms of such meditation, that of 有漏 reincarnational, or temporal, called 三三昧; and that of 無 漏 liberation, or nirvāṇa, called 三解脫. The three subjects and objects of the meditation are (1) 空 to empty the mind of the ideas of me and mine and suffering, which are unreal; (2) 無相to get rid of the idea of form, or externals, i.e. the 十相 which are the five senses, and male and female, and the three 有; (3) 無願 to get rid of all wish or desire, also termed無作 and 無起. A more advanced meditation is called the Double Three Samādhi 重三三昧 in which each term is doubled 空空, 無相無相, 無願無願. The esoteric sect has also a group of its own.

三昧火

see styles
sān mèi huǒ
    san1 mei4 huo3
san mei huo
 zanmai ka
Fire of samādhi, the fire that consumed the body of Buddha when he entered nirvāṇa.

三脫門


三脱门

see styles
sān tuō mén
    san1 tuo1 men2
san t`o men
    san to men
 san datsumon
V. 三解脫 (三解脫門), but the former is only associated with無漏, or nirvāṇa.

不死門


不死门

see styles
bù sǐ mén
    bu4 si3 men2
pu ssu men
 fushi mon
The gate of immortality or nirvana, i. e. Mahāyāna.

二勝果


二胜果

see styles
èr shèng guǒ
    er4 sheng4 guo3
erh sheng kuo
 nishōka
The two surpassing fruits, or rewards given by Buddha, i.e. final nirvāṇa and perfect enlightenment.

二涅槃

see styles
èr niè pán
    er4 nie4 pan2
erh nieh p`an
    erh nieh pan
 ni nehan
Two Nirvanas, v. 二種涅槃.

二種性


二种性

see styles
èr zhǒng xìng
    er4 zhong3 xing4
erh chung hsing
 nishu shō
Two kinds of seed-nature, the character of the ālaya seed and its development: (1) (a) 性種子 The original good seed-nature; (b) 習種子 the seed-nature in practice or development. (2) (a) 本性住種性 The immanent abiding original good seed-nature; (b) 習所成種性 the seed productive according to its ground. (3) (a) 聖種性 The seed-nature of the saints, by which they attain nirvana; (b) 愚夫種性 the seed-nature in the foolish and ignorant.

二解脫


二解脱

see styles
èr jiě tuō
    er4 jie3 tuo1
erh chieh t`o
    erh chieh to
 ni gedatsu
Two kinds of deliverance, mukti or mokṣa: (1) (a) 有爲解脫 Active or earthly deliverance to arhatship; (b) 無爲解脫 nirvana-deliverance. (2) (a) 性淨解脫 The pure, original freedom or innocence; (b) 障盡解脫 deliverance acquired by the ending of all hindrances (to salvation). (3) (a) 慧解脫 The arhat's deliverance from hindrances to wisdom; (b) 具解脫 his complete deliverance in regard to both wisdom and vision 慧 and 定. (4) (a) 時解脫 The dull who take time or are slow in attaining to 定 vision; (b) 不時解脫 the quick or clever who take "no time". (5) (a) 心解脫 A heart or mind delivered from desires; (b) 慧解脫 a mind delivered from ignorance by wisdom.

云何唄


云何呗

see styles
yún hé bài
    yun2 he2 bai4
yün ho pai
 ungabai
The opening stanza of the Nirvana sutra 3.

五支戒

see styles
wǔ zhī jiè
    wu3 zhi1 jie4
wu chih chieh
 go shikai
The five moral laws or principles arising out of the idea of the mahā-nirvāṇa in the 大涅槃經 11.

五祕密


五秘密

see styles
wǔ mì mì
    wu3 mi4 mi4
wu mi mi
 go himitsu
(五祕) The five esoteric or occult ones, i. e. the five bodhisattvas of the diamond realm, known as Vajrasattva in the middle; 欲 desire on the east; 觸 contact, south; 愛 love, west; and 慢 pride, north. Vajrasattva represents the six fundamental elements of sentient existence and here indicates the birth of bodhisattva sentience; desire is that of bodhi and the salvation of all: contact with the needy world for its salvation follows; love of all the living comes next; pride or the power of nirvana succeeds.

五種般


五种般

see styles
wǔ zhǒng pán
    wu3 zhong3 pan2
wu chung p`an
    wu chung pan
 goshu hatsu
see 五種不還.

五門禪


五门禅

see styles
wǔ mén chán
    wu3 men2 chan2
wu men ch`an
    wu men chan
 gomon zen
    ごもんぜん
(out-dated kanji) (Buddhist term) five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
idem 五停心觀; there is also a fivefold meditation on impermanence, suffering, the void, the non-ego, and nirvana.

佛涅槃

see styles
fó niè pán
    fo2 nie4 pan2
fo nieh p`an
    fo nieh pan
 butsu nehan
nirvāṇa of the Buddha

入涅槃

see styles
rù niè pán
    ru4 nie4 pan2
ju nieh p`an
    ju nieh pan
 nyū nehan
to enter into nirvāṇa

八解脫


八解脱

see styles
bā jiě tuō
    ba1 jie3 tuo1
pa chieh t`o
    pa chieh to
 hachi gedatsu
aṣṭa-vimokṣa, mokṣa, vimukti, mukti. Liberation, deliverance, freedom, emancipation, escape, release―in eight forms; also 八背捨 and cf. 解脫 and 八勝處. The eight are stages of mental concentration: (1) 内有色想觀外色解脱 Liberation, when subjective desire arises, by examination of the object, or of all things and realization of their filthiness. (2) 内無色想觀外色解脫 Liberation, when no subjective desire arises, by still meditating as above. These two are deliverance by meditation on impurity, the next on purity. (3) 淨身作證具足住解脫 Liberation by concentration on the pure to the realization of a permanent state of freedom from all desire. The above three "correspond to the four Dhyānas". (Eitel.) (4) 空無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of the infinity of space, or the immaterial. (5) 識無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of infinite knowledge. (6) 無所有處解脫Liberation in realization of nothingness, or nowhereness. (7) 非想非非想處解脫 Liberation in the state of mind where there is neither thought nor absence of thought. These four arise out of abstract meditation in regard to desire and form, and are associated with the 四空天. (8) 滅受 想定解脫 Liberation by means of a state of mind in which there is final extinction, nirvāṇa, of both sensation, vedanā, and consciousness, saṁjñā.

八顚倒

see styles
bā diān dào
    ba1 dian1 dao4
pa tien tao
 hachi tendō
The eight upside-down views: heretics believe in 常樂我淨 permanence, pleasure, personality, and purity; the two Hīnayāna vehicles deny these both now and in nirvāṇa. Mahāyāna denies them now, but asserts them in nirvāṇa. Also 八倒.

出世心

see styles
chū shì xīn
    chu1 shi4 xin1
ch`u shih hsin
    chu shih hsin
 shusse shin
The nirvana, or other-world mind.

出世果

see styles
chū shì guǒ
    chu1 shi4 guo3
ch`u shih kuo
    chu shih kuo
 shusse (no) ka
The fruit of leaving the world; the result in another world; nirvana.

到彼岸

see styles
dào bǐ àn
    dao4 bi3 an4
tao pi an
 tō higan
pāramitā, cf. 波; to reach the other shore, i. e. nirvāṇa.

勝義法


胜义法

see styles
shèng yì fǎ
    sheng4 yi4 fa3
sheng i fa
 shōgi hō
The superlative dharma, nirvāṇa.

勝義空


胜义空

see styles
shèng yì kōng
    sheng4 yi4 kong1
sheng i k`ung
    sheng i kung
 shōgi kū
nirvāṇa as surpassingly real or transcendental.

化地部

see styles
huà dì bù
    hua4 di4 bu4
hua ti pu
 Keji bu
Mahīśāsakah, 磨醯奢婆迦部; 彌喜捨婆阿; 彌婆塞部, 正地部 an offshoot from the 說一切有部 or Sarvāstivāda school, supposed to have been founded 300 years after the nirvana. The name Mahisasakah is said to be that of a ruler who 'converted his land' or people; or 正地 'rectified his land'. The doctrines of the school are said to be similar to those of the 大衆部 Mahāsāṅghika; and to have maintained, inter alia, the reality of the present, but not of the past and future; also the doctrine of the void and the non-ego; the production of taint 染 by the five 識 perceptions; the theory of nine kinds of non-activity, and so on. It was also called 法無去來宗 the school which denied reality to past and future.

四法印

see styles
sì fǎ yìn
    si4 fa3 yin4
ssu fa yin
 shihouin / shihoin
    しほういん
{Buddh} (See 諸行無常,諸法無我,一切皆苦,涅槃寂静) the four signs of orthodox Buddhism
The seal or impression of the four dogmas, suffering, impermanence, non-ego, nirvana, see 四法本末.

四涅槃

see styles
sì niè pán
    si4 nie4 pan2
ssu nieh p`an
    ssu nieh pan
 shi nehan
four kinds of nirvāṇa

大寂滅


大寂灭

see styles
dà jí miè
    da4 ji2 mie4
ta chi mieh
 dai jakumetsu
Parinirvāṇa; the great nirvana.

大寂王

see styles
dà jí wáng
    da4 ji2 wang2
ta chi wang
 dai jakuō
The great tranquil or nirvana dharma‐king, i.e. Vairocana.

大度師


大度师

see styles
dà dù shī
    da4 du4 shi1
ta tu shih
 dai toshi
Great leader across mortality to nirvana, i.e. Buddha, or Bodhisattva.

大涅槃

see styles
dà niè pán
    da4 nie4 pan2
ta nieh p`an
    ta nieh pan
 dai nehan
great nirvāṇa

大衆部


大众部

see styles
dà zhòng bù
    da4 zhong4 bu4
ta chung pu
 daishubu
    だいしゅぶ
(See 上座部) Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)
摩調僧祇部 Mahāsāṅghikāḥ, the school of the community, or majority; one of the chief early divisions, cf. 上坐部 Mahāsthavirāḥ or Sthavirāḥ, i.e. the elders. There are two usages of the term, first, when the sthavira, or older disciples assembled in the cave after the Buddha's death, and the others, the 大衆, assembled outside. As sects, the principal division was that which took place later. The Chinese attribute this division to the influence of 大天 Mahādeva, a century after the Nirvāṇa, and its subsequent five subdivisions are also associated with his name: they are Pūrvasailāḥ, Avaraśailāḥ, Haimavatāḥ, Lokottara-vādinaḥ, and Prajñapti-vādinaḥ; v. 小乘.

如涅槃

see styles
rú niè pán
    ru2 nie4 pan2
ju nieh p`an
    ju nieh pan
 nyo nehan
like nirvāṇa

妙法船

see styles
miào fǎ chuán
    miao4 fa3 chuan2
miao fa ch`uan
    miao fa chuan
 myōhō sen
The bark or boat of wonderful dharma, capable of transporting men over the sea of life into nirvana.

婆私吒


婆私咤

see styles
pó sī zhà
    po2 si1 zha4
p`o ssu cha
    po ssu cha
 Bashita
(婆私) Vasiṣṭha, a brahman who is said to have denied the eternity of nirvana, and maintained that plants had lives and intelligence; Nirvana Sutra 39. One of the seven ancient ṛṣis of Brahmanic mythology, one of the champions in the Ṛg Veda of the priesthood. Name of a brahman whose mother lost her six sons, she became mad, wandered naked, met the Buddha, was restored and became a disciple. Also 婆吒; 私婆吒; 婆私瑟搋 or 婆私瑟柁.

寂滅忍


寂灭忍

see styles
jí miè rěn
    ji2 mie4 ren3
chi mieh jen
 jakumetsu nin
nirvāṇa-patience; the patience of the nirvāṇa (the suppression of all passion).

寂滅法


寂灭法

see styles
jí miè fǎ
    ji2 mie4 fa3
chi mieh fa
 jakumetsu hō
The nirvāṇa-method.

寂滅相


寂灭相

see styles
jí miè xiàng
    ji2 mie4 xiang4
chi mieh hsiang
 jakumetsu sō
Nirvāṇa considered independently of the phenomenal.

寂然界

see styles
jí rán jiè
    ji2 ran2 jie4
chi jan chieh
 jakunen kai
The Hīnayāna nirvāṇa-realm or border.

寂照慧

see styles
jí zhào huì
    ji2 zhao4 hui4
chi chao hui
 jakushō e
Buddha-wisdom which comprehends nirvāṇa reality and its functioning.

寂靜行


寂静行

see styles
jí jìng xíng
    ji2 jing4 xing2
chi ching hsing
 jakujō gyō
Hīnayāna discipline to ensure nirvāṇa.

寂靜門


寂静门

see styles
jí jìng mén
    ji2 jing4 men2
chi ching men
 jakujō mon
Nirvāṇa, or the absolute 一切諸法, as the door of release from trouble and suffering.

尸賴底

see styles
shī lài dǐ
    shi1 lai4 di3
shih lai ti
Hiranyavati, M003296 離刺拏伐底; 阿利羅伐底; the gold river, a river of Nepal, now called the Gandaki, near which Śākyamuni is said to have entered nirvāṇa. The river is identifed with the Ajitavati.

廢前教


废前教

see styles
fèi qián jiào
    fei4 qian2 jiao4
fei ch`ien chiao
    fei chien chiao
 hai zenkyō
The discarding of previous rules in the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, e.g. previously monks were allowed the three kinds of clean meat; in this sūtra all are forbidden.

彼の国

see styles
 kanokuni
    かのくに
(1) that country; (2) (archaism) nirvana

彼の岸

see styles
 kanokishi
    かのきし
(archaism) (See 彼岸・3) nirvana

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