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我愚

see styles
wǒ yú
    wo3 yu2
wo yü
 gagu
Ego ignorance, holding to the illusion of the reality of the ego.

我痴

see styles
wǒ chī
    wo3 chi1
wo ch`ih
    wo chih
Ego-infatuation, confused by the belief in the reality of the ego.

我空

see styles
wǒ kōng
    wo3 kong1
wo k`ung
    wo kung
 gakū
生空 (衆生空); 人空 Illusion of the concept of the reality of the ego, man being composed of elements and disintegrated when these are dissolved.

我見


我见

see styles
wǒ jiàn
    wo3 jian4
wo chien
 gaken
    がけん
selfish mind
身見 The erroneous doctrine that the ego, or self, composed of the temporary five skandhas, is a reality and permanent.

戳破

see styles
chuō pò
    chuo1 po4
ch`o p`o
    cho po
to puncture; to pierce; (fig.) to destroy (the facade concealing an unpleasant reality)

據實


据实

see styles
jù shí
    ju4 shi2
chü shih
 kojitsu
according to the facts
from the perspective of reality

攀緣


攀缘

see styles
pān yuán
    pan1 yuan2
p`an yüan
    pan yüan
 han'en
to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)
Something to lay hold of, a reality, cause, basis; used for 緣 q.v.

方便

see styles
fāng biàn
    fang1 bian4
fang pien
 houben / hoben
    ほうべん
convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself
(1) means; expedient; instrument; (2) {Buddh} upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching); (surname) Houben
upāya. Convenient to the place, or situation, suited to the condition, opportune, appropriate; but 方 is interpreted as 方法 method, mode, plan, and 便 as 便用 convenient for use, i. e. a convenient or expedient method; also 方 as 方正 and 便 as 巧妙, which implies strategically correct. It is also intp. as 權道智 partial, temporary, or relative (teaching of) knowledge of reality, in contrast with 般若智 prajñā, and 眞實 absolute truth, or reality instead of the seeming. The term is a translation of 傴和 upāya, a mode of approach, an expedient, stratagem, device. The meaning is— teaching according to the capacity of the hearer, by any suitable method, including that of device or stratagem, but expedience beneficial to the recipient is understood. Mahāyāna claims that the Buddha used this expedient or partial method in his teaching until near the end of his days, when he enlarged it to the revelation of reality, or the preaching of his final and complete truth; Hīnayāna with reason denies this, and it is evident that the Mahāyāna claim has no foundation, for the whole of its 方等 or 方廣 scriptures are of later invention. Tiantai speaks of the 三乘 q. v. or Three Vehicles as 方便 expedient or partial revelations, and of its 一乘 or One Vehicle as the complete revelation of universal Buddhahood. This is the teaching of the Lotus Sutra, which itself contains 方便 teaching to lead up to the full revelation; hence the terms 體内 (or 同體 ) 方便, i. e. expedient or partial truths within the full revelation, meaning the expedient part of the Lotus, and 體外方便 the expedient or partial truths of the teaching which preceded the Lotus; see the 方便品 of that work, also the second chapter of the 維摩經. 方便 is also the seventh of the ten pāramitās.

明理

see styles
míng lǐ
    ming2 li3
ming li
 meri
    めり
sensible; reasonable; an obvious reason, truth or fact; to understand the reason or reasoning
(female given name) Meri
elucidate reality

有空

see styles
yǒu kòng
    you3 kong4
yu k`ung
    yu kung
 u kū
to have time (to do something)
Phenomenal and noumenal; the manifold forms of things exist, but things, being constructed of elements, have no per se reality.

有部

see styles
yǒu bù
    you3 bu4
yu pu
 aribe
    ありべ
(surname) Aribe
一切有部; 薩婆多 Sarvāstivāda; the school of the reality of all phenomena, one of the early Hīnayāna sects, said to have been formed, about 300 years after the Nirvāṇa, out of the Sthavira; later it subdivided into five, Dharmaguptāḥ, Mūlasarvāstivādāḥ, Kaśyapīyāḥ, Mahīśāsakāḥ, and the influential Vātsīputrīyāḥ. v. 一切有部. Its scriptures are known as the 有部律; 律書; 十誦律; 根本說一切有部毘那耶; (根本說一切有部尼陀那) 有部尼陀那; (根本說一切有部目得迦) 有部目得迦; 根本薩婆多部律攝 or 有部律攝, etc.

有門


有门

see styles
yǒu mén
    you3 men2
yu men
 arikado
    ありかど
(surname) Arikado
advocating the reality of the factors of existence

本当

see styles
 hontou / honto
    ほんとう
    honto
    ほんと
(adj-no,adj-na,adv,n) (1) truth; reality; actuality; fact; (adj-no,adj-na,adv) (2) proper; right; correct; official; (3) genuine; authentic; natural; veritable; (ik) (adj-no,adj-na,adv,n) (1) truth; reality; actuality; fact; (adj-no,adj-na,adv) (2) proper; right; correct; official; (3) genuine; authentic; natural; veritable

本當

see styles
 hontou / honto
    ほんとう
    honto
    ほんと
(out-dated kanji) (adj-no,adj-na,adv,n) (1) truth; reality; actuality; fact; (adj-no,adj-na,adv) (2) proper; right; correct; official; (3) genuine; authentic; natural; veritable; (out-dated kanji) (ik) (adj-no,adj-na,adv,n) (1) truth; reality; actuality; fact; (adj-no,adj-na,adv) (2) proper; right; correct; official; (3) genuine; authentic; natural; veritable

本真

see styles
 honma
    ほんま
(noun or adjectival noun) (kana only) (ksb:) truth; reality; (surname) Honma

本統

see styles
 hontou / honto
    ほんとう
(1) main branch of a family; (2) (See 本当・1) truth; reality

本質


本质

see styles
běn zhì
    ben3 zhi4
pen chih
 honshitsu
    ほんしつ
essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality
(noun - becomes adjective with の) essence; true nature; substance; reality
Original substance, the substance itself; any real object of the senses.

本際


本际

see styles
běn jì
    ben3 ji4
pen chi
 honzai
original reality

析智

see styles
xī zhì
    xi1 zhi4
hsi chih
 shakuchi
Analytical wisdom, which analyses Hīnayāna dharmas and attains to the truth that neither the ego nor things have a basis in reality.

業有


业有

see styles
yè yǒu
    ye4 you3
yeh yu
 gōu
Reality of karma, idem 行有.

正生

see styles
zhèng shēng
    zheng4 sheng1
cheng sheng
 masami
    まさみ
starring male role in a Chinese opera
(personal name) Masami
reality of the present life

歸性


归性

see styles
guī xìng
    gui1 xing4
kuei hsing
 kishō
To turn from the world of phenomena to that of eternal reality, to devote oneself tot he spiritual rather than the material.

沾邊


沾边

see styles
zhān biān
    zhan1 bian1
chan pien
to have a connection with; to be close (to reality); to be relevant; to have one's hand in

法印

see styles
fǎ yìn
    fa3 yin4
fa yin
 houin / hoin
    ほういん
(1) {Buddh} highest rank among priests; (2) {Buddh} mountain ascetic monk; (3) {Buddh} signs that distinguish Buddhist teachings from other faiths; (4) title given to a great physician or painter; (personal name) Houin
The seal of Buddha-truth, expressing its reality and immutability, also its universality and its authentic transmission from one Buddha or patriarch to another.

法執


法执

see styles
fǎ zhí
    fa3 zhi2
fa chih
 hōshū
Holding to things as realities, i. e the false tenet that things are real.

法妄

see styles
fǎ wàng
    fa3 wang4
fa wang
 hōmō
deceived in regard to [the reality of] phenomena

法性

see styles
fǎ xìng
    fa3 xing4
fa hsing
 hosshou; houshou / hossho; hosho
    ほっしょう; ほうしょう
{Buddh} (See 法相・ほっそう・1) dharmata (dharma nature, the true nature of all manifest phenomena); (personal name) Hosshou
dharmatā. Dharma-nature, the nature underlying all thing, the bhūtatathatā, a Mahāyāna philosophical concept unknown in Hīnayāna, v. 眞如 and its various definitions in the 法相, 三論 (or法性), 華嚴, and 天台 Schools. It is discussed both in its absolute and relative senses, or static and dynamic. In the Mahāparinirvāṇa sūtra and various śāstras the term has numerous alternative forms, which may be taken as definitions, i. e. 法定 inherent dharma, or Buddha-nature; 法住 abiding dharma-nature; 法界 dharmakṣetra, realm of dharma; 法身 dharmakāya, embodiment of dharma; 實際 region of reality; 實相 reality; 空性 nature of the Void, i. e. immaterial nature; 佛性 Buddha-nature; 無相 appearance of nothingness, or immateriality; 眞如 bhūtatathatā; 如來藏 tathāgatagarbha; 平等性 universal nature; 離生性 immortal nature; 無我性 impersonal nature; 虛定界: realm of abstraction; 不虛妄性 nature of no illusion; 不變異性 immutable nature; 不思議界 realm beyond thought; 自性淸淨心 mind of absolute purity, or unsulliedness, etc. Of these the terms 眞如, 法性, and 實際 are most used by the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

法界

see styles
fǎ jiè
    fa3 jie4
fa chieh
 hokkai; houkai / hokkai; hokai
    ほっかい; ほうかい
(1) {Buddh} universe; (2) {Buddh} realm of thought; (3) {Buddh} underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; (4) (ほうかい only) (abbreviation) (See 法界悋気) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other
dharmadhātu, 法性; 實相; 達磨馱都 Dharma-element, -factor, or-realm. (1) A name for "things" in general, noumenal or phenomenal; for the physical universe, or any portion or phase of it. (2) The unifying underlying spiritual reality regarded as the ground or cause of all things, the absolute from which all proceeds. It is one of the eighteen dhātus. These are categories of three, four, five, and ten dharmadhātus; the first three are combinations of 事 and 理 or active and passive, dynamic and static; the ten are: Buddha-realm, Bodhisattva-realm, pratyekabuddha-realm, śrāvaka, deva, Human, asura, Demon, Animal, and Hades realms-a Huayan category. Tiantai has ten for meditaton, i.e. the realms of the eighteen media of perception (the six organs, six objects, and six sense-data or sensations), of illusion, sickness, karma, māra, samādhi, (false) views, pride, the two lower Vehicles, and the Bodhisattva Vehicle.

法眞

see styles
fǎ zhēn
    fa3 zhen1
fa chen
 hosshin
reality of phenomena

法空

see styles
fǎ kōng
    fa3 kong1
fa k`ung
    fa kung
 hokkū
The emptiness or unreality of things, everything being dependent on something else and having no individual existence apart from other things; hence the illusory nature of all things as being composed of elements and not possessing reality.

法行

see styles
fǎ xíng
    fa3 xing2
fa hsing
 hougyou / hogyo
    ほうぎょう
(personal name) Hougyou
practice according to reality

法身

see styles
fǎ shēn
    fa3 shen1
fa shen
 hosshin; houshin / hosshin; hoshin
    ほっしん; ほうしん
{Buddh} (See 三身) dharmakaya (dharma body, Buddhism's highest form of existence); (surname) Hotsushin
dharmakāya, embodiment of Truth and Law, the "spiritual" or true body; essential Buddhahood; the essence of being; the absolute, the norm of the universe; the first of the trikāya, v.三身. The dharmakāya is divided into 總 unity and 別 diversity; as in the noumenal absolute and phenomenal activities, or potential and dynamic; but there are differences of interpretation, e.g. as between the 法相 and 法性 schools. Cf. 法身體性. There are many categories of the dharmakāya. In the 2 group 二法身 are five kinds: (1) 理 "substance" and 智 wisdom or expression; (2) 法性法身 essential nature and 應化法身 manifestation; the other three couples are similar. In the 3 group 三法身 are (1) the manifested Buddha, i.e. Śākyamuni; (2) the power of his teaching, etc.; (3) the absolute or ultimate reality. There are other categories.

浮塵


浮尘

see styles
fú chén
    fu2 chen2
fu ch`en
    fu chen
 fujin
dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface); large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm
Floating dust or atoms, unstable matter, i.e. phenomena, which hide reality.

淘汰

see styles
táo tài
    tao2 tai4
t`ao t`ai
    tao tai
 touta / tota
    とうた
to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out
(noun, transitive verb) (1) weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {biol} (See 自然淘汰) selection
The fourth of the five periods of Buddha's teaching, according to Tiantai, i.e. the sweeping away of false ideas, produced by appearance, with the doctrine of the void, or the reality behind the seeming.

淨眼


净眼

see styles
jìng yǎn
    jing4 yan3
ching yen
 jōgen
The clear or pure eyes that behold, with enlightened vision, things not only as they seem but in their reality. Also Vimalanetra, second son of Śubhavyūha in the Lotus Sutra.

淨語


淨语

see styles
jìng yǔ
    jing4 yu3
ching yü
 jōgo
Pure words; words that express reality.

無爲


无为

see styles
wú wéi
    wu2 wei2
wu wei
 mui
Non-active, passive; laisser-faire; spontaneous, natural; uncaused, not subject to cause, condition, or dependence; transcendental, not in time, unchanging, eternal, inactive, and free from the passions or senses; non-phenomenal, noumenal; also intp. as nirvāṇa, dharma-nature, reality, and dharmadhātu.

犢子


犊子

see styles
dú zi
    du2 zi5
tu tzu
 Tokushi
calf
Vatsa, the founder of the犢子部, Vātsīputrīyas (Pali Vajjiputtakas), one of the main divisions of the Sarvāstivāda (Vaibhāṣika) school; they were considered schismatics through their insistence on the reality of the ego; "their failure in points of discipline," etc.; the vinaya as taught by this school "has never reached China". Eitel. For other forms of Vātsīputrīya, v. 跋私; also 婆 and 佛.

獨空


独空

see styles
dú kōng
    du2 kong1
tu k`ung
    tu kung
 dokukū
The one immaterial reality behind all phenomena.

現つ

see styles
 utsutsu
    うつつ
reality; consciousness

現実

see styles
 genjitsu
    げんじつ
(See 理想) reality; actuality; hard fact

現實


现实

see styles
xiàn shí
    xian4 shi2
hsien shih
 genjitsu
reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
actuality

現觀


现观

see styles
xiàn guān
    xian4 guan1
hsien kuan
 genkan
Insight into, or meditation on, immediate presentations; present insight into the deep truth of Buddhism.

理一

see styles
lǐ yī
    li3 yi1
li i
 riichi / richi
    りいち
(given name) Riichi
oneness of reality

理善

see styles
lǐ shàn
    li3 shan4
li shan
 rizen
    りぜん
(given name) Rizen
good (insight into) reality

理性

see styles
lǐ xìng
    li3 xing4
li hsing
 risei / rise
    りせい
reason; rationality; rational
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
Absolute nature, immutable reality, fundamental principle or character.

理惑

see styles
lǐ huò
    li3 huo4
li huo
 riwaku
Illusion in regard to fundamental truth, e.g. the reality of the ego and things; as 事惑 is illusion in regard to things themselves. Also, fundamental illusion; reality and illusion.

理智

see styles
lǐ zhì
    li3 zhi4
li chih
 richi
    りち
reason; intellect; rationality; rational
intellect; intelligence; (female given name) Richi
Principle and gnosis (or reason); the noumenal in essence and in knowledge; the truth in itself and in knowledge; li is also the fundamental principle of the phenomenon under observation, chih the observing wisdom; one is reality, the other the knower or knowing; one is the known object, the other the knower, the knowing, or what is known; each is dependent on the other, chih depends on lili is revealed by chih. Also knowledge or enlightenment in its essence or purity, free from incarnational influences.

理觀


理观

see styles
lǐ guān
    li3 guan1
li kuan
 rikan
    りかん
{Buddh} (See 事観) contemplation of principle
The concept of absolute truth; the concentration of the mind upon reality.

直面

see styles
zhí miàn
    zhi2 mian4
chih mien
 hitamen
    ひためん
to face (reality, danger etc)
(n,adj-f) performing without a mask (noh)

相空

see styles
xiàng kōng
    xiang4 kong1
hsiang k`ung
    hsiang kung
 sōkū
The unreality of form; the doctrine that phenomena have no reality in themselves, in contrast with that of Hīnayāna which only held that the ego had no reality.

眞俗

see styles
zhēn sú
    zhen1 su2
chen su
 shinzoku
Truth and convention; the true view and the ordinary; reality and appearance. 眞 is 空, and 俗 is 假.

眞因

see styles
zhēn yīn
    zhen1 yin1
chen yin
 shin'in
The true cause; reality as cause.

眞境

see styles
zhēn jìng
    zhen1 jing4
chen ching
 shinkyō
The region of truth or reality.

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.

眞妙

see styles
zhēn miào
    zhen1 miao4
chen miao
 shinmyō
The mysterious reality; reality in its profundity.

眞實


眞实

see styles
zhēn shí
    zhen1 shi2
chen shih
 mami
    まみ
(female given name) Mami
tattva. Truth, reality; true, real.

眞常

see styles
zhēn cháng
    zhen1 chang2
chen ch`ang
    chen chang
 shinjō
True and eternal; the eternal reality of Buddha-truth.

眞明

see styles
zhēn míng
    zhen1 ming2
chen ming
 masaaki / masaki
    まさあき
(given name) Masaaki
True knowledge or enlightenment (in regard to reality in contrast with appearance).

眞理

see styles
zhēn lǐ
    zhen1 li3
chen li
 mari
    まり
(female given name) Mari
Truth, the true principle, the principle of truth; the absolute apart from phenomena.

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.

眞訣


眞诀

see styles
zhēn jué
    zhen1 jue2
chen chüeh
 shinketsu
most profound meaning of true reality

眞詮


眞诠

see styles
zhēn quán
    zhen1 quan2
chen ch`üan
    chen chüan
 shinsen
Commentaries or treatises on reality.

眞諦


眞谛

see styles
zhēn dì
    zhen1 di4
chen ti
 shindai
    しんだい
(personal name) Shindai
The asseverations or categories of reality, in contrast with 俗諦 ordinary categories; they are those of the sage, or man of insight, in contrast with those of the common man, who knows only appearance and not reality.

眞證


眞证

see styles
zhēn zhèng
    zhen1 zheng4
chen cheng
 shinshō
Real evidence, proof, or assurance, or realization of truth. The knowledge, concept, or idea which corresponds to reality.

眞道

see styles
zhēn dào
    zhen1 dao4
chen tao
 mamichi
    まみち
(surname) Mamichi
The Truth; the true way; reality.

眞門


眞门

see styles
zhēn mén
    zhen1 men2
chen men
 masakado
    まさかど
(given name) Masakado
The gateway of truth, or reality; the Truth; the school of perfect truth, in contrast with partial truth adapted to the condition of the disciple.

眞際


眞际

see styles
zhēn jì
    zhen1 ji4
chen chi
 shinsai
The region of reality, ultimate truth, idem 眞實際.

真事

see styles
zhēn shì
    zhen1 shi4
chen shih
 makoto
    まこと
reality; veracity; the real thing
(given name) Makoto

真際


真际

see styles
zhēn jì
    zhen1 ji4
chen chi
 magiwa
    まぎわ
the truth; reality
(n-adv,n-t) on the verge of; just before; on the point of

破執


破执

see styles
pò zhí
    po4 zhi2
p`o chih
    po chih
 hashū
To refute (false) tenets, e.g. the belief in the reality of the ego and things.

破有

see styles
pò yǒu
    po4 you3
p`o yu
    po yu
 hau
To refute the belief in the reality of things; to break the power of transmigration as does the Buddha.

神域

see styles
shén yù
    shen2 yu4
shen yü
 shiniki
    しんいき
(1) Shinto shrine precincts; (2) holy precincts; sanctuary
The realm of spirit, of reality, surpassing thought, supra-natural.

稱理


称理

see styles
chēng lǐ
    cheng1 li3
ch`eng li
    cheng li
 shōri
accord with reality

空定

see styles
kōng dìng
    kong1 ding4
k`ung ting
    kung ting
 kūjō
The meditation which dwells on the Void or the Immaterial; it is divided into 内道, i.e. the 三三昧, and 外道, the latter limited to the four dhyānas 四空定 q.v., except the illusion that things have a reality in themselves, as individuals 法我 q.v.

空聚

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kōng jù
    kong1 ju4
k`ung chü
    kung chü
 kūju
(1) An empty abode or place. (2) The body as composed of the six skandhas, which is a temporary assemblage without underlying reality.

空解

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kōng jiě
    kong1 jie3
k`ung chieh
    kung chieh
 kūge
The interpretation (or doctrine) of ultimate reality.

空諦


空谛

see styles
kōng dì
    kong1 di4
k`ung ti
    kung ti
 kuutai / kutai
    くうたい
{Buddh} (See 三諦) truth of emptiness (holding that all things are void)
The doctrine of immateriality, one of the three dogmas of Tiantai, that all things animate and inanimate, seeing that they result from previous causes and are without reality in themselves, are therefore 空or not material, but "spiritual".

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.

緣理


缘理

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yuán lǐ
    yuan2 li3
yüan li
 enri
To study, or reason on fundamental principles; to contemplate ultimate reality, cf. 緣事.

色蓋


色盖

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sè gài
    se4 gai4
se kai
 shikikai
The concealing, or misleading, character of the visible or material, the seeming concealing reality.

花実

see styles
 hanami
    はなみ
(1) flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit; (2) name and reality; (1) flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit; (2) form and content; appearance and substance; (surname, female given name) Hanami

藏教

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zàng jiào
    zang4 jiao4
tsang chiao
 zōkyō
The Piṭaka, i.e. Tripiṭaka school, one of the four divisions 藏通別圓 as classified by Tiantai; it is the Hīnayāna school of the śrāvaka and pratyeka-buddha type, based on the tripiṭaka and its four dogmas, with the bodhisattva doctrine as an unimportant side issue. It is also subdivided into four others, 有 the reality of things, 空 their unreality, both and neither. The bodhisattva of the Piṭaka school is defined as undergoing seven stages, beginning with the four dogmas and ending with complete enlightenment under the bodhi-tree.

覆諦


复谛

see styles
fù dì
    fu4 di4
fu ti
 fuku tai
(覆俗諦) The unenlightened inversion of reality, common views of things.

見地


见地

see styles
jiàn dì
    jian4 di4
chien ti
 kenchi
    けんち
opinion; view; insight
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; (place-name) Kenji
The stage of insight, or discernment of reality, the fourth of the ten stages of progress toward Buddhahood, agreeing with the 預流果 of Hīnayāna.

見愛


见爱

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jiàn ài
    jian4 ai4
chien ai
 ken'nai
(literary) to be so good as to show favor (to me); to regard (me) highly
views and desires, e. g. the illusion that the ego is a reality and the consequent desires and passions; the two are the root of all suffering.

見眞


见眞

see styles
jiàn zhēn
    jian4 zhen1
chien chen
 kenshin
To behold truth, or ultimate reality.

覺悟


觉悟

see styles
jué wù
    jue2 wu4
chüeh wu
 kakugo
to come to understand; to realize; consciousness; awareness; Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)
To awake, become enlightened, comprehend spiritual reality.

觀慧


观慧

see styles
guān huì
    guan1 hui4
kuan hui
 kane
The wisdom which penetrates to ultimate reality.

觀空


观空

see styles
guān kōng
    guan1 kong1
kuan k`ung
    kuan kung
 kankū
To regard all things as unreal, or as having no fundamental reality.

觀解


观解

see styles
guān jiě
    guan1 jie3
kuan chieh
 kange
To contemplate ultimate reality and unravel or expound it.

觀達


观达

see styles
guān dá
    guan1 da2
kuan ta
 kandatsu
To penetrate to reality through contemplation.

諦智


谛智

see styles
dì zhì
    di4 zhi4
ti chih
 taichi
cognition of reality

諦義


谛义

see styles
dì yì
    di4 yi4
ti i
 taigi
reality

證相


证相

see styles
zhèng xiàng
    zheng4 xiang4
cheng hsiang
 shō sō
realizing the [true] aspects [of reality]

證見


证见

see styles
zhèng jiàn
    zheng4 jian4
cheng chien
 shōken
fully actualized view of reality

賢者


贤者

see styles
xián zhě
    xian2 zhe3
hsien che
 kenja; kensha
    けんじゃ; けんしゃ
wise person; sage
A good and wise man, not yet free from illusion or fully comprehending reality; also anyone occupying a superior position, or a good man in general.

賢聖


贤圣

see styles
xián shèng
    xian2 sheng4
hsien sheng
 kensei / kense
    けんせい
(personal name) Kensei
Those who are noted for goodness, and those who are also noted for wisdom, or insight; the xian are still of ordinary human standard, the sheng transcend them in wisdom and character; the attainments from 見道 upwards are those of the sheng; the xian is on the moral plane, and has not eliminated illusion; the sheng has cut of illusion and has insight into absolute reality. The Mahāyāna has three stages for the xian and ten for the sheng; the Hīnayāna has seven for each.

質感


质感

see styles
zhì gǎn
    zhi4 gan3
chih kan
 shitsukan
    しつかん
realism (in art); sense of reality; texture; tactile quality
feel (of a material); texture

迷實


迷实

see styles
mí shí
    mi2 shi2
mi shih
 meijitsu
deluded in regard to the fundamental reality

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