There are 20 total results for your serenity search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
禪 禅 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan yuzuri ゆずり |
More info & calligraphy: Zen / Chan / Meditation(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim. |
冷静 see styles |
reisei / rese れいせい |
(noun or adjectival noun) calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind |
寧靜 宁静 see styles |
níng jìng ning2 jing4 ning ching |
More info & calligraphy: Tranquil / Tranquility / Serenity |
平静 see styles |
heisei / hese へいせい |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) calm; peace; serenity; tranquility; tranquillity; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) composure; equanimity; presence of mind |
静穏 see styles |
seion / seon せいおん |
More info & calligraphy: Serenity / Tranquility |
心安 see styles |
xīn ān xin1 an1 hsin an shin'an |
mental serenity |
身安 see styles |
shēn ān shen1 an1 shen an shinan |
physical serenity |
安らぎ see styles |
yasuragi やすらぎ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity |
従容録 see styles |
shouyouroku / shoyoroku しょうようろく |
(work) Book of Serenity (12th century collection of koans, compiled by Chinese monk Hongzhi Zhengjue); (wk) Book of Serenity (12th century collection of koans, compiled by Chinese monk Hongzhi Zhengjue) |
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. |
第三禪 第三禅 see styles |
dì sān chán di4 san1 chan2 ti san ch`an ti san chan daisan zen |
The third dhyāna, a degree of contemplation in which ecstasy gives way to serenity; also a state, or heaven, corresponding to this degree of contemplation, including the third three of the rūpa heavens. |
静けさ see styles |
shizukesa しずけさ |
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity |
光風霽月 光风霁月 see styles |
guāng fēng jì yuè guang1 feng1 ji4 yue4 kuang feng chi yüeh koufuuseigetsu / kofusegetsu こうふうせいげつ |
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom); period of peace and prosperity; noble and benevolent character (noun - becomes adjective with の) (yoji) serenity |
八面玲瓏 八面玲珑 see styles |
bā miàn líng lóng ba1 mian4 ling2 long2 pa mien ling lung hachimenreirou / hachimenrero はちめんれいろう |
be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) (n,adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) (yoji) beautiful from all sides; perfect serenity; affability |
従容自若 see styles |
shouyoujijaku / shoyojijaku しょうようじじゃく |
(adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) (yoji) having presence of mind; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed; with serenity |
涅槃寂静 see styles |
nehanjakujou / nehanjakujo ねはんじゃくじょう |
(expression) (yoji) {Buddh} (See 四法印・しほういん) enlightenment leads to serenity |
十八不共法 see styles |
shí bā bù gòng fǎ shi2 ba1 bu4 gong4 fa3 shih pa pu kung fa jūhachi fugū hō |
the eighteen distinctive characteristics as defined by Hīnayāna are his 十力, 四無畏, 三念住 and his 大悲; the Mahāyāna eighteen are perfection of body; of speech; of memory; impartiality or universality; ever in samādhi; entre self-abnegation; never diminishing will (to save); zeal; thought; wisdom; salvation; insight into salvation; deeds and mind accordant with wisdom; also his speech; also his mind; omniscience in regard to the past; also to the present; and to the future.; āveṇikadharma, or buddhadharma, the eighteen different characteristics of a Buddha as compared with bodhisattvas, i.e. his perfection of body (or person), mouth (or speech), memory, impartiality to all, serenity, self-sacrifice, unceasing desire to save, unfagging zeal therein unfailing thought thereto, wisdom in it, powers of deliverance, the principles of it, revealing perfect wisdom in deed, in word, in thought, perfect knowledge of past, future, and present, v. 智度論 26. |
無所有處定 无所有处定 see styles |
wú suǒ yǒu chù dìng wu2 suo3 you3 chu4 ding4 wu so yu ch`u ting wu so yu chu ting mu shousho jō |
akiñcanāyatana. The contemplation of the state of nothingness, or the immaterial, in which ecstasy gives place to serenity. |
Variations: |
harema はれま |
(1) break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; (2) patch of blue sky; (3) (archaism) period of serenity |
Variations: |
harema はれま |
(1) break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; (2) patch of blue sky; (3) (archaism) period of serenity |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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