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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
三魂 see styles |
sān hún san1 hun2 san hun |
More info & calligraphy: Three Souls |
死神 see styles |
sǐ shén si3 shen2 ssu shen shinigami しにがみ |
More info & calligraphy: Grim Reaper / God of Deathgod of death; Death |
無我 无我 see styles |
wú wǒ wu2 wo3 wu wo muga むが |
More info & calligraphy: Selflessness(1) selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; (2) {Buddh} anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls; (female given name) Muga anātman; nairātmya; no ego, no soul (of an independent and self-contained character), impersonal, no individual independent existence (of conscious or unconscious beings, anātmaka). The empirical ego is merely an aggregation of various elements, and with their disintegration it ceases to exist; therefore it has nm ultimate reality of its own, but the Nirvāṇa Sūtra asserts the reality of the ego in the transcendental realm. The non-Buddhist definition of ego is that it has permanent individuality 常一之體 and is independent or sovereign 有主宰之用. When applied to men it is 人我, when to things it is 法我. Cf. 常 11. |
醮 see styles |
jiào jiao4 chiao shō |
to perform sacrifice Libations or offerings, especially to ancestors; the offerings of All Souls' Day v. 盂 8; emptied, finished. |
七魄 see styles |
qī pò qi1 po4 ch`i p`o chi po |
seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires; contrasted with 三魂 three immortal souls |
倒懸 倒悬 see styles |
dào xuán dao4 xuan2 tao hsüan touken / token とうけん |
lit. to hang upside down; fig. in dire straits hanging (someone) upside down Hanging upside down; the condition of certain condemned souls, especially for whom the Ullambana (or Lambana, cf. 盂) festival is held in the seventh month; the phrase is used as a tr. of Ullambana, and as such seems meant for Lambana. |
咒願 咒愿 see styles |
zhòu yuàn zhou4 yuan4 chou yüan jugan |
Vows, prayers, or formulas uttered in behalf of donors, or of the dead; especially at the All Souls Day's offerings to the seven generations of ancestors. Every word and deed of a bodhisattva should be a dhāraṇī. |
地藏 see styles |
dì zàng di4 zang4 ti tsang jizou / jizo じぞう |
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva (surname) Jizou Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult. |
孟婆 see styles |
mèng pó meng4 po2 meng p`o meng po |
(Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life; (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind |
岱宗 see styles |
dài zōng dai4 zong1 tai tsung |
another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]; Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls |
數論 数论 see styles |
shù lùn shu4 lun4 shu lun Suron |
number theory (math.) The śāstras of the Sarvāstivādins; also Kaplila, called數論外道; 數論師 founder of the Sāṅkhyā philosophy; v. 僧伽, 劫, and 迦. It is an attempt to place all concepts in twenty-five categories, with puruṣa at the head and the others in ordered progress. Inter alia it also teaches 'the eternity and multiplicity of souls' (Eitel). Vasubandhu wrote in criticism of the system. |
有靈 有灵 see styles |
yǒu líng you3 ling2 yu ling uryō |
Having souls, sentient beings, similar to 有情; possessing magical or spiritual powers. |
生霊 see styles |
seirei / sere せいれい ikiryou / ikiryo いきりょう ikisudama いきすだま |
(1) vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelganger; co-walker; wraith; (2) mankind; souls; people; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelganger; co-walker; wraith |
白中 see styles |
bái zhōng bai2 zhong1 pai chung byakuchū |
All Souls' Day |
百中 see styles |
bǎi zhōng bai3 zhong1 pai chung momonaka ももなか |
(surname) Momonaka All Souls' Day |
盆會 盆会 see styles |
pén huì pen2 hui4 p`en hui pen hui bon'e |
The All-Souls anniversary, v. 盂. |
神鬼 see styles |
shén guǐ shen2 gui3 shen kuei shinki しんき |
(1) gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead; (2) one with (spiritual) power beyond that of humans; (3) (See 鬼神・きしん) fierce god spirits |
臘佛 腊佛 see styles |
là fó la4 fo2 la fo rōbutsu |
The offerings to Buddha after the summer retreat, maintained on the 15th day of the 7th month; also All Souls' Day, v. 盂 8; the臘餠 annual cakes are then offered and eaten. |
色魔 see styles |
sè mó se4 mo2 se mo shikima しきま |
sex fiend; molester; sex attacker; sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex) sex maniac; seducer; libertine; Lothario; rake; (surname) Shikama |
金札 see styles |
kinsatsu きんさつ |
(1) golden label; golden protective talisman; (2) (hist) kinsatsu (Edo-period paper money); (3) (hist) kinsatsu (early Meiji-period paper money); (4) (See 鉄札・2,閻魔) golden tablet belonging to Yama that is inscribed with the names of souls to be sent to paradise; (surname) Kanefuda |
鉄札 see styles |
tessatsu てっさつ |
(1) rectangular iron plate; (2) {Buddh} (See 金札・4,閻魔) iron tablet belonging to Yama that is inscribed with the names of souls to be sent to hell |
鬼錄 鬼录 see styles |
guǐ lù gui3 lu4 kuei lu |
The iron record, containing the sins of men, in Yama's office in Hades. |
万霊祭 see styles |
banreisai / banresai ばんれいさい |
All Souls' Day |
万霊節 see styles |
banreisetsu / banresetsu ばんれいせつ |
All Souls' Day |
不來迎 不来迎 see styles |
bù lái yíng bu4 lai2 ying2 pu lai ying fu raigō |
Without being called he comes to welcome; the Pure-land sect believes that Amitābha himself comes to welcome departing souls of his followers on their calling upon him, but the 淨土眞宗 (Jōdo Shin-shu sect) teaches that belief in him at any time ensures rebirth in the Pure Land, independently of calling on him at death. |
孟婆湯 孟婆汤 see styles |
mèng pó tāng meng4 po2 tang1 meng p`o t`ang meng po tang |
potion given to souls by Meng Po 孟婆[Meng4 po2] before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life |
彭養鷗 彭养鸥 see styles |
péng yǎng ōu peng2 yang3 ou1 p`eng yang ou peng yang ou |
Peng Yangou, late Qing novelist, author of Black register of lost souls 黑籍冤魂 |
歡喜會 欢喜会 see styles |
huān xǐ huì huan1 xi3 hui4 huan hsi hui kangi e |
The festival of All Souls, v. 盂. |
火の車 see styles |
hinokuruma ひのくるま |
(exp,n) (1) {Buddh} (See 火車・1) fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell); (exp,n) (2) (idiom) desperate financial situation; dire straits |
盂蘭盆 盂兰盆 see styles |
yú lán pén yu2 lan2 pen2 yü lan p`en yü lan pen urabon うらぼん |
see 盂蘭盆會|盂兰盆会[Yu2 lan2 pen2 hui4] Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns (盂蘭); 鳥藍婆 (鳥藍婆拏) ullambana 盂蘭 may be another form of lambana or avalamba, "hanging down," "depending," "support"; it is intp. "to hang upside down", or "to be in suspense", referring to extreme suffering in purgatory; but there is a suggestion of the dependence of the dead on the living. By some 盆 is regarded as a Chinese word, not part of the transliteration, meaning a vessel filled with offerings of food. The term is applied to the festival of All Souls, held about the 15th of the 7th moon, when masses are read by Buddhist and Taoist priests and elaborate offerings made to the Buddhist Trinity for the purpose of releasing from purgatory the souls of those who have died on land or sea. The Ullambanapātra Sutra is attributed to Śākyamuni, of course incorrectly; it was first tr. into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A.D. 266-313 or 317; the first masses are not reported until the time of Liang Wudi, A.D. 538; and were popularized by Amogha (A.D. 732) under the influence of the Yogācārya School. They are generally observed in China, but are unknown to Southern Buddhism. The "idea of intercession on the part of the priesthood for the benefit of" souls in hell "is utterly antagonistic to the explicit teaching of primitive Buddhism'" The origin of the custom is unknown, but it is foisted on to Śākyamuni, whose disciple Maudgalyāyana is represented as having been to purgatory to relieve his mother's sufferings. Śākyamuni told him that only the united efforts of the whole priesthood 十方衆會 could alleviate the pains of the suffering. The mere suggestion of an All Souls Day with a great national day for the monks is sufficient to account for the spread of the festival. Eitel says: "Engrafted upon the narrative ancestral worship, this ceremonial for feeding the ghost of deceased ancestors of seven generations obtained immense popularity and is now practised by everybody in China, by Taoists even and by Confucianists." All kinds of food offerings are made and paper garments, etc., burnt. The occasion, 7th moon, 15th day, is known as the盂蘭會 (or 盂蘭盆會 or 盂蘭齋 or 盂蘭盆齋) and the sutra as 盂蘭經 (or 盂蘭盆經). |
精靈棚 精灵棚 see styles |
jīng líng péng jing1 ling2 peng2 ching ling p`eng ching ling peng shōryō dana |
The booth, or canopy, where the feast of all souls is provided. |
衞世師 衞世师 see styles |
wèi shì shī wei4 shi4 shi1 wei shih shih Eiseishi |
Vaiśeṣika; derived from viśeṣa, characteristic, individuality, particularity or individual essence. M.W. Also 鞞世師 (or 鞞思迦); 吠世史迦; 勝論宗 An atomistic school founded by Kaṇāda. Like the Saṅkhya philosophy it taught a dualism and an endless number of souls, also by its doctrine of particularity or individual essence maintained 'the eternally distinct or sui generis nature of the nine substances' (see below), 'of which the first five including mind are held to be atomic.' M.W. The interaction of these with the six mentioned below produces cosmic evolution. It chiefly occupied itself, like the orthodox Nyāya philosophy, with the theory of knowledge, but it differed by distinguishing only six categories of cognition 六諦, viz. substance, quality, activity, species, distinction, and correlation, also a seventh of non-existence, and nine substances possessed of qualities, these 九陰 being: the five elements, air, fire, water, earth, ether, together with time, space, spirit (manas), and soul (ātman). Cf. Keith, Indian Logic and Atomism, and Dasgupta, History of Indian Philosophy. |
迷魂湯 迷魂汤 see styles |
mí hún tāng mi2 hun2 tang1 mi hun t`ang mi hun tang |
potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆汤[meng4 po2 tang1]); magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions |
阿目佉 see styles |
ā mù qiā a1 mu4 qia1 a mu ch`ia a mu chia Amokukya |
(阿目佉跋折羅) Amogha, or Amoghavajra, 阿牟伽 (or 阿謨伽 or 阿穆伽) intp. 不空 (不空金剛) a monk from northern India, a follower of the mystic teachings of Samantabhadra. Vajramati 金剛智 is reputed to have founded the Yogācārya or Tantric school in China about A.D. 719-720. Amogha succeeded him in its leadership in 732. From a journey through India and Ceylon, 741-6, he brought to China more than 500 sutras and śāstras; introduced a new form for transliterating Sanskrit and published 108 works. He is credited with the introduction of the Ullambana fesival of All Souls, 15th of 7th moon, v. 盂. He is the chief representative of Buddhist mysticism in China, spreading it widely through the patronage of three successive emperors, Xuanzong, Suzong, who gave him the title of 大廣智三藏 q.v., and Daizong, who gave him the posthumous rank and title of a Minister of State. He died 774. |
霊璽簿 see styles |
reijibo / rejibo れいじぼ |
(1) list of names of the dead; (2) Book of Souls (in the Yasukuni Shrine) |
三魂七魄 see styles |
sān hún qī pò san1 hun2 qi1 po4 san hun ch`i p`o san hun chi po |
three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man |
地藏菩薩 地藏菩萨 see styles |
dì zàng pú sà di4 zang4 pu2 sa4 ti tsang p`u sa ti tsang pu sa Jizō bosatsu |
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva Earth-Store Bodhisattva |
死せる魂 see styles |
shiserutamashii / shiserutamashi しせるたましい |
(work) Dead Souls (novel by Gogol); Myortvye dushi; (wk) Dead Souls (novel by Gogol); Myortvye dushi |
盂蘭盆會 盂兰盆会 see styles |
yú lán pén huì yu2 lan2 pen2 hui4 yü lan p`en hui yü lan pen hui urabon e うらぼんえ |
Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism) (yoji) Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns; Buddhist ceremony held on July 15; ullambana ullambana |
金剛菩薩 金刚菩萨 see styles |
jīn gāng pú sà jin1 gang1 pu2 sa4 chin kang p`u sa chin kang pu sa Kongō Bosatsu |
There are many of these vajra-bodhisattvas, e.g.: 金剛因菩薩 Vajrahetu, 金剛手菩薩 Vajrapāṇi, 金剛寳菩薩 Vajraratna, 金剛藏菩薩 Vajragarbha, 金剛針菩薩 Vajrasūci, 金剛將菩薩 Vajrasena, 金剛索菩薩 Vajrapāśa, 金剛鉤菩薩 Vajrāṅkuśa, 金剛香菩薩 Vajradhūpa, 金剛光菩薩 Vajratejaḥ, 金剛法菩薩 Vajradharma, 金剛利菩薩 Vajratīkṣṇa, and others.; Vajrapāśa Bodhisattva in the vajradhātumaṇḍala, who carries the snare of compassion to bind the souls of the living. |
黑籍冤魂 see styles |
hēi jí yuān hún hei1 ji2 yuan1 hun2 hei chi yüan hun |
Black Register of Lost Souls, long novel by Peng Yangou 彭養鷗|彭养鸥 about the destructive influence of opium, published in 1897 and 1909 |
三界萬靈牌 三界万灵牌 see styles |
sān jiè wàn líng pái san1 jie4 wan4 ling2 pai2 san chieh wan ling p`ai san chieh wan ling pai sangai banrei hai |
The tablet used at the annual ceremonial offerings to "all souls", v. 孟蘭. |
冥福を祈る see styles |
meifukuoinoru / mefukuoinoru めいふくをいのる |
(exp,v5r) to pray for the repose of someone's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed |
地藏王菩薩 地藏王菩萨 see styles |
dì zàng wáng pú sà di4 zang4 wang2 pu2 sa4 ti tsang wang p`u sa ti tsang wang pu sa |
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva |
暗愚な人々 see styles |
angunahitobito あんぐなひとびと |
dark souls |
暗愚な人人 see styles |
angunahitobito あんぐなひとびと |
dark souls |
大願地藏菩薩 大愿地藏菩萨 see styles |
dà yuàn dì zàng pú sà da4 yuan4 di4 zang4 pu2 sa4 ta yüan ti tsang p`u sa ta yüan ti tsang pu sa |
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva |
祖先の霊を祭る see styles |
sosennoreiomatsuru / sosennoreomatsuru そせんのれいをまつる |
(exp,v5r) to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors |
帝隸路迦也吠闍耶 帝隶路迦也吠阇耶 see styles |
dì lì lù jiā yě fèi shé yé di4 li4 lu4 jia1 ye3 fei4 she2 ye2 ti li lu chia yeh fei she yeh taireirokaya beishaya |
Trailokya-vijaya, victor or lord over the 三世 three realms.|靑 Indranila, an emerald. 幽 Hidden, dark, mysterious. |儀 The mysterious form, the spirit of the dead. |冥 Mysterious, beyond comprehension; the shades. |途 The dark paths, i. e. of rebirth in purgatory or as hungry ghosts or animals. |靈 Invisible spirits, the spirits in the shades, the souls of the departed. |
Variations: |
angunahitobito あんぐなひとびと |
dark souls |
Variations: |
ikiryou(生ki霊, 生霊); ikisudama(ok); seirei(生霊) / ikiryo(生ki霊, 生霊); ikisudama(ok); sere(生霊) いきりょう(生き霊, 生霊); いきすだま(ok); せいれい(生霊) |
(1) vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; wraith; (2) (せいれい only) mankind; souls; people |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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