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There are 62 total results for your tranquility search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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dìng
    ding4
ting
 jou / jo
    じょう

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Samadhi
to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
(1) (See 案の定・あんのじょう) certainty; reality; actuality; (prefix noun) (2) (See 定宿) regular; permanent; (3) {Buddh} (See 三昧・さんまい・1,禅定・ぜんじょう・1) samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); (given name) Yasushi
To fix, settle. samādhi. 'Composing the mind'; 'intent contemplation'; 'perfect absorption of thought into the one object of meditation.' M. W. Abstract meditation, the mind fixed in one direction, or field. (1) 散定 scattered or general meditation (in the world of desire). (2) 禪定 abstract meditation (in the realms of form and beyond form). It is also one of the five attributes of the dharmakāya 法身, i. e. an internal state of imperturbability or tranquility, exempt from all external sensations, 超受陰; cf. 三摩提.

太平

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tài píng
    tai4 ping2
t`ai p`ing
    tai ping
 tahei / tahe
    たへい

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Peace and Tranquility
peace and security
(noun or adjectival noun) peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (given name) Tahei

安寧


安宁

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ān níng
    an1 ning2
an ning
 annei / anne
    あんねい
peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry
(noun or adjectival noun) (public) peace; stability; tranquility; tranquillity; (surname) Annei

寂静

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 jakusei / jakuse
    じゃくせい

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Stillness / Quiet / Calm
(noun or adjectival noun) calmness; stillness; tranquility; (noun or adjectival noun) (1) calmness; stillness; tranquility; (2) (Buddhist term) calmness of the heart; enlightenment; (given name) Jakusei

寂靜


寂静

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jì jìng
    ji4 jing4
chi ching
 jakujō
    せきせい

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Stillness / Quiet / Calm
quiet
(out-dated kanji) (noun or adjectival noun) calmness; stillness; tranquility; (out-dated kanji) (noun or adjectival noun) (1) calmness; stillness; tranquility; (2) (Buddhist term) calmness of the heart; enlightenment
Calm and quiet; free from temptation and distress; nirvāṇa.

寧靜


宁静

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níng jìng
    ning2 jing4
ning ching

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Tranquil / Tranquility / Serenity
tranquil; tranquility; serenity

平安

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píng ān
    ping2 an1
p`ing an
    ping an
 heian / hean
    へいあん

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Safe and Sound
safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (2) (hist) (See 平安時代) Heian period (794-1185); (surname) Bean
agreeable

平静

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 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

泰平

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 yasuhei / yasuhe
    やすへい

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Peace and Tranquility
(noun or adjectival noun) peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (given name) Yasuhei

静穏

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 seion / seon
    せいおん

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Serenity / Tranquility
(noun or adjectival noun) tranquility; tranquillity; calmness; serenity; quietness

奢摩他

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shē mó tā
    she1 mo2 ta1
she mo t`a
    she mo ta
 shamata

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Samatha
(or 奢摩陀); 舍摩他 śamatha, 'quiet, tranquility, calmness of mind, absence of passion.' M. W. Rest, peace, power to end (passion, etc.), one of the seven names for dhyāna.

和敬清寂

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 wakeiseijaku / wakesejaku
    わけいせいじゃく

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Elements of the Tea Ceremony
(yoji) harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony

寧靜致遠


宁静致远

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níng jìng zhì yuǎn
    ning2 jing4 zhi4 yuan3
ning ching chih yüan

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Tranquility Yields Transcendence
tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study; cf Still waters run deep.

三軌


三轨

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sān guǐ
    san1 gui3
san kuei
 sanki
The three rules 三法 (三法妙) of the Tiantai Lotus School: (a) 眞性軌 The absolute and real, the 眞如 or bhūtatathatā; (b) 觀照軌meditation upon and understanding of it; (c) 資成軌 the extension of this understanding to all its workings. In the 三軌弘經 the three are traced to the 法師品 of the Lotus Sutra and are developed as: (a) 慈悲室 the abode of mercy, or to dwell in mercy; (b) 忍辱衣 the garment of endurance, or patience under opposition; (c) 法空座 the throne of immateriality (or spirituality), a state of nirvāṇa tranquility. Mercy to all is an extension of 資成軌 , patience of 觀照軌 and nirvāṇa tranquility of 眞性軌 .

休意

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 kyuui / kyui
    きゅうい
(noun/participle) peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (personal name) Kyūi

佛土

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fó tǔ
    fo2 tu3
fo t`u
    fo tu
 butsudo
buddhakṣetra. 佛國; 紇差怛羅; 差多羅; 刹怛利耶; 佛刹 The land or realm of a Buddha. The land of the Buddha's birth, India. A Buddha-realm in process of transformation, or transformed. A spiritual Buddha-realm. The Tiantai Sect evolved the idea of four spheres: (1) 同居之國土 Where common beings and saints dwell together, divided into (a) a realm where all beings are subject to transmigration and (b) the Pure Land. (2) 方便有餘土 or 變易土 The sphere where beings are still subject to higher forms of transmigration, the abode of Hīnayāna saints, i.e. srota-āpanna 須陀洹; sakṛdāgāmin 斯陀含; anāgāmin 阿那含; arhat 阿羅漢. (3) 實報無障礙 Final unlimited reward, the Bodhisattva realm. (4) 常寂光土 Where permanent tranquility and enlightenment reign, Buddha-parinirvāṇa.

修止

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xiū zhǐ
    xiu1 zhi3
hsiu chih
 shushi
cultivates tranquility

善寂

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shàn jí
    shan4 ji2
shan chi
 zenjaku
(the state of) perfect tranquility

安泰

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ān tài
    an1 tai4
an t`ai
    an tai
 antai
    あんたい
at peace; healthy and secure
(noun or adjectival noun) peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity; (person) Yasu Tai
peace

安穏

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 annon; anon
    あんのん; あんおん
(noun or adjectival noun) peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity

安隱


安隐

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ān yǐn
    an1 yin3
an yin
 annon
calm tranquility

寂亂


寂乱

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jí luàn
    ji2 luan4
chi luan
 jakuran
tranquility and confusion

寂止

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jí zhǐ
    ji2 zhi3
chi chih
 jakushi
tranquility

寧静

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 neisei / nese
    ねいせい
(noun or adjectival noun) (obsolete) calm; peace; tranquility

康寧

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 kounei / kone
    こうねい
(rare) tranquility; tranquillity; peacefulness; (personal name) Kōnei

昌平

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chāng píng
    chang1 ping2
ch`ang p`ing
    chang ping
 shouhei / shohe
    しょうへい
Changping, a district of Beijing
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (male given name) Masayoshi

栖遅

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 seichi / sechi
    せいち
(noun/participle) (1) living in tranquility; retiring to the countryside; (2) retirement house

棲遅

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 seichi / sechi
    せいち
(noun/participle) (1) living in tranquility; retiring to the countryside; (2) retirement house

沈静

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 chinsei / chinse
    ちんせい
(n,vs,vi) (1) settling down; quieting down; cooling down; cooling off; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) stillness; quiet; tranquility

治平

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 chihei / chihe
    ちへい
peace and tranquility; peace and tranquillity; (surname, given name) Jihei

清閑

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 seikan / sekan
    せいかん
(noun or adjectival noun) peaceful; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; (place-name) Seikan

靖寧

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 seinei / sene
    せいねい
(noun or adjectival noun) (archaism) peace and quiet; tranquility; peace on earth

静寧

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 seinei / sene
    せいねい
(noun or adjectival noun) (archaism) peace and quiet; tranquility; peace on earth

静謐

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 seihitsu / sehitsu
    せいひつ
(noun or adjectival noun) peacefulness (esp. the world); tranquillity; tranquility

靜慧


静慧

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jìng huì
    jing4 hui4
ching hui
Calm wisdom, insight into the void, or immaterial, removed from the transient.

靜智


静智

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jìng zhì
    jing4 zhi4
ching chih
Calm wisdom, the wisdom derived from quietness, or mystic trance.

修止行

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xiū zhǐ xíng
    xiu1 zhi3 xing2
hsiu chih hsing
 shu shigyō
cultivates the practice of tranquility

大寂定

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dà jí dìng
    da4 ji2 ding4
ta chi ting
 dai jakujō
The samādhi which the Tathāgata enters, of perfect tranquility and concentration with total absence of any perturbing element; also parinirvāṇa. Also 大寂三昧; 大寂靜摩地.

安らぎ

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 yasuragi
    やすらぎ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity

定まり

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 sadamari
    さだまり
rule; custom; tranquility; tranquillity

寂靜想


寂静想

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jí jìng xiǎng
    ji2 jing4 xiang3
chi ching hsiang
 jakujō sō
conceptions of tranquility

寂靜聲


寂静声

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jí jìng shēng
    ji2 jing4 sheng1
chi ching sheng
 jakujō shō
sound of tranquility

極寂靜


极寂静

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jí jí jìng
    ji2 ji2 jing4
chi chi ching
 goku jakujō
total tranquility (tranquilization)

破薩堤


破萨堤

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pò sà dī
    po4 sa4 di1
p`o sa ti
    po sa ti
 hasatai
upasanti, tranquility, calm.

長閑さ

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 nodokasa
    のどかさ
(kana only) tranquility; tranquillity; calmness; quietness

静ひつ

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 seihitsu / sehitsu
    せいひつ
(noun or adjectival noun) peacefulness (esp. the world); tranquillity; tranquility

先修止行

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xiān xiū zhǐ xíng
    xian1 xiu1 zhi3 xing2
hsien hsiu chih hsing
 sen shu shigyō
previously cultivated tranquility

勝奢摩他


胜奢摩他

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shèng shē mó tā
    sheng4 she1 mo2 ta1
sheng she mo t`a
    sheng she mo ta
 shō shamata
tranquility meditation

和敬静寂

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 wakeiseijaku / wakesejaku
    わけいせいじゃく
(irregular kanji usage) (yoji) harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony

善寂滅度


善寂灭度

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shàn jí miè dù
    shan4 ji2 mie4 du4
shan chi mieh tu
 zen jakumetsu do
the state of perfect tranquility and extinction (of suffering)

大善寂力

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dà shàn jí lì
    da4 shan4 ji2 li4
ta shan chi li
 daizen jakuriki
the power of perfect tranquility

奢摩他觀


奢摩他观

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shē mó tā guān
    she1 mo2 ta1 guan1
she mo t`a kuan
    she mo ta kuan
 shamata kan
śamatha (tranquility) method of meditation

廣普寂定


广普寂定

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guǎng pǔ jí dìng
    guang3 pu3 ji2 ding4
kuang p`u chi ting
    kuang pu chi ting
 kōfujaku jō
meditation of vast and universal tranquility

涅槃寂靜


涅槃寂静

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niè pán jí jìng
    nie4 pan2 ji2 jing4
nieh p`an chi ching
    nieh pan chi ching
 nehan jakujō
nirvāṇa is perfect tranquility

静かの海

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 shizukanoumi / shizukanomi
    しずかのうみ
(exp,n) {astron} Mare Tranquillitatis (lunar mare); Sea of Tranquility; Sea of Tranquillity

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太平
泰平

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 taihei / taihe
    たいへい
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (archaism) (See 太平楽) happy-go-lucky

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棲遅
栖遅

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 seichi / sechi
    せいち
(n,vs,vi) (1) (obsolete) living in tranquility; retiring to the countryside; (2) (obsolete) retirement house

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静寧
靖寧

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 seinei / sene
    せいねい
(noun or adjectival noun) (obsolete) peace; calm; tranquility

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寂静
寂靜(oK)

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 jakujou; sekisei / jakujo; sekise
    じゃくじょう; せきせい
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) calmness; stillness; tranquility; (2) (じゃくじょう only) {Buddh} calmness of the heart; enlightenment

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寂静
寂靜(sK)

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 jakujou; sekisei / jakujo; sekise
    じゃくじょう; せきせい
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (form) quiet; stillness; tranquility; (2) (じゃくじょう only) {Buddh} enlightenment; nirvana

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静謐
静ひつ(sK)

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 seihitsu / sehitsu
    せいひつ
(noun or adjectival noun) peace (esp. of the world); peace and calm; tranquility; tranquillity

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和敬清寂
和敬静寂(iK)

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 wakeiseijaku / wakesejaku
    わけいせいじゃく
(yoji) harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 62 results for "tranquility" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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