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四拳波羅蜜大光明 is “shiken haramitsu daikōmyō,” a famous Japanese Buddhist mantra.
四拳 = shi-ken = four fists (many translate this as “four hearts”).
波羅蜜 = ha-ra-mitsu = A loanword representing pāramitā, or entrance into Nirvana. Awkwardly, it also means jackfruit.
大光明 = dai-kou-myo = big/great light bright (great bright light).
Shiken represents four hearts:
1. The Merciful Heart - Love and caring for all living things.
2. The Sincere Heart - Pursues righteousness, or the right path - sincerely trying to do what is right.
3. The Attuned Heart - Knows that nature and fate have their ways, and thus stay in tune with the universe.
4. The Dedicated Heart - Steadfast on the chosen path to the end.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your shiken search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
史賢 see styles |
shiken しけん |
(given name) Shiken |
四見 四见 see styles |
sì jiàn si4 jian4 ssu chien shiken |
four views |
四軒 see styles |
shiken しけん |
(place-name) Shiken |
四間 see styles |
shiken しけん |
(surname) Shiken |
子顕 see styles |
shiken しけん |
(given name) Shiken |
師拳 师拳 see styles |
shī quán shi1 quan2 shih ch`üan shih chüan shiken |
the teacher's closed fist |
師捲 师捲 see styles |
shī juǎn shi1 juan3 shih chüan shiken |
grasps to the role of teacher |
志謙 志谦 see styles |
zhì qiān zhi4 qian1 chih ch`ien chih chien Shiken |
Jigyeom |
思軒 see styles |
shiken しけん |
(given name) Shiken |
支謙 支谦 see styles |
zhī qiān zhi1 qian1 chih ch`ien chih chien shiken しけん |
(personal name) Shiken Chih-ch'ien; name of a Yueh-chih monk said to have come to Loyang at the end of the Han dynasty and under the Wei; tall, dark, emaciated, with light brown eyes; very learned and wise. |
私権 see styles |
shiken しけん |
private right |
私見 see styles |
shiken しけん |
personal opinion |
至謙 至谦 see styles |
zhì qiān zhi4 qian1 chih ch`ien chih chien Shiken |
Jigyeom |
試験 see styles |
shiken しけん |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) examination; exam; test; (noun, transitive verb) (2) trial; experiment; test |
試驗 试验 see styles |
shì yàn shi4 yan4 shih yen shiken |
experiment; test; CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]; to experiment; experimental to examine |
四軒家 see styles |
shikenya しけんや |
(place-name) Shiken'ya |
シケイン see styles |
shikein / shiken シケイン |
chicane |
一水四見 一水四见 see styles |
yī shuǐ sì jiàn yi1 shui3 si4 jian4 i shui ssu chien issui shiken |
The same water may be viewed in four ways— devas see it as bejewelled land, men as water, hungry ghosts as pus and blood, fish as a place to live in. Cf. 一境四心. |
不作師捲 不作师捲 see styles |
bù zuò shī juǎn bu4 zuo4 shi1 juan3 pu tso shih chüan fusa shiken |
not grasping to the role of teacher (?) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) |
Shiken Haramitsu Daikomyo | 四拳波羅蜜大光明 | shi ken ha ra mitsu dai kou myou shi ken ha ra mitsu dai ko myo |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
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When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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