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miào
    miao4
miao
 myou / myo
    みょう

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Clever / Superb / Wonderful
clever; wonderful
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) strange; weird; odd; curious; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill; (surname) Myō
su, sat, mañju, sūkṣma. Wonderful, beautiful, mystic, supernatural, profound, subtle, mysterious. su means good, excellent, surpassing, beautiful, fine, easy. sat means existing, real, good. mañju means beautiful, lovely, charming. Intp. in Chinese as 不可思議 beyond thought or discussion; 絕待 special, outstanding; 無比 incomparable; 精微深遠 subtle and profound.

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míng
    ming2
ming
 meishuu / meshu
    めいしゅう

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Light / Bright
bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
(1) (ant: 暗) brightness; (2) discernment; insight; an eye (for); (3) (See 明を失う) eyesight; vision; (prefix) (4) (abbreviation) (See 明治) nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (surname) Meishuu
vidyā, knowledge. ming means bright, clear, enlightenment, intp. by 智慧 or 聰明 wisdom, wise; to understand. It represents Buddha-wisdom and its revelation; also the manifestation of a Buddha's light or effulgence; it is a term for 眞言 because the 'true word' can destroy the obscurity of illusion; the 'manifestation' of the power of the object of worship; it means also dhāraṇīs or mantras of mystic wisdom. Also, the Ming dynasty A. D. 1368-1644.

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shén
    shen2
shen
 miwa
    みわ

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Spirit / Spiritual Essence
god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing
(1) spirit; psyche; (2) (See 神・かみ・1) god; deity; divinity; kami; (female given name) Miwa
Inscrutable spiritual powers, or power; a spirit; a deva, god, or divinity; the human spirit; divine, spiritual, supernatural.


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shàn
    shan4
shan
 yuzuri
    ゆずり

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Zen / Chan / Meditation
to abdicate
(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.


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    mi2
mi
 nazo
    なぞ

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Enigma / Puzzle / Riddle
riddle
(1) riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery; (can be adjective with の) (2) enigmatic; mysterious

三昧

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sān mèi
    san1 mei4
san mei
 sanmai
    さんまい

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Samadhi
Samadhi (Buddhist term)
(1) (さんまい only) {Buddh} samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) (san:); (suffix noun) (2) (usu. ざんまい) being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. ざんまい) prone to; apt to; (given name) Sanmai
(三昧地) Samādhi, "putting together, composing the mind, intent contemplation, perfect absorption, union of the meditator with the object of meditation." (M. W.) Also 三摩地 (三摩提, 三摩帝, 三摩底). Interpreted by 定 or 正定, the mind fixed and undisturbed; by 正受 correct sensation of the object contemplated; by 調直定 ordering and fixing the mind; by 正心行處 the condition when the motions of the mind are steadied and harmonized with the object; by 息慮凝心 the cessation of distraction and the fixation of the mind; by 等持 the mind held in equilibrium; by 奢摩他, i.e. 止息 to stay the breathing. It is described as concentration of the mind (upon an object). The aim is 解脫, mukti, deliverance from all the trammels of life, the bondage of the passions and reincarnations. It may pass from abstraction to ecstasy, or rapture, or trance. Dhyāna 定 represents a simpler form of contemplation; samāpatti 三摩鉢底 a stage further advanced; and samādhi the highest stage of the Buddhist equivalent for Yoga, though Yoga is considered by some as a Buddhist development differing from samādhi. The 翻譯名義 says: 思專 when the mind has been concentrated, then 志一不分 the will is undivided; when 想寂 active thought has been put to rest, then 氣虛神朗 the material becomes etherealized and the spirit liberated, on which 智 knowledge, or the power to know, has free course, and there is no mystery into which it cannot probe. Cf. 智度論 5, 20, 23, 28; 止觀 2; 大乘義章 2, 9, 1 3, 20, etc. There are numerous kinds and degrees of samādhi.

幽玄

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yōu xuán
    you1 xuan2
yu hsüan
 yuugen / yugen
    ゆうげん

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Mysterious
(noun or adjectival noun) mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen; (personal name) Yūgen
subtle

日蓮


日莲

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rì lián
    ri4 lian2
jih lien
 nichiren
    にちれん

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Nichiren
(given name) Nichiren; (person) Nichiren (Buddhist priest, 1222-82, founder of the Nichiren sect)
Nichiren, the Japanese founder, in A. D. 1252, of the 日蓮宗 Nichiren sect, which is also known as the 法華宗 or Lotus sect. Its chief tenets are the three great mysteries 三大祕法, representing the trikāya: (1) 本尊 or chief object of worship, being the great maṇḍala of the worlds of the ten directions, or universe, i. e. the body or nirmāṇakāya of Buddha; (2) 題目 the title of the Lotus Sutra 妙法蓮華經 Myo-ho-ren-gwe-kyo, preceded by Namo, or, 'Adoration to the scripture of the lotus of the wonderful law, ' for it is Buddha's spiritual body; (3) 戒壇 the altar of the law, which is also the title of the Lotus as above; the believer, wherever he is, dwells in the Pure-land of calm light 寂光淨土, the saṃbhogakāya.

神奧


神奥

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shén ào
    shen2 ao4
shen ao

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Enigma / Mysterious
mysterious; an enigma

神秘

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shén mì
    shen2 mi4
shen mi
 shinpi
    しんぴ

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Mysterious / Mystery
mysterious; mystery
(n,adj-na,adj-no) mystery; mysteriousness; secret; (female given name) Shinpi

禪宗


禅宗

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chán zōng
    chan2 zong1
ch`an tsung
    chan tsung
 Zenshū

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Zen Buddhism
Zen Buddhism
The Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門.

禪悅


禅悦

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chán yuè
    chan2 yue4
ch`an yüeh
    chan yüeh
 zenetsu
Joy of the mystic trance. 禪悅食 Its mystic nourishing powers.

迷宮


迷宫

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mí gōng
    mi2 gong1
mi kung
 meikyuu / mekyu
    めいきゅう

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Maze
maze; labyrinth
(1) labyrinth; maze; (2) (See 迷宮入り) mystery; (3) {vidg} dungeon

蓮華智


莲华智

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lián huá zhì
    lian2 hua2 zhi4
lien hua chih
 renge chi

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Mystic Lotus Wisdom of Amitabha
The lotus or mystic wisdom of Amitābha, one of the five 智.

眞空妙有

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zhēn kōng miào yǒu
    zhen1 kong1 miao4 you3
chen k`ung miao yu
    chen kung miao yu
 shinkū myōu
The true void is the mysteriously existing; truly void, or immaterial, yet transcendentally existing.

菩提達磨


菩提达磨

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pú tí dá mó
    pu2 ti2 da2 mo2
p`u t`i ta mo
    pu ti ta mo
 bodaidaruma
    ぼだいだるま

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Bodhidharma
{Buddh} (See 達磨・2) Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma, commonly known as Damo, v. 達; reputed as the founder of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitional or Mystic School. His original name is given as 菩提多羅 Bodhitara.

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zhǔ
    zhu3
chu
 mamoru
    まもる
owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
(1) head (of a household, etc.); leader; master; (2) owner; proprietor; proprietress; (3) subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); (4) guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers); long-time resident (or employee, etc.); (5) husband; (pronoun) (6) (familiar language) (See おぬし) you; (given name) Mamoru
Chief, lord, master; to control.

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wàn
    wan4
wan
 manji
    まんじ
swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; (given name) Manji
sauvastika, 塞縛悉底迦; also styled 室利靺瑳 śrīvatsa, lucky sign, Viṣṇu's breast-curl or mark, tr. by 海雲 sea-cloud, or cirrhus. Used as a fancy form of 萬 or 萬; and is also written in a form said to resemble a curl. It is the 4th of the auspicious signs in the footprint of Buddha, and is a mystic diagram of great antiquity. To be distinguished from 卐svastika, the crampons of which turn to the right.

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zhòu
    zhou4
chou
 ju
    じゅ
incantation; magic spell; curse; malediction; to revile; to put a curse on sb
(1) spell; curse; (2) (Buddhist term) dharani; mantra
dhāraṇī 陀羅尼; mantra; an incantation, spell, oath, curse; also a vow with penalties for failure. Mystical, or magical, formulae employed in Yoga. In Lamaism they consist of sets of Tibetan words connected with Sanskrit syllables. In a wider sense dhāraṇī is a treatise with mystical meaning, or explaining it.

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ǎn
    an3
an
 on
    おん
(interjection) oh!; (dialect) to stuff something in one's mouth; (used in buddhist transliterations) om
(interjection) (See オーム) om (ritual chant in Hinduism, etc.); aum
oṃ; auṃ; 'a word of solemn affirmation and respectful assent (sometimes translated by yes, verily, so be it, and in this sense compared with Amen). 'M. W. It is 'the mystic name for the Hindu triad', and has other significations. It was adopted by Buddhists, especially by the Tantric school, as a mystic spell, and as an object of meditation. It forms the first syllable of certain mystical combinations, e. g. 唵?呢叭 061971 吽 oṃ maṇi padme huṃ, which is a formula of the Lamaistic branch, said to be a prayer to Padmapani; each of the six syllables having its own mystic power of salvation from the lower paths of transmigration, etc.; the formula is used in sorcery, auguries, etc.; other forms of it are 唵?呢鉢頭迷吽; 唵麽抳鉢訥銘吽.

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dài
    dai4
tai
 yutaka
    ゆたか
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
(pref,adj-na,n) (1) large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe; (prefix) (2) great; prominent; eminent; distinguished; (suffix) (3) -sized; as big as; the size of; (suffix noun) (4) (abbreviation) (See 大学・1) university; (5) large (e.g. serving size); large option; (6) (abbreviation) (See 大の月) long month (i.e. having 31 days); (given name) Yutaka
Maha. 摩訶; 麼賀. Great, large, big; all pervading, all-embracing; numerous 多; surpassing ; mysterious 妙; beyond comprehension 不可思議; omnipresent 體無不在. The elements, or essential things, i.e. (a) 三大 The three all-pervasive qualities of the 眞如 q.v. : its 體, 相 , 用 substance, form, and functions, v. 起信論 . (b) 四大 The four tanmātra or elements, earth, water, fire, air (or wind) of the 倶舍論. (c)五大 The five, i.e. the last four and space 空, v. 大日經. (d) 六大 The six elements, earth, water, fire, wind, space (or ether), mind 識. Hīnayāna, emphasizing impersonality 人空, considers these six as the elements of all sentient beings; Mahāyāna, emphasizing the unreality of all things 法空, counts them as elements, but fluid in a flowing stream of life, with mind 識 dominant; the esoteric sect emphasizing nonproduction, or non-creation, regards them as universal and as the Absolute in differentiation. (e) 七大 The 楞嚴經 adds 見 perception, to the six above named to cover the perceptions of the six organs 根.


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ào
    ao4
ao
 fukashi
    ふかし
obscure; mysterious
(out-dated kanji) interior; inner part; inside; (surname) Fukashi
[奥] South-west corner where were the lares; retired, quiet; abstruse, mysterious; blended; warm; translit. au.

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guài
    guai4
kuai
 kai
    かい
bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather
mystery; wonder
strange

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chǔ
    chu3
ch`u
    chu
 sho
    しょ
pestle; to poke
(See 金剛杵・こんごうしょ) vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)
pounder

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fàn
    fan4
fan
 bon
    ぼん
abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2]; abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican
(1) Brahman (ultimate reality of the universe in Hinduism); Brahma; (2) Brahma (Hindu creator god); (3) (abbreviation) (See 梵語) Sanskrit; (given name) Bon
Brahman (from roots bṛh, vṛh, connected with bṛṃh, "religious devotion," "prayer," "a sacred text," or mantra, "the mystic syllable om"; "sacred learning," "the religious life," "the Supreme Being regarded as impersonal," "the Absolute," "the priestly or sacerdotal class," etc. M.W. Translit.

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ào
    ao4
ao
 oku
    おく
deep bay; cove; harbor
open sea; (personal name) Oku
The south-west corner of a hall where the lares were kept; secluded, deep, profound, mysterious.

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xuán
    xuan2
hsüan
 fukashi
    ふかし
black; mysterious
(given name) Fukashi
Dark, sombre, black; abstruse, obscure, deep, profound; hence it is used to indicate Daoism, and was afterwards adopted by the Buddhists.

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mi
 hi
    ひ
secret; secretary
(rare) (See 秘中の秘) secret; mystery
spiritual


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yùn
    yun4
yün
hemp; vague; mysterious


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    ze2
tse
mysterious

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suì
    sui4
sui
deep; distant; mysterious

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ē
    e1
o
 hodo
    ほど
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
(1) (See 阿字・あじ) first Sanskrit alphabet letter; (2) (abbreviation) (See 阿弗利加・アフリカ) Africa; (3) (abbreviation) Awa (old province of Japan); (prefix) (4) (familiar language) (archaism) prefixed to names to show intimacy; (surname) Hodo
M077477 羅陀補羅 Anurādhapura, a northern city of Ceylon, at which tradition says Buddhism was introduced into the island; cf. Abhayagiri, 阿跋.; M077477 樓馱 v. 阿那律Aniruddha.; a or ā, अ, आ. It is the first letter of the Sanskrit Siddham alphabet, and is also translit. by 曷, 遏, 安, 頞, 韻, 噁, etc. From it are supposed to be born all the other letters, and it is the first sound uttered by the human mouth. It has therefore numerous mystical indications. Being also a negation it symbolizes the unproduced, the impermanent, the immaterial; but it is employed in many ways indicative of the positive. Amongst other uses it indicates Amitābha, from the first syllable in that name. It is much in use for esoteric purposes.

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yeh
 nue
    ぬえ
a kind of bird similar to pheasant
(1) Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; (2) White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); (3) man of mystery; enigma; (female given name) Nue

三密

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sān mì
    san1 mi4
san mi
 sanmitsu
    さんみつ
{Buddh} three mysteries (Buddha's body, speech and mind)
The three mystic things: the body, mouth (i.e. voice), and mind of the Tathāgata, which are universal, all things being this mystic body, all sound this mystic voice, and all thought this mystic mind. All creatures in body, voice, and mind are only individualized parts of the Tathāgata, but illusion hides their Tathāgata nature from them. The esoterics seek to realize their Tathāgata nature by physical signs and postures, by voicing of 眞言 dhāraṇī and by meditations, so that 入我我入 He may enter me and I Him, which is the perfection of siddhi 悉地; v. 大日經疏 1. 菩提心論.

三界

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sān jiè
    san1 jie4
san chieh
 mikai
    みかい
(1) {Buddh} (See 欲界,色界,無色界) the three realms of existence; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 三千大千世界) the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; (3) {Buddh} (See 三世・さんぜ・1) past, present and future existences; (suffix) (4) far-off ...; distant ...; (surname) Mikai
Trailokya or Triloka; the three realms; also 三有. It is the Buddhist metaphysical equivalent for the Brahmanic cosmological bhuvanatraya, or triple world of bhūr, bhuvaḥ, and svar, earth, atmosphere, and heaven. The Buddhist three are 欲, 色, and 無色界, i.e. world of sensuous desire, form, and formless world of pure spirit. (a) 欲界 Kāmadhātu is the realm of sensuous desire, of 婬 and 食 sex and food; it includes the six heavens of desire, the human world, and the hells. (b) 色界 Rūpadhātu is the realm of form, meaning 質礙 that which is substantial and resistant: it is above the lust-world and contains (so to speak) bodies, palaces, things, all mystic and wonderful一a semi-material conception like that in Revelation; it is represented in the 四禪天, or Brahmalokas. (c) 無色界 Arūpadhātu, or ārūpyadhātu, is the formless realm of pure spirit, where there are no bodies, places, things, at any rate none to which human terms would apply, but where the mind dwells in mystic contemplation; its extent is indefinable, but it is, conceived of in four stages, i,e. 四空處 the four "empty" regions, or regions of space in the immaterial world, which are 四無色 the four "formless" realms, or realms beyond form; being above the realm of form, their bounds cannot be defined. v. 倶舍論世間品.

三金

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sān jīn
    san1 jin1
san chin
 mikane
    みかね
(surname) Mikane
The three metals, gold, silver, copper. The esoterics have (a) earth, water, fire, representing the 身密 mystic body; (b) space and wind, the 語密 mystic mouth or speech; (c) 識 cognition, the 意密 mystic mind.

五法

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wǔ fǎ
    wu3 fa3
wu fa
 gohō
pañcadharma. The five laws or categories, of which four groups are as follows: I. 相名五法 The five categories of form and name: (1) 相 appearances, or phenomena; (2) 名 their names; (3) 分別 sometimes called 妄想 ordinary mental discrimination of them— (1) and (2) are objective, (3) subjective; (4) 正智 corrective wisdom, which corrects the deficiencies and errors of the last: (5) 如如 the 眞如 Bhutatathata or absolute wisdom, reached through the 如理智 understanding of the law of the absolute, or ultimate truth. II. 事理五法 The five categories into which things and their principles are divided: (1) 心法 mind; (2) 心所法 mental conditions or activities; (3) 色法 the actual states or categories as conceived; (4) 不相應法 hypothetic categories, 唯識 has twenty-four, the Abhidharma fourteen; (5) 無爲法 the state of rest, or the inactive principle pervading all things; the first four are the 事 and the last the 理. III. 理智五法 cf. 五智; the five categories of essential wisdom: (1) 眞如 the absolute; (2) 大圓鏡智 wisdom as the great perfect mirror reflecting all things; (3) 平等性智 wisdom of the equal Buddha nature of all beings; (4) 妙觀察智 wisdom of mystic insight into all things and removal of ignorance and doubt; (5) 成所作智 wisdom perfect in action and bringing blessing to self and others. IV. 提婆五法 The five obnoxious rules of Devadatta: not to take milk in any form, nor meat, nor salt; to wear unshaped garments, and to live apart. Another set is: to wear cast-off rags, beg food, have only one set meal a day, dwell in the open, and abstain from all kinds of flesh, milk, etc.

元妙

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yuán miào
    yuan2 miao4
yüan miao
 ganmyō
The original or fundamental marvel or mystery, i. e. the conception of nirvana.

內祕


内祕

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nèi mì
    nei4 mi4
nei mi
 naihi
The inner mystic mind of the bodhisattva, though externally he may appear to be a śrāvaka.

冥通

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míng tōng
    ming2 tong1
ming t`ung
    ming tung
 myōtsū
Mysterious, supernatural, omnipresent power.

呪力

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 juryoku
    じゅりょく
magical power; mystical force

啞謎


哑谜

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yǎ mí
    ya3 mi2
ya mi
puzzle; mystery

圓妙


圆妙

see styles
yuán miào
    yuan2 miao4
yüan miao
 enmyō
The mystery of the 'perfect' school, i.e. the complete harmony of 空假中 noumenon, phenomenon, and the middle way.

大教

see styles
dà jiào
    da4 jiao4
ta chiao
 daikyō
The great teaching. (1) That of the Buddha. (2) Tantrayāna. The mahātantra, yoga, yogacarya, or tantra school which claims Samantabhadra as its founder. It aims at ecstatic union of the individual soul with the world soul, Iśvara. From this result the eight great powers of Siddhi (aṣṭa-mahāsiddhi), namely, ability to (1) make one's body lighter (laghiman); (2) heavier (gaiman); (3) smaller (aṇiman); (4) larger (mahiman) than anything in the world ; (5) reach any place (prāpti) ; (6) assume any shape (prākāmya) ; (7) control all natural laws (īśitva) ; (8) make everything depend upon oneself; all at will (v.如意身 and 神足). By means of mystic formulas (Tantras or dhāraṇīs), or spells (mantras), accompanied by music and manipulation of the hands (mūdra), a state of mental fixity characterized neither by thought nor the annihilation of thought, can be reached. This consists of six-fold bodily and mental happiness (yoga), and from this results power to work miracles. Asaṅga compiled his mystic doctrines circa A.D. 500. The system was introduced into China A.D. 647 by Xuanzang's translation of the Yogācārya-bhūmi-śāstra 瑜伽師地論 ; v. 瑜. On the basis of this, Amoghavajra established the Chinese branch of the school A.D. 720 ; v. 阿目. This was popularized by the labours of Vajrabodhi A.D. 732 ; v. 金剛智.

天機


天机

see styles
tiān jī
    tian1 ji1
t`ien chi
    tien chi
 tenki
    てんき
mystery known only to heaven (archaic); inscrutable twist of fate; fig. top secret
(1) secret of nature; profound secret; (2) disposition; character; nature; (3) emperor's health; emperor's well-being
Natural capacity; the nature bestowed by Heaven.

奇妙

see styles
qí miào
    qi2 miao4
ch`i miao
    chi miao
 kimyou / kimyo
    きみょう
wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange
(noun or adjectival noun) strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
Beautiful, or wonderful beyond compare.

奇幻

see styles
qí huàn
    qi2 huan4
ch`i huan
    chi huan
 kigen
    きげん
fantasy (fiction)
(noun or adjectival noun) (archaism) strange; mysterious

奇怪

see styles
qí guài
    qi2 guai4
ch`i kuai
    chi kuai
 kikkai
    きっかい
    kikai
    きかい
strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled
(noun or adjectival noun) strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

奇木

see styles
 kiboku
    きぼく
unusual tree; strange tree; mysterious tree

奇譚


奇谭

see styles
qí tán
    qi2 tan2
ch`i t`an
    chi tan
 kitan
    きたん
variant of 奇談|奇谈[qi2 tan2]
mysterious story

奥義

see styles
 ougi; okugi / ogi; okugi
    おうぎ; おくぎ
secret techniques; inner mysteries; esoterica; hidden purpose; quintessence (of art, skill)

奧妙


奥妙

see styles
ào miào
    ao4 miao4
ao miao
marvelous; mysterious; profound; marvel; wonder
See: 奥妙

奧祕


奥秘

see styles
ào mì
    ao4 mi4
ao mi
secret; mystery

奧迹


奥迹

see styles
ào jì
    ao4 ji4
ao chi
Holy mystery; Holy sacrament (of Orthodox church)

妖異

see styles
 youi / yoi
    ようい
mysterious occurrence

妙法

see styles
miào fǎ
    miao4 fa3
miao fa
 myouhou / myoho
    みょうほう
brilliant plan; ingenious method; perfect solution
(1) mysteries; excellent methods; (2) {Buddh} marvelous law of Buddha; Saddharma; (3) {Buddh} (See 妙法蓮華経) Lotus Sutra; teachings of the Lotus Sutra; (g,p) Myōhou
saddharma, 薩達摩 (薩達刺摩) The wonderful law or truth (of the Lotus Sutra).

妙無


妙无

see styles
miào wú
    miao4 wu2
miao wu
 myōmu
asat, the mystery of non-existence.

妙用

see styles
miào yòng
    miao4 yong4
miao yung
 myouyou / myoyo
    みょうよう
to use (something) in an ingenious way; marvelously effective use
mysterious influence; mysterious effect
marvelous function

幻怪

see styles
 genkai
    げんかい
(noun or adjectival noun) strange or mysterious and troubling

幻獣

see styles
 genjuu / genju
    げんじゅう
cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast

幽微

see styles
yōu wēi
    you1 wei1
yu wei
 yuubi / yubi
    ゆうび
faint; subtle (of sound, scent etc); profound; mysterious; dim
(adjectival noun) dim; indistinct

微妙

see styles
wēi miào
    wei1 miao4
wei miao
 mimyou / mimyo
    みみょう
subtle
(noun or adjectival noun) (obsolete) unspeakably wonderful; sublime; exquisite; marvelous
Abstruse, recondite, mysterious.

微密

see styles
wēi mì
    wei1 mi4
wei mi
 mimitsu
Mysterious, secret, occult.

心佛

see styles
xīn fó
    xin1 fo2
hsin fo
 shinbutsu
The Buddha within the heart: from mind is Buddha hood: the Buddha revealed in or to the mind; the mind is Buddha. 心佛及衆生, 是三無差別 The mind, Buddha, and all the living — there is no difference between the three. i. e. all are of the same order. This is an important doctrine of the 華嚴經 Huayan sutra, cf. its 夜摩天宮品; by Tiantai it is called 三法妙 the mystery of the three things.

志怪

see styles
zhì guài
    zhi4 guai4
chih kuai
to write about mysterious or supernatural things

怪事

see styles
guài shì
    guai4 shi4
kuai shih
 kaiji
    かいじ
strange thing; curious occurrence
mystery; strange event; mysterious affair

怪人

see styles
guài rén
    guai4 ren2
kuai jen
 kaijin
    かいじん
strange person; eccentric
mysterious person

怪光

see styles
 kaikou / kaiko
    かいこう
mysterious light

怪奇

see styles
 kaiki
    かいき
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) bizarre; strange; weird; mysterious; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) grotesque

怪木

see styles
 kaiboku
    かいぼく
(rare) strange tree; mysterious tree

怪死

see styles
 kaishi
    かいし
(n,vs,vi) mysterious death

怪火

see styles
 kaika
    かいか
(1) (See 不審火) fire of suspicious origin; suspected arson; mysterious fire; (2) will-o'-the-wisp

怪異


怪异

see styles
guài yì
    guai4 yi4
kuai i
 kaii / kai
    かいい
monstrous; strange; strange phenomenon
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) mystery; curiosity; strangeness; monstrosity; (2) ghost; monster; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; goblin

怪盗

see styles
 kaitou / kaito
    かいとう
mysterious thief; phantom thief

怪祕


怪秘

see styles
guài mì
    guai4 mi4
kuai mi
strange; mystic

怪音

see styles
 kaion
    かいおん
strange noise; mysterious sound

怪魚

see styles
 kaigyo
    かいぎょ
mysterious fish; strange fish

懸曠


悬旷

see styles
xuán kuàng
    xuan2 kuang4
hsüan k`uang
    hsüan kuang
 genkō
Hanging and widespread, e.g. sun and sky, the mystery and extensiveness (or all-embracing character of buddha-truth).

手印

see styles
shǒu yìn
    shou3 yin4
shou yin
 shuin
handprint; fingerprint; thumbprint
mūdra, mystic positions of the hand; signet-rings, seals; finger-prints.

探祕


探秘

see styles
tàn mì
    tan4 mi4
t`an mi
    tan mi
to explore a mystery; to probe the unknown

推理

see styles
tuī lǐ
    tui1 li3
t`ui li
    tui li
 suiri
    すいり
reasoning; inference; to infer; to deduce
(noun, transitive verb) (1) reasoning; inference; deduction; (2) (See 推理小説) mystery genre; detective genre

明利

see styles
míng lì
    ming2 li4
ming li
 meiri / meri
    めいり
(surname) Meiri
Clear and keen (to penetrate all mystery).

明妃

see styles
míng fēi
    ming2 fei1
ming fei
 myōhi
Another name for dhāraṇī as the queen of mystic knowledge and able to overcome all evil. Also the female consorts shown in the maṇḍalas.

智力

see styles
zhì lì
    zhi4 li4
chih li
 chiriki
    ちりき
intelligence; intellect
(noun - becomes adjective with の) wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains; (given name) Chiriki
Knowledge and supernatural power; power of knowledge; the efficient use of mystic knowledge.

智城

see styles
zhì chéng
    zhi4 cheng2
chih ch`eng
    chih cheng
 tomoki
    ともき
(personal name) Tomoki
The city of mystic wisdom, Buddhahood.

智妙

see styles
zhì miào
    zhi4 miao4
chih miao
 chimyō
Mystic knowledge (which reveals spiritual realities).

智斷


智断

see styles
zhì duàn
    zhi4 duan4
chih tuan
 chidan
Mystic wisdom which attains absolute truth, and cuts off misery.

極妙


极妙

see styles
jí miào
    ji2 miao4
chi miao
 gokumyō
Of utmost beauty, wonder, or mystery.

極意

see styles
 gokui
    ごくい
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart; (surname) Gokui

正体

see styles
 shoutai / shotai
    しょうたい
(1) true character; true form; true colors; identity; truth (of a mystery, phenomenon, etc.); origin; (2) consciousness; one's senses

江に

see styles
 eni
    えに
(ateji / phonetic) (1) fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); (2) relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection; (3) family ties; affinity

法相

see styles
fǎ xiàng
    fa3 xiang4
fa hsiang
 hossou / hosso
    ほっそう
(1) {Buddh} (See 法性) dharmalaksana (dharma characteristics, the specific characteristics of all manifest phenomena); (2) (abbreviation) (See 法相宗) Hosso sect of Buddhism
The aspects of characteristics of things-all things are of monad nature but differ in form. A name of the 法相宗 Faxiang or Dharmalakṣaṇa sect (Jap. Hossō), called also 慈恩宗 Cien sect from the Tang temple, in which lived 窺基 Kuiji, known also as 慈恩. It "aims at discovering the ultimate entity of cosmic existence n contemplation, through investigation into the specific characteristics (the marks or criteria) of all existence, and through the realization of the fundamental nature of the soul in mystic illumination". "An inexhaustible number" of "seeds" are "stored up in the Ālaya-soul; they manifest themselves in innumerable varieties of existence, both physical and mental". "Though there are infinite varieties. . . they all participate in the prime nature of the ālaya." Anesaki. The Faxiang School is one of the "eight schools", and was established in China on the return of Xuanzang, consequent on his translation of the Yogācārya works. Its aim is to understand the principle underlying the 萬法性相 or nature and characteristics of all things. Its foundation works are the 解深密經, the 唯識論, and the 瑜伽論. It is one of the Mahāyāna realistic schools, opposed by the idealistic schools, e.g. the 三論 school; yet it was a "combination of realism and idealism, and its religion a profoundly mystic one". Anesaki.

浩妙

see styles
hào miào
    hao4 miao4
hao miao
 kōmyō
Vast and mysterious.

深奥

see styles
shēn ào
    shen1 ao4
shen ao
 shinou / shino
    しんおう
(1) depths (of an art, one's mind, etc.); heart; inner mysteries; (adjectival noun) (2) profound; deep; esoteric; abstruse
深妙; 深密; 深秘 Deep, profound, abstruse.

灌頂


灌顶

see styles
guàn dǐng
    guan4 ding3
kuan ting
 kanjou; kanchou / kanjo; kancho
    かんじょう; かんちょう
(1) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; (2) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); (3) {Buddh} pouring water onto a gravestone; (4) teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
abhiṣecana; mūrdhābhiṣikta; inauguration or consecration by sprinkling, or pouring water on the head; an Indian custom on the investiture of a king, whose head was baptized with water from the four seas and from the rivers in his domain; in China it is administered as a Buddhist rite chiefly to high personages, and for ordination purposes. Amongst the esoterics it is a rite especially administered to their disciples; and they have several categories of baptism, e.g. that of ordinary disciples, of teacher, or preacher, of leader, of office-bearer; also for special causes such as relief from calamity, preparation for the next life, etc.

照寂

see styles
zhào jí
    zhao4 ji2
chao chi
 shōjaku
The shining mystic purity of Buddha, or the bhūtatathatā.

玄奧


玄奥

see styles
xuán ào
    xuan2 ao4
hsüan ao
abstruse; profound mystery; the mysteries of the universe
See: 玄奥

玄妙

see styles
xuán miào
    xuan2 miao4
hsüan miao
 genmyou / genmyo
    げんみょう
mysterious; profound; abstruse
(noun or adjectival noun) abstruse; occult; mysterious; (given name) Genmyou
subtle

玄機


玄机

see styles
xuán jī
    xuan2 ji1
hsüan chi
 genki
    げんき
profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles
(personal name) Genki

玄秘

see styles
xuán mì
    xuan2 mi4
hsüan mi
mystery; mysterious; occult; abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious)

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