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般涅槃 see styles |
bān niè pán ban1 nie4 pan2 pan nieh p`an pan nieh pan hatsunehan はつねはん |
{Buddh} parinirvana; final release from the cycle of karma and rebirth (般涅槃那) parinirvāṇa; 'quite extinguished, quite brought to an end; the final extinction of the individual.' M. W. The death of the Buddha. Nirvana may be attained in this life, parinirvāṇa after it; for the meaning of 'extinction' v. 涅槃. It may also correspond to the suppression of all mental activity. It is also the second of the three grades of nirvana, parinirvāṇa, and mahānirvāṇa, which are later developments and have association with the ideas of Hīnayāna, Madhyamayāna, and Mahāyāna, or the small, middle, and great vehicles; also with the three grades of bodhi which these three vehicles represent; and the three classes of śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas. Other forms are:般利涅槃那; 波利涅槃那; 般尼洹. |
葛哩麻 see styles |
gé lī má ge2 li1 ma2 ko li ma karima |
karma, v. 業. |
虫封じ see styles |
mushifuuji / mushifuji むしふうじ |
incantation to rid a child of insects traditionally believed to cause disease; charm to cure colic, tantrums, etc. |
衛道士 卫道士 see styles |
wèi dào shì wei4 dao4 shi4 wei tao shih |
traditionalist; moralist; champion (of a cause) |
觀因果 观因果 see styles |
guān yīn guǒ guan1 yin1 guo3 kuan yin kuo kan inga |
to scrutinize cause and effect |
觀待因 观待因 see styles |
guān dài yīn guan1 dai4 yin1 kuan tai yin kandai in |
expectation as cause |
觸霉頭 触霉头 see styles |
chù méi tóu chu4 mei2 tou2 ch`u mei t`ou chu mei tou |
to cause something unfortunate to happen (to oneself or sb else); to do something inauspicious; to have a stroke of bad luck |
誘い水 see styles |
sasoimizu さそいみず |
(1) pump priming; (2) cause; impetus; spark; trigger; stimulus; incentive |
謂われ see styles |
iware いわれ |
(1) reason; cause; (2) history; origin |
貪習因 贪习因 see styles |
tān xí yīn tan1 xi2 yin1 t`an hsi yin tan hsi yin tonshū in |
Habitual cupidity leading to punishment in the cold hells, one of the 十因. |
貶める see styles |
otoshimeru おとしめる |
(transitive verb) (1) to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; (transitive verb) (2) to cause to fall; to make decline |
賑わす see styles |
nigiwasu にぎわす |
(transitive verb) (1) to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to hit (the front page, headlines, etc.); (transitive verb) (2) to make prosperous |
質料因 see styles |
shitsuryouin / shitsuryoin しつりょういん |
{phil} (See 目的因,形相因,作用因) material cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?") |
起こす see styles |
okosu おこす |
(transitive verb) (1) to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; (2) to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken; (3) to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce; (4) to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open; (5) to plough; to plow; to till; (6) to fall ill with; (7) to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken); (8) to turn over (a card) |
起こり see styles |
okori おこり |
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis |
起作用 see styles |
qǐ zuò yòng qi3 zuo4 yong4 ch`i tso yung chi tso yung |
to have an effect; to play a role; to be operative; to work; to function |
起尸鬼 see styles |
qǐ shī guǐ qi3 shi1 gui3 ch`i shih kuei chi shih kuei kishiki |
To resurrect a corpse by demoniacal influence and cause it to kill another person; v. 毘 vetāla; 起死人 is similar, i.e. to raise the newly dead to slay an enemy. |
起業相 起业相 see styles |
qǐ yè xiàng qi3 ye4 xiang4 ch`i yeh hsiang chi yeh hsiang kigossō |
[coarse] mark of producing karma |
身表業 身表业 see styles |
shēn biǎo yè shen1 biao3 ye4 shen piao yeh shinhyō gō |
manifest bodily karma |
転向者 see styles |
tenkousha / tenkosha てんこうしゃ |
convert (e.g. to a cause) |
逆作用 see styles |
gyakusayou / gyakusayo ぎゃくさよう |
reaction; adverse effect |
逆効果 see styles |
gyakukouka(p); gyakkouka / gyakukoka(p); gyakkoka ぎゃくこうか(P); ぎゃっこうか |
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring |
酒やけ see styles |
sakeyake さけやけ |
feeling of a throat burned by alcohol; effect of alcohol on the voice |
金剛界 金刚界 see styles |
jīn gāng jiè jin1 gang1 jie4 chin kang chieh kongoukai / kongokai こんごうかい |
(1) {Buddh} (See 胎蔵界・たいぞうかい・1) Vajradhatu; Diamond Realm; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 金剛界曼荼羅・こんごうかいまんだら) Vajradathu Mandala; Diamond Realm Mandala vajradhātu, 金界 The 'diamond', or vajra, element of the universe; it is the 智 wisdom of Vairocana in its indestructibility and activity; it arises from the garbhadhātu 胎藏界q.v., the womb or store of the Vairocana 理 reason or principles of such wisdom, v. 理智. The two, garbhadhātu and vajradhātu, are shown by the esoteric school, especially in the Japanese Shingon, in two maṇḍalas, i.e. groups or circles, representing in various portrayals the ideas arising from the two, fundamental concepts. vajradhātu is intp. as the 智 realm of intellection, and garbhadhātu as the 理 substance underlying it, or the matrix; the latter is the womb or fundamental reason of all things, and occupies the eastern position as 'cause' of the vajradhātu, which is on the west as the resultant intellectual or spiritual expression. But both are one as are Reason and Wisdom, and Vairocana (the illuminator, the 大日 great sun) presides over both, as source and supply. The vajradhātu represents the spiritual world of complete enlightenment, the esoteric dharmakāya doctrine as contrasted with the exoteric nirmāṇakāya doctrine. It is the sixth element 識 mind, and is symbolized by a triangle with the point downwards and by the full moon, which represents 智 wisdom or understanding; it corresponds to 果 fruit, or effect, garbhadhātu being 因 or cause. The 金剛王五部 or five divisions of the vajradhātu are represented by the Five dhyāni-buddhas, thus: centre 大日Vairocana; east 阿閦 Akṣobhya; south 寶生Ratnasambhava; west 阿彌陀 Amitābha; north 不 空 成就 Amoghasiddhi, or Śākyamuni. They are seated respectively on a lion, an elephant, a horse, a peacock, and a garuda. v. 五佛; also 胎. |
金看板 see styles |
kinkanban きんかんばん |
signboard with gold or gilt lettering; slogan; noble cause |
銷する see styles |
shousuru / shosuru しょうする |
(vs-s,vi) (1) to disappear; (vs-s,vt) (2) to cause to disappear; to get rid of; (3) (of time) to pass; to while away |
阿羅漢 阿罗汉 see styles |
ā luó hàn a1 luo2 han4 a lo han arakan あらかん |
arhat (Sanskrit); a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism) {Buddh} arhat arhan, arhat, lohan; worthy, venerable; an enlightened, saintly man; the highest type or ideal saint in Hīnayāna in contrast with the bodhisattva as the saint in Mahāyāna; intp. as 應供worthy of worship, or respect; intp. as 殺賊 arihat, arihan, slayer of the enemy, i.e. of mortality; for the arhat enters nirvana 不生 not to be reborn, having destroyed the karma of reincarnation; he is also in the stage of 不學 no longer learning, having attained. Also 羅漢; 阿盧漢; 阿羅訶 or 阿羅呵; 阿梨呵 (or 阿黎呵); 羅呵, etc.; cf. 阿夷; 阿畧. |
阿陀那 see styles |
ā tuó nà a1 tuo2 na4 a t`o na a to na adana |
ādāna, intp. by 執持 holding on to, maintaining; holding together the karma, good or evil, maintaining the sentient organism, or the germ in the seed or plant. It is another name for the ālaya-vijñāna, and is known as the 阿陀那識 ādānavijñāna. |
集法忍 see styles |
jí fǎ rěn ji2 fa3 ren3 chi fa jen shū hōnin |
the recognition [tolerance] of the truth of the cause of suffering |
集諦因 集谛因 see styles |
jí dì yīn ji2 di4 yin1 chi ti yin shūtai in |
cause[s] of the truth of suffering |
離繫果 离系果 see styles |
lí xì guǒ li2 xi4 guo3 li hsi kuo rike ka |
cessational effect |
零點能 零点能 see styles |
líng diǎn néng ling2 dian3 neng2 ling tien neng |
zero-point energy (quantum mechanical vacuum effect) |
順後業 see styles |
jungogou / jungogo じゅんごごう |
{Buddh} prarabdha karma; karma whose cause is in the present life but whose effect comes in the life after the next life or later |
順次業 see styles |
junjigou / junjigo じゅんじごう |
{Buddh} (See 順生業) sancita karma; karma whose cause is in the present life but whose effect is in the next life |
順現業 see styles |
jungengou / jungengo じゅんげんごう |
{Buddh} agami karma; karma with a cause and effect in this life |
順生業 see styles |
junshougou / junshogo じゅんしょうごう |
{Buddh} sancita karma; karma whose cause is in the present life but whose effect is in the next life |
騒がす see styles |
sawagasu さわがす |
(transitive verb) to annoy; to cause trouble |
鬧糊糊 闹糊糊 see styles |
nào hú hu nao4 hu2 hu5 nao hu hu |
to cause trouble |
黑白業 see styles |
hēi bái yè hei1 bai2 ye4 hei pai yeh |
evil karma and good karma |
齊業身 齐业身 see styles |
qí yè shēn qi2 ye4 shen1 ch`i yeh shen chi yeh shen |
The final body which brings to an end all former karma. |
カルマン see styles |
karuman カルマン |
(personal name) Calman; Kalman; Karma'n; Karman; Kullmann |
かんの虫 see styles |
kannomushi かんのむし |
(1) convulsions (in a child); nervousness; short-temperedness; (2) bug thought to cause children's diseases |
じゅるり see styles |
jururi じゅるり |
(adverb taking the "to" particle) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food) |
しわ加工 see styles |
shiwakakou / shiwakako しわかこう |
crease effect (textiles); crease process; wrinkle effect |
たらしむ see styles |
tarashimu たらしむ |
(aux-v,v2m-s) (archaism) (See たらしめる) to make; to make something what it should be; to cause to be |
でもって see styles |
demotte でもって |
(particle) (more emphatic than で) (See で・3) indicates means of action; cause of effect; by |
ぬかに釘 see styles |
nukanikugi ぬかにくぎ |
(expression) having no effect; waste of effort |
はね返る see styles |
hanekaeru はねかえる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to rebound; to recoil; to spring back up; to bounce back; (2) to splash; (3) to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect |
はやし詞 see styles |
hayashikotoba はやしことば |
meaningless words added a song for rhythmical effect; words or utterances added to modulate the cadence of a song |
マイナス see styles |
mainasu マイナス |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (ant: プラス・1) minus; subtraction; taking away; (adj-no,n) (2) negative (number); (3) deficit; loss; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) disadvantage; drawback; handicap; (5) negative charge; cathode; negative terminal; negative pole; (6) minus sign; negative sign; (adj-no,n) (7) negative (image, effect, thinking, etc.); bad; (adj-no,n) (8) negative (test result) |
一因一果 see styles |
yī yīn yī guǒ yi1 yin1 yi1 guo3 i yin i kuo ichi in ikka |
same cause, same effect |
一念業成 一念业成 see styles |
yī niàn yè chéng yi1 nian4 ye4 cheng2 i nien yeh ch`eng i nien yeh cheng ichinen gō jō |
At one thought the work completed; karma complete in one thought. One repetition, or sincere thought of or faith in Amitābha's vow, and entrance into the Pure Land is assured. |
七不可避 see styles |
qī bù kě bì qi1 bu4 ke3 bi4 ch`i pu k`o pi chi pu ko pi shichi fukahi |
The seven unavoidables— rebirth, old age, sickness, death, punishment (for sin), happiness (for goodness), consequences (cause and effect 因緣). |
七種無上 七种无上 see styles |
qī zhǒng wú shàng qi1 zhong3 wu2 shang4 ch`i chung wu shang chi chung wu shang shichi shumujō |
The seven peerless qualities of a Buddha:―his body 身 with its thirty-two signs and eighty-four marks; his way 道 of universal mercy; his perfect insight or doctrine 見; his wisdom 智; his supernatural power 神 力; his ability to overcome hindrances 斷障, e.g. illusion, karma, and suffering; and his abiding place 住 i.e. Nirvana. Cf. 七勝事. |
三因三果 see styles |
sān yīn sān guǒ san1 yin1 san1 guo3 san yin san kuo san'in sanka |
The three causes produce their three effects: (1) 異熟因異熟果 differently ripening causes produce differently ripening effects, i.e. every developed cause produces its developed effect, especially the effect of the present causes in the next transmigration; (2) 福因福報 blessed deeds produce blessed rewards, now and hereafter; (3) 智因智果 wisdom (now) produces wisdom-fruit (hereafter). |
三種慈悲 三种慈悲 see styles |
sān zhǒng cí bēi san1 zhong3 ci2 bei1 san chung tz`u pei san chung tzu pei sanshu jihi |
(or 三種緣慈) The three reasons of bodhisattva's pity — because all beings are like helpless infants; because of his knowledge of all laws and their consequences; without external cause, i.e. because of his own nature. |
三種淨業 三种淨业 see styles |
sān zhǒng jìng yè san1 zhong3 jing4 ye4 san chung ching yeh sanshu jōgō |
The threefold way of obtaining pure karma, idem 三福. |
三顧茅廬 三顾茅庐 see styles |
sān gù máo lú san1 gu4 mao2 lu2 san ku mao lu |
lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times); fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb |
不安材料 see styles |
fuanzairyou / fuanzairyo ふあんざいりょう |
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness |
不定受業 不定受业 see styles |
bù dìng shòu yè bu4 ding4 shou4 ye4 pu ting shou yeh fujō jugō |
One of the 'four karma' — aniyata or indefinite karma; opposite of 定業. |
不平等業 不平等业 see styles |
bù píng děng yè bu4 ping2 deng3 ye4 pu p`ing teng yeh pu ping teng yeh fu byōdō gō |
unequal karma |
不昧因果 see styles |
bù mèi yīn guǒ bu4 mei4 yin1 guo3 pu mei yin kuo fumai inga |
not ignoring the law of cause and effect |
不無因生 不无因生 see styles |
bù wú yīn shēng bu4 wu2 yin1 sheng1 pu wu yin sheng fumuinshō |
nothing is produced without cause |
不落因果 see styles |
bù luò yīn guǒ bu4 luo4 yin1 guo3 pu lo yin kuo furaku inga |
not falling under the law of cause and effect |
不足為慮 不足为虑 see styles |
bù zú wéi lǜ bu4 zu2 wei2 lu:4 pu tsu wei lü |
to give no cause for anxiety; nothing to worry about |
主治効能 see styles |
shujikounou / shujikono しゅじこうのう |
chief effect (of a medicine) |
乗数効果 see styles |
jousuukouka / josukoka じょうすうこうか |
{econ} multiplier effect |
九品行業 九品行业 see styles |
jiǔ pǐn xíng yè jiu3 pin3 xing2 ye4 chiu p`in hsing yeh chiu pin hsing yeh kuhon gyōgō |
The nine karma to be attained by the conduct or practice through which one may be born into the above Pure Land. |
九因一果 see styles |
jiǔ yīn yī guǒ jiu3 yin1 yi1 guo3 chiu yin i kuo kuin ikka |
Nine of the 十界 ten dhātu or regions are causative, the tenth is the effect or resultant. |
了因佛性 see styles |
liǎo yīn fó xìng liao3 yin1 fo2 xing4 liao yin fo hsing ryōin busshō |
The second of the three Buddha-nature "causes", i.e. 正因佛性 is the 眞如 as direct cause of attaining the perfect Buddha-nature, associated with the 法身; 了因佛性 is the revealing or enlightening cause, associated with the Buddha-wisdom; 緣因佛性 is the environing cause, e.g. his goodness and merits which result in deliverance, or salvation. |
予人口實 予人口实 see styles |
yǔ rén kǒu shí yu3 ren2 kou3 shi2 yü jen k`ou shih yü jen kou shih |
to give cause for gossip |
事故原因 see styles |
jikogenin じこげんいん |
source, cause of an accident |
二種因果 二种因果 see styles |
èr zhǒng yīn guǒ er4 zhong3 yin1 guo3 erh chung yin kuo nishuinka |
Two aspects of cause and effect, a division of the 四諦 "four noble truths" (a) 世間因果 in the present life, the 苦諦 being the effect, and the 集諦 the cause; (b) 出世間因果 in the future life, the 滅諦, extinction (of passion, or mortality) being the fruit, and the 道諦 the " eightfold noble path " the cause. |
二種涅槃 二种涅槃 see styles |
èr zhǒng niè pán er4 zhong3 nie4 pan2 erh chung nieh p`an erh chung nieh pan nishu nehan |
Two nirvanas: (1) 有餘涅槃 also 有餘依 That with a remnant; the cause 因 has been annihilated, but the remnant of the effect 果 still remains, so that a saint may enter this nirvana during life, but have to continue to live in this mortal realm till the death of his body. (2) 無餘涅槃 or 無餘依 Remnantless nirvāṇa, without cause and effect, the connection with the chain of mortal life being ended, so that the saint enters upon perfect nirvāṇa on the death of the body; cf. 智度論 31. Another definition is that Hīnayāna has further transmigration, while Mahāyāna maintains final nirvana. "Nothing remnaining" is differently interpreted in different schools, by some literally, but in Mahāyāna generally, as meaning no further mortal suffering, i.e. final nirvāṇa. |
互為因果 互为因果 see styles |
hù wéi yīn guǒ hu4 wei2 yin1 guo3 hu wei yin kuo |
mutually related karma (idiom); fates are intertwined; interdependent |
五周因果 see styles |
wǔ zhōu yīn guǒ wu3 zhou1 yin1 guo3 wu chou yin kuo goshū inka |
The five circuits or areas of cause and effect, i. e. the five main subjects of the Huayan sutra. |
五無間業 五无间业 see styles |
wǔ wú jiān yè wu3 wu2 jian1 ye4 wu wu chien yeh gomukengou / gomukengo ごむけんごう |
{Buddh} five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha) or 五無間罪 The five karma, or sins, leading to the avīci hell v. 五逆 and 五無間. |
五種比量 五种比量 see styles |
wǔ zhǒng bǐ liáng wu3 zhong3 bi3 liang2 wu chung pi liang goshu hiryō |
The five inferences in (Indian) logic: (1) 相比量 from appearance, e. g. fire from smoke; (2) 體比量 from the corporeal, e. g. two or more things from one; (3) 業比量 from action, e. g. the animal from its footmark; (4) 法比量 from recognized law, old age from birth; (5) 因果比量 from cause and effect, that a traveler has a destination. |
仕掛け物 see styles |
shikakemono しかけもの |
implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.) |
他生の縁 see styles |
tashounoen / tashonoen たしょうのえん |
karma from a previous existence |
付随現象 see styles |
fuzuigenshou / fuzuigensho ふずいげんしょう |
side effect; concomitant |
代替効果 see styles |
daitaikouka / daitaikoka だいたいこうか |
substitution effect |
令修善根 see styles |
lìng xiū shàn gēn ling4 xiu1 shan4 gen1 ling hsiu shan ken ryōshu zenkon |
cause them to cultivate good roots |
令入涅槃 see styles |
lìng rù niè pán ling4 ru4 nie4 pan2 ling ju nieh p`an ling ju nieh pan ryōnyū nehan |
to cause to enter nirvāṇa |
令其捨離 令其舍离 see styles |
lìng qí shě lí ling4 qi2 she3 li2 ling ch`i she li ling chi she li ryō ki shari |
cause them to abandon |
令其趣入 see styles |
lìng qí qù rù ling4 qi2 qu4 ru4 ling ch`i ch`ü ju ling chi chü ju ryōki shunyū |
cause them to enter into |
令得究竟 see styles |
lìng dé jiū jìng ling4 de2 jiu1 jing4 ling te chiu ching ryōtoku kukyō |
to cause [them] to attain the ultimate realization |
令得解脫 令得解脱 see styles |
lìng dé jiě tuō ling4 de2 jie3 tuo1 ling te chieh t`o ling te chieh to ryōtoku gedatsu |
cause to attain liberation |
令心厭怖 令心厌怖 see styles |
lìng xīn yàn bù ling4 xin1 yan4 bu4 ling hsin yen pu ryōshi nenfu |
to cause distress |
令憶念者 令忆念者 see styles |
lìng yì niàn zhě ling4 yi4 nian4 zhe3 ling i nien che ryō okunen sha |
those who cause to remember |
以身許國 以身许国 see styles |
yǐ shēn xǔ guó yi3 shen1 xu3 guo2 i shen hsü kuo |
to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom) |
位置效應 位置效应 see styles |
wèi zhì xiào yìng wei4 zhi4 xiao4 ying4 wei chih hsiao ying |
position effect |
佛性正因 see styles |
fó xìng zhèng yīn fo2 xing4 zheng4 yin1 fo hsing cheng yin busshō shōin |
buddha-nature of direct cause |
依存効果 see styles |
isonkouka / isonkoka いそんこうか |
dependence effect |
価格効果 see styles |
kakakukouka / kakakukoka かかくこうか |
price effect |
倒果為因 倒果为因 see styles |
dào guǒ wéi yīn dao4 guo3 wei2 yin1 tao kuo wei yin |
to reverse cause and effect; to put the horse before the cart |
偽薬効果 see styles |
giyakukouka / giyakukoka ぎやくこうか |
(See プラシーボ効果・プラシーボこうか) placebo effect |
先業後果 先业后果 see styles |
xiān yè hòu guǒ xian1 ye4 hou4 guo3 hsien yeh hou kuo sengō goka |
prior action (karma) and subsequent effect |
光化作用 see styles |
guāng huà zuò yòng guang1 hua4 zuo4 yong4 kuang hua tso yung |
photochemical effect; photosynthesis; photolysis |
光背効果 see styles |
kouhaikouka / kohaikoka こうはいこうか |
(See ハロー効果) halo effect |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Karma - Cause and Effect" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
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