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事迹

see styles
shì jī
    shi4 ji1
shih chi
 jishaku
    じせき
evidence; trace; vestige
Traces of the deeds or life of an individual; biography.

二上

see styles
èr shàng
    er4 shang4
erh shang
 futagami
    ふたがみ
(place-name, surname) Futagami
the second one (or) a superior one

二世

see styles
èr shì
    er4 shi4
erh shih
 futase
    ふたせ
the Second (of numbered kings); second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
{Buddh} two existences; the present and the future; (female given name) Futase
This life and the hereafter.

二乘

see styles
èr shèng
    er4 sheng4
erh sheng
 nijō
dviyāna. The two vehicles conveying to the final goal. There are several definitions: (1) Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna. (2) 聲聞 and 緣覺 or 聲覺二乘 . Śrāvaka and Pratyekabuddha. (3) 二乘作佛 The Lotus Sūtra teaches that śrāvakas and pratyekas also become Buddhas. (4) 三一二乘 The "two vehicles" of "three" and "one", the three being the pre-Lotus ideas of śrāvaka, pratyeka, and bodhsattva, the one being the doctrine of the Lotus Sūtra which combined all three in one.

二修

see styles
èr xiū
    er4 xiu1
erh hsiu
 niś hu
Two kinds of devotion or practice, 專修 and 雜修 sole or single-minded, and miscellaneous or varied, defined as (1) chief or sole duty, and (2) aids thereto or adjunctive observances. Also 緣修 causative devotion of a bodhisattva in former life, and 眞修 its actual manifestation here.

二出

see styles
èr chū
    er4 chu1
erh ch`u
    erh chu
 nishutsu
The two modes of escape from mortality, 堅出 the long way called the 聖道門 or 自力敎, i.e. working out one's own salvation; and 橫出 the across or short way of the Pure-land sect or 他力敎 faith in or invocation of another, i.e. Amitābha.

二利

see styles
èr lì
    er4 li4
erh li
 ji ri
The dual benefits, or profits: benefiting or developing oneself and others; 自利 in seeking enlightenment in bodhisattvahood, 利他 in saving the multitude. Hīnayāna "seeks only one's own benefit"; the bodhisattva rule seeks both one's own benefit and that of others, or personal improvement for the improving of others.

二力

see styles
èr lì
    er4 li4
erh li
 nika
    にか
(female given name) Nika
Dual powers; there are three definitions: (1) 自力 one's own strength, or endeavours, i.e. salvation by cultivating 戒, 定, and 慧; 他カ another's strength, e.g. the saving power of Amitābha. (2) 思擇力 Power of thought in choosing (right principles); 修習力 power of practice and performance. (3) 有力 and 無力 positive and negative forces: dominant and subordinate; active and inert energy.

二加

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èr jiā
    er4 jia1
erh chia
 nika
The dual aid bestowed by the Buddha, 顯加 manifest or external aid bestowed by the Buddha, in the blessings and powers of this life; 冥加 invisible aid bestowed by the Buddha, in getting rid of sins, increasing virtue, etc.

二善

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èr shàn
    er4 shan4
erh shan
 futayoshi
    ふたよし
(surname) Futayoshi
The two good things, 定善 the good character that arises from meditation or contemplation mdash especially of the Pure Land; 散善 the good character attainable when, though not in meditation, one controls oneself in thought, word, and deed;. Also 未生善 the good character not yet evolved; and 已生善 the good character already evolved;. Also 事理善 goodness in theory and practice.

二女

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èr nǚ
    er4 nv3
erh nü
 nijo
    にじょ
second daughter
The two sisters, one the deva 功德女 "merit" or "achieving", who causes people to acquire wealth; the other, 黑闇女 the "dark" one, who causes them to spend and waste; these sisters always accompany each other.

二教

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èr jiào
    er4 jiao4
erh chiao
 nikyō
Dual division of the Buddha's teaching. There are various definitions: (1) Tiantai has (a) 顯教 exoteric or public teaching to the visible audience, and (b) 密教 at the same time esoteric teaching to an audience invisible to the other assembly. (2) The 眞言 Shingon School by "exoteric" means all the Buddha's preaching, save that of the 大日經 which it counts esoteric. (3) (a) 漸教 and (b) 頓教 graduated and immediate teaching, terms with various uses, e.g. salvation by works Hīnayāna, and by faith, Mahāyāna, etc.; they are applied to the Buddha's method, to the receptivity of hearers and to the teaching itself. (4) Tiantai has (a) 界内教 and (b) 界外教 teachings relating to the 三界 or realms of mortality and teachings relating to immortal realms. (5) (a) 半字教 and (b) 滿字教 Terms used in the Nirvāṇa sūtra, meaning incomplete word, or letter, teaching and complete word teaching, i.e. partial and complete, likened to Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. (6) (a) 捃收教 and (b) 扶律談常教 of the Nirvāṇa sūtra, (a) completing those who failed to hear the Lotus; (b) "supporting the law, while discoursing on immortality," i.e. that the keeping of the law is also necessary to salvation. (7) Tiantai's division of (a) 偏教 and (b) 圓教 the partial teaching of the 藏, 通, and schools as contrasted with the perfect teaching of the 圓 school. (8) Tiantai's division of (a) 構教 and (6) 實教 temporary and permanent, similar to the last two. (9) (a) 世間教 The ordinary teaching of a moral life here; (b) 出世間教 the teaching of Buddha-truth of other-worldly happiness in escape from mortality. (10) (a) 了義教 the Mahāyāna perfect or complete teaching, and (b) 不了義教 Hīnayāna incompleteness. (11) The Huayan division of (a) 屈曲教 indirect or uneven teaching as in the Lotus and Nirvāṇa sūtras, and (b) 平道教 direct or levelled up teaching as in the Huayan sūtra. (12) The Huayan division of (a) 化教 all the Buddha's teaching for conversion and general instruction, and (b) 制教 his rules and commandments for the control and development of his order.

二果

see styles
èr guǒ
    er4 guo3
erh kuo
 nika
Sakṛdāgāmin; v. 裟 and 斯. The second "fruit" of the four kinds of Hīnayāna arhats, who have only once more to return to mortality. Also the two kinds of fruit or karma: (a) 習氣果 The good or evil characteristics resulting from habit or practice in a former existence; (b) 報果the pain or pleasure resulting (in this life) from the practices of a previous life.

二業


二业

see styles
èr yè
    er4 ye4
erh yeh
 nigyou / nigyo
    にぎょう
(archaism) restaurants and geisha establishments
Two classes of karma. (1) (a) 引業 leads to the 總報, i.e. the award as to the species into which one is to be born, e.g. men, gods, etc.; (6) 滿業 is the 別報 or fulfillment in detail, i.e. the kind or quality of being e.g. clever or stupid, happy or unhappy, etc. (2) (a) 善業 and (b) 惡業 Good and evil karma, resulting in happiness or misery. (3) (a) 助業 Aids to the karma of being reborn in Amitābha's Pure—land e. g. offerings, chantings, etc.; (b) 正業 thought and invocation of Amitābha with undivided mind, as the direct method.

二死

see styles
èr sǐ
    er4 si3
erh ssu
 nishi
    にし
{baseb} two out; two down (and one to go)
two kinds of death

二求

see styles
èr qiú
    er4 qiu2
erh ch`iu
    erh chiu
 nigu
The two kinds of seeking: 得求 seeking to get (e.g. pleasure) and 命求 seeking long life.

二流

see styles
èr liú
    er4 liu2
erh liu
 niryuu / niryu
    にりゅう
second-rate; second-tier
(noun - becomes adjective with の) second-rate; inferior
The two ways in the current of transmigration: 順流 to flow with it in continual re-incarnation; 逆流 resist it and seek a way of escape by getting rid of life's delusions, as in the case of the saints.

二益

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èr yì
    er4 yi4
erh i
 niyaku
The dual advantages or benefits: profitable to the life which now is, and that which is to come.

二答

see styles
èr dá
    er4 da2
erh ta
 nitō
Two kinds of reply, one by words, the other by signs.

二際


二际

see styles
èr jì
    er4 ji4
erh chi
 nisai
The two borders, or states: according to Hīnayāna, nirvana and mortality; according to Mahāyāna the two are one.

二黃


二黄

see styles
èr huáng
    er4 huang2
erh huang
one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera; Peking opera; also written 二簧[er4 huang2]; see also 西皮[xi1 pi2]

互い

see styles
 tagai
    たがい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See お互い) each other; one another

互異


互异

see styles
hù yì
    hu4 yi4
hu i
differing from one another; mutually different

互相

see styles
hù xiāng
    hu4 xiang1
hu hsiang
 gosō
each other; mutually; mutual
one another

互讓


互让

see styles
hù ràng
    hu4 rang4
hu jang
to yield to one another; mutual accommodation

五乘

see styles
wǔ shèng
    wu3 sheng4
wu sheng
 gojō
The five vehicles conveying to the karma reward which differs according to the vehicle: they are generally summed up as (1) 入乘 rebirth among men conveyed by observing the five commandments; (2) 天乘 among the devas by the ten forms of good action; (3) 聲聞乘 among the śrāvakas by the four noble truths; (4) 緣覺乘 among pratyekabuddhas by the twelve nidānas; (5) 菩薩乘 among the Buddhas and bodhisattvas by the six pāramitās 六度 q. v. Another division is the various vehicles of bodhisattvas; pratyekabuddhas; śrāvakas; general; and devas-and-men. Another is Hīnayāna Buddha, pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, the gods of the Brahma heavens, and those of the desire-realm. Another is Hīnayāna ordinary disciples: śrāvakas: pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas; and the one all-inclusive vehicle. And a sixth, of Tiantai, is for men; devas; śrāvakas-cum-pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas: and the Buddha-vehicle. The esoteric cult has: men, corresponding with earth; devas, with water: śrāvakas, with fire: pratyekabuddhas, with wind; and bodhisattvas, with 空 the 'void'.

五刑

see styles
wǔ xíng
    wu3 xing2
wu hsing
 gokei / goke
    ごけい
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]; Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
(1) (hist) five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); (2) (hist) (See 律令制) five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)

五力

see styles
wǔ lì
    wu3 li4
wu li
 goriki
pañcabalāni, the five powers or faculties — one of the categories of the thirty-seven bodhipakṣika dharma 三十七助道品; they destroy the 五障 five obstacles, each by each, and are: 信力 śraddhābala, faith (destroying doubt); 精進力 vīryabala, zeal (destroying remissness); 念 or 勤念 smṛtibala, memory or thought (destroying falsity); 正定力 samādhibala, concentration of mind, or meditation (destroying confused or wandering thoughts); and 慧力 prajñābala, wisdom (destroying all illusion and delusion). Also the five transcendent powers, i. e. 定力 the power of meditation; 通力 the resulting supernatural powers; 借識力 adaptability, or powers of 'borrowing' or evolving any required organ of sense, or knowledge, i. e. by beings above the second dhyāna heavens; 大願力 the power of accomplishing a vow by a Buddha or bodhisattva; and 法威德力 the august power of Dharma. Also, the five kinds of Mara powers exerted on sight, 五大明王.

五專


五专

see styles
wǔ zhuān
    wu3 zhuan1
wu chuan
 gosen
The five special things, or five devotions, observance of any one of which, according to the Japanese 眞宗 Shin sect, ensures rebirth in the Pure Land; they are 專禮, 專讀, 專觀, 專名, or 專讚嘆 either worship, reading, meditation, invocation, or praise.

五山

see styles
wǔ shān
    wu3 shan1
wu shan
 goyama
    ごやま
(rare) five most important temples of a region; (surname) Goyama
Five mountains and monasteries: (1) in India, sacred because of their connection with the Buddha: 鞞婆羅跋怒 Vaibhāra-vana; 薩多般那求呵 Saptaparṇaguhā; 因陀羅勢羅求呵 Indraśailaguhā; 薩簸恕魂直迦鉢婆羅 Sarpiṣ kuṇḍikā-prāgbhāra; 耆闍崛 Gṛdhrakūṭa; (2) in China, established during the Five Dynasties and the Southern Sung dynasty, on the analogy of those in India; three at Hangzhou at 徑山 Jingshan, 北山 Beishan, and 南山 Nanshan and two at Ningbo at 阿育王山 King Aśoka Shan and 太白山 Taiboshan. Later the Yuan dynasty established one at 全陵 Chin Ling, the 天界大龍翔隻慶寺 which became chief of these under the Ming dynasty.

五悔

see styles
wǔ huǐ
    wu3 hui3
wu hui
 gokai
The five stages in a penitential service. Tiantai gives: (1) confession of past sins and forbidding them for the future; (2) appeal to the universal Buddhas to keep the law-wheel rolling; (3) rejoicing over the good in self and others; (4) 廻向 offering all one's goodness to all the living and to the Buddha-way; (5) resolve, or vows, i. e. the 四弘誓. The Shingon sect 眞言宗 divides the ten great vows of Samantabhadra 普賢 into five 悔, the first three vows being included under 歸命 or submission; the fourth is repentance; the fifth rejoicing; the sixth, seventh, and eighth appeal to the Buddhas; the ninth and tenth, bestowal of acquired merit.

五指

see styles
wǔ zhǐ
    wu3 zhi3
wu chih
 goshi
    ごし
the five fingers of one's hand
(1) the five fingers; (2) leading five; top five

五教

see styles
wǔ jiào
    wu3 jiao4
wu chiao
 gokyō
The five division of Buddhism according to the Huayan School, of which there are two That of 杜順 Dushun down to 賢首 Xianshou is (1) 小乘教 Hīnayāna which interprets nirvana as annihilation; (2) 大乘始教 the primary stage of Mahāyāna, with two sections the 相始教 and 空 始教 or realistic and idealistic, (3) 大乘終教 Mahāyāna in its final stage, teaching the 眞如 and universal Buddhahood; (4) 頓教 the immediate, direct, or intuitive school, e. g. by right concentration of thought, or faith, apart from 'works'; (5) 圓教 the complete or perfect teaching of the Huayan, combining all the rest into one all-embracing vehicle. The five are now differentiated into 十宗 ten schools. The other division, by 圭峯 Guifeng of the same school, is (1) 人天教 rebirth as human beings for those who keep the five commandments and as devas those who keep the 十善 as 相始教 above; (4) 大乘破相教 as 空始教 above; and (5) 一乘顯性教 the one vehicle which reveals the universal Buddha-nature; it includes (3), (4), and (5) of the first group. See also 五時教.

五時


五时

see styles
wǔ shí
    wu3 shi2
wu shih
 goji
(五時教) The five periods or divisions of Śākyamuni's teaching. According to Tiantai they are (1) 華嚴時 the Avataṃsaka or first period in three divisions each of seven days, after his enlightenment, when he preached the content, of this sutra; (2) 鹿苑時 the twelve years of his preaching the Āgamas 阿含 in the Deer Park; (3) 方等時 the eight years of preaching Mahāyāna-cum-Hīnayāna doctrines, the vaipulya period; (4) 般若時 the twenty-two years of his preaching the prajñā or wisdom sutras; (5) 法華涅槃時 the eight years of his preaching the Lotus Sutra and, in a day and a night, the Nirvana Sutra. According to the Nirvana School (now part of the Tiantai) they are (1) 三乘別教 the period when the differentiated teaching began and the distinction of the three vehicles, as represented by the 四諦 Four Noble Truths for śrāvakas, the 十二因緣 Twelve Nidānas for pratyekabuddhas, and the 六度 Six Pāramitās for bodhisattvas; (2) 三乘通教 the teaching common to all three vehicles, as seen in the 般若經; (3) 抑揚教 the teaching of the 維摩經, the 思益梵天所問經, and other sutras olling the bodhisattva teaching at the expense of that for śrāvakas; (4) 同歸教 the common objective teaching calling all three vehicles, through the Lotus, to union in the one vehicle; (5) 常住教 the teaehmg of eternal life i. e. the revelation through the Nirvana sutra of the eternity of Buddhahood; these five are also called 有相; 無相; 抑揚; 曾三歸—; and 圓常. According to 劉虬 Liu Chiu of the 晉 Chin dynasty, the teaching is divided into 頓 immediate and 漸 gradual attainment, the latter having five divisions called 五時教 similar to those of the Tiantai group. According to 法寶 Fabao of the Tang dynasty the five are (1) 小乘; (2) 般着 or 大乘; (3) 深密 or 三乘; (4) 法華 or 一乘; (5) 涅槃 or 佛性教.

五智

see styles
wǔ zhì
    wu3 zhi4
wu chih
 gochi
    ごち
(place-name, surname) Gochi
The five kinds of wisdom of the 眞言宗 Shingon School. Of the six elements 六大 earth, water, fire, air (or wind), ether (or space) 曇空, and consciousness (or mind 識 ), the first five form the phenomenal world, or Garbhadhātu, the womb of all things 胎藏界, the sixth is the conscious, or perceptive, or wisdom world, the Vajradhātu 金剛界, sometimes called the Diamond realm. The two realms are not originally apart, but one, and there is no consciousness without the other five elements. The sixth element, vijñāna, is further subdivided into five called the 五智 Five Wisdoms: (1) 法界體性智 dharmadhātu-prakṛti-jñāna, derived from the amala-vijñāna, or pure 識; it is the wisdom of the embodied nature of the dharmadhātu, defined as the six elements, and is associated with Vairocana 大日, in the centre, who abides in this samādhi; it also corresponds to the ether 空 element. (2) 大圓鏡智 adarśana-jñāna, the great round mirror wisdom, derived from the ālaya-vijñāna, reflecting all things; corresponds to earth, and is associated with Akṣobhya and the east. (3) 平等性智 samatā-jñāna, derived from mano-vijñāna, wisdom in regard to all things equally and universally; corresponds to fire, and is associated with Ratnasaṃbhava and the south. (4) 妙觀察智 pratyavekṣaṇa-jñāna, derived from 意識, wisdom of profound insight, or discrimination, for exposition and doubt-destruction; corresponds to water, and is associated with Amitābha and the west. (5) 成所作智 kṛtyānuṣṭhāna-jñāna, derived from the five senses, the wisdom of perfecting the double work of self-welfare and the welfare of others; corresponds to air 風 and is associated with Amoghasiddhi and the north. These five Dhyāni-Buddhas are the 五智如來. The five kinds of wisdom are the four belonging to every Buddha, of the exoteric cult, to which the esoteric cult adds the first, pure, all-refecting, universal, all-discerning, and all-perfecting.

五果

see styles
wǔ guǒ
    wu3 guo3
wu kuo
 goka
    ごか
(1) five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut); (2) (Buddhist term) five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships; (3) (Buddhist term) five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life
The five fruits, or effects; there are various groups, e. g. I. (1) 異熟果 fruit ripening divergently, e. g. pleasure and goodness are in different categories; present organs accord in pain or pleasure with their past good or evil deeds; (2) 等流果 fruit of the same order, e. g. goodness reborn from previous goodness; (3) 土用果 present position and function fruit, the rewards of moral merit in previous lives; (4) 增上果 superior fruit, or position arising from previous earnest endeavor and superior capacity: (5) 離繋果 fruit of freedom from all bonds, nirvana fruit. II. Fruit, or rebirth: (1) 識 conception (viewed psychologically); (2) 名色 formation mental and physical; (3) 六處 the six organs of perception complete; (4) 觸 their birth and contact with the world; (5) 受 consciousness. III. Five orders of fruit, with stones, pips, shells (as nuts), chaff-like (as pine seeds), and with pods.

五法

see styles
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.

五濁


五浊

see styles
wǔ zhuó
    wu3 zhuo2
wu cho
 gotaku
the five impurities (Buddhism)
五滓; 五渾 The five kaṣāya periods of turbidity, impurity, or chaos, i. e. of decay; they are accredited to the 住 kalpa, see 四劫, and commence when human life begins to decrease below 20,000 years. (1) 劫濁 the kalpa in decay, when it suffers deterioration and gives rise to the ensuing form; (2) 見濁 deterioration of view, egoism, etc., arising; (3) 煩惱濁 the passions and delusions of desire, anger, stupidity, pride, and doubt prevail; (4) 衆生濁 in consequence human miseries increase and happiness decreases; (5) 命濁 human life time gradually diminishes to ten years. The second and third are described as the 濁 itself and the fourth and fifth its results.

五燒


五烧

see styles
wǔ shāo
    wu3 shao1
wu shao
 goshō
The five burnings, or 五痛 five pains, i. e. infraction of the first five commandments leads to state punishment in this life and the hells in the next.

五覺


五觉

see styles
wǔ jué
    wu3 jue2
wu chüeh
 gokaku
The five bodhi, or states of enlightenment, as described in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith; see also 五菩提 for a different group. (1) 本覺 Absolute eternal wisdom, or bodhi; (2) 始覺 bodhi in its initial stages, or in action, arising from right observances; (3) 相似覺 bodhisattva. attainment of bodhi in action, in the 十信; (4) 隨分覺 further bodhisattva-enlightenment according to capacity, i. e. the stages 十住, 十行, and 十廻向; (5) 究竟覺 final or complete enlightenment, i. e. the stage of 妙覺, which is one with the first, i. e. 本覺. The 本覺 is bodhi in the potential, 始覺 is bodhi in the active state, hence (2), (3), (4), and (5) are all the latter, but the fifth has reached the perfect quiescent stage of original bodhi.

五逆

see styles
wǔ nì
    wu3 ni4
wu ni
 gogyaku
    ごぎゃく
(1) {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); (2) (hist) crime of killing one's master, father, grandfather, mother, or grandmother
pañcānantarya; 五無間業 The five rebellious acts or deadly sins, parricide, matricide, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, destroying the harmony of the sangha, or fraternity. The above definition is common both to Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. The lightest of these sins is the first; the heaviest the last. II. Another group is: (1) sacrilege, such as destroying temples, burning sutras, stealing a Buddha's or a monk's things, inducing others to do so, or taking pleasure therein; (2) slander, or abuse of the teaching of śrāvaka s, pratyekabuddhas, or bodhisattvas; (3) ill-treatment or killing of a monk; (4) any one of the five deadly sins given above; (5) denial of the karma consequences of ill deeds, acting or teaching others accordingly, and unceasing evil life. III. There are also five deadly sins, each of which is equal to each of the first set of five: (1) violation of a mother, or a fully ordained nun; (2) killing a bodhisattva in a sangha; (5) destroying a Buddha's stūpa. IV. The five unpardonable sin of Devadatta who (1) destroyed the harmony of the community; (2) injured Śākyamuni with a stone, shedding his blood; (3) induced the king to let loose a rutting elephant to trample down Śākyamuni; (4) killed a nun; (5) put poison on his finger-nails and saluted Śākyamuni intending to destroy him thereby.

五障

see styles
wǔ zhàng
    wu3 zhang4
wu chang
 goshou / gosho
    ごしょう
(1) {Buddh} five hindrances (that prevent a woman from becoming a Buddha, a Brahmā, a Shakra, a devil king, or a wheel-turning king); five obstructions to women's attainment; (2) {Buddh} five hindrances (that impede ascetic practices; sensory desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, doubt)
The five hindrances, or obstacles; also 五礙; 五雲. I. Of women, i. e. inability to become Brahma-kings, Indras, Māra-kings, Caikravarti-kings, or Buddhas. II. The hindrances to the five 五力 powers, i. e. (self-) deception a bar to faith, as sloth is to zeal, anger to remembrance, hatred to meditaton, and discontent to wisdom. III. The hindrances of (1) the passion-nature, e. g. original sin; (2) of karma caused in previous lives; (3) the affairs of life; (4) no friendly or competent preceptor; (5) partial knowledge.

井宿

see styles
 chichiriboshi
    ちちりぼし
(astron) Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

井河

see styles
jǐng hé
    jing3 he2
ching ho
 igawa
    いがわ
(surname) Igawa
Like the well and the river', indicating the impermanence of life. The 'well ' refers to the legend of the man who running away from a mad elephant fell into a well; the 'river ' to a great tree growing on the river bank yet blown over by the wind.

井華


井华

see styles
jǐng huā
    jing3 hua1
ching hua
 shōka
The flower of the water, i. e. that drawn from the well in the last watch of the night, at which time the water is supposed not to produce animal life.

亜父

see styles
 afu
    あふ
(archaism) person one respects second only to one's father

亡兄

see styles
 boukei / boke
    ぼうけい
one's deceased elder brother

亡児

see styles
 bouji / boji
    ぼうじ
one's dead child

亡君

see styles
 boukun / bokun
    ぼうくん
one's deceased lord

亡命

see styles
wáng mìng
    wang2 ming4
wang ming
 boumei / bome
    ぼうめい
to flee; to go into exile (from prison)
(n,vs,vi) fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

亡妹

see styles
 boumai / bomai
    ぼうまい
one's deceased younger sister

亡妻

see styles
wáng qī
    wang2 qi1
wang ch`i
    wang chi
 bousai / bosai
    ぼうさい
one's late wife
(See 亡夫) deceased wife; late wife

亡姉

see styles
 boushi / boshi
    ぼうし
one's late elder sister

亡弟

see styles
 boutei / bote
    ぼうてい
one's deceased younger brother

交す

see styles
 kawasu
    かわす
(irregular okurigana usage) (transitive verb) (1) to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); (2) to intersect; to cross; to interlace; (suf,v5s) (3) ... with one another; ... to each other

交卷

see styles
jiāo juàn
    jiao1 juan4
chiao chüan
to hand in one's examination script

交卸

see styles
jiāo xiè
    jiao1 xie4
chiao hsieh
to hand over to a successor; to relinquish one's office

交售

see styles
jiāo shòu
    jiao1 shou4
chiao shou
(of a farmer) to sell one's produce to the state as stipulated by government policy

交差

see styles
jiāo chāi
    jiao1 chai1
chiao ch`ai
    chiao chai
 kousa / kosa
    こうさ
to report back after completion of one's mission
(n,vs,adj-no) (1) crossing; intersection; (2) (genetic) crossing over

交底

see styles
jiāo dǐ
    jiao1 di3
chiao ti
to fill sb in (on the details of something); to put all one's cards on the table

交心

see styles
jiāo xīn
    jiao1 xin1
chiao hsin
to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart conversation

交拜

see styles
jiāo bài
    jiao1 bai4
chiao pai
to bow to one another; to kneel and kowtow to one another; formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony

交睫

see styles
jiāo jié
    jiao1 jie2
chiao chieh
to close one's eyes (i.e. sleep)

交運


交运

see styles
jiāo yùn
    jiao1 yun4
chiao yün
to meet with luck; to hand over for transportation; to check (one's baggage at an airport etc)

交馳


交驰

see styles
jiāo chí
    jiao1 chi2
chiao ch`ih
    chiao chih
continuously circling one another; to buzz around

享受

see styles
xiǎng shòu
    xiang3 shou4
hsiang shou
 kyouju / kyoju
    きょうじゅ
to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure; CL:種|种[zhong3]
(noun, transitive verb) enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.); reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.); having
to receive and make one's own

亮出

see styles
liàng chū
    liang4 chu1
liang ch`u
    liang chu
to suddenly reveal; to flash (one's ID, a banknote etc)

亮相

see styles
liàng xiàng
    liang4 xiang4
liang hsiang
to strike a pose (Chinese opera); (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc

人け

see styles
 hitoke
    ひとけ
(1) sign of life; human presence; (2) humanity; humaneness

人世

see styles
rén shì
    ren2 shi4
jen shih
 jinsei / jinse
    じんせい
the world; this world; the world of the living
this world; life; (given name) Jinsei

人乘

see styles
rén shèng
    ren2 sheng4
jen sheng
 ninjō
One of the five vehicles, v. 五乘, that of the five commandments, the keeping of which ensures rebirth in the world of men.

人事

see styles
rén shì
    ren2 shi4
jen shih
 jinji
    じんじ
personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
human relations

人命

see styles
rén mìng
    ren2 ming4
jen ming
 jinmei / jinme
    じんめい
human life; CL:條|条[tiao2]
(human) life

人因

see styles
rén yīn
    ren2 yin1
jen yin
 ninin
The causative influences for being reborn as a human being, i.e. a good life. Those in positions of honour have obtained them by former deeds of benevolence, reverence to Buddhas and monks, patience, humility, devotion to the sutras, charity, morality, zeal and exhortation, obedience, loyalty - hence they have obtained affluence, long life, and are held in high regard. Those in mean condition are thus born because of the opposite characteristics in previous incarnation.

人壽


人寿

see styles
rén shòu
    ren2 shou4
jen shou
human lifespan; life insurance (abbr. for 人壽保險|人寿保险[ren2 shou4 bao3 xian3])

人外

see styles
 jingai; ningai
    じんがい; にんがい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (じんがい only) uninhabited area; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) acting inhumanly; inhuman person; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (じんがい only) (slang) nonhuman life (usu. sentient)

人家

see styles
rén jia
    ren2 jia5
jen chia
 jinka
    じんか
other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
house; dwelling; human habitation

人寿

see styles
 jinju
    じんじゅ
human life span; human lifespan

人尊

see styles
rén zūn
    ren2 zun1
jen tsun
 ninson
idem 人中尊.; The Honoured One among or of men, the Buddha.

人有

see styles
rén yǒu
    ren2 you3
jen yu
 nin'u
Human bhāva or existence, one of the 七有.

人物

see styles
rén wù
    ren2 wu4
jen wu
 jinbutsu
    じんぶつ
person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
(1) person; character; figure; personage; man; woman; (2) one's character; one's personality; (3) able person; talented person
human possessions

人生

see styles
rén shēng
    ren2 sheng1
jen sheng
 hitoha
    ひとは
life (one's time on earth)
(one's) life; (female given name) Hitoha
human birth

人皇

see styles
rén huáng
    ren2 huang2
jen huang
 ninnou; jinnou; jinkou / ninno; jinno; jinko
    にんのう; じんのう; じんこう
Human Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2]
emperor

人身

see styles
rén shēn
    ren2 shen1
jen shen
 jinshin; hitomi
    じんしん; ひとみ
person; personal; human body
the human body; one's person
The human body, or person.

仁尊

see styles
rén zūn
    ren2 zun1
jen tsun
 ninson
Benevolent and honored, or kindly honored one, i. e. Buddha.

仁道

see styles
 nidou / nido
    にどう
the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence; (surname) Nidō

仄聞

see styles
 sokubun
    そくぶん
(noun/participle) hearing casually; hearing by chance; learning by hearsay

仇人

see styles
chóu rén
    chou2 ren2
ch`ou jen
    chou jen
foe; one's personal enemy

今わ

see styles
 imawa
    いまわ
one's dying moment or hour

今一

see styles
 imaichi
    いまいち
(adj-na,adv) (1) (kana only) (colloquialism) (See 今一つ・いまひとつ・1) one more; another; the other; (2) (See 今一つ・いまひとつ・2) not quite; not very good; lacking; (surname) Imaichi

今世

see styles
jīn shì
    jin1 shi4
chin shih
 imayo
    いまよ
this life; this age
(1) {Buddh} (See 現世・1) this world; this life; (2) (こんせい only) (obsolete) this generation; present day; (female given name) Imayo
this world

今吾

see styles
 kongo
    こんご
(archaism) (See 故吾) one's present self

今彼

see styles
 imakare
    いまかれ
one's current boyfriend

今生

see styles
jīn shēng
    jin1 sheng1
chin sheng
 ibu
    いぶ
this lifetime
(See 後生・ごしょう・1,前生・ぜんしょう) this life; this world; (female given name) Ibu

今際

see styles
 imawa
    いまわ
one's dying moment or hour

仕業

see styles
 shiwaza
    しわざ
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

仕舞

see styles
 jimai
    じまい
    shimai
    しまい
(suffix) (1) (kana only) ending; quitting; closing; (2) (kana only) indicates disappointment for not having done what one wanted or intended to do; (1) end; close; finish; termination; (2) noh dance in plain clothes

他世

see styles
tā shì
    ta1 shi4
t`a shih
    ta shih
 tase
Another life, or world, either previous to or after this.

他所

see styles
tā suǒ
    ta1 suo3
t`a so
    ta so
 tasho
    よそ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (kana only) another place; somewhere else; strange parts; (2) (kana only) outside (one's family or group); those people; (3) (kana only) unrelated matter; (1) another place; somewhere else; elsewhere; (2) (archaism) moving (to another place)
otherwise

他方

see styles
tā fāng
    ta1 fang1
t`a fang
    ta fang
 tahou / taho
    たほう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party; (conjunction) (2) (See 一方・いっぽう・2) on the other hand
other lands

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