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五停四念

see styles
wǔ tíng sì niàn
    wu3 ting2 si4 nian4
wu t`ing ssu nien
    wu ting ssu nien
 gojō shinen
idem 五停心觀 and 四念處 i. e. the five meditations for settling the mind and ridding it of the five errors of desire, hate, ignorance, the self, and a wayward or confused mind; the five meditations are 不淨觀, 慈悲觀, 因緣觀, 界分別觀 and 數息觀 i. e. the vileness of all things, pity for all, causality, right discrimination, breathing; some substitute meditation on the Buddha in place of the fourth; another division puts breathing first, and there are other differences.

五明後日

see styles
 goasatte
    ごあさって
(n,adv) four days from now (five days in some places)

五時八教


五时八教

see styles
wǔ shí bā jiào
    wu3 shi2 ba1 jiao4
wu shih pa chiao
 gojihakkyou / gojihakkyo
    ごじはっきょう
{Buddh} (See 五時教) division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect)
A Tiantai classification of the Buddha's teaching into five periods and eight kinds of doctrine, which eight are subdivided into two groups of four each, 化儀四教 and 化法四教.

五智如來


五智如来

see styles
wǔ zhì rú lái
    wu3 zhi4 ru2 lai2
wu chih ju lai
 gochi nyorai
五智五佛; 五佛; 五如來 The five Dhyāni-Buddhas, or Wisdom-Tathāgatas of the Vajradhātu 金剛界, idealizations of five aspects of wisdom; possibly of Nepalese origin. The Wisdom Buddha represents the dharmakāya or Buddha-mind, also the Dharma of the triratna, or trinity. Each evolves one of the five colours, one of the five senses, a Dhyani-bodhisattva in two forms onegracious, the other fierce, and a Mānuṣi-Buddha; each has his own śakti, i. e. feminine energy or complement; also his own bīja, or germ-sound 種子or 印 seal, i. e. 眞言 real or substantive word, the five being for 大日 aṃ, for 阿閦 hūṃ, for 寶生 ? hrīḥ, for 彌陀 ? aḥ, for 不 空 ? āḥ. The five are also described as the emanations or forms of an Ādi-Buddha, Vajrasattva; the four are considered by others to be emanations or forms of Vairocana as theSupreme Buddha. The five are not always described as the same, e. g. they may be 藥師 (or 王) Bhaiṣajya, 多寶 Prabhūtaratna, Vairocana, Akṣobhya, andeither Amoghasiddhi or Śākyamuni. Below is a classified list of the generally accepted five with certain particulars connected with them, butthese differ in different places, and the list can only be a general guide. As to the Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, each Buddha evolves three forms 五佛生五菩薩, 五金剛, 五忿怒, i. e. (1) a bodhisattva who represents the Buddha's dharmakāya, or spiritual body; (2) a vajra ordiamond form who represents his wisdom in graciousness; and (3) a fierce or angry form, the 明王 who represents his power against evil. (1) Vairocanaappears in the three forms of 轉法輪菩薩 Vajra-pāramitā Bodhisattva, 遍照金剛 Universally Shining Vajrasattva, and 不動明王 Ārya-Acalanātha Rāja; (2) Akṣobhya's three forms are 虛空藏 Ākāśagarbha, 如意 complete power, and 軍荼利明王 Kuṇḍalī-rāja; (3 ) Ratnasaṃbhava's are 普賢 Samantabhadra, 薩埵Sattvavajra, and 孫婆 or 降三世明王 Trailokyavijayarāja; (4) Amitābha's are 觀世音 Avalokiteśvara, 法金剛 Dharmarāja, and 馬頭明王 Hayagrīva, thehorse-head Dharmapāla; (5) Amoghasiddhi's are 彌勒 Maitreya, 業金剛Karmavajra, and 金剛夜叉 Vajrayakṣa. The above Bodhisattvas differ from those in the following list:
NameChinesePositionElementSenseColor
Vairocana大日centreethersightwhite
Akṣobhya阿閦eastearthsoundblue
Ratnasaṃbhava寶生southfiresmellyellow
Amitābha彌陀westwatertastered
Amoghasiddhi不空northairtouchgreen
GermAnimalDhyani-BodhisattvaBuddha
aṃlionSamantabhadra 普賢Krakucchanda
hūṃelephantVajrapāṇi 金剛力士Kanakamuni
?aḥhorseRatnapāṇi 寶手Kāśyapa
? hrīḥgoose or peacockAvalokiteśvara 觀音Śākyamuni
?āḥgaruḍaVisvapāṇi?Maitreya


Arrival of the five wise Buddhas

五種不還


五种不还

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wǔ zhǒng bù huán
    wu3 zhong3 bu4 huan2
wu chung pu huan
 goshu fugen
The five kinds of anāgāmins 那含, who never return to the desire-realm: (1) 中般 the anāgāmin who enters on the intermediate stage between the realm of desire and the higher realm of form; (2) 生般 who is born into the form world and soon overcomes the remains of illusion; (3) 有行般 who diligently works his way through the final stages; (4) 無行般 whose final departure is delayed through lack of aid and slackness; (5) 上流般 who proceeds from lower to higher heavens into nirvana. Also 五種那含 and 五種般 the 般 being 'Parinirvāṇa'.

五種唯識


五种唯识

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wǔ zhǒng wéi shì
    wu3 zhong3 wei2 shi4
wu chung wei shih
 goshu yuishiki
The five kinds of weishi, or idealistic representation in the sutras and śāstras as summed up by Cien 慈恩 of the 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana school: (1) 境唯識 wisdom or insight in objective conditions; (2) 教唯識 in interpretation; (3) 理唯識 in principles; (4) 行唯識 in meditation and practice; (5) 果唯識 in the fruits or results of Buddhahood. The first four are objective, the fifth subject.

五種法身


五种法身

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wǔ zhǒng fǎ shēn
    wu3 zhong3 fa3 shen1
wu chung fa shen
 goshu hosshin
The five kinds of a Buddha's dharmakāya. There are four groups. I. (1) 如如智法身 the spiritual body of bhūtatathatā-wisdom; (2) 功德法身 of all virtuous achievement; (3) 自法身 of incarnation in the world; (4) 變化法身 of unlimited powers of transformation; (5) 虛空法身 of unlimited space; the first and second are defined as saṃbhogakāya, the third and fourth as nirmāṇakāya, and the fifth as the dharmakāya, but all are included under dharmakāya as it possesses all the others. II. The esoteric cult uses the first four and adds as fifth 法界身 indicating the universe as pan-Buddha. III. Huayan gives (1) 法性生身 the body or person of Buddha born from the dharma-nature. (2) 功德生身 the dharmakāya evolved by Buddha virtue, or achievement; (3) 變化法身 the dharmakāya with unlimited powers of transformation; (4) 實相法身 the real dharmakāya; (5) 虛 空法身 the universal dharmakāya. IV. Hīnayāna defines them as 五分法身 q. v.

五言絕句


五言绝句

see styles
wǔ yán jué jù
    wu3 yan2 jue2 ju4
wu yen chüeh chü
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line

五言絶句

see styles
 gogonzekku
    ごごんぜっく
poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters

五部合斷


五部合断

see styles
wǔ bù hé duàn
    wu3 bu4 he2 duan4
wu pu ho tuan
 gobu gōdan
To cut off the five classes of misleading things, i. e. four 見 and one 修, i. e. false theory in regard to the 四諦 four truths, and erroneous practice. Each of the two classes is extended into each of the three divisions of past, three of present, and three of future, making eighteen mental conditions.

五馬分屍

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wǔ mǎ fēn shī
    wu3 ma3 fen1 shi1
wu ma fen shih
(idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment); (fig.) to tear apart; to utterly destroy; to brutally dismember

人尊三惡


人尊三恶

see styles
rén zūn sān è
    ren2 zun1 san1 e4
jen tsun san o
 ninson san'aku
The three most wicked among men: the Icchantika; v. 一闡提: the slanderers of Mahayana, and those who break the four great commandments.

伊藤博文

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yī téng bó wén
    yi1 teng2 bo2 wen2
i t`eng po wen
    i teng po wen
 itouhirobumi / itohirobumi
    いとうひろぶみ
Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909), Japan's first prime minister (served four terms), key figure in Japan's colonial expansion into Korea
(person) Itō Hirobumi (1841.10.16-1909.10.26)

住定菩薩


住定菩萨

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zhù dìng pú sà
    zhu4 ding4 pu2 sa4
chu ting p`u sa
    chu ting pu sa
 jūjō (no) bosatsu
A bodhisattva firmly fixed, or abiding in certainty. After a bodhisattva has completed three great asaṁkhyeyakalpas he has still one hundred great kalpas to complete. This period is called abiding in fixity or firmness, divided into six kinds: certainty of being born in a good gati, in a noble family, with a good body, a man, knowing the abiding places of his transmigrations, knowing the abiding character of his good works.

佛光國師

see styles
fó guāng guó shī
    fo2 guang1 guo2 shi1
fo kuang kuo shih
 Bukkō Kokushi
Chinese monk of the Linji (J. Rinzai) school 臨濟宗. Founder of the Bukkō Branch 佛光派, one of the twenty-four transmissions of Zen 禪宗二十四流 that reached Japan. Came to Japan in 1279 following the invitation by Hōjō Tokimune. Founder of the Engakuji 圓覺寺 in Kamakura.

佛殿四物

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fó diàn sì wù
    fo2 dian4 si4 wu4
fo tien ssu wu
 butsuden shimotsu
four instruments for the buddha-hall

佛陀耶舍

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fó tuó yé shè
    fo2 tuo2 ye2 she4
fo t`o yeh she
    fo to yeh she
 Buddayasha
Buddhayaśas, of Kashmir or Kabul, tr. four works, 408-412.

侯門似海


侯门似海

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hóu mén sì hǎi
    hou2 men2 si4 hai3
hou men ssu hai
lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom); fig. there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people

光宅四教

see styles
guāng zhái sì jiào
    guang1 zhai2 si4 jiao4
kuang chai ssu chiao
 Kōtaku shikyō
the four part doctrinal taxonomy according to Fayun of Guangzhai

光風霽月


光风霁月

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guāng fēng jì yuè
    guang1 feng1 ji4 yue4
kuang feng chi yüeh
 koufuuseigetsu / kofusegetsu
    こうふうせいげつ
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom); period of peace and prosperity; noble and benevolent character
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (yoji) serenity

內外兼明


内外兼明

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nèi wài jiān míng
    nei4 wai4 jian1 ming2
nei wai chien ming
 naige kenmyō
Inner and outer both 'ming '; the first four of the 五明 q. v. are 'outer' and the fifth 'inner'.

八五三二

see styles
bā wǔ sān èr
    ba1 wu3 san1 er4
pa wu san erh
 hachi go san ni
The four special characteristics of the 法相 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect, i.e. 八識, 五法, 三性, and 二無我 q.v.

八十一法

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bā shí yī fǎ
    ba1 shi2 yi1 fa3
pa shih i fa
 hachijūippō
The eighty-one divisions in the Prajñā-pāramitā sūtra 大般若經 comprising form 色; mind 心; the five skandhas 五陰; twelve means of sensation 入; eighteen realms 界; four axioms 諦; twelve nidānas因緣; eighteen śūnya 空; six pāramitā 度, and four jñāna 智. Also 八十一科.

八大在我

see styles
bā dà zài wǒ
    ba1 da4 zai4 wo3
pa ta tsai wo
 hachidai zaiga
The eight great powers of personality or sovereign independence, as one of the four qualities 常樂我淨 of nirvāṇa: powers of self-manifolding, infinite expansion, levitation and transportation, manifesting countless forms permanently in one and the same place, use of one physical organ in place of another, obtaining all things as if nothing, expounding a stanza through countless kalpas, ability to traverse the solid as space. v. 涅槃經 23.

八大觀音


八大观音

see styles
bā dà guān yīn
    ba1 da4 guan1 yin1
pa ta kuan yin
 Hachi Dai Kannon
The eight Shingon representations of Guanyin: as one of the above 八大明王, as the white-robed one, as a rākṣasī, as with four faces, as with a horse's head, as Mahāsthāmaprāpta 大勢至, and as Tārā 陀羅.

八宗九宗

see styles
bā zōng jiǔ zōng
    ba1 zong1 jiu3 zong1
pa tsung chiu tsung
 hasshū kushū
八家九宗 The eight Japanese schools 八宗 with the Zen 禪 school added. The first four are almost or entirely extinct.

八支聖道


八支圣道

see styles
bā zhī shèng dào
    ba1 zhi1 sheng4 dao4
pa chih sheng tao
 hasshi shōdō
the noble eightfold path

八方上下

see styles
bā fāng shàng xià
    ba1 fang1 shang4 xia4
pa fang shang hsia
 happō jōge
The four quarters, the four 維 half-quarters and above and below, i.e. the universe in all directions.

八正道經


八正道经

see styles
bā zhèng dào jīng
    ba1 zheng4 dao4 jing1
pa cheng tao ching
 Hasshō dō kyō
Buddha-bhāṣita-aṣṭaṅga-samyaṅ-mārga-sūtra. Tr. by An Shigao of the Eastern Han B.N.659; being an earlier translation of the Samyuktāgama 雜阿含經.

八波羅夷


八波罗夷

see styles
bā bō luó yí
    ba1 bo1 luo2 yi2
pa po lo i
 hachi harai
or 八重罪 The eight pārājika, in relation to the sins of a nun; for the first four see 四波羅夷; (5) libidinous contact with a male; (6) any sort of improper association (leading to adultery); (7) concealing the misbehaviour (of an equal, or inferior); (8) improper dealings with a monk.

八福生處


八福生处

see styles
bā fú shēng chù
    ba1 fu2 sheng1 chu4
pa fu sheng ch`u
    pa fu sheng chu
 hachifuku shōsho
The eight happy conditions in which he may be reborn who keeps the five commands and the ten good ways and bestows alms: (1) rich and honourable among men; (2) in the heavens of the four deva kings; (3) the Indra heavens; (4) Suyāma heavens; (5) Tuṣita heaven; (6) 化樂nirmāṇarati heaven, i.e. the fifth devaloka; (7) 他化 Paranirmita-vaśavartin, i.e. the sixth devaloka heaven; (8) the brahma-heavens. 八福田 The eight fields for cultivating blessedness: Buddhas; arhats (or saints); preaching monks (upādhyāya); teachers (ācārya); friars; father; mother; the sick. Buddhas, arhats, and friars (or monks in general) are termed 敬田 reverence-fields; the sick are 悲田 compassion-fields; the rest are 恩田grace- or gratitude- fields. Another group is: to make roads and wells; canals and bridges; repair dangerous roads; be dutiful to parents; support monks; tend the sick; save from disaster or distress; provide for a quinquennial assembly. Another: serving the Three Precious Ones, i.e. the Buddha; the Law; the Order; parents; the monks as teachers; the poor; the sick; animals.

八種勝法


八种胜法

see styles
bā zhǒng shèng fǎ
    ba1 zhong3 sheng4 fa3
pa chung sheng fa
 hasshu shōhō
The eight kinds of surpassing things, i.e. those who keep the first eight commandments receive the eight kinds of reward―they escape from falling into the hells; becoming pretas; or animals; or asuras; they will be born among men, become monks, and obtain the truth; in the heavens of desire; in the brahma-heaven, or meet a Buddha; and obtain perfect enlightenment.

八萬四千


八万四千

see styles
bā wàn sì qiān
    ba1 wan4 si4 qian1
pa wan ssu ch`ien
    pa wan ssu chien
 hachiman shisen
eighty-four thousand

八部鬼衆


八部鬼众

see styles
bā bù guǐ zhòng
    ba1 bu4 gui3 zhong4
pa pu kuei chung
 hachibu(no)kishu
The eight groups of demon-followers of the four mahārājas, i.e. gandharvas, piśācas, kumbhāṇḍas, pretas, nāgas, pūtanas, yakṣas, and rākṣasas.

六凡四聖


六凡四圣

see styles
liù fán sì shèng
    liu4 fan2 si4 sheng4
liu fan ssu sheng
 rokubon shishō
six enlightened and four unenlightened

六十二見


六十二见

see styles
liù shí èr jiàn
    liu4 shi2 er4 jian4
liu shih erh chien
 rokujūni ken
The sixty-two 見 or views, of which three groups are given: The 大品般若經 in the 佛母品 takes each of the five skandhas under four considerations of 常 time, considered as time past, whether each of the five has had permanence, impermanence, both, neither, 5 x 4 = 20; again as to their space, or extension, considered as present time, whether each is finite, infinite, both, neither =20; again as to their destination, i. e. future, as to whether each goes on, or does not, both, neither (e. g. continued personality) = 20, or in all 60; add the two ideas whether body and mind 神 are a unity or different = 62. The Tiantai School takes 我見, or personality, as its basis and considers each of the five skandhas under four aspects, e. g (1) rūpa, the organized body, as the ego; (2) the ego as apart from the rūpa; (3) rūpa as the greater, the ego the smaller or inferior, and the ego as dwelling in the rūpa; (4) the ego as the greater, rupa the inferior, and the rupa in the ego. Consider these twenty in the past, present, and future = 60, and add 斷 and 常 impermanence and permanence as fundamentals = 62. There is also a third group.

六十四書


六十四书

see styles
liù shí sì shū
    liu4 shi2 si4 shu1
liu shih ssu shu
 rokujūshi sho
The sixty-four classes of Indian writing or literature, Brahmi, Kharosthi, etc.

六十四眼

see styles
liù shí sì yǎn
    liu4 shi2 si4 yan3
liu shih ssu yen
 rokujūshi gen
Eighteen lictors in the avīci hell each with sixty-four eyes.

六大煩惱


六大烦恼

see styles
liù dà fán nǎo
    liu4 da4 fan2 nao3
liu ta fan nao
 rokudai bonnō
The six great kleśa, passions, or distressers: desire, resentment, stupidity, pride, doubt, and false views.

六欲四禪


六欲四禅

see styles
liù yù sì chán
    liu4 yu4 si4 chan2
liu yü ssu ch`an
    liu yü ssu chan
 rokuyoku shizen
the six heavens where sexual desire continues, and the four dhyāna heavens of purity above them free from such desire.

六道四生

see styles
liù dào sì shēng
    liu4 dao4 si4 sheng1
liu tao ssu sheng
 rokudoushishou / rokudoshisho
    ろくどうししょう
{Buddh} (See 六道,四生) four kinds of birth in the six destinies
The four modes of the six rebirths — womb, egg, moisture, or transformation.

六道四聖


六道四圣

see styles
liù dào sì shèng
    liu4 dao4 si4 sheng4
liu tao ssu sheng
 rokudō shishō
The six ways of rebirth, see above, and the four holy ways of rebirth, the latter being respectively into the realms of śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas; the ten are known as the 十界.

兼但對帶


兼但对带

see styles
jiān dàn duì dài
    jian1 dan4 dui4 dai4
chien tan tui tai
 ken tan tai tai
The first four of the five periods of Buddha's teaching are also defined by Tiantai as: (1) 兼 Combined teaching; including 圓 and 別教 doctrine, the period of the Avataṃsaka Sutra. (2) 但 Sole; i.e. 藏 or Hīnayāna only, that of the agamas. (3) 對 Comparative; all four forms of doctrines being compared. 帶 Inclusive, that of the 般若 Prajñā, when the perfect teaching was revealed as the fulfilment of the rest.

冶受皮陀

see styles
yě shòu pí tuó
    ye3 shou4 pi2 tuo2
yeh shou p`i t`o
    yeh shou pi to
 Yajuhida
Yajurveda, one of the four Vedas.

出世離欲


出世离欲

see styles
chū shì lí yù
    chu1 shi4 li2 yu4
ch`u shih li yü
    chu shih li yü
 shusse riyoku
supramundane indifference [to objects of desire]

分段變易


分段变易

see styles
fēn duàn biàn yì
    fen1 duan4 bian4 yi4
fen tuan pien i
 bundan hennyaku
Includes (1) 分段生死, the condition and station resulting from good or bad karma in the three realms (desire, form, and formlessness) and in the six paths; (2) 變易生死 the condition and station resulting from good karma in the realms beyond transmigration, including arhats and higher saints.

初唐四傑


初唐四杰

see styles
chū táng sì jié
    chu1 tang2 si4 jie2
ch`u t`ang ssu chieh
    chu tang ssu chieh
the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃[Wang2 Bo2], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[Yang2 Jiong3], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[Lu2 Zhao4 lin2], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[Luo4 Bin1 wang2]

別境心所


别境心所

see styles
bié jìng xīn suǒ
    bie2 jing4 xin1 suo3
pieh ching hsin so
 bekkyō shinsho
vibhāvanā; the ideas, or mental states, which arise according to the various objects or conditions toward which the mind is directed, e.g. if toward a pleasing object, then desire arises.

加減乗除

see styles
 kagenjoujo / kagenjojo
    かげんじょうじょ
the four arithmetical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)

加減乘除


加减乘除

see styles
jiā jiǎn chéng chú
    jia1 jian3 cheng2 chu2
chia chien ch`eng ch`u
    chia chien cheng chu
(idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic

化儀四教


化仪四教

see styles
huà yí sì jiào
    hua4 yi2 si4 jiao4
hua i ssu chiao
 kegi no shikyō
four modes of teaching

化法四教

see styles
huà fǎ sì jiào
    hua4 fa3 si4 jiao4
hua fa ssu chiao
 ke hō no shi kyō
four types of content for teaching the dharma [accommodating the capacity of the audience]

化相三寶


化相三宝

see styles
huà xiàng sān bǎo
    hua4 xiang4 san1 bao3
hua hsiang san pao
 kesō sanbō
The nirmāṇakāya Buddha in the triratna forms; in Hīnayāna these are the human 16-foot Buddha, his dharma as revealed in the four axioms and twelve nidānas, and his sangha, or disciples, i. e. arhats and pratyekabuddhas.

北方四島

see styles
 hoppouyontou / hoppoyonto
    ほっぽうよんとう
the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories

十二因緣


十二因缘

see styles
shí èr yīn yuán
    shi2 er4 yin1 yuan2
shih erh yin yüan
 jūni innen
Dvādaśaṅga pratītyasamutpāda; the twelve nidānas; v. 尼 and 因; also 十二緣起; 因緣有支; 因緣率連; 因緣棘園; 因緣輪; 因緣重城; 因緣觀; 支佛觀. They are the twelve links in the chain of existence: (1) 無明avidyā, ignorance, or unenlightenment; (2) 行 saṃskāra, action, activity, conception, "dispositions," Keith; (3) 識 vijñāna, consciousness; (4) 名色 nāmarūpa, name and form; (5) 六入 ṣaḍāyatana, the six sense organs, i.e. eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; (6) 觸 sparśa, contact, touch; (7) 受 vedanā, sensation, feeling; (8) 愛 tṛṣṇā, thirst, desire, craving; (9) 取 upādāna, laying hold of, grasping; (10) 有 bhava, being, existing; (11) 生 jāti, birth; (12) 老死 jarāmaraṇa, old age, death. The "classical formula" reads "By reason of ignorance dispositions; by reason of dispositions consciousness", etc. A further application of the twelve nidānas is made in regard to their causaton of rebirth: (1) ignorance, as inherited passion from the beginningless past ; (2) karma, good and evil, of past lives; (3) conception as a form of perception; (4) nāmarūpa, or body and mind evolving (in the womb); (5) the six organs on the verge of birth; (6) childhood whose intelligence is limited to sparśa, contact or touch; (7) receptivity or budding intelligence and discrimination from 6 or 7 years; (8) thirst, desire, or love, age of puberty; (9) the urge of sensuous existence; (10) forming the substance, bhava, of future karma; (11) the completed karma ready for rebirth; (12) old age and death. The two first are associated with the previous life, the other ten with the present. The theory is equally applicable to all realms of reincarnation. The twelve links are also represented in a chart, at the centre of which are the serpent (anger), boar (ignorance, or stupidity), and dove (lust) representing the fundamental sins. Each catches the other by the tail, typifying the train of sins producing the wheel of life. In another circle the twelve links are represented as follows: (1) ignorance, a blind woman; (2) action, a potter at work, or man gathering fruit; (3) consciousness, a restless monkey; (4) name and form, a boat; (5) sense organs, a house; (6) contact, a man and woman sitting together; (7) sensation, a man pierced by an arrow; (8) desire, a man drinking wine; (9) craving, a couple in union; (10) existence through childbirth; (11) birth, a man carrying a corpse; (12) disease, old age, death, an old woman leaning on a stick. v. 十二因緣論 Pratītya-samutpāda śāstra.

十二火天

see styles
shí èr huǒ tiān
    shi2 er4 huo3 tian1
shih erh huo t`ien
    shih erh huo tien
 jūnikaten
The homa-, or fire-spirits; Whose representations, colours, magic words, signs, symbols, and mode of worship are given in the 大日經疏20. Also 十二火尊; 十二種火法. The twelve fire-spirits are: (1) Indra or Vairocana, the discoverer or source of fire, symbolizing 智 knowledge; (2) the moon 行滿 which progresses to fullness, with mercy as root and enlightenment as fruit, i,e. Buddha; (3) the wind, represented as a half-moon, fanner of fame, of zeal, and by driving away dark clouds, of enlightenment; (4) the red rays of the rising sun, rohitaka, his swords (or rays) indicating 議 wisdom; (5) 沒M004101拏 a form half stern, half smiling, sternly driving away the passions and trials; (6) 忿怒 irate, bellowing with open mouth, showing four teeth, flowing locks, one eye closed; (7) 闍吒羅 fire burning within, i.e. the inner witness, or realization; (8) 迄灑耶 the waster, or destroyer of waste and injurious products within, i.e. inner purification; (9) 意生 the producer at will, capable of all variety, resembling Viśvakarman, the Brahmanic Vulcan; (10) 羯羅微 the fire-eater; (11) untraceable; (12) 謨賀那 the completer, also the subduer of demons.

十二行相

see styles
shí èr xíng xiàng
    shi2 er4 xing2 xiang4
shih erh hsing hsiang
 jūni gyōsō
twelve aspects [of the four truths]

十五智斷


十五智断

see styles
shí wǔ zhì duàn
    shi2 wu3 zhi4 duan4
shih wu chih tuan
 jūgo chidan
The fifteen days of the waxing moon are likened to the fifteen kinds of increasing wisdom 智, and the fifteen waning days to the fifteen kinds of deliverance from evil 斷.

十六菩薩


十六菩萨

see styles
shí liù pú sà
    shi2 liu4 pu2 sa4
shih liu p`u sa
    shih liu pu sa
 jūroku bosatsu
十六大士 (or 十六正士) The sixteen bodhisattvas; there are two groups, one of the 顯教 exoteric, one of the 密教 esoteric cults; the exoteric list is indefinite; the esoteric has two lists, one is of four bodhisattvas to each of the Buddhas of the four quarters of the Diamond Realm; the other is of the sixteen who represent the body of bodhisattvas in a 賢 kalpa, such as the present: E. 彌勒, 不空, 除憂, 除惡; S. 香象, 大精進, 虛 空藏智幢; W. 無量光, 賢護, 網明, 月光; N. 無量意 (文殊), 辨積, 金剛藏普賢.

十六行相

see styles
shí liù xíng xiàng
    shi2 liu4 xing2 xiang4
shih liu hsing hsiang
 jūroku gyōsō
sixteen defining activities [of the noble truths]

十六諦觀


十六谛观

see styles
shí liù dì guān
    shi2 liu4 di4 guan1
shih liu ti kuan
 jūroku taikan
sixteen meditations on the truths

十四變化


十四变化

see styles
shí sì biàn huà
    shi2 si4 bian4 hua4
shih ssu pien hua
 jūshi henge
The fourteen transformations that are connected with the four dhyāna heavens.

十波羅蜜


十波罗蜜

see styles
shí bō luó mì
    shi2 bo1 luo2 mi4
shih po lo mi
 jū haramitsu
(or 密多) The ten are the six pārāmitas with four added. The six are charity (or almsgiving), purity (or morality), patience, zealous progress, meditation, wisdom; i.e. 施, 戒, 忍, 辱, 精進, 禪, 慧. The four additions are 方便; 願; 力 and 智 upāya, adaptability (or, teaching as suited to the occasion and hearer): praṇidhāna, vows; bala, force of purpose; and jñāna, knowledge. Also 十度.

南十字星

see styles
 minamijuujisei / minamijujise
    みなみじゅうじせい
{astron} Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux); (personal name) Minamijuujisei

南征北伐

see styles
nán zhēng běi fá
    nan2 zheng1 bei3 fa2
nan cheng pei fa
 nanseihokubatsu / nansehokubatsu
    なんせいほくばつ
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
(yoji) attacking in all directions

南征北戰


南征北战

see styles
nán zhēng běi zhàn
    nan2 zheng1 bei3 zhan4
nan cheng pei chan
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

南征北討


南征北讨

see styles
nán zhēng běi tǎo
    nan2 zheng1 bei3 tao3
nan cheng pei t`ao
    nan cheng pei tao
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

南贍部洲


南赡部洲

see styles
nán shàn bù zhōu
    nan2 shan4 bu4 zhou1
nan shan pu chou
 nansenbushū
Jambudvipa
南閻浮提 Jambūdvīpa. One of the four continents, that situated south of Mt. Meru, comprising the world known to the early Indians. Also 南州; 南浮; 南部.

単騎待ち

see styles
 tankimachi
    たんきまち
{mahj} waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds completed

反流四位

see styles
fǎn liú sì wèi
    fan3 liu2 si4 wei4
fan liu ssu wei
 honru shii
four stages in reversal of the [saṃsāric] flow

取想行識

see styles
qǔ xiǎng xíng shí
    qu3 xiang3 xing2 shi2
ch`ü hsiang hsing shih
    chü hsiang hsing shih
The four immaterial skandhas— vedanā, saṃjñā, saṃskāra, vijñāna, i. e. feeling, ideation, reaction, consciousness.

受欲塵者


受欲尘者

see styles
shòu yù chén zhě
    shou4 yu4 chen2 zhe3
shou yü ch`en che
    shou yü chen che
 juyokujin sha
one who indulges in objects of desire

口力外道

see styles
kǒu lì wài dào
    kou3 li4 wai4 dao4
k`ou li wai tao
    kou li wai tao
 kuriki gedō
One of the eleven heretical sects of India. which is said to have compared the mouth to the great void out of which all things were produced. The great void produced the four elements, these produced herbs, and these in turn all the living; or more in detail the void produced wind, wind fire, fire warmth, warmth water, water congealed and formed earth which produced herbs, herbs cereals and life, hence life is food; ultimately all returns to the void, which is nirvana.

口嫌體直


口嫌体直

see styles
kǒu xián tǐ zhí
    kou3 xian2 ti3 zhi2
k`ou hsien t`i chih
    kou hsien ti chih
your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直[kou3 xian2 ti3 zheng4 zhi2])

口腹之慾


口腹之欲

see styles
kǒu fù zhī yù
    kou3 fu4 zhi1 yu4
k`ou fu chih yü
    kou fu chih yü
desire for good food

和敬静寂

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

品性高潔

see styles
 hinseikouketsu / hinsekoketsu
    ひんせいこうけつ
(noun or adjectival noun) (rare) of noble character; of virtuous character

唯境無識


唯境无识

see styles
wéi jìng wú shì
    wei2 jing4 wu2 shi4
wei ching wu shih
 yuikyō mushiki
Realism as opposed to 唯識無境 Idealism; implying that the four elements are real and permanent.

問四事經


问四事经

see styles
wèn sì shì jīng
    wen4 si4 shi4 jing1
wen ssu shih ching
 Mon shiji kyō
Sūtra of Questions on Four Matters

四つの力

see styles
 yottsunochikara
    よっつのちから
(physics) fundamental interactions; four fundamental forces of nature

四つ仮名

see styles
 yotsugana
    よつがな
{ling} (じ,ぢ,ず,づ) yotsugana; the four kana (ji, di, zu, du)

四つ切り

see styles
 yotsugiri
    よつぎり
cutting into four; quarter; photograph size 254mm x 305 mm

四つ手網

see styles
 yotsudeami
    よつであみ
four-armed scoop net

四つ打ち

see styles
 yotsuuchi / yotsuchi
    よつうち
(music) four-on-the-floor; four-to-the-floor

四つ目魚

see styles
 yotsumeuo; yotsumeuo
    よつめうお; ヨツメウオ
(kana only) four-eyed fish (Anableps spp.)

四不可得

see styles
sì bù kě dé
    si4 bu4 ke3 de2
ssu pu k`o te
    ssu pu ko te
 shi fuka toku
The four unattainables, perpetual youth, no sickness, perennial life, no death. There is a work, the Catur-lābha-sūtra, tr. into Chinese under this title.

四不可說


四不可说

see styles
sì bù kě shuō
    si4 bu4 ke3 shuo1
ssu pu k`o shuo
    ssu pu ko shuo
 shi fukasetsu
four unexplainables

四不可輕


四不可轻

see styles
sì bù kě qīng
    si4 bu4 ke3 qing1
ssu pu k`o ch`ing
    ssu pu ko ching
 shi fuka kyō
The four that may not be treated lightly: a prince though young, a snake though small, a fire though tiny, and above all a 'novice' though a beginner, for he may become an arhat. Cf. 阿合經 46.

四不壞信


四不坏信

see styles
sì bù huài xìn
    si4 bu4 huai4 xin4
ssu pu huai hsin
 shi fue shin
the four objects of indestructible faith

四不壞淨


四不坏淨

see styles
sì bú huài jìng
    si4 bu2 huai4 jing4
ssu pu huai ching
 shi fue jō
(or 四不壞信) The four objects of unfailing purity (or faith), i. e. the three precious ones (triratna) and the 戒 moral law.

四不定法

see styles
sì bù dìng fǎ
    si4 bu4 ding4 fa3
ssu pu ting fa
 shi fujōhō
four indeterminate mental factors

四不寄附

see styles
sì bù jì fù
    si4 bu4 ji4 fu4
ssu pu chi fu
 shi fukifu
The four to whom one does not entrust valuables— the old, for death is nigh; the distant, lest one has immediate need of them; the evil; or the 大力 strong; lest the temptation be too strong for the last two.

四不成過


四不成过

see styles
sì bù chéng guò
    si4 bu4 cheng2 guo4
ssu pu ch`eng kuo
    ssu pu cheng kuo
 shi fujō ka
four fallacies of unproof [in the reason]

四不證過


四不证过

see styles
sì bù zhèng guò
    si4 bu4 zheng4 guo4
ssu pu cheng kuo
 shifushōka
four fallacies of unproof [in the reason]

四世同堂

see styles
sì shì tóng táng
    si4 shi4 tong2 tang2
ssu shih t`ung t`ang
    ssu shih tung tang
four generations under one roof (idiom)

四事不護


四事不护

see styles
sì shì bù hù
    si4 shi4 bu4 hu4
ssu shih pu hu
 shiji fugo
four kinds of non-guards

四事供養


四事供养

see styles
sì shì gōng yǎng
    si4 shi4 gong1 yang3
ssu shih kung yang
 shiji kuyō
The four offerings or provisions for a monk. There is a sutra, the 四事經, or 阿難四事經.

四事法門


四事法门

see styles
sì shì fǎ mén
    si4 shi4 fa3 men2
ssu shih fa men
 shiji hōmon
Four methods of a bodhisattva's preparation for preaching the Law— entry into meditation: into wisdom; into complete moral self-control; and into clear discernment, or reasoning, 辯才門.

四人觀世


四人观世

see styles
sì rén guān shì
    si4 ren2 guan1 shi4
ssu jen kuan shih
 shinin kanse
The world from four points of view: that of men in general— its pleasures, thoughtlessly; of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas— as a burning house, uneasily; of bodhisattvas— as an empty flower; of Buddhas— as mind, all things being for (or of) intelligent mind.

四仙避死

see styles
sì xiān bì sǐ
    si4 xian1 bi4 si3
ssu hsien pi ssu
 shisen hishi
The four wise men who sought escape from death: one in the mountains, another in the ocean, another in the air, and a fourth in the market place— all in vain.

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