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長眠


长眠

see styles
cháng mián
    chang2 mian2
ch`ang mien
    chang mien
(euphemism) to rest eternally; to lie buried in (one's final resting place)

頃久


顷久

see styles
qǐng jiǔ
    qing3 jiu3
ch`ing chiu
    ching chiu
an instant or an eternity

顯本


显本

see styles
xiǎn běn
    xian3 ben3
hsien pen
The revelation of his fundamental or eternal life by the Buddha in the Lotus Sūtra.

三無性


三无性

see styles
sān wú xìng
    san1 wu2 xing4
san wu hsing
 san mushō
The three things without a nature or separate existence of their own: (a) 相無性 form, appearance or seeming, is unreal, e.g. a rope appearing like a snake; (b) 生無性 life ditto, for it is like the rope, which is derived from constituent materials; (c) 勝義無性 the 勝義, concept of the 眞如 or bhūtatathatā, is unreal, e.g. the hemp of which the rope is made; the bhūtatathatā is perfect and eternal. Every representation of it is abstract and unreal. The three are also known as 相無性, 無自然性, 法無性; v. 唯識論 9.

三種常


三种常

see styles
sān zhǒng cháng
    san1 zhong3 chang2
san chung ch`ang
    san chung chang
 sanshu jō
A Buddha in his three eternal qualities: (a) 本性常 in his nature or dharmakāya; (b) 不斷常 in his unbroken eternity, saṃbhogakāya; (c) 相續常 in his continuous and eternally varied forms, nirmāṇakāya.

五種天


五种天

see styles
wǔ zhǒng tiān
    wu3 zhong3 tian1
wu chung t`ien
    wu chung tien
 goshu ten
(1) 名天 famous rulers on earth styled 天王, 天子; (2) 生天 the highest incarnations of the six paths; (3) 淨天 the pure, or the saints, from śrāvakas to pratyekabuddhas, and (4) 義天 all bodhisattvas above the ten stages 十住, and (5) 第一義天 a supreme heaven with bodhisattvas and Buddhas in eternal immutability; 涅槃經 23. Cf. 天宮.

五種藏


五种藏

see styles
wǔ zhǒng zàng
    wu3 zhong3 zang4
wu chung tsang
 goshu zō
The five 'stores', or the five differentiations of the one Buddha-nature; (1) 如來藏 the Tathāgata-nature, which is the fundamental universal nature possessed by all the living: (2) 正法藏 the source or treasury of all right laws and virtues: (3) 法身藏 the storehouse of the dharmakāya obtained by all saints: (4) 出世藏 the eternal spiritual nature, free from earthly errors; (5) 自性淸淨藏 the storehouse of the pure Buddha-nature. Another similar group is 如來藏, 法界藏, 法身藏, 出世間上上藏, and 自性淸淨藏.

八千年

see styles
 yachitose
    やちとせ
    hassennen
    はっせんねん
8000 years; thousands of years; eternity

八千歳

see styles
 yachitose
    やちとせ
8000 years; thousands of years; eternity

共不定

see styles
gòng bù dìng
    gong4 bu4 ding4
kung pu ting
 gū fujō
sādhāraṇa; both indeterminate, i. e. one of the six indeterminates in Logic, 'when a thesis and its contradiction are both supported by equally valid reasons, ' e. g. 'that sound is not eternal, because it is a product, ' 'that it is eternal, because it is audible. ' Keith.

化他壽


化他寿

see styles
huà tā shòu
    hua4 ta1 shou4
hua t`a shou
    hua ta shou
 ketaju
A Buddha's long or 'eternal' life spent in saving others; implying his powers of unlimited salvation.

吸金剛

see styles
 kokongou / kokongo
    ここんごう
Hevajra; Eternal Vajra (tantric Buddhist deity)

壽量品


寿量品

see styles
shòu liáng pǐn
    shou4 liang2 pin3
shou liang p`in
    shou liang pin
 Juryō bon
The chapter in the Lotus Sūtra where Buddha declares his eternity; v. also the 無量壽經.

婆私吒


婆私咤

see styles
pó sī zhà
    po2 si1 zha4
p`o ssu cha
    po ssu cha
 Bashita
(婆私) Vasiṣṭha, a brahman who is said to have denied the eternity of nirvana, and maintained that plants had lives and intelligence; Nirvana Sutra 39. One of the seven ancient ṛṣis of Brahmanic mythology, one of the champions in the Ṛg Veda of the priesthood. Name of a brahman whose mother lost her six sons, she became mad, wandered naked, met the Buddha, was restored and became a disciple. Also 婆吒; 私婆吒; 婆私瑟搋 or 婆私瑟柁.

尽未来

see styles
 jinmirai
    じんみらい
eternally; forever

常しえ

see styles
 tokoshie
    とこしえ
(adj-na,n,adj-no) eternity; perpetuity; immortality

常住論


常住论

see styles
cháng zhù lùn
    chang2 zhu4 lun4
ch`ang chu lun
    chang chu lun
 jōjū ron
eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda)
eternalism

本地門


本地门

see styles
běn dì mén
    ben3 di4 men2
pen ti men
 honji mon
The uncreated dharmakāya of Vairocana is eternal and the source of all things and all virtue.

法四依

see styles
fǎ sì yī
    fa3 si4 yi1
fa ssu i
 hō (no) shie
The four trusts of dharma: trust in the Law, not in men; trust in sūtras containing ultimate truth; trust in truth, not in words; trust in wisdom growing out of eternal truth and not in illusory knowledge.

涅槃聖


涅槃圣

see styles
niè pán shèng
    nie4 pan2 sheng4
nieh p`an sheng
    nieh pan sheng
 nehan shō
Nickname of 道生 Daosheng, pupil of Kumārajīva, tr. part of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, asserted the eternity of Buddha, for which he was much abused, hence the nickname.

無爲法


无为法

see styles
wú wéi fǎ
    wu2 wei2 fa3
wu wei fa
 mui hō
asaṃskṛta dharmas, anything not subject to cause, condition, or dependence; out of time, eternal, inactive, supra-mundane. Sarvāstivādins enumerate three: ākāśa, space or ether; pratisaṃhyā-nirodha, conscious cessation of the contamination of the passions; apratisaṃhyā-nirodha, unconscious or effortless cessation.

無生際


无生际

see styles
wú shēng jì
    wu2 sheng1 ji4
wu sheng chi
 mushō sai
The uncreate, or absolute; the region of the eternal.

眞言宗

see styles
zhēn yán zōng
    zhen1 yan2 zong1
chen yen tsung
 Shingon Shū
The True-word or Shingon sect, founded on the mystical teaching 'of all Buddhas,' the 'very words ' of the Buddhas; the especial authority being Vairocana; cf. the 大日 sutra, 金剛頂經; 蘇悉地經, etc. The founding of the esoteric sect is attributed to Vairocana, through the imaginary Bodhisattva Vajrasattva, then through Nāgārjuna to Vajramati and to Amoghavajra, circa A.D. 733; the latter became the effective propagator of the Yogācāra school in China; he is counted as the sixth patriarch of the school and the second in China. The three esoteric duties of body, mouth, and mind are to hold the symbol in the hand, recite the dhāraṇīs, and ponder over the word 'a' 阿 as the principle of the ungenerated, i.e. the eternal.

衞世師


衞世师

see styles
wèi shì shī
    wei4 shi4 shi1
wei shih shih
 Eiseishi
Vaiśeṣika; derived from viśeṣa, characteristic, individuality, particularity or individual essence. M.W. Also 鞞世師 (or 鞞思迦); 吠世史迦; 勝論宗 An atomistic school founded by Kaṇāda. Like the Saṅkhya philosophy it taught a dualism and an endless number of souls, also by its doctrine of particularity or individual essence maintained 'the eternally distinct or sui generis nature of the nine substances' (see below), 'of which the first five including mind are held to be atomic.' M.W. The interaction of these with the six mentioned below produces cosmic evolution. It chiefly occupied itself, like the orthodox Nyāya philosophy, with the theory of knowledge, but it differed by distinguishing only six categories of cognition 六諦, viz. substance, quality, activity, species, distinction, and correlation, also a seventh of non-existence, and nine substances possessed of qualities, these 九陰 being: the five elements, air, fire, water, earth, ether, together with time, space, spirit (manas), and soul (ātman). Cf. Keith, Indian Logic and Atomism, and Dasgupta, History of Indian Philosophy.

長しえ

see styles
 tokoshie
    とこしえ
(adj-na,n,adj-no) eternity; perpetuity; immortality

阿彌陀


阿弥陀

see styles
ā mí tuó
    a1 mi2 tuo2
a mi t`o
    a mi to
 Amida
    あみだ
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; (3) (kana only) (abbreviation) wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
(阿彌) amita, boundless, infinite; tr. by 無量 immeasurable. The Buddha of infinite qualities, known as 阿彌陀婆 (or 阿彌陀佛) Amitābha, tr. 無量光 boundless light; 阿彌陀廋斯Amitāyus, tr. 無量壽 boundless age, or life; and among the esoteric sects Amṛta 甘露 (甘露王) sweet-dew (king). An imaginary being unknown to ancient Buddhism, possibly of Persian or Iranian origin, who has eclipsed the historical Buddha in becoming the most popular divinity in the Mahāyāna pantheon. His name indicates an idealization rather than an historic personality, the idea of eternal light and life. The origin and date of the concept are unknown, but he has always been associated with the west, where in his Paradise, Suikhāvatī, the Western Pure Land, he receives to unbounded happiness all who call upon his name (cf. the Pure Lands 淨土 of Maitreya and Akṣobhya). This is consequent on his forty-eight vows, especially the eighteenth, in which he vows to refuse Buddhahood until he has saved all living beings to his Paradise, except those who had committed the five unpardonable sins, or were guilty of blasphemy against the Faith. While his Paradise is theoretically only a stage on the way to rebirth in the final joys of nirvana, it is popularly considered as the final resting-place of those who cry na-mo a-mi-to-fo, or blessed be, or adoration to, Amita Buddha. The 淨土 Pure-land (Jap. Jōdo) sect is especially devoted to this cult, which arises chiefly out of the Sukhāvatīvyūha, but Amita is referred to in many other texts and recognized, with differing interpretations and emphasis, by the other sects. Eitel attributes the first preaching of the dogma to 'a priest from Tokhara' in A. D.147, and says that Faxian and Xuanzang make no mention of the cult. But the Chinese pilgrim 慧日Huiri says he found it prevalent in India 702-719. The first translation of the Amitāyus Sutra, circa A.D. 223-253, had disappeared when the Kaiyuan catalogue was compiled A.D. 730. The eighteenth vow occurs in the tr. by Dharmarakṣa A.D. 308. With Amita is closely associated Avalokiteśvara, who is also considered as his incarnation, and appears crowned with, or bearing the image of Amita. In the trinity of Amita, Avalokiteśvara appears on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. Another group, of five, includes Kṣitigarbha and Nāgārjuna, the latter counted as the second patriarch of the Pure Land sect. One who calls on the name of Amitābha is styled 阿彌陀聖 a saint of Amitābha. Amitābha is one of the Five 'dhyāni buddhas' 五佛, q.v. He has many titles, amongst which are the following twelve relating to him as Buddha of light, also his title of eternal life: 無量光佛Buddha of boundless light; 無邊光佛 Buddha of unlimited light; 無礙光佛 Buddha of irresistible light; 無對光佛 Buddha of incomparable light; 燄王光佛 Buddha of yama or flame-king light; 淸淨光佛 Buddha of pure light; 歡喜光佛 Buddha of joyous light; 智慧光佛 Buddha of wisdom light; 不斷光佛 Buddha of unending light; 難思光佛 Buddha of inconceivable light; 無稱光佛Buddha of indescribable light; 超日月光佛 Buddha of light surpassing that of sun and moon; 無量壽 Buddha of boundless age. As buddha he has, of course, all the attributes of a buddha, including the trikāya, or 法報化身, about which in re Amita there are differences of opinion in the various schools. His esoteric germ-letter is hrīḥ, and he has specific manual-signs. Cf. 阿彌陀經, of which with commentaries there are numerous editions.

順風耳


顺风耳

see styles
shùn fēng ěr
    shun4 feng1 er3
shun feng erh
sb with preternaturally good hearing (in fiction); fig. a well-informed person

バンザイ

see styles
 banzai
    バンザイ
(int,n) (1) crying "banzai" (or raising one's hands in the banzai gesture); (2) something worthy of celebration; (3) (archaism) long time; (4) (archaism) eternal life (and prosperity); (interjection) (5) banzai (a celebratory cheer); hurrah (hooray, hurray)

一日三秋

see styles
yī rì sān qiū
    yi1 ri4 san1 qiu1
i jih san ch`iu
    i jih san chiu
 ichijitsusanshuu; ichinichisanshuu / ichijitsusanshu; ichinichisanshu
    いちじつさんしゅう; いちにちさんしゅう
a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
(yoji) (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity

一期末代

see styles
 ichigomatsudai
    いちごまつだい
this world (life) and the next; eternity

一眞法界

see styles
yī zhēn fǎ jiè
    yi1 zhen1 fa3 jie4
i chen fa chieh
 isshinhokkai
The dharma realm of the one reality, i.e. of the bhūtatathatā, complete in a speck of dust as in a universe; such is the dharmakāya, or spiritual body of all Buddhas, eternal, above terms of being, undefinable, neither immanent nor transcendent, yet the one reality, though beyond thought. It is the fundamental doctrine of the 華嚴宗. The 法界 is 諸佛平等法身, 從本以來不生不滅, 非空非有, 離名離相, 無內無外, 惟一眞實, 不可思議, 是名一眞法界; see 三藏法數 4.

万世不易

see styles
 banseifueki / bansefueki
    ばんせいふえき
(yoji) eternity; perpetuity

万代不易

see styles
 bandaifueki
    ばんだいふえき
(noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) eternity; perpetuity

万劫末代

see styles
 mangoumatsudai / mangomatsudai
    まんごうまつだい
(n,adv) (yoji) eternity; through all eternity; for evermore; for many generations to come

万古不易

see styles
 bankofueki
    ばんこふえき
(yoji) eternally unchanging

三佛菩提

see styles
sān fó pú tí
    san1 fo2 pu2 ti2
san fo p`u t`i
    san fo pu ti
 san butsu bodai
The bodhi, or wisdom, of each of the Trikāya, 三身, i.e. that under the bodhi tree, that of parinirvāṇa, that of tathāgatagarbha in its eternal nirvāṇa aspect.

三角関係

see styles
 sankakukankei / sankakukanke
    さんかくかんけい
love triangle; eternal triangle

上行菩薩


上行菩萨

see styles
shàng xíng pú sà
    shang4 xing2 pu2 sa4
shang hsing p`u sa
    shang hsing pu sa
 Jōgyō bosatsu
Viśiṣṭa-cāritra Bodhisattva, who suddenly rose out of the earth as Buddha was concluding one of his Lotus sermons; v. Lotus sūtra 15 and 21. He is supposed to have been a convert of the Buddha in long past ages and to come to the world in its days of evil. Nichiren in Japan believed himself to be this Bodhisattva's reincarnation, and the Nichiren trinity is the Buddha, i.e. the eternal Śākyamuni Buddha; the Law, i.e. the Lotus Truth; and the Saṅgha, i.e. this Bodhisattva, in other words Nichiren himself as the head of all living beings, or eldest son of the Buddha.

不壞金剛


不坏金刚

see styles
bù huài jīn gāng
    bu4 huai4 jin1 gang1
pu huai chin kang
 fue kongō
Vairocana the indestructible, or eternal.

不変の理

see styles
 fuhennori
    ふへんのり
eternal truth

不易流行

see styles
 fuekiryuukou / fuekiryuko
    ふえきりゅうこう
(expression) (yoji) (considered by Bashō to be fundamental) the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; haiku is both fluid and transitory, and eternal and immutable; an interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku

不朽不滅

see styles
 fukyuufumetsu / fukyufumetsu
    ふきゅうふめつ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (yoji) everlasting; eternal; immortal; imperishable; undying

不生不滅


不生不灭

see styles
bù shēng bù miè
    bu4 sheng1 bu4 mie4
pu sheng pu mieh
 fushoufumetsu / fushofumetsu
    ふしょうふめつ
{Buddh} (See 生滅) neither arising nor ceasing
v. 不滅 'Neither (to be) born nor ended' is another term for 常住 permanent, eternal; nothing having been created nothing can be destroyed; Hīnayāna limits the meaning to the state of nirvana, no more births and deaths; Mahāyāna in its Mādhyamika form extends it universally, no birth and death, no creation and annihilation, see 中論.

二種光明


二种光明

see styles
èr zhǒng guāng míng
    er4 zhong3 guang1 ming2
erh chung kuang ming
 nishu kōmyō
The two kinds of light: (1) (a) 色光明 physical light; (b) 智慧光明 or 心光明 wisdom or mental light. (2) (a) 魔光 Māra's delusive light; (b) 佛光 the true light of the Buddha. (3) (a) 常光The constant or eternal light; (b) 現起光 the light in temporary manifestations.

五佛五身

see styles
wǔ fó wǔ shēn
    wu3 fo2 wu3 shen1
wu fo wu shen
 gobutsu goshin
A Shingon term for the five Buddhas in their five manifestations: Vairocana as eternal and pure dharmakāya; Akṣobhya as immutable and sovereign; Ratnasaṃbhava as bliss and glory; Amitābha as wisdom in action; Śākyamuni as incarnation and nirmāṇakāya.

何時迄も

see styles
 itsumademo
    いつまでも
(adverb) (kana only) forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

佛性常住

see styles
fó xìng cháng zhù
    fo2 xing4 chang2 zhu4
fo hsing ch`ang chu
    fo hsing chang chu
 busshō jō jū
The eternity of the Buddha-nature, also of Buddha as immortal and immutable.

佛性眞如

see styles
fó xìng zhēn rú
    fo2 xing4 zhen1 ru2
fo hsing chen ju
 busshō shinnyo
The Buddha-nature, the absolute, as eternally existent, i.e. the bhūtatathatā.

十万億土

see styles
 juumanokudo / jumanokudo
    じゅうまんおくど
(yoji) eternity; paradise

十二眞如

see styles
shí èr zhēn rú
    shi2 er4 zhen1 ru2
shih erh chen ju
 jūni shinnyo
The twelve aspects of the bhūtatathhatā or the ultimate, which is also styled the 十二無為 "inactive" or nirvana-like: and the 十二空 "void" or immaterial: (1) The chen ju itself; (2) 法界 as the medium of all things; (3) 法性 as the nature of all things; (4) 不虛妄性 its reality contra the unreality of phenomena; (5) 不變異性 its immutability contra mortality and phenomenal variation; (6) 平等性 as universal or undifferentiated; (7) 離生性 as immortal, i.e. apart from birth and death, or creation and destruction; (8) 法定 as eternal, its nature ever sure; (9) 法住 as the abode of all things; (10) 實際 as the bounds of all reality; (11) 虛空界 as the realm of space, the void, or immateriality; (12)不思議界 as the realm beyond thought or expression.

千代万代

see styles
 chiyoyorozuyo
    ちよよろずよ
for ever and ever; (through) eternity; countless ages; till the end of time

千古不易

see styles
 senkofueki
    せんこふえき
(yoji) eternally unchanging

千古不磨

see styles
 senkofuma
    せんこふま
(yoji) permanence; immortality; eternity

千古遺恨


千古遗恨

see styles
qiān gǔ yí hèn
    qian1 gu3 yi2 hen4
ch`ien ku i hen
    chien ku i hen
to have eternal regrets (idiom)

名垂青史

see styles
míng chuí qīng shǐ
    ming2 chui2 qing1 shi3
ming ch`ui ch`ing shih
    ming chui ching shih
lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory

四法本末

see styles
sì fǎ běn mò
    si4 fa3 ben3 mo4
ssu fa pen mo
 shihō honmatsu
The alpha and omega in four laws or dogmas— that nothing is permanent, that all things involve suffering, that there is no personality, and that nirvana is 永寂 eternal rest.

国常立尊

see styles
 kuninotokotachinomikoto
    くにのとこたちのみこと
Kuninotokotachi no Mikoto (eternal god of the land)

地久天長


地久天长

see styles
dì jiǔ tiān cháng
    di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2
ti chiu t`ien ch`ang
    ti chiu tien chang
enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal; for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc); also written 天長地久|天长地久

天地長久

see styles
 tenchichoukyuu / tenchichokyu
    てんちちょうきゅう
(expression) (yoji) heaven and earth are eternal

天壌無窮

see styles
 tenjoumukyuu / tenjomukyu
    てんじょうむきゅう
(yoji) as eternal as heaven and earth

天長地久


天长地久

see styles
tiān cháng dì jiǔ
    tian1 chang2 di4 jiu3
t`ien ch`ang ti chiu
    tien chang ti chiu
 tenchouchikyuu / tenchochikyu
    てんちょうちきゅう
enduring while the world lasts (idiom); eternal
(yoji) coeval with heaven and earth

如來常住


如来常住

see styles
rú lái cháng zhù
    ru2 lai2 chang2 zhu4
ju lai ch`ang chu
    ju lai chang chu
 nyorai jō jū
The Tathāgata is eternal, always abiding.

尽きせぬ

see styles
 tsukisenu
    つきせぬ
(pre-noun adjective) eternal; everlasting; endless; enduring

山盟海誓

see styles
shān méng hǎi shì
    shan1 meng2 hai3 shi4
shan meng hai shih
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods

常しなえ

see styles
 tokoshinae
    とこしなえ
(adjectival noun) eternity

常住一相

see styles
cháng zhù yī xiàng
    chang2 zhu4 yi1 xiang4
ch`ang chu i hsiang
    chang chu i hsiang
 jōjū issō
The eternal unity or reality behind all things.

常寂光土

see styles
cháng jí guāng tǔ
    chang2 ji2 guang1 tu3
ch`ang chi kuang t`u
    chang chi kuang tu
 joujakkoudo / jojakkodo
    じょうじゃっこうど
{Buddh} (See 寂光浄土) land of eternally tranquil light (highest realm in Tendai Buddhism)
The realm (of spirit) where all are in perpetual peace and glory; Tiantai's fourth Buddhakṣetra.

常樂我淨


常乐我淨

see styles
cháng lè wǒ jìng
    chang2 le4 wo3 jing4
ch`ang le wo ching
    chang le wo ching
 jōraku gajō
The four pāramitās of knowledge: eternity, bliss, personality, purity, the four transcendental realities in nirvāṇa, v. Nirvāṇa Sutra.

常波羅蜜


常波罗蜜

see styles
cháng bō luó mì
    chang2 bo1 luo2 mi4
ch`ang po lo mi
    chang po lo mi
 jō haramitsu
The first of the four pāramitās, eternity.

幾久しい

see styles
 ikuhisashii / ikuhisashi
    いくひさしい
(adjective) (usu. adverbially as 幾久しく) (See 幾久しく) everlasting; eternal; continued; unchanging

幾久しく

see styles
 ikuhisashiku
    いくひさしく
(adverb) (in formal correspondence or greetings) forever; eternally

廢迹顯本


废迹显本

see styles
fèi jī xiǎn běn
    fei4 ji1 xian3 ben3
fei chi hsien pen
 haishaku kenpon
To set aside the temporal life (of the Buddha) and reveal the fundamental eternal life.

成自然覺


成自然觉

see styles
chéng zì rán jué
    cheng2 zi4 ran2 jue2
ch`eng tzu jan chüeh
    cheng tzu jan chüeh
 jō jinen kaku
To attain to natural enlightenment as all may do by beholding eternal truth 實相 within their own hearts.

扶律談常


扶律谈常

see styles
fú lǜ tán cháng
    fu2 lv4 tan2 chang2
fu lü t`an ch`ang
    fu lü tan chang
 furitsu danjō
(扶律談常教) The teaching which supports the rules and speaks of the eternal, i. e. the 涅槃經 Nirvāṇa Sūtra.

有餘涅槃


有余涅槃

see styles
yǒu yú niè pán
    you3 yu2 nie4 pan2
yu yü nieh p`an
    yu yü nieh pan
 uyo nehan
有餘依 (有餘依涅槃) Incomplete nirvāṇa. Hīnayāna holds that the arhat after his last term of mortal existence enters into nirvāṇa, while alive here he is in the state of sopādhiśeṣa-nirvāṇa, limited, or modified, nirvāṇa, as contrasted with 無餘涅槃 nirupadhiśeṣa-nirvāṇa. Mahāyāna holds that when the cause 因 of reincarnation is ended the state is that of 有餘涅槃 incomplete nirvāṇa; when the effect 果 is ended, and 得佛之常身 the eternal Buddha-body has been obtained, then there is 無餘涅槃 complete nirvāṇa. Mahāyāna writers say that in the Hīnayāna 無餘涅槃 'remainderless' nirvāṇa for the arhat there are still remains of illusion, karma, and suffering, and it is therefore 有餘涅槃; in Mahāyāna 無餘涅槃 these remains of illusion, etc., are ended.

未来永劫

see styles
 miraieigou; miraiyougou(ok) / miraiego; miraiyogo(ok)
    みらいえいごう; みらいようごう(ok)
(n,adv) (yoji) forevermore; for eternity

末代まで

see styles
 matsudaimade
    まつだいまで
(exp,adj-no) forever; eternally; for generations to come

本迹二門


本迹二门

see styles
běn jī èr mén
    ben3 ji1 er4 men2
pen chi erh men
 honjaku nimon
A division of the Lotus Sutra into two parts, the 迹門 being the first fourteen chapters, the 本門 the following fourteen chapters; the first half is related to the Buddha's earthly life and previous teaching; the second half to the final revelation of the Buddha as eternal and the Bodhisattva doctrines.

本門本尊


本门本尊

see styles
běn mén běn zūn
    ben3 men2 ben3 zun1
pen men pen tsun
 honmon honzon
The especial honoured one of the Nichiren sect, Svādi-devatā, the Supreme Being, whose maṇḍala is considered as the symbol of the Buddha as infinite, eternal, universal. The Nichiren sect has a meditation 本門事觀 on the universality of the Buddha and the unity in the diversity of all his phenomena, the whole truth being embodied in the Lotus Sutra, and in its title of five words, 妙法蓮華經 Wonderful-Law Lotus-Flower Sutra, which are considered to be the embodiment of the eternal, universal Buddha. Their repetition preceded by 南無 Namah ! is equivalent to the 歸命 of other Buddhists.

比量相違


比量相违

see styles
bǐ liáng xiāng wéi
    bi3 liang2 xiang1 wei2
pi liang hsiang wei
 hiryō sōi
viruddha. A contradicting example or analogy in logic, e. g. the vase is permanent (or eternal), because of its nature; one of the nine, in the proposition, of the thirty-three possible fallacies in a syllogism.

永劫回帰

see styles
 eigoukaiki / egokaiki
    えいごうかいき
(yoji) (in Nietzsche's philosophy 'ewige Wiederkunft') eternal recurrence; eternal return

永垂不朽

see styles
yǒng chuí bù xiǔ
    yong3 chui2 bu4 xiu3
yung ch`ui pu hsiu
    yung chui pu hsiu
 eisuifukyuu / esuifukyu
    えいすいふきゅう
eternal glory; will never be forgotten
(yoji) one's fame or achievements being passed down eternally

永遠回帰

see styles
 eienkaiki / eenkaiki
    えいえんかいき
eternal return; eternal recurrence

法性常樂


法性常乐

see styles
fǎ xìng cháng lè
    fa3 xing4 chang2 le4
fa hsing ch`ang le
    fa hsing chang le
 hosshō jōraku
The eternity and bliss of the dharma-nature, v. 常樂我淨.

浮ばれる

see styles
 ukabareru
    うかばれる
(v1,vi) (1) to rest in peace; to attain eternal rest; (2) to gain recognition; to get on in the world

海誓山盟

see styles
hǎi shì shān méng
    hai3 shi4 shan1 meng2
hai shih shan meng
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods

無去無來


无去无来

see styles
wú qù wú lái
    wu2 qu4 wu2 lai2
wu ch`ü wu lai
    wu chü wu lai
 muko murai
Neither going nor coming, eternal like the dharmakāya.

無始無終


无始无终

see styles
wú shǐ wú zhōng
    wu2 shi3 wu2 zhong1
wu shih wu chung
 mushimushuu; mushimujuu / mushimushu; mushimuju
    むしむしゅう; むしむじゅう
(yoji) {Buddh} everlastingness; eternity
beginningless and endless

無爲法身


无为法身

see styles
wú wéi fǎ shēn
    wu2 wei2 fa3 shen1
wu wei fa shen
 mui hosshin
asaṃskṛta dharmakāya, the eternal body of Buddha not conditioned by cause and effect.

無爲湼槃


无为湼槃

see styles
wú wéi niè pán
    wu2 wei2 nie4 pan2
wu wei nieh p`an
    wu wei nieh pan
 mui nehan
(無爲湼槃界) The realm of the eternal, unconditioned nirvāṇa, the Pure Land.

理身理土

see styles
lǐ shēn lǐ tǔ
    li3 shen1 li3 tu3
li shen li t`u
    li shen li tu
 rishin rido
The dharmakāya in the dharmakṣetra, e.g. the spiritual Vairocana in the eternal light.

生々世々

see styles
 shoujouzeze / shojozeze
    しょうじょうぜぜ
(n-adv,n) (yoji) eternity; forever; through all eternity

生生世世

see styles
shēng shēng shì shì
    sheng1 sheng1 shi4 shi4
sheng sheng shih shih
 shōshōseze
    しょうじょうぜぜ
(n-adv,n) (yoji) eternity; forever; through all eternity
continuous life

盟山誓海

see styles
méng shān shì hǎi
    meng2 shan1 shi4 hai3
meng shan shih hai
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love; to swear by all the Gods

盡未來際


尽未来际

see styles
jìn wèi lái jì
    jin4 wei4 lai2 ji4
chin wei lai chi
 jin mirai sai
To the end of all time, eternal.

終天之恨


终天之恨

see styles
zhōng tiān zhī hèn
    zhong1 tian1 zhi1 hen4
chung t`ien chih hen
    chung tien chih hen
eternal regret

華嚴三昧


华严三昧

see styles
huā yán sān mèi
    hua1 yan2 san1 mei4
hua yen san mei
 kegon zanmai
The Buddha-samādhi of an eternal spiritual realm from which all Buddha-activities are evolved.

萬世師表


万世师表

see styles
wàn shì shī biǎo
    wan4 shi4 shi1 biao3
wan shih shih piao
model teacher of every age (idiom); eternal paragon; refers to Confucius (551-479 BC) 孔子[Kong3 zi3]

萬劫不復


万劫不复

see styles
wàn jié bù fù
    wan4 jie2 bu4 fu4
wan chieh pu fu
consigned to eternal damnation; with no hope of reprieve

萬古千秋


万古千秋

see styles
wàn gǔ qiān qiū
    wan4 gu3 qian1 qiu1
wan ku ch`ien ch`iu
    wan ku chien chiu
for all eternity (idiom)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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