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四軛


四轭

see styles
sì è
    si4 e4
ssu o
 shi aku
The four yokes, or fetters, i. e. 欲 desire, 有 possessions and existence, 見 (unenlightened or non-Buddhist) views, 無明 ignorance.

垢有

see styles
gòu yǒu
    gou4 you3
kou yu
 kuu
v. 二眞如.

執有


执有

see styles
zhí yǒu
    zhi2 you3
chih yu
 shūu
attach to existence

增執


增执

see styles
zēng zhí
    zeng1 zhi2
tseng chih
 zō shū
attachment to the actual existence of concepts and objects

墮有


堕有

see styles
duò yǒu
    duo4 you3
to yu
 dau
fall into [the extreme view of] existence

壞劫


坏劫

see styles
huài jié
    huai4 jie2
huai chieh
 e kō
saṃvarta, v. 劫 7, the periodical gradual destruction of a universe, one of its four kalpas, i.e. 成 vivarta, formation; 住 vivarta-siddha; abiding, or existence; 壞 saṃvarta, decay, or destruction; 滅 saṃvarta-siddha, final annihilation.

外道

see styles
wài dào
    wai4 dao4
wai tao
 gedou / gedo
    げどう
(1) {Buddh} (See 内道) tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist; (2) heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic; (3) (oft. used as a pejorative) demon; devil; fiend; brute; wretch; (4) type of fish one did not intend to catch; (person) Gedō
Outside doctrines; non-Buddhist; heresy, heretics; the Tīrthyas or Tīrthikas; there are many groups of these: that of the 二天三仙 two devas and three sages, i. e. the Viṣṇuites, the Maheśvarites (or Śivaites), and the followers of Kapila, Ulūka, and Ṛṣabha. Another group of four is given as Kapila, Ulūka, Nirgrantha-putra (Jainas), and Jñātṛ (Jainas). A group of six, known as the外道六師 six heretical masters, is Pūraṇa-Kāśyapa, Maskari-Gośālīputra, Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, Ajita-Keśakambala, Kakuda-Kātyāyana, and Nirgrantha-Jñātṛputra; there are also two other groupings of six, one of them indicative of their various forms of asceticism and self-torture. There are also groups of 13, 1, 20, 30, 95, and 96 heretics, or forms of non-Buddhist doctrine, the 95 being divided into 11 classes, beginning with the Saṃkhyā philosophy and ending with that of no-cause, or existence as accidental.

天有

see styles
tiān yǒu
    tian1 you3
t`ien yu
    tien yu
 tenu
Existence and joy as a deva, derived from previous devotion, the fourth of the seven forms of existence.

妙有

see styles
miào yǒu
    miao4 you3
miao yu
 tayu
    たゆ
(female given name) Tayu
The absolute reality, the incomprehensible entity, as contrasted with the superficial reality of phenomena; supernatural existence.

妙無


妙无

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

存亡

see styles
cún wáng
    cun2 wang2
ts`un wang
    tsun wang
 sonbou / sonbo
    そんぼう
to live or die; to exist or perish
life or death; existence; destiny

存廃

see styles
 sonpai
    そんぱい
maintenance or abolition (of a system, institution, etc.); existence

存立

see styles
cún lì
    cun2 li4
ts`un li
    tsun li
 sonritsu
    そんりつ
(n,vs,vi) existence; subsistence
to exist

孽種


孽种

see styles
niè zhǒng
    nie4 zhong3
nieh chung
bane of one's existence; vile spawn

安住

see styles
ān zhù
    an1 zhu4
an chu
 yazumi
    やずみ
(n,vs,vi) (1) living in peace; living a quiet life; (n,vs,vi) (2) being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot; (surname) Yazumi
existence

宗元

see styles
zōng yuán
    zong1 yuan2
tsung yüan
 munemoto
    むねもと
(surname) Munemoto
The basic principles of a sect; its origin or cause of existence.

実在

see styles
 jitsuzai
    じつざい
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

実存

see styles
 jitsuzon
    じつぞん
(n,vs,adj-no,vi) existence

宿世

see styles
sù shì
    su4 shi4
su shih
 shukuse; sukuse
    しゅくせ; すくせ
previous life
{Buddh} one's previous existence
A former existence.

宿善

see styles
sù shàn
    su4 shan4
su shan
 sukuzen
Good deeds done in previous existence.

宿因

see styles
sù yīn
    su4 yin1
su yin
 sukuin
Good or evil cause in previous existence.

宿執


宿执

see styles
sù zhí
    su4 zhi2
su chih
 shukushū
The character acquired in a previous existence and maintained.

宿報


宿报

see styles
sù bào
    su4 bao4
su pao
 shukuhō
The consequence of deeds done in former existence.

宿悪

see styles
 shukuaku
    しゅくあく
{Buddh} old evils; evils committed in a previous existence

宿根

see styles
sù gēn
    su4 gen1
su ken
 shukune
    しゅくね
perennial root (botany)
{Buddh} fate predetermined from a prior existence; (place-name) Shukune
宿植 The root of one's present lot planted in previous existence.

宿福

see styles
sù fú
    su4 fu2
su fu
 shukufuku
Happy karma from previous existence.

宿緣


宿缘

see styles
sù yuán
    su4 yuan2
su yüan
 shukuen
(Buddhism) predestined relationship
Causation or inheritance from previous existence.

宿習


宿习

see styles
sù xí
    su4 xi2
su hsi
 shuku shū
The practices, habits, or deeds of or inherited from former existence.

宿願


宿愿

see styles
sù yuàn
    su4 yuan4
su yüan
 shukugan
    しゅくがん
long-cherished wish
longstanding desire
The vow made in a former existence.

密有

see styles
mì yǒu
    mi4 you3
mi yu
 mitsu-u
mysterious existence

實體


实体

see styles
shí tǐ
    shi2 ti3
shih t`i
    shih ti
 jitsutai
entity; substance; thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence); the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it)
substance

已生

see styles
yǐ shēng
    yi3 sheng1
i sheng
 ishō
部多 bhūta. Become, the moment just come into existence, the present moment; being, existing; a being, ghost, demon; a fact; an element, of which the Hindus have five— earth, water, fire, air, ether; the past.

幻有

see styles
huàn yǒu
    huan4 you3
huan yu
 genu
Illusory existence.

度日

see styles
dù rì
    du4 ri4
tu jih
 donichi
    どにち
to pass one's days; to scratch out a difficult, meager existence
degree day

影像

see styles
yǐng xiàng
    ying3 xiang4
ying hsiang
 eizou / ezo
    えいぞう
image
silhouette
pratibimba. Shadows, reflections, with no real existence or nature of their own.

後身


后身

see styles
hòu shēn
    hou4 shen1
hou shen
 koushin / koshin
    こうしん
(1) successor (e.g. organization); (2) new existence after rebirth
The body or person in the next stage of transmigration.

得轉


得转

see styles
dé zhuǎn
    de2 zhuan3
te chuan
 tokuten
state of existence

憎有

see styles
zēng yǒu
    zeng1 you3
tseng yu
 zōu
abhors existence

應身


应身

see styles
yìng shēn
    ying4 shen1
ying shen
 ōjin
nirmāṇakāya, one of the 三身 q.v. Any incarnation of Buddha. The Buddha-incarnation of the 眞如q.v. Also occasionally used for the saṃbhogakāya. There are various interpretation (a) The 同性經 says the Buddha as revealed supernaturally in glory to bodhisattvas is應身, in contrast with 化身, which latter is the revelation on earth to his disciples. (b) The 起信論 makes no difference between the two, the 應身 being the Buddha of the thirty-two marks who revealed himself to the earthly disciples. The 金光明經 makes all revelations of Buddha as Buddha to be 應身; while all incarnations not as Buddha, but in the form of any of the five paths of existence, are Buddha's 化身. Tiantai has the distinction of 勝應身 and 劣應身, i.e. superior and inferior nirmāṇakāya, or supernatural and natural.

成劫

see styles
chéng jié
    cheng2 jie2
ch`eng chieh
    cheng chieh
 joukou; jougou / joko; jogo
    じょうこう; じょうごう
{Buddh} (See 四劫) the kalpa of formation (the first aeon of the universe)
vivarta kalpa, one of the four kalpas, consisting of twenty small kalpas during which worlds and the beings on them are formed. The others are: 住劫 vivarta-siddha kalpa, kalpa of abiding, or existence, sun and moon rise, sexes are differentiated, heroes arise, four castes are formed, social life evolves. 壞劫saṃvarta kalpa, that of destruction, consisting of sixty-four small kalpas when fire, water, and wind destroy everything except the fourth dhyāna. 空劫 saṃvarta-siddha kalpa, i.e. of annihilation. v. 劫波.

成立

see styles
chéng lì
    cheng2 li4
ch`eng li
    cheng li
 shigetatsu
    しげたつ
to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water
(n,vs,vi) (1) formation; establishment; materialization; coming into existence; (n,vs,vi) (2) conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); approval; completion; closing; enacting; arrangement; (n,vs,vi) (3) being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding; applying; (personal name) Shigetatsu
to consist of

我有

see styles
wǒ yǒu
    wo3 you3
wo yu
 gau
    がう
(surname) Gau
The illusion that the ego has real existence.

戴天

see styles
 taiten
    たいてん
one's earthly existence; living under heaven

揺れ

see styles
 yure
    ゆれ
(1) shaking; shake; jolt; jolting; vibration; tremor; flickering; (2) unsettledness; instability; vacillating; wavering; (3) {ling} existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word

文殊

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wén shū
    wen2 shu1
wen shu
 monju
    もんじゅ
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
(Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (p,s,f) Monju
(文殊師利) Mañjuśrī 滿殊尸利 -later 曼殊室利. 文殊 is also used for Mañjunātha, Mañjudeva, Mañjughoṣa, Mañjuṣvara, et al. T., hjamdpal; J., Monju. Origin unknown; presumably, like most Buddhas and bodhisattvas, an idealization of a particular quality, in his case of Wisdom. Mañju is beautiful, Śrī; good fortune, virtue, majesty, lord, an epithet of a god. Six definitions are obtained from various scriptures: 妙首 (or 頭 ) wonderful or beautiful) head; 普首 universal head; 濡首 glossy head (probably a transliteration); 敬首 revered head; 妙德 wonderful virtue (or power); 妙吉祥 wonderfully auspicious; the last is a later translation in the 西域記. As guardian of wisdom 智慧 he is often placed on Śākyamuni's left, with 普顯 on the right as guardian of law 理, the latter holding the Law, the former the wisdom or exposition of it; formerly they held the reverse positions. He is often represented with five curls or waves to his hair indicating the 五智 q. v. or the five peaks; his hand holds the sword of wisdom and he sits on a lion emblematic of its stern majesty: but he has other forms. He is represented as a youth, i. e. eternal youth. His present abode is given as east of the universe, known as 淸涼山 clear and cool mountain, or a region 寶住 precious abode, or Abode of Treasures, or 寶氏 from which he derives one of his titles, 寶相如來. One of his dhāraṇīs prophesies China as his post-nirvāṇa realm. In past incarnations he is described as being the parent of many Buddhas and as having assisted the Buddha into existence; his title was 龍種上佛 the supreme Buddha of the nāgas, also 大身佛 or 神仙佛; now his title is 歡喜藏摩尼寶精佛 The spiritual Buddha who joyfully cares for the jewel: and his future title is to be 普現佛 Buddha universally revealed. In the 序品 Introductory Chapter of the Lotus Sutra he is also described as the ninth predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Śākyamuni. He is looked on as the chief of the Bodhisattvas and represents them, as the chief disciple of the Buddha, or as his son 法王子. Hīnayāna counts Śāriputra as the wisest of the disciples, Mahāyāna gives Mañjuśrī the chief place, hence he is also styled 覺母 mother, or begetter of understanding. He is shown riding on either a lion or a peacock, or sitting on a white lotus; often he holds a book, emblem of wisdom, or a blue lotus; in certain rooms of a monastery he is shown as a monk; and he appears in military array as defender of the faith. His signs, magic words, and so on, are found in various sutras. His most famous centre in China is Wu-tai shan in Shansi. where he is the object of pilgrimages, especially of Mongols. The legends about him are many. He takes the place in Buddhism of Viśvakarman as Vulcan, or architect, of the universe. He is one of the eight Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, and sometimes has the image of Akṣobhya in his crown. He was mentioned in China as early as the fourth century and in the Lotus Sutra he frequently appears, especially as the converter of the daughter of the Dragon-king of the Ocean. He has five messengers 五使者 and eight youths 八童子 attending on him. His hall in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala is the seventh, in which his group numbers twenty-five. His position is northeast. There are numerous sutras and other works with his name as title, e. g. 文殊師利問菩提經 Gayaśīrṣa sūtra, tr. by Kumārajīva 384-417: and its 論 or .Tīkā of Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhiruci 535. see list in B. N.

有事

see styles
yǒu shì
    you3 shi4
yu shih
 yuuji / yuji
    ゆうじ
to be occupied with something; to have something on one's mind; there is something the matter
emergency; (given name) Yūji
To have affairs, functioning, phenomenal, idem 有爲法.

有命

see styles
yǒu mìng
    you3 ming4
yu ming
 umyō
existence of life

有待

see styles
yǒu dài
    you3 dai4
yu tai
 arimachi
    ありまち
not yet (done); pending
(surname) Arimachi
That which is dependent on material things. i. e. the body.

有愛


有爱

see styles
yǒu ài
    you3 ai4
yu ai
 yume
    ゆめ
(female given name) Yume
attachment to existence

有我

see styles
yǒu wǒ
    you3 wo3
yu wo
 yuuga / yuga
    ゆうが
(surname, female given name) Yūga
existence of a self

有支

see styles
yǒu zhī
    you3 zhi1
yu chih
 ushi
To have a branch; also the category of bhāva, one of the twelve nidānas, v. 有.

有求

see styles
yǒu qiú
    you3 qiu2
yu ch`iu
    yu chiu
 ugu
seeking existence

有流

see styles
yǒu liú
    you3 liu2
yu liu
 uryuu / uryu
    うりゅう
(given name) Uryū
The mortal stream of existence with its karma and delusion. Cf. 見流.

有海

see styles
yǒu hǎi
    you3 hai3
yu hai
 yuumi / yumi
    ゆうみ
(personal name) Yūmi
The sea of existence, i. e. of mortality, or births-and-deaths.

有無


有无

see styles
yǒu wú
    you3 wu2
yu wu
 umu(p); yuumu(ok) / umu(p); yumu(ok)
    うむ(P); ゆうむ(ok)
to have or have not; surplus and shortfall; tangible and intangible; corporeal and incorporeal
(1) existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; (2) consent or refusal; yes or no
existence and non-existence

有爲


有为

see styles
yǒu wéi
    you3 wei2
yu wei
 ui
Active, creative, productive, functioning, causative, phenomenal, the processes resulting from the laws of karma, v. 有作; opposite of 無爲 passive, inert, inactive, non-causative, laisser-faire. It is defined by 造作 to make, and associated with saṃskṛta. The three active things 三有爲法 are 色 material, or things which have form, 心 mental and 非色非心 neither the one nor the other. The four forms of activity 四有爲相 are 生住異滅 coming into existence, abiding, change, and extinction; they are also spoken of as three, the two middle terms being treated as having like meaning.

有界

see styles
yǒu jiè
    you3 jie4
yu chieh
 yuukai / yukai
    ゆうかい
bounded
(adjectival noun) {math} bounded
The realm of existence.

有空

see styles
yǒu kòng
    you3 kong4
yu k`ung
    yu kung
 u kū
to have time (to do something)
Phenomenal and noumenal; the manifold forms of things exist, but things, being constructed of elements, have no per se reality.

有結


有结

see styles
yǒu jié
    you3 jie2
yu chieh
 ayu
    あゆ
(female given name) Ayu
The bond of existence, or mortal life.

有縛


有缚

see styles
yǒu fú
    you3 fu2
yu fu
 ubaku
the bonds of existence

有諦


有谛

see styles
yǒu dì
    you3 di4
yu ti
 utai
truth of existence

有貪


有贪

see styles
yǒu tān
    you3 tan1
yu t`an
    yu tan
 uton
bhavarāga, the desire for existence, which is the cause of existence; 倶舍論 19.

有身

see styles
yǒu shēn
    you3 shen1
yu shen
 ushin
physical existence of a living being

有輪


有轮

see styles
yǒu lún
    you3 lun2
yu lun
 ariwa
    ありわ
(surname) Ariwa
The wheel of existence, the round of mortality, of births-and-deaths.

有邊


有边

see styles
yǒu biān
    you3 bian1
yu pien
 uhen
The one extreme of 'existence', the opposite extreme being 無邊'non-existence'.

有門


有门

see styles
yǒu mén
    you3 men2
yu men
 arikado
    ありかど
(surname) Arikado
advocating the reality of the factors of existence

有頂


有顶

see styles
yǒu dǐng
    you3 ding3
yu ting
 uchō
(有頂天) Akaniṣṭha, 色究竟天 the highest heaven of form, the ninth and last of the fourth dhyāna heavens.

未来

see styles
 yume
    ゆめ
(1) (distant) future; (2) {Buddh} future existence; world beyond the grave; the world to come; (3) {gramm} future (tense); (female given name) Yume

本有

see styles
běn yǒu
    ben3 you3
pen yu
 motoari
    もとあり
(noun/participle) innateness; innate feature (or character, etc.); (surname) Motoari
Originally or fundamentally existing; primal existence; the source and substance of all phenomena; also the present life; also the eighth 八識, i. e. ālaya-vijñāna.

杞國


杞国

see styles
qǐ guó
    qi3 guo2
ch`i kuo
    chi kuo
the State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞縣|杞县, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence

業有


业有

see styles
yè yǒu
    ye4 you3
yeh yu
 gōu
Reality of karma, idem 行有.

業食


业食

see styles
yè shí
    ye4 shi2
yeh shih
 gō shiki
Karma as nutritive basis for succeeding existence.

業餘


业余

see styles
yè yú
    ye4 yu2
yeh yü
 gōyo
in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc)
A remnant of karma after the six paths of existence. v. 三餘.

極微


极微

see styles
jí wēi
    ji2 wei1
chi wei
 kyokubi; gokubi
    きょくび; ごくび
(adj-na,adj-no,n) microscopic; infinitesimal
An atom, especially as a mental concept, in contrast with 色聚之微, i.e. a material atom which has a center and the six directions, an actual but imperceptible atom; seven atoms make a 微塵 molecule, the smallest perceptible aggregation, called an aṇu 阿莬 or 阿拏; the perceptibility is ascribed to the deva-eye rather than to the human eye. There is much disputation as to whether the ultimate atom has real existence or not, whether it is eternal and immutable and so on.

欲漏

see styles
yù lòu
    yu4 lou4
yü lou
 yokuro
The stream or flow of existence, evoked by desire interpenetrated by unenlightened views and thoughts; these stimulating desires produce karma which in turn produces reincarnation; v. 三漏.

正報


正报

see styles
zhèng bào
    zheng4 bao4
cheng pao
 seihou / seho
    せいほう
{Buddh} (See 依報) direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives; (given name) Seihou
The direct retribution of the individual's previous existence, such as being born as a man, etc. Also 正果.

求存

see styles
qiú cún
    qiu2 cun2
ch`iu ts`un
    chiu tsun
survival; the struggle to eke out a living; to seek for continued existence

求有

see styles
qiú yǒu
    qiu2 you3
ch`iu yu
    chiu yu
 gu u
seeker of existence

法相

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

法空

see styles
fǎ kōng
    fa3 kong1
fa k`ung
    fa kung
 hokkū
The emptiness or unreality of things, everything being dependent on something else and having no individual existence apart from other things; hence the illusory nature of all things as being composed of elements and not possessing reality.

法身

see styles
fǎ shēn
    fa3 shen1
fa shen
 hotsushin
    ほつしん
{Buddh} (See 三身) dharmakaya (dharma body, Buddhism's highest form of existence); (surname) Hotsushin
dharmakāya, embodiment of Truth and Law, the "spiritual" or true body; essential Buddhahood; the essence of being; the absolute, the norm of the universe; the first of the trikāya, v.三身. The dharmakāya is divided into 總 unity and 別 diversity; as in the noumenal absolute and phenomenal activities, or potential and dynamic; but there are differences of interpretation, e.g. as between the 法相 and 法性 schools. Cf. 法身體性. There are many categories of the dharmakāya. In the 2 group 二法身 are five kinds: (1) 理 "substance" and 智 wisdom or expression; (2) 法性法身 essential nature and 應化法身 manifestation; the other three couples are similar. In the 3 group 三法身 are (1) the manifested Buddha, i.e. Śākyamuni; (2) the power of his teaching, etc.; (3) the absolute or ultimate reality. There are other categories.

涅槃

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niè pán
    nie4 pan2
nieh p`an
    nieh pan
 nehan
    ねはん
(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4 pan2 na4])
(1) {Buddh} nirvana; supreme enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} death; death of Buddha
nirvāṇa, 'blown out, gone out, put out, extinguished'; 'liberated-from existence'; 'dead, deceased, defunct.' 'Liberation, eternal bliss'; '(with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual existence.' M.W. Other forms are 涅槃那; 泥日; 泥洹; 泥畔 Originally translated 滅 to extinguish, extinction, put out (as a lamp or fire), it was also described as 解脫 release, 寂滅 tranquil extinction; 無爲 inaction, without effort, passiveness; 不生 no (re)birth; 安樂 calm joy; 滅度transmigration to 'extinction'. The meaning given to 'extinction' varies, e.g. individual extinction; cessation of rebirth; annihilation of passion; extinction of all misery and entry into bliss. While the meaning of individual extinction is not without advocates, the general acceptation is the extinction or end of all return to reincarnation with its concomitant suffering, and the entry into bliss. Nirvāṇa may be enjoyed in the present life as an attainable state, with entry into parinirvāṇa, or perfect bliss to follow. It may be (a) with a 'remainder', i.e. the cause but not all the effect (karma), of reincarnation having been destroyed; (b) without 'remainder', both cause and effect having been extinguished. The answer of the Buddha as to the continued personal existence of the Tathāgata in nirvāṇa is, in the Hīnayāna canon, relegated 'to the sphere of the indeterminates' (Keith), as one of the questions which are not essential to salvation. One argument is that flame when blown out does not perish but returns to the totality of Fire. The Nirvāṇa Sutra claims for nirvāṇa the ancient ideas of 常樂我淨 permanence, bliss, personality purity in the transcendental realm. Mahāyāna declares that Hīnayāna by denying personality in the transcendental realm denies the existence of the Buddha. In Mahāyāna final nirvāṇa is transcendental, and is also used as a term for the absolute. The place where the Buddha entered his earthly nirvāṇa is given as Kuśinagara, cf. 拘.

淨色

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jìng sè
    jing4 se4
ching se
 jōshiki
pure material existence

漂泊

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piāo bó
    piao1 bo2
p`iao po
    piao po
 hyouhaku / hyohaku
    ひょうはく
(of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence
(n,vs,vi) (1) roaming; drifting about; wandering; (n,vs,vi) (2) drifting (with the current, on the tide, etc.)

澆季


浇季

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jiāo jì
    jiao1 ji4
chiao chi
 gyouki / gyoki
    ぎょうき
frivolous age; degenerate period in history; decadent age
The evil period of the world's existence leading to its end.

無人


无人

see styles
wú rén
    wu2 ren2
wu jen
 mujin
    むじん
unmanned; uninhabited
(adj-no,n) (1) (ant: 有人) unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; deserted; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (ぶにん, むにん only) (むにん only adj-no) shorthandedness; lack of help; (given name) Mujin
absence of individual existence

無住


无住

see styles
wú zhù
    wu2 zhu4
wu chu
 mujuu / muju
    むじゅう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) lacking a chief priest (of a temple); temple without a chief priest; (2) (form) being uninhabited; being vacant; (3) {Buddh} non-attachment; (personal name) Mujuu
Not abiding; impermanence; things having no independent nature of their own, they have no real existence as separate entities.

無有


无有

see styles
wú yǒu
    wu2 you3
wu yu
 muu / mu
    むう
(See 有無・1) nonexistence or existence; absence or presence
Non-existent and existent; also, nonexistent, have not, there is none, etc.

現人

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 arito
    ありと
(1) (archaism) this present body; this present existence; this mortal frame; (2) (うつしびと, うつつびと only) (archaism) layperson; non-ordained person; (personal name) Arito

瓦全

see styles
 gazen
    がぜん
meaningless existence; (given name) Gazen

生上

see styles
shēng shàng
    sheng1 shang4
sheng shang
 shōjō
to be reborn into a higher level of existence

生有

see styles
shēng yǒu
    sheng1 you3
sheng yu
 shouu / shou
    しょうう
{Buddh} (See 四有) the instant of birth (rebirth)
One of the four forms of existence, cf. 有.

留有

see styles
liú yǒu
    liu2 you3
liu yu
to remain in existence; to retain

相依

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xiāng yī
    xiang1 yi1
hsiang i
 sōe
to be interdependent
existence based on mutual dependence

相待

see styles
xiāng dài
    xiang1 dai4
hsiang tai
 soudai / sodai
    そうだい
to treat
{Buddh} (See 絶待) existing in opposition or interdependence
The doctrine of mutual dependence or relativity of all things for their existence, e. g. the triangle depends on its three lines, the eye on things having colour and form, long on short.

石火

see styles
shí huǒ
    shi2 huo3
shih huo
 sekka
    せっか
flint fire; flash
Tinder; lighted tinder, i. e. of but momentary existence.

破有

see styles
pò yǒu
    po4 you3
p`o yu
    po yu
 hau
To refute the belief in the reality of things; to break the power of transmigration as does the Buddha.

神我

see styles
shén wǒ
    shen2 wo3
shen wo
 shin'ga
puruṣa, or ātman. The soul, the spiritual ego, or permanent person, which by non-Buddhists was said to migrate on the death of the body. puruṣa is also the Supreme Soul, or Spirit, which produces all forms of existence.

空寂

see styles
kōng jì
    kong1 ji4
k`ung chi
    kung chi
 kuujaku / kujaku
    くうじゃく
empty and silent; desolate
(1) {Buddh} complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things); nirvana (where this emptiness is realized); (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (archaism) quiet and lonely
Immaterial; a condition beyond disturbance, the condition of nirvana.

緣有


缘有

see styles
yuán yǒu
    yuan2 you3
yüan yu
 enu
dependently-arisen existence

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