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八法

see styles
bā fǎ
    ba1 fa3
pa fa
 happō
eight methods of treatment (TCM)
The eight dharmas, things, or methods. There are three groups: (1) idem 八風 q.v. (2) 四大and 四微 q.v. (3) The eight essential things, i.e. 教 instruction, 理 doctrine, 智 knowledge or wisdom attained, 斷 cutting away of delusion, 行 practice of the religious life, 位 progressive status, 因 producing 果 the fruit of saintliness. Of these 教理行果 are known as the 四法.

六信

see styles
 mutsunobu
    むつのぶ
(See 六信五行) the six articles of faith (in Islam); (surname) Mutsunobu

六因

see styles
liù yīn
    liu4 yin1
liu yin
 rokuin
The six causations of the 六位 six stages of Bodhisattva development, q. v. Also, the sixfold division of causes of the Vaibhāṣikas (cf. Keith, 177-8); every phenomenon depends upon the union of 因 primary cause and 緣 conditional or environmental cause; and of the 因 there are six kinds: (1) 能作因 karaṇahetu, effective causes of two kinds: 與力因 empowering cause, as the earth empowers plant growth, and 不障因 non-resistant cause, as space does not resist, i. e. active and passive causes; (2) 倶有因 sahabhūhetu, co-operative causes, as the four elements 四大 in nature, not one of which can be omitted; (3) 同類因 sabhāgahetu, causes of the same kind as the effect, good producing good, etc.; (4) 相應因 saṃprayuktahetu, mutual responsive or associated causes, e. g. mind and mental conditions, subject with object; Keith gives 'faith and intelligence'; similar to (2); (5) 遍行因 sarvatragahetu, universal or omnipresent cause, i. e. of illusion, as of false views affecting every act; it resembles (3) but is confined to delusion; (6) 異熟因 vipākahetu, differental fruition, i. e. the effect different from the cause, as the hells are from evil deeds.

六麤


六粗

see styles
liù cū
    liu4 cu1
liu ts`u
    liu tsu
 rokuso
The six 'coarser' stages arising from the 三細 or three finer stages which in turn are produced by original 無明, the unenlightened condition of ignorance; v. Awakening of Faith 起信論. They are the states of (1) 智相 knowledge or consciousness of like and dislike arising from mental conditions; (2) 相續相 consciousness of pain and pleasure resulting from the first, causing continuous responsive memory; (3) 執取相 attachment or clinging, arising from the last; (4) 計名字相 assigning names according to the seeming and unreal with fixation of ideas); (5) 起業 the consequent activity with all the variety of deeds; (6) 業繋苦相 the suffering resulting from being tied to deeds and their karma consequences.

共事

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gòng shì
    gong4 shi4
kung shih
 gūji
to work together
shared [religious] action or performance

凡塵


凡尘

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fán chén
    fan2 chen2
fan ch`en
    fan chen
 bonjin
mundane world (in religious context); this mortal coil
mundane world

初祖

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chū zǔ
    chu1 zu3
ch`u tsu
    chu tsu
 hatsuso
    はつそ
(rare) the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect; (surname) Hatsuso
founder

別当

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 betsutou / betsuto
    べつとう
(1) groom; footman; stableman; equerry; (2) steward; intendant; (3) (archaism) head of an institution, esp. religious; head of one institution serving also as the head of another; (place-name) Betsutou

別衆


别众

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bié zhòng
    bie2 zhong4
pieh chung
 besshu
For a monk schismatically or perversely to separate himself in religious duties from his fellow-monks is called duṣkṛta, an offence or wickedness, v. 突吉羅.

利根

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lì gēn
    li4 gen1
li ken
 rine
    りね
(noun or adjectival noun) (ant: 鈍根) intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude; (personal name) Rine
Sharpness, cleverness, intelligence, natural powers, endowment; possessed of powers of the pañca-indryāni (faith, etc.) or the five sense-organs, v. 五根.

利益

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lì yì
    li4 yi4
li i
 toshimasu
    とします
benefit; (in sb's) interest; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) profit; gains; (2) benefit; advantage; good; interests (e.g. of society); (noun, transitive verb) (3) (りやく only) (usu. ご〜) (See 御利益・1) grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle; (personal name) Toshimasu
Benefit, aid, to bless; hence 利益妙 the wonder of Buddha's blessing, in opening the minds of all to enter the Buddha-enlightenment.

加持

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jiā chí
    jia1 chi2
chia ch`ih
    chia chih
 kamochi
    かもち
(Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings; (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing; to give one's blessing; to empower; (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc)
(n,vs,vi) (1) prayer (to get rid of misfortune, disease, etc.); incantation; faith healing; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} adhisthana (blessing of a buddha or bodhisattva); (place-name, surname) Kamochi
地瑟娓曩 adhiṣṭhāna, to depend upon, a base, rule. It is defined as dependence on the Buddha, who 加 confers his strength on all (who seek it), and 持 upholds them; hence it implies prayer, because of obtaining the Buddha's power and transferring it to others; in general it is to aid, support.

助業


助业

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zhù yè
    zhu4 ye4
chu yeh
 jogou / jogo
    じょごう
{Buddh} (See 浄土宗) auxiliary actions (in Jodo: recitation, observation, worship, praise and offering)
Auxiliary karma, i.e. deeds or works, e.g. reciting the sutras about the Pure Land, worship, praise, and offering, as additional to direct karma 正業, i.e. faith in Amitābha, expressed by constant thought of him and calling on his name.

助道

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zhù dào
    zhu4 dao4
chu tao
 sukemichi
    すけみち
(surname) Sukemichi
Auxiliary means, e.g. of meditation; auxiliary discipline; any aid to faith or virtue.

務め

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 tsutome
    つとめ
(1) service; duty; business; responsibility; task; (2) Buddhist religious services

勤め

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 tsutome
    つとめ
(1) service; duty; business; responsibility; task; (2) Buddhist religious services

勤行

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qín xíng
    qin2 xing2
ch`in hsing
    chin hsing
 gongyou / gongyo
    ごんぎょう
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} religious service
Diligently going forward, zealous conduct, devoted to service, worship, etc.

勧化

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 kange
    かんげ
(noun, transitive verb) religious-fund soliciting; Buddhist preaching

勸信


劝信

see styles
quàn xìn
    quan4 xin4
ch`üan hsin
    chüan hsin
 kanshin
encouragement of faith

十信

see styles
shí xìn
    shi2 xin4
shih hsin
 jisshin
The ten grades of bodhisattva faith, i.e. the first ten 位 in the fifty-two bodhisattva positions: (1) 信 faith (which destroys illusion and results in); (2) 念 remembrance, or unforgetfulness; (3) 精進 zealous progress; (4) 慧 wisdom; (5) 定 settled firmness in concentration; (6) 不退 non-retrogression; (7) 護法 protection of the Truth; (8) 廻向 reflexive powers, e.g. for reflecting the Truth; (9) 戒 the nirvāṇa mind in 無為 effortlessness; (10) 願 action at will in anything and everywhere.

十地

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shí dì
    shi2 di4
shih ti
 juuji / juji
    じゅうじ
{Buddh} dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva); (place-name) Jūji
daśabhūmi; v. 十住. The "ten stages" in the fifty-two sections of the development of a bodhisattva into a Buddha. After completing the十四向 he proceeds to the 十地. There are several groups. I. The ten stages common to the Three Vehicles 三乘 are: (1) 乾慧地 dry wisdom stage, i. e. unfertilized by Buddha-truth, worldly wisdom; (2) 性地 the embryo-stage of the nature of Buddha-truth, the 四善根; (3) 八人地 (八忍地), the stage of the eight patient endurances; (4) 見地 of freedom from wrong views; (5) 薄地 of freedom from the first six of the nine delusions in practice; (6) 離欲地 of freedom from the remaining three; (7) 巳辨地 complete discrimination in regard to wrong views and thoughts, the stage of an arhat; (8) 辟支佛地 pratyeka-buddhahood, only the dead ashes of the past left to sift; (9) 菩薩地 bodhisattvahood; (10) 佛地 Buddhahood. v. 智度論 78. II. 大乘菩薩十地 The ten stages of Mahāyāna bodhisattva development are: (1) 歡喜地 Pramuditā, joy at having overcome the former difficulties and now entering on the path to Buddhahood; (2) 離垢地 Vimalā, freedom from all possible defilement, the stage of purity; (3) 發光地 Prabhākarī, stage of further enlightenment; (4) 焰慧地 Arciṣmatī, of glowing wisdom; (5) 極難勝地 Sudurjayā, mastery of utmost or final difficulties; (6) 現前地 Abhimukhī, the open way of wisdom above definitions of impurity and purity; (7) 遠行地 Dūraṁgamā, proceeding afar, getting above ideas of self in order to save others; (8) 不動地 Acalā, attainment of calm unperturbedness; (9) 善慧地 Sādhumatī, of the finest discriminatory wisdom, knowing where and how to save, and possessed of the 十力 ten powers; (10) 法雲地 Dharmamegha, attaining to the fertilizing powers of the law-cloud. Each of the ten stages is connected with each of the ten pāramitās, v. 波. Each of the 四乘 or four vehicles has a division of ten. III. The 聲聞乘十地 ten Śrāvaka stages are: (1) 受三歸地 initiation as a disciple by receiving the three refuges, in the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha; (2) 信地 belief, or the faith-root; (3) 信法地 belief in the four truths; (4) 内凡夫地 ordinary disciples who observe the 五停心觀, etc.; (5) 學信戒 those who pursue the 三學 three studies; (6) 八人忍地 the stage of 見道 seeing the true Way; (7) 須陀洹地 śrota-āpanna, now definitely in the stream and assured of nirvāṇa; (8) 斯陀含地 sakrdāgāmin, only one more rebirth; (9) 阿那含地 anāgāmin, no rebirth; and (10) 阿羅漢地 arhatship. IV. The ten stages of the pratyekabuddha 緣覺乘十地 are (1) perfect asceticism; (2) mastery of the twelve links of causation; (3) of the four noble truths; (4) of the deeper knowledge; (5) of the eightfold noble path; (6) of the three realms 三法界; (7) of the nirvāṇa state; (8) of the six supernatural powers; (9) arrival at the intuitive stage; (10) mastery of the remaining influence of former habits. V. 佛乘十地 The ten stages, or characteristics of a Buddha, are those of the sovereign or perfect attainment of wisdom, exposition, discrimination, māra-subjugation, suppression of evil, the six transcendent faculties, manifestation of all bodhisattva enlightenment, powers of prediction, of adaptability, of powers to reveal the bodhisattva Truth. VI. The Shingon has its own elaborate ten stages, and also a group 十地十心, see 十心; and there are other groups.

十德

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shí dé
    shi2 de2
shih te
 jittoku
The ten virtues, powers, or qualities, of which there are several groups, e.g. in the 華嚴經,十地品 there are 法師十德 the ten virtues of a teacher of the Law, i.e. he should be well versed in its meaning; able widely to publish it; not be nervous before an audience; be untiring in argument; adaptable; orderly so that his teaching can be easily followed; serious and dignified; bold and zealous; unwearied; and enduring (able to bear insult, etc.). The 弟子十德 ten virtues or qualities of a disciple according to the 大日經疏 4, are faith; sincerity; devotion to the trikāya; (seeking the) adornment of true wisdom; perseverance; moral purity; patience (or bearing shame); generosity in giving; courage; resoluteness.

十心

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shí xīn
    shi2 xin1
shih hsin
 jisshin
The ten kinds of heart or mind; there are three groups. One is from the 止觀 4, minds ignorant and dark; affected by evil companions; not following the good; doing evil in thought, word, deed; spreading evil abroad; unceasingly wicked; secret sin; open crime; utterly shameless; denying cause and effect (retribution)―all such must remain in the flow 流 of reincarnation. The second group (from the same book) is the 逆流 the mind striving against the stream of perpetual reincarnation; it shows itself in devout faith, shame (for sin), fear (of wrong-doing), repentance and confession, reform, bodhi (i.e. the bodhisattva mind), doing good, maintaining the right law, thinking on all the Buddhas, meditation on the void (or, the unreality of sin). The third is the 眞言 group from the 大日經疏 3; the "seed" heart (i.e. the original good desire), the sprout (under Buddhist religious influence), the bud, leaf, flower, fruit, its serviceableness; the child-heart, the discriminating heart, the heart of settled judgment (or resolve).

十智

see styles
shí zhì
    shi2 zhi4
shih chih
 jū chi
The ten forms of understanding. I. Hīnayāna: (1) 世俗智 common understanding; (2) 法智 enlightened understanding, i.e. on the Four Truths in this life; (3) 類智 ditto, applied to the two upper realms 上二界; (4), (5), (6), (7) understanding re each of the Four Truths separately, both in the upper and lower realms, e.g. 苦智; (8) 他心智 understanding of the minds of others; (9) 盡智 the understanding that puts an end to all previous faith in or for self, i.e. 自信智; (10) 無生智 nirvāṇa wisdom; v. 倶舍論 26. II. Mahāyāna. A Tathāgatas ten powers of understanding or wisdom: (1) 三世智 perfect understanding of past, present, and future; (2) ditto of Buddha Law; (3) 法界無礙智 unimpeded understanding of the whole Buddha-realm; (4) 法界無邊智 unlimited, or infinite understanding of the whole Buddha-realm; (5) 充滿一切智 understanding of ubiquity; (6) 普照一切世間智 understanding of universal enlightenment; (7) 住持一切世界智 understanding of omnipotence, or universal control; (8) 知一切衆生智 understanding of omniscience re all living beings; (9) 知一切法智 understanding of omniscience re the laws of universal salvation; (10) 知無邊諸佛智 understanding of omniscience re all Buddha wisdom. v. 華嚴経 16. There are also his ten forms of understanding of the "Five Seas" 五海 of worlds, living beings, karma, passions, and Buddhas.

南無


南无

see styles
nā mó
    na1 mo2
na mo
 namu
    なむ
Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2]
(conj,int) {Buddh} amen; hail; (surname) Namu
namaḥ; Pali: namo; to submit oneself to, from to bend, bow to, make obeisance, pay homage to; an expression of submission to command, complete commitment, reverence, devotion, trust for salvation, etc. Also written 南牟; 南謨; 南忙; 那謨 (or 那模 or 那麻); 納莫 (or 納慕); 娜母; 曩莫 (or 曩謨); 捺麻(or捺謨), etc. It is used constantly in liturgy, incantations, etc., especially as in namaḥ Amitābha, which is the formula of faith of the Pure-land sect, representing the believing heart of all beings and Amitābha's power and will to save; repeated in the hour of death it opens the entrance to the Pure Land.

単立

see styles
 tanritsu
    たんりつ
(rare) establishing something (e.g. a company or a religious order) by oneself; company or religious order founded in such a way

参り

see styles
 mairi
    まいり
(n-suf,n) visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)

參籠


参笼

see styles
sān lóng
    san1 long2
san lung
 sanrō
staying for religious practices

受持

see styles
shòu chí
    shou4 chi2
shou ch`ih
    shou chih
 juji
    じゅじ
to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism)
remembering (and honoring) the teachings of Buddha
to uphold

同信

see styles
 doushin / doshin
    どうしん
the same faith

告白

see styles
gào bái
    gao4 bai2
kao pai
 kokuhaku
    こくはく
to announce publicly; to explain oneself; to reveal one's feelings; to confess; to declare one's love
(noun, transitive verb) (1) confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; (n,vs,vi) (2) professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; (noun, transitive verb) (3) {Christn} profession (of faith); (noun, transitive verb) (4) {Christn} confession (of sins)

善友

see styles
shàn yǒu
    shan4 you3
shan yu
 yoshitomo
    よしとも
(rare) good friend; (personal name) Yoshitomo
kalyāṇamitra, 'a friend of virtue, a religious counsellor,' M. W.; a friend in the good life, or one who stimulates to goodness.

喜忍

see styles
xǐ rěn
    xi3 ren3
hsi jen
 ki nin
The 'patience' of joy, achieved on beholding by faith Amitābha and his Pure Land; one of the 三忍.

四依

see styles
sì yī
    si4 yi1
ssu i
 shi e
The four necessaries, or things on which the religious rely. (1) 行四依 The four of ascetic practitioners— rag clothing; begging for food; sitting under trees; purgatives and diuretics as moral and spiritual means; these are also termed 四聖種. (2) 法四依 The four of the dharma: i. e. the truth, which is eternal, rather than man, even its propagator; the sutras of perfect meaning i. e. of the 道實相 the truth of the 'middle' way; the meaning, or spirit, not the letter; wisdom 智, i.e. Buddha-wisdom rather than mere knowledge 識. There are other groups. Cf. 四事.

四信

see styles
sì xìn
    si4 xin4
ssu hsin
 shinobu
    しのぶ
(given name) Shinobu
v.四種信心.

四分

see styles
sì fēn
    si4 fen1
ssu fen
 shibu
    しぶ
(n,vs,vt,vi) dividing into four; quartering; (place-name) Shibu
The 法相 Dharmalakṣana school divides the function of 識 cognition into four, i. e. 相分 mental phenomena, 見分 discriminating such phenomena, 自證分 the power that discriminates, and 證自證 the proof or assurance of that power. Another group is: 信 faith, 解 liberty, 行 action, and 證 assurance or realization.

四德

see styles
sì dé
    si4 de2
ssu te
 shitoku
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends; the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
The four nirvana virtues, or values, according to the Mahāyāna Nirvana Sutra: (1) 常德 permanence or eternity; (2) 樂德 joy; (3) 我德 personality or the soul; (4) 淨德 purity. These four important terms, while denied in the lower realms, are affirmed by the sutra in the transcendental, or nirvana-realm.

四法

see styles
sì fǎ
    si4 fa3
ssu fa
 shihō
There are several groups of four dharma: (1) 教法 the teaching of the Buddha); 理法 its principles, or meaning; 行法 its practice; 果法 its fruits or rewards. (2) Another group relates to bodhisattvas, their never losing the bodhi-mind, or the wisdom attained, or perseverance in progress, or the monastic forest life (āraṇyaka). (3) Also 信解行證 faith, discernment, performance, and assurance. (4) The Pure-land 'True' sect of Japan has a division: 教法, i. e. the 大無量壽經; 行法 the practice of the seventeenth of Amitābha's vows; 信法 faith in the eighteenth; and 證法 proof of the eleventh. The most important work of Shinran, the founder of the sect, is these four, i. e. 教行信證. (5) A 'Lotus ' division of 四法 is the answer to a question of Puxian (Samantabhadra) how the Lotus is to be possessed after the Buddha's demise, i. e. by thought (or protection) of the Buddhas; the cultivation of virtue; entry into correct dhyāna; and having a mind to save all creatures.

四相

see styles
sì xiàng
    si4 xiang4
ssu hsiang
 shisou / shiso
    しそう
(1) {Buddh} four essential elements of existence (birth, ageing, illness and death); (can act as adjective) (2) {math} four-phase; quadri-phase
The four avasthā, or states of all phenomena, i. e. 生住異滅 birth, being, change (i. e. decay), and death; also 四有爲相. There are several groups, e. g. 果報四相 birth, age, disease, death. Also 藏識四相 of the Awakening of Faith referring to the initiation, continuation, change, and cessation of the ālaya-vijñāna. Also 我人四相 The ideas: (1) that there is an ego; (2) that man is different from other organisms; (3) that all the living are produced by the skandhas; (4) that life is limited to the organism. Also 智境四相 dealing differently with the four last headings 我; 人; 衆生; and 壽相.

四處


四处

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sì chù
    si4 chu4
ssu ch`u
    ssu chu
 shi sho
all over the place; everywhere and all directions
four great locations of Śākyamuni's religious career

四覺


四觉

see styles
sì jué
    si4 jue2
ssu chüeh
 shikaku
The 'four intelligences, or apprehensions' of the Awakening of Faith 起信論, q. v., viz. 本覺, 相似覺, 隨分覺, and 究竟覺.

四鏡


四镜

see styles
sì jìng
    si4 jing4
ssu ching
 yotsukagami
    よつかがみ
(surname) Yotsukagami
The four resemblances between a mirror and the bhūtatathatā in the Awakening of Faith 起信論. The bhūtatathatā, like the mirror, is independent of all beings, reveals all objects, is not hindered by objects, and serves all beings.

回心

see styles
 kaishin
    かいしん
(n,vs,vi) (religious) conversion (esp. to Christianity)

國保


国保

see styles
guó bǎo
    guo2 bao3
kuo pao
 kokubo
    こくぼ
Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security responsible for political security, monitoring dissidents, religious groups and activities deemed a threat to state stability (abbr. for 國內安全保衛局|国内安全保卫局[Guo2 nei4 An1 quan2 Bao3 wei4 ju2]); (Tw) National Pension Insurance, a social security scheme in Taiwan (abbr. for 國民年金保險|国民年金保险[Guo2 min2 Nian2 jin1 Bao3 xian3]); National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit (abbr. for 全國重點文物保護單位|全国重点文物保护单位[Quan2 guo2 Zhong4 dian3 Wen2 wu4 Bao3 hu4 Dan1 wei4])
(surname) Kokubo

圓信


圆信

see styles
yuán xìn
    yuan2 xin4
yüan hsin
 enshin
Complete faith; the faith of the 'perfect' school. A Tiantai doctrine that a moment's faith embraces the universe.

在纏


在缠

see styles
zài chán
    zai4 chan2
tsai ch`an
    tsai chan
 zaiten
In bonds, i. e. the '在眞如 the bhūtatathatā in limitations, e. g. relative, v. 起信論 Awakening of Faith.

大乘

see styles
dà shèng
    da4 sheng4
ta sheng
 oonori
    おおのり
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
(surname) Oonori
Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。.

大歌

see styles
 oouta / oota
    おおうた
(hist) court song sung at religious services and celebratory events

妙行

see styles
miào xíng
    miao4 xing2
miao hsing
 myoukou / myoko
    みょうこう
(female given name) Myōkou
The profound act by which a good karma is produced, e.g. faith; v. 一行一切行.

始業


始业

see styles
shǐ yè
    shi3 ye4
shih yeh
 shigyou / shigyo
    しぎょう
(n,vs,vi) start of work; commencement; opening
one who has just begun the activity of religious cultivation

始覺


始觉

see styles
shǐ jué
    shi3 jue2
shih chüeh
 shigaku
The initial functioning of mind or intelligence as a process of 'becoming', arising from 本覺 which is Mind or Intelligence, self-contained, unsullied, and considered as universal, the source of all enlightenment. The 'initial intelligence' or enlightenment arises from the inner influence 薰 of the Mind and from external teaching. In the 'original intelligence' are the four values adopted and made transcendent by the Nirvāṇa-sūtra, viz. 常, 樂, 我, 淨 Perpetuity, joy, personality, and purity; these are acquired through the 始覺 process of enlightenment. Cf. 起信論 Awakening of Faith.

安名

see styles
ān míng
    an1 ming2
an ming
 yasuna
    やすな
(surname, given name) Yasuna
To give a religious name to a beginner.

宗務


宗务

see styles
zōng wù
    zong1 wu4
tsung wu
 shuumu / shumu
    しゅうむ
religious matters
temple administration

宗学

see styles
 sougaku / sogaku
    そうがく
(See 神学) study of religious doctrine; (personal name) Sougaku

宗教

see styles
zōng jiào
    zong1 jiao4
tsung chiao
 munenori
    むねのり
religion
(1) religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed; (2) religious activity; (personal name) Munenori
essential teaching

宗旨

see styles
zōng zhǐ
    zong1 zhi3
tsung chih
 shuushi / shushi
    しゅうし
objective; aim; goal
(1) tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (2) (religious) sect; denomination; religion; faith; (3) one's principles; one's tastes; one's preferences
The main thesis, or ideas, e. g. of a text.

宗法

see styles
zōng fǎ
    zong1 fa3
tsung fa
 souhou / soho
    そうほう
patriarchal clan system
(hist) regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order; (place-name) Souhou
宗體 The thesis of a syllogism consisting of two terms, each of which has five different names: 自性 subject; 差別 its differentiation; 有法 that which acts; 法 the action; 所別 that which is differentiated; 能別 that which differentiates; 前陳 first statement; 後陳 following statement; 宗依 that on which the syllogism depends, both for subject and predicate.

宗規


宗规

see styles
zōng guī
    zong1 gui1
tsung kuei
 shuuki / shuki
    しゅうき
religious regulations
rules of a school

宗論

see styles
 shuuron / shuron
    しゅうろん
doctrinal dispute (within or between religious schools)

宗門


宗门

see styles
zōng mén
    zong1 men2
tsung men
 muneto
    むねと
(religious) denomination; sect; (given name) Muneto
Originally the general name for sects. Later appropriated to itself by the 禪 Chan (Zen) or Intuitional school, which refers to the other schools as 教門 teaching sects, i. e. those who rely on the written word rather than on the 'inner light'.

定錢


定钱

see styles
dìng qian
    ding4 qian5
ting ch`ien
    ting chien
security deposit; earnest money (real estate); good-faith deposit

宣教

see styles
xuān jiào
    xuan1 jiao4
hsüan chiao
 senkyou / senkyo
    せんきょう
to preach a religion
(n,vs,vi) religious mission; religious proclamation
preaching and teaching

宿智

see styles
sù zhì
    su4 zhi4
su chih
 shuku chi
wisdom attained by the efficacy of one's religious practice in prior lifetimes

寺院

see styles
sì yuàn
    si4 yuan4
ssu yüan
 jiin / jin
    じいん
cloister; temple; monastery; CL:座[zuo4]
(1) Buddhist temple; (2) religious building; church; cathedral; mosque
Monastery grounds and buildings, a monastery.

導師


导师

see styles
dǎo shī
    dao3 shi1
tao shih
 doushi / doshi
    どうし
tutor; teacher; academic advisor
(1) {Buddh} officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; (2) (esp. Buddhist) religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; (3) guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
nāyaka; a leader, guide, one who guides men to Buddha's teaching; applied also to Buddhas and bodhisattvas, and to the leaders of the ritual in Buddhist services; v. 天人道師.

尼犍

see styles
ní jiān
    ni2 jian1
ni chien
 nikon
nirgrantha, 尼健; 尼乾 (尼乾陀); 尼虔, freed from all ties, a naked mendicant, tr. by 離繋, 不繋, 無結 devotees who are free from all ties, wander naked, and cover themselves with ashes. Mahāvīra, one of this sect, called 若提 Jñāti after his family, and also 尼乾陀若提子 Nirgrantha-jñātiputra, was an opponent of Śākyamuni. His doctrines were determinist, everything being fated, and no religious practices could change one's lot.

崇信

see styles
chóng xìn
    chong2 xin4
ch`ung hsin
    chung hsin
 takanobu
    たかのぶ
see 崇信縣|崇信县[Chong2 xin4 Xian4]
(personal name) Takanobu
Reverence and faith, to revere and trust.

帰依

see styles
 kie
    きえ
(n,vs,vi) becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion; (female given name) Kie

庚申

see styles
gēng shēn
    geng1 shen1
keng shen
 koushin / koshin
    こうしん
fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
(1) (See 干支・1) Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040); (2) (See 青面金剛) Shōmen Kongō (deity); (3) (こうしん only) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 庚申待) kōshin-machi (religious wake); (surname) Kōshin

度科

see styles
dù kē
    du4 ke1
tu k`o
    tu ko
 doka
The portion of the sutras supposed to be learned by religious novices as preparation for leaving the world as monks.

御灯

see styles
 mitou / mito
    みとう
    miakashi
    みあかし
    gotou / goto
    ごとう
lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering

德本

see styles
dé běn
    de2 ben3
te pen
 tokuhon
The root of the moral life, or of religious power; also a name for Amitābha as the root of all virtue.

德母

see styles
dé mǔ
    de2 mu3
te mu
 tokumo
The mother of virtue. i.e. faith which is the root of the religious life.

德田

see styles
dé tián
    de2 tian2
te t`ien
    te tien
 tokuden
Field of virtue, or of religious power, i.e. the cult of arhats and Buddhas.

德行

see styles
dé xing
    de2 xing5
te hsing
 tokugyō
variant of 德性[de2 xing5]
Moral conduct and religious exercises, or discipline; moral conduct.

德風


德风

see styles
dé fēng
    de2 feng1
te feng
 tokufū
The wind of virtue, or of religious power.

心性

see styles
xīn xìng
    xin1 xing4
hsin hsing
 shinsei / shinse
    しんせい
one's nature; temperament
mind; disposition; nature
Immutable mind-corpus, or mind-nature, the self-existing fundamental pure mind, the all, the Tathāgata-garbha, or 如來藏心; 自性淸淨心; also described in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith as immortal 不生不滅. Another definition identifies 心 with 性 saying 性卽是心, 心卽是佛 the nature is the mind, and mind is Buddha; another, that mind and nature are the same when 悟 awake and understanding, but differ when 迷 in illusion; and further, in reply to the statement that the Buddha-nature is eternal but the mind not eternal, it is said, the nature is like water, the mind like ice, illusion turns nature to mental ice form, awakening melts it back to its proper nature.

忌み

see styles
 imi
    いみ
(1) mourning; abstinence; (2) taboo; (3) religious purification; (prefix noun) (4) pure; holy

忠心

see styles
zhōng xīn
    zhong1 xin1
chung hsin
 chūshin
good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication
Loyal, faithful, honest.

念力

see styles
niàn lì
    nian4 li4
nien li
 nenriki
    ねんりき
psychokinesis; telekinesis
(1) willpower; faith; (2) telekinesis; psychokinesis
smṛtibala, one of the five bāla or powers, that of memory. Also one of the seven bodhyaṅga 七菩提分.

性遮

see styles
xìng zhē
    xing4 zhe1
hsing che
 shōsha
Natural and conventional sins, i. e. sins against natural law, e. g. murder, and sins against conventional or religious law, e. g. for a monk to drink wine, cut down trees, etc.

悟忍

see styles
wù rěn
    wu4 ren3
wu jen
 gonin
The patience of enlightenment, obtained by Vaidehī, wife of Bimbisāra, 'on her vision of Amitābha,' also known as Joy-perseverance, or Faith-perseverance; one of the ten stages of faith.

悪意

see styles
 akui
    あくい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) ill will; spite; evil intention; malice; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) bad meaning; (3) {law} (See 善意・4) mala fides; bad faith; criminal intent to deceive; (4) {law} malice

感得

see styles
gǎn dé
    gan3 de2
kan te
 kantoku
    かんとく
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (profound) realization; awareness; appreciation; becoming (spiritually) awakened (to); (noun, transitive verb) (2) one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted; (noun, transitive verb) (3) (archaism) obtaining (something) unexpectedly
to attain

戒律

see styles
jiè lǜ
    jie4 lu:4
chieh lü
 kairitsu
    かいりつ
monastic discipline; commandment
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
śīla and vinaya. The rules.

戒規


戒规

see styles
jiè guī
    jie4 gui1
chieh kuei
religious precept; taboo; rule

托鉢


托钵

see styles
tuō bō
    tuo1 bo1
t`o po
    to po
 takuhatsu
    たくはつ
(noun/participle) (1) religious mendicancy; asking for alms; monk's begging; (noun/participle) (2) {Buddh} going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple)
An almsbowl; to carry it.

折伏

see styles
zhé fú
    zhe2 fu2
che fu
 shakubuku; jakubuku
    しゃくぶく; じゃくぶく
(noun, transitive verb) {Buddh} preaching down; breaking down someone's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith)
to subdue

拜拜

see styles
bài bai
    bai4 bai5
pai pai
to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together; (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity

拜祭

see styles
bài jì
    bai4 ji4
pai chi
to worship; to observe religious rites; to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc)

指鬘

see styles
zhǐ mán
    zhi3 man2
chih man
 Shiman
Aṅgulīmālya, name of a convert of Śākyamuni, who had belonged to a Śivaitic sect which wore chaplets of finger-bones, and 'made assassination a religious act'.

攝機


摄机

see styles
shè jī
    she4 ji1
she chi
 shō ki
inclusion of [people of various types of] religious faculties

改宗

see styles
gǎi zōng
    gai3 zong1
kai tsung
 kaishuu / kaishu
    かいしゅう
(n,vs,vi) religious conversion
To change one's cult, school of thought, or religion.

故意

see styles
gù yì
    gu4 yi4
ku i
 koi
    こい
deliberately; on purpose
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) intent; intention; bad faith; (2) {law} (See 構成要件) mens rea (guilty mind)
Intentionally.

故訓


故训

see styles
gù xùn
    gu4 xun4
ku hsün
old teaching (e.g. religious instruction)

救い

see styles
 sukui
    すくい
(1) help; rescue; aid; relief; (2) salvation; solace; (source of) comfort; saving grace; (3) (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

教主

see styles
jiào zhǔ
    jiao4 zhu3
chiao chu
 kyoushu / kyoshu
    きょうしゅ
founder or leader of a religion or sect; (fig.) revered figure
(noun - becomes adjective with の) founder of a religious sect
The founder of a religion, e.g. the Buddha.

教務


教务

see styles
jiào wù
    jiao4 wu4
chiao wu
 kyoumu / kyomu
    きょうむ
educational administration
school affairs; religious affairs

教団

see styles
 kyoudan / kyodan
    きょうだん
religious organization; religious organisation

教團


教团

see styles
jiào tuán
    jiao4 tuan2
chiao t`uan
    chiao tuan
 kyōdan
religious community

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