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中称

see styles
 chuushou / chusho
    ちゅうしょう
{gramm} (e.g. それ, そこ, そちら) (See 近称,遠称,不定称・1) mesioproximal pronoun (indicating proximity to the listener)

中蘊


中蕴

see styles
zhōng yùn
    zhong1 yun4
chung yün
 chuuun / chuun
    ちゅううん
{Buddh} (See 中陰) bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days)
intermediate aggregate

中論


中论

see styles
zhōng lùn
    zhong1 lun4
chung lun
 Chūron
中觀論 Prāñnyāya-mūla-śāstra-ṭīkā, or Prāṇyamula-śāstra-ṭīkā; the Mādhyamika-śāstra, attributed to the bodhisattvas Nāgārjuna as creator, and Nīlacakṣus as compiler; tr. by Kumārajīva A. D. 409. It is the principal work of the Mādhyamika, or Middle School, attributed to Nāgārjuna. Versions only exist in Chinese and Tibetan; an English translation by Miyamoto exists and publication is promised; a German version is by Walleser. The 中論 is the first and most?? important of the 三論 q. v. The teaching of this School is found additionally in the 順中論; 般若燈論釋大乘中觀釋論 and 中論疏. Cf. 中道. The doctrine opposes the rigid categories of existence and non-existence 假 and 空, and denies the two extremes of production (or creation) and nonproduction and other antitheses, in the interests of a middle or superior way.

中諦


中谛

see styles
zhōng dì
    zhong1 di4
chung ti
 chuutai / chutai
    ちゅうたい
{Buddh} (See 三諦) truth of the middle (all things are in a middle state, being void yet having temporary existence)
The third of the 三諦 three postulates of the Tiantai school, i. e. 空, 假, and 中 q. v.

中陰


中阴

see styles
zhōng yīn
    zhong1 yin1
chung yin
 nakakage
    なかかげ
{Buddh} bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days); (place-name) Nakakage
The intermediate existence between death and reincarnation, a stage varying from seven to forty-nine days, when the karma-body will certainly be reborn; v. 中有.

主張


主张

see styles
zhǔ zhāng
    zhu3 zhang1
chu chang
 shuchou / shucho
    しゅちょう
to advocate; to stand for; view; position; stand; proposition; viewpoint; assertion; CL:個|个[ge4]
(noun, transitive verb) claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet
assertion, claim

九道

see styles
jiǔ dào
    jiu3 dao4
chiu tao
 kudō
idem 九有情居.; The nine truths, or postulates: impermanence; suffering; voidness (or unreality of things); no permanent ego, or soul; love of existence or possessions, resulting in suffering; the opposite (or fear of being without them), also resulting in suffering; the cutting off of suffering and its cause; nirvāṇa with remainder still to be worked out; complete nirvāṇa.

二世

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

二土

see styles
èr tǔ
    er4 tu3
erh t`u
    erh tu
 nido
There are three groups: 性土 and 相土 : the former is the ubiquitous, unadulterated or innocent 法性之理 dharma-name, or essence of things; the latter is the form-nature, or formal existence of the dharma, pure or impure according to the mind and action of the living. The 淨土 and 穢土 are Pure-land or Paradise; and impure land, e.g. the present world. In the Pure-land there are also 報土 , the land in which a Buddha himself dwells and 化土 in which all beings are transformed. There are other definitions, e. g. the former is Buddha's Paradise, the latter the world in which he dwells and which he is transforming, e. g. this Sahā-world.

二果

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

二見


二见

see styles
èr jiàn
    er4 jian4
erh chien
 futami
    ふたみ
(can be adjective with の) forked (road, river); (place-name, surname) Futami
Two (wrong) views: (1) Looking on people grudgingly with regard to almsgiving and preaching the Buddha-truth. (2) (a) 有見 Holding to the real existence of (material) things; (b) 無見 holding to their entire unreality. (3) (a) 斷見 Holding to the view of total annihilation; (b) 常見 to that of permanence or immortality.

二邊


二边

see styles
èr biān
    er4 bian1
erh pien
 nihen
(a) 有邊 That things exist; (6) 無邊 that since nothing is self-existent, things cannot be said to exist. (2) (a) 增益邊 The plus side, the common belief in a soul and permanence; (b) 損減邊 the minus side, that nothing exists even of karma. (3) (a) 斷邊見 and (b) 常邊見 annihilation and immortality; v. 見.

五百

see styles
wǔ bǎi
    wu3 bai3
wu pai
 komomo
    こもも
(1) 500; (2) many; (female given name) Komomo
pañcaśata. Five hundred, of which there are numerous instances, e. g. 500 former existences; the 500 disciples, etc.

五邉

see styles
wǔ biān
    wu3 bian1
wu pien
 gohen
The five alternatives, i. e. (things) exist; do not exist; both exist and non-exist; neither exist nor non-exist: neither non-exist nor are without non-existence.

人有

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

人趣

see styles
rén qù
    ren2 qu4
jen ch`ü
    jen chü
 ninshu
人道 The human stage of the six gati, or states of existence.

他生

see styles
 tashou / tasho
    たしょう
previous existence; future existence; transmigration

仮有

see styles
 keu
    けう
temporary existence

但空

see styles
dàn kōng
    dan4 kong1
tan k`ung
    tan kung
 tankū
Only non-existence, or immateriality, a term used by Tiantai to denote the orthodox Hīnayāna system. 不但空 denotes the 通教 intermediate system between the Hīnayāna and the Mahāyāna; v. 空.

位面

see styles
wèi miàn
    wei4 mian4
wei mien
plane (of existence)

低保

see styles
dī bǎo
    di1 bao3
ti pao
subsistence allowance; welfare (abbr. for 城市居民最低生活保障[cheng2 shi4 ju1 min2 zui4 di1 sheng1 huo2 bao3 zhang4])

住劫

see styles
zhù jié
    zhu4 jie2
chu chieh
 juukou / juko
    じゅうこう
{Buddh} (See 四劫) the kalpa of existence (the second aeon of the universe)
vivartasiddhakalpa; the abiding or existing kalpa; the kalpa of human existence; v. 劫.

住相

see styles
zhù xiàng
    zhu4 xiang4
chu hsiang
 sumiai
    すみあい
(surname) Sumiai
sthiti; abiding, being, the state of existence, one of the four characteristics of all beings and things, i.e. birth, existence, change (or decay), death (or cessation).

余喘

see styles
 yozen
    よぜん
lingering life; feeble existence; brink of ruin

佛刹

see styles
fó chà
    fo2 cha4
fo ch`a
    fo cha
 bussetsu
buddhakṣetra. 佛紇差怛羅 Buddha realm, land or country; see also 佛土, 佛國. The term is absent from Hīnayāna. In Mahāyāna it is the spiritual realm acquired by one who reaches perfect enlightenment, where he instructs all beings born there, preparing them for enlightenment. In the schools where Mahāyāna adopted an Ādi-Buddha, these realms or Buddha-fields interpenetrated each other, since they were coexistent with the universe. There are two classes of Buddhakṣetra: (1) in the Vairocana Schools, regarded as the regions of progress for the righteous after death; (2) in the Amitābha Schools, regarded as the Pure Land; v. McGovern, A Manual of Buddhist Philosophy, pp. 70-2.

併存

see styles
 heizon / hezon
    へいぞん
    heison / heson
    へいそん
(noun/participle) coexistence

依存

see styles
yī cún
    yi1 cun2
i ts`un
    i tsun
 izon(p); ison
    いぞん(P); いそん
to depend on something for existence; dependent on
(n,vs,vt,vi) dependence; reliance

俗世

see styles
sú shì
    su2 shi4
su shih
 zokuse; zokusei / zokuse; zokuse
    ぞくせ; ぞくせい
the mundane world; the world of mortals
this world; everyday world; earthly existence; mundane life
mundane world

借命

see styles
jiè mìng
    jie4 ming4
chieh ming
to live out a pointless existence

假觀


假观

see styles
jiǎ guān
    jia3 guan1
chia kuan
 kekan
The meditation on relative truth, or phenomenal and therefore illusory existence, in comparison with 空 and 中 q. v.

側耳


侧耳

see styles
cè ěr
    ce4 er3
ts`e erh
    tse erh
to bend an ear (to); to listen

傍生

see styles
bāng shēng
    bang1 sheng1
pang sheng
 bōshō
tiryagyoni, 'born of or as an animal' (M. W.); born to walk on one side, i.e. belly downwards, because of sin in past existence.

傍聴

see styles
 bouchou / bocho
    ぼうちょう
(noun, transitive verb) listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing

催生

see styles
cuī shēng
    cui1 sheng1
ts`ui sheng
    tsui sheng
to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby; (obstetrics) to induce labor; to expedite childbirth; (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing something into existence

傾耳


倾耳

see styles
qīng ěr
    qing1 er3
ch`ing erh
    ching erh
to prick up one's ear; to listen attentively

傾聴

see styles
 keichou / kecho
    けいちょう
(noun/participle) listening closely

傾聽


倾听

see styles
qīng tīng
    qing1 ting1
ch`ing t`ing
    ching ting
 keichou / kecho
    けいちょう
to listen attentively
(out-dated kanji) (noun/participle) listening closely

先在

see styles
 senzai
    せんざい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) pre-existence

兎角

see styles
tù jiǎo
    tu4 jiao3
t`u chiao
    tu chiao
 tokaku
    とかく
(adv,adj-no,n,vs) (1) (kana only) (doing) various things; (doing) this and that; (2) (kana only) being apt to; being prone to; tending to become; (3) (kana only) somehow or other; anyhow; anyway; (4) (Buddhist term) rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist)
śaśa-viṣāṇa; śaśa-śṛṅga; a rabbit's horns, i.e. the non-existent; all phenomena are as unreal as a rabbit's horns.

兩立


两立

see styles
liǎng lì
    liang3 li4
liang li
to coexist; coexistence

六地

see styles
liù dì
    liu4 di4
liu ti
 rokuchi
Six bodhisattvas in the Dizang group of the garbhadhātu, each controlling one of the 六道 or ways of sentient existence. They deal with rebirth in the hells, as hungry ghosts, animals, asuras, men, and devas.

六諦


六谛

see styles
liù dì
    liu4 di4
liu ti
 rokutai
The six logical categories of the Vaiśeṣika philosophy: dravya, substance; guṇa, quality; karman, motion or activity; sāmānya, generality; viśeṣa, particularity; samavāya, inherence: Keith, Logic, 179. Eitel has 'substance, quality, action, existence, the unum et diversum, and the aggregate'.

六趣

see styles
liù qù
    liu4 qu4
liu ch`ü
    liu chü
 rokushu
The six directions of reincarnation, also 六道: (1) 地獄趣 naraka-gati, or that of the hells; (2) 餓鬼趣 preta-gati, of hungry ghosts; (3) 畜生趣 tiryagyoni-gati, of animals; (4) 阿修羅趣 asura-gati, of malevolent nature spirits; (5 ) 人趣 manuṣya-gati, of human existence; (6) 天趣 deva-gati, of deva existence. The 六趣輪廻經 is attributed to Aśvaghoṣa.

六道

see styles
liù dào
    liu4 dao4
liu tao
 rokudou / rokudo
    ろくどう
{Buddh} the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm); (place-name) Rokudō
The six ways or conditions of sentient existence; v. 六趣; the three higher are the 上三途, the three lower 下三途.

共在

see styles
 kyouzai / kyozai
    きょうざい
(noun/participle) coexistence; compresence

共存

see styles
gòng cún
    gong4 cun2
kung ts`un
    kung tsun
 kyouzon(p); kyouson / kyozon(p); kyoson
    きょうぞん(P); きょうそん
to coexist
(n,vs,vi) coexistence

其の

see styles
 sono(p); son
    その(P); そん
(pre-noun adjective) (1) (kana only) (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener) (See この・1,あの,どの) that; the; (pre-noun adjective) (2) (kana only) (preceding a number) part (as in "part two"); (interjection) (3) (その only) um ...; er ...; uh ...

其れ

see styles
 sore
    それ
(pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; (2) that time; then; (3) (archaism) there (indicating a place near the listener); (4) (archaism) you

其処

see styles
 soko
    そこ
(1) (kana only) (See 何処・1,此処・1,彼処・1) there (place relatively near listener); (2) there (place just mentioned); that place; (3) then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (4) (archaism) you

其方

see styles
 sochira(p); socchi(p); sonata; sochi
    そちら(P); そっち(P); そなた; そち
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener) (See こちら・1,あちら・1,どちら・1) that way; that direction; (pronoun) (2) (kana only) (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener) there; (pronoun) (3) (kana only) (something close to the listener) that (one); (pronoun) (4) (kana only) (そちら is polite) you; your family; your company; (pronoun) (5) (kana only) (someone close to the listener) that person

冥初

see styles
míng chū
    ming2 chu1
ming ch`u
    ming chu
 myōsho
The primitive darkness (at the beginning of existence).

出入

see styles
chū rù
    chu1 ru4
ch`u ju
    chu ju
 deiri / deri
    でいり
to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent
(n,vs,vi) in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house; (surname) Deiri
to lend and collect

出現


出现

see styles
chū xiàn
    chu1 xian4
ch`u hsien
    chu hsien
 shutsugen
    しゅつげん
to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
(n,vs,vi) appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
To manifest, reveal, be manifested, appear, e. g. as does a Buddha's temporary body, or nirmāṇakāya. Name of Udāyi 優陀夷 a disciple of Buddha to be reborn as Samantaprabhāsa; also of a son of Ajātaśatru.

切論

see styles
 setsuron
    せつろん
(noun, transitive verb) persistent argument

前生

see styles
qián shēng
    qian2 sheng1
ch`ien sheng
    chien sheng
 zenshou / zensho
    ぜんしょう
previous life; previous incarnation
{Buddh} (See 後生・ごしょう・1,今生・こんじょう) previous existence
previous lifetime

前身

see styles
qián shēn
    qian2 shen1
ch`ien shen
    chien shen
 zenshin
    ぜんしん
forerunner; predecessor; precursor; previous incarnation (Buddhism); jacket front
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
The previous body, or incarnation.

力説

see styles
 rikisetsu
    りきせつ
(noun, transitive verb) emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)

劫波

see styles
jié bō
    jie2 bo1
chieh po
 kōhi
kalpa (loanword) (Hinduism)
kalpa; also劫簸; 劫跛; v. 劫. Aeon, age. The period of time between the creation and recreation ofa world or universe; also the kalpas offormation, existence, destruction, and non-existence, which four as acomplete period are called mahākalpa 大劫. Eachgreat kalpa is subdivided into four asaṇkhyeya-kalpas (阿僧企耶 i.e. numberless,incalculable): (1) kalpa of destructionsaṃvarta; (2)kalpaof utter annihilation, or empty kalpa 増滅劫; 空劫 saṃvarta-siddha; (3) kalpa of formation 成劫 vivarta; (4) kalpa ofexistence 住劫 vivartasiddha; or they may betaken in the order 成住壤空. Each of the four kalpas is subdivided into twenty antara-kalpas, 小劫 or small kalpas, so that a mahākalpaconsists of eighty small kalpas. Each smallkalpa is divided into a period of 増 increaseand 減 decrease; the increase period is ruled over by the four cakravartīs in succession, i.e. the four ages of iron,copper, silver, gold, during which the length of human life increases by oneyear every century to 84,000 years, and the length of the human body to8,400 feet. Then comes the kalpa of decreasedivided into periods of the three woes, pestilence, war, famine, duringwhich the length of human life is gradually reduced to ten years and thehuman body to 1 foot in height. There are other distinctions of the kalpas. A small kalpa isrepresented as 16,800,000 years, a kalpa as336,000,000 years, and a mahākalpa as1,334,000,000 years. There are many ways of illustrating the length of akalpa, e.g. pass a soft cloth over a solid rock40 li in size once in a hundred years, whenfinally the rock has been thus worn away a kalpa will not yet have passed; or a city of 40 li, filled with mustard seeds, one being removed everycentury till all have gone, a kalpa will notyet have passed. Cf. 成劫.

動聽


动听

see styles
dòng tīng
    dong4 ting1
tung t`ing
    tung ting
pleasant to listen to

化生

see styles
huà shēng
    hua4 sheng1
hua sheng
 keshou / kesho
    けしょう
(noun/participle) (1) {Buddh} (See 四生) spontaneous birth; (2) goblin; monster; (surname, given name) Keshou
q. v. means direct 'birth' by metamorphosis. It also means the incarnate avaatara of a deity.; aupapādaka, or aupapāduka. Direct metamorphosis, or birth by transformation, one of the 四生, by which existence in any required form is attained in an instant in full maturity. By this birth bodhisattvas residing in Tuṣita appear on earth. Dhyāni Buddhas and Avalokiteśvara are likewise called 化生. It also means unconditional creation at the beginning of a kalpa. Bhuta 部多 is also used with similar meaning. There are various kinds of 化生, e. g. 佛菩薩化生 the transformation of a Buddha or bodhisattva, in any form at will, without gestation, or intermediary conditions: 極樂化生, birth in the happy land of Amitābha by transformation through the Lotus; 法身化生 the dharmakāya, or spiritual body, born or formed on a disciple's conversion.

十恩

see styles
shí ēn
    shi2 en1
shih en
 jūon
Ten kinds of the Buddha's grace: his (1) initial resolve to universalize (his salvation); (2) self-sacrifice (in previous lives); (3) complete altruism; (4) his descent into all the six states of existence for their salvation; (5) relief of the living from distress and mortality; (6) profound pity; (7) revelation of himself in human and glorified form; (8) teaching in accordance with the capacity of his hearers, first hīnayāna, then māhayāna doctrine; (9) revealing his nirvāṇa to stimulate his disciples; (10) pitying thought for all creatures, in that dying at 80 instead of at 100 he left twenty years of his own happiness to his disciples; and also the tripiṭaka for universal salvation.

十門


十门

see styles
shí mén
    shi2 men2
shih men
 jūmon
The ten "doors" or connections between事 and 理; 事 is defined as 現象 form and 理 as 本體 substance; the common illustration of wave and water indicates the idea thus expressed. The 理事無礎十門 means that in ten ways form and substance are not separate, unconnected entities. (1) li the substance is always present with shih the phenomena; (2) shih is always present with li; (3) shih depends on li for its existence; (4) the shih can reveal the li; (5) the shih (mere form, which is unreal) can disappear in the li;(6) the shih can conceal the li; (7) the true li is the shih; (8) the shih is li; (9) the true li (or reality) is not the shih; (10) the shih is not the (whole) li; v. 華嚴大疏 2. 周遍含容觀十門 The fifth of the five 觀 meditations of the 華嚴宗, i.e. on li and shih, e.g. (1) the li is as the shih; (2) the shih is as the li; 理如事, 事如理 and so on. The 止觀十門 in the 宗鏡録35, also deals with li and shih chiefly for purposes of meditation. Another group, the 華嚴釋經十門, treats of the Canon and the schools.

十障

see styles
shí zhàng
    shi2 zhang4
shih chang
 jisshō
Ten hindrances; bodhisattvas in the stage of 十地 overcome these ten hindrances and realize the十眞如 q.v. The hindrances are: (1) 異生性障 the hindrance of the common illusions of the unenlightened, taking the seeming for real; (2) 邪行障 the hindrance of common unenlightened conduct; (3) 暗鈍障 the hindrance of ignorant and dull ideas; (4) 細惑現行障 the hindrance of the illusion that things are real and have independent existence; (5)下乘涅槃障 the hindrance of the lower ideals in Hīnayāna of nirvāṇa; (6) 細相現行障 the hindrance of the ordinary ideas of the pure and impure; (7) 細相現行障 the hindrance of the idea of reincarnation; (8) 無相加行障 the hindrance of the continuance of activity even in the formless world; (9) 不欲行障 the hindrance of no desire to act for the salvation of others; (10) 法未自在障 the hindrance of non- attainment of complete mastery of all things. v. 唯識論 10.

卵生

see styles
luǎn shēng
    luan3 sheng1
luan sheng
 ransei / ranse
    らんせい
(n,vs,adj-no) oviparity; produced from eggs
aṇḍaja. Egg-born, one of the four ways of coming into existence, v. 四生.

厳存

see styles
 genson
    げんそん
(n,vs,vi) real existence

取名

see styles
qǔ míng
    qu3 ming2
ch`ü ming
    chü ming
 shumyō
to name; to be named; to christen; to seek fame
grasps names

受聽


受听

see styles
shòu tīng
    shou4 ting1
shou t`ing
    shou ting
nice to hear; worth listening to

受話

see styles
 juwa
    じゅわ
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)

口占

see styles
 kuchiura
    くちうら
(1) determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (2) (archaism) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone

口受

see styles
 kuju
    くじゅ
listening to someone talking

口裏

see styles
 kuchiura
    くちうら
(1) determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (2) (archaism) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone

叮嚀


叮咛

see styles
dīng níng
    ding1 ning2
ting ning
 teinei / tene
    ていねい
to warn; to urge; to exhort; to give instructions carefully and insistently
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) polite; courteous; civil; (2) careful; close; thorough; conscientious

吃案

see styles
chī àn
    chi1 an4
ch`ih an
    chih an
(Tw) (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc)

同居

see styles
tóng jū
    tong2 ju1
t`ung chü
    tung chü
 doukyo / dokyo
    どうきょ
to live together; to cohabit
(n,vs,vi) (ant: 別居) living together; coexistence
living together

命名

see styles
mìng míng
    ming4 ming2
ming ming
 meimei / meme
    めいめい
to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
(n,vs,adj-no) naming; christening

命数

see styles
 meisuu / mesu
    めいすう
(1) span of life; one's term of existence; one's time (alive); one's days; (2) destiny; fate; (3) (See 命数法) assigning a name to a number

唯識


唯识

see styles
wéi shì
    wei2 shi4
wei shih
 yuishiki
    ゆいしき
{Buddh} vijnapti-matrata (theory that all existence is subjective and nothing exists outside of the mind)
vijñānamatra(vada) cittamatra. Idealism, the doctrine that nothing exists apart from mind, 識外無法.

四一

see styles
sì yī
    si4 yi1
ssu i
 yoichi
    よいち
{cards} (See おいちょかぶ) scoring combination of a 4 and a 1 in oicho-kabu; (given name) Yoichi
The four 'ones', or the unity contained (according to Tiantai) in the 方便品 of the Lotus Sutra; i. e. 教一 its teaching of one Vehicle; 行一 its sole bodhisattva procedure; 人一 its men all and only as bodhisattvas; 理一 its one ultimate truth of the reality of all existence.

四劫

see styles
sì jié
    si4 jie2
ssu chieh
 shikou / shiko
    しこう
{Buddh} (See 劫・1) the four kalpa (formation, existence, destruction, nothingness)
The four kalpas, or epochs, of a world, 成劫 that of formation and completion; 住劫 existing or abiding; 懷劫 destruction; and 空劫 annihilation, or the succeeding void. 倶舍論 12.

四忘

see styles
sì wàng
    si4 wang4
ssu wang
 shimō
The state of a saint, i. e. beyond, or oblivious of the four conditions of 一異有無 unity, difference, existence, non-existence.

四教

see styles
sì jiào
    si4 jiao4
ssu chiao
 shikyō
Four teachings, doctrines, or schools; five groups are given, whose titles are abbreviated to 光天曉苑龍: (1) 光宅四教 The four schools of 法雲 Fayun of the 光宅 Guangzhai monastery are the four vehicles referred to in the burning house parable of the Lotus Sutra, i. e. śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, bodhisattva, and the final or one vehicle teaching. (2) 天台四教 The Tiantai four are 藏通, 別, and 圓, v. 八教. (3) 曉公四教 The group of 元曉 Wŏnhyo of 海東 Haedong are the 三乘別教 represented by the 四諦緣起經; 三乘通教 represented by the 般若深密教; 一乘分教 represented by the 究網經; and 一乘滿教 represented by the 華嚴經. (4) 苑公四教 The group of 慧苑 Huiyuan: the schools of unbelievers, who are misled and mislead; of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas who know only the phenomenal bhūtatathatā; of novitiate bodhisattvas who know only the noumenal bhūtatathatā; and of fully developed bodhisattvas, who know both. (5) 龍樹四教 Nāgārjuna's division of the canon into 有 dealing with existence, or reality, cf. the 四阿含; 空 the Void, cf. 般若經; 亦有亦 空 both, cf. 深密經; and 非有非 空 neither, cf. 中論.

四有

see styles
sì yǒu
    si4 you3
ssu yu
 shiu
    しう
{Buddh} the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo
four states of life

四流

see styles
sì liú
    si4 liu2
ssu liu
 shiru
The four currents (that carry the unthinking along): i. e. the illusions of 見 seeing things as they seem, not as they really are; 欲 desires; 有 existence, life; 無明 ignorance, or an unenlightened condition.

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.

四縛


四缚

see styles
sì fú
    si4 fu2
ssu fu
 shibaku
The four bandhana, or bonds are (1) desire, resentment, heretical morality, egoism; or (2) desire, possession (or existence), ignorance, and unenlightened views.

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.

固持

see styles
 koji
    こじ
(noun, transitive verb) adherence (to one's beliefs); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground

圓謊


圆谎

see styles
yuán huǎng
    yuan2 huang3
yüan huang
to patch up one's lie (when inconsistencies appear); to cover (for sb who has lied)

均濕


均湿

see styles
jun shī
    jun1 shi1
chün shih
to moisten evenly (e.g. in tanning leather)

執念


执念

see styles
zhí niàn
    zhi2 nian4
chih nien
 shuunen / shunen
    しゅうねん
obsession (CL:股[gu3]); (when followed by 於|于[yu2]) to be obsessive (about)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

壁癌

see styles
bì ái
    bi4 ai2
pi ai
persistent mold on the wall; efflorescence

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.

大耳

see styles
 oomimi
    おおみみ
(1) big ears; (n,adj-nari) (2) (archaism) listening without paying attention

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.

如一

see styles
rú yī
    ru2 yi1
ju i
 yukikazu
    ゆきかず
consistent; the same; unvarying
(given name) Yukikazu
merely

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

存否

see styles
 zonpi; sonpi
    ぞんぴ; そんぴ
(whether) existent or non-existent; life or death

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