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大通 see styles |
dà tōng da4 tong1 ta t`ung ta tung daitsuu / daitsu だいつう |
Datong, a district of Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2nan2 Shi4], Anhui; Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in Xining 西寧|西宁[Xi1ning2], Qinghai (surname) Daitsuu 大通智勝 Mahābhijñā Jñānābhibhu. The great Buddha of supreme penetraton and wisdom. "A fabulous Buddha whose realm was Sambhava, his kalpa Mahārūpa. Having spent ten middling kalpas in ecstatic meditation he became a Buddha, and retired again in meditation for 84,000 kalpas, during which his sixteen sons continued (as Buddhas) his preaching. Incarnations of his sons are," Akṣobhya, Merukūṭa, Siṃhaghoṣa, Siṃhadhvaja, Ākāśapratiṣṭhita, Nityapaṛvrtta, Indradhvaja, Brahmadhvaja, Amitābha, Sarvalokadhātū- padravodvegapratyuttīrna, Tamāla-patra-candanagandha, Merukalpa, Meghasvara, Meghasvararāja, Sarvaloka-bhayastambhitatva- vidhvaṃsanakāra, and Śākyamuni; v. Eitel. He is said to have lived in a kalpa earlier than the present by kalpas as numerous as the atoms of a chiliocosm. Amitābha is his ninth son. Śākyamuni his sixteenth, and the present 大衆 or assembly of believers are said to be the reincarnation of those who were his disciples in that former aeon; v. Lotus Sutra, chapter 7. |
天華 天华 see styles |
tiān huā tian1 hua1 t`ien hua tien hua yuki ゆき |
(Buddhist term) flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image; snow; (female given name) Yuki Deva, or divine, flowers, stated in the Lotus Sutra as of four kinds, mandāras, mahāmandāras, mañjūṣakas, and mahāmañjūṣakas, the first two white, the last two red. |
奔茶 see styles |
bēn chá ben1 cha2 pen ch`a pen cha honcha |
great lotus |
奔荼 see styles |
bēn tú ben1 tu2 pen t`u pen tu honda |
(奔荼利迦) puṇḍarīka, the white lotus, v. 分 or 芬; also the last of the eight great cold hells, v. 地獄. |
如蓮 如莲 see styles |
rú lián ru2 lian2 ju lien nyoren |
like a lotus |
妙宗 see styles |
miào zōng miao4 zong1 miao tsung myōshū |
Profound principles; the Lotus school. |
妙教 see styles |
miào jiào miao4 jiao4 miao chiao myōkyō |
Admirable, profound teaching; i.e. that of the Lotus Sutra. |
妙法 see styles |
miào fǎ miao4 fa3 miao fa myouhou / myoho みょうほう |
brilliant plan; ingenious method; perfect solution (1) mysteries; excellent methods; (2) {Buddh} marvelous law of Buddha; Saddharma; (3) {Buddh} (See 妙法蓮華経) Lotus Sutra; teachings of the Lotus Sutra; (g,p) Myōhou saddharma, 薩達摩 (薩達刺摩) The wonderful law or truth (of the Lotus Sutra). |
妙玄 see styles |
miào xuán miao4 xuan2 miao hsüan myougen / myogen みょうげん |
(surname) Myōgen Wonderful and profound; an abbreviation for妙法蓮華經玄義 the Tiantai commentary on the Lotus Sutra. |
妙車 妙车 see styles |
miào chē miao4 che1 miao ch`e miao che myōsha |
The wonderful vehicles (mentioned in the Lotus Sutra). |
妙音 see styles |
miào yīn miao4 yin1 miao yin myouon / myoon みょうおん |
exquisite voice; exquisite music; (place-name) Myōon Wonderful sound. (1) Gadgadasvara, 妙音菩薩 (or 妙音大士) a Bodhisattva, master of seventeen degrees of samādhi, residing in Vairocanaraśmi-pratimaṇḍita, whose name heads chap. 24 of the Lotus Sutra. (2) Sughoṣa, a sister of Guanyin; also a Buddha like Varuṇa controlling the waters 水天德佛, the 743rd Buddha of the present kalpa. (3) Ghoṣa, 瞿沙 an arhat, famous for exegesis, who "restored the eyesight of Dharmavivardhana by washing his eyes with the tears of people who were moved by his eloquence." Eitel. |
宗派 see styles |
zōng pài zong1 pai4 tsung p`ai tsung pai shuuha / shuha しゅうは |
sect (1) sect; denomination; (2) school (e.g. of poetry) Sects (of Buddhism). In India, according to Chinese accounts, the two schools of Hīnayāna became divided into twentysects. Mahāyāna had two main schools, the Mādhyamika, ascribed to Nāgārjunaand Āryadeva about the second century A. D., and the Yogācārya, ascribed toAsaṅga and Vasubandhu in the fourth century A. D. In China thirteen sectswere founded: (1) 倶舍宗 Abhidharma or Kośa sect, representing Hīnayāna,based upon the Abhidharma-kosa-śāstra or 倶舍論. (2) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect, based on the 成實論 Satyasiddhi-śāstra,tr. by Kumārajīva; no sect corresponds to it in India; in China and Japan itbecame incorporated in the 三論宗. (3) 律宗 Vinaya or Discipline sect, basedon 十誦律, 四分律, 僧祗律, etc. (4) 三論宗 The three śāstra sect, based on theMādhyamika-śāstra 中觀論 of Nāgārjuna, theSata-śāstra 百論 of Āryadeva, and theDvādasa-nikāya-śāstra 十二門論 of Nāgārjuna; this schooldates back to the translation of the three śāstras by Kumārajīva in A. D. 409. (5) 涅槃宗 Nirvāṇasect, based upon the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra 涅槃經 tr. byDharmaraksa in 423; later incorporated in Tiantai, with which it had much incommon. (6) 地論宗 Daśabhūmikā sect, based on Vasubandhu's work on the tenstages of the bodhisattva's path to Buddhahood, tr. by Bodhiruci 508,absorbed by the Avataṃsaka school, infra. (7) 淨土宗 Pure-land or Sukhāvatīsect, founded in China by Bodhiruci; its doctrine was salvation throughfaith in Amitābha into the Western Paradise. (8) 禪宗 dhyāna, meditative or intuitional sect, attributed toBodhidharma about A. D. 527, but it existed before he came to China. (9) 攝論宗, based upon the 攝大乘論 Mahāyāna-saṃparigraha-śāstra byAsaṅga, tr. by Paramārtha in 563, subsequently absorbed by the Avataṃsakasect. (10) 天台宗 Tiantai, based on the 法華經 SaddharmapuṇḍarīkaSūtra, or the Lotus of the Good Law; it is aconsummation of the Mādhyamika tradition. (11) 華嚴宗 Avataṃsaka sect, basedon the Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra, or Gandha-vyūha 華嚴經 tr. in 418. (12) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect, established after thereturn of Xuanzang from India and his trans. of the important Yogācāryaworks. (13) 眞言宗 Mantra sect, A. D. 716. In Japan twelve sects are named:Sanron, Hossō, Kegon, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Ritsu, Tendai, Shingon; these areknown as the ancient sects, the two last being styled mediaeval; therefollow the Zen and Jōdo; the remaining two are Shin and Nichiren; at presentthere are the Hossō, Kegon, Tendai, Shingon, Zen, Jōdo, Shin, and Nichirensects. |
定光 see styles |
dìng guāng ding4 guang1 ting kuang joukou / joko じょうこう |
(place-name) Jōkou (1) Dīpaṃkara 提洹羯; 然燈佛, to whom Śākyamuni offered five lotuses when the latter was 儒童 Rutong Bodhisattva, and was thereupon designated as a coming Buddha. He is called the twenty-fourth predecessor of Śākyamuni. He appears whenever a Buddha preaches the Lotus Sutra. (2) Crystal, or some other bright stone. |
實本 实本 see styles |
shí běn shi2 ben3 shih pen jitsumoto じつもと |
(personal name) Jitsumoto Fundamental reality, applied to the teaching of the Lotus Sūtra, as opposed to the previous Buddhist teaching. |
實經 实经 see styles |
shí jīng shi2 jing1 shih ching jitsu kyō |
The true sūtras as contrasted to the relative or temporary sūtras, a term of the Lotus school. |
寶乘 宝乘 see styles |
bǎo shèng bao3 sheng4 pao sheng hōjō |
The precious vehicle of the Lotus Sutra; the Mahāyāna. |
寶塔 宝塔 see styles |
bǎo tǎ bao3 ta3 pao t`a pao ta hōtō |
pagoda A stupa, or fane for precious things, or relics; a pagoda adorned with gems; the shrine of 多寶 Prabhūtaratna in the Lotus Sutra. |
寶車 宝车 see styles |
bǎo chē bao3 che1 pao ch`e pao che hōsha |
The precious cart (in the Lotus Sutra), i.e. the one vehicle, the Mahāyāna. |
序王 see styles |
xù wáng xu4 wang2 hsü wang Joō |
The introduction by Chih-i to the Lotus Sutra. Introductions are divided into 序, 正, and 流通, the first relating to the reason for the book; the second to its method; and the third to its subsequent history. |
心蓮 心莲 see styles |
xīn lián xin1 lian2 hsin lien Shinren |
The lotus of the mind or heart; the exoteric school interprets it by original purity; the esoteric by the physical heart, which resembles a closed lotus with eight petals. |
懺法 忏法 see styles |
chàn fǎ chan4 fa3 ch`an fa chan fa senbou / senbo せんぼう |
(1) {Buddh} penitence by chanting sutras; confession (of sins); Tendai ritual of chanting Lotus Sutra or to Kanzeon, Amida, or Kichijoten for forgiveness of sins performed unknowingly; (n,n-suf) (2) {Buddh} penitence sutra; (3) {Buddh} guidebook to penitence The mode of action, or ritual, at the confessional; also the various types of confessional, e.g. that of Guanyin, Amitābha, etc. |
托生 see styles |
tuō shēng tuo1 sheng1 t`o sheng to sheng takushō |
to be reincarnated; to be reborn That to which birth is entrusted, as a womb, or a lotus in Paradise. |
扶疏 see styles |
fú shū fu2 shu1 fu shu fusho |
Supporting commentary', another name for the 涅槃經 Nirvāṇa Sūtra, because according to Tiantai it is an amplification of the Lotus Sutra. |
文句 see styles |
wén jù wen2 ju4 wen chü monku もんく |
(1) complaint; grumbling; objection; (2) phrase; words; expression Textual explanation or criticism, also termed 章; 疏; 述義; 記, etc.; the term applies to works on canonical texts in general, but has particular reference to the Lotus Sutra, i. e. the 妙法蓮華經文句. |
文殊 see styles |
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. |
方便 see styles |
fāng biàn fang1 bian4 fang pien houben / hoben ほうべん |
convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself (1) means; expedient; instrument; (2) {Buddh} upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching); (surname) Houben upāya. Convenient to the place, or situation, suited to the condition, opportune, appropriate; but 方 is interpreted as 方法 method, mode, plan, and 便 as 便用 convenient for use, i. e. a convenient or expedient method; also 方 as 方正 and 便 as 巧妙, which implies strategically correct. It is also intp. as 權道智 partial, temporary, or relative (teaching of) knowledge of reality, in contrast with 般若智 prajñā, and 眞實 absolute truth, or reality instead of the seeming. The term is a translation of 傴和 upāya, a mode of approach, an expedient, stratagem, device. The meaning is— teaching according to the capacity of the hearer, by any suitable method, including that of device or stratagem, but expedience beneficial to the recipient is understood. Mahāyāna claims that the Buddha used this expedient or partial method in his teaching until near the end of his days, when he enlarged it to the revelation of reality, or the preaching of his final and complete truth; Hīnayāna with reason denies this, and it is evident that the Mahāyāna claim has no foundation, for the whole of its 方等 or 方廣 scriptures are of later invention. Tiantai speaks of the 三乘 q. v. or Three Vehicles as 方便 expedient or partial revelations, and of its 一乘 or One Vehicle as the complete revelation of universal Buddhahood. This is the teaching of the Lotus Sutra, which itself contains 方便 teaching to lead up to the full revelation; hence the terms 體内 (or 同體 ) 方便, i. e. expedient or partial truths within the full revelation, meaning the expedient part of the Lotus, and 體外方便 the expedient or partial truths of the teaching which preceded the Lotus; see the 方便品 of that work, also the second chapter of the 維摩經. 方便 is also the seventh of the ten pāramitās. |
普賢 普贤 see styles |
pǔ xián pu3 xian2 p`u hsien pu hsien fugen ふげん |
Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth Samantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion; (place-name) Fugen Samantabhadra, Viśvabhadra; cf. 三曼 Universal sagacity, or favour; lord of the 理 or fundamental law, the dhyāna, and the practice of all Buddhas. He and Mañjuśrī are the right- and left-hand assistants of Buddha, representing 理 and 智 respectively. He rides on a white elephant, is the patron of the Lotus Sūtra and its devotees, and has close connection with the Huayan Sūtra. His region is in the east. The esoteric school has its own special representation of him, with emphasis on the sword indicative of 理 as the basis of 智. He has ten vows. |
智積 智积 see styles |
zhì jī zhi4 ji1 chih chi chishaku ちしゃく |
(place-name) Chishaku Jñānākara. Accumulation of knowledge. Eldest son of Mahābhijñā; also said to be Akṣobhya. Prajñākūṭa. A Bodhisattva in the retinue of Prabhūtratna, v. Lotus Sūtra. |
智顗 智𫖮 see styles |
zhì yǐ zhi4 yi3 chih i Chigi |
Zhiyi (538-597), founder of the Tiantai sect of Buddhism Zhiyi, founder of the Tiantai school, also known as 智者 and 天台 (天台大師); his surname was 陳 Chen; his 字 was 德安, De-an; born about A. D. 538, he died in 597 at 60 years of age. He was a native of 頴川 Ying-chuan in Anhui, became a neophyte at 7, was fully ordained at 20. At first a follower of 慧思, Huisi, in 575 he went to the Tiantai mountain in Chekiang, where he founded his famous school on the Lotus Sūtra as containing the complete gospel of the Buddha. |
本教 see styles |
běn jiào ben3 jiao4 pen chiao honkyō |
The fundamental doctrine, i. e. of the One Vehicle as declared in the Lotus Sutra, also 根本之教. |
本門 本门 see styles |
běn mén ben3 men2 pen men motokado もとかど |
(1) (rare) main gate; front gate; (2) {Buddh} (See 迹門) latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha; (surname) Motokado v. 本迹. |
毒藥 毒药 see styles |
dú yào du2 yao4 tu yao dokuyaku |
poison Poison, cf. the sons who drank their father's poisons in the 善門 chapter of The Lotus Sutra. |
法照 see styles |
fǎ zhào fa3 zhao4 fa chao hosshou / hossho ほっしょう |
(personal name) Hosshou Dharma-shining; name of the fourth patriarch of the 蓮宗 Lotus sect. |
法花 see styles |
fǎ huā fa3 hua1 fa hua hotsuke ほつけ |
(surname) Hotsuke Lotus Sūtra |
法華 法华 see styles |
fǎ huā fa3 hua1 fa hua myouka / myoka みょうか |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 法華宗) Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; (2) (abbreviation) (See 法華経) Lotus Sutra; (female given name) Myōka The Dharma-flower, i.e. the Lotus Sutra, the法華經 or 妙法蓮華經 q.v. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sutra; also the法華宗 Lotus sect, i.e. that of Tiantai, which had this sutra for its basis. There are many treatises with this as part of the title. 法華法, 法華會, 法華講 ceremonials, meetings, or explications connected with this sutra. |
淨眼 净眼 see styles |
jìng yǎn jing4 yan3 ching yen jōgen |
The clear or pure eyes that behold, with enlightened vision, things not only as they seem but in their reality. Also Vimalanetra, second son of Śubhavyūha in the Lotus Sutra. |
淨藏 净藏 see styles |
jìng zàng jing4 zang4 ching tsang jō zō |
Vimalagarbha, eldest son of Śubhavyūha in the Lotus Sutra. |
漸教 渐教 see styles |
jiàn jiào jian4 jiao4 chien chiao zengyō |
The gradual method of teaching by beginning with the Hīnayāna and proceeding to the Mahāyāna, in contrast with 頓教 q.v. the immediate teaching of the Mahāyāna doctrine, or of any truth directly; e.g. the Huayan school considers the Huayan sūtra as the immediate or direct teaching, and the Lotus Sūtra as both gradual and direct; Tiantai considers the Lotus direct and complete; but there are other definitions. |
火宅 see styles |
huǒ zhái huo3 zhai2 huo chai kataku かたく |
{Buddh} this world of suffering The parable of the burning house; one of the 'seven parables' in the Lotus Sutra 譬喩品, that of the burning house from which the owner tempts his heedless children by the device of the three kinds of carts— goat, deer, and bullock, especially a white-bullock cart i. e. Mahāyāna. |
爾前 尔前 see styles |
ěr qián er3 qian2 erh ch`ien erh chien nizen にぜん |
(1) {Buddh} period before the Lotus Sutra was preached; (adj-no,n) (2) prior; before; previous; (3) (rare) something unripe or of inferior grade Before this, formerly used by Tiantai to denote the time preceding the Lotus Sūtra. |
玄疏 see styles |
xuán shū xuan2 shu1 hsüan shu genso |
The 玄義, a Tiantai commentary an the contents and meaning of the Lotus Sutra, and 疏 the critical commentary on the text. |
玄籤 see styles |
xuán qiān xuan2 qian1 hsüan ch`ien hsüan chien Gensen |
Explanation of the Profound Meaning of the Lotus |
王膳 see styles |
wáng shàn wang2 shan4 wang shan ōzen |
A royal feast referred to in the Lotus Sutra, where the hungry people feared to accept the King's feast till he came himself and called them; i. e. the feast of Buddhahood and the Buddha's call. |
盤坐 盘坐 see styles |
pán zuò pan2 zuo4 p`an tso pan tso banza |
to sit cross-legged (as in the lotus position) To sit with folded legs. |
盤腿 盘腿 see styles |
pán tuǐ pan2 tui3 p`an t`ui pan tui |
to sit cross-legged; to sit in the lotus position |
空教 see styles |
kōng jiào kong1 jiao4 k`ung chiao kung chiao kuukyou / kukyo くうきょう |
(given name) Kuukyō The teaching that all is unreal. The 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa School divided Buddha's teaching into three periods: (1) the Hīnayāna period, teaching that 法有 things are real; (2) the 般若 prajñā period, that 法 空things are unreal; (3) the Huayan and Lotus period of the middle or transcendental doctrine 中道教. |
窮子 穷子 see styles |
qióng zǐ qiong2 zi3 ch`iung tzu chiung tzu kyūshi |
The poor son, or prodigal son, of the Lotus Sūtra. |
糞除 粪除 see styles |
fèn chú fen4 chu2 fen ch`u fen chu funjo |
(literary) to clean up To get rid of garbage, scavenge; cf. Lotus Sutra 4. |
結坐 结坐 see styles |
jié zuò jie2 zuo4 chieh tso ketsuza |
lotus position |
結跏 结跏 see styles |
jié jiā jie2 jia1 chieh chia kekka けっか |
(abbreviation) (See 結跏趺坐・けっかふざ) lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs lotus position |
經者 经者 see styles |
jīng zhě jing1 zhe3 ching che kyōsha |
One who expounds the sūtras and śāstras; one who keeps the teaching of the Lotus Sūtra. |
羊車 羊车 see styles |
yáng chē yang2 che1 yang ch`e yang che yōsha |
羊乘 The inferior, or śrāvaka, form of Buddhism, v. Lotus Sūtra, in the parable of the burning house. |
舍利 see styles |
shè lì she4 li4 she li shari |
ashes after cremation; Buddhist relics (Sanskirt: sarira) (1) śārī, śārikā; a bird able to talk, intp. variously, but, M. W. says the mynah. Śārikā was the name of Śāriputra's mother, because her eyes were bright and clever like those of a mynah; there are other interpretation (2) śarīra(m). 設利羅 (or 室利羅); 實利; 攝 M004215 藍 Relics or ashes left after the cremation of a buddha or saint; placed in stupas and worhipped. The white represent bones; the black, hair; and the red, flesh. Also called dhātu-śarīra or dharma-śarīra. The body, a dead body. The body looked upon as dead by reason of obedience to the discipline, meditation, and wisdom. The Lotus Sutra and other sutras are counted as relics, Śākyamuni's relics are said to have amounted to 八斛四斗 84 pecks, for which Aśoka is reputed to have built in one day 84,000 stupas; but other figures are also given. śarīra is also intp. by grains of rice, etc., and by rice as food. |
芬陀 see styles |
fēn tuó fen1 tuo2 fen t`o fen to funda |
white lotus flower |
花筥 see styles |
huā jǔ hua1 ju3 hua chü keko |
花籠; 花皿 Flower baskets for scattering lotus flowers, or leaves and flowers in general. |
荷澤 荷泽 see styles |
hé zé he2 ze2 ho tse kataku かたく |
Lotus marsh (used in place names); misspelling of Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2] prefecture-level city in Shandong (personal name) Kataku Heze |
荷葉 荷叶 see styles |
hé shě he2 she3 ho she hasuba はすば |
lotus leaf; (surname) Hasuba lotus leaves |
華光 华光 see styles |
huā guāng hua1 guang1 hua kuang haruhi はるひ |
(female given name) Haruhi Padmaprabha, Lotus-radiance, the name by which Śāriputra is to be known as a Buddha. |
華座 华座 see styles |
huā zuò hua1 zuo4 hua tso ke za |
The lotus throne. |
華手 华手 see styles |
huā shǒu hua1 shou3 hua shou keshu |
The hands folded lotus-fashion. |
華目 华目 see styles |
huā mù hua1 mu4 hua mu kemoku |
Eyes like the blue lotus, i.e. pure. |
華胎 华胎 see styles |
huā tāi hua1 tai1 hua t`ai hua tai kedai |
The lotus womb in which doubters and those of little virtue are detained in semi-bliss for 500 years before they can be born into the Pure Land by the opening of the lotus. |
華臺 华台 see styles |
huā tái hua1 tai2 hua t`ai hua tai kedai |
The lotus dais, seat, or throne. |
華藏 华藏 see styles |
huā zàng hua1 zang4 hua tsang kezō |
Lotus-treasury. |
蓮刹 莲刹 see styles |
lián chà lian2 cha4 lien ch`a lien cha rensetsu |
Lotus-kṣetra, or Lotus-land, the paradise of Amitābha. |
蓮台 莲台 see styles |
lián tái lian2 tai2 lien t`ai lien tai rendai れんだい |
lotus-shaped pedestal for images of the Buddha; (g,p) Rendai lotus stand |
蓮子 莲子 see styles |
lián zǐ lian2 zi3 lien tzu renko れんこ |
lotus seed (female given name) Renko Lotus seeds. |
蓮宗 莲宗 see styles |
lián zōng lian2 zong1 lien tsung Renshū |
see 淨土宗|净土宗[Jing4 tu3 zong1] The Lotus sect founded by 慧遠 Huiyuan circa A.D. 390 at his monastery, in which was a 自蓮池 white lotus pond. It has no connection with the White Lily Secret Society which arose during the Mongol or Yuan dynasty. The Lotus sect is traced to the awakening of Huiyuan by the reading of the Prajñāpāramitā sūtra. He then turned his attention to calling on the name of Buddha to obtain salvation direct to his Pure Land. The school became that of the Amitābha or Pure-land sect, which in later years developed into the principal Buddhist cult in the Far East. |
蓮宮 莲宫 see styles |
lián gōng lian2 gong1 lien kung hasumiya はすみや |
(place-name) Hasumiya padmavimāna. Lotus-palace, the Pure Land of the saṃbhogakāya; also the eight-leaved lotus of the heart. |
蓮座 莲座 see styles |
lián zuò lian2 zuo4 lien tso renza れんざ |
lotus seat (under Buddhist statues); lotus base The lotus throne on which are seated the images; Buddha-throne. |
蓮根 see styles |
hasune はすね |
(kana only) lotus root; (p,s,f) Hasune |
蓮池 莲池 see styles |
lián chí lian2 chi2 lien ch`ih lien chih hasuchi はすち |
lotus pond; (surname) Hasuchi lotus-pond |
蓮理 莲理 see styles |
lián lǐ lian2 li3 lien li renri |
The mystic doctrine of the Lotus faith. |
蓮眼 莲眼 see styles |
lián yǎn lian2 yan3 lien yen rengen |
The eye of the blue lotus, i.e. the wonderful eye of Buddha. |
蓮社 莲社 see styles |
lián shè lian2 she4 lien she Rensha |
The White Lotus sect, idem 蓮宗. |
蓮祐 莲祐 see styles |
lián yòu lian2 you4 lien yu renyū |
Mutual protectors, or helpers of the Lotus sect, i.e. members. |
蓮經 莲经 see styles |
lián jīng lian2 jing1 lien ching Renkyō |
The Lotus Sūtra; v. 法華. |
蓮胎 莲胎 see styles |
lián tāi lian2 tai1 lien t`ai lien tai rentai |
The Lotus-womb in which the believers of Amitābha are born into his paradise; it is also described as the believer's heart in embryo. |
蓮臺 莲台 see styles |
lián tái lian2 tai2 lien t`ai lien tai |
lotus seat |
蓮華 莲华 see styles |
lián huá lian2 hua2 lien hua renge れんげ |
(1) (kana only) lotus flower; (2) (abbreviation) (kana only) Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); (3) (abbreviation) china spoon; (4) lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone; (f,p) Renge or 蓮花 The lotus flower. |
蓮葉 see styles |
renba れんば |
(1) lotus leaf; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (See 蓮っ葉) vulgar; wanton; (surname) Renba |
蓮蓉 莲蓉 see styles |
lián róng lian2 rong2 lien jung renyou / renyo れんよう |
lotus seed paste (personal name) Ren'you |
蓮蓬 莲蓬 see styles |
lián péng lian2 peng2 lien p`eng lien peng |
lotus seed head |
蓮藕 莲藕 see styles |
lián ǒu lian2 ou3 lien ou |
lotus root |
蓮邦 莲邦 see styles |
lián bāng lian2 bang1 lien pang renbō |
The Lotus land, the Pure Land, of Amitābha. |
蓮門 莲门 see styles |
lián mén lian2 men2 lien men renmon |
The Lotus sect, idem 蓮宗. |
蓮餅 see styles |
hasumochi; renmochi はすもち; れんもち |
{food} lotus root-starch dumpling |
蔡華 蔡华 see styles |
cài huā cai4 hua1 ts`ai hua tsai hua saike |
A lotus. |
藥師 药师 see styles |
yào shī yao4 shi1 yao shih yakushi やくし |
pharmacist (surname) Yakushi Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabhāṣa; 藥師璢璃光如來; 大醫王佛; 醫王善逝, etc. The Buddha of Medicine, who heals all diseases, including the disease of ignorance. His image is often at the left of Śākyamuni Buddha's, and he is associated with the east. The history of this personification is not yet known, but cf. the chapter on the 藥王 in the Lotus Sutra. There are several sutras relating to him, the藥王璢璃光, etc., tr. by Xuanzang circa A.D. 650, and others. There are shrines of the 藥王三尊 the three honoured doctors, with Yaoshi in the middle and as assistants 日光邊照 the Bodhisattva Sunlight everywhere shining on his right and 月光邊照 the Bodhisattva Moonlight, etc., on his left. The 藥王七佛 seven healing Buddhas are also all in the east. There are also the 藥王十二神將 twelve spiritual generals or protectors of Yaoshi, for guarding his worshippers. |
衣珠 see styles |
yī zhū yi1 zhu1 i chu koromo no tama |
衣寳 The pearl in the garment, i.e. a man starving yet possessed of a priceless pearl in his garment, of which he was unaware; v. Lotus Sutra 五百授記品. |
請花 see styles |
ukebana うけばな |
(obscure) ukebana (lotus-shaped support of a seat, pedestal or pagoda finial) |
譬喩 see styles |
pì yù pi4 yu4 p`i yü pi yü hiyu ひゆ |
(ik) simile; metaphor; allegory; parable A parable, metaphor; the avadāna section of the canon, v. 阿波; there are numerous categories, e.g. the seven parables of the Lotus Sūtra, the ten of the Prajñā and Vimalakīrti sūtras, etc. |
豆柿 see styles |
mamegaki; mamegaki まめがき; マメガキ |
date-plum (Diospyros lotus); Caucasian persimmon; lilac persimmon |
超八 see styles |
chāo bā chao1 ba1 ch`ao pa chao pa chōhachi |
Surpassing the eight other schools, as does the teaching of the Lotus and Nirvāṇa Sūtras, according to Tiantai. |
跏坐 see styles |
jiā zuò jia1 zuo4 chia tso kaza |
lotus position |
跏座 see styles |
jiā zuò jia1 zuo4 chia tso kaza |
lotus position |
跏趺 see styles |
jiā fū jia1 fu1 chia fu kafu |
to sit in the lotus position lotus position |
跨節 跨节 see styles |
kuà jié kua4 jie2 k`ua chieh kua chieh kasetsu |
To interpret one sūtra by another, a Tiantai term, e.g. interpreting all other sūtras in the light of the Lotus Sūtra. |
身燈 身灯 see styles |
shēn dēng shen1 deng1 shen teng shintō |
The body as a lamp, burnt in offering to a Buddha, e. g. the Medicine King in the Lotus Sutra. |
身蓮 身莲 see styles |
shēn lián shen1 lian2 shen lien shinren |
The lotus in the body, i. e. the heart, or eight-leaved lotus in all beings; it represents also the Garbhadhātu, which is the matrix of the material world out of which all beings come. |
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