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理事

see styles
lǐ shì
    li3 shi4
li shih
 riji
    りじ
member of council; (literary) to take care of matters
director; trustee
Noumena and phenomena, principle and practice, absolute and relative, real and empirical, cause and effect, fundamental essence and external activity, potential and actual; e.g. store and distribution, ocean and wave, static and kinetic.

理入

see styles
lǐ rù
    li3 ru4
li ju
 rinyū
Entry by the truth, or by means of the doctrine, or reason, as 行入 is entry by conduct or practice, the two depending one on the other, cf. 二入.

理則


理则

see styles
lǐ zé
    li3 ze2
li tse
principle; logic

理卽

see styles
lǐ jí
    li3 ji2
li chi
 risoku
(理卽佛) The underlying truth of all things is Buddha; immanent reason; Buddhahood; the Tiantai doctrine of essential universal Buddhahood, or the undeveloped Buddha in all beings.

理學


理学

see styles
lǐ xué
    li3 xue2
li hsüeh
 rigaku
science
investigation of principle

理性

see styles
lǐ xìng
    li3 xing4
li hsing
 risei / rise
    りせい
reason; rationality; rational
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
Absolute nature, immutable reality, fundamental principle or character.

理懺


理忏

see styles
lǐ chàn
    li3 chan4
li ch`an
    li chan
 risen
repentance through principle

理戒

see styles
lǐ jiè
    li3 jie4
li chieh
 ri kai
upholding the precepts in principle

理教

see styles
lǐ jiào
    li3 jiao4
li chiao
 rikyō
principle and doctrine

理數


理数

see styles
lǐ shǔ
    li3 shu3
li shu
 risū
principle

理智

see styles
lǐ zhì
    li3 zhi4
li chih
 richi
    りち
reason; intellect; rationality; rational
intellect; intelligence; (female given name) Richi
Principle and gnosis (or reason); the noumenal in essence and in knowledge; the truth in itself and in knowledge; li is also the fundamental principle of the phenomenon under observation, chih the observing wisdom; one is reality, the other the knower or knowing; one is the known object, the other the knower, the knowing, or what is known; each is dependent on the other, chih depends on lili is revealed by chih. Also knowledge or enlightenment in its essence or purity, free from incarnational influences.

理水

see styles
lǐ shuǐ
    li3 shui3
li shui
 masami
    まさみ
(female given name) Masami
principle-water

理界

see styles
lǐ jiè
    li3 jie4
li chieh
 rikai
The realm of li in contrast with 智界; cf. 理智.

理致

see styles
lǐ zhì
    li3 zhi4
li chih
 richi
    りち
(archaism) reason; logic
principle

理觀


理观

see styles
lǐ guān
    li3 guan1
li kuan
 rikan
    りかん
{Buddh} (See 事観) contemplation of principle
The concept of absolute truth; the concentration of the mind upon reality.

理趣

see styles
lǐ qù
    li3 qu4
li ch`ü
    li chü
 rishu
appearance of the true principle

理障

see styles
lǐ zhàng
    li3 zhang4
li chang
 rishō
The hindrance caused by incorrect views of truth.

盡理


尽理

see styles
jìn lǐ
    jin4 li3
chin li
 jinri
exhaust the principle

眞理

see styles
zhēn lǐ
    zhen1 li3
chen li
 mari
    まり
(female given name) Mari
Truth, the true principle, the principle of truth; the absolute apart from phenomena.

秘鍵

see styles
 hiken
    ひけん
hidden mysteries; secret principle

空理

see styles
kōng lǐ
    kong1 li3
k`ung li
    kung li
 kuuri / kuri
    くうり
empty theory; impracticable theory; (female given name) Kuuri
The śūnya principle, or law, i.e. the unreality of the ego and phenomena.

窮理


穷理

see styles
qióng lǐ
    qiong2 li3
ch`iung li
    chiung li
 ri wo kiwamu
    きゅうり
(1) study of natural laws; (2) branch of neo-Confusianist scholarship
plumb the principle

立法

see styles
lì fǎ
    li4 fa3
li fa
 rippou / rippo
    りっぽう
to enact laws; to legislate; legislation
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) (enactment of) legislation; lawmaking; (can act as adjective) (2) legislative
To set up, or state a proposition; to make a law, or rule.

立理

see styles
lì lǐ
    li4 li3
li li
 ryūri
establishing the principle

簡則


简则

see styles
jiǎn zé
    jian3 ze2
chien tse
general rule; simple principle

綱領


纲领

see styles
gāng lǐng
    gang1 ling3
kang ling
 kouryou / koryo
    こうりょう
program (i.e. plan of action); guiding principle
general plan; main points; summary; platform (e.g. for a campaign); mission statement

緣理


缘理

see styles
yuán lǐ
    yuan2 li3
yüan li
 enri
To study, or reason on fundamental principles; to contemplate ultimate reality, cf. 緣事.

緣覺


缘觉

see styles
yuán jué
    yuan2 jue2
yüan chüeh
 engaku
pratyekabuddha 辟支佛; 辟支迦佛; 鉢剌翳伽陀 (鉢剌翳伽佛陀) In the early translations it was rendered 緣覺, i.e. enlightened through reasoning on the riddle of life, especially as defined in the twelve nidānas. Later it was rendered 獨覺 or individual enlightenment, i.e. one who lives apart from others and attains enlightenment alone, or for himself, in contrast with the altruism of the bodhisattva principle. The term pratyekabuddha is not limited to Buddhists, but is also general for recluses pondering alone over the meaning of life, an illustration being the rhinoceros, which lives in isolation. The non-Buddhist enlightenment is illusion, e.g. from observing the 'flying flowers and falling leaves'; the Buddhist enlightenment arises from pondering over the twelve nidānas. As a degree of saintship it is undefined by early Buddhism, receiving its definition at a later period.

聖理


圣理

see styles
shèng lǐ
    sheng4 li3
sheng li
 seri
    せり
(female given name) Seri
holy principle

至理

see styles
zhì lǐ
    zhi4 li3
chih li
 shiri
The utmost principle, the fundamental law.

蓮理


莲理

see styles
lián lǐ
    lian2 li3
lien li
 renri
The mystic doctrine of the Lotus faith.

藏理

see styles
zàng lǐ
    zang4 li3
tsang li
 zōri
The tathāgatagarbha, or universal storehouse whence all truth comes.

表字

see styles
biǎo zì
    biao3 zi4
piao tzu
literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle); courtesy name

要綱

see styles
 youkou / yoko
    ようこう
main principle; gist; general plan; guidelines; outline

證理


证理

see styles
zhèng lǐ
    zheng4 li3
cheng li
 shōri
to witness the principle

迷理

see styles
mí lǐ
    mi2 li3
mi li
 meiri
Deluded in regard to the fundamental principle, i.e. ignorant of reality; cf. 迷事.

通則


通则

see styles
tōng zé
    tong1 ze2
t`ung tse
    tung tse
 michinori
    みちのり
general rule; general principle
general rule; common rule; common provisions; (personal name) Michinori

道理

see styles
dào li
    dao4 li5
tao li
 michitada
    みちただ
reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
reason; logic; sense; truth; right; (given name) Michitada
Truth, doctrine, principle; the principles of Buddhism, Taoism, etc.

違紀


违纪

see styles
wéi jì
    wei2 ji4
wei chi
lack of discipline; to break a rule; to violate discipline; to breach a principle

那耶

see styles
nà yé
    na4 ye2
na yeh
 naya
naya; leading, conduct, politic, prudent, method; intp. by 正理 right principle; 乘 conveyance, i. e. mode of progress; and 道 way, or method.

鉄則

see styles
 tetsunori
    てつのり
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law; (given name) Tetsunori

順理


顺理

see styles
shùn lǐ
    shun4 li3
shun li
 masamichi
    まさみち
(given name) Masamichi
in accordance with principle

風界


风界

see styles
fēng jiè
    feng1 jie4
feng chieh
The realm of wind, or air, with motion as its principle one of the 四大 q.v.

體達


体达

see styles
tǐ dá
    ti3 da2
t`i ta
    ti ta
The universal fundamental principle all pervasive.

默理

see styles
mò lǐ
    mo4 li3
mo li
The principle of silence, that the absolute is indefinable, the doctrine of Vimalakīrti.

一本槍

see styles
 ipponyari
    いっぽんやり
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) guiding principle; single-minded policy; (2) single spear; (3) one's sole talent; (surname) Ippon'yari

不殺生


不杀生

see styles
bù shā shēng
    bu4 sha1 sheng1
pu sha sheng
 fusesshou / fusessho
    ふせっしょう
{Buddh} (See アヒンサー) ahimsa; abstinence from taking life; principle of non-violence in Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.
prāṇātipātād vairamaṇī (virati). The first commandment, Thou shalt not kill the living.

主義者

see styles
 shugisha
    しゅぎしゃ
(1) advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; ideologue; (suffix noun) (2) -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (3) (archaism) socialist; communist; anarchist

事法身

see styles
shì fǎ shēn
    shi4 fa3 shen1
shih fa shen
 ji hosshin
The Buddha-nature in practice, cf. 理法身, which is the Buddha-nature in principle, or essence, or the truth itself.

五八識


五八识

see styles
wǔ bā shì
    wu3 ba1 shi4
wu pa shih
 gohachi shiki
The five sense perceptions and the eighth or ālaya vijñāna, the fecundating principle of consciousness in man.

依主釋


依主释

see styles
yī zhǔ shì
    yi1 zhu3 shi4
i chu shih
 eshu shaku
compound words that contain a principle component and qualifying component

依士釋


依士释

see styles
yī shì shì
    yi1 shi4 shi4
i shih shih
 ejshaku
compound words that contain a principle component and qualifying component

信義則

see styles
 shingisoku
    しんぎそく
{law} (See 信義誠実の原則) fair and equitable principle

六卽佛

see styles
liù jí fó
    liu4 ji2 fo2
liu chi fo
 roku soku butsu
Buddha in six forms; (1) 理佛 as the principle in and through all things, as pan-Buddha— all things being of Buddha-nature; (2) 名字佛 Buddha as a name or person. The other four are the last four forms above.

原則上


原则上

see styles
yuán zé shang
    yuan2 ze2 shang5
yüan tse shang
in principle; generally

同一律

see styles
 douitsuritsu / doitsuritsu
    どういつりつ
{logic} law of identity; principle of identity

同句義


同句义

see styles
tóng jù yì
    tong2 ju4 yi4
t`ung chü i
    tung chü i
 dōkugi
principle of generality

唯識理


唯识理

see styles
wéi shì lǐ
    wei2 shi4 li3
wei shih li
 yuishikiri
principle of consciousness only

因果律

see styles
 ingaritsu
    いんがりつ
{phil} law of cause and effect; principle of causality

大原則

see styles
 daigensoku
    だいげんそく
overriding principle; main principle; great principle

大方針

see styles
 daihoushin / daihoshin
    だいほうしん
broad policy; overriding principle

大道理

see styles
dà dào li
    da4 dao4 li5
ta tao li
 oodoori
    おおどおり
major principle; general truth; sermon (reproof); bombastic talk
(place-name) Oodoori

性唯識


性唯识

see styles
xìng wéi shì
    xing4 wei2 shi4
hsing wei shih
 shō yuishiki
true principle of consciousness-only

所詮理


所诠理

see styles
suǒ quán lǐ
    suo3 quan2 li3
so ch`üan li
    so chüan li
 shosenri
principle that is explained

排他律

see styles
 haitaritsu
    はいたりつ
{physics} exclusion principle

掲げる

see styles
 kakageru
    かかげる
(transitive verb) (1) to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to fly (e.g. a flag); to hoist; to raise; to display; (transitive verb) (2) to hold up high; to raise overhead; (transitive verb) (3) to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to hold up (an ideal); to parade (e.g. a slogan); (transitive verb) (4) to publish; to print; to carry (e.g. an article); (transitive verb) (5) to tuck up (e.g. sleeves); to roll up; (transitive verb) (6) (archaism) to stoke (a fire); to fan (a flame)

攘夷論

see styles
 jouiron / joiron
    じょういろん
(hist) principle of excluding foreigners (late Edo period)

曲げる

see styles
 mageru
    まげる
(transitive verb) (1) to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl; (2) to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant; (3) to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert; (4) to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks); (5) to pawn

曼荼羅


曼荼罗

see styles
màn tú luó
    man4 tu2 luo2
man t`u lo
    man tu lo
 mandara
    まんだら
(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) mandala
mandala; Buddhist visual schema of the enlightened mind; (given name) Mandara
曼怛羅; 曼特羅; 曼陀羅; 曼拏羅; 蔓陀囉; 滿荼邏 maṇḍala, a circle, globe, wheel ring; "any circular figure or diagram" (M.W.); a magic circle; a plot or place of enlightenment; a round or square altar on which buddhas and bodhisattvas are placed; a group of such, especially the garbhadhātu and vajradhātu groups of the Shingon sect; these were arranged by Kōbō Daishi to express the mystic doctrine of the two dhātu by way of illustration, the garbhadhātu representing the 理 and the 因 principle and cause, the vajradhātu the 智 and the 果 intelligence (or reason) and the effect, i.e. the fundamental realm of being, and mind as inherent in it; v. 胎 and 金剛. The two realms are fundamentally one, as are the absolute and phenomenal, e.g. water and wave. There are many kinds of maṇḍalas, e.g. the group of the Lotus Sutra; of the 觀經; of the nine luminaries; of the Buddha's entering into nirvana, etc. The real purpose of a maṇḍala is to gather the spiritual powers together, in order to promote the operation of the dharma or law. The term is commonly applied to a magic circle, subdivided into circles or squares in which are painted Buddhist divinities and symbols. Maṇḍalas also reveal the direct retribution of each of the ten worlds of beings (purgatory, pretas, animals, asuras, men, devas, the heavens of form, formless heavens, bodhisattvas, and buddhas). Each world has its maṇḍala which represents the originating principle that brings it to completion. The maṇḍala of the tenth world indicates the fulfilment and completion of the nine worlds.

有道理

see styles
yǒu dào li
    you3 dao4 li5
yu tao li
 u dōri
to make sense; reasonable
has a principle

枉げる

see styles
 mageru
    まげる
(transitive verb) (1) to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert; (2) to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks); (3) to pawn

染色素

see styles
 senshikiso
    せんしきそ
coloring principle

業句義


业句义

see styles
yè jù yì
    ye4 ju4 yi4
yeh chü i
 gōkugi
principle of karma

法眞理

see styles
fǎ zhēn lǐ
    fa3 zhen1 li3
fa chen li
 hōshinri
principle of dharma(s)

法空理

see styles
fǎ kōng lǐ
    fa3 kong1 li3
fa k`ung li
    fa kung li
 hōkū ri
principle of the selflessness of phenomena

深妙理

see styles
shēn miào lǐ
    shen1 miao4 li3
shen miao li
 shinmyōri
profound and wonderful principle

無從生


无从生

see styles
wú cóng shēng
    wu2 cong2 sheng1
wu ts`ung sheng
    wu tsung sheng
 mujūshō
(the principle of) unborn Dharmas

無我理


无我理

see styles
wú wǒ lǐ
    wu2 wo3 li3
wu wo li
 mugari
principle of selflessness

理佛性

see styles
lǐ fó xìng
    li3 fo2 xing4
li fo hsing
 ri busshō
The fundamental Buddha-nature in contrast with 行佛性the Buddha-nature in action or development.

理卽佛

see styles
lǐ jí fó
    li3 ji2 fo2
li chi fo
 risoku butsu
things in principle are enlightened

理懺悔


理忏悔

see styles
lǐ chàn huǐ
    li3 chan4 hui3
li ch`an hui
    li chan hui
 ri sange
repentance through principle

理法身

see styles
lǐ fǎ shēn
    li3 fa3 shen1
li fa shen
 ri hosshin
The dharmakāya as absolute being, in contrast with 智法身 the dharmakāya as wisdom, both according to the older school being 無爲 noumenal; later writers treat 理法身 as noumenal and 智法身 as kinetic or active.

理趣經


理趣经

see styles
lǐ qù jīng
    li3 qu4 jing1
li ch`ü ching
    li chü ching
 Rishu kyō
Scripture that Transcends the Principle

眞如法

see styles
zhēn rú fǎ
    zhen1 ru2 fa3
chen ju fa
 shinnyo hō
principle of thusness

眞如理

see styles
zhēn rú lǐ
    zhen1 ru2 li3
chen ju li
 shinnyo ri
[principle of] thusness

眞實行


眞实行

see styles
zhēn shí xíng
    zhen1 shi2 xing2
chen shih hsing
 shinjitsu gyō
practicing reality attaining to the true principle

眞言宗

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

硬骨漢

see styles
 koukotsukan / kokotsukan
    こうこつかん
man of principle; man of firm character; man of steadfast beliefs

空假中

see styles
kōng jiǎ zhōng
    kong1 jia3 zhong1
k`ung chia chung
    kung chia chung
 kū ke chū
Unreality, reality, and the middle or mean doctrine; noumenon, phenomenon, and the principle or absolute which unifies both. 空Unreality, that things do not exist in reality; 假 reality, that things exist though in "derived" or "borrowed" form, consisting of elements which are permanent; 中 the "middle" doctrine of the Madhyamaka School, which denies both positions in the interests of the transcendental, or absolute. 空以破一切法, 假以立一切法, 中以妙一切法 other 卽 空卽假卽中. śūnya (universality) annihilates all relativities, particularity establishes all relativities, the middle path transcends and unites all relativities. Tiantai asserts that there is no contradiction in them and calls them a unity, the one including the other 即空即假即中.

第一義


第一义

see styles
dì yī yì
    di4 yi1 yi4
ti i i
 daiichigi / daichigi
    だいいちぎ
(1) primary significance; primary importance; first principle; (2) {Buddh} absolute truth; ultimate truth
The supreme, or fundamental meaning, the supreme reality, i. e. enlightenment.

老皇曆


老皇历

see styles
lǎo huáng lì
    lao3 huang2 li4
lao huang li
(lit.) past years' almanac; (fig.) ancient history; obsolete practice; old-fashioned principle

胎藏界

see styles
tāi zàng jiè
    tai1 zang4 jie4
t`ai tsang chieh
    tai tsang chieh
 taizō kai
Garbhadhātu, or Garbhakośa-(dhātu), the womb treasury, the universal source from which all things are produced; the matrix; the embryo; likened to a womb in which all of a child is conceived— its body, mind, etc. It is container and content; it covers and nourishes; and is the source of all supply. It represents the 理性 fundamental nature, both material elements and pure bodhi, or wisdom in essence or purity; 理 being the garbhadhātu as fundamental wisdom, and 智 acquired wisdom or knowledge, the vajradhātu. It also represents the human heart in its innocence or pristine purity, which is considered as the source of all Buddha-pity and moral knowledge. And it indicates that from the central being in the maṇḍala, viz. the Sun as symbol of Vairocana, there issue all the other manifestations of wisdom and power, Buddhas, bodhisattvas, demons, etc. It is 本覺 original intellect, or the static intellectuality, in contrast with 始覺 intellection, the initial or dynamic intellectuality represented in the vajradhātu; hence it is the 因 cause and vajradhātu the 果 effect; though as both are a unity, the reverse may be the rule, the effect being also the cause; it is also likened to 利他 enriching others, as vajradhātu is to 自利 enriching self. Kōbō Daishi, founder of the Yoga or Shingon 眞言 School in Japan, adopted the representation of the ideas in maṇḍalas, or diagrams, as the best way of revealing the mystic doctrine to the ignorant. The garbhadhātu is the womb or treasury of all things, the universe; the 理 fundamental principle, the source; its symbols are a triangle on its base, and an open lotus as representing the sun and Vairocana. In Japan this maṇḍala is placed on the east, typifying the rising sun as source, or 理. The vajradhātu is placed west and represents 智 wisdom or knowledge as derived from 理 the underlying principle, but the two are essential one to the other, neither existing apart. The material and spiritual; wisdom-source and intelligence; essence and substance; and similar complementary ideas are thus portrayed; the garbhadhātu may be generally considered as the static and the vajradhātu as the dynamic categories, which are nevertheless a unity. The garbhadhātu is divided into 三部 three sections representing samādhi or quiescence, wisdom-store, and pity-store, or thought, knowledge, pity; one is called the Buddha-section, the others the Vajra and Lotus sections respectively; the three also typify vimokṣa, prajñā, and dharmakāya, or freedom, understanding, and spirituality. There are three heads of these sections, i. e. Vairocana, Vajrapāṇi, and Avalokiteśvara; each has a mother or source, e. g. Vairocana from Buddha's-eye; and each has a 明王 or emanation of protection against evil; also a śakti or female energy; a germ-letter, etc. The diagram of five Buddhas contains also four bodhisattvas, making nine in all, and there are altogether thirteen 大院 or great courts of various types of ideas, of varying numbers, generally spoken of as 414. Cf. 金剛界; 大日; 兩部.

自同律

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 jidouritsu / jidoritsu
    じどうりつ
{logic} law of identity; principle of identity

苦味素

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 kumiso
    くみそ
{chem} bitter principle; bitter-tasting substance

解脫義


解脱义

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jiě tuō yì
    jie3 tuo1 yi4
chieh t`o i
    chieh to i
 gedatsugi
principle of emancipation

諦道理


谛道理

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dì dào lǐ
    di4 dao4 li3
ti tao li
 tai dōri
principle of the truth(s)

順正理

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shùn zhèng lǐ
    shun4 zheng4 li3
shun cheng li
corresponding principle

アルケー

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 arukee
    アルケー
{phil} arche (grc:); first principle

一中原則


一中原则

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yī zhōng yuán zé
    yi1 zhong1 yuan2 ze2
i chung yüan tse
One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China

一以貫之


一以贯之

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yī yǐ guàn zhī
    yi1 yi3 guan4 zhi1
i i kuan chih
(idiom) (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld; adhered to from beginning to end

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