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心根 see styles |
xīn gēn xin1 gen1 hsin ken kokorone; shinkon こころね; しんこん |
the innermost depths of one's heart; (Buddhism) manas (the mind) (1) innermost feelings; heart; motive; (2) (こころね only) nature; disposition; spirit Manas, or the mind-organ, one of the twenty-five tattva 諦 or postulates of a universe. |
忿怒 see styles |
fèn nù fen4 nu4 fen nu funnu ふんぬ |
variant of 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4] (n,adj-no,vs) anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation Anger, angry, fierce, over-awing: a term for the 忿王 or 忿怒王 (忿怒明王) the fierce mahārājas as opponents of evil and guardians of Buddhism; one of the two bodhisattva forms, resisting evil, in contrast with the other form, manifesting goodness. There are three forms of this fierceness in the Garbhadhātu group and five in the Diamond group. |
思慧 see styles |
sī huì si1 hui4 ssu hui shie |
The wisdom attained by meditating (on the principles and doctrines of Buddhism). |
悟入 see styles |
wù rù wu4 ru4 wu ju gonyuu / gonyu ごにゅう |
to understand; to comprehend the ultimate essence of things (Buddhism) (n,vs,vi) {Buddh} entering enlightenment To apprehend or perceive and enter into (the idea of reality). Name of a Kashmir monk, Sugandhara. |
惡果 恶果 see styles |
è guǒ e4 guo3 o kuo akuka |
evil consequence; retribution (in Buddhism) Evil fruit from evil deeds. |
愛河 爱河 see styles |
ài hé ai4 he2 ai ho aikawa あいかわ |
the river of love; a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) (surname) Aikawa The river of desire in which men are drowned. |
愛著 爱着 see styles |
ài zhù ai4 zhu4 ai chu aijaku |
The strong attachment of love; the bondage of desire. From this bond of love also arises pity 慈悲 which is fundamental to Buddhism. |
慈門 慈门 see styles |
cí mén ci2 men2 tz`u men tzu men ji mon |
The gate of mercy, Buddhism. |
懺悔 忏悔 see styles |
chàn huǐ chan4 hui3 ch`an hui chan hui sange; zange さんげ; ざんげ |
to repent; (religion) to confess (noun, transitive verb) (さんげ is usu. used in Buddhism and ざんげ in other religions) repentance; confession; penitence chan is the translit. of kṣamā, 悔 its translation, i.e. repentance; but also the first is intp. as confession, cf. 提 deśanā, the second as repentance and reform. |
成道 see styles |
chéng dào cheng2 dao4 ch`eng tao cheng tao narumichi なるみち |
to reach illumination (Buddhism) (n,vs,vi) completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment); (personal name) Narumichi To attain the Way, or become enlightened, e.g. the Buddha under the bodhi tree. |
抑佛 see styles |
yì fó yi4 fo2 i fo yokubutsu |
suppression of Buddhism |
掉擧 掉举 see styles |
diào jǔ diao4 ju3 tiao chü jōko |
restlessness (Buddhism) Ambitious, unsettled. |
接引 see styles |
jiē yǐn jie1 yin3 chieh yin shōin |
to greet and usher in (guests, newcomers etc); (Buddhism) to receive into the Pure Land To receive and lead, to welcome. |
摂受 see styles |
shouju; setsuju / shoju; setsuju しょうじゅ; せつじゅ |
{Buddh} converting someone (gently) to Buddhism; proselytization |
放燈 放灯 see styles |
fàng dēng fang4 deng1 fang teng hōtō |
Lighting strings of lanterns, on the fifteenth of the first month, a custom wrongly attributed to Han Ming Ti, to celebrate the victory of Buddhism in the debate with Taoists; later extended to the seventh and fifteenth full moons. |
教化 see styles |
jiào huà jiao4 hua4 chiao hua kyouke; kyouge / kyoke; kyoge きょうけ; きょうげ |
to enlighten; to civilize; to indoctrinate; to train (an animal) (noun, transitive verb) {Buddh} guidance; teaching people and leading them to Buddhism To transform by instruction; teach and convert; to cause another to give alms. |
教者 see styles |
kyousha / kyosha きょうしゃ |
teacher (esp. in Buddhism) |
教語 教语 see styles |
jiào yǔ jiao4 yu3 chiao yü kyōgo |
The words of Buddhism; words of instruction. |
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. |
斥佛 see styles |
chì fó chi4 fo2 ch`ih fo chih fo sekibutsu |
anti-Buddhism |
新発 see styles |
shinhatsu しんはつ |
(Buddhist term) neophyte; new monk (or nun); new convert (to Buddhism); (given name) Shinhatsu |
施主 see styles |
shī zhǔ shi1 zhu3 shih chu seshu せしゅ |
benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson); donor (semiconductor) (1) donor; benefactor; almsgiver; (2) chief mourner; (3) client (of a builder, etc.) dānapati; an almsgiver, a patron of Buddhism. |
日天 see styles |
rì tiān ri4 tian1 jih t`ien jih tien nitten にってん |
(1) {Buddh} (See 日天子・1) Surya (Hindu sun god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism); (2) (archaism) sun; (given name) Nitten (日天子) sūrya, 蘇利耶; 修利; 修野天子 (or 修意天子) 天子; also 寳光天子. The sun-ruler; one of the metamorphoses of Guanyin, dwelling in the sun as palace, driving a quadriga. |
旦過 旦过 see styles |
dàn guō dan4 guo1 tan kuo tanga たんが |
(1) {Buddh} staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen Buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging; (2) {Buddh} providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time; (place-name, surname) Tanga boarding hall |
時宗 时宗 see styles |
shí zōng shi2 zong1 shih tsung tokimune ときむね |
Jishū sect (of Buddhism); (surname, given name) Tokimune 六時往生宗 A Japanese sect, whose members by dividing day and night into six periods of worship seek immortality. |
智門 智门 see styles |
zhì mén zhi4 men2 chih men chimon |
Wisdom gate; Buddha-wisdom and Buddha-pity are the two gates or ways through which Buddhism expresses itself: the way of enlightenment directed to the self, and the way of pity directed to others. |
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. |
月天 see styles |
yuè tiān yue4 tian1 yüeh t`ien yüeh tien gatten がってん |
(1) {Buddh} (See 月天子・1) Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism); (2) (archaism) moon Candradeva, or Somadeva. 旃達提婆 (or 蘇摩提婆) The ruler of the moon, to whom the terms under 月 supra are also applied. |
月支 see styles |
yuè zhī yue4 zhi1 yüeh chih Gasshi げっし |
the Yuezhi, an ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty (also written 月氏[Yue4 zhi1]) Yuezhi; Rouzhi; an ancient Central Asian people (月支國) The Yuezhi, or 'Indo-Scythians', 月氏 (國) and a country they at one time occupied, i. e. 都貨羅 Tukhara, Tokharestan, or Badakshan. Driven out from the northern curve of the Yellow River by the Huns, circa 165 B. C., they conquered Bactria 大夏, the Punjab, Kashmir, 'and the greater part of India. ' Their expulsion from the north of Shansi was the cause of the famous journey of Zhangqian of the Han dynasty and the beginning of Chinese expansion to the north-west. Kanishka, king of the Yuezhi towards the end of the first century A. D., became the great protector and propagator of Buddhism. |
有情 see styles |
yǒu qíng you3 qing2 yu ch`ing yu ching yuujun / yujun ゆうじゅん |
to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism) (1) {Buddh} (See 非情・2) sentient beings; (2) (ant: 無情・1) humaneness; compassion; (personal name) Yūjun sattva, 薩埵 in the sense of any sentient being; the term was formerly tr. 衆生 all the living, which includes the vegetable kingdom, while 有情 limits the meaning to those endowed with consciousness. |
末世 see styles |
mò shì mo4 shi4 mo shih masse; massei / masse; masse まっせ; まっせい |
last phase (of an age) (1) degenerate age; corrupt world; (2) {Buddh} (See 末法) age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law The third and last period of a Buddha-kalpa; the first is the first 500 years of correct doctrine, the second is the 1, 000 years of semblance law, or approximation to the doctrine, and the third a myriad years of its decline and end. Also 末代. |
末法 see styles |
mò fǎ mo4 fa3 mo fa matsubou / matsubo まつぼう |
{Buddh} (See 三時・3) latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); age of the degeneration of the law; (surname) Matsubou The last of the three periods 正, 像, and 末; that of degeneration and extinction of the Buddha-law. |
本尊 see styles |
běn zūn ben3 zun1 pen tsun honzon ほんぞん |
(Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity); the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar; (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1]); (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article; the real McCoy; the man himself; the woman herself; the original manifestation of something (not a spin-off or a clone) (1) principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image; (2) idol; icon; object of adoration; (3) (joc) (usu. as ご〜) the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter ? satyadevatā, 裟也地提嚩多. The original honoured one; the most honoured of all Buddhas; also the chief object of worship in a group; the specific Buddha, etc., being served. |
果報 果报 see styles |
guǒ bào guo3 bao4 kuo pao kaho かほ |
karma; preordained fate (Buddhism) (noun or adjectival noun) (1) good fortune; luck; happiness; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) {Buddh} (See 業・ごう・1) vipaka (retribution); (female given name) Kaho 異熟 Retribution for good or evil deeds, implying that different conditions in this (or any) life are the variant ripenings, or fruit, of seed sown in previous life or lives. |
根性 see styles |
gēn xìng gen1 xing4 ken hsing konjou / konjo こんじょう |
one's true nature (Buddhism) (1) willpower; guts; determination; grit; spirit; (2) character; nature; disposition; personality Nature and character; the nature of the powers of any sense. |
梵唄 梵呗 see styles |
fàn bài fan4 bai4 fan pai bonbai ぼんばい |
(Buddhism) chanting of prayers (1) {Buddh} song praising the virtues of the Buddha; (2) {Buddh} (See 声明・2) chanting of Buddhist hymns Buddhist hymns, cf. 唄. They are sung to repress externals and calm the mind within for religious service; also in praise of Buddha. |
梵天 see styles |
fàn tiān fan4 tian1 fan t`ien fan tien bonten ぼんてん |
Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture); Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator) (1) Brahma (Hindu creator god); (2) (See 御幣) large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); (3) buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); (4) down puff (on the end of an ear pick); (given name) Bonten Brahmadeva. Brahmā, the ruler of this world. India. brahmaloka, the eighteen heavens of the realm of form, divided into four dhyāna regions (sixteen heavens in Southern Buddhism). The first three contain the 梵衆天 assembly of brahmadevas, i.e. the brahmakāyika; the 梵輔天 brahmspurohitas, retinue of Brahmā; and 大梵天 Mahābrahman, Brahman himself. |
梵学 see styles |
bongaku ぼんがく |
(1) study of Sanskrit; (2) study of Buddhism |
梵學 梵学 see styles |
fàn xué fan4 xue2 fan hsüeh bongaku |
The study of Buddhism; the study of Brahmanism. |
梵王 see styles |
fàn wáng fan4 wang2 fan wang Bonō |
Brahmā, cf. 梵天. The father of all living beings; the first person of the Brahminical trimūrti, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, recognized by Buddhism as devas but as inferior to a Buddha, or enlightened man. |
棒喝 see styles |
bàng hè bang4 he4 pang ho bōkatsu |
practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism); to rebuke sternly To bang and bawl, in rebuke of a student. |
楞嚴 楞严 see styles |
lèng yán leng4 yan2 leng yen ryōgon |
one who surmounts all obstacles (Buddhism) śūraṃgama |
業力 业力 see styles |
yè lì ye4 li4 yeh li gōriki |
(Buddhism) karma The power of karma to produce good and evil fruit. |
業根 业根 see styles |
yè gēn ye4 gen1 yeh ken |
the root cause (of evil); bane (Buddhism) |
業滿 业满 see styles |
yè mǎn ye4 man3 yeh man |
to have paid one's karmic debts (Buddhism) |
業障 业障 see styles |
yè zhàng ye4 zhang4 yeh chang gōshō |
karmic hindrance (Buddhism); karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment; (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn; (fig.) money karmāvaraṇa; the screen, or hindrance, of past karma, hindering the attainment of bodhi. |
檀越 see styles |
tán yuè tan2 yue4 t`an yüeh tan yüeh danotsu だんおつ |
(Buddhism) benefactor (designation of a lay person by a monk) alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati dānapati, an almsgiver, patron; various definitions are given, e.g. one who escapes the karma of poverty by giving. |
正道 see styles |
zhèng dào zheng4 dao4 cheng tao masamichi まさみち |
the correct path; the right way (Buddhism) (noun - becomes adjective with の) path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path; (p,s,g) Masamichi to correct path |
歸真 归真 see styles |
guī zhēn gui1 zhen1 kuei chen |
to die (Buddhism); to return to Allah (Islam) |
毀釋 毁释 see styles |
huǐ shì hui3 shi4 hui shih kishaku |
To slander the Buddha or Buddhism. |
毒氣 毒气 see styles |
dú qì du2 qi4 tu ch`i tu chi dokuke |
poison gas; toxic gas; manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism) Poison vapour, emitted by the three poisons, 貪瞋痴, desire, hate (or anger), stupor (or ignorance). |
水天 see styles |
shuǐ tiān shui3 tian1 shui t`ien shui tien suiten すいてん |
(1) water and sky; (2) Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west) Varuṇa, 縛嚕拏; 婆樓那 ούϕανός, the heavens, or the sky, where are clouds and dragons; the 水神 water-deva, or dragon-king, who rules the clouds, rains, and water generally. One of the 大神 in the esoteric maṇḍalas; he rules the west; his consort is the 水天妃 represented on his left, and his chief retainer 水天眷屬 is placed on his right. |
法典 see styles |
fǎ diǎn fa3 dian3 fa tien norihiro のりひろ |
legal code; statute code of law; body of law; (given name) Norihiro The scriptures of Buddhism. |
法力 see styles |
fǎ lì fa3 li4 fa li houriki / horiki ほうりき |
magic power power of Buddhism; (place-name, surname) Houriki The power of Buddha-truth to do away with calamity and subdue evil. |
法威 see styles |
houi / hoi ほうい |
{Buddh} influence of Buddhism; power of Buddhism |
法子 see styles |
fǎ zi fa3 zi5 fa tzu houko / hoko ほうこ |
way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] (female given name) Houko Child of the Dharma, one who makes his living by following Buddhism. |
法家 see styles |
fǎ jiā fa3 jia1 fa chia houka / hoka ほうか |
the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.); a Legalist (1) lawyer; (2) legalism (school of Chinese philosophy) Buddhism; cf. 法門. |
法師 法师 see styles |
fǎ shī fa3 shi1 fa shih houshi / hoshi ほうし |
one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism) (1) Buddhist priest; bonze; (2) layman dressed like a priest; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. pronounced ぼうし) person; (surname, given name) Houshi A Buddhist teacher, master of the Law; five kinds are given— a custodian (of the sūtras), reader, intoner, expounder, and copier. |
法教 see styles |
fǎ jiào fa3 jiao4 fa chiao houkyou / hokyo ほうきょう |
(surname) Houkyō Buddhism. |
法數 法数 see styles |
fǎ shù fa3 shu4 fa shu hōshu |
The categories of Buddhism such as the three realms, five skandhas, five regions, four dogmas, six paths, twelve nidānas, etc. |
法文 see styles |
fǎ wén fa3 wen2 fa wen norifumi のりふみ |
French language text of the law; (personal name) Norifumi The literature of Buddhism. |
法源 see styles |
fǎ yuán fa3 yuan2 fa yüan hougen / hogen ほうげん |
Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism); source of the law (a) source of law; (given name) Hougen |
法滅 法灭 see styles |
fǎ miè fa3 mie4 fa mieh hōmetsu |
The extinction of the Law, or Buddhism, after the third of the three stages 正像末. |
法灯 see styles |
houtou / hoto ほうとう |
light of Buddhism; (given name) Houtou |
法炬 see styles |
fǎ jù fa3 ju4 fa chü Hōko |
The torch of Buddhism. |
法相 see styles |
fǎ xiàng fa3 xiang4 fa hsiang hossou / hosso ほっそう |
(1) {Buddh} (See 法性) dharmalaksana (dharma characteristics, the specific characteristics of all manifest phenomena); (2) (abbreviation) (See 法相宗) Hosso sect of Buddhism The aspects of characteristics of things-all things are of monad nature but differ in form. A name of the 法相宗 Faxiang or Dharmalakṣaṇa sect (Jap. Hossō), called also 慈恩宗 Cien sect from the Tang temple, in which lived 窺基 Kuiji, known also as 慈恩. It "aims at discovering the ultimate entity of cosmic existence n contemplation, through investigation into the specific characteristics (the marks or criteria) of all existence, and through the realization of the fundamental nature of the soul in mystic illumination". "An inexhaustible number" of "seeds" are "stored up in the Ālaya-soul; they manifest themselves in innumerable varieties of existence, both physical and mental". "Though there are infinite varieties. . . they all participate in the prime nature of the ālaya." Anesaki. The Faxiang School is one of the "eight schools", and was established in China on the return of Xuanzang, consequent on his translation of the Yogācārya works. Its aim is to understand the principle underlying the 萬法性相 or nature and characteristics of all things. Its foundation works are the 解深密經, the 唯識論, and the 瑜伽論. It is one of the Mahāyāna realistic schools, opposed by the idealistic schools, e.g. the 三論 school; yet it was a "combination of realism and idealism, and its religion a profoundly mystic one". Anesaki. |
法眼 see styles |
fǎ yǎn fa3 yan3 fa yen hougen / hogen ほうげん |
discerning eye (1) {Buddh} (See 五眼) the dharma eye; (2) (abbreviation) second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; (3) (archaism) title bestowed upon doctors, etc.; (surname) Hougen The (bodhisattva) dharma-eye able to penetrate all things. Name of the founder of the法眼宗 Fayan sect, one of the five Chan (Zen) schools. |
法筵 see styles |
fǎ yán fa3 yan2 fa yen houen / hoen ほうえん |
the seat of the Law, on which the one who explains the doctrine is seated (Buddhism) {Buddh} (See 法の筵・のりのむしろ) preaching place dharma assembly |
法芽 see styles |
fǎ yá fa3 ya2 fa ya hōge |
The sprout or bud of Buddhism. |
法苑 see styles |
fǎ yuàn fa3 yuan4 fa yüan hōen |
The garden of Dharma, Buddhism. |
法身 see styles |
fǎ shēn fa3 shen1 fa shen hotsushin ほつしん |
{Buddh} (See 三身) dharmakaya (dharma body, Buddhism's highest form of existence); (surname) Hotsushin dharmakāya, embodiment of Truth and Law, the "spiritual" or true body; essential Buddhahood; the essence of being; the absolute, the norm of the universe; the first of the trikāya, v.三身. The dharmakāya is divided into 總 unity and 別 diversity; as in the noumenal absolute and phenomenal activities, or potential and dynamic; but there are differences of interpretation, e.g. as between the 法相 and 法性 schools. Cf. 法身體性. There are many categories of the dharmakāya. In the 2 group 二法身 are five kinds: (1) 理 "substance" and 智 wisdom or expression; (2) 法性法身 essential nature and 應化法身 manifestation; the other three couples are similar. In the 3 group 三法身 are (1) the manifested Buddha, i.e. Śākyamuni; (2) the power of his teaching, etc.; (3) the absolute or ultimate reality. There are other categories. |
法雨 see styles |
fǎ yǔ fa3 yu3 fa yü minori みのり |
shower of dharma; Buddhism flowing forth; (surname) Minori The rain of Buddha-truth which fertilizes all beings. |
法雲 法云 see styles |
fǎ yún fa3 yun2 fa yün houun / houn ほううん |
(given name) Houun dharmamegha. Buddhism as a fertilizing cloud. |
法食 see styles |
fǎ shí fa3 shi2 fa shih hōjiki |
dharmāhāra. Diet in harmony with the rules of Buddhism; truth as food. 法食時 The regulation time for meals, at or before noon, and not after. |
泥犁 see styles |
ní lí ni2 li2 ni li deiri |
(Buddhism) Naraka niraya, intp. as joyless, i. e. hell; also 泥梨 (泥梨耶); 泥梨迦; 泥黎; 泥囉耶; 泥底 v. 捺趣迦 naraka. |
浮世 see styles |
fú shì fu2 shi4 fu shih ukiyo うきよ |
(Buddhism) the world of the living (1) fleeting life; this transient world; floating world; (2) sad world; world of grief and worry; (surname, female given name) Ukiyo |
涅槃 see styles |
niè pán nie4 pan2 nieh p`an nieh pan nehan ねはん |
(Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4pan2na4]) (1) {Buddh} nirvana; supreme enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} death; death of Buddha nirvāṇa, 'blown out, gone out, put out, extinguished'; 'liberated-from existence'; 'dead, deceased, defunct.' 'Liberation, eternal bliss'; '(with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual existence.' M.W. Other forms are 涅槃那; 泥日; 泥洹; 泥畔 Originally translated 滅 to extinguish, extinction, put out (as a lamp or fire), it was also described as 解脫 release, 寂滅 tranquil extinction; 無爲 inaction, without effort, passiveness; 不生 no (re)birth; 安樂 calm joy; 滅度transmigration to 'extinction'. The meaning given to 'extinction' varies, e.g. individual extinction; cessation of rebirth; annihilation of passion; extinction of all misery and entry into bliss. While the meaning of individual extinction is not without advocates, the general acceptation is the extinction or end of all return to reincarnation with its concomitant suffering, and the entry into bliss. Nirvāṇa may be enjoyed in the present life as an attainable state, with entry into parinirvāṇa, or perfect bliss to follow. It may be (a) with a 'remainder', i.e. the cause but not all the effect (karma), of reincarnation having been destroyed; (b) without 'remainder', both cause and effect having been extinguished. The answer of the Buddha as to the continued personal existence of the Tathāgata in nirvāṇa is, in the Hīnayāna canon, relegated 'to the sphere of the indeterminates' (Keith), as one of the questions which are not essential to salvation. One argument is that flame when blown out does not perish but returns to the totality of Fire. The Nirvāṇa Sutra claims for nirvāṇa the ancient ideas of 常樂我淨 permanence, bliss, personality purity in the transcendental realm. Mahāyāna declares that Hīnayāna by denying personality in the transcendental realm denies the existence of the Buddha. In Mahāyāna final nirvāṇa is transcendental, and is also used as a term for the absolute. The place where the Buddha entered his earthly nirvāṇa is given as Kuśinagara, cf. 拘. |
清淨 清净 see styles |
qīng jìng qing1 jing4 ch`ing ching ching ching |
peaceful; quiet; tranquil; purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism) |
滅度 灭度 see styles |
miè dù mie4 du4 mieh tu metsudo めつど |
to extinguish worries and the sea of grief; nirvana (Buddhism) extinguishing illusion and passing over to Nirvana nirvāṇa: extinction of reincarnation and escape from suffering. |
濁世 浊世 see styles |
zhuó shì zhuo2 shi4 cho shih dakuse; dakusei; jokuse / dakuse; dakuse; jokuse だくせ; だくせい; じょくせ |
the world in chaos; troubled times; the mortal world (Buddhism) {Buddh} this corrupt or degenerate world; this world or life; the world of mankind An impure world in its five stages, v. 五濁. |
灌頂 灌顶 see styles |
guàn dǐng guan4 ding3 kuan ting kanjou; kanchou / kanjo; kancho かんじょう; かんちょう |
(1) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; (2) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); (3) {Buddh} pouring water onto a gravestone; (4) teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music) abhiṣecana; mūrdhābhiṣikta; inauguration or consecration by sprinkling, or pouring water on the head; an Indian custom on the investiture of a king, whose head was baptized with water from the four seas and from the rivers in his domain; in China it is administered as a Buddhist rite chiefly to high personages, and for ordination purposes. Amongst the esoterics it is a rite especially administered to their disciples; and they have several categories of baptism, e.g. that of ordinary disciples, of teacher, or preacher, of leader, of office-bearer; also for special causes such as relief from calamity, preparation for the next life, etc. |
無明 无明 see styles |
wú míng wu2 ming2 wu ming mumyou / mumyo むみょう |
avidya (Buddhism); ignorance; delusion {Buddh} avidya (ignorance) avidyā, ignorance, and in some senses Māyā, illusion; it is darkness without illumination, the ignorance which mistakes seeming for being, or illusory phenomena for realities; it is also intp. as 痴 ignorant, stupid, fatuous; but it means generally, unenlightened, unillumined. The 起信論 distinguishes two kinds as 根本: the radical, fundamental, original darkness or ignorance considered as a 無始無明 primal condition, and 枝末 'branch and twig' conditions, considered as phenomenal. There is also a list of fifteen distinctions in the Vibhāṣā-śāstra 2. avidyā is also the first, or last of the twelve nidānas.; Commonly tr. 'ignorance', means an unenlightened condition, non-perception, before the stirrings of intelligence, belief that the phenomenal is real, etc. |
犯戒 see styles |
fàn jiè fan4 jie4 fan chieh bonkai |
to go against the rules (of a religious order); to break a ban (e.g. medical) To offend against or break the moral or ceremonial laws (of Buddhism). |
玄宗 see styles |
xuán zōng xuan2 zong1 hsüan tsung gensou / genso げんそう |
(person) Xuanzong (Emperor of China, r. 712-756) The profound principles, or propositions, i. e. Buddhism. |
玄機 玄机 see styles |
xuán jī xuan2 ji1 hsüan chi genki げんき |
profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles (personal name) Genki |
玄琬 see styles |
xuán wǎn xuan2 wan3 hsüan wan Genon |
Xuanyuan, an influential Shensi monk who lived through the persecution of Buddhism in the 北周 Northern Zhou dynasty into the Sui and Tang dynasties. |
玄道 see styles |
xuán dào xuan2 dao4 hsüan tao harumichi はるみち |
(given name) Harumichi The profound doctrine, Buddhism. |
玄門 玄门 see styles |
xuán mén xuan2 men2 hsüan men genmon げんもん |
(given name) Genmon The profound school, i. e. Buddhism. Also that of the 華嚴 Huayan (Kegon) which has a division of 十玄門 or 十玄緣起, indicating the ten metaphysical propositions, or lines of thought; of these there are two or more versions. |
現觀 现观 see styles |
xiàn guān xian4 guan1 hsien kuan genkan |
Insight into, or meditation on, immediate presentations; present insight into the deep truth of Buddhism. |
生願 生愿 see styles |
shēng yuàn sheng1 yuan4 sheng yüan |
desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā); craving for rebirth |
異生 异生 see styles |
yì shēng yi4 sheng1 i sheng ishō |
pṛthagjana; bālapṛthagjana, v. 婆; an ordinary person unenlightened by Buddhism; an unbeliever, sinner; childish, ignorant, foolish; the lower orders. |
病苦 see styles |
bìng kǔ bing4 ku3 ping k`u ping ku byouku / byoku びょうく |
pains (of illness); sufferings (esp. in Buddhism) pain of sickness suffering from illness |
直心 see styles |
zhí xīn zhi2 xin1 chih hsin naomi なおみ |
{Buddh} true and honest heart; pure heart; heart devoted to Buddhism; (female given name) Naomi Straightforward, sincere, blunt. |
眞言 see styles |
zhēn yán zhen1 yan2 chen yen shingon しんごん |
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) mantra; (2) (abbreviation) Shingon sect (of Buddhism) True words, words of Truth, the words of the Tathāgata, Buddha-truth. The term is used for mantra, and dhāraṇī, indicating magical formulae, spells, charms, esoteric words. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have each an esoteric sound represented by a Sanskrit letter, the primary Vairocana letter, the alpha of all sounds being 'a' 阿, which is also styled 眞言救世者 the True World that saves the world. |
真宗 see styles |
mamune まむね |
(See 浄土真宗) Shin Buddhism; (surname) Mamune |
真言 see styles |
zhēn yán zhen1 yan2 chen yen makoto まこと |
true statement; incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼) (1) (Buddhist term) mantra; (2) (abbreviation) Shingon sect (of Buddhism); (female given name) Makoto |
神仏 see styles |
shinbutsu; kamihotoke しんぶつ; かみほとけ |
(1) gods and Buddha; (2) (しんぶつ only) Shinto and Buddhism |
禁戒 see styles |
jìn jiè jin4 jie4 chin chieh gonkai |
to abstain from; to prohibit (certain foods etc) Prohibitions, commandments, especially the Vinaya as containing the laws and regulations of Buddhism. |
禅法 see styles |
zenpou; zenbou / zenpo; zenbo ぜんぽう; ぜんぼう |
{Buddh} method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism |
禅浄 see styles |
zenjou / zenjo ぜんじょう |
(abbreviation) (from 禅宗 and 浄土宗) Zen Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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