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可知論


可知论

see styles
kě zhī lùn
    ke3 zhi1 lun4
k`o chih lun
    ko chih lun
gnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that everything about the universe is knowable

唯心論


唯心论

see styles
wéi xīn lùn
    wei2 xin1 lun4
wei hsin lun
 yuishinron
    ゆいしんろん
philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness
{phil} spiritualism; idealism; mentalism
idealism

唯識義


唯识义

see styles
wéi shí yì
    wei2 shi2 yi4
wei shih i
 yuishiki gi
doctrine of consciousness-only

唯識說


唯识说

see styles
wéi shì shuō
    wei2 shi4 shuo1
wei shih shuo
 yuishiki setsu
the doctrine of cognition-only

四教義


四教义

see styles
sì jiào yì
    si4 jiao4 yi4
ssu chiao i
 Shikyō gi
The Doctrine of the Four Teachings

均等論


均等论

see styles
jun děng lùn
    jun1 deng3 lun4
chün teng lun
doctrine of equivalents (patent law)

多元論


多元论

see styles
duō yuán lùn
    duo1 yuan2 lun4
to yüan lun
 tagenron
    たげんろん
pluralism, philosophical doctrine that the universe consists of different substances
pluralism

大方廣


大方广

see styles
dà fāng guǎng
    da4 fang1 guang3
ta fang kuang
 daihōkō
mahāvaipulya ; cf. 大方等 The great Vaipulyas, or sutras of Mahāyāna. 方廣 and 方等 are similar in meaning. Vaipulya is extension, spaciousness, widespread, and this is the idea expressed both in 廣 broad, widespread, as opposed to narrow, restricted, and in 等 levelled up, equal everywhere, universal. These terms suggest the broadening of the basis of Buddhism, as is found in Mahāyāna. The Vaipulya works are styled sutras, for the broad doctrine of universalism, very different from the traditional account of his discourses, is put into the mouth of the Buddha in wider, or universal aspect. These sutras are those of universalism, of which the Lotus 法華 is an outstanding example. The form Vaitulya instead of Vaipulya is found in some Kashgar MSS. of the Lotus, suggesting that in the Vetulla sect lies the origin of the Vaipulyas, and with them of Mahāyāna, but the evidence is inadequate.

天台宗

see styles
tiān tái zōng
    tian1 tai2 zong1
t`ien t`ai tsung
    tien tai tsung
 tendaishuu / tendaishu
    てんだいしゅう
Tiantai school of Buddhism
Tendai sect (of Buddhism); (personal name) Tendaishuu
The Tiantai, or Tendai, sect founded by 智顗 Zhiyi. It bases its tenets on the Lotus Sutra 法華經 with the 智度論, 涅盤經, and 大品經; it maintains the identity of the Absolute and the world of phenomena, and attempts to unlock the secrets of all phenomena by means of meditation. It flourished during the Tang dynasty. Under the Sung, when the school was decadent, arose 四明 Ciming, under whom there came the division of 山家 Hill or Tiantai School and 山外 the School outside, the latter following 悟恩 Wuen and in time dying out; the former, a more profound school, adhered to Ciming; it was from this school that the Tiantai doctrine spread to Japan. The three principal works of the Tiantai founder are called 天台三部, i. e. 玄義 exposition of the deeper meaning of the Lotus; 文句 exposition of its text; and 止觀 meditation; the last was directive and practical; it was in the line of Bodhidharma, stressing the 'inner light'.

妙法輪


妙法轮

see styles
miào fǎ lún
    miao4 fa3 lun2
miao fa lun
 myōhō rin
The wheel of the wonderful Law, Buddha's doctrine regarded as great cakra or wheel.

密嚴國


密严国

see styles
mì yán guó
    mi4 yan2 guo2
mi yen kuo
 mitsugon koku
密嚴淨土 The Pure Land of Vairocana; also in the Huayan Sutra called the 華藏 world; the doctrine is found in this sutra.

尼薩曇


尼萨昙

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ní sà tán
    ni2 sa4 tan2
ni sa t`an
    ni sa tan
 nisatsudon
Defined as an atom, the smallest possible particle; but its extended form of 優波尼薩曇分 suggests upaniṣad, esoteric doctrine, the secret sense of the sutras.

心無宗


心无宗

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xīn wú zōng
    xin1 wu2 zong1
hsin wu tsung
 shinmu shū
school [propounding the doctrine that] mind does not exist

惡取空


恶取空

see styles
è qǔ kōng
    e4 qu3 kong1
o ch`ü k`ung
    o chü kung
 akushu kū
To have evil ideas of the doctrine of voidness, to deny the doctrine of cause and effect.

成實宗


成实宗

see styles
chéng shí zōng
    cheng2 shi2 zong1
ch`eng shih tsung
    cheng shih tsung
 Jōjitsu shū
Satyasiddhi school of Buddhism
Satyasiddhi sect (Jap. Jōjitsu-shū), based upon the Satyasiddhi śāstra of Harivarman, v. 訶. tr. by Kumārajīva. In China it was a branch of the 三論 San Lun sect. It was a Hīnayāna variation of the śūnya 空 doctrine. The term is defined as perfectly establishing the real meaning of the sutras.

所說義


所说义

see styles
suǒ shuō yì
    suo3 shuo1 yi4
so shuo i
 shosetsugi
the doctrine that is explained

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.

末尼教

see styles
mò ní jiào
    mo4 ni2 jiao4
mo ni chiao
 Mani Kyō
    マニきょう
(ateji / phonetic) Manichaeism
The Manichean religion, first mentioned in Chinese literature by Xuanzang in his Memoirs, between A. D. 630 and 640. The first Manichean missionary from 大秦 Daqin reached China in 694. In 732, an imperial edict declared the religion of Mani a perverse doctrine, falsely taking the name of Buddhism. It continued, however, to flourish in parts of China, especially Fukien, even to the end of the Ming dynasty. Chinese writers have often confused it with Mazdeism 火祅教.

毘佛略


毗佛略

see styles
pí fó lüè
    pi2 fo2 lve4
p`i fo lve
    pi fo lve
 hibutsuryaku
vaipulya, large, spacious, intp. 方廣 q. v., expanded, enlarged. The term is applied to sūtras of an expanded nature, especially expansion of the doctrine; in Hīnayāna the Āgamas, in Mahāyāna the sutras of Huayan and Lotus type; they are found in the tenth of the 十二部經 twelve sections of the classics. Other forms are 鞞佛略 or 裴佛略; 毘富羅.

毘尸沙


毗尸沙

see styles
pí shī shā
    pi2 shi1 sha1
p`i shih sha
    pi shih sha
 bishisha
viśeṣa, the doctrine of 'particularity or individual essence', i. e. the sui generis nature of the nine fundamental substances; it is the doctrine of the Vaiśeṣika school of philosophy founded by Kaṇāda.

法舍利

see styles
fǎ shè lì
    fa3 she4 li4
fa she li
 hō shari
(法身舍利); 法身偈 The śarīra, or spiritual relics of the Buddha, his sutras, or verses, his doctrine and immutable law.

無因論


无因论

see styles
wú yīn lùn
    wu2 yin1 lun4
wu yin lun
 muin ron
doctrine of non-causality

無定法


无定法

see styles
wú dìng fǎ
    wu2 ding4 fa3
wu ting fa
 mu jōhō
absence of a set doctrine

無生門


无生门

see styles
wú shēng mén
    wu2 sheng1 men2
wu sheng men
 mushō mon
The doctrine of reality as beyond birth, or creation, i.e. that of the bhūtatathatā; the gate or school of immortality.

相似佛

see styles
xiàng sì fó
    xiang4 si4 fo2
hsiang ssu fo
 sōji butsu
Approximation or identity of the individual and Buddha, a doctrine of Tiantai; the stage of 十信.

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.

空始教

see styles
kōng shǐ jiào
    kong1 shi3 jiao4
k`ung shih chiao
    kung shih chiao
 kū shikyō
The initial teaching of the undeveloped Mahāyāna doctrines is the second of the five periods of Śākyamuni's teaching as defined by the Huayan School. This consists of two parts: 空始教 the initial doctrine of śūnya, the texts for which are the 般若, 三論, etc.; and 相始教, the initial doctrine of the essential nature as held by the esoterics; intp. in the 深密 and 瑜伽 texts.

緣會宗


缘会宗

see styles
yuán huì zōng
    yuan2 hui4 zong1
yüan hui tsung
 en'e shū
school [propounding the doctrine of emptiness as the] conjunction of conditions

羅睺羅


罗睺罗

see styles
luó huó luó
    luo2 huo2 luo2
lo huo lo
 Ragora
Rāhula, the eldest son of Śākyamuni and Yaśodharā; also羅睺; 羅吼; 羅云; 羅雲; 曷怙羅 or 何怙羅 or 羅怙羅. He is supposed to have been in the womb for six years and born when his father attained buddhahood; also said to have been born during an eclipse, and thus acquired his name, though it is defined in other ways; his father did not see him till he was six years old. He became a disciple of the Hīnayāna, but is said to have become a Mahāyānist when his father preached this final perfect doctrine, a statement gainsaid by his being recognized as founder of the Vaibhāṣika school. He is to be reborn as the eldest son of every buddha, hence is sometimes called the son of Ānanda.

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.

能詮教


能诠教

see styles
néng quán jiào
    neng2 quan2 jiao4
neng ch`üan chiao
    neng chüan chiao
 nōsen kyō
the doctrine that teaches

華嚴宗


华严宗

see styles
huá yán zōng
    hua2 yan2 zong1
hua yen tsung
 Kegon Shū
Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra)
The Huayan (Kegon) school, whose foundation work is the Avataṃsaka-sūtra; founded in China by 帝心杜順 Dixin Dushun; he died A.D. 640 and was followed by 雲華智嚴 Yunhua Zhiyan; 賢首法藏 Xianshou Fazang; 淸涼澄觀 Qingliang Chengguan; 圭峯宗密 Guifeng Zongmi, and other noted patriarchs of the sect; its chief patron is Mañjuśrī. The school was imported into Japan early in the Tang dynasty and flourished there. It held the doctrine of the 法性 Dharma-nature, by which name it was also called.

薩婆多


萨婆多

see styles
sà pó duō
    sa4 po2 duo1
sa p`o to
    sa po to
 Satsubata
(薩婆多部) sarvāstivāda, the doctrine that all things are real, the school of this name, v. 有 and 一切有.

衞世師


衞世师

see styles
wèi shì shī
    wei4 shi4 shi1
wei shih shih
 Eiseishi
Vaiśeṣika; derived from viśeṣa, characteristic, individuality, particularity or individual essence. M.W. Also 鞞世師 (or 鞞思迦); 吠世史迦; 勝論宗 An atomistic school founded by Kaṇāda. Like the Saṅkhya philosophy it taught a dualism and an endless number of souls, also by its doctrine of particularity or individual essence maintained 'the eternally distinct or sui generis nature of the nine substances' (see below), 'of which the first five including mind are held to be atomic.' M.W. The interaction of these with the six mentioned below produces cosmic evolution. It chiefly occupied itself, like the orthodox Nyāya philosophy, with the theory of knowledge, but it differed by distinguishing only six categories of cognition 六諦, viz. substance, quality, activity, species, distinction, and correlation, also a seventh of non-existence, and nine substances possessed of qualities, these 九陰 being: the five elements, air, fire, water, earth, ether, together with time, space, spirit (manas), and soul (ātman). Cf. Keith, Indian Logic and Atomism, and Dasgupta, History of Indian Philosophy.

補羯娑


补羯娑

see styles
bǔ jié suō
    bu3 jie2 suo1
pu chieh so
 fukasha
paulkasa, an aboriginal, or the son 'of a śūdra father and of a kshatryā mother' (M.W.); intp. as low caste, scavenger, also an unbeliever (in the Buddhist doctrine of 因果 or retribution).

補羯婆

see styles
bǔ jié pó
    bu3 jie2 po2
pu chieh p`o
    pu chieh po
[Note: 婆 should probably be 娑] paulkasa, an aboriginal, or the son 'of a śūdra father and of a kshatryā mother' (M.W.); intp. as low caste, scavenger, also an unbeliever (in the Buddhist doctrine of 因果 or retribution).

解脫道


解脱道

see styles
jiě tuō dào
    jie3 tuo1 dao4
chieh t`o tao
    chieh to tao
 gedatsu dō
The way or doctrine of liberation, Buddhism.

論議經


论议经

see styles
lùn yì jīng
    lun4 yi4 jing1
lun i ching
 ron gi kyō
discussions of doctrine

金剛界


金刚界

see styles
jīn gāng jiè
    jin1 gang1 jie4
chin kang chieh
 kongoukai / kongokai
    こんごうかい
(1) {Buddh} (See 胎蔵界・たいぞうかい・1) Vajradhatu; Diamond Realm; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 金剛界曼荼羅・こんごうかいまんだら) Vajradathu Mandala; Diamond Realm Mandala
vajradhātu, 金界 The 'diamond', or vajra, element of the universe; it is the 智 wisdom of Vairocana in its indestructibility and activity; it arises from the garbhadhātu 胎藏界q.v., the womb or store of the Vairocana 理 reason or principles of such wisdom, v. 理智. The two, garbhadhātu and vajradhātu, are shown by the esoteric school, especially in the Japanese Shingon, in two maṇḍalas, i.e. groups or circles, representing in various portrayals the ideas arising from the two, fundamental concepts. vajradhātu is intp. as the 智 realm of intellection, and garbhadhātu as the 理 substance underlying it, or the matrix; the latter is the womb or fundamental reason of all things, and occupies the eastern position as 'cause' of the vajradhātu, which is on the west as the resultant intellectual or spiritual expression. But both are one as are Reason and Wisdom, and Vairocana (the illuminator, the 大日 great sun) presides over both, as source and supply. The vajradhātu represents the spiritual world of complete enlightenment, the esoteric dharmakāya doctrine as contrasted with the exoteric nirmāṇakāya doctrine. It is the sixth element 識 mind, and is symbolized by a triangle with the point downwards and by the full moon, which represents 智 wisdom or understanding; it corresponds to 果 fruit, or effect, garbhadhātu being 因 or cause. The 金剛王五部 or five divisions of the vajradhātu are represented by the Five dhyāni-buddhas, thus: centre 大日Vairocana; east 阿閦 Akṣobhya; south 寶生Ratnasambhava; west 阿彌陀 Amitābha; north 不 空 成就 Amoghasiddhi, or Śākyamuni. They are seated respectively on a lion, an elephant, a horse, a peacock, and a garuda. v. 五佛; also 胎.

阿含時


阿含时

see styles
ā hán shí
    a1 han2 shi2
a han shih
 agon ji
The period when the Buddha taught Hīnayāna doctrine in the Lumbini garden during the first twelve years of his ministry.

非安立

see styles
fēi ān lì
    fei1 an1 li4
fei an li
The unestablished, or undetermined; that which is beyond terminology. 非安立諦 The doctrine of 非安立眞如 the bhūtatathatā, the absolute as it exists in itself, i.e. indefinable, contrasted with the absolute as expressible in words and thought, a distinction made by the 唯識論.

一中原則


一中原则

see styles
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

一切皆成

see styles
yī qiè jiē chéng
    yi1 qie4 jie1 cheng2
i ch`ieh chieh ch`eng
    i chieh chieh cheng
 issai kai jō
All beings become Buddhas, for all have the Buddha-nature and must ultimately become enlightened, i.e. 一切衆生皆悉成佛. This is the doctrine of developed Mahāyāna, or universalism, as opposed to the limited salvation of Hīnayāna and of undeveloped Mahāyāna; 法華經方便品; 若有聞法者無一不成佛 if there be any who hear the dharma, not one will fail to become Buddha.

一眞法界

see styles
yī zhēn fǎ jiè
    yi1 zhen1 fa3 jie4
i chen fa chieh
 isshinhokkai
The dharma realm of the one reality, i.e. of the bhūtatathatā, complete in a speck of dust as in a universe; such is the dharmakāya, or spiritual body of all Buddhas, eternal, above terms of being, undefinable, neither immanent nor transcendent, yet the one reality, though beyond thought. It is the fundamental doctrine of the 華嚴宗. The 法界 is 諸佛平等法身, 從本以來不生不滅, 非空非有, 離名離相, 無內無外, 惟一眞實, 不可思議, 是名一眞法界; see 三藏法數 4.

七種無上


七种无上

see styles
qī zhǒng wú shàng
    qi1 zhong3 wu2 shang4
ch`i chung wu shang
    chi chung wu shang
 shichi shumujō
The seven peerless qualities of a Buddha:―his body 身 with its thirty-two signs and eighty-four marks; his way 道 of universal mercy; his perfect insight or doctrine 見; his wisdom 智; his supernatural power 神 力; his ability to overcome hindrances 斷障, e.g. illusion, karma, and suffering; and his abiding place 住 i.e. Nirvana. Cf. 七勝事.

七種無常


七种无常

see styles
qī zhǒng wú cháng
    qi1 zhong3 wu2 chang2
ch`i chung wu ch`ang
    chi chung wu chang
 shichishumujō
sapta-anitya. The seven impermanences, a non-Buddhist nihilistic doctrine discussed in the 楞 伽 經 4.

三千實相


三千实相

see styles
sān qiān shí xiàng
    san1 qian1 shi2 xiang4
san ch`ien shih hsiang
    san chien shih hsiang
 sanzen jissō
The reality at the basis of all things, a Tiantai doctrine, i. e. the 眞如 or 法性 idem 諸法實相.

三時年限


三时年限

see styles
sān shí nián xiàn
    san1 shi2 nian2 xian4
san shih nien hsien
 sanji nengen
The three periods of Buddhism— 1,000 years of 正法 pure or orthodox doctrine, 1,000 years of 像法 resemblance to purity, and 10,000 years of 末法 decay. Other definitions are 正 and 像 500 years each, or 正 1,000 and 像 500, or 正 500 and 像 1,000.

不一不異


不一不异

see styles
bù yī bù yì
    bu4 yi1 bu4 yi4
pu i pu i
 fuichi fui
Neither unity nor diversity, or doctrine of the 中論, v. 八不.

不二法門


不二法门

see styles
bù èr fǎ mén
    bu4 er4 fa3 men2
pu erh fa men
 funi hōmon
the one and only way; the only proper course to take
is similar to 不二之法; also the cult of the monistic doctrine; and the immediacy of entering into the truth.

不可知論


不可知论

see styles
bù kě zhī lùn
    bu4 ke3 zhi1 lun4
pu k`o chih lun
    pu ko chih lun
 fukachiron
    ふかちろん
agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable
(noun - becomes adjective with の) agnosticism
agnosticism

中庸之道

see styles
zhōng yōng zhī dào
    zhong1 yong1 zhi1 dao4
chung yung chih tao
doctrine of the mean; moderation in all things

中道應本


中道应本

see styles
zhōng dào yìng běn
    zhong1 dao4 ying4 ben3
chung tao ying pen
 chūdō ōhon
The 'mean' as the basic principle in the 別 and 圓 schools of the doctrine of the 應化身 'transformation body'.

二倶犯過


二倶犯过

see styles
èr jù fàn guò
    er4 ju4 fan4 guo4
erh chü fan kuo
 nigu bonka
or 二人倶犯 A term applied by Tiantai in criticism of Huayan, which while it is a 圓敎 perfect or complete doctrine, yet has the "crudities" of the 別敎 and comes short of the really perfect Lotus doctrine.

五千上慢

see styles
wǔ qiān shàng màn
    wu3 qian1 shang4 man4
wu ch`ien shang man
    wu chien shang man
 gosen jōman
The five thousand supremely arrogant (i. e. Hīnayāna) monks who left the great assemibly, refusing to hear the Buddha preach the new doctrine of the Lotus Sutra; see its 方便 chapter.

五時八教


五时八教

see styles
wǔ shí bā jiào
    wu3 shi2 ba1 jiao4
wu shih pa chiao
 gojihakkyou / gojihakkyo
    ごじはっきょう
{Buddh} (See 五時教) division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect)
A Tiantai classification of the Buddha's teaching into five periods and eight kinds of doctrine, which eight are subdivided into two groups of four each, 化儀四教 and 化法四教.

五種布施


五种布施

see styles
wǔ zhǒng bù shī
    wu3 zhong3 bu4 shi1
wu chung pu shih
 goshu fuse
The five kinds of almsgiving or dānas— to those from afar, to those going afar, to the sick, the hungry, and those wise in Buddhist doctrine.

五種法師


五种法师

see styles
wǔ zhǒng fǎ shī
    wu3 zhong3 fa3 shi1
wu chung fa shih
 goshu hosshi
The five kinds of masters of the Law, v. Lotus Sutra, 法師品— one who receives and keeps; reads; recites; expounds; and copies the sutra.

依教修行

see styles
yī jiào xiū xíng
    yi1 jiao4 xiu1 xing2
i chiao hsiu hsing
 e kyō shugyō
practice founded on doctrine

信解行證


信解行证

see styles
xìn jiě xíng zhèng
    xin4 jie3 xing2 zheng4
hsin chieh hsing cheng
 shin ge gyō shō
Faith, interpretation, performance, and evidence or realization of the fruit of Buddha's doctrine.

光宅四乘

see styles
guāng zhái sì shèng
    guang1 zhai2 si4 sheng4
kuang chai ssu sheng
 Kōtaku shijō
the establishment of the doctrine of one vehicle (fourth vehicle) by Guangzhai

入唐八家

see styles
rù táng bā jiā
    ru4 tang2 ba1 jia1
ju t`ang pa chia
    ju tang pa chia
 nittouhakke / nittohakke
    にっとうはっけ
(hist) (See 八家・2) the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period (Enchin, Engyō, Ennin, Eun, Jōgyō, Kūkai, Saichō and Shūei)
The eight Japanese who came to China in the Tang dynasty and studied the 密教esoteric doctrine.

八不顯實


八不显实

see styles
bā bù xiǎn shí
    ba1 bu4 xian3 shi2
pa pu hsien shih
 happu kenjitsu
By the eight negations of the Mādhyamika doctrine, the true reality of things is shown.

八識體一


八识体一

see styles
bā shì tǐ yī
    ba1 shi4 ti3 yi1
pa shih t`i i
    pa shih ti i
 hasshikitai ichi
The eight perceptions are fundamentally unity, opposed by the 唯識 school with the doctrine 八識體別 that they are fundamentally discrete.

六大無礙


六大无碍

see styles
liù dà wú ài
    liu4 da4 wu2 ai4
liu ta wu ai
 rokudai muge
The six elements unimpeded, or interactive; or 六大體大 the six elements in their greater substance, or whole. The doctrine of the esoteric cult of tran-substantiation, or the free interchangeability of the six Buddha elements with the human, like with like, whereby yoga becomes possible, i. e. the Buddha elements entering into and possessing the human elements, for both are of the same elemental nature.

兼但對帶


兼但对带

see styles
jiān dàn duì dài
    jian1 dan4 dui4 dai4
chien tan tui tai
 ken tan tai tai
The first four of the five periods of Buddha's teaching are also defined by Tiantai as: (1) 兼 Combined teaching; including 圓 and 別教 doctrine, the period of the Avataṃsaka Sutra. (2) 但 Sole; i.e. 藏 or Hīnayāna only, that of the agamas. (3) 對 Comparative; all four forms of doctrines being compared. 帶 Inclusive, that of the 般若 Prajñā, when the perfect teaching was revealed as the fulfilment of the rest.

十長養心


十长养心

see styles
shí cháng yǎng xīn
    shi2 chang2 yang3 xin1
shih ch`ang yang hsin
    shih chang yang hsin
 jūchōyōshin
The ten kinds of well-nourished heart, essential to entry into the cult of the higher patience and endurance: a heart of kindness; of pity; of joy (in progress toward salvation of others); renunciation; almsgiving; delight in telling the doctrine; benefiting or aiding others to salvation; unity, or amity; concentration in meditation; wisdom; v. 梵綱經,心地品.

卽心卽佛

see styles
jí xīn jí fó
    ji2 xin1 ji2 fo2
chi hsin chi fo
 sokushin sokubutsu
卽心是佛 (or 卽心成佛) The identity of mind and Buddha, mind is Buddha, the highest doctrine of Mahāyāna; the negative form is 非心非佛 no mind no Buddha, or apart from mind there is no Buddha; and all the living are of the one mind.

卽相卽心

see styles
jí xiàng jí xīn
    ji2 xiang4 ji2 xin1
chi hsiang chi hsin
 sokusō sokushin
Both form and mind are identical, e.g. the Pure Land as a place is identical with the Pure Land in the mind or heart—a doctrine of the Pure Land or Jōdo sect.

口力論師


口力论师

see styles
kǒu lì lùn shī
    kou3 li4 lun4 shi1
k`ou li lun shih
    kou li lun shih
 kuriki ronshi
Exponents of the doctrine which compares the mouth to the great void from which all things are produced; see 口力外道.

同異句義


同异句义

see styles
tóng yì jù yì
    tong2 yi4 ju4 yi4
t`ung i chü i
    tung i chü i
 dōi kugi
doctrine of particularity

唯心主義


唯心主义

see styles
wéi xīn zhǔ yì
    wei2 xin1 zhu3 yi4
wei hsin chu i
philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness

唯物主義


唯物主义

see styles
wéi wù zhǔ yì
    wei2 wu4 zhu3 yi4
wei wu chu i
 yuibutsushugi
    ゆいぶつしゅぎ
materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
materialism

唯識中道


唯识中道

see styles
wéi shì zhōng dào
    wei2 shi4 zhong1 dao4
wei shih chung tao
 yuishiki chūdō
The madhya, or medial doctrine of idealism as held by the 法相 Dharmalakṣana school, that all things are of mind, evolution, and are neither in themselves real nor unreal.

唯識圓教


唯识圆教

see styles
wéi shì yuán jiào
    wei2 shi4 yuan2 jiao4
wei shih yüan chiao
 yuishiki engyō
The third of the three divisions of the Buddha's teaching as defined by Tao-hsuan of Nan-shan, the perfect doctrine of idealism.

四教五時


四教五时

see styles
sì jiào wǔ shí
    si4 jiao4 wu3 shi2
ssu chiao wu shih
 shikyō goji
Tiantai's doctrine of the four developments of the Buddha's own teaching, v. above, and the five periods of the same, v. 五時教.

因力論師


因力论师

see styles
yīn lì lùn shī
    yin1 li4 lun4 shi1
yin li lun shih
 inriki ronshi
Exponents of the doctrine which compares the mouth to the great void from which all things are produced; see 口力外道.

因縁生起

see styles
 innenseiki / innenseki
    いんねんせいき
{Buddh} dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

基本原則


基本原则

see styles
jī běn yuán zé
    ji1 ben3 yuan2 ze2
chi pen yüan tse
 kihongensoku
    きほんげんそく
fundamental doctrine; guiding principle; raison d'être
fundamental principle; basic principle; general principle

增道損生


增道损生

see styles
zēng dào sǔn shēng
    zeng1 dao4 sun3 sheng1
tseng tao sun sheng
 zōdō sonshō
A bodhisattva's progress in the doctrine with concurrent reduction in reincarnation.

天人感應


天人感应

see styles
tiān rén gǎn yìng
    tian1 ren2 gan3 ying4
t`ien jen kan ying
    tien jen kan ying
interactions between heaven and mankind (Han Dynasty doctrine)

天台三教

see styles
tiān tái sān jiào
    tian1 tai2 san1 jiao4
t`ien t`ai san chiao
    tien tai san chiao
 Tentai sangyō
The three modes of Śākyamuni's teaching as explained by the Tiantai sect: (1) the sudden, or immediate teaching, by which the learner is taught the whole truth at once 頓教; (2) the gradual teaching 漸教; (3) the undetermined or variable method-whereby he is taught what he is capable of receiving 不定. Another category is 漸 gradual, 頓 direct, and 圓 perfect, the last being found in the final or complete doctrine of the 法華經 Lotus Sutra. Another is: (1) 三藏教 the Tripiṭaka doctrine, i. e. the orthodox Hīnayāna; (2) 通教 intermediate, or interrelated doctrine, i. e. Hīnayāna-cum-Mahāyāna; (3) 別教 differentiated or separated doctrine, i. e. the early Mahāyāna as a cult or development, as distinct from Hīnayāna.

天台四教

see styles
tiān tái sì jiào
    tian1 tai2 si4 jiao4
t`ien t`ai ssu chiao
    tien tai ssu chiao
 Tentai shikyō
The four types each of method and doctrine, as defined by Tiantai; see 天台八教.

妙法蓮華


妙法莲华

see styles
miào fǎ lián huá
    miao4 fa3 lian2 hua2
miao fa lien hua
 myōhō renge
法華 The wonderful truth as found in the Lotus Sutra. the One Vehicle Sutra; which is said to contain 實法 Buddha's complete truth as compared with his previous 權法 or 方便法, i.e. partial, or expedient teaching, but both are included in this perfect truth. The sutra is the Saddhamapuṇḍarīka 正法華經 or (添品妙法蓮華經) 妙法蓮華經, also known as 薩曇芥陀利經, of which several translations in whole or part were made from Sanskrit into Chinese, the most popular being by Kumārajīva. It was the special classic of the Tiantai school, which is sometimes known as the 蓮宗 Lotus school, and it profoundly influenced Buddhist doctrine in China, Japan, and Tibet. The commentaries and treatises on it are very numerous; two by Chih-i 智顗 of the Tiantai school being the妙法蓮華經文句 and the 玄義.

孟祿主義


孟禄主义

see styles
mèng lù zhǔ yì
    meng4 lu4 zhu3 yi4
meng lu chu i
Monroe Doctrine

學教成迷


学教成迷

see styles
xué jiào chéng mí
    xue2 jiao4 cheng2 mi2
hsüeh chiao ch`eng mi
    hsüeh chiao cheng mi
 gakukyō jōmei
To study the Buddha's teaching yet interpret it misleadingly, or falsely.

學教起迷


学教起迷

see styles
xué jiào qǐ mí
    xue2 jiao4 qi3 mi2
hsüeh chiao ch`i mi
    hsüeh chiao chi mi
 gakukyō kimei
studying the doctrine, yet creating misunderstandings

宗說倶通


宗说倶通

see styles
zōng shuō jù tōng
    zong1 shuo1 ju4 tong1
tsung shuo chü t`ung
    tsung shuo chü tung
 shūsetsu guzū
In doctrine and expression both thorough, a term applied to a great teacher.

小乘四門


小乘四门

see styles
xiǎo shèng sì mén
    xiao3 sheng4 si4 men2
hsiao sheng ssu men
 shōjō shimon
Tiantai's division of Hīnayāna into four schools or doctrines: (1) 有門 Of reality, the existence of all phenomena, the doctrine of being (cf. 發智六足論, etc.); (2) 空門 of unreality, or non-existence (cf. 成實論); (3) 亦有亦空門 of both, or relativity of existence and non-existence (cf. 毘勒論); (4) 非有非空 of neither, or transcending existence and non-existence (cf. 迦旃延經).

微妙法門


微妙法门

see styles
wēi miào fǎ mén
    wei1 miao4 fa3 men2
wei miao fa men
 mimyō hōmon
marvelous doctrine

思惟法義


思惟法义

see styles
sī wéi fǎ yì
    si1 wei2 fa3 yi4
ssu wei fa i
 shiyui hōgi
thinks of the doctrine

我空眞如

see styles
wǒ kōng zhēn rú
    wo3 kong1 zhen1 ru2
wo k`ung chen ju
    wo kung chen ju
 gakū shinnyo
The Hīnayāna doctrine of impersonality in the absolute, that in truth there is no ego; this position abrogates moral responsibility, cf. 原人論.

方廣道人


方广道人

see styles
fāng guǎng dào rén
    fang1 guang3 dao4 ren2
fang kuang tao jen
 hōkō dōnin
Heretical followers of Mahāyāna, who hold a false doctrine of 空 the Void, teaching it as total non-existence, or nihilism.

是義不然


是义不然

see styles
shì yì bù rán
    shi4 yi4 bu4 ran2
shih i pu jan
 ze gi funen
this position [doctrine, meaning] is untenable.

曼荼羅教


曼荼罗教

see styles
màn tú luó jiào
    man4 tu2 luo2 jiao4
man t`u lo chiao
    man tu lo chiao
 mandara kyō
maṇḍala doctrine, mantra teaching, magic, yoga, the True word or Shingon sect.

未顯眞實


未显眞实

see styles
wèi xiǎn zhēn shí
    wei4 xian3 zhen1 shi2
wei hsien chen shih
 miken shinjitsu
未開顯 The unrevealed truth, the Truth only revealed by the Buddha in his final Mahāyāna doctrine.

法華一乘


法华一乘

see styles
fǎ huā yī shèng
    fa3 hua1 yi1 sheng4
fa hua i sheng
 hōkke ichijō
the Lotus's doctrine of the one vehicle

法身體性


法身体性

see styles
fǎ shēn tǐ xìng
    fa3 shen1 ti3 xing4
fa shen t`i hsing
    fa shen ti hsing
 hōshin taishō
The embodiment, totality, or nature of the dharmakāya. In Hīnayāna the Buddha-nature in its 理 or absolute side is described as not discussed, being synonymous with the 五分 five divisions of the commandments, meditation, wisdom, release, and doctrine, 戒, 定, 慧, 解脫, and 知見. In the Mahāyāna the 三論宗 defines the absolute or ultimate reality as the formless which contains all forms, the essence of being, the noumenon of the other two manifestations of the triratna. The 法相宗 defines it as (a) the nature or essence of the whole triratna; (b) the particular form of the Dharma in that trinity. The One-Vehicle schools represented by the 華嚴宗, 天台, etc., consider it to be the bhūtatathatā, 理 and 智 being one and undivided. The Shingon sect takes the six elements-earth, water, fire, air, space, mind-as the 理 or fundamental dharmakāya and the sixth, mind, intelligence, or knowledge, as the 智 Wisdom dharmakāya.

無性有情


无性有情

see styles
wú xìng yǒu qíng
    wu2 xing4 you3 qing2
wu hsing yu ch`ing
    wu hsing yu ching
 mushō ujō
Men and devas with passions and devoid of natures for enlightenment, hence destined to remain in the six paths of transmigration; a doctrine of the 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana school.

甘露法鼓

see styles
gān lù fǎ gǔ
    gan1 lu4 fa3 gu3
kan lu fa ku
 kanro hōko
the drum of the ambrosial doctrine

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