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教權


教权

see styles
jiào quán
    jiao4 quan2
chiao ch`üan
    chiao chüan
 kyō gon
religious rule
ecclesiastical authority

教母

see styles
jiào mǔ
    jiao4 mu3
chiao mu
 kyoubo / kyobo
    きょうぼ
godmother
godmother; (religious) sponsor

教祖

see styles
jiào zǔ
    jiao4 zu3
chiao tsu
 kyouso / kyoso
    きょうそ
founder of a religious sect; (personal name) Kyouso
founder of a Buddhist sect

教規


教规

see styles
jiào guī
    jiao4 gui1
chiao kuei
canon; religious rules

教門


教门

see styles
jiào mén
    jiao4 men2
chiao men
 kyoumon / kyomon
    きょうもん
study of Buddhist theory
A religion, a sect, different religious teachings.

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.

斉行

see styles
 saigyou / saigyo
    さいぎょう
(noun/participle) carrying out (a religious festival or ceremony); (personal name) Saigyou

斎み

see styles
 imi
    いみ
(1) mourning; abstinence; (2) taboo; (3) religious purification; (prefix noun) (4) pure; holy

斎主

see styles
 saishu
    さいしゅ
master of religious ceremonies

斎行

see styles
 saigyou / saigyo
    さいぎょう
(noun/participle) carrying out (a religious festival or ceremony); (personal name) Saigyou

施護


施护

see styles
shī hù
    shi1 hu4
shih hu
 Sego
Dānapāla, a native of Udyāna who translated into Chinese some 111 works and in A. D. 982 received the title of Great Master and brilliant expositor of the faith.

明信

see styles
míng xìn
    ming2 xin4
ming hsin
 meishin / meshin
    めいしん
(given name) Meishin
clear faith

春社

see styles
 shunsha
    しゅんしゃ
(See 社日,戊・つちのえ) spring "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests)

會士


会士

see styles
huì shì
    hui4 shi4
hui shih
member of religious order; penitent; frater; translation of French agregé (holder of teaching certificate)

會眾


会众

see styles
huì zhòng
    hui4 zhong4
hui chung
audience; participants; congregation (of religious sect)

會社


会社

see styles
huì shè
    hui4 she4
hui she
a guild; (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild; the Japanese word for company
See: 会社

有信

see styles
yǒu xìn
    you3 xin4
yu hsin
 yuushin / yushin
    ゆうしん
(given name) Yūshin
having faith

末願


末愿

see styles
mò yuàn
    mo4 yuan4
mo yüan
final vows (in a religious order or congregation of the Catholic Church)

本覺


本觉

see styles
běn jué
    ben3 jue2
pen chüeh
 hongaku
Original bodhi, i. e. 'enlightenment', awareness, knowledge, or wisdom, as contrasted with 始覺 initial knowledge, that is 'enlightenment a priori is contrasted with enlightenment a posteriori'. Suzuki, Awakening of Faith, P. 62. The reference is to universal mind 衆生之心體, which is conceived as pure and intelligent, with 始覺 as active intelligence. It is considered as the Buddha-dharmakāya, or as it might perhaps be termed, the fundamental mind. Nevertheless in action from the first it was influenced by its antithesis 無明 ignorance, the opposite of awareness, or true knowledge. See 起信論 and 仁王經,中. There are two kinds of 本覺, one which is unconditioned, and never sullied by ignorance and delusion, the other which is conditioned and subject to ignorance. In original enlightenment is implied potential enlightenment in each being.

東学

see styles
 tougaku / togaku
    とうがく
Tonghak (19th century Korean religious movement); (surname) Tōgaku

根機


根机

see styles
gēn jī
    gen1 ji1
ken chi
 konki
Motive power, fundamental ability, opportunity.

根闕


根阙

see styles
gēn què
    gen1 que4
ken ch`üeh
    ken chüeh
 konketsu
根缺 Defective in any organ of sense, e.g. blind or deaf.

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.

梵壇


梵坛

see styles
fàn tán
    fan4 tan2
fan t`an
    fan tan
 bondan
or 梵怛 brahmadaṇda, brahma-staff 梵杖, the brahma (i.e. religious) punishment (stick), but the derivation is uncertain; the explanation is "to send to Coventry" a recalcitrant monk, the forbidding of any conversation with him, called also 默擯 exclusion to silence.

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.

梵衆


梵众

see styles
fàn zhòng
    fan4 zhong4
fan chung
 bonshu
Monks, so called because of their religious practices.

業相


业相

see styles
yè xiàng
    ye4 xiang4
yeh hsiang
 gōsō
Action, activity, the karmic, the condition of karmic action. The first of the three 相 of the Awakening of Faith, when mental activity is stirred to action by unenlightenment.

業識


业识

see styles
yè shì
    ye4 shi4
yeh shih
 gōshiki
"Activity-consciousness in the sense that through the agency of ignorance an unenlightened mind begins to be disturbed (or awakened)." Suzuki's Awakening of Faith, 76.

檀信

see styles
tán xìn
    tan2 xin4
t`an hsin
    tan hsin
 danshin
The faith of an almsgiver; almsgiving and faith.

正信

see styles
zhèng xìn
    zheng4 xin4
cheng hsin
 masanobu
    まさのぶ
(surname, given name) Masanobu
correct faith

歸信


归信

see styles
guī xìn
    gui1 xin4
kuei hsin
 kishin
relying on faith

比丘

see styles
bǐ qiū
    bi3 qiu1
pi ch`iu
    pi chiu
 biku
    びく
Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu")
bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk) (san: bhiksu)
比呼; 苾芻; 煏芻 bhikṣu, a religious mendicant, an almsman, one who has left home, been fully ordained, and depends on alms for a living. Some are styled 乞士 mendicant scholars, all are 釋種 Śākya-seed, offspring of Buddha. The Chinese characters are clearly used as a phonetic equivalent, but many attempts have been made to give meanings to the two words, e. g. 比 as 破 and 丘 as 煩惱, hence one who destroys the passions and delusions, also 悕能 able to overawe Māra and his minions; also 除饉 to get rid of dearth, moral and spiritual. Two kinds 内乞 and 外乞; both indicate self-control, the first by internal mental or spiritual methods, the second by externals such as strict diet. 苾芻 is a fragrant plant, emblem of the monastic life.

沓婆

see styles
tà pó
    ta4 po2
t`a p`o
    ta po
 Tōba
沓婆摩羅 Dravya Mallaputra, an arhat who was converted to the Mahāyāna faith.

沙彌


沙弥

see styles
shā mí
    sha1 mi2
sha mi
 shami
novice Buddhist monk
śrāmaṇera, 室羅摩拏洛迦; 室末那伊洛迦; 室羅摩尼羅 The male religious novice, who has taken vows to obey the ten commandments. The term is explained by 息惡行慈 one who ceases from evil and does works of mercy, or lives altruistically; 勤策男 a zealous man; 求寂 one who seeks rest; 求涅槃寂 one who seeks the peace of nirvāṇa. Three kinds are recognized according to age, i. e. 7 to 13 years old, old enough to 驅鳥 'drive away crows'; 14 to 19, called 應法 able to respond to or follow the doctrine; 20 to 70.

法事

see styles
fǎ shì
    fa3 shi4
fa shih
 houji / hoji
    ほうじ
religious ceremony; ritual
Buddhist memorial service; (place-name) Houji
佛事 Religious affairs, e. g. assemblies and services; discipline and ritual.

法場


法场

see styles
fǎ chǎng
    fa3 chang3
fa ch`ang
    fa chang
 nori no niwa
execution ground
Any place set aside for religious practices, or purposes; also 道場.

法座

see styles
fǎ zuò
    fa3 zuo4
fa tso
 houza / hoza
    ほうざ
(1) dharma seat (seat from which one gives Buddhist sermons); (2) Buddhist religious service
Dharma-seat

法悦

see styles
 houetsu / hoetsu
    ほうえつ
(1) religious ecstasy; religious exultation; (2) ecstasy; rapture

法愛


法爱

see styles
fǎ ài
    fa3 ai4
fa ai
 noa
    のあ
(female given name) Noa
Religious love in contrast with 欲愛 ordinary love; Dharma-love may be Hīnayāna desire for nirvāṇa; or bodhisattva attachment to illusory things, both of which are to be eradicated; or Tathāgata-love, which goes out to all beings for salvation.

法會


法会

see styles
fǎ huì
    fa3 hui4
fa hui
 hōe
(Buddhist) religious assembly
An assembly for worship or preaching.

法樂


法乐

see styles
fǎ lè
    fa3 le4
fa le
 hōraku
Religious joy, in contrast with the joy of common desire; that of hearing the dharma, worshipping Buddha, laying up merit, making offerings, repeating sūtras, etc.

法統


法统

see styles
fǎ tǒng
    fa3 tong3
fa t`ung
    fa tung
 houtou / hoto
    ほうとう
{Buddh} religious tradition
lineage of the transmission of the precepts

法衣

see styles
fǎ yī
    fa3 yi1
fa i
 houi; houe / hoi; hoe
    ほうい; ほうえ
robe of a Buddhist priest; ceremonial garment of a Daoist priest; robe of a judge, nun, priest etc; cassock; vestment
(noun - becomes adjective with の) vestment; priest's robe
The religious dress, general name of monastic garments.

法誓

see styles
fǎ shì
    fa3 shi4
fa shih
 hōsei
A religious vow.

法語


法语

see styles
fǎ yǔ
    fa3 yu3
fa yü
 hougo / hogo
    ほうご
French (language)
Buddhist sermon
Dharma-words, religious discourses.

法難

see styles
 hounan / honan
    ほうなん
religious persecution

流失

see styles
liú shī
    liu2 shi1
liu shih
 ryuushitsu / ryushitsu
    りゅうしつ
(of soil etc) to wash away; to be eroded; (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere; to fail to be retained
(n,vs,vi) being washed away

淨信


净信

see styles
jìng xìn
    jing4 xin4
ching hsin
 jōshin
Pure faith.

深信

see styles
shēn xìn
    shen1 xin4
shen hsin
 jinshin
to believe firmly
Deep faith.

潔斎

see styles
 kessai
    けっさい
(n,vs,vi) religious abstinence; purification

灯し

see styles
 akashi
    あかし
light (esp. as a religious offering); lamp

無信


无信

see styles
wú xìn
    wu2 xin4
wu hsin
 mushin
    むしん
(noun or adjectival noun) irreligion; atheism
no faith

無表


无表

see styles
wú biǎo
    wu2 biao3
wu piao
 muhyō
avijñapti. Unconscious, latent, not expressed, subjective, e.g. 'the taking of a religious vow impresses on a man's character a peculiar bent,' Keith. This is internal and not visible to others. It has a 'quasi-material' basis styled 無表色 or 無作色 which has power to resist evil. It is the Sarvāstivādin view, though certain other schools repudiated the material basis and defined it as mental. This invisible power may be both for good and evil, and may perhaps be compared to 'animal magnetism' or hypnotic powers. It means occult: power whether for higher spiritual ends or for base purposes.

燒紙


烧纸

see styles
shāo zhǐ
    shao1 zhi3
shao chih
to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)

燔祭

see styles
 hansai
    はんさい
burnt offering (i.e. religious animal sacrifice)

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).

玄秘

see styles
xuán mì
    xuan2 mi4
hsüan mi
mystery; mysterious; occult; abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious)

現相


现相

see styles
xiàn xiàng
    xian4 xiang4
hsien hsiang
 gensō
Manifest forms, i.e. the external or phenomenal world, the 境界相, one of the三細 q.v. of the 起信論 Awakening of Faith.

盲目

see styles
máng mù
    mang2 mu4
mang mu
 moumoku / momoku
    もうもく
(fig.) (of one's actions) blind; unthinking
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) blindness; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (sensitive word) blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless

相大

see styles
xiāng dà
    xiang1 da4
hsiang ta
 sōdai
The greatness of the potentialities, or attributes of the Tathāgata; v. the Awakening of Faith 起信論.

真詮


真诠

see styles
zhēn quán
    zhen1 quan2
chen ch`üan
    chen chüan
to explain truly (esp. of classic or religious text); true commentary; correct exegesis

破戒

see styles
pò jiè
    po4 jie4
p`o chieh
    po chieh
 hakai
    はかい
to violate a religious precept; to smoke or drink after giving up
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
To break the commandments.

社戲


社戏

see styles
shè xì
    she4 xi4
she hsi
theatrical performance (e.g. on religious festival)

社日

see styles
 shanichi
    しゃにち
(See 戊) "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests); (place-name) Shanichi

祖師


祖师

see styles
zǔ shī
    zu3 shi1
tsu shih
 soshi
    そし
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
founder of a sect; (surname) Soshi
A first teacher, or leader, founder of a school or sect; it has particular reference to Bodhidharma.

神器

see styles
shén qì
    shen2 qi4
shen ch`i
    shen chi
 jingi; shinki; shingi(ok)
    じんぎ; しんき; しんぎ(ok)
magical object; object symbolic of imperial power; fine weapon; very useful tool
(1) (See 三種の神器・1) sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); (2) implement used in religious ceremonies

神闇


神暗

see styles
shé nàn
    she2 nan4
she nan
 jinan
The darkened mind without faith.

祠祀

see styles
cí sì
    ci2 si4
tz`u ssu
    tzu ssu
 shishi
religious ritual

祭典

see styles
jì diǎn
    ji4 dian3
chi tien
 matsuri
    まつり
sacrificial ceremony; religious festival
festival; (female given name) Matsuri

祭礼

see styles
 sairei / saire
    さいれい
(religious) festival

祭祀

see styles
jì sì
    ji4 si4
chi ssu
 saishi
    さいし
to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
(noun, transitive verb) ritual; religious service; festival
[non-Buddhist] festivals

祭禮


祭礼

see styles
jì lǐ
    ji4 li3
chi li
 sairei / saire
    さいれい
sacrificial offerings; worship; religious rite
(out-dated kanji) (religious) festival

禮拜


礼拜

see styles
lǐ bài
    li3 bai4
li pai
 raihai
to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday
vandana; or, when invoking the name of the object of worship, namas-kāra; to worship, pay reverence.

立教

see styles
lì jiào
    li4 jiao4
li chiao
 rikkyou / rikkyo
    りっきょう
establishment (of religious teachings); formulation; (surname) Rikkyō
To establish a 'school', sect, or church.

符咒

see styles
fú zhòu
    fu2 zhou4
fu chou
 fuju
charm; amulet (religious object conferring blessing)
spell

節忌

see styles
 sechimi
    せちみ
(n,vs-c) (archaism) (See 精進潔斎) religious purification on fast days by abstaining from meat; day for abstention from eating meat and devotion

精誠


精诚

see styles
jīng chéng
    jing1 cheng2
ching ch`eng
    ching cheng
sincerity; absolute good faith

終教


终教

see styles
zhōng jiào
    zhong1 jiao4
chung chiao
 jūkyō
The 'final teaching', i.e. the third in the category of the Huayan School, cf. 五教 the final metaphysical concepts of Mahāyāna, as presented in the Laṅkāvatāra sūtra, Awakening of Faith, etc.

結界


结界

see styles
jié jiè
    jie2 jie4
chieh chieh
 kekkai
    けっかい
(Buddhism) to designate the boundaries of a sacred place within which monks are to be trained; a place so designated; (fantasy fiction) force field; invisible barrier (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 結界 "kekkai")
(1) {Buddh} (fixing) boundaries for religious practices; (2) {Buddh} prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); (3) {Buddh} fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (4) (archaism) (See 帳場格子) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; (5) (colloquialism) (esp. in games, manga, etc.) barrier; dimensional barrier; containment zone; containment barrier; mystical barrier
A fixed place, or territory; a definite area; to fix a place for a monastery, or an altar; a determined number, e.g. for an assembly of monks; a limit. It is a term specially used by the esoteric sects for an altar and its area, altars being of five different shapes.

結社


结社

see styles
jié shè
    jie2 she4
chieh she
 kessha
    けっしゃ
to form an association
association; society
community dedicated to a common goal in religious practice

經籍


经籍

see styles
jīng jí
    jing1 ji2
ching chi
 keiseki
religious text
a scriptural text

練行


练行

see styles
liàn xíng
    lian4 xing2
lien hsing
 rengyō
Religious training or discipline.

置く

see styles
 oku
    おく
(transitive verb) (1) to put; to place; (transitive verb) (2) to leave (behind); (transitive verb) (3) to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; (transitive verb) (4) to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; (transitive verb) (5) to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.); (transitive verb) (6) to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; (transitive verb) (7) to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; (transitive verb) (8) to separate spatially or temporally; (v5k,aux-v) (9) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb) to do something in advance; (v5k,aux-v) (10) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb) to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

義認

see styles
 ginin
    ぎにん
(noun/participle) justification (by faith)

羯磨

see styles
jié mó
    jie2 mo2
chieh mo
 katsuma
    かつま
karma (loanword)
{Buddh} (read as かつま in the Tendai sect, etc.; as こんま in Shingon, Ritsu, etc.) (See 業・ごう・1) karma; (surname) Katsuma
karma; action, work, deed, performance, service, 'duty'; religious action, moral duty; especially a meeting of the monks for the purpose of ordination, or for the confession of sins and absolution, or for expulsion of the unrepentant. There are numerous kinds of karma, or assemblies for such business, ordinarily requiring the presence of four monks, but others five, ten, or twenty. Cf. 業 for definition of karma, deeds or character as the cause of future conditions; also 五蘊 for karma as the fourth skandha.

聖画

see styles
 seiga / sega
    せいが
religious painting; sacred painting

背信

see styles
bèi xìn
    bei4 xin4
pei hsin
 haishin
    はいしん
to break faith
(n,vs,adj-no) betrayal; infidelity

胎生

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tāi shēng
    tai1 sheng1
t`ai sheng
    tai sheng
 taisei / taise
    たいせい
viviparity; zoogony
(1) viviparity; (can be adjective with の) (2) viviparous; zoogonous; live-bearing
Uterine birth, womb-born. Before the differentiation of the sexes birth is supposed to have been by transformation. The term is also applied to beings enclosed in unopened lotuses in paradise, who have not had faith in Amitābha but trusted to their own strength to attain salvation; there they remain for proportionate periods, happy, but without the presence of the Buddha, or Bodhisattvas, or the sacred host, and do not hear their teaching. The condition is known as 胎宮, the womb-palace.

脱教

see styles
 dakkyou / dakkyo
    だっきょう
(noun/participle) (rare) renouncing one's faith

自他

see styles
zì tā
    zi4 ta1
tzu t`a
    tzu ta
 jita
    じた
(1) oneself and others; (2) {phil} subject and object; (3) {gramm} (See 自動詞,他動詞) transitivity; transitive verbs and intransitive verbs; (4) (rare) {gramm} (See 自称・3,他称) first person and third person; (5) {Buddh} (See 自力・2,他力・2) self-salvation and salvation by faith
self and other

自宗

see styles
zì zōng
    zi4 zong1
tzu tsung
 jishuu / jishu
    じしゅう
one's religious sect
one's own position, thesis

苦行

see styles
kǔ xíng
    ku3 xing2
k`u hsing
    ku hsing
 kugyou / kugyo
    くぎょう
ascetic practice
(n,vs,vi) (1) penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism; (n,vs,vi) (2) difficult work; strenuous task
duṣkara-caryā, undergoing difficulties, hardships, or sufferings; also tapas, burning, torment; hence asceticism, religious austerity, mortification.

苾芻


苾刍

see styles
bì chú
    bi4 chu2
pi ch`u
    pi chu
 hisshu
煏芻; 比丘 q. v. bhikṣu, a beggar, religious mendicant; a Buddhist monk.

蓮理


莲理

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

行信

see styles
xíng xìn
    xing2 xin4
hsing hsin
 yukinobu
    ゆきのぶ
(p,s,g) Yukinobu
Act and faith, doing and believing, acting out one's belief.

行水

see styles
 gyouzui / gyozui
    ぎょうずい
(n,vs,vi) (1) tub bath; washing oneself in a tub; taking a bath in a washtub; (n,vs,vi) (2) cleaning oneself for religious purification; ablution

行證


行证

see styles
xíng zhèng
    xing2 zheng4
hsing cheng
 gyōshō
Action and proof; knowledge or assurance derived from doing; practice of religious discipline and the resulting enlightenment.

見相


见相

see styles
jiàn xiàng
    jian4 xiang4
chien hsiang
 kensō
The state or condition of visibility, which according to the 起信論 Awakening of Faith arises from motion, hence is also called 轉相.

解信

see styles
jiě xìn
    jie3 xin4
chieh hsin
 geshin
faith through understanding

証し

see styles
 shirushi
    しるし
    akashi
    あかし
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) mark; sign; (2) symbol; emblem; (3) badge; crest; flag; (4) evidence; proof; (5) (kana only) token (of gratitude, affection, etc.); (1) proof (e.g. of love, of innocence); evidence; testimony; vindication (of innocence); (noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru) (2) to testify (usu. Christian religious context)

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