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伊蘭


伊兰

see styles
yī lán
    yi1 lan2
i lan
 iran
    いらん

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Ilhan
(kana only) castor oil plant (Ricinus communis); (f,p) Iran
airāvaṇa, erāvaṇa, 伊羅 and other forms, v. supra; name of a tree with beautiful flowers of nauseous scent which spreads its odour for 40 li; typifying 煩惱 the passions and delusions.

佛光

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fó guāng
    fo2 guang1
fo kuang
 bukkō

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The Aura of Buddha
Buddha's teachings; aura (around the head of Buddha)
The light of Buddha, spiritual enlightenment; halo, glory.

佛境

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fó jìng
    fo2 jing4
fo ching
 bukkyō

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The Buddha Realm / Buddhahood
The (spiritual) region of Buddhas.

佛心

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fó xīn
    fo2 xin1
fo hsin
 busshin

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Buddha Heart / Mind of Buddha
Buddha-like heart (full of compassion); spirit of Buddha (awakened to reality and no longer clinging to appearances)
The mind of Buddha, the spiritually enlightened heart. A heart of mercy; a heart abiding in the real, not the seeming; detached from good and evil and other such contrasts.

佛法

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fó fǎ
    fo2 fa3
fo fa
 buppō

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Dharma / Buddhist Doctrine
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha); Buddhist doctrine
buddhadharma; the Dharma or Law preached by the Buddha, the principles underlying these teachings, the truth attained by him, its embodiment in his being. Buddhism.

佛眼

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fó yǎn
    fo2 yan3
fo yen
 butsugen

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The Eye of the Buddha
The eye of Buddha, the enlightened one who sees all and is omniscient.

佛道

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fó dào
    fo2 dao4
fo tao
 butsudō

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Buddha Way
The way of Buddha, leading to Buddhahood; intp. as bodhi, enlightenment, gnosis.

來世


来世

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lái shì
    lai2 shi4
lai shih
 raise

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Eternal Life / Future Life
afterlife; next life
Future world, or rebirth.

供養


供养

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gòng yǎng
    gong4 yang3
kung yang
 kuyou / kuyo
    くよう

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Offering / Puja
to make offerings to (gods or ancestors); Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4]
(noun, transitive verb) memorial service for the dead; holding a service
To make offerings of whatever nourishes, e. g. food, goods, incense, lamps, scriptures, the doctrine, etc., any offering for body or mind.

信德

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xìn dé
    xin4 de2
hsin te
 shintoku

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Faith
The merit of the believing heart; the power of faith.

僧伽

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sēng qié
    seng1 qie2
seng ch`ieh
    seng chieh
 sougya / sogya
    そうぎゃ

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Sangha
(Buddhism) sangha; the monastic community; monk
sangha (the Buddhist community) (san: samgha)
(Skt. saṃgha)

僧侶


僧侣

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sēng lǚ
    seng1 lu:3
seng lü
 souryo / soryo
    そうりょ

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Buddhist Monk
monk
{Buddh} priest; monk; bonze
Monastic companions, or company.

兄弟

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xiōng dì
    xiong1 di4
hsiung ti
 kyoudai(p); keitei / kyodai(p); kete
    きょうだい(P); けいてい

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Brothers
brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
(1) (See ご兄弟) siblings; brothers and sisters; (2) brothers; (3) siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; sisters-in-law; (4) (familiar language) (masculine speech) mate; friend; (personal name) Kyōdai
Elder and younger brothers; brother, brethren, i. e. members of the fraternity.

克勒

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kè lè
    ke4 le4
k`o le
    ko le

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Cole
Keller or Köhler (name); Horst Köhler (1943-), German economist and CDU politician, head of the IMF 2000-2004, president of Germany 2004-2010

入定

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rù dìng
    ru4 ding4
ju ting
 nyuujou / nyujo
    にゅうじょう

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Zen Contemplation
(Buddhism) to enter a meditative state
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} (ant: 出定) entering a state of intense concentration; (n,vs,vi) (2) death (of a high-ranking priest); (place-name) Nyūjō
To enter into meditation by tranquillizing the body, mouth (i.e. lips), and mind, 身口意.

八仙

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bā xiān
    ba1 xian1
pa hsien
 hassen
    はっせん

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Eight Immortals
the Eight Immortals (Daoist mythology)
(given name) Hassen

八卦

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bā guà
    ba1 gua4
pa kua
 hatsuke
    はつけ

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Ba Gua
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip; gossipy
(1) eight trigrams; divination signs; (2) divination; fortune-telling; (place-name) Hatsuke
eight trigrams

八月

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bā yuè
    ba1 yue4
pa yüeh
 yatsuki
    やつき

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August
August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
(adverbial noun) August; (female given name) Yatsuki
eighth month

公案

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gōng àn
    gong1 an4
kung an
 kouan / koan
    こうあん

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Koan
judge's desk; complex legal case; contentious issue; koan (Zen Buddhism)
{Buddh} koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping)
J. kōan; 因緣 A dossier, or case-record; a cause; public laws, regulations; case-law. Problems set by Zen masters, upon which thought is concentrated as a means to attain inner unity and illumination.

六月

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liù yuè
    liu4 yue4
liu yüeh
 rokugatsu
    ろくがつ

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June
June; sixth month (of the lunar year)
(adverbial noun) June; (place-name) Rokugatsu

内内

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 nainai
    ないない
    uchiuchi
    うちうち
(adj-no,adv,n) family circle; the inside; private; informal; secret; confidential

冥福

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míng fú
    ming2 fu2
ming fu
 meifuku
    めいふく

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Happiness in the Afterlife
afterlife happiness
happiness in the next world
The happiness of the dead.

初心

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chū xīn
    chu1 xin1
ch`u hsin
    chu hsin
 ubu
    うぶ

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Mind of the Beginner
(one's) original intention, aspiration etc; (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)
(1) one's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; (n,adj-no,adj-na) (2) inexperience; naivety; greenness; (female given name) Ubu
The initial resolve or mind of the novice.

初段

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 shodan
    しょだん

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Sho-Dan
first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan

劉備


刘备

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liú bèi
    liu2 bei4
liu pei
 ryuubi / ryubi
    りゅうび

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Liu Bei
Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
(person) Liu Bei (161-223)

力士

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lì shì
    li4 shi4
li shih
 rikishi
    りきし

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Sumo Wrestler
strong man; sumo wrestler
(1) {sumo} sumo wrestler; rikishi; (2) strong man; (3) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 金剛力士) Deva king; (surname) Rikishi
力者 vīra. A strong or mighty man, hero, demigod. Used for the Licchavi, also 離車; 梨車 (or 黎車); 栗呫媻. The terms 力士城 and 力士生地 are defined as Kuśinagara.

勤求

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qín qiú
    qin2 qiu2
ch`in ch`iu
    chin chiu
 gongu
    ごんぐ

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Buddha Seeking
inquiring the Buddha way
To seek diligently (after the good).

化身

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huà shēn
    hua4 shen1
hua shen
 keshin
    けしん

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Avatar
incarnation; reincarnation; embodiment (of abstract idea); personification
(n,vs,adj-no) {Buddh} incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
nirmāṇakāya, 應身, 應化身; 變化身 The third characteristic or power of the trikāya 三身, a Buddha's metamorphosic body, which has power to assume any shape to propagate the Truth. Some interpret the term as connoting pan-Buddha, that all nature in its infinite variety is the phenomenal 佛身 Buddha-body. A narrower interpretation is his appearance in human form expressed by 應身, while 化身 is used for his manifold other forms of appearances.

北京

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běi jīng
    bei3 jing1
pei ching
 pekin
    ペキン

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Beijing
Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1])
Beijing (China); Peking; (place-name) Beijing (China); Peking

医道

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 idou / ido
    いどう
the art of medicine

十戒

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shí jiè
    shi2 jie4
shih chieh
 jukkai
    じゅっかい

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Ten Commandments
the ten commandments (religion)
(1) (Buddhist term) the 10 precepts; (2) Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog; (surname) Jukkai
Śikṣāpada. The ten prohibitions (in Pāli form) consist of five commandments for the layman: (1) not to destroy life 不殺生 pāṇātipātāveramaṇi; (2) not to steal 不倫盜 adinnādānāver; (3) not to commit adultery 不婬慾 abrahmacaryaver.; (4) not to lie 不妄語musāvādāver.; (5) not to take intoxicating liquor 不飮酒 suramereyya-majjapamādaṭṭhānāver. Eight special commandments for laymen consist of the preceding five plus: (6) not to eat food out of regulated hours 不非時食 vikāla-bhojanāver.; (7) not to use garlands or perfumes 不著華鬘好香塗身 mālā- gandha-vilepana-dhāraṇa-maṇḍana-vibhūṣanaṭṭhānā; (8) not to sleep on high or broad beds (chastity) 不坐高廣大牀 uccāsayanā-mahāsayanā. The ten commandments for the monk are the preceding eight plus: (9) not to take part in singing, dancing, musical or theatrical performances, not to see or listen to such 不歌舞倡伎不往觀聽 nacca-gīta-vādita-visūkadassanāver.; (10) to refrain from acquiring uncoined or coined gold, or silver, or jewels 不得捉錢金銀寶物 jātarūpa-rajata-paṭīggahaṇāver. Under the Māhayāna these ten commands for the monk were changed, to accord with the new environment of the monk, to the following: not to kill, not to steal, to avoid all unchastity, not to lie, not to slander, not to insult, not to chatter, not to covet, not to give way to anger, to harbour no scepticism.

十月

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shí yuè
    shi2 yue4
shih yüeh
 totsuki
    とつき

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October
October; tenth month (of the lunar year)
(adverbial noun) October; (female given name) Totsuki

十法

see styles
shí fǎ
    shi2 fa3
shih fa
 jippō

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Ten perfect Mahayana rules
The ten 成就 perfect or perfecting Mahāyāna rules; i.e. in (1) right belief; (2) conduct; (3) spirit; (4) the joy of the bodhi mind; (5) joy in the dharma; (6) joy in meditation in it; (7) pursuing the correct dharma; (8) obedience to, or accordance with it; (9) departing from pride, etc.; (10) comprehending the inner teaching of Buddha and taking no pleasure in that of the śrāvaka and pratyeka-buddha order.

南京

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nán jīng
    nan2 jing1
nan ching
 nankin
    なんきん

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Nanjing
see 南京市[Nan2jing1 Shi4]; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949)
(1) Nanjing (China); Nanking; (2) (ksb:) (See カボチャ) pumpkin; squash; (prefix noun) (3) Chinese; Southeast Asian; foreign; (prefix noun) (4) rare; precious; cute; (place-name) Nanking (China); Nanjing

印度

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yìn dù
    yin4 du4
yin tu
 indo
    いんど

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India
India
(ateji / phonetic) (kana only) India; (place-name) India
印特伽; 身毒; 賢豆; 天竺 Indu (meaning 'moon' in Sanskrit), Hindu, Sindhu; see also 信度 and 閻浮 India in general. In the Tang dynasty its territory is described as extending over 90, 000 li in circuit, being bounded on three sides by the sea; north it rested on the Snow mountains 雪山, i. e. Himālayas; wide at the north, narrowing to the south, shaped like a half-moon; it contained over seventy kingdoms, was extremely hot, well watered and damp; from the centre eastwards to 震旦 China was 58, 000 li; and the same distance southwards to 金地國, westwards to 阿拘遮國, and northwards to 小香山阿耨達.

参禅

see styles
 sanzen
    さんぜん
(n,vs,vi) Zen meditation; meditative consultation with the head abbot

參悟


参悟

see styles
cān wù
    can1 wu4
ts`an wu
    tsan wu

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Truth Flashed Through The Mind
to comprehend (the nature of things etc); to achieve enlightenment

古道

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gǔ dào
    gu3 dao4
ku tao
 furumichi
    ふるみち

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The Old Way / Old School
ancient road; precepts of the antiquity
(1) old road; ancient road; (2) (こどう only) ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning; (place-name, surname) Furumichi

叩頭


叩头

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kòu tóu
    kou4 tou2
k`ou t`ou
    kou tou
 koutou / koto
    こうとう

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Kowtow - The deepest bow
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
(n,vs,vi) kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)

合十

see styles
hé shí
    he2 shi2
ho shih
 gōjū

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Namaste - Greeting
to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting)
合爪; 合掌 To bring the ten fingers or two palms together; a monk's salutation.

合掌

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hé zhǎng
    he2 zhang3
ho chang
 gasshou / gassho
    がっしょう

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Gassho
to clasp hands; to put one's palms together (in prayer)
(n,vs,vi) (1) pressing one's hands together in prayer; (2) triangular frame of a thatched roof; (expression) (3) (at the end of Buddhist correspondence) (See 敬具) yours sincerely; yours truly; sincerely yours; (surname) Gasshou
the gesture of joining one's palms and putting them to the breast as an expression of reverence

君子

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jun zǐ
    jun1 zi3
chün tzu
 kunshi
    くんし

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Nobleman
nobleman; person of noble character
(1) man of virtue; wise man; (true) gentleman; (2) person of high rank; (3) (See 四君子) the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo); (female given name) Kunshi
superior man

啟蒙


启蒙

see styles
qǐ méng
    qi3 meng2
ch`i meng
    chi meng

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Enlightenment
to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty

四大

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sì dà
    si4 da4
ssu ta
 shidai
    しだい

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Shidai / Sida / Mahabhuta
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
(1) {Buddh} the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); (2) the human body; (3) Tao, heaven, earth and king
mahābhūta, 四界; 四大界. The four elements of which all things are made; or the four realms; i. e. earth, water, fire, and wind (or air); they represent 堅, 濕, 煖, and 動 solid, liquid, heat, and motion; motion produces and maintains life. As 實 active or formative forces they are styled 四界 (四大界) ; as 假 passive or material objects they are 四大; but the 成實論 Satyasiddhi śāstra disputes the 實 and recognizes only the 假.

四季

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sì jì
    si4 ji4
ssu chi
 yomogi
    よもぎ

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The Four Seasons
four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
the four seasons; (female given name) Yomogi

四月

see styles
sì yuè
    si4 yue4
ssu yüeh
 watanuki
    わたぬき

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April
April; fourth month (of the lunar year)
four months; (personal name) Watanuki
Āṣāḍha, the fourth month.

四田

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sì tián
    si4 tian2
ssu t`ien
    ssu tien
 yotsuda
    よつだ

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Yotsuda / Shida
(surname) Yotsuda
The four fields for cultivating happiness — animals; the poor; parents, etc.; the religion.

四諦


四谛

see styles
sì dì
    si4 di4
ssu ti
 shitai
    したい

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Four Noble Truths (Buddhism)
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]
{Buddh} (See 苦集滅道) The Four Noble Truths
catvāri-ārya-satyāni; 四聖諦; 四眞諦. The four dogmas, or noble truths, the primary and fundamental doctrines of Śākyamuni, said to approximate to the form of medical diagnosis. They are pain or 'suffering, its cause, its ending, the way thereto; that existence is suffering, that human passion (taṇhā, 欲 desire) is the cause of continued suffering, that by the destruction of human passion existence may be brought to an end; that by a life of holiness the destruction of human passion may be attained'. Childers. The four are 苦, 聚 (or 集), 滅, and 道諦, i. e. duḥkha 豆佉, samudaya 三牟提耶, nirodha 尼棲陀, and mārga 末加. Eitel interprets them (1) 'that 'misery' is a necessary attribute of sentient existence'; (2) that 'the 'accumulation' of misery is caused by the passions'; (3) that 'the 'extinction' of passion is possible; (4) mārga is 'the doctrine of the 'path' that leads to the extinction of passion'. (1) 苦 suffering is the lot of the 六趣 six states of existence; (2) 集 is the aggregation (or exacerbation) of suffering by reason of the passions; (3) 滅 is nirvana, the extinction of desire and its consequences, and the leaving of the sufferings of mortality as void and extinct; (4) 道 is the way of such extinction, i. e. the 八正道 eightfold correct way. The first two are considered to be related to this life, the last two to 出世間 a life outside or apart from the world. The four are described as the fundamental doctrines first preached to his five former ascetic companions. Those who accepted these truths were in the stage of śrāvaka. There is much dispute as to the meaning of 滅 'extinction' as to whether it means extinction of suffering, of passion, or of existence. The Nirvana Sutra 18 says that whoever accepts the four dogmas will put an end to births and deaths 若能見四諦則得斷生死 which does not of necessity mean the termination of existence but that of continued transmigration. v. 滅.

因緣


因缘

see styles
yīn yuán
    yin1 yuan2
yin yüan
 innen

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Fate / Opportunity / Chance
chance; opportunity; predestined relationship; (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes; chain of cause and effect
hetupratyaya. Cause; causes; 因 hetu, is primary cause, 緣 pratyaya, secondary cause, or causes, e. g. a seed is 因, rain, dew, farmer, etc., are 緣. The 十二因緣 twelve nidānas or links are 'the concatenation of cause and effect in the whole range of existence'.

圍棋


围棋

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wéi qí
    wei2 qi2
wei ch`i
    wei chi

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The Game of Weiqi / Weichi / Go
the game of Go

圓光


圆光

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yuán guāng
    yuan2 guang1
yüan kuang
 enkou / enko
    えんこう

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Halo
radiance emanating from the head; halo
(surname) Enkou
The halo surrounding the head of a Buddha, etc.

土星

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tǔ xīng
    tu3 xing1
t`u hsing
    tu hsing
 dosei / dose
    どせい

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Saturn
Saturn (planet)
{astron} Saturn (planet)
賒乃以室折羅 Śanaiścara. Saturn. Śani, the Hindu ruler of the planet, was "identified with the planet itself ".[Eitel.]

土龍

see styles
 doryuu / doryu
    どりゅう

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Earth Dragon
(out-dated kanji) (gikun reading) (kana only) mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii); (out-dated kanji) (gikun reading) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii); (out-dated kanji) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii); (given name) Doryū

地方

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dì fang
    di4 fang5
ti fang
 chikata
    ちかた

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Jikata
area; place; space; room; territory; CL:處|处[chu4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4]
(1) district; region; area; locality; (2) (See 中央・2) the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area; (3) (obsolete) (Imperial Japanese Army jargon) civilian society; (surname) Chikata

地獄


地狱

see styles
dì yù
    di4 yu4
ti yü
 jigoku
    じごく

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Hell
hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka
(1) {Buddh} hell realm; Naraka; (2) {Christn} Hell; (3) hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; (4) place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam; (place-name) Jigoku
naraka, 捺落迦 (or 那落迦) ; niraya 泥犂; explained by 不樂 joyless; 可厭 disgusting, hateful; 苦具, 苦器 means of suffering; if 地獄 earth-prison; 冥府 the shades, or departments of darkness. Earth-prison is generally intp. as hell or the hells; it may also be termed purgatory; one of the six gati or ways of transmigration. The hells are divided into three classes: I. Central, or radical, 根本地獄 consisting of (1) The eight hot hells. These were the original hells of primitive Buddhism, and are supposed to be located umder the southern continent Jambudvīpa 瞻部州, 500 yojanas below the surface. (a) 等活 or 更活 Saṃjīva, rebirth, where after many kinds of suffering a cold wind blows over the soul and returns it to this life as it was before, hence the name 等活. (b) 黑繩 Kaslasūtra, where the sufferer is bound with black chains and chopped or sawn asunder. (c) 線合; 衆合; 堆壓 Saṃghāta, where are multitudes of implements of torture, or the falling of mountains upon the sufferer. (d) 號呌; 呼呼; 叫喚 Raurava, hell of wailing. (e) 大呌; 大號呌; 大呼 Mahāraurava, hell of great wailing. (f) 炎熱; 燒炙 Tapana, hell of fames and burning. (g) 大熱; 大燒炙; 大炎熱 Pratāpana, hell of molten lead. (h) 無間; 河鼻旨; 阿惟越致; 阿毗至; 阿鼻; 阿毗 Avīci, unintermitted suffering, where sinners die and are reborn to suffer without interval. (2) The eight cold hells 八寒地獄. (a) 頞浮陀地獄 Arbuda, where the cold causes blisters. (b) 尼刺部陀 Nirarbuda, colder still causing the blisters to burst. (c) 頞哳吒; 阿吒吒 Atata, where this is the only possible sound from frozen lips. (d) 臛臛婆; 阿波波 Hahava or Apapa, where it is so cold that only this sound can be uttered. (e) 虎虎婆 Hāhādhara or Huhuva, where only this sound can be uttered. (f) 嗢鉢羅; 鬱鉢羅 (or 優鉢羅) Utpala, or 尼羅鳥 (or 漚) 鉢羅 Nīlotpala, where the skin is frozen like blue lotus buds. (g) 鉢特摩 Padma, where the skin is frozen and bursts open like red lotus buds. (h) 摩訶鉢特摩 Mahāpadma, ditto like great red lotus buds. Somewhat different names are also given. Cf. 倶舍論 8; 智度論 16; 涅槃經 11. II. The secondary hells are called 近邊地獄 adjacent hells or 十六遊增 each of its four sides, opening from each such door are four adjacent hells, in all sixteen; thus with the original eight there are 136. A list of eighteen hells is given in the 十八泥梨經. III. A third class is called the 孤地獄 (獨地獄) Lokāntarika, or isolated hells in mountains, deserts, below the earth and above it. Eitel says in regard to the eight hot hells that they range 'one beneath the other in tiers which begin at a depth of 11,900 yojanas and reach to a depth of 40,000 yojanas'. The cold hells are under 'the two Tchahavālas and range shaft-like one below the other, but so that this shaft is gradually widening to the fourth hell and then narrowing itself again so that the first and last hell have the shortest, those in the centre the longest diameter'. 'Every universe has the same number of hells, ' but 'the northern continent has no hell whatever, the two continents east and west of Meru have only small Lokāntarika hells... whilst all the other hells are required for the inhabitants of the southern continent '. It may be noted that the purpose of these hells is definitely punitive, as well as purgatorial. Yama is the judge and ruler, assisted by eighteen officers and a host of demons, who order or administer the various degrees of torture. 'His sister performs the same duties with regard to female criminals, ' and it may be mentioned that the Chinese have added the 血盆池 Lake of the bloody bath, or 'placenta tank' for women who die in childbirth. Release from the hells is in the power of the monks by tantric means.

地球

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dì qiú
    di4 qiu2
ti ch`iu
    ti chiu
 hoshi
    ほし

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Earth
the earth
Earth; the globe; (female given name) Hoshi

埃森

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āi sēn
    ai1 sen1
ai sen

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Esem
Essen, city in the Ruhr 魯爾區|鲁尔区[Lu3 er3 Qu1], Germany

外向

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wài xiàng
    wai4 xiang4
wai hsiang
 gaikou / gaiko
    がいこう

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Outgoing / Extroverted
extroverted (personality); (economics etc) export-oriented
(noun - becomes adjective with の) extroversion
to face the outside

夜叉

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yè chā
    ye4 cha1
yeh ch`a
    yeh cha
 yasha
    やしゃ

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Yaksha
yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword); (fig.) ferocious-looking person
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors) (san: yaksa); (given name) Yasha
乞叉; 藥叉; 閱叉 yakṣa, (1) demons in the earth, or in the air, or in the lower heavens; they are malignant, and violent, and devourers (of human flesh). (2) The 八大將, the eight attendants of Kuvera, or Vaiśravaṇa, the god of wealth; those on earth bestow wealth, those in the empyrean houses and carriages, those in the lower heavens guard the moat and gates of the heavenly city. There is another set of sixteen. The names of all are given in 陀羅尼集經 3. See also 羅 for rakṣa and 吉 for kṛtya. yakṣa-kṛtya are credited with the powers of both yakṣa and kṛtya.

大君

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 ookimi
    おおきみ

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Great Lord / Tycoon
(1) (honorific or respectful language) monarch; (2) (hist) (used during the Edo period in communications with other countries) shogun (of the Tokugawa government); (place-name) Ookimi

大夢


大梦

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dà mèng
    da4 meng4
ta meng
 hiromu
    ひろむ

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Big Dream
(female given name) Hiromu
The great dream, "the dream of life," this life, the world.

大師


大师

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dà shī
    da4 shi1
ta shih
 daishi
    だいし

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Grand Master / Great Teacher
great master; master
(honorific or respectful language) {Buddh} great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi); (place-name) Daishi
Great teacher, or leader, one of the ten titles of a Buddha.

大智

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dà zhì
    da4 zhi4
ta chih
 hirotomo
    ひろとも

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Great Wisdom
supreme wisdom; sage; (personal name) Hirotomo
Mahāmati; cf. 大慧; Great Wisdom, Buddha-wisdom, omniscience; a title of Mañjuśrī, as the apotheosis of transcendental wisdom.

天上

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tiān shàng
    tian1 shang4
t`ien shang
    tien shang
 tenjou / tenjo
    てんじょう

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Heavenly / Celestial
the sky; the heavens
(1) the heavens; the skies; (2) {Buddh} (See 天路・あまじ・2) heaven; deva realm; (n,vs,vi) (3) ascending to heaven; death; (given name) Tenjō
The heavens above, i. e. the six devalokas 六欲天 of the region of desire and the rupalokas andarupalokas, i. e. 色 and 無色界.

天使

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tiān shǐ
    tian1 shi3
t`ien shih
    tien shih
 yukari
    ゆかり

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Angel / Messenger of Heaven
angel
(noun - becomes adjective with の) angel; (female given name) Yukari
Divine messengers, especially those of Yama; also his 三天使 three messengers, or lictors— old age, sickness, death; and his 五天使 or 五大使, i. e. the last three together with rebirth and prisons or punishments on earth.

天地

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tiān dì
    tian1 di4
t`ien ti
    tien ti
 amachi
    あまち

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Heaven and Earth
heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
(1) heaven and earth; the universe; the world; nature; (2) (てんち only) land; world; realm; sphere; (3) (てんち only) top and bottom; (4) (あめつち only) gods of heaven and earth; (surname) Amachi
heaven and earth

天意

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tiān yì
    tian1 yi4
t`ien i
    tien i
 teni
    てんい

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Destiny Determined by Heaven
providence; the Will of Heaven
divine will; providence

天狗

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tiān gǒu
    tian1 gou3
t`ien kou
    tien kou
 tengu
    てんぐ

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Tengu
(1) tengu; red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains; (2) (idiom) bragging; conceit; braggart; boaster; conceited person; (surname) Tengu
ulkā, 憂流迦the 'heavenly dog' i. e. a meteor. Also 'a star in Argo' according to Williams.

天皇

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tiān huáng
    tian1 huang2
t`ien huang
    tien huang
 tennou / tenno
    てんのう

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Emperor of Japan
Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2]; emperor; emperor of Japan
Emperor of Japan; (place-name) Tennou
Deva-king; the Tang monk 道悟 Daowu of the 天皇 Tianhuang monastery at 荊州 Jingzhou.

天空

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tiān kōng
    tian1 kong1
t`ien k`ung
    tien kung
 hirari
    ひらり

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Sky / Air / Ether / Space
sky
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens; (female given name) Hirari

天龍


天龙

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tiān lóng
    tian1 long2
t`ien lung
    tien lung
 tenryuu / tenryu
    てんりゅう

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Celestial Dragon / Tian Long
(place-name, surname) Tenryū
Devas, including Brahma, Indra, and the devas, together with the nāgas.

太極


太极

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tài jí
    tai4 ji2
t`ai chi
    tai chi
 taikyoku
    たいきょく

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Tai Chi / Tai Ji
the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space); (personal name) Taikyoku

夫人

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fū ren
    fu1 ren5
fu jen
 fujin(p); bunin(ok); hashikashi(ok)
    ふじん(P); ぶにん(ok); はしかし(ok)

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Fujin
lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]
(1) (ふじん, はしかし only) (honorific or respectful language) wife; Mrs; madam; (2) (ふじん only) (archaism) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (3) (ふじん, ぶにん only) (archaism) consort of the emperor
A wife; the wife of a king, i. e. a queen, devi.

如來


如来

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rú lái
    ru2 lai2
ju lai
 nyorai
    にょらい

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Tathagata
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
(out-dated kanji) Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
tathāgata, 多陀阿伽陀 q. v.; 怛他揭多 defined as he who comes as do all other Buddhas; or as he who took the 眞如 zhenru or absolute way of cause and effect, and attained to perfect wisdom; or as the absolute come; one of the highest titles of a Buddha. It is the Buddha in his nirmāṇakāya, i. e. his 'transformation' or corporeal manifestation descended on earth. The two kinds of Tathāgata are (1) 在纏 the Tathāgata in bonds, i. e. limited and subject to the delusions and sufferings of life, and (2) 出纏 unlimited and free from them. There are numerous sutras and śāstras bearing this title of 如來 rulai.

威利

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wēi lì
    wei1 li4
wei li

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Willy
Wylie (name); Turrell Wylie, originator of the Wylie transcription of Tibetan script

孔雀

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kǒng què
    kong3 que4
k`ung ch`üeh
    kung chüeh
 kujaku
    くじゃく

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Peacock
peafowl; peacock
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick); (given name) Kujaku
mayūra, 摩裕羅 a peacock; the latter form is also given by Eitel for Mauriya as 'an ancient city on the north-east frontier of Matipura, the residence of the ancient Maurya (Morya) princes. The present Amrouah near Hurdwar'.

孟子

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mèng zǐ
    meng4 zi3
meng tzu
 motoko
    もとこ

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Mencius
Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
(1) Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; (2) (See 四書) Mencius (one of the Four Books); (female given name) Motoko
Mengzi

守宮


守宫

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shǒu gōng
    shou3 gong1
shou kung
 morimiya
    もりみや

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Gecko / House Lizard
gecko; house lizard
(kana only) gecko; house lizard; outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period; (surname) Morimiya

安心

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ān xīn
    an1 xin1
an hsin
 anshin
    あんしん
at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on something
{Buddh} obtaining peace of mind through faith or ascetic practice; (female given name) Anshin
To quiet the heart, or mind; be at rest.

安息

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ān xī
    an1 xi1
an hsi
 ansoku
    あんそく

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Sleep / Rest / Repose
to rest; to go to sleep; to rest in peace
(n,vs,vi) rest; repose
(安息國) Parthia, 波斯 modern Persia, from which several monks came to China in the later Han dynasty, such as 安世高 An Shigao, 安玄 Anxuan, 曇無諦 Tan Wudi, 安法欽 An Faqin, 安淸 Anqing.; To rest.

宗家

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zōng jiā
    zong1 jia1
tsung chia
 muneie / munee
    むねいえ

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Soke / Shuke
(1) head of family; head house; (2) sōke; founder (of a style, etc.); originator; (surname) Muneie
A name for Shandao 善導 (d. 681), a writer of commentaries on the sutras of the Pure Land sect, and one of its principal literary men; cf. 念佛宗.

宿業


宿业

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sù yè
    su4 ye4
su yeh
 shukugou / shukugo
    しゅくごう

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Karma (of your past lives)
{Buddh} karma (from one's previous life)
Former karma, the karma of previous existence.

寂静

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 jakusei / jakuse
    じゃくせい

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Stillness / Quiet / Calm
(noun or adjectival noun) calmness; stillness; tranquility; (noun or adjectival noun) (1) calmness; stillness; tranquility; (2) (Buddhist term) calmness of the heart; enlightenment; (given name) Jakusei

寂靜


寂静

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jì jìng
    ji4 jing4
chi ching
 jakujō
    せきせい

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Stillness / Quiet / Calm
quiet
(out-dated kanji) (noun or adjectival noun) calmness; stillness; tranquility; (out-dated kanji) (noun or adjectival noun) (1) calmness; stillness; tranquility; (2) (Buddhist term) calmness of the heart; enlightenment
Calm and quiet; free from temptation and distress; nirvāṇa.

實道


实道

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shí dào
    shi2 dao4
shih tao
 jitsudō

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True Religion / Buddha Truth
The true way, the true religion, absolute Buddha-truth.

寶林


宝林

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bǎo lín
    bao3 lin2
pao lin
 Hōrin

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Pauline
Po Lam (area in Hong Kong)
The groves, or avenues of precious trees (in the Pure Land). The monastery of Huineng, sixth patriarch of the Chan sect, in 韶州典江縣 Dianjiang Xian, Shaozhou, Guangdong, cf. 慧 15. The 寶林傳 and supplement contain the teachings of this school.

將軍


将军

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jiāng jun
    jiang1 jun1
chiang chün

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Chinese or Korean Army General
general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot

小龍


小龙

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xiǎo lóng
    xiao3 long2
hsiao lung

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Little Dragon
snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖[sheng1 xiao4])

少林

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shào lín
    shao4 lin2
shao lin
 wakabayashi
    わかばやし

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Shaolin
the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
(surname) Wakabayashi
Shaolin

尼瑪


尼玛

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ní mǎ
    ni2 ma3
ni ma
(Internet slang) alternative for 你媽|你妈[ni3 ma1]; (transcription from Tibetan) the sun

尼羅


尼罗

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ní luó
    ni2 luo2
ni lo
 nira
    ナイル(P); ないる

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Nile
the Nile
(kana only) Nile (river)
nila, dark blue or green.

川蝉

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 kawasemi
    かわせみ

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Kingfisher
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)

巴利

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bā lì
    ba1 li4
pa li
 hari

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Barry
Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon; Barry (name); Gareth Barry (1981-), English footballer
Pali, considered by ' Southern ' Buddhists to be the language of Magadha, i. e. Māgadhī Prākrit, spoken by Śākyamuni: their Tripiṭaka is written in it. It is closely allied to Sanskrit, but phonetically decayed and grammatically degenerate.

布施

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bù shī
    bu4 shi1
pu shih
 fuho
    ふほ

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Dana: Almsgiving and Generosity
Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} alms-giving; charity; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); (surname) Fuho
dāna 檀那; the sixth pāramitā, almsgiving, i. e. of goods, or the doctrine, with resultant benefits now and also hereafter in the forms of reincarnation, as neglect or refusal will produce the opposite consequences. The 二種布施 two kinds of dāna are the pure, or unsullied charity, which looks for no reward here but only hereafter; and the sullied almsgiving whose object is personal benefit. The three kinds of dāna are goods, the doctrine, and courage, or fearlessness. The four kinds are pens to write the sutras, ink, the sutras themselves, and preaching. The five kinds are giving to those who have come from a distance, those who are going to a distance, the sick, the hungry, those wise in the doctrine. The seven kinds are giving to visitors, travellers, the sick, their nurses, monasteries, endowments for the sustenance of monks or nuns, and clothing and food according to season. The eight kinds are giving to those who come for aid, giving for fear (of evil), return for kindness received, anticipating gifts in return, continuing the parental example of giving, giving in hope of rebirth in a particular heaven, in hope of an honoured name, for the adornment of the heart and life. 倶舍論 18.

平等

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píng děng
    ping2 deng3
p`ing teng
    ping teng
 byoudou / byodo
    びょうどう

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Equality
equal; equality
(n,adj-na,adj-no) equality; impartiality; evenness; (place-name) Byōdō
sama; samatā. Level, even, everywhere the same, universal, without partiality; it especially refers to the Buddha in his universal; impartial, and equal attitude towards all beings.

幽玄

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yōu xuán
    you1 xuan2
yu hsüan
 yuugen / yugen
    ゆうげん

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Mysterious
(noun or adjectival noun) mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen; (personal name) Yūgen
subtle

張飛


张飞

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zhāng fēi
    zhang1 fei1
chang fei
 chouhi / chohi
    ちょうひ

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Zhang Fei
Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine
(personal name) Chōhi

彌迦


弥迦

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mí jiā
    mi2 jia1
mi chia
 Mika

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Mycah
Mekā, said to be the name of the girl who gave milk congee to Śākyamuni immediately after his enlightenment; seemingly the same as Sujātā, Senā, or Nandā.

御影

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yù yǐng
    yu4 ying3
yü ying
 mikage
    みかげ

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Divine Spirit
divine spirit; spirit of the dead; (p,s,f) Mikage
[wooden] images of saints

復古


复古

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fù gǔ
    fu4 gu3
fu ku
 fukko
    ふっこ

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Retro / Old School
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration); to turn back the clock; neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文; retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
(n,vs,vt,vi,adj-no) revival; restoration

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