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一雨

see styles
yī yǔ
    yi1 yu3
i yü
 ichiburi
    いちぶり
shower; rainfall; (place-name) Ichiburi
A rain, i.e. a lesson from the Buddha, or his teaching, see Lotus V.

七賢


七贤

see styles
qī xián
    qi1 xian2
ch`i hsien
    chi hsien
 shichiken
    しちけん
(1) (See 七賢人) the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects); (2) (See 竹林の七賢) Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
(七賢位) Also七方便位, 七加行位 The seven grades or steps in virtue preceding the entry into見道faultless wisdom, or faultlessness in its first realization. These seven are preliminary to the七聖 (七聖位). Both are grades of the倶舍 Kośa school of Hīnayāna.

万全

see styles
 manzen
    まんぜん
(n,adj-no,adj-na) perfection; flawlessness; (given name) Manzen

万点

see styles
 banten; manten
    ばんてん; まんてん
(noun or adjectival noun) (rare) many points; many dots; being interspersed in countless numbers

三乘

see styles
sān shèng
    san1 sheng4
san sheng
 minori
    みのり
(surname) Minori
Triyāna, the three vehicles, or conveyances which carry living beings across saṁsāra or mortality (births-and-deaths) to the shores of nirvāṇa. The three are styled 小,中, and 大. Sometimes the three vehicles are defined as 聲聞 Śrāvaka, that of the hearer or obedient disciple; 緣覺Pratyeka-buddha, that of the enlightened for self; these are described as 小乘 because the objective of both is personal salvation; the third is 菩薩Bodhisattva, or 大乘 Mahāyāna, because the objective is the salvation of all the living. The three are also depicted as 三車 three wains, drawn by a goat, a deer, an ox. The Lotus declares that the three are really the One Buddha-vehicle, which has been revealed in three expedient forms suited to his disciples' capacity, the Lotus Sūtra being the unifying, complete, and final exposition. The Three Vehicles are differently explained by different exponents, e.g. (1) Mahāyāna recognizes (a) Śrāvaka, called Hīnayāna, leading in longer or shorter periods to arhatship; (b) Pratyeka-buddha, called Madhyamayāna, leading after still longer or shorter periods to a Buddhahood ascetically attained and for self; (c) Bodhisattva, called Mahayana, leading after countless ages of self-sacrifce in saving others and progressive enlightenment to ultimate Buddhahood. (2) Hīnayāna is also described as possessing three vehicles 聲, 緣, 菩 or 小, 中, 大, the 小 and 中 conveying to personal salvation their devotees in ascetic dust and ashes and mental annihilation, the 大 leading to bodhi, or perfect enlightenment, and the Buddha's way. Further definitions of the Triyāna are: (3) True bodhisattva teaching for the 大; pratyeka-buddha without ignorant asceticism for the 中; and śrāvaka with ignorant asceticism for the 小. (4) (a) 一乘 The One-Vehicle which carries all to Buddhahood: of this the 華嚴 Hua-yen and 法華 Fa-hua are typical exponents; (b) 三乘法 the three-vehicle, containing practitioners of all three systems, as expounded in books of the 深密般若; (c) 小乘 the Hīnayāna pure and simple as seen in the 四阿合經 Four Āgamas. Śrāvakas are also described as hearers of the Four Truths and limited to that degree of development; they hear from the pratyeka-buddhas, who are enlightened in the Twelve Nidānas 因緣; the bodhisattvas make the 六度 or six forms of transmigration their field of sacrificial saving work, and of enlightenment. The Lotus Sūtra really treats the 三乘. Three Vehicles as 方便 or expedient ways, and offers a 佛乘 Buddha Vehicle as the inclusive and final vehicle.

三修

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sān xiū
    san1 xiu1
san hsiu
 san shū
The three ways of discipline, i.e. three śrāvaka and three bodhisattva ways. The three śrāvaka ways are 無常修 no realization of the eternal, seeing everything as transient; 非樂修 joyless, through only contemplating misery and not realizing the ultimate nirvāṇa-joy; 無我修 non-ego discipline, seeing only the perishing self and not realizing the immortal self. The bodhisattva three are the opposite of these.

三堅


三坚

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sān jiān
    san1 jian1
san chien
 sanken
The three sure or certain things are 身, 命 and 財, i.e. the reward of the true disciple is an infinite body or personality, an endless life, and boundless (spiritual) possessions, 無極之身, 無窮之命, 無盡之財, v. 能摩經:菩薩品.

三忍

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sān rěn
    san1 ren3
san jen
 sannin
The tree forms of kṣānti, i.e. patience (or endurance, tolerance). One of the groups is patience under hatred, under physical hardship, and in pursuit of the faith. Another is patience of the blessed in the Pure Land in understanding the truth they hear, patience in obeying the truth, patience in attaining absolute reality; v. 無量壽經. Another is patience in the joy of remembering Amitābha, patience in meditation on his truth, and patience in constant faith in him. Another is the patience of submission, of faith, and of obedience.

三文

see styles
 mitsufumi
    みつふみ
(n,n-pref) (1) paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; (2) (orig. meaning) three one-mon coins; (personal name) Mitsufumi

三根

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sān gēn
    san1 gen1
san ken
 mine
    みね
(place-name, surname) Mine
The three (evil) 'roots'— desire, hate, stupidity, idem 三毒. Another group is the three grades of good roots, or abilities 上, 中, 下 superior, medium, and inferior. Another is the three grades of faultlessness 三無漏根.

三檀

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sān tán
    san1 tan2
san t`an
    san tan
 sandan
The three kinds of dāna, i. e. charity; giving of goods, of the dharma, of abhaya, or fearlessness. Idem 三施.

三界

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sān jiè
    san1 jie4
san chieh
 mikai
    みかい
(1) {Buddh} (See 欲界,色界,無色界) the three realms of existence; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 三千大千世界) the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; (3) {Buddh} (See 三世・さんぜ・1) past, present and future existences; (suffix) (4) far-off ...; distant ...; (surname) Mikai
Trailokya or Triloka; the three realms; also 三有. It is the Buddhist metaphysical equivalent for the Brahmanic cosmological bhuvanatraya, or triple world of bhūr, bhuvaḥ, and svar, earth, atmosphere, and heaven. The Buddhist three are 欲, 色, and 無色界, i.e. world of sensuous desire, form, and formless world of pure spirit. (a) 欲界 Kāmadhātu is the realm of sensuous desire, of 婬 and 食 sex and food; it includes the six heavens of desire, the human world, and the hells. (b) 色界 Rūpadhātu is the realm of form, meaning 質礙 that which is substantial and resistant: it is above the lust-world and contains (so to speak) bodies, palaces, things, all mystic and wonderful一a semi-material conception like that in Revelation; it is represented in the 四禪天, or Brahmalokas. (c) 無色界 Arūpadhātu, or ārūpyadhātu, is the formless realm of pure spirit, where there are no bodies, places, things, at any rate none to which human terms would apply, but where the mind dwells in mystic contemplation; its extent is indefinable, but it is, conceived of in four stages, i,e. 四空處 the four "empty" regions, or regions of space in the immaterial world, which are 四無色 the four "formless" realms, or realms beyond form; being above the realm of form, their bounds cannot be defined. v. 倶舍論世間品.

三福

see styles
sān fú
    san1 fu2
san fu
 mifuku
    みふく
(place-name, surname) Mifuku
The three (sources of) felicity: (1) The 無量壽經 has the felicity of (a) 世福 filial piety, regard for elders, keeping the ten commandments; (b) 戒福 of keeping the other commandments; (c) 行福 of resolve on complete bodhi and the pursuit of the Buddha-way. (2) The 倶舍論 18, has the blessedness of (a) 施類福 almsgiving, in evoking resultant wealth; (b) 戒類福 observance of the 性戒 (against killing, stealing, adultery, lying) and the 遮戒 (against alcohol, etc.), in obtaining a happy lot in the heavens; (c) 修類福 observance of meditation in obtaining final escape from the mortal round. Cf. 三種淨業.

三身

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sān shēn
    san1 shen1
san shen
 sanmi
    さんみ
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi
trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men.

三輩


三辈

see styles
sān bèi
    san1 bei4
san pei
 sanpai
The three ranks of those who reach the Pure Land of Amitābha: superior i.e. monks and nuns who become enlightened and devote themselves to invocation of the Buddha of boundless age; medium, i.e. laymen of similar character who do pious deeds; inferior, i.e. laymen less perfect than the last.

上空

see styles
shàng kōng
    shang4 kong1
shang k`ung
    shang kung
 uesora
    うえそら
the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace; (Tw) topless
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air; (surname) Uesora

上裸

see styles
 joura / jora
    じょうら
(adj-no,n) (abbreviation) (slang) (See 上半身裸) naked above the waist; stripped to the waist; shirtless

下る

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 sagaru
    さがる
(irregular okurigana usage) (v5r,vi) (1) to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower; (2) to hang; to dangle; (3) to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire; (4) to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded; (5) to get closer to the present day; (6) to go south; (v5r,vi) (1) to descend; to go down; to come down; (2) to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); (3) to pass (of time); (4) to surrender; to capitulate; (5) (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; (6) to have the runs; to have diarrhea; (place-name) Sagaru

下品

see styles
xià pǐn
    xia4 pin3
hsia p`in
    hsia pin
 shimoshina
    しもしな
(noun or adjectival noun) vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude; (place-name) Shimoshina
The three lowest of the nine classes born in the Amitābha Pure Land, v. 無量壽經. These three lowest grades are (1) 下品上生 The highest of the three lowest classes who enter the Pure Land of Amitābha, i.e. those who have committed all sins except dishonouring the sūtras. If at the end of life the sinner clasps hands and says "Namo Amitābha", such a one will be born in His precious lake. (2) 下品中生 The middle class consists of those who have broken all the commandments, even stolen from monks and abused the law. If at death such a one hears of the great power of Amitābha, and assents with but a thought, he will be received into paradise. (3) 下品下生 The lowest class, because of their sins, should have fallen into the lowest gati, but by invoking the name of Amitābha, they can escape countless ages of reincarnation and suffering and on dying will behold a lotus flower like the sun, and, by the response of a single thought, will enter the Pure Land of Amitābha.

下見

see styles
 shimomiru
    しもみる
(noun, transitive verb) (1) preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; (noun, transitive verb) (2) preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); (3) (See 下見板) siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard; (place-name) Shimomiru

下読

see styles
 shitayomi
    したよみ
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) preparatory reading; lesson study; rehearsal (of play)

不下

see styles
bù xià
    bu4 xia4
pu hsia
 fuge
to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
undaunted

不亞


不亚

see styles
bù yà
    bu4 ya4
pu ya
no less than; not inferior to

不仁

see styles
bù rén
    bu4 ren2
pu jen
 fujin
    ふじん
not benevolent; heartless; numb
(noun or adjectival noun) heartlessness; inhumanity
unkind

不休

see styles
bù xiū
    bu4 xiu1
pu hsiu
 fukyuu / fukyu
    ふきゅう
endlessly; ceaselessly
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 不眠不休) no rest; working nonstop

不信

see styles
bù xìn
    bu4 xin4
pu hsin
 fushin
    ふしん
(1) distrust; mistrust; disbelief; discredit; (2) insincerity; (3) impiety; faithlessness
no faith

不倦

see styles
bù juàn
    bu4 juan4
pu chüan
tireless; untiring; indefatigable

不到

see styles
bù dào
    bu4 dao4
pu tao
 fu tō
not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
not quite

不動


不动

see styles
bù dòng
    bu4 dong4
pu tung
 fudou / fudo
    ふどう
motionless
(adj-no,n) (1) immovable; motionless; firm; unwavering; unshakable; steadfast; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 不動明王) Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity; (place-name, surname) Fudou
acala; niścala; dhruva. The unmoved, immobile, or motionless; also 無動 the term is used for the unvarying or unchanging, for the pole-star, for fearlessness, for indifference to passion or temptation. It is a special term of Shingon 異言 applied to its most important Bodhisattva, the 不動明王 q. v.

不周

see styles
bù zhōu
    bu4 zhou1
pu chou
 fu shū
not satisfactory; thoughtless; inconsiderate
not embraced

不啻

see styles
bù chì
    bu4 chi4
pu ch`ih
    pu chih
just as; no less than; like (something momentous); as good as; tantamount to

不安

see styles
bù ān
    bu4 an1
pu an
 fuan
    ふあん
unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried
(noun or adjectival noun) anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity; suspense
unstable

不実

see styles
 fumi
    ふみ
(adj-na,adj-no,n) perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood; (female given name) Fumi

不已

see styles
bù yǐ
    bu4 yi3
pu i
(used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly

不怕

see styles
bù pà
    bu4 pa4
pu p`a
    pu pa
fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though

不息

see styles
bù xī
    bu4 xi1
pu hsi
 fu soku
continually; without a break; ceaselessly
not resting

不敵


不敌

see styles
bù dí
    bu4 di2
pu ti
 futeki
    ふてき
no match for; cannot beat
(noun or adjectival noun) daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough

不断

see styles
 fudan
    ふだん
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) constant; persistent; unremitting; ceaseless; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) indecisiveness; (adj-no,n,adv) (3) (now written as 普段) (See 普段・1) usual; normal; everyday; habitual; ordinary; (place-name, surname) Fudan

不束

see styles
 futsutsuka
    ふつつか
(adjectival noun) (kana only) inexperienced; incompetent; inept; incapable; careless

不毛

see styles
bù máo
    bu4 mao2
pu mao
 fumou / fumo
    ふもう
barren
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) barren; sterile; infertile; (adj-na,adj-no,n) (2) unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless

不法

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bù fǎ
    bu4 fa3
pu fa
 fuhou / fuho
    ふほう
lawless; illegal; unlawful
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) unlawful; illegal; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) unreasonable; outrageous; unjust; unwarranted
Not in accordance with the Buddha law, wrong, improper, unlawful.

不消

see styles
bù xiāo
    bu4 xiao1
pu hsiao
to not need; needless (to say)

不測


不测

see styles
bù cè
    bu4 ce4
pu ts`e
    pu tse
 fusoku
    ふそく
unexpected; measureless; unexpected circumstance; contingency; mishap
(noun - becomes adjective with の) unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
unfathomed

不滿


不满

see styles
bù mǎn
    bu4 man3
pu man
 fuman
dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
incomplete

不用

see styles
bù yòng
    bu4 yong4
pu yung
 fuyou / fuyo
    ふよう
need not
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) (See 不要) disused; unused; (adj-na,n,adj-no) (2) useless; wasteful; of no use
not using

不盡


不尽

see styles
bù jìn
    bu4 jin4
pu chin
 fujin
not completely; endlessly
unperishing

不眠

see styles
 fumin
    ふみん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness

不穏

see styles
 fuon
    ふおん
(noun or adjectival noun) disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

不窮


不穷

see styles
bù qióng
    bu4 qiong2
pu ch`iung
    pu chiung
 fu kyū
endless; boundless; inexhaustible
does not exhaust

不管

see styles
bù guǎn
    bu4 guan3
pu kuan
not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter

不誤


不误

see styles
bù wù
    bu4 wu4
pu wu
used in expressions of the form 照[zhao4] + {verb} + 不誤|不误[bu4 wu4], in which 照[zhao4] means "as before", and the overall meaning is "carry on (doing something) regardless" or "continue (to do something) in spite of changed circumstances", e.g. 照買不誤|照买不误[zhao4 mai3 bu4 wu4], to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price hikes)

不論


不论

see styles
bù lùn
    bu4 lun4
pu lun
 furon
whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss
not discussed

不軌


不轨

see styles
bù guǐ
    bu4 gui3
pu kuei
 fuki
    ふき
errant
lawlessness; violation of customs

不輟


不辍

see styles
bù chuò
    bu4 chuo4
pu ch`o
    pu cho
incessant; relentless

不雅

see styles
bù yǎ
    bu4 ya3
pu ya
graceless; vulgar; indecent

不顧


不顾

see styles
bù gù
    bu4 gu4
pu ku
 fu ko
in spite of; regardless of
regardless of

世福

see styles
shì fú
    shi4 fu2
shih fu
 sefuku
Earthly happiness, arising from the ordinary good living of those unenlightened by Buddhism, one of the 三福; also, the blessings of this world.

中性

see styles
zhōng xìng
    zhong1 xing4
chung hsing
 chuusei / chuse
    ちゅうせい
neutral
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) sexlessness; androgyny; androgyne; neuter; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) {gramm} neuter gender

主次

see styles
zhǔ cì
    zhu3 ci4
chu tz`u
    chu tzu
the important and the less important; primary and secondary

之下

see styles
zhī xià
    zhi1 xia4
chih hsia
under; beneath; less than

九地

see styles
jiǔ dì
    jiu3 di4
chiu ti
 kuji
    くじ
very low land; (surname) Kuji
The nine lands, i.e. the 欲界 realm of desire or sensuous realm the four 色界 realms of form or material forms; and the four 無色界 formless realms, or realms beyond form; v. 九有, 九有情居, 禪 and 定. The nine realms are:—(1) 欲界五趣地; the desire realm with its five gati, i.e. hells, hungry ghosts, animals, men, and devas. In the four form-realms are:— (2) 離生喜樂地 Paradise after earthly life, this is also the first dhyāna, or subject of meditation, 初禪. (3) 定生喜樂地 Paradise of cessation of rebirth, 二禪. (4) 離喜妙樂地 Land of wondrous joy after the previous joys, 三禪. (5) 捨念淸淨地 The Pure Land of abandonment of thought, or recollection (of past delights), 四禪. The four formless, or infinite realms, catur arūpa dhātu, are:—(6) 空無邊處地 ākāśānantyā-yatanam, the land of infinite space; also the first samādhi, 第一定. (7) 識無邊處地 vijñānānamtyāyatanam, the land of omniscience, or infinite perception, 二定. (8) 無所有處地 ākiñcanyāyatana, the land of nothingness, 三定. (9) 非想非非想處地 naivasaṁjñānā-saṁjñāyatana, the land (of knowledge) without thinking or not thinking, or where there is neither consciousness nor unconsciousness, i.e. above either; this is the 四定. Eitel says that in the last four, "Life lasts 20,000 great kalpas in the 1st, 40,000 in the 2nd, 60,000 in the 3rd, and 80,000 great kalpas in the 4th of these heavens."

九業


九业

see styles
jiǔ yè
    jiu3 ye4
chiu yeh
 kugō
The nine kinds of karma, i.e. the desire realm and the form realm each has conduct that causes karma, does not cause karma, or is neutral, making 6; in the formless realm there are non-causative deeds, neutrality, and immortality, making 9; 成實論 8.

乞食

see styles
qǐ shí
    qi3 shi2
ch`i shih
    chi shih
 kojiki(p); kotsujiki(ok)
    こじき(P); こつじき(ok)
to beg for food
(1) (sensitive word) beggar; (n,vs,vi) (2) begging
To beg for food, one of the twelve dhūtas prescribing outward conduct of the monk; mendicancy is the 正命 right livelihood of a monk, to work for a living is 邪命 an improper life: mendicancy keeps a monk humble, frees him from the cares of life, and offers the donors a field of blessedness; but he may not ask for food.

也好

see styles
yě hǎo
    ye3 hao3
yeh hao
that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...

乱り

see styles
 midari
    みだり
(adjectival noun) (1) (archaism) selfish; with disregard for order or rules; (2) (archaism) reckless; rash; careless; (3) (archaism) loose; bawdy; (4) (archaism) irrational; illogical

乱伐

see styles
 ranbatsu
    らんばつ
(noun/participle) reckless deforestation; overcutting of forests

乱暴

see styles
 ranbou / ranbo
    らんぼう
(adj-na,n,vs) rude; violent; rough; lawless; unreasonable; reckless

乱発

see styles
 ranpatsu
    らんぱつ
(noun/participle) random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue

乱箱

see styles
 midarebako
    みだればこ
(irregular okurigana usage) lidless box for clothes

乱造

see styles
 ranzou / ranzo
    らんぞう
(noun/participle) overproduction; careless manufacture; churning out (substandard goods); (personal name) Ranzou

乳兒


乳儿

see styles
rǔ ér
    ru3 er2
ju erh
nursing infant; child less than one year old

乾貨


干货

see styles
gān huò
    gan1 huo4
kan huo
dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone); (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分[shui3 fen4])

亂來


乱来

see styles
luàn lái
    luan4 lai2
luan lai
to act recklessly; to mess around

亂暴

see styles
 ranbou / ranbo
    らんぼう
(out-dated kanji) (adj-na,n,vs) rude; violent; rough; lawless; unreasonable; reckless

亂花


乱花

see styles
luàn huā
    luan4 hua1
luan hua
to spend recklessly; to waste money
See: 乱花

予祝

see styles
 yoshuku
    よしゅく
celebrating in advance; advance blessing (e.g. of crops)

予習

see styles
 yoshuu / yoshu
    よしゅう
(noun, transitive verb) preparation for a lesson

事教

see styles
shì jiào
    shi4 jiao4
shih chiao
 jikyō
Teaching dealing with phenomena. The characterization by Tiantai of the Tripiṭaka or Hīnayāna teaching as 界内事教 within the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness; and the 別教 'different teaching' as 界外事教 outside or superior to those realms; the one dealt with the activities of time and sense, the other transcended these but was still involved in the transient; the 別教 was initial Mahāyāna incompletely developed.

二加

see styles
èr jiā
    er4 jia1
erh chia
 nika
The dual aid bestowed by the Buddha, 顯加 manifest or external aid bestowed by the Buddha, in the blessings and powers of this life; 冥加 invisible aid bestowed by the Buddha, in getting rid of sins, increasing virtue, etc.

二如

see styles
èr rú
    er4 ru2
erh ju
 ninyo
There are various definitions of the two aspects of the 眞如 bhūtatathatā. (1) (a) 不變眞如 The changeless essence or substance, e.g. the sea; (b) 隨緣眞如 its conditioned or ever-changing forms, as in the phenomenal world, e.g. the waves. (2) (a) 離言眞如 The inexpressible absolute, only mentally conceivable; (6) 依言眞如 aspects of it expressible in words, its ideal reflex. (3) (a) 空眞如 The absolute as the void, e.g. as space, the sky, a clear mirror; (b) 不空眞如 the absolute in manifestation, or phenomenal, e. g. images in the mirror: the womb of the universe in which are all potentialities. (4) (a) 在纏眞如The Buddha-nature in bonds, i.e. all beings in suffering; (b) 出纏真如the Buddha-nature set free by the manifestation of the Buddha and bodhisattvas. (5) (a) 有垢眞如The Buddha-nature defiled, as in unenlightened man, etc., e.g. the water-lily with its roots in the mud; (b) 無垢眞如 the pure Buddha-nature, purifed or bright as the full moon. (6) 安立 and 非安立眞如 similar to the first definition given above.

五法

see styles
wǔ fǎ
    wu3 fa3
wu fa
 gohō
pañcadharma. The five laws or categories, of which four groups are as follows: I. 相名五法 The five categories of form and name: (1) 相 appearances, or phenomena; (2) 名 their names; (3) 分別 sometimes called 妄想 ordinary mental discrimination of them— (1) and (2) are objective, (3) subjective; (4) 正智 corrective wisdom, which corrects the deficiencies and errors of the last: (5) 如如 the 眞如 Bhutatathata or absolute wisdom, reached through the 如理智 understanding of the law of the absolute, or ultimate truth. II. 事理五法 The five categories into which things and their principles are divided: (1) 心法 mind; (2) 心所法 mental conditions or activities; (3) 色法 the actual states or categories as conceived; (4) 不相應法 hypothetic categories, 唯識 has twenty-four, the Abhidharma fourteen; (5) 無爲法 the state of rest, or the inactive principle pervading all things; the first four are the 事 and the last the 理. III. 理智五法 cf. 五智; the five categories of essential wisdom: (1) 眞如 the absolute; (2) 大圓鏡智 wisdom as the great perfect mirror reflecting all things; (3) 平等性智 wisdom of the equal Buddha nature of all beings; (4) 妙觀察智 wisdom of mystic insight into all things and removal of ignorance and doubt; (5) 成所作智 wisdom perfect in action and bringing blessing to self and others. IV. 提婆五法 The five obnoxious rules of Devadatta: not to take milk in any form, nor meat, nor salt; to wear unshaped garments, and to live apart. Another set is: to wear cast-off rags, beg food, have only one set meal a day, dwell in the open, and abstain from all kinds of flesh, milk, etc.

五障

see styles
wǔ zhàng
    wu3 zhang4
wu chang
 goshou / gosho
    ごしょう
(1) {Buddh} five hindrances (that prevent a woman from becoming a Buddha, a Brahmā, a Shakra, a devil king, or a wheel-turning king); five obstructions to women's attainment; (2) {Buddh} five hindrances (that impede ascetic practices; sensory desire, ill-will, sloth and torpor, restlessness and worry, doubt)
The five hindrances, or obstacles; also 五礙; 五雲. I. Of women, i. e. inability to become Brahma-kings, Indras, Māra-kings, Caikravarti-kings, or Buddhas. II. The hindrances to the five 五力 powers, i. e. (self-) deception a bar to faith, as sloth is to zeal, anger to remembrance, hatred to meditaton, and discontent to wisdom. III. The hindrances of (1) the passion-nature, e. g. original sin; (2) of karma caused in previous lives; (3) the affairs of life; (4) no friendly or competent preceptor; (5) partial knowledge.

亡状

see styles
 boujou / bojo
    ぼうじょう
discourtesy; lawlessness

亹亹

see styles
wěi wěi
    wei3 wei3
wei wei
 bibi
diligently; relentlessly; pressing forward
tirelessly

人和

see styles
 renhoo; renhoo
    レンホー; リェンホー
{mahj} blessing of man (chi:); winning with a discard in the first turn

以上

see styles
yǐ shàng
    yi3 shang4
i shang
 ijō
    いじょう
that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
(n-adv,n-t) (1) not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; (2) beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); (3) above-mentioned; foregoing; (4) since ...; seeing that ...; (5) this is all; that is the end; the end
...and above

以下

see styles
yǐ xià
    yi3 xia4
i hsia
 ika
    いげ
that level or lower; that amount or less; the following
(1) not exceeding; and downward; ... and below; (2) below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); (3) the below-mentioned; the following; the rest
from here down

以內


以内

see styles
yǐ nèi
    yi3 nei4
i nei
within; less than
See: 以内

以内

see styles
 nitanai
    にたない
(n,n-suf,adv) within; inside of; less than; (surname) Nitanai

以為


以为

see styles
yǐ wéi
    yi3 wei2
i wei
to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)

任由

see styles
rèn yóu
    ren4 you2
jen yu
to let (sb do something); to allow; regardless of

伶仃

see styles
líng dīng
    ling2 ding1
ling ting
alone and helpless

佑護


佑护

see styles
yòu hù
    you4 hu4
yu hu
blessing

余慶

see styles
 yokei / yoke
    よけい
(ant: 余殃) fortunate heredity; blessings; the rewards of virtue; something bequeathed to posterity; (surname) Yokei

余沢

see styles
 yosawa
    よさわ
blessings; benefits (of modern civilization, civilisation); (surname) Yosawa

余計

see styles
 yokei / yoke
    よけい
(adjectival noun) (1) extra; more; too much; too many; excessive; superfluous; spare; surplus; (adjectival noun) (2) unnecessary; needless; uncalled-for; unwanted; uninvited; (adverb) (3) all the more; even more

佛海

see styles
fó hǎi
    fo2 hai3
fo hai
 bukkai
Buddha's ocean, the realm of Buddha boundless as the sea.

併も

see styles
 shikamo
    しかも
(irregular kanji usage) (conjunction) (1) (kana only) moreover; furthermore; (2) (kana only) nevertheless; and yet

保祐

see styles
bǎo yòu
    bao3 you4
pao yu
to bless and protect; blessing; also written 保佑[bao3 you4]

信海

see styles
xìn hǎi
    xin4 hai3
hsin hai
 shinkai
    しんかい
(given name) Shinkai
The ocean of faith: the true virtue of the believing hear is vast and boundless as the ocean.

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