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作務


作务

see styles
zuò wù
    zuo4 wu4
tso wu
 samu
    さむ
{Buddh} work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
labor

依報


依报

see styles
yī bào
    yi1 bao4
i pao
 ehou / eho
    えほう
{Buddh} (See 正報) circumstantial retribution; circumstances (e.g. geographical, societal) one is born into because of karma in previous lives
v. 依正.

俗諦


俗谛

see styles
sú dì
    su2 di4
su ti
 zokutai
    ぞくたい
{Buddh} (See 真諦・1) conventional truth
世諦 Common principles, or axioms; normal unenlightened ideas, in contrast with reality.

信士

see styles
xìn shì
    xin4 shi4
hsin shih
 shinji
    しんじ
(1) {Buddh} male lay devotee; (suffix) (2) (title affixed to man's posthumous Buddhist name) (See 信女・2) believer; (3) (しんし only) (archaism) believer; (personal name) Shinji
upāsaka, 信事男 a male devotee, who remains in the world as a lay disciple. A bestower of alms. Cf. 優.

信女

see styles
xìn nǚ
    xin4 nv3
hsin nü
 nobujo
    のぶじょ
(1) {Buddh} female lay devotee; (suffix) (2) (title affixed to woman's posthumous Buddhist name) believer; (given name) Nobujo
upāsikā. A female devotee, who remains at home. Cf. 優.

信施

see styles
xìn shī
    xin4 shi1
hsin shih
 shinse; shinze
    しんせ; しんぜ
{Buddh} almsgiving because of faith
Almsgiving because of faith; the gifts of the faith.

修惑

see styles
xiū huò
    xiu1 huo4
hsiu huo
 shuwaku
    しゅわく
{Buddh} perceptive mental disturbances
Illusion, such as desire, hate, etc., in practice or performance, i.e. in the process of attaining enlightenment; cf. 思惑.

修法

see styles
xiū fǎ
    xiu1 fa3
hsiu fa
 shuhou; zuhou(ok); suhou(ok) / shuho; zuho(ok); suho(ok)
    しゅほう; ずほう(ok); すほう(ok)
to amend a law
{Buddh} prayer and austerities
[esoteric] ritual

修羅


修罗

see styles
xiū luó
    xiu1 luo2
hsiu lo
 shura
    しゅら
(Indian mythology) Asuras – powerful, malevolent beings who oppose the gods
(1) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 阿修羅) Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology; (2) fighting; carnage; conflict; strife; (3) sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); (4) (See 滑道) log slide; chute; flume; (female given name) Shura
asura, demons who war with Indra; v. 阿修羅; it is also sura, which means a god, or deity.

像法

see styles
xiàng fǎ
    xiang4 fa3
hsiang fa
 zoubou / zobo
    ぞうぼう
{Buddh} age of the copied law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); middle day of the law; age of semblance dharma
saddharma-pratirūpaka; the formal or image period of Buddhism; the three periods are 正像末, those of the real, the formal, and the final; or correct, semblance, and termination. The first period is of 500 years; the second of 1,000 years; the third 3,000 years, when Maitreya is to appear and restore all things. There are varied statements about periods and dates, e.g. there is a division of four periods, that while the Buddha was alive, the early stage after his death, then the formal and the final periods.

僧位

see styles
sēng wèi
    seng1 wei4
seng wei
 soui / soi
    そうい
{Buddh} rank (of a monk)
monk's rank

僧籍

see styles
sēng jí
    seng1 ji2
seng chi
 souseki / soseki
    そうせき
{Buddh} priesthood registry
Tang Register of Monks

僧職


僧职

see styles
sēng zhí
    seng1 zhi2
seng chih
 soushoku / soshoku
    そうしょく
(noun - becomes adjective with の) {Buddh} priesthood
monk superintendent

僧階

see styles
 soukai / sokai
    そうかい
{Buddh} rank (of a monk)

兎角

see styles
tù jiǎo
    tu4 jiao3
t`u chiao
    tu chiao
 tokaku
    とかく
(adv,adj-no,n,vs) (1) (kana only) (doing) various things; (doing) this and that; (2) (kana only) being apt to; being prone to; tending to become; (3) (kana only) somehow or other; anyhow; anyway; (4) (Buddhist term) rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist)
śaśa-viṣāṇa; śaśa-śṛṅga; a rabbit's horns, i.e. the non-existent; all phenomena are as unreal as a rabbit's horns.

兜率

see styles
dōu shuò
    dou1 shuo4
tou shuo
 Tosotsu
    とそつ
(Buddhist term) (abbreviation) Tusita (heaven, pure land)
(Skt. Tuṣita)

入室

see styles
rù shì
    ru4 shi4
ju shih
 nyuushitsu(p); nisshitsu / nyushitsu(p); nisshitsu
    にゅうしつ(P); にっしつ
(n,vs,vi) (1) (にゅうしつ only) (See 退室) entering a room; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} studying under a Buddhist teacher
To enter the master's study for examination or instruction; to enter the status of a disciple, but strictly of an advanced disciple. To receive consecration.

入滅


入灭

see styles
rù miè
    ru4 mie4
ju mieh
 nyuumetsu / nyumetsu
    にゅうめつ
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} entering Nirvana; death (of Buddha, high priest, saint, etc.)
idem 入寂.

入道

see styles
rù dào
    ru4 dao4
ju tao
 nyuudou / nyudo
    にゅうどう
to enter the Way; to become a Daoist
(1) {Buddh} entering the priesthood; priest; monk; (2) man with a shaven head; (3) bald-headed monster; (given name) Nyūdō
To become a monk, 出家入道; to leave home and enter the Way.

全機


全机

see styles
quán jī
    quan2 ji1
ch`üan chi
    chüan chi
 masaki
    まさき
(1) all aircraft; (2) all machines; (3) {Buddh} workings of all things; all activity; (given name) Masaki
all functions

八識


八识

see styles
bā shì
    ba1 shi4
pa shih
 hasshiki; hachishiki
    はっしき; はちしき
{Buddh} eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness)
The eight parijñāna, or kinds of cognition, perception, or consciousness. They are the five senses of cakṣur-vijñāna, śrotra-v., ghrāna-v., jihvā-v., and kāya-v., i.e. seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touch. The sixth is mano-vijñāna, the mental sense, or intellect, v. 末那. It is defined as 意 mentality, apprehension, or by some as will. The seventh is styled kliṣṭa-mano-vijñāna 末那識 discriminated from the last as 思量 pondering, calculating; it is the discriminating and constructive sense, more than the intellectually perceptive; as infected by the ālaya-vijñāna., or receiving "seeds" from it, it is considered as the cause of all egoism and individualizing, i.e. of men and things, therefore of all illusion arising from assuming the seeming as the real. The eighth is the ālaya-vijñāna, 阿頼耶識 which is the storehouse, or basis from which come all "seeds"of consciousness. The seventh is also defined as the ādāna 阿陀那識 or "laying hold of" or "holding on to" consciousness.

八部

see styles
bā bù
    ba1 bu4
pa pu
 yabe
    やべ
(abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 八部衆) the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas); (surname) Yabe
(八部衆) The eight classes of supernatural beings in the Lotus sūtra: 天 deva, 龍 nāga, 夜叉yakṣa, 乾闥婆 gandharva, 阿修羅 asura, 迦樓羅 garuḍa, 緊那羅 kinnara, 摩喉羅迦 mahoraga. Also called 天龍八部 and 龍神八部.

八風


八风

see styles
bā fēng
    ba1 feng1
pa feng
 happuu / happu
    はっぷう
see 八風穴|八风穴[ba1 feng1 xue2]
(1) {Buddh} eight winds; eight things that hinder enlightenment; prosperity, decline, disgrace, honor, praise, censure, suffering, and pleasure; (2) eight winds (e.g. in eight directions); (given name) Happuu
The eight winds, or influences which fan the passions, i.e. gain, loss; defamation, eulogy; praise, ridicule; sorrow, joy. Also 八法.

六入

see styles
liù rù
    liu4 ru4
liu ju
 rokunyuu / rokunyu
    ろくにゅう
{Buddh} six sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind)
ṣaḍāyatana; 六阿耶怛那 (or 六阿也怛那) the six entrances, or locations, both the organ and the sensation — eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and perception. The six form one of the twelve nidanas, see 十二因緣. The 六根 are the six organs, the 六境 the six objects, and the 六塵 or guṇas, the six inherent qualities. The later term is 六處 q. v.; The "six entries" ṣaḍāyatana, which form one of the links in the chain of causaton, v. 十二因緣 the preceding link being觸contact, and the succeeding link 識 perception. The six are the qualities and effects of the six organs of sense producing sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and thought (or mental presentations). v. also 二入.

六処

see styles
 rokusho
    ろくしょ
{Buddh} six sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind)

六境

see styles
liù jìng
    liu4 jing4
liu ching
 rokkyou / rokkyo
    ろっきょう
{Buddh} six objective fields of the senses (shape and colour, sound, scent, flavour, physical feeling, and mental presentation)
The six fields of the senses, i. e. the objective fields of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and idea (or thought); rūpa, form and color, is the field of vision; sound, of hearing; scent, of smelling; the five flavors, of tasting; physical feeling, of touch; and mental presentation, of discernment; cf. 六入; 六處 and next.

六大

see styles
liù dà
    liu4 da4
liu ta
 rokudai
    ろくだい
{Buddh} the six elements (earth, water, fire, wind, void, and consciousness); (place-name) Rokudai
The six great or fundamental things, or elements — earth; water; fire; wind (or air); space (or ether); and 識 mind, or perception. These are universal and creative of all things, but the inanimate 非情 are made only of the first five, while the animate 有情 are of all six. The esoteric cult represents the six elements, somewhat differently interpreted in the garbhadhātu and vajradhātu. Also 六大界.

六時


六时

see styles
liù shí
    liu4 shi2
liu shih
 rokuji
    ろくじ
(1) six o'clock; (2) (Buddhist term) six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
The six 'hours' or periods in a day, three for night and three for day, i. e. morning noon, evening; night, midnight, and dawn. Also, the six divisions of the year, two each of spring, summer, and winter.

六根

see styles
liù gēn
    liu4 gen1
liu ken
 rokkon
    ろっこん
{Buddh} six sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind); (surname) Rokkon
The six indriyas or sense-organs: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind. See also 六入, 六境, 六塵, and 六處.

六識


六识

see styles
liù shì
    liu4 shi4
liu shih
 rokushiki
    ろくしき
{Buddh} six consciousnesses (i.e. functions of the six sense organs: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and reasoning)
six consciousnesses

六道

see styles
liù dào
    liu4 dao4
liu tao
 rokudou / rokudo
    ろくどう
{Buddh} the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm); (place-name) Rokudō
The six ways or conditions of sentient existence; v. 六趣; the three higher are the 上三途, the three lower 下三途.

内教

see styles
 naikyou / naikyo
    ないきょう
{Buddh} (ant: 外教・げきょう・2) Buddhism

内明

see styles
 mitsuaki
    みつあき
{Buddh} (See 五明) adhyatma vidya (one of the five sciences of ancient India); science of spirituality; (personal name) Mitsuaki

内衣

see styles
 naie
    ないえ
{Buddh} monk's waist robe

内道

see styles
 naidou / naido
    ないどう
{Buddh} (ant: 外道・1) Buddhist teachings; Buddhist

内障

see styles
 naishou / naisho
    ないしょう
    sokohi
    そこひ
(1) (Buddhist term) internal hindrance; (2) any visual disorder caused by a problem within the eye (i.e. glaucoma, amaurosis, etc.); any visual disorder caused by a problem within the eye (i.e. glaucoma, amaurosis, etc.)

円相

see styles
 ensou / enso
    えんそう
{Buddh} circle painted with a single stroke in Zen calligraphy (representing the perfect peace of mind)

冥土

see styles
míng tǔ
    ming2 tu3
ming t`u
    ming tu
 mei do
    めいど
(Buddhist term) Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead
underworld

冥途

see styles
míng tú
    ming2 tu2
ming t`u
    ming tu
 meido / medo
    めいど
(Buddhist term) Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead; (personal name) Meido
underworld

凡僧

see styles
fán sēng
    fan2 seng1
fan seng
 bonsou; bonzou / bonso; bonzo
    ぼんそう; ぼんぞう
(1) {Buddh} unranked priest; ordinary priest; (2) (ぼんそう only) foolish monk
The ordinary practising monk as contrasted with the 聖僧 the holy monk who has achieved higher merit.

凡夫

see styles
fán fū
    fan2 fu1
fan fu
 bonpu
    ぼんぷ
common person; ordinary guy; mortal man
(1) ordinary person; (2) {Buddh} unenlightened person; (given name) Bonpu
The common people, the unenlightened, hoi polloi, a common fellow.; 波羅; 婆羅必栗託仡那; 婆羅必利他伽闍那 bālapṛthagjana. Everyman, the worldly man, the sinner. Explained by 異生 or 愚異生 one who is born different, or outside the Law of the Buddha, because of his karma.

出定

see styles
chū dìng
    chu1 ding4
ch`u ting
    chu ting
 shutsujou / shutsujo
    しゅつじょう
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} (ant: 入定・1) leaving a state of intense concentration
To come out of the state of dhyāna; to enter into it is 入定.

出家

see styles
chū jiā
    chu1 jia1
ch`u chia
    chu chia
 deie / dee
    でいえ
to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} entering the priesthood; (2) {Buddh} (See 在家・1) priest; monk; bonze; (surname) Deie
pravraj; to leave home and become a monk or nun.

出離


出离

see styles
chū lí
    chu1 li2
ch`u li
    chu li
 shutsuri
    しゅつり
(1) {astron} egress; egression; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} (See 出家・1) entering the priesthood
To leave, come out from.

分身

see styles
fēn shēn
    fen1 shen1
fen shen
 bunshin(p); funjin(ok)
    ぶんしん(P); ふんじん(ok)
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time; a derivative version of sb (or something) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet); to spare some time for a separate task; to cut a corpse into pieces; to pull a body apart by the four limbs; parturition
(1) other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); representation of oneself; (2) {Buddh} incarnations of Buddha
Parturition: in Buddhism it means a Buddha's power to reproduce himself ad infinitum and anywhere.

利生

see styles
lì shēng
    li4 sheng1
li sheng
 risei / rise
    りせい
(rare) {Buddh} blessings bestowed by the Buddha on all living creatures; (given name) Risei
giving benefit to [all] sentient beings

前仏

see styles
 zenbutsu
    ぜんぶつ
(1) {Buddh} Buddha prior to Gautama; (2) {Buddh} (See 後仏) Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; (surname) Zenbutsu

前生

see styles
qián shēng
    qian2 sheng1
ch`ien sheng
    chien sheng
 zenshou / zensho
    ぜんしょう
previous life; previous incarnation
{Buddh} (See 後生・ごしょう・1,今生・こんじょう) previous existence
previous lifetime

功徳

see styles
 koutoku / kotoku
    こうとく
(1) {Buddh} merit; virtuous deed; act of merit; act of charity; (2) {Buddh} divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); blessing; (3) {Christn} merit; meritum; (personal name) Kōtoku

劣機

see styles
 rekki
    れっき
{Buddh} inability to follow Buddhist teachings; person unable to follow Buddhist teachings

助業


助业

see styles
zhù yè
    zhu4 ye4
chu yeh
 jogou / jogo
    じょごう
{Buddh} (See 浄土宗) auxiliary actions (in Jodo: recitation, observation, worship, praise and offering)
Auxiliary karma, i.e. deeds or works, e.g. reciting the sutras about the Pure Land, worship, praise, and offering, as additional to direct karma 正業, i.e. faith in Amitābha, expressed by constant thought of him and calling on his name.

劫火

see styles
jié huǒ
    jie2 huo3
chieh huo
 gouka; kouka / goka; koka
    ごうか; こうか
{Buddh} world-destroying conflagration
The fire in the kalpa of destruction; also 劫盡火; 劫焰; 劫燒 v. 三災.

勘能

see styles
 kannou / kanno
    かんのう
(noun or adjectival noun) (Buddhist term) patience; perseverance; fortitude

勤行

see styles
qín xíng
    qin2 xing2
ch`in hsing
    chin hsing
 gongyou / gongyo
    ごんぎょう
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} religious service
Diligently going forward, zealous conduct, devoted to service, worship, etc.

化人

see styles
huà rén
    hua4 ren2
hua jen
 kenin
    けにん
{Buddh} manifesting in human form (of a Buddha or Bodhisattva); avatar
A deva or Buddha transformed into human shape.

化仏

see styles
 kebutsu
    けぶつ
{Buddh} transformed Buddha

化城

see styles
huà chéng
    hua4 cheng2
hua ch`eng
    hua cheng
 kejou / kejo
    けじょう
{Buddh} castle magically created by the Buddha
The magic, or illusion city, in the Lotus Sutra; it typifies temporary or incomplete nirvana, i. e. the imperfect nirvana of Hīnayāna.

化女

see styles
huà nǚ
    hua4 nv3
hua nü
 kenyo; kejo
    けにょ; けじょ
(1) {Buddh} Buddha or Bodhisattva appearing in female form; female incarnation; (2) female ghost; female apparition
is 化人 in female form.

化現


化现

see styles
huà xiàn
    hua4 xian4
hua hsien
 kegen
    けげん
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} manifesting in a bodily form (of a god or Buddha); incarnation; avatar
Metamorphosis and manifestation; the appearance or forms of a Buddha or bodhisattva for saving creatures may take any form required for that end.

化生

see styles
huà shēng
    hua4 sheng1
hua sheng
 keshou / kesho
    けしょう
(noun/participle) (1) {Buddh} (See 四生) spontaneous birth; (2) goblin; monster; (surname, given name) Keshou
q. v. means direct 'birth' by metamorphosis. It also means the incarnate avaatara of a deity.; aupapādaka, or aupapāduka. Direct metamorphosis, or birth by transformation, one of the 四生, by which existence in any required form is attained in an instant in full maturity. By this birth bodhisattvas residing in Tuṣita appear on earth. Dhyāni Buddhas and Avalokiteśvara are likewise called 化生. It also means unconditional creation at the beginning of a kalpa. Bhuta 部多 is also used with similar meaning. There are various kinds of 化生, e. g. 佛菩薩化生 the transformation of a Buddha or bodhisattva, in any form at will, without gestation, or intermediary conditions: 極樂化生, birth in the happy land of Amitābha by transformation through the Lotus; 法身化生 the dharmakāya, or spiritual body, born or formed on a disciple's conversion.

化転

see styles
 keten; keden
    けてん; けでん
{Buddh} turning evil into good through proselytization

十刹

see styles
 jissetsu; jissatsu
    じっせつ; じっさつ
{Buddh} (See 京都五山) ten important Rinzai temples, second in significance to the Kyoto Gozan

十善

see styles
shí shàn
    shi2 shan4
shih shan
 juuzen / juzen
    じゅうぜん
(1) {Buddh} (See 十悪・2) the ten good acts; (2) (See 十善の君) the emperor
ten kinds of wholesome behavior

十地

see styles
shí dì
    shi2 di4
shih ti
 juuji / juji
    じゅうじ
{Buddh} dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva); (place-name) Jūji
daśabhūmi; v. 十住. The "ten stages" in the fifty-two sections of the development of a bodhisattva into a Buddha. After completing the十四向 he proceeds to the 十地. There are several groups. I. The ten stages common to the Three Vehicles 三乘 are: (1) 乾慧地 dry wisdom stage, i. e. unfertilized by Buddha-truth, worldly wisdom; (2) 性地 the embryo-stage of the nature of Buddha-truth, the 四善根; (3) 八人地 (八忍地), the stage of the eight patient endurances; (4) 見地 of freedom from wrong views; (5) 薄地 of freedom from the first six of the nine delusions in practice; (6) 離欲地 of freedom from the remaining three; (7) 巳辨地 complete discrimination in regard to wrong views and thoughts, the stage of an arhat; (8) 辟支佛地 pratyeka-buddhahood, only the dead ashes of the past left to sift; (9) 菩薩地 bodhisattvahood; (10) 佛地 Buddhahood. v. 智度論 78. II. 大乘菩薩十地 The ten stages of Mahāyāna bodhisattva development are: (1) 歡喜地 Pramuditā, joy at having overcome the former difficulties and now entering on the path to Buddhahood; (2) 離垢地 Vimalā, freedom from all possible defilement, the stage of purity; (3) 發光地 Prabhākarī, stage of further enlightenment; (4) 焰慧地 Arciṣmatī, of glowing wisdom; (5) 極難勝地 Sudurjayā, mastery of utmost or final difficulties; (6) 現前地 Abhimukhī, the open way of wisdom above definitions of impurity and purity; (7) 遠行地 Dūraṁgamā, proceeding afar, getting above ideas of self in order to save others; (8) 不動地 Acalā, attainment of calm unperturbedness; (9) 善慧地 Sādhumatī, of the finest discriminatory wisdom, knowing where and how to save, and possessed of the 十力 ten powers; (10) 法雲地 Dharmamegha, attaining to the fertilizing powers of the law-cloud. Each of the ten stages is connected with each of the ten pāramitās, v. 波. Each of the 四乘 or four vehicles has a division of ten. III. The 聲聞乘十地 ten Śrāvaka stages are: (1) 受三歸地 initiation as a disciple by receiving the three refuges, in the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha; (2) 信地 belief, or the faith-root; (3) 信法地 belief in the four truths; (4) 内凡夫地 ordinary disciples who observe the 五停心觀, etc.; (5) 學信戒 those who pursue the 三學 three studies; (6) 八人忍地 the stage of 見道 seeing the true Way; (7) 須陀洹地 śrota-āpanna, now definitely in the stream and assured of nirvāṇa; (8) 斯陀含地 sakrdāgāmin, only one more rebirth; (9) 阿那含地 anāgāmin, no rebirth; and (10) 阿羅漢地 arhatship. IV. The ten stages of the pratyekabuddha 緣覺乘十地 are (1) perfect asceticism; (2) mastery of the twelve links of causation; (3) of the four noble truths; (4) of the deeper knowledge; (5) of the eightfold noble path; (6) of the three realms 三法界; (7) of the nirvāṇa state; (8) of the six supernatural powers; (9) arrival at the intuitive stage; (10) mastery of the remaining influence of former habits. V. 佛乘十地 The ten stages, or characteristics of a Buddha, are those of the sovereign or perfect attainment of wisdom, exposition, discrimination, māra-subjugation, suppression of evil, the six transcendent faculties, manifestation of all bodhisattva enlightenment, powers of prediction, of adaptability, of powers to reveal the bodhisattva Truth. VI. The Shingon has its own elaborate ten stages, and also a group 十地十心, see 十心; and there are other groups.

十夜

see styles
shí yè
    shi2 ye4
shih yeh
 tooya
    とおや
{Buddh} (See 十夜粥・じゅうやがゆ) ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar); (female given name) Tooya
ten nights (of mindfulness of the Buddha)

十悪

see styles
 juuaku / juaku
    じゅうあく
(1) (hist) the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); (2) {Buddh} (See 十善・1) the ten evil deeds

十牛

see styles
 juugyuu / jugyu
    じゅうぎゅう
{Buddh} Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)

十王

see styles
shí wáng
    shi2 wang2
shih wang
 juuou / juo
    じゅうおう
{Buddh} ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life); (place-name, surname) Jūou
The ten kings presiding over the ten departments of purgatory.

十界

see styles
shí jiè
    shi2 jie4
shih chieh
 jikkai
    じっかい
{Buddh} ten spiritual realms; (surname) Jikkai
idem 十法界.

印可

see styles
yìn kě
    yin4 ke3
yin k`o
    yin ko
 inka
    いんか
(noun, transitive verb) (1) {Buddh} dharma transmission (formal confirmation of a student's awakening by his master); (noun, transitive verb) (2) (issuing a) certificate of proficiency (in flower arrangement, etc.)
Assuredly can, i. e. recognition of ability, or suitability.

印契

see styles
yìn qì
    yin4 qi4
yin ch`i
    yin chi
 ingei; inkei / inge; inke
    いんげい; いんけい
{Buddh} (See 印・いん・3) mudra (symbolic hand gesture)
(Skt. mudrā)

厭離


厌离

see styles
yàn lí
    yan4 li2
yen li
 onri; enri
    おんり; えんり
{Buddh} departing from this world in disdain
To weary of the world and abandon it.

受記


受记

see styles
shòu jì
    shou4 ji4
shou chi
 juki
    じゅき
(Buddhist term) vyakarana (assurance of future enlightenment)
受決; 受別 To receive from a Buddha predestination (to become a Buddha); the prophecy of a bodhisattva's future Buddhahood.

口称

see styles
 kushou / kusho
    くしょう
{Buddh} (See 念仏・1) chanting the invocation to Amida Buddha

古訳

see styles
 koyaku
    こやく
(hist) {Buddh} pre-Kumarajiva Chinese translation (i.e. before the 5th century)

台密

see styles
tái mì
    tai2 mi4
t`ai mi
    tai mi
 taimitsu
    たいみつ
{Buddh} (See 東密・とうみつ) esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Tendai sect
Tendai as esoteric school

名号

see styles
 myougou / myogo
    みょうごう
(1) {Buddh} Buddha's name (esp. when used in prayer); (2) (めいごう only) fame; renown; (place-name) Myōgou

名色

see styles
míng sè
    ming2 se4
ming se
 nashiki
    なしき
{Buddh} (See 十二因縁) namarupa; name and form; (place-name) Nashiki
nāmarūpa, name-form, or name and form, one of the twelve nidānas. In Brahminical tradition it served 'to denote spirit and matter', 'the concrete individual', Keith; in Buddhism it is intp. as the 五蘊 five skandhas or aggregates, i, e. a 'body', 受, 想, 行, and 識 vedana, saṃjñā, karman, and vijñāna being the 'name' and 色 rupa the 'form'; the first-named four are mental and the last material. 色 Rupa is described as the minutest particle of matter, that which has resistance; the embryonic body or foetus is a nāmarūpa, something that can be named.

吽形

see styles
 ungyou / ungyo
    うんぎょう
{Buddh} closed-mouthed form (statue with closed mouth, symbolizing the "um" half of "aum")

呪法

see styles
 juhou / juho
    じゅほう
(1) {Buddh} esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; (2) magic

和讃

see styles
 wasan
    わさん
(Buddhist term) hymns of praise in Japanese

和讚

see styles
 wasan
    わさん
(Buddhist term) hymns of praise in Japanese

品題


品题

see styles
pǐn tí
    pin3 ti2
p`in t`i
    pin ti
 hondai
    ほんだい
to evaluate (an individual); to appraise
{Buddh} chapter title; section title; volume title

唯心

see styles
wéi xīn
    wei2 xin1
wei hsin
 yuishin
    ゆいしん
(1) {Buddh} doctrine that all phenomena are produced from consciousness (a central teaching of the Avatamska sutra); (2) {phil} (See 唯物) spiritualism; (personal name) Yuishin
Idealism, mind only, the theory that the only reality is mental, that of the mind. Similar to 唯識q. v. and v. Lankavatara sutra.

唯識


唯识

see styles
wéi shì
    wei2 shi4
wei shih
 yuishiki
    ゆいしき
{Buddh} vijnapti-matrata (theory that all existence is subjective and nothing exists outside of the mind)
vijñānamatra(vada) cittamatra. Idealism, the doctrine that nothing exists apart from mind, 識外無法.

唱導


唱导

see styles
chàng dǎo
    chang4 dao3
ch`ang tao
    chang tao
 shoudou / shodo
    しょうどう
(noun, transitive verb) (1) leading (movement, revolution, etc.); guiding; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {Buddh} instructing in Buddhism; converting (someone) to Buddhism; (noun, transitive verb) (3) (See 唱道) advocacy
To preach to people and lead them to conversion.

唱題

see styles
 shoudai / shodai
    しょうだい
{Buddh} (See 題目・3) chanting the title of a sutra (esp. the Lotus Sutra)

善女

see styles
shàn nǚ
    shan4 nv3
shan nü
 zennyo
    ぜんにょ
{Buddh} pious woman
good women

善男

see styles
shàn nán
    shan4 nan2
shan nan
 yoshio
    よしお
{Buddh} pious man; (male given name) Yoshio
man of a good family

善神

see styles
shàn shén
    shan4 shen2
shan shen
 zenshin
    ぜんしん
(1) (See 正法) good God; good deities; (2) {Buddh} true teachings of Buddha
The good devas, or spirits, who protect Buddhism, 8, 16, or 36 in number; the 8 are also called 善鬼神.

喝食

see styles
hē shí
    he1 shi2
ho shih
 kasshiki; kashiki; katsujiki
    かっしき; かしき; かつじき
(1) {Buddh} announcing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer; (2) {noh} noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery
to announce the meal

嗔恚

see styles
 shinne
    しんね
    shinni
    しんに
    shini
    しんい
(1) (Buddhist term) dosa (ill will, antipathy); (2) irateness; anger

四劫

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sì jié
    si4 jie2
ssu chieh
 shikou / shiko
    しこう
{Buddh} (See 劫・1) the four kalpa (formation, existence, destruction, nothingness)
The four kalpas, or epochs, of a world, 成劫 that of formation and completion; 住劫 existing or abiding; 懷劫 destruction; and 空劫 annihilation, or the succeeding void. 倶舍論 12.

四土

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sì tǔ
    si4 tu3
ssu t`u
    ssu tu
 shido
    しど
{Buddh} four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)
The four Buddha-kṣetra, or realms, of Tiantai: (1) 凡聖居同土 Realms where all classes dwell— men, devas, Buddhas, disciples, non-disciples; it has two divisions, the impure, e. g. this world, and the pure, e. g. the 'Western' pure-land. (2) 方便有餘土 Temporary realms, where the occupants have got rid of the evils of 見思 unenlightened views and thoughts, but still have to be reborn. (3) 實報無障礙土 Realms of permanent reward and freedom, for those who have attained bodhisattva rank. (4) 常寂光土 Realm of eternal rest and light (i. e. wisdom) and of eternal spirit (dharmakāya), the abode of Buddhas; but in reality all the others are included in this, and are only separated for convenience, sake.

四恩

see styles
sì ēn
    si4 en1
ssu en
 shion
    しおん
{Buddh} four gratitudes (to one's parents, all living beings, one's sovereign and the Three Jewels); four obligations; (surname) Shion
four kinds of compassion

四曼

see styles
 shiman
    しまん
(abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 四種曼荼羅) four types of mandala (in Shingon)

四有

see styles
sì yǒu
    si4 you3
ssu yu
 shiu
    しう
{Buddh} the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo
four states of life

四生

see styles
sì shēng
    si4 sheng1
ssu sheng
 shishou / shisho
    ししょう
{Buddh} the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously); catur-yoni
catur-yoni, the four forms of birth: (1) 胎 or 生 jarāyuja, viviparous, as with mammalia; (2) 卵生 aṇḍaja, oviparous, as with birds; (3) 濕生 or 寒熱和合生 saṃsvedaja, moisture, or water-born, as with worms and fishes; (4) 化生 aupapāduka, metamorphic, as with moths from the chrysalis, or with devas, or in the hells, or the first beings in a newly evolved world.

四相

see styles
sì xiàng
    si4 xiang4
ssu hsiang
 shisou / shiso
    しそう
(1) {Buddh} four essential elements of existence (birth, ageing, illness and death); (can act as adjective) (2) {math} four-phase; quadri-phase
The four avasthā, or states of all phenomena, i. e. 生住異滅 birth, being, change (i. e. decay), and death; also 四有爲相. There are several groups, e. g. 果報四相 birth, age, disease, death. Also 藏識四相 of the Awakening of Faith referring to the initiation, continuation, change, and cessation of the ālaya-vijñāna. Also 我人四相 The ideas: (1) that there is an ego; (2) that man is different from other organisms; (3) that all the living are produced by the skandhas; (4) that life is limited to the organism. Also 智境四相 dealing differently with the four last headings 我; 人; 衆生; and 壽相.

四苦

see styles
sì kǔ
    si4 ku3
ssu k`u
    ssu ku
 shiku
    しく
{Buddh} the four kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death)
The four miseries, or sufferings — birth, age, disease, and death.

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