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千佛

see styles
qiān fó
    qian1 fo2
ch`ien fo
    chien fo
 senbutsu
The thousand Buddhas. Each of the past, present, and future kalpas has a thousand Buddhas; Śākyamuni is the "fourth" Buddha in the present kalpa.

半死

see styles
bàn sǐ
    ban4 si3
pan ssu
 hanshi
    はんし
half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death; (terrified) out of one's wits; (beaten) to within an inch of one's life; (knock) the daylights out of sb
half-dead

半生

see styles
bàn shēng
    ban4 sheng1
pan sheng
 hansei / hanse
    はんせい
half a lifetime
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far

卜占

see styles
bǔ zhān
    bu3 zhan1
pu chan
 bokusen
    ぼくせん
to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future
fortune-telling; divination; augury
divination

危及

see styles
wēi jí
    wei1 ji2
wei chi
to endanger; to jeopardize; a danger (to life, national security etc)

厭世


厌世

see styles
yàn shì
    yan4 shi4
yen shih
 ensei / ense
    えんせい
world-weary; pessimistic
weariness with life; world-weariness; pessimism
Weary of the world; to renounce the world.

取相

see styles
qǔ xiàng
    qu3 xiang4
ch`ü hsiang
    chü hsiang
 shu sō
The state of holding to the illusions of life as realities.

受決


受决

see styles
shòu jué
    shou4 jue2
shou chüeh
 juketsu
assurance of future buddhahood

受者

see styles
shòu zhě
    shou4 zhe3
shou che
 jusha
A recipient (e. g. of the rules). The illusory view that the ego will receive reward or punishment in a future life, one of the sixteen false views.

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.

各界

see styles
gè jiè
    ge4 jie4
ko chieh
 kakkai; kakukai
    かっかい; かくかい
all walks of life; all social circles
each field; various circles

含生

see styles
hán shēng
    han2 sheng1
han sheng
 gan shō
含靈 Living beings, all beings possessing life, especially sentient life.

命乞

see styles
 inochigoi
    いのちごい
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

命光

see styles
mìng guāng
    ming4 guang1
ming kuang
 myōkō
The light of a life, i. e. soon gone.

命寳

see styles
mìng bǎo
    ming4 bao3
ming pao
The precious possession of life.

命寶


命宝

see styles
mìng bǎo
    ming4 bao3
ming pao
 myōhō
treasure of life

命数

see styles
 meisuu / mesu
    めいすう
(1) span of life; one's term of existence; one's time (alive); one's days; (2) destiny; fate; (3) (See 命数法) assigning a name to a number

命根

see styles
mìng gēn
    ming4 gen1
ming ken
 meikon / mekon
    めいこん
lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals)
life
A root, or basis for life, or reincarnation, the nexus of Hīnayāna between two life-periods, accepted by Mahāyāna as nominal but not real.

命梵

see styles
mìng fàn
    ming4 fan4
ming fan
 myōbon
Life and honour, i. e. perils to life and perils to noble character.

命求

see styles
mìng qiú
    ming4 qiu2
ming ch`iu
    ming chiu
 myōgu
seeking long life

命濁


命浊

see styles
mìng zhuó
    ming4 zhuo2
ming cho
 myōjoku
One of the 五濁, turbidity or decay of the vital principle, reducing the length of life.

命終


命终

see styles
mìng zhōng
    ming4 zhong1
ming chung
 myōjū
Life's end; nearing the end.

命緣


命缘

see styles
mìng yuán
    ming4 yuan2
ming yüan
 myōen
conditions of life

命者

see styles
mìng zhě
    ming4 zhe3
ming che
 myōsha
The living being; the one possessing life; life.

命脈


命脉

see styles
mìng mài
    ming4 mai4
ming mai
 meimyaku / memyaku
    めいみゃく
lifeline
life; thread of life

命藤

see styles
mìng téng
    ming4 teng2
ming t`eng
    ming teng
 myōtō
The rope of life (gnawed by the two rats, i. e. night and day).

命途

see styles
mìng tú
    ming4 tu2
ming t`u
    ming tu
the course of one's life; one's fate

命難


命难

see styles
mìng nán
    ming4 nan2
ming nan
 myō nan
Life's hardships; the distress of living.

品質


品质

see styles
pǐn zhì
    pin3 zhi4
p`in chih
    pin chih
 hinshitsu
    ひんしつ
character; intrinsic quality (of a person); quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)
quality (of a product or a service)

善人

see styles
shàn rén
    shan4 ren2
shan jen
 yoshihito
    よしひと
philanthropist; charitable person; well-doer
(1) good person; virtuous person; (2) good-natured person; gullible person; (given name) Yoshihito
A good man, especially one who believes in Buddhist ideas of causality and lives a good life.

善友

see styles
shàn yǒu
    shan4 you3
shan yu
 yoshitomo
    よしとも
(rare) good friend; (personal name) Yoshitomo
kalyāṇamitra, 'a friend of virtue, a religious counsellor,' M. W.; a friend in the good life, or one who stimulates to goodness.

善後


善后

see styles
shàn hòu
    shan4 hou4
shan hou
 zengo
    ぜんご
to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations
(usu. in compounds) (See 善後処置) careful settlement (of a matter); dealing with properly; planning for the future

善果

see styles
shàn guǒ
    shan4 guo3
shan kuo
 zenka
    ぜんか
good results
Good fruit from 善因 q.v.; good fortune in life resulting from previous goodness.

喩依

see styles
yù yī
    yu4 yi1
yü i
 yu e
The subject of the example, e.g. a vase, or bottle; as contrasted with 喩體 the predicate, e.g. (the vase) is not eternal.

喪命


丧命

see styles
sàng mìng
    sang4 ming4
sang ming
to lose one's life

喪生


丧生

see styles
sàng shēng
    sang4 sheng1
sang sheng
to die; to lose one's life

喪身


丧身

see styles
sàng shēn
    sang4 shen1
sang shen
to lose one's life

営む

see styles
 itonamu
    いとなむ
(transitive verb) (1) to run (a business); to operate; to conduct; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); (transitive verb) (2) to carry out; to perform; to lead (a life); (transitive verb) (3) to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

四世

see styles
sì shì
    si4 shi4
ssu shih
 yonsei / yonse
    よんせい
(1) four generations; (2) fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; (3) the fourth (e.g. George IV)
The period of the Buddha's earthly life, styled 聖世 the sacred period (or period of the sage), is added to the three periods of 正法 correct Law; 像法 semblance of the Law; and 末法 decadence of the Law.

四依

see styles
sì yī
    si4 yi1
ssu i
 shi e
The four necessaries, or things on which the religious rely. (1) 行四依 The four of ascetic practitioners— rag clothing; begging for food; sitting under trees; purgatives and diuretics as moral and spiritual means; these are also termed 四聖種. (2) 法四依 The four of the dharma: i. e. the truth, which is eternal, rather than man, even its propagator; the sutras of perfect meaning i. e. of the 道實相 the truth of the 'middle' way; the meaning, or spirit, not the letter; wisdom 智, i.e. Buddha-wisdom rather than mere knowledge 識. There are other groups. Cf. 四事.

四倒

see styles
sì dào
    si4 dao4
ssu tao
 shitō
The four viparyaya i. e. inverted or false beliefs in regard to 常, 樂, 我, 淨. There are two groups: (1) the common belief in the four above, denied by the early Buddhist doctrine that all is impermanent, suffering, impersonal, and impure; (2) the false belief of the Hīnayāna school that nirvana is not a state of permanence, joy, personality, and purity. Hīnayāna refutes the common view in regard to the phenomenal life; bodhisattvism refutes both views.

四土

see styles
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.

四執


四执

see styles
sì zhí
    si4 zhi2
ssu chih
 shishū
The four erroneous tenets; also 四邪; 四迷; 四術; there are two groups: I. The four of the 外道 outsiders, or non-Buddhists, i. e. of Brahminism, concerning the law of cause and effect: (1) 邪因邪果 heretical theory of causation, e. g. creation by Mahesvara; (2) 無因有果 or 自然, effect independent of cause, e. g. creation without a cause, or spontaneous generation; (3) 有因無果 cause without effect, e. g. no future life as the result of this. (4) 無因無果 neither cause nor effect, e. g. that rewards and punishments are independent of morals. II. The four erroneous tenets of 內外道 insiders and outsiders, Buddhist and Brahman, also styled 四宗 the four schools, as negated in the 中論 Mādhyamika śāstra: (1) outsiders, who do not accept either the 人 ren or 法 fa ideas of 空 kong; (2) insiders who hold the Abhidharma or Sarvāstivādāḥ tenet, which recognizes 人空 human impersonality, but not 法空 the unreality of things; (3) also those who hold the 成實 Satyasiddhi tenet which discriminates the two meanings of 空 kong but not clearly; and also (4) those in Mahāyāna who hold the tenet of the realists.

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

四法

see styles
sì fǎ
    si4 fa3
ssu fa
 shihō
There are several groups of four dharma: (1) 教法 the teaching of the Buddha); 理法 its principles, or meaning; 行法 its practice; 果法 its fruits or rewards. (2) Another group relates to bodhisattvas, their never losing the bodhi-mind, or the wisdom attained, or perseverance in progress, or the monastic forest life (āraṇyaka). (3) Also 信解行證 faith, discernment, performance, and assurance. (4) The Pure-land 'True' sect of Japan has a division: 教法, i. e. the 大無量壽經; 行法 the practice of the seventeenth of Amitābha's vows; 信法 faith in the eighteenth; and 證法 proof of the eleventh. The most important work of Shinran, the founder of the sect, is these four, i. e. 教行信證. (5) A 'Lotus ' division of 四法 is the answer to a question of Puxian (Samantabhadra) how the Lotus is to be possessed after the Buddha's demise, i. e. by thought (or protection) of the Buddhas; the cultivation of virtue; entry into correct dhyāna; and having a mind to save all creatures.

四流

see styles
sì liú
    si4 liu2
ssu liu
 shiru
The four currents (that carry the unthinking along): i. e. the illusions of 見 seeing things as they seem, not as they really are; 欲 desires; 有 existence, life; 無明 ignorance, or an unenlightened condition.

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.

四蛇

see styles
sì shé
    si4 she2
ssu she
 shida
idem 四毒蛇. The Fanyimingyi under this heading gives the parable of a man who fled from the two bewildering forms of life and death, and climbed down a rope (of life) 命根, into the well of impermanence 無常, where two mice, night and day, gnawed the rattan rope; on the four sides four snakes 四蛇 sought to poison him, i. e. the 四大 or four elements of his physical nature); below were three dragons 三毒龍 breathing fire and trying to seize him. On looking up he saw that two 象 elephants (darkness and light) had come to the mouth of the well; he was in despair, when a bee flew by and dropped some honey (the five desires 五欲) into his mouth, which he ate and entirely forgot his peril.

四衆


四众

see styles
sì zhòng
    si4 zhong4
ssu chung
 shishu; shishuu / shishu; shishu
    ししゅ; ししゅう
(1) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees); (2) four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices); (3) (in Tendai) the four assemblies
The four varga (groups, or orders), i. e. bhikṣu, bhikṣuṇī, upāsaka and upāsikā, monks, nuns, male and female devotees. Another group, according to Tiantai's commentary on the Lotus, is 發起衆 the assembly which, through Śāriputra, stirred the Buddha to begin his Lotus Sutra sermons; 當機衆 the pivotal assembly, those who were responsive to him; 影向衆 the reflection assembly, those like Mañjuśrī, etc., who reflected on, or drew out the Buddha's teaching; and 結緣衆 those who only profited in having seen and heard a Buddha, and therefore whose enlightenment is delayed to a future life.

四計


四计

see styles
sì jì
    si4 ji4
ssu chi
 shikei / shike
    しけい
plans for one's day, plans for one's year, plans for one's life, and plans for one's family
four imputations

回生

see styles
 kaisei / kaise
    かいせい
(n,vs,vi) (1) resurrection; resuscitation; coming back to life; (n,vs,vi) (2) {electr} (See 回生ブレーキ) regeneration; (suffix) (3) (ksb:) (See 年生) nth-year university student

因業


因业

see styles
yīn yè
    yin1 ye4
yin yeh
 ingou / ingo
    いんごう
(noun or adjectival noun) heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
The work, or operation, of cause, or causes, i. e. the co-operation of direct and indirect causes, of primary and environmental causes.

団信

see styles
 danshin
    だんしん
(abbreviation) (See 団体信用生命保険) group credit life insurance; creditor's group life insurance; creditor's insurance policy

圓夢


圆梦

see styles
yuán mèng
    yuan2 meng4
yüan meng
to fulfill one's dream; (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream; oneiromancy

圓融


圆融

see styles
yuán róng
    yuan2 rong2
yüan jung
 enyū
accommodating; (Buddhism) completely integrated
Complete combination; the absolute in the relative and vice versa; the identity of apparent contraries; perfect harmony among all differences, as in water and waves, passion and enlightenment, transmigration and nirvāṇa, or life and death, etc.; all are of the same fundamental nature, all are bhūtatathatā, and bhūtatathatā is all; waves are one with waves, and water is one with water, and water and wave are one.

坎坷

see styles
kǎn kě
    kan3 ke3
k`an k`o
    kan ko
(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes

垂危

see styles
chuí wēi
    chui2 wei1
ch`ui wei
    chui wei
close to death; life-threatening (illness)

垂範


垂范

see styles
chuí fàn
    chui2 fan4
ch`ui fan
    chui fan
 suihan
    すいはん
(literary) to set a shining example (for one's subordinates or future generations)
(n,vs,vi) setting an example
to set an example

堅法


坚法

see styles
jiān fǎ
    jian1 fa3
chien fa
 kenpō
The three things assured to the faithful (in reincarnation)—a good body, long life, and boundless wealth.

報命


报命

see styles
bào mìng
    bao4 ming4
pao ming
 hōmyō
The life of reward or punishment for former deeds.

報本


报本

see styles
bào běn
    bao4 ben3
pao pen
 hōhon
commemorating the life events of the Buddha

塵世


尘世

see styles
chén shì
    chen2 shi4
ch`en shih
    chen shih
 jinse
(religion) this mortal life; the mundane world
defiled realm

塵埃


尘埃

see styles
chén āi
    chen2 ai1
ch`en ai
    chen ai
 jinai; chirihokori
    じんあい; ちりほこり
dust
(1) dust; dirt; (2) (じんあい only) dreary world; petty affairs of everyday life
dust (mote)

境地

see styles
jìng dì
    jing4 di4
ching ti
 sakaichi
    さかいち
circumstances
(1) state (of mind); mental state; emotional condition; (2) field (of activity); (3) one's lot; circumstance; situation in life; (4) (orig. meaning) place; region; area; land; (surname) Sakaichi
condition

境涯

see styles
 kyougai / kyogai
    きょうがい
circumstances; one's situation or lot in life

境界

see styles
jìng jiè
    jing4 jie4
ching chieh
 kyougai / kyogai
    きょうがい
boundary; state; realm
(1) {Buddh} (one's) circumstances in life (determined by the karma of a previous life); situation in life; (2) (one's) lot in life; situation; circumstance
Sphere, region, realm, as 境.

境遇

see styles
jìng yù
    jing4 yu4
ching yü
 kyouguu / kyogu
    きょうぐう
circumstance
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

增劫

see styles
zēng jié
    zeng1 jie2
tseng chieh
 zōkō
The kalpa of increment, during which human life increases by one year every century, from an initial life of ten years, till it reaches 84,000 (and the body from 1 foot to 8,400 feet in height), in the 滅劫 similarly diminishing.

增壽


增寿

see styles
zēng shòu
    zeng1 shou4
tseng shou
 zōju
to prolong life

增年

see styles
zēng nián
    zeng1 nian2
tseng nien
to lengthen life

壮年

see styles
 taketoshi
    たけとし
prime of life; (male given name) Taketoshi

壯年


壮年

see styles
zhuàng nián
    zhuang4 nian2
chuang nien
lit. robust years; prime of life; summer; able-bodied (fit for military service); mature (talent, garden etc)
See: 壮年

壽命


寿命

see styles
shòu mìng
    shou4 ming4
shou ming
 jumyou / jumyo
    じゅみょう
life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
(surname) Jumyou
jīvita, life, length of days, age.

壽數


寿数

see styles
shòu shu
    shou4 shu5
shou shu
predestined length of life

壽樂


寿乐

see styles
shòu lè
    shou4 le4
shou le
 juraku
long life and bliss

壽盡


寿尽

see styles
shòu jìn
    shou4 jin4
shou chin
 jujin
life [-span] is exhausted, expired

壽終


寿终

see styles
shòu zhōng
    shou4 zhong1
shou chung
 jushū
to die of old age; to live to a ripe old age; (fig.) (of something) to come to an end (after a long period of service)
end of life

壽經


寿经

see styles
shòu jīng
    shou4 jing1
shou ching
 Ju kyō
Life Sūtra

壽考


寿考

see styles
shòu kǎo
    shou4 kao3
shou k`ao
    shou kao
long life; life span

壽行


寿行

see styles
shòu xíng
    shou4 xing2
shou hsing
 jugyō
potential for maintaining a long life span

壽量


寿量

see styles
shòu liáng
    shou4 liang2
shou liang
 juryō
life span

壽限


寿限

see styles
shòu xiàn
    shou4 xian4
shou hsien
lifetime; length of life

壽險


寿险

see styles
shòu xiǎn
    shou4 xian3
shou hsien
life insurance (abbr. for 人壽保險|人寿保险[ren2 shou4 bao3 xian3])

夙世

see styles
sù shì
    su4 shi4
su shih
previous life

多舛

see styles
duō chuǎn
    duo1 chuan3
to ch`uan
    to chuan
full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to sb's life)

大乘

see styles
dà shèng
    da4 sheng4
ta sheng
 oonori
    おおのり
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
(surname) Oonori
Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。.

大刧


大劫

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dà jié
    da4 jie2
ta chieh
 daikō
mahākalpa. The great kalpa, from the beginning of a universe till it is destroyed and another begins in its place. It has four kalpas or periods known as vivarta 成刧 the creation period; vivarta‐siddha 住刧 the appearance of sun and moon, i.e. light, and the period of life, human and general; saṃvarta 壤刧 or 滅刧 destruction first by fire, then water, then fire, then deluge, then a great wind, i.e. water during seven small kalpas, fire during 56 and wind one, in all 64; saṃvartatthāhi 増滅刧 total destruction gradually reaching the void. A great kalpa is calculated as eighty small kalpas and to last 1,347,000,000 years.

大命

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dà mìng
    da4 ming4
ta ming
 taimei / taime
    たいめい
imperial command; royal command
The great order, command, destiny, or fate, i.e. life-and-death, mortality, reincarnation.

大壽


大寿

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dà shòu
    da4 shou4
ta shou
(polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)
See: 大寿

大夜

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dà yè
    da4 ye4
ta yeh
 daiya
the second half of the night; early morning (cf. 小夜[xiao3 ye4], evening); (fig.) eternal rest; death; (Buddhism) the night before the cremation of a monk
The great night, i.e. that before the funeral pyre of a monk is lighted; also 迨夜; 宿夜.

大拏


大拿

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dàn á
    dan4 a2
tan a
 Daina
sudana, 須達拏, 須大拏, 蘇達拏 ; i.e. Sakyamuni as a prince in a former life, when he forfeited the throne by his generosity.

大礼

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 oorei / oore
    おおれい
(1) state ceremony (esp. an enthronement); imperial ceremony; (2) important ceremony (in one's life, e.g. wedding, funeral); (surname) Oorei

天命

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tiān mìng
    tian1 ming4
t`ien ming
    tien ming
 tenmei / tenme
    てんめい
Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span
(1) God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; fate; karma; destiny; (2) one's life; one's lifespan; (surname, given name) Tenmei

天寿

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 tenju
    てんじゅ
natural span of life; (given name) Tenju

天年

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tiān nián
    tian1 nian2
t`ien nien
    tien nien
 tennen
natural life span
naturally ordained years

天眼

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tiān yǎn
    tian1 yan3
t`ien yen
    tien yen
 tengan
    てんがん
nickname of the FAST radio telescope (in Guizhou)
(1) {Buddh} (See 五眼) the heavenly eye; (2) (てんがん only) (rare) rolling back one's eyes during convulsions; (given name) Tengan
divyacakṣṣus. The deva-eye; the first abhijñā, v. 六通; one of the five classes of eyes; divine sight, unlimited vision; all things are open to it, large and small, near and distant, the destiny of all beings in future rebirths. It may be obtained among men by their human eyes through the practice of meditation 修得: and as a reward or natural possession by those born in the deva heavens 報得. Cf 天耳, etc.

天職


天职

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tiān zhí
    tian1 zhi2
t`ien chih
    tien chih
 tenshoku
    てんしょく
vocation; duty; mission in life
(1) vocation; lifework; calling; (2) sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); (3) (See 天神・6) prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

天鼓

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tiān gǔ
    tian1 gu3
t`ien ku
    tien ku
 tenko
    てんこ
(given name) Tenko
The deva drum— in the 善法 Good Law Hall of the Trayas-triṃśas heavens, which sounds of itself, warning the inhabitants of the thirty-three heavens that even their life is impermanent and subject to karma: at the sound of the drum Indra preaches against excess. Hence it is a title of Buddha as the great law-drum, who warns, exhorts, and encourages the good and frightens the evil and the demons.

夭壽


夭寿

see styles
yāo shòu
    yao1 shou4
yao shou
to die young; (Tw) (curse word) drop dead; go to hell; (literary) short life and long life

失命

see styles
 shitsumei / shitsume
    しつめい
(noun/participle) losing one's life; dying

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