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三賞 see styles |
sanshou / sansho さんしょう |
{sumo} (See 殊勲賞・2,敢闘賞,技能賞) three special awards for wrestlers at the end of a tournament |
三足 see styles |
mitsuashi みつあし |
(See 三脚) three legs; tripod; (surname) Mitsuashi |
三身 see styles |
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. |
三車 三车 see styles |
sān chē san1 che1 san ch`e san che sansha |
triyāna. 三乘 or 三乘法門 (1) The three vehicles across saṃsāra into nirvāṇa, i.e. the carts offered by the father in the Lotus Sutra to lure his children out of the burning house: (a) goat carts, representing śrāvakas; (b) deer carts, pratyekabuddhas; (c) bullock carts, bodhisattvas. (2) The three principal schools of Buddhism— Hīnayāna, Madhyamayāna, Mahāyāna. |
三軌 三轨 see styles |
sān guǐ san1 gui3 san kuei sanki |
The three rules 三法 (三法妙) of the Tiantai Lotus School: (a) 眞性軌 The absolute and real, the 眞如 or bhūtatathatā; (b) 觀照軌meditation upon and understanding of it; (c) 資成軌 the extension of this understanding to all its workings. In the 三軌弘經 the three are traced to the 法師品 of the Lotus Sutra and are developed as: (a) 慈悲室 the abode of mercy, or to dwell in mercy; (b) 忍辱衣 the garment of endurance, or patience under opposition; (c) 法空座 the throne of immateriality (or spirituality), a state of nirvāṇa tranquility. Mercy to all is an extension of 資成軌 , patience of 觀照軌 and nirvāṇa tranquility of 眞性軌 . |
三軍 三军 see styles |
sān jun san1 jun1 san chün sangun さんぐん |
(in former times) upper, middle and lower army; army of right, center and left; (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force (noun - becomes adjective with の) great army; mighty host; whole army |
三軽 see styles |
sankei / sanke さんけい |
three famous beauty spots |
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. |
三輪 三轮 see styles |
sān lún san1 lun2 san lun miwa みわ |
three wheels; (p,s,f) Miwa The three wheels: (1) The Buddha's (a) 身 body or deeds; (b) 口 mouth, or discourse; (c) 意 mind or ideas. (2) (a) 神通 (or 變) His supernatural powers, or powers of (bodily) self-transformation, associated with 身 body; (b) 記心輪 his discriminating understanding of others, associated with 意 mind; (c) 敎誡輪 or 正敎輪 his (oral) powers of teaching, associated with 口. (3) Similarly (a) 神足輪 ; (b) 說法輪 ; (c) 憶念輪 . (4) 惑, 業, and 苦. The wheel of illusion produces karma, that of karma sets rolling that of suffering, which in turn sets rolling the wheel of illusion. (5) (a) Impermanence; (b) uncleanness; (c) suffering. Cf. 三道. |
三轉 三转 see styles |
sān zhuǎn san1 zhuan3 san chuan santen |
(三轉法輪) The three turns of the law-wheel when the Buddha preached in the Deer Park: (a) 示轉 indicative, i.e. postulation and definition of the 四諦; (b) 勸轉 hortative, e.g. 苦當知 suffering should be diagnosed; (c) 證轉 evidential, e.g. I have overcome suffering, etc. |
三辺 see styles |
minabe みなべ |
three sides (length, width and height); (surname) Minabe |
三逆 see styles |
sān nì san1 ni4 san ni sangyaku |
The three unpardonable sins of Devadatta, which sent him to the Avici hell— schism, stoning the Buddha to the shedding of his blood, killing a nun. |
三通 see styles |
sān tōng san1 tong1 san t`ung san tung mitsumichi みつみち |
T-joint; T-piece; T-pipe; three links (surname) Mitsumichi |
三連 see styles |
mitsura みつら |
three-stranded; (given name) Mitsura |
三道 see styles |
sān dào san1 dao4 san tao mitsumichi みつみち |
(surname) Mitsumichi (1) The three paths all have to tread; 輪廻三道, 三輪, i.e. (a) 煩惱道 ; 惑道 ; the path of misery, illusion, mortality; (b) 業道 the path of works, action, or doing, productive of karma; (c) 苦道 the resultant path of suffering. As ever recurring they are called the three wheels. (2) 聾, 緣, 菩 śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, cf. 三乘. |
三達 三达 see styles |
sān dá san1 da2 san ta mitatsu みたつ |
(surname) Mitatsu Three aspects of the omniscience of Buddha: knowledge of future karma, of past karma, of present illusion and liberation; v. 三明. |
三部 see styles |
sān bù san1 bu4 san pu minbe みんべ |
three parts; three copies; (surname) Minbe Three divisions. Included under this category are such terms as 三部大法, 三部主色, 三部經, etc. |
三都 see styles |
sān dū san1 du1 san tu minato みなと |
see 三都水族自治縣|三都水族自治县[San1 du1 Shui3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period); (female given name) Minato |
三醫 三医 see styles |
sān yī san1 yi1 san i san'i |
The three modes of diagnosis: the superior, 聽聲 listening to the voice; the medium, 相色 observing the external appearance; the inferior 診脈 testing the pulse. |
三金 see styles |
sān jīn san1 jin1 san chin mikane みかね |
(surname) Mikane The three metals, gold, silver, copper. The esoterics have (a) earth, water, fire, representing the 身密 mystic body; (b) space and wind, the 語密 mystic mouth or speech; (c) 識 cognition, the 意密 mystic mind. |
三銖 三铢 see styles |
sān zhū san1 zhu1 san chu sanshu |
Three twenty-fourths of a tael, the weight of a deva's garments, e.g. featherweight. |
三門 三门 see styles |
sān mén san1 men2 san men mimon みもん |
Sanmen county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang {Buddh} large triple gate to temple; (surname) Mimon trividha-dvāra, the three gates; a monastery; purity of body, speech, and thought; idem 三解脫門 also 三業. |
三陸 see styles |
sanriku さんりく |
(See 陸前,陸中,陸奥・りくおう) Sanriku (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō); (place-name) Sanriku |
三障 see styles |
sān zhàng san1 zhang4 san chang sanshō |
The three vighna, i.e. hinderers or barriers, of which three groups are given: (1) (a) 煩惱障 the passions, i.e. 三毒 desire, hate, stupidity; (b) 業障 the deeds done; (c) 報障 the retributions. (2) (a) 皮煩惱障 ; (b) 肉煩惱障 ; (c) 心煩惱障 skin, flesh, and heart (or mind) troublers, i.e. delusions from external objects: internal views, and mental ignorance. (3) 三重障 the three weighty obstructions: (a) self-importance, 我慢; (b) envy, 嫉妬; (c) desire, 貧欲. |
三難 三难 see styles |
sān nán san1 nan2 san nan sannan |
The three hardships, or sufferings in the three lower paths of transmigration, v. 三惡道. |
三面 see styles |
mizura みづら |
three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper); (place-name) Mizura |
三韓 三韩 see styles |
sān hán san1 han2 san han sankan さんかん |
(hist) the three Han nations (of ancient Korea) the three Han |
三項 三项 see styles |
sān xiàng san1 xiang4 san hsiang |
three items; three events; three terms; tri-; trinomial, ternary (math.); triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能|三项全能) |
三食 see styles |
sanshoku さんしょく |
three meals (a day) |
三餘 三余 see styles |
sān yú san1 yu2 san yü sanyo |
The three after death remainders, or continued mortal experiences, of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, who mistakenly think they are going to 無餘涅槃final nirvāṇa, but will still find 煩惱餘 further passion and illusion, 業餘 further karma, and 果餘 continued rebirth, in realms beyond the 三界trailokya. |
三馬 三马 see styles |
sān mǎ san1 ma3 san ma minma みんま |
(place-name) Minma The three horses, one young, strong, and tractable; another similar but not tractable; a third old and intractable, i.e. bodhisattvas (or bodhisattva-monks), śrāvakas and icchantis. |
三魔 see styles |
sān mó san1 mo2 san mo sanma |
The three kinds of evil spirits, of which three groups are given: (1) 煩惱魔 , 陰魔 and他化自在天子魔 ; (2) 煩惱魔 , 天魔 and 死魔 ; (3) 善知識魔 , 三昧魔 , and善提心魔 . |
三鮮 三鲜 see styles |
sān xiān san1 xian1 san hsien |
three fresh ingredients (in cooking) |
三麻 see styles |
sanma さんま |
(abbreviation) {mahj} (See 三人麻雀) three-player mahjong; sanma |
三鼓 see styles |
mitsuzumi みつづみ |
(1) (rare) the three types of gagaku drums; (2) (archaism) third division of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am); (surname) Mitsuzumi |
上巻 see styles |
uemaki うえまき |
(See 下巻,中巻) first volume (in a two or three-volume set); first book; volume one; book one; (surname) Uemaki |
上綱 上纲 see styles |
shàng gāng shang4 gang1 shang kang kamitsuna かみつな |
(n,n-suf) (1) (じょうこう only) {biol} superclass; (2) (archaism) {Buddh} (See 僧綱) top-ranking priest in the Office of Monastic Affairs; (surname) Kamitsuna The "higher bond' or superior, the 上座 or Sthavira, among the three directors of a monastery. v. 三綱. |
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. |
下巻 see styles |
shimomaki しもまき |
(See 上巻,中巻) second volume (in a two-volume set); third volume (in a three-volume set); last volume; (place-name) Shimomaki |
下種 下种 see styles |
xià zhǒng xia4 zhong3 hsia chung shimodane しもだね |
(adj-na,n,adj-no) (1) low-life; sleazebag; boor; (2) person of humble rank; humble person; peasant; menial; churl; petty official; (place-name) Shimodane To sow the seed; to preach, or teach. Tiantai defines three periods: (1) 種 when the seed of Buddha's teaching is sown in the heart; (2) 熟 when it ripens; (3) 脫 when it is stripped or harvested, i. e when one abandons all things. |
下篇 see styles |
gehen げへん |
second volume (of two); third volume (of three) |
下編 see styles |
gehen げへん |
second volume (of two); third volume (of three) |
不道 see styles |
bù dào bu4 dao4 pu tao fudou; budou; butou / fudo; budo; buto ふどう; ぶどう; ぶとう |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (archaism) (See 無道) inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked; (2) (archaism) (See 八虐) barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse) immoral |
丙糖 see styles |
bǐng táng bing3 tang2 ping t`ang ping tang |
triose (CH2O)3, monosaccharide with three carbon atoms, such as glyceraldehyde 甘油醛[gan1 you2 quan2] |
両三 see styles |
ryousan / ryosan りょうさん |
two or three |
中唄 中呗 see styles |
zhōng bài zhong1 bai4 chung pai chūbai |
Chanting of 梵唄 Buddhist hymns is divided into three kinds 初, 中, and 後. |
中宗 see styles |
zhōng zōng zhong1 zong1 chung tsung nakamune なかむね |
(surname) Nakamune The school or principle of the mean, represented by the 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa school, which divides the Buddha's teaching into three periods, the first in which he preached 有 existence, the second 空 non-existence, the third 中 neither, something 'between' or above them, e. g. a realm of pure spirit, vide the 深密經 Saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra and the Lotus Sutra. |
中巻 see styles |
nakamaki なかまき |
(See 上巻,下巻) second volume (of three); second book; volume two; book two; (surname) Nakamaki |
中根 see styles |
zhōng gēn zhong1 gen1 chung ken nakane なかね |
(place-name, surname) Nakane Medium capacity, neither clever nor dull, of each of the six organs 六根; there are three powers of each organ 上根, 中根, and 下根. |
中段 see styles |
zhōng duàn zhong1 duan4 chung tuan nakadan なかだん |
middle section; middle period; middle area; mid- half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre); (place-name, surname) Nakadan |
中流 see styles |
zhōng liú zhong1 liu2 chung liu chuuru / churu ちゅうる |
midstream (hist) (See 三流・さんる) banishment (to a somewhat distant province); middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system In the midst of the stream, i. e. of 生死 mortality, or reincarnations. |
中篇 see styles |
chuuhen / chuhen ちゅうへん |
(1) second part (of three); second volume; middle part; (2) (abbreviation) novelette; novella; short novel; long short story; medium-length story |
中編 see styles |
chuuhen / chuhen ちゅうへん |
(1) second part (of three); second volume; middle part; (2) (abbreviation) novelette; novella; short novel; long short story; medium-length story |
中諦 中谛 see styles |
zhōng dì zhong1 di4 chung ti chuutai / chutai ちゅうたい |
{Buddh} (See 三諦) truth of the middle (all things are in a middle state, being void yet having temporary existence) The third of the 三諦 three postulates of the Tiantai school, i. e. 空, 假, and 中 q. v. |
九献 see styles |
kukon くこん |
(1) (See 三三九度) three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups; (2) (See 女房詞) sake (secret language of court ladies); rice wine |
九識 九识 see styles |
jiǔ shì jiu3 shi4 chiu shih kumi くみ |
(female given name) Kumi The kinds of cognition or consciousness (vijñāna); those of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, mind, mānas (or阿陁那識 ādāna), i.e. mental perception; 阿賴耶 ālāya, bodhi-consciousness, and 阿摩羅識 amala, purified or Buddha-consciousness. There is considerable difference as to the meaning of the last three. |
九鬼 see styles |
jiǔ guǐ jiu3 gui3 chiu kuei kuki くき |
(place-name, surname) Kuki The nine classes of ghosts are of three kinds: without means, small means, rich. The first group have 炬口 burning torch-like mouths, or 鍼口 narrow needle mouths, or 臭口 stinking mouths; the second group have hair like needles, or stinking hair, or tumours; the rich ghosts haunt sacrifices to the dead, or eat human leavings, or live truculently. |
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. |
二三 see styles |
èr sān er4 san1 erh san matakazu またかず |
(n,adv) two or three; (surname) Matakazu The six non-Buddhist philosophers, 二三邪徒. |
二乘 see styles |
èr shèng er4 sheng4 erh sheng nijō |
dviyāna. The two vehicles conveying to the final goal. There are several definitions: (1) Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna. (2) 聲聞 and 緣覺 or 聲覺二乘 . Śrāvaka and Pratyekabuddha. (3) 二乘作佛 The Lotus Sūtra teaches that śrāvakas and pratyekas also become Buddhas. (4) 三一二乘 The "two vehicles" of "three" and "one", the three being the pre-Lotus ideas of śrāvaka, pratyeka, and bodhsattva, the one being the doctrine of the Lotus Sūtra which combined all three in one. |
二凡 see styles |
èr fán er4 fan2 erh fan nibon |
The two external and internal, or ordinary ranks, 外凡 and 内凡, in the first forty of the fifty-two stages 位; the 外凡 are ordinary believers who pursue the stages of 十信; the 内凡 are the zealous, who are advancing through the next three groups of stages up to the fortieth. |
二力 see styles |
èr lì er4 li4 erh li nika にか |
(female given name) Nika Dual powers; there are three definitions: (1) 自力 one's own strength, or endeavours, i.e. salvation by cultivating 戒, 定, and 慧; 他カ another's strength, e.g. the saving power of Amitābha. (2) 思擇力 Power of thought in choosing (right principles); 修習力 power of practice and performance. (3) 有力 and 無力 positive and negative forces: dominant and subordinate; active and inert energy. |
二土 see styles |
èr tǔ er4 tu3 erh t`u erh tu nido |
There are three groups: 性土 and 相土 : the former is the ubiquitous, unadulterated or innocent 法性之理 dharma-name, or essence of things; the latter is the form-nature, or formal existence of the dharma, pure or impure according to the mind and action of the living. The 淨土 and 穢土 are Pure-land or Paradise; and impure land, e.g. the present world. In the Pure-land there are also 報土 , the land in which a Buddha himself dwells and 化土 in which all beings are transformed. There are other definitions, e. g. the former is Buddha's Paradise, the latter the world in which he dwells and which he is transforming, e. g. this Sahā-world. |
二衣 see styles |
èr yī er4 yi1 erh i nie |
The two kinds of clothing: (a) 制衣 the regulation three robes for monks and five for nuns, which must be worn; (b) 聽衣optional garments. |
五山 see styles |
wǔ shān wu3 shan1 wu shan goyama ごやま |
(rare) five most important temples of a region; (surname) Goyama Five mountains and monasteries: (1) in India, sacred because of their connection with the Buddha: 鞞婆羅跋怒 Vaibhāra-vana; 薩多般那求呵 Saptaparṇaguhā; 因陀羅勢羅求呵 Indraśailaguhā; 薩簸恕魂直迦鉢婆羅 Sarpiṣ kuṇḍikā-prāgbhāra; 耆闍崛 Gṛdhrakūṭa; (2) in China, established during the Five Dynasties and the Southern Sung dynasty, on the analogy of those in India; three at Hangzhou at 徑山 Jingshan, 北山 Beishan, and 南山 Nanshan and two at Ningbo at 阿育王山 King Aśoka Shan and 太白山 Taiboshan. Later the Yuan dynasty established one at 全陵 Chin Ling, the 天界大龍翔隻慶寺 which became chief of these under the Ming dynasty. |
五徳 see styles |
gotoku ごとく |
(1) the five virtues (esp. in Confucianism); (2) tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; (3) family crest in the shape of a three-legged kettle stand; (surname) Gotoku |
五悔 see styles |
wǔ huǐ wu3 hui3 wu hui gokai |
The five stages in a penitential service. Tiantai gives: (1) confession of past sins and forbidding them for the future; (2) appeal to the universal Buddhas to keep the law-wheel rolling; (3) rejoicing over the good in self and others; (4) 廻向 offering all one's goodness to all the living and to the Buddha-way; (5) resolve, or vows, i. e. the 四弘誓. The Shingon sect 眞言宗 divides the ten great vows of Samantabhadra 普賢 into five 悔, the first three vows being included under 歸命 or submission; the fourth is repentance; the fifth rejoicing; the sixth, seventh, and eighth appeal to the Buddhas; the ninth and tenth, bestowal of acquired merit. |
五時 五时 see styles |
wǔ shí wu3 shi2 wu shih goji |
(五時教) The five periods or divisions of Śākyamuni's teaching. According to Tiantai they are (1) 華嚴時 the Avataṃsaka or first period in three divisions each of seven days, after his enlightenment, when he preached the content, of this sutra; (2) 鹿苑時 the twelve years of his preaching the Āgamas 阿含 in the Deer Park; (3) 方等時 the eight years of preaching Mahāyāna-cum-Hīnayāna doctrines, the vaipulya period; (4) 般若時 the twenty-two years of his preaching the prajñā or wisdom sutras; (5) 法華涅槃時 the eight years of his preaching the Lotus Sutra and, in a day and a night, the Nirvana Sutra. According to the Nirvana School (now part of the Tiantai) they are (1) 三乘別教 the period when the differentiated teaching began and the distinction of the three vehicles, as represented by the 四諦 Four Noble Truths for śrāvakas, the 十二因緣 Twelve Nidānas for pratyekabuddhas, and the 六度 Six Pāramitās for bodhisattvas; (2) 三乘通教 the teaching common to all three vehicles, as seen in the 般若經; (3) 抑揚教 the teaching of the 維摩經, the 思益梵天所問經, and other sutras olling the bodhisattva teaching at the expense of that for śrāvakas; (4) 同歸教 the common objective teaching calling all three vehicles, through the Lotus, to union in the one vehicle; (5) 常住教 the teaehmg of eternal life i. e. the revelation through the Nirvana sutra of the eternity of Buddhahood; these five are also called 有相; 無相; 抑揚; 曾三歸—; and 圓常. According to 劉虬 Liu Chiu of the 晉 Chin dynasty, the teaching is divided into 頓 immediate and 漸 gradual attainment, the latter having five divisions called 五時教 similar to those of the Tiantai group. According to 法寶 Fabao of the Tang dynasty the five are (1) 小乘; (2) 般着 or 大乘; (3) 深密 or 三乘; (4) 法華 or 一乘; (5) 涅槃 or 佛性教. |
五衣 see styles |
wǔ yī wu3 yi1 wu i |
The five garments worn by a nun are the three worn by a monk: with two others. |
五觀 五观 see styles |
wǔ guān wu3 guan1 wu kuan gokan |
The five meditations referred to in the Lotus Sutra 25: (1) 眞 on the true, idem 空觀, to meditate on the reality of the void or infinite, in order to be rid of illusion in views and thoughts; (2) 淸淨觀 on purity, to be rid of any remains of impurity connected with the temporal, idem 假觀; (3) 廣大智慧觀 on the wider and greater wisdom, idem 中觀, by study of the 'middle' way; (4) 悲觀 on pitifulness, or the pitiable condition of the living, and by the above three to meditate on their salvation; (5) 慈觀 on mercy and the extension of the first three meditations to the carrying of joy to all the living. |
五辛 see styles |
wǔ xīn wu3 xin1 wu hsin goshin ごしん |
see 五葷|五荤[wu3 hun1] (See 五葷) five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism) The five forbidden pungent roots, 五葷 garlic, three kinds of onions, and leeks; if eaten raw they are said to cause irritability of temper, and if eaten cooked, to act as an aphrodisiac; moreover, the breath of the eater, if reading the sutras, will drive away the good spirits. |
交九 see styles |
jiāo jiǔ jiao1 jiu3 chiao chiu |
the coldest period of the year; three nine day periods after the winter solstice |
交蘆 交芦 see styles |
jiāo lú jiao1 lu2 chiao lu kyōro |
束蘆 A tripod of three rushes or canes— an illustration of the mutuality of cause and effect, each cane depending on the other at the point of intersection. |
人皇 see styles |
rén huáng ren2 huang2 jen huang ninnou; jinnou; jinkou / ninno; jinno; jinko にんのう; じんのう; じんこう |
Human Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] emperor |
仄声 see styles |
sokusei / sokuse そくせい |
(See 平声・1) oblique tones (the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone) |
他家 see styles |
taya たや |
{mahj} the three players other than oneself (chi:); (surname) Taya |
何れ see styles |
dore どれ |
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) (See これ・1,それ・1,あれ・1) which (of three or more); (interjection) (2) (kana only) well; now; c'mon |
佛子 see styles |
fó zǐ fo2 zi3 fo tzu busshi ぶっし |
(surname) Busshi Son of Buddha; a bodhisattva; a believer in Buddhism, for every believer is becoming Buddha; a term also applied to all beings, because all are of Buddha-nature. There is a division of three kinds: 外子 external sons, who have not yet believed; 度子 secondary sons, Hīnayānists; 眞子 true sons, Mahāyānists. |
佛寶 佛宝 see styles |
fó bǎo fo2 bao3 fo pao buppō |
法寳, 僧寳 Buddha, Dharma, Saṅgha, i.e. Buddha, the Law, the Order; these are the three Jewels, or precious ones, the Buddhist Trinity; v. 三寳. |
佛身 see styles |
fó shēn fo2 shen1 fo shen busshin |
buddhakāya, a general term for the trikāya, or threefold embodiment of Buddha. There are numerous categories or forms of the buddhakāya. |
佛頂 佛顶 see styles |
fó dǐng fo2 ding3 fo ting butchō |
Śākyamuni in the third court of the Garbhadhātu is represented as the佛頂尊 in meditation as Universal Wise Sovereign. The 五佛頂q.v. Five Buddhas are on his left representing his Wisdom. The three 佛頂 on his right are called 廣大佛頂, 極廣大佛頂, and 無邊音聲佛頂; in all they are the eight 佛頂.; A title of the esoteric sect for their form of Buddha, or Buddhas, especially of Vairocana of the Vajradhātu and Śākyamuni of the Garbhadhātu groups. Also, an abbreviation of a dhāraṇī as is | | | 經 of a sutra, and there are other | | | scriptures. |
來迎 来迎 see styles |
lái yíng lai2 ying2 lai ying raikou / raiko らいこう |
(surname) Raikou The coming of Buddhas to meet the dying believer and bid welcome to the Pure Land; the three special welcomers are Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta. |
供帳 供帐 see styles |
gōng zhàng gong1 zhang4 kung chang kuchō |
The Tang dynasty register, or census of monks and nuns, supplied to the government every three years. |
偏教 see styles |
piān jiào pian1 jiao4 p`ien chiao pien chiao hengyō |
權教 Partial or relative teaching; Tiantai regarded its own teachings the complete, or final and all-embracing teaching of the Buddha, while that of the 法相, 三論, etc., was partial and imperfect; in like manner, the three schools, 藏,通 and 別, piṭaka,intermediate, and separate, were partial and imperfect. |
備州 see styles |
bishuu / bishu びしゅう |
(See 備前,備中,備後) Bishū (the three former provinces of Bizen, Bitchū and Bingo) |
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. |
入心 see styles |
rù xīn ru4 xin1 ju hsin nyūshin |
To enter the heart, or mind; also used for 入地 entering a particular state, its three stages being 入住出 entry, stay, and exit. |
內衣 内衣 see styles |
nèi yī nei4 yi1 nei i nai'e |
undergarment; underwear; CL:件[jian4] antaravāsaka, one of the three regulation garments of a monk, the inner garment. |
八法 see styles |
bā fǎ ba1 fa3 pa fa happō |
eight methods of treatment (TCM) The eight dharmas, things, or methods. There are three groups: (1) idem 八風 q.v. (2) 四大and 四微 q.v. (3) The eight essential things, i.e. 教 instruction, 理 doctrine, 智 knowledge or wisdom attained, 斷 cutting away of delusion, 行 practice of the religious life, 位 progressive status, 因 producing 果 the fruit of saintliness. Of these 教理行果 are known as the 四法. |
八論 八论 see styles |
bā lùn ba1 lun4 pa lun hachiron |
The eight śāstras ; there are three lists of eight; one non-Buddhist; one by 無着 Asaṅga, founder of the Yoga School; a third by 陳那 Jina Dinnāga. Details are given in the 寄歸傳 4 and 解纜鈔 4. |
公卿 see styles |
gōng qīng gong1 qing1 kung ch`ing kung ching kugyou; koukei; kuge(gikun) / kugyo; koke; kuge(gikun) くぎょう; こうけい; くげ(gikun) |
high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor (1) (hist) high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō; (2) (こうけい only) (hist) three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government) |
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. |
六物 see styles |
liù wù liu4 wu4 liu wu rokumotsu |
The six things personal to a monk— saṅghāṭī, the patch robe; uttarā saṅghāṭī, the stole of seven pieces; antara-vaasaka, the skirt or inner garment of five pieces; the above are the 三衣 three garments: paatra, begging bowl; ni.siidana, a stool: and a water-strainer: the six are also called the 三衣六物. |
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. |
六麤 六粗 see styles |
liù cū liu4 cu1 liu ts`u liu tsu rokuso |
The six 'coarser' stages arising from the 三細 or three finer stages which in turn are produced by original 無明, the unenlightened condition of ignorance; v. Awakening of Faith 起信論. They are the states of (1) 智相 knowledge or consciousness of like and dislike arising from mental conditions; (2) 相續相 consciousness of pain and pleasure resulting from the first, causing continuous responsive memory; (3) 執取相 attachment or clinging, arising from the last; (4) 計名字相 assigning names according to the seeming and unreal with fixation of ideas); (5) 起業 the consequent activity with all the variety of deeds; (6) 業繋苦相 the suffering resulting from being tied to deeds and their karma consequences. |
冥界 see styles |
míng jiè ming2 jie4 ming chieh meikai / mekai めいかい |
ghost world hades; realm of the dead Hades, or the three lower forms of incarnation, i.e. hell, preta, animal. |
初伏 see styles |
chū fú chu1 fu2 ch`u fu chu fu |
the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days |
初夜 see styles |
chū yè chu1 ye4 ch`u yeh chu yeh shoya; soya しょや; そや |
early evening; wedding night; (fig.) first sexual encounter (1) bridal night; first night; (2) first watch of the night The first of the three divisions of the night. |
別教 别教 see styles |
bié jiào bie2 jiao4 pieh chiao bekkyō |
The 'different' teaching of the 華嚴宗. Both the Huayan school and the Lotus school are founded on the 一乘 or One Vehicle idea; the Lotus school asserts that the Three Vehicles are really the One Vehicle; the Huayan school that the One Vehicle differs from the Three Vehicles; hence the Lotus school is called the 同教一乘 unitary, while the Huayan school is the 別教一乘 Differentiating school. |
刹土 see styles |
chà tǔ cha4 tu3 ch`a t`u cha tu setsudo |
乞叉; 乞漉 kṣetra, land, fields, country, place; also a universe consisting of three thousand large chiliocosms; also, a spire, or flagstaff on a pagoda, a monastery but this interprets caitya, cf. 制. Other forms are 刹多羅 (or 制多羅 or 差多羅); 紇差怛羅. |
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