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Simple Dictionary Definition |
晴れ男 see styles |
hareotoko はれおとこ |
man who causes the weather to become sunny when he gets out |
暗穴道 see styles |
anketsudou / anketsudo あんけつどう |
(obscure) road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762) |
月光王 see styles |
yuè guāng wáng yue4 guang1 wang2 yüeh kuang wang |
Moonlight king, the same as 月光太子, the name of Śākyamuni in a previous incarnation when he gave his head to a brahman. |
有相教 see styles |
yǒu xiàng jiào you3 xiang4 jiao4 yu hsiang chiao usō kyō |
The first twelve years of the Buddha's teaching, when he treated the phenomenal as real; v. 有空中. |
末伽梨 see styles |
mò qié lí mo4 qie2 li2 mo ch`ieh li mo chieh li Magari |
(or 末伽黎) 拘賖梨 (or 拘賖黎); 末佉梨劬奢離 Maskari Gośālīputra, one of the six Tīrthikas 外道六師. He denied that present lot was due to deeds done in previous lives, and the Laṅkāvatāra Sutra says he taught total annihilation at the end of this life. |
本命星 see styles |
běn mìng xīng ben3 ming4 xing1 pen ming hsing honmyōshō |
The life-star of an individual, i. e. the particular star of the seven stars of Ursa Major which is dominant in the year of birth; 本命宿 is the constellation, or star-group, under which he is born; 本命元辰 is the year of birth, i. e. the year of his birth-star. |
来次第 see styles |
kishidai きしだい |
(exp,n,adv) as soon as (he, she, it) comes |
果生型 see styles |
kaseigata / kasegata かせいがた |
(rare) (See 回春型) modern Momotarō story version, where he is born inside a peach |
桜桃忌 see styles |
outouki / otoki おうとうき |
anniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide |
業報身 业报身 see styles |
yè bào shēn ye4 bao4 shen1 yeh pao shen gōhō shin |
The body of karmic retribution, especially that assumed by a bodhisattva to accord with the conditions of those he seeks to save. |
正徧智 正遍智 see styles |
zhèng biàn zhì zheng4 bian4 zhi4 cheng pien chih shōhen chi |
saṃyak-saṃbuddha 三藐三佛陀; omniscience, completely enlightened, the universal knowledge of a Buddha, hence he is the 正徧智海 ocean of omniscience. Also 正徧覺; 正等正覺. |
正法依 see styles |
zhèng fǎ yī zheng4 fa3 yi1 cheng fa i shōhō e |
He on whom the Truth depends, a term for a Buddha. |
比丘尼 see styles |
bǐ qiū ní bi3 qiu1 ni2 pi ch`iu ni pi chiu ni bikuni びくに |
Buddhist nun (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksuni") (1) bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun) (san: bhiksuni); (2) (hist) travelling female entertainer dressed as a nun (Kamakura, Muromachi periods); (3) (hist) lowly prostitute dressed as a nun (Edo period); (4) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 科負い比丘尼) female servant hired to take the blame for a noblewoman's farts 苾芻尼; 尼姑 bhikṣuṇī. A nun, or almswoman. The first woman to be ordained was the Buddha's aunt Mahāprajāpatī, who had nursed him. In the fourteenth year after his enlightenment the Buddha yielded to persuasion and admitted his aunt and women to his order of religious mendicants, but said that the admission of women would shorten the period of Buddhism by 500 years. The nun, however old, must acknowledge the superiority of every monk; must never scold him or tell his faults; must never accuse him, though he may accuse her; and must in all respects obey the rules as commanded by him. She accepts all the rules for the monks with additional rules for her own order. Such is the theory rather than the practice. The title by which Mahāprajāpatī was addressed was applied to nuns, i. e. ārya, or noble, 阿姨, though some consider the Chinese term entirely native. |
毘沙門 毘沙门 see styles |
pí shā mén pi2 sha1 men2 p`i sha men pi sha men bishamon びしゃもん |
(place-name) Bishamon (毘沙門天王) Vaiśravaṇa. Cf. 財 and 倶. One of the four mahārājas, guardian of the North, king of the yakṣas. Has the title 多聞; 普聞; universal or much hearing or learning, said to be so called because he heard the Buddha's preaching; but Vaiśravaṇa was son of Viśravas, which is from viśru, to be heard of far and wide, celebrated, and should be understood in this sense. Vaiśravaṇa is Kuvera, or Kubera, the Indian Pluto; originally a chief of evil spirits, afterwards the god of riches, and ruler of the northern quarter. Xuanzong built a temple to him in A. D. 753, since which he has been the god of wealth in China, and guardian at the entrance of Buddhist temples. In his right hand he often holds a banner or a lance, in his left a pearl or shrine, or a mongoose out of whose mouth jewels are pouring; under his feet are two demons. Colour, yellow. |
法自在 see styles |
fǎ zì zài fa3 zi4 zai4 fa tzu tsai hō jizai |
A bodhisattva's complete dialectical freedom and power, so that he can expound all things unimpeded. |
波濕縛 波湿缚 see styles |
bō shī fú bo1 shi1 fu2 po shih fu Hashibaku |
(波栗濕縛); 波奢 pārśva, the ribs. Pārśva, the tenth patriarch, previously a Brahman of Gandhāra, who took a vow not to lie down until he had mastered the meaning of the Tripiṭaka, cut off all desire in the realms of sense, form and non-form, and obtained the six supernatural powers and eight pāramitās. This he accomplished after three years. His death is put at 36 B. C. His name is tr. as 脇尊者 his Worship of the Ribs. |
涅槃聖 涅槃圣 see styles |
niè pán shèng nie4 pan2 sheng4 nieh p`an sheng nieh pan sheng nehan shō |
Nickname of 道生 Daosheng, pupil of Kumārajīva, tr. part of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, asserted the eternity of Buddha, for which he was much abused, hence the nickname. |
灌頂住 灌顶住 see styles |
guàn dǐng zhù guan4 ding3 zhu4 kuan ting chu kanjō jū |
The tenth stage of a bodhisattva when he is anointed by the Buddhas as a Buddha. |
無不達 无不达 see styles |
wú bù dá wu2 bu4 da2 wu pu ta |
nothing he can't do |
無作戒 无作戒 see styles |
wú zuò jiè wu2 zuo4 jie4 wu tso chieh musa kai |
無表戒 The intangible, invisible moral law that influences the ordinand when he receives visible ordination; i.e. the internal spiritual moral law and its influence; the invisible grace of which the visible ordination is a sign; v. 無表 avijñapti. |
無動佛 无动佛 see styles |
wú dòng fó wu2 dong4 fo2 wu tung fo Mudō butsu |
Akṣobhya, cf. 阿閦婆 and 不動佛 The unperturbed Buddha, sometimes tr. as motionless, but the reference is to his calmness, serenity, and absence of passion; he is one of the Five Dhyāni-Buddhas, and generally reigns over the east, his kingdom being Abhirati; realm of mystic pleasure. In the Lotus Sūtra he is named as the first of the sixteen sons of Mahābhijñābhibhu. One of his principal characteristics is that of subduing the passions. |
無邊身 无边身 see styles |
wú biān shēn wu2 bian1 shen1 wu pien shen muhen shin |
The immeasurable body of the Buddha: the more the Brahman measured it the higher it grew, so he threw away his measuring rod, which struck root and became a forest. |
然燈佛 然灯佛 see styles |
rán dēng fó ran2 deng1 fo2 jan teng fo Nentō Butsu |
Dīpaṃkara Buddha, the twenty-fourth predecessor of Śākyamuni, who always appears when a Buddha preaches the gospel found in the Lotus Sūtra, in which sūtra he is an important hearer; also 錠光; 提洹竭 (or 提和竭); 大和竭羅. |
牙菩薩 牙菩萨 see styles |
yá pú sà ya2 pu2 sa4 ya p`u sa ya pu sa Ga bosatsu |
The bodhisattva fiercely showing his teeth in defence of the Buddha, also styled 金剛藥叉; he is east of the Buddha in the Vajradhātu. |
王日休 see styles |
wáng rì xiū wang2 ri4 xiu1 wang jih hsiu Ō Nikkyū |
Wang Rixiu, a 進士 doctor who became a devout and learned follower of Amida and Guanyin; he was of 龍舒 Longshu, was also known as 虛中 Xuzhong, and compiled the 大阿彌陀經 1160-2. |
Variations: |
motai; he(瓮) もたい; へ(瓮) |
(archaism) earthenware vessel for alcoholic beverages, etc. |
白求恩 see styles |
bái qiú ēn bai2 qiu2 en1 pai ch`iu en pai chiu en |
Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning |
目犍連 目犍连 see styles |
mù jiān lián mu4 jian1 lian2 mu chien lien Mokkenren |
目連; 摩訶目犍連 (or 摩訶羅夜那); 大目犍連 (or 大目乾連) ; 沒特伽羅子 (or 沒力伽羅子); 目伽略 (Mahā-) Maudgalyāyana, or Maudgalaputra; explained by Mudga 胡豆 lentil, kidney-bean. One of the ten chief disciples of Śākyamuni, specially noted for miraculous powers; formerly an ascetic, he agreed with Śāriputra that whichever first found the truth would reveal it to the other. Śāriputra found the Buddha and brought Maudgalyāyana to him; the former is placed on the Buddha's right, the latter on his left. He is also known as 拘栗 Kolita, and when reborn as Buddha his title is to be Tamāla-patra-candana-gandha. In China Mahāsthāmaprapta is accounted a canonization of Maudgalyāyana. Several centuries afterwards there were two other great leaders of the Buddhist church bearing the same name, v. Eitel. |
眞言宗 see styles |
zhēn yán zōng zhen1 yan2 zong1 chen yen tsung Shingon Shū |
The True-word or Shingon sect, founded on the mystical teaching 'of all Buddhas,' the 'very words ' of the Buddhas; the especial authority being Vairocana; cf. the 大日 sutra, 金剛頂經; 蘇悉地經, etc. The founding of the esoteric sect is attributed to Vairocana, through the imaginary Bodhisattva Vajrasattva, then through Nāgārjuna to Vajramati and to Amoghavajra, circa A.D. 733; the latter became the effective propagator of the Yogācāra school in China; he is counted as the sixth patriarch of the school and the second in China. The three esoteric duties of body, mouth, and mind are to hold the symbol in the hand, recite the dhāraṇīs, and ponder over the word 'a' 阿 as the principle of the ungenerated, i.e. the eternal. |
知世間 知世间 see styles |
zhī shì jiān zhi1 shi4 jian1 chih shih chien chi seken |
lokavid. He who knows the world, one of the ten characteristics of a Buddha. |
竺法蘭 竺法兰 see styles |
zhú fǎ lán zhu2 fa3 lan2 chu fa lan Jikuhōran |
Dharmarakṣa, or Indu-dharmāraṇya, to whom with Kāśyapa Mātaṅga the translation of the sutra of 42 sections is wrongly attributed; he tr. five works in A.D. 68-70. |
縛日羅 缚日罗 see styles |
fú rì luó fu2 ri4 luo2 fu jih lo bajira |
vajra, 嚩日囉 (or 嚩馹囉); 跋日囉 (or 跋折囉, or 跋闍囉); 跋折囉; 波闍羅; 伐折羅 (or 伐闍羅); intp. as 金剛 (金剛杵), a diamond (club). Adamantine, hard. The sceptre of Indra as god of thunder and lightning with which he slays the enemies of Buddhism. Used by monks to indicate spiritual authority, and the all-subduing power of Buddha. |
羅睺羅 罗睺罗 see styles |
luó huó luó luo2 huo2 luo2 lo huo lo Ragora |
Rāhula, the eldest son of Śākyamuni and Yaśodharā; also羅睺; 羅吼; 羅云; 羅雲; 曷怙羅 or 何怙羅 or 羅怙羅. He is supposed to have been in the womb for six years and born when his father attained buddhahood; also said to have been born during an eclipse, and thus acquired his name, though it is defined in other ways; his father did not see him till he was six years old. He became a disciple of the Hīnayāna, but is said to have become a Mahāyānist when his father preached this final perfect doctrine, a statement gainsaid by his being recognized as founder of the Vaibhāṣika school. He is to be reborn as the eldest son of every buddha, hence is sometimes called the son of Ānanda. |
羆菩薩 罴菩萨 see styles |
pí pú sà pi2 pu2 sa4 p`i p`u sa pi pu sa hi bosatsu |
The bodhisattva who appeared as a bear and saved a dying man by providing him with food; he told hunters of its lair; they killed it, gave him of its flesh, and he died. |
羯利王 see styles |
jié lì wáng jie2 li4 wang2 chieh li wang Kariō |
Kalirāja, a former incarnation of Kauṇḍinya, when as king he cut off the hands and feet of Kṣānti-ṛṣi because his concubines had strayed to the hermit's hut. Converted by the hermit's indifference, it was predicted that he would become a disciple of Buddha. |
臛臛婆 see styles |
huò huò pó huo4 huo4 po2 huo huo p`o huo huo po kakukakuba |
The third of the cold hells, where the sinner's tongue is so cold that he can only utter the word hehepo or apapa. Also 嚯嚯婆, 阿波波. |
舍利弗 see styles |
shè lì fú she4 li4 fu2 she li fu todoroki とどろき |
(surname) Todoroki 奢利弗羅 (or 奢利弗多羅 or 奢利富羅or 奢利富多羅); 奢利補担羅; 舍利子Śāriputra. One of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni, born at Nālandāgrāṃa, the son of Śārikā and Tiṣya, hence known as Upatiṣya; noted for his wisdom and learning; he is the "right-hand attendant on Śākyamuni". The followers of the Abhidharma count him as their founder and other works are attributed, without evidence, to him. He figures prominently in certain sutras. He is said to have died before his master; he is represented as standing with Maudgalyāyana by the Buddha when entering nirvana. He is to reappear as Padmaprabha Buddha 華光佛. |
華嚴宗 华严宗 see styles |
huá yán zōng hua2 yan2 zong1 hua yen tsung Kegon Shū |
Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra) The Huayan (Kegon) school, whose foundation work is the Avataṃsaka-sūtra; founded in China by 帝心杜順 Dixin Dushun; he died A.D. 640 and was followed by 雲華智嚴 Yunhua Zhiyan; 賢首法藏 Xianshou Fazang; 淸涼澄觀 Qingliang Chengguan; 圭峯宗密 Guifeng Zongmi, and other noted patriarchs of the sect; its chief patron is Mañjuśrī. The school was imported into Japan early in the Tang dynasty and flourished there. It held the doctrine of the 法性 Dharma-nature, by which name it was also called. |
華氏城 华氏城 see styles |
huā shì chéng hua1 shi4 cheng2 hua shih ch`eng hua shih cheng Keshi jō |
Kusumapura, Puṣpapura; the city of flowers, or of the palace of flowers, also known as Pāṭaliputra, the modern Patna. It was the residence of Aśoka, to whom the title of 華氏 is applied. He there convoked the third synod. |
蘇摩蛇 苏摩蛇 see styles |
sū mó shé su1 mo2 she2 su mo she Somaja |
? Sūmasarpa, a former incarnaton of Śākyamuni when he gave his body as a great snake to feed the starving people. |
虛空藏 虚空藏 see styles |
xū kōng zàng xu1 kong1 zang4 hsü k`ung tsang hsü kung tsang Kokū Zō |
Ākāśagarbha, or Gaganagarbha, the central bodhisattva in the court of space in the garbhadhātu group; guardian of the treasury of all wisdom and achievement; his powers extend to the five directions of space; five forms of him are portrayed under different names; he is also identified with the dawn, Aruṇa, and the 明星 or Venus. |
衣服天 see styles |
yī fú tiān yi1 fu2 tian1 i fu t`ien i fu tien ebuku ten |
The Vajradeva in the Vajradhātu group who guards the placenta and the unborn child; his colour is black and he holds a bow and arrow. |
設賞迦 设赏迦 see styles |
shè shǎng jiā she4 shang3 jia1 she shang chia Shashōka |
Śaśāṅka. 'A king of Karṇasuvarṇa, who tried to destroy the sacred Bodhidruma. He was dethroned by Śīladitya.' Eitel. |
訶羅竭 诃罗竭 see styles |
hē luó jié he1 luo2 jie2 ho lo chieh Ka Rakatsu |
He Luojie |
賀子珍 贺子珍 see styles |
hè zǐ zhēn he4 zi3 zhen1 ho tzu chen |
He Zizhen (1910-1984), Mao Zedong's third wife |
賀知章 贺知章 see styles |
hè zhī zhāng he4 zhi1 zhang1 ho chih chang gachishou / gachisho がちしょう |
He Zhizhang (659-744), Tang dynasty poet (personal name) Gachishou |
賀軍翔 贺军翔 see styles |
hè jun xiáng he4 jun1 xiang2 ho chün hsiang |
Mike He (1983-), Taiwanese actor |
賀錦麗 贺锦丽 see styles |
hè jǐn lì he4 jin3 li4 ho chin li |
He Jinli, Chinese name adopted by Kamala Harris (1964-), US vice president 2021- |
起信論 起信论 see styles |
qǐ xìn lùn qi3 xin4 lun4 ch`i hsin lun chi hsin lun Kishinron |
Śraddhotpada Śāstra; it is one of the earliest remaining Mahāyāna texts and is attributed to Aśvaghoṣa; cf. 馬鳴; two tr. have been made, one by Paramārtha in A. D. 554, another by Śikṣānanda, circa 700; the first text is more generally accepted, as Chih-i, the founder of Tiantai, was Paramārtha's amanuensis, and 法藏 Fazang (643-712) made the standard commentary on it, the 起信論義記, though he had assisted Śikṣānanda in his translation. It gives the fundamental principles of Mahāyāna, and was tr. into English by Teitaro Suzuki (1900), also by T. Richard. There are several commentaries and treatises on it. |
路迦憊 路迦惫 see styles |
lù jiā bèi lu4 jia1 bei4 lu chia pei rokabi |
(or 路伽憊) lokavit, lokavid, he who knows, or interprets the world, a title of a Buddha. |
辟支佛 see styles |
bì zhī fó bi4 zhi1 fo2 pi chih fo byakushi butsu |
(辟支迦) (辟支佛陀) (辟支迦佛陀) pratyekabuddha, one who seeks enlightenment for himself, defined in the Lotus Sūtra as a believer who is diligent and zealous in seeking wisdom, loves loneliness and seclusion, and understands deeply the nidānas. Also called 緣覺; 獨覺; 倶存. It is a stage above the śrāvaka 聲聞 and is known as the 中乘 middle vehicle. Tiantai distinguishes 獨覺 as an ascetic in a period without a Buddha, 緣覺 as a pratyekabuddha. He attains his enlightenment alone, independently of a teacher, and with the object of attaining nirvāṇa and his own salvation rather than that of others, as is the object of a bodhisattva. Cf. 畢. |
Variations: |
he; be; e へ; べ; え |
(1) (へ, べ only) (archaism) surrounding area; (2) (へ, べ only) shore (of the sea); (suffix) (3) (esp. え,べ) suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc. |
通り物 see styles |
toorimono とおりもの |
demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by |
通り魔 see styles |
toorima とおりま |
(1) random attacker; slasher; (2) (original meaning) demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by |
遠行地 远行地 see styles |
yuǎn xíng dì yuan3 xing2 di4 yüan hsing ti ongyō chi |
The seventh stage of the bodhisattva, in which he leaves the world of phenomena and enjoys mystic contemplation. |
那羅延 那罗延 see styles |
nà luó yán na4 luo2 yan2 na lo yen Naraen |
(那羅延那); 那羅野拏 Nārāyaṇa, 'son of Nara or the original man, patronymic of the personified Purusha or first living being, author of the Purusha hymn,' M. W. He is also identified with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa; intp. by 人生本 the originator of human life; 堅固 firm and stable; 力士 or 天界力士 hero of divine power; and 金剛 vajra; the term is used adjectivally with the meaning of manly and strong. Nārāyaṇa is represented with three faces, of greenish-yellow colour, right hand with a wheel, riding a garuḍa-bird. |
量等身 see styles |
liáng děng shēn liang2 deng3 shen1 liang teng shen ryōtō shin |
The immanence of the Tathāgata in all things, phenomenal and noumenal, he being the all in all. |
金剛智 金刚智 see styles |
jīn gāng zhì jin1 gang1 zhi4 chin kang chih kongō chi |
vajramati. The indestructible and enriching diamond wisdom of the Buddha. Also the name of an Indian who came to China A.D. 619; he is said to have introduced the Yogācāra system and founded the esoteric school, but this is attributed to Amoghavajra, v. 大教. 金剛智三藏 Vajrabodhi may be the same person, but there is doubt about the matter, cf. 大教. |
金色女 see styles |
jīn sè nǚ jin1 se4 nv3 chin se nü konjikinyo |
The princess of Vārāṇaśī, who is said to have been offered in marriage to Śākyamuni because he was of the same colour as herself. |
闇穴道 see styles |
anketsudou / anketsudo あんけつどう |
(obscure) road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762) |
阿僧伽 see styles |
ā sēng qié a1 seng1 qie2 a seng ch`ieh a seng chieh Asōga |
(阿僧) asaṅga, āryāsaṅga, intp. as 無著 unattached, free; lived 'a thousand years after the Nirvāṇa', probably the fourth century A.D., said to be the eldest brother of 天親 Vasubandhu, whom he converted to Mahāyāna. He was first a follower of the Mahīśāsaka hschool, but founded the Yogācārya or Tantric school with his Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra 瑜伽師地論, which in the 三藏傳 is said to have been dictated to him by Maitreya in the Tuṣita heaven, along with the 莊嚴大乘論 and the 中邊分別論. He was a native of Gandhāra, but lived mostly in Ayodhyā (Oudh). |
阿彌陀 阿弥陀 see styles |
ā mí tuó a1 mi2 tuo2 a mi t`o a mi to Amida あみだ |
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; (3) (kana only) (abbreviation) wearing a hat pushed back on one's head (阿彌) amita, boundless, infinite; tr. by 無量 immeasurable. The Buddha of infinite qualities, known as 阿彌陀婆 (or 阿彌陀佛) Amitābha, tr. 無量光 boundless light; 阿彌陀廋斯Amitāyus, tr. 無量壽 boundless age, or life; and among the esoteric sects Amṛta 甘露 (甘露王) sweet-dew (king). An imaginary being unknown to ancient Buddhism, possibly of Persian or Iranian origin, who has eclipsed the historical Buddha in becoming the most popular divinity in the Mahāyāna pantheon. His name indicates an idealization rather than an historic personality, the idea of eternal light and life. The origin and date of the concept are unknown, but he has always been associated with the west, where in his Paradise, Suikhāvatī, the Western Pure Land, he receives to unbounded happiness all who call upon his name (cf. the Pure Lands 淨土 of Maitreya and Akṣobhya). This is consequent on his forty-eight vows, especially the eighteenth, in which he vows to refuse Buddhahood until he has saved all living beings to his Paradise, except those who had committed the five unpardonable sins, or were guilty of blasphemy against the Faith. While his Paradise is theoretically only a stage on the way to rebirth in the final joys of nirvana, it is popularly considered as the final resting-place of those who cry na-mo a-mi-to-fo, or blessed be, or adoration to, Amita Buddha. The 淨土 Pure-land (Jap. Jōdo) sect is especially devoted to this cult, which arises chiefly out of the Sukhāvatīvyūha, but Amita is referred to in many other texts and recognized, with differing interpretations and emphasis, by the other sects. Eitel attributes the first preaching of the dogma to 'a priest from Tokhara' in A. D.147, and says that Faxian and Xuanzang make no mention of the cult. But the Chinese pilgrim 慧日Huiri says he found it prevalent in India 702-719. The first translation of the Amitāyus Sutra, circa A.D. 223-253, had disappeared when the Kaiyuan catalogue was compiled A.D. 730. The eighteenth vow occurs in the tr. by Dharmarakṣa A.D. 308. With Amita is closely associated Avalokiteśvara, who is also considered as his incarnation, and appears crowned with, or bearing the image of Amita. In the trinity of Amita, Avalokiteśvara appears on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. Another group, of five, includes Kṣitigarbha and Nāgārjuna, the latter counted as the second patriarch of the Pure Land sect. One who calls on the name of Amitābha is styled 阿彌陀聖 a saint of Amitābha. Amitābha is one of the Five 'dhyāni buddhas' 五佛, q.v. He has many titles, amongst which are the following twelve relating to him as Buddha of light, also his title of eternal life: 無量光佛Buddha of boundless light; 無邊光佛 Buddha of unlimited light; 無礙光佛 Buddha of irresistible light; 無對光佛 Buddha of incomparable light; 燄王光佛 Buddha of yama or flame-king light; 淸淨光佛 Buddha of pure light; 歡喜光佛 Buddha of joyous light; 智慧光佛 Buddha of wisdom light; 不斷光佛 Buddha of unending light; 難思光佛 Buddha of inconceivable light; 無稱光佛Buddha of indescribable light; 超日月光佛 Buddha of light surpassing that of sun and moon; 無量壽 Buddha of boundless age. As buddha he has, of course, all the attributes of a buddha, including the trikāya, or 法報化身, about which in re Amita there are differences of opinion in the various schools. His esoteric germ-letter is hrīḥ, and he has specific manual-signs. Cf. 阿彌陀經, of which with commentaries there are numerous editions. |
阿目佉 see styles |
ā mù qiā a1 mu4 qia1 a mu ch`ia a mu chia Amokukya |
(阿目佉跋折羅) Amogha, or Amoghavajra, 阿牟伽 (or 阿謨伽 or 阿穆伽) intp. 不空 (不空金剛) a monk from northern India, a follower of the mystic teachings of Samantabhadra. Vajramati 金剛智 is reputed to have founded the Yogācārya or Tantric school in China about A.D. 719-720. Amogha succeeded him in its leadership in 732. From a journey through India and Ceylon, 741-6, he brought to China more than 500 sutras and śāstras; introduced a new form for transliterating Sanskrit and published 108 works. He is credited with the introduction of the Ullambana fesival of All Souls, 15th of 7th moon, v. 盂. He is the chief representative of Buddhist mysticism in China, spreading it widely through the patronage of three successive emperors, Xuanzong, Suzong, who gave him the title of 大廣智三藏 q.v., and Daizong, who gave him the posthumous rank and title of a Minister of State. He died 774. |
阿羅漢 阿罗汉 see styles |
ā luó hàn a1 luo2 han4 a lo han arakan あらかん |
arhat (Sanskrit); a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism) {Buddh} arhat arhan, arhat, lohan; worthy, venerable; an enlightened, saintly man; the highest type or ideal saint in Hīnayāna in contrast with the bodhisattva as the saint in Mahāyāna; intp. as 應供worthy of worship, or respect; intp. as 殺賊 arihat, arihan, slayer of the enemy, i.e. of mortality; for the arhat enters nirvana 不生 not to be reborn, having destroyed the karma of reincarnation; he is also in the stage of 不學 no longer learning, having attained. Also 羅漢; 阿盧漢; 阿羅訶 or 阿羅呵; 阿梨呵 (or 阿黎呵); 羅呵, etc.; cf. 阿夷; 阿畧. |
阿輸柯 阿输柯 see styles |
ā shū kē a1 shu1 ke1 a shu k`o a shu ko Ayuka |
Younger brother of Aśoka; he is said to have reigned for seven days and then resigned to Aśoka, but cf. Mahendra under 摩. |
阿那含 see styles |
ān à hán an1 a4 han2 an a han anagon |
(or 阿那鋡); 阿那伽迷 (or 阿那伽彌) anāgāmin, the 不來 non-coming, or 不還 non-returning arhat or saint, who will not be reborn in this world, but in the rūpa and arūpa heavens, where he will attain to nirvana. |
阿那律 see styles |
ān à lǜ an1 a4 lv4 an a lü Anaritsu |
阿那律徒(or 阿那律陀); 阿?棲馱 (or 阿M045781棲馱); 阿尼盧豆 (or 阿莬盧豆) (or 阿尼律陀) Aniruddha, 'unrestrained,' tr. by 無滅 unceasing, i.e. the benefits resulting from his charity; or 如意無貪 able to gratify every wish and without desire. One of the ten chief disciples of Buddha; to reappear as the Buddha Samantaprabhāsa; he was considered supreme in 天眼 deva insight. Cf. 阿耨. |
阿闍世 阿阇世 see styles |
ā shé shì a1 she2 shi4 a she shih ajase あじゃせ |
(surname) Ajase Ajātaśatru, 阿闍貰; 阿闍多設咄路; 未生怨 'Enemy before birth'; a king of Magadha whose father, Bimbisāra, is said to have sought to kill him as ill-omened. When grown up he killed his father and ascended the throne. At first inimical to Śākyamuni, later he was converted and became noted for his liberality; died circa 519 B.C. Also called 'Broken fingers' and Kṣemadarśin. His son and successor was Udāyi; and a daughter was ? Aśu-dharā. According to a Tibetan legend an infant son of Ajātaśatru was kidnapped, or exposed, and finally became king of Tibet named ~Na-khri-btsan-po. |
阿難陀 阿难陀 see styles |
ē nán tuó e1 nan2 tuo2 o nan t`o o nan to ananda あなんだ |
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple (person) Ananda (disciple of Gautama Buddha) Ānanda, 阿難; intp. by 歡喜 Joy; son of Droṇodana-rāja, and younger brother of Devadatta; he was noted as the most learned disciple of Buddha and famed for hearing and remembering his teaching, hence is styled 多聞; after the Buddha's death he is said to have compiled the sutras in the Vaibhāra cave, v. 畢, where the disciples were assembled in Magadha. He is reckoned as the second patriarch. Ānandabhadra and Ānandasāgara are generally given as two other Ānandas, but this is uncertain. |
雞足山 鸡足山 see styles |
jī zú shān ji1 zu2 shan1 chi tsu shan Keisoku san |
Kukkuṭapāda, cock's foot mountain, in Magadha, on which Kāśyapa entered into nirvana, but where he is still supposed to be living; also雞峯; 雞嶺. |
離垢地 离垢地 see styles |
lí gòu dì li2 gou4 di4 li kou ti riku ji |
The second of the ten bodhisattva stages in which he overcomes all passion and impurity. |
韓復榘 韩复榘 see styles |
hán fù jǔ han2 fu4 ju3 han fu chü |
Han Fuju (1890-1938), Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) army general and governor of Shandong, executed by Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4shi2] after he abandoned Jinan to the Japanese |
須菩提 须菩提 see styles |
xū pú tí xu1 pu2 ti2 hsü p`u t`i hsü pu ti subodai すぼだい |
(person) Subhuti (one of Buddha's disciples) Subhuti, also 須扶提; 須浮帝; 蘇補底 (or 蘇部底); one of the ten chief disciples, said to have been the best exponent of śūnya, or the void 解空第一; he is the principal interlocutor in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra. There are two later personages of this name. |
須達拏 须达拏 see styles |
xū dán á xu1 dan2 a2 hsü tan a |
Sudāna, also須大拏; 須提梨拏; 蘇達拏, a previous incarnation of the Buddha, when he forfeited the throne by almsgiving; it is confused in meaning with 善牙 Sudanta, good teeth. |
香具師 see styles |
yatsu やつ |
(net-sl) (See 奴・やつ・1) fellow; guy; chap; he; she; him; her |
鬱頭藍 郁头蓝 see styles |
yù tóu lán yu4 tou2 lan2 yü t`ou lan yü tou lan |
(鬱頭藍佛) Udraka Ramaputra; 鬱頭藍子; 鬱陀羅羅摩子 A Brahman ascetic, to whom miraculous powers are ascribed, for a time mentor of Śākyamuni after he left home. |
鳩摩羅 鸠摩罗 see styles |
jiū mó luó jiu1 mo2 luo2 chiu mo lo |
鳩摩羅什 (鳩摩羅什婆); 鳩摩羅時婆 (or 鳩摩羅耆婆); 羅什 Kumārajīva, one of the 'four suns' of Mahāyāna Buddhism, of which he was the early and most effective propagator in China. He died in Chang-an about A.D. 412. His father was an Indian, his mother a princess of Karashahr. He is noted for the number of his translations and commentaries, which he is said to have dictated to some 800 monastic scribes. After cremation his tongue remained 'unconsumed'. |
鼬の道 see styles |
itachinomichi いたちのみち |
(expression) not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) |
龍華樹 龙华树 see styles |
lóng huā shù long2 hua1 shu4 lung hua shu |
nāga-puṣpa; 奔那伽 puṣpanāga, the dragon-flower tree, which will be the bodhi-tree of Maitreya, the Buddhist Messiah, when he comes to earth. |
いい気味 see styles |
iikimi / ikimi いいきみ iikibi / ikibi いいきび |
(noun or adjectival noun) it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves |
かませ犬 see styles |
kamaseinu / kamasenu かませいぬ |
foil; someone to look as if he's putting up a fight but actually have no chance of winning |
ヘリウム see styles |
heriumu ヘリウム |
helium (He) |
一角仙人 see styles |
yī jué xiān rén yi1 jue2 xian1 ren2 i chüeh hsien jen ikkakusenin いっかくせんいん |
(person) Ikkaku Sen'in Ekaśṛṅga ṛṣi; also 獨角仙人 The unicorn ṛṣi, an ascetic born of a deer; ensnared by a woman, he lost his power, and became a minister of state; he is one of the previous incarnations of Śākyamuni. |
七十二字 see styles |
qī shí èr zì qi1 shi2 er4 zi4 ch`i shih erh tzu chi shih erh tzu shichijūni ji |
Brahma obtained seventy-two words with which to save the world, but failing he swallowed seventy, leaving one at each side of his mouth 阿 and 漚 , i.e. 無 and 有 things are, things are not, being and non-being. |
三世覺母 三世觉母 see styles |
sān shì jué mǔ san1 shi4 jue2 mu3 san shih chüeh mu sanze(no)kakumo |
A name for Mañjuśrī 文殊; as guardian of the wisdom of Vairocana he is the bodhi-mother of all Buddhas past, present, and future. |
三十六神 see styles |
sān shí liù shén san1 shi2 liu4 shen2 san shih liu shen sanjūroku shin |
(三十六部神) The thirty-six departmental guardian divinities given in the 灌頂三歸五戒帶佩護身咒經. Each is styled 彌栗頭 mṛdu, benign, kindly, for which 善 is used. Their Sanskrit and Chinese names are given in Chinese as follows: (1) 不羅婆 or 善光 kindly light, has to do with attacks of disease; (2) 婆呵婆 or 善明 headaches; (3) 婆邏婆 or 善力 fevers; (4) 抗陀羅 or 善月 disorders of the stomach; (5) 陀利奢 or 善見 tumours; (6) 阿婁呵 or 善供 madness; (7) 伽婆帝 or 善捨 stupidity; (8) 悉抵哆 or 善寂 irascibility; (9) 菩堤薩 or善覺 lust; (10) 提婆羅 or 善天 devils; (11) 阿婆帝 or 善住 deadly injuries; (12) 不若羅 of 善福 graves; (13) 苾闍伽 or 善術 the four quarters; (14) 迦隸婆 or 善帝 enemies; (15) 羅闍遮 or 善主 robbers; (16) 須乾陀 or 善香 creditors; (17) 檀那波 or 善施 thieves; (18) 支多那 or 善意 pestilence; (19) 羅婆那 or 善吉 the five plagues (? typhoid); (20) 鉢婆馱 or 善山 corpse worms; (21) 三摩提 or 善調 continuous concentration; (22) 戾禘馱 or 善備 restlessness; (23) 波利陀 or 善敬 attraction; (24) 波利那 or 善淨 evil cabals; (25) 度伽地 or 善品 deadly poison; (26) 毘梨馱 or 善結 fear; (27) 支陀那 or 善壽 calamities; (28) 伽林摩 or 善逝 childbirth and nursing; (29) 阿留伽 or 善願 the district magistracy; (30) 闍利馱 or 善固 altercations; (31) 阿伽駄 or 善照 anxieties and distresses; (32) 阿訶婆 or 善生 uneasiness; (33) 婆和邏 or 善思 supernatural manifestations; (34) 波利那 or 善藏 jealousy; (35) 固陀那 or 善音 curses; (36) 韋陀羅 or 善妙 exorcism. They have innumerable assistants. He who writes their names and carries them with him can be free from all fear. |
三寶太監 三宝太监 see styles |
sān bǎo tài jiàn san1 bao3 tai4 jian4 san pao t`ai chien san pao tai chien |
Sanbao Eunuch, official title of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2]; also written 三保太監|三保太监 |
三處傳心 三处传心 see styles |
sān chù chuán xīn san1 chu4 chuan2 xin1 san ch`u ch`uan hsin san chu chuan hsin san sho denshin |
The three places where Śākyamuni is said to have transmitted his mind or thought direct and without speech to Kāśyapa: at the 靈山 by a smile when plucking a flower; at the 多子塔 when he shared his seat with him; finally by putting his foot out of his coffin. |
三面大黑 see styles |
sān miàn dà hēi san1 mian4 da4 hei1 san mien ta hei Sanmen daikoku |
The three-faced great black deva, Mahākāla v. 摩, with angry mien, a form of Maheśvara, or Śiva, as destroyer. Another interpretation says he is a union of Mahākāla, Vaiśravaṇa, and a Gandharva. |
上行菩薩 上行菩萨 see styles |
shàng xíng pú sà shang4 xing2 pu2 sa4 shang hsing p`u sa shang hsing pu sa Jōgyō bosatsu |
Viśiṣṭa-cāritra Bodhisattva, who suddenly rose out of the earth as Buddha was concluding one of his Lotus sermons; v. Lotus sūtra 15 and 21. He is supposed to have been a convert of the Buddha in long past ages and to come to the world in its days of evil. Nichiren in Japan believed himself to be this Bodhisattva's reincarnation, and the Nichiren trinity is the Buddha, i.e. the eternal Śākyamuni Buddha; the Law, i.e. the Lotus Truth; and the Saṅgha, i.e. this Bodhisattva, in other words Nichiren himself as the head of all living beings, or eldest son of the Buddha. |
下げちん see styles |
sagechin; sagechin さげちん; サゲチン |
(vulgar) (joc) (kana only) (ant: あげちん) man purported to bring bad luck to the woman he is near or has sex with |
不受三昧 see styles |
bù shòu sān mèi bu4 shou4 san1 mei4 pu shou san mei fuju zanmai |
In the Lotus Sutra, cap. 25, the bodhisattva 無盡意 obeying the Buddha's command, offered Guanyin a jewel-garland, which the latter refused saying he had not received the Buddha's command to accept it. This attitude is attributed to his 不受 samādhi, the samādhi of 畢竟空 utter 'voidness', or spirituality. |
不悱不發 不悱不发 see styles |
bù fěi bù fā bu4 fei3 bu4 fa1 pu fei pu fa |
a student should not be guided until he has made an effort to express his thoughts (idiom) |
不憤不啟 不愤不启 see styles |
bù fèn bù qǐ bu4 fen4 bu4 qi3 pu fen pu ch`i pu fen pu chi |
a student shall not be enlightened until he has tried hard by himself (idiom) |
乃至成佛 see styles |
nǎi zhì chéng fó nai3 zhi4 cheng2 fo2 nai chih ch`eng fo nai chih cheng fo naishi jōbutsu |
until [he] becomes a buddha |
二十億耳 二十亿耳 see styles |
èr shí yì ěr er4 shi2 yi4 er3 erh shih i erh Nijūoku ni |
Sroṇakoṭīviṁśa. Defined as the most zealous of Śākyamuni's disciples, who became an arhat. Having lived in a heaven for ninety-one kalpas, where his feet did not touch the ground, he was born with hair on his soles two inches long, an omen which led his father and brothers to endow him with twenty kotis of ounces of gold, hence this name. v. 智度論 22. |
二處三會 二处三会 see styles |
èr chù sān huì er4 chu4 san1 hui4 erh ch`u san hui erh chu san hui nisho san'e |
The two places from which the Buddha is supposed to have preached the Lotus Sūtra, i.e. the Vulture Peak, the sky, and again the Vulture Peak; the three assemblies are (1) those he addressed from the Peak, chapters 1 to the middle of the eleventh chapter; (2) those addressed from the sky, to the end of the twenty-second chapter; and (3) again those on the Vulture Peak, from the twenty-third chapter to the end. |
五分法身 see styles |
wǔ fēn fǎ shēn wu3 fen1 fa3 shen1 wu fen fa shen gobun hosshin |
pañca-dharmakāya, the five attributes of the dharmakāya or 'spiritual' body of the Tathāgata, i. e. 戒 that he is above all moral conditions; 定 tranquil and apart from all false ideas; 慧 wise and omniscient; 解脫 free, unlimited, unconditioned, which is the state of nirvana; 解脫知見 that he has perfect knowledge of this state. These five attributes surpass all conditions of form, or the five skandhas; Eitel interprets this by exemption from all materiality (rūpa); all sensations (vedana); all consciousness (saṃjñā); all moral activity (karman); all knowledge (vijñāna). The esoteric sect has its own group. See also 五種法身. |
伏駄蜜多 see styles |
fú tuó mì duō fu2 tuo2 mi4 duo1 fu t`o mi to fu to mi to Fukudamitta |
Buddhamitra, of northern India, the ninth patriarch, a vaiśya by birth (third caste), author of the 五門禪經要用法 Pancadvara-dhyāna-sutramahartha-dharma; he was styled Mahā-dhyāna-guru. |
住定菩薩 住定菩萨 see styles |
zhù dìng pú sà zhu4 ding4 pu2 sa4 chu ting p`u sa chu ting pu sa jūjō (no) bosatsu |
A bodhisattva firmly fixed, or abiding in certainty. After a bodhisattva has completed three great asaṁkhyeyakalpas he has still one hundred great kalpas to complete. This period is called abiding in fixity or firmness, divided into six kinds: certainty of being born in a good gati, in a noble family, with a good body, a man, knowing the abiding places of his transmigrations, knowing the abiding character of his good works. |
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