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喧噪

see styles
 kensou / kenso
    けんそう
(noun or adjectival noun) tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

喧騒

see styles
 kensou / kenso
    けんそう
(noun or adjectival noun) tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

嗢鉢


嗢钵

see styles
wà bō
    wa4 bo1
wa po
 otsuhatsu
(嗢鉢羅) utpala, the blue lotus; the 6th cold hell.

嘱望

see styles
 shokubou / shokubo
    しょくぼう
(noun/participle) (having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on

嚴王


严王

see styles
yán wáng
    yan2 wang2
yen wang
 Gonō
i.e. 妙莊王 in the Lotus Sutra.

四一

see styles
sì yī
    si4 yi1
ssu i
 yoichi
    よいち
{cards} (See おいちょかぶ) scoring combination of a 4 and a 1 in oicho-kabu; (given name) Yoichi
The four 'ones', or the unity contained (according to Tiantai) in the 方便品 of the Lotus Sutra; i. e. 教一 its teaching of one Vehicle; 行一 its sole bodhisattva procedure; 人一 its men all and only as bodhisattvas; 理一 its one ultimate truth of the reality of all existence.

四乘

see styles
sì shèng
    si4 sheng4
ssu sheng
 shijō
The goat, deer, and ox carts and the great white-bullock cart of the Lotus Sutra, see 四車.

四住

see styles
sì zhù
    si4 zhu4
ssu chu
 shizumi
    しずみ
(surname) Shizumi
The four abodes or states in the 智度論 3, i. e. (1) 天住 the devalokas, equivalents of charity, morality, and goodness of heart; (2) 梵住 the brahmalokas, equivalents of benevolence, pity, joy, and indifference; (3) 聖住 the abode of śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas, equivalent of the samādhi of the immaterial realm, formless and still; (4) 佛住 the Buddha-abode, the equivalent of the samādhis of the infinite. v. 四住地.

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.

四味

see styles
sì wèi
    si4 wei4
ssu wei
 shimi
The four 'tastes': the Tiantai definition of the four periods of the Buddha's teaching preliminary to the fifth, i. e. that of the Lotus Sutra; cf. 五味.

四唱

see styles
sì chàng
    si4 chang4
ssu ch`ang
    ssu chang
 shishō
The four commanders or leaders; see Lotus Sutra 15.

四土

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

四姓

see styles
sì xìng
    si4 xing4
ssu hsing
 shisei; shishou / shise; shisho
    しせい; ししょう
(1) the four Hindu castes; (2) (hist) the four great families of the Heian period (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan)
The four Indian 'clans' or castes— brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra, i. e. (1) priestly, (2) military and ruling, (3) farmers and traders, and (4) serfs; born respectively from the mouth, shoulders, flanks, and feet of Brahma.

四州

see styles
sì zhōu
    si4 zhou1
ssu chou
 shishuu / shishu
    ししゅう
(given name) Shishuu
four great continents

四愛

see styles
 shichika
    しちか
the four loves (chrysanthemum, lotus, plum, and orchid; as painting subjects); (female given name) Shichika

四慧

see styles
sì huì
    si4 hui4
ssu hui
 shie
The four kinds of wisdom received: (1) by birth, or nature; (2) by hearing, or being taught; (3) by thought; (4) by dhyāna meditation.

四教

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sì jiào
    si4 jiao4
ssu chiao
 shikyō
Four teachings, doctrines, or schools; five groups are given, whose titles are abbreviated to 光天曉苑龍: (1) 光宅四教 The four schools of 法雲 Fayun of the 光宅 Guangzhai monastery are the four vehicles referred to in the burning house parable of the Lotus Sutra, i. e. śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, bodhisattva, and the final or one vehicle teaching. (2) 天台四教 The Tiantai four are 藏通, 別, and 圓, v. 八教. (3) 曉公四教 The group of 元曉 Wŏnhyo of 海東 Haedong are the 三乘別教 represented by the 四諦緣起經; 三乘通教 represented by the 般若深密教; 一乘分教 represented by the 究網經; and 一乘滿教 represented by the 華嚴經. (4) 苑公四教 The group of 慧苑 Huiyuan: the schools of unbelievers, who are misled and mislead; of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas who know only the phenomenal bhūtatathatā; of novitiate bodhisattvas who know only the noumenal bhūtatathatā; and of fully developed bodhisattvas, who know both. (5) 龍樹四教 Nāgārjuna's division of the canon into 有 dealing with existence, or reality, cf. the 四阿含; 空 the Void, cf. 般若經; 亦有亦 空 both, cf. 深密經; and 非有非 空 neither, cf. 中論.

四智

see styles
sì zhì
    si4 zhi4
ssu chih
 shichi
The four forms of wisdom of a Buddha according to the 法相 Dharmalakṣana school: (1) 大圓鏡智 the great mirror wisdom of Akṣobhya; (2) 平等性智 the universal wisdom of Ratnaketu; (3) 妙觀察智 the profound observing wisdom of Amitābha; (4) 成所作智 the perfecting wisdom of Amoghasiddhi. There are various other groups.

四書


四书

see styles
sì shū
    si4 shu1
ssu shu
 shisho
    ししょ
Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子
the Four Books (Confucian texts)

四果

see styles
sì guǒ
    si4 guo3
ssu kuo
 shika
The four phala, i. e. fruitions, or rewards — srota-āpanna-phala, sakradāgāmi-phala, anāgāmiphala, arhat-phala, i. e. four grades of saintship; see 須陀洹; 斯陀含, 阿那含, and 阿離漢. The four titles are also applied to four grades of śramaṇas— yellow and blue flower śramaṇas, lotus śramaṇas, meek śramaṇas, and ultra-meek śramaṇas.

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.

四禪


四禅

see styles
sì chán
    si4 chan2
ssu ch`an
    ssu chan
 shizen
(四禪天) The four dhyāna heavens, 四靜慮 (四靜慮天), i. e. the division of the eighteen brahmalokas into four dhyānas: the disciple attains to one of these heavens according to the dhyāna he observes: (1) 初禪天 The first region, 'as large as one whole universe' comprises the three heavens, Brahma-pāriṣadya, Brahma-purohita, and Mahābrahma, 梵輔, 梵衆, and 大梵天; the inhabitants are without gustatory or olfactory organs, not needing food, but possess the other four of the six organs. (2) 二禪天 The second region, equal to 'a small chiliocosmos' 小千界, comprises the three heavens, according to Eitel, 'Parīttābha, Apramāṇābha, and Ābhāsvara, ' i. e. 少光 minor light, 無量光 infinite light, and 極光淨 utmost light purity; the inhabitants have ceased to require the five physical organs, possessing only the organ of mind. (3) 三禪天 The third region, equal to 'a middling chiliocosmos '中千界, comprises three heavens; Eitel gives them as Parīttaśubha, Apramāṇaśubha, and Śubhakṛtsna, i. e. 少淨 minor purity, 無量淨 infinite purity, and 徧淨 universal purity; the inhabitants still have the organ of mind and are receptive of great joy. (4) 四禪天 The fourth region, equal to a great chiliocosmos, 大千界, comprises the remaining nine brahmalokas, namely, Puṇyaprasava, Anabhraka, Bṛhatphala, Asañjñisattva, Avṛha, Atapa, Sudṛśa, Sudarśana, and Akaniṣṭha (Eitel). The Chinese titles are 福生 felicitous birth, 無雲 cloudless, 廣果 large fruitage, 無煩 no vexations, atapa is 無熱 no heat, sudṛśa is 善見 beautiful to see, sudarśana is 善現 beautiful appearing, two others are 色究竟 the end of form, and 無想天 the heaven above thought, but it is difficult to trace avṛha and akaniṣṭha; the inhabitants of this fourth region still have mind. The number of the dhyāna heavens differs; the Sarvāstivādins say 16, the 經 or Sutra school 17, and the Sthavirāḥ school 18. Eitel points out that the first dhyāna has one world with one moon, one mem, four continents, and six devalokas; the second dhyāna has 1, 000 times the worlds of the first; the third has 1, 000 times the worlds of the second; the fourth dhyāna has 1, 000 times those of the third. Within a kalpa of destruction 壞劫 the first is destroyed fifty-six times by fire, the second seven by water, the third once by wind, the fourth 'corresponding to a state of absolute indifference' remains 'untouched' by all the other evolutions; when 'fate (天命) comes to an end then the fourth dhyāna may come to an end too, but not sooner'.

四聖


四圣

see styles
sì shèng
    si4 sheng4
ssu sheng
 shisei / shise
    しせい
the four great sages (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates)
The four kinds of holy men— śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas. Also, the four chief disciples of Kumārajīva, i. e. 道生 Daosheng, 僧肇 Sengzhao, 道融 Daorong, and 僧叡 Sengrui.

四處


四处

see styles
sì chù
    si4 chu4
ssu ch`u
    ssu chu
 shi sho
all over the place; everywhere and all directions
four great locations of Śākyamuni's religious career

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.

四行

see styles
sì xíng
    si4 xing2
ssu hsing
 shigyō
The four disciplinary processes: enlightenment; good deeds; wisdom; and worship.

四車


四车

see styles
sì chē
    si4 che1
ssu ch`e
    ssu che
 yotsuguruma
    よつぐるま
(surname) Yotsuguruma
The four vehicles 四乘 of the Lotus Sutra 譬喩品, i. e. goat, deer, bullock, and great white-bullock carts.

四道

see styles
sì dào
    si4 dao4
ssu tao
 shimichi
    しみち
(surname) Shimichi
The Dao or road means the nirvana road; the 'four' are rather modes of progress, or stages in it: (1) 加行道 discipline or effort, i. e. progress from the 三賢 and 四善根 stages to that of the 三學位, i. e. morality, meditation, and understanding; (2) 無間道 uninterrupted progress to the stage in which all delusion is banished; (3) 解脫道 liberaton, or freedom, reaching the state of assurance or proof and knowledge of the truth; and (4) 勝進道 surpassing progress in dhyāni-wisdom. Those four stages are also associated with those of srota-āpanna, sakṛdāgāmin, anāgāmin, and arhat.

四食

see styles
sì shí
    si4 shi2
ssu shih
 shijiki
The four kinds of food, i. e. 段食 or 摶食 for the body and its senses; 觸食 or 樂食 for the emotions; 思食 or 念食 for thought; and 識食 for wisdom, i. e. the 六識 of Hīnayāna and the 八識 of Mahāyāna, of which the eighth, i. e. ālayavijñāna, is the chief.

困窮

see styles
 konkyuu / konkyu
    こんきゅう
(n,vs,vi) (1) poverty; need; destitution; (n,vs,vi) (2) having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

国璽

see styles
 kokuji
    こくじ
great seal; seal of state

圓智


圆智

see styles
yuán zhì
    yuan2 zhi4
yüan chih
 enchi
perfect wisdom

圓詮


圆诠

see styles
yuán quán
    yuan2 quan2
yüan ch`üan
    yüan chüan
 ensen
Exposition of the perfect or all-embracing doctrine, as found in the Huayan and Lotus Sūtras.

圓通


圆通

see styles
yuán tōng
    yuan2 tong1
yüan t`ung
    yüan tung
 enzuu / enzu
    えんづう
flexible; accommodating
(personal name) Enzuu
Universally penetrating; supernatural powers of omnipresence; universality; by wisdom to penetrate the nature or truth of all things.

地涌

see styles
dì yǒng
    di4 yong3
ti yung
 chiyō
To spring forth, or burst from the earth, a chapter in the Lotus Sutra.

地藏

see styles
dì zàng
    di4 zang4
ti tsang
 jizou / jizo
    じぞう
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
(surname) Jizou
Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult.

堅意


坚意

see styles
jiān yì
    jian1 yi4
chien i
 keni
    けんい
(personal name) Ken'i
堅慧 Sthiramati of firm mind, or wisdom. An early Indian monk of the Mahāyāna; perhaps two monks.

堅智


坚智

see styles
jiān zhì
    jian1 zhi4
chien chih
 Kenchi
Firm knowledge, or wisdom, a name of Vajrapāṇi.

塞内

see styles
 sainai
    さいない
(1) inside a fort; (2) (hist) (area) within the Great Wall of China

塞北

see styles
sài běi
    sai4 bei3
sai pei
territories beyond the Great Wall (old)

塞外

see styles
sài wài
    sai4 wai4
sai wai
 saigai
    さいがい
territories beyond the Great Wall (old)
(1) outside a fort; (2) (hist) outside the Great Wall of China

塵劫


尘劫

see styles
chén jié
    chen2 jie2
ch`en chieh
    chen chieh
 jingō
(塵點劫) A period of time as impossible of calculation as the atoms of a ground-up world, an attempt to define the infinite, v. Lotus Sūtra 7 and 16.

士人

see styles
shì rén
    shi4 ren2
shih jen
 shijin
    しじん
scholar
(1) samurai; (2) person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing
a person of extensive learning

壮志

see styles
 takeshi
    たけし
great ambition; lofty aspiration; (given name) Takeshi

壯志


壮志

see styles
zhuàng zhì
    zhuang4 zhi4
chuang chih
great goal; magnificent aspiration
See: 壮志

外智

see styles
wài zhì
    wai4 zhi4
wai chih
 gechi
outer wisdom

多勢

see styles
 taze
    たぜ
great numbers; numerical superiority; (female given name) Taze

多大

see styles
duō dà
    duo1 da4
to ta
 tadai
    ただい
how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much
(adj-na,adj-no,n) great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

多寶


多宝

see styles
duō bǎo
    duo1 bao3
to pao
 Tahō
(多寳) (多寳如來, 多寶如來) Prabhūtaratna, abundant treasures, or many jewels. The Ancient Buddha, long in nirvana, who appears in his stūpa to hear the Buddha preach the Lotus doctrine, by his presence revealing, inter alia, that nirvana is not annihilation, and that the Lotus doctrine is the Buddha-gospel; v. Lotus Sutra 寳塔品.

多幸

see styles
 tayuki
    たゆき
(noun or adjectival noun) great happiness; (female given name) Tayuki

多慮


多虑

see styles
duō lǜ
    duo1 lv4
to lü
 taryo
great deal of anxiety

多聞


多闻

see styles
duō wén
    duo1 wen2
to wen
 tamon
    たもん
(1) row house built on top of a castle wall; (2) row houses surrounding a main residence; (3) {Buddh} having great knowledge about Buddhism; (4) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 多聞天) Vaisravana (one of the Four Heavenly Kings); (surname, given name) Tamon
bahu-sruta; learned, one who has heard much.

多麼


多么

see styles
duō me
    duo1 me5
to me
how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent

大い

see styles
 ooi
    おおい
(prefix) (1) (archaism) greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) a great deal; very much

大き

see styles
 ooki
    おおき
(prefix) (1) (archaism) great; grand; large; (2) greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) a great deal; very much

大の

see styles
 oono
    おおの
(pre-noun adjective) (1) large; big; (pre-noun adjective) (2) grown (man, etc.); (pre-noun adjective) (3) great (friend, etc.); huge (football fan, etc.); (surname) Oono

大中

see styles
dà zhōng
    da4 zhong1
ta chung
 hironaka
    ひろなか
(personal name) Hironaka
great center

大乗

see styles
 daijou / daijo
    だいじょう
(1) {Buddh} (See 小乗・しょうじょう) Mahayana (Buddhism); the Great Vehicle; (2) (on street signs) large passenger vehicle; (given name) Daijō

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。.

大乱

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 tairan
    たいらん
rebellion; great uprising

大事

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dà shì
    da4 shi4
ta shih
 daiji
    だいじ
major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do something) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
(adjectival noun) (1) important; serious; crucial; (adjectival noun) (2) valuable; precious; (3) (See 大事・おおごと) serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis; (4) great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing; (adjectival noun) (5) (Tochigi dialect) (See だいじょうぶ・1) safe; OK
(因緣) For the sake of a great cause, or because of a great matter―the Buddha appeared, i.e. for changing illusion into enlightenment. The Lotus interprets it as enlightenment; the Nirvana as the Buddha-nature; the 無量壽經 as the joy of Paradise.

大人

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dà ren
    da4 ren5
ta jen
 yamato
    やまと
adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors
(used when indicating admission fees, passenger fares, etc.) (See 小人・しょうにん,中人・ちゅうにん) adult; (given name) Yamato
a great man

大仁

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dà rén
    da4 ren2
ta jen
 masahito
    まさひと
(given name) Masahito
a great benefactor

大仙

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dà xiān
    da4 xian1
ta hsien
 daisen
    だいせん
great immortal
(given name) Daisen
great sage

大作

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dà zuò
    da4 zuo4
ta tso
 daisaku
    だいさく
your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific); to erupt; to begin abruptly
(1) large-scale work; voluminous work; (2) monumental work; great work; masterpiece; (p,s,g) Daisaku

大儒

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 taiju
    たいじゅ
(1) great Confucian (scholar); (2) great scholar; person of great erudition

大光

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dà guāng
    da4 guang1
ta kuang
 hiromi
    ひろみ
(female given name) Hiromi
great radiance

大兵

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dà bīng
    da4 bing1
ta ping
 daihyou / daihyo
    だいひょう
soldier; large army; powerful army; (old) large-scale war
great stature; large build

大円

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 daien
    だいえん
(1) large circle; (2) {math} (See 小円・2) great circle (of a sphere); (given name) Daien

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.

大利

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dà lì
    da4 li4
ta li
 dairi
    だいり
(surname) Dairi
great benefit

大功

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dà gōng
    da4 gong1
ta kung
 taikou / taiko
    たいこう
great merit; great service
distinguished or meritorious service
great success

大劫

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dà jié
    da4 jie2
ta chieh
 daikou; taigou / daiko; taigo
    だいこう; たいごう
{Buddh} (See 劫・1) mahakalpa; great eon
a great eon

大勇

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dà yǒng
    da4 yong3
ta yung
 daiyuu / daiyu
    だいゆう
real courage; (personal name) Daiyū
Āryaśūra. Also 聖勇 The great brave, or ārya the brave. An Indian Buddhist author of several works.

大勝


大胜

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dà shèng
    da4 sheng4
ta sheng
 daikatsu
    だいかつ
to defeat decisively; to win decisively; great victory; triumph
(n,vs,vi,adj-no) great victory; crushing victory; (surname) Daikatsu

大勢


大势

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dà shì
    da4 shi4
ta shih
 oose
    おおせ
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion); (surname) Oose
See 大勢至菩薩.

大化

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dà huà
    da4 hua4
ta hua
 taika
    たいか
(hist) Taika era (645.6.19-650.2.15); (place-name) Taika
The transforming teaching and work of a Buddha in one lifetime.

大千

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dà qiān
    da4 qian1
ta ch`ien
    ta chien
 daisen
(世界) A major chiliocosm, or universe, of 3,000 great chiliocosms, v. 三千大千.

大厄

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 taiyaku
    たいやく
calamity; disaster; great misfortune; grand climacteric

大叫

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dà jiào
    da4 jiao4
ta chiao
 daikyō
hell of great wailing

大召

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dà zhào
    da4 zhao4
ta chao
 daijō
A temple and its great bell in Lhasa Tibet, styled 老木郞, built when the T'ang princess became the wife of the Tibetan king Ts'ah-po and converted Tibet to Buddhism.

大史

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dà shǐ
    da4 shi3
ta shih
 hirofumi
    ひろふみ
(given name) Hirofumi
Great Chronicle

大同

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dà tóng
    da4 tong2
ta t`ung
    ta tung
 taaton / taton
    タートン
see 大同市[Da4tong2 Shi4]; see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4tong2 Xiang1]; see 大同區|大同区[Da4tong2 Qu1]; (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)
(1) (See 大同小異) general resemblance; being largely the same; (2) (See 大同団結) uniting with a common goal; (3) (hist) Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19); (place-name) Datong (China)
mostly the same

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.

大哀

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dà āi
    da4 ai1
ta ai
 daiai
man of great pity

大品

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dà pǐn
    da4 pin3
ta p`in
    ta pin
 Daihon
The larger, or fuller edition of a canonical work, work, especially of the next. | | 般若經 ; 摩訶般若波羅蜜經 The Mahaprajnaparamita sutra as tr. by Kumarajiva in 27 chuan, in contrast with the 10 chuan edition.

大哉

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dà zāi
    da4 zai1
ta tsai
 hiroya
    ひろや
(personal name) Hiroya
how great!

大唐

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dà táng
    da4 tang2
ta t`ang
    ta tang
 morokoshi
    もろこし
the Tang dynasty (618-907)
(surname) Morokoshi
Great Tang

大器

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dà qì
    da4 qi4
ta ch`i
    ta chi
 tomoki
    ともき
very capable person; precious object
(1) large container; (2) person of great talent; (given name) Tomoki

大国

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 hirokuni
    ひろくに
(n,n-suf) (1) large country; major nation; great power; (2) (hist) province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system); (personal name) Hirokuni

大圏

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 taiken
    たいけん
great circle

大圓


大圆

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dà yuán
    da4 yuan2
ta yüan
 daien
    だいえん
great circle (in spherical geometry)
(personal name) Daien
great and round

大地

see styles
dà dì
    da4 di4
ta ti
 hirokuni
    ひろくに
earth; mother earth
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land; (personal name) Hirokuni
Great earth, the whole earth, everywhere, all the land, etc.

大城

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dà chéng
    da4 cheng2
ta ch`eng
    ta cheng
 daijou / daijo
    だいじょう
Dacheng County in Langfang 廊坊[Lang2 fang2], Hebei; Dacheng or Tacheng Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan
(surname) Daijō
a great castle

大壇


大坛

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dà tán
    da4 tan2
ta t`an
    ta tan
 oodan
    おおだん
(place-name) Oodan
A great altar, the chief altar.

大士

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dà shì
    da4 shi4
ta shih
 futoshi
    ふとし
(personal name) Futoshi
Mahasattva. 開士 A great being, noble, a leader of men, a bodhisattva; also a śrāvaka, a Buddha; especially one who 自利利他 benefits himself to help others.

大変

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 taihen
    たいへん
(adverb) (1) very; greatly; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) immense; enormous; great; (3) serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; (4) difficult; hard; (5) (archaism) major incident; disaster

大夜

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dà yè
    da4 ye4
ta yeh
 daiya
the second half of the night; early morning (cf. 小夜[xiao3ye4], 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.

大妖

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 taiyou / taiyo
    たいよう
great demon; ghostly giant

大学

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 daigaku
    だいがく
(1) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; (2) (abbreviation) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); (3) the Great Learning (one of the Four Books); (p,s,g) Daigaku

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