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十來偈


十来偈

see styles
shí lái jié
    shi2 lai2 jie2
shih lai chieh
 jūrai ge
ten rhymes in lai

十信位

see styles
shí xìn wèi
    shi2 xin4 wei4
shih hsin wei
 jisshin'i
ten stages of faith

十八位

see styles
shí bā wèi
    shi2 ba1 wei4
shih pa wei
 jūhachii
eighteen stages

十八天

see styles
shí bā tiān
    shi2 ba1 tian1
shih pa t`ien
    shih pa tien
 jūhachi ten
Brahmaloka, the eighteen heavens of form, rūpadhātu, three of the first dhyāna, 梵衆天; 梵輔天; 大梵天; three of the second, 少光天; 無量光天; 光音; three of the third, 少淨天; 無量淨天; 徧淨天; and nine of the fourth, 無雲天; 福生天; 廣果天; 無想天; 無煩天; 無熱天; 善見天; 善現,天; 色究竟天 ."Southern Buddhism knows only sixteen. Those two which Northern Buddhists added are Punya-prasava 福生 and Anabhraka 無雲." Eitel.

十八宗

see styles
shí bā zōng
    shi2 ba1 zong1
shih pa tsung
 jūhachi shū
The eighteen Japanese Buddhist sects, i.e. 三論; 法相; 華嚴; 律; 倶舍; 成實; 天台; 眞言; 融通念佛; 淨土; 眞; 日蓮; 時; 臨濟; 曹洞; 黃檗; 普化; and 修驗宗.

十八日

see styles
shí bā rì
    shi2 ba1 ri4
shih pa jih
 toyooka
    とよおか
(1) eighteenth day of the month; (2) eighteen days; (surname) Toyooka
eighteen days

十八梵

see styles
shí bā fàn
    shi2 ba1 fan4
shih pa fan
 jūhachi bon
eighteen Brahmā heavens

十八物

see styles
shí bā wù
    shi2 ba1 wu4
shih pa wu
 jūhachi motsu
The eighteen things a monk should carry in the performance of his duties—willow twigs, soap, the three garments, a water-bottle, a begging-bowl, mat, staff, censer, filter, handkerchief, knife, fire-producer, pincers hammock, sutra, the vinaya, the Buddha's image, and bodhisattva image or images; cf. 梵綱經 37.

十八界

see styles
shí bā jiè
    shi2 ba1 jie4
shih pa chieh
 juuhachikai; juuhakkai / juhachikai; juhakkai
    じゅうはちかい; じゅうはっかい
{Buddh} (See 六境,六根,六識) eighteen components of perception (six sense objects, six sense faculties, six sense consciousnesses)
The eighteen dhātu, or realms of sense, i.e. 六根, 六境, 六識 the six organs, their objects or conditions, and their perceptions.

十八空

see styles
shí bā kōng
    shi2 ba1 kong1
shih pa k`ung
    shih pa kung
 jūhachi kū
eighteen aspects of emptiness

十八經


十八经

see styles
shí bā jīng
    shi2 ba1 jing1
shih pa ching
 jūhachi kyō
(十八大經); 十八明處 The eighteen Indian non-Buddhist classics, i.e. the four vedas, six śāstras, and eight śāstras.

十八賢


十八贤

see styles
shí bā xián
    shi2 ba1 xian2
shih pa hsien
 jūhachi ken
(十八聖 or 十八衆); 十八境界; 十八有學 v. 有學.

十八道

see styles
shí bā dào
    shi2 ba1 dao4
shih pa tao
 jūhachi dō
In the two maṇḍalas, Vajradhātu and Garbhadhātu, each has nine central objects of worship. The Shingon disciple devotes himself to meditation on one of these eighteen each day.

十八部

see styles
shí bā bù
    shi2 ba1 bu4
shih pa pu
 jūhachi bu
The eighteen schools of Hīnayāna as formerly existing in India; v. 小乘.

十八願


十八愿

see styles
shí bā yuàn
    shi2 ba1 yuan4
shih pa yüan
 jūhachigan
eighteenth vow

十六國


十六国

see styles
shí liù guó
    shi2 liu4 guo2
shih liu kuo
 jūroku koku
Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439); also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国
sixteen states

十六天

see styles
shí liù tiān
    shi2 liu4 tian1
shih liu t`ien
    shih liu tien
 jūroku ten
(十六大天) The sixteen devas are E. Indra and his wife; S.E. the fire deva and his wife; S. Yama and his wife; S.W. Yakṣa-rāja (Kuvera) and wife; W. the water deva and his nāga wife (Śakti); N.W. the wind deva and wife; N. Vaiśramaṇa and wife; N.E. Īśāna and wife.

十六師


十六师

see styles
shí liù shī
    shi2 liu4 shi1
shih liu shih
 jūroku shi
The sixteen non-Buddhist "heretical" Indian philosophers.

十六心

see styles
shí liù xīn
    shi2 liu4 xin1
shih liu hsin
 jūroku shin
i.e. the 八忍 and 八智.

十六曾

see styles
shí liù céng
    shi2 liu4 ceng2
shih liu ts`eng
    shih liu tseng
The sixteen lessons of the Prajñā-pāramitā.

十六會


十六会

see styles
shí liù huì
    shi2 liu4 hui4
shih liu hui
 jūroku e
sixteen assemblies

十六物

see styles
shí liù wù
    shi2 liu4 wu4
shih liu wu
The thirty-six physical parts and excretions of the human body, all being unclean, i. e. the vile body.

十六空

see styles
shí liù kōng
    shi2 liu4 kong1
shih liu k`ung
    shih liu kung
 jūrokkū
sixteen characteristics of emptiness

十六行

see styles
shí liù xíng
    shi2 liu4 xing2
shih liu hsing
 jūroku gyō
(十六心行) ; 十六諦觀 idem 十六行相. The sixteen行相 of the Four Axioms 四諦, i.e. four forms of considering each of the axioms, associated with 見道.

十六觀


十六观

see styles
shí liù guān
    shi2 liu4 guan1
shih liu kuan
 jūroku kan
The sixteen meditations of Amitābha on the setting sun, water (as ice, crystal, etc. ), the earth, and so on.

十六諦


十六谛

see styles
shí liù dì
    shi2 liu4 di4
shih liu ti
 jūroku tai
sixteen truths

十力尊

see styles
shí lì zūn
    shi2 li4 zun1
shih li tsun
 jūriki son
(十力無等) The honoured (unequalled) possessor of the ten powers, Buddha.

十力教

see styles
shí lì jiào
    shi2 li4 jiao4
shih li chiao
 jūriki kyō
The religion of Him who has the ten powers, i.e. Buddhism.

十力明

see styles
shí lì míng
    shi2 li4 ming2
shih li ming
 jūrikimyō
The ten powers and ten understandings of a Buddha.

十力經


十力经

see styles
shí lì jīng
    shi2 li4 jing1
shih li ching
 Jūriki kyō
Scripture on the Ten Powers

十功德

see styles
shí gōng dé
    shi2 gong1 de2
shih kung te
 jū kudoku
(十功德論) Ten merits (or powers) commended by the Buddha to his bhikṣus—zealous progress, contentment with few desires, courage, learning (so as to teach), fearlessness, perfect observance of the commands and the fraternity, regulations, perfect meditation, perfect wisdom, perfect liberation, and perfect understanding of it.

十勝行


十胜行

see styles
shí shèng xíng
    shi2 sheng4 xing2
shih sheng hsing
 jisshōgyō
The ten pāramitās observed by bodhisattvas, see 十地 and 十住. Hīnayāna has another group, adding to the four 梵福 q. v. the six of sacrificing one's life to save mother; or father; or a Buddha; to become a monk: to induce another to become a monk; to obtain authority to preach.

十卷章

see styles
shí juǎn zhāng
    shi2 juan3 zhang1
shih chüan chang
 Jikkanjō
ten sections and chapters

十善位

see styles
shí shàn wèi
    shi2 shan4 wei4
shih shan wei
 jū zen(no) gurai
十善戒力; 十善王 The position, or power, attained in the next life by observing the ten commandments here, to be born in the heavens, or as rulers of men.

十善巧

see styles
shí shàn qiǎo
    shi2 shan4 qiao3
shih shan ch`iao
    shih shan chiao
 jū zengyō
The ten good crafts, or meditations of pratyeka-buddhas, i. e. on the five skandhas, twelve 處, eighteen 界, twelve 因緣, etc.

十善心

see styles
shí shàn xīn
    shi2 shan4 xin1
shih shan hsin
 jūzenshin
mind of the ten good qualities

十善戒

see styles
shí shàn jiè
    shi2 shan4 jie4
shih shan chieh
 jū zenkai
The ten commandments (as observed by the laity).

十善業


十善业

see styles
shí shàn yè
    shi2 shan4 ye4
shih shan yeh
 jū zengō
(十善業道) The excellent karma resulting from practice of the ten commandments.

十善王

see styles
shí shàn wáng
    shi2 shan4 wang2
shih shan wang
 jūzennō
ten good stages

十喩觀


十喩观

see styles
shí yú guān
    shi2 yu2 guan1
shih yü kuan
 jū yukan
meditation on the ten illusions

十囘向

see styles
shí huí xiàng
    shi2 hui2 xiang4
shih hui hsiang
 jū ekō
ten dedications of merit

十四過


十四过

see styles
shí sì guò
    shi2 si4 guo4
shih ssu kuo
 jūshi ka
fourteen fallacies

十四難


十四难

see styles
shí sì nán
    shi2 si4 nan2
shih ssu nan
 jūshi nan
The fourteen difficult questions of the "heretics" to which the Buddha made no reply, for, as it is said, the questions were no more properly put than if one asked " How much milk can you get from cow's horn?" They are forms of: All is permanent, impermanent, both or neither; all changes, changes not, both, neither; at death a spirit departs, does not, both, neither; after death we have the same body (or personality) and spirit, or body and spirit are different.

十地品

see styles
shí dì pǐn
    shi2 di4 pin3
shih ti p`in
    shih ti pin
 Jūji bon
The twenty-second chapter of the sixty-chapter version of the 華嚴經, the twenty-sixth of the eighty-chapter version.

十地心

see styles
shí dì xīn
    shi2 di4 xin1
shih ti hsin
 jūji shin
Ten stages of mind, or mental development, i.e. (1) 四無量心 the four kinds of boundless mind; (2) 十善心 the mind of the ten good qualities; (3) 明光心 the illuminated mind; (4) 焰慧心 the mind of glowing wisdom; (5) 大勝心 the mind of mastery; (6) 現前心 the mind of the open way (above normal definitions); (7) 無生心 the mind of no rebirth; (8) 不思議心 the mind of the inexpressible; (9) 慧光心 the mind of wisdom-radiance; (10) 受位心 the mind of perfect receptivity. v. also 十心.

十地經


十地经

see styles
shí dì jīng
    shi2 di4 jing1
shih ti ching
 Jūjikyō
Daśabhūmika-sūtra

十地論


十地论

see styles
shí dì lùn
    shi2 di4 lun4
shih ti lun
 Jūji ron
Daśabhūmikasūtra-śāstra

十堅心


十坚心

see styles
shí jiān xīn
    shi2 jian1 xin1
shih chien hsin
 jū kenshin
ten firm states of mind

十堰市

see styles
shí yàn shì
    shi2 yan4 shi4
shih yen shih
Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]

十多億


十多亿

see styles
shí duō yì
    shi2 duo1 yi4
shih to i
over one billion; more than a billion

十大受

see styles
shí dà shòu
    shi2 da4 shou4
shih ta shou
 jū daiju
ten major ordination vows

十大地

see styles
shí dà dì
    shi2 da4 di4
shih ta ti
 jū daiji
ten major grounds

十大惑

see styles
shí dà huò
    shi2 da4 huo4
shih ta huo
 jū daiwaku
idem 十使.

十大願


十大愿

see styles
shí dà yuàn
    shi2 da4 yuan4
shih ta yüan
 jū daigan
The ten vows of Puxian 普賢, or Samantabhadra.

十天干

see styles
shí tiān gān
    shi2 tian1 gan1
shih t`ien kan
    shih tien kan
the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)

十如是

see styles
shí rú shì
    shi2 ru2 shi4
shih ju shih
 juunyoze / junyoze
    じゅうにょぜ
{Buddh} ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
The ten essential qualities, or characteristics, of thing, according to the 方便chapter of the Lotus sūtra: 相如是 form; 性如是 nature; 體如是 corpus or embodiment; 力如是 powers; 作如是 function; 因如是 primary cause; 果如是 environmental cause; 果如是 effect; 報如是 karmic reward; 本末究竟等 the inseparability, or inevitability of them all.

十字形

see styles
shí zì xíng
    shi2 zi4 xing2
shih tzu hsing
 juujikei / jujike
    じゅうじけい
cruciform; cross shape
(adj-no,n) cross-shaped; cruciform

十字架

see styles
shí zì jià
    shi2 zi4 jia4
shih tzu chia
 kurosu
    くろす
cross; crucifix; yoke one has to endure
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ); (female given name) Kurosu

十字絲


十字丝

see styles
shí zì sī
    shi2 zi4 si1
shih tzu ssu
crosshairs

十字繡


十字绣

see styles
shí zì xiù
    shi2 zi4 xiu4
shih tzu hsiu
cross-stitch

十字軍


十字军

see styles
shí zì jun
    shi2 zi4 jun1
shih tzu chün
 juujigun / jujigun
    じゅうじぐん
the Crusades; Crusader army; (fig.) crusade; militant campaign for a cause
Crusades; Crusaders

十字鎬


十字镐

see styles
shí zì gǎo
    shi2 zi4 gao3
shih tzu kao
pickaxe

十寶山


十宝山

see styles
shí bǎo shān
    shi2 bao3 shan1
shih pao shan
 jippōsen
ten precious mountains

十山王

see styles
shí shān wáng
    shi2 shan1 wang2
shih shan wang
 jūsen ō
The spirit king of each of the ten mountains―Himālaya, Gandhamādana, Vaidharī, 神仙山, Yugaṅdhara, Aśvakarṇa, Nemindhara, Cakravāḍa, Ketumatī, and Sumeru.

十布施

see styles
shí bù shī
    shi2 bu4 shi1
shih pu shih
 jū fuse
ten kinds of giving

十常侍

see styles
shí cháng shì
    shi2 chang2 shi4
shih ch`ang shih
    shih chang shih
Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption

十廻向

see styles
shí huí xiàng
    shi2 hui2 xiang4
shih hui hsiang
 jū ekō
ten dedications (of merit)

十弟子

see styles
shí dì zǐ
    shi2 di4 zi3
shih ti tzu
 jū deshi
The ten acolytes or attendants on an ācārya, or superior religious teacher, in his ceremonial offices, following the pattern of the ten principal disciples of Śākyamuni.

十念處


十念处

see styles
shí niàn chù
    shi2 nian4 chu4
shih nien ch`u
    shih nien chu
 jūnensho
A bodhisattva's ten objects of thought or meditation, i.e. body, the senses, mind, things, environment, monastery, city (or district), good name, Buddha-learning, riddance of all passion and delusion.

十惡業


十恶业

see styles
shí è yè
    shi2 e4 ye4
shih o yeh
 jū aku gō
ten evil activities

十惡見


十恶见

see styles
shí è jiàn
    shi2 e4 jian4
shih o chien
 jū akken
ten pernicious views

十惱亂


十恼乱

see styles
shí nǎo luàn
    shi2 nao3 luan4
shih nao luan
 jū nōran
The ten disturbers of the religious life: a domineering (spirit); heretical ways; dangerous amusements; a butcher's or other low occupation; asceticism (or selfish hīnayāna salvation); (the condition of a) eunuch; lust; endangering (the character by improper intimacy); contempt; breeding animals, etc. (for slaughter).

十支論


十支论

see styles
shí zhī lùn
    shi2 zhi1 lun4
shih chih lun
 jūshiron
The ten Yoga books, the foundation work being the 瑜伽論, the other ten are 百法論, 五蘊論, 顯揚論, 攝大乘論, 雜集論, 辨中邊論, 二十唯識論, 三十唯識論, 大莊嚴論, and 分別瑜伽論 .

十方佛

see styles
shí fāng fó
    shi2 fang1 fo2
shih fang fo
 jippō butsu
buddhas of the ten directions

十方僧

see styles
shí fāng sēng
    shi2 fang1 seng1
shih fang seng
 jippō sō
saṃgha of the ten directions

十方刹

see styles
shí fāng chà
    shi2 fang1 cha4
shih fang ch`a
    shih fang cha
 jippō setsu
realms of the ten directions

十方法

see styles
shí fāng fǎ
    shi2 fang1 fa3
shih fang fa
 jippō hō
dharma of the ten directions

十方空

see styles
shí fāng kōng
    shi2 fang1 kong1
shih fang k`ung
    shih fang kung
 jippō kū
space in the ten directions

十日談


十日谈

see styles
shí rì tán
    shi2 ri4 tan2
shih jih t`an
    shih jih tan
Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1]

十普門


十普门

see styles
shí pǔ mén
    shi2 pu3 men2
shih p`u men
    shih pu men
 jū fumon
The ten universals of a bodhisattva: 慈悲普 universal pity; 弘誓門 vow of universal salvation; 修行門 accordant action; 斷惑門 universal cutting off of delusions; 入法門門 freedom of entry into all forms of truth; 神通門 universal superhuman powers; 方便門 universal accordance with conditions of the receptivity of others; 說法門 powers of universal explication of the truth; 供養諸佛門 power of universal service of all Buddhas; 成就衆生門 the perfecting of all beings universally.

十月份

see styles
shí yuè fèn
    shi2 yue4 fen4
shih yüeh fen
October

十根本

see styles
shí gēn běn
    shi2 gen1 ben3
shih ken pen
 jū konpon
ten basic [afflictions]

十法界

see styles
shí fǎ jiè
    shi2 fa3 jie4
shih fa chieh
 jū hōkai
The ten dharma-worlds, or states of existence, i.e. the hells (or purgatories), pretas, animals, asmas, men, devas, śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, Buddhas. In the esoteric teaching there is a series of hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, devas, śrāvakas, bodhisattvas, 權佛 relative Buddhas, 實佛 absolute Buddhas.

十法行

see styles
shí fǎ xíng
    shi2 fa3 xing2
shih fa hsing
 jippō gyō
Ten ways of devotion to the Buddhist sutras: to copy them; serve the places where they are kept, as if serving the Buddha's shrine; preach or give them to others; listen attentively to their exposition; read; maintain; discourse on them to others; intone them; ponder over them; observe their lessons.

十無二


十无二

see styles
shí wú èr
    shi2 wu2 er4
shih wu erh
 jūmuni
Ten powers only possessed by Buddhas: (1) prediction; (2) knowing and fulfilling the desires of the living; (3)-(10) are various forms of omniscience, i.e. (3) of all Buddha-realms and their inhabitants; (4) their natures; (5) good roots; (6) laws; (7) wisdom; (8) every moment; (9) evolving domains, or conditions; (10) language, words, and discussions. v. 宗鏡錄 99.

十無礙


十无碍

see styles
shí wú ài
    shi2 wu2 ai4
shih wu ai
 jūmuge
The ten unhindered transformations and ubiquitous powers of a Buddha.

十煩惱


十烦恼

see styles
shí fán nǎo
    shi2 fan2 nao3
shih fan nao
 jū bonnō
ten afflictions

十牛圖


十牛图

see styles
shí niú tú
    shi2 niu2 tu2
shih niu t`u
    shih niu tu
 Jūgo zu
(十牛圖序) The ten ox-pictures, the first, a man looking for an ox, then seeing its tracks, then seeing the ox, catching it, feeding it, riding it home, ox dies man lives, both dead, return whence they came and enter the dust.

十玄門


十玄门

see styles
shí xuán mén
    shi2 xuan2 men2
shih hsüan men
 jū genmon
ten profound approaches

十王殿

see styles
shí wáng diàn
    shi2 wang2 dian4
shih wang tien
 juuouden / juoden
    じゅうおうでん
(place-name) Jūouden
hall of the ten kings

十發趣


十发趣

see styles
shí fā qù
    shi2 fa1 qu4
shih fa ch`ü
    shih fa chü
 jū hosshu
ten stages of the arousal of clear destiny

十眞如

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shí zhēn rú
    shi2 zhen1 ru2
shih chen ju
 jū shinnyo
The ten aspects of the bhūtatathatā or reality attained by a bodhisattva during his fifty-two stages of development, cf. 十地 and 十障, each of which is associated with one of these zhenru: (1) 遍行眞如 the universality of the zhenru; (2) 最勝眞如 its superiority over all else; (3) 流眞如 its ubiquity; (4) 無攝受眞如 its independence or self-containedness; (5) 無別眞如 subjective indifferentiation; (6) 無染淨眞如 above differences of impurity and purity; (7) 法無別眞如 objective indifferentiation; (8) 不增減眞如 invariable, i.e. can be neither added to nor taken from; (9) 智自在所依 the basis of all wisdom; (10) 業自在等所依眞如 and all power. The above are the 別教 group from the 唯識論 10. Another group, of the 圓教, is the same as the 十如是 q.v.

十眞實


十眞实

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shí zhēn shí
    shi2 zhen1 shi2
shih chen shih
 jū shinjitsu
ten principles

十禪支


十禅支

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shí chán zhī
    shi2 chan2 zhi1
shih ch`an chih
    shih chan chih
 jū zenshi
v. 十一切處.

十種戒


十种戒

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shí zhǒng jiè
    shi2 zhong3 jie4
shih chung chieh
 jūsshu kai
ten types of [upholding] the precepts

十種智


十种智

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shí zhǒng zhì
    shi2 zhong3 zhi4
shih chung chih
 jisshu chi
ten kinds of cognition

十緣觀


十缘观

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shí yuán guān
    shi2 yuan2 guan1
shih yüan kuan
 jū enkan
十喩觀 A meditation or reflection on the ten illusions 十緣生句.

十自在

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shí zì zài
    shi2 zi4 zai4
shih tzu tsai
 jū jizai
ten powers; ten kinds of mastery

十萬位


十万位

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shí wàn wèi
    shi2 wan4 wei4
shih wan wei
the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system

十萬億


十万亿

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shí wàn yì
    shi2 wan4 yi4
shih wan i
 jūmanoku
a hundred thousand koṭīs

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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