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崇高

see styles
chóng gāo
    chong2 gao1
ch`ung kao
    chung kao
 munetaka
    むねたか
majestic; sublime
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) lofty; sublime; noble; (2) the sublime (aesthetics); (personal name) Munetaka

巻狩

see styles
 makigari
    まきがり
hunt (where the hunting area is surrounded on four sides by hunters)

帶病


带病

see styles
dài bìng
    dai4 bing4
tai ping
to be suffering from an illness (often implying "in spite of being sick"); to carry the causative agent of an infectious disease

廿四

see styles
niàn sì
    nian4 si4
nien ssu
 jūshi
twenty-four

彌勒


弥勒

see styles
mí lè
    mi2 le4
mi le
 miroku
    みろく
Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
(surname) Miroku
Maitreya, friendly, benevolent. The Buddhist Messiah, or next Buddha, now in the Tuṣita heaven, who is to come 5,000 years after the nirvāṇa of Śākyamuni, or according to other reckoning after 4,000 heavenly years, i.e. 5,670,000,000 human years. According to tradition he was born in Southern India of a Brahman family. His two epithets are 慈氏 Benevolent, and Ajita 阿逸多 'Invincible'. He presides over the spread of the church, protects its members and will usher in ultimate victory for Buddhism. His image is usually in the hall of the four guardians facing outward, where he is represented as the fat laughing Buddha, but in some places his image is tall, e.g. in Peking in the Yung Ho Kung. Other forms are彌帝M075962; 迷諦隸; 梅低梨; 梅怛麗 (梅怛藥 or 梅怛邪); 每怛哩; 昧怛 M067070曳; 彌羅. There are numerous Maitreya sūtras.

御次

see styles
 otsugi
    おつぎ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (polite language) (honorific or respectful language) next; next person; (2) room adjoining a noble's parlor

御紋

see styles
 gomon
    ごもん
crest of a noble family

御言

see styles
 mikoto
    みこと
(honorific or respectful language) the spoken words of the emperor or a noble

徳器

see styles
 tokuki
    とくき
one's talent and virtue; noble character; (given name) Tokuki

心苦

see styles
xīn kǔ
    xin1 ku3
hsin k`u
    hsin ku
 shinku
mental suffering

息苦

see styles
xí kǔ
    xi2 ku3
hsi k`u
    hsi ku
 sokuku
To put an end to suffering.

惡叉


恶叉

see styles
è chā
    e4 cha1
o ch`a
    o cha
 akusha
akṣa, 'a seed of which rosaries are made (in compound words, like Indrāksha, Rudrāksha); a shrub producing that seed (Eleocarpus ganitrus).' M. W. It is called the 惡叉聚 because its seeds are said to be formed in triplets, and illustrate the simultaneous character of 惑行苦 illusion, action, and suffering; another version is that the seeds fall in clusters, and illustrate numbers, or numerous; they are also known as 金剛子.

惨苦

see styles
 sanku
    さんく
terrible pain; terrible hardship; terrible suffering

惱痛


恼痛

see styles
nǎo tòng
    nao3 tong4
nao t`ung
    nao tung
 nōtsū
suffering

愁訴

see styles
 shuuso / shuso
    しゅうそ
(n,vs,vi) complaint (of pain, suffering, etc.); appeal

愛刺


爱刺

see styles
ài cì
    ai4 ci4
ai tz`u
    ai tzu
 aiseki
The thorn of love; the suffering of attachment which pierces like a thorn.

愛果


爱果

see styles
ài guǒ
    ai4 guo3
ai kuo
 megumi
    めぐみ
(female given name) Megumi
The fruit of desire and attachment, i.e. suffering.

愛潤


爱润

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ài rùn
    ai4 run4
ai jun
 auru
    あうる
(female given name) Auru
The fertilizing of desire; i.e. when dying the illusion of attachment fertilizes the seed of future karma, producing the fruit of further suffering.

愧恨

see styles
kuì hèn
    kui4 hen4
k`uei hen
    kuei hen
ashamed and sorry; suffering shame and remorse

憂患


忧患

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yōu huàn
    you1 huan4
yu huan
 yuukan / yukan
    ゆうかん
suffering; misery; hardship
(noun, transitive verb) sorrow; worry; distress
anxiety, worry, care, distress (Skt. upasarga)

憂苦


忧苦

see styles
yōu kǔ
    you1 ku3
yu k`u
    yu ku
 yuuku / yuku
    ゆうく
(n,vs,vi) trouble; distress; sorrow
suffering and despair

懃苦

see styles
qín kǔ
    qin2 ku3
ch`in k`u
    chin ku
 gonku
suffering

成劫

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chéng jié
    cheng2 jie2
ch`eng chieh
    cheng chieh
 joukou; jougou / joko; jogo
    じょうこう; じょうごう
{Buddh} (See 四劫) the kalpa of formation (the first aeon of the universe)
vivarta kalpa, one of the four kalpas, consisting of twenty small kalpas during which worlds and the beings on them are formed. The others are: 住劫 vivarta-siddha kalpa, kalpa of abiding, or existence, sun and moon rise, sexes are differentiated, heroes arise, four castes are formed, social life evolves. 壞劫saṃvarta kalpa, that of destruction, consisting of sixty-four small kalpas when fire, water, and wind destroy everything except the fourth dhyāna. 空劫 saṃvarta-siddha kalpa, i.e. of annihilation. v. 劫波.

我倒

see styles
wǒ dào
    wo3 dao4
wo tao
 gatō
The illusion of an ego, one of the four inverted or upside-down ideas.

我室

see styles
wǒ shì
    wo3 shi4
wo shih
 gashitsu
The ego as the abode (of all suffering).

戒取

see styles
jiè qǔ
    jie4 qu3
chieh ch`ü
    chieh chü
 kaishu
Clinging to the commandments of heterodox teachers, e.g. those of ultra-asceticism, one of the four attachments, 四取 catuḥ-parāmarśa.

手四

see styles
 teshi
    てし
{hanaf} (See 手役) four-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

承句

see styles
 shouku / shoku
    しょうく
(1) (See 起承転結) development of a text; (2) the second line in a four-line Chinese poem

拔苦

see styles
bá kǔ
    ba2 ku3
pa k`u
    pa ku
 bakku
removing the suffering [of others]

招提

see styles
zhāo tí
    zhao1 ti2
chao t`i
    chao ti
 shodai
    しょだい
(place-name) Shodai
拓鬪提舍 caturdiśaḥ, the four directions of space; cāturdiśa, belonging to the four quarters, i. e. the saṃgha or Church; name for a monastery.

指羽

see styles
 sashiba
    さしば
    sashiha
    さしは
large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

揚巻

see styles
 agemaki
    あげまき
(1) old-fashioned boys' hairstyle; (2) Meiji period women's hairstyle; (3) type of dance in kabuki; (4) (sumo) knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color); (5) (abbreviation) constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam

政所

see styles
 mandokoro
    まんどころ
(1) official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); (2) (honorific or respectful language) (abbreviation) (See 北の政所) titled lady (legal wife of an important official); (3) government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); (4) clerk working for large temples and shrines; (place-name, surname) Mandokoro

故苦

see styles
gù kǔ
    gu4 ku3
ku k`u
    ku ku
 koku
Old suffering; also the suffering resulting from prolongation, e. g. too much lying, standing, walking, at first a joy, becomes wearying.

救拔

see styles
jiù bá
    jiu4 ba2
chiu pa
 kyūbachi
To save and drag out of suffering, e.g. hell.

救済

see styles
 gusai
    ぐさい
{Buddh} salvation (from suffering based on Buddha's teachings); (personal name) Gusai

救苦

see styles
jiù kǔ
    jiu4 ku3
chiu k`u
    chiu ku
 kuku
To save from suffering, to save the suffering.

教判

see styles
jiào pàn
    jiao4 pan4
chiao p`an
    chiao pan
 kyōhan
The various divisions of teaching or doctrine, such as the Tiantai theory of the five periods of Śākyamuni's life, the four classes of doctrine, the four styles of teaching, etc.

教理

see styles
jiào lǐ
    jiao4 li3
chiao li
 kyouri / kyori
    きょうり
doctrine (religion)
doctrine
The fundamental principles of a religion; its doctrines, or dogmas, e.g. the four truths, the tweIve nidānas, the eightfold noble path.

散る

see styles
 chiru
    ちる
(v5r,vi) (1) to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); (v5r,vi) (2) to scatter; to be dispersed; (v5r,vi) (3) to disappear; to dissolve; to break up; (v5r,vi) (4) to spread; to run; to blur; (v5r,vi) (5) to die a noble death

方便

see styles
fāng biàn
    fang1 bian4
fang pien
 houben / hoben
    ほうべん
convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself
(1) means; expedient; instrument; (2) {Buddh} upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching); (surname) Houben
upāya. Convenient to the place, or situation, suited to the condition, opportune, appropriate; but 方 is interpreted as 方法 method, mode, plan, and 便 as 便用 convenient for use, i. e. a convenient or expedient method; also 方 as 方正 and 便 as 巧妙, which implies strategically correct. It is also intp. as 權道智 partial, temporary, or relative (teaching of) knowledge of reality, in contrast with 般若智 prajñā, and 眞實 absolute truth, or reality instead of the seeming. The term is a translation of 傴和 upāya, a mode of approach, an expedient, stratagem, device. The meaning is— teaching according to the capacity of the hearer, by any suitable method, including that of device or stratagem, but expedience beneficial to the recipient is understood. Mahāyāna claims that the Buddha used this expedient or partial method in his teaching until near the end of his days, when he enlarged it to the revelation of reality, or the preaching of his final and complete truth; Hīnayāna with reason denies this, and it is evident that the Mahāyāna claim has no foundation, for the whole of its 方等 or 方廣 scriptures are of later invention. Tiantai speaks of the 三乘 q. v. or Three Vehicles as 方便 expedient or partial revelations, and of its 一乘 or One Vehicle as the complete revelation of universal Buddhahood. This is the teaching of the Lotus Sutra, which itself contains 方便 teaching to lead up to the full revelation; hence the terms 體内 (or 同體 ) 方便, i. e. expedient or partial truths within the full revelation, meaning the expedient part of the Lotus, and 體外方便 the expedient or partial truths of the teaching which preceded the Lotus; see the 方便品 of that work, also the second chapter of the 維摩經. 方便 is also the seventh of the ten pāramitās.

方相

see styles
fāng xiàng
    fang1 xiang4
fang hsiang
 hōsō
Square, four square, one of the five shapes.

於諦


于谛

see styles
yú dì
    yu2 di4
yü ti
 otai
All Buddha's teaching is 'based upon the dogmas' that all things are unreal, and that the world is illusion; a 三論 phrase.

春秋

see styles
chūn qiū
    chun1 qiu1
ch`un ch`iu
    chun chiu
 haruaki
    はるあき
spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)
(1) spring and autumn; spring and fall; (2) years; age; (3) (しゅんじゅう only) (See 五経) The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu; Chunqiu; Ch'un Ch'iu; (surname) Haruaki
spring and autumn

春蘭

see styles
 chunran
    ちゅんらん
(kana only) noble orchid (Cymbidium goeringii); (female given name) Chunran

時分


时分

see styles
shí fēn
    shi2 fen1
shih fen
 jibun
    じぶん
time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
(1) time; hour; season; (2) suitable time; opportunity; chance
Time-division of the day, variously made in Buddhist works: (1) Three periods each of day and night. (2) Eight periods of day and night, each divided into four parts. (3) Twelve periods, each under its animal, as in China. (4) Thirty hours, sixty hours, of varying definition.

普氏

see styles
pǔ shì
    pu3 shi4
p`u shih
    pu shih
Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基 (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870

普渡

see styles
pǔ dù
    pu3 du4
p`u tu
    pu tu
 futo
(Buddhism, Daoism) to deliver all sentient beings from suffering; (Tw) a ritual of making offerings, esp. to wandering spirits rather than gods or ancestors (abbr. for 中元普渡[zhong1 yuan2 pu3 du4])
Universally to ferry across.

暗槓

see styles
 ankan
    アンカン
{mahj} (See 槓) declaring a concealed kong (chi: àngàng); forming a concealed four-of-a-kind

月卿

see styles
 gekkei / gekke
    げっけい
(archaism) (See 公卿・1) high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō

有爲


有为

see styles
yǒu wéi
    you3 wei2
yu wei
 ui
Active, creative, productive, functioning, causative, phenomenal, the processes resulting from the laws of karma, v. 有作; opposite of 無爲 passive, inert, inactive, non-causative, laisser-faire. It is defined by 造作 to make, and associated with saṃskṛta. The three active things 三有爲法 are 色 material, or things which have form, 心 mental and 非色非心 neither the one nor the other. The four forms of activity 四有爲相 are 生住異滅 coming into existence, abiding, change, and extinction; they are also spoken of as three, the two middle terms being treated as having like meaning.

有苦

see styles
yǒu kǔ
    you3 ku3
yu k`u
    yu ku
 uku
with suffering

望診


望诊

see styles
wàng zhěn
    wang4 zhen3
wang chen
 boushin / boshin
    ぼうしん
(TCM) observation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊[si4 zhen3]
(See 四診) the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching)

末伽

see styles
mò qié
    mo4 qie2
mo ch`ieh
    mo chieh
 maga
mārga; track, path, way, the way; the fourth of the four dogmas 四諦, i. e. 道, known as the 八聖道, 八正道 (or 八正門), the eight holy or correct ways, or gates out of suffering into nirvana. Mārga is described as the 因 cause of liberation, bodhi as its 果 result.

本州

see styles
běn zhōu
    ben3 zhou1
pen chou
 honshuu / honshu
    ほんしゅう
Honshū, the main island of Japan
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu; (place-name) Honshuu

朮赤


术赤

see styles
zhú chì
    zhu2 chi4
chu ch`ih
    chu chih
Jöchi (c. 1182–1227) Mongol army commander, eldest of Genghis Khan's four sons

枡席

see styles
 masuseki
    ますせき
tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.

染垢

see styles
rǎn gòu
    ran3 gou4
jan kou
 zenku
染汚 Soiled, contaminated, impure, especially by holding on to the illusory ideas and things of life; deluded. The kleśas or contaminations of attachment to the pleasures of the senses, to false views, to moral and ascetic practices regarded as adequate for salvation, to the belief in a self which causes suffering, etc.

梵天

see styles
fàn tiān
    fan4 tian1
fan t`ien
    fan tien
 bonten
    ぼんてん
Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture); Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator)
(1) Brahma (Hindu creator god); (2) (See 御幣) large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); (3) buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); (4) down puff (on the end of an ear pick); (given name) Bonten
Brahmadeva. Brahmā, the ruler of this world. India. brahmaloka, the eighteen heavens of the realm of form, divided into four dhyāna regions (sixteen heavens in Southern Buddhism). The first three contain the 梵衆天 assembly of brahmadevas, i.e. the brahmakāyika; the 梵輔天 brahmspurohitas, retinue of Brahmā; and 大梵天 Mahābrahman, Brahman himself.

梵女

see styles
fàn nǚ
    fan4 nv3
fan nü
 bonnyo
A noble woman, a woman of high character.

梵心

see styles
fàn xīn
    fan4 xin1
fan hsin
 bonshin
The noble or pure mind (which practises the discipline that ensures rebirth in the realm without form).

梵志

see styles
fàn zhì
    fan4 zhi4
fan chih
 bonji
brahmacārin. 'studying sacred learning; practising continence or chastity.' M.W. A brahmacārī is a 'young Brahman in the first āśrama or period of his life' (M. W.); there are four such periods. A Buddhist ascetic with his will set on 梵 purity, also intp. as nirvana.

梵摩

see styles
fàn mó
    fan4 mo2
fan mo
 bonma
Brahmā; brahman, etc., v. 梵; 梵天, etc.; 梵覽摩 or 梵覽磨; 勃?摩; 婆羅賀摩; 沒羅憾摩; intp. as Brahmā, see 梵天; and brahman, or priest; it is used both in a noble and ignoble sense, ignoble when disparaging brahman opposition; it is intp. by 淨 pure, also by 離欲淸淨 celibate and pure.

梵行

see styles
fàn xíng
    fan4 xing2
fan hsing
 bongyou / bongyo
    ぼんぎょう
{Buddh} ascetic practices (esp. celibacy)
Pure living; noble action; the discipline of celibacy which ensures rebirth in the brahmaloka, or in the realms beyond form.

楊炯


杨炯

see styles
yáng jiǒng
    yang2 jiong3
yang chiung
Yang Jiong (650-693?), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]

業疏


业疏

see styles
yè shū
    ye4 shu1
yeh shu
 Gōsho
Commentary [on the Monks Behavior According to the Four Part Vinaya]

業種


业种

see styles
yè zhǒng
    ye4 zhong3
yeh chung
 gyoushu / gyoshu
    ぎょうしゅ
type of industry
karmabīja; karma-seed which springs up in happy or in suffering rebirth.

業苦


业苦

see styles
yè kǔ
    ye4 ku3
yeh k`u
    yeh ku
 gouku / goku
    ごうく
karmic suffering
Karmaic suffering.

極苦


极苦

see styles
jí kǔ
    ji2 ku3
chi k`u
    chi ku
 gokuku
extreme suffering

槓子


杠子

see styles
gàng zi
    gang4 zi5
kang tzu
 kantsu
    カンツ
thick bar; solid carrying pole
{mahj} kong (chi: gàng zi); four-of-a-kind

樂說


乐说

see styles
lè shuō
    le4 shuo1
le shuo
 gyōsetsu
Joy in preaching, or telling the way of salvation; joy in that which is preached. It is also called pratibhāna, bold and illuminating discourse, or freedom in expounding the truth with correct meaning and appropriate words, one of the 無礙智 four pratisaṃvids.

樊籠


樊笼

see styles
fán lóng
    fan2 long2
fan lung
 hanrō
bird cage; (fig.) prison; confinement
A cage, the cage of karma, or the world with its suffering, etc.

次官

see styles
cì guān
    ci4 guan1
tz`u kuan
    tzu kuan
 suke
    すけ
undersecretary; secondary official
(archaism) (hist) (See 四等官) assistant director (second highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō system)

欲苦

see styles
yù kǔ
    yu4 ku3
yü k`u
    yü ku
 yokuku
The sufferings of desire, or in desire-realms.

正室

see styles
zhèng shì
    zheng4 shi4
cheng shih
 masamuro
    まさむろ
primary wife (in contrast to concubine); legal wife
(1) (See 側室,本妻) legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); (2) (See 表座敷・おもてざしき) room for receiving guests; (3) (rare) heir; successor; (personal name) Masamuro

死節


死节

see styles
sǐ jié
    si3 jie2
ssu chieh
 shisetsu
to die or be martyred for a noble cause; to be faithful unto death
mortal spot

死苦

see styles
sǐ kǔ
    si3 ku3
ssu k`u
    ssu ku
 shiku
    しく
(1) {Buddh} (See 四苦) inevitability of death (one of the four kinds of suffering); (2) death pains; agony of death
The misery, or pain, of death, one of the Four Sufferings.

母主

see styles
mǔ zhǔ
    mu3 zhu3
mu chu
 moshu
The 'mother-lord', or mother, as contrasted with 主 and 母, lord and mother, king and queen, in the maṇḍala of Vajradhātu and Garbhadhātu; Vairocana, being the source of all things, has no 'mnother'as progenitor, and is the 部主 or lord of the maṇḍala; the other four dhyāni-buddhas have 'mothers' called 部母, who are supposed to arise from the paramitas; thus, Akṣobhya has 金剛波羅蜜 for mother; Ratnasaṃbhava has 寳波羅蜜 for mother; Amitābha has 法波羅蜜 for mother; Amoghasiddhi has 羯磨波羅蜜 for mother.

水大

see styles
shuǐ dà
    shui3 da4
shui ta
 suidai
The element water, one of the four elements 四大 q. v.

水烟

see styles
 mizukemuri
    みずけむり
    suien
    すいえん
mist over a body of water; spray; (1) mist over a body of water; spray; (2) suien (four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial)

水煙


水烟

see styles
shuǐ yān
    shui3 yan1
shui yen
 mizukemuri
    みずけむり
    suien
    すいえん
shredded tobacco for water pipes
mist over a body of water; spray; (1) mist over a body of water; spray; (2) suien (four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial)

水界

see styles
shuǐ jiè
    shui3 jie4
shui chieh
 mizusakai
    みずさかい
(1) (See 水圏) hydrosphere; (2) boundary of water and land; (place-name) Mizusakai
The realm of water, one of the 四大 four elements.

水葬

see styles
shuǐ zàng
    shui3 zang4
shui tsang
 suisou / suiso
    すいそう
(noun, transitive verb) burial at sea
Water-burial, casting a corpse into the water, one of the four forms of burial.

水輪


水轮

see styles
shuǐ lún
    shui3 lun2
shui lun
 miwa
    みわ
waterwheel; millwheel
(female given name) Miwa
The third of the four 'wheel' on which the earth rests— space, wind (or air), water, and metal.

江青

see styles
jiāng qīng
    jiang1 qing1
chiang ch`ing
    chiang ching
 kousei / kose
    こうせい
Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
(person) Jiang Qing (1915-1991)

法數


法数

see styles
fǎ shù
    fa3 shu4
fa shu
 hōshu
The categories of Buddhism such as the three realms, five skandhas, five regions, four dogmas, six paths, twelve nidānas, etc.

法智

see styles
fǎ zhì
    fa3 zhi4
fa chih
 hōchi
Dharma-wisdom, which enables one to understand the four dogmas 四諦; also, the understanding of the law, or of things.

法界

see styles
fǎ jiè
    fa3 jie4
fa chieh
 hokkai; houkai / hokkai; hokai
    ほっかい; ほうかい
(1) {Buddh} universe; (2) {Buddh} realm of thought; (3) {Buddh} underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; (4) (ほうかい only) (abbreviation) (See 法界悋気) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other
dharmadhātu, 法性; 實相; 達磨馱都 Dharma-element, -factor, or-realm. (1) A name for "things" in general, noumenal or phenomenal; for the physical universe, or any portion or phase of it. (2) The unifying underlying spiritual reality regarded as the ground or cause of all things, the absolute from which all proceeds. It is one of the eighteen dhātus. These are categories of three, four, five, and ten dharmadhātus; the first three are combinations of 事 and 理 or active and passive, dynamic and static; the ten are: Buddha-realm, Bodhisattva-realm, pratyekabuddha-realm, śrāvaka, deva, Human, asura, Demon, Animal, and Hades realms-a Huayan category. Tiantai has ten for meditaton, i.e. the realms of the eighteen media of perception (the six organs, six objects, and six sense-data or sensations), of illusion, sickness, karma, māra, samādhi, (false) views, pride, the two lower Vehicles, and the Bodhisattva Vehicle.

浄い

see styles
 kiyoi
    きよい
(adjective) clear; pure; noble

涅槃

see styles
niè pán
    nie4 pan2
nieh p`an
    nieh pan
 nehan
    ねはん
(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4 pan2 na4])
(1) {Buddh} nirvana; supreme enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} death; death of Buddha
nirvāṇa, 'blown out, gone out, put out, extinguished'; 'liberated-from existence'; 'dead, deceased, defunct.' 'Liberation, eternal bliss'; '(with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual existence.' M.W. Other forms are 涅槃那; 泥日; 泥洹; 泥畔 Originally translated 滅 to extinguish, extinction, put out (as a lamp or fire), it was also described as 解脫 release, 寂滅 tranquil extinction; 無爲 inaction, without effort, passiveness; 不生 no (re)birth; 安樂 calm joy; 滅度transmigration to 'extinction'. The meaning given to 'extinction' varies, e.g. individual extinction; cessation of rebirth; annihilation of passion; extinction of all misery and entry into bliss. While the meaning of individual extinction is not without advocates, the general acceptation is the extinction or end of all return to reincarnation with its concomitant suffering, and the entry into bliss. Nirvāṇa may be enjoyed in the present life as an attainable state, with entry into parinirvāṇa, or perfect bliss to follow. It may be (a) with a 'remainder', i.e. the cause but not all the effect (karma), of reincarnation having been destroyed; (b) without 'remainder', both cause and effect having been extinguished. The answer of the Buddha as to the continued personal existence of the Tathāgata in nirvāṇa is, in the Hīnayāna canon, relegated 'to the sphere of the indeterminates' (Keith), as one of the questions which are not essential to salvation. One argument is that flame when blown out does not perish but returns to the totality of Fire. The Nirvāṇa Sutra claims for nirvāṇa the ancient ideas of 常樂我淨 permanence, bliss, personality purity in the transcendental realm. Mahāyāna declares that Hīnayāna by denying personality in the transcendental realm denies the existence of the Buddha. In Mahāyāna final nirvāṇa is transcendental, and is also used as a term for the absolute. The place where the Buddha entered his earthly nirvāṇa is given as Kuśinagara, cf. 拘.

清い

see styles
 kiyoi
    きよい
(adjective) clear; pure; noble

清談


清谈

see styles
qīng tán
    qing1 tan2
ch`ing t`an
    ching tan
 seidan / sedan
    せいだん
light intellectual conversation
(1) (hist) Qingtan (Taoist-related movement in ancient China); (noun/participle) (2) noble, refined, eloquent speech

清高

see styles
qīng gāo
    qing1 gao1
ch`ing kao
    ching kao
 sumitaka
    すみたか
noble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits
(personal name) Sumitaka

湘繡


湘绣

see styles
xiāng xiù
    xiang1 xiu4
hsiang hsiu
Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4])

湯殿

see styles
 yudono
    ゆどの
(1) (dated) (See 風呂場) bathroom; (2) (archaism) bathing; (3) (archaism) bathing attendant (for a noble); (place-name, surname) Yudono

滅度


灭度

see styles
miè dù
    mie4 du4
mieh tu
 metsudo
    めつど
to extinguish worries and the sea of grief; nirvana (Buddhism)
extinguishing illusion and passing over to Nirvana
nirvāṇa: extinction of reincarnation and escape from suffering.

滅智


灭智

see styles
miè zhì
    mie4 zhi4
mieh chih
 metchi
The knowledge, or wisdom, of the third axiom, nirodha or the extinction of suffering.

滅業


灭业

see styles
miè yè
    mie4 ye4
mieh yeh
 metsugō
The work or karma of nirodha, the karma resulting from the extinction of suffering, i.e. nirvāṇa.

滅病


灭病

see styles
miè bìng
    mie4 bing4
mieh ping
 metsubyō
One of the 四病 four sick or faulty ways of seeking perfection, the Hīnayāna method of endeavouring to extinguish all perturbing passions so that nothing of them remains.

滅苦


灭苦

see styles
miè kǔ
    mie4 ku3
mieh k`u
    mieh ku
 metsuku
cessation of suffering

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