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三病

see styles
sān bìng
    san1 bing4
san ping
 sanbyō
The three ailments: (1) (a) 貪 lust, for which the 不淨觀 meditation on uncleanness is the remedy; (b) 瞋 anger, or hate, remedy 慈悲觀 meditation on kindness and pity; (c) 癡 stupidity, or ignorance, remedy 因緣觀 meditation on causality. (2) (a) 謗 Slander of Mahāyāna; (b) 五逆罪 the five gross sins; (c) to be a "heathen" or outsider; the forms recorded seem to be icchantika, ecchantika, and aicchantika. Cf. 三毒.

三百

see styles
sān bǎi
    san1 bai3
san pai
 mitsuhyaku
    みつひゃく
(1) 300; three hundred; (2) (See 文・もん・1) 300 mon; trifling amount; two-bit item; (3) (abbreviation) (See 三百代言) shyster; (surname) Mitsuhyaku
three hundred

三皇

see styles
sān huáng
    san1 huang2
san huang
the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人[Sui4 ren2], Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] and Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2], or 天皇|天皇[Tian1 huang2], 地皇|地皇[Di4 huang2] and 人皇|人皇[Ren2 huang2]

三皈

see styles
sān guī
    san1 gui1
san kuei
 sanki
idem 三歸.

三益

see styles
sān yì
    san1 yi4
san i
 mimasu
    みます
(surname) Mimasu
three stages of development

三監


三监

see styles
sān jiān
    san1 jian1
san chien
 sankan
idem 三從.

三目

see styles
sān mù
    san1 mu4
san mu
 mitsume
    みつめ
(surname) Mitsume
The three-eyed, a term for Śiva, i.e Maheśvara; simile for the dharmakāya, or spiritual body, prajñā, or wisdom, and nirvāṇa emancipation.

三相

see styles
sān xiàng
    san1 xiang4
san hsiang
 sansou / sanso
    さんそう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) three phases
The three forms or positions: 解脫相 nirvāṇa; 離相 no nirvāṇa; 滅和 or 非有非無之中道 absence of both, or the "middle way" of neither.

三礼

see styles
 mirei / mire
    みれい
(See 三拝) adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly; (female given name) Mirei

三社

see styles
 sanja
    さんじゃ
(1) {Shinto} three shrines (usu. in ref. to Ise Grand Shrine, Iwashimizu Hachimangū and Kamo Shrine, or Kasuga Grand Shrine); (2) (さんしゃ only) three companies; (place-name) Sanja

三神

see styles
 mitsugami
    みつがみ
(1) {Shinto} the three gods of creation; (2) five-grain guardian gods; (surname) Mitsugami

三福

see styles
sān fú
    san1 fu2
san fu
 mifuku
    みふく
(place-name, surname) Mifuku
The three (sources of) felicity: (1) The 無量壽經 has the felicity of (a) 世福 filial piety, regard for elders, keeping the ten commandments; (b) 戒福 of keeping the other commandments; (c) 行福 of resolve on complete bodhi and the pursuit of the Buddha-way. (2) The 倶舍論 18, has the blessedness of (a) 施類福 almsgiving, in evoking resultant wealth; (b) 戒類福 observance of the 性戒 (against killing, stealing, adultery, lying) and the 遮戒 (against alcohol, etc.), in obtaining a happy lot in the heavens; (c) 修類福 observance of meditation in obtaining final escape from the mortal round. Cf. 三種淨業.

三禮


三礼

see styles
sān lǐ
    san1 li3
san li
 mire
    みれ
(female given name) Mire
Worship with 身, 口, 意, body, mouth, and mind.

三秋

see styles
 miaki
    みあき
three autumn months; three fall months; three years; (p,s,f) Miaki

三科

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sān kē
    san1 ke1
san k`o
    san ko
 minashi
    みなし
(surname) Minashi
The three categories of 五蘊, 十二處 or 入, and eighteen 界.

三種


三种

see styles
sān zhǒng
    san1 zhong3
san chung
 mitane
    みたね
(noun - becomes adjective with の) three kinds; three varieties; (surname) Mitane
Three kinds, sorts, classes, categories, etc.

三空

see styles
sān kōng
    san1 kong1
san k`ung
    san kung
 sankū
The three voids or immaterialities. The first set of three is (a) 空, (b) 無相, (c) 無願, v. 三三昧. The second, (a) 我空 , (b) 法空 , (c) 倶空 the self, things, all phenomena as "empty" or immaterial. The third relates to charity: (a) giver, (b) receiver, (c) gift, all are "empty".

三筆

see styles
 sanpitsu
    さんぴつ
(hist) the three famous ancient calligraphers (Emperor Saga, Tachibana (no) Hayanari and Kooboo Daishi)

三等

see styles
sān děng
    san1 deng3
san teng
 santō
    さんとう
third class
The three equal and universal characteristics of the one Tathāgata, an esoteric definition: (1) (a) his 身 body, (b) 語 discourse, (c) 意 mind. (2) (a) his life or works 修行; (b) spiritual body 法身; (c) salvation 度生; in their equal values and universality.

三箱

see styles
 sanhako; sanpako; mihako; sanbako(ik)
    さんはこ; さんぱこ; みはこ; さんばこ(ik)
three boxes; three box-shaped things; three containers

三節


三节

see styles
sān jié
    san1 jie2
san chieh
 sansetsu
The three divisions of the 十二因緣 twelve nidānas, q.v.: (a) past, i.e. the first two; (b) present— the next eight; (c) future— the last two.

三篋


三箧

see styles
sān qiè
    san1 qie4
san ch`ieh
    san chieh
 san kyō
idem 三藏 tripiṭaka.

三細


三细

see styles
sān xì
    san1 xi4
san hsi
 sansai
The three refined, or subtle conceptions, in contrast with the 六麤 cruder or common concepts, in the Awakening of Faith 起信論. The three are 無明業相 "ignorance", or the unenlightened condition, considered as in primal action, the stirring of the perceptive faculty; 能見相 ability to perceive phenomena; perceptive faculties; 境界相 the object perceived, or the empirical world. The first is associated with the 體corpus or substance, the second and third with function, but both must have co-existence, e.g. water and waves. v. 六麤.

三絃

see styles
 sangen
    さんげん
three-stringed instrument; samisen

三組

see styles
 mikumi
    みくみ
set of three; three sets; three classes; (place-name) Mikumi

三結


三结

see styles
sān jié
    san1 jie2
san chieh
 miyui
    みゆい
(female given name) Miyui
The three ties: (a) 見結 , the tie of false views, e.g. of a permanent ego; (b) 戒取結 of discipline; (c) 疑結 of doubt. The three are also parts of見惑 used for it.

三經


三经

see styles
sān jīng
    san1 jing1
san ching
 sangyō
three scriptures that are considered definitive for a given tradition

三維


三维

see styles
sān wéi
    san1 wei2
san wei
three-dimensional; 3D

三綱


三纲

see styles
sān gāng
    san1 gang1
san kang
 sankou / sanko
    さんこう
{Buddh} three monastic positions with management roles at a temple; (given name) Sankou
The three bonds, i.e. directors of a monastery: (a) 上座 sthavira, elder, president; (b) 寺主vihārasvāmin, v. 毘 the abbot who directs the temporal affairs; (c) 維那 karmadāna, v. 羯 who directs the monks. Another meaning: (a) 上座; (b) 維那; (c) 典座 vihārapāla, v. 毘director of worship. The three vary in different countries.

三線

see styles
 sansen
    さんせん
(See 三味線) shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

三緣


三缘

see styles
sān yuán
    san1 yuan2
san yüan
 sanen
The three nidānas or links with the Buddha resulting from calling upon him, a term of the Pure Land sect: (a) 親緣 that he hears those who call his name, sees their worship, knows their hearts and is one with them; (b) 近緣 that he shows himself to those who desire to see him; (c) 增上緣 that at every invocation aeons of sin are blotted out, and he and his sacred host receive such a disciple at death.

三縛


三缚

see styles
sān fú
    san1 fu2
san fu
 sanbaku
The three bonds— desire, anger, stupidity; idem 三毒.

三義


三义

see styles
sān yì
    san1 yi4
san i
 miyoshi
    みよし
Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
(surname) Miyoshi
three meanings

三者

see styles
 sansha
    さんしゃ
three persons; three parties

三聖


三圣

see styles
sān shèng
    san1 sheng4
san sheng
 misato
    みさと
(1) three enlightened men (Buddha, Confucius and Christ; Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha; etc.); three sages; three virtuous men; (2) the three most accomplished people (of a particular craft or trade); (female given name) Misato
The three sages, or holy ones, of whom there are several groups. The 華嚴Huayan have Vairocana in the center with Mañjuśrī on his left and Samantabhadra on his right. The 彌陀 Mituo or Pure-land sect, have Amitābha in the center, with Avalokiteśvara on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. The Tiantai use the term for the 藏, 別, and 圓教v. 三教.

三聚

see styles
sān jù
    san1 ju4
san chü
 sanju
The three groups, i.e. 正定聚 Those decided for the truth; 邪定聚 those who are decided for heresy; 不定聚 the undecided. Definitions vary in different schools.

三脚

see styles
 sankyaku
    さんきゃく
(noun - becomes adjective with の) tripod; three legs

三脫


三脱

see styles
sān tuō
    san1 tuo1
san t`o
    san to
 sandatsu
the three (gates of) liberation

三自

see styles
sān zì
    san1 zi4
san tzu
 sanji
abbr. for 三自愛國教會|三自爱国教会[San1 zi4 Ai4 guo2 Jiao4 hui4], Three-Self Patriotic Movement
Three divisions of the eight-fold noble path, the first to the third 自調 self-control, the fourth and fifth 自淨 self-purification, the last three 自度 self-development in the religious life and in wisdom. Also 自體, 自相, 自用 substance, form, and function.

三舉

see styles
sān jǔ
    san1 ju3
san chü
The three exposures, i,e. the three sins of a monk each entailing his unfrocking— willful non-confession of sin, unwillingness to repent, claiming that lust is not contrary to the doctrine.

三舎

see styles
 sansha
    さんしゃ
(archaism) (in the ancient Chinese army) three days' march (approx. 36.5 km)

三色

see styles
sān sè
    san1 se4
san se
 sanshoku
    さんしょく
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) three colours; three colors; (2) (abbreviation) {mahj} (See 三色同順) triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; (3) (abbreviation) {mahj} (See 三色同刻) triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
The three kinds of rūpa or form-realms: the five organs (of sense), their objects, and invisible perceptions, or ideas. Cf. 三種色.

三苦

see styles
sān kǔ
    san1 ku3
san k`u
    san ku
 sanku
The three kinds of duḥkha, pain, or suffering: 苦苦 that produced by direct causes; 壞苦 by loss or deprivation; 行苦 by the passing or impermanency of all things.

三草

see styles
sān cǎo
    san1 cao3
san ts`ao
    san tsao
 mitsukusa
    みつくさ
(surname) Mitsukusa
three grasses

三葉

see styles
 miwa
    みわ
(1) (kana only) mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; Japanese chervil; Japanese parsley; (adj-no,n) (2) three-leaved; trefoil; (female given name) Miwa

三蔵

see styles
 mitsuzou / mitsuzo
    みつぞう
three branches of Buddhist sutras; (given name) Mitsuzou

三藏

see styles
sān zàng
    san1 zang4
san tsang
 sanzō
Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries
v. 藏.

三蘇


三苏

see styles
sān sū
    san1 su1
san su
the Three Su's (famous Song dynasty writers Su Xun 蘇洵|苏洵[Su1 Xun2] and his sons Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼[Su1 Shi4] and Su Zhe 蘇轍|苏辙[Su1 Zhe2])

三蘊


三蕴

see styles
sān yùn
    san1 yun4
san yün
 san'un
The three kinds of skandhas, aggregations, or combinations, into which all life may be expressed according to the 化地 or Mahīśāsakāh school: 一念蘊 combination for a moment, momentary existence; 一期蘊 combination for a period, e.g. a single human lifetime; 窮生死蘊 the total existence of all beings.

三處


三处

see styles
sān chù
    san1 chu4
san ch`u
    san chu
 sansho
the three realms (of transmigration)

三行

see styles
sān xíng
    san1 xing2
san hsing
 miyuki
    みゆき
(g,p) Miyuki
Three lines of action that affect karma, i.e. the ten good deeds that cause happy karma; the ten evil deeds that cause unhappy karma; 不動業 or 無動行 karma arising without activity, e.g. meditation on error and its remedy.

三衍

see styles
sān yǎn
    san1 yan3
san yen
 sanen
The three yāna, or vehicles to nirvāṇa, i.e. śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattva, v. 三乘.

三術


三术

see styles
sān shù
    san1 shu4
san shu
 sanjutsu
Three devices in meditation for getting rid of Māra-hindrances: within, to get rid of passion and delusion; without, to refuse or to withdraw from external temptation.

三衣

see styles
sān yī
    san1 yi1
san i
 sanne
The three regulation garments of a monk, 袈裟 kaāṣāya, i.e. 僧伽梨 saṅghāṭī, assembly robe; 鬱多羅僧 uttarāsaṅga, upper garment worn over the 安陀會 antarvāsaka, vest or shirt.

三衰

see styles
sān shuāi
    san1 shuai1
san shuai
 sansui
The three deteriorators, idem 三毒.

三覆


三复

see styles
sān fù
    san1 fu4
san fu
 mitsubuchi
    みつぶち
(personal name) Mitsubuchi
denote a day in each of the first, fifth, and ninth months when the recording angels of the four Lokapālas report on the conduct of each individual. See also 三覆八校.

三見


三见

see styles
sān jiàn
    san1 jian4
san chien
 sanmi
    さんみ
(place-name, surname) Sanmi
three mistaken views

三覺


三觉

see styles
sān jué
    san1 jue2
san chüeh
 sankaku
The three kinds of enlightenment: (1) (a) 自覺 Enlightenment for self; (b) 覺他 for others; (c) 覺行圓 (or 窮) 滿 perfect enlightenment and accomplishment; the first is an arhat's, the first and second a bodhisattva's, all three a Buddha's. (2) From the Awakening of Faith 起信論 (a) 本覺 inherent, potential enlightenment or intelligence of every being; (b) 始覺 , initial, or early stages of such enlightenment, brought about through the external perfuming or influence of teaching, working on the internal perfuming of subconscious intelligence; (c) 究竟覺 completion of enlightenment, the subjective mind in perfect accord with the subconscious (or superconscious) mind, or the inherent intelligence.

三觀


三观

see styles
sān guān
    san1 guan1
san kuan
 sangan
The three studies, meditations, or insights. The most general group is that of Tiantai: (a) 空觀 study of all as void, or immaterial; (b) 假觀 of all as unreal, transient, or temporal; (c) 中觀 as the via media inclusive of both. The Huayan group is 眞空觀, 理事無礙觀 and 周遍含容觀, see 華嚴經:法界觀. The 南山 group is 性空觀, 相空觀, and 唯識觀. The 慈恩 group is 有觀, 空觀 and 中觀.

三言

see styles
 mikoto
    みこと
three words

三語


三语

see styles
sān yǔ
    san1 yu3
san yü
 sango
Buddha's three modes of discourse, i.e. without reserve, or the whole truth; tactical or partial, adapting truth to the capacity of his hearers; and a combination of both.

三說


三说

see styles
sān shuō
    san1 shuo1
san shuo
 sansetsu
three interpretations

三請


三请

see styles
sān qǐng
    san1 qing3
san ch`ing
    san ching
 sanshō
A request thrice repeated— implying earnest desire.

三論


三论

see styles
sān lùn
    san1 lun4
san lun
 sanron
    さんろん
(abbreviation) (See 三論宗) Sanron sect (of Buddhism)
The three śāstras translated by Kumārajīva, on which the 三論宗 Three śāstra School (Mādhyamika) bases its doctrines, i.e. 中論 Madhyamaka-śāstra, on "the Mean", A.D. 409; 十二門論 Dvādaśanikāya-śāstra, on the twelve points, A.D. 408; 百論 Sata-śāstra, the hundred verses, A.D. 404.

三識


三识

see styles
sān shì
    san1 shi4
san shih
 sanshiki
The three states of mind or consciousness: 眞識 the original unsullied consciousness or Mind, the tathāgatagarbha, the eighth or ālaya 阿賴耶識 ; 現識 mind or consciousness diversified in contact with or producing phenomena, good and evil; 分別識 consciousness discriminating and evolving the objects of the five senses. Also 意識 manas, 心識 ālaya, and 無垢識 amala, v. 識.

三變


三变

see styles
sān biàn
    san1 bian4
san pien
 sanpen
(土田) The three transformations of his Buddha-realm made by Śākyamuni on the Vulture peak—- first, his revelation of this world, then its vast extension, and again its still vaster extension. See Lotus Sutra.

三賞

see styles
 sanshou / sansho
    さんしょう
{sumo} (See 殊勲賞・2,敢闘賞,技能賞) three special awards for wrestlers at the end of a tournament

三賢


三贤

see styles
sān xián
    san1 xian2
san hsien
 mikata
    みかた
(surname) Mikata
three degrees of worthies

三趣

see styles
sān qù
    san1 qu4
san ch`ü
    san chü
 sanshu
the three (evil) states of existence (of sentient beings)

三足

see styles
 mitsuashi
    みつあし
(See 三脚) three legs; tripod; (surname) Mitsuashi

三身

see styles
sān shēn
    san1 shen1
san shen
 sanmi
    さんみ
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi
trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men.

三車


三车

see styles
sān chē
    san1 che1
san ch`e
    san che
 sansha
triyāna. 三乘 or 三乘法門 (1) The three vehicles across saṃsāra into nirvāṇa, i.e. the carts offered by the father in the Lotus Sutra to lure his children out of the burning house: (a) goat carts, representing śrāvakas; (b) deer carts, pratyekabuddhas; (c) bullock carts, bodhisattvas. (2) The three principal schools of Buddhism— Hīnayāna, Madhyamayāna, Mahāyāna.

三軌


三轨

see styles
sān guǐ
    san1 gui3
san kuei
 sanki
The three rules 三法 (三法妙) of the Tiantai Lotus School: (a) 眞性軌 The absolute and real, the 眞如 or bhūtatathatā; (b) 觀照軌meditation upon and understanding of it; (c) 資成軌 the extension of this understanding to all its workings. In the 三軌弘經 the three are traced to the 法師品 of the Lotus Sutra and are developed as: (a) 慈悲室 the abode of mercy, or to dwell in mercy; (b) 忍辱衣 the garment of endurance, or patience under opposition; (c) 法空座 the throne of immateriality (or spirituality), a state of nirvāṇa tranquility. Mercy to all is an extension of 資成軌 , patience of 觀照軌 and nirvāṇa tranquility of 眞性軌 .

三軍


三军

see styles
sān jun
    san1 jun1
san chün
 sangun
    さんぐん
(in former times) upper, middle and lower army; army of right, center and left; (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force
(noun - becomes adjective with の) great army; mighty host; whole army

三軽

see styles
 sankei / sanke
    さんけい
three famous beauty spots

三輩


三辈

see styles
sān bèi
    san1 bei4
san pei
 sanpai
The three ranks of those who reach the Pure Land of Amitābha: superior i.e. monks and nuns who become enlightened and devote themselves to invocation of the Buddha of boundless age; medium, i.e. laymen of similar character who do pious deeds; inferior, i.e. laymen less perfect than the last.

三輪


三轮

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sān lún
    san1 lun2
san lun
 miwa
    みわ
three wheels; (p,s,f) Miwa
The three wheels: (1) The Buddha's (a) 身 body or deeds; (b) 口 mouth, or discourse; (c) 意 mind or ideas. (2) (a) 神通 (or 變) His supernatural powers, or powers of (bodily) self-transformation, associated with 身 body; (b) 記心輪 his discriminating understanding of others, associated with 意 mind; (c) 敎誡輪 or 正敎輪 his (oral) powers of teaching, associated with 口. (3) Similarly (a) 神足輪 ; (b) 說法輪 ; (c) 憶念輪 . (4) 惑, 業, and 苦. The wheel of illusion produces karma, that of karma sets rolling that of suffering, which in turn sets rolling the wheel of illusion. (5) (a) Impermanence; (b) uncleanness; (c) suffering. Cf. 三道.

三轉


三转

see styles
sān zhuǎn
    san1 zhuan3
san chuan
 santen
(三轉法輪) The three turns of the law-wheel when the Buddha preached in the Deer Park: (a) 示轉 indicative, i.e. postulation and definition of the 四諦; (b) 勸轉 hortative, e.g. 苦當知 suffering should be diagnosed; (c) 證轉 evidential, e.g. I have overcome suffering, etc.

三辛

see styles
sān xīn
    san1 xin1
san hsin
 sanshin
three medicinal spices

三辺

see styles
 minabe
    みなべ
three sides (length, width and height); (surname) Minabe

三逆

see styles
sān nì
    san1 ni4
san ni
 sangyaku
The three unpardonable sins of Devadatta, which sent him to the Avici hell— schism, stoning the Buddha to the shedding of his blood, killing a nun.

三途

see styles
sān tú
    san1 tu2
san t`u
    san tu
 sanzu
three destinies

三通

see styles
sān tōng
    san1 tong1
san t`ung
    san tung
 mitsumichi
    みつみち
T-joint; T-piece; T-pipe; three links
(surname) Mitsumichi

三連

see styles
 mitsura
    みつら
three-stranded; (given name) Mitsura

三過


三过

see styles
sān guò
    san1 guo4
san kuo
 sanka
three faults

三道

see styles
sān dào
    san1 dao4
san tao
 mitsumichi
    みつみち
(surname) Mitsumichi
(1) The three paths all have to tread; 輪廻三道, 三輪, i.e. (a) 煩惱道 ; 惑道 ; the path of misery, illusion, mortality; (b) 業道 the path of works, action, or doing, productive of karma; (c) 苦道 the resultant path of suffering. As ever recurring they are called the three wheels. (2) 聾, 緣, 菩 śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas, cf. 三乘.

三達


三达

see styles
sān dá
    san1 da2
san ta
 mitatsu
    みたつ
(surname) Mitatsu
Three aspects of the omniscience of Buddha: knowledge of future karma, of past karma, of present illusion and liberation; v. 三明.

三部

see styles
sān bù
    san1 bu4
san pu
 minbe
    みんべ
three parts; three copies; (surname) Minbe
Three divisions. Included under this category are such terms as 三部大法, 三部主色, 三部經, etc.

三都

see styles
 minato
    みなと
three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period); (female given name) Minato

三醫


三医

see styles
sān yī
    san1 yi1
san i
 san'i
The three modes of diagnosis: the superior, 聽聲 listening to the voice; the medium, 相色 observing the external appearance; the inferior 診脈 testing the pulse.

三量

see styles
sān liáng
    san1 liang2
san liang
 sanryō
three ways of knowing

三金

see styles
sān jīn
    san1 jin1
san chin
 mikane
    みかね
(surname) Mikane
The three metals, gold, silver, copper. The esoterics have (a) earth, water, fire, representing the 身密 mystic body; (b) space and wind, the 語密 mystic mouth or speech; (c) 識 cognition, the 意密 mystic mind.

三銖


三铢

see styles
sān zhū
    san1 zhu1
san chu
 sanshu
Three twenty-fourths of a tael, the weight of a deva's garments, e.g. featherweight.

三門


三门

see styles
sān mén
    san1 men2
san men
 mimon
    みもん
Sanmen county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang
{Buddh} large triple gate to temple; (surname) Mimon
trividha-dvāra, the three gates; a monastery; purity of body, speech, and thought; idem 三解脫門 also 三業.

三關


三关

see styles
sān guān
    san1 guan1
san kuan
 sankan
three barriers

三陸

see styles
 sanriku
    さんりく
(See 陸前,陸中,陸奥・りくおう) Sanriku (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō); (place-name) Sanriku

三階


三阶

see styles
sān jiē
    san1 jie1
san chieh
 mishina
    みしな
third floor; (surname) Mishina
three stages

三際


三际

see styles
sān jì
    san1 ji4
san chi
 sanzai
Past, present, future, idem 三世.

三障

see styles
sān zhàng
    san1 zhang4
san chang
 sanshō
The three vighna, i.e. hinderers or barriers, of which three groups are given: (1) (a) 煩惱障 the passions, i.e. 三毒 desire, hate, stupidity; (b) 業障 the deeds done; (c) 報障 the retributions. (2) (a) 皮煩惱障 ; (b) 肉煩惱障 ; (c) 心煩惱障 skin, flesh, and heart (or mind) troublers, i.e. delusions from external objects: internal views, and mental ignorance. (3) 三重障 the three weighty obstructions: (a) self-importance, 我慢; (b) envy, 嫉妬; (c) desire, 貧欲.

三難


三难

see styles
sān nán
    san1 nan2
san nan
 sannan
The three hardships, or sufferings in the three lower paths of transmigration, v. 三惡道.

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