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業火


业火

see styles
yè huǒ
    ye4 huo3
yeh huo
 gouka / goka
    ごうか
(1) hellfire; flames of hell; (2) raging fire; large fire; (3) {Buddh} fire that consumes an evildoer
The fires of evil karma; the fires of the hells.

極楽

see styles
 gokuraku
    ごくらく
(1) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 極楽浄土) Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); (2) paradise; heaven on earth; (place-name, surname) Gokuraku

権化

see styles
 gonge
    ごんげ
(1) {Buddh} (See 実化) incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; (2) embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

檀林

see styles
tán lín
    tan2 lin2
t`an lin
    tan lin
 danbayashi
    だんばやし
(1) (Buddhist term) Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple; (2) (abbreviation) Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry); (surname) Danbayashi
旃檀之林 Forest of sandal-wood, or incense, a monastery.

檀那

see styles
tán nà
    tan2 na4
t`an na
    tan na
 danna
    だんな
(1) master (of a house, shop, etc.); (2) husband (informal); (3) sir; boss; master; governor; word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status; (4) patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy; (5) (Buddhist term) alms (san:); almsgiving; almsgiver
陀那 dāna to give, donate, bestow, charity, alms.

欣求

see styles
xīn qiú
    xin1 qiu2
hsin ch`iu
    hsin chiu
 gongu
    ごんぐ
(noun, transitive verb) {Buddh} earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)
To seek gladly.

欲界

see styles
yù jiè
    yu4 jie4
yü chieh
 yokukai; yokkai
    よくかい; よっかい
{Buddh} (See 三界・1) desire realm
kāmadhātu. The realm, or realms, of in purgatory, hungry spirits, animals, asuras, men, and the six heavens of desire. so called because the beings in these states are dominated by desire. The kāmadhātu realms are given as: 地居 Bhauma. 虛曇天 Antarikṣa. 四天王天 Caturmaharājakayika [i.e. the realms of 持國天 Dhṛtarāṣtra, east; 增長天 Virūḍhaka, south; 廣目天 Virūpakṣa, west; 多聞天 Vai śramaṇa (Dhanada), north]. 忉利天 Trayastriṃśa. 兜率天 Tuṣita. 化樂天 Nirmāṇarati. 他化自在天 Paranirmitavaśavarin.

正報


正报

see styles
zhèng bào
    zheng4 bao4
cheng pao
 seihou / seho
    せいほう
{Buddh} (See 依報) direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives; (given name) Seihou
The direct retribution of the individual's previous existence, such as being born as a man, etc. Also 正果.

正機

see styles
 masaki
    まさき
{Buddh} (See 悪人正機) those that are able to receive teaching and salvation; (given name) Masaki

正行

see styles
zhèng xíng
    zheng4 xing2
cheng hsing
 masayuki
    まさゆき
{Buddh} (See 助業,浄土宗,正定業) correct practices (esp. in Jodo, the path to rebirth in paradise); (p,s,g) Masayuki
Right deeds, or action, opposite of 邪行.

正覚

see styles
 masame
    まさめ
{Buddh} perfect enlightenment; (surname) Masame

此岸

see styles
cǐ àn
    ci3 an4
tz`u an
    tzu an
 shigan
    しがん
{Buddh} (See 彼岸・3) this world; this life
This shore, the present life.

死有

see styles
sǐ yǒu
    si3 you3
ssu yu
 shiu
    しう
{Buddh} (See 四有) the instant of death
the state of death

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.

死魔

see styles
sǐ mó
    si3 mo2
ssu mo
 shima
    しま
{Buddh} (See 四魔) demon of death
demon of death

比量

see styles
bǐ liang
    bi3 liang5
pi liang
 hiryou / hiryo
    ひりょう
to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)
(noun/participle) (1) comparison; (2) {Buddh} Pramana; epistemology
Comparison and inference; it is defined as 比 comparison of the known, and 量 inference of the unknown. It is the second form in logic of the three kinds of example, 現, 比 and 聖教量, e. g. the inference of fire from smoke.

水瓶

see styles
 suibyou; suibin / suibyo; suibin
    すいびょう; すいびん
{Buddh} portable water vessel (for drinking or washing up)

法体

see styles
 hottai; houtai / hottai; hotai
    ほったい; ほうたい
(1) {Buddh} clerical appearance; appearance of a priest; (2) teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha; investiture of a Buddhist priest

法具

see styles
fǎ jù
    fa3 ju4
fa chü
 hougu / hogu
    ほうぐ
{Buddh} ritual implements
dharma implements

法印

see styles
fǎ yìn
    fa3 yin4
fa yin
 houin / hoin
    ほういん
(1) {Buddh} highest rank among priests; (2) {Buddh} mountain ascetic monk; (3) {Buddh} signs that distinguish Buddhist teachings from other faiths; (4) title given to a great physician or painter; (personal name) Houin
The seal of Buddha-truth, expressing its reality and immutability, also its universality and its authentic transmission from one Buddha or patriarch to another.

法堂

see styles
fǎ táng
    fa3 tang2
fa t`ang
    fa tang
 houdou / hodo
    ほうどう
{Buddh} lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen); (surname) Houdou
The chief temple, so called by the Chan (Zen) sect; amongst others it is 講堂 preaching hall.

法威

see styles
 houi / hoi
    ほうい
{Buddh} influence of Buddhism; power of Buddhism

法性

see styles
fǎ xìng
    fa3 xing4
fa hsing
 hosshou / hossho
    ほっしょう
{Buddh} (See 法相・ほっそう・1) dharmata (dharma nature, the true nature of all manifest phenomena); (personal name) Hosshou
dharmatā. Dharma-nature, the nature underlying all thing, the bhūtatathatā, a Mahāyāna philosophical concept unknown in Hīnayāna, v. 眞如 and its various definitions in the 法相, 三論 (or法性), 華嚴, and 天台 Schools. It is discussed both in its absolute and relative senses, or static and dynamic. In the Mahāparinirvāṇa sūtra and various śāstras the term has numerous alternative forms, which may be taken as definitions, i. e. 法定 inherent dharma, or Buddha-nature; 法住 abiding dharma-nature; 法界 dharmakṣetra, realm of dharma; 法身 dharmakāya, embodiment of dharma; 實際 region of reality; 實相 reality; 空性 nature of the Void, i. e. immaterial nature; 佛性 Buddha-nature; 無相 appearance of nothingness, or immateriality; 眞如 bhūtatathatā; 如來藏 tathāgatagarbha; 平等性 universal nature; 離生性 immortal nature; 無我性 impersonal nature; 虛定界: realm of abstraction; 不虛妄性 nature of no illusion; 不變異性 immutable nature; 不思議界 realm beyond thought; 自性淸淨心 mind of absolute purity, or unsulliedness, etc. Of these the terms 眞如, 法性, and 實際 are most used by the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

法楽

see styles
 houraku / horaku
    ほうらく
(1) {Buddh} pleasures of a pious life; (2) entertainment for or dedicated to a deity or Buddha; (3) pastime; entertainment; amusement; pleasure; (4) free admission

法王

see styles
fǎ wáng
    fa3 wang2
fa wang
 houou / hoo
    ほうおう
Sakyamuni
(1) (See ローマ法王) Pope; (2) {Buddh} (orig. meaning) Buddha; (place-name) Houou
Dharmarāja, King of the Law, Buddha.

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.

法相

see styles
fǎ xiàng
    fa3 xiang4
fa hsiang
 hossou / hosso
    ほっそう
(1) {Buddh} (See 法性) dharmalaksana (dharma characteristics, the specific characteristics of all manifest phenomena); (2) (abbreviation) (See 法相宗) Hosso sect of Buddhism
The aspects of characteristics of things-all things are of monad nature but differ in form. A name of the 法相宗 Faxiang or Dharmalakṣaṇa sect (Jap. Hossō), called also 慈恩宗 Cien sect from the Tang temple, in which lived 窺基 Kuiji, known also as 慈恩. It "aims at discovering the ultimate entity of cosmic existence n contemplation, through investigation into the specific characteristics (the marks or criteria) of all existence, and through the realization of the fundamental nature of the soul in mystic illumination". "An inexhaustible number" of "seeds" are "stored up in the Ālaya-soul; they manifest themselves in innumerable varieties of existence, both physical and mental". "Though there are infinite varieties. . . they all participate in the prime nature of the ālaya." Anesaki. The Faxiang School is one of the "eight schools", and was established in China on the return of Xuanzang, consequent on his translation of the Yogācārya works. Its aim is to understand the principle underlying the 萬法性相 or nature and characteristics of all things. Its foundation works are the 解深密經, the 唯識論, and the 瑜伽論. It is one of the Mahāyāna realistic schools, opposed by the idealistic schools, e.g. the 三論 school; yet it was a "combination of realism and idealism, and its religion a profoundly mystic one". Anesaki.

法眼

see styles
fǎ yǎn
    fa3 yan3
fa yen
 hougen / hogen
    ほうげん
discerning eye
(1) {Buddh} (See 五眼) the dharma eye; (2) (abbreviation) second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; (3) (archaism) title bestowed upon doctors, etc.; (surname) Hougen
The (bodhisattva) dharma-eye able to penetrate all things. Name of the founder of the法眼宗 Fayan sect, one of the five Chan (Zen) schools.

法統


法统

see styles
fǎ tǒng
    fa3 tong3
fa t`ung
    fa tung
 houtou / hoto
    ほうとう
{Buddh} religious tradition
lineage of the transmission of the precepts

法蔵

see styles
 houzou / hozo
    ほうぞう
(1) {Buddh} Buddhist teachings; Buddhist scriptures; (2) {Buddh} Dharmakara; Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation; (place-name) Houzou; (person) Fazang; Fa-tsang (643-712)

法身

see styles
fǎ shēn
    fa3 shen1
fa shen
 hotsushin
    ほつしん
{Buddh} (See 三身) dharmakaya (dharma body, Buddhism's highest form of existence); (surname) Hotsushin
dharmakāya, embodiment of Truth and Law, the "spiritual" or true body; essential Buddhahood; the essence of being; the absolute, the norm of the universe; the first of the trikāya, v.三身. The dharmakāya is divided into 總 unity and 別 diversity; as in the noumenal absolute and phenomenal activities, or potential and dynamic; but there are differences of interpretation, e.g. as between the 法相 and 法性 schools. Cf. 法身體性. There are many categories of the dharmakāya. In the 2 group 二法身 are five kinds: (1) 理 "substance" and 智 wisdom or expression; (2) 法性法身 essential nature and 應化法身 manifestation; the other three couples are similar. In the 3 group 三法身 are (1) the manifested Buddha, i.e. Śākyamuni; (2) the power of his teaching, etc.; (3) the absolute or ultimate reality. There are other categories.

法音

see styles
fǎ yīn
    fa3 yin1
fa yin
 houin / hoin
    ほういん
{Buddh} sound of sutra chanting; (given name) Houin
The sound of the Truth, or of preaching.

波旬

see styles
pō xún
    po1 xun2
p`o hsün
    po hsün
 hajun
    はじゅん
{Buddh} killer demon; demon who strives to destroy all goodness
(波旬踰); 波鞞 Pāpīyān. Pāpīmān. Pāpīmā. Pāpīyān is very wicked. Pāpīyān is a Buddhist term for 惡者 the Evil One; 殺者 the Murderer; Māra; because he strives to kill all goodness; v. 魔. Also 波卑面 or 波卑椽 or 波卑緣.

泥洹

see styles
ní huán
    ni2 huan2
ni huan
 naion
    ないおん
{Buddh} (See 涅槃・1) nirvana
Nirvāṇa; also泥丸; 泥日; 泥垣; 泥畔; v. 涅槃.

洗浄

see styles
 senjou / senjo
    せんじょう
(noun, transitive verb) (1) washing; cleansing; cleaning; laundering; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {Buddh} cleansing (one's mind and body)

流転

see styles
 ruten
    るてん
(n,vs,vi) (1) continual change; vicissitudes; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} transmigration; metempsychosis; (given name) Ruten

浄行

see styles
 kiyoyuki
    きよゆき
{Buddh} ascetic practices (esp. celibacy); (personal name) Kiyoyuki

満遍

see styles
 manben
    まんべん
(1) (See 満遍なく) entirety; whole; (2) {Buddh} balance (in Zen); equality

滅法


灭法

see styles
miè fǎ
    mie4 fa3
mieh fa
 meppou / meppo
    めっぽう
(adverb) (1) (kana only) extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; awfully; unreasonably; absurdly; (adjectival noun) (2) (dated) extraordinary; outrageous; absurd; unreasonable; (3) {Buddh} unconditioned dharma
The unconditioned dharma, the ultimate inertia from which all forms come, the noumenal source of all phenomena.

滅罪


灭罪

see styles
miè zuì
    mie4 zui4
mieh tsui
 metsuzai
    めつざい
{Buddh} expiation
to erase the karmic seeds of one's crimes

滅道


灭道

see styles
miè dào
    mie4 dao4
mieh tao
 metsudou / metsudo
    めつどう
{Buddh} (See 道諦,滅諦) truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering
Extinction of suffering and the way of extinction, nirodha and mārga; v. supra.

漸悟

see styles
 zengo
    ぜんご
(noun/participle) {Buddh} (See 頓悟) gradual enlightenment

灌頂


灌顶

see styles
guàn dǐng
    guan4 ding3
kuan ting
 kanjou; kanchou / kanjo; kancho
    かんじょう; かんちょう
(1) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; (2) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); (3) {Buddh} pouring water onto a gravestone; (4) teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
abhiṣecana; mūrdhābhiṣikta; inauguration or consecration by sprinkling, or pouring water on the head; an Indian custom on the investiture of a king, whose head was baptized with water from the four seas and from the rivers in his domain; in China it is administered as a Buddhist rite chiefly to high personages, and for ordination purposes. Amongst the esoterics it is a rite especially administered to their disciples; and they have several categories of baptism, e.g. that of ordinary disciples, of teacher, or preacher, of leader, of office-bearer; also for special causes such as relief from calamity, preparation for the next life, etc.

火宅

see styles
huǒ zhái
    huo3 zhai2
huo chai
 kataku
    かたく
{Buddh} this world of suffering
The parable of the burning house; one of the 'seven parables' in the Lotus Sutra 譬喩品, that of the burning house from which the owner tempts his heedless children by the device of the three kinds of carts— goat, deer, and bullock, especially a white-bullock cart i. e. Mahāyāna.

火車


火车

see styles
huǒ chē
    huo3 che1
huo ch`e
    huo che
 kasha
    かしゃ
train; CL:列[lie4],節|节[jie2],班[ban1],趟[tang4]
(1) {Buddh} fiery chariot; (2) kasha (mythical beast said to devour dead bodies); (3) steam locomotive (in China); (4) (abbreviation) (archaism) (See 火車婆) vile old hag
The fiery chariot (belonging to the hells); there is also the 火車地獄 hell of the fire-chariot, and the fire-pit with its fiery wheels; the sufferer first freezes, then is tempted into the chariot which bursts into flames and he perishes in the fire pit, a process each sufferer repeats daily 90 koṭīs of times.

無住


无住

see styles
wú zhù
    wu2 zhu4
wu chu
 mujuu / muju
    むじゅう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) lacking a chief priest (of a temple); temple without a chief priest; (2) (form) being uninhabited; being vacant; (3) {Buddh} non-attachment; (personal name) Mujuu
Not abiding; impermanence; things having no independent nature of their own, they have no real existence as separate entities.

無始


无始

see styles
wú shǐ
    wu2 shi3
wu shih
 mushi
    むし
(1) {Buddh} beginninglessness; (2) (archaism) distant past
Without beginning, as is the chain of transmigration.

無字


无字

see styles
wú zì
    wu2 zi4
wu tzu
 muji
    むじ
{Buddh} (See 狗子仏性) the one-character reply ("no") offered by Zhaozhou to the question "Does a dog have Buddha nature?"
without letters

無学

see styles
 mugaku
    むがく
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) uneducated; ignorant; illiterate; (2) {Buddh} arhat; person who has attained nirvana

無念


无念

see styles
wú niàn
    wu2 nian4
wu nien
 munen
    むねん
(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) regret; chagrin; mortification; (2) {Buddh} (See 有念) freedom from obstructive thoughts
Without a thought; without recollection; absence of false ideas or thoughts, i.e. correct ideas or thoughts; apart from thought (nothing exists).

無癡


无癡

see styles
wú chī
    wu2 chi1
wu ch`ih
    wu chih
 muchi
    むち
{Buddh} (See 三善根) no delusion
no delusion

無瞋


无瞋

see styles
wú chēn
    wu2 chen1
wu ch`en
    wu chen
 mushin
    むしん
{Buddh} (See 三善根) non-anger; non-hatred; no-enmity
no-enmity

無縁

see styles
 muen
    むえん
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) (ant: 有縁・2) unrelated; unconnected; irrelevant; indifferent; divorced from; having nothing to do with one; being foreign to one; (adj-no,n) (2) without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; (adj-no,n) (3) {Buddh} (ant: 有縁・1) unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

無貪


无贪

see styles
wú tān
    wu2 tan1
wu t`an
    wu tan
 muton
    むとん
{Buddh} (See 三善根) non-craving; non-coveting
non-craving

無間


无间

see styles
wú jiàn
    wu2 jian4
wu chien
 muken; mugen
    むけん; むげん
very close; no gap between them; continuously; unbroken; hard to separate; indistinguishable
(1) ceaselessness; incessancy; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 無間地獄) the Avici hell
avīci, uninterrupted, unseparated, without intermission.

煩悩

see styles
 bonnou / bonno
    ぼんのう
(1) worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; (2) (Buddhist term) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)

煩惱


烦恼

see styles
fán nǎo
    fan2 nao3
fan nao
 bonnō
    ぼんのう
to be worried; to be distressed; worries
(out-dated kanji) (1) worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; (2) (Buddhist term) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
kleśa, 'pain, affliction, distress,' 'care, trouble' (M.W.). The Chinese tr. is similar, distress, worry, trouble, and whatever causes them. Keith interprets kleśa by 'infection', 'contamination', 'defilement'. The Chinese intp. is the delusions, trials, or temptations of the passions and of ignorance which disturb and distress the mind; also in brief as the three poisons 貪瞋痴 desire, detestation, and delusion. There is a division into the six fundamental 煩惱, or afflictions, v. below, and the twenty which result or follow them and there are other dual divisions. The six are: 貪瞋痴慢疑 and 惡見 desire, detestation, delusion, pride, doubt, and evil views, which last are the false views of a permanent ego, etc. The ten 煩惱 are the first five, and the sixth subdivided into five. 煩惱, like kleśa, implies moral affliction or distress, trial, temptation, tempting, sin. Cf. 使.

爾前


尔前

see styles
ěr qián
    er3 qian2
erh ch`ien
    erh chien
 nizen
    にぜん
(1) {Buddh} period before the Lotus Sutra was preached; (adj-no,n) (2) prior; before; previous; (3) (rare) something unripe or of inferior grade
Before this, formerly used by Tiantai to denote the time preceding the Lotus Sūtra.

牛頭


牛头

see styles
niú tóu
    niu2 tou2
niu t`ou
    niu tou
 gozu
    ごづ
ox head; ox-head shaped wine vessel
{Buddh} (See 牛頭馬頭) ox-headed demon (in hell); (surname) Gozu
The ox-head lictors in the hells.

独古

see styles
 dotsuko
    どつこ
(1) (Buddhist term) single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals; (2) cloth of a tokko pattern; (surname) Dotsuko

独股

see styles
 dokko
    どっこ
    tokko
    とっこ
(1) (Buddhist term) single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals; (2) cloth of a tokko pattern

独鈷

see styles
 dotsuko
    どつこ
(1) (Buddhist term) single-pronged vajra; tokko; dokko; copper or iron implement, pointed at both ends, used in esoteric Buddhist rituals; (2) cloth of a tokko pattern; (surname) Dotsuko

獄卒


狱卒

see styles
yù zú
    yu4 zu2
yü tsu
 gokusotsu
    ごくそつ
jailer (old)
(1) low-ranking prison guard; (2) {Buddh} hell's tormenting devils
demon jailer

玻璃

see styles
bō li
    bo1 li5
po li
 hari
    はり
glass; CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4]; (slang) male homosexual
(1) (Buddhist term) quartz; (2) glass; (female given name) Hari
sphaṭika. Rock crystal, one of the seven precious things. Also 頗梨 or 頗黎; 塞頗致迦, etc.

珠数

see styles
 tamakazu
    たまかず
{Buddh} (See 数珠) rosary; (surname, given name) Tamakazu

理体

see styles
 ritai
    りたい
(1) {Buddh} essence of all things; (2) {phil} (See 本体・4) noumenon

理觀


理观

see styles
lǐ guān
    li3 guan1
li kuan
 rikan
    りかん
{Buddh} (See 事観) contemplation of principle
The concept of absolute truth; the concentration of the mind upon reality.

生有

see styles
shēng yǒu
    sheng1 you3
sheng yu
 shouu / shou
    しょうう
{Buddh} (See 四有) the instant of birth (rebirth)
One of the four forms of existence, cf. 有.

生死

see styles
shēng sǐ
    sheng1 si3
sheng ssu
 seishi(p); shouji; shoushi / seshi(p); shoji; shoshi
    せいし(P); しょうじ; しょうし
life or death
(1) life and death; life or death; (2) (しょうじ, しょうし only) {Buddh} samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); (3) (しょうじ, しょうし only) death
saṃsāra: birth and death: rebirth and redeath; life and death; 生死, 死生; 生生死死 ever-recurring saṃsāra or transmigrations; the round of mortality. There are two, three, four, seven, and twelve kinds of 生死; the two are 分斷生死 the various karmaic transmigrations, and 不思義變易生死 (or simply 變易生死) the inconceivable transformation life in the Pure Land. Among the twelve are final separation from mortality of the arhat, with 無餘 no remains of it causing return; one final death and no rebirth of the anāgāmin; the seven advancing rebirths of the srota-āpanna; down to the births-cum-deaths of hungry ghosts.

畜生

see styles
chù sheng
    chu4 sheng5
ch`u sheng
    chu sheng
 chikushou(p); chikishou; chikushoo(sk) / chikusho(p); chikisho; chikushoo(sk)
    ちくしょう(P); ちきしょう; チクショー(sk)
domestic animal; brute; bastard
(interjection) (1) (kana only) damn it; damn; son of a bitch; for Christ's sake; (2) beast; animal; (3) {Buddh} (See 畜生道・1) person reborn into the animal realm; (4) brute; bastard
tiryagyoni, 底栗車; 傍生 'Born of or as an animal, ' rebirth as an animal; animals in general; especially domestic animals.

発企

see styles
 hokki
    ほっき
(noun/participle) (1) proposal; promotion; (2) (Buddhist term) spiritual awakening; resolution

発起

see styles
 hokki
    ほっき
    hakki
    はっき
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (noun/participle) (1) proposal; promotion; (2) (Buddhist term) spiritual awakening; resolution

発願

see styles
 hotsugan
    ほつがん
(n,vs,vi,vt) (1) {Buddh} giving rise to the desire to save all sentient beings; (n,vs,vi,vt) (2) praying; prayer

百八

see styles
bǎi bā
    bai3 ba1
pai pa
 hyakuhachi
    ひゃくはち
(numeric) (1) 108; one hundred and eight; (2) {Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; (3) (See 七十二候,節気) the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year; (given name) Hyakuhachi
108

監主

see styles
 kanzu
    かんず
    kansu
    かんす
    kanji
    かんじ
(Buddhist term) one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest

監寺


监寺

see styles
jiān sì
    jian1 si4
chien ssu
 kansu
    かんず
(Buddhist term) one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest
監院; 監收 The warden, or superintendent of a monastery, especially the one who controls its internal affairs.

盲執

see styles
 moushuu / moshu
    もうしゅう
(irregular kanji usage) (Buddhist term) deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)

直心

see styles
zhí xīn
    zhi2 xin1
chih hsin
 naomi
    なおみ
{Buddh} true and honest heart; pure heart; heart devoted to Buddhism; (female given name) Naomi
Straightforward, sincere, blunt.

直歳

see styles
zhí suì
    zhi2 sui4
chih sui
 shissui
    しっすい
{Buddh} (See 六知事) one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of maintenance and groundskeeping)
A straight year, a year's (plans, or duties).

相即

see styles
 sousoku / sosoku
    そうそく
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} coming together and dissolving into oneness; (n,vs,vi) (2) being closely related; being inseparable

相待

see styles
xiāng dài
    xiang1 dai4
hsiang tai
 soudai / sodai
    そうだい
to treat
{Buddh} (See 絶待) existing in opposition or interdependence
The doctrine of mutual dependence or relativity of all things for their existence, e. g. the triangle depends on its three lines, the eye on things having colour and form, long on short.

相応

see styles
 souou / soo
    そうおう
(adj-na,adj-no,n,vs,vi) (1) suitable; appropriate; befitting; becoming; adequate; reasonable; proper; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} conjoining; association; samprayukta

眞言

see styles
zhēn yán
    zhen1 yan2
chen yen
 shingon
    しんごん
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) mantra; (2) (abbreviation) Shingon sect (of Buddhism)
True words, words of Truth, the words of the Tathāgata, Buddha-truth. The term is used for mantra, and dhāraṇī, indicating magical formulae, spells, charms, esoteric words. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have each an esoteric sound represented by a Sanskrit letter, the primary Vairocana letter, the alpha of all sounds being 'a' 阿, which is also styled 眞言救世者 the True World that saves the world.

真空

see styles
zhēn kōng
    zhen1 kong1
chen k`ung
    chen kung
 misora
    みそら
(physics, fig.) vacuum; (slang) to not wear underwear
(1) vacuum; (2) {Buddh} absolute void; complete vacuity; (female given name) Misora

真言

see styles
zhēn yán
    zhen1 yan2
chen yen
 makoto
    まこと
true statement; incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼)
(1) (Buddhist term) mantra; (2) (abbreviation) Shingon sect (of Buddhism); (female given name) Makoto

真説

see styles
 shinsetsu
    しんせつ
(1) true theory; (2) {Buddh} true teachings

瞋恚

see styles
chēn huì
    chen1 hui4
ch`en hui
    chen hui
 shin'i
    しんね
(1) (Buddhist term) dosa (ill will, antipathy); (2) irateness; anger
ill-will

知客

see styles
zhī kè
    zhi1 ke4
chih k`o
    chih ko
 shika
    しか
{Buddh} (See 禅堂) head monk in charge of the administrative section of a zendo (Zen)
The director of guests, i.e. the host.

知者

see styles
zhī zhě
    zhi1 zhe3
chih che
 chisha
    ちしゃ
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) sage; wise man; wise person; man of wisdom; (2) (Buddhist term) buddha; bodhisattva; enlightened priest
The knower, the cognizer, the person within who perceives.

破邪

see styles
pò xié
    po4 xie2
p`o hsieh
    po hsieh
 haja
    はじゃ
{Buddh} crushing evil; destroying heresy
refute error

示寂

see styles
shì jì
    shi4 ji4
shih chi
 jijaku
    じじゃく
to pass away (of a monk or nun)
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} death of a high-ranking priest
to indicate the way of nirvana.

礼盤

see styles
 raiban
    らいばん
{Buddh} platform in front of a temple's principal image, from which the officiating monk chants

神将

see styles
 jinshou; shinshou / jinsho; shinsho
    じんしょう; しんしょう
{Buddh} (See 十二神将) divine generals who protect pilgrims, etc.

神王

see styles
 shinou / shino
    しんおう
(1) god king; god-king; (2) {Buddh} guardian deity; (surname) Shin'ou

禅定

see styles
 zenjou / zenjo
    ぜんじょう
(1) {Buddh} dhyana-samadhi (meditative concentration); (2) (See 修験道) ascetic practice atop a sacred mountain (in Shugendō); (3) mountain top; (given name) Zenjō

禅智

see styles
 zenchi
    ぜんち
(1) (Buddhist term) wisdom obtained from meditation; (2) (Buddhist term) wisdom and meditation; (surname) Zenchi

禅法

see styles
 zenpou; zenbou / zenpo; zenbo
    ぜんぽう; ぜんぼう
{Buddh} method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism

禅知

see styles
 zenchi
    ぜんち
(1) (Buddhist term) wisdom obtained from meditation; (2) (Buddhist term) wisdom and meditation

禅那

see styles
 zenna
    ぜんな
{Buddh} dhyana (profound meditation)

禅院

see styles
 zenin
    ぜんいん
{Buddh} (See 禅寺) Zen temple; (surname) Zen'in

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