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Simple Dictionary Definition |
古意 see styles |
koi こい |
ancient ways; the feelings of the ancients |
古説 see styles |
kosetsu こせつ |
ancient belief |
古龍 古龙 see styles |
gǔ lóng gu3 long2 ku lung |
Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter |
可恃 see styles |
kě shì ke3 shi4 k`o shih ko shih |
reliable |
可靠 see styles |
kě kào ke3 kao4 k`o k`ao ko kao |
reliable |
吃瓜 see styles |
chī guā chi1 gua1 ch`ih kua chih kua |
(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it |
合格 see styles |
hé gé he2 ge2 ho ko goukaku / gokaku ごうかく |
to meet the standard required; qualified; eligible (voter etc) (n,vs,vi) (1) passing (an exam); pass; success; passing grade; (n,vs,vi) (2) meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification; being found eligible |
合槌 see styles |
aizuchi あいづち |
(ik) (1) aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; (2) two smiths hammering at an object in turn |
合鎚 see styles |
aizuchi あいづち |
(ik) (1) aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; (2) two smiths hammering at an object in turn |
同感 see styles |
tóng gǎn tong2 gan3 t`ung kan tung kan doukan / dokan どうかん |
(have the) same feeling; similar impression; common feeling (n,vs,vi) same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence |
同行 see styles |
tóng xíng tong2 xing2 t`ung hsing tung hsing doukou / doko どうこう |
to journey together (n,vs,vi) (1) accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; (2) the same bank; the said bank Those who are practising religion together. |
同體 同体 see styles |
tóng tǐ tong2 ti3 t`ung t`i tung ti dōtei |
Of the same body, or nature, as water and wave, but同體慈悲 means fellow-feeling and compassion, looking on all sympathetically as of the same nature as oneself. |
名勝 名胜 see styles |
míng shèng ming2 sheng4 ming sheng meishou / mesho めいしょう |
a place famous for its scenery or historical relics; scenic spot; CL:處|处[chu4] place of scenic beauty; scenic spot; beauty spot |
名残 see styles |
nagori なごり |
(1) remains; traces; vestiges; relics; (2) (the sorrow of) parting; (3) end; (f,p) Nagori |
吐根 see styles |
tǔ gēn tu3 gen1 t`u ken tu ken tokon; tokon とこん; トコン |
ipecac (kana only) ipecac (species of shrub, Cephaelis ipecacuanha); ipecacuanha |
向く see styles |
muku むく |
(v5k,vt,vi) (1) to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); (v5k,vt,vi) (2) to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to front (on); (v5k,vt,vi) (3) to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); (v5k,vi) (4) to be suited to; to be fit for; (v5k,vi) (5) to go towards; to turn to (of one's interests, feelings, etc.); to be inclined (to do) |
向日 see styles |
mukou / muko むこう |
{physics} anthelion (optical phenomenon); (place-name) Mukō |
吞音 see styles |
tūn yīn tun1 yin1 t`un yin tun yin |
(linguistics) elision |
含情 see styles |
hán qíng han2 qing2 han ch`ing han ching ganjō |
All beings possessing feeling, sentience. |
告る see styles |
kokuru; kokuru こくる; コクる |
(v5r,vi) (slang) (See 告白・2) to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings |
告白 see styles |
gào bái gao4 bai2 kao pai kokuhaku こくはく |
to announce publicly; to explain oneself; to reveal one's feelings; to confess; to declare one's love (noun, transitive verb) (1) confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; (n,vs,vi) (2) professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; (noun, transitive verb) (3) {Christn} profession (of faith); (noun, transitive verb) (4) {Christn} confession (of sins) |
周濟 周济 see styles |
zhōu jì zhou1 ji4 chou chi |
help to the needy; emergency relief; charity; to give to poorer relative; (also 賙濟|赒济) |
呪物 see styles |
jubutsu じゅぶつ |
fetish (object believed to have supernatural powers) |
味道 see styles |
wèi dao wei4 dao5 wei tao midō |
flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor Taste, flavour; the taste of Buddha-truth or tasting the doctrine. |
命綱 see styles |
inochizuna いのちづな |
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether |
命脈 命脉 see styles |
mìng mài ming4 mai4 ming mai meimyaku / memyaku めいみゃく |
lifeline life; thread of life |
和ぐ see styles |
nagu なぐ |
(v5g,vi) to become calm (of one's mind, feelings, etc.); to calm down |
和み see styles |
nagomi なごみ |
(See 和む) feeling of calmness and relaxation; (female given name) Nagomi |
咨文 see styles |
zī wén zi1 wen2 tzu wen |
(old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank); report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state |
哀思 see styles |
āi sī ai1 si1 ai ssu aishi あいし |
grief-stricken thoughts; mourning sad feeling |
商兌 商兑 see styles |
shāng duì shang1 dui4 shang tui |
to discuss and deliberate |
商旅 see styles |
shāng lǚ shang1 lu:3 shang lü |
businessmen and travelers; traveling merchant; (Tw) business hotel |
商討 商讨 see styles |
shāng tǎo shang1 tao3 shang t`ao shang tao |
to discuss; to deliberate |
商酌 see styles |
shāng zhuó shang1 zhuo2 shang cho |
to deliberate |
商量 see styles |
shāng liang shang1 liang5 shang liang shouryou / shoryo しょうりょう |
to consult; to talk over; to discuss (noun, transitive verb) consideration; deliberation; discussion To consult, discuss together, e. g. as master and pupil. |
善人 see styles |
shàn rén shan4 ren2 shan jen yoshihito よしひと |
philanthropist; charitable person; well-doer (1) good person; virtuous person; (2) good-natured person; gullible person; (given name) Yoshihito A good man, especially one who believes in Buddhist ideas of causality and lives a good life. |
善友 see styles |
shàn yǒu shan4 you3 shan yu yoshitomo よしとも |
(rare) good friend; (personal name) Yoshitomo kalyāṇamitra, 'a friend of virtue, a religious counsellor,' M. W.; a friend in the good life, or one who stimulates to goodness. |
善本 see styles |
shàn běn shan4 ben3 shan pen yoshimoto よしもと |
old book; good book; reliable book; rare book (surname) Yoshimoto Good stock, or roots, planting good seed or roots; good in the root of enlightenment. |
喉越 see styles |
nodogoshi のどごし |
(irregular okurigana usage) feeling of food or drink going down one's throat |
喜び see styles |
yorokobi よろこび |
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations; (female given name) Yorokobi |
喜ぶ see styles |
yorokobu よろこぶ |
(Godan verb with "bu" ending) (1) to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased; (2) to congratulate; (3) to gratefully accept |
喜悅 喜悦 see styles |
xǐ yuè xi3 yue4 hsi yüeh kietsu |
happy; joyous 喜歡; 喜樂 Pleased, delighted. |
喜提 see styles |
xǐ tí xi3 ti2 hsi t`i hsi ti |
(neologism c. 2018) to be thrilled to receive; to excitedly take delivery of |
喜興 喜兴 see styles |
xǐ xìng xi3 xing4 hsi hsing kikou / kiko きこう |
joyous; delighted; merry (given name) Kikou |
喜陽 喜阳 see styles |
xǐ yáng xi3 yang2 hsi yang yoshiharu よしはる |
heliophile; tending towards the sun; heliotropism (male given name) Yoshiharu |
單鏈 单链 see styles |
dān liàn dan1 lian4 tan lien |
single chain; refers to RNA as opposed to the double helix DNA |
嗎哪 吗哪 see styles |
mǎ nǎ ma3 na3 ma na |
manna (Israelite food) |
嘉會 嘉会 see styles |
jiā huì jia1 hui4 chia hui kae かえ |
auspicious occasion; grand feast (female given name) Kae 嘉集 Delightful assembly, an excellent meeting. |
嘉肴 see styles |
kakou / kako かこう |
delicacy; rare treat; good-eating fish |
嘗鮮 尝鲜 see styles |
cháng xiān chang2 xian1 ch`ang hsien chang hsien |
to taste (fresh food or a delicacy); (fig.) to try something new |
嘴替 see styles |
zuǐ tì zui3 ti4 tsui t`i tsui ti |
(slang) sb who effectively articulates others' thoughts or feelings on their behalf |
噴香 喷香 see styles |
pèn xiāng pen4 xiang1 p`en hsiang pen hsiang |
fragrant; delicious |
囈言 see styles |
uwagoto うわごと |
(kana only) talking in delirium; incoherent muttering |
囈語 呓语 see styles |
yì yǔ yi4 yu3 i yü geigo / gego げいご |
to talk in one's sleep; crazy talk delirious talk; nonsense |
四依 see styles |
sì yī si4 yi1 ssu i shi e |
The four necessaries, or things on which the religious rely. (1) 行四依 The four of ascetic practitioners— rag clothing; begging for food; sitting under trees; purgatives and diuretics as moral and spiritual means; these are also termed 四聖種. (2) 法四依 The four of the dharma: i. e. the truth, which is eternal, rather than man, even its propagator; the sutras of perfect meaning i. e. of the 道實相 the truth of the 'middle' way; the meaning, or spirit, not the letter; wisdom 智, i.e. Buddha-wisdom rather than mere knowledge 識. There are other groups. Cf. 四事. |
四倒 see styles |
sì dào si4 dao4 ssu tao shitō |
The four viparyaya i. e. inverted or false beliefs in regard to 常, 樂, 我, 淨. There are two groups: (1) the common belief in the four above, denied by the early Buddhist doctrine that all is impermanent, suffering, impersonal, and impure; (2) the false belief of the Hīnayāna school that nirvana is not a state of permanence, joy, personality, and purity. Hīnayāna refutes the common view in regard to the phenomenal life; bodhisattvism refutes both views. |
四味 see styles |
sì wèi si4 wei4 ssu wei shimi |
The four 'tastes': the Tiantai definition of the four periods of the Buddha's teaching preliminary to the fifth, i. e. that of the Lotus Sutra; cf. 五味. |
四戒 see styles |
sì jiè si4 jie4 ssu chieh shikai |
Four stages in moral development: that of release, or deliverance from the world on becoming a monk; that arising from the four meditations on the realms of form; that above the stage of 見道 q. v.; that in which all moral evil is ended and delusion ceases. |
四教 see styles |
sì jiào si4 jiao4 ssu chiao shikyō |
Four teachings, doctrines, or schools; five groups are given, whose titles are abbreviated to 光天曉苑龍: (1) 光宅四教 The four schools of 法雲 Fayun of the 光宅 Guangzhai monastery are the four vehicles referred to in the burning house parable of the Lotus Sutra, i. e. śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, bodhisattva, and the final or one vehicle teaching. (2) 天台四教 The Tiantai four are 藏通, 別, and 圓, v. 八教. (3) 曉公四教 The group of 元曉 Wŏnhyo of 海東 Haedong are the 三乘別教 represented by the 四諦緣起經; 三乘通教 represented by the 般若深密教; 一乘分教 represented by the 究網經; and 一乘滿教 represented by the 華嚴經. (4) 苑公四教 The group of 慧苑 Huiyuan: the schools of unbelievers, who are misled and mislead; of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas who know only the phenomenal bhūtatathatā; of novitiate bodhisattvas who know only the noumenal bhūtatathatā; and of fully developed bodhisattvas, who know both. (5) 龍樹四教 Nāgārjuna's division of the canon into 有 dealing with existence, or reality, cf. the 四阿含; 空 the Void, cf. 般若經; 亦有亦 空 both, cf. 深密經; and 非有非 空 neither, cf. 中論. |
四禪 四禅 see styles |
sì chán si4 chan2 ssu ch`an ssu chan shizen |
(四禪天) The four dhyāna heavens, 四靜慮 (四靜慮天), i. e. the division of the eighteen brahmalokas into four dhyānas: the disciple attains to one of these heavens according to the dhyāna he observes: (1) 初禪天 The first region, 'as large as one whole universe' comprises the three heavens, Brahma-pāriṣadya, Brahma-purohita, and Mahābrahma, 梵輔, 梵衆, and 大梵天; the inhabitants are without gustatory or olfactory organs, not needing food, but possess the other four of the six organs. (2) 二禪天 The second region, equal to 'a small chiliocosmos' 小千界, comprises the three heavens, according to Eitel, 'Parīttābha, Apramāṇābha, and Ābhāsvara, ' i. e. 少光 minor light, 無量光 infinite light, and 極光淨 utmost light purity; the inhabitants have ceased to require the five physical organs, possessing only the organ of mind. (3) 三禪天 The third region, equal to 'a middling chiliocosmos '中千界, comprises three heavens; Eitel gives them as Parīttaśubha, Apramāṇaśubha, and Śubhakṛtsna, i. e. 少淨 minor purity, 無量淨 infinite purity, and 徧淨 universal purity; the inhabitants still have the organ of mind and are receptive of great joy. (4) 四禪天 The fourth region, equal to a great chiliocosmos, 大千界, comprises the remaining nine brahmalokas, namely, Puṇyaprasava, Anabhraka, Bṛhatphala, Asañjñisattva, Avṛha, Atapa, Sudṛśa, Sudarśana, and Akaniṣṭha (Eitel). The Chinese titles are 福生 felicitous birth, 無雲 cloudless, 廣果 large fruitage, 無煩 no vexations, atapa is 無熱 no heat, sudṛśa is 善見 beautiful to see, sudarśana is 善現 beautiful appearing, two others are 色究竟 the end of form, and 無想天 the heaven above thought, but it is difficult to trace avṛha and akaniṣṭha; the inhabitants of this fourth region still have mind. The number of the dhyāna heavens differs; the Sarvāstivādins say 16, the 經 or Sutra school 17, and the Sthavirāḥ school 18. Eitel points out that the first dhyāna has one world with one moon, one mem, four continents, and six devalokas; the second dhyāna has 1, 000 times the worlds of the first; the third has 1, 000 times the worlds of the second; the fourth dhyāna has 1, 000 times those of the third. Within a kalpa of destruction 壞劫 the first is destroyed fifty-six times by fire, the second seven by water, the third once by wind, the fourth 'corresponding to a state of absolute indifference' remains 'untouched' by all the other evolutions; when 'fate (天命) comes to an end then the fourth dhyāna may come to an end too, but not sooner'. |
四端 see styles |
shitan したん |
the four beginnings (in Mencius's belief in humanity's innate goodness); the four sprouts |
四苑 see styles |
sì yuàn si4 yuan4 ssu yüan shion |
The pleasure grounds outside 善見城 Sudarśana, the heavenly city of Indra: E. 衆車苑 Caitrarathavana, the park of chariots; S. 麤惡苑 Parūṣakavana, the war park; W. 雜林苑 Miśrakāvana, intp. as the park where all desires are fulfilled; N. 喜林苑 Nandanavana, the park of all delights. Also 四園. |
四診 四诊 see styles |
sì zhěn si4 zhen3 ssu chen shishin ししん |
(TCM) the four methods of diagnosis, namely 望診|望诊[wang4 zhen3] (observation), 聞診|闻诊[wen2 zhen3] (auscultation and olfaction), 問診|问诊[wen4 zhen3] (interrogation), 切診|切诊[qie4 zhen3] (pulse feeling and palpation) the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching) |
回国 see styles |
kaikoku かいこく |
(noun/participle) traveling throughout the country (travelling) |
回心 see styles |
kaishin かいしん |
(n,vs,vi) (religious) conversion (esp. to Christianity) |
因地 see styles |
yīn dì yin1 di4 yin ti inchi |
The causal ground, fundamental cause; the state of practising the Buddha-religion which leads to the 果地 or resulting Buddhahood. |
固持 see styles |
koji こじ |
(noun, transitive verb) adherence (to one's beliefs); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground |
国教 see styles |
kokkyou / kokkyo こっきょう |
state religion; official religion; established religion |
圈定 see styles |
quān dìng quan1 ding4 ch`üan ting chüan ting |
to highlight something by drawing a circle around it; (fig.) to designate; to delineate |
國教 国教 see styles |
guó jiào guo2 jiao4 kuo chiao koku kyō |
state religion |
圓寂 圆寂 see styles |
yuán jì yuan2 ji4 yüan chi enjaku |
death; to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc) Perfect rest, i.e. parinirvāṇa; the perfection of all virtue and the elimination of all evil, release from the miseries of transmigration and entrance into the fullest joy. |
團滅 团灭 see styles |
tuán miè tuan2 mie4 t`uan mieh tuan mieh |
(video gaming) to eliminate an entire team; to get wiped out |
在教 see styles |
zài jiào zai4 jiao4 tsai chiao |
to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam) |
地勢 地势 see styles |
dì shì di4 shi4 ti shih chisei / chise ちせい |
terrain; topography relief topography; geographical features; (female given name) Chisei |
地藏 see styles |
dì zàng di4 zang4 ti tsang jizou / jizo じぞう |
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva (surname) Jizou Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult. |
地道 see styles |
dì dao di4 dao5 ti tao jimichi じみち |
authentic; genuine; proper (noun or adjectival noun) steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable; (surname) Jimichi |
均し see styles |
narashi ならし |
average; leveling; levelling |
坐繰 see styles |
zaguri ざぐり |
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) reeling by hand (esp. silk); hand filature; (noun/participle) (2) counter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); spotfacing; (3) hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.) |
基線 基线 see styles |
jī xiàn ji1 xian4 chi hsien kisen きせん |
baseline (surveying, budgeting, typography etc); (math.) base (of a triangle) base line; (place-name) Kisen |
堅実 see styles |
katami かたみ |
(adjectival noun) steady; sound; reliable; solid; (given name) Katami |
堆朱 see styles |
tsuishiyu ついしゆ |
red lacquerware with patterns carved in relief; (surname) Tsuishiyu |
塑造 see styles |
sù zào su4 zao4 su tsao sozou / sozo そぞう |
to model; to mold; (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc); (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words) molding; moulding; modeling; modelling |
塘鵝 塘鹅 see styles |
táng é tang2 e2 t`ang o tang o |
pelican (Morus bassanus); gannet; booby |
塩顔 see styles |
shiogao しおがお |
(slang) fair and delicate features (of a man) |
塵世 尘世 see styles |
chén shì chen2 shi4 ch`en shih chen shih jinse |
(religion) this mortal life; the mundane world defiled realm |
壞道 坏道 see styles |
huài dào huai4 dao4 huai tao edō |
To destroy the truth, or the religion, e.g. by evil conduct. |
壷黴 see styles |
tsubokabi つぼかび |
(kana only) chytrid (any simple, algaelike fungi of order Chytridiales) |
壺黴 see styles |
tsubokabi つぼかび |
(kana only) chytrid (any simple, algaelike fungi of order Chytridiales) |
外教 see styles |
wài jiào wai4 jiao4 wai chiao gaikyou; gekyou / gaikyo; gekyo がいきょう; げきょう |
foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师); greenhorn; novice; amateurish; religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists) (1) (がいきょう only) foreign religion (esp. Christianity); (2) {Buddh} (esp. げきょう) (ant: 内教) religion other than Buddhism non-Buddhist teachings |
外賣 外卖 see styles |
wài mài wai4 mai4 wai mai |
(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business); takeout (meal) |
外送 see styles |
wài sòng wai4 song4 wai sung |
to send out; fast food delivered |
多病 see styles |
tabyou / tabyo たびょう |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) sickly; delicate constitution |
夢中 梦中 see styles |
mèng zhōng meng4 zhong1 meng chung muchuu / muchu むちゅう |
in a dream (adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about; obsessed with; devoted to; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) forgetting oneself; daze; trance; ecstasy; delirium; (3) within a dream; while dreaming; (given name) Muchuu in a dream |
夢囈 梦呓 see styles |
mèng yì meng4 yi4 meng i |
talking in one's sleep; delirious ravings; nonsense; sheer fantasy |
夢魔 梦魔 see styles |
mèng mó meng4 mo2 meng mo muma むま |
night demon (malign spirit believed to plague people during sleep) (1) nightmare; (2) incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream |
大乘 see styles |
dà shèng da4 sheng4 ta sheng oonori おおのり |
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2] (surname) Oonori Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。. |
大日 see styles |
dà rì da4 ri4 ta jih dainichi だいにち |
Mahavairocana (Tathagata); Great Sun; Supreme Buddha of Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism; (place-name, surname) Dainichi Vairocana, or Mahāvairocana 大日如來; 遍照如來; 摩訶毘盧遮那； 毘盧遮那; 大日覺王 The sun, "shining everywhere" The chief object of worship of the Shingon sect in Japan, "represented by the gigantic image in the temple at Nara." (Eliot.) There he is known as Dai-nichi-nyorai. He is counted as the first, and according to some, the origin of the five celestial Buddhas (dhyāni-buddhas, or jinas). He dwells quiescent in Arūpa-dhātu, the Heaven beyond form, and is the essence of wisdom (bodhi) and of absolute purity. Samantabhadra 普賢 is his dhyāni-bodhisattva. The 大日經 "teaches that Vairocana is the whole world, which is divided into Garbhadhātu (material) and Vajradhātu (indestructible), the two together forming Dharmadhātu. The manifestations of Vairocana's body to himself―that is, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas ―are represented symbolically by diagrams of several circles ". Eliot. In the 金剛界 or vajradhātu maṇḍala he is the center of the five groups. In the 胎藏界 or Garbhadhātu he is the center of the eight-leaf (lotus) court. His appearance, symbols, esoteric word, differ according to the two above distinctions. Generally he is considered as an embodiment of the Truth 法, both in the sense of dharmakāya 法身 and dharmaratna 法寳. Some hold Vairocana to be the dharmakāya of Śākyamuni 大日與釋迦同一佛 but the esoteric school denies this identity. Also known as 最高顯廣眼藏如來, the Tathagata who, in the highest, reveals the far-reaching treasure of his eye, i.e. the sun. 大日大聖不動明王 is described as one of his transformations. Also, a śramaņa of Kashmir (contemporary of Padma-saṃbhava); he is credited with introducing Buddhism into Khotan and being an incarnation of Mañjuśrī; the king Vijaya Saṃbhava built a monastery for him. |
大概 see styles |
dà gài da4 gai4 ta kai taigai たいがい |
roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea (adverb) (1) generally; mainly; usually; normally; mostly; for the most part; (adj-no,adv,n) (2) nearly all; almost all; most; (3) gist; summary; outline; main idea; (n,adj-no,adv) (4) (See 大概にする) staying within bounds; not overdoing (something); not getting carried away; not going too far; being moderate; (adverb) (5) probably; perhaps; in all likelihood; (adverb) (6) considerably; greatly; really |
大歌 see styles |
oouta / oota おおうた |
(hist) court song sung at religious services and celebratory events |
大通 see styles |
dà tōng da4 tong1 ta t`ung ta tung daitsuu / daitsu だいつう |
see 大通區|大通区[Da4 tong1 Qu1]; see 大通回族土族自治縣|大通回族土族自治县[Da4 tong1 Hui2 zu2 Tu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] (surname) Daitsuu 大通智勝 Mahābhijñā Jñānābhibhu. The great Buddha of supreme penetraton and wisdom. "A fabulous Buddha whose realm was Sambhava, his kalpa Mahārūpa. Having spent ten middling kalpas in ecstatic meditation he became a Buddha, and retired again in meditation for 84,000 kalpas, during which his sixteen sons continued (as Buddhas) his preaching. Incarnations of his sons are," Akṣobhya, Merukūṭa, Siṃhaghoṣa, Siṃhadhvaja, Ākāśapratiṣṭhita, Nityapaṛvrtta, Indradhvaja, Brahmadhvaja, Amitābha, Sarvalokadhātū- padravodvegapratyuttīrna, Tamāla-patra-candanagandha, Merukalpa, Meghasvara, Meghasvararāja, Sarvaloka-bhayastambhitatva- vidhvaṃsanakāra, and Śākyamuni; v. Eitel. He is said to have lived in a kalpa earlier than the present by kalpas as numerous as the atoms of a chiliocosm. Amitābha is his ninth son. Śākyamuni his sixteenth, and the present 大衆 or assembly of believers are said to be the reincarnation of those who were his disciples in that former aeon; v. Lotus Sutra, chapter 7. |
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