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中論


中论

see styles
zhōng lùn
    zhong1 lun4
chung lun
 Chūron
中觀論 Prāñnyāya-mūla-śāstra-ṭīkā, or Prāṇyamula-śāstra-ṭīkā; the Mādhyamika-śāstra, attributed to the bodhisattvas Nāgārjuna as creator, and Nīlacakṣus as compiler; tr. by Kumārajīva A. D. 409. It is the principal work of the Mādhyamika, or Middle School, attributed to Nāgārjuna. Versions only exist in Chinese and Tibetan; an English translation by Miyamoto exists and publication is promised; a German version is by Walleser. The 中論 is the first and most?? important of the 三論 q. v. The teaching of this School is found additionally in the 順中論; 般若燈論釋大乘中觀釋論 and 中論疏. Cf. 中道. The doctrine opposes the rigid categories of existence and non-existence 假 and 空, and denies the two extremes of production (or creation) and nonproduction and other antitheses, in the interests of a middle or superior way.

中辛

see styles
 chuukara; chuugara / chukara; chugara
    ちゅうから; ちゅうがら
(adj-no,n) medium-spicy

中門

see styles
 chuumon / chumon
    ちゅうもん
(1) (See 寝殿造り,対の屋,釣り殿) gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture); (2) central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple); (3) central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse); (surname) Nakakado

中風


中风

see styles
zhòng fēng
    zhong4 feng1
chung feng
 chuufuu; chuubu; chuubuu; chuufu / chufu; chubu; chubu; chufu
    ちゅうふう; ちゅうぶ; ちゅうぶう; ちゅうふ
to suffer a paralyzing stroke
palsy; paralysis; (surname) Nakakaze

中黒

see styles
 nakaguro
    なかぐろ
(・) middle dot; centred period; full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint; symbol used for interword separation, between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.; (place-name, surname) Nakaguro

串原

see styles
 kushihara
    くしはら
(place-name, surname) Kushihara

丸原

see styles
 marubara
    まるばら
(place-name) Marubara

丸瓦

see styles
 marugawara
    まるがわら
(See 平瓦) convex roof tile

丸皿

see styles
 maruzara
    まるざら
round plate

丸盤

see styles
 maruzara
    まるざら
round plate

丹原

see styles
 tanbara
    たんばら
(place-name, surname) Tanbara

主事

see styles
zhǔ shì
    zhu3 shi4
chu shih
 shuji
    しゅじ
manager; director; superintendent; overseer
viharāsvāmin; controller, director, the four heads of affairs in a monastery 監寺, 維那, 典坐, and 直歳.

主傘

see styles
 shusan
    しゅさん
main parachute

主公

see styles
zhǔ gōng
    zhu3 gong1
chu kung
 shukou / shuko
    しゅこう
Your Highness; Your Majesty
(1) (archaism) master; (2) (archaism) main character; protagonist

主原

see styles
 nushihara
    ぬしはら
(surname) Nushihara

主悦

see styles
 chikara
    ちから
(given name) Chikara

主腦


主脑

see styles
zhǔ nǎo
    zhu3 nao3
chu nao
leader; the one in control; main (part, character etc)

主麻

see styles
zhǔ má
    zhu3 ma2
chu ma
(Islam) Jumu'ah (refers to Friday or the noon prayer on Friday) (loanword from Arabic); (Islam) a week

乃楽

see styles
 nara
    なら
(personal name) Nara

久別


久别

see styles
jiǔ bié
    jiu3 bie2
chiu pieh
a long period of separation

久原

see styles
 hisahara
    ひさはら
(place-name, surname) Hisahara

久楽

see styles
 kurara
    くらら
(personal name) Kurara

久樂

see styles
 kudara
    くだら
(surname) Kudara

久歌

see styles
 kurara
    くらら
(female given name) Kurara

久闊


久阔

see styles
jiǔ kuò
    jiu3 kuo4
chiu k`uo
    chiu kuo
 kyuukatsu / kyukatsu
    きゅうかつ
a long period of separation
not having met or contacted someone for a long time; neglect of friends

乍ら

see styles
 nagara
    ながら
(particle) (1) (kana only) while; during; as; (particle) (2) (kana only) (See 我ながら) while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; (particle) (3) (kana only) (See 二つながら) all; both; (particle) (4) (kana only) as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears"); (prefix) (5) (See ながら族・ながらぞく) while doing something else (at the same time)

乖戾

see styles
guāi lì
    guai1 li4
kuai li
perverse (behavior); disagreeable (character)

乖离

see styles
guāi lí
    guai1 li2
kuai li
to part; to separate; to deviate

乖離


乖离

see styles
guāi lí
    guai1 li2
kuai li
 kairi
    かいり
(noun/participle) divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
to diverge

乗原

see styles
 nonbara
    のんばら
(place-name) Nonbara

乙仲

see styles
 otsunaka
    おつなか
(abbreviation) (abbr. of 乙種海運仲立業) chartering broker (arranges customs clearance and shipping details for trade goods); freight forwarding agent

乙原

see styles
 onbara
    おんばら
(place-name, surname) Onbara

九仙

see styles
 kyuusen / kyusen
    きゅうせん
(kana only) multicolorfin rainbowfish (Parajulis poecilepterus, was Halichoeres poecilopterus); (given name) Kyūsen

九原

see styles
 kuhara
    くはら
(surname) Kuhara

九地

see styles
jiǔ dì
    jiu3 di4
chiu ti
 kyuuchi / kyuchi
    きゅうち
very low land; (surname) Kuji
The nine lands, i.e. the 欲界 realm of desire or sensuous realm the four 色界 realms of form or material forms; and the four 無色界 formless realms, or realms beyond form; v. 九有, 九有情居, 禪 and 定. The nine realms are:—(1) 欲界五趣地; the desire realm with its five gati, i.e. hells, hungry ghosts, animals, men, and devas. In the four form-realms are:— (2) 離生喜樂地 Paradise after earthly life, this is also the first dhyāna, or subject of meditation, 初禪. (3) 定生喜樂地 Paradise of cessation of rebirth, 二禪. (4) 離喜妙樂地 Land of wondrous joy after the previous joys, 三禪. (5) 捨念淸淨地 The Pure Land of abandonment of thought, or recollection (of past delights), 四禪. The four formless, or infinite realms, catur arūpa dhātu, are:—(6) 空無邊處地 ākāśānantyā-yatanam, the land of infinite space; also the first samādhi, 第一定. (7) 識無邊處地 vijñānānamtyāyatanam, the land of omniscience, or infinite perception, 二定. (8) 無所有處地 ākiñcanyāyatana, the land of nothingness, 三定. (9) 非想非非想處地 naivasaṁjñānā-saṁjñāyatana, the land (of knowledge) without thinking or not thinking, or where there is neither consciousness nor unconsciousness, i.e. above either; this is the 四定. Eitel says that in the last four, "Life lasts 20,000 great kalpas in the 1st, 40,000 in the 2nd, 60,000 in the 3rd, and 80,000 great kalpas in the 4th of these heavens."

九字

see styles
jiǔ zì
    jiu3 zi4
chiu tzu
 kuji
    くじ
{Buddh} (See 臨兵闘者皆陣裂在前) nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
The nine magical characters 臨兵鬪者皆陳列在前 implying that the armed forces are arrayed against the powers of evil. After reciting these words, four vertical and five horizontal lines, forming a grid, are drawn in the air to show that the forces are arrayed. It was used among Taoists and soldiers, and is still used in Japan, especially when going into the mountains.

九惱


九恼

see styles
jiun ǎo
    jiun3 ao3
jiun ao
 kunō
also 九難, 九橫, 九罪報 The nine distresses borne by the Buddha while in the flesh, i.e. the two women Sundarā and Cañcā; others from Devadatta, Ajātaśatru, etc.; v. 智度論 9.

九曜

see styles
jiǔ yào
    jiu3 yao4
chiu yao
 kuyou / kuyo
    くよう
(1) (myth) Navagraha (divine personifications of the nine celestial bodies in Hindu mythology); nine luminaries; (2) (abbreviation) (See 九曜星,陰陽道) (in Onmyōdō) divination of a person's fate based on the nine celestial bodies's positions at birth; (surname) Kuyou
九執 q.v. Navagraha. The nine luminaries: 日 Āditya, the sun; 月 Sōma, the moon; the five planets, i.e. 火星 Aṅgāraka, Mars; 水 Budha, Mercury; 木 Bṛhaspati, Jupiter; 金 Sukra, Venus; and 土 Śanaiścara, Saturn; also 羅睺 Rāhu, the spirit that causes eclipses; and 計都 Ketu, a comet. Each is associated with a region of the sky and also with a bodhisattva, etc., e.g. the sun with Guanyin, Venus with Amitābha, etc.

九石

see styles
 sazarashi
    さざらし
(place-name) Sazarashi

九蓮


九莲

see styles
jiǔ lián
    jiu3 lian2
chiu lien
 kuren
The paradise of Amitābha, i.e. 九品蓮臺.

九轍


九辙

see styles
jiǔ zhé
    jiu3 zhe2
chiu che
 kutetsu
Kumārajīva's nine divisions of the meaning of the Lotus Sūtra, whence he was styled the 九轍法師.

九部

see styles
jiǔ bù
    jiu3 bu4
chiu pu
 kubu
(九部經) Nine of the Hīnayāna twelve classes of sūtras, that is, all except the 方廣, 授記 and 無門自說. Generally the term is thus interpreted, but there is also a Mahāyāna division of nine of the twelve sūtras, i.e. all except the 緣起, 譬喩, 論議. These are: sūtras, the Buddha's sermons; geyas, metrical pieces; vyākaraṇas, prophecies; gāthās, chants or poems; udāṇas, impromptu or unsolicited addresses; ityuktas, or itivṛttakas, marratives; jātakas, stories of former lives of Buddha, etc.; vaipulyas, expanded sūtras, etc.; adbhutadharmas, miracles, etc.; v. 十二部經.

也来

see styles
 yarai
    やらい
(given name) Yarai

乱売

see styles
 ranbai
    らんばい
(noun, transitive verb) selling at a fire-sale price; clearance sale; dumping

乳原

see styles
 ubara
    うばら
(surname) Ubara

乾原

see styles
 inuhara
    いぬはら
(surname) Inuhara

乾咳


干咳

see styles
gān ké
    gan1 ke2
kan k`o
    kan ko
 karazeki
    からぜき
    karaseki
    からせき
to cough without phlegm; a dry cough
(1) dry cough; hacking cough; (2) intentional cough (i.e. to get someone's attention)

乾拭

see styles
 karabuki
    からぶき
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) polishing with a dry cloth; wiping with a dry cloth

乾改

see styles
 inuiaratame
    いぬいあらため
(place-name) Inuiaratame

乾物

see styles
 hoshimono
    ほしもの
    himono
    ひもの
    kanbutsu
    かんぶつ
    karamono
    からもの
(irregular okurigana usage) things dried in the sun (esp. clothes, dyed cloth, etc.); (noun - becomes adjective with の) dry provisions; dried food; dried goods; groceries; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

乾竹

see styles
 karatake
    からたけ
(1) (kana only) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

乾陀


干陀

see styles
qián tuó
    qian2 tuo2
ch`ien t`o
    chien to
 Kanda
Yugamhdhara, cf. 踰乾陀羅, the first of the concentric mountains of a world; also name of a tree.

乾鮭

see styles
 karazake
    からざけ
dried salted salmon

乾鱈

see styles
 hoshidara
    ほしだら
    hidara
    ひだら
dried cod

亀原

see styles
 kamehara
    かめはら
(surname) Kamehara

亀腹

see styles
 kamebara
    かめばら
white plaster bun-shaped mound (used to support base stones, etc.)

亀鑑

see styles
 kikan
    きかん
pattern; example; model; paragon; mirror; (given name) Kikan

亂碼


乱码

see styles
luàn mǎ
    luan4 ma3
luan ma
mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding)

予め

see styles
 arakajime
    あらかじめ
(adverb) (kana only) beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously

予令

see styles
 yorei / yore
    よれい
preparatory command

予備

see styles
 yobi
    よび
(noun - becomes adjective with の) preparation; preliminaries; reserve; spare

予科

see styles
 yoka
    よか
preparatory course; preparatory department

予習

see styles
 yoshuu / yoshu
    よしゅう
(noun, transitive verb) preparation for a lesson

争い

see styles
 arasoi
    あらそい
(1) fight; dispute; feud; conflict; struggle; strife; discord; argument; quarrel; controversy; (2) competition; contest; rivalry

争う

see styles
 arasou / araso
    あらそう
(v5u,vi) (1) to compete; to contest; to contend; (v5u,vi) (2) to quarrel; to argue; to dispute; to be at variance; to oppose; (v5u,vi) (3) (usu. in negative form) (See 争えない) to deny (e.g. evidence)

事教

see styles
shì jiào
    shi4 jiao4
shih chiao
 jikyō
Teaching dealing with phenomena. The characterization by Tiantai of the Tripiṭaka or Hīnayāna teaching as 界内事教 within the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness; and the 別教 'different teaching' as 界外事教 outside or superior to those realms; the one dealt with the activities of time and sense, the other transcended these but was still involved in the transient; the 別教 was initial Mahāyāna incompletely developed.

事柄

see styles
 kotogara
    ことがら
matter; thing; affair; circumstance

二原

see styles
 nihara
    にはら
(surname) Nihara

二唐

see styles
 nigara
    にがら
(surname) Nigara

二善

see styles
èr shàn
    er4 shan4
erh shan
 futayoshi
    ふたよし
(surname) Futayoshi
The two good things, 定善 the good character that arises from meditation or contemplation mdash especially of the Pure Land; 散善 the good character attainable when, though not in meditation, one controls oneself in thought, word, and deed;. Also 未生善 the good character not yet evolved; and 已生善 the good character already evolved;. Also 事理善 goodness in theory and practice.

二圓


二圆

see styles
èr yuán
    er4 yuan2
erh yüan
 nien
The two perfect doctrines, a term of the Tiantai School, called 今圓 (also 開顯圓 and 絶待圓) and 昔圓 (also 相待圓 ). 今圓 is the present really perfect 一實 doctrine arising from the Lotus Sūtra; 昔圓 is the older, or 相待 comparatively speaking perfect doctrine of the pre-Lotus teaching, that of the 藏, 通, and 別 schools; but the older was for limited salvation and not universal like the 今圓; these two are also termed 部圓 and 教圓 . The Huayan school has a division of the two perfections into 漸圓 gradual perfection and 頓圓 immediate perfection.

二土

see styles
èr tǔ
    er4 tu3
erh t`u
    erh tu
 nido
There are three groups: 性土 and 相土 : the former is the ubiquitous, unadulterated or innocent 法性之理 dharma-name, or essence of things; the latter is the form-nature, or formal existence of the dharma, pure or impure according to the mind and action of the living. The 淨土 and 穢土 are Pure-land or Paradise; and impure land, e.g. the present world. In the Pure-land there are also 報土 , the land in which a Buddha himself dwells and 化土 in which all beings are transformed. There are other definitions, e. g. the former is Buddha's Paradise, the latter the world in which he dwells and which he is transforming, e. g. this Sahā-world.

二妙

see styles
èr miào
    er4 miao4
erh miao
 nimyō
The dual "marvel" of the Lotus sūtra, the 相待妙 or comparative view, i.e. compared with all previous teaching, which is the rough groundwork; and the 絕待妙 or view of it as the perfection of teaching; hence it is "wonderful" in comparison with all previous doctrine, and absolutely "wonderful' in itself; cf. 二圓.

二字

see styles
èr zì
    er4 zi4
erh tzu
 niji
    にじ
two characters; name; (surname) Niji
Double-letters, i.e. a monk-because a monk's name consists of two characters.

二果

see styles
èr guǒ
    er4 guo3
erh kuo
 nika
Sakṛdāgāmin; v. 裟 and 斯. The second "fruit" of the four kinds of Hīnayāna arhats, who have only once more to return to mortality. Also the two kinds of fruit or karma: (a) 習氣果 The good or evil characteristics resulting from habit or practice in a former existence; (b) 報果the pain or pleasure resulting (in this life) from the practices of a previous life.

二現


二现

see styles
èr xiàn
    er4 xian4
erh hsien
 nigen
The two kinds of manifestation, or appearance, 須現 the necessary appearance in the flesh of the Buddha for ordinary people, and 不須現 the non-necessity for this to those of spiritual vision.

二相

see styles
èr xiàng
    er4 xiang4
erh hsiang
 nisou / niso
    にそう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) two-phase
The two forms, or characteristics, of the bhutatathata, universal and particular. The 起信論 gives (a) 淨智相 pure wisdom, cf. ālaya-vijñāna, out of whose primary condition arise (b) 不思議用相 inconceivable, beneficial functions and uses. The same śāstra gives also a definition of the 眞如 as (a) 同相 that all things, pure or impure, are fundamentally of the same universal, e.g. clay which is made into tiles; (b) 異相 but display particular qualities, as affected by pure or impure causes, e.g. the tiles. Another definition, of the 智度論 31, is (a) 總相 universals, as impermanence; (b) 別相 particulars, for though all things have the universal basis of impermanence they have particular qualities, e.g. earth-solidity, heat of fire, etc.

二穴

see styles
 niketsu
    にけつ
(1) two holes; (2) toilet with separate chambers for urine and faeces; (3) (slang) (kana only) (usu. written as ニケツ) (See ニケツ・1) riding double (on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.); (place-name, surname) Futaana

二簡


二简

see styles
èr jiǎn
    er4 jian3
erh chien
Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (abbr. for 第二次漢字簡化方案|第二次汉字简化方案[Di4-er4 Ci4 Han4zi4 Jian3hua4 Fang1an4])

二聖


二圣

see styles
èr shèng
    er4 sheng4
erh sheng
 ni shō
Śākyamuni and Prabhūtaratna 多寶.

二荒

see styles
 futara
    ふたら
(surname) Futara

二量

see styles
èr liáng
    er4 liang2
erh liang
 niryō
The two "measurings," or parts of a syllogism : (a) 現量 appearance, e.g. smoke; (b) 比量 inference, e.g. fire from smoke.

五乘

see styles
wǔ shèng
    wu3 sheng4
wu sheng
 gojō
The five vehicles conveying to the karma reward which differs according to the vehicle: they are generally summed up as (1) 入乘 rebirth among men conveyed by observing the five commandments; (2) 天乘 among the devas by the ten forms of good action; (3) 聲聞乘 among the śrāvakas by the four noble truths; (4) 緣覺乘 among pratyekabuddhas by the twelve nidānas; (5) 菩薩乘 among the Buddhas and bodhisattvas by the six pāramitās 六度 q. v. Another division is the various vehicles of bodhisattvas; pratyekabuddhas; śrāvakas; general; and devas-and-men. Another is Hīnayāna Buddha, pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, the gods of the Brahma heavens, and those of the desire-realm. Another is Hīnayāna ordinary disciples: śrāvakas: pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas; and the one all-inclusive vehicle. And a sixth, of Tiantai, is for men; devas; śrāvakas-cum-pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas: and the Buddha-vehicle. The esoteric cult has: men, corresponding with earth; devas, with water: śrāvakas, with fire: pratyekabuddhas, with wind; and bodhisattvas, with 空 the 'void'.

五体

see styles
 gotai
    ごたい
(1) the whole body; (2) the five styles of writing Chinese characters; (3) (orig. meaning) the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

五刑

see styles
wǔ xíng
    wu3 xing2
wu hsing
 gokei / goke
    ごけい
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]; Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
(1) (hist) five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); (2) (hist) (See 律令制) five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)

五力

see styles
wǔ lì
    wu3 li4
wu li
 goriki
pañcabalāni, the five powers or faculties — one of the categories of the thirty-seven bodhipakṣika dharma 三十七助道品; they destroy the 五障 five obstacles, each by each, and are: 信力 śraddhābala, faith (destroying doubt); 精進力 vīryabala, zeal (destroying remissness); 念 or 勤念 smṛtibala, memory or thought (destroying falsity); 正定力 samādhibala, concentration of mind, or meditation (destroying confused or wandering thoughts); and 慧力 prajñābala, wisdom (destroying all illusion and delusion). Also the five transcendent powers, i. e. 定力 the power of meditation; 通力 the resulting supernatural powers; 借識力 adaptability, or powers of 'borrowing' or evolving any required organ of sense, or knowledge, i. e. by beings above the second dhyāna heavens; 大願力 the power of accomplishing a vow by a Buddha or bodhisattva; and 法威德力 the august power of Dharma. Also, the five kinds of Mara powers exerted on sight, 五大明王.

五加

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wǔ jiā
    wu3 jia1
wu chia
 goka
    ごか
Acanthopanax gracilistylus
(kana only) fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus); (place-name, surname) Goka

五山

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wǔ shān
    wu3 shan1
wu shan
 gosan; gozan
    ごさん; ござん
(rare) five most important temples of a region; (surname) Goyama
Five mountains and monasteries: (1) in India, sacred because of their connection with the Buddha: 鞞婆羅跋怒 Vaibhāra-vana; 薩多般那求呵 Saptaparṇaguhā; 因陀羅勢羅求呵 Indraśailaguhā; 薩簸恕魂直迦鉢婆羅 Sarpiṣ kuṇḍikā-prāgbhāra; 耆闍崛 Gṛdhrakūṭa; (2) in China, established during the Five Dynasties and the Southern Sung dynasty, on the analogy of those in India; three at Hangzhou at 徑山 Jingshan, 北山 Beishan, and 南山 Nanshan and two at Ningbo at 阿育王山 King Aśoka Shan and 太白山 Taiboshan. Later the Yuan dynasty established one at 全陵 Chin Ling, the 天界大龍翔隻慶寺 which became chief of these under the Ming dynasty.

五嵐

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 igarashi
    いがらし
(surname) Igarashi

五嶺


五岭

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wǔ lǐng
    wu3 ling3
wu ling
 gorei / gore
    ごれい
the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭[Da4 yu3 ling3], Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭[Du1 pang2 ling3], Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭[Qi2 tian2 ling3], Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭[Meng2 zhu3 ling3] and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭[Yue4 cheng2 ling3]
(place-name) Nanling Mountains (China); Wuling

五度

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wǔ dù
    wu3 du4
wu tu
 godo
    ごど
five degrees; fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh)
{music} fifth (interval)
The five means of transportation over the sea of mortality to salvation; they are the five pāramitās 五波羅蜜— almsgiving, commandment-keeping, patience under provocation, zeal, and meditation.

五時


五时

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wǔ shí
    wu3 shi2
wu shih
 goji
(五時教) The five periods or divisions of Śākyamuni's teaching. According to Tiantai they are (1) 華嚴時 the Avataṃsaka or first period in three divisions each of seven days, after his enlightenment, when he preached the content, of this sutra; (2) 鹿苑時 the twelve years of his preaching the Āgamas 阿含 in the Deer Park; (3) 方等時 the eight years of preaching Mahāyāna-cum-Hīnayāna doctrines, the vaipulya period; (4) 般若時 the twenty-two years of his preaching the prajñā or wisdom sutras; (5) 法華涅槃時 the eight years of his preaching the Lotus Sutra and, in a day and a night, the Nirvana Sutra. According to the Nirvana School (now part of the Tiantai) they are (1) 三乘別教 the period when the differentiated teaching began and the distinction of the three vehicles, as represented by the 四諦 Four Noble Truths for śrāvakas, the 十二因緣 Twelve Nidānas for pratyekabuddhas, and the 六度 Six Pāramitās for bodhisattvas; (2) 三乘通教 the teaching common to all three vehicles, as seen in the 般若經; (3) 抑揚教 the teaching of the 維摩經, the 思益梵天所問經, and other sutras olling the bodhisattva teaching at the expense of that for śrāvakas; (4) 同歸教 the common objective teaching calling all three vehicles, through the Lotus, to union in the one vehicle; (5) 常住教 the teaehmg of eternal life i. e. the revelation through the Nirvana sutra of the eternity of Buddhahood; these five are also called 有相; 無相; 抑揚; 曾三歸—; and 圓常. According to 劉虬 Liu Chiu of the 晉 Chin dynasty, the teaching is divided into 頓 immediate and 漸 gradual attainment, the latter having five divisions called 五時教 similar to those of the Tiantai group. According to 法寶 Fabao of the Tang dynasty the five are (1) 小乘; (2) 般着 or 大乘; (3) 深密 or 三乘; (4) 法華 or 一乘; (5) 涅槃 or 佛性教.

五法

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wǔ fǎ
    wu3 fa3
wu fa
 gohō
pañcadharma. The five laws or categories, of which four groups are as follows: I. 相名五法 The five categories of form and name: (1) 相 appearances, or phenomena; (2) 名 their names; (3) 分別 sometimes called 妄想 ordinary mental discrimination of them— (1) and (2) are objective, (3) subjective; (4) 正智 corrective wisdom, which corrects the deficiencies and errors of the last: (5) 如如 the 眞如 Bhutatathata or absolute wisdom, reached through the 如理智 understanding of the law of the absolute, or ultimate truth. II. 事理五法 The five categories into which things and their principles are divided: (1) 心法 mind; (2) 心所法 mental conditions or activities; (3) 色法 the actual states or categories as conceived; (4) 不相應法 hypothetic categories, 唯識 has twenty-four, the Abhidharma fourteen; (5) 無爲法 the state of rest, or the inactive principle pervading all things; the first four are the 事 and the last the 理. III. 理智五法 cf. 五智; the five categories of essential wisdom: (1) 眞如 the absolute; (2) 大圓鏡智 wisdom as the great perfect mirror reflecting all things; (3) 平等性智 wisdom of the equal Buddha nature of all beings; (4) 妙觀察智 wisdom of mystic insight into all things and removal of ignorance and doubt; (5) 成所作智 wisdom perfect in action and bringing blessing to self and others. IV. 提婆五法 The five obnoxious rules of Devadatta: not to take milk in any form, nor meat, nor salt; to wear unshaped garments, and to live apart. Another set is: to wear cast-off rags, beg food, have only one set meal a day, dwell in the open, and abstain from all kinds of flesh, milk, etc.

五筆


五笔

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wǔ bǐ
    wu3 bi3
wu pi
abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983

五繫


五系

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wǔ xì
    wu3 xi4
wu hsi
 goke
The five suspended corpses, or dead snakes, hanging from the four limbs and neck of Mara as Papiyan; v. Nirvana sutra 6.

五股

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wǔ gǔ
    wu3 gu3
wu ku
 goko
Wugu township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
(五股杵 or 五股金剛); also 五鈷, 五古, or 五M029401 The five-pronged vajra or thunderbolt emblem of the 五部 five groups and 五智 five wisdom powers of the vajradhātu; doubled it is an emblem of the ten pāramitās. In the esoteric cult the 五股印 five-pronged vajra is the symbol of the 五智 five wisdom powers and the 五佛 five Buddhas, and has several names 五大印, 五智印, 五峯印; 金剛慧印, 大羯印, and 大率都婆印, and has many definitions.

五蘊


五蕴

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wǔ yùn
    wu3 yun4
wu yün
 goun / gon
    ごうん
the Five Aggregates (from Sanskrit "skandha") (Buddhism)
{Buddh} the five skandhas (matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness); the five aggregates
The five skandhas, pañca-skandha: also 五陰; 五衆; 五塞犍陀 The five cumulations, substances, or aggregates, i. e. the components of an intelligent being, specially a human being: (1) 色 rūpa, form, matter, the physical form related to the five organs of sense; (2) 受 vedana, reception, sensation, feeling, the functioning of the mind or senses in connection with affairs and things; (3) 想 saṃjñā, conception, or discerning; the functioning of mind in distinguishing; (4) 行 saṃskāra, the functioning of mind in its processes regarding like and dislike, good and evil, etc.; (5) 識 vijñāna, mental faculty in regard to perception and cognition, discriminative of affairs and things. The first is said to be physical, the other four mental qualities; (2), (3), and (4) are associated with mental functioning, and therefore with 心所; (5) is associated with the faculty or nature of the mind 心王 manas. Eitel gives— form, perception, consciousness, action, knowledge. See also Keith's Buddhist Philosophy, 85-91.

五見


五见

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wǔ jiàn
    wu3 jian4
wu chien
 gomi
    ごみ
(surname) Gomi
The five wrong views: (1) 身見 satkāya-dṛṣṭi, i. e. 我見 and 我所見 the view that there is a real self, an ego, and a mine and thine: (2) 邊見 antar-grāha, extreme views. e. g. extinction or permanence; (3) 邪見 mithyā, perverse views, which, denying cause and effect, destroy the foundations of morality; (4) 見取見 dṛṣṭi-parāmarśa, stubborn perverted views, viewing inferior things as superior, or counting the worse as the better; (5) 戒禁取見 śīla-vrata-parāmarśa, rigid views in favour of rigorous ascetic prohibitions, e. g. covering oneself with ashes. Cf. 五利使.

五言

see styles
 gogon
    ごごん
Chinese poem with five characters per line

五識


五识

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wǔ shì
    wu3 shi4
wu shih
 goshiki
The five parijñānas, perceptions or cognitions; ordinarily those arising from the five senses, i. e. of form-and-color, sound, smell, taste, and touch. The 起信論 Awakening of Faith has a different set of five steps in the history of cognition; (1) 業識 initial functioning of mind under the influence of the original 無明 unenlightenment or state of ignorance; (2) 轉識 the act of turning towards the apparent object for its observation; (3) 現識 observation of the object as it appears; (4) 知識 the deductions derived from its appearance; (5) 相續識 the consequent feelings of like or dislike, pleasure or pain, from which arise the delusions and incarnations.

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