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法位

see styles
fǎ wèi
    fa3 wei4
fa wei
 hōi
(1) Dharma-state, the bhūtatathatā. (2) The grade or position of a monk.

法住

see styles
fǎ zhù
    fa3 zhu4
fa chu
 hōjū
Dharma abode, i. e. the omnipresent bhūtatathatā in all things. dharmasthititā, continuity of dharma.

法侶


法侣

see styles
fǎ lǚ
    fa3 lv3
fa lü
 hōryo
A companion of the Dharma, a disciple.

法匠

see styles
fǎ jiàng
    fa3 jiang4
fa chiang
 hōshō
Dharma workman, a teacher able to mould his pupils.

法味

see styles
fǎ wèi
    fa3 wei4
fa wei
 houmi / homi
    ほうみ
(place-name) Houmi
The taste or flavour of the dharma.

法命

see styles
fǎ mìng
    fa3 ming4
fa ming
 hō myō
The wisdom-life of the dharmakāya, intp. as 法身慧命. The age or lifetime of a monk.

法喜

see styles
fǎ xǐ
    fa3 xi3
fa hsi
 houki / hoki
    ほうき
(surname) Houki
Joy in the Law, the joy of hearing or tasting dharma. Name of Dharmanandi, v. 曇.

法城

see styles
fǎ chéng
    fa3 cheng2
fa ch`eng
    fa cheng
 houjou / hojo
    ほうじょう
(given name) Hōjō
Dharma as a citadel against the false; the secure nirvāṇa abode; the sūtras as the guardians of truth.

法域

see styles
fǎ yù
    fa3 yu4
fa yü
 houiki / hoiki
    ほういき
jurisdiction
The realm of dharma, nirvāṇa; also 法性土.

法夏

see styles
fǎ xià
    fa3 xia4
fa hsia
 hōge
Dharma summers, the years or age of a monk; v. 法臘.

法天

see styles
fǎ tiān
    fa3 tian1
fa t`ien
    fa tien
 Hōten
Dharmadeva, a monk from the Nālandāsaṃghārāma who tr. under this name forty-six works, 973-981, and under the name of Dharmabhadra seventy-two works, 982-1001.

法子

see styles
fǎ zi
    fa3 zi5
fa tzu
 houko / hoko
    ほうこ
way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5]
(female given name) Houko
Child of the Dharma, one who makes his living by following Buddhism.

法宇

see styles
fǎ yǔ
    fa3 yu3
fa yü
 houu / hou
    ほうう
(See 寺・てら) temple (Buddhist)
Dharma roof, or canopy, a monastery.

法定

see styles
fǎ dìng
    fa3 ding4
fa ting
 houtei / hote
    ほうてい
statutory; law-based; legal
(noun - becomes adjective with の) legal; designated by law; (surname) Hōjō
One of the twelve names for the Dharma-nature, implying that it is the basis of all phenomena.

法密

see styles
fǎ mì
    fa3 mi4
fa mi
 Hōmitsu
Dharmagupta, founder of the school of this name in Ceylon, one of the seven divisions of the Sarvāstivādaḥ.

法寶


法宝

see styles
fǎ bǎo
    fa3 bao3
fa pao
 houbou / hobo
    ほうぼう
Buddha's teaching; Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc; (Daoism) magic weapon; talisman; fig. specially effective device; magic wand
(personal name) Houbou
Dharmaratna. (1) Dharma-treasure, i. e. the Law or Buddha-truth, the second personification in the triratna 三寶. (2) The personal articles of a monk or nun— robe, almsbowl, etc.

法將


法将

see styles
fǎ jiàng
    fa3 jiang4
fa chiang
 hōshō
Dharma-generals, i.e. monks of high character and leadership.

法山

see styles
fǎ shān
    fa3 shan1
fa shan
 houyama / hoyama
    ほうやま
(surname) Houyama
Buddha-truth mountain, i. e. the exalted dharma.

法帝

see styles
fǎ dì
    fa3 di4
fa ti
 hottei
Dharma emperor, i. e. the Buddha.

法座

see styles
fǎ zuò
    fa3 zuo4
fa tso
 houza / hoza
    ほうざ
(1) dharma seat (seat from which one gives Buddhist sermons); (2) Buddhist religious service
Dharma-seat

法忍

see styles
fǎ rěn
    fa3 ren3
fa jen
 hounin / honin
    ほうにん
(surname, given name) Hounin
Patience attained through dharma, to the overcoming of illusion; also ability to bear patiently external hardships.

法性

see styles
fǎ xìng
    fa3 xing4
fa hsing
 hosshou; houshou / hossho; hosho
    ほっしょう; ほうしょう
{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.

法恩

see styles
fǎ ēn
    fa3 en1
fa en
 Hōon
Dharma-grace, i. e. the grace of the triratna.

法愛


法爱

see styles
fǎ ài
    fa3 ai4
fa ai
 noa
    のあ
(female given name) Noa
Religious love in contrast with 欲愛 ordinary love; Dharma-love may be Hīnayāna desire for nirvāṇa; or bodhisattva attachment to illusory things, both of which are to be eradicated; or Tathāgata-love, which goes out to all beings for salvation.

法明

see styles
fǎ míng
    fa3 ming2
fa ming
 noriaki
    のりあき
(given name) Noriaki
Dharmaprabhāsa, brightness of the law, a Buddha who will appear in our universe in the Ratnāvabhāsa-kalpa in a realm called Suviśuddha 善淨, when there will be no sexual difference, birth taking place by transformation.

法智

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

法服

see styles
fǎ fú
    fa3 fu2
fa fu
 houfuku / hofuku
    ほうふく
see 法衣[fa3 yi1]
(1) court dress; judge's robe; judge's gown; lawyer's robe; barrister's gown; (2) clerical robe; priest's robe; monastic robe
法衣 Dharma garment, the robe.

法樂


法乐

see styles
fǎ lè
    fa3 le4
fa le
 hōraku
Religious joy, in contrast with the joy of common desire; that of hearing the dharma, worshipping Buddha, laying up merit, making offerings, repeating sūtras, etc.

法樹


法树

see styles
fǎ shù
    fa3 shu4
fa shu
 noriki
    のりき
(given name) Noriki
The dharma-tree which bears nirvāṇa-fruit.

法源

see styles
fǎ yuán
    fa3 yuan2
fa yüan
 hougen / hogen
    ほうげん
Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism); source of the law
(a) source of law; (given name) Hougen

法照

see styles
fǎ zhào
    fa3 zhao4
fa chao
 hosshou / hossho
    ほっしょう
(personal name) Hosshou
Dharma-shining; name of the fourth patriarch of the 蓮宗 Lotus sect.

法燈


法灯

see styles
fǎ dēng
    fa3 deng1
fa teng
 hottō
The lamp of dharma, which dispels the darkness of ignorance.

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.

法緣


法缘

see styles
fǎ yuán
    fa3 yuan2
fa yüan
 hōen
Dharma-caused, i.e. the sense of universal altruism giving rise to pity and mercy.

法苑

see styles
fǎ yuàn
    fa3 yuan4
fa yüan
 hōen
The garden of Dharma, Buddhism.

法華


法华

see styles
fǎ huā
    fa3 hua1
fa hua
 hokke; hoke
    ほっけ; ほけ
(1) (abbreviation) (See 法華宗) Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; (2) (abbreviation) (See 法華経) Lotus Sutra; (female given name) Myōka
The Dharma-flower, i.e. the Lotus Sutra, the法華經 or 妙法蓮華經 q.v. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sutra; also the法華宗 Lotus sect, i.e. that of Tiantai, which had this sutra for its basis. There are many treatises with this as part of the title. 法華法, 法華會, 法華講 ceremonials, meetings, or explications connected with this sutra.

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)

法藏

see styles
fǎ zàng
    fa3 zang4
fa tsang
 houzou / hozo
    ほうぞう
(personal name) Houzou
Dharma-store; also 佛法藏; 如來藏 (1) The absolute, unitary storehouse of the universe, the primal source of all things. (2) The Treasury of Buddha's teaching the sutras, etc. (3) Any Buddhist library. (4) Dharmākara, mine of the Law; one of the incarnations of Amitābha. (5) Title of the founder of the Huayan School 賢首法藏Xianshou Fazang.

法語


法语

see styles
fǎ yǔ
    fa3 yu3
fa yü
 hougo / hogo
    ほうご
French (language)
Buddhist sermon
Dharma-words, religious discourses.

法譬

see styles
fǎ pì
    fa3 pi4
fa p`i
    fa pi
 hōhi
Similes or illustrations of the Dharma.

法身

see styles
fǎ shēn
    fa3 shen1
fa shen
 hosshin; houshin / hosshin; hoshin
    ほっしん; ほうしん
{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.

法鈴


法铃

see styles
fǎ líng
    fa3 ling2
fa ling
 hōryō
The dharma-bell; the pleasing sound of intoning the sutras.

法鏡


法镜

see styles
fǎ jìng
    fa3 jing4
fa ching
 hōkyō
The Dharma mirror, reflecting the Buddha-wisdom.

法雨

see styles
fǎ yǔ
    fa3 yu3
fa yü
 houu / hou
    ほうう
shower of dharma; Buddhism flowing forth; (surname) Minori
The rain of Buddha-truth which fertilizes all beings.

法雲


法云

see styles
fǎ yún
    fa3 yun2
fa yün
 houun / houn
    ほううん
(given name) Houun
dharmamegha. Buddhism as a fertilizing cloud.

法雷

see styles
fǎ léi
    fa3 lei2
fa lei
 hōrai
The thunder of dharma, awakening man from stupor and stimulating the growth of virtue, the awful voice of Buddha-truth. 法電 The lightning of the Truth.

法食

see styles
fǎ shí
    fa3 shi2
fa shih
 hōjiki
dharmāhāra. Diet in harmony with the rules of Buddhism; truth as food. 法食時 The regulation time for meals, at or before noon, and not after.

法體


法体

see styles
fǎ tǐ
    fa3 ti3
fa t`i
    fa ti
 hōtai
Embodiment of the Law, or of things. (1) Elements into which the Buddhists divided the universe; the Abhidharmakośa has 75, the 成實論 Satyasiddhi Sāstra 84, the Yogācārya 100. (2) A monk.

涅槃

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

淨佛


净佛

see styles
jìng fó
    jing4 fo2
ching fo
 jōbutsu
Pure Buddha, perfect Buddhahood, of the dharmakāya nature.

淨業


淨业

see styles
jìng yè
    jing4 ye4
ching yeh
 jōgō
Good karma; also the deeds which lead to birth in the Pure Land.

減核


减核

see styles
jiǎn hé
    jian3 he2
chien ho
nuclear weapons reduction (abbr. for 裁減核武器|裁减核武器[cai2 jian3 he2 wu3 qi4]); disarmament

滅業


灭业

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

滅法


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.

滅觀


灭观

see styles
miè guān
    mie4 guan1
mieh kuan
 mekkan
The contemplation of extinction: the destruction of ignorance is followed by the annihilation of karma, of birth, old age, and death.

滿果


满果

see styles
mǎn guǒ
    man3 guo3
man kuo
 manka
滿業 The fruit, or karma, which fills out the details of any incarnation, as distinguished from 引業 which determines the type, e.g. man, animal, etc., of that incarnation.

漏業


漏业

see styles
lòu yè
    lou4 ye4
lou yeh
 rogō
The deeds of the sinner in the stream of transmigration, which produce his karma.

潤業


润业

see styles
rùn yè
    run4 ye4
jun yeh
 ningō
Fertilized karma, the original karma fertilized by the passions and distresses of life.

濁業


浊业

see styles
zhuó yè
    zhuo2 ye4
cho yeh
 jokugō
Contaminated karma, that produced by 貪 desire.

火辨

see styles
huǒ biàn
    huo3 bian4
huo pien
 Kaben
Citrabhānu, 質呾羅婆拏 described as one of the ten great writers of the Indian 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana school, a contemporary and colleague of Vasubandhu; but the description is doubtful.

烏波


乌波

see styles
wū bō
    wu1 bo1
wu po
 uha
upādāna, laying hold of, grasp; hence material, things; it transliterates bhāva and is intp. as 有 to have, be, exist, things, the resultant or karma of all previous and the cause of all future lives. v. 取 and 優.

無爲


无为

see styles
wú wéi
    wu2 wei2
wu wei
 mui
Non-active, passive; laisser-faire; spontaneous, natural; uncaused, not subject to cause, condition, or dependence; transcendental, not in time, unchanging, eternal, inactive, and free from the passions or senses; non-phenomenal, noumenal; also intp. as nirvāṇa, dharma-nature, reality, and dharmadhātu.

父母

see styles
fù mǔ
    fu4 mu3
fu mu
 fubo(p); chichihaha; tetehaha(ok); kazoiroha(ok); bumo(ok); kazoiro(ok)
    ふぼ(P); ちちはは; ててはは(ok); かぞいろは(ok); ぶも(ok); かぞいろ(ok)
father and mother; parents
father and mother; parents; (surname) Fubo
pitṛ-mātṛ, father and mother, parents; 無明 ignorance is referred to as father, and 貪愛 desire, or concupiscence, as mother, the two— ignorance and concupiscence— being the parents of all delusion and karma. Samādhi is also referred to as father, and praj na (wisdom) as mother, the parents of all knowledge and virtue. In the vast interchanges of rebirth all have been or are my parents, therefore all males are my father and all females my mother: 一切男女我父母 see 心地觀經 2.

片劑


片剂

see styles
piàn jì
    pian4 ji4
p`ien chi
    pien chi
(pharmacology) tablet

犍度

see styles
jiān dù
    jian1 du4
chien tu
 kendo
khaṇda, a piece, fragment, portion, section, chapter; a collection; the rules, monastic rules; also used for skandha, v. 塞. There are categories of eight, and twenty subjective divisions for the eight, v. the Abhidharma 八犍度論 B. N. 1273.

犰狳

see styles
qiú yú
    qiu2 yu2
ch`iu yü
    chiu yü
armadillo

玄一

see styles
xuán yī
    xuan2 yi1
hsüan i
 genichi
    げんいち
(given name) Gen'ichi
Xuanyi, a commentator of the 法相 Dharmalakṣana school during the Tang dynasty.

玄奘

see styles
xuán zàng
    xuan2 zang4
hsüan tsang
 genjou / genjo
    げんじょう
Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
(given name) Genjō; (person) Xuanzang (602-664)
Xuanzang, whose name is written variously e. g. Hsüan Chuang, Hiüen-tsang, Hiouen Tsang, Yüan Tsang, Yüen Chwang; the famous pilgrim to India, whose surname was 陳 Chen and personal name 禕 Wei; a native of Henan, A. D. 600-664 (Giles). It is said that he entered a monastery at 13 years of age and in 618 with his elder brother, who had preceded him in becoming a monk, went to Chang-an 長安, the capital, where in 622 he was fully ordained. Finding that China possessed only half of the Buddhist classics, he took his staff, bound his feet, and on foot braved the perils of the deserts and mountains of Central Asia. The date of his setting out is uncertain (629 or 627), but the year of his arrival in India is given as 633: after visiting and studying in many parts of India, he returned home, reaching the capital in 645, was received with honour and presented his collection of 657 works, 'besides many images and pictures, and one hundred and fifty relics, 'to the Court. Taizong, the emperor, gave him the 弘福寺 Hongfu monastery in which to work. He presented the manuscript of his famous 大唐西域記 Record of Western Countries in 646 and completed it as it now stands by 648. The emperor Gaozong called him to Court in 653 and gave him the 慈恩寺 Cien monastery in which to work, a monastery which ever after was associated with him; in 657 he removed him to the 玉華宮 Yuhua Gong and made that palace a monastery. He translated seventy-five works in 1335 juan. In India he received the titles of 摩訶耶那提婆 Mahāyānadeva and 木叉提婆 Mokṣadeva; he was also known as 三藏法師 Tripiṭaka teacher of Dharma. He died in 664, in his 65th year.

理佛

see styles
lǐ fó
    li3 fo2
li fo
 ributsu
The fundamental or intrinsic Buddha, i.e. the dharmakāya; also the Tiantai doctrine of Buddha as immanent in all beings, even those of the three lowest orders; which doctrine is also called 素法身 the plain, or undeveloped dharmakāya.

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.

生經


生经

see styles
shēng jīng
    sheng1 jing1
sheng ching
 Shō kyō
Stories of the previous incarnations of the Buddha and his disciples, tr. by Dharmapāla, 5 juan, third century A. D.

生身

see styles
shēng shēn
    sheng1 shen1
sheng shen
 namami; shoujin / namami; shojin
    なまみ; しょうじん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) living flesh; flesh and blood; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (しょうじん only) {Buddh} physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
The physical body; also that of a Buddha in contrast with his 法身 dharmakāya; also a bodhisattva's body when born into any mortal form.

界繫


界系

see styles
jiè xì
    jie4 xi4
chieh hsi
 kaike
The karma which binds to the finite, i. e. to any one of the three regions.

痴愛

see styles
chī ài
    chi1 ai4
ch`ih ai
    chih ai
Ignorance and desire, or unenlightened desire, ignorance being father, desire mother, which produce all affliction and evil karma.

白黑

see styles
bái hēi
    bai2 hei1
pai hei
 byakukoku
white and dark, e. g. 白黑業 good and evil deeds, or karma.

盲鰻


盲鳗

see styles
máng mán
    mang2 man2
mang man
 mekuraunagi; mekuraunagi
    めくらうなぎ; メクラウナギ
hagfish (jawless proto-fish of class Myxini)
(kana only) hagfish (esp. the species Myxine garmani from Japan)

眞佛

see styles
zhēn fó
    zhen1 fo2
chen fo
 shinbutsu
The real Buddha, i.e. the saṃbhogakāya, or reward body, in contrast to the nirmāṇakāya, or manifested body. Also the dharmakāya 法身 q.v.

眞如

see styles
zhēn rú
    zhen1 ru2
chen ju
 shinnyo
    しんにょ
(surname) Shinnyo
bhūtatathatā, 部多多他多. The眞 is intp. as 眞實 the real, 如 as 如常 thus always or eternally so; i.e. reality as contrasted with 虛妄 unreality, or appearance, and 不變不改 unchanging or immutable as contrasted with form and phenomena. It resembles the ocean in contrast with the waves. It is the eternal, impersonal, unchangeable reality behind all phenomena. bhūta is substance, that which exists; tathatā is suchness, thusness, i.e. such is its nature. The word is fundamental to Mahāyāna philosophy, implying the absolute, the ultimate source and character of all phenomena, it is the All. It is also called 自性淸淨心 self-existent pure Mind; 佛性 Buddha-nature; 法身 dharmakāya; 如來藏 tathāgata-garbha, or Buddha-treasury; 實相 reality; 法界 Dharma-realm; 法性Dharma-nature; 圓成實性 The complete and perfect real nature, or reality. There are categories of 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, and 12 in number: (1) The undifferentiated whole. (2) There are several antithetical classes, e.g. the unconditioned and the conditioned; the 空 void, static, abstract, noumenal, and the 不 空 not-void, dynamic, phenomenal; pure, and affected (or infected); undefiled (or innocent), i.e. that of Buddhas, defiled, that of all beings; in bonds and free; inexpressible, and expressible in words. (3) 無相 Formless; 無生 uncreated; 無性 without nature, i.e. without characteristics or qualities, absolute in itself. Also, as relative, i.e. good, bad, and indeterminate. (7, 10, 12) The 7 are given in the 唯識論 8; the 10 are in two classes, one of the 別教 cf. 唯識論 8; the other of the 圓教, cf. 菩提心義 4; the 12 are given in the Nirvana Sutra.

眞法

see styles
zhēn fǎ
    zhen1 fa3
chen fa
 shinbō
The real or absolute dharma without attributes, in contrast to phenomena which are regarded as momentary constructs.

眞色

see styles
zhēn sè
    zhen1 se4
chen se
 shinjiki
The mystic or subtle form of the bhūtatathatā, or absolute, the form of the void, or immaterial, dharmakāya.

眞身

see styles
zhēn shēn
    zhen1 shen1
chen shen
 shinshin
The true body, corpus of truth, dharmakāya, Buddha as absolute.

瞿沙

see styles
jù shā
    ju4 sha1
chü sha
 gusha
ghoṣa, murmur; sound of voices, etc., noise, roar; tr. sound of speaking, and 妙音; 美音 beautiful voice or speech; name of a famous dialectician and preacher who is accredited with restoration of sight to Dharmavivardhana, i.e. Kuṇāla, son of Aśoka, "by washing his eyes with the tears of people who were moved by his eloquence." Eitel. Also author of the Abhidharmāmṛta śāstra, which is called瞿沙經.

知事

see styles
zhī shì
    zhi1 shi4
chih shih
 chiji
    ちじ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) prefectural governor
To know affairs. The karmadāna, or director of affairs in a monastery, next below the abbot.

祖師


祖师

see styles
zǔ shī
    zu3 shi1
tsu shih
 soshi
    そし
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
founder of a sect; (surname) Soshi
A first teacher, or leader, founder of a school or sect; it has particular reference to Bodhidharma.

福業


福业

see styles
fú yè
    fu2 ye4
fu yeh
 fukugō
The karma of blessedness, a happy karma.

禪法


禅法

see styles
chán fǎ
    chan2 fa3
ch`an fa
    chan fa
 zenpō
Methods of mysticism as found in (1) the dhyānas recorded in the sūtras, called 如來禪 tathāgata-dhyānas; (2) traditional dhyāna, or the intuitional method brought to China by Bodhidharma, called 祖師禪, which also includes dhyāna ideas represented by some external act having an occult indication.

禪門


禅门

see styles
chán mén
    chan2 men2
ch`an men
    chan men
 zenmon
The meditative method in general. The dhyāna pāramitā, v. 六度. The intuitional school established in China according to tradition by Bodhidharma, personally propagated from mind to mind as an esoteric school.

穢業


秽业

see styles
huì yè
    hui4 ye4
hui yeh
 egō
Impure karma, one oft he 三業 q.v.

空教

see styles
kōng jiào
    kong1 jiao4
k`ung chiao
    kung chiao
 kuukyou / kukyo
    くうきょう
(given name) Kuukyō
The teaching that all is unreal. The 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa School divided Buddha's teaching into three periods: (1) the Hīnayāna period, teaching that 法有 things are real; (2) the 般若 prajñā period, that 法 空things are unreal; (3) the Huayan and Lotus period of the middle or transcendental doctrine 中道教.

空見


空见

see styles
kōng jiàn
    kong1 jian4
k`ung chien
    kung chien
 hiromi
    ひろみ
(female given name) Hiromi
The heterodox view that karma and nirvana are not real, v. 空有.

空魔

see styles
kōng mó
    kong1 mo2
k`ung mo
    kung mo
 kūma
The demons who arouse in the heart the false belief that karma is not real.

竺乾


竺干

see styles
zhú qián
    zhu2 qian2
chu ch`ien
    chu chien
 chiku ken
Buddha (archaic); Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)
India

竺法

see styles
zhú fǎ
    zhu2 fa3
chu fa
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha, archaic); Buddhist doctrine

結業


结业

see styles
jié yè
    jie2 ye4
chieh yeh
 ketsugō
to finish school, esp. a short course; to complete a course; (of a company) to cease operations
The karma resulting from the bondage to passion, or delusion.

結集


结集

see styles
jié jí
    jie2 ji2
chieh chi
 kesshuu / kesshu
    けっしゅう
(n,vs,vt,vi) concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
The collection and fixing of the Buddhist canon; especially the first assembly which gathered to recite the scriptures, Saṅgīti. Six assemblies for creation or revision of the canon are named, the first at the Pippala cave at Rājagṛha under Ajātaśatru, the second at Vaiśālī, the third at Pāṭaliputra under Aśoka, the fourth in Kashmir under Kaniṣka, the fifth at the Vulture Peak for the Mahāyāna, and the sixth for the esoteric canon. The first is sometimes divided into two, that of those within 'the cave', and that of those without, i.e. the intimate disciples, and the greater assembly without; the accounts are conflicting and unreliable. The notable three disciples to whom the first reciting is attributed are Kāśyapa, as presiding elder, Ānanda for the Sūtras and the Abhidharma, and Upāli for the Vinaya; others attribute the Abhidharma to Pūrṇa, or Kāśyapa; but, granted the premises, whatever form their work may have taken, it cannot have been that of the existing Tripiṭaka. The fifth and sixth assemblies are certainly imaginary.

維那


维那

see styles
wéi nà
    wei2 na4
wei na
 ina; ino
    いな; いの
{Buddh} (See 六知事) one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs); (female given name) Yuina
羯磨陀那 karmadāna, the duty-distributor, deacon, arranger of duties, second in command of a monastery.

緣事


缘事

see styles
yuán shì
    yuan2 shi4
yüan shih
 enji
To lay hold of, or study things or phenomena, in contrast to principles or noumena, cf. 緣理; meditation on the Buddha's nirmāṇakāya and saṃbhogakāya, in contrast with the dharmakāya.

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