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Simple Dictionary Definition

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xìn
    xin4
hsin
 yuki
    ゆき

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Believe / Faith / Trust
letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
(1) honesty; sincerity; fidelity; (2) trust; reliance; confidence; (3) (religious) faith; devotion; (counter) (4) counter for received messages; (female given name) Yuki
śraddhā. Faith; to believe; belief; faith regarded as the faculty of the mind which sees, appropriates, and trusts the things of religion; it joyfully trusts in the Buddha, in the pure virtue of the triratna and earthly and transcendental goodness; it is the cause of the pure life, and the solvent of doubt. Two forms are mentioned: (1) adhimukti, intuition, tr. by self-assured enlightenment. (2) śraddhā, faith through hearing or being taught. For the Awakening of Faith, Śraddhotpāda, v. 起信論.


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shàn
    shan4
shan
 yuzuri
    ゆずり

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Zen / Chan / Meditation
to abdicate
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri
To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim.

信仰

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xìn yǎng
    xin4 yang3
hsin yang
 shinkou / shinko
    しんこう
to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction
(noun, transitive verb) (religious) faith; belief; creed; (given name) Shinkou
To believe in and look up to.

信實


信实

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xìn shí
    xin4 shi2
hsin shih
 nobuzane
    のぶざね

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Faithfulness
trustworthy; reliable; to believe something to be true
(personal name) Nobuzane

信徒

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xìn tú
    xin4 tu2
hsin t`u
    hsin tu
 shinto
    しんと

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Believer
believer
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
a believer

堅信


坚信

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jiān xìn
    jian1 xin4
chien hsin
 kenshin
    けんしん

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Firm Belief / Strong Faith
to believe firmly; without any doubt
(Christian rite of) confirmation; (personal name) Kenshin
firm faith

日蓮


日莲

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rì lián
    ri4 lian2
jih lien
 nichiren
    にちれん

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Nichiren
(given name) Nichiren; (person) Nichiren (Buddhist priest, 1222-82, founder of the Nichiren sect)
Nichiren, the Japanese founder, in A. D. 1252, of the 日蓮宗 Nichiren sect, which is also known as the 法華宗 or Lotus sect. Its chief tenets are the three great mysteries 三大祕法, representing the trikāya: (1) 本尊 or chief object of worship, being the great maṇḍala of the worlds of the ten directions, or universe, i. e. the body or nirmāṇakāya of Buddha; (2) 題目 the title of the Lotus Sutra 妙法蓮華經 Myo-ho-ren-gwe-kyo, preceded by Namo, or, 'Adoration to the scripture of the lotus of the wonderful law, ' for it is Buddha's spiritual body; (3) 戒壇 the altar of the law, which is also the title of the Lotus as above; the believer, wherever he is, dwells in the Pure-land of calm light 寂光淨土, the saṃbhogakāya.

相信

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xiāng xìn
    xiang1 xin4
hsiang hsin
 ainobu
    あいのぶ

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Believe
to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
(surname) Ainobu

神体

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 shintai
    しんたい

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Shintai
{Shinto} shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

蛟龍


蛟龙

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jiāo lóng
    jiao1 long2
chiao lung
 kouryuu / koryu
    こうりゅう

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Water Dragon / Rain Dragon
legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods
(1) mizuchi; mythical dragon-like beast, believed to ascend to the heavens through rain; (2) unfulfilled genius; dormant talent; (given name) Kōryū

菩提心

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pú tí xīn
    pu2 ti2 xin1
p`u t`i hsin
    pu ti hsin
 bodaishin
    ぼだいしん

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The Bodhi Mind
aspiration for Buddhahood
The mind for or of bodhi; the awakened, or enlightened mind; the mind that perceives the real behind the seeming, believes in moral consequences, and that all have the Buddha-nature, and aims at Buddhahood.

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fèng
    feng4
feng
 matsuri
    まつり
to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)
(female given name) Matsuri
To receive respectfully; honoured by, have the honour to, be favoured by, serve, offer.

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fu
 makoto
    まこと
to trust; to believe in
(given name) Makoto
quickly

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    tu2
t`u
    tu
 toumei / tome
    とうめい
(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "traitor" etc); (bound form) on foot; (bound form) bare; empty; (bound form) to no avail; in vain; (bound form) merely; just; only; (bound form) prison sentence
party; set; gang; company; person; (personal name) Toumei
On foot; a follower, disciple; in vain; banishment.

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xiǎng
    xiang3
hsiang
 nozomu
    のぞむ
to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
(1) conception; idea; thought; (2) {Buddh} (See 五蘊) samjna (perception); (given name) Nozomu
To think, meditate, reflect, expect; a function of mind.

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zài
    zai4
tsai
 kon
    こん
    koto
    こと
matter; affair
(out-dated kanji) (1) (kana only) thing; matter; (2) (kana only) incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; (3) (kana only) circumstances; situation; state of affairs; (4) (kana only) work; business; affair; (5) (kana only) after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; (suffix noun) (6) (kana only) nominalizing suffix; (7) (kana only) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; (n,n-suf) (8) (kana only) alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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 shachihoko
    しゃちほこ
(1) (kana only) orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus; (2) (abbreviation) (See 鯱・しゃちほこ・1) shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being; (3) (abbreviation) (See 鯱・しゃちほこ・2) roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall); (surname) Shachihoko

乩童

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jī tóng
    ji1 tong2
chi t`ung
    chi tung
(Daoism) a spirit medium, often a young person, believed to be possessed by a deity during rituals, acting as an intermediary for communication between the spirit world and humans

二凡

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èr fán
    er4 fan2
erh fan
 nibon
The two external and internal, or ordinary ranks, 外凡 and 内凡, in the first forty of the fifty-two stages 位; the 外凡 are ordinary believers who pursue the stages of 十信; the 内凡 are the zealous, who are advancing through the next three groups of stages up to the fortieth.

以為


以为

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yǐ wéi
    yi3 wei2
i wei
to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)

何と

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 nanto
    なんと
(adverb) (1) what; how; (adverb) (2) (kana only) (indicates surprise, admiration, etc.) what (a) ...!; how ...!; (adverb) (3) (kana only) surprisingly; to my amazement; believe it or not; why, ...!; (interjection) (4) (kana only) oh my; wow; (interjection) (5) (kana only) (used when asking for confirmation or approval) well, ...; so, ...

佛子

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fó zǐ
    fo2 zi3
fo tzu
 busshi
    ぶっし
(surname) Busshi
Son of Buddha; a bodhisattva; a believer in Buddhism, for every believer is becoming Buddha; a term also applied to all beings, because all are of Buddha-nature. There is a division of three kinds: 外子 external sons, who have not yet believed; 度子 secondary sons, Hīnayānists; 眞子 true sons, Mahāyānists.

作興


作兴

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zuò xīng
    zuo4 xing1
tso hsing
 sakkou / sakko
    さっこう
maybe; possibly; there is reason to believe
(n,vs,vt,vi) promoting; arousing

來迎


来迎

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lái yíng
    lai2 ying2
lai ying
 raikou / raiko
    らいこう
(surname) Raikou
The coming of Buddhas to meet the dying believer and bid welcome to the Pure Land; the three special welcomers are Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta.

信伏

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xìn fú
    xin4 fu2
hsin fu
 shinpuku
    しんぷく
(noun/participle) being convinced
To believe in and submit oneself to.

信佛

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xìn fó
    xin4 fo2
hsin fo
to believe in Buddhism

信受

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xìn shòu
    xin4 shou4
hsin shou
 shinju
    しんじゅ
(noun/participle) belief; acceptance (of truths)
The receptivity and obedience of faith; to believe and receive (the doctrine).

信向

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xìn xiàng
    xin4 xiang4
hsin hsiang
 shinkō
To believe in and entrust oneself to the triratna 三寳.

信士

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xìn shì
    xin4 shi4
hsin shih
 shinji
    しんじ
(1) {Buddh} male lay devotee; (suffix) (2) (title affixed to man's posthumous Buddhist name) (See 信女・2) believer; (3) (しんし only) (archaism) believer; (personal name) Shinji
upāsaka, 信事男 a male devotee, who remains in the world as a lay disciple. A bestower of alms. Cf. 優.

信奉

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xìn fèng
    xin4 feng4
hsin feng
 shinpou / shinpo
    しんぽう
belief; to believe (in something)
(noun, transitive verb) belief; faith; adherence; espousal
belief

信女

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xìn nǚ
    xin4 nv3
hsin nü
 nobujo
    のぶじょ
(1) {Buddh} female lay devotee; (suffix) (2) (title affixed to woman's posthumous Buddhist name) believer; (given name) Nobujo
upāsikā. A female devotee, who remains at home. Cf. 優.

信忍

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xìn rěn
    xin4 ren3
hsin jen
 shinnin
Faith-patience, faith-endurance: (1) To abide patiently in the faith and repeat the name of Amitābha. (2) To believe in the Truth and attain the nature of patient faith. (3) According to Tiantai the 別教 meaning is the unperturbed faith of the Bodhisattva (that all dharma is unreal).

信愛


信爱

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xìn ài
    xin4 ai4
hsin ai
 nobuyoshi
    のぶよし
(adj-na,n,vs) love and believe in; intimacy; (male given name) Nobuyoshi
devotion

信服

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xìn fú
    xin4 fu2
hsin fu
 shinpuku
    しんぷく
to have faith in; to believe in; to have confidence in; to respect
(noun/participle) being convinced

信樂


信乐

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xìn lè
    xin4 le4
hsin le
 shigaraki
    しがらき
(personal name) Shigaraki
To believe and rejoice in the dharma; the joy of believing.

信眾


信众

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xìn zhòng
    xin4 zhong4
hsin chung
believers; worshippers

信者

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xìn zhě
    xin4 zhe3
hsin che
 shinja
    しんじゃ
(1) believer; adherent; devotee; follower; (2) (colloquialism) fanboy; fanatic; superfan
believer

信解

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xìn jiě
    xin4 jie3
hsin chieh
 shinge
Faith and interpretation, i.e. to believe and understand or explain the doctrine; the dull or unintellectual believe, the intelligent interpret; also, faith rids of heresy, interpretation of ignorance.

信道

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xìn dào
    xin4 dao4
hsin tao
 nobumichi
    のぶみち
(telecommunications) channel; (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them
(surname) Nobumichi

信順


信顺

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xìn shùn
    xin4 shun4
hsin shun
 nobutoshi
    のぶとし
(male given name) Nobutoshi
To believe and obey.

入信

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rù xìn
    ru4 xin4
ju hsin
 nyuushin / nyushin
    にゅうしん
(n,vs,vi) entering a faith; joining a religion
To believe, or enter into belief.

六卽

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liù jí
    liu4 ji2
liu chi
 rokusoku
The six stages of Bodhisattva developments as defined in the Tiant 'ai 圓教, i. e. Perfect, or Final Teaching, in contrast with the previous, or ordinary six developments of 十信, 十住, 十行, etc., as found in the 別教 Differentiated or Separate school. The Tiantai six are: (1) 理卽 realization that all beings are of Buddha-nature; (2) 名字卽 the apprehension of terms, that those who only hear and believe are in the Buddha. law and potentially Buddha; (3) 觀行卽 advance beyond terminology to meditation, or study and accordant action; it is known as 五品觀行 or 五品弟子位; (4) 相似卽 semblance stage, or approximation to perfection in purity, the 六根淸淨位, i. e. the 十信位; (5) 分證卽 discrimination of truth and its progressive experiential proof, i. e. the 十住, 十行, 十廻向, 十地, and 等覺位 of the 別教 known also as the 聖因 cause or root of holiness. (6) 究竟卽 perfect enlightenment, i. e. the 妙覺位 or 聖果 fruition of holiness. (1) and (2) are known as 外凡 external for, or common to, all. (1) is theoretical; (2) is the first step in practical advance, followed by (3) and (4) styled 内凡 internal for all, and (3), (4), (5), and (6) are known as the 八位 the eight grades.

凡小

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fán xiǎo
    fan2 xiao3
fan hsiao
 bonshou / bonsho
    ぼんしょう
(noun or adjectival noun) small and of mediocre talent
Common men, or sinners, also believers in Hīnayāna; also the unenlightened in general.

初夢

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 hatsuyume
    はつゆめ
(1) first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck); (2) (archaism) (See 節分・1) dream on the night of setsubun

化主

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huà zhǔ
    hua4 zhu3
hua chu
 keshu
The lord of transformation, or conversion, i. e. a Buddha; also one who exhorts believers to give alms for worship: also an almsgiver.

十來


十来

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shí lái
    shi2 lai2
shih lai
 torai
    とらい
(female given name) Torai
(十來偈) The ten rhymes in "lai", a verse which expresses the Buddhist doctrine of moral determinism, i.e. that the position anyone now occupies is solely the result of his character in past lives; heredity and environment having nothing to do with his present condition, for, whether in prince or beggar, it is the reward of past deeds. The upright from the forbearing come,
The poor from the mean and greedy come,
Those of high rank from worshippers come,
The low and common from the Prideful come,
Those who are dumb from slanderers come,
The blind and deaf from unbelievers come,
The long-lived from the merciful come,
The short-lived from life, takers come,
The deficient in faculties from command-breakers come,
The complete in faculties from command-keepers come.
端正者忍辱中來.
貧窮着樫貧中來.
高位者禮拜中來.
下賤者橋慢中來.
瘖啞者誹謗中來.
盲聾者不信中來.
長壽者慈悲中來.
短命者殺生中來.
諸根不具者破戒中來.
六根具足者持戒中來.

呪物

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 jubutsu
    じゅぶつ
fetish (object believed to have supernatural powers)

善人

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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.

四教

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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.

在教

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zài jiào
    zai4 jiao4
tsai chiao
to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)

夢魔


梦魔

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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

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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。.

大通

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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.

妄語


妄语

see styles
wàng yǔ
    wang4 yu3
wang yü
 mougo; bougo(rk) / mogo; bogo(rk)
    もうご; ぼうご(rk)
to tell lies; to talk nonsense; lies; nonsense
{Buddh} (See 妄語戒) falsehood (as one of the five sins in Buddhism); lie
The commandment against lying. either as slander, or false boasting, or deception; for this the 智度論 gives ten evil results on reincarnation: (1) stinking breath; (2) good spirits avoid him, as also do men; (3) none believes him even when telling the truth; (4) wise men never admit him to their deliberations: etc.

孫武


孙武

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sūn wǔ
    sun1 wu3
sun wu
 sonbu
    そんぶ
Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
(person) Sun Tzu (Chinese general and strategist, 544-496 BCE)

宗徒

see styles
 shuuto / shuto
    しゅうと
believer; follower

崇奉

see styles
chóng fèng
    chong2 feng4
ch`ung feng
    chung feng
to believe in (a deity or other supernatural being); to worship

帰依

see styles
 kie
    きえ
(n,vs,vi) becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion; (female given name) Kie

念う

see styles
 omou / omo
    おもう
(transitive verb) (1) to think; to consider; to believe; (2) to think (of doing); to plan (to do); (3) to judge; to assess; to regard; (4) to imagine; to suppose; to dream; (5) to expect; to look forward to; (6) to feel; to desire; to want; (7) to recall; to remember

思う

see styles
 omou / omo
    おもう
(transitive verb) (1) to think; to consider; to believe; (2) to think (of doing); to plan (to do); (3) to judge; to assess; to regard; (4) to imagine; to suppose; to dream; (5) to expect; to look forward to; (6) to feel; to desire; to want; (7) to recall; to remember

惟う

see styles
 omou / omo
    おもう
(transitive verb) (1) to think; to consider; to believe; (2) to think (of doing); to plan (to do); (3) to judge; to assess; to regard; (4) to imagine; to suppose; to dream; (5) to expect; to look forward to; (6) to feel; to desire; to want; (7) to recall; to remember

想う

see styles
 omou / omo
    おもう
(transitive verb) (1) to think; to consider; to believe; (2) to think (of doing); to plan (to do); (3) to judge; to assess; to regard; (4) to imagine; to suppose; to dream; (5) to expect; to look forward to; (6) to feel; to desire; to want; (7) to recall; to remember

憶う

see styles
 omou / omo
    おもう
(transitive verb) (1) to think; to consider; to believe; (2) to think (of doing); to plan (to do); (3) to judge; to assess; to regard; (4) to imagine; to suppose; to dream; (5) to expect; to look forward to; (6) to feel; to desire; to want; (7) to recall; to remember

懐う

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 omou / omo
    おもう
(transitive verb) (1) to think; to consider; to believe; (2) to think (of doing); to plan (to do); (3) to judge; to assess; to regard; (4) to imagine; to suppose; to dream; (5) to expect; to look forward to; (6) to feel; to desire; to want; (7) to recall; to remember

我相

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wǒ xiàng
    wo3 xiang4
wo hsiang
 gasō
Egoism, the concept of the ego as real. Anyone who believes in我相, 人我, 衆生我, 壽我 is not a true Bodhisattva, v. 我人四相.

據信


据信

see styles
jù xìn
    ju4 xin4
chü hsin
according to belief; it is believed that

教徒

see styles
jiào tú
    jiao4 tu2
chiao t`u
    chiao tu
 kyouto / kyoto
    きょうと
disciple; follower of a religion
believer; adherent
a follower

教眾


教众

see styles
jiào zhòng
    jiao4 zhong4
chiao chung
(religion) believers; followers; adherents; the faithful

法家

see styles
fǎ jiā
    fa3 jia1
fa chia
 houka / hoka
    ほうか
the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475–221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.); a Legalist
(1) lawyer; (2) legalism (school of Chinese philosophy)
Buddhism; cf. 法門.

派定

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pài dìng
    pai4 ding4
p`ai ting
    pai ting
to believe; to be convinced

深信

see styles
shēn xìn
    shen1 xin4
shen hsin
 jinshin
to believe firmly
Deep faith.

狂言

see styles
kuáng yán
    kuang2 yan2
k`uang yen
    kuang yen
 kyougen / kyogen
    きょうげん
ravings; delirious utterances; kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater)
(1) {noh} (See 本狂言,間狂言) kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; (2) {kabuki} kabuki play; kabuki performance; (3) make-believe; ruse; trick

王肅


王肃

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wáng sù
    wang2 su4
wang su
Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts

異生


异生

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yì shēng
    yi4 sheng1
i sheng
 ishō
pṛthagjana; bālapṛthagjana, v. 婆; an ordinary person unenlightened by Buddhism; an unbeliever, sinner; childish, ignorant, foolish; the lower orders.

瘴気

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 shouki / shoki
    しょうき
(form) miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)

真怪

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zhēn guài
    zhen1 guai4
chen kuai
odd; unusual; I can't believe that ...

確信


确信

see styles
què xìn
    que4 xin4
ch`üeh hsin
    chüeh hsin
 kakushin
    かくしん
to be convinced; to be sure; to firmly believe; to be positive that; definite news
(noun, transitive verb) conviction; belief; confidence

篤信


笃信

see styles
dǔ xìn
    du3 xin4
tu hsin
 tokumasa
    とくまさ
to sincerely believe
(noun or adjectival noun) devoutness; devotion; (personal name) Tokumasa
devotion

純陀


纯陀

see styles
chún tuó
    chun2 tuo2
ch`un t`o
    chun to
 Junda
Cunda, who is believed to have supplied Śākyamuni with his last meal; it is said to have been of 旃檀耳 q.v. but there are other accounts including a stew of flesh food; also 准純, 淳純, 周那.

置信

see styles
zhì xìn
    zhi4 xin4
chih hsin
to believe (what sb claims) (usually used in the negative); (math.) confidence (interval etc)

聽信


听信

see styles
tīng xìn
    ting1 xin4
t`ing hsin
    ting hsin
to listen to information; to get the news; to believe what one hears

能信

see styles
néng xìn
    neng2 xin4
neng hsin
 yoshinobu
    よしのぶ
(given name) Yoshinobu
Can believe, or can be believed, contrasted with 所信 that which is believed.

自居

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zì jū
    zi4 ju1
tzu chü
to consider oneself as; to believe oneself to be

自認


自认

see styles
zì rèn
    zi4 ren4
tzu jen
 jinin
    じにん
to believe (something in relation to oneself); to regard oneself as; to acknowledge (something in relation to oneself); to resign oneself to
(noun/participle) (1) admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; (noun/participle) (2) self-identification

蓮胎


莲胎

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lián tāi
    lian2 tai1
lien t`ai
    lien tai
 rentai
The Lotus-womb in which the believers of Amitābha are born into his paradise; it is also described as the believer's heart in embryo.

藏經


藏经

see styles
zàng jīng
    zang4 jing1
tsang ching
 zōkyō
The Canon, of which there are catalogues varying in number of contents, the first by Liang Wudi of 5,400 juan; the Kai Yuan Catalogue contained 5,048 juan. The oldest existing canon is believed to be the Korean with 6,467 juan; the Song canon has 5,714; the Yuan, 5,397; the Japanese, 665 covers; the Ming, 6,771 juan, reprinted in the Ching dynasty with supplement; and a new and much enlarged edition has recently been published in Shanghai, and one in Tokyo; cf. 三藏 and 一切經.

虔信

see styles
qián xìn
    qian2 xin4
ch`ien hsin
    chien hsin
piety; devotion (to a religion); pious (believer); devout

蛟竜

see styles
 kouryou / koryo
    こうりょう
    kouryuu / koryu
    こうりゅう
(1) mizuchi; mythical dragon-like beast, believed to ascend to the heavens through rain; (2) unfulfilled genius; dormant talent

螟蛉

see styles
míng líng
    ming2 ling2
ming ling
 meirei / mere
    めいれい
green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva; adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.)
(1) (rare) (See 青虫) hornworm; (2) (archaism) adopted child

誅心


诛心

see styles
zhū xīn
    zhu1 xin1
chu hsin
to criticize sb for what one believes to be their ulterior motive

認定


认定

see styles
rèn dìng
    ren4 ding4
jen ting
 nintei / ninte
    にんてい
to maintain (that something is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with
(noun, transitive verb) authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition

認準


认准

see styles
rèn zhǔn
    ren4 zhun3
jen chun
to identify clearly; to make sure of; to believe firmly

認為


认为

see styles
rèn wéi
    ren4 wei2
jen wei
to believe; to think; to consider; to feel

誤信


误信

see styles
wù xìn
    wu4 xin4
wu hsin
 goshin
    ごしん
to falsely believe; to be mislead; to fall for (a trick etc)
(noun, transitive verb) mistaken belief; erroneous belief; fallacy; misconception

逆柱

see styles
 sakabashira
    さかばしら
(1) wooden pillar placed with its base pointing up (believed to cause ominous phenomena); inverted pillar; (2) having one pillar of a building inverted (so as to not strive for perfection)

門徒


门徒

see styles
mén tú
    men2 tu2
men t`u
    men tu
 monto
    もんと
disciple
follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer
disciple

隨順


随顺

see styles
suí shùn
    sui2 shun4
sui shun
 zuijun
to follow; to go along with
To follow, accord with, obey; to believe and follow the teaching of another.

頭香


头香

see styles
tóu xiāng
    tou2 xiang1
t`ou hsiang
    tou hsiang
the first stick of incense placed in the censer (believed to bring good luck esp. during festivities); (slang) (Tw) the first reply to a blog post etc

顚倒

see styles
diān dào
    dian1 dao4
tien tao
viparyaya; error. Upside down, inverted; contrary to reality; to believe things to be as they seem to be, e.g. the impermanent to be permanent, the apparent ego to be real; cf. 七 and八顚倒.

ごっこ

see styles
 kokko
    コッコ
(suffix) playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together; (personal name) Kokko

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