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竹篦 see styles |
zhú bì zhu2 bi4 chu pi chikuhei しっぺい |
bamboo comb (ateji / phonetic) (1) (Buddhist term) bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism); (2) (kana only) striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger bamboo clapper |
竺教 see styles |
zhú jiào zhu2 jiao4 chu chiao |
Buddhism (archaic) |
紅塵 红尘 see styles |
hóng chén hong2 chen2 hung ch`en hung chen koujin / kojin こうじん |
the world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs cloud of dust; mundane world |
結界 结界 see styles |
jié jiè jie2 jie4 chieh chieh kekkai けっかい |
(Buddhism) to designate the boundaries of a sacred place within which monks are to be trained; a place so designated; (fantasy fiction) force field; invisible barrier (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 結界 "kekkai") (1) {Buddh} (fixing) boundaries for religious practices; (2) {Buddh} prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); (3) {Buddh} fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (4) (archaism) (See 帳場格子) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; (5) (colloquialism) (esp. in games, manga, etc.) barrier; dimensional barrier; containment zone; containment barrier; mystical barrier A fixed place, or territory; a definite area; to fix a place for a monastery, or an altar; a determined number, e.g. for an assembly of monks; a limit. It is a term specially used by the esoteric sects for an altar and its area, altars being of five different shapes. |
經堂 经堂 see styles |
jīng táng jing1 tang2 ching t`ang ching tang keidou / kedo けいどう |
scripture hall (Buddhism) (surname) Keidou sūtra hall |
緣覺 缘觉 see styles |
yuán jué yuan2 jue2 yüan chüeh engaku |
pratyekabuddha 辟支佛; 辟支迦佛; 鉢剌翳伽陀 (鉢剌翳伽佛陀) In the early translations it was rendered 緣覺, i.e. enlightened through reasoning on the riddle of life, especially as defined in the twelve nidānas. Later it was rendered 獨覺 or individual enlightenment, i.e. one who lives apart from others and attains enlightenment alone, or for himself, in contrast with the altruism of the bodhisattva principle. The term pratyekabuddha is not limited to Buddhists, but is also general for recluses pondering alone over the meaning of life, an illustration being the rhinoceros, which lives in isolation. The non-Buddhist enlightenment is illusion, e.g. from observing the 'flying flowers and falling leaves'; the Buddhist enlightenment arises from pondering over the twelve nidānas. As a degree of saintship it is undefined by early Buddhism, receiving its definition at a later period. |
縛喝 缚喝 see styles |
fú hē fu2 he1 fu ho Baka |
(縛喝羅) Baktra, the present Balkh, once a nursery of Buddhism and in A.D. 600 still famous for relics and monuments. Eitel. |
羅刹 罗刹 see styles |
luó chà luo2 cha4 lo ch`a lo cha rasetsu らせつ |
rakshasa (san: rāksasa); man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism; (female given name) Rasetsu (羅刹姿) rākṣasa, also羅叉娑; from rakṣas, harm, injuring. Malignant spirits, demons; sometimes considered inferior to yakṣas, sometimes similar. Their place of abode was Laṅkā in Ceylon, where they are described as the original inhabitants, anthropophagi, once the terror of shipwrecked mariners; also described as the barbarian races of ancient India. As demons they are described as terrifying, with black bodies, red hair, green eyes, devourers of men. |
羅剎 罗刹 see styles |
luó chà luo2 cha4 lo ch`a lo cha |
demon in Buddhism; poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food |
羅閱 罗阅 see styles |
luó yuè luo2 yue4 lo yüeh Raechi |
Rājagṛha, also 羅閱祇 (羅閱祇迦羅); 羅閱耆; 羅閱揭黎醯; 羅越; 囉惹訖哩呬 The capital of Magadha, at the foot of the Gṛdhrakūṭa mountain, first metropolis of Buddhism and seat of the first synod; v. 王舍. |
羊車 羊车 see styles |
yáng chē yang2 che1 yang ch`e yang che yōsha |
羊乘 The inferior, or śrāvaka, form of Buddhism, v. Lotus Sūtra, in the parable of the burning house. |
義門 义门 see styles |
yì mén yi4 men2 i men yoshikado よしかど |
(given name) Yoshikado The gate of righteousness; the schools, or sects of the meaning or truth of Buddhism. |
老死 see styles |
lǎo sǐ lao3 si3 lao ssu roushi / roshi ろうし |
to die of old age (n,vs,vi) dying of old age jarāmaraṇa, decrepitude and death; one of the twelve nidānas, a primary dogma of Buddhism that decrepitude and death are the natural products of the maturity of the five skandhas. |
耳根 see styles |
ěr gēn er3 gen1 erh ken nikon |
base of the ear; ear; (Buddhism) sense of hearing śrotrendriya, the organ of hearing. |
聖位 圣位 see styles |
shèng wèi sheng4 wei4 sheng wei shōi |
The holy position, the holy life of Buddhism. |
聖教 圣教 see styles |
shèng jiào sheng4 jiao4 sheng chiao seikyou / sekyo せいきょう |
(1) sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius); Confucianism; (2) Christianity; (3) Buddhism; (personal name) Seikyō The teaching of the sage, or holy one; holy teaching. |
聖淨 圣淨 see styles |
shèng jìng sheng4 jing4 sheng ching shōjō |
The schools of Buddhism and the Pure-land School, cf. 聖道. |
聖福 圣福 see styles |
shèng fú sheng4 fu2 sheng fu shōfuku |
Holy happiness, that of Buddhism, in contrast with 梵福 that of Brahma and Brahmanism. |
聖言 圣言 see styles |
shèng yán sheng4 yan2 sheng yen shōgon |
Holy words; the words of a saint, or sage; the correct words of Buddhism. |
聖道 圣道 see styles |
shèng dào sheng4 dao4 sheng tao seidou / sedo せいどう |
(given name) Seidō The holy way, Buddhism; the way of the saints, or sages; also the noble eightfold path. |
聲聞 声闻 see styles |
shēng wén sheng1 wen2 sheng wen shōmon |
(Buddhism) disciple śrāvaka, a hearer, a term applied to the personal disciples of the Buddha, distinguished as mahā-śrāvaka; it is also applied to hearers, or disciples in general; but its general connotation relates it to Hīnayāna disciples who understand the four dogmas, rid themselves of the unreality of the phenomenal, and enter nirvana; it is the initial stage; cf. 舍. |
船筏 see styles |
chuán fá chuan2 fa2 ch`uan fa chuan fa senbotsu |
A boat, or raft, i.e. Buddhism. |
華厳 华厳 see styles |
huā yán hua1 yan2 hua yen kegon けごん |
(1) {Buddh} avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha); (2) (abbreviation) (See 華厳経) Avatamska sutra; (3) (abbreviation) (See 華厳宗) Kegon (sect of Buddhism) Huayan |
蒲團 蒲团 see styles |
pú tuán pu2 tuan2 p`u t`uan pu tuan futon |
praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail) A rush cushion, or hassock. |
行徳 see styles |
gyoutoku / gyotoku ぎょうとく |
{Buddh} virtue gained by practising Buddhism; (given name) Yukinori |
行法 see styles |
xíng fǎ xing2 fa3 hsing fa gyouhou; gyoubou(ok) / gyoho; gyobo(ok) ぎょうほう; ぎょうぼう(ok) |
(1) (ぎょうほう only) carrying out of rules; enforcing the law; execution; (2) {Buddh} practice of Buddhism; Buddhist training; (place-name) Gyouhou methods of practice |
衣缽 衣钵 see styles |
yī bō yi1 bo1 i po |
the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism); legacy; mantle |
裂裳 see styles |
liè cháng lie4 chang2 lieh ch`ang lieh chang resshō |
The torn robe (of Buddhism), i.e. split into eighteen pieces, like the Hīnayāna sects. |
西天 see styles |
xī tiān xi1 tian1 hsi t`ien hsi tien nishiama にしあま |
the Western Paradise (Buddhism) (surname) Nishiama Western Heaven |
親鸞 亲鸾 see styles |
qīn luán qin1 luan2 ch`in luan chin luan shinran しんらん |
(person) Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262) Shinran |
解脫 解脱 see styles |
jiě tuō jie3 tuo1 chieh t`o chieh to gedatsu |
to untie; to free; to absolve of; to get free of; to extirpate oneself; (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries mukti, 'loosing, release, deliverance, liberation, setting free,... emancipation.' M.W. mokṣa, 'emancipation, deliverance, freedom, liberation, escape, release.' M.W. Escape from bonds and the obtaining of freedom, freedom from transmigration, from karma, from illusion, from suffering; it denotes nirvāṇa and also the freedom obtained in dhyāna-meditation; it is one of the five characteristics of Buddha; v. 五分法身. It is also vimukti and vimokṣa, especially in the sense of final emancipation. There are several categories of two kinds of emancipation, also categories of three and eight. Cf. 毘; and 八解脫.; v. 解. |
誠諦 诚谛 see styles |
chéng dì cheng2 di4 ch`eng ti cheng ti jōtai |
Truth, a truth, the true teaching of Buddhism. |
論宗 论宗 see styles |
lùn zōng lun4 zong1 lun tsung ronshū |
The Madhyamaka school of the 三論 Sanlun (Sanron); also the Abhidharma, or Śāstra school; also the same as論家; 論師 śāstra-writers, or interpreters, or philosophers. |
諸教 see styles |
shokyou / shokyo しょきょう |
(1) various religions; various teachings; (2) various sects of Buddhism |
諸相 诸相 see styles |
zhū xiàng zhu1 xiang4 chu hsiang shosou / shoso しょそう |
the appearance of all things (Buddhism) various aspects; various phases All the differentiating characteristics of things. |
謗法 谤法 see styles |
bàng fǎ bang4 fa3 pang fa houbou; bouhou / hobo; boho ほうぼう; ぼうほう |
(1) {Buddh} slandering Buddhism; denigrating the Dharma; (2) unreasonable demand; impossible thing To slander the Truth. |
護生 护生 see styles |
hù shēng hu4 sheng1 hu sheng |
nursing student; (Buddhism) to preserve the lives of all living beings |
豆佉 see styles |
dòu qū dou4 qu1 tou ch`ü tou chü zukya |
(Buddhism) suffering (from Sanskrit "dukkha") duḥkha, trouble, suffering, pain, defined by 逼惱 harassed, distressed. The first of the four dogmas, or 'Noble Truths' 四諦 is that all life is involved, through impermanence, in distress. There are many kinds of 苦 q. v. |
象教 see styles |
xiàng jiào xiang4 jiao4 hsiang chiao zōkyō |
The teaching by images or symbols i.e. Buddhism, v. 像教. |
象駕 象驾 see styles |
xiàng jià xiang4 jia4 hsiang chia zōga |
The elephant chariot, or riding forward, i.e. the eastward progress of Buddhism. |
起龕 see styles |
kigan きがん |
{Buddh} ceremonial removal of the coffin from the house (lay person) or temple (priest) (Zen Buddhism) |
転び see styles |
korobi ころび |
(1) falling (down); tumbling (down); falling to the ground; (2) failure; failing; (3) renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy; (4) batter (construction technique) |
転ぶ see styles |
korobu(p); marobu ころぶ(P); まろぶ |
(v5b,vi) (1) to fall down; to fall over; (v5b,vi) (2) (ころぶ only) (oft. as どう転んでも) to turn out; to play out; (v5b,vi) (3) (ころぶ only) (in early Japanese Christianity) to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize; (v5b,vi) (4) (See ころがる・1) to roll; to tumble; (v5b,vi) (5) (archaism) (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret |
輪迴 轮回 see styles |
lún huí lun2 hui2 lun hui rinne |
to reincarnate; reincarnation (Buddhism); (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically; cycle; CL:個|个[ge4] cyclic existence |
轉生 转生 see styles |
zhuǎn shēng zhuan3 sheng1 chuan sheng tenshō |
reincarnation (Buddhism) transmigration |
轉輪 转轮 see styles |
zhuàn lún zhuan4 lun2 chuan lun tenrin |
rotating disk; wheel; rotor; cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism cakravartī, "a ruler the wheels of whose chariot roll everywhere without hindrance." M.W. Revolving wheels; to turn a wheel: also 轉輪王 (轉輪聖王); 輪王; 轉輪聖帝, cf. 斫. The symbol is the cakra or disc, which is of four kinds indicating the rank, i.e. gold, silver, copper, or iron, the iron cakravartī ruling over one continent, the south; the copper, over two, east and south: the silver, over three, east, west, and south; the golden being supreme over all the four continents. The term is also applied to the gods over a universe, and to a buddha as universal spiritual king, and as preacher of the supreme doctrine. Only a cakravartī possesses the 七寳 saptaratna and 1, 000 sons. The cakra, or discus, is also a missile used by a cakravartī for overthrowing his enemies. Its origin is probably the sun with its myriad rays. |
迦持 see styles |
jiā chí jia1 chi2 chia ch`ih chia chih |
the laws of the Buddhism |
遍照 see styles |
biàn zhào bian4 zhao4 pien chao benshou / bensho べんしょう |
(noun/participle) (See 法身) universal illumination (esp. in Buddhism, by the dharma-body); (surname) Benshou to universally illumine |
道仏 see styles |
doubutsu / dobutsu どうぶつ |
(rare) Taoism and Buddhism; (place-name, surname) Dōbutsu |
道化 see styles |
dào huà dao4 hua4 tao hua douke / doke どうけ |
(noun/participle) (1) antics; buffoonery; clowning; (2) (abbreviation) (See 道化方・どうけがた) clown; jester To transform others through the truth of Buddhism; converted by the Truth. |
道器 see styles |
dào qì dao4 qi4 tao ch`i tao chi dōki |
A vessel of religion, the capacity for Buddhism. |
道樹 道树 see styles |
dào shù dao4 shu4 tao shu michiki みちき |
(given name) Michiki The bodhi-tree, under which Buddha attained enlightenment; also as a synonym of Buddhism with its powers of growth and fruitfulness. |
道理 see styles |
dào li dao4 li5 tao li douri / dori どうり |
reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4] reason; logic; sense; truth; right; (given name) Michitada Truth, doctrine, principle; the principles of Buddhism, Taoism, etc. |
道者 see styles |
dào zhě dao4 zhe3 tao che dōja |
One who practises Buddhism; the Truth, the religion. |
道要 see styles |
dào yào dao4 yao4 tao yao dōyō |
The fundamentals of Buddhism. |
道識 道识 see styles |
dào shì dao4 shi4 tao shih dōshiki |
The knowledge of religion; the wisdom, or insight, attained through Buddhism. |
道門 道门 see styles |
dào mén dao4 men2 tao men dōmon |
The gate of the Way, or of truth, religion, etc.; the various schools of Buddhism. |
邪網 邪网 see styles |
xié wǎng xie2 wang3 hsieh wang jamō |
The net of heterodoxy, or falsity. |
醍醐 see styles |
tí hú ti2 hu2 t`i hu ti hu daigo だいご |
refined cream cheese; fig. crème de la crème; nirvana; Buddha nature; Buddhist truth; broth; flawless personal character {Buddh} (See 五味・2) ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); the ultimate truth of Buddhism; nirvana; (surname) Teiko A rich liquor skimmed from boiled butter; clarified butter; ghee; used for the perfect Buddha-truth as found, according to Tiantai, in the Nirvāṇa and Lotus Sūtras. |
釋典 释典 see styles |
shì diǎn shi4 dian3 shih tien shakuten |
Buddhist doctrine; sutras The scriptures of Buddhism. |
釋教 释教 see styles |
shì jiào shi4 jiao4 shih chiao shakukyō |
Buddhism Buddhism; the teaching or school of Śākyamuni. |
釋梵 释梵 see styles |
shì fàn shi4 fan4 shih fan shakubon |
Indra and Brahma, both protectors of Buddhism. |
釋門 释门 see styles |
shì mén shi4 men2 shih men shakumon |
The school of Śākyamuni, Buddhism. |
釋風 释风 see styles |
shì fēng shi4 feng1 shih feng shakufū |
The custom of Buddhism; also its 'breeze' or progress. |
錫杖 锡杖 see styles |
xī zhàng xi1 zhang4 hsi chang shakujou; sakujou(ok) / shakujo; sakujo(ok) しゃくじょう; さくじょう(ok) |
monk's staff (Buddhism) {Buddh} khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks); pewter staff monk's staff |
鑒真 鉴真 see styles |
jiàn zhēn jian4 zhen1 chien chen |
Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism |
開光 开光 see styles |
kāi guāng kai1 guang1 k`ai kuang kai kuang kaikou / kaiko かいこう |
eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism); to consecrate; to bless; transparent; translucent; haircut; shaving the head or face (humorous); a method of decoration; first light (astronomy) (surname) Kaikou Introducing the light, the ceremony of 'opening the eyes' of an image, i.e. painting or touching in the pupil; also 開眼. |
開悟 开悟 see styles |
kāi wù kai1 wu4 k`ai wu kai wu kaigo かいご |
to become enlightened (Buddhism) (noun/participle) wisdom; enlightenment To awaken, arouse, open up the intelligence and bring enlightenment. |
開枕 开枕 see styles |
kāi zhěn kai1 zhen3 k`ai chen kai chen kaichin かいちん |
{Buddh} bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism); sleeping To display the pillows, i.e. retire to bed. |
開法 开法 see styles |
kāi fǎ kai1 fa3 k`ai fa kai fa kaihō かいほう |
(mathematics term) extraction of roots; evolution To found a sect or teaching, e.g. as Buddha founded Buddhism; the method of opening, or beginning. |
閻君 阎君 see styles |
yán jun yan2 jun1 yen chün |
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell |
閻王 阎王 see styles |
yán wang yan2 wang5 yen wang enou / eno えんおう |
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person (abbreviation) Yama, judge of the afterlife Yama |
閻羅 阎罗 see styles |
yán luó yan2 luo2 yen lo Enra |
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell Yama |
閻老 阎老 see styles |
yán lǎo yan2 lao3 yen lao Enrō |
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell Yama |
閻魔 阎魔 see styles |
yán mó yan2 mo2 yen mo enma えんま |
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell {Buddh} Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma; (dei) Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna 閻王 閻羅; (閻魔王); 閻摩羅; 閻老 Yama, also v. 夜; 閻羅王 Yama. (1) In the Vedas the god of the dead, with whom the spirits of the departed dwell. He was son of the Sun and had a twin sister Yamī or Yamuna. By some they were looked upon as the first human pair. (2) In later Brahmanic mythology, one of the eight Lokapālas, guardian of the South and ruler of the Yamadevaloka and judge of the dead. (3) In Buddhist mythology, the regent of the Nārakas, residing south of Jambudvīpa, outside of the Cakravālas, in a palace of copper and iron. Originally he is described as a king of Vaiśālī, who, when engaged in a bloody war, wished he were master of hell, and was accordingly reborn as Yama in hell together with his eighteen generals and his army of 80,000 men, who now serve him in purgatory. His sister Yamī deals with female culprits. Three times in every twenty-four hours demon pours into Yama's mouth boiling copper (by way of punishment), his subordinates receiving the same dose at the same time, until their sins are expiated, when he will be reborn as Samantarāja 普王. In China he rules the fifth court of purgatory. In some sources he is spoken of as ruling the eighteen judges of purgatory. |
阿字 see styles |
ā zì a1 zi4 a tzu aji あじ |
first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things); (surname) Aji letter a |
阿育 see styles |
ā yù a1 yu4 a yü ashoka あしょか |
(given name) Ashoka Aśoka, 阿恕伽; 阿輸迦(or 阿舒迦, or 阿叔迦) Grandson of Candragupta (Sandrokottos), who united India and reached the summit of his career about 315 B.C. Aśoka reigned from about 274 to 237 B.C. His name Aśoka, 'free from care,' may have been adopted on his conversion. He is accused of the assassination of his brother and relatives to gain the throne, and of a fierce temperament in his earlier days. Converted, he became the first famous patron of Buddhism, encouraging its development and propaganda at home and abroad, to which existing pillars, etc., bear witness; his propaganda is said to have spread from the borders of China to Macedonia, Epirus, Egypt, and Cyrene. His title is Dharmāśoka; he should be distinguished from Kālāśoka, grandson of Ajātaśatru. Cf. 阿育伽經、 阿育伽傳, etc. |
隨喜 随喜 see styles |
suí xǐ sui2 xi3 sui hsi zuiki |
(Buddhism) to be moved at the sight of good deeds; to join in charitable deeds; to tour temples To rejoice in the welfare of others. To do that which one enjoys, to follow one's inclination. |
非器 see styles |
fēi qì fei1 qi4 fei ch`i fei chi hiki ひき |
(archaism) inability; incapability; lack of calibre A vessel unfit for Buddha or Buddhism, e.g. a woman's body, which is unclean, v. Lotus Sutra 提襲 chapter 12. |
面壁 see styles |
miàn bì mian4 bi4 mien pi menpeki めんぺき |
to face the wall; to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism); (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc (n,vs,vi) meditation facing a wall; (surname) Omokabe To sit in meditation with the face to a wall, as did Bodhidharma for nine years, without uttering a word. |
顕教 see styles |
kengyou; kenkyou / kengyo; kenkyo けんぎょう; けんきょう |
{Buddh} (ant: 密教・みっきょう) Kengyō; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings |
願力 愿力 see styles |
yuàn lì yuan4 li4 yüan li ganriki がんりき |
the power of prayer (in Buddhism) The power of the vow. |
餓鬼 饿鬼 see styles |
è guǐ e4 gui3 o kuei gaki; gaki がき; ガキ |
sb who is always hungry; glutton; (Buddhism) hungry ghost (1) (kana only) (colloquialism) brat; kid; urchin; little devil; (2) {Buddh} (orig. meaning) preta; hungry ghost pretas, hungry spirits, one of the three lower destinies. They are of varied classes, numbering nine or thirty-six, and are in differing degrees and kinds of suffering, some wealthy and of light torment, others possessing nothing and in perpetual torment; some are jailers and executioners of Yama in the hells, others wander to and fro amongst men, especially at night. Their city or region is called 餓鬼城; 餓鬼界. Their destination or path is the 餓鬼趣 or 餓鬼道. |
香山 see styles |
xiāng shān xiang1 shan1 hsiang shan koyama こやま |
Fragrance Hill (a park in Beijing) (surname) Koyama the fragrant or incense mountains, so called because the Gandharvas do not drink wine or eat meat, but feed on incense or fragrance and give off fragrant odours. As musicians of Indra, or in the retinue of Dhṛtarāṣtra, they are said to be the same as, or similar to, the Kinnaras. They are, or according to M. W., Dhṛtarāṣtra is associated with soma, the moon, and with medicine. They cause ecstasy, are erotic, and the patrons of marriageable girls; the apsaras are their wives, and both are patrons of dicers.; Gandhamādana. Incense mountain, one of the ten fabulous mountains known to Chinese Buddhism, located in the region of the Anavatapta lake in Tibet; also placed in the Kunlun range. Among its great trees dwell the Kinnaras, Indra's musicians. |
馝柯 see styles |
bì kē bi4 ke1 pi k`o pi ko |
Vikramāditya, a king of Śrāvastī and famous benefactor of Buddhism, v. 毘. |
馬鳴 马鸣 see styles |
mǎ míng ma3 ming2 ma ming memyou / memyo めみょう |
(person) Asvaghosa (approx. 80-150 CE) 阿濕縛窶抄Aśvaghoṣa, the famous writer, whose patron was the Indo-Scythian king Kaniṣka q. v., was a Brahmin converted to Buddhism; he finally settled at Benares, and became the twelfth patriarch. His name is attached to ten works (v. Hōbōgirin 192, 201, 726, 727, 846, 1643, 1666, 1667, 1669, 1687). The two which have exerted great influence on Buddhism are 佛所行讚經 Buddhacarita-kāvya Sutra, tr. by Dharmarakṣa A. D. 414-421, tr. into English by Beal, S.B.E.; and 大乘起信論 Mahāyāna śraddhotpāda-śāstra, tr. by Paramārtha, A.D．554, and by Śikṣānanda, A. D. 695-700, tr. into English by Teitaro Suzuki 1900, and also by T. Richard, v. 起. He gave to Buddhism the philosophical basis for its Mahāyāna development. There are at least six others who bear this name. Other forms: 馬鳴; 阿濕縛窶抄馬鳴比丘; 馬鳴大士; 馬鳴菩薩, etc. |
鴈王 see styles |
yàn wáng yan4 wang2 yen wang |
King or leader of the flight, or flock; Buddha, hence 鴈門 Buddhism. |
黃教 黄教 see styles |
huáng jiào huang2 jiao4 huang chiao Kōkyō |
Yellow hat or Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism; also written 格魯派|格鲁派[Ge2 lu3 pai4] 黃帽教 The yellow sect of Lamaism, founded in 1417 by 宗喀巴 Tsoṅ-kha-pa, Sumatikīrti, who overthrew the decadent sect, which wears red robes, and established the sect that wears yellow, and which at first was: noted for the austere life of the monks; it is found chiefly in Tibet, Mongolia, and Ili. |
黄檗 see styles |
oubaku / obaku おうばく |
(abbreviation) Obaku school of Zen Buddhism; (surname) Kiwada |
齋教 斋教 see styles |
zhāi jiào zhai1 jiao4 chai chiao |
Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism |
お会式 see styles |
oeshiki おえしき |
(Nichiren Buddhism) memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of 10th month) |
一向宗 see styles |
yī xiàng zōng yi1 xiang4 zong1 i hsiang tsung ikkoushuu / ikkoshu いっこうしゅう |
(See 浄土真宗) Ikkō sect (of Buddhism); Jōdo Shinshū; True Pure Land School The 眞宗 Shin or Pure-land Shin Sect founded by Shinran, in Japan, whose chief tenet is unwavering reflection on Amida (by repeating his name). |
三摩耶 see styles |
sān mó yé san1 mo2 ye2 san mo yeh sanmaya さんまや |
(1) (Buddhist term) time (san: samaya); (2) (Buddhist term) meeting; coming together; (3) (Buddhist term) equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas) (or 三摩曳) idem 三昧耶; but 三摩耶 is also explained as a short period, a season of the year. |
三昧耶 see styles |
sān mèi yé san1 mei4 ye2 san mei yeh sanmaiya さんまや |
(1) (Buddhist term) time (san: samaya); (2) (Buddhist term) meeting; coming together; (3) (Buddhist term) equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas) samaya is variously defined as 會 coming together, meeting, convention; 時 timely; 宗 in agreement, of the same class; 平等 equal, equalized; 驚覺 aroused, warned; 除垢障 riddance of unclean hindrances. Especially it is used as indicating the vows made by Buddhas and bodhisattvas, hence as a tally, symbol, or emblem of the spiritual quality of a Buddha or bodhisattva. |
三種智 三种智 see styles |
sān zhǒng zhì san1 zhong3 zhi4 san chung chih sanshu chi |
The wisdom of common men, of the heterodox, and of Buddhism; i.e. (a) 世間智 normal, worldly knowledge or ideas; (b) 出世間智 other worldly wisdom, e.g. of Hīnayāna; (c) 出世間上上智 the highest other-worldly wisdom, of Mahāyāna; cf. 三種波羅蜜. |
三部経 see styles |
sanbukyou / sanbukyo さんぶきょう |
three main sutras (of a school of Buddhism) |
三鳥派 see styles |
sanchouha / sanchoha さんちょうは |
(hist) (See 富士派) Sanchō Sect (of the Fuji School of Nichiren Buddhism; 1661-1673) |
上座部 see styles |
shàng zuò bù shang4 zuo4 bu4 shang tso pu jouzabu / jozabu じょうざぶ |
Theravada school of Buddhism Sthaviravada (early Buddhist movement) 他毘梨典部; 他鞞羅部 Sthavirāḥ; Sthaviranikāya; or Āryasthāvirāḥ. The school of the presiding elder, or elders. The two earliest sections of Buddhism were this (which developed into the Mahāsthavirāḥ) and the Mahāsānghikāḥ or 大衆部. At first they were not considered to be different schools, the 上座部 merely representing the intimate and older disciples of Śākyamuni and the 大衆 being the rest. It is said that a century later under Mahādeva 大天 a difference of opinion arose on certain doctrines. Three divisions are named as resulting, viz. Mahāvihāravāsinaḥ, Jetavanīyāḥ, and Abhayagiri-vāsinaḥ. These were in Ceylon. In course of time the eighteen Hīnayāna sects were developed. From the time of Aśoka four principal schools are counted as prevailing: Mahāsāṅghika, Sthavira, Mūlasarvāstivda, and Saṁmitīya. The following is a list of the eleven sects reckoned as of the 上座部: 說一切有部; 雪山; 犢子; 法上; 賢冑; 正量; 密林山; 化地; 法藏; 飮光; and 經量部. The Sthaviravādin is reputed as nearest to early Buddhism in its tenets, though it is said to have changed the basis of Buddhism from an agnostic system to a realistic philosophy. |
上西天 see styles |
shàng xī tiān shang4 xi1 tian1 shang hsi t`ien shang hsi tien |
(Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise; (fig.) to die |
不殺生 不杀生 see styles |
bù shā shēng bu4 sha1 sheng1 pu sha sheng fusesshou / fusessho ふせっしょう |
{Buddh} (See アヒンサー) ahimsa; abstinence from taking life; principle of non-violence in Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. prāṇātipātād vairamaṇī (virati). The first commandment, Thou shalt not kill the living. |
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