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元心

see styles
yuán xīn
    yuan2 xin1
yüan hsin
 genshin
The original or primal mind behind all things, idem the 一心 of the 起信論 Awakening of Faith, the 森羅萬象之元 source of all phenomena, the mind which is in all things.

入信

see styles
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.

內薰

see styles
nèi xūn
    nei4 xun1
nei hsün
Inner censing; primal ignorance, or unenlightenment; perfuming, censing, or acting upon original intelligence causes the common uncontrolled mind to resent the miseries of mortality and to seek nirvana; v. 起信論 Awakening of Faith.

兩垢


两垢

see styles
liǎng gòu
    liang3 gou4
liang kou
 ryōku
(兩垢如如) The contaminated and uncontaminated bhūtatathatā, or Buddha-nature, v. 止觀 2 and 起信論 Awakening of Faith.

公司

see styles
gōng sī
    gong1 si1
kung ssu
 konsu(p); koushi / konsu(p); koshi
    コンス(P); こうし
company; firm; corporation; CL:家[jia1]
company (in China) (chi: gōngsī); firm; (given name) Hiroshi

六信

see styles
 rokushin
    ろくしん
(See 六信五行) the six articles of faith (in Islam); (surname) Mutsunobu

六因

see styles
liù yīn
    liu4 yin1
liu yin
 rokuin
The six causations of the 六位 six stages of Bodhisattva development, q. v. Also, the sixfold division of causes of the Vaibhāṣikas (cf. Keith, 177-8); every phenomenon depends upon the union of 因 primary cause and 緣 conditional or environmental cause; and of the 因 there are six kinds: (1) 能作因 karaṇahetu, effective causes of two kinds: 與力因 empowering cause, as the earth empowers plant growth, and 不障因 non-resistant cause, as space does not resist, i. e. active and passive causes; (2) 倶有因 sahabhūhetu, co-operative causes, as the four elements 四大 in nature, not one of which can be omitted; (3) 同類因 sabhāgahetu, causes of the same kind as the effect, good producing good, etc.; (4) 相應因 saṃprayuktahetu, mutual responsive or associated causes, e. g. mind and mental conditions, subject with object; Keith gives 'faith and intelligence'; similar to (2); (5) 遍行因 sarvatragahetu, universal or omnipresent cause, i. e. of illusion, as of false views affecting every act; it resembles (3) but is confined to delusion; (6) 異熟因 vipākahetu, differental fruition, i. e. the effect different from the cause, as the hells are from evil deeds.

六麤


六粗

see styles
liù cū
    liu4 cu1
liu ts`u
    liu tsu
 rokuso
The six 'coarser' stages arising from the 三細 or three finer stages which in turn are produced by original 無明, the unenlightened condition of ignorance; v. Awakening of Faith 起信論. They are the states of (1) 智相 knowledge or consciousness of like and dislike arising from mental conditions; (2) 相續相 consciousness of pain and pleasure resulting from the first, causing continuous responsive memory; (3) 執取相 attachment or clinging, arising from the last; (4) 計名字相 assigning names according to the seeming and unreal with fixation of ideas); (5) 起業 the consequent activity with all the variety of deeds; (6) 業繋苦相 the suffering resulting from being tied to deeds and their karma consequences.

分店

see styles
fēn diàn
    fen1 dian4
fen tien
 bunten
    ぶんてん
branch (of a chain store); annex
branch store; branch of a firm

利根

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lì gēn
    li4 gen1
li ken
 rikon
    りこん
(noun or adjectival noun) (ant: 鈍根) intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude; (personal name) Rine
Sharpness, cleverness, intelligence, natural powers, endowment; possessed of powers of the pañca-indryāni (faith, etc.) or the five sense-organs, v. 五根.

利益

see styles
lì yì
    li4 yi4
li i
 rieki(p); riyaku
    りえき(P); りやく
benefit; (in sb's) interest; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) profit; gains; (2) benefit; advantage; good; interests (e.g. of society); (noun, transitive verb) (3) (りやく only) (usu. ご〜) (See 御利益・1) grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle; (personal name) Toshimasu
Benefit, aid, to bless; hence 利益妙 the wonder of Buddha's blessing, in opening the minds of all to enter the Buddha-enlightenment.

剛強


刚强

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gāng qiáng
    gang1 qiang2
kang ch`iang
    kang chiang
 goukyou / gokyo
    ごうきょう
firm; unyielding
(noun or adjectival noun) strength; firmness; (personal name) Tsuyotake
stiff

剛決


刚决

see styles
gāng jué
    gang1 jue2
kang chüeh
 gōketsu
firm determination

剛關


刚关

see styles
gāng guān
    gang1 guan1
kang kuan
 gōkan
firm gate

加持

see styles
jiā chí
    jia1 chi2
chia ch`ih
    chia chih
 kaji
    かじ
(Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings; (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing; to give one's blessing; to empower; (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc)
(n,vs,vi) (1) prayer (to get rid of misfortune, disease, etc.); incantation; faith healing; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} adhisthana (blessing of a buddha or bodhisattva); (place-name, surname) Kamochi
地瑟娓曩 adhiṣṭhāna, to depend upon, a base, rule. It is defined as dependence on the Buddha, who 加 confers his strength on all (who seek it), and 持 upholds them; hence it implies prayer, because of obtaining the Buddha's power and transferring it to others; in general it is to aid, support.

助業


助业

see styles
zhù yè
    zhu4 ye4
chu yeh
 jogou / jogo
    じょごう
{Buddh} (See 浄土宗) auxiliary actions (in Jodo: recitation, observation, worship, praise and offering)
Auxiliary karma, i.e. deeds or works, e.g. reciting the sutras about the Pure Land, worship, praise, and offering, as additional to direct karma 正業, i.e. faith in Amitābha, expressed by constant thought of him and calling on his name.

助道

see styles
zhù dào
    zhu4 dao4
chu tao
 sukemichi
    すけみち
(surname) Sukemichi
Auxiliary means, e.g. of meditation; auxiliary discipline; any aid to faith or virtue.

勸信


劝信

see styles
quàn xìn
    quan4 xin4
ch`üan hsin
    chüan hsin
 kanshin
encouragement of faith

包銷


包销

see styles
bāo xiāo
    bao1 xiao1
pao hsiao
to have exclusive selling rights; to be the sole agent for a production unit or firm

十信

see styles
shí xìn
    shi2 xin4
shih hsin
 jisshin
The ten grades of bodhisattva faith, i.e. the first ten 位 in the fifty-two bodhisattva positions: (1) 信 faith (which destroys illusion and results in); (2) 念 remembrance, or unforgetfulness; (3) 精進 zealous progress; (4) 慧 wisdom; (5) 定 settled firmness in concentration; (6) 不退 non-retrogression; (7) 護法 protection of the Truth; (8) 廻向 reflexive powers, e.g. for reflecting the Truth; (9) 戒 the nirvāṇa mind in 無為 effortlessness; (10) 願 action at will in anything and everywhere.

十地

see styles
shí dì
    shi2 di4
shih ti
 juuji / juji
    じゅうじ
{Buddh} dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva); (place-name) Jūji
daśabhūmi; v. 十住. The "ten stages" in the fifty-two sections of the development of a bodhisattva into a Buddha. After completing the十四向 he proceeds to the 十地. There are several groups. I. The ten stages common to the Three Vehicles 三乘 are: (1) 乾慧地 dry wisdom stage, i. e. unfertilized by Buddha-truth, worldly wisdom; (2) 性地 the embryo-stage of the nature of Buddha-truth, the 四善根; (3) 八人地 (八忍地), the stage of the eight patient endurances; (4) 見地 of freedom from wrong views; (5) 薄地 of freedom from the first six of the nine delusions in practice; (6) 離欲地 of freedom from the remaining three; (7) 巳辨地 complete discrimination in regard to wrong views and thoughts, the stage of an arhat; (8) 辟支佛地 pratyeka-buddhahood, only the dead ashes of the past left to sift; (9) 菩薩地 bodhisattvahood; (10) 佛地 Buddhahood. v. 智度論 78. II. 大乘菩薩十地 The ten stages of Mahāyāna bodhisattva development are: (1) 歡喜地 Pramuditā, joy at having overcome the former difficulties and now entering on the path to Buddhahood; (2) 離垢地 Vimalā, freedom from all possible defilement, the stage of purity; (3) 發光地 Prabhākarī, stage of further enlightenment; (4) 焰慧地 Arciṣmatī, of glowing wisdom; (5) 極難勝地 Sudurjayā, mastery of utmost or final difficulties; (6) 現前地 Abhimukhī, the open way of wisdom above definitions of impurity and purity; (7) 遠行地 Dūraṁgamā, proceeding afar, getting above ideas of self in order to save others; (8) 不動地 Acalā, attainment of calm unperturbedness; (9) 善慧地 Sādhumatī, of the finest discriminatory wisdom, knowing where and how to save, and possessed of the 十力 ten powers; (10) 法雲地 Dharmamegha, attaining to the fertilizing powers of the law-cloud. Each of the ten stages is connected with each of the ten pāramitās, v. 波. Each of the 四乘 or four vehicles has a division of ten. III. The 聲聞乘十地 ten Śrāvaka stages are: (1) 受三歸地 initiation as a disciple by receiving the three refuges, in the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha; (2) 信地 belief, or the faith-root; (3) 信法地 belief in the four truths; (4) 内凡夫地 ordinary disciples who observe the 五停心觀, etc.; (5) 學信戒 those who pursue the 三學 three studies; (6) 八人忍地 the stage of 見道 seeing the true Way; (7) 須陀洹地 śrota-āpanna, now definitely in the stream and assured of nirvāṇa; (8) 斯陀含地 sakrdāgāmin, only one more rebirth; (9) 阿那含地 anāgāmin, no rebirth; and (10) 阿羅漢地 arhatship. IV. The ten stages of the pratyekabuddha 緣覺乘十地 are (1) perfect asceticism; (2) mastery of the twelve links of causation; (3) of the four noble truths; (4) of the deeper knowledge; (5) of the eightfold noble path; (6) of the three realms 三法界; (7) of the nirvāṇa state; (8) of the six supernatural powers; (9) arrival at the intuitive stage; (10) mastery of the remaining influence of former habits. V. 佛乘十地 The ten stages, or characteristics of a Buddha, are those of the sovereign or perfect attainment of wisdom, exposition, discrimination, māra-subjugation, suppression of evil, the six transcendent faculties, manifestation of all bodhisattva enlightenment, powers of prediction, of adaptability, of powers to reveal the bodhisattva Truth. VI. The Shingon has its own elaborate ten stages, and also a group 十地十心, see 十心; and there are other groups.

十德

see styles
shí dé
    shi2 de2
shih te
 jittoku
The ten virtues, powers, or qualities, of which there are several groups, e.g. in the 華嚴經,十地品 there are 法師十德 the ten virtues of a teacher of the Law, i.e. he should be well versed in its meaning; able widely to publish it; not be nervous before an audience; be untiring in argument; adaptable; orderly so that his teaching can be easily followed; serious and dignified; bold and zealous; unwearied; and enduring (able to bear insult, etc.). The 弟子十德 ten virtues or qualities of a disciple according to the 大日經疏 4, are faith; sincerity; devotion to the trikāya; (seeking the) adornment of true wisdom; perseverance; moral purity; patience (or bearing shame); generosity in giving; courage; resoluteness.

十心

see styles
shí xīn
    shi2 xin1
shih hsin
 jisshin
The ten kinds of heart or mind; there are three groups. One is from the 止觀 4, minds ignorant and dark; affected by evil companions; not following the good; doing evil in thought, word, deed; spreading evil abroad; unceasingly wicked; secret sin; open crime; utterly shameless; denying cause and effect (retribution)―all such must remain in the flow 流 of reincarnation. The second group (from the same book) is the 逆流 the mind striving against the stream of perpetual reincarnation; it shows itself in devout faith, shame (for sin), fear (of wrong-doing), repentance and confession, reform, bodhi (i.e. the bodhisattva mind), doing good, maintaining the right law, thinking on all the Buddhas, meditation on the void (or, the unreality of sin). The third is the 眞言 group from the 大日經疏 3; the "seed" heart (i.e. the original good desire), the sprout (under Buddhist religious influence), the bud, leaf, flower, fruit, its serviceableness; the child-heart, the discriminating heart, the heart of settled judgment (or resolve).

十智

see styles
shí zhì
    shi2 zhi4
shih chih
 jū chi
The ten forms of understanding. I. Hīnayāna: (1) 世俗智 common understanding; (2) 法智 enlightened understanding, i.e. on the Four Truths in this life; (3) 類智 ditto, applied to the two upper realms 上二界; (4), (5), (6), (7) understanding re each of the Four Truths separately, both in the upper and lower realms, e.g. 苦智; (8) 他心智 understanding of the minds of others; (9) 盡智 the understanding that puts an end to all previous faith in or for self, i.e. 自信智; (10) 無生智 nirvāṇa wisdom; v. 倶舍論 26. II. Mahāyāna. A Tathāgatas ten powers of understanding or wisdom: (1) 三世智 perfect understanding of past, present, and future; (2) ditto of Buddha Law; (3) 法界無礙智 unimpeded understanding of the whole Buddha-realm; (4) 法界無邊智 unlimited, or infinite understanding of the whole Buddha-realm; (5) 充滿一切智 understanding of ubiquity; (6) 普照一切世間智 understanding of universal enlightenment; (7) 住持一切世界智 understanding of omnipotence, or universal control; (8) 知一切衆生智 understanding of omniscience re all living beings; (9) 知一切法智 understanding of omniscience re the laws of universal salvation; (10) 知無邊諸佛智 understanding of omniscience re all Buddha wisdom. v. 華嚴経 16. There are also his ten forms of understanding of the "Five Seas" 五海 of worlds, living beings, karma, passions, and Buddhas.

南無


南无

see styles
nā mó
    na1 mo2
na mo
 namu; namo
    なむ; なも
Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2]
(conj,int) {Buddh} amen; hail; (surname) Namu
namaḥ; Pali: namo; to submit oneself to, from to bend, bow to, make obeisance, pay homage to; an expression of submission to command, complete commitment, reverence, devotion, trust for salvation, etc. Also written 南牟; 南謨; 南忙; 那謨 (or 那模 or 那麻); 納莫 (or 納慕); 娜母; 曩莫 (or 曩謨); 捺麻(or捺謨), etc. It is used constantly in liturgy, incantations, etc., especially as in namaḥ Amitābha, which is the formula of faith of the Pure-land sect, representing the believing heart of all beings and Amitābha's power and will to save; repeated in the hour of death it opens the entrance to the Pure Land.

受持

see styles
shòu chí
    shou4 chi2
shou ch`ih
    shou chih
 juji
    じゅじ
to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism)
remembering (and honoring) the teachings of Buddha
to uphold

古説

see styles
 kosetsu
    こせつ
ancient belief

同信

see styles
 doushin / doshin
    どうしん
the same faith

同社

see styles
 dousha / dosha
    どうしゃ
(1) the same company; the said firm; (2) the same (Shinto) shrine; the said shrine

告白

see styles
gào bái
    gao4 bai2
kao pai
 kokuhaku
    こくはく
to announce publicly; to explain oneself; to reveal one's feelings; to confess; to declare one's love
(noun, transitive verb) (1) confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; (n,vs,vi) (2) professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; (noun, transitive verb) (3) {Christn} profession (of faith); (noun, transitive verb) (4) {Christn} confession (of sins)

周家

see styles
zhōu jiā
    zhou1 jia1
chou chia
 shuuji / shuji
    しゅうじ
the Zhou family (household, firm etc); Jow-Ga Kung Fu - Martial Art
(surname) Shuuji

商会

see styles
 shoukai / shokai
    しょうかい
firm; company

商号

see styles
 shougou / shogo
    しょうごう
firm name; trade name

商店

see styles
shāng diàn
    shang1 dian4
shang tien
 shouten / shoten
    しょうてん
store; shop; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
shop; store; firm

商戶


商户

see styles
shāng hù
    shang1 hu4
shang hu
merchant; trader; businessman; firm

商館

see styles
 shoukan / shokan
    しょうかん
(hist) trading company (esp. a Japanese outpost of a foreign firm); trading house; firm; factory

喜忍

see styles
xǐ rěn
    xi3 ren3
hsi jen
 ki nin
The 'patience' of joy, achieved on beholding by faith Amitābha and his Pure Land; one of the 三忍.

嚴明


严明

see styles
yán míng
    yan2 ming2
yen ming
strict and impartial; firm

四信

see styles
sì xìn
    si4 xin4
ssu hsin
 shinobu
    しのぶ
(given name) Shinobu
v.四種信心.

四倒

see styles
sì dào
    si4 dao4
ssu tao
 shitō
The four viparyaya i. e. inverted or false beliefs in regard to 常, 樂, 我, 淨. There are two groups: (1) the common belief in the four above, denied by the early Buddhist doctrine that all is impermanent, suffering, impersonal, and impure; (2) the false belief of the Hīnayāna school that nirvana is not a state of permanence, joy, personality, and purity. Hīnayāna refutes the common view in regard to the phenomenal life; bodhisattvism refutes both views.

四分

see styles
sì fēn
    si4 fen1
ssu fen
 shibun
    しぶん
(noun/participle) divide into four pieces; one fourth; (place-name) Shibu
The 法相 Dharmalakṣana school divides the function of 識 cognition into four, i. e. 相分 mental phenomena, 見分 discriminating such phenomena, 自證分 the power that discriminates, and 證自證 the proof or assurance of that power. Another group is: 信 faith, 解 liberty, 行 action, and 證 assurance or realization.

四德

see styles
sì dé
    si4 de2
ssu te
 shitoku
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends; the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
The four nirvana virtues, or values, according to the Mahāyāna Nirvana Sutra: (1) 常德 permanence or eternity; (2) 樂德 joy; (3) 我德 personality or the soul; (4) 淨德 purity. These four important terms, while denied in the lower realms, are affirmed by the sutra in the transcendental, or nirvana-realm.

四法

see styles
sì fǎ
    si4 fa3
ssu fa
 shihō
There are several groups of four dharma: (1) 教法 the teaching of the Buddha); 理法 its principles, or meaning; 行法 its practice; 果法 its fruits or rewards. (2) Another group relates to bodhisattvas, their never losing the bodhi-mind, or the wisdom attained, or perseverance in progress, or the monastic forest life (āraṇyaka). (3) Also 信解行證 faith, discernment, performance, and assurance. (4) The Pure-land 'True' sect of Japan has a division: 教法, i. e. the 大無量壽經; 行法 the practice of the seventeenth of Amitābha's vows; 信法 faith in the eighteenth; and 證法 proof of the eleventh. The most important work of Shinran, the founder of the sect, is these four, i. e. 教行信證. (5) A 'Lotus ' division of 四法 is the answer to a question of Puxian (Samantabhadra) how the Lotus is to be possessed after the Buddha's demise, i. e. by thought (or protection) of the Buddhas; the cultivation of virtue; entry into correct dhyāna; and having a mind to save all creatures.

四相

see styles
sì xiàng
    si4 xiang4
ssu hsiang
 shisou / shiso
    しそう
(1) {Buddh} four essential elements of existence (birth, ageing, illness and death); (can act as adjective) (2) {math} four-phase; quadri-phase
The four avasthā, or states of all phenomena, i. e. 生住異滅 birth, being, change (i. e. decay), and death; also 四有爲相. There are several groups, e. g. 果報四相 birth, age, disease, death. Also 藏識四相 of the Awakening of Faith referring to the initiation, continuation, change, and cessation of the ālaya-vijñāna. Also 我人四相 The ideas: (1) that there is an ego; (2) that man is different from other organisms; (3) that all the living are produced by the skandhas; (4) that life is limited to the organism. Also 智境四相 dealing differently with the four last headings 我; 人; 衆生; and 壽相.

四端

see styles
 shitan
    したん
the four beginnings (in Mencius's belief in humanity's innate goodness); the four sprouts

四覺


四觉

see styles
sì jué
    si4 jue2
ssu chüeh
 shikaku
The 'four intelligences, or apprehensions' of the Awakening of Faith 起信論, q. v., viz. 本覺, 相似覺, 隨分覺, and 究竟覺.

四鏡


四镜

see styles
sì jìng
    si4 jing4
ssu ching
 yotsukagami
    よつかがみ
(surname) Yotsukagami
The four resemblances between a mirror and the bhūtatathatā in the Awakening of Faith 起信論. The bhūtatathatā, like the mirror, is independent of all beings, reveals all objects, is not hindered by objects, and serves all beings.

固辞

see styles
 koji
    こじ
(noun, transitive verb) firm refusal

圓信


圆信

see styles
yuán xìn
    yuan2 xin4
yüan hsin
 enshin
Complete faith; the faith of the 'perfect' school. A Tiantai doctrine that a moment's faith embraces the universe.

在纏


在缠

see styles
zài chán
    zai4 chan2
tsai ch`an
    tsai chan
 zaiten
In bonds, i. e. the '在眞如 the bhūtatathatā in limitations, e. g. relative, v. 起信論 Awakening of Faith.

地神

see styles
dì shén
    di4 shen2
ti shen
 chijin
    ちじん
gods of the land; earthly deities; (surname) Jigami
The earth devī, Pṛthivī also styled 堅牢 firm and secure; cf. 地天.

堅剛

see styles
 kengou / kengo
    けんごう
(rare) firm and unyielding; rigid

堅定


坚定

see styles
jiān dìng
    jian1 ding4
chien ting
firm; steady; staunch; resolute

堅實


坚实

see styles
jiān shí
    jian1 shi2
chien shih
 ken jitsu
firm and substantial; solid
Firm and solid.

堅意


坚意

see styles
jiān yì
    jian1 yi4
chien i
 keni
    けんい
(personal name) Ken'i
堅慧 Sthiramati of firm mind, or wisdom. An early Indian monk of the Mahāyāna; perhaps two monks.

堅智


坚智

see styles
jiān zhì
    jian1 zhi4
chien chih
 Kenchi
Firm knowledge, or wisdom, a name of Vajrapāṇi.

堅決


坚决

see styles
jiān jué
    jian1 jue2
chien chüeh
firm; resolute; determined

堅法


坚法

see styles
jiān fǎ
    jian1 fa3
chien fa
 kenpō
The three things assured to the faithful (in reincarnation)—a good body, long life, and boundless wealth.

堅肉


坚肉

see styles
jiān ròu
    jian1 rou4
chien jou
 kenniku
firm

堅貞


坚贞

see styles
jiān zhēn
    jian1 zhen1
chien chen
firm; unswerving; loyal to the end

外商

see styles
wài shāng
    wai4 shang1
wai shang
 gaishou / gaisho
    がいしょう
foreign businessman
(1) foreign merchant; foreign businessman; foreign company; foreign firm; (2) out-of-store sales; calling on customers to take orders

大乘

see styles
dà shèng
    da4 sheng4
ta sheng
 oonori
    おおのり
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
(surname) Oonori
Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。.

妄信

see styles
 moushin / moshin
    もうしん
    boushin / boshin
    ぼうしん
(noun/participle) blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity

妄執


妄执

see styles
wàng zhí
    wang4 zhi2
wang chih
 mōjū
    もうしゅう
(Buddhist term) deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)
False tenets, holding on to false views.

妙行

see styles
miào xíng
    miao4 xing2
miao hsing
 myoukou / myoko
    みょうこう
(female given name) Myōkou
The profound act by which a good karma is produced, e.g. faith; v. 一行一切行.

始覺


始觉

see styles
shǐ jué
    shi3 jue2
shih chüeh
 shigaku
The initial functioning of mind or intelligence as a process of 'becoming', arising from 本覺 which is Mind or Intelligence, self-contained, unsullied, and considered as universal, the source of all enlightenment. The 'initial intelligence' or enlightenment arises from the inner influence 薰 of the Mind and from external teaching. In the 'original intelligence' are the four values adopted and made transcendent by the Nirvāṇa-sūtra, viz. 常, 樂, 我, 淨 Perpetuity, joy, personality, and purity; these are acquired through the 始覺 process of enlightenment. Cf. 起信論 Awakening of Faith.

委託


委托

see styles
wěi tuō
    wei3 tuo1
wei t`o
    wei to
 itaku
    いたく
to entrust; to trust; to commission
(noun/participle) consign (goods (for sale) to a firm); entrust (person with something); commit

安慧

see styles
ān huì
    an1 hui4
an hui
 anne
    あんね
(female given name) Anne
Settled or firm resolve on wisdom; established wisdom; tr. of 悉耻羅末底 Sthiramati, or Sthitamati, one of the ten great exponents of the 唯識論 Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi śāstra, a native of southern India.

安立

see styles
ān lì
    an1 li4
an li
 yasudate
    やすだて
(surname) Yasudate
To set up, establish, stand firm.

宗教

see styles
zōng jiào
    zong1 jiao4
tsung chiao
 shuukyou / shukyo
    しゅうきょう
religion
(1) religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed; (2) religious activity; (personal name) Munenori
essential teaching

宗旨

see styles
zōng zhǐ
    zong1 zhi3
tsung chih
 shuushi / shushi
    しゅうし
objective; aim; goal
(1) tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (2) (religious) sect; denomination; religion; faith; (3) one's principles; one's tastes; one's preferences
The main thesis, or ideas, e. g. of a text.

定見


定见

see styles
dìng jiàn
    ding4 jian4
ting chien
 teiken / teken
    ていけん
firm view; definite opinion
fixed opinion; (given name) Teiken

定錢


定钱

see styles
dìng qian
    ding4 qian5
ting ch`ien
    ting chien
security deposit; earnest money (real estate); good-faith deposit

崇信

see styles
chóng xìn
    chong2 xin4
ch`ung hsin
    chung hsin
 takanobu
    たかのぶ
Chongxin county in Pingliang 平涼|平凉[Ping2 liang2], Gansu
(personal name) Takanobu
Reverence and faith, to revere and trust.

常見


常见

see styles
cháng jiàn
    chang2 jian4
ch`ang chien
    chang chien
 jouken / joken
    じょうけん
commonly seen; common; to see something frequently
{Buddh} eternalism (belief in permanence of things); sassatavada; (surname) Tokomi
The view that (personality) is permanent.

弊社

see styles
 heisha / hesha
    へいしゃ
(humble language) our company; our firm

強腰

see styles
 tsuyogoshi
    つよごし
firm or tough stance

当社

see styles
 tousha / tosha
    とうしゃ
(1) this company; this firm; (2) this shrine

律所

see styles
lǜ suǒ
    lu:4 suo3
lü so
law firm (abbr. for 律師事務所|律师事务所[lu:4 shi1 shi4 wu4 suo3])

德母

see styles
dé mǔ
    de2 mu3
te mu
 tokumo
The mother of virtue. i.e. faith which is the root of the religious life.

心性

see styles
xīn xìng
    xin1 xing4
hsin hsing
 shinsei / shinse
    しんせい
one's nature; temperament
mind; disposition; nature
Immutable mind-corpus, or mind-nature, the self-existing fundamental pure mind, the all, the Tathāgata-garbha, or 如來藏心; 自性淸淨心; also described in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith as immortal 不生不滅. Another definition identifies 心 with 性 saying 性卽是心, 心卽是佛 the nature is the mind, and mind is Buddha; another, that mind and nature are the same when 悟 awake and understanding, but differ when 迷 in illusion; and further, in reply to the statement that the Buddha-nature is eternal but the mind not eternal, it is said, the nature is like water, the mind like ice, illusion turns nature to mental ice form, awakening melts it back to its proper nature.

心算

see styles
xīn suàn
    xin1 suan4
hsin suan
 shinsan; shinzan; tsumori(gikun)
    しんさん; しんざん; つもり(gikun)
mental arithmetic; to calculate in one's head; planning; preparation
(1) (See つもり・1) intention; plan; purpose; expectation; (2) (つもり only) (See つもり・2) belief; assumption; thought; conviction

忠心

see styles
zhōng xīn
    zhong1 xin1
chung hsin
 chūshin
good faith; devotion; loyalty; dedication
Loyal, faithful, honest.

念力

see styles
niàn lì
    nian4 li4
nien li
 nenriki
    ねんりき
psychokinesis; telekinesis
(1) willpower; faith; (2) telekinesis; psychokinesis
smṛtibala, one of the five bāla or powers, that of memory. Also one of the seven bodhyaṅga 七菩提分.

悟忍

see styles
wù rěn
    wu4 ren3
wu jen
 gonin
The patience of enlightenment, obtained by Vaidehī, wife of Bimbisāra, 'on her vision of Amitābha,' also known as Joy-perseverance, or Faith-perseverance; one of the ten stages of faith.

悪意

see styles
 akui
    あくい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) ill will; spite; evil intention; malice; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) bad meaning; (3) {law} (See 善意・4) mala fides; bad faith; criminal intent to deceive; (4) {law} malice

感得

see styles
gǎn dé
    gan3 de2
kan te
 kantoku
    かんとく
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (profound) realization; awareness; appreciation; becoming (spiritually) awakened (to); (noun, transitive verb) (2) one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted; (noun, transitive verb) (3) (archaism) obtaining (something) unexpectedly
to attain

慥か

see styles
 tashika
    たしか
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) sure; certain; positive; definite; (2) reliable; trustworthy; safe; sound; firm; accurate; correct; exact; (adverb) (3) If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly; If I remember rightly

我痴

see styles
wǒ chī
    wo3 chi1
wo ch`ih
    wo chih
Ego-infatuation, confused by the belief in the reality of the ego.

所信

see styles
suǒ xìn
    suo3 xin4
so hsin
 shoshin
    しょしん
belief; conviction; opinion
to be trusted

抓緊


抓紧

see styles
zhuā jǐn
    zhua1 jin3
chua chin
to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing something)

折伏

see styles
zhé fú
    zhe2 fu2
che fu
 shakubuku; jakubuku
    しゃくぶく; じゃくぶく
(noun, transitive verb) {Buddh} preaching down; breaking down someone's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith)
to subdue

抱定

see styles
bào dìng
    bao4 ding4
pao ting
to hold on firmly; to cling (to a belief); stubbornly

挺住

see styles
tǐng zhù
    ting3 zhu4
t`ing chu
    ting chu
to stand firm; to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)

據信


据信

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

故意

see styles
gù yì
    gu4 yi4
ku i
 koi
    こい
deliberately; on purpose
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) intent; intention; bad faith; (2) {law} (See 構成要件) mens rea (guilty mind)
Intentionally.

文殊

see styles
wén shū
    wen2 shu1
wen shu
 monju
    もんじゅ
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
(Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (p,s,f) Monju
(文殊師利) Mañjuśrī 滿殊尸利 -later 曼殊室利. 文殊 is also used for Mañjunātha, Mañjudeva, Mañjughoṣa, Mañjuṣvara, et al. T., hjamdpal; J., Monju. Origin unknown; presumably, like most Buddhas and bodhisattvas, an idealization of a particular quality, in his case of Wisdom. Mañju is beautiful, Śrī; good fortune, virtue, majesty, lord, an epithet of a god. Six definitions are obtained from various scriptures: 妙首 (or 頭 ) wonderful or beautiful) head; 普首 universal head; 濡首 glossy head (probably a transliteration); 敬首 revered head; 妙德 wonderful virtue (or power); 妙吉祥 wonderfully auspicious; the last is a later translation in the 西域記. As guardian of wisdom 智慧 he is often placed on Śākyamuni's left, with 普顯 on the right as guardian of law 理, the latter holding the Law, the former the wisdom or exposition of it; formerly they held the reverse positions. He is often represented with five curls or waves to his hair indicating the 五智 q. v. or the five peaks; his hand holds the sword of wisdom and he sits on a lion emblematic of its stern majesty: but he has other forms. He is represented as a youth, i. e. eternal youth. His present abode is given as east of the universe, known as 淸涼山 clear and cool mountain, or a region 寶住 precious abode, or Abode of Treasures, or 寶氏 from which he derives one of his titles, 寶相如來. One of his dhāraṇīs prophesies China as his post-nirvāṇa realm. In past incarnations he is described as being the parent of many Buddhas and as having assisted the Buddha into existence; his title was 龍種上佛 the supreme Buddha of the nāgas, also 大身佛 or 神仙佛; now his title is 歡喜藏摩尼寶精佛 The spiritual Buddha who joyfully cares for the jewel: and his future title is to be 普現佛 Buddha universally revealed. In the 序品 Introductory Chapter of the Lotus Sutra he is also described as the ninth predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Śākyamuni. He is looked on as the chief of the Bodhisattvas and represents them, as the chief disciple of the Buddha, or as his son 法王子. Hīnayāna counts Śāriputra as the wisest of the disciples, Mahāyāna gives Mañjuśrī the chief place, hence he is also styled 覺母 mother, or begetter of understanding. He is shown riding on either a lion or a peacock, or sitting on a white lotus; often he holds a book, emblem of wisdom, or a blue lotus; in certain rooms of a monastery he is shown as a monk; and he appears in military array as defender of the faith. His signs, magic words, and so on, are found in various sutras. His most famous centre in China is Wu-tai shan in Shansi. where he is the object of pilgrimages, especially of Mongols. The legends about him are many. He takes the place in Buddhism of Viśvakarman as Vulcan, or architect, of the universe. He is one of the eight Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, and sometimes has the image of Akṣobhya in his crown. He was mentioned in China as early as the fourth century and in the Lotus Sutra he frequently appears, especially as the converter of the daughter of the Dragon-king of the Ocean. He has five messengers 五使者 and eight youths 八童子 attending on him. His hall in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala is the seventh, in which his group numbers twenty-five. His position is northeast. There are numerous sutras and other works with his name as title, e. g. 文殊師利問菩提經 Gayaśīrṣa sūtra, tr. by Kumārajīva 384-417: and its 論 or .Tīkā of Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhiruci 535. see list in B. N.

断乎

see styles
 danko
    だんこ
(adj-t,adv-to) firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

断固

see styles
 danko
    だんこ
(adj-t,adv-to) firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

施護


施护

see styles
shī hù
    shi1 hu4
shih hu
 Sego
Dānapāla, a native of Udyāna who translated into Chinese some 111 works and in A. D. 982 received the title of Great Master and brilliant expositor of the faith.

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