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諦現觀


谛现观

see styles
dì xiàn guān
    di4 xian4 guan1
ti hsien kuan
 tai genkan
to clear understanding of the [four noble] truths

識處天


识处天

see styles
shì chù tiān
    shi4 chu4 tian1
shih ch`u t`ien
    shih chu tien
 shikisho ten
The heaven of (limitless) knowledge, the second of the caturārūpyabrahmalokas, or four formless heavens, also see below.

譚富英


谭富英

see styles
tán fù yīng
    tan2 fu4 ying1
t`an fu ying
    tan fu ying
Tan Fuying (1906-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生

護世者


护世者

see styles
hù shì zhě
    hu4 shi4 zhe3
hu shih che
 gosesha
The four lokapālas, each protecting one of the four quarters of space, the guardians of the world and of the Buddhist faith.

護法神


护法神

see styles
hù fǎ shén
    hu4 fa3 shen2
hu fa shen
 gohō jin
protector deities of Buddhist law
The four lokapālas, seen at the entrance to Buddhist temples, v, supra.

賓頭盧


宾头卢

see styles
bīn tóu lú
    bin1 tou2 lu2
pin t`ou lu
    pin tou lu
 binzuru
    びんずる
{Buddh} Pindola; Pindola Bharadvaja (one of four Arhats asked by the Buddha to remain in the world to propagate Buddhist law)
Piṇḍola

質料因

see styles
 shitsuryouin / shitsuryoin
    しつりょういん
{phil} (See 目的因,形相因,作用因) material cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

贍部洲


赡部洲

see styles
shàn bù zhōu
    shan4 bu4 zhou1
shan pu chou
 senbushū
Jambudvīpa. Name of the southern of the four great continents, said to be of triangular shape, and to be called after the shape of the leaf of an immense Jambu-tree on Mount Meru, or after fine gold that is found below the tree. It is divided into four parts: south of the Himālayas by the lord of elephants, because of their number; north by the lord of horses; west by the lord of jewels; east by the lord of men. This seems to imply a region larger than India, and Eitel includes in Jambudvīpa the following countries around the Anavatapta lake and the Himālayas. North: Huns, Uigurs, Turks. East: China, Corea, Japan, and some islands. South: Northern India with twenty-seven kingdoms, Eastern India ten kingdoms, Southern India fifteen kingdoms, Central India thirty kingdoms. West: Thirty-four kingdoms.

軽四輪

see styles
 keiyonrin / keyonrin
    けいよんりん
(See 軽自動車) four-wheeled light vehicle

連弾曲

see styles
 rendankyoku
    れんだんきょく
piano piece for four hands; composition for piano four-hands

週四日

see styles
 shuuyokka / shuyokka
    しゅうよっか
(expression) four days a week

鄭光祖


郑光祖

see styles
zhèng guāng zǔ
    zheng4 guang1 zu3
cheng kuang tsu
Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家

鉤菩薩


钩菩萨

see styles
gōu pú sà
    gou1 pu2 sa4
kou p`u sa
    kou pu sa
 kō bosatsu
The bodhisattva guardian with the trident, one of the four with barb, noose, chain or bell.

關漢卿


关汉卿

see styles
guān hàn qīng
    guan1 han4 qing1
kuan han ch`ing
    kuan han ching
Guan Hanqing (c. 1235-c. 1300), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家

阿僧祇

see styles
ā sēng qí
    a1 seng1 qi2
a seng ch`i
    a seng chi
 asougi / asogi
    あそうぎ
(1) {Buddh} a number so great it can never be counted to (san: asamkhya); (numeric) (2) 10^56 (or 10^64)
asaṅkhya, asaṅkhyeya, 阿僧企耶; 僧祇 intp. 無數 innumerable, countless, said to be 一千萬萬萬萬萬萬萬萬兆 kalpas. There are four asaṅkhyākalpas in the rise, duration, and end of every universe, cf. 劫.

阿吒吒


阿咤咤

see styles
ā zhà zhà
    a1 zha4 zha4
a cha cha
 atata
Aṭaṭa; the third of the four cold hells.

阿摩提

see styles
ā mó tí
    a1 mo2 ti2
a mo t`i
    a mo ti
 Amadai
(or 阿麽提); 阿摩 M048697 The 21st of the thirty-three forms of Guanyin, three eyes, four arms, two playing a lute with a phoenix-head, one foot on a lion, the other pendent.

阿梨耶

see styles
ā lí yé
    a1 li2 ye2
a li yeh
 ariya
ārya, 阿利宜; 阿棃宜; 阿黎宜; 阿犁宜; 阿離宜; 阿哩夜; 阿略 or 阿夷; 梨耶 loyal, honourable, noble, āryan, 'a man who has thought on the four chief principles of Buddhism and lives according to them,' intp. by 尊 honourable, and 聖 sage, wise, saintly, sacred. Also, ulūka, an owl.

阿耨達


阿耨达

see styles
ān òu dá
    an1 ou4 da2
an ou ta
 Anokudatsu
阿那婆答多 (or 阿那波達多) Anavatapta, a lake in Jambudvīpa, north of the Himālayas, south of 香山 Gandha-mādana, descrbed as about 800 li in circumference, bordered by gold, silver, precious stones, etc. It is said to be the source of the four great rivers: east, the Ganges out of a silver ox mouth; south, the Indus out of that of an elephant; west, the Oxus; and north, the Śītā, said to be the Yellow River. Eitel has the Brahmaputra, Ganges, Śatadru (or Sutlej), and the Oxus; but there is confusion in the records. The Dragon-king of this lake became a Bodhisattva and is exempt from the distresses of the other seven dragon-kings. The阿耨達山 are the mountains north of the lake.

陀羅尼


陀罗尼

see styles
tuó luó ní
    tuo2 luo2 ni2
t`o lo ni
    to lo ni
 darani
    だらに
incantation (Sanskrit: dharani); religious chant (promoting virtue and obstructing evil)
dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
(or 陀羅那); 陀鄰尼 dhāraṇī. Able to lay hold of the good so that it cannot be lost, and likewise of the evil so that it cannot arise. Magical formulas, or mystic forms of prayer, or spells of Tantric order, often in Sanskrit, found in China as early as the third century A.D.; they form a potion of the dhāraṇīpiṭaka; made popular chiefly through the Yogācārya 瑜伽 or 密教esoteric school. Four divisions are given, i.e. 法陀羅尼, 義陀羅尼, 咒陀羅尼 and 忍陀羅尼; the 咒, i.e. mantra or spell, is emphasized by the 眞言 Shingon sect. There are numerous treatises, e.g. 陀羅尼集經; 瑜伽師地論, attributed to Asaṅga, founder of the Buddhist Yoga school.

陸探微


陆探微

see styles
lù tàn wēi
    lu4 tan4 wei1
lu t`an wei
    lu tan wei
Lu Tanwei (active c. 450-490), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家

離四句


离四句

see styles
lí sì jù
    li2 si4 ju4
li ssu chü
 ri shiku
apart from the four lemmas

雪月花

see styles
 setsugetsuka; setsugekka
    せつげつか; せつげっか
(poetic term) (from a poem by Bai Juyi) (See 月雪花) snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons; (female given name) Yuzuha

顧愷之


顾恺之

see styles
gù kǎi zhī
    gu4 kai3 zhi1
ku k`ai chih
    ku kai chih
Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家

首盧迦


首卢迦

see styles
shǒu lú jiā
    shou3 lu2 jia1
shou lu chia
(首盧 or首盧柯); 輸盧迦 (or 室盧迦 or輸盧迦波 or室盧迦波); 室路迦 śloka, a stanza of thirty-two syllables, either in four lines of eight each, or two of sixteen.

馬致遠


马致远

see styles
mǎ zhì yuǎn
    ma3 zhi4 yuan3
ma chih yüan
Ma Zhiyuan (c. 1250-1321), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧[za2 ju4] tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan Dramatists 元曲四大家[Yuan2 qu3 Si4 Da4 jia1]

馬連良


马连良

see styles
mǎ lián liáng
    ma3 lian2 liang2
ma lien liang
Ma Lianliang (1901-1966), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生

駱賓王


骆宾王

see styles
luò bīn wáng
    luo4 bin1 wang2
lo pin wang
 rakuhinou / rakuhino
    らくひんおう
Luo Binwang (640-684), one of Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]
(person) Luo Binwang (poetic term) (ca. 640-684)

鳩摩羅


鸠摩罗

see styles
jiū mó luó
    jiu1 mo2 luo2
chiu mo lo
鳩摩羅什 (鳩摩羅什婆); 鳩摩羅時婆 (or 鳩摩羅耆婆); 羅什 Kumārajīva, one of the 'four suns' of Mahāyāna Buddhism, of which he was the early and most effective propagator in China. He died in Chang-an about A.D. 412. His father was an Indian, his mother a princess of Karashahr. He is noted for the number of his translations and commentaries, which he is said to have dictated to some 800 monastic scribes. After cremation his tongue remained 'unconsumed'.

麤惡苑


麤恶苑

see styles
cū è yuàn
    cu1 e4 yuan4
ts`u o yüan
    tsu o yüan
(麁惡苑) The rough and evil park, one of Indra's four parks, that of armaments and war.

あばら家

see styles
 abaraya
    あばらや
(1) dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack; (2) (humble language) my house; my home; (3) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

あばら屋

see styles
 abaraya
    あばらや
(1) dilapidated house; tumbledown house; hovel; miserable shack; (2) (humble language) my house; my home; (3) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

ヴァルナ

see styles
 aruna
    ヴァルナ
varna (each of the four Hindu castes)

クロカン

see styles
 kurokan
    クロカン
(n,adj-f) (1) (abbreviation) (See クロスカントリー) cross-country (race, skiing, etc.); (2) four-wheel-drive vehicle; SUV

ビッグ4

see styles
 biggufoo
    ビッグフォー
(work) The Big Four (book); (wk) The Big Four (book)

ベスト4

see styles
 besutofoo
    ベストフォー
last four (in a tournament) (wasei: best four); final four; semifinalists

一四句偈

see styles
yī sì jù jiè
    yi1 si4 ju4 jie4
i ssu chü chieh
 isshiku ge
A four-character line of a gāthā, or verse.

一四句頌


一四句颂

see styles
yī sì jù sòng
    yi1 si4 ju4 song4
i ssu chü sung
 ichi shiku ju
one four-line verse

一四天下

see styles
yī sì tiān xià
    yi1 si4 tian1 xia4
i ssu t`ien hsia
    i ssu tien hsia
 ichishi tenge
A world of four great continents surrounding a Mt. Sumeru.

一境四心

see styles
yī jìng sì xīn
    yi1 jing4 si4 xin1
i ching ssu hsin
 ikkyōshi shin
Four different ways of looking at the same thing. Similar to 一水四見 i.e. one and the same reality though seen from different aspects.

一板三眼

see styles
yī bǎn sān yǎn
    yi1 ban3 san1 yan3
i pan san yen
lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail

一水四見


一水四见

see styles
yī shuǐ sì jiàn
    yi1 shui3 si4 jian4
i shui ssu chien
 issui shiken
The same water may be viewed in four ways— devas see it as bejewelled land, men as water, hungry ghosts as pus and blood, fish as a place to live in. Cf. 一境四心.

一篋四蛇


一箧四蛇

see styles
yī qiè sì shé
    yi1 qie4 si4 she2
i ch`ieh ssu she
    i chieh ssu she
 ikkyō shi ja
Four snakes in one basket, i.e. the four passions in one body, cf. 四大.

七政四餘


七政四余

see styles
qī zhèng sì yú
    qi1 zheng4 si4 yu2
ch`i cheng ssu yü
    chi cheng ssu yü
seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)

七種無上


七种无上

see styles
qī zhǒng wú shàng
    qi1 zhong3 wu2 shang4
ch`i chung wu shang
    chi chung wu shang
 shichi shumujō
The seven peerless qualities of a Buddha:―his body 身 with its thirty-two signs and eighty-four marks; his way 道 of universal mercy; his perfect insight or doctrine 見; his wisdom 智; his supernatural power 神 力; his ability to overcome hindrances 斷障, e.g. illusion, karma, and suffering; and his abiding place 住 i.e. Nirvana. Cf. 七勝事.

七言絶句

see styles
 shichigonzekku
    しちごんぜっく
poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters

三五成群

see styles
sān wǔ chéng qún
    san1 wu3 cheng2 qun2
san wu ch`eng ch`ün
    san wu cheng chün
in groups of three or four (idiom)

三十六神

see styles
sān shí liù shén
    san1 shi2 liu4 shen2
san shih liu shen
 sanjūroku shin
(三十六部神) The thirty-six departmental guardian divinities given in the 灌頂三歸五戒帶佩護身咒經. Each is styled 彌栗頭 mṛdu, benign, kindly, for which 善 is used. Their Sanskrit and Chinese names are given in Chinese as follows: (1) 不羅婆 or 善光 kindly light, has to do with attacks of disease; (2) 婆呵婆 or 善明 headaches; (3) 婆邏婆 or 善力 fevers; (4) 抗陀羅 or 善月 disorders of the stomach; (5) 陀利奢 or 善見 tumours; (6) 阿婁呵 or 善供 madness; (7) 伽婆帝 or 善捨 stupidity; (8) 悉抵哆 or 善寂 irascibility; (9) 菩堤薩 or善覺 lust; (10) 提婆羅 or 善天 devils; (11) 阿婆帝 or 善住 deadly injuries; (12) 不若羅 of 善福 graves; (13) 苾闍伽 or 善術 the four quarters; (14) 迦隸婆 or 善帝 enemies; (15) 羅闍遮 or 善主 robbers; (16) 須乾陀 or 善香 creditors; (17) 檀那波 or 善施 thieves; (18) 支多那 or 善意 pestilence; (19) 羅婆那 or 善吉 the five plagues (? typhoid); (20) 鉢婆馱 or 善山 corpse worms; (21) 三摩提 or 善調 continuous concentration; (22) 戾禘馱 or 善備 restlessness; (23) 波利陀 or 善敬 attraction; (24) 波利那 or 善淨 evil cabals; (25) 度伽地 or 善品 deadly poison; (26) 毘梨馱 or 善結 fear; (27) 支陀那 or 善壽 calamities; (28) 伽林摩 or 善逝 childbirth and nursing; (29) 阿留伽 or 善願 the district magistracy; (30) 闍利馱 or 善固 altercations; (31) 阿伽駄 or 善照 anxieties and distresses; (32) 阿訶婆 or 善生 uneasiness; (33) 婆和邏 or 善思 supernatural manifestations; (34) 波利那 or 善藏 jealousy; (35) 固陀那 or 善音 curses; (36) 韋陀羅 or 善妙 exorcism. They have innumerable assistants. He who writes their names and carries them with him can be free from all fear.

三十四心

see styles
sān shí sì xīn
    san1 shi2 si4 xin1
san shih ssu hsin
 sanjūshi shin
thirty-four enlightened mental states

三千威儀


三千威仪

see styles
sān qiān wēi yí
    san1 qian1 wei1 yi2
san ch`ien wei i
    san chien wei i
 sansen (no) igi
A bhikṣu's regulations amount to about 250; these are multiplied by four for the conditions of walking, standing, sitting, and sleeping and thus make 1, 000; again multiplied by three for past, present, and future, they become 3, 000 regulations.

三天四仙

see styles
sān tiān sì xiān
    san1 tian1 si4 xian1
san t`ien ssu hsien
    san tien ssu hsien
 santen shisen
v. 二天三仙 and add 鳩摩羅 Kuveradeva and 若提子 Nirgrahtha, son of Jñātṛ, i.e. of the Jñātṛ clan.

三寒四温

see styles
 sankanshion
    さんかんしおん
(yoji) alternation of three cold and four warm days (usu. in late winter and early spring)

三從四德


三从四德

see styles
sān cóng sì dé
    san1 cong2 si4 de2
san ts`ung ssu te
    san tsung ssu te
Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功

三摩皮陀

see styles
sān mó pí tuó
    san1 mo2 pi2 tuo2
san mo p`i t`o
    san mo pi to
 Sanmahida
縒摩吠陀; 沙磨; 平論; 歌詠 Sāma-veda-saṃhitā. A collection of verses sung at sacrifices, etc. The third of the three Vedas, or four if Atharva Veda is counted, as it was later; the verses are taken almost wholly from the Ṛgveda.

三權一實


三权一实

see styles
sān quán yī shí
    san1 quan2 yi1 shi2
san ch`üan i shih
    san chüan i shih
 sangon ichijitsu
The Tiantai division of the schools of Buddhism into four, three termed 權temporary, i. e. 藏, 通 and 別 q.v. v. e fourth is the 實 or圓real or perfect School of SaIvation by faith to Buddhahood, especially as revealed in the Lotus Sutra, see 一實.

三長齋月


三长斋月

see styles
sān cháng zhāi yuè
    san1 chang2 zhai1 yue4
san ch`ang chai yüeh
    san chang chai yüeh
 san chō saigatsu
(三長月) The three whole months of abstinence, the first, fifth, and ninth months, when no food should be taken after noon. The four deva-kings are on tours of inspection during these months.

三障四魔

see styles
sān zhàng sì mó
    san1 zhang4 si4 mo2
san chang ssu mo
 sans hō shi ma
three obstacles and four demonic forces

不可說佛


不可说佛

see styles
bù kě shuō fó
    bu4 ke3 shuo1 fo2
pu k`o shuo fo
    pu ko shuo fo
 Fukasetsu butsu
Gaṇendra; the 733rd of the Buddhas of the present kalpa 賢劫, in which 1,000 Buddhas are to appear, of whom four have appeared.

不壞四禪


不坏四禅

see styles
bù huài sì chán
    bu4 huai4 si4 chan2
pu huai ssu ch`an
    pu huai ssu chan
 fue (no) shizen
The four dhyāna heavens, where the samādhi mind of meditation is indestructible, and the external world is indestructible by the three final catastrophes.

不定受業


不定受业

see styles
bù dìng shòu yè
    bu4 ding4 shou4 ye4
pu ting shou yeh
 fujō jugō
One of the 'four karma' — aniyata or indefinite karma; opposite of 定業.

世界各地

see styles
shì jiè gè dì
    shi4 jie4 ge4 di4
shih chieh ko ti
 sekaikakuchi
    せかいかくち
all over the world; everywhere; in all parts of the world
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world

之乎者也

see styles
zhī hū zhě yě
    zhi1 hu1 zhe3 ye3
chih hu che yeh
lit. 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions

九品大衣

see styles
jiǔ pǐn dà yī
    jiu3 pin3 da4 yi1
chiu p`in ta i
    chiu pin ta i
 ku hon dai e
The 僧伽梨 saṇghāṭī. There are nine grades of the monk's patch robe; the three lowest ranks have 9, 11, and 13 patches, two long patches to one short one; the three middle 15, 17, 19, three long to one short; and the three superior 21, 23, 25, four long to one short.

九有情居

see styles
jiǔ yǒu qíng jū
    jiu3 you3 qing2 ju1
chiu yu ch`ing chü
    chiu yu ching chü
 ku ujō ko
(or 九有情處), 九衆生居, 九居, 九門, see also 九有, 九地, 九禪 and 九定; the nine happy abodes or states of sentient beings of the 長阿含經 9; they are the 七識住seven abodes or stages of perception or consciousness to which are added the fifth and ninth below: (1) 欲界之人天 the world and the six deva-heavens of desire in which there is variety of bodies (or personalities) and thinking (or ideas); (2) 梵衆天the three brahma heavens where bodies differ but thinking is the same, the first dhyāna heaven; (3) 極光淨天 the three bright and pure heavens where bodies are identical but thinking diners, the second dhyāna heaven; (4) 遍淨天the three universally pure heavens where bodies and thinking are the same, the third dhyāna heaven; (5) 無想天 the no-thinking or no-thought heaven, the highest of the four dhyāna heavens; (6) 空無邊處 limitless space, the first of the formless realms; (7) 識無邊處 limitless percepton, the second ditto; (8) 無所有處 nothingness, the place beyond things, the third ditto; and (9) 非想非非想beyond thought or non-thought, the fourth ditto.

九次第定

see styles
jiǔ cì dì dìng
    jiu3 ci4 di4 ding4
chiu tz`u ti ting
    chiu tzu ti ting
 kyū shidai jō
The samādhi of the nine degrees, i.e. the four dhyānas 四禪, the four realms beyond form 四無色, and the samādhi beyond sensation and thought 滅受想定; see 九有情居 and 九地.

乞食四分

see styles
qǐ shí sì fēn
    qi3 shi2 si4 fen1
ch`i shih ssu fen
    chi shih ssu fen
 kotsujiki shibun
The four divisions of the mendicant's dole; to provide for (1) fellow religionists, (2) the poor, (3) the spirits, (4) self.

二六時中


二六时中

see styles
èr liù shí zhōng
    er4 liu4 shi2 zhong1
erh liu shih chung
 nirokujichuu / nirokujichu
    にろくじちゅう
(adv,n) (yoji) night and day; all the time
during the twelve (=twenty-four) hours of the day.

二十二根

see styles
èr shí èr gēn
    er4 shi2 er4 gen1
erh shih erh ken
 nijūni kon
The twenty-two roots, organs, or powers, v. 根. They are: (1) 眼根 eye, cakṣurindriya; (2) 耳 根 ear, śrotrendriya; (3) 鼻根 nose, ghrāṇendriya; (4) 舌根 tongue, jihvendriya; (5) 身根 body, kāyendriya; (6) 意根 mind, manaīndriya (the above are the 六根); (7) 女根 female organ, strīndriya; (8) 男根 male organ, puruṣendriya; (9) 命根 life, jīvitendriya; (10) 苦根 suffering (or pain), duḥkhendriya; (11) 樂根 pleasure, sukhendriya; (12) 憂根 sorrow, daurmanasyendriya; (13) 喜根 joy, saumanas-yendriya; (14) 捨根 abandoning, upekṣendriya (from 10 to 14 they are the 五受); (15) 信根 faith, śraddhendriya; (16) 精進根 zeal, vīryendriya; (17) 念根 memory, smṛtīndriya; (18) 定根 meditation, or trance, samādhīndriya; (19) 慧根 wisdom, prajñendriya (these are the 信等之五根); (20) 未知當知根 the power for learning (the Four Noble Truths) anājñātamājñāsyāmīndriya; (21) 巳知根 the power of having learned (them), ājñendriya; (22) 具知根 the power of perfect knowledge (of them), ājñātādvīndriya (these three are called the 無漏根) .

二十五有

see styles
èr shí wǔ yǒu
    er4 shi2 wu3 you3
erh shih wu yu
 nijūgō u
The twenty-five forms of existence, fourteen in the desire realms 欲界, seven in the realms of form 色界, and four in the formless realms 無色界, v. 有.

二十八天

see styles
èr shí bā tiān
    er4 shi2 ba1 tian1
erh shih pa t`ien
    erh shih pa tien
 nijūhatten
The twenty-eight heavens, or devalokas: six of the desire-world 欲界, eighteen of the form-world 色界, and four arūpa or formless heavens 無色界. The heavens of the world of form are sixteen according to the 薩婆多部 Sarvāstivāda School, seventeen according to 經部 Sūtra School, and eighteen according to the 上座 Sthavirāḥ.

二十八宿

see styles
èr shí bā xiù
    er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4
erh shih pa hsiu
 nijuuhasshuku / nijuhasshuku
    にじゅうはっしゅく
the twenty-eight constellations
28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)
The twenty-eight nakṣatras or constellations, divided into four mansions of seven each, referred to East, or Spring; South, Summer; West, Autumn; and North, Winter. The month-names derived from them differ slightly in form. E.: 角 Citrā, 亢 Niṣṭyā (or Svāti), 氏 Viśākhā, 房 Anurādhā, 心Rohiṇī, Jyeṣṭhaghnī (or Jyesthā), 尾 Mūlabarhaṇī (or Mūla), 箕 Pūrva-Aṣādha. N.: 斗 Uttara-Aṣāḍhā, 牛 Abhijit, 女Śravaṇā, 盧Śraviṣṭha (or Dhaniṣṭhā) 危Śatabhiṣā, 室 Pūrva-Proṣṭhapada, 壁 Uttara-Proṣṭhapada. W.: 奎 Revatī, 婁 Aśvayuj (or Aśvinī), 胃 Apabharaṇī (or Bharaṇī), 昴 Kṛttikā, 畢 Rohiṇī, 觜 Invakā (or Mṛgaśiras), 參 Bāhu (or Ārdrā). S.: 井 Punarvasu, 鬼 Tiṣya (or Puṣya), 柳 Aśleṣā, 星 Maghā, 張 Pūrva-Phalgunī, 翼 Uttara-Phalgunī, 軫 Hastā.

二十八祖

see styles
èr shí bā zǔ
    er4 shi2 ba1 zu3
erh shih pa tsu
 nijūhasso
The twenty-eight Buddhist patriarchs as stated by the Mahāyānists. The Tiantai school reckons twenty-three, or twenty-four, with the addition of Śaṇakavāsa, contemporary with his predecessors, but the Chan school reckons twenty-eight: (1) Mahākāśyapa, 摩訶迦葉 (摩訶迦葉波); (2) Ānanda, 阿難; (3) Śāṇakavāsa, 商那和修; 4) Upagupta, 優婆毱多; (5) Dhṛṭaka, 提多迦; (6) Mikkaka, or Miccaka, or Micchaka, 彌遮迦; (7) Vasumitra, 婆須蜜; (8) Buddhanandi, 佛陀難提; (9) Buddhamitra, 伏駄蜜多; (10) Pārśva, or Pārśvika, 波栗溼縛or 脇尊者; (11) Puṇyayaśas 那尊耶舍; (12) Aśvaghoṣa, 馬鳴大士; (13) Kapimala, 迦毘摩羅; (14) Nāgārjuna, 龍樹; (15) Kāṇadeva, 迦那提婆; (16) Rāhulata, 羅睺羅多; (17) Saṅghanandi, 僧伽難提; (18) Gayāśata, 伽耶舍多; (19) Kumārata, 鳩摩羅多; (20) Jayata, 闍夜多; (21) Vasubandhu, 婆修盤頭; (22) Manorhita, 摩撃羅; (23) Haklena, 鶴輸勒; (24) Ārasiṁha, 師子尊者; (25) Basiasita, 婆舍新多; (26) Puṇyamitra, 不如密多; (27) Prajñātāra, 般若多羅; (28) Bodhidharma, 菩提達磨.

二十四孝

see styles
èr shí sì xiào
    er4 shi2 si4 xiao4
erh shih ssu hsiao
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty

二十四日

see styles
 nijuuyokka / nijuyokka
    にじゅうよっか
(1) twenty-fourth day of the month; (2) twenty-four days

二十四流

see styles
èr shí sì liú
    er4 shi2 si4 liu2
erh shih ssu liu
 nijūshi ryū
twenty-four transmissions

二種因果


二种因果

see styles
èr zhǒng yīn guǒ
    er4 zhong3 yin1 guo3
erh chung yin kuo
 nishuinka
Two aspects of cause and effect, a division of the 四諦 "four noble truths" (a) 世間因果 in the present life, the 苦諦 being the effect, and the 集諦 the cause; (b) 出世間因果 in the future life, the 滅諦, extinction (of passion, or mortality) being the fruit, and the 道諦 the " eightfold noble path " the cause.

五位三昧

see styles
wǔ wèi sān mèi
    wu3 wei4 san1 mei4
wu wei san mei
 goi zanmai
五種三昧 The five kinds of samādhi: (1) On mortality, the 四禪 and 八定; (2) śrāvaka on the four axioms; (3) pratyekabuddha on the twelve nidānas; (4) bodhisattva on the 六度 and the 萬行; (5) Buddha on the one Buddha-vehicle, which includes all others; v. 五乘.

五停四念

see styles
wǔ tíng sì niàn
    wu3 ting2 si4 nian4
wu t`ing ssu nien
    wu ting ssu nien
 gojō shinen
idem 五停心觀 and 四念處 i. e. the five meditations for settling the mind and ridding it of the five errors of desire, hate, ignorance, the self, and a wayward or confused mind; the five meditations are 不淨觀, 慈悲觀, 因緣觀, 界分別觀 and 數息觀 i. e. the vileness of all things, pity for all, causality, right discrimination, breathing; some substitute meditation on the Buddha in place of the fourth; another division puts breathing first, and there are other differences.

五明後日

see styles
 goasatte
    ごあさって
(n,adv) four days from now (five days in some places)

五時八教


五时八教

see styles
wǔ shí bā jiào
    wu3 shi2 ba1 jiao4
wu shih pa chiao
 gojihakkyou / gojihakkyo
    ごじはっきょう
{Buddh} (See 五時教) division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect)
A Tiantai classification of the Buddha's teaching into five periods and eight kinds of doctrine, which eight are subdivided into two groups of four each, 化儀四教 and 化法四教.

五智如來


五智如来

see styles
wǔ zhì rú lái
    wu3 zhi4 ru2 lai2
wu chih ju lai
 gochi nyorai
五智五佛; 五佛; 五如來 The five Dhyāni-Buddhas, or Wisdom-Tathāgatas of the Vajradhātu 金剛界, idealizations of five aspects of wisdom; possibly of Nepalese origin. The Wisdom Buddha represents the dharmakāya or Buddha-mind, also the Dharma of the triratna, or trinity. Each evolves one of the five colours, one of the five senses, a Dhyani-bodhisattva in two forms onegracious, the other fierce, and a Mānuṣi-Buddha; each has his own śakti, i. e. feminine energy or complement; also his own bīja, or germ-sound 種子or 印 seal, i. e. 眞言 real or substantive word, the five being for 大日 aṃ, for 阿閦 hūṃ, for 寶生 ? hrīḥ, for 彌陀 ? aḥ, for 不 空 ? āḥ. The five are also described as the emanations or forms of an Ādi-Buddha, Vajrasattva; the four are considered by others to be emanations or forms of Vairocana as theSupreme Buddha. The five are not always described as the same, e. g. they may be 藥師 (or 王) Bhaiṣajya, 多寶 Prabhūtaratna, Vairocana, Akṣobhya, andeither Amoghasiddhi or Śākyamuni. Below is a classified list of the generally accepted five with certain particulars connected with them, butthese differ in different places, and the list can only be a general guide. As to the Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, each Buddha evolves three forms 五佛生五菩薩, 五金剛, 五忿怒, i. e. (1) a bodhisattva who represents the Buddha's dharmakāya, or spiritual body; (2) a vajra ordiamond form who represents his wisdom in graciousness; and (3) a fierce or angry form, the 明王 who represents his power against evil. (1) Vairocanaappears in the three forms of 轉法輪菩薩 Vajra-pāramitā Bodhisattva, 遍照金剛 Universally Shining Vajrasattva, and 不動明王 Ārya-Acalanātha Rāja; (2) Akṣobhya's three forms are 虛空藏 Ākāśagarbha, 如意 complete power, and 軍荼利明王 Kuṇḍalī-rāja; (3 ) Ratnasaṃbhava's are 普賢 Samantabhadra, 薩埵Sattvavajra, and 孫婆 or 降三世明王 Trailokyavijayarāja; (4) Amitābha's are 觀世音 Avalokiteśvara, 法金剛 Dharmarāja, and 馬頭明王 Hayagrīva, thehorse-head Dharmapāla; (5) Amoghasiddhi's are 彌勒 Maitreya, 業金剛Karmavajra, and 金剛夜叉 Vajrayakṣa. The above Bodhisattvas differ from those in the following list:
NameChinesePositionElementSenseColor
Vairocana大日centreethersightwhite
Akṣobhya阿閦eastearthsoundblue
Ratnasaṃbhava寶生southfiresmellyellow
Amitābha彌陀westwatertastered
Amoghasiddhi不空northairtouchgreen
GermAnimalDhyani-BodhisattvaBuddha
aṃlionSamantabhadra 普賢Krakucchanda
hūṃelephantVajrapāṇi 金剛力士Kanakamuni
?aḥhorseRatnapāṇi 寶手Kāśyapa
? hrīḥgoose or peacockAvalokiteśvara 觀音Śākyamuni
?āḥgaruḍaVisvapāṇi?Maitreya


Arrival of the five wise Buddhas

五種唯識


五种唯识

see styles
wǔ zhǒng wéi shì
    wu3 zhong3 wei2 shi4
wu chung wei shih
 goshu yuishiki
The five kinds of weishi, or idealistic representation in the sutras and śāstras as summed up by Cien 慈恩 of the 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana school: (1) 境唯識 wisdom or insight in objective conditions; (2) 教唯識 in interpretation; (3) 理唯識 in principles; (4) 行唯識 in meditation and practice; (5) 果唯識 in the fruits or results of Buddhahood. The first four are objective, the fifth subject.

五種法身


五种法身

see styles
wǔ zhǒng fǎ shēn
    wu3 zhong3 fa3 shen1
wu chung fa shen
 goshu hosshin
The five kinds of a Buddha's dharmakāya. There are four groups. I. (1) 如如智法身 the spiritual body of bhūtatathatā-wisdom; (2) 功德法身 of all virtuous achievement; (3) 自法身 of incarnation in the world; (4) 變化法身 of unlimited powers of transformation; (5) 虛空法身 of unlimited space; the first and second are defined as saṃbhogakāya, the third and fourth as nirmāṇakāya, and the fifth as the dharmakāya, but all are included under dharmakāya as it possesses all the others. II. The esoteric cult uses the first four and adds as fifth 法界身 indicating the universe as pan-Buddha. III. Huayan gives (1) 法性生身 the body or person of Buddha born from the dharma-nature. (2) 功德生身 the dharmakāya evolved by Buddha virtue, or achievement; (3) 變化法身 the dharmakāya with unlimited powers of transformation; (4) 實相法身 the real dharmakāya; (5) 虛 空法身 the universal dharmakāya. IV. Hīnayāna defines them as 五分法身 q. v.

五言絕句


五言绝句

see styles
wǔ yán jué jù
    wu3 yan2 jue2 ju4
wu yen chüeh chü
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line

五言絶句

see styles
 gogonzekku
    ごごんぜっく
poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters

五部合斷


五部合断

see styles
wǔ bù hé duàn
    wu3 bu4 he2 duan4
wu pu ho tuan
 gobu gōdan
To cut off the five classes of misleading things, i. e. four 見 and one 修, i. e. false theory in regard to the 四諦 four truths, and erroneous practice. Each of the two classes is extended into each of the three divisions of past, three of present, and three of future, making eighteen mental conditions.

人尊三惡


人尊三恶

see styles
rén zūn sān è
    ren2 zun1 san1 e4
jen tsun san o
 ninson san'aku
The three most wicked among men: the Icchantika; v. 一闡提: the slanderers of Mahayana, and those who break the four great commandments.

伊藤博文

see styles
yī téng bó wén
    yi1 teng2 bo2 wen2
i t`eng po wen
    i teng po wen
 itouhirobumi / itohirobumi
    いとうひろぶみ
ITŌ Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japanese politician, prime minister on four occasions, influential in Japanese expansionism in Korea, assassinated in Harbin
(person) Itō Hirobumi (1841.10.16-1909.10.26)

佛光國師

see styles
fó guāng guó shī
    fo2 guang1 guo2 shi1
fo kuang kuo shih
 Bukkō Kokushi
Chinese monk of the Linji (J. Rinzai) school 臨濟宗. Founder of the Bukkō Branch 佛光派, one of the twenty-four transmissions of Zen 禪宗二十四流 that reached Japan. Came to Japan in 1279 following the invitation by Hōjō Tokimune. Founder of the Engakuji 圓覺寺 in Kamakura.

佛殿四物

see styles
fó diàn sì wù
    fo2 dian4 si4 wu4
fo tien ssu wu
 butsuden shimotsu
four instruments for the buddha-hall

佛陀耶舍

see styles
fó tuó yé shè
    fo2 tuo2 ye2 she4
fo t`o yeh she
    fo to yeh she
 Buddayasha
Buddhayaśas, of Kashmir or Kabul, tr. four works, 408-412.

光宅四教

see styles
guāng zhái sì jiào
    guang1 zhai2 si4 jiao4
kuang chai ssu chiao
 Kōtaku shikyō
the four part doctrinal taxonomy according to Fayun of Guangzhai

內外兼明


内外兼明

see styles
nèi wài jiān míng
    nei4 wai4 jian1 ming2
nei wai chien ming
 naige kenmyō
Inner and outer both 'ming '; the first four of the 五明 q. v. are 'outer' and the fifth 'inner'.

八五三二

see styles
bā wǔ sān èr
    ba1 wu3 san1 er4
pa wu san erh
 hachi go san ni
The four special characteristics of the 法相 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect, i.e. 八識, 五法, 三性, and 二無我 q.v.

八十一法

see styles
bā shí yī fǎ
    ba1 shi2 yi1 fa3
pa shih i fa
 hachijūippō
The eighty-one divisions in the Prajñā-pāramitā sūtra 大般若經 comprising form 色; mind 心; the five skandhas 五陰; twelve means of sensation 入; eighteen realms 界; four axioms 諦; twelve nidānas因緣; eighteen śūnya 空; six pāramitā 度, and four jñāna 智. Also 八十一科.

八大在我

see styles
bā dà zài wǒ
    ba1 da4 zai4 wo3
pa ta tsai wo
 hachidai zaiga
The eight great powers of personality or sovereign independence, as one of the four qualities 常樂我淨 of nirvāṇa: powers of self-manifolding, infinite expansion, levitation and transportation, manifesting countless forms permanently in one and the same place, use of one physical organ in place of another, obtaining all things as if nothing, expounding a stanza through countless kalpas, ability to traverse the solid as space. v. 涅槃經 23.

八大觀音


八大观音

see styles
bā dà guān yīn
    ba1 da4 guan1 yin1
pa ta kuan yin
 Hachi Dai Kannon
The eight Shingon representations of Guanyin: as one of the above 八大明王, as the white-robed one, as a rākṣasī, as with four faces, as with a horse's head, as Mahāsthāmaprāpta 大勢至, and as Tārā 陀羅.

八宗九宗

see styles
bā zōng jiǔ zōng
    ba1 zong1 jiu3 zong1
pa tsung chiu tsung
 hasshū kushū
八家九宗 The eight Japanese schools 八宗 with the Zen 禪 school added. The first four are almost or entirely extinct.

八方上下

see styles
bā fāng shàng xià
    ba1 fang1 shang4 xia4
pa fang shang hsia
 happō jōge
The four quarters, the four 維 half-quarters and above and below, i.e. the universe in all directions.

八波羅夷


八波罗夷

see styles
bā bō luó yí
    ba1 bo1 luo2 yi2
pa po lo i
 hachi harai
or 八重罪 The eight pārājika, in relation to the sins of a nun; for the first four see 四波羅夷; (5) libidinous contact with a male; (6) any sort of improper association (leading to adultery); (7) concealing the misbehaviour (of an equal, or inferior); (8) improper dealings with a monk.

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