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四土 see styles |
sì tǔ si4 tu3 ssu t`u ssu tu shido しど |
{Buddh} four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara) The four Buddha-kṣetra, or realms, of Tiantai: (1) 凡聖居同土 Realms where all classes dwell— men, devas, Buddhas, disciples, non-disciples; it has two divisions, the impure, e. g. this world, and the pure, e. g. the 'Western' pure-land. (2) 方便有餘土 Temporary realms, where the occupants have got rid of the evils of 見思 unenlightened views and thoughts, but still have to be reborn. (3) 實報無障礙土 Realms of permanent reward and freedom, for those who have attained bodhisattva rank. (4) 常寂光土 Realm of eternal rest and light (i. e. wisdom) and of eternal spirit (dharmakāya), the abode of Buddhas; but in reality all the others are included in this, and are only separated for convenience, sake. |
四執 四执 see styles |
sì zhí si4 zhi2 ssu chih shishū |
The four erroneous tenets; also 四邪; 四迷; 四術; there are two groups: I. The four of the 外道 outsiders, or non-Buddhists, i. e. of Brahminism, concerning the law of cause and effect: (1) 邪因邪果 heretical theory of causation, e. g. creation by Mahesvara; (2) 無因有果 or 自然, effect independent of cause, e. g. creation without a cause, or spontaneous generation; (3) 有因無果 cause without effect, e. g. no future life as the result of this. (4) 無因無果 neither cause nor effect, e. g. that rewards and punishments are independent of morals. II. The four erroneous tenets of 內外道 insiders and outsiders, Buddhist and Brahman, also styled 四宗 the four schools, as negated in the 中論 Mādhyamika śāstra: (1) outsiders, who do not accept either the 人 ren or 法 fa ideas of 空 kong; (2) insiders who hold the Abhidharma or Sarvāstivādāḥ tenet, which recognizes 人空 human impersonality, but not 法空 the unreality of things; (3) also those who hold the 成實 Satyasiddhi tenet which discriminates the two meanings of 空 kong but not clearly; and also (4) those in Mahāyāna who hold the tenet of the realists. |
四塔 see styles |
sì tǎ si4 ta3 ssu t`a ssu ta shitō |
The four stūpas at the places of Buddha's birth, Kapilavastu; enlightenment, Magadha: preaching, Benares; and parinirvāṇa, Kuśinagara. Four more are located in the heavens of the Travastriṃśas gods, one each tor his hair, nails, begging bowl, and teeth, E., S., W., N., respectively. |
四塵 四尘 see styles |
sì chén si4 chen2 ssu ch`en ssu chen shijin |
four data-fields |
四墮 四堕 see styles |
sì duò si4 duo4 ssu to shida |
(四墮落法) The four causes of falling from grace and final excommunication of a monk or nun; adultery, stealing, killing, falsity; v. 四波羅夷. |
四声 see styles |
shisei / shise しせい |
four tones (of Chinese) |
四天 see styles |
sì tiān si4 tian1 ssu t`ien ssu tien shiten |
the heavens of the four directions |
四夷 see styles |
sì yí si4 yi2 ssu i shii / shi しい |
(derogatory term) (See 東夷・あずまえびす・2,西戎・せいじゅう) Four Barbarians; derogative name for various ancient non-Chinese peoples bordering ancient China; (surname) Shii (四夷戒 or 四夷罪) v. 四波羅夷. |
四姓 see styles |
sì xìng si4 xing4 ssu hsing shisei / shise しせい |
(1) the four great families of the age (esp. the Minamoto clan, the Taira clan, the Fujiwara clan and the Tachibana clan); (2) (See ヴァルナ) varna (each of the four Hindu castes) The four Indian 'clans' or castes— brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra, i. e. (1) priestly, (2) military and ruling, (3) farmers and traders, and (4) serfs; born respectively from the mouth, shoulders, flanks, and feet of Brahma. |
四字 see styles |
sì zì si4 zi4 ssu tzu shiji |
four logographs |
四宗 see styles |
sì zōng si4 zong1 ssu tsung shishū |
The four kinds of inference in logic— common, prejudged or opposing, insufficiently founded, arbitrary. Also, the four schools of thought I. According to 淨影 Jingying they are (1) 立性宗 that everything exists, or has its own nature; e. g. Sarvāstivāda, in the 'lower' schools of Hīnayāna; (2) 破性宗 that everything has not a nature of its own; e. g. the 成實宗 a 'higher' Hīnayāna school, the Satyasiddhi; (3) 破相宗 that form has no reality, because of the doctrine of the void, 'lower' Mahāyāna; (4) 願實宗 revelation of reality, that all comes from the bhūtatathatā, 'higher ' Mahāyāna. II. According to 曇隱 Tanyin of the 大衍 monastery they are (1) 因緣宗, i. e. 立性宗 all things are causally produced; (2) 假名宗, i. e. 破性宗 things are but names; (3) 不眞宗, i. e. 破相宗, denying the reality of form, this school fails to define reality; (4) 眞宗, i. e. 顯實宗 the school of the real, in contrast with the seeming. |
四定 see styles |
sì dìng si4 ding4 ssu ting shijō |
The four dhyāna heavens of form, and the four degrees of dhyāna corresponding to them. |
四害 see styles |
sì hài si4 hai4 ssu hai |
"the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows; see also 打麻雀運動|打麻雀运动[Da3 Ma2 que4 Yun4 dong4] |
四家 see styles |
sì jiā si4 jia1 ssu chia yonke よんけ |
(surname) Yonke The schools of 般若, 諦, 捨煩惱, and 苦淸 likened by 章安 Zhangan of the Tiantai to the 四教, i. e. seriatim: 別, 圓, 通, and 三藏. |
四實 四实 see styles |
sì shí si4 shi2 ssu shih shijitsu |
four realities |
四寸 see styles |
sì cùn si4 cun4 ssu ts`un ssu tsun shi sun |
four inches |
四山 see styles |
sì shān si4 shan1 ssu shan yotsuyama よつやま |
(place-name) Yotsuyama Like four closing-in mountains are birth, age, sickness, and death; another group is age, sickness, death, and decay (衰, i. e. of wealth, honours, etc., or 無常 impermanence). |
四州 see styles |
sì zhōu si4 zhou1 ssu chou shishuu / shishu ししゅう |
(given name) Shishuu four great continents |
四庫 四库 see styles |
sì kù si4 ku4 ssu k`u ssu ku |
the four book depositories, namely: classics 經|经, history 史, philosophy 子[zi3], belles-lettres 集 |
四微 see styles |
sì wēi si4 wei1 ssu wei shimi |
The four minutest forms or atoms perceptible to the four senses of sight, smell, taste, or touch; from these arise the 四大 four elements, from which arise the 五智 five wisdoms, q. v. |
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. |
四心 see styles |
sì xīn si4 xin1 ssu hsin shishin |
The hearts of kindness, pity, joy, and indifference, idem 四無量心. |
四忍 see styles |
sì rěn si4 ren3 ssu jen shi nin |
four kinds of forbearance |
四忘 see styles |
sì wàng si4 wang4 ssu wang shimō |
The state of a saint, i. e. beyond, or oblivious of the four conditions of 一異有無 unity, difference, existence, non-existence. |
四念 see styles |
sì niàn si4 nian4 ssu nien shinen |
four kinds of mindfulness |
四怨 see styles |
sì yuàn si4 yuan4 ssu yüan shion |
The four enemies— the passions-and-delusion māras, death māra, the five-skandhas māras, and the supreme māra-king. |
四恆 四恒 see styles |
sì héng si4 heng2 ssu heng shigō |
four Ganges |
四恒 see styles |
sì héng si4 heng2 ssu heng |
As the sands of four Ganges. |
四恩 see styles |
sì ēn si4 en1 ssu en shion しおん |
{Buddh} four gratitudes (to one's parents, all living beings, one's sovereign and the Three Jewels); four obligations; (surname) Shion four kinds of compassion |
四悉 see styles |
sì xī si4 xi1 ssu hsi shishitsu |
four siddhântas |
四悔 see styles |
sì huǐ si4 hui3 ssu hui shike |
see 五悔 and omit the first. |
四患 see styles |
sì huàn si4 huan4 ssu huan shikan |
four afflictions |
四惑 see styles |
sì huò si4 huo4 ssu huo shiwaku |
idem 煩惱. |
四惡 四恶 see styles |
sì è si4 e4 ssu o shiaku |
four evil (destinies) |
四愛 see styles |
shiai しあい |
the four loves (chrysanthemum, lotus, plum, and orchid; as painting subjects); (female given name) Shichika |
四慧 see styles |
sì huì si4 hui4 ssu hui shie |
The four kinds of wisdom received: (1) by birth, or nature; (2) by hearing, or being taught; (3) by thought; (4) by dhyāna meditation. |
四戒 see styles |
sì jiè si4 jie4 ssu chieh shikai |
Four stages in moral development: that of release, or deliverance from the world on becoming a monk; that arising from the four meditations on the realms of form; that above the stage of 見道 q. v.; that in which all moral evil is ended and delusion ceases. |
四房 see styles |
shibusa しぶさ |
{sumo} four tassels hung above the ring; (place-name) Shibou |
四所 see styles |
sì suǒ si4 suo3 ssu so yosho よしょ |
(place-name) Yosho four locations |
四持 see styles |
sì chí si4 chi2 ssu ch`ih ssu chih shiji |
idem 四種總持. |
四捨 四舍 see styles |
sì shě si4 she3 ssu she shisha |
The four givings, i. e. of goods of the Truth, of courage (or fearlessness), and the giving up of the passions and delusions; cf. dāna-pāramitā, 捨. |
四攝 四摄 see styles |
sì shè si4 she4 ssu she shishō |
four methods of winning people over |
四支 see styles |
sì zhī si4 zhi1 ssu chih shi shi |
four constituents [of meditation] |
四教 see styles |
sì jiào si4 jiao4 ssu chiao shikyō |
Four teachings, doctrines, or schools; five groups are given, whose titles are abbreviated to 光天曉苑龍: (1) 光宅四教 The four schools of 法雲 Fayun of the 光宅 Guangzhai monastery are the four vehicles referred to in the burning house parable of the Lotus Sutra, i. e. śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, bodhisattva, and the final or one vehicle teaching. (2) 天台四教 The Tiantai four are 藏通, 別, and 圓, v. 八教. (3) 曉公四教 The group of 元曉 Wŏnhyo of 海東 Haedong are the 三乘別教 represented by the 四諦緣起經; 三乘通教 represented by the 般若深密教; 一乘分教 represented by the 究網經; and 一乘滿教 represented by the 華嚴經. (4) 苑公四教 The group of 慧苑 Huiyuan: the schools of unbelievers, who are misled and mislead; of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas who know only the phenomenal bhūtatathatā; of novitiate bodhisattvas who know only the noumenal bhūtatathatā; and of fully developed bodhisattvas, who know both. (5) 龍樹四教 Nāgārjuna's division of the canon into 有 dealing with existence, or reality, cf. the 四阿含; 空 the Void, cf. 般若經; 亦有亦 空 both, cf. 深密經; and 非有非 空 neither, cf. 中論. |
四施 see styles |
sì shī si4 shi1 ssu shih shise |
Four benefactions, i. e. pen, ink, sutras, preaching. |
四日 see styles |
sì rì si4 ri4 ssu jih yotsuka よつか |
(1) fourth day of the month; (2) four days; (surname) Yotsuka catvāraḥ sūryāḥ the four suns, i. e. Aśvaghoṣa, Devabodhisattva, Nāgārjuna, and Kumāralabdha (or -lata). |
四明 see styles |
sì míng si4 ming2 ssu ming shimei / shime しめい |
(given name) Shimei Four Shingon emblems, aids to Yoga-possession by a Buddha or bodhisattva; they are 鉤, 索, 鏁, 鈴, a hook, a cord, a lock, and a bell; the hook for summoning, the cord for leading, the lock for firmly holding, and the bell for the resultant joy. Also, the four Veda śāstras. |
四智 see styles |
sì zhì si4 zhi4 ssu chih shichi |
The four forms of wisdom of a Buddha according to the 法相 Dharmalakṣana school: (1) 大圓鏡智 the great mirror wisdom of Akṣobhya; (2) 平等性智 the universal wisdom of Ratnaketu; (3) 妙觀察智 the profound observing wisdom of Amitābha; (4) 成所作智 the perfecting wisdom of Amoghasiddhi. There are various other groups. |
四曼 see styles |
shiman しまん |
(abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 四種曼荼羅) four types of mandala (in Shingon) |
四有 see styles |
sì yǒu si4 you3 ssu yu shiu しう |
{Buddh} the four stages of existence: birth, life, death, and limbo four states of life |
四本 see styles |
yomoto よもと |
(can act as adjective) four (long cylindrical things); (surname) Yomoto |
四果 see styles |
sì guǒ si4 guo3 ssu kuo shika |
The four phala, i. e. fruitions, or rewards — srota-āpanna-phala, sakradāgāmi-phala, anāgāmiphala, arhat-phala, i. e. four grades of saintship; see 須陀洹; 斯陀含, 阿那含, and 阿離漢. The four titles are also applied to four grades of śramaṇas— yellow and blue flower śramaṇas, lotus śramaṇas, meek śramaṇas, and ultra-meek śramaṇas. |
四桁 see styles |
yoketa よけた |
four-digit number; thousands column |
四條 四条 see styles |
sì tiáo si4 tiao2 ssu t`iao ssu tiao yonjou / yonjo よんじょう |
four of a kind; quads (poker) (surname) Yonjō |
四梵 see styles |
sì fàn si4 fan4 ssu fan shibon |
Four Brahman Heavens |
四棄 四弃 see styles |
sì qì si4 qi4 ssu ch`i ssu chi shiki |
The four pārājika sins resulting in excommunication, v. 波. |
四業 四业 see styles |
sì yè si4 ye4 ssu yeh shi gō |
four types of admixture of good and evil karma |
四次 see styles |
sì cì si4 ci4 ssu tz`u ssu tzu |
fourth; four times; quartic |
四欲 see styles |
sì yù si4 yu4 ssu yü shiyoku |
The four desires or passions: 情 sexual love; 色 sexual beauty or attractiveness; 食 food; 婬 lust. |
四気 see styles |
shiki しき |
weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter) |
四河 see styles |
sì hé si4 he2 ssu ho shigou / shigo しごう |
(place-name) Shigou The four rivers— Ganges, Sindhu (Indus), Vākṣu (Oxus), and Tārīm, all reputed to arise out of a lake, Anavatapta, in Tibet. |
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. |
四波 see styles |
sì bō si4 bo1 ssu po shi ha |
An abbreviation for 四波羅蜜菩薩. The four female attendants on Vairocana in the Vajradhātu, evolved from him, each of them a 'mother' of one of the four Buddhas of the four quarters; v. 四佛, etc. |
四洲 see styles |
sì zhōu si4 zhou1 ssu chou shishū |
catur-dvīpa; the four inhabited continents of every universe; they are situated S., E., W., and N. of the central mountain Sumeru; S. is Jambudvīpa 暗部洲; E. Pūrva-videha 東毘提訶; W. Apara-godānīya 牛貨; and N. Uttarakuru 瞿盧. |
四流 see styles |
sì liú si4 liu2 ssu liu shiru |
The four currents (that carry the unthinking along): i. e. the illusions of 見 seeing things as they seem, not as they really are; 欲 desires; 有 existence, life; 無明 ignorance, or an unenlightened condition. |
四海 see styles |
sì hǎi si4 hai3 ssu hai shikai しかい |
the whole world; the seven seas; (female given name) Yotsumi The four oceans around Mount Sumeru; cf. 九山八海. |
四清 see styles |
sì qīng si4 qing1 ssu ch`ing ssu ching |
the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66); abbr. for 四清運動|四清运动[Si4 qing1 Yun4 dong4] |
四漏 see styles |
sì lòu si4 lou4 ssu lou shiro |
four kinds of contamination |
四瀆 四渎 see styles |
sì dú si4 du2 ssu tu |
(archaic) the four rivers (Yangtze 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1], Yellow 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2], Huai 淮河[Huai2 He2], Ji 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3]); (TCM) acupuncture point SJ-9 |
四爐 四炉 see styles |
sì lú si4 lu2 ssu lu shiro |
The four furnaces, or altars of the esoteric cult, each differing in shape: earth, square; water, round; fire, triangular; wind, half-moon shape. |
四物 see styles |
sì wù si4 wu4 ssu wu shimotsu |
four instruments |
四獣 see styles |
shijuu / shiju しじゅう |
(1) four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear); (2) (See 四神) four gods said to rule over the four directions |
四王 see styles |
sì wáng si4 wang2 ssu wang shiou / shio しおう |
(place-name) Shiou (四王天) catur-mahārāja-kāyikās, the four heavens of the four deva-kings, i. e. the lowest of the six heavens of desire; v. 四天王. |
四球 see styles |
shikyuu / shikyu しきゅう |
{baseb} four balls; base on balls; a walk |
四瑞 see styles |
shizui しずい |
(rare) (See 麒麟・きりん・2,鳳凰・ほうおう,霊亀・れいき・1,応竜・おうりゅう) the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology |
四生 see styles |
sì shēng si4 sheng1 ssu sheng shishou / shisho ししょう |
{Buddh} the four ways of birth (from a womb, an egg, moisture or spontaneously); catur-yoni catur-yoni, the four forms of birth: (1) 胎 or 生 jarāyuja, viviparous, as with mammalia; (2) 卵生 aṇḍaja, oviparous, as with birds; (3) 濕生 or 寒熱和合生 saṃsvedaja, moisture, or water-born, as with worms and fishes; (4) 化生 aupapāduka, metamorphic, as with moths from the chrysalis, or with devas, or in the hells, or the first beings in a newly evolved world. |
四界 see styles |
sì jiè si4 jie4 ssu chieh shikai |
The four realms, idem 四大 earth, water, fire, and air. |
四疑 see styles |
sì yí si4 yi2 ssu i shi gi |
four doubts |
四病 see styles |
sì bìng si4 bing4 ssu ping shibyō |
The four ailments, or mistaken ways of seeking perfection: 作病 'works' or effort; 任病 laissez-faire; 止病 cessation of all mental operation; 滅病 annihilaīon (of all desire). |
四百 see styles |
sì bǎi si4 bai3 ssu pai yonhyaku よんひゃく |
four hundred Four hundred. |
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. |
四眞 see styles |
sì zhēn si4 zhen1 ssu chen shishin |
(四眞諦) The four noble truths, v. 四諦 (四聖諦) , i. e. 苦, 集, 滅, 道 pain, its location, its cessation, the way of cure. |
四眼 see styles |
sì yǎn si4 yan3 ssu yen shi gen |
The four powers of sight of bodhisattvas, a Buddha has a fifth power; v. 五眼. |
四睡 see styles |
shisui しすい |
(person) The Four Sleepers (Hanshan, Shi De and Fenggan sleeping together with a tiger, a common theme for Zen paintings) |
四矢 see styles |
yotsuya よつや |
matched set of four arrows for target shooting |
四知 see styles |
sì zhī si4 zhi1 ssu chih shichi |
The four who know the workings of one's mind for good or evil— heaven, earth, one's intimates, and oneself. |
四神 see styles |
shijin しじん |
(See 青竜・2,白虎・1,朱雀・1,玄武・1) four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons |
四禪 四禅 see styles |
sì chán si4 chan2 ssu ch`an ssu chan shizen |
(四禪天) The four dhyāna heavens, 四靜慮 (四靜慮天), i. e. the division of the eighteen brahmalokas into four dhyānas: the disciple attains to one of these heavens according to the dhyāna he observes: (1) 初禪天 The first region, 'as large as one whole universe' comprises the three heavens, Brahma-pāriṣadya, Brahma-purohita, and Mahābrahma, 梵輔, 梵衆, and 大梵天; the inhabitants are without gustatory or olfactory organs, not needing food, but possess the other four of the six organs. (2) 二禪天 The second region, equal to 'a small chiliocosmos' 小千界, comprises the three heavens, according to Eitel, 'Parīttābha, Apramāṇābha, and Ābhāsvara, ' i. e. 少光 minor light, 無量光 infinite light, and 極光淨 utmost light purity; the inhabitants have ceased to require the five physical organs, possessing only the organ of mind. (3) 三禪天 The third region, equal to 'a middling chiliocosmos '中千界, comprises three heavens; Eitel gives them as Parīttaśubha, Apramāṇaśubha, and Śubhakṛtsna, i. e. 少淨 minor purity, 無量淨 infinite purity, and 徧淨 universal purity; the inhabitants still have the organ of mind and are receptive of great joy. (4) 四禪天 The fourth region, equal to a great chiliocosmos, 大千界, comprises the remaining nine brahmalokas, namely, Puṇyaprasava, Anabhraka, Bṛhatphala, Asañjñisattva, Avṛha, Atapa, Sudṛśa, Sudarśana, and Akaniṣṭha (Eitel). The Chinese titles are 福生 felicitous birth, 無雲 cloudless, 廣果 large fruitage, 無煩 no vexations, atapa is 無熱 no heat, sudṛśa is 善見 beautiful to see, sudarśana is 善現 beautiful appearing, two others are 色究竟 the end of form, and 無想天 the heaven above thought, but it is difficult to trace avṛha and akaniṣṭha; the inhabitants of this fourth region still have mind. The number of the dhyāna heavens differs; the Sarvāstivādins say 16, the 經 or Sutra school 17, and the Sthavirāḥ school 18. Eitel points out that the first dhyāna has one world with one moon, one mem, four continents, and six devalokas; the second dhyāna has 1, 000 times the worlds of the first; the third has 1, 000 times the worlds of the second; the fourth dhyāna has 1, 000 times those of the third. Within a kalpa of destruction 壞劫 the first is destroyed fifty-six times by fire, the second seven by water, the third once by wind, the fourth 'corresponding to a state of absolute indifference' remains 'untouched' by all the other evolutions; when 'fate (天命) comes to an end then the fourth dhyāna may come to an end too, but not sooner'. |
四種 四种 see styles |
sì zhǒng si4 zhong3 ssu chung shishu ししゅ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) four kinds; four sorts Four kinds; where phrases containing the 種 are not found here, they may occur direct, e. g. 四法界. |
四空 see styles |
sì kōng si4 kong1 ssu k`ung ssu kung shi kū |
four kinds of formlessness |
四端 see styles |
shitan したん |
the four beginnings (in Mencius's belief in humanity's innate goodness); the four sprouts |
四等 see styles |
sì děng si4 deng3 ssu teng shitō |
The four virtues which a Buddha out of his infinite heart manifests equally to all; also called 四無量 q. w. They are: 慈悲喜捨 maitrī, karuṇā, muditā, upekṣā, i. e. kindness, pity, joy and indifference, or 護 protection. Another group is 字語法身, i. e. 字 that all Buddhas have the same title or titles; 語 speak the same language; 法 proclaim the same truth; and 身 have each the threefold body, or trikāya. A third group is 諸法 all things are equally included in the bhūtatathatā; 發心 the mind-nature being universal, its field of action is universal; 道等 the way or method is also universal; therefore 慈悲 the mercy (of the Buddhas) is universal for all. |
四答 see styles |
sì dá si4 da2 ssu ta shitō |
four answers |
四節 四节 see styles |
sì jié si4 jie2 ssu chieh shisetsu |
The four monastic annual periods — beginning of summer, end of summer, winter solstice, and the new year. |
四結 四结 see styles |
sì jié si4 jie2 ssu chieh shiketsu |
The four knots, or bonds, saṃyojana, which hinder free development; they are likened to the 四翳 q. v. four things that becloud, i. e. rain clouds, resembling desire; dust-storms, hate; smoke, ignorance; and asuras, gain. |
四絕 四绝 see styles |
sì jué si4 jue2 ssu chüeh shizetsu |
four [ways of] cutting off [thought] |
四絶 see styles |
sì jué si4 jue2 ssu chüeh |
The four ideas to be got rid of in order to obtain the 'mean' or ultimate reality, according to the 中論: they are that things exist, do not exist, both, neither. |
四緣 四缘 see styles |
sì yuán si4 yuan2 ssu yüan shien |
four conditions |
四縛 四缚 see styles |
sì fú si4 fu2 ssu fu shibaku |
The four bandhana, or bonds are (1) desire, resentment, heretical morality, egoism; or (2) desire, possession (or existence), ignorance, and unenlightened views. |
四義 四义 see styles |
sì yì si4 yi4 ssu i shigi |
four meanings |
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