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連弾

see styles
 rendan
    れんだん
(n,vs,vt,adj-no) four handed performance (on the piano)

部多

see styles
bù duō
    bu4 duo1
pu to
 buta
bhūta, 'been, become, produced, formed, being, existing,' etc. (M. W. ); intp. as the consciously existing; the four great elements, earth, fire, wind, water, as apprehended by touch; also a kind of demon produced by metamorphosis. Also, the 眞如 bhūtatathatā.

釋迦


释迦

see styles
shì jiā
    shi4 jia1
shih chia
 shaka
    しゃか
sugar apple (Annona squamosa)
(personal name) Shaka
(釋迦婆) Śakra.; Śākya. the clan or family of the Buddha, said to be derived from śāka, vegetables, but intp. in Chinese as powerful, strong, and explained by 能 powerful, also erroneously by 仁charitable, which belongs rather to association with Śākyamuni. The clan, which is said to have wandered hither from the delta of the Indus, occupied a district of a few thousand square miles lying on the slopes of the Nepalese hills and on the plains to the south. Its capital was Kapilavastu. At the time of Buddha the clan was under the suzerainty of Kośala, an adjoining kingdom Later Buddhists, in order to surpass Brahmans, invented a fabulous line of five kings of the Vivartakalpa headed by Mahāsammata 大三末多; these were followed by five cakravartī, the first being Mūrdhaja 頂生王; after these came nineteen kings, the first being Cetiya 捨帝, the last Mahādeva 大天; these were succeeded by dynasties of 5,000, 7,000, 8,000, 9,000, 10,000, 15,000 kings; after which long Gautama opens a line of 1,100 kings, the last, Ikṣvāku, reigning at Potala. With Ikṣvāku the Śākyas are said to have begun. His four sons reigned at Kapilavastu. 'Śākyamuni was one of his descendants in the seventh generation.' Later, after the destruction of Kapilavastu by Virūḍhaka, four survivors of the family founded the kingdoms of Udyana, Bamyam, Himatala, and Sāmbī. Eitel.

鐼子

see styles
fén zǐ
    fen2 zi3
fen tzu
 funsu
xun-zi, a bowl (or bowls) within an almsbowl. Buddha's bowl consisted of four heavy deva-bowls which he received miraculously one on the other; they are to be recovered with the advent of Maitreya; v. 鍵M086767.

閻浮


阎浮

see styles
yán fú
    yan2 fu2
yen fu
 enbu
瞻部 Jambu (at present the rose-apple, the Eugenia Jambolana), described as a lofty tree giving its name to 閻浮提 Jambudvīpa, 'one of the seven continents or rather large islands surrounding the mountain Meru; it is so named either from the Jambu trees abounding in it, or from an enormous Jambu tree on Mount Meru visible like a standard to the whole continent'; 'the central division of the world.' M.W. With Buddhists it is the southern of the four continents, shaped like a triangle resembling the triangular leaves of the Jambu tree, and called after a forest of such trees on Meru.

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.

阿含

see styles
ā hán
    a1 han2
a han
 agon
āgama, 阿含暮; 阿鋡; 阿伽摩 (or 阿笈摩), the āgamas, a collection of doctrines, general name for the Hīnayāna scriptures: tr. 法歸 the home or collecting-place of the Law or Truth; 無比法 peerless Law; or 趣無 ne plus ultra, ultimate, absolute truth. The 四阿含經 or Four Āgamas are (1) 長阿含 Dīrghāgama, 'Long' treatises on cosmogony. (2) Madhyamāgama, 中阿含, 'middle' treatises on metaphysics. (3) Saṃyuktāgama, 雜阿含 'miscellaneous' treatises on abstract contemplation. (4) Ekottarāgama 增一阿含 'numerical' treatises, subjects treated numerically. There is also a division of five āgamas.

雀頭

see styles
 jantoo; jantou(sk) / jantoo; janto(sk)
    ジャントー; ジャントウ(sk)
{mahj} (See 対子) pair (as part of a winning hand, together with four melds) (chi:); eyes

青龍


青龙

see styles
qīng lóng
    qing1 long2
ch`ing lung
    ching lung
 seiryuu / seryu
    せいりゅう
Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known as the Azure Dragon of the East 東方青龍|东方青龙[Dong1 fang1 Qing1 long2] or 東方蒼龍|东方苍龙[Dong1 fang1 Cang1 long2]; (slang) man without pubic hair
(1) blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); (2) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); (surname, given name) Seiryū

非色

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fēi sè
    fei1 se4
fei se
arūpa, formless, i.e. without rūpa, form, or shape, not composed of the four elements. Also the four skandhas, 非色四薀 excluding rūpa or form.

韋陀


韦陀

see styles
wéi tuó
    wei2 tuo2
wei t`o
    wei to
 reeda
    ヴェーダ
    beeda
    ベーダ
    ida
    いだ
(kana only) Veda (san:)
圍陀; 毘陀; 皮陀; 吠陀 (or 吠馱); 薜陀; 鞞陀 veda; knowledge, tr. 明智, or 明分 clear knowledge or discernment. The four Vedas are the Ṛg Veda, Yajur Veda, Sāma Veda, and Athara Veda; they were never translated into Chinese, being accounted heretical.

須彌


须弥

see styles
xū mí
    xu1 mi2
hsü mi
 Shumi
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
Sumeru, also 須彌樓; 彌樓; 蘇彌樓; 修迷樓; later 蘇迷盧; the central mountain of every world, tr. as 妙高; 妙光, etc., wonderful height, wonderful brilliancy, etc.; at the top is Indra's heaven, or heavens, below them are the four devalokas; around are eight circles of mountains and between them the eight seas, the whole forming nine mountains and eight seas.

類智


类智

see styles
lèi zhì
    lei4 zhi4
lei chih
Knowledge which is of the same order, e.g. the four fundamental dogmas (四諦 or 法智) applicable on earth which are also extended to the higher realms of form and non-form and are called 類智.

風大


风大

see styles
fēng dà
    feng1 da4
feng ta
Wind or air as one of the four elements.

風鐸

see styles
 fuutaku / futaku
    ふうたく
(1) (archaism) bronze wind bells hanging from eaves of temple towers or halls (esp. four corners); (2) (archaism) wind bell; wind chimes

食欲

see styles
shí yù
    shi2 yu4
shih yü
 shokuyoku
    しょくよく
(noun - becomes adjective with の) appetite (for food)
The lust for food, one of the four cravings.

首陀

see styles
shǒu tuó
    shou3 tuo2
shou t`o
    shou to
(首陀羅); 戍陀羅 (or 戍達羅 or 戍捺羅) śūdra, the fourth of the four castes, peasants.

駄都

see styles
tuó dōu
    tuo2 dou1
t`o tou
    to tou
dhātu, intp. by 界 field, area, sphere; 體 embodiment, body, corpus; 性nature, characteristic. It means that which is placed or laid; a deposit, foundation, constituent, ingredient, element; also a śarīra, or relic of Buddha The two dhātus are the conditioned and unconditioned, phenomenal and noumenal; the three are the realms of desire, of form, and of the formless; the four are earth, water, fire, and air; the six add space and intelligence; the eighteen are the twelve āyatanas, with six sensations added.

駟馬

see styles
 shiba
    しば
four horse carriage

421

see styles
sì èr yī
    si4 er4 yi1
ssu erh i
four grandparents, two parents and an only child

4WD

see styles
 yondaburyuudii / yondaburyudi
    よんダブリューディー
(See 四輪駆動) four-wheel drive; 4WD

フォア

see styles
 foa
    フォア
(1) four; (int,n) (2) fore; (3) (abbreviation) (See フォアハンド) forehand; (place-name) Foix (France); Foa

ふた時

see styles
 futatoki
    ふたとき
(temporal noun) (1) fairly long period of time; (2) (archaism) four-hour period

一二四

see styles
 ichinishi
    いちにし
{hanaf} (See 手役) four-of-a-kind and a pair in a dealt hand

一四句

see styles
yī sì jù
    yi1 si4 ju4
i ssu chü
 ichi shiku
one four phrase [verse]

七つ時

see styles
 nanatsudoki
    ななつどき
(archaism) (See 七つ・3) (approx.) four o'clock (am or pm, old time system)

三十四

see styles
sān shí sì
    san1 shi2 si4
san shih ssu
 mitoyo
    みとよ
(personal name) Mitoyo
thirty-four

三四日

see styles
 sanyokka
    さんよっか
three or four days

三大節

see styles
 sandaisetsu
    さんだいせつ
(hist) (See 紀元節,四方拝,天長節) the three grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday; pre-1927)

三字經


三字经

see styles
sān zì jīng
    san1 zi4 jing1
san tzu ching
(slang) swearword; four-letter word

三拍子

see styles
 sanbyoushi / sanbyoshi
    さんびょうし
(1) {music} triple time; triple meter; triple metre; three-four time; (2) (See 三拍子揃う) three important requisites; (place-name) Sanbyōshi

三時教


三时教

see styles
sān shí jiào
    san1 shi2 jiao4
san shih chiao
 sanji kyō
(三時教判) The three periods and characteristics of Buddha's teaching, as defined by the Dharmalakṣana school 法相宗. They are: (1) 有, when he taught the 實有 reality of the skandhas and elements, but denied the common belief in 實我 real personality or a permanent soul; this period is represented by the four 阿含經 āgamas and other Hīnayāna sūtras. (2) 空 Śūnya, when he negatived the idea of 實法 the reality of things and advocated that all was 空 unreal; the period of the 般若經 prajñā sūtras. (3) 中 Madhyama, the mean, that mind or spirit is real, while things are unreal; the period of this school's specific sūtra the 解深密經, also the 法華 and later sūtras. In the two earlier periods he is said to have 方便 adapted his teaching to the development of his hearers; in the third to have delivered his complete and perfect doctrine. Another division by the 空宗 is (1) as above; (2) the early period of the Mahāyāna represented, by the 深密經; (3) the higher Mahāyāna as in the 般若經. v. also 三敎.

三輪教


三轮教

see styles
sān lún jiào
    san1 lun2 jiao4
san lun chiao
 sanrin kyō
The three periods of the Buddha's teaching as defined by Paramārtha: (a) 轉法輪 the first rolling onwards of the Law-wheel, the first seven years' teaching of Hīnayāna, i.e. the 四諦 four axioms and 空 unreality; (b) 照法輪 illuminating or explaining the law-wheel, the thirty years' teaching of the 般若 prajñā or wisdom sūtras, illuminating 空 and by 空 illuminating 有 reality; (c) 持法輪 maintaining the law-wheel, i.e. the remaining years of teaching of the deeper truths of 空有 both unreality and reality. Also the three-fold group of the Lotus School: (a) 根本法輪 radical, or fundamental, as found in the 華嚴經 sūtra; (b) 枝末法輪 branch and leaf, i.e. all other teaching; until (c) 攝末歸本法輪 branches and leaves are reunited with the root in the Lotus Sutra, 法華經.

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.

下口食

see styles
xià kǒu shí
    xia4 kou3 shi2
hsia k`ou shih
    hsia kou shih
 ge ku jiki
one of the 四邪命食 four heterodox means of living, i.e. for a monk to earn his livelihood by bending down to cultivate the land, collect herbs, etc.; opposite of 仰口食, i.e. making a heterodox living by looking up, as in astrology, fortune-telling, etc. 智度論 3.

不定性

see styles
bù dìng xìng
    bu4 ding4 xing4
pu ting hsing
 fujō shō
(不定種性) Of indeterminate nature. The 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana school divides all beings into five classes according to their potentialities. This is one of the divisions and contains four combinations: (1) Bodhisattva-cum-śrāvaka, with uncertain result depending on the more dominant of the two; (2) bodhisattva-cum-pratyekabuddha; (3) śrāvaka-cum-pratyekabuddha; (4) the characteristcs of all three vehicles intermingled with uncertain results; the third cannot attain Buddhahood, the rest may.

不定教

see styles
bù dìng jiào
    bu4 ding4 jiao4
pu ting chiao
 fujō kyō
Indeterminate teaching. Tiantai divides the Buddha' s mode of teaching into four; this one means that Buddha, by his extraordinary powers of 方便 upāya-kauśalya, or adaptability, could confer Mahāyāna benefits on his hearers out of his Hīnayāna teaching and vice versa, dependent on the capacity of his hearers.

不還向


不还向

see styles
bù huán xiàng
    bu4 huan2 xiang4
pu huan hsiang
 fu genkō
The third of the 四向 four directions or aims, see 阿那含 anāgāmin, not returning to the desire-world, but rising above it to the 色界 or the 無色界 form-realm, or even formless realm.

世間法


世间法

see styles
shì jiān fǎ
    shi4 jian1 fa3
shih chien fa
 seken bō
The world law, or law of this world, especially of birth-and-death; in this respect it is associated with the first two of the four dogmas, i, e. 苦 suffering, and 集 its accumulated consequences in karma.

世間經


世间经

see styles
shì jiān jīng
    shi4 jian1 jing1
shih chien ching
 Seken kyō
A sutra discussing causality in regard to the first three of the Four Dogmas 苦諦, 集諦 and 滅諦 in the 阿含經 34.

九品惑

see styles
jiǔ pǐn huò
    jiu3 pin3 huo4
chiu p`in huo
    chiu pin huo
 ku hon waku
Also九品煩惱 The four 修惑, i.e. illusions or trials in the practice of religion, i.e. desire, anger, pride, ignorance; these are divided each into 九品 q.v.; hence desire has all the nine grades, and so on with the other three.

九徧知


九遍知

see styles
jiǔ biàn zhī
    jiu3 bian4 zhi1
chiu pien chih
 ku henchi
The nine forms of complete knowledge of the four axioms and the cutting off of passion, delusion, etc., in the processes of 見 and 修, as distinct from 無學.

九華山


九华山

see styles
jiǔ huá shān
    jiu3 hua2 shan1
chiu hua shan
 Kuke Sen
Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains
Formerly called 九子山, which was changed by the Tang poet Li Bai to the above; it is one of the four sacred mountains of Buddhism, situated in Anhui, and its patron Bodhisattva is Dizang 地藏.

九類生


九类生

see styles
jiǔ lèi shēng
    jiu3 lei4 sheng1
chiu lei sheng
 kurui shō
The nine kinds of birth; the four from the womb, egg, moisture, transformation are common to devas, earth, and the hells; the five others are birth into the heavens of form, of non-form, of thought, of non-thought, and of neither (i.e. beyond either).

九齋日


九斋日

see styles
jiǔ zhāi rì
    jiu3 zhai1 ri4
chiu chai jih
 ku sainichi
the nine kinds of days of abstinence on which no food is eaten after twelve o'clock: noon and the commands are observed. They are: Every day of the first month, of the fifth month, of the ninth month, and the following six days of each month, 8th, 14th, 15th, 23rd, 29th, and 30th. On these days Indra and the four deva-kings investigate the conduct of men.

二十四

see styles
èr shí sì
    er4 shi2 si4
erh shih ssu
 nijū shi
twenty-four

二十智

see styles
èr shí zhì
    er4 shi2 zhi4
erh shih chih
 nijū chi
The twenty kinds of wisdom or knowledge as denied by Tiantai i.e. the Hīnayāna (or三藏) with seven kinds, 通教 five, 別教four, and 圓教 four; cf. 智.

二拍子

see styles
 nibyoushi / nibyoshi
    にびょうし
{music} duple time; duple meter; duple metre; two-four time

五十四

see styles
wǔ shí sì
    wu3 shi2 si4
wu shih ssu
 isoji
    いそじ
(personal name) Isoji
fifty-four

五十法

see styles
wǔ shí fǎ
    wu3 shi2 fa3
wu shih fa
 gojū hō
Fifty modes of meditation mentioned in the 大品般若; i. e. the 三十七品 bodhi paksika dharma, the 三三昧, four 禪, four 無量心, four 無色定, eight 背捨, eight 勝處, nine 次第定, and eleven 切處.

五大形

see styles
wǔ dà xíng
    wu3 da4 xing2
wu ta hsing
 godai gyō
The symbols of the five elements— earth as square, water round, fire triangular, wind half-moon, and space a combination of the other four.

五瘟神

see styles
wǔ wēn shén
    wu3 wen1 shen2
wu wen shen
five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence; cf four horsemen of the apocalypse

五種鈴


五种铃

see styles
wǔ zhǒng líng
    wu3 zhong3 ling2
wu chung ling
 goshu ryō
The five kinds of bells used by the Shingon sect in Japan, also called 金剛鈴, i. e. 五鈷鈴, 賣鈴, 一鈷. 三鈷鈴, 塔鈴; the different names are derived from their handles; the four first named, beginning with the five-pronged one, are placed each at a corner of the altar, the last in the middle.

五臺山


五台山

see styles
wǔ tái shān
    wu3 tai2 shan1
wu t`ai shan
    wu tai shan
 Godai Zan
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊[Wen2 shu1]
Pañcaśirsha, Pancaśikha. Wutai Shan, near the northeastern border of Shanxi, one of the four mountains sacred to Buddhism in China. The principal temple was built A. D. 471-500. There are about 150 monasteries, of which 24 are lamaseries. The chief director is known as Changjia Fo (the ever-renewing Buddha). Mañjuśrī is its patron saint. It is also styled 淸涼山.

五類天


五类天

see styles
wǔ lèi tiān
    wu3 lei4 tian1
wu lei t`ien
    wu lei tien
 gorui ten
The five kinds of devas: (1) 上界天 in the upper realms of form and non-form; (2) 虛空天 in the sky, i. e. four of the six devas of the desire-realm; (3) 地居天 on the earth, i. e. the other two of the six devas, on Sumeru; (4) 遊虛天空 wandering devas of the sky, e. g. sun, moon, starvas, (5) 地下天 under-world devas, e. g. nāgas, asuras, māras, etc. Of. 五大明王.

他勝罪


他胜罪

see styles
tā shèng zuì
    ta1 sheng4 zui4
t`a sheng tsui
    ta sheng tsui
 tashō zai
Overcome by specific sin; i. e. any of the four pārājikas, or sins of excommunication.

付法藏

see styles
fù fǎ zàng
    fu4 fa3 zang4
fu fa tsang
 Fuhō zō
(因緣傳); 付法藏傳 or 付法藏經. The work explaining the handing down of Śākyamuni's teaching by Mahākāśyapa and the elders, twenty-four in number; tr. in the Yuan dynasty in six juan; cf. 釋門正統 4.

佉提羅


佉提罗

see styles
qiā tí luó
    qia1 ti2 luo2
ch`ia t`i lo
    chia ti lo
 Kadaira
(佉提羅迦); 佉得羅柯; 佉陀羅; 朅地洛 (or朅地洛迦 or 朅達洛 or 朅達洛迦); 朅那里酤; 羯地羅; 可梨羅; 軻梨羅; Khadiraka, or Karavīka. One of the seven concentric ranges of a world; tr. by jambu timber, or wood; also by 空破 bare, unwooded. Its sea is covered with scented flowers, and in it are four islands. It is also a tree of the Acacia order.

佛婆提

see styles
fó pó tí
    fo2 po2 ti2
fo p`o t`i
    fo po ti
 Butsubadai
(佛婆提訶) Pūrvavideha; 佛提媻; 毗提訶 (佛毗提訶); 布嚕婆毗提訶; 逋利婆鼻提賀; 佛于逮 The continent of conquering spirits 勝神洲; one of the four great continents, east of Meru, semi-lunar in shape, its people having faces of similar shape.

作四諦


作四谛

see styles
zuò sì dì
    zuo4 si4 di4
tso ssu ti
 sa shitai
four created (established) noble truths

作用因

see styles
 sayouin / sayoin
    さよういん
{phil} (See 質料因,形相因,目的因) efficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

倶盧洲


倶卢洲

see styles
jù lú zhōu
    ju4 lu2 zhou1
chü lu chou
 kurushū
Kurudvīpa; Uttarakuru. The northern of the four continents of a world; cf. 大洲 and 鬱.

先陀婆

see styles
xiān tuó pó
    xian1 tuo2 po2
hsien t`o p`o
    hsien to po
 sendaba
four necessities

党四役

see styles
 touyonyaku / toyonyaku
    とうよんやく
the four top party executives (of the LDP)

八中洲

see styles
bā zhōng zhōu
    ba1 zhong1 zhou1
pa chung chou
 hachichū shū
Each of the "four continents" has two other continents, i.e. Jambudvīpa has Cāmara and Varacāmara; Pūrvavideha has Deha and Videha; Aparagodānīya has Śaṭhā and Uttaramantriṇaḥ; and Uttarakuru has Kuravaḥ and Kaurava; v. 四洲.

八犍度

see styles
bā jiān dù
    ba1 jian1 du4
pa chien tu
 hachi kendo
The eight skandhas or sections of the Abhidharma, i.e. miscellaneous; concerning bondage to the passions, etc.; wisdom; practice; the four fundamentals, or elements; the roots, or organs; meditation; and views. The 八犍論 in thirty sections, attributed to Kātyāyana, is in the Abhidharma.

八王日

see styles
bā wáng rì
    ba1 wang2 ri4
pa wang jih
 hachi ō nichi
The eight royal days, i.e. the solstices, the equinoxes, and the first day of each of the four seasons.

八脚門

see styles
 yatsuashimon
    やつあしもん
    hakkyakumon
    はっきゃくもん
single-tiered gate with eight secondary pillars supporting the four main central pillars

八解脫


八解脱

see styles
bā jiě tuō
    ba1 jie3 tuo1
pa chieh t`o
    pa chieh to
 hachi gedatsu
aṣṭa-vimokṣa, mokṣa, vimukti, mukti. Liberation, deliverance, freedom, emancipation, escape, release―in eight forms; also 八背捨 and cf. 解脫 and 八勝處. The eight are stages of mental concentration: (1) 内有色想觀外色解脱 Liberation, when subjective desire arises, by examination of the object, or of all things and realization of their filthiness. (2) 内無色想觀外色解脫 Liberation, when no subjective desire arises, by still meditating as above. These two are deliverance by meditation on impurity, the next on purity. (3) 淨身作證具足住解脫 Liberation by concentration on the pure to the realization of a permanent state of freedom from all desire. The above three "correspond to the four Dhyānas". (Eitel.) (4) 空無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of the infinity of space, or the immaterial. (5) 識無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of infinite knowledge. (6) 無所有處解脫Liberation in realization of nothingness, or nowhereness. (7) 非想非非想處解脫 Liberation in the state of mind where there is neither thought nor absence of thought. These four arise out of abstract meditation in regard to desire and form, and are associated with the 四空天. (8) 滅受 想定解脫 Liberation by means of a state of mind in which there is final extinction, nirvāṇa, of both sensation, vedanā, and consciousness, saṁjñā.

八變化


八变化

see styles
bā biàn huà
    ba1 bian4 hua4
pa pien hua
 hachi henge
Eight supernatural powers of transformation, characteristics of every Buddha: (1) to shrink self or others, or the world and all things to an atom; (2) to enlarge ditto to fill all space; (3) to make the same light as a feather; (4) to make the same any size or anywhere at will; (5) everywhere and in everything to be omnipotent; (6) to be anywhere at will, either by self-transportation, or bringing the destination to himself, etc; (7) to shake all things (in the six, or eighteen ways); (8) to be one or many and at will pass through the solid or through space, or through fire or water, or transform the four elements at will, e.g. turn earth into water. Also 八神變; 八自在.

八足門

see styles
 yatsuashimon
    やつあしもん
single-tiered gate with eight secondary pillars supporting the four main central pillars

八風穴


八风穴

see styles
bā fēng xué
    ba1 feng1 xue2
pa feng hsüeh
"eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot

六十四

see styles
liù shí sì
    liu4 shi2 si4
liu shih ssu
 rokujū shi
sixty-four

六卽佛

see styles
liù jí fó
    liu4 ji2 fo2
liu chi fo
 roku soku butsu
Buddha in six forms; (1) 理佛 as the principle in and through all things, as pan-Buddha— all things being of Buddha-nature; (2) 名字佛 Buddha as a name or person. The other four are the last four forms above.

六法戒

see styles
liù fǎ jiè
    liu4 fa3 jie4
liu fa chieh
 roppōkai
The six prohibition rules for a female devotee: indelicacy of contact with a male; purloining four cash; killing animals; untruthfulness; food after the midday meal; and wine-drinking. Abbreviated as 六法.

六罪人

see styles
liù zuì rén
    liu4 zui4 ren2
liu tsui jen
 rokuzai nin
The six kinds of offender, i. e. one who commits any of the 四重 four grave sins, or destroys harmony in the order, or sheds a Buddha's blood.

具知根

see styles
jù zhī gēn
    ju4 zhi1 gen1
chü chih ken
 guchi kon
faculty of the power of perfect knowledge [of the Four Noble Truths]

出家人

see styles
chū jiā rén
    chu1 jia1 ren2
ch`u chia jen
    chu chia jen
monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist)
One who has left home and become a monk or nun. Two kinds are named: (1) 身出家 one who physically leaves home, and (2) 心出家 one who does so in spirit and conduct. A further division of four is: (1 ) one who physically leaves home, but in spirit remains with wife and family; (2) one who physically remains at home but whose spirit goes forth; (3) one who leaves home, body and spirit; and (4) one who, body and mind, refuses to leave home.

初二果

see styles
chū èr guǒ
    chu1 er4 guo3
ch`u erh kuo
    chu erh kuo
 shonika
the first two fruits of the four fruits of the lesser vehicle path

初時教


初时教

see styles
chū shí jiào
    chu1 shi2 jiao4
ch`u shih chiao
    chu shih chiao
 shojikyō
A term of the 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana school, the first of the three periods of the Buddha's teaching, in which he overcame the ideas of heterodox teachers that the ego is real, and preached the four noble truths and the five skandhas, etc.

初禪天


初禅天

see styles
chū chán tiān
    chu1 chan2 tian1
ch`u ch`an t`ien
    chu chan tien
 sho zen ten
The first of the four dhyāna heavens, corresponding to the first stage of dhyāna meditation.

前四味

see styles
qián sì wèi
    qian2 si4 wei4
ch`ien ssu wei
    chien ssu wei
 zen shi mi
prior four flavors

前四時


前四时

see styles
qián sì shí
    qian2 si4 shi2
ch`ien ssu shih
    chien ssu shih
 zen shi ji
prior four time periods

力無畏


力无畏

see styles
lì wú wèi
    li4 wu2 wei4
li wu wei
 riki mui
(力無所畏) The 力 is intp. as the ten powers of a Buddha, the 無所畏 are his four qualities of fearlessness.

加行位

see styles
jiā xíng wèi
    jia1 xing2 wei4
chia hsing wei
 kegyō i
The second of the four stages of the 唯識宗 known also as 四加行.

動力因

see styles
 douryokuin / doryokuin
    どうりょくいん
{phil} (See 作用因) efficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

北京市

see styles
běi jīng shì
    bei3 jing1 shi4
pei ching shih
Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhi2 xia2 shi4]

十八經


十八经

see styles
shí bā jīng
    shi2 ba1 jing1
shih pa ching
 jūhachi kyō
(十八大經); 十八明處 The eighteen Indian non-Buddhist classics, i.e. the four vedas, six śāstras, and eight śāstras.

十六行

see styles
shí liù xíng
    shi2 liu4 xing2
shih liu hsing
 jūroku gyō
(十六心行) ; 十六諦觀 idem 十六行相. The sixteen行相 of the Four Axioms 四諦, i.e. four forms of considering each of the axioms, associated with 見道.

十勝行


十胜行

see styles
shí shèng xíng
    shi2 sheng4 xing2
shih sheng hsing
 jisshōgyō
The ten pāramitās observed by bodhisattvas, see 十地 and 十住. Hīnayāna has another group, adding to the four 梵福 q. v. the six of sacrificing one's life to save mother; or father; or a Buddha; to become a monk: to induce another to become a monk; to obtain authority to preach.

十地心

see styles
shí dì xīn
    shi2 di4 xin1
shih ti hsin
 jūji shin
Ten stages of mind, or mental development, i.e. (1) 四無量心 the four kinds of boundless mind; (2) 十善心 the mind of the ten good qualities; (3) 明光心 the illuminated mind; (4) 焰慧心 the mind of glowing wisdom; (5) 大勝心 the mind of mastery; (6) 現前心 the mind of the open way (above normal definitions); (7) 無生心 the mind of no rebirth; (8) 不思議心 the mind of the inexpressible; (9) 慧光心 the mind of wisdom-radiance; (10) 受位心 the mind of perfect receptivity. v. also 十心.

南十字

see styles
 minamijuuji / minamijuji
    みなみじゅうじ
{astron} (See 南十字星) Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux); (female given name) Minamijuuji

古體詩


古体诗

see styles
gǔ tǐ shī
    gu3 ti3 shi1
ku t`i shih
    ku ti shih
a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line

唐伯虎

see styles
táng bó hǔ
    tang2 bo2 hu3
t`ang po hu
    tang po hu
Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子

四か年

see styles
 yonkanen
    よんかねん
(can act as adjective) quadrennial; recurring every four years

四ヶ年

see styles
 yonkanen
    よんかねん
(can act as adjective) quadrennial; recurring every four years

四コマ

see styles
 yonkoma
    よんコマ
(abbreviation) (See 四コマ漫画) four panel comic

四つ目

see styles
 yotsume
    よつめ
four-eyed; pattern of four squares; (surname) Yotsume

四つ葉

see styles
 yotsuba
    よつば
(noun - becomes adjective with の) plant having four leaves on one stalk; (personal name) Yotsuba

四つ角

see styles
 yotsukado
    よつかど
(1) four corners; (2) crossroads; intersecting street; street corner; (place-name) Yotsukado

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