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實報土 实报土 see styles |
shí bào tǔ shi2 bao4 tu3 shih pao t`u shih pao tu jitsuhōdo |
The land of Buddha-reward in Reality free from all barriers, that of the bodhisattva, the third of the four 'lands' of Tiantai. A Buddha-kṣetra. |
対々和 see styles |
toitoihoo トイトイホー |
(mahj) all pungs (chi:); winning hand consisting of four pungs or kongs and one pair |
対対和 see styles |
toitoihoo トイトイホー |
(mahj) all pungs (chi:); winning hand consisting of four pungs or kongs and one pair |
小乘經 小乘经 see styles |
xiǎo shèng jīng xiao3 sheng4 jing1 hsiao sheng ching shōjō kyō |
The Hīnayāna sūtras, the four sections of the Āgamas 阿含經 v. 小乘九部. |
小四喜 see styles |
shaosuushii; shousuushii / shaosushi; shosushi シャオスーシー; しょうスーシー |
{mahj} little four winds (chi:); winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind |
小座敷 see styles |
kozashiki こざしき |
(1) small tatami room; (2) (See 放ち出) extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture); (3) room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony) |
小明槓 see styles |
shouminkan / shominkan ショウミンカン |
{mahj} (See 加槓,槓) forming a four-of-a-kind by adding a self-drawn tile to an open three-of-a-kind (chi:) |
小白華 小白华 see styles |
xiǎo bái huā xiao3 bai2 hua1 hsiao pai hua Shō Byakuge |
One of the four divine flowers, the mandāra-flower, v. 曼. |
尼樓陀 尼楼陀 see styles |
ní lóu tuó ni2 lou2 tuo2 ni lou t`o ni lou to nirōda |
nirodha, restraint, suppression, cessation, annihilation, tr. by 滅 extinction, the third of the four dogmas 四諦; with the breaking of the chain of karma there is left no further bond to reincarnation. Used in Anupūrva-nirodha, or 'successive terminaīons', i. e. nine successive stages of dhyāna. Cf. 尼彌留陀. |
峨嵋山 see styles |
é méi shān e2 mei2 shan1 o mei shan gabisan がびさん |
Mt Emei in Sichuan, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Samantabhadra 普賢|普贤 (place-name) Gabisan |
峨眉山 see styles |
é méi shān e2 mei2 shan1 o mei shan gabisan がびさん |
Mt Emei in Sichuan, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Samantabhadra 普賢|普贤[Pu3 xian2]; Emeishan city (place-name) Gabisan (or 峩眉山) Emei Shan or Mt. Omi in Sichuan. Two of its peaks are said to be like 峨眉 a moth's eyebrows, also pronounced O-mei; the monastery at the top is the 光相寺 where Puxian (Samantabhadra) is supreme. |
已知根 see styles |
yǐ zhī gēn yi3 zhi1 gen1 i chih ken ichi kon |
ājñendriya. The second of the 三無漏根 q. v. One who already knows the indriya or roots that arise from the practical stage associated with the Four Dogmas, i. e. purpose, joy, pleasure, renunciation, faith, zeal, memory, abstract meditation, wisdom. |
巻狩り see styles |
makigari まきがり |
hunt (where the hunting area is surrounded on four sides by hunters) |
帶分數 带分数 see styles |
dài fēn shù dai4 fen1 shu4 tai fen shu |
mixed fraction; mixed number (i.e. with an integer part and a fraction part, e.g. four and three quarters); see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4] |
廣目天 广目天 see styles |
guǎng mù tiān guang3 mu4 tian1 kuang mu t`ien kuang mu tien Kōmokuten |
Virupaksa (on of the Four Heavenly Kings) The wide-eyed deva, Virūpākṣa, diversely-eyed, having deformed eyes, an epithet of Śiva, as represented with three eyes; name of one of the four Mahārājas, he who guards the west. |
廿四史 see styles |
niàn sì shǐ nian4 si4 shi3 nien ssu shih |
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions); same as 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3] |
張僧繇 张僧繇 see styles |
zhāng sēng yóu zhang1 seng1 you2 chang seng yu |
Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家 |
張志新 张志新 see styles |
zhāng zhì xīn zhang1 zhi4 xin1 chang chih hsin |
Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posomethingumously in 1979 |
張春橋 张春桥 see styles |
zhāng chūn qiáo zhang1 chun1 qiao2 chang ch`un ch`iao chang chun chiao choushunkyou / choshunkyo ちょうしゅんきょう |
Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four (person) Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005) |
形相因 see styles |
keisouin / kesoin けいそういん |
{phil} (See 質料因,作用因,目的因) formal cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?") |
役力士 see styles |
yakurikishi やくりきし |
(member of one of) the top four ranks of sumo wrestlers |
徐禎卿 徐祯卿 see styles |
xú zhēn qīng xu2 zhen1 qing1 hsü chen ch`ing hsü chen ching |
Xu Zhenqing (1479-1511), Ming writer, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 |
德叉迦 see styles |
dé chā jiā de2 cha1 jia1 te ch`a chia te cha chia Tokusaka |
Takṣaka, one of the four dragon-kings. |
忉利天 see styles |
dāo lì tiān dao1 li4 tian1 tao li t`ien tao li tien Tōri Ten |
trāyastriṃśas, 怛唎耶怛唎奢; 多羅夜登陵舍; the heavens of the thirty-three devas, 三十三天, the second of the desire-heavens, the heaven of Indra; it is the Svarga of Hindu mythology, situated on Meru with thirty-two deva-cities, eight on each side; a central city is 善見城 Sudarśana, or Amarāvatī, where Indra, with 1, 000 heads and eyes and four arms, lives in his palace called 禪延; 毘闍延 (or 毘禪延) ? Vaijayanta, and 'revels in numberless sensual pleasures together with his wife' Śacī and with 119, 000 concubines. 'There he receives the monthly reports of the' four Mahārājas as to the good and evil in the world. 'The whole myth may have an astronomical' or meteorological background, e. g. the number thirty-three indicating the 'eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and two Aśvins of Vedic mythology. ' Eitel. Cf. 因陀羅. |
忍加行 see styles |
rěn jiā xíng ren3 jia1 xing2 jen chia hsing nin kegyō |
The discipline of patience, in the 四加行 four Hīnayāna disciplines; also in the Mahāyāna. |
性念處 性念处 see styles |
xìng niàn chù xing4 nian4 chu4 hsing nien ch`u hsing nien chu shō nenjo |
citta-smṛtyupasthāna, one of the four objects of thought, i. e. that the original nature is the same as the Buddha-nature, v. 四念處. |
戒四別 戒四别 see styles |
jiè sì bié jie4 si4 bie2 chieh ssu pieh kai no shibetsu |
four distinctions in moral discipline |
持國天 持国天 see styles |
chí guó tiān chi2 guo2 tian1 ch`ih kuo t`ien chih kuo tien Jikoku ten |
Dhritarashtra (one of the Four Heavenly Kings) (or 治國天) Dhṛtarāṣṭra, one of the four deva-guardians or maharājas, controlling the east, of white colour. |
提鞞波 see styles |
tí bǐ bō ti2 bi3 bo1 t`i pi po ti pi po daihiha |
dvīpa, an island, or continent; four dvīpa compose a world, v. 四洲. |
揚げ巻 see styles |
agemaki あげまき |
(1) old-fashioned boys' hairstyle; (2) Meiji period women's hairstyle; (3) type of dance in kabuki; (4) (sumo) knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color); (5) (abbreviation) constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam |
摩那斯 see styles |
mó nà sī mo2 na4 si1 mo na ssu Manashi |
摩那蘇婆帝 Mānasa; Manasvatī. A lake in the Himālayas, one of the four lakes formed when the ocean fell from heaven upon Mount Meru. The dragon who is the tutelary deity of this lake. |
文徵明 文征明 see styles |
wén zhēng míng wen2 zheng1 ming2 wen cheng ming |
Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 |
方口食 see styles |
fāng kǒu shí fang1 kou3 shi2 fang k`ou shih fang kou shih hō kujiki |
Opportunism in obtaining a living, i. e. a monk who makes a living by fawning or by bullying, one of the 四邪命 four illicit ways of livelihood. |
於四方 于四方 see styles |
yú sì fāng yu2 si4 fang1 yü ssu fang o shihō |
in the four directions |
普陀山 see styles |
pǔ tuó shān pu3 tuo2 shan1 p`u t`o shan pu to shan Hodasan |
Mt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin 觀音|观音 (Avalokiteśvara) Putuo Shan |
曹不興 曹不兴 see styles |
cáo bù xīng cao2 bu4 xing1 ts`ao pu hsing tsao pu hsing |
Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semilegendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家 |
月雪花 see styles |
tsukiyukihana つきゆきはな |
(poetic term) (from a poem by Bai Juyi) (See 雪月花) moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons |
月黶尊 月黡尊 see styles |
yuè yǎn zūn yue4 yan3 zun1 yüeh yen tsun Gatten son |
One of the names of a 明王 Ming Wang, i. e. 'moon-black' or 'moon-spots', 降三世明王 the maharāja who subdues all resisters, past, present, and future, represented with black face, three eyes, four protruding teeth, and fierce laugh. |
有餘土 有余土 see styles |
yǒu yú tǔ you3 yu2 tu3 yu yü t`u yu yü tu uyo do |
One of the four lands, or realms, the 方便有餘土 to which, according to Mahāyāna, arhats go at their decease; cf. 有餘涅槃. |
果唯識 果唯识 see styles |
guǒ wéi shì guo3 wei2 shi4 kuo wei shih ka yuishiki |
The wisdom attained from investigating and thinking philosophy, or Buddha-truth, i. e. of the sūtras and abhidharmas; this includes the first four under 五種唯識. |
枝末惑 see styles |
zhī mò huò zhi1 mo4 huo4 chih mo huo shimatsu waku |
or枝末無明 Branch and twig illusion, or ignorance in detail, contrasted with 根本無明root, or radical ignorance, i. e. original ignorance out of which arises karma, false views, and realms of illusion which are the 'branch and twig' condition or unenlightenment in detail or result. Also, the first four of the 五住地 five causal relationships, the fifth being 根本無明. |
楊寶森 杨宝森 see styles |
yáng bǎo sēn yang2 bao3 sen1 yang pao sen |
Yang Baosen (1909-1958), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生 |
楞伽經 楞伽经 see styles |
lèng qié jīng leng4 qie2 jing1 leng ch`ieh ching leng chieh ching Ryōga kyō |
The Laṅkāvatāra sūtra, a philosophical discourse attributed to Śākyamuni as delivered on the Laṅka mountain in Ceylon. It may have been composed in the fourth or fifth century A.D.; it "represents a mature phase of speculation and not only criticizes the Sāṅkhya, Pāśupata and other Hindu schools, but is conscious of the growing resemblance of Mahāyānism to Brahmanic philosophy and tries to explain it". Eliot. There have been four translations into Chinese, the first by Dharmarakṣa between 412-433, which no longer exists; the second was by Guṇabhadra in 443, ca11ed 楞伽 阿跋多羅寶經 4 juan; the third by Bodhiruci in 513, called 入楞伽經 10 juan; the fourth by Śikṣānanda in 700-704, called 大乘入楞伽經 7 juan. There are many treatises and commentaries on it, by Faxian and others. See Studies in the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra by Suzuki and his translation of it. This was the sūtra allowed by Bodhidharma, and is the recognized text of the Chan (Zen) School. There are numerous treatises on it. |
樂浪郡 乐浪郡 see styles |
lè làng jun le4 lang4 jun4 le lang chün |
Lelang commandery (108 BC-313 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea |
歐陽詢 欧阳询 see styles |
ōu yáng xún ou1 yang2 xun2 ou yang hsün |
Ouyang Xun (557-641), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] |
歡喜苑 欢喜苑 see styles |
huān xǐ yuàn huan1 xi3 yuan4 huan hsi yüan kangi on |
歡樂園; 喜林苑 Nandana-vana. Garden of joy; one of the four gardens of Indra's paradise, north of his central city. |
正量部 see styles |
zhèng liáng bù zheng4 liang2 bu4 cheng liang pu Shōryō bu |
Saṃmatīya, Saṃmitīya (三彌底); the school of correct measures, or correct evaluation. Three hundred years after the Nirvana it is said that from the Vātsīputrīyāḥ school four divisions were formed, of which this was the third. |
殊微伽 see styles |
shū wēi qié shu1 wei1 qie2 shu wei ch`ieh shu wei chieh shumika |
One of the four kinds of ascetics who dressed in rags and ate garbage. |
比丘會 比丘会 see styles |
bǐ qiū huì bi3 qiu1 hui4 pi ch`iu hui pi chiu hui bikue |
An authoritative assembly of at least four monks; idem 僧伽. |
毘沙門 毘沙门 see styles |
pí shā mén pi2 sha1 men2 p`i sha men pi sha men bishamon びしゃもん |
(place-name) Bishamon (毘沙門天王) Vaiśravaṇa. Cf. 財 and 倶. One of the four mahārājas, guardian of the North, king of the yakṣas. Has the title 多聞; 普聞; universal or much hearing or learning, said to be so called because he heard the Buddha's preaching; but Vaiśravaṇa was son of Viśravas, which is from viśru, to be heard of far and wide, celebrated, and should be understood in this sense. Vaiśravaṇa is Kuvera, or Kubera, the Indian Pluto; originally a chief of evil spirits, afterwards the god of riches, and ruler of the northern quarter. Xuanzong built a temple to him in A. D. 753, since which he has been the god of wealth in China, and guardian at the entrance of Buddhist temples. In his right hand he often holds a banner or a lance, in his left a pearl or shrine, or a mongoose out of whose mouth jewels are pouring; under his feet are two demons. Colour, yellow. |
毘璢璃 毗璢璃 see styles |
pí liú lí pi2 liu2 li2 p`i liu li pi liu li Biruri |
Virūḍhaka. Known as Crystal king, and as 惡生王 Ill-born king. (1) A king of Kośala (son of Prasenajit), destroyer of Kapilavastu. (2) Ikṣvāku, father of the four founders of Kapilavastu. (3) One of the four mahārājas, guardian of the south, king of kumbhāṇḍas, worshipped in China as one of the twenty-four deva āryas; colour blue. Also, 毘璢王; 流離王; 婁勒王 (毘婁勒王); 樓黎王 (維樓黎王); 毘盧釋迦王 (or 毘盧宅迦王); 鼻溜茶迦, etc. |
水滸傳 水浒传 see styles |
shuǐ hǔ zhuàn shui3 hu3 zhuan4 shui hu chuan |
Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵[Shi1 Nai4 an1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature |
治國天 治国天 see styles |
zhì guó tiān zhi4 guo2 tian1 chih kuo t`ien chih kuo tien Jikoku ten |
(or 持國天) One of the four devas or maharājas, guarding the eastern quarter. |
法句經 法句经 see styles |
fǎ jù jīng fa3 ju4 jing1 fa chü ching Hokku kyō |
Dharmapāda, 曇鉢經 a work by Dharmatrāta, of which there are four Chinese translations, A. D. 224, 290-306, 399, 980-1001. |
法四依 see styles |
fǎ sì yī fa3 si4 yi1 fa ssu i hō (no) shie |
The four trusts of dharma: trust in the Law, not in men; trust in sūtras containing ultimate truth; trust in truth, not in words; trust in wisdom growing out of eternal truth and not in illusory knowledge. |
法眼淨 法眼净 see styles |
fǎ yǎn jìng fa3 yan3 jing4 fa yen ching hōgen jō |
To see clearly or purely the truth: in Hīnayāna, to see the truth of the four dogmas; in Mahāyāna, to see the truth which releases from reincarnation. |
漢四郡 汉四郡 see styles |
hàn sì jun han4 si4 jun4 han ssu chün |
four Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD |
無漏道 无漏道 see styles |
wú lòu dào wu2 lou4 dao4 wu lou tao muro dō |
The way of purity, or deliverance from the passions, i.e. 戒定慧 supra; the fourth of the four dogmas 滅 cessation, or annihilation of suffering. |
無熱池 无热池 see styles |
wú rè chí wu2 re4 chi2 wu je ch`ih wu je chih munetsu chi |
The lake without heat, or cold lake, called Mānasarovara, or Mānasa-saro-vara, 'excellent mānasa lake,' or modern Manasarovar, 31° N., 81° 3 E., 'which overflows at certain seasons and forms one lake with' Rakas-tal, which is the source of the Sutlej. It is under the protection of the nāga-king Anavatapta and is also known by his name. It is said to lie south of the Gandha-mādana mountains, and is erroneously reputed as the source of the four rivers Ganges, Indus, Śītā (Tārīm River), and Oxus. |
無色界 无色界 see styles |
wú sè jiè wu2 se4 jie4 wu se chieh mushikikai むしきかい |
{Buddh} (See 三界・1) Mushikikai; formless realm; world free of greed or matter Arūpaloka, or Arūpadhātu, the heavens without form, immaterial, consisting only of mind in contemplation, being four in number, which are defined as the 四空天 Catūrūpabrahmaloka, and given as: 空無邊處 Ākāśānantyāyatana, 識無邊處 Vijñānānantyāyatana, 無所有處 Akiñcanyāyatana, 非想非非想處 Naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatana. |
牛割き see styles |
ushizaki うしざき |
tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty) |
牛裂き see styles |
ushizaki うしざき |
tying a person's limbs to two or four bulls and making them run in different directions (Warring States-era death penalty) |
牛貨洲 牛货洲 see styles |
niú huò zhōu niu2 huo4 zhou1 niu huo chou Gokeshū |
Godānīya, 瞿伽尼 (or 瞿耶尼, or 瞿陀尼) ; 倶助尼; 遇嚩柅; Aparagodāna, 阿鉢唎瞿陀尼, the western of the four continents into which every world is divided, where oxen are the principal product and medium of exchange. |
獨龍江 独龙江 see styles |
dú lóng jiāng du2 long2 jiang1 tu lung chiang |
Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江並流|三江并流, wildlife protection unit |
玄菟郡 see styles |
xuán tù jun xuan2 tu4 jun4 hsüan t`u chün hsüan tu chün |
Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea |
王昭君 see styles |
wáng zhāo jun wang2 zhao1 jun1 wang chao chün oushoukun / oshokun おうしょうくん |
Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3] (personal name) Oushoukun |
王洪文 see styles |
wáng hóng wén wang2 hong2 wen2 wang hung wen oukoubun / okobun おうこうぶん |
Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four (person) Wang Hongwen (1936-1992) |
白粉花 see styles |
oshiroibana おしろいばな |
(kana only) marvel-of-Peru (Mirabilis jalapa); four-o'clock plant; (female given name) Oshiroibana |
盧照鄰 卢照邻 see styles |
lú zhào lín lu2 zhao4 lin2 lu chao lin |
Lu Zhaolin (637-689), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2] |
目的因 see styles |
mokutekiin / mokutekin もくてきいん |
{phil} (See 質料因,形相因,作用因) final cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?") |
相似覺 相似觉 see styles |
xiāng sì jué xiang1 si4 jue2 hsiang ssu chüeh sōjika ku |
The approximate enlightenment which in the stages of 十住, 十行and 十廻向 approximates to perfect enlightenment by the subjection of all illusion; the second of the four degrees of bodhi in the Awakening of Faith 起信論. |
真向法 see styles |
makkouhou / makkoho まっこうほう |
makko-ho (set of four exercises for general health) |
真理部 see styles |
zhēn lǐ bù zhen1 li3 bu4 chen li pu |
Ministry of Truth, a fictional ministry from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four |
真番郡 see styles |
zhēn pān jun zhen1 pan1 jun4 chen p`an chün chen pan chün |
Zhenpan commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea |
矩拉婆 see styles |
jǔ lā pó ju3 la1 po2 chü la p`o chü la po Kurōba |
Kurava or Uttarakuru, v. 鬱 the northern of the four great continents. |
破四舊 破四旧 see styles |
pò sì jiù po4 si4 jiu4 p`o ssu chiu po ssu chiu |
Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution) |
祝枝山 see styles |
zhù zhī shān zhu4 zhi1 shan1 chu chih shan |
Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 |
究竟覺 究竟觉 see styles |
jiù jìng jué jiu4 jing4 jue2 chiu ching chüeh kūkyōkaku |
Supreme enlightenment, that of Buddha; one of the four kinds of enlightenment in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith. |
紅樓夢 红楼梦 see styles |
hóng lóu mèng hong2 lou2 meng4 hung lou meng |
A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels |
細四相 细四相 see styles |
xì sì xiàng xi4 si4 xiang4 hsi ssu hsiang saishi no sō |
The four states of 生住異滅 birth, abiding, change, extinction, e.g. birth, life, decay, death. |
維口食 维口食 see styles |
wéi kǒu shí wei2 kou3 shi2 wei k`ou shih wei kou shih yuikujiki |
Improper means of existence by spells, fortune-telling, etc., one of the four cardinal improper ways of earning a livelihood. |
緣四諦 缘四谛 see styles |
yuán sì dì yuan2 si4 di4 yüan ssu ti en shitai |
taking the four truths as referent |
緣起法 缘起法 see styles |
yuán qǐ fǎ yuan2 qi3 fa3 yüan ch`i fa yüan chi fa engi hō |
pratītya-samutpāda; idem 十二緣起, i.e. the twelve nidānas, cf. 十二因緣, 緣起偈; 緣起頌 (緣起法頌) The gāthā of three of the four fundamental dogmas of Buddhism; than all is suffering, that suffering is intensified by desire, and that extinction of desire is practicable. This is found in 智度論. It is also called 緣起法頌. It is placed in the foundations of pagodas and inside of images of Buddha and so is called 法身偈 dharmakāyagāthā. |
胎藏界 see styles |
tāi zàng jiè tai1 zang4 jie4 t`ai tsang chieh tai tsang chieh taizō kai |
Garbhadhātu, or Garbhakośa-(dhātu), the womb treasury, the universal source from which all things are produced; the matrix; the embryo; likened to a womb in which all of a child is conceived— its body, mind, etc. It is container and content; it covers and nourishes; and is the source of all supply. It represents the 理性 fundamental nature, both material elements and pure bodhi, or wisdom in essence or purity; 理 being the garbhadhātu as fundamental wisdom, and 智 acquired wisdom or knowledge, the vajradhātu. It also represents the human heart in its innocence or pristine purity, which is considered as the source of all Buddha-pity and moral knowledge. And it indicates that from the central being in the maṇḍala, viz. the Sun as symbol of Vairocana, there issue all the other manifestations of wisdom and power, Buddhas, bodhisattvas, demons, etc. It is 本覺 original intellect, or the static intellectuality, in contrast with 始覺 intellection, the initial or dynamic intellectuality represented in the vajradhātu; hence it is the 因 cause and vajradhātu the 果 effect; though as both are a unity, the reverse may be the rule, the effect being also the cause; it is also likened to 利他 enriching others, as vajradhātu is to 自利 enriching self. Kōbō Daishi, founder of the Yoga or Shingon 眞言 School in Japan, adopted the representation of the ideas in maṇḍalas, or diagrams, as the best way of revealing the mystic doctrine to the ignorant. The garbhadhātu is the womb or treasury of all things, the universe; the 理 fundamental principle, the source; its symbols are a triangle on its base, and an open lotus as representing the sun and Vairocana. In Japan this maṇḍala is placed on the east, typifying the rising sun as source, or 理. The vajradhātu is placed west and represents 智 wisdom or knowledge as derived from 理 the underlying principle, but the two are essential one to the other, neither existing apart. The material and spiritual; wisdom-source and intelligence; essence and substance; and similar complementary ideas are thus portrayed; the garbhadhātu may be generally considered as the static and the vajradhātu as the dynamic categories, which are nevertheless a unity. The garbhadhātu is divided into 三部 three sections representing samādhi or quiescence, wisdom-store, and pity-store, or thought, knowledge, pity; one is called the Buddha-section, the others the Vajra and Lotus sections respectively; the three also typify vimokṣa, prajñā, and dharmakāya, or freedom, understanding, and spirituality. There are three heads of these sections, i. e. Vairocana, Vajrapāṇi, and Avalokiteśvara; each has a mother or source, e. g. Vairocana from Buddha's-eye; and each has a 明王 or emanation of protection against evil; also a śakti or female energy; a germ-letter, etc. The diagram of five Buddhas contains also four bodhisattvas, making nine in all, and there are altogether thirteen 大院 or great courts of various types of ideas, of varying numbers, generally spoken of as 414. Cf. 金剛界; 大日; 兩部. |
能開大 see styles |
noukaidai / nokaidai のうかいだい |
(abbreviation) (See 職業能力開発大学校) polytechnic college (with two-year and four-year courses) |
臨屯郡 临屯郡 see styles |
lín tún jun lin2 tun2 jun4 lin t`un chün lin tun chün |
Lintun Commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea |
荒ら家 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) |
荒ら屋 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) |
菩提門 菩提门 see styles |
pú tí mén pu2 ti2 men2 p`u t`i men pu ti men bodai mon |
The gate of enlightenment; name for a cemetery. |
虛宮格 虚宫格 see styles |
xū gōng gé xu1 gong1 ge2 hsü kung ko |
four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character |
虛空天 虚空天 see styles |
xū kōng tiān xu1 kong1 tian1 hsü k`ung t`ien hsü kung tien kokū ten |
The four heavens of desire above Meru in space, from the Yama heaven upwards. |
虞世南 see styles |
yú shì nán yu2 shi4 nan2 yü shih nan |
Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] |
行四依 see styles |
xíng sì yī xing2 si4 yi1 hsing ssu i gyō shie |
four seeds of holiness |
裸単騎 see styles |
hadakatanki はだかたんき |
{mahj} (See 単騎待ち・たんきまち) waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand while the rest of one's hand is exposed; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds exposed |
複複線 see styles |
fukufukusen ふくふくせん |
four-track rail line |
褚遂良 see styles |
chǔ suì liáng chu3 sui4 liang2 ch`u sui liang chu sui liang |
Chu Suiliang (596-659), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] |
見諦者 见谛者 see styles |
jiàn dì zhě jian4 di4 zhe3 chien ti che kentia sha |
one who has clearly cognized the [four noble] truths |
觀四諦 观四谛 see styles |
guān sì dì guan1 si4 di4 kuan ssu ti kan shitai |
contemplate the four truths |
語四過 语四过 see styles |
yǔ sì guò yu3 si4 guo4 yü ssu kuo go shika |
four errors of speech |
說過戒 说过戒 see styles |
shuō guò jiè shuo1 guo4 jie4 shuo kuo chieh sekka kai |
precept forbidding speaking of the faults of the four groups of renunciant practitioners |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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