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三覆八校


三复八校

see styles
sān fù bā xiào
    san1 fu4 ba1 xiao4
san fu pa hsiao
 sanfuku hakkyō
The three reports 三覆 and eight investigations 八校. Two angels, 同生 and 同名, observe each individual, the first a female at his right shoulder noting the evil deeds; the second, a male, at his left shoulder noting the good deeds; both report on high and in hades six times a month. Thus in each month there are 六齋 and in each year 三覆 and 八校.

不定地法

see styles
bù dìng dì fǎ
    bu4 ding4 di4 fa3
pu ting ti fa
 fujōchi hō
One of the six mental conditions, that of undetermined character, open to any influence good or evil.

五道六道

see styles
wǔ dào liù dào
    wu3 dao4 liu4 dao4
wu tao liu tao
 godō rokudō
There is difference of statement whether there are five or six gati, i. e. ways or destinies; if six, then there is added the asura, a being having functions both good and evil, both deva and demon.

五部尊法

see styles
wǔ bù zūn fǎ
    wu3 bu4 zun1 fa3
wu pu tsun fa
 gobu sonbō
五種壇法 (or 五部護摩 or 五部悉地). Ceremonials of the esoteric cult for ridding from calamity; for prosperity; subduing evil (spirits); seeking the love of Buddhas; calling the good to aid; cf. 五種修法.

以德報怨


以德报怨

see styles
yǐ dé bào yuàn
    yi3 de2 bao4 yuan4
i te pao yüan
to return good for evil (idiom); to requite evil with good

勧善懲悪

see styles
 kanzenchouaku / kanzenchoaku
    かんぜんちょうあく
(yoji) rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice

勸善徵惡


劝善征恶

see styles
quàn shàn zhēng è
    quan4 shan4 zheng1 e4
ch`üan shan cheng o
    chüan shan cheng o
 kan zen chō aku
encouraging the good and punishing evil

十二因緣


十二因缘

see styles
shí èr yīn yuán
    shi2 er4 yin1 yuan2
shih erh yin yüan
 jūni innen
Dvādaśaṅga pratītyasamutpāda; the twelve nidānas; v. 尼 and 因; also 十二緣起; 因緣有支; 因緣率連; 因緣棘園; 因緣輪; 因緣重城; 因緣觀; 支佛觀. They are the twelve links in the chain of existence: (1) 無明avidyā, ignorance, or unenlightenment; (2) 行 saṃskāra, action, activity, conception, "dispositions," Keith; (3) 識 vijñāna, consciousness; (4) 名色 nāmarūpa, name and form; (5) 六入 ṣaḍāyatana, the six sense organs, i.e. eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind; (6) 觸 sparśa, contact, touch; (7) 受 vedanā, sensation, feeling; (8) 愛 tṛṣṇā, thirst, desire, craving; (9) 取 upādāna, laying hold of, grasping; (10) 有 bhava, being, existing; (11) 生 jāti, birth; (12) 老死 jarāmaraṇa, old age, death. The "classical formula" reads "By reason of ignorance dispositions; by reason of dispositions consciousness", etc. A further application of the twelve nidānas is made in regard to their causaton of rebirth: (1) ignorance, as inherited passion from the beginningless past ; (2) karma, good and evil, of past lives; (3) conception as a form of perception; (4) nāmarūpa, or body and mind evolving (in the womb); (5) the six organs on the verge of birth; (6) childhood whose intelligence is limited to sparśa, contact or touch; (7) receptivity or budding intelligence and discrimination from 6 or 7 years; (8) thirst, desire, or love, age of puberty; (9) the urge of sensuous existence; (10) forming the substance, bhava, of future karma; (11) the completed karma ready for rebirth; (12) old age and death. The two first are associated with the previous life, the other ten with the present. The theory is equally applicable to all realms of reincarnation. The twelve links are also represented in a chart, at the centre of which are the serpent (anger), boar (ignorance, or stupidity), and dove (lust) representing the fundamental sins. Each catches the other by the tail, typifying the train of sins producing the wheel of life. In another circle the twelve links are represented as follows: (1) ignorance, a blind woman; (2) action, a potter at work, or man gathering fruit; (3) consciousness, a restless monkey; (4) name and form, a boat; (5) sense organs, a house; (6) contact, a man and woman sitting together; (7) sensation, a man pierced by an arrow; (8) desire, a man drinking wine; (9) craving, a couple in union; (10) existence through childbirth; (11) birth, a man carrying a corpse; (12) disease, old age, death, an old woman leaning on a stick. v. 十二因緣論 Pratītya-samutpāda śāstra.

十六善神

see styles
shí liù shàn shén
    shi2 liu4 shan4 shen2
shih liu shan shen
 jūrokuzenshin
Two lists are given, one of sixteen 大將 mahārājas; another of sixteen 善神 good spirits or gods; all of them are guardians of the good and enemies of evil.

十善正法

see styles
shí shàn zhèng fǎ
    shi2 shan4 zheng4 fa3
shih shan cheng fa
 jūzen shōbō
(十善) The ten good characteristics, or virtues, defined as the non-committal of the 十惡 ten evils, q. v. Tiantai has two groups, one of ceasing 止 to do evil, the other of learning to do well 行.

善惡之業


善恶之业

see styles
shàn è zhī yè
    shan4 e4 zhi1 ye4
shan o chih yeh
 zen aku no gyō
good and evil karma

善惡報應


善恶报应

see styles
shàn è bào yìng
    shan4 e4 bao4 ying4
shan o pao ying
 zen'aku hōō
recompense for good or evil activity

善惡業報


善恶业报

see styles
shàn è yè bào
    shan4 e4 ye4 bao4
shan o yeh pao
 zenaku gōppō
retribution of good and evil karma

寸善尺魔

see styles
 sunzenshakuma
    すんぜんしゃくま
(expression) (yoji) in evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world; one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen

廢惡修善


废恶修善

see styles
fèi è xiū shàn
    fei4 e4 xiu1 shan4
fei o hsiu shan
 haiaku shuzen
To cast aside evil and perform the good.

形影一如

see styles
 keieiichinyo / keechinyo
    けいえいいちにょ
(yoji) being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart

扶正壓邪


扶正压邪

see styles
fú zhèng yā xié
    fu2 zheng4 ya1 xie2
fu cheng ya hsieh
to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)

折伏攝受


折伏摄受

see styles
zhé fú shè shòu
    zhe2 fu2 she4 shou4
che fu she shou
 shaku bukushōju
To subdue the evil and receive the good; cf. 抑.

揚清激濁


扬清激浊

see styles
yáng qīng jī zhuó
    yang2 qing1 ji1 zhuo2
yang ch`ing chi cho
    yang ching chi cho
lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good; eliminate vice and exalt virtue

摩訶袒特


摩诃袒特

see styles
mó hē tǎn tè
    mo2 he1 tan3 te4
mo ho t`an t`e
    mo ho tan te
 makatantoku
Mahātantra (dhāraṇī), great spell power for overcoming the evil and cleaving to the good.

有漏善法

see styles
yǒu lòu shàn fǎ
    you3 lou4 shan4 fa3
yu lou shan fa
 uro zenpō
(or有漏惡法) Good (or evil) done in a mortal body is rewarded accordingly in the character of another mortal body.

止惡生善


止恶生善

see styles
zhǐ è shēng shàn
    zhi3 e4 sheng1 shan4
chih o sheng shan
 shiaku shōzen
to prevent evil and generate good

毒天二鼓

see styles
dú tiān èr gǔ
    du2 tian1 er4 gu3
tu t`ien erh ku
    tu tien erh ku
 dokuten niko
The two kinds of drum: poison-drum, harsh or stern words for repressing evil, and devadrum, gentle words for producing good; also, misleading contrasted with correct teaching. The毒鼓 is likened also to the Buddha-nature which can slay all evil.

清濁併呑

see styles
 seidakuheidon / sedakuhedon
    せいだくへいどん
(yoji) being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil; being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades

激濁揚清


激浊扬清

see styles
jī zhuó yáng qīng
    ji1 zhuo2 yang2 qing1
chi cho yang ch`ing
    chi cho yang ching
lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good; eliminate vice and exalt virtue

煩惱業苦


烦恼业苦

see styles
fán nǎo yè kǔ
    fan2 nao3 ye4 ku3
fan nao yeh k`u
    fan nao yeh ku
 bonnō gokku
The suffering arising out of the working of the passions, which produce good or evil karma, which in turn results in a happy or suffering lot in one of the three realms, and again from the lot of suffering (or mortality) arises the karma of the passions; also known as 惑業苦, 三輪, and 三道.

良からぬ

see styles
 yokaranu
    よからぬ
(can act as adjective) (kana only) bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible

諸惡無作


诸恶无作

see styles
zhū è wú zuò
    zhu1 e4 wu2 zuo4
chu o wu tso
 shoaku musa
To do no evil, to do only good, to purify the will, is the doctrine of all Buddhas,' i.e. 諸惡無作, 諸善奉行, 自淨其意, 是諸佛教. These four sentences are said to include all the Buddha-teaching: cf. 阿含經 1.

違恩負義


违恩负义

see styles
wéi ēn fù yì
    wei2 en1 fu4 yi4
wei en fu i
to disobey one's benefactor; to violate debts of gratitude; to repay good with evil

邪不敵正


邪不敌正

see styles
xié bù dí zhèng
    xie2 bu4 di2 zheng4
hsieh pu ti cheng
good will always triumph over evil (idiom)

阿賴耶識


阿赖耶识

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ā lài yé shì
    a1 lai4 ye2 shi4
a lai yeh shih
 araya shiki
ālaya-vijñāna. 'The receptacle intellect or consciousness;' 'the orginating or receptacle intelligence;' 'basic consciousness' (Keith). It is the store or totality of consciousness, both absolute and relative, impersonal in the whole, temporally personal or individual in its separated parts, always reproductive. It is described as 有情根本之心識 the fundamental mind-consciousness of conscious beings, which lays hold of all the experiences of the individual life: and which as storehouse holds the germs 種子 of all affairs; it is at the root of all experience, of the skandhas, and of all things on which sentient beings depend for existence. Mind is another term for it, as it both stores and gives rise to all seeds of phenomena and knowledge. It is called 本識 original mind, because it is the root of all things; 無沒識 inexhaustible mind, because none of its seeds (or products) is lost; 現識 manifested mind, because all things are revealed in or by it; 種子識 seeds mind, because from it spring all individualities, or particulars; 所知依識 because it is the basis of all knowledge; 異熟識 because it produces the rounds of morality, good and evil karma, etc.; 執持識 or 阿陀那 q.v., that which holds together, or is the seed of another rebirh, or phenomena, the causal nexus; 第一識 the prime or supreme mind or consciousness; 宅識 abode (of) consciousness; 無垢識 unsullied consciousness when considered in the absolute, i.e. the Tathāgata; and 第八識, as the last of the eight vijñānas. There has been much discussion as to the meaning and implications of the ālaya-vijñāna. It may also be termed the unconscious, or unconscious absolute, out of whose ignorance or unconsciousness rises all consciousness.

善悪二元論

see styles
 zenakunigenron
    ぜんあくにげんろん
good and evil dualism; Manicheanism

非黑非白業


非黑非白业

see styles
fēi hēi fēi bái yè
    fei1 hei1 fei1 bai2 ye4
fei hei fei pai yeh
Neither black nor white karma, karma which does not affect metempsychosis either for evil or good; negative or indifferent karma.

不思善不思惡


不思善不思恶

see styles
bù sī shàn bù sī è
    bu4 si1 shan4 bu4 si1 e4
pu ssu shan pu ssu o
 fushizen fushiaku
not thinking of good, not thinking of evil

八億四千萬念


八亿四千万念

see styles
bā yì sì qiān wàn niàn
    ba1 yi4 si4 qian1 wan4 nian4
pa i ssu ch`ien wan nien
    pa i ssu chien wan nien
 hachiokushisenman nen
The myriads of "thoughts", or moments in a single day and night, each with its consequences of good and evil; probably 8,400,000,000 is meant.

地獄は壁一重

see styles
 jigokuhakabehitoe
    じごくはかべひとえ
(expression) (proverb) the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge

恩を仇で返す

see styles
 onoadadekaesu
    おんをあだでかえす
(exp,v5s) to return evil for good

見る目嗅ぐ鼻

see styles
 mirumekaguhana
    みるめかぐはな
(expression) (1) (See 閻魔) Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead); (expression) (2) (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye

隨順平等善根


随顺平等善根

see styles
suí shùn píng děng shàn gēn
    sui2 shun4 ping2 deng3 shan4 gen1
sui shun p`ing teng shan ken
    sui shun ping teng shan ken
 zuijun byōdō zenkon
stage of practicing the virtues of the middle path of noncontamination, and seeing that good and evil are not two

占察善惡業報經


占察善恶业报经

see styles
zhàn chá shà ne yè bào jīng
    zhan4 cha2 sha4 ne4 ye4 bao4 jing1
chan ch`a sha ne yeh pao ching
    chan cha sha ne yeh pao ching
 Sensatsu zen'aku gyōhōkyō
Sūtra on the Divination of the Effect of Good and Evil Actions

恩をあだで返す

see styles
 onoadadekaesu
    おんをあだでかえす
(exp,v5s) to return evil for good

諸惡莫作衆善奉行


诸恶莫作众善奉行

see styles
zhū è mò zuò zhòng shàn fèng xíng
    zhu1 e4 mo4 zuo4 zhong4 shan4 feng4 xing2
chu o mo tso chung shan feng hsing
 shoaku makusa shuzen bugyō
not doing evil, doing all good things

隨順等觀一切衆生


随顺等观一切众生

see styles
suí shùn děng guān yī qiè zhòng shēng
    sui2 shun4 deng3 guan1 yi1 qie4 zhong4 sheng1
sui shun teng kuan i ch`ieh chung sheng
    sui shun teng kuan i chieh chung sheng
 zuijun dōkan issai shūjō
stage where one sees that the good and evil actions of all sentient beings are not different

從善如登,從惡如崩


从善如登,从恶如崩

see styles
cóng shàn rú dēng , cóng è rú bēng
    cong2 shan4 ru2 deng1 , cong2 e4 ru2 beng1
ts`ung shan ju teng , ts`ung o ju peng
    tsung shan ju teng , tsung o ju peng
doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)

好事不出門,惡事傳千里


好事不出门,恶事传千里

see styles
hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ
    hao3 shi4 bu4 chu1 men2 , e4 shi4 chuan2 qian1 li3
hao shih pu ch`u men , o shih ch`uan ch`ien li
    hao shih pu chu men , o shih chuan chien li
lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles; a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)

良きにつけ悪しきにつけ

see styles
 yokinitsukeashikinitsuke
    よきにつけあしきにつけ
(expression) for better or worse; for good or for evil

Variations:
恩を仇で返す
恩をあだで返す

see styles
 onoadadekaesu
    おんをあだでかえす
(exp,v5s) (idiom) to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor)

善有善報,惡有惡報,若然不報時晨未到


善有善报,恶有恶报,若然不报时晨未到

see styles
shàn yǒu shàn bào , è yǒu è bào , ruò rán bù bào shí chén wèi dào
    shan4 you3 shan4 bao4 , e4 you3 e4 bao4 , ruo4 ran2 bu4 bao4 shi2 chen2 wei4 dao4
shan yu shan pao , o yu o pao , jo jan pu pao shih ch`en wei tao
    shan yu shan pao , o yu o pao , jo jan pu pao shih chen wei tao
Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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