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勞務


劳务

see styles
láo wù
    lao2 wu4
lao wu
service (work done for money); services (as in "goods and services")

勞懈


劳懈

see styles
láo xiè
    lao2 xie4
lao hsieh
 rōke
fatigued and lazy

勞資


劳资

see styles
láo zī
    lao2 zi1
lao tzu
labor and capital; workers and capitalists

勞逸


劳逸

see styles
láo yì
    lao2 yi4
lao i
work and rest

勞雇


劳雇

see styles
láo gù
    lao2 gu4
lao ku
labor and employer

勢富


势富

see styles
shì fù
    shi4 fu4
shih fu
 seifu
influential and wealthy

勢望

see styles
 seibou / sebo
    せいぼう
power and popularity

勢至


势至

see styles
shì zhì
    shi4 zhi4
shih chih
 seiji / seji
    せいじ
(personal name) Seiji
He whose wisdom and power reach everywhere, Mahāsthāmaprāpta, i.e. 大勢至 q.v. Great power arrived (at maturity), the bodhisattva on the right of Amitābha, who is the guardian of Buddha-wisdom.; See 大勢至菩薩.

勤儉


勤俭

see styles
qín jiǎn
    qin2 jian3
ch`in chien
    chin chien
hardworking and frugal

勤怠

see styles
 kintai
    きんたい
diligence and indolence; attendance and absence (at work)

勤息

see styles
qín xī
    qin2 xi1
ch`in hsi
    chin hsi
 gonsoku
    ごんそく
(surname) Gonsoku
A tr. of śramaṇa, one who diligently pursues the good, and ceases from evil.

勤惰

see styles
 kinda
    きんだ
(See 勤怠) diligence and indolence; attendance and absence (at work)

勤懇


勤恳

see styles
qín kěn
    qin2 ken3
ch`in k`en
    chin ken
diligent and attentive; assiduous; sincere

勤樸


勤朴

see styles
qín pǔ
    qin2 pu3
ch`in p`u
    chin pu
simple and industrious; hardworking and frugal

勤苦

see styles
qín kǔ
    qin2 ku3
ch`in k`u
    chin ku
 kinku
    きんく
hardworking; assiduous
(noun/participle) toil and hardship
Devoted and suffering, zealously suffering.

勤謹


勤谨

see styles
qín jǐn
    qin2 jin3
ch`in chin
    chin chin
diligent and painstaking

勧懲

see styles
 kanchou / kancho
    かんちょう
(abbreviation) (See 勧善懲悪) rewarding good and punishing evil

勧賞

see styles
 kanshou / kansho
    かんしょう
(noun, transitive verb) praise and encouragement

勲爵

see styles
 kunshaku
    くんしゃく
peerage and order of merit

勸悅


劝悦

see styles
quàn yuè
    quan4 yue4
ch`üan yüeh
    chüan yüeh
 kanetsu
exhorts and pleases

勸持


劝持

see styles
quàn chí
    quan4 chi2
ch`üan ch`ih
    chüan chih
 kanji
the exhortation to preserve, revere, and follow (the teachings of certain sūtra)

勸授


劝授

see styles
quàn shòu
    quan4 shou4
ch`üan shou
    chüan shou
 kanju
to encourage and bestow

勸教


劝教

see styles
quàn jiào
    quan4 jiao4
ch`üan chiao
    chüan chiao
to advise and teach; to persuade and instruct

勸架


劝架

see styles
quàn jià
    quan4 jia4
ch`üan chia
    chüan chia
to mediate in a quarrel; to intervene in a dispute and try to calm things down

勸率


劝率

see styles
quàn shuài
    quan4 shuai4
ch`üan shuai
    chüan shuai
 kanshutsu
to encourage and guide

勸示


劝示

see styles
quàn shì
    quan4 shi4
ch`üan shih
    chüan shih
 kanji
to show and exhort

勸誡


劝诫

see styles
quàn jiè
    quan4 jie4
ch`üan chieh
    chüan chieh
 kankai
to exhort; to admonish
Exhortation and prohibition; to exhort and admonish; exhort to be good and forbid the doing of evil.

勸課


劝课

see styles
quàn kè
    quan4 ke4
ch`üan k`o
    chüan ko
to encourage and supervise (esp. state officials promoting agriculture)

勸道


劝道

see styles
quàn dào
    quan4 dao4
ch`üan tao
    chüan tao
 kandō
to encourage and guide

勻整


匀整

see styles
yún zhěng
    yun2 zheng3
yün cheng
neat and well-spaced

勻溜


匀溜

see styles
yún liu
    yun2 liu5
yün liu
even and smooth

勿伽

see styles
wù qié
    wu4 qie2
wu ch`ieh
    wu chieh
 mokka
mudga; 'phaseolus mungo (both the plant and its beans),' M. W.; intp. as 胡豆 and 綠豆 kidney beans by the Fanyi mingyi.

包剿

see styles
bāo jiǎo
    bao1 jiao3
pao chiao
to surround and annihilate (bandits)

包工

see styles
bāo gōng
    bao1 gong1
pao kung
to undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications; to contract for a job; contractor

包袋

see styles
bāo dài
    bao1 dai4
pao tai
 houtai / hotai
    ほうたい
bag
file wrapper for a patent; correspondence about the status of a patent between the inventor and the patent office

匈奴

see styles
xiōng nú
    xiong1 nu2
hsiung nu
 kyoudo; funnu / kyodo; funnu
    きょうど; フンヌ
Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties
(hist) Xiongnu (ancient Central Asian nomadic people associated with the Huns)

匕箸

see styles
 hicho
    ひちょ
spoon and chopsticks

化佛

see styles
huà fó
    hua4 fo2
hua fo
 kebutsu
nirmāṇabuddha, an incarnate, or metamorphosed Buddha: Buddhas and bodhisattvas have universal and unlimited powers of appearance, v. 神通力.

化儀


化仪

see styles
huà yí
    hua4 yi2
hua i
 kegi
The rules or methods laid down by the Buddha for salvation: Tiantai speaks of 化儀 as transforming method, and 化法 q. v. as transforming truth; its 化儀四教 are four modes of conversion or enlightenment: 頓 direct or sudden, 漸 gradual, 祕密 esoteric, and 不定 variable.

化土

see styles
huà tǔ
    hua4 tu3
hua t`u
    hua tu
 kedo
one of the 三土 three kinds of lands, or realms; it is any land or realm whose inhabitants are subject to reincarnation; any land which a Buddha is converting, or one in which is the transformed body of a Buddha. These lands are of two kinds, pure like the Tusita heaven, and vile or unclean like this world. Tiantai defines the huatu or the transformation realm of Amitābha as the Pure-land of the West, but other schools speak of huatu as the realm on which depends the nirmāṇakāya, with varying definitions.

化夢


化梦

see styles
huà mèng
    hua4 meng4
hua meng
 kemu
magic and a dream

化導


化导

see styles
huà dǎo
    hua4 dao3
hua tao
 kadou; kedou / kado; kedo
    かどう; けどう
(noun/participle) influencing (a person) for good
To instruct and guide.

化度

see styles
huà dù
    hua4 du4
hua tu
 kedo
To convert and transport, or save.

化教

see styles
huà jiào
    hua4 jiao4
hua chiao
 kekyō
see 化行二教.

化法

see styles
huà fǎ
    hua4 fa3
hua fa
 kehō
Instruction in the Buddhist principles, as 化儀 is in practice, Tiantai in its 化法四教 divides the Buddha's teaching during his lifetime into the four periods of 藏, 通, 別, and 圓 Pitaka, Interrelated, Differentiated, and Complete, or All-embracing.

化炭

see styles
huà tàn
    hua4 tan4
hua t`an
    hua tan
 ketan
charcoal obtained by monastic begging and the offering of exhortation or instruction.

化現


化现

see styles
huà xiàn
    hua4 xian4
hua hsien
 kegen
    けげん
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} manifesting in a bodily form (of a god or Buddha); incarnation; avatar
Metamorphosis and manifestation; the appearance or forms of a Buddha or bodhisattva for saving creatures may take any form required for that end.

化生

see styles
huà shēng
    hua4 sheng1
hua sheng
 keshou / kesho
    けしょう
(noun/participle) (1) {Buddh} (See 四生) spontaneous birth; (2) goblin; monster; (surname, given name) Keshou
q. v. means direct 'birth' by metamorphosis. It also means the incarnate avaatara of a deity.; aupapādaka, or aupapāduka. Direct metamorphosis, or birth by transformation, one of the 四生, by which existence in any required form is attained in an instant in full maturity. By this birth bodhisattvas residing in Tuṣita appear on earth. Dhyāni Buddhas and Avalokiteśvara are likewise called 化生. It also means unconditional creation at the beginning of a kalpa. Bhuta 部多 is also used with similar meaning. There are various kinds of 化生, e. g. 佛菩薩化生 the transformation of a Buddha or bodhisattva, in any form at will, without gestation, or intermediary conditions: 極樂化生, birth in the happy land of Amitābha by transformation through the Lotus; 法身化生 the dharmakāya, or spiritual body, born or formed on a disciple's conversion.

化米

see styles
huà mǐ
    hua4 mi3
hua mi
 ke mai
Rice obtained by monastic begging and the offering of exhortation or instruction, similarly化炭 charcoal and化茶 tea; sometimes used with larger connotation.

化茶

see styles
huà chá
    hua4 cha2
hua ch`a
    hua cha
 kesa
tea obtained by monastic begging and the offering of exhortation or instruction.

化行

see styles
huà xíng
    hua4 xing2
hua hsing
 kean
(化行二教) The two lines of teaching: i. e. in the elements, for conversion and admission, and 行教 or 制教 in the practices and moral duties especially for the Order, as represented in the Vinaya; cf. 化制.

化誘


化诱

see styles
huà yòu
    hua4 you4
hua yu
 keyū
To convert and entice (into the way of truth).

化道

see styles
huà dào
    hua4 dao4
hua tao
 kedō
The way of conversion, transformation, or development; also 教道.

北洋

see styles
běi yáng
    bei3 yang2
pei yang
 hokuyou / hokuyo
    ほくよう
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
northern waters; (given name) Hokuyou

北海

see styles
běi hǎi
    bei3 hai3
pei hai
 hokkai
    ほっかい
Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City; the North Sea (Europe); Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi; Bohai Sea; Lake Baikal
(1) northern sea; (2) North Sea; (n,n-pref) (3) (abbreviation) (See 北海道) Hokkaido; (surname) Hokkai

北漂

see styles
běi piāo
    bei3 piao1
pei p`iao
    pei piao
to migrate to Beijing in search of better job opportunities; migrant worker living and working in Beijing without a residence permit

北玉

see styles
 kitatama
    きたたま
{sumo} (See 北玉時代) era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi

北羅


北罗

see styles
běi luó
    bei3 luo2
pei lo
 kitara
    きたら
(surname) Kitara
Valabhī. Northern Lāṭa. 'An ancient kingdom and city on the Eastern coast of Gujerat.' Eitel.

北行

see styles
běi xíng
    bei3 xing2
pei hsing
 hokkou / hokko
    ほっこう
(noun/participle) going north; heading northward
Uttarāyaṇa. The northern ascension of the sun between the winter and summer solstices.

北邙

see styles
běi máng
    bei3 mang2
pei mang
Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs

北陸

see styles
 hokuriku
    ほくりく
Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures); (place-name, surname) Hokuriku

北韓


北韩

see styles
běi hán
    bei3 han2
pei han
 hokkan
    ほっかん
(Tw, HK) North Korea
(name used in South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao) (See 北朝鮮) North Korea; (place-name) North Korea (name used in South Korea)

匯報


汇报

see styles
huì bào
    hui4 bao4
hui pao
to report; to give an account of; to collect information and report back

匯豐


汇丰

see styles
huì fēng
    hui4 feng1
hui feng
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)

匹偶

see styles
pǐ ǒu
    pi3 ou3
p`i ou
    pi ou
 hitsuguu / hitsugu
    ひつぐう
a married couple
(noun/participle) (1) (archaism) pair; couple (husband and wife); (2) (archaism) friend; comrade

区点

see styles
 kuten
    くてん
{comp} Japanese character set row and column index

医薬

see styles
 iyaku
    いやく
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) medicine; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (abbreviation) (from 医薬安全局) Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau

區位


区位

see styles
qū wèi
    qu1 wei4
ch`ü wei
    chü wei
geographical location; (computing) row-cell (i.e. the row 區|区[qu1] and cell 位[wei4] used to specify a character in a CJK character set)

十一

see styles
shí yī
    shi2 yi1
shih i
 toichi; tooichi; toichi
    といち; とおいち; トイチ
eleven; 11
(1) (kana only) type of illegal loan charging 10% interest every 10 days; (2) {hanaf} (See 手役) dealt hand consisting of 1-point cards and one single 10-point card; (surname) Tokazu
ekādaśa, eleven.

十二

see styles
shí èr
    shi2 er4
shih erh
 tooji
    とおじ
twelve; 12
12; twelve; (given name) Tooji
dvātriṃśa. Thirty-two. 三十二應 (or 三十二身) The thirty-two forms of Guanyin, and of Puxian, ranging from that of a Buddha to that of a man, a maid, a rakṣas; similar to the thirty-three forms named in the Lotus Sūtra. 三十二相三十二大人相 dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇa. The thirty-two lakṣaṇas, or physical marks of a cakravartī, or 'wheel-king', especially of the Buddha, i. e. level feet, thousand-spoke wheel-sign on feet, long slender fingers, pliant hands and feet, toes and fingers finely webbed, full-sized heels, arched insteps, thighs like a royal stag, hands reaching below the knees well-retracted male organ, height and stretch of arms equal, every hair-root dark coloured, body hair graceful and curly, golden-hued body, a 10 ft. halo around him, soft smooth skin, the 七處, i. e. two soles, two palms, two shoulders, and crown well rounded, below the armpits well-filled, lion-shaped body, erect, full shoulders, forty teeth, teeth white even and close, the four canine teeth pure white, lion-jawed, saliva improving the taste of all food, tongue long and broad, voice deep and resonant, eyes deep blue, eyelashes like a royal bull, a white ūrnā or curl between the eyebrows emitting light, an uṣṇīṣa or fleshy protuberance on the crown. These are from the 三藏法數 48, with which the 智度論 4, 涅盤經 28, 中阿含經, 三十ニ相經 generally agree. The 無量義經 has a different list. 三十二相經 The eleventh chapter of the 阿含經. 三十二相經願 The twenty-first of Amitābha's vows, v. 無量壽經. 三十三 trayastriṃśat. Thirty-three. 三十三天忉利天; 憺梨天, 多羅夜登陵舍; 憺利夜登陵奢; 憺利耶憺利奢 Trayastriṃśas. The Indra heaven, the second of the six heavens of form. Its capital is situated on the summit of Mt. Sumeru, where Indra rules over his thirty-two devas, who reside on thirty-two peaks of Sumeru, eight in each of the four directons. Indra's capital is called 殊勝 Sudarśana, 喜見城 Joy-view city. Its people are a yojana in height, each one's clothing weighs 六鐵 (1; 4 oz. ), and they live 1, 000 years, a day and night being equal to 100 earthly years. Eitel says Indra's heaven 'tallies in all its details with the Svarga of Brahminic mythology' and suggests that 'the whole myth may have an astronomical meaning', or be connected, with 'the atmosphere with its phenomena, which strengthens Koeppen's hypothesis explaining the number thirty-three as referring to the eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and two Aśvins of Vedic mythology'. In his palace called Vaijayanta 'Indra is enthroned with 1, 000 eyes with four arms grasping the vajra. There he revels in numberless sensual pleasures together with his wife Śacī... and with 119, 000 concubines with whom he associates by means of transformation'.; dvādaśa, twelve.

十住

see styles
shí zhù
    shi2 zhu4
shih chu
 jū jū
The ten stages, or periods, in bodhisattva-wisdom, prajñā 般若, are the 十住; the merits or character attained are the 十地 q.v. Two interpretations may be given. In the first of these, the first four stages are likened to entry into the holy womb, the next four to the period of gestation, the ninth to birth, and the tenth to the washing or baptism with the water of wisdom, e.g. the baptism of a Kṣatriya prince. The ten stages are (1) 發心住 the purposive stage, the mind set upon Buddhahood; (2) 治地住 clear understanding and mental control; (3) 修行住 unhampered liberty in every direction; (4) 生貴住 acquiring the Tathāgata nature or seed; (5) 方便具足住 perfect adaptability and resemblance in self-development and development of others; (6) 正心住 the whole mind becoming Buddha-like; (7) 不退住 no retrogression, perfect unity and constant progress; (8) 童眞住 as a Buddha-son now complete; (9) 法王子住 as prince of the law; (10) 灌頂住 baptism as such, e.g. the consecration of kings. Another interpretation of the above is: (1) spiritual resolve, stage of śrota-āpanna; (2) submission to rule, preparation for Sakṛdāgāmin stage; (3) cultivation of virtue, attainment of Sakṛdāgāmin stage; (4) noble birth, preparation for the anāgāmin stage; (5) perfect means, attainment of anāgāmin stage; (6) right mind, preparation for arhatship; (7) no-retrogradation, the attainment of arhatship; (8) immortal youth, pratyekabuddhahood; (9) son of the law-king, the conception of bodhisattvahood; (10) baptism as the summit of attainment, the conception of Buddhahood.

十佛

see styles
shí fó
    shi2 fo2
shih fo
 ju būtsu
There are several, groups; that of the Huayan sūtra is Kāśyapa, Kanakamuni, Krakucchanda, Viśvabhū, Śikhin, Vipaśyi, Tiśya (or Puṣya), Tissa, ? Padma, and Dīpaṅkara. Another group is that of the Amitābha cult, one for each of the ten directions. There are other groups.

十使

see styles
shí shǐ
    shi2 shi3
shih shih
 jū shi
十大惑; 十根本煩惱 The ten messengers, deluders, fundamental passions; they are divided into five sharp and five dull; the five 鈍使 dull ones are desire, hate, stupidity, pride, and doubt; the five sharp 利使 are 身見, 邊見, 邪見, 見取見, 戒禁見, v. 見.

十來


十来

see styles
shí lái
    shi2 lai2
shih lai
 torai
    とらい
(female given name) Torai
(十來偈) The ten rhymes in "lai", a verse which expresses the Buddhist doctrine of moral determinism, i.e. that the position anyone now occupies is solely the result of his character in past lives; heredity and environment having nothing to do with his present condition, for, whether in prince or beggar, it is the reward of past deeds. The upright from the forbearing come,
The poor from the mean and greedy come,
Those of high rank from worshippers come,
The low and common from the Prideful come,
Those who are dumb from slanderers come,
The blind and deaf from unbelievers come,
The long-lived from the merciful come,
The short-lived from life, takers come,
The deficient in faculties from command-breakers come,
The complete in faculties from command-keepers come.
端正者忍辱中來.
貧窮着樫貧中來.
高位者禮拜中來.
下賤者橋慢中來.
瘖啞者誹謗中來.
盲聾者不信中來.
長壽者慈悲中來.
短命者殺生中來.
諸根不具者破戒中來.
六根具足者持戒中來.

十信

see styles
shí xìn
    shi2 xin4
shih hsin
 jisshin
The ten grades of bodhisattva faith, i.e. the first ten 位 in the fifty-two bodhisattva positions: (1) 信 faith (which destroys illusion and results in); (2) 念 remembrance, or unforgetfulness; (3) 精進 zealous progress; (4) 慧 wisdom; (5) 定 settled firmness in concentration; (6) 不退 non-retrogression; (7) 護法 protection of the Truth; (8) 廻向 reflexive powers, e.g. for reflecting the Truth; (9) 戒 the nirvāṇa mind in 無為 effortlessness; (10) 願 action at will in anything and everywhere.

十六

see styles
shí liù
    shi2 liu4
shih liu
 tomu
    とむ
sixteen; 16
16; sixteen; (given name) Tomu
ṣoḍaśa Sixteen is the esoteric (Shingon) perfect number, just as ten is the perfect number in the Huayan sūtra and generally, see 大日經疏 5.

十力

see styles
shí lì
    shi2 li4
shih li
 jūriki
Daśabala. The ten powers of Buddha, giving complete knowledge of: (1) what is right or wrong in every condition; (2) what is the karma of every being, past, present, and future; (3) all stages of dhyāna liberation, and samādhi; (4) the powers and faculties of all beings; (5) the desires, or moral direction of every being; (6) the actual condition of every individual; (7) the direction and consequence of all laws; (8) all causes of mortality and of good and evil in their reality; (9) the end of all beings and nirvāṇa; (10) the destruction of all illusion of every kind. See the 智度論 25 and the 倶舍論 29.

十問


十问

see styles
shí wèn
    shi2 wen4
shih wen
 jūmon
The ten questions to the Buddha, put into the mouth of Vajrapāṇi, which, with the answers given, form the basis of the 大日經. What is (or are) (1) the nature of the bodhi-mind? (2) its form or forms? (3) the mental stages requisite to attainment? (4) the difference between them? (5) the time required? (6) the character of the merits attained? (7) the activities or practices necessary? (8) the way of such practices? (9) the condition of the uncultivated and cultivated mind? (10) the difference between it and that of the follower of Yoga?

十地

see styles
shí dì
    shi2 di4
shih ti
 juuji / juji
    じゅうじ
{Buddh} dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva); (place-name) Jūji
daśabhūmi; v. 十住. The "ten stages" in the fifty-two sections of the development of a bodhisattva into a Buddha. After completing the十四向 he proceeds to the 十地. There are several groups. I. The ten stages common to the Three Vehicles 三乘 are: (1) 乾慧地 dry wisdom stage, i. e. unfertilized by Buddha-truth, worldly wisdom; (2) 性地 the embryo-stage of the nature of Buddha-truth, the 四善根; (3) 八人地 (八忍地), the stage of the eight patient endurances; (4) 見地 of freedom from wrong views; (5) 薄地 of freedom from the first six of the nine delusions in practice; (6) 離欲地 of freedom from the remaining three; (7) 巳辨地 complete discrimination in regard to wrong views and thoughts, the stage of an arhat; (8) 辟支佛地 pratyeka-buddhahood, only the dead ashes of the past left to sift; (9) 菩薩地 bodhisattvahood; (10) 佛地 Buddhahood. v. 智度論 78. II. 大乘菩薩十地 The ten stages of Mahāyāna bodhisattva development are: (1) 歡喜地 Pramuditā, joy at having overcome the former difficulties and now entering on the path to Buddhahood; (2) 離垢地 Vimalā, freedom from all possible defilement, the stage of purity; (3) 發光地 Prabhākarī, stage of further enlightenment; (4) 焰慧地 Arciṣmatī, of glowing wisdom; (5) 極難勝地 Sudurjayā, mastery of utmost or final difficulties; (6) 現前地 Abhimukhī, the open way of wisdom above definitions of impurity and purity; (7) 遠行地 Dūraṁgamā, proceeding afar, getting above ideas of self in order to save others; (8) 不動地 Acalā, attainment of calm unperturbedness; (9) 善慧地 Sādhumatī, of the finest discriminatory wisdom, knowing where and how to save, and possessed of the 十力 ten powers; (10) 法雲地 Dharmamegha, attaining to the fertilizing powers of the law-cloud. Each of the ten stages is connected with each of the ten pāramitās, v. 波. Each of the 四乘 or four vehicles has a division of ten. III. The 聲聞乘十地 ten Śrāvaka stages are: (1) 受三歸地 initiation as a disciple by receiving the three refuges, in the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha; (2) 信地 belief, or the faith-root; (3) 信法地 belief in the four truths; (4) 内凡夫地 ordinary disciples who observe the 五停心觀, etc.; (5) 學信戒 those who pursue the 三學 three studies; (6) 八人忍地 the stage of 見道 seeing the true Way; (7) 須陀洹地 śrota-āpanna, now definitely in the stream and assured of nirvāṇa; (8) 斯陀含地 sakrdāgāmin, only one more rebirth; (9) 阿那含地 anāgāmin, no rebirth; and (10) 阿羅漢地 arhatship. IV. The ten stages of the pratyekabuddha 緣覺乘十地 are (1) perfect asceticism; (2) mastery of the twelve links of causation; (3) of the four noble truths; (4) of the deeper knowledge; (5) of the eightfold noble path; (6) of the three realms 三法界; (7) of the nirvāṇa state; (8) of the six supernatural powers; (9) arrival at the intuitive stage; (10) mastery of the remaining influence of former habits. V. 佛乘十地 The ten stages, or characteristics of a Buddha, are those of the sovereign or perfect attainment of wisdom, exposition, discrimination, māra-subjugation, suppression of evil, the six transcendent faculties, manifestation of all bodhisattva enlightenment, powers of prediction, of adaptability, of powers to reveal the bodhisattva Truth. VI. The Shingon has its own elaborate ten stages, and also a group 十地十心, see 十心; and there are other groups.

十妙

see styles
shí miào
    shi2 miao4
shih miao
 jūmyō
The ten wonders, or incomprehensibles; there are two groups, the 迹v traceable or manifested and 本門妙 the fundamental. The 迹門十妙 are the wonder of: (1) 境妙 the universe, sphere, or whole, embracing mind, Buddha, and all things as a unity; (2) 智妙 a Buddha's all-embracing knowledge arising from such universe; (3) 行妙 his deeds, expressive of his wisdom; (4) 位妙 his attainment of all the various Buddha stages, i.e. 十住 and十地; (5) 三法妙 his three laws of 理, 慧, and truth, wisdom, and vision; (6) 感應妙 his response to appeal, i.e. his (spiritual) response or relation to humanity, for "all beings are my children"; (7) 神通妙 his supernatural powers; (8) 說法妙 his preaching; (9) 眷屬妙 his supernatural retinue; (10) 利益妙 the blessings derived through universal elevation into Buddhahood. The 本門十妙 are the wonder of (1) 本因妙 the initial impulse or causative stage of Buddhahood; (2) 本果妙 its fruit or result in eternity, joy, and purity; (3) 國土妙 his (Buddha) realm; (4) 感應妙 his response (to human needs); (5) 神通妙 his supernatural powers; (6) 說法妙 his preaching; (7) 眷屬妙 his supernatural retinue; (8) 涅槃妙 his nirvāṇa; (9) 壽命妙 his (eternal) life; (10) his blessings as above. Both groups are further defined as progressive stages in a Buddha's career. These "wonders" are derived from the Lotus sūtra.

十宗

see styles
shí zōng
    shi2 zong1
shih tsung
 jūshū
The ten schools of Chinese Buddhism: I. The (1) 律宗 Vinaya-discipline, or 南山|; (2) 倶舍 Kośa, Abhidharma, or Reality (Sarvāstivādin) 有宗; (3) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect founded on this śāstra by Harivarman; (4) 三論宗 Mādhyamika or 性空宗; (5) 法華宗 Lotus, "Law-flower" or Tiantai 天台宗; (6) 華嚴Huayan or法性 or賢首宗; ( 7) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana or 慈恩宗 founded on the唯識論 (8) 心宗 Ch'an or Zen, mind-only or intuitive, v. 禪宗 ; (9) 眞言宗 (Jap. Shingon) or esoteric 密宗 ; (10) 蓮宗 Amitābha-lotus or Pure Land (Jap. Jōdo) 淨士宗. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 9th are found in Japan rather than in China, where they have ceased to be of importance. II. The Hua-yen has also ten divisions into ten schools of thought: (1) 我法倶有 the reality of self (or soul) and things, e.g. mind and matter; (2) 法有我無 the reality of things but not of soul; (3) 法無去來 things have neither creation nor destruction; (4) 現通假實 present things are both apparent and real; (5) 俗妄眞實 common or phenomenal ideas are wrong, fundamental reality is the only truth; (6) things are merely names; (7) all things are unreal 空; (8) the bhūtatathatā is not unreal; (9) phenomena and their perception are to be got rid of; (10) the perfect, all-inclusive, and complete teaching of the One Vehicle. III. There are two old Japanese divisions: 大乘律宗, 倶舎宗 , 成實 宗 , 法和宗 , 三論宗 , 天台宗 , 華嚴宗 , 眞言宗 , 小乘律宗 , and 淨土宗 ; the second list adds 禪宗 and omits 大乘律宗. They are the Ritsu, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Hossō, Sanron, Tendai, Kegon, Shingon, (Hīnayāna) Ritsu, and Jōdo; the addition being Zen.

十寶


十宝

see styles
shí bǎo
    shi2 bao3
shih pao
 jippō
The ten precious things; 十寶山 the ten precious mountains, or mountain of ten precious things; v. 十善 and 十善王.

十師


十师

see styles
shí shī
    shi2 shi1
shih shih
 jisshi
The ten monks necessary for a full ordination of a monk, i.e. 三師七證 three leaders and seven witnesses.

十干

see styles
shí gān
    shi2 gan1
shih kan
 jikkan
    じっかん
same as 天干; the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
ten celestial stems (two types each of wood, fire, earth, metal, water); ten heavenly stems

十德

see styles
shí dé
    shi2 de2
shih te
 jittoku
The ten virtues, powers, or qualities, of which there are several groups, e.g. in the 華嚴經,十地品 there are 法師十德 the ten virtues of a teacher of the Law, i.e. he should be well versed in its meaning; able widely to publish it; not be nervous before an audience; be untiring in argument; adaptable; orderly so that his teaching can be easily followed; serious and dignified; bold and zealous; unwearied; and enduring (able to bear insult, etc.). The 弟子十德 ten virtues or qualities of a disciple according to the 大日經疏 4, are faith; sincerity; devotion to the trikāya; (seeking the) adornment of true wisdom; perseverance; moral purity; patience (or bearing shame); generosity in giving; courage; resoluteness.

十恩

see styles
shí ēn
    shi2 en1
shih en
 jūon
Ten kinds of the Buddha's grace: his (1) initial resolve to universalize (his salvation); (2) self-sacrifice (in previous lives); (3) complete altruism; (4) his descent into all the six states of existence for their salvation; (5) relief of the living from distress and mortality; (6) profound pity; (7) revelation of himself in human and glorified form; (8) teaching in accordance with the capacity of his hearers, first hīnayāna, then māhayāna doctrine; (9) revealing his nirvāṇa to stimulate his disciples; (10) pitying thought for all creatures, in that dying at 80 instead of at 100 he left twenty years of his own happiness to his disciples; and also the tripiṭaka for universal salvation.

十手

see styles
 jutte
    じゅって
    jitte
    じって
(archaism) short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policeman and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)

十方

see styles
shí fāng
    shi2 fang1
shih fang
 jippou / jippo
    じっぽう
(1) the ten directions (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, up and down); (2) all directions; everywhere; (place-name) Toohou
The ten directions of space, i.e. the eight points of the compass and the nadir and zenith. There is a Buddha for each direction 十方十佛.

十智

see styles
shí zhì
    shi2 zhi4
shih chih
 jū chi
The ten forms of understanding. I. Hīnayāna: (1) 世俗智 common understanding; (2) 法智 enlightened understanding, i.e. on the Four Truths in this life; (3) 類智 ditto, applied to the two upper realms 上二界; (4), (5), (6), (7) understanding re each of the Four Truths separately, both in the upper and lower realms, e.g. 苦智; (8) 他心智 understanding of the minds of others; (9) 盡智 the understanding that puts an end to all previous faith in or for self, i.e. 自信智; (10) 無生智 nirvāṇa wisdom; v. 倶舍論 26. II. Mahāyāna. A Tathāgatas ten powers of understanding or wisdom: (1) 三世智 perfect understanding of past, present, and future; (2) ditto of Buddha Law; (3) 法界無礙智 unimpeded understanding of the whole Buddha-realm; (4) 法界無邊智 unlimited, or infinite understanding of the whole Buddha-realm; (5) 充滿一切智 understanding of ubiquity; (6) 普照一切世間智 understanding of universal enlightenment; (7) 住持一切世界智 understanding of omnipotence, or universal control; (8) 知一切衆生智 understanding of omniscience re all living beings; (9) 知一切法智 understanding of omniscience re the laws of universal salvation; (10) 知無邊諸佛智 understanding of omniscience re all Buddha wisdom. v. 華嚴経 16. There are also his ten forms of understanding of the "Five Seas" 五海 of worlds, living beings, karma, passions, and Buddhas.

十王

see styles
shí wáng
    shi2 wang2
shih wang
 juuou / juo
    じゅうおう
{Buddh} ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life); (place-name, surname) Jūou
The ten kings presiding over the ten departments of purgatory.

十見


十见

see styles
shí jiàn
    shi2 jian4
shih chien
 juumi / jumi
    じゅうみ
(surname) Jūmi
The ten (wrong) views; see 五見and add 貪, 恚 , 慢 , 無明 and 疑見 desire, hate, pride, ignorance, and doubt.

十軍


十军

see styles
shí jun
    shi2 jun1
shih chün
 jūgun
The ten armies of Māra, which the Buddha attacks and destroys; the armies are desire, anxiety, hunger and thirst, longing, torpidity, fear, doubt, poison, gain, haughtiness (i.e. disdaining monks).

十過


十过

see styles
shí guò
    shi2 guo4
shih kuo
 jukka
Ten faults in eating flesh, and ten in drinking intoxicants.

十門


十门

see styles
shí mén
    shi2 men2
shih men
 jūmon
The ten "doors" or connections between事 and 理; 事 is defined as 現象 form and 理 as 本體 substance; the common illustration of wave and water indicates the idea thus expressed. The 理事無礎十門 means that in ten ways form and substance are not separate, unconnected entities. (1) li the substance is always present with shih the phenomena; (2) shih is always present with li; (3) shih depends on li for its existence; (4) the shih can reveal the li; (5) the shih (mere form, which is unreal) can disappear in the li;(6) the shih can conceal the li; (7) the true li is the shih; (8) the shih is li; (9) the true li (or reality) is not the shih; (10) the shih is not the (whole) li; v. 華嚴大疏 2. 周遍含容觀十門 The fifth of the five 觀 meditations of the 華嚴宗, i.e. on li and shih, e.g. (1) the li is as the shih; (2) the shih is as the li; 理如事, 事如理 and so on. The 止觀十門 in the 宗鏡録35, also deals with li and shih chiefly for purposes of meditation. Another group, the 華嚴釋經十門, treats of the Canon and the schools.

十障

see styles
shí zhàng
    shi2 zhang4
shih chang
 jisshō
Ten hindrances; bodhisattvas in the stage of 十地 overcome these ten hindrances and realize the十眞如 q.v. The hindrances are: (1) 異生性障 the hindrance of the common illusions of the unenlightened, taking the seeming for real; (2) 邪行障 the hindrance of common unenlightened conduct; (3) 暗鈍障 the hindrance of ignorant and dull ideas; (4) 細惑現行障 the hindrance of the illusion that things are real and have independent existence; (5)下乘涅槃障 the hindrance of the lower ideals in Hīnayāna of nirvāṇa; (6) 細相現行障 the hindrance of the ordinary ideas of the pure and impure; (7) 細相現行障 the hindrance of the idea of reincarnation; (8) 無相加行障 the hindrance of the continuance of activity even in the formless world; (9) 不欲行障 the hindrance of no desire to act for the salvation of others; (10) 法未自在障 the hindrance of non- attainment of complete mastery of all things. v. 唯識論 10.

千佛

see styles
qiān fó
    qian1 fo2
ch`ien fo
    chien fo
 senbutsu
The thousand Buddhas. Each of the past, present, and future kalpas has a thousand Buddhas; Śākyamuni is the "fourth" Buddha in the present kalpa.

千手

see styles
qiān shǒu
    qian1 shou3
ch`ien shou
    chien shou
 chihira
    ちひら
(female given name) Chihira
(千手千眼); 千手千眼大慈大悲觀音菩薩 The thousand-hand Guanyin, see below. There are various sutras associated with this title, e.g. 千手經 an abbreviation of 手千眼觀世音菩薩大廣大圓滿無礙大悲心陀羅尼經; also 千手軌 or 軌經 an abbreviation of 金剛頂瑜伽千手千眼觀自在菩薩修行儀軌經; it is also called 千手陀羅尼 and 千手千眼儀軌經; there are many others, e.g. 千手千眼觀世音菩藤姥陀羅尼身經 and 千手千眼廣大圓滿無礙大悲心陀羅尼經 both idem 千手千臂陀羅尼神咒 which is the Avalokiteśvara-padma-jāla-mūla-tantra‐nāma-dhāraṇī.

千葉


千叶

see styles
qiān yè
    qian1 ye4
ch`ien yeh
    chien yeh
 chiba
    ちば
Chiba (Japanese surname and place name)
Chiba (city, prefecture); (female given name) Chiyou
a thousand petals

千金

see styles
qiān jīn
    qian1 jin1
ch`ien chin
    chien chin
 chigane
    ちがね
thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter
1000 pounds; 1000 kan; 1000 yen; 1000 pieces of gold; great weight; pricelessness; (place-name, surname) Chigane

升割

see styles
 masuwari; masuwari
    ますわり; マスワリ
(kana only) break and run out in billiards (9 ball, 8 ball, etc.); (place-name) Masuwari

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