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There are 17 total results for your Muni search in the dictionary.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

文尼

see styles
wén ní
    wen2 ni2
wen ni
 monni
    むに

More info & calligraphy:

Vinny
(1) (honorific or respectful language) muni (Indian ascetic or sage); (2) Buddha
muni, idem 牟尼 and 茂尼, e. g. Śākyamuni.

ムーニー

see styles
 muunii / muni
    ムーニー

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Mooney
(personal name) Mooney

釋迦牟尼


释迦牟尼

see styles
shì jiā móu ní
    shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2
shih chia mou ni
 Shakamuni

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Shakyamuni / The Buddha
Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉.

ムニ

see styles
 muni
    ムニ
(personal name) Muni

無二


无二

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wú èr
    wu2 er4
wu erh
 muni
    むに
(adj-no,n) peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable; second to none; (female given name) Muni
non-duality

牟尼

see styles
móu ní
    mou2 ni2
mou ni
 muni
    むに
(1) (honorific or respectful language) muni (Indian ascetic or sage); (2) Buddha
(牟尼仙), 文尼; 茂泥; (馬曷摩尼) 摩尼 muni; mahāmuni; 月摩尼 vimuni. A sage, saint, ascetic, monk, especially Śākyamuni; interpreted as 寂 retired, secluded, silent, solitary, i. e. withdrawn from the world. See also 百八摩尼.

茂泥

see styles
mào ní
    mao4 ni2
mao ni
 moni
文尼; 牟尼 muni, a solitary, a recluse, e. g. Śākyamuni, the recluse of the Śākya family; genī; intp. as one who seeks solitude, and one who is able to be kind.

三妙行

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sān miào xíng
    san1 miao4 xing2
san miao hsing
 san myō gyō
A muni, recluse, or monk, who controls his body, mouth, and mind 身, 口, 意. Also 三牟尼.

牟尼王

see styles
móu ní wáng
    mou2 ni2 wang2
mou ni wang
 muni ō
The monk-king, a title of the Buddha.

ムーニィ

see styles
 muuni / muni
    ムーニィ
(surname) Mooney

寂滅無二


寂灭无二

see styles
jí miè wú èr
    ji2 mie4 wu2 er4
chi mieh wu erh
 jakumetsu muni
Nirvāṇa as absolute without disunity or phenomena.

有無無二


有无无二

see styles
yǒu wú wú èr
    you3 wu2 wu2 er4
yu wu wu erh
 umu muni
nonduality of existence and non-existence

無二無別


无二无别

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wú èr wú bié
    wu2 er4 wu2 bie2
wu erh wu pieh
 muni mubetsu
without duality or distinction

牟尼世尊

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móu ní shì zūn
    mou2 ni2 shi4 zun1
mou ni shih tsun
 Muni Seson
World Honored Śākyamuni

ポールムニ

see styles
 poorumuni
    ポールムニ
(person) Paul Muni

Variations:
牟尼
文尼

 muni
    むに
(1) (honorific or respectful language) muni (Indian ascetic or sage); (2) Buddha

生死涅槃無二無別


生死涅槃无二无别

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shēng sǐ niè pán wú èr wú bié
    sheng1 si3 nie4 pan2 wu2 er4 wu2 bie2
sheng ssu nieh p`an wu erh wu pieh
    sheng ssu nieh pan wu erh wu pieh
 shōji nehan muni mubetsu
saṃsāra and nirvāṇa are not two — they lack distinction

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

This page contains 17 results for "Muni" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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