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There are 13 total results for your One Chan search in the dictionary.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

見性


见性

see styles
jiàn xìng
    jian4 xing4
chien hsing
 kenshou / kensho
    けんしょう

More info & calligraphy:

Kensho - Initial Enlightenment
{Buddh} self-awareness; consciousness of one's true character
To behold the Buddha-nature within oneself, a common saying of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitive School.

辿

see styles
chān
    chan1
ch`an
    chan
 tadoru
    たどる
used in names, e.g. 龍王辿|龙王辿[Long2 wang2 Chan1] Longwang Chan, a place in Shaanxi Province; (literary) (of one's walking pace) slow
(surname, given name) Tadoru

一拶

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yī zā
    yi1 za1
i tsa
 issatsu
A sudden remark, or question, by a monk or master to test a disciple, a Chan (Zen) method.

三句

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sān jù
    san1 ju4
san chü
 sanku
Three cryptic questions of 雲門 Yunmen, founder of the Yunmen Chan School. They are: (1) 截斷衆流 What is it that stops all flow (of reincarnation) ? The reply from the 起信論 is 一心, i. e. the realization of the oneness of mind, or that all is mind. (2) 函蓋乾坤 What contains and includes the universe? The 眞如. (3) 隨波逐浪 One wave following another— what is this? Birth and death 生死, or transmigration, phenomenal existence.

引座

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yǐn zuò
    yin3 zuo4
yin tso
 in zo
A phrase used by one who ushers a preacher into the 'pulpit' to expound the Law.

法眼

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fǎ yǎn
    fa3 yan3
fa yen
 hougen / hogen
    ほうげん
discerning eye
(1) {Buddh} (See 五眼) the dharma eye; (2) (abbreviation) second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; (3) (archaism) title bestowed upon doctors, etc.; (surname) Hougen
The (bodhisattva) dharma-eye able to penetrate all things. Name of the founder of the法眼宗 Fayan sect, one of the five Chan (Zen) schools.

一味禪


一味禅

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yī mèi chán
    yi1 mei4 chan2
i mei ch`an
    i mei chan
 ichimi zen
one taste Chan

一字禪


一字禅

see styles
yī zì chán
    yi1 zi4 chan2
i tzu ch`an
    i tzu chan
 ichiji zen
A cryptic single-word reply to a question, requiring meditation for its apprehension; it is a Chan or Zen method.

蝦蟆禪


虾蟆禅

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xiā má chán
    xia1 ma2 chan2
hsia ma ch`an
    hsia ma chan
 gama zen
Frog samādhi, which causes one to leap with joy at half-truths.

一指頭禪


一指头禅

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yī zhǐ tóu chán
    yi1 zhi3 tou2 chan2
i chih t`ou ch`an
    i chih tou chan
 ichishi zu zen
The one finger-tip contemplation used by a certain monk to bring to another a conception of the universe. Also a parable in the 楞伽經 Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra. The Chan or Zen sect 禪宗 regard the sūtras merely as indicators, i.e. pointing fingers, their real object being only attained through personal mediation.

淸淨眞如


淸净眞如

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qīng jìng zhēn rú
    qing1 jing4 zhen1 ru2
ch`ing ching chen ju
    ching ching chen ju
 shōjō shinnyo
One of the seven Chan-ju, q. v.

茶禪一味


茶禅一味

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chá chán yī mèi
    cha2 chan2 yi1 mei4
ch`a ch`an i mei
    cha chan i mei
 chazen ichimi
tea and Chan; Seon are of one and the same taste

茶禪一體


茶禅一体

see styles
chá chán yī tǐ
    cha2 chan2 yi1 ti3
ch`a ch`an i t`i
    cha chan i ti
 chazen ittai
tea and Chan; Seon meditation are one

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

This page contains 13 results for "One Chan" 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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

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