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shàn
    shan4
shan
 yuzuri
    ゆずり

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Zen / Chan / Meditation
to abdicate
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri
To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim.

地獄


地狱

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dì yù
    di4 yu4
ti yü
 jigoku
    じごく

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Hell
hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka
(1) {Buddh} hell realm; Naraka; (2) {Christn} Hell; (3) hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; (4) place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam; (place-name) Jigoku
naraka, 捺落迦 (or 那落迦) ; niraya 泥犂; explained by 不樂 joyless; 可厭 disgusting, hateful; 苦具, 苦器 means of suffering; if 地獄 earth-prison; 冥府 the shades, or departments of darkness. Earth-prison is generally intp. as hell or the hells; it may also be termed purgatory; one of the six gati or ways of transmigration. The hells are divided into three classes: I. Central, or radical, 根本地獄 consisting of (1) The eight hot hells. These were the original hells of primitive Buddhism, and are supposed to be located umder the southern continent Jambudvīpa 瞻部州, 500 yojanas below the surface. (a) 等活 or 更活 Saṃjīva, rebirth, where after many kinds of suffering a cold wind blows over the soul and returns it to this life as it was before, hence the name 等活. (b) 黑繩 Kaslasūtra, where the sufferer is bound with black chains and chopped or sawn asunder. (c) 線合; 衆合; 堆壓 Saṃghāta, where are multitudes of implements of torture, or the falling of mountains upon the sufferer. (d) 號呌; 呼呼; 叫喚 Raurava, hell of wailing. (e) 大呌; 大號呌; 大呼 Mahāraurava, hell of great wailing. (f) 炎熱; 燒炙 Tapana, hell of fames and burning. (g) 大熱; 大燒炙; 大炎熱 Pratāpana, hell of molten lead. (h) 無間; 河鼻旨; 阿惟越致; 阿毗至; 阿鼻; 阿毗 Avīci, unintermitted suffering, where sinners die and are reborn to suffer without interval. (2) The eight cold hells 八寒地獄. (a) 頞浮陀地獄 Arbuda, where the cold causes blisters. (b) 尼刺部陀 Nirarbuda, colder still causing the blisters to burst. (c) 頞哳吒; 阿吒吒 Atata, where this is the only possible sound from frozen lips. (d) 臛臛婆; 阿波波 Hahava or Apapa, where it is so cold that only this sound can be uttered. (e) 虎虎婆 Hāhādhara or Huhuva, where only this sound can be uttered. (f) 嗢鉢羅; 鬱鉢羅 (or 優鉢羅) Utpala, or 尼羅鳥 (or 漚) 鉢羅 Nīlotpala, where the skin is frozen like blue lotus buds. (g) 鉢特摩 Padma, where the skin is frozen and bursts open like red lotus buds. (h) 摩訶鉢特摩 Mahāpadma, ditto like great red lotus buds. Somewhat different names are also given. Cf. 倶舍論 8; 智度論 16; 涅槃經 11. II. The secondary hells are called 近邊地獄 adjacent hells or 十六遊增 each of its four sides, opening from each such door are four adjacent hells, in all sixteen; thus with the original eight there are 136. A list of eighteen hells is given in the 十八泥梨經. III. A third class is called the 孤地獄 (獨地獄) Lokāntarika, or isolated hells in mountains, deserts, below the earth and above it. Eitel says in regard to the eight hot hells that they range 'one beneath the other in tiers which begin at a depth of 11,900 yojanas and reach to a depth of 40,000 yojanas'. The cold hells are under 'the two Tchahavālas and range shaft-like one below the other, but so that this shaft is gradually widening to the fourth hell and then narrowing itself again so that the first and last hell have the shortest, those in the centre the longest diameter'. 'Every universe has the same number of hells, ' but 'the northern continent has no hell whatever, the two continents east and west of Meru have only small Lokāntarika hells... whilst all the other hells are required for the inhabitants of the southern continent '. It may be noted that the purpose of these hells is definitely punitive, as well as purgatorial. Yama is the judge and ruler, assisted by eighteen officers and a host of demons, who order or administer the various degrees of torture. 'His sister performs the same duties with regard to female criminals, ' and it may be mentioned that the Chinese have added the 血盆池 Lake of the bloody bath, or 'placenta tank' for women who die in childbirth. Release from the hells is in the power of the monks by tantric means.

永生

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yǒng shēng
    yong3 sheng1
yung sheng
 eisei / ese
    えいせい
to live forever; eternal life; all one's life
eternal life; immortality; (personal name) Hisaki
Eternal life; immortality; nirvana is defined as 不生 not being born, i. e. not reborn, and therefore 不滅 not dying; 永生 is also perpetual life; the Amitābha cult says in the Pure Land.

老子

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lǎo zi
    lao3 zi5
lao tzu
 roushi / roshi
    ろうし

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Lao Tzu / Laozi
father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
Laozi; Lao Tzu; Lao Tse; (person) Laozi (semi-legendary Chinese philosopher and deity); Lao Tzu; Lao Tse
Laozi, or Laocius, the accepted founder of the Daoists. The theory that his soul went to India and was reborn as the Buddha is found in the 齊書 History of the Qi dynasty 顧歡傳.

輪廻


轮廻

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lún huí
    lun2 hui2
lun hui
 rinne
    りんね

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Samsara / Endless Cycle of Rebirth
(1) {Buddh} samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} being reborn; reincarnation; (female given name) Rinne
輪轉 saṃsāra, the turning of the wheel, to revolve, i.e. transmigration in the six ways, the wheel of transmigration; the round of existence.

重生

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chóng shēng
    chong2 sheng1
ch`ung sheng
    chung sheng
 shigeo
    しげお

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Re-Birth / Renaissance
to be reborn; rebirth
(given name) Shigeo

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jiè
    jie4
chieh
 kai; ingoto(ok)
    かい; いんごと(ok)
to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing something; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
(1) (かい only) {Buddh} admonition; commandment; (2) sila (precept)
śīla, 尸羅. Precept, command, prohibition, discipline, rule; morality. It is applied to the five, eight, ten, 250, and other commandments. The five are: (1) not to kill; (2 ) not to steal; (3) not to commit adultery; (4) not to speak falsely; (5) not to drink wine. These are the commands for lay disciples; those who observe them will be reborn in the human realm. The Sarvāstivādins did not sanction the observance of a limited selection from them as did the 成實宗 Satyasiddhi school. Each of the five precepts has five guardian spirits, in all twenty-five, 五戒二十五神. The eight for lay disciples are the above five together with Nos. 7, 8, and 9 of the following; the ten commands for the ordained, monks and nuns, are the above five with the following: (6) not to use adornments of flowers, nor perfumes; (7) not to perform as an actor, juggler, acrobat, or go to watch and hear them; (8) not to sit on elevated, broad, and large divans (or beds); (9) not to eat except in regulation hours; (10) not to possess money, gold or silver, or precious things. The 具足戒full commands for a monk number 250, those for a nun are 348, commonly called 500. Śīla is also the first of the 五分法身, i.e. a condition above all moral error. The Sutra of Brahma's Net has the following after the first five: (6) not to speak of the sins of those in orders; (7) not to vaunt self and depreciate others; (8) not to be avaricious; (9) not to be angry; (10) not to slander the triratna.


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    su1
su
 sohou / soho
    そほう
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration
(1) condensed milk; (n,n-suf,n-pref) (2) (abbreviation) Soviet Union; (personal name) Sohou
Refreshing thyme; revive, cheer; Suzhou; translit. su, so, sa, s. Most frequently it translit. the Sanskait su, which means good, well excellent, very. Cf. 須, 修.

上生

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shàng shēng
    shang4 sheng1
shang sheng
 wabu
    わぶ
(place-name) Wabu
be reborn into a superior state of existence

不生

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bù shēng
    bu4 sheng1
pu sheng
 fushou / fusho
    ふしょう
(place-name) Fushou
anutpatti; anutpāda. Non-birth: not to be reborn, exempt from rebirth; arhan is mistakenly interpreted as 'not born', meaning not born again into mortal worlds. The 'nir' in nirvana is also erroneously said to mean 'not born'; certain schools say that nothing ever has been born, or created, for all is eternal. The Shingon word 'a' is interpreted as symbolizing the uncreated. The unborn or uncreated is a name for the Tathāgata, who is not born, but eternal ; hence by implication the term means "eternal". ādi, which means"at first, " "beginning","primary", is also interpreted as 不生 uncreated.

中陰


中阴

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zhōng yīn
    zhong1 yin1
chung yin
 chuuin / chuin
    ちゅういん
{Buddh} bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days); (place-name) Nakakage
The intermediate existence between death and reincarnation, a stage varying from seven to forty-nine days, when the karma-body will certainly be reborn; v. 中有.

了教

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liǎo jiào
    liao3 jiao4
liao chiao
 Ryōkyō
A noted disciple named Ajñāta-Kauṇḍinya, v. 阿, also known as拘鄰鄰,了本際 and 知本際. He is described as "a prince of Magadha, maternal uncle of Śākyamuni, whose first disciple he became". He is "to be reborn as Buddha under the name of Samanṭa-Prabhāsa". Eitel.

二業


二业

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èr yè
    er4 ye4
erh yeh
 nigyou / nigyo
    にぎょう
(archaism) restaurants and geisha establishments
Two classes of karma. (1) (a) 引業 leads to the 總報, i.e. the award as to the species into which one is to be born, e.g. men, gods, etc.; (6) 滿業 is the 別報 or fulfillment in detail, i.e. the kind or quality of being e.g. clever or stupid, happy or unhappy, etc. (2) (a) 善業 and (b) 惡業 Good and evil karma, resulting in happiness or misery. (3) (a) 助業 Aids to the karma of being reborn in Amitābha's Pure—land e. g. offerings, chantings, etc.; (b) 正業 thought and invocation of Amitābha with undivided mind, as the direct method.

五性

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wǔ xìng
    wu3 xing4
wu hsing
 goshō
The five different natures as grouped by the 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana sect; of these the first and second, while able to attain to non-return to mortality, are unable to reach Buddhahood; of the fourth some may, others may not reach it; the fifth will be reborn as devas or men: (1) śrāvakas for arhats; (2) pratyekabuddhas for pratyekabuddha-hood; (3) bodhisattvas for Buddhahood; (4) indefinite; (5) outsiders who have not the Buddha mind. The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment 圓覺經 has another group, i. e. the natures of (1) ordinary good people; (2) śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas; (3) bodhisattvas; (4) indefinite; (5) heretics.

五果

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wǔ guǒ
    wu3 guo3
wu kuo
 goka
    ごか
(1) five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut); (2) (Buddhist term) five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships; (3) (Buddhist term) five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life
The five fruits, or effects; there are various groups, e. g. I. (1) 異熟果 fruit ripening divergently, e. g. pleasure and goodness are in different categories; present organs accord in pain or pleasure with their past good or evil deeds; (2) 等流果 fruit of the same order, e. g. goodness reborn from previous goodness; (3) 土用果 present position and function fruit, the rewards of moral merit in previous lives; (4) 增上果 superior fruit, or position arising from previous earnest endeavor and superior capacity: (5) 離繋果 fruit of freedom from all bonds, nirvana fruit. II. Fruit, or rebirth: (1) 識 conception (viewed psychologically); (2) 名色 formation mental and physical; (3) 六處 the six organs of perception complete; (4) 觸 their birth and contact with the world; (5) 受 consciousness. III. Five orders of fruit, with stones, pips, shells (as nuts), chaff-like (as pine seeds), and with pods.

人因

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rén yīn
    ren2 yin1
jen yin
 ninin
The causative influences for being reborn as a human being, i.e. a good life. Those in positions of honour have obtained them by former deeds of benevolence, reverence to Buddhas and monks, patience, humility, devotion to the sutras, charity, morality, zeal and exhortation, obedience, loyalty - hence they have obtained affluence, long life, and are held in high regard. Those in mean condition are thus born because of the opposite characteristics in previous incarnation.

再生

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zài shēng
    zai4 sheng1
tsai sheng
 saisei / saise
    さいせい
to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) restoration to life; coming to life again; resuscitation; regeneration; (n,vs,vi) (2) reformation; rehabilitation; (noun, transitive verb) (3) recycling; reclamation; recovery; (noun, transitive verb) (4) playback; regeneration (of video or sound); views (of an online video); (n,vs,vt,vi) (5) {biol} regeneration (of lost or damage tissue); regrowth; (noun, transitive verb) (6) rebirth; reincarnation; (n,vs,vt,vi) (7) {psych} recall (memory); retrieval

出現


出现

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chū xiàn
    chu1 xian4
ch`u hsien
    chu hsien
 shutsugen
    しゅつげん
to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
(n,vs,vi) appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
To manifest, reveal, be manifested, appear, e. g. as does a Buddha's temporary body, or nirmāṇakāya. Name of Udāyi 優陀夷 a disciple of Buddha to be reborn as Samantaprabhāsa; also of a son of Ajātaśatru.

受身

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shòu shēn
    shou4 shen1
shou shen
 jushin
    うけみ
(n,adj-no,adj-na) (1) the defensive; (2) passive attitude; passivity; passiveness; (3) (linguistics terminology) the passive; passive voice; (4) (martial arts term) ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to be reborn into a new body

名相

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míng xiàng
    ming2 xiang4
ming hsiang
 myōsō
famous prime minister (in ancient China); names and appearances (Buddhism)
Name and appearance; everything has a name, e. g. sound, or has appearance, i. e. the visible, v. 名色; both are unreal and give rise to delusion. The name under which Subhūti will be reborn as Buddha.

四土

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sì tǔ
    si4 tu3
ssu t`u
    ssu tu
 shido
    しど
{Buddh} four realms (in Tendai Buddhism or Yogacara)
The four Buddha-kṣetra, or realms, of Tiantai: (1) 凡聖居同土 Realms where all classes dwell— men, devas, Buddhas, disciples, non-disciples; it has two divisions, the impure, e. g. this world, and the pure, e. g. the 'Western' pure-land. (2) 方便有餘土 Temporary realms, where the occupants have got rid of the evils of 見思 unenlightened views and thoughts, but still have to be reborn. (3) 實報無障礙土 Realms of permanent reward and freedom, for those who have attained bodhisattva rank. (4) 常寂光土 Realm of eternal rest and light (i. e. wisdom) and of eternal spirit (dharmakāya), the abode of Buddhas; but in reality all the others are included in this, and are only separated for convenience, sake.

寶相


宝相

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bǎo xiàng
    bao3 xiang4
pao hsiang
 hōsō
The precious likeness, or image (of Buddha). ratnaketu, one of the seven tathāgatas; a name of Ānanda as a future buddha; the name under which 2,000 of Śākyamuni's disciples are to be reborn as buddhas.

往生

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wǎng shēng
    wang3 sheng1
wang sheng
 oujou / ojo
    おうじょう
to be reborn; to live in paradise (Buddhism); to die; (after) one's death
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} passing on to the next life; (n,vs,vi) (2) death; (n,vs,vi) (3) giving up a struggle; submission; (n,vs,vi) (4) being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed; (5) (rare) (See 圧状・2) coercion
The future life, the life to which anyone is going; to go to be born in the Pure Land of Amitābha. (1) 往相囘向 To transfer one's merits to all beings that they may attain the Pure Land of Amitābha. (2) 還相囘向 Having been born in the Pure Land to return to mortality and by one's merits to bring mortals to the Pure Land.

復生


复生

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fù shēng
    fu4 sheng1
fu sheng
 matao
    またお
to be reborn; to recover; to come back to life; to regenerate
(given name) Matao
renewed appearance

戒力

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jiè lì
    jie4 li4
chieh li
 kairiki
The power derived from observing the commandments, enabling one who observes the five commandments to be reborn among men, and one who observes the ten positive commands 十善 to be born among devas, or as a king.

戒善

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jiè shàn
    jie4 shan4
chieh shan
 kaizen
The good root of keeping the commandments, from which springs the power for one who keeps the five to be reborn as a man; or for one who keeps the ten to be reborn in the heavens, or as a king.

投生

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tóu shēng
    tou2 sheng1
t`ou sheng
    tou sheng
reborn (of departed spirit); to be reincarnated; to leave home for a new life

持水

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chí shuǐ
    chi2 shui3
ch`ih shui
    chih shui
 Jisui
Jātiṃdhara, a physician who adjusted prescriptions and diet to the seasons; reborn as Śuddhodana.

欲生

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yù shēng
    yu4 sheng1
yü sheng
 yokushō
reborn into desire

水滿


水满

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shuǐ mǎn
    shui3 man3
shui man
 Suiman
Jalāmbara (third son of 流水 Jalavāhana) reborn as Śākyamuni's son Rāhula.

沒生


没生

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mò shēng
    mo4 sheng1
mo sheng
 mochishō
perish and be reborn

爪土

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zhǎo tǔ
    zhao3 tu3
chao t`u
    chao tu
 sōdo
(爪上土) The quantity of earth one can put on a toe-nail, i. e. in proportion to the whole earth in the world, such is the rareness of being reborn as a human being; or, according to the Nirvana Sutra 33, of attaining nirvana.

生上

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shēng shàng
    sheng1 shang4
sheng shang
 shōjō
to be reborn into a higher level of existence

生天

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shēng tiān
    sheng1 tian1
sheng t`ien
    sheng tien
 shōten
The heavens where those living in this world can be reborn, i. e. from that of the 四天王 to the 非想天; v. 福生天.

畜生

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chù sheng
    chu4 sheng5
ch`u sheng
    chu sheng
 chikushou(p); chikishou; chikushoo / chikusho(p); chikisho; chikushoo
    ちくしょう(P); ちきしょう; チクショー
domestic animal; brute; bastard
(interjection) (1) (kana only) damn it; damn; son of a bitch; for Christ's sake; (2) beast; animal; (3) {Buddh} (See 畜生道・1) person reborn into the animal realm; (4) brute; bastard
tiryagyoni, 底栗車; 傍生 'Born of or as an animal, ' rebirth as an animal; animals in general; especially domestic animals.

盲龜


盲龟

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máng guī
    mang2 gui1
mang kuei
 mōki
It is as easy for a blind turtle to find a floating long as it is for a man to be reborn as a man, or to meet with a buddha and his teaching.

福報


福报

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fú bào
    fu2 bao4
fu pao
 fukuhō
karmic reward (Buddhism)
A blessed reward, e.g. to be reborn as a man or a deva.

福行

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fú xíng
    fu2 xing2
fu hsing
 fukugyō
The life or conduct which results in blessing e.g. being reborn as a man or a deva.

禪天


禅天

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chán tiān
    chan2 tian1
ch`an t`ien
    chan tien
 zenten
dhyāna heavens, four in number, where those who practise meditation may be reborn, v. 禪.

脫胎


脱胎

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tuō tāi
    tuo1 tai1
t`o t`ai
    to tai
to be born; (fig.) to develop out of something else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc); (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn); bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)

轉廻


转廻

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zhuǎn huí
    zhuan3 hui2
chuan hui
 ten'e
To return, revolve, be reborn; idem 輪廻.

退沒


退没

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tuì mò
    tui4 mo4
t`ui mo
    tui mo
 taimotsu
To be reborn in a lower stage of existence.

還生


还生

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huán shēng
    huan2 sheng1
huan sheng
 genshō
To return to life; to be reborn in this world; to be reborn from the Hīnayāna nirvana in order to be able to attain to Mahāyāna buddhahood; also, restoration to the order, after repentance for sin.

針孔


针孔

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zhēn kǒng
    zhen1 kong3
chen k`ung
    chen kung
 shinku
    みぞ
pinhole
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (1) eye of a needle; (2) hole
A needle's eye: it is as difficult to be reborn as a man as it is to thread a needle on earth by throwing the thread at it from the sky.

閻魔


阎魔

see styles
yán mó
    yan2 mo2
yen mo
 enma
    えんま
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
{Buddh} Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna; (dei) Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
閻王 閻羅; (閻魔王); 閻摩羅; 閻老 Yama, also v. 夜; 閻羅王 Yama. (1) In the Vedas the god of the dead, with whom the spirits of the departed dwell. He was son of the Sun and had a twin sister Yamī or Yamuna. By some they were looked upon as the first human pair. (2) In later Brahmanic mythology, one of the eight Lokapālas, guardian of the South and ruler of the Yamadevaloka and judge of the dead. (3) In Buddhist mythology, the regent of the Nārakas, residing south of Jambudvīpa, outside of the Cakravālas, in a palace of copper and iron. Originally he is described as a king of Vaiśālī, who, when engaged in a bloody war, wished he were master of hell, and was accordingly reborn as Yama in hell together with his eighteen generals and his army of 80,000 men, who now serve him in purgatory. His sister Yamī deals with female culprits. Three times in every twenty-four hours demon pours into Yama's mouth boiling copper (by way of punishment), his subordinates receiving the same dose at the same time, until their sins are expiated, when he will be reborn as Samantarāja 普王. In China he rules the fifth court of purgatory. In some sources he is spoken of as ruling the eighteen judges of purgatory.

阿鼻

see styles
ā bí
    a1 bi2
a pi
 abi
    あび
Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells; fig. hell; hell on earth
{Buddh} Avici (lowest level of hell)
Avīci, 阿鼻旨; 阿鼻脂; 阿鼻至; the last and deepest of the eight hot hells, where the culprits suffer, die, and are instantly reborn to suffering, without interruption 無間. It is the 阿鼻地獄 (阿鼻旨地獄) or the 阿鼻焦熱地獄hell of unintermitted scorching; or the阿鼻喚地獄 hell of unintermitted wailing; its wall, out of which there is no escape, is the 阿鼻大城.

隨求


随求

see styles
suí qiú
    sui2 qiu2
sui ch`iu
    sui chiu
 Zuigu
According to prayer. Name of a deva who was formerly a wicked monk who died and went to hell, but when dying repented, prayed, and was reborn the deva 隨求天子 or 隨求卽得天子. Also, a bodhisattva in the Guanyin group of the Garbhadhātu, a metamorphosis of Guanyin, who sees that all prayers are answered, 隨求菩薩.

不往生

see styles
bù wǎng shēng
    bu4 wang3 sheng1
pu wang sheng
 fuōshō
not reborn [into the Pure Land]

不更生

see styles
bù gēng shēng
    bu4 geng1 sheng1
pu keng sheng
 fukyōshō
not reborn

不生斷


不生断

see styles
bù shēng duàn
    bu4 sheng1 duan4
pu sheng tuan
 fushō dan
One of the 三斷, when illusion no longer arises the sufferings of being reborn in the evil paths are ended.

五念門


五念门

see styles
wǔ niàn mén
    wu3 nian4 men2
wu nien men
 gonenmon
    ごねんもん
{Buddh} five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
The five devotional gates of the Pure-land sect: (1) worship of Amitābha with the 身 body; (2) invocation with the 口 mouth; (3) resolve with the 意 mind to be reborn in the Pure-land; (4) meditation on the glories of that land, etc.; (5) resolve to bestow one's merits, e. g. works of supererogation, on all creatures.

作願門


作愿门

see styles
zuò yuàn mén
    zuo4 yuan4 men2
tso yüan men
 sagan mon
To make a vow to benefit self and others, and to fulfil the vow so as to be born in the Pure Land of Amitābha. The third of the five doors or ways of entering the Pure Land.

僧寶果


僧宝果

see styles
sēng bǎo guǒ
    seng1 bao3 guo3
seng pao kuo
 sōhō ka
The perfect arhat who has not to be reborn.

光德國


光德国

see styles
guāng dé guó
    guang1 de2 guo2
kuang te kuo
 Kōtoku koku
Avabhāsa, the kingdom of light and virtue, or glorious virtue, in which Mahākāśyapa is to be reborn as a Buddha under the name of 光明 Raśmiprabhāsa.

光音天

see styles
guāng yīn tiān
    guang1 yin1 tian1
kuang yin t`ien
    kuang yin tien
 kōon ten
Ābhāsvara, light and sound, or light-sound heavens, also styled 極光淨天, the heavens of utmost light and purity, i. e. the third of the second dhyāna heavens, in which the inhabitants converse by light instead of words; they recreate the universe from the hells up to and including the first dhyāna heavens after it has been destroyed by fire during he final series of cataclysms; but they gradually diminish in power and are reborn in lower states. The three heavens of the second dhyāna are 少光, 無量光, and 光音.

兜率陀

see styles
dōu shuài tuó
    dou1 shuai4 tuo2
tou shuai t`o
    tou shuai to
 Tosotsuda
(兜率 or 兜率哆); 兜術; 珊都史多, 珊覩史多; 鬭瑟多 Tuṣita, from tuṣ, contented, satisfied, gratified; name of the Tuṣita heaven, the fourth devaloka in the 欲界 passion realm, or desire realm between the Yama and Nirmāṇarati heavens. Its inner department is the Pure Land of Maitreya who, like Śākyamuni and all Buddhas, is reborn there before descending to earth as the next Buddha; his life there is 4,000 Tuṣita years (each day there being equal to 4000 earth-years) 584 million such years.

利波波

see styles
lì bō bō
    li4 bo1 bo1
li po po
 Ribaba
離波多; 黎婆多; 頡隸伐多 Revata; Raivata. (1) A Brahman hermit; one of the disciples of Śākyamuni, to be reborn as Samanta-prabhāsa. (2) President of the second synod, a native of Sāṅkāśya. (3) A contemporary of Aśoka, mentioned in connection with the third synod. Cf. Eitel.

劫比他

see styles
jié bǐ tā
    jie2 bi3 ta1
chieh pi t`a
    chieh pi ta
 Kōhita
Kapittha. (1) An ancient kingdom of Central India, also called 僧佉尸 Saṃkāśya. (2) A Brahman of Vṛji who ill-treated the Buddhists of his time, was reborn as a fish, and was finally converted, by Śākyamuni, Eitel.

劫賓那


劫宾那

see styles
jié bīn nà
    jie2 bin1 na4
chieh pin na
 Kōhinna
Kapphiṇa; also 劫比拏王; 劫庀那 (or 劫比那, or 劫譬那); or Kampilla, 金毗羅; whose monastic name was Mahā-kapphiṇa; intp. as 房宿 (born) under the constellation Scorpio; he is said to have understood astronomy and been king of Southern Kośala; he became a disciple of Śākyamuni and is to be reborn as Samantaprabhāsa Buddha.

受生已

see styles
shòu shēng yǐ
    shou4 sheng1 yi3
shou sheng i
 jushōi
having been reborn

大生主

see styles
dà shēng zhǔ
    da4 sheng1 zhu3
ta sheng chu
 Daishōshu
Mahāprajāpatī 摩訶波闍婆提, great "lady of the living", the older translation being 大愛道 the great way (or exemplar) of love; also 衆主 head of the community (of nuns), i.e. Gautami the aunt and nurse of Śākyamuni, the first nun. She is to be reborn as a Buddha named Sarvasattvapriyadarśanā.

大高王

see styles
dà gāo wáng
    da4 gao1 wang2
ta kao wang
 Daikō Ō
Abhyudgata-rāja. Great august monarch, name of the kalpa in which Śubha-vyūha 妙莊嚴王, who is not known in the older literature, is to be reborn as a Buddha.

懈慢國


懈慢国

see styles
xiè màn guó
    xie4 man4 guo2
hsieh man kuo
 keman koku
懈慢界 A country that lies between this world and the Western Paradise, in which those who are reborn become slothful and proud, and have no desire to be reborn in Paradise.

死生智

see styles
sǐ shēng zhì
    si3 sheng1 zhi4
ssu sheng chih
 shishō chi
knowledge of where beings will die and be reborn

河鼻旨

see styles
hé bí zhǐ
    he2 bi2 zhi3
ho pi chih
 Kabishi
Avīci, the hell of uninterrupted suffering, where the sufferers die and are reborn to torture without intermission.

生上地

see styles
shēng shàng dì
    sheng1 shang4 di4
sheng shang ti
 shō jōchi
to be reborn into a higher realm of existence

當往生


当往生

see styles
dāng wǎng shēng
    dang1 wang3 sheng1
tang wang sheng
 tō ōshō
will be reborn

目犍連


目犍连

see styles
mù jiān lián
    mu4 jian1 lian2
mu chien lien
 Mokkenren
目連; 摩訶目犍連 (or 摩訶羅夜那); 大目犍連 (or 大目乾連) ; 沒特伽羅子 (or 沒力伽羅子); 目伽略 (Mahā-) Maudgalyāyana, or Maudgalaputra; explained by Mudga 胡豆 lentil, kidney-bean. One of the ten chief disciples of Śākyamuni, specially noted for miraculous powers; formerly an ascetic, he agreed with Śāriputra that whichever first found the truth would reveal it to the other. Śāriputra found the Buddha and brought Maudgalyāyana to him; the former is placed on the Buddha's right, the latter on his left. He is also known as 拘栗 Kolita, and when reborn as Buddha his title is to be Tamāla-patra-candana-gandha. In China Mahāsthāmaprapta is accounted a canonization of Maudgalyāyana. Several centuries afterwards there were two other great leaders of the Buddhist church bearing the same name, v. Eitel.

知足天

see styles
zhī zú tiān
    zhi1 zu2 tian1
chih tsu t`ien
    chih tsu tien
 Chisoku Ten
(知足) Tuṣita, the fourth devaloka, Maitreya's heaven of full knowledge, where all bodhisattvas are reborn before rebirth as buddhas; the inner court is知足院.

羅睺羅


罗睺罗

see styles
luó huó luó
    luo2 huo2 luo2
lo huo lo
 Ragora
Rāhula, the eldest son of Śākyamuni and Yaśodharā; also羅睺; 羅吼; 羅云; 羅雲; 曷怙羅 or 何怙羅 or 羅怙羅. He is supposed to have been in the womb for six years and born when his father attained buddhahood; also said to have been born during an eclipse, and thus acquired his name, though it is defined in other ways; his father did not see him till he was six years old. He became a disciple of the Hīnayāna, but is said to have become a Mahāyānist when his father preached this final perfect doctrine, a statement gainsaid by his being recognized as founder of the Vaibhāṣika school. He is to be reborn as the eldest son of every buddha, hence is sometimes called the son of Ānanda.

阿羅漢


阿罗汉

see styles
ā luó hàn
    a1 luo2 han4
a lo han
 arakan
    あらかん
arhat (Sanskrit); a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism)
{Buddh} arhat
arhan, arhat, lohan; worthy, venerable; an enlightened, saintly man; the highest type or ideal saint in Hīnayāna in contrast with the bodhisattva as the saint in Mahāyāna; intp. as 應供worthy of worship, or respect; intp. as 殺賊 arihat, arihan, slayer of the enemy, i.e. of mortality; for the arhat enters nirvana 不生 not to be reborn, having destroyed the karma of reincarnation; he is also in the stage of 不學 no longer learning, having attained. Also 羅漢; 阿盧漢; 阿羅訶 or 阿羅呵; 阿梨呵 (or 阿黎呵); 羅呵, etc.; cf. 阿夷; 阿畧.

阿那含

see styles
ān à hán
    an1 a4 han2
an a han
 anagon
(or 阿那鋡); 阿那伽迷 (or 阿那伽彌) anāgāmin, the 不來 non-coming, or 不還 non-returning arhat or saint, who will not be reborn in this world, but in the rūpa and arūpa heavens, where he will attain to nirvana.

頻來果


频来果

see styles
pín lái guǒ
    pin2 lai2 guo3
p`in lai kuo
    pin lai kuo
Once more to be reborn, v. 斯 sakṛdāgāmin.

鬼子母

see styles
guǐ zǐ mǔ
    gui3 zi3 mu3
kuei tzu mu
Hāritī, 訶梨帝 intp. as pleased, or pleasing. A 'woman who having vowed to devour all the babies at Rādjagriha was reborn as a rākshasī, and gave birth to 500 children, one of which she was to devour every day. Converted by Śākyamuni she entered a convent. Her image is to be seen in all nunneries'. Eitel. Another account is that she is the mother of 500 demons, and that from being an evil goddess or spirit she was converted to become a protectress of Buddhism.

リボーン

see styles
 riboon
    リボーン
(personal name) Reborn (anime, manga character)

一眼之龜


一眼之龟

see styles
yī yǎn zhī guī
    yi1 yan3 zhi1 gui1
i yen chih kuei
 ichigen no kame
A sea turtle with only one eye, and that underneath, entered a hollow in a floating log; the log, tossed by the waves, happened to roll over, whereupon the turtle momentarily saw the sun and moon; an illustration of the rareness of the appearance of a Buddha; also of the difficulty of being reborn as a man.

三種淸淨


三种淸淨

see styles
sān zhǒng qīng jìng
    san1 zhong3 qing1 jing4
san chung ch`ing ching
    san chung ching ching
 sanshu shōjō
The three purities of a bodhisattva— a mind free from all impurity, a body pure because never to be reborn save by transformation, an appearance 相 perfectly pure and adorned.

不更惡趣


不更恶趣

see styles
bù gēn gè qù
    bu4 gen1 ge4 qu4
pu ken ko ch`ü
    pu ken ko chü
 fukyō akushu
not reborn into evil destinies

不滅不生


不灭不生

see styles
bù miè bù shēng
    bu4 mie4 bu4 sheng1
pu mieh pu sheng
 fumetsu fushō
anirodhānupāda, neither dying nor being reborn, immortal, v. 不生.

五闡提羅


五阐提罗

see styles
wǔ chǎn tí luó
    wu3 chan3 ti2 luo2
wu ch`an t`i lo
    wu chan ti lo
 go sendaira
The five ṣaṇḍhilās, i. e. five bad monks who died, went to the hells, and were reborn as ṣaṇḍhilās or imperfect males; also 五扇提羅.

八福生處


八福生处

see styles
bā fú shēng chù
    ba1 fu2 sheng1 chu4
pa fu sheng ch`u
    pa fu sheng chu
 hachifuku shōsho
The eight happy conditions in which he may be reborn who keeps the five commands and the ten good ways and bestows alms: (1) rich and honourable among men; (2) in the heavens of the four deva kings; (3) the Indra heavens; (4) Suyāma heavens; (5) Tuṣita heaven; (6) 化樂nirmāṇarati heaven, i.e. the fifth devaloka; (7) 他化 Paranirmita-vaśavartin, i.e. the sixth devaloka heaven; (8) the brahma-heavens. 八福田 The eight fields for cultivating blessedness: Buddhas; arhats (or saints); preaching monks (upādhyāya); teachers (ācārya); friars; father; mother; the sick. Buddhas, arhats, and friars (or monks in general) are termed 敬田 reverence-fields; the sick are 悲田 compassion-fields; the rest are 恩田grace- or gratitude- fields. Another group is: to make roads and wells; canals and bridges; repair dangerous roads; be dutiful to parents; support monks; tend the sick; save from disaster or distress; provide for a quinquennial assembly. Another: serving the Three Precious Ones, i.e. the Buddha; the Law; the Order; parents; the monks as teachers; the poor; the sick; animals.

卽便往生

see styles
jí biàn wǎng shēng
    ji2 bian4 wang3 sheng1
chi pien wang sheng
 sokuben ōjō
to be directly reborn

卽得往生

see styles
jí dé wǎng shēng
    ji2 de2 wang3 sheng1
chi te wang sheng
 sokudoku ōjō
to be reborn

四種死生


四种死生

see styles
sì zhǒng sǐ shēng
    si4 zhong3 si3 sheng1
ssu chung ssu sheng
 shi shu shishō
Four kinds of rebirth dependent on present deeds: from obscurity and poverty to be reborn in the same condition; from obscurity and poverty to be reborn in light and honour; from light and honour to be reborn in obscurity and poverty; from light and honour to be reborn in the heavens.

執金剛神


执金刚神

see styles
zhí jīn gāng shén
    zhi2 jin1 gang1 shen2
chih chin kang shen
 shukongoujin; shuukongoujin; shikkongoujin / shukongojin; shukongojin; shikkongojin
    しゅこんごうじん; しゅうこんごうじん; しっこんごうじん
{Buddh} (See 金剛杵,仁王) Vajradhara (vajra-wielding gods)
vajrapāṇi, vajradhara. Any deva-holder of the vajra. (1) Indra, who in a former incarnation took an oath to defend Buddhism, was reborn as king of the yakṣas, hence he and his yakṣas carry vajras. (2) Mañjuśrī as the spiritual reflex of the Dhyāni Buddha Akṣobhya. (3) A popular deity, the terror of all enemies of Buddhist believers, specially worshipped in exorcisms and sorcery by the Yoga school.

変成男子

see styles
 henjounanshi / henjonanshi
    へんじょうなんし
{Buddh} a woman being reborn as a man (in order to qualify for Buddhahood)

已離欲者


已离欲者

see styles
yǐ lí yù zhě
    yi3 li2 yu4 zhe3
i li yü che
 i riyoku sha
Those who have abandoned the desire-realm; divided into two classes, 異生 ordinary people who have left desire, but will be born into the six gati; 聖者 the saints, who will not be reborn into the desire-realm; e. g. non-Buddhists and Buddhists.

念仏往生

see styles
 nenbutsuoujou / nenbutsuojo
    ねんぶつおうじょう
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} (See 念仏・1,浄土・1) being reborn in the Pure Land through the invocation of the nembutsu

念佛往生

see styles
niàn fó wǎng shēng
    nian4 fo2 wang3 sheng1
nien fo wang sheng
 nenbutsu ōjō
This is the basis or primary cause of such salvation (念佛三昧).

息忌伽彌


息忌伽弥

see styles
xí jì qié mí
    xi2 ji4 qie2 mi2
hsi chi ch`ieh mi
    hsi chi chieh mi
 sokukigyami
息忌陀伽迷 sakṛdāgāmin, he who is to be reborn only once before entering nirvana.

意念往生

see styles
yì niàn wǎng shēng
    yi4 nian4 wang3 sheng1
i nien wang sheng
 inen ōjō
By thought and remembrance or invocation of Amitābha to enter into his Pure Land.

應不更生


应不更生

see styles
yìng bù gēng shēng
    ying4 bu4 geng1 sheng1
ying pu keng sheng
 ō fu kyōshō
should not be reborn

敗壞菩薩


败坏菩萨

see styles
bài huài pú sà
    bai4 huai4 pu2 sa4
pai huai p`u sa
    pai huai pu sa
 baie bosatsu
Bodhisattvas who defeat their proper end of becoming buddha, and who are reborn in lower positions, e.g. as kings or princes, of as dragon-kings, etc.

死に変る

see styles
 shinikawaru
    しにかわる
(v5r,vi) to die and be reborn as something else

生般涅槃

see styles
shēng pán niè pán
    sheng1 pan2 nie4 pan2
sheng p`an nieh p`an
    sheng pan nieh pan
 shō hannehan
one who attains final nirvāṇa when being reborn in the form realm

脫胎成仙


脱胎成仙

see styles
tuō tāi chéng xiān
    tuo1 tai1 cheng2 xian1
t`o t`ai ch`eng hsien
    to tai cheng hsien
reborn as immortal

驗生人中


验生人中

see styles
yàn shēng rén zhōng
    yan4 sheng1 ren2 zhong1
yen sheng jen chung
An inquiry into the mode of a person's death, to judge whether he will be reborn as a man, and so on with the other possible destinies, e.g. 驗生地獄 whether he will be reborn in the hells.

驗生地獄

see styles
yàn shēng dì yù
    yan4 sheng1 di4 yu4
yen sheng ti yü
to examine as to whether someone will be reborn in the hells

五百世無手


五百世无手

see styles
wǔ bǎi shì wú shǒu
    wu3 bai3 shi4 wu2 shou3
wu pai shih wu shou
 gohyakuse mushu
A disciple who even passes the wine decanter to another person will be reborn without hands for 500 generations; v. 梵網經下.

伊羅鉢龍王


伊罗钵龙王

see styles
yī luó bō lóng wáng
    yi1 luo2 bo1 long2 wang2
i lo po lung wang
 irahatsuryū ō
(伊羅鉢多羅龍王); 伊羅多羅 (or 伊羅跋羅); 伊羅婆那; 伊那槃婆龍 and many other forms, v. supra. Elāpattra, Erāpattra, Eḍavarṇa, Ersavarṇa. A nāga, or elephant, which is also a meaning of Airāvaṇa and Airāvata. A nāga-guardian of a sea or lake, who had plucked a herb wrongfully in a previous incarnation, been made into a naga and now begged the Buddha that he might be reborn in a higher sphere. Another version is that he pulled up a tree, which stuck to his head and grew there, hence his name. One form is 伊羅婆那龍象王, which may have an association with Indra's elephant.

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

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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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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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