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寓宗 see styles |
yù zōng yu4 zong1 yü tsung gūshū |
A branch sect; one school appertaining to another. |
小乘 see styles |
xiǎo shèng xiao3 sheng4 hsiao sheng shōjō |
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2] Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部. |
尼犍 see styles |
ní jiān ni2 jian1 ni chien nikon |
nirgrantha, 尼健; 尼乾 (尼乾陀); 尼虔, freed from all ties, a naked mendicant, tr. by 離繋, 不繋, 無結 devotees who are free from all ties, wander naked, and cover themselves with ashes. Mahāvīra, one of this sect, called 若提 Jñāti after his family, and also 尼乾陀若提子 Nirgrantha-jñātiputra, was an opponent of Śākyamuni. His doctrines were determinist, everything being fated, and no religious practices could change one's lot. |
山外 see styles |
shān wài shan1 wai4 shan wai sangai さんがい |
{Buddh} (See 山家・さんげ) Off-Mountain School (of Song-period Tiantai Buddhism); (surname) Yamasoto A branch of the Tiantai School founded by 晤恩 Wu En (d. A. D. 986) giving the 'shallower' interpretation of the teaching of this sect; called Shan-wai because it was developed in temples away from the Tiantai mountain. The 'Profounder' sect was developed at Tien-tai and is known as 山家宗 'the sect of the mountain family ' or home sect. |
心宗 see styles |
xīn zōng xin1 zong1 hsin tsung Shin Shū |
The intuitive sect, i. e. the Ch'an (Zen) school; also 佛心宗; 禪宗. |
息災 息灾 see styles |
xí zāi xi2 zai1 hsi tsai sokusai そくさい |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) good health; (2) {Buddh} stopping misfortune; preventing disaster To cause calamities to cease, for which the esoteric sect uses magical formulae, especially for illness, or personal misfortune. |
指環 指环 see styles |
zhǐ huán zhi3 huan2 chih huan shi kan ゆびわ |
(finger) ring (finger) ring 草指; 指釧 (or 草釧) Finger-ring; sometimes of grass, used by the esoteric sect. |
指鬘 see styles |
zhǐ mán zhi3 man2 chih man Shiman |
Aṅgulīmālya, name of a convert of Śākyamuni, who had belonged to a Śivaitic sect which wore chaplets of finger-bones, and 'made assassination a religious act'. |
教令 see styles |
jiào lìng jiao4 ling4 chiao ling kyouryou / kyoryo きょうりょう |
(given name) Kyōryō To instruct, command; the commands of a sect or school. |
教內 教内 see styles |
jiào nèi jiao4 nei4 chiao nei kyōnai |
Within instruction; in the sect or church; especially those who receive normal instruction from the written canon, opposite of 教外. |
教典 see styles |
jiào diǎn jiao4 dian3 chiao tien kyouten / kyoten きょうてん |
scriptures; canon; teaching guide; (personal name) Michinori The sacred books of a religion, or sect. |
教外 see styles |
jiào wài jiao4 wai4 chiao wai kyōge |
Outside the sect, or school, or church; also not undergoing normal instruction i.e. the intuitive school which does not rely on texts or writings, but on personal communication of its tenets, either oral or otherwise, including direct contact with the Buddha or object of worship, e.g. 'guidance'. |
教相 see styles |
jiào xiàng jiao4 xiang4 chiao hsiang kyōsō |
The particular teaching of a sect. |
教祖 see styles |
jiào zǔ jiao4 zu3 chiao tsu kyouso / kyoso きょうそ |
founder of a religious sect; (personal name) Kyouso founder of a Buddhist sect |
教門 教门 see styles |
jiào mén jiao4 men2 chiao men kyoumon / kyomon きょうもん |
study of Buddhist theory A religion, a sect, different religious teachings. |
時宗 时宗 see styles |
shí zōng shi2 zong1 shih tsung jishuu / jishu じしゅう |
Jishū sect (of Buddhism); (surname, given name) Tokimune 六時往生宗 A Japanese sect, whose members by dividing day and night into six periods of worship seek immortality. |
時衆 时众 see styles |
shí zhòng shi2 zhong4 shih chung jishu; jishuu / jishu; jishu じしゅ; じしゅう |
(1) {Buddh} assembly of monks and laity (at a rite, sermon, etc.); (2) {Buddh} (See 時宗) (monks and laity of) the Jishū sect The present company, i.e. of monks and laity; the community in general. |
智顗 智𫖮 see styles |
zhì yǐ zhi4 yi3 chih i Chigi |
Zhiyi (538-597), founder of the Tiantai sect of Buddhism Zhiyi, founder of the Tiantai school, also known as 智者 and 天台 (天台大師); his surname was 陳 Chen; his 字 was 德安, De-an; born about A. D. 538, he died in 597 at 60 years of age. He was a native of 頴川 Ying-chuan in Anhui, became a neophyte at 7, was fully ordained at 20. At first a follower of 慧思, Huisi, in 575 he went to the Tiantai mountain in Chekiang, where he founded his famous school on the Lotus Sūtra as containing the complete gospel of the Buddha. |
曹山 see styles |
cáo shān cao2 shan1 ts`ao shan tsao shan souzan / sozan そうざん |
(surname) Souzan Caoshan in Jiangsu, where the Caodong sect曹洞宗, a branch of the Chan school, was founded by Dongshan 洞山; Caoshan was the name of the second patriarch of this sect. |
最澄 see styles |
zuì chéng zui4 cheng2 tsui ch`eng tsui cheng saichou / saicho さいちょう |
(surname, given name) Saichō; (person) Saichou (founder of the Tendai sect) (767-822) Saichō |
會眾 会众 see styles |
huì zhòng hui4 zhong4 hui chung |
audience; participants; congregation (of religious sect) |
末派 see styles |
mappa まっぱ |
sect; underling |
東密 东密 see styles |
dōng mì dong1 mi4 tung mi toumitsu / tomitsu とうみつ |
Japanese Esoteric Buddhism {Buddh} (See 台密・たいみつ) esoteric Buddhism of the Japanese Shingon sect The eastern esoteric or Shingon sect of Japan, in contrast with the Tiantai esoteric sect. |
標幟 标帜 see styles |
biāo zhì biao1 zhi4 piao chih hyōji |
banner; standard; variant of 標誌|标志[biao1 zhi4] Signals, symbols, especially those used by the Yoga sect. |
法名 see styles |
fǎ míng fa3 ming2 fa ming houmyou / homyo ほうみょう |
name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery); same as 法號|法号[fa3 hao4] (1) {Buddh} Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood); (2) {Buddh} posthumous Buddhist name; (surname) Houmyou A monk's name, given to him on ordination, a term chiefly used by the 眞 Shin sect, 戒名 being the usual term. |
法堂 see styles |
fǎ táng fa3 tang2 fa t`ang fa tang hattou; houdou / hatto; hodo はっとう; ほうどう |
{Buddh} lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen); (surname) Houdou The chief temple, so called by the Chan (Zen) sect; amongst others it is 講堂 preaching hall. |
法照 see styles |
fǎ zhào fa3 zhao4 fa chao hosshou / hossho ほっしょう |
(personal name) Hosshou Dharma-shining; name of the fourth patriarch of the 蓮宗 Lotus sect. |
法相 see styles |
fǎ xiàng fa3 xiang4 fa hsiang hossou / hosso ほっそう |
(1) {Buddh} (See 法性) dharmalaksana (dharma characteristics, the specific characteristics of all manifest phenomena); (2) (abbreviation) (See 法相宗) Hosso sect of Buddhism The aspects of characteristics of things-all things are of monad nature but differ in form. A name of the 法相宗 Faxiang or Dharmalakṣaṇa sect (Jap. Hossō), called also 慈恩宗 Cien sect from the Tang temple, in which lived 窺基 Kuiji, known also as 慈恩. It "aims at discovering the ultimate entity of cosmic existence n contemplation, through investigation into the specific characteristics (the marks or criteria) of all existence, and through the realization of the fundamental nature of the soul in mystic illumination". "An inexhaustible number" of "seeds" are "stored up in the Ālaya-soul; they manifest themselves in innumerable varieties of existence, both physical and mental". "Though there are infinite varieties. . . they all participate in the prime nature of the ālaya." Anesaki. The Faxiang School is one of the "eight schools", and was established in China on the return of Xuanzang, consequent on his translation of the Yogācārya works. Its aim is to understand the principle underlying the 萬法性相 or nature and characteristics of all things. Its foundation works are the 解深密經, the 唯識論, and the 瑜伽論. It is one of the Mahāyāna realistic schools, opposed by the idealistic schools, e.g. the 三論 school; yet it was a "combination of realism and idealism, and its religion a profoundly mystic one". Anesaki. |
法眼 see styles |
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. |
法華 法华 see styles |
fǎ huā fa3 hua1 fa hua hokke; hoke ほっけ; ほけ |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 法華宗) Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; (2) (abbreviation) (See 法華経) Lotus Sutra; (female given name) Myōka The Dharma-flower, i.e. the Lotus Sutra, the法華經 or 妙法蓮華經 q.v. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sutra; also the法華宗 Lotus sect, i.e. that of Tiantai, which had this sutra for its basis. There are many treatises with this as part of the title. 法華法, 法華會, 法華講 ceremonials, meetings, or explications connected with this sutra. |
派別 派别 see styles |
pài bié pai4 bie2 p`ai pieh pai pieh |
group; sect; clique; faction; school |
派系 see styles |
pài xì pai4 xi4 p`ai hsi pai hsi |
sect; faction |
淨家 净家 see styles |
jìng jiā jing4 jia1 ching chia jōke |
The Pure-land sect. |
獸主 兽主 see styles |
shòu zhǔ shou4 zhu3 shou chu Shūshu |
Paśupati, lord of the animals, or herds; Śiva; also name of a non-Buddhist sect. Cf. 畜生 10. |
玄流 see styles |
xuán liú xuan2 liu2 hsüan liu shizuru しずる |
(personal name) Shizuru The black-robed sect of monks. |
玄理 see styles |
xuán lǐ xuan2 li3 hsüan li harumasa はるまさ |
profound theory; philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄學|玄学 sect (personal name) Harumasa unfathomably deep principle of the Way |
甘丹 see styles |
gān dān gan1 dan1 kan tan Kantan |
Dgahldan, the monastery of the yellow sect 30 miles north-east of Lhasa 拉薩, built by Tsoṅ-kha-pa. |
異宗 see styles |
ishuu / ishu いしゅう |
different religion or sect |
異部 异部 see styles |
yì bù yi4 bu4 i pu ibu |
Of a different class, or sect; heterodox schools, etc. |
眞化 see styles |
zhēn huà zhen1 hua4 chen hua shinke |
The teaching of the 眞宗 True (or Shin) sect. |
眞宗 see styles |
zhēn zōng zhen1 zong1 chen tsung shinjū |
The true sect or teaching, a term applied by each sect to its own teaching; the teaching which makes clear the truth of the bhūtatathatā. The True Sect, or Shin Sect of Japan, founded by Shinran in A. D. 1224, known also as the Hongwanji sect; celibacy of priests is not required; Amida is the especial object of trust, and his Pure Land of hope. |
眞言 see styles |
zhēn yán zhen1 yan2 chen yen shingon しんごん |
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) mantra; (2) (abbreviation) Shingon sect (of Buddhism) True words, words of Truth, the words of the Tathāgata, Buddha-truth. The term is used for mantra, and dhāraṇī, indicating magical formulae, spells, charms, esoteric words. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have each an esoteric sound represented by a Sanskrit letter, the primary Vairocana letter, the alpha of all sounds being 'a' 阿, which is also styled 眞言救世者 the True World that saves the world. |
真言 see styles |
zhēn yán zhen1 yan2 chen yen makoto まこと |
true statement; incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼) (1) (Buddhist term) mantra; (2) (abbreviation) Shingon sect (of Buddhism); (female given name) Makoto |
破門 破门 see styles |
pò mén po4 men2 p`o men po men hamon はもん |
to burst or force open a door; to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Church); to score a goal (in football, hockey etc) (noun, transitive verb) (1) expulsion (of a pupil); (noun, transitive verb) (2) excommunication; anathema To break a door, leave a sect. |
祕宗 秘宗 see styles |
mì zōng mi4 zong1 mi tsung Hishū |
密教 The esoteric Mantra or Yogācāra sect, developed especially in眞言Shingon, with Vairocana 大日如來 as the chief object of worship, and the maṇḍalas of the Garbhadhātu and Vajra- dhātu. |
祕教 秘教 see styles |
mì jiào mi4 jiao4 mi chiao hikyō |
(祕密教) Its teaching; the sect itself; one of the four modes of teaching defined by the Tiantai; a name for the 圓教. |
祕法 秘法 see styles |
mì fǎ mi4 fa3 mi fa hihō |
The mysteries of the esoteric sect. |
禊教 see styles |
misogikyou / misogikyo みそぎきょう |
Misogi-kyo (sect of Shinto) |
禪人 禅人 see styles |
chán rén chan2 ren2 ch`an jen chan jen zen nin |
A member of the Chan (Jap. Zen), i.e. the Intuitional or Meditative sect. |
禪僧 禅僧 see styles |
chán sēng chan2 seng1 ch`an seng chan seng zensō |
A monk of the Chan sect; a monk in meditation. |
禪堂 禅堂 see styles |
chán táng chan2 tang2 ch`an t`ang chan tang zendō |
meditation room (in Buddhist monastery) Meditation-hall of the Chan sect. A common name for the monastic hall. |
禪家 禅家 see styles |
chán jiā chan2 jia1 ch`an chia chan chia zenke |
The Chan sect, v. 禪宗; 禪門. |
禪教 禅教 see styles |
chán jiào chan2 jiao4 ch`an chiao chan chiao zenkyō |
The teaching of the Chan sect. Also, 禪 the esoteric tradition and 教 the teaching of the scriptures. |
禪錄 禅录 see styles |
chán lù chan2 lu4 ch`an lu chan lu zenroku |
The records of the Chan sect. |
空點 空点 see styles |
kōng diǎn kong1 dian3 k`ung tien kung tien kūten |
The dot over the ṃ or ṅ in Sanskrit, symbolizing that all things are empty or unreal; used by the Shingon sect with various meanings. |
立宗 see styles |
lì zōng li4 zong1 li tsung risshuu / risshu りっしゅう |
(noun/participle) founding of a religion (or sect) a tenet |
立教 see styles |
lì jiào li4 jiao4 li chiao rikkyou / rikkyo りっきょう |
establishment (of religious teachings); formulation; (surname) Rikkyō To establish a 'school', sect, or church. |
紅教 红教 see styles |
hóng jiào hong2 jiao4 hung chiao Kukyō |
紅衣派 The red sect, i. e. the Zva-dmar, or Shamar, the older Lamaistic sect of Tibet, who wear red clothes and hats. |
羯磨 see styles |
jié mó jie2 mo2 chieh mo katsuma かつま |
karma (loanword) {Buddh} (read as かつま in the Tendai sect, etc.; as こんま in Shingon, Ritsu, etc.) (See 業・ごう・1) karma; (surname) Katsuma karma; action, work, deed, performance, service, 'duty'; religious action, moral duty; especially a meeting of the monks for the purpose of ordination, or for the confession of sins and absolution, or for expulsion of the unrepentant. There are numerous kinds of karma, or assemblies for such business, ordinarily requiring the presence of four monks, but others five, ten, or twenty. Cf. 業 for definition of karma, deeds or character as the cause of future conditions; also 五蘊 for karma as the fourth skandha. |
自宗 see styles |
zì zōng zi4 zong1 tzu tsung jishuu / jishu じしゅう |
one's religious sect one's own position, thesis |
草環 草环 see styles |
cǎo huán cao3 huan2 ts`ao huan tsao huan sōkan |
(or 草芽環) A grass finder-ring used by the esoteric sect. |
華厳 华厳 see styles |
huā yán hua1 yan2 hua yen kegon けごん |
(1) {Buddh} avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha); (2) (abbreviation) (See 華厳経) Avatamska sutra; (3) (abbreviation) (See 華厳宗) Kegon (sect of Buddhism) Huayan |
菰僧 see styles |
komozou / komozo こもぞう komosou / komoso こもそう |
(archaism) mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect |
蓮宗 莲宗 see styles |
lián zōng lian2 zong1 lien tsung Renshū |
see 淨土宗|净土宗[Jing4 tu3 zong1] The Lotus sect founded by 慧遠 Huiyuan circa A.D. 390 at his monastery, in which was a 自蓮池 white lotus pond. It has no connection with the White Lily Secret Society which arose during the Mongol or Yuan dynasty. The Lotus sect is traced to the awakening of Huiyuan by the reading of the Prajñāpāramitā sūtra. He then turned his attention to calling on the name of Buddha to obtain salvation direct to his Pure Land. The school became that of the Amitābha or Pure-land sect, which in later years developed into the principal Buddhist cult in the Far East. |
蓮社 莲社 see styles |
lián shè lian2 she4 lien she Rensha |
The White Lotus sect, idem 蓮宗. |
蓮祐 莲祐 see styles |
lián yòu lian2 you4 lien yu renyū |
Mutual protectors, or helpers of the Lotus sect, i.e. members. |
蓮門 莲门 see styles |
lián mén lian2 men2 lien men renmon |
The Lotus sect, idem 蓮宗. |
薦僧 see styles |
komozou / komozo こもぞう komosou / komoso こもそう |
(archaism) mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect |
親鸞 亲鸾 see styles |
qīn luán qin1 luan2 ch`in luan chin luan shinran しんらん |
(person) Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262) Shinran |
賢首 贤首 see styles |
xián shǒu xian2 shou3 hsien shou genju げんじゅ |
(personal name) Genju Sage head or loader, a term of address to a monk. A bodhisattva in the Huayan sūtra. A queen mentioned in the same sūtra, and in the 賢首經. The third patriarch 法藏Fazang, of the Huayan sect, which is also known by his title 賢首宗 Xianshou-zong. |
部主 see styles |
bù zhǔ bu4 zhu3 pu chu bushu |
The founder of a sect, or school, or group. |
部執 部执 see styles |
bù zhí bu4 zhi2 pu chih bushū |
The tenets of a sect or school. |
部派 see styles |
bù pài bu4 pai4 pu p`ai pu pai buha |
sect, or branch of a religious tradition |
鋪多 铺多 see styles |
pū duō pu1 duo1 p`u to pu to Hota |
Bhūtāḥ, a sect of ascetics who smeared themselves with ashes. |
門戶 门户 see styles |
mén hù men2 hu4 men hu |
door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel |
門跡 门迹 see styles |
mén jī men2 ji1 men chi monzeki もんぜき |
(head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto); (place-name) Monzeki gate tracks |
門首 门首 see styles |
mén shǒu men2 shou3 men shou monshu |
doorway; gate; entrance 門主 The controller of a gate, or sect. |
開く see styles |
hiraku ひらく |
(v5k,vi,vt) (1) to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; (v5k,vi,vt) (2) to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; (v5k,vi,vt) (3) to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); (v5k,vi,vt) (4) to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; (transitive verb) (5) to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open; (transitive verb) (6) to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start; (transitive verb) (7) to open (ports, borders, etc.); (transitive verb) (8) to open (an account); (transitive verb) (9) (See 拓く) to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop; (transitive verb) (10) {comp} to open (a file, etc.); (transitive verb) (11) {math} to extract (root); to reduce (equation); (transitive verb) (12) {food} (as 魚を開く) to cut open (fish); (transitive verb) (13) to change (kanji into hiragana); (v5k,vi) (14) to flare (e.g. skirt); (v5k,vi) (15) {sports} (as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc.) to slacken (into a poor posture) |
開基 开基 see styles |
kāi jī kai1 ji1 k`ai chi kai chi kaiki かいき |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) founding (of a temple or sect); founder; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) laying the foundation (for something); (3) {math} (See 基底・3) base (topology); basis founding |
開山 开山 see styles |
kāi shān kai1 shan1 k`ai shan kai shan kaisan かいさん |
to cut into a mountain (to open a mine); to open a monastery (noun/participle) founding a temple (on a hill-top); (surname) Kaiyama To establish a monastery; to found a sect. |
開法 开法 see styles |
kāi fǎ kai1 fa3 k`ai fa kai fa kaihō かいほう |
(mathematics term) extraction of roots; evolution To found a sect or teaching, e.g. as Buddha founded Buddhism; the method of opening, or beginning. |
開祖 开祖 see styles |
kāi zǔ kai1 zu3 k`ai tsu kai tsu kaiso かいそ |
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor The founder of a sect, or clan. |
顯密 显密 see styles |
xiǎn mì xian3 mi4 hsien mi |
Exoteric and esoteric; the 眞言 Shingon, or True-word sect, is the esoteric sect, which exercises occult rites of Yoga character, and considers all the other sects as exoteric. |
馬祖 马祖 see styles |
mǎ zǔ ma3 zu3 ma tsu baso ばそ |
Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan (place-name) Matsu Islands (Taiwan) Ma Tsu, founder of the Southern Peak school of the Ch'an or Intuitional sect in Kiangsi, known as 江西道一. |
髏鬘 髅鬘 see styles |
lóu mán lou2 man2 lou man |
A chaplet or wreath of skulls, worn by the Kāpālikas, a Śivaitic sect; kapālī is an epithet of Śiva as the skull-wearer. |
高祖 see styles |
gāo zǔ gao1 zu3 kao tsu kouso / koso こうそ |
founder of dynasty or sect; (surname) Takasone A founder of a sect or school. |
黃教 黄教 see styles |
huáng jiào huang2 jiao4 huang chiao Kōkyō |
Yellow hat or Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism; also written 格魯派|格鲁派[Ge2 lu3 pai4] 黃帽教 The yellow sect of Lamaism, founded in 1417 by 宗喀巴 Tsoṅ-kha-pa, Sumatikīrti, who overthrew the decadent sect, which wears red robes, and established the sect that wears yellow, and which at first was: noted for the austere life of the monks; it is found chiefly in Tibet, Mongolia, and Ili. |
黃檗 黄檗 see styles |
huáng bò huang2 bo4 huang po Ōbaku |
Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense); cork-tree bark (Chinese medicine) Huangbo, Phallodendron amurense, a tree which gave its name to a monastery in Fujian, and to a sect founded by 希運 Xiyun, its noted abbot of the Tang dynasty. |
鼻祖 see styles |
bí zǔ bi2 zu3 pi tsu biso びそ |
the earliest ancestor; originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc) founder; originator; introducer a patriarch who founds a sect or school |
齋教 斋教 see styles |
zhāi jiào zhai1 jiao4 chai chiao |
Zhaijiao sect of Buddhism |
一乘家 see styles |
yī shèng jiā yi1 sheng4 jia1 i sheng chia ichijō ke |
The one-vehicle family or sect, especially the Tiantai or Lotus School. |
一向宗 see styles |
yī xiàng zōng yi1 xiang4 zong1 i hsiang tsung ikkoushuu / ikkoshu いっこうしゅう |
(See 浄土真宗) Ikkō sect (of Buddhism); Jōdo Shinshū; True Pure Land School The 眞宗 Shin or Pure-land Shin Sect founded by Shinran, in Japan, whose chief tenet is unwavering reflection on Amida (by repeating his name). |
三三昧 see styles |
sān sān mèi san1 san1 mei4 san san mei san zanmai |
(三三昧地) The three samādhis, or the samādhi on three subjects; 三三摩 (三三摩地); 三定, 三等持; 三空; 三治; 三解脫門; 三重三昧; 三重等持. There are two forms of such meditation, that of 有漏 reincarnational, or temporal, called 三三昧; and that of 無 漏 liberation, or nirvāṇa, called 三解脫. The three subjects and objects of the meditation are (1) 空 to empty the mind of the ideas of me and mine and suffering, which are unreal; (2) 無相to get rid of the idea of form, or externals, i.e. the 十相 which are the five senses, and male and female, and the three 有; (3) 無願 to get rid of all wish or desire, also termed無作 and 無起. A more advanced meditation is called the Double Three Samādhi 重三三昧 in which each term is doubled 空空, 無相無相, 無願無願. The esoteric sect has also a group of its own. |
三彌底 三弥底 see styles |
sān mí dǐ san1 mi2 di3 san mi ti Sanmitei |
三蜜 The Sammatīya school.; 彌底; 彌離底; 三密 (or 蜜) 栗底尼迦耶; 三眉底與量弟子 Saṃmatīyanikāya, Saṃmata, or Saṃmitīyas. A Hīnayāna sect the 正量部 correctly commensurate or logical school, very numerous and widely spread during the early centuries of our era. The 三彌底部論 is in the Tripiṭaka. It taught "that a soul exists in the highest and truest sense", "that an arhat can fall from arhatship, that a god can enter the paths of the Order, and that even an unconverted man can get rid of all lust and ill-will" (Eliot, i, 260). It split into the three branches of Kaurukullakāḥ Āvantikāh, and Vātsīputrīyāḥ. |
三種身 三种身 see styles |
sān zhǒng shēn san1 zhong3 shen1 san chung shen sanshu shin |
The Tiantai School has a definition of 色身 the physical body of the Buddha; 法門身 his psychological body with its vast variety; 實相身 his real body, or dharmakāya. The esoteric sect ascribes a trikāya to each of its honoured ones. v. 三身. |
三論宗 三论宗 see styles |
sān lùn zōng san1 lun4 zong1 san lun tsung sanronshuu / sanronshu さんろんしゅう |
Three Treatise School (Buddhism) Sanron sect (of Buddhism) The Sanlun, Mādhyamika, or Middle School, founded in India by Nāgārjuna, in China by 嘉祥 Jiaxiang during the reign of 安帝 An Di, Eastern Jin, A.D. 397-419. It flourished up to the latter part of the Tang dynasty. In 625 it was carried to Japan as Sanron. After the death of Jiaxiang, who wrote the 三論玄義, a northern and southern division took place. While the Mādhyamika denied the reality of all phenomenal existence, and defined the noumenal world in negative terms, its aim seems not to have been nihilistic, but the advocacy of a reality beyond human conception and expression, which in our terminology may be termed a spiritual realm. |
三鳥派 see styles |
sanchouha / sanchoha さんちょうは |
(hist) (See 富士派) Sanchō Sect (of the Fuji School of Nichiren Buddhism; 1661-1673) |
上上人 see styles |
shàng shàng rén shang4 shang4 ren2 shang shang jen jōjōnin |
A term used in the Pure Land sect for a worshipper of Amitābha. |
下輩觀 下辈观 see styles |
xià bèi guān xia4 bei4 guan1 hsia pei kuan gehai kan |
A meditation of the Amitābha sect on the 下品 q. v.; it is the last of sixteen contemplations, and deals with those who have committed the five rebellious acts 五逆 and the ten evils 十惡, but who still can obtain salvation; v. 無量壽經. 下輩下生觀 idem. |
不來迎 不来迎 see styles |
bù lái yíng bu4 lai2 ying2 pu lai ying fu raigō |
Without being called he comes to welcome; the Pure-land sect believes that Amitābha himself comes to welcome departing souls of his followers on their calling upon him, but the 淨土眞宗 (Jōdo Shin-shu sect) teaches that belief in him at any time ensures rebirth in the Pure Land, independently of calling on him at death. |
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