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佛 see styles |
fó fo2 fo hotoke ほとけ |
More info & calligraphy: Buddhism / Buddha(surname) Hotoke Buddha, from budh to "be aware of", "conceive", "observe", "wake"; also 佛陀; 浮圖; 浮陀; 浮頭; 浮塔; 勃陀; 勃馱; 沒馱; 母馱; 母陀; 部陀; 休屠. Buddha means "completely conscious, enlightened", and came to mean the enlightener. he Chinese translation is 覺 to perceive, aware, awake; and 智 gnosis, knowledge. There is an Eternal Buddha, see e.g. the Lotus Sutra, cap. 16, and multitudes of Buddhas, but the personality of a Supreme Buddha, an Ādi-Buddha, is not defined. Buddha is in and through all things, and some schools are definitely Pan-Buddhist in the pantheistic sense. In the triratna 三寳 commonly known as 三寳佛, while Śākyamuni Buddha is the first "person" of the Trinity, his Law the second, and the Order the third, all three by some are accounted as manifestations of the All-Buddha. As Śākyamuni, the title indicates him as the last of the line of Buddhas who have appeared in this world, Maitreya is to be the next. As such he is the one who has achieved enlightenment, having discovered the essential evil of existence (some say mundane existence, others all existence), and the way of deliverance from the constant round of reincarnations; this way is through the moral life into nirvana, by means of self-abnegation, the monastic life, and meditation. By this method a Buddha, or enlightened one, himself obtains Supreme Enlightenment, or Omniscience, and according to Māhāyanism leads all beings into the same enlightenment. He sees things not as they seem in their phenomenal but in their noumenal aspects, as they really are. The term is also applied to those who understand the chain of causality (twelve nidānas) and have attained enlightenment surpassing that of the arhat. Four types of the Buddha are referred to: (1) 三藏佛the Buddha of the Tripiṭaka who attained enlightenment on the bare ground under the bodhi-tree; (2) 通佛the Buddha on the deva robe under the bodhi-tree of the seven precious things; (3) 別佛the Buddha on the great precious Lotus throne under the Lotus realm bodhi-tree; and (4) 圓佛the Buddha on the throne of Space in the realm of eternal rest and glory where he is Vairocana. The Hīnayāna only admits the existence of one Buddha at a time; Mahāyāna claims the existence of many Buddhas at one and the same time, as many Buddhas as there are Buddha-universes, which are infinite in number. |
實 实 see styles |
shí shi2 shih minoru みのる |
More info & calligraphy: Honesty(s,m) Minoru Real, true, honest, sincere; solid; fixed; full; to fill; fruit, kernel, effects; verily, in fact; it is used for 眞, as in 一實 the supreme fact, or ultimate reality; also for bhūta. |
大智 see styles |
dà zhì da4 zhi4 ta chih hirotomo ひろとも |
More info & calligraphy: Great WisdomMahāmati; cf. 大慧; Great Wisdom, Buddha-wisdom, omniscience; a title of Mañjuśrī, as the apotheosis of transcendental wisdom. |
太極 太极 see styles |
tài jí tai4 ji2 t`ai chi tai chi taikyoku たいきょく |
More info & calligraphy: Tai Chi / Tai Jitaiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space); (personal name) Taikyoku |
最高 see styles |
zuì gāo zui4 gao1 tsui kao saikou(p); saikoo(sk) / saiko(p); saikoo(sk) さいこう(P); サイコー(sk) |
More info & calligraphy: Simply the Best(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) (ant: 最低・2) best; supreme; wonderful; finest; (adj-no,adj-na,n) (2) (ant: 最低・1) highest; maximum; most; uppermost; supreme |
般若 see styles |
bō rě bo1 re3 po je hanniya はんにや |
More info & calligraphy: Great Wisdom(1) {Buddh} prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); (2) {noh} (See 般若面・1) hannya; mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); (3) (abbreviation) (See 般若面・2) dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression; (surname) Hanniya (般賴若) Prajñā is also the name of a monk from Kabul, A.D. 810, styled 三藏法師; tr. four works and author of an alphabet.; prajñā, 'to know, understand'; 'Wisdom. ' M. W. Intp. 慧 wisdom; 智慧 understanding, or wisdom; 明 clear, intelligent, the sixth pāramitā. The Prajñā-pāramitā Sutra describes it as supreme, highest, incomparable, unequalled, unsurpassed. It is spoken of as the principal means, by its enlightenment, of attaining to nirvana, through its revelation of the unreality of all things. Other forms 般羅若; 般諄若; 鉢若; 鉢剌若; 鉢羅枳孃; 鉢腎禳; 波若, 波賴若; 波羅孃; 班若. |
超越 see styles |
chāo yuè chao1 yue4 ch`ao yüeh chao yüeh chouetsu / choetsu ちょうえつ |
More info & calligraphy: Overcome / Surpass / Rise Above(n,vs,vi) transcendence; transcendency Surpassing, supreme; to pass over, be exempt from. |
大乘無上法 大乘无上法 see styles |
dà shèng wú shàng fǎ da4 sheng4 wu2 shang4 fa3 ta sheng wu shang fa daijō mujō hō |
More info & calligraphy: The Supreme Mahayana Truth |
無上 无上 see styles |
wú shàng wu2 shang4 wu shang mujou / mujo むじょう |
supreme (adj-no,n) supreme; greatest; highest; best anuttara. Unsurpassed, unexcelled, supreme, peerless. |
最高法院 see styles |
zuì gāo fǎ yuàn zui4 gao1 fa3 yuan4 tsui kao fa yüan saikouhouin / saikohoin さいこうほういん |
supreme court Supreme Court of Judicature (Scotland); High Court (England); Parlement (France) |
梵 see styles |
fàn fan4 fan bon ぼん |
abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism; abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2]; abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican (1) Brahman (ultimate reality of the universe in Hinduism); Brahma; (2) Brahma (Hindu creator god); (3) (abbreviation) (See 梵語) Sanskrit; (given name) Bon Brahman (from roots bṛh, vṛh, connected with bṛṃh, "religious devotion," "prayer," "a sacred text," or mantra, "the mystic syllable om"; "sacred learning," "the religious life," "the Supreme Being regarded as impersonal," "the Absolute," "the priestly or sacerdotal class," etc. M.W. Translit. |
究 see styles |
jiū jiu1 chiu hakaru はかる |
after all; to investigate; to study carefully; Taiwan pr. [jiu4] (given name) Hakaru To go to the bottom of; inquire into; end, fundamental, supreme. v. 鳩 for究槃荼 Kumbhāṇḍa and究磨羅 Kumāra; v. 拘尸那 for究施 Kuśināgra. |
三德 see styles |
sān dé san1 de2 san te santoku |
The three virtues or powers, of which three groups are given below. (1) (a) 法身德 The virtue or potency of the Buddha's eternal, spiritual body, the dharmakāya; (b) 般若德 of his prājñā, or wisdom, knowing all things in their reality; (c) 解脫德 of his freedom from all bonds and his sovereign Iiberty. Each of these has the four qualities of 常, 樂我, 淨eternity, joy, personality, and purity; v. 漫涅槃經 (2) (a) 智德 The potency of his perfect knowledge; (b) 斷德 of his cutting off all illusion and perfecting of supreme nirvāṇa; the above two are 自利 for his own advantage; (c) 恩德 of his universal grace and salvation, which 利他 bestows the benefits he has acquired on others. (3) (a) 因圓德 The perfection of his causative or karmic works during his three great kalpas of preparation; (b) 果圓德 the perfection of the fruit, or results in his own character and wisdom; (c) 恩圓德 the perfection of his grace in the salvation of others. |
三智 see styles |
sān zhì san1 zhi4 san chih michi みち |
(female given name) Michi The three kinds of wisdom: (1) (a) 一切智 śrāvaka and pratyeka-buddha knowledge that all the dharma or laws are 空 void and unreal; (b) 道種智 bodhisattva-knowledge. of all things in their proper discrimination; (c) 一切種智 Buddha-knowledge, or perfect knowledge of all things in their every aspect and relationship past, present, and future. Tiantai associates the above with 室, 候, 中. (2) (a) 世間智 earthly or ordinary wisdom; (b) 出世間智 supra-mundane, or spiritual (śrāvaka and pratyeka-buddha) wisdom; (c) 出世間上上智 supreme wisdom of bodhisattvas and Buddhas. v. 智度論 27, 止觀 3, and 概伽經 3. Cf. — 心三智. |
上句 see styles |
shàng jù shang4 ju4 shang chü kamiku かみく |
(See 上の句) first part of a poem; first part of a verse the supreme sentence |
上天 see styles |
shàng tiān shang4 tian1 shang t`ien shang tien jouten / joten じょうてん |
Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) (1) (See 下土) sky; the heavens; (2) God; the Lord; the Creator; the Supreme Being; (3) ascension (into heaven); (surname) Jōten to ascend to heaven |
上尊 see styles |
shàng zūn shang4 zun1 shang tsun jōson |
supreme |
上慧 see styles |
shàng huì shang4 hui4 shang hui jōe |
supreme wisdom |
上智 see styles |
shàng zhì shang4 zhi4 shang chih jouchi / jochi じょうち |
supreme wisdom; (place-name, surname) Jōchi intelligent |
上法 see styles |
shàng fǎ shang4 fa3 shang fa joubou / jobo じょうぼう |
(surname) Jōbou the supreme Dharma |
上知 see styles |
jouchi / jochi じょうち |
supreme wisdom |
上跡 上迹 see styles |
shàng jī shang4 ji1 shang chi jōshaku |
supreme achievements (or deeds, lit. footprints) |
上道 see styles |
shàng dào shang4 dao4 shang tao joutou / joto じょうとう |
(place-name) Jōtou the supreme path |
主将 see styles |
kazumasa かずまさ |
(1) commander-in-chief; supreme commander; (2) {sports} captain (of a team); (personal name) Kazumasa |
五明 see styles |
wǔ míng wu3 ming2 wu ming gomei / gome ごめい |
(hist) the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy); (surname) Gomei pañca-vidyā, the five sciences or studies of India: (1) śabda, grammar and composition; śilpakarmasthāna, the arts and mathematics; cikitsā, medicine; hetu, logic; adhyātma, philosophy, which Monier Williams says is the 'knoowledge of the supreme spirit, or of ātman', the basis of the four Vedas; the Buddhists reckon the Tripiṭṭaka and the 十二部教 as their 内明, i. e. their inner or special philosophy. |
五諦 五谛 see styles |
wǔ dì wu3 di4 wu ti gotai |
The five axioms: (1) 因諦 the cause, which is described as 集諦 of the Four Noble Truths; (2) 果諦 the effect as 苦諦; (3) 智諦 or 能知諦 diagnosis as 道諦; (4) 境諦 or 所知諦 the end or cure as 滅諦; to these add (5) 勝諦 or 至諦, the supreme axiom, i. e. the 眞如; v. 四諦. |
佛智 see styles |
fó zhì fo2 zhi4 fo chih butchi |
anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, Buddha-wisdom, i.e. supreme, universal gnosis, awareness or intelligence; sarvajñatā, omniscience. |
制霸 see styles |
zhì bà zhi4 ba4 chih pa |
to reign supreme; to dominate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 制霸 "seiha") |
勝楽 see styles |
katsuraku かつらく |
Cakrasamvara; Samvara; Supreme Bliss (tantric Buddhist deity); (surname) Katsuraku |
単于 see styles |
zenu ぜんう |
(hist) (See 匈奴) Chanyu (supreme leader of the Xiongnu people) |
四怨 see styles |
sì yuàn si4 yuan4 ssu yüan shion |
The four enemies— the passions-and-delusion māras, death māra, the five-skandhas māras, and the supreme māra-king. |
四重 see styles |
sì zhòng si4 zhong4 ssu chung shijuu / shiju しじゅう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) fourfold (四重禁) The four grave prohibitions, or sins, 四重罪 pārājikas: killing, stealing, carnality, lying. Also four of the esoteric sect, i. e. discarding the truth, discarding the bodhi-mind, being mean or selfish in regard to the supreme law, injuring the living. |
大日 see styles |
dà rì da4 ri4 ta jih dainichi だいにち |
Mahavairocana (Tathagata); Great Sun; Supreme Buddha of Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism; (place-name, surname) Dainichi Vairocana, or Mahāvairocana 大日如來; 遍照如來; 摩訶毘盧遮那； 毘盧遮那; 大日覺王 The sun, "shining everywhere" The chief object of worship of the Shingon sect in Japan, "represented by the gigantic image in the temple at Nara." (Eliot.) There he is known as Dai-nichi-nyorai. He is counted as the first, and according to some, the origin of the five celestial Buddhas (dhyāni-buddhas, or jinas). He dwells quiescent in Arūpa-dhātu, the Heaven beyond form, and is the essence of wisdom (bodhi) and of absolute purity. Samantabhadra 普賢 is his dhyāni-bodhisattva. The 大日經 "teaches that Vairocana is the whole world, which is divided into Garbhadhātu (material) and Vajradhātu (indestructible), the two together forming Dharmadhātu. The manifestations of Vairocana's body to himself―that is, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas ―are represented symbolically by diagrams of several circles ". Eliot. In the 金剛界 or vajradhātu maṇḍala he is the center of the five groups. In the 胎藏界 or Garbhadhātu he is the center of the eight-leaf (lotus) court. His appearance, symbols, esoteric word, differ according to the two above distinctions. Generally he is considered as an embodiment of the Truth 法, both in the sense of dharmakāya 法身 and dharmaratna 法寳. Some hold Vairocana to be the dharmakāya of Śākyamuni 大日與釋迦同一佛 but the esoteric school denies this identity. Also known as 最高顯廣眼藏如來, the Tathagata who, in the highest, reveals the far-reaching treasure of his eye, i.e. the sun. 大日大聖不動明王 is described as one of his transformations. Also, a śramaņa of Kashmir (contemporary of Padma-saṃbhava); he is credited with introducing Buddhism into Khotan and being an incarnation of Mañjuśrī; the king Vijaya Saṃbhava built a monastery for him. |
大権 see styles |
daigon だいごん |
supreme authority; (surname) Daigon |
大知 see styles |
masakazu まさかず |
supreme wisdom; sage; (personal name) Masakazu |
大覺 大觉 see styles |
dà jué da4 jue2 ta chüeh dai gaku |
The supreme bodhi, or enlightenment, and the enlightening power of a Buddha. |
大通 see styles |
dà tōng da4 tong1 ta t`ung ta tung daitsuu / daitsu だいつう |
Datong, a district of Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2nan2 Shi4], Anhui; Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County in Xining 西寧|西宁[Xi1ning2], Qinghai (surname) Daitsuu 大通智勝 Mahābhijñā Jñānābhibhu. The great Buddha of supreme penetraton and wisdom. "A fabulous Buddha whose realm was Sambhava, his kalpa Mahārūpa. Having spent ten middling kalpas in ecstatic meditation he became a Buddha, and retired again in meditation for 84,000 kalpas, during which his sixteen sons continued (as Buddhas) his preaching. Incarnations of his sons are," Akṣobhya, Merukūṭa, Siṃhaghoṣa, Siṃhadhvaja, Ākāśapratiṣṭhita, Nityapaṛvrtta, Indradhvaja, Brahmadhvaja, Amitābha, Sarvalokadhātū- padravodvegapratyuttīrna, Tamāla-patra-candanagandha, Merukalpa, Meghasvara, Meghasvararāja, Sarvaloka-bhayastambhitatva- vidhvaṃsanakāra, and Śākyamuni; v. Eitel. He is said to have lived in a kalpa earlier than the present by kalpas as numerous as the atoms of a chiliocosm. Amitābha is his ninth son. Śākyamuni his sixteenth, and the present 大衆 or assembly of believers are said to be the reincarnation of those who were his disciples in that former aeon; v. Lotus Sutra, chapter 7. |
天帝 see styles |
tiān dì tian1 di4 t`ien ti tien ti tentei / tente てんてい |
God of heaven; Celestial emperor (1) Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); (2) {Christn} God; (3) {Buddh} (See 帝釈天・たいしゃくてん) Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra King, or emperor of Heaven, i. e. 因陀羅 Indra, i. e. 釋 (釋迦); 釋迦婆; 帝 (帝釋); Śakra, king of the devaloka 忉利天, one of the ancient gods of India, the god of the sky who fights the demons with his vajra, or thunderbolt. He is inferior to the trimūrti, Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, having taken the place of Varuṇa, or sky. Buddhism adopted him as its defender, though, like all the gods, he is considered inferior to a Buddha or any who have attained bodhi. His wife is Indrāṇī. |
太學 太学 see styles |
tài xué tai4 xue2 t`ai hsüeh tai hsüeh |
Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty |
尊上 see styles |
zūn shàng zun1 shang4 tsun shang sonjou / sonjo そんじょう |
one's superior supreme |
尊妙 see styles |
zūn miào zun1 miao4 tsun miao sonmyō |
supreme |
尊覺 尊觉 see styles |
zūn jué zun1 jue2 tsun chüeh sonkaku |
the supreme enlightenment |
弘摸 see styles |
hóng mō hong2 mo1 hung mo kōbaku |
supreme code |
快楽 see styles |
kairaku かいらく |
(1) pleasure; (2) (けらく only) {Buddh} supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires; (surname) Kairaku |
悉利 see styles |
xī lì xi1 li4 hsi li shiri |
idem 室利 q.v. 悉地 siddhi, accomplishment, complete attainment, perfection, proof, truth, final emancipation, supreme felicity, magical or supernatural powers; cf. M.W. As supernatural power it is used to end calamities, subdue demons, etc. |
成佛 see styles |
chéng fó cheng2 fo2 ch`eng fo cheng fo jōbutsu |
to become a Buddha; to attain enlightenment To become Buddha, as a Bodhisattva does on reaching supreme perfect bodhi. |
文殊 see styles |
wén shū wen2 shu1 wen shu monju もんじゅ |
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness (Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (p,s,f) Monju (文殊師利) Mañjuśrī 滿殊尸利 -later 曼殊室利. 文殊 is also used for Mañjunātha, Mañjudeva, Mañjughoṣa, Mañjuṣvara, et al. T., hjamdpal; J., Monju. Origin unknown; presumably, like most Buddhas and bodhisattvas, an idealization of a particular quality, in his case of Wisdom. Mañju is beautiful, Śrī; good fortune, virtue, majesty, lord, an epithet of a god. Six definitions are obtained from various scriptures: 妙首 (or 頭 ) wonderful or beautiful) head; 普首 universal head; 濡首 glossy head (probably a transliteration); 敬首 revered head; 妙德 wonderful virtue (or power); 妙吉祥 wonderfully auspicious; the last is a later translation in the 西域記. As guardian of wisdom 智慧 he is often placed on Śākyamuni's left, with 普顯 on the right as guardian of law 理, the latter holding the Law, the former the wisdom or exposition of it; formerly they held the reverse positions. He is often represented with five curls or waves to his hair indicating the 五智 q. v. or the five peaks; his hand holds the sword of wisdom and he sits on a lion emblematic of its stern majesty: but he has other forms. He is represented as a youth, i. e. eternal youth. His present abode is given as east of the universe, known as 淸涼山 clear and cool mountain, or a region 寶住 precious abode, or Abode of Treasures, or 寶氏 from which he derives one of his titles, 寶相如來. One of his dhāraṇīs prophesies China as his post-nirvāṇa realm. In past incarnations he is described as being the parent of many Buddhas and as having assisted the Buddha into existence; his title was 龍種上佛 the supreme Buddha of the nāgas, also 大身佛 or 神仙佛; now his title is 歡喜藏摩尼寶精佛 The spiritual Buddha who joyfully cares for the jewel: and his future title is to be 普現佛 Buddha universally revealed. In the 序品 Introductory Chapter of the Lotus Sutra he is also described as the ninth predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Śākyamuni. He is looked on as the chief of the Bodhisattvas and represents them, as the chief disciple of the Buddha, or as his son 法王子. Hīnayāna counts Śāriputra as the wisest of the disciples, Mahāyāna gives Mañjuśrī the chief place, hence he is also styled 覺母 mother, or begetter of understanding. He is shown riding on either a lion or a peacock, or sitting on a white lotus; often he holds a book, emblem of wisdom, or a blue lotus; in certain rooms of a monastery he is shown as a monk; and he appears in military array as defender of the faith. His signs, magic words, and so on, are found in various sutras. His most famous centre in China is Wu-tai shan in Shansi. where he is the object of pilgrimages, especially of Mongols. The legends about him are many. He takes the place in Buddhism of Viśvakarman as Vulcan, or architect, of the universe. He is one of the eight Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, and sometimes has the image of Akṣobhya in his crown. He was mentioned in China as early as the fourth century and in the Lotus Sutra he frequently appears, especially as the converter of the daughter of the Dragon-king of the Ocean. He has five messengers 五使者 and eight youths 八童子 attending on him. His hall in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala is the seventh, in which his group numbers twenty-five. His position is northeast. There are numerous sutras and other works with his name as title, e. g. 文殊師利問菩提經 Gayaśīrṣa sūtra, tr. by Kumārajīva 384-417: and its 論 or .Tīkā of Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhiruci 535. see list in B. N. |
最上 see styles |
zuì shàng zui4 shang4 tsui shang motsugami もつがみ |
(noun or adjectival noun) best; (surname) Motsugami Supreme, superlative. |
最勝 最胜 see styles |
zuì shèng zui4 sheng4 tsui sheng saishou / saisho さいしょう |
(surname) Saishou jina; vijaya; conquering, all-conquering, pre-eminent, peerless, supreme. |
梵尊 see styles |
fàn zūn fan4 zun1 fan tsun Bonson |
Brahmā the supreme one |
極刑 极刑 see styles |
jí xíng ji2 xing2 chi hsing kyokkei / kyokke きょっけい |
supreme penalty; execution capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment |
極力 极力 see styles |
jí lì ji2 li4 chi li kyokuryoku きょくりょく |
to make a supreme effort; at all costs (adverb) to the utmost; to the best of one's ability |
涅槃 see styles |
niè pán nie4 pan2 nieh p`an nieh pan nehan ねはん |
(Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4pan2na4]) (1) {Buddh} nirvana; supreme enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} death; death of Buddha nirvāṇa, 'blown out, gone out, put out, extinguished'; 'liberated-from existence'; 'dead, deceased, defunct.' 'Liberation, eternal bliss'; '(with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual existence.' M.W. Other forms are 涅槃那; 泥日; 泥洹; 泥畔 Originally translated 滅 to extinguish, extinction, put out (as a lamp or fire), it was also described as 解脫 release, 寂滅 tranquil extinction; 無爲 inaction, without effort, passiveness; 不生 no (re)birth; 安樂 calm joy; 滅度transmigration to 'extinction'. The meaning given to 'extinction' varies, e.g. individual extinction; cessation of rebirth; annihilation of passion; extinction of all misery and entry into bliss. While the meaning of individual extinction is not without advocates, the general acceptation is the extinction or end of all return to reincarnation with its concomitant suffering, and the entry into bliss. Nirvāṇa may be enjoyed in the present life as an attainable state, with entry into parinirvāṇa, or perfect bliss to follow. It may be (a) with a 'remainder', i.e. the cause but not all the effect (karma), of reincarnation having been destroyed; (b) without 'remainder', both cause and effect having been extinguished. The answer of the Buddha as to the continued personal existence of the Tathāgata in nirvāṇa is, in the Hīnayāna canon, relegated 'to the sphere of the indeterminates' (Keith), as one of the questions which are not essential to salvation. One argument is that flame when blown out does not perish but returns to the totality of Fire. The Nirvāṇa Sutra claims for nirvāṇa the ancient ideas of 常樂我淨 permanence, bliss, personality purity in the transcendental realm. Mahāyāna declares that Hīnayāna by denying personality in the transcendental realm denies the existence of the Buddha. In Mahāyāna final nirvāṇa is transcendental, and is also used as a term for the absolute. The place where the Buddha entered his earthly nirvāṇa is given as Kuśinagara, cf. 拘. |
獨大 独大 see styles |
dú dà du2 da4 tu ta |
to dominate over all others; to wield all the power; to reign supreme |
神我 see styles |
shén wǒ shen2 wo3 shen wo shin'ga |
puruṣa, or ātman. The soul, the spiritual ego, or permanent person, which by non-Buddhists was said to migrate on the death of the body. puruṣa is also the Supreme Soul, or Spirit, which produces all forms of existence. |
究竟 see styles |
jiū jìng jiu1 jing4 chiu ching kukkyou; kyuukyou / kukkyo; kyukyo くっきょう; きゅうきょう |
to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result (adverb) (1) after all; in the end; finally; (adj-na,adj-no,n) (2) excellent; superb; handy; appropriate; ideal; (adj-na,adj-no,n) (3) (くっきょう only) (See 屈強) robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy Examine exhaustively; utmost, final, at the end, a tr. of uttarā, upper, superior, hence 至極 ultimate, supreme. |
第一 see styles |
dì yī di4 yi1 ti i teiichi / techi ていいち |
first; number one; primary (adv,n) first; foremost; number one; (given name) Teiichi The first, chief, prime, supreme. |
等妙 see styles |
děng miào deng3 miao4 teng miao tō myō |
The two supreme forms of Buddha-enlightenment 等覺 and 妙覺, being the 51st and 52nd stages of the Mahāyāna 階位. A Buddha is known as等妙覺王, king of these two forms of universal and supernatural illumination. |
精美 see styles |
jīng měi jing1 mei3 ching mei seimi / semi せいみ |
exquisite; elegant; fine (noun or adjectival noun) (form) supreme beauty; exquisiteness; (female given name) Seimi |
絕技 绝技 see styles |
jué jì jue2 ji4 chüeh chi |
consummate skill; supreme feat; tour-de-force; stunt |
統帥 统帅 see styles |
tǒng shuài tong3 shuai4 t`ung shuai tung shuai tousui / tosui とうすい |
command; commander-in-chief (noun, transitive verb) supreme command; high command |
絶對 see styles |
jué duì jue2 dui4 chüeh tui |
Beyond compare, supreme. |
絶待 绝待 see styles |
jué dài jue2 dai4 chüeh tai zetsudai; zettai ぜつだい; ぜったい |
{Buddh} (See 相待) absoluteness; incomparability; supremacy Final, supreme, special. |
総統 see styles |
soutou / soto そうとう |
(1) supreme ruler; generalissimo; (2) president (of Taiwan); (3) (hist) (See フューラー) führer; fuehrer; (personal name) Soutou |
聖善 圣善 see styles |
shèng shàn sheng4 shan4 sheng shan masayoshi まさよし |
supreme goodness; (respectful term for sb's mother) (personal name) Masayoshi |
肖揚 肖扬 see styles |
xiāo yáng xiao1 yang2 hsiao yang |
Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008 |
至上 see styles |
zhì shàng zhi4 shang4 chih shang shijou / shijo しじょう |
supreme; paramount; above all else (noun - becomes adjective with の) supremacy |
至孝 see styles |
yoshitaka よしたか |
supreme filial piety; (given name) Yoshitaka |
至尊 see styles |
zhì zūn zhi4 zun1 chih tsun shison; shiison(ok) / shison; shison(ok) しそん; しいそん(ok) |
the most honorable; the most respected; supreme; (archaic) the emperor (1) extreme reverence; deeply revered person; (2) the Emperor |
至福 see styles |
shifuku しふく |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) beatitude; supreme bliss |
至高 see styles |
zhì gāo zhi4 gao1 chih kao yoshitaka よしたか |
paramount; supremacy (adj-no,adj-na,n) supreme; sublime; highest; (given name) Yoshitaka |
覇王 see styles |
haou / hao はおう |
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king |
覇者 see styles |
hasha はしゃ |
(1) supreme ruler; conqueror; (2) champion; winner; titleholder |
輪王 轮王 see styles |
lún wáng lun2 wang2 lun wang rinō |
A cakravartin, 'a ruler the wheels of whose chariot roll everywhere without obstruction; an emperor, a sovereign of the world, a supreme ruler.' M.W. A Buddha, whose truth and realm are universal. There are four kinds of cakravartin, symbolized by wheels of gold, silver, copper, and iron; each possesses the seven precious things, 七寶 q.v. |
轉輪 转轮 see styles |
zhuàn lún zhuan4 lun2 chuan lun tenrin |
rotating disk; wheel; rotor; cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism cakravartī, "a ruler the wheels of whose chariot roll everywhere without hindrance." M.W. Revolving wheels; to turn a wheel: also 轉輪王 (轉輪聖王); 輪王; 轉輪聖帝, cf. 斫. The symbol is the cakra or disc, which is of four kinds indicating the rank, i.e. gold, silver, copper, or iron, the iron cakravartī ruling over one continent, the south; the copper, over two, east and south: the silver, over three, east, west, and south; the golden being supreme over all the four continents. The term is also applied to the gods over a universe, and to a buddha as universal spiritual king, and as preacher of the supreme doctrine. Only a cakravartī possesses the 七寳 saptaratna and 1, 000 sons. The cakra, or discus, is also a missile used by a cakravartī for overthrowing his enemies. Its origin is probably the sun with its myriad rays. |
道尊 see styles |
dào zūn dao4 zun1 tao tsun dōson |
the supreme (Buddha-)Path |
ＧＨＱ see styles |
jii eichi kyuu; jiieichikyuu(sk); jiiecchikyuu(sk) / ji echi kyu; jiechikyu(sk); jiecchikyu(sk) ジー・エイチ・キュー; ジーエイチキュー(sk); ジーエッチキュー(sk) |
(hist) General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers; 1945-1952); GHQ |
七種辯 七种辩 see styles |
qī zhǒng biàn qi1 zhong3 bian4 ch`i chung pien chi chung pien shichishu ben |
The seven rhetorical powers or methods of bodhisattvas :― direct and unimpeded; acute and deep; unlimited in scope; irrefutable; appropriate, or according to receptivity; purposive or objective (i.e. nirvana); proving the universal supreme method of attainment, i.e. Mahayana. |
上佛道 see styles |
shàng fó dào shang4 fo2 dao4 shang fo tao jō butsudō |
the supreme Buddha-Path |
上尊道 see styles |
shàng zūn dào shang4 zun1 dao4 shang tsun tao jōson dō |
the supreme (Buddha-)Path |
五味禪 五味禅 see styles |
wǔ wèi chán wu3 wei4 chan2 wu wei ch`an wu wei chan gomi zen |
Five kinds of concentration, i. e. that of heretics, ordinary people, Hīnayāna, Mahāyāna, and 最上乘 the supreme vehicle, or that of believers in the fundamental Buddha-nature of all things; this is styled 如來滿淨禪; 一行三昧,; 眞如三昧. |
五種天 五种天 see styles |
wǔ zhǒng tiān wu3 zhong3 tian1 wu chung t`ien wu chung tien goshu ten |
(1) 名天 famous rulers on earth styled 天王, 天子; (2) 生天 the highest incarnations of the six paths; (3) 淨天 the pure, or the saints, from śrāvakas to pratyekabuddhas, and (4) 義天 all bodhisattvas above the ten stages 十住, and (5) 第一義天 a supreme heaven with bodhisattvas and Buddhas in eternal immutability; 涅槃經 23. Cf. 天宮. |
五菩提 see styles |
wǔ pú tí wu3 pu2 ti2 wu p`u t`i wu pu ti go bodai |
The five bodhi, or stages of enlightenment: (1) 發心菩提 resolve on supreme bodhi; (2) 伏心菩提 mind control, i. e. of the passions and observance of the pāramitās: (3) 明心菩提 mental enlightenment, study, and increase in knowledge and in the prajñāpāramitā: (4) 出到菩提 mental expansion, freedom from the limitations of reincarnation and attainment of complete knowledge; (5) 無上菩提 attainment of a passionless condition and of supreme perfect enlightenment;. |
佛頂尊 佛顶尊 see styles |
fó dǐng zūn fo2 ding3 zun1 fo ting tsun bucchō son |
supreme Buddha within |
元帥府 see styles |
gensuifu げんすいふ |
(hist) {mil} Supreme Military Council (1898-1945) |
兩足尊 两足尊 see styles |
liǎng zú zūn liang3 zu2 zun1 liang tsu tsun ryōzoku son |
The most honoured among men and devas (lit. among two-footed beings), a title of the Buddha. The two feet are compared to the commandments and meditation, blessing and wisdom, relative and absolute teaching (i. e. Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna), meditation and action. |
勝福田 胜福田 see styles |
shèng fú tián sheng4 fu2 tian2 sheng fu t`ien sheng fu tien shō fukuden |
supreme field of merit |
大上慧 see styles |
dà shàng huì da4 shang4 hui4 ta shang hui dai jō e |
the great, supreme wisdom |
大勲位 see styles |
daikuni だいくんい |
supreme order (i.e. of the chrysanthemum); highest possible order of merit |
大審院 see styles |
daishinin; taishinin だいしんいん; たいしんいん |
(hist) Supreme Court (until 1947); Great Court of Cassation |
大法官 see styles |
dà fǎ guān da4 fa3 guan1 ta fa kuan daihoukan / daihokan だいほうかん |
grand justice; high court justice; supreme court justice Lord Chancellor |
大法廷 see styles |
daihoutei / daihote だいほうてい |
full court; grand bench of the supreme court |
大法院 see styles |
taihouin / taihoin たいほういん |
(1) (place) Daihōin (temple in Kyoto); Daihō-in; (2) (organization) Supreme Court (of Korea); (place-name) Daihōin (temple in Kyoto); Daihō-in; (o) Supreme Court (of Korea) |
大道心 see styles |
dà dào xīn da4 dao4 xin1 ta tao hsin daidō shin |
One who has the mind of or for supreme enlightenment, e.g. a bodhisattva-mahāsattva. |
天人尊 see styles |
tiān rén zūn tian1 ren2 zun1 t`ien jen tsun tien jen tsun tennin son |
the supreme among gods and men |
太和殿 see styles |
tài hé diàn tai4 he2 dian4 t`ai ho tien tai ho tien |
Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2] |
小法廷 see styles |
shouhoutei / shohote しょうほうてい |
petty bench of the supreme court; small claims court |
峨眉山 see styles |
é méi shān e2 mei2 shan1 o mei shan gabisan がびさん |
Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism (place-name) Gabisan (or 峩眉山) Emei Shan or Mt. Omi in Sichuan. Two of its peaks are said to be like 峨眉 a moth's eyebrows, also pronounced O-mei; the monastery at the top is the 光相寺 where Puxian (Samantabhadra) is supreme. |
布路沙 see styles |
bù lù shā bu4 lu4 sha1 pu lu sha furosha |
puruṣa, 布嚕沙; 補盧沙 man, mankind, a man, Man as Nārayāṇa the soul and origin of the universe, the soul, the Soul, Supreme Being, God, see M. W.; intp. as 人 and 丈夫 man, and an adult man, also by 士夫 master or educated man, 'explained by 神我, literally the spiritual self. A metaphysical term; the spirit which together with nature (自性 svabhāva), through the successive modifications (轉變) of guṇa (求那 attributes or qualities), or the active principles (作者), produces all forms of existence (作一切物). ' Eitel. |
最上乘 see styles |
zuì shàng shèng zui4 shang4 sheng4 tsui shang sheng saijō jō |
The supreme vehicle, or teaching. |
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