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There are 42 total results for your Taoist search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

白虎

see styles
bái hǔ
    bai2 hu3
pai hu
 byakko; hakko
    びゃっこ; はっこ

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White Tiger
White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky); (slang) hairless female genitalia
(1) (See 四神) White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens); (2) {astron} (See 二十八宿) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens; (given name) Byakko

道場


道场

see styles
dào chǎng
    dao4 chang3
tao ch`ang
    tao chang
 doujou / dojo
    どうじょう

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Dojo / Martial Arts Studio
Taoist or Buddhist rite; abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场[Pu2 ti2 dao4 chang3]
(1) dojo; hall used for martial arts training; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 菩提道場) manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment); (surname) Michiba
Truth-plot. bodhimaṇḍala, circle, or place of enlightenment. The place where Buddha attained enlightenment. A place, or method, for attaining to Buddha-truth. An object of or place for religious offerings. A place for teaching, learning, or practising religion.

道士

see styles
dào shì
    dao4 shi4
tao shih
 doushi / doshi
    どうし

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Taoist / Daoist
Daoist priest
(1) Taoist; (2) person of high morals; (3) Buddhist monk; (4) immortal mountain wizard; Taoist immortal; (personal name) Michishi
A Taoist (hermit), also applied to Buddhists, and to Śākyamuni.

五斗米道

see styles
wǔ dǒu mǐ dào
    wu3 dou3 mi3 dao4
wu tou mi tao
 gotobeidou / gotobedo
    ごとべいどう

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The Way of Five Pecks of Rice
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement); Way of the Celestial Master
(hist) (See 天師道) Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)

see styles

    qi4
ch`i
    chi
variant of 氣|气[qi4], breath; air; steam; gas; weather; used in Taoist charms


see styles

    lu4
lu
record book; archive; Taoist written charm; document of prophecy attesting to dynastic fortunes

see styles
zàng
    zang4
tsang
 kura
    くら
storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture
(surname) Kura
Treasury, thesaurus, store, to hide; the Canon. An intp. of piṭaka, a basket, box, granary, collection of writings. The 二藏 twofold canon may be the sutras and the vinaya; or the Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna scriptures. The 三藏 or tripiṭaka consists of the sutras, vinaya, and śāstras (abhidharma). The 四藏 fourfold canon adds a miscellaneous collection. The 五藏 fivefold collection is sutras, vinaya, abhidharma, miscellaneous, and spells, or, instead of the spells, a bodhisattva collection. There is also an esoteric fivefold canon, the first three being the above, the last two being the prājñāpāramitā and the dhāraṇīs.


see styles
guàn
    guan4
kuan
 kan
Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
vipaśyanā; vidarśanā. To look into, study, examine, contemplate; contemplation, insight; a study, a Taoist monastery; to consider illusion and discern illusion, or discern the seeming from the real; to contemplate and mentally enter into truth. 覺 is defined as awakening, or awareness, 觀 as examination or study. It is also an old tr. of the word Yoga; and cf. 禪 17. Guan is especially a doctrine of the Tiantai school as shown in the 止觀 q.v.

內丹


内丹

see styles
nèi dān
    nei4 dan1
nei tan
Taoist internal alchemy

募化

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mù huà
    mu4 hua4
mu hua
 boke
(of a Buddhist monk or Taoist priest) to collect alms
to collect alms

四神

see styles
 shijin
    しじん
(See 青竜・1,白虎・1,朱雀・1,玄武・1) four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons

城隍

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chéng huáng
    cheng2 huang2
ch`eng huang
    cheng huang
 joukou / joko
    じょうこう
Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology)
(1) (rare) castle and moat; castle's moat; (2) City God (Taoist guardian god of a city)

外丹

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wài dān
    wai4 dan1
wai tan
Taoist external alchemy

宮觀


宫观

see styles
gōng guàn
    gong1 guan4
kung kuan
Taoist temple

導引


导引

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dǎo yǐn
    dao3 yin3
tao yin
 douin / doin
    どういん
same as 引導|引导[yin3 dao3]; Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage
(1) guidance; showing the way; (2) (See あん摩・あんま・1) massage; (3) tao yin; Taoist Neigong; Taoist exercises
To lead.

度牒

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dù dié
    du4 die2
tu tieh
 dochō
Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by government
ordination licensing

戒牒

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jiè dié
    jie4 die2
chieh tieh
 kaichō
Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by monastic authorities
A monk' s certificate, useful to a wandering or travelling monk.; 戒驗; 度牒 Certificate of ordination of a monk.

房術

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 boujutsu / bojutsu
    ぼうじゅつ
(abbreviation) (See 房中術) Taoist sexual alchemy (supposed to prolong the practitioner's life)

清談


清谈

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qīng tán
    qing1 tan2
ch`ing t`an
    ching tan
 seidan / sedan
    せいだん
light intellectual conversation
(1) (hist) Qingtan (Taoist-related movement in ancient China); (noun/participle) (2) noble, refined, eloquent speech

真經


真经

see styles
zhēn jīng
    zhen1 jing1
chen ching
sutra; Taoist treatise

神仙

see styles
shén xiān
    shen2 xian1
shen hsien
 shinsen
    しんせん
Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person
(1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (2) (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)
神僊 The genī, immortals, ṛṣi, of whom the five kinds are 天, 神, 人, 地, and 鬼仙, i.e. deva, spirit, human, earth (or cave), and preta immortals.

神僊

see styles
shén xiān
    shen2 xian1
shen hsien
 shinsen
    しんせん
(1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (2) (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)
immortals

符籙


符箓

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fú lù
    fu2 lu4
fu lu
 furoku
    ふろく
(Taoism) talisman in the form of a painting of symbols thought to have magical powers
fulu; protective talisman used historically by Taoist pilgrims in China

貧道


贫道

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pín dào
    pin2 dao4
p`in tao
    pin tao
 hindou / hindo
    ひんどう
poor Taoist
(1) {Buddh} imperfect (Buddhist) training; imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training; incomplete training; poor training; (pronoun) (2) (humble language) (used by Buddhist monks) I; me
The way of poverty, that of the monk and nun; also, a poor religion, i.e. without the Buddha-truth.

道人

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dào rén
    dao4 ren2
tao jen
 michihito
    みちひと
Taoist devotee (honorific)
(given name) Michihito
One who has entered the way, one who seeks enlightenment, a general name for early Buddhists and also for Taoists.

道家

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dào jiā
    dao4 jia1
tao chia
 douka / doka
    どうか
Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC)
Taoist; (surname) Michiya
A Daoist

道蔵

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 douzou / dozo
    どうぞう
Dao Zang; Taoist canon

道袍

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dào páo
    dao4 pao2
tao p`ao
    tao pao
Taoist robe; traditional men's gown

道観

see styles
 doukan / dokan
    どうかん
Taoist temple

道長


道长

see styles
dào zhǎng
    dao4 zhang3
tao chang
 douchou / docho
    どうちょう
Taoist priest; Daoist priest
head of a martial arts organization (organisation); (surname) Michinaga

金仙

see styles
jīn xiān
    jin1 xian1
chin hsien
 konsen
    こんせん
(surname) Konsen
Golden ṛṣi, or immortal, i.e. Buddha; also Taoist genī.

麻姑

see styles
 mako; mago
    まこ; まご
(1) Ma Gu; legendary Taoist immortal with long talon-like fingernails; (2) (See 孫の手) backscratcher

南無師


南无师

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nán wú shī
    nan2 wu2 shi1
nan wu shih
 namu shi
Masters of namaḥ, i.e. Buddhist or Taoist priests and sorcerers.

庚申會


庚申会

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gēng shēn huì
    geng1 shen1 hui4
keng shen hui
 kōshin e
An assembly for offerings on the night of Keng-shen to an image in the form of a monkey, which is the shen symbolical animal; a Taoist rite adopted by Buddhism.

房中術

see styles
 bouchuujutsu / bochujutsu
    ぼうちゅうじゅつ
Taoist sexual alchemy (supposed to prolong the practitioner's life)

指南宮


指南宫

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zhǐ nán gōng
    zhi3 nan2 gong1
chih nan kung
Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅[Mu4 zha4], Taipei

盂蘭盆


盂兰盆

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yú lán pén
    yu2 lan2 pen2
yü lan p`en
    yü lan pen
 urabon
    うらぼん
see 盂蘭盆會|盂兰盆会[Yu2 lan2 pen2 hui4]
Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15); Feast of Lanterns
(盂蘭); 鳥藍婆 (鳥藍婆拏) ullambana 盂蘭 may be another form of lambana or avalamba, "hanging down," "depending," "support"; it is intp. "to hang upside down", or "to be in suspense", referring to extreme suffering in purgatory; but there is a suggestion of the dependence of the dead on the living. By some 盆 is regarded as a Chinese word, not part of the transliteration, meaning a vessel filled with offerings of food. The term is applied to the festival of All Souls, held about the 15th of the 7th moon, when masses are read by Buddhist and Taoist priests and elaborate offerings made to the Buddhist Trinity for the purpose of releasing from purgatory the souls of those who have died on land or sea. The Ullambanapātra Sutra is attributed to Śākyamuni, of course incorrectly; it was first tr. into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A.D. 266-313 or 317; the first masses are not reported until the time of Liang Wudi, A.D. 538; and were popularized by Amogha (A.D. 732) under the influence of the Yogācārya School. They are generally observed in China, but are unknown to Southern Buddhism. The "idea of intercession on the part of the priesthood for the benefit of" souls in hell "is utterly antagonistic to the explicit teaching of primitive Buddhism'" The origin of the custom is unknown, but it is foisted on to Śākyamuni, whose disciple Maudgalyāyana is represented as having been to purgatory to relieve his mother's sufferings. Śākyamuni told him that only the united efforts of the whole priesthood 十方衆會 could alleviate the pains of the suffering. The mere suggestion of an All Souls Day with a great national day for the monks is sufficient to account for the spread of the festival. Eitel says: "Engrafted upon the narrative ancestral worship, this ceremonial for feeding the ghost of deceased ancestors of seven generations obtained immense popularity and is now practised by everybody in China, by Taoists even and by Confucianists." All kinds of food offerings are made and paper garments, etc., burnt. The occasion, 7th moon, 15th day, is known as the盂蘭會 (or 盂蘭盆會 or 盂蘭齋 or 盂蘭盆齋) and the sutra as 盂蘭經 (or 盂蘭盆經).

道学者

see styles
 dougakusha / dogakusha
    どうがくしゃ
Taoist; moralist

陰陽道

see styles
 onmyoudou; onyoudou / onmyodo; onyodo
    おんみょうどう; おんようどう
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements

四神相応

see styles
 shijinsouou / shijinsoo
    しじんそうおう
(yoji) an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north

Variations:
神仙
神僊

see styles
 shinsen
    しんせん
(1) (See 仙人・1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (2) (See 十二律) (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)

Variations:
神仙
神僊(rK)

see styles
 shinsen
    しんせん
(1) (See 仙人・1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (2) (See 十二律) (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)

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