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Simple Dictionary Definition

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rěn
    ren3
jen
 nin
    にん

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Patience / Perseverance
to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself
(archaism) endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint; (given name) Nin
kṣānti, 羼提 (or 羼底); patience, endurance, (a) in adverse circumstances, (b) in the religious state. There are groups of two, three, four, five, six, ten, and fourteen, indicating various forms of patience, equanimity, repression, forbearance, endurance, constancy, or "perseverance of the saints," both in mundane and spiritual things.

武聖


武圣

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wǔ shèng
    wu3 sheng4
wu sheng

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Warrior Saint / Saint of War
the Saint of War (i.e. the deified Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3])

羅漢


罗汉

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luó hàn
    luo2 han4
lo han
 rakan
    らかん

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Luohan / Lohan
(Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉[a1 luo2 han4])
(abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 阿羅漢・あらかん) arhat; (place-name, surname) Rakan
arhan, arhat; worthy, worshipful, an arhat, the saint, or perfect man of Hīnayāna; the sixteen, eighteen, or 500 famous disciples appointed to witness to buddha-truth and save the world; v. 阿.

釋迦牟尼


释迦牟尼

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shì jiā móu ní
    shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2
shih chia mou ni
 Shakamuni

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Shakyamuni / The Buddha
Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉.

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    mo2
mo
 ma
    ま
(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
(1) demon; devil; evil spirit; evil influence; (suffix noun) (2) (See 覗き魔) -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend; (can be adjective with の) (3) dreaded; terrible; awful; dreadful; (surname) Ma
魔羅 Māra, killing, destroying; 'the Destroyer, Evil One, Devil' (M.W.); explained by murderer, hinderer, disturber, destroyer; he is a deva 'often represented with a hundred arms and riding on an elephant'. Eitel. He sends his daughters, or assumes monstrous forms, or inspires wicked men, to seduce or frighten the saints. He 'resides with legions of subordinates in the heaven Paranirmita Vaśavartin situated on the top of the Kāmadhātu'. Eitel. Earlier form 磨; also v. 波 Pāpīyān. He is also called 他化自在天. There are various categories of māras, e.g. the skandha-māra, passion-māra, etc.

二流

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èr liú
    er4 liu2
erh liu
 niryuu / niryu
    にりゅう
second-rate; second-tier
(noun - becomes adjective with の) second-rate; inferior
The two ways in the current of transmigration: 順流 to flow with it in continual re-incarnation; 逆流 resist it and seek a way of escape by getting rid of life's delusions, as in the case of the saints.

二福

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èr fú
    er4 fu2
erh fu
 nifuku
The bliss of the gods, and the bliss of the saints 聖; v. also 福.

六凡

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liù fán
    liu4 fan2
liu fan
 rokubon
The six stages of rebirth for ordinary people, as contrasted with the saints 聖者: in the hells, and as hungry: ghosts, animals, asuras, men, and devas.

决擇


决择

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jué zé
    jue2 ze2
chüeh tse
 ketchaku
Deciding and choosing; that which decides and gives reason, i. e. the truth of the saints, or Buddhism.

天魔

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tiān mó
    tian1 mo2
t`ien mo
    tien mo
 tenma
    てんま
demonic; devil
{Buddh} (See 四魔) demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good
deva-māra, 魔羅 one of the four Māras, who dwells in the sixth heaven. Paranirmita-vaśa-vartin, at the top of the Kāmadhātu, with his innumerable host, whence he constantly obstructs the Buddha-truth and its followers. He is also styled 殺者 the slayer; also 波旬 explained by 惡愛 sinful love or desire, as he sends his daughters to seduce the saints; also 波卑 (波卑夜) Papiyan, the evil one. He is the special Māra of the Śākyamuni period; other Buddhas suffer from other Māras; v. 魔.

定散

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dìng sàn
    ding4 san4
ting san
 jōsan
A settled, or a wandering mind; the mind organized by meditation, or disorganized by distraction. The first is characteristic of the saint and sage, the second of the common untutored man. The fixed heart may or may not belong to the realm of transmigration; the distracted heart has the distinctions of good, bad, or indifferent.

教迹

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jiào jī
    jiao4 ji1
chiao chi
 kyōshaku
The vestiges, or evidences of a religion; e.g, the doctrines, institutions, and example of the teachings of Buddha and the saints.

明達


明达

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míng dá
    ming2 da2
ming ta
 meitatsu / metatsu
    めいたつ
reasonable; of good judgment
(noun or adjectival noun) wisdom; (given name) Myōtatsu
Enlightenment 明in the case of the saint includes knowledge of future incarnations of self others, of the past incarnation of self and others, and that the present incarnation will end illusion. In the case of the Buddha such knowledge is called 達 thorough or perfect enlightenment.

海會


海会

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hǎi huì
    hai3 hui4
hai hui
 kaie
The assembly of the saints; also a cemetery.

祇夜


只夜

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qí yè
    qi2 ye4
ch`i yeh
    chi yeh
 giya
geya, singing; geyam, a song; preceding prose repeated inverse; odes in honour of the saints; cf. 伽陀 gāthā.

聖供


圣供

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shèng gōng
    sheng4 gong1
sheng kung
 shōgu
Holy offerings, or those made to the saints, especially to the triratna.

聖儀


圣仪

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shèng yí
    sheng4 yi2
sheng i
 shōgi
The saintly appearance, i.e. an image of Buddha.

聖智


圣智

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shèng zhì
    sheng4 zhi4
sheng chih
 seichi / sechi
    せいち
(given name) Seichi
ārya-jñāna; the wisdom of Buddha, or the saints, or sages; the wisdom which is above all particularization, i.e. that of transcendental truth.

聖果


圣果

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shèng guǒ
    sheng4 guo3
sheng kuo
 seira / sera
    せいら
(female given name) Seira
The holy fruit, or fruit of the saintly life, i.e. bodhi, nirvāṇa.

聖法


圣法

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shèng fǎ
    sheng4 fa3
sheng fa
 shouhou / shoho
    しょうほう
(given name) Shouhou
The holy law of Buddha; the law or teaching of the saints, or sages.

聖種


圣种

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shèng zhǒng
    sheng4 zhong3
sheng chung
 shōshu
(1) The holy seed, i.e. the community of monks; (2) that which produces the discipline of the saints, or monastic community.

聖衆


圣众

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shèng zhòng
    sheng4 zhong4
sheng chung
 shōju
The holy multitude, all the saints.

聖諦


圣谛

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shèng dì
    sheng4 di4
sheng ti
 shōtai
The sacred principles or dogmas, or those of the saints, or sages; especially the four noble truths, cf. 四聖諦.

聖道


圣道

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shèng dào
    sheng4 dao4
sheng tao
 seidou / sedo
    せいどう
(given name) Seidō
The holy way, Buddhism; the way of the saints, or sages; also the noble eightfold path.

聖靈


圣灵

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shèng líng
    sheng4 ling2
sheng ling
 shōryō
Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit
The saintly spirits (of the dead).

三種天


三种天

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sān zhǒng tiān
    san1 zhong3 tian1
san chung t`ien
    san chung tien
 sanshu ten
The three classes of devas: (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 pratyeka-buddhas. 智度論 7.; Three definitions of heaven: (a) as a name or title, e.g. divine king, son of Heaven, etc.; (b) as a place for rebirth, the heavens of the gods; (c) the pure Buddha-land.

二福田

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èr fú tián
    er4 fu2 tian2
erh fu t`ien
    erh fu tien
 ni fukuden
The two fields for the cultivation of happiness: (a) 學人田 the eighteen Hīnayāna classes of those under training in religion; (b) 無學人田 the nine divisions of those no longer in training, i.e. who have completed their course. Also (a) 悲田 the pitable or poor and needy, as the field or opportunity for charity; (b) 敬田the field of religion and reverence of the Buddhas, the saints, the priesthood.

二種性


二种性

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èr zhǒng xìng
    er4 zhong3 xing4
erh chung hsing
 nishu shō
Two kinds of seed-nature, the character of the ālaya seed and its development: (1) (a) 性種子 The original good seed-nature; (b) 習種子 the seed-nature in practice or development. (2) (a) 本性住種性 The immanent abiding original good seed-nature; (b) 習所成種性 the seed productive according to its ground. (3) (a) 聖種性 The seed-nature of the saints, by which they attain nirvana; (b) 愚夫種性 the seed-nature in the foolish and ignorant.

五種天


五种天

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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.

五種性


五种性

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wǔ zhǒng xìng
    wu3 zhong3 xing4
wu chung hsing
 goshu shō
The five germ-natures, or roots of bodhisattva development: (1) 習種性 the germ nature of study of the 空 void (or immaterial), which corrects all illusions of time and space; it corresponds to the 十住 stage; (2) 性種性 that of ability to discriminate all the 性 natures of phenomena and transform the living; the 十行 stage; (3) 道種性(the middle-) way germ-nature, which attains insight into Buddha-laws; the 十廻向; (4) 聖種性 the saint germ-nature which produces holiness by destroying ignorance; the 十廻向 which the bodhisattva leaves the ranks of the 賢 and becomes 聖; (5) 等覺種性 the bodhi-rank germ-nature which produces Buddhahood, i. e. 等覺.

四種天


四种天

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sì zhǒng tiān
    si4 zhong3 tian1
ssu chung t`ien
    ssu chung tien
 shishu ten
The four classes of devas include (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. The Buddhas are not included; 智度論 22.

大會衆


大会众

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dà huì zhòng
    da4 hui4 zhong4
ta hui chung
 daie shu
The general assembly (of the saints).

天眼明

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tiān yǎn míng
    tian1 yan3 ming2
t`ien yen ming
    tien yen ming
 tengen myō
One of the three enlightenments 三明, or clear visions of the saint, which enables him to know the future rebirths of himself and all beings.

涅槃城

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niè pán chéng
    nie4 pan2 cheng2
nieh p`an ch`eng
    nieh pan cheng
 nehan jō
The nirvāṇa city, the abode of the saints.

涅槃宮


涅槃宫

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niè pán gōng
    nie4 pan2 gong1
nieh p`an kung
    nieh pan kung
 nehan gū
The nirvāṇa palace of the saints.

淨居天


净居天

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jìng jū tiān
    jing4 ju1 tian1
ching chü t`ien
    ching chü tien
 Jōgo Ten
The five heavens of purity, in the fourth dhyāna heaven, where the saints dwell who will not return to another rebirth. Also Śuddhāvāsadeva, 'a deva who served as guardian angel to Śākyamuni and brought about his conversion. ' Eitel.

阿羅漢


阿罗汉

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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.

二種涅槃


二种涅槃

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èr zhǒng niè pán
    er4 zhong3 nie4 pan2
erh chung nieh p`an
    erh chung nieh pan
 nishu nehan
Two nirvanas: (1) 有餘涅槃 also 有餘依 That with a remnant; the cause 因 has been annihilated, but the remnant of the effect 果 still remains, so that a saint may enter this nirvana during life, but have to continue to live in this mortal realm till the death of his body. (2) 無餘涅槃 or 無餘依 Remnantless nirvāṇa, without cause and effect, the connection with the chain of mortal life being ended, so that the saint enters upon perfect nirvāṇa on the death of the body; cf. 智度論 31. Another definition is that Hīnayāna has further transmigration, while Mahāyāna maintains final nirvana. "Nothing remnaining" is differently interpreted in different schools, by some literally, but in Mahāyāna generally, as meaning no further mortal suffering, i.e. final nirvāṇa.

已離欲者


已离欲者

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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.

不覺現行位


不觉现行位

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bù jué xiàn xíng wèi
    bu4 jue2 xian4 xing2 wei4
pu chüeh hsien hsing wei
 fukaku gengyō i
The first two of the 十地 of the saint, in which the illusion of mistaking the phenomenal for the real still arises.

三昧耶曼荼羅


三昧耶曼荼罗

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sān mèi yé màn tú luó
    san1 mei4 ye2 man4 tu2 luo2
san mei yeh man t`u lo
    san mei yeh man tu lo
 sanmayamandara
    さんまやまんだら
{Buddh} (See 四種曼荼羅・ししゅまんだら) samya mandala (in Shingon); mandala where each deity is represented by an object (lotus flower, gem, sword, etc.)
samaya-maṇḍala. One of the four kinds of magic circles in which the saints are represented by the symbols of their power, e.g. pagoda, jewel, lotus, sword.

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