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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
參禪 参禅 see styles |
cān chán can1 chan2 ts`an ch`an tsan chan noshi wo ri |
More info & calligraphy: Zen UnderstandingTo inquire, discuss, seek religious instruction. |
禪宗 禅宗 see styles |
chán zōng chan2 zong1 ch`an tsung chan tsung Zenshū |
More info & calligraphy: Zen BuddhismThe Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門. |
禪心 禅心 see styles |
chán xīn chan2 xin1 ch`an hsin chan hsin zenshin |
More info & calligraphy: Zen Heart / Zen Mind |
見性 见性 see styles |
jiàn xìng jian4 xing4 chien hsing kenshou / kensho けんしょう |
More info & calligraphy: Kensho - Initial EnlightenmentTo behold the Buddha-nature within oneself, a common saying of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitive School. |
菩提達磨 菩提达磨 see styles |
pú tí dá mó pu2 ti2 da2 mo2 p`u t`i ta mo pu ti ta mo bodaidaruma ぼだいだるま |
More info & calligraphy: BodhidharmaBodhidharma, commonly known as Damo, v. 達; reputed as the founder of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitional or Mystic School. His original name is given as 菩提多羅 Bodhitara. |
一拶 see styles |
yī zā yi1 za1 i tsa issatsu |
A sudden remark, or question, by a monk or master to test a disciple, a Chan (Zen) method. |
三佛 see styles |
sān fó san1 fo2 san fo sanbutsu さんぶつ |
(surname) Sanbutsu Trikāya, v. 三身. Also the三岐 or founders of the 楊岐 branch of the Chan (Zen) School, i.e. Huiqin 慧勤, Qingyuan 淸遠, and Keqin 克勤. |
九宗 see styles |
jiǔ zōng jiu3 zong1 chiu tsung ku shū |
The eight sects 八宗 (q.v.) plus the 禪宗 Chan or Zen, or the Pure-land or Jōdo sect. |
作家 see styles |
zuò jiā zuo4 jia1 tso chia sakka さっか |
author; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] author; writer; novelist; artist; (surname) Sakuka Leader, founder, head of sect, a term used by the 禪 Chan (Zen) or Intuitive school. |
別傳 别传 see styles |
bié zhuàn bie2 zhuan4 pieh chuan betsuden |
supplementary biography Separately handed down; oral tradition; to pass on the teaching from mind to mind without writing, as in the Chan (Zen) or Intuitional school. Also 單傳. |
北宗 see styles |
běi zōng bei3 zong1 pei tsung kitamune きたむね |
(surname) Kitamune The northern school of the Chan (Zen) sect; from Bodhidharma 達磨 to the fifth patriarch 弘忍 Hongren the school was undivided; from 慧能 Huineng began the division of the southern school, 神秀 Shenxiu maintaining the northern; it was the southern school which prevailed. |
宗門 宗门 see styles |
zōng mén zong1 men2 tsung men shuumon / shumon しゅうもん |
(religious) denomination; sect; (given name) Muneto Originally the general name for sects. Later appropriated to itself by the 禪 Chan (Zen) or Intuitional school, which refers to the other schools as 教門 teaching sects, i. e. those who rely on the written word rather than on the 'inner light'. |
性心 see styles |
xìng xīn xing4 xin1 hsing hsin shōshin |
The perfectly clear and unsullied mind, i. e. the Buddha mind or heart. The Chan (Zen) school use 性心 or 心性 indifferently. |
拈語 拈语 see styles |
niǎn yǔ nian3 yu3 nien yü nengo |
To take up and pass on a verbal tradition, a Chan (Zen) term. |
東山 东山 see styles |
dōng shān dong1 shan1 tung shan tousan; touzan; higashiyama / tosan; tozan; higashiyama とうさん; とうざん; ひがしやま |
Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian; Tungshan township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan (1) eastern mountains; mountains to the east; (2) (とうさん only) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 東山道) Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō); (3) (ひがしやま only) Higashiyama (Kyoto district); (surname) Bigashiyama An eastern hill, or monastery, general and specific, especially the 黃梅東山 Huangmei eastern monastery of the fourth and fifth patriarchs of the Chan (Zen) school. |
江湖 see styles |
jiāng hú jiang1 hu2 chiang hu gouko / goko ごうこ |
rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld Zen disciples; (surname) Kōko Kiangsi and Hunan, where and whence the 禪 Chan (Zen) or Intuitive movement had its early spread, the title being applied to followers of this cult. |
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. |
盲禪 盲禅 see styles |
máng chán mang2 chan2 mang ch`an mang chan mō zen |
deluded Chan |
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. |
禪刹 禅刹 see styles |
chán chà chan2 cha4 ch`an ch`a chan cha zen satsu |
Chan [Seon; Zen] temple |
禪子 禅子 see styles |
chán zǐ chan2 zi3 ch`an tzu chan tzu zen su |
Chan student |
禪寺 禅寺 see styles |
chán sì chan2 si4 ch`an ssu chan ssu zenji |
Chan; Seon; Zen monastery |
禪會 禅会 see styles |
chán huì chan2 hui4 ch`an hui chan hui zenkai |
Chan [Seon; Zen] meeting |
禪脈 禅脉 see styles |
chán mài chan2 mai4 ch`an mai chan mai zenmyaku |
Chan (Seon, Zen) lineage |
禪要 禅要 see styles |
chán yào chan2 yao4 ch`an yao chan yao zenyō |
essence of Chan [Seon; Zen] |
禪語 禅语 see styles |
chán yǔ chan2 yu3 ch`an yü chan yü zen go |
Chan [Seon; Zen] terminology |
禪閣 禅阁 see styles |
chán gé chan2 ge2 ch`an ko chan ko zenkaku |
Seon (Chan, Zen) temple |
禪關 禅关 see styles |
chán guān chan2 guan1 ch`an kuan chan kuan zenkan |
gateway of Chan (Seon, Zen) |
一味禪 一味禅 see styles |
yī mèi chán yi1 mei4 chan2 i mei ch`an i mei chan ichimi zen |
one taste Chan |
一字禪 一字禅 see styles |
yī zì chán yi1 zi4 chan2 i tzu ch`an i tzu chan ichiji zen |
A cryptic single-word reply to a question, requiring meditation for its apprehension; it is a Chan or Zen method. |
上乘禪 上乘禅 see styles |
shàng shèng chán shang4 sheng4 chan2 shang sheng ch`an shang sheng chan jōjō zen |
The Mahāyāna Ch'an (Zen) School, which considers that it alone attains the highest realization of Mahāyāna truth. Hīnayāna philosophy is said only to realize the unreality of the ego and not the unreality of all things. The Mahāyāna realizes the unreality of the ego and of all things. But the Ch'an school is pure idealism, all being mind. This mind is Buddha, and is the universal fundamental mind. |
佛心宗 see styles |
fó xīn zōng fo2 xin1 zong1 fo hsin tsung Busshin Shū |
The sect of the Buddha-heart, i.e. the Chan (Zen) or Intuitive sect of Bodhidharma, holding that each individual has direct access to Buddha through meditation. |
北宗禪 北宗禅 see styles |
běi zōng chán bei3 zong1 chan2 pei tsung ch`an pei tsung chan Hokushū zen |
Northern School of Chan |
南宗禪 南宗禅 see styles |
nán zōng chán nan2 zong1 chan2 nan tsung ch`an nan tsung chan nanshū zen |
Southern School of Chan |
口頭禪 口头禅 see styles |
kǒu tóu chán kou3 tou2 chan2 k`ou t`ou ch`an kou tou chan kōtō zen |
Zen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase Mouth meditation, i.e. dependence on the leading of others, inability to enter into personal meditation. |
念佛禪 念佛禅 see styles |
niàn fó chán nian4 fo2 chan2 nien fo ch`an nien fo chan nembutsu zen |
chanting Chan [Seon] |
暗證禪 暗证禅 see styles |
àn zhèng c hán an4 zheng4 c han2 an cheng c han anshō zen |
fake Chan |
格外禪 格外禅 see styles |
gé wài chán ge2 wai4 chan2 ko wai ch`an ko wai chan kyakuge zen |
extraordinary Chan; Seon |
楞伽經 楞伽经 see styles |
lèng qié jīng leng4 qie2 jing1 leng ch`ieh ching leng chieh ching Ryōga kyō |
The Laṅkāvatāra sūtra, a philosophical discourse attributed to Śākyamuni as delivered on the Laṅka mountain in Ceylon. It may have been composed in the fourth or fifth century A.D.; it "represents a mature phase of speculation and not only criticizes the Sāṅkhya, Pāśupata and other Hindu schools, but is conscious of the growing resemblance of Mahāyānism to Brahmanic philosophy and tries to explain it". Eliot. There have been four translations into Chinese, the first by Dharmarakṣa between 412-433, which no longer exists; the second was by Guṇabhadra in 443, ca11ed 楞伽 阿跋多羅寶經 4 juan; the third by Bodhiruci in 513, called 入楞伽經 10 juan; the fourth by Śikṣānanda in 700-704, called 大乘入楞伽經 7 juan. There are many treatises and commentaries on it, by Faxian and others. See Studies in the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra by Suzuki and his translation of it. This was the sūtra allowed by Bodhidharma, and is the recognized text of the Chan (Zen) School. There are numerous treatises on it. |
炙茄會 炙茄会 see styles |
zhì qié huì zhi4 qie2 hui4 chih ch`ieh hui chih chieh hui sekika e |
A Chan (Zen) School winter festival at which roasted lily roots were eaten. |
牛頭禪 牛头禅 see styles |
niú tóu chán niu2 tou2 chan2 niu t`ou ch`an niu tou chan Gozu zen |
Niutou Chan |
看方便 see styles |
kàn fāng biàn kan4 fang1 bian4 k`an fang pien kan fang pien kan hōben |
To fix the mind or attention, a Chan (Zen) term. |
禪和子 禅和子 see styles |
chán hé zǐ chan2 he2 zi3 ch`an ho tzu chan ho tzu zen nasu |
Chan [Seon; Zen] monk |
禪問答 禅问答 see styles |
chán wèn dá chan2 wen4 da2 ch`an wen ta chan wen ta zen mondō |
Chan; Seon encounter dialogue |
禪思惟 禅思惟 see styles |
chán sī wéi chan2 si1 wei2 ch`an ssu wei chan ssu wei zen shiyui |
Chan (Seon; Zen) contemplation |
禪語錄 禅语录 see styles |
chán yǔ lù chan2 yu3 lu4 ch`an yü lu chan yü lu zen goroku |
recorded Chan [Seon; Zen] sayings |
義理禪 义理禅 see styles |
yì lǐ chán yi4 li3 chan2 i li ch`an i li chan giri zen |
theoretical Chan; Seon |
虎丘山 see styles |
hǔ qiū shān hu3 qiu1 shan1 hu ch`iu shan hu chiu shan Koku san |
Huqiu Shan, a monastery at Suzhou, which gave rise to a branch of the Chan (Zen) school, founded by 紹隆 Shaolong. |
蝦蟆禪 虾蟆禅 see styles |
xiā má chán xia1 ma2 chan2 hsia ma ch`an hsia ma chan gama zen |
Frog samādhi, which causes one to leap with joy at half-truths. |
一指頭禪 一指头禅 see styles |
yī zhǐ tóu chán yi1 zhi3 tou2 chan2 i chih t`ou ch`an i chih tou chan ichishi zu zen |
The one finger-tip contemplation used by a certain monk to bring to another a conception of the universe. Also a parable in the 楞伽經 Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra. The Chan or Zen sect 禪宗 regard the sūtras merely as indicators, i.e. pointing fingers, their real object being only attained through personal mediation. |
以心傳心 以心传心 see styles |
yǐ xīn chuán xīn yi3 xin1 chuan2 xin1 i hsin ch`uan hsin i hsin chuan hsin ishin denshin |
Direct transmission from mind to mind, as contrasted with the written word; the intuitive principle of the Chan (Zen), or intuitive school. |
四箇大乘 see styles |
sì gè dà shèng si4 ge4 da4 sheng4 ssu ko ta sheng shika daijō |
The four Mahāyānas, i. e. the four great schools: (1) 華嚴 Huayan or Avataṃsaka; (2) 天台 Tiantai; (3) 眞言 Zhenyan, Shingon, or esoteric; (4) 禪 Chan, Zen, or intuitive school. Another group is the 法相, 三論, 天台, and 華嚴. |
大鑑禪師 大鑑禅师 see styles |
dà jiàn chán shī da4 jian4 chan2 shi1 ta chien ch`an shih ta chien chan shih Daikan zenji |
The great mirror, posthumous title of the sixth 禪 Chan (Zen) patriarch, 慧能 Huineng, imperially bestowed in A.D. 815. |
拈花微笑 see styles |
niǎn huā wēi xiào nian3 hua1 wei1 xiao4 nien hua wei hsiao nenge mishō |
Buddha held up a flower and Kāśyapa smiled'. This incident does not appear till about A. D. 800, but is regarded as the beginning of the tradition on which the Chan (Zen) or Intuitional sect based its existence. |
拖泥帶水 拖泥带水 see styles |
tuō ní dài shuǐ tuo1 ni2 dai4 shui3 t`o ni tai shui to ni tai shui dadei taisui |
lit. wading in mud and water; a slovenly job; sloppy 和泥合水 Mud and water hauler, or made of mud and water, a Chan (Zen) school censure of facile remarks. |
談禪法會 谈禅法会 see styles |
tán chán fǎ huì tan2 chan2 fa3 hui4 t`an ch`an fa hui tan chan fa hui danzen hōe |
Dharma meeting for the discussion of Chan; Seon; Zen |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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