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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. |
理 see styles |
lǐ li3 li ri り |
More info & calligraphy: Science(1) reason; principle; logic; (2) {Buddh} (See 事・じ) general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (3) the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism); (given name) Wataru siddhānta; hetu. Ruling principle, fundamental law, intrinsicality, universal basis, essential element; nidāna, reason; pramāṇa, to arrange, regulate, rule, rectify. |
道 see styles |
dào dao4 tao dou / do どう |
More info & calligraphy: Daoism / Taoism(1) (abbreviation) (See 道・みち・1) road; path; street; route; (2) (See 道・みち・5) way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; (3) (abbreviation) (in Japanese schools) (See 道徳教育) moral education; (4) Buddhist teachings; (5) Taoism; (6) administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (7) (hist) administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (8) province (administrative region of Korea); (9) circuit (administrative region of China); (10) (hist) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (personal name) Wataru mārga. A way, road; the right path; principle, Truth, Reason, Logos, Cosmic energy; to lead; to say. The way of transmigration by which one arrives at a good or bad existence; any of the six gati, or paths of destiny. The way of bodhi, or enlightenment leading to nirvāṇa through spiritual stages. Essential nirvāṇa, in which absolute freedom reigns. For the eightfold noble path v. 八聖道.; The two Ways: (1) (a) 無礙道 or 無間道 The open or unhindered way, or the way of removing all obstacles or intervention, i. e. all delusion; (b) 解脫道 the way of release, by realization of truth. (2) (a) 難行道 The hard way of "works", i. e. by the six pāramitā and the disciplines. (b) 易行道 the easy way salvation, by the invocation of Amitābha. (3) (a) 有漏道 The way of reincarnation or mortality; (b) 無漏 the enlightened way of escape from the miseries of transmigration. (4) (a) 教道 The way of instruction; (b) 證道 the way of realization. (5) The two lower excretory organs. |
三諦 三谛 see styles |
sān dì san1 di4 san ti santai; sandai さんたい; さんだい |
More info & calligraphy: The Three TruthsThe three dogmas. The "middle" school of Tiantai says 卽空, 卽假. 卽中 i.e. 就是空, 假, 中; (a) by 空śūnya is meant that things causally produced are intheir essential nature unreal (or immaterial) 實空無; (b) 假, though thingsare unreal in their essential nature their derived forms are real; (c) 中;but both are one, being of the one 如 reality. These three dogmas arefounded on a verse of Nāgārjuna's— 因緣所生法, 我說卽是空 亦爲是假名, 亦是中道義 "All causally produced phenomena, I say, areunreal, Are but a passing name, and indicate the 'mean'." There are otherexplanations— the 圓教 interprets the 空 and 假 as 中; the 別教 makes 中 independent. 空 is the all, i.e. the totality of all things, and is spokenof as the 眞 or 實 true, or real; 假 is the differentiation of all thingsand is spoken of as 俗 common, i.e. things as commonly named; 中 is theconnecting idea which makes a unity of both, e.g. "all are but parts of onestupendous whole." The 中 makes all and the all into one whole, unifying thewhole and its parts. 空 may be taken as the immaterial, the undifferentiatedall, the sum of existences, by some as the tathāgatagarbha 如來藏; 假as theunreal, or impermanent, the material or transient form, the temporal thatcan be named, the relative or discrete; 中 as the unifier, which places eachin the other and all in all. The "shallower" 山外 school associated 空 and 中 with the noumenal universe as opposed to the phenomenal and illusoryexistence represented by 假. The "profounder" 山内 school teaches that allthree are aspects of the same. |
切要 see styles |
qiè yào qie4 yao4 ch`ieh yao chieh yao setsuyou / setsuyo せつよう |
essential; extremely important (noun or adjectival noun) essential; vital |
必備 必备 see styles |
bì bèi bi4 bei4 pi pei hitsubi ひつび |
essential (adj-no,n,vs,vt) indispensable; essential; necessary; must-have |
必要 see styles |
bì yào bi4 yao4 pi yao hitsuyou / hitsuyo ひつよう |
necessary; essential; indispensable; required (adjectival noun) (1) necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; (2) necessity; need; requirement |
精油 see styles |
jīng yóu jing1 you2 ching yu seiyu / seyu せいゆ |
essential oil (1) essential oil; volatile oil; (2) refined oil |
綱要 纲要 see styles |
gāng yào gang1 yao4 kang yao kouyou / koyo こうよう |
outline; essential points elements; essentials; outline outline of a doctrine, text, etc. |
必需品 see styles |
bì xū pǐn bi4 xu1 pin3 pi hsü p`in pi hsü pin hitsujuhin ひつじゅひん |
necessity; essential (thing) necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials daily living necessities |
大 see styles |
dài dai4 tai dai だい |
see 大夫[dai4 fu5] (pref,adj-na,n) (1) large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe; (prefix) (2) great; prominent; eminent; distinguished; (suffix) (3) -sized; as big as; the size of; (suffix noun) (4) (abbreviation) (See 大学・1) university; (5) large (e.g. serving size); large option; (6) (abbreviation) (See 大の月) long month (i.e. having 31 days); (given name) Yutaka Maha. 摩訶; 麼賀. Great, large, big; all pervading, all-embracing; numerous 多; surpassing ; mysterious 妙; beyond comprehension 不可思議; omnipresent 體無不在. The elements, or essential things, i.e. (a) 三大 The three all-pervasive qualities of the 眞如 q.v. : its 體, 相 , 用 substance, form, and functions, v. 起信論 . (b) 四大 The four tanmātra or elements, earth, water, fire, air (or wind) of the 倶舍論. (c)五大 The five, i.e. the last four and space 空, v. 大日經. (d) 六大 The six elements, earth, water, fire, wind, space (or ether), mind 識. Hīnayāna, emphasizing impersonality 人空, considers these six as the elements of all sentient beings; Mahāyāna, emphasizing the unreality of all things 法空, counts them as elements, but fluid in a flowing stream of life, with mind 識 dominant; the esoteric sect emphasizing nonproduction, or non-creation, regards them as universal and as the Absolute in differentiation. (e) 七大 The 楞嚴經 adds 見 perception, to the six above named to cover the perceptions of the six organs 根. |
精 see styles |
jīng jing1 ching sei / se せい |
essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of something; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic) (1) spirit; sprite; nymph; (2) energy; vigor (vigour); strength; (3) fine details; (4) (See 精液) semen; (given name) Makoto Cleaned rice, freed from the husk, pure; essential, essence, germinating principle, spirit; fine, best, finest. |
肝 see styles |
gān gan1 kan kan きも |
liver; CL:葉|叶[ye4],個|个[ge4]; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy (1) liver; innards; (2) courage; spirit; pluck; guts; (3) crux; essential point liver |
要 see styles |
yào yao4 yao you / yo よう |
to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important (1) main point; essential point; important thing; (n,adj-f) (2) necessity; need; requirement; (surname) Yoshi Important, essential, necessary, strategic; want, need; about to; intercept; coerce; agree, etc. |
醍 see styles |
tí ti2 t`i ti dai |
essential oil of butter Oil of butter. |
三身 see styles |
sān shēn san1 shen1 san shen sanjin; sanshin さんじん; さんしん |
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men. |
不要 see styles |
bù yào bu4 yao4 pu yao fuyou / fuyo ふよう |
don't!; must not (adj-na,adj-no,n) (See 不用) unnecessary; unneeded not essential |
主流 see styles |
zhǔ liú zhu3 liu2 chu liu shuryuu / shuryu しゅりゅう |
main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter; mainstream (culture etc) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (the) mainstream; (2) main course (of a river); main stream |
五法 see styles |
wǔ fǎ wu3 fa3 wu fa gohō |
pañcadharma. The five laws or categories, of which four groups are as follows: I. 相名五法 The five categories of form and name: (1) 相 appearances, or phenomena; (2) 名 their names; (3) 分別 sometimes called 妄想 ordinary mental discrimination of them— (1) and (2) are objective, (3) subjective; (4) 正智 corrective wisdom, which corrects the deficiencies and errors of the last: (5) 如如 the 眞如 Bhutatathata or absolute wisdom, reached through the 如理智 understanding of the law of the absolute, or ultimate truth. II. 事理五法 The five categories into which things and their principles are divided: (1) 心法 mind; (2) 心所法 mental conditions or activities; (3) 色法 the actual states or categories as conceived; (4) 不相應法 hypothetic categories, 唯識 has twenty-four, the Abhidharma fourteen; (5) 無爲法 the state of rest, or the inactive principle pervading all things; the first four are the 事 and the last the 理. III. 理智五法 cf. 五智; the five categories of essential wisdom: (1) 眞如 the absolute; (2) 大圓鏡智 wisdom as the great perfect mirror reflecting all things; (3) 平等性智 wisdom of the equal Buddha nature of all beings; (4) 妙觀察智 wisdom of mystic insight into all things and removal of ignorance and doubt; (5) 成所作智 wisdom perfect in action and bringing blessing to self and others. IV. 提婆五法 The five obnoxious rules of Devadatta: not to take milk in any form, nor meat, nor salt; to wear unshaped garments, and to live apart. Another set is: to wear cast-off rags, beg food, have only one set meal a day, dwell in the open, and abstain from all kinds of flesh, milk, etc. |
人精 see styles |
rén jīng ren2 jing1 jen ching |
sophisticate; man with extensive experience; child prodigy; Wunderkind (i.e. brilliant child); spirit within a person (i.e. blood and essential breath 血氣|血气 of TCM) |
付物 see styles |
tsukimono つきもの |
(1) essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; accompaniment; appendage; accessory; (2) front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.) |
八法 see styles |
bā fǎ ba1 fa3 pa fa happō |
eight methods of treatment (TCM) The eight dharmas, things, or methods. There are three groups: (1) idem 八風 q.v. (2) 四大and 四微 q.v. (3) The eight essential things, i.e. 教 instruction, 理 doctrine, 智 knowledge or wisdom attained, 斷 cutting away of delusion, 行 practice of the religious life, 位 progressive status, 因 producing 果 the fruit of saintliness. Of these 教理行果 are known as the 四法. |
切切 see styles |
qiè qiè qie4 qie4 ch`ieh ch`ieh chieh chieh saisai せつせつ |
urgently; eagerly; worried; (urge sb to) be sure to; it is absolutely essential to (follow the above instruction) (adj-t,adv-to) (1) passionate; fervent; (2) affecting; moving; touching urgent |
務期 务期 see styles |
wù qī wu4 qi1 wu ch`i wu chi |
it is essential to (complete a project on time, be thorough etc) |
卟啉 see styles |
bǔ lín bu3 lin2 pu lin |
porphyrin (organic chemical essential to hemoglobin and chlorophyll) (loanword) |
四相 see styles |
sì xiàng si4 xiang4 ssu hsiang shisou / shiso しそう |
(1) {Buddh} four essential elements of existence (birth, ageing, illness and death); (can act as adjective) (2) {math} four-phase; quadri-phase The four avasthā, or states of all phenomena, i. e. 生住異滅 birth, being, change (i. e. decay), and death; also 四有爲相. There are several groups, e. g. 果報四相 birth, age, disease, death. Also 藏識四相 of the Awakening of Faith referring to the initiation, continuation, change, and cessation of the ālaya-vijñāna. Also 我人四相 The ideas: (1) that there is an ego; (2) that man is different from other organisms; (3) that all the living are produced by the skandhas; (4) that life is limited to the organism. Also 智境四相 dealing differently with the four last headings 我; 人; 衆生; and 壽相. |
宗乘 see styles |
zōng shèng zong1 sheng4 tsung sheng sō jō |
The vehicle of a sect, i. e. its essential tenets. |
宗教 see styles |
zōng jiào zong1 jiao4 tsung chiao shuukyou / shukyo しゅうきょう |
religion (1) religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed; (2) religious activity; (personal name) Munenori essential teaching |
宗骨 see styles |
zōng gǔ zong1 gu3 tsung ku shūkotsu |
The 'bones' or essential tenets of a sect. |
実質 see styles |
jisshitsu じっしつ |
(1) substance; essence; (can be adjective with の) (2) substantive; substantial; essential; real (e.g. interest rate); (adverb) (3) in essence; in effect; essentially; effectively; practically; (4) {anat} parenchyma |
己性 see styles |
jǐ xìng ji3 xing4 chi hsing koshō |
one's essential nature |
度科 see styles |
dù kē du4 ke1 tu k`o tu ko doka |
The portion of the sutras supposed to be learned by religious novices as preparation for leaving the world as monks. |
必携 see styles |
hikkei / hikke ひっけい |
(adj-no,n-suf) (1) indispensable; essential; must-have; (2) (usu. in book titles) handbook; manual; vade mecum |
必用 see styles |
hitsuyou / hitsuyo ひつよう |
(adjectival noun) (1) necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; (2) necessity; need; requirement |
必需 see styles |
bì xū bi4 xu1 pi hsü hitsuju ひつじゅ |
to need; to require; essential; indispensable (adj-no,n) necessary |
必須 必须 see styles |
bì xū bi4 xu1 pi hsü hissu(p); hisshu; hissuu / hissu(p); hisshu; hissu ひっす(P); ひっしゅ; ひっすう |
to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily (adj-no,adj-na,n) indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary must |
性火 see styles |
xìng huǒ xing4 huo3 hsing huo shōka |
Fire as one of the five elements, contrasted with 事火 phenomenal fire. |
性相 see styles |
xìng xiàng xing4 xiang4 hsing hsiang shō zō |
The nature (of anything) and its phenomenal expression xing being 無爲 non-functional, or noumenal and xiang 有爲 functional, or phenomenal. |
性色 see styles |
xìng sè xing4 se4 hsing se shōshiki |
Transcendent rūpa or form within or of the tathāgatagarbha; also 眞色. |
枢機 see styles |
suuki / suki すうき |
(1) important point; essential part; vital point; (2) important state matters |
業性 业性 see styles |
yè xìng ye4 xing4 yeh hsing gosshō |
The nature of karma, its essential being; idem 業體. |
正要 see styles |
zhèng yào zheng4 yao4 cheng yao shōyō |
to be just about to; to be on the point of essential doctrines |
水乳 see styles |
shuǐ rǔ shui3 ru3 shui ju suinyū |
Water and milk— an illustration of the intermingling of things; but their essential separateness is recognized in that the rāja-haṃsa (a kind of goose) is said to be able to drink up the milk leaving behind the water. |
法身 see styles |
fǎ shēn fa3 shen1 fa shen hosshin; houshin / hosshin; hoshin ほっしん; ほうしん |
{Buddh} (See 三身) dharmakaya (dharma body, Buddhism's highest form of existence); (surname) Hotsushin dharmakāya, embodiment of Truth and Law, the "spiritual" or true body; essential Buddhahood; the essence of being; the absolute, the norm of the universe; the first of the trikāya, v.三身. The dharmakāya is divided into 總 unity and 別 diversity; as in the noumenal absolute and phenomenal activities, or potential and dynamic; but there are differences of interpretation, e.g. as between the 法相 and 法性 schools. Cf. 法身體性. There are many categories of the dharmakāya. In the 2 group 二法身 are five kinds: (1) 理 "substance" and 智 wisdom or expression; (2) 法性法身 essential nature and 應化法身 manifestation; the other three couples are similar. In the 3 group 三法身 are (1) the manifested Buddha, i.e. Śākyamuni; (2) the power of his teaching, etc.; (3) the absolute or ultimate reality. There are other categories. |
涅槃 see styles |
niè pán nie4 pan2 nieh p`an nieh pan nehan ねはん |
nirvana (Buddhism) (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. |
深要 see styles |
shēn yào shen1 yao4 shen yao shinyō |
profound essential points |
理卽 see styles |
lǐ jí li3 ji2 li chi risoku |
(理卽佛) The underlying truth of all things is Buddha; immanent reason; Buddhahood; the Tiantai doctrine of essential universal Buddhahood, or the undeveloped Buddha in all beings. |
理性 see styles |
lǐ xìng li3 xing4 li hsing risei / rise りせい |
reason; rationality; rational reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense Absolute nature, immutable reality, fundamental principle or character. |
眞妄 see styles |
zhēn wàng zhen1 wang4 chen wang shinmō |
True and false, real and unreal. (1) That which has its rise in Buddha-truth, meditation, and wisdom is true; that which arises from the influences of unenlightenment is untrue. (2) The essential bhūtatathatā as the real, phenomena as the unreal. |
眞空 see styles |
zhēn kōng zhen1 kong1 chen k`ung chen kung mahiro まひろ |
(female given name) Mahiro (1) The absolute void, complete vacuity, said to be the nirvana of the Hīnayāna. (2) The essence of the bhūtatathatā, as the 空眞如 of the 起信論, 唯識, and 華嚴. (3) The void or immaterial as reality, as essential or substantial, the 非 空 之 空 not-void void, the ultimate reality, the highest Mahāyāna concept of true voidness, or of ultimate reality. |
真性 see styles |
zhēn xìng zhen1 xing4 chen hsing shinsei / shinse しんせい |
real; the nature of something (1) inborn nature; (can be adjective with の) (2) genuine; intrinsic; essential |
神髓 see styles |
shén suǐ shen2 sui3 shen sui |
lit. spirit and marrow; the essential character |
肝心 see styles |
gān xīn gan1 xin1 kan hsin kanshin かんじん |
(adj-na,n,adj-no) essential; fundamental; crucial; vital; main essential |
肝腎 see styles |
kanjin かんじん |
(adj-na,n,adj-no) essential; fundamental; crucial; vital; main |
肝要 see styles |
kanyou / kanyo かんよう |
(noun or adjectival noun) extremely important; essential; vital; crucial; (place-name) Kanyou |
肯綮 see styles |
koukei / koke こうけい |
the essential point |
自性 see styles |
zì xìng zi4 xing4 tzu hsing jishou / jisho じしょう |
{Buddh} intrinsic nature; one’s own distinct nature Own nature; of (its) own nature. As an intp. of pradhāna (and resembling 冥性) in the Sāṅkhya philosophy it is 'prakṛti, the Originant, primary or original matter or rather the primary germ out of which all material appearances are evolved, the first evolver or source of the material world (hence in a general acceptation 'nature' or rather 'matter' as opposed to purusha, or 'spirit')'. M. W. As 莎發斡 svabhāva, it is 'own state, essential or inherent property, innate or peculiar disposition, natural state or constitution, nature'. M. W. The self-substance, self-nature, or unchanging character of anything. |
至要 see styles |
shiyou / shiyo しよう |
(noun or adjectival noun) of paramount importance; extremely important; essential |
要妙 see styles |
yào miào yao4 miao4 yao miao yōmyō |
The essential and mystic nature (of Buddha-truth). |
要法 see styles |
yào fǎ yao4 fa3 yao fa yōhō |
the essential Law |
要津 see styles |
yào jīn yao4 jin1 yao chin youtsu / yotsu ようつ |
key post (surname) Yōtsu The ford, or road. |
要素 see styles |
yào sù yao4 su4 yao su youso / yoso ようそ |
essential factor; key constituent (1) component; factor; item (e.g. in list); (2) {comp} element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure) |
要行 see styles |
yào xíng yao4 xing2 yao hsing yōgyō |
The essential mode of action, or conduct. |
要言 see styles |
yào yán yao4 yan2 yao yen yōgon |
Important, or essential words. |
要門 要门 see styles |
yào mén yao4 men2 yao men kanato かなと |
(male given name) Kanato Essential or strategic way. |
要集 see styles |
yào jí yao4 ji2 yao chi yōshū |
an essential collection (of teachings) |
要點 要点 see styles |
yào diǎn yao4 dian3 yao tien |
main point; essential See: 要点 |
重要 see styles |
zhòng yào zhong4 yao4 chung yao juuyou / juyo じゅうよう |
important; significant; major (adjectival noun) important; essential; significant; major; key; principal |
重頭 重头 see styles |
zhòng tóu zhong4 tou2 chung t`ou chung tou shigetou / shigeto しげとう |
main; most important; essential; important part (surname) Shigetou |
體性 体性 see styles |
tǐ xìng ti3 xing4 t`i hsing ti hsing taishō |
disposition ātmakatva; dharmatā; the essential, or substantial nature of anything, self-substance. |
體正 see styles |
tǐ zhèng ti3 zheng4 t`i cheng ti cheng |
essential correctness |
體法 体法 see styles |
tǐ fǎ ti3 fa3 t`i fa ti fa |
The universality of substance and the unreality of dharmas or phenomena, the view of the 通教 as contrasted with that of the 藏教. |
體空 体空 see styles |
tǐ kōng ti3 kong1 t`i k`ung ti kung |
The emptiness, unreality, or immateriality of substance, the 'mind-only' theory, that all is mind or mental, a Mahāyāna doctrine. |
つき物 see styles |
tsukimono つきもの |
(kana only) evil spirit; demon; (1) essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; accompaniment; appendage; accessory; (2) front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.) |
三具足 see styles |
sān jù zú san1 ju4 zu2 san chü tsu mitsugusoku みつぐそく |
{Buddh} (See 香炉,華瓶,燭台) three implements for worship (incense burner, flower vase and candle-stand) The three essential articles for worship: flower-vase, candlestick, and censer. |
三無差 三无差 see styles |
sān wú chā san1 wu2 cha1 san wu ch`a san wu cha san musha |
三無差別）The three that are without (essential) difference, i.e. are of the same nature: (a) 心 The nature of mind is the same in Buddhas, and men, and all the living; (b) 佛 the nature and enlightenment of all Buddhas is the same; (c) 衆生 the nature and enlightenment of all the living is the same. The 華嚴經 says 心佛及衆生, 是三無差別. |
不可少 see styles |
bù kě shǎo bu4 ke3 shao3 pu k`o shao pu ko shao |
indispensable; essential |
不可欠 see styles |
fukaketsu ふかけつ |
(noun or adjectival noun) indispensable; essential |
亮氨酸 see styles |
liàng ān suān liang4 an1 suan1 liang an suan |
leucine (Leu), an essential amino acid |
付き物 see styles |
tsukimono つきもの |
(1) essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; accompaniment; appendage; accessory; (2) front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.) |
其自性 see styles |
qí zì xìng qi2 zi4 xing4 ch`i tzu hsing chi tzu hsing ki jishō |
its essential nature |
十如是 see styles |
shí rú shì shi2 ru2 shi4 shih ju shih juunyoze / junyoze じゅうにょぜ |
{Buddh} ten thusnesses (in Tendai) The ten essential qualities, or characteristics, of thing, according to the 方便chapter of the Lotus sūtra: 相如是 form; 性如是 nature; 體如是 corpus or embodiment; 力如是 powers; 作如是 function; 因如是 primary cause; 果如是 environmental cause; 果如是 effect; 報如是 karmic reward; 本末究竟等 the inseparability, or inevitability of them all. |
四法施 see styles |
sì fǎ shī si4 fa3 shi1 ssu fa shih shi hōse |
The Buddha' s gift of the four laws or dogmas, that all things are impermanent, that all (sentient) existence is suffering, that there is no (essential) personality, that all form (or matter) returns to the void. |
四要品 see styles |
sì yào pǐn si4 yao4 pin3 ssu yao p`in ssu yao pin shiyōbon |
The four most important chapters of the Lotus Sutra, i. e. 方便品; 安樂行品; 壽量品, and 普門品; this is Tiantai's selection; the Nichiren sect makes 勸持品 the second and 神力品 the fourth. |
有自性 see styles |
yǒu zì xìng you3 zi4 xing4 yu tzu hsing u jishō |
the condition of having an essential nature |
本質的 see styles |
honshitsuteki ほんしつてき |
(adjectival noun) essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic |
橙花油 see styles |
toukayu / tokayu とうかゆ |
(See ネロリ油・ネロリゆ) neroli oil (essential oil made from bitter orange flowers) |
正體智 正体智 see styles |
zhèng tǐ zhì zheng4 ti3 zhi4 cheng t`i chih cheng ti chih shōtai chi |
essential cognition |
爲自性 为自性 see styles |
wéi zì xìng wei2 zi4 xing4 wei tzu hsing i jishō |
taken as essential nature |
甘松香 see styles |
kanshoukou; amamatsukou / kanshoko; amamatsuko かんしょうこう; あままつこう |
spikenard (essential oil, perfume); nard |
私婆婆 see styles |
sī pó pó si1 po2 po2 ssu p`o p`o ssu po po shibaba |
svabhāva, 'own state, essential or inherent property, innate or peculiar disposition, natural state or constitution nature' (M. W.), intp. as 自體體 or 自性性. |
空始教 see styles |
kōng shǐ jiào kong1 shi3 jiao4 k`ung shih chiao kung shih chiao kū shikyō |
The initial teaching of the undeveloped Mahāyāna doctrines is the second of the five periods of Śākyamuni's teaching as defined by the Huayan School. This consists of two parts: 空始教 the initial doctrine of śūnya, the texts for which are the 般若, 三論, etc.; and 相始教, the initial doctrine of the essential nature as held by the esoterics; intp. in the 深密 and 瑜伽 texts. |
精氨酸 see styles |
jīng ān suān jing1 an1 suan1 ching an suan |
argnine (Arg), an essential amino acid |
組氨酸 组氨酸 see styles |
zǔ ān suān zu3 an1 suan1 tsu an suan |
histidine (His), an essential amino acid |
纈氨酸 缬氨酸 see styles |
xié ān suān xie2 an1 suan1 hsieh an suan |
valine (Val), an essential amino acid |
胎藏界 see styles |
tāi zàng jiè tai1 zang4 jie4 t`ai tsang chieh tai tsang chieh taizō kai |
Garbhadhātu, or Garbhakośa-(dhātu), the womb treasury, the universal source from which all things are produced; the matrix; the embryo; likened to a womb in which all of a child is conceived— its body, mind, etc. It is container and content; it covers and nourishes; and is the source of all supply. It represents the 理性 fundamental nature, both material elements and pure bodhi, or wisdom in essence or purity; 理 being the garbhadhātu as fundamental wisdom, and 智 acquired wisdom or knowledge, the vajradhātu. It also represents the human heart in its innocence or pristine purity, which is considered as the source of all Buddha-pity and moral knowledge. And it indicates that from the central being in the maṇḍala, viz. the Sun as symbol of Vairocana, there issue all the other manifestations of wisdom and power, Buddhas, bodhisattvas, demons, etc. It is 本覺 original intellect, or the static intellectuality, in contrast with 始覺 intellection, the initial or dynamic intellectuality represented in the vajradhātu; hence it is the 因 cause and vajradhātu the 果 effect; though as both are a unity, the reverse may be the rule, the effect being also the cause; it is also likened to 利他 enriching others, as vajradhātu is to 自利 enriching self. Kōbō Daishi, founder of the Yoga or Shingon 眞言 School in Japan, adopted the representation of the ideas in maṇḍalas, or diagrams, as the best way of revealing the mystic doctrine to the ignorant. The garbhadhātu is the womb or treasury of all things, the universe; the 理 fundamental principle, the source; its symbols are a triangle on its base, and an open lotus as representing the sun and Vairocana. In Japan this maṇḍala is placed on the east, typifying the rising sun as source, or 理. The vajradhātu is placed west and represents 智 wisdom or knowledge as derived from 理 the underlying principle, but the two are essential one to the other, neither existing apart. The material and spiritual; wisdom-source and intelligence; essence and substance; and similar complementary ideas are thus portrayed; the garbhadhātu may be generally considered as the static and the vajradhātu as the dynamic categories, which are nevertheless a unity. The garbhadhātu is divided into 三部 three sections representing samādhi or quiescence, wisdom-store, and pity-store, or thought, knowledge, pity; one is called the Buddha-section, the others the Vajra and Lotus sections respectively; the three also typify vimokṣa, prajñā, and dharmakāya, or freedom, understanding, and spirituality. There are three heads of these sections, i. e. Vairocana, Vajrapāṇi, and Avalokiteśvara; each has a mother or source, e. g. Vairocana from Buddha's-eye; and each has a 明王 or emanation of protection against evil; also a śakti or female energy; a germ-letter, etc. The diagram of five Buddhas contains also four bodhisattvas, making nine in all, and there are altogether thirteen 大院 or great courts of various types of ideas, of varying numbers, generally spoken of as 414. Cf. 金剛界; 大日; 兩部. |
自性斷 自性断 see styles |
zì xìng duàn zi4 xing4 duan4 tzu hsing tuan jishō dan |
elimination of essential nature |
色氨酸 see styles |
sè ān suān se4 an1 suan1 se an suan |
tryptophan (Trp), an essential amino acid |
芳香油 see styles |
houkouyu / hokoyu ほうこうゆ |
(rare) (See 精油) fragrant oil; essential oil |
蘇氨酸 苏氨酸 see styles |
sū ān suān su1 an1 suan1 su an suan |
threonine (Thr), an essential amino acid |
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