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么二


幺二

see styles
yāo èr
    yao1 er4
yao erh
one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice); a prostitute

之れ

see styles
 kore
    これ
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly

之一

see styles
zhī yī
    zhi1 yi1
chih i
 yukikazu
    ゆきかず
one of (something); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
(personal name) Yukikazu

乗艦

see styles
 joukan / jokan
    じょうかん
(n,vs,vi) joining one's warship

乗馬

see styles
 jouba / joba
    じょうば
(n,vs,vi) (1) horse riding; horseback riding; mounting a horse; (2) mount; riding horse; saddle horse; horse one is riding; (place-name) Jōme

乙音

see styles
 one
    おね
(female given name) One

九品

see styles
jiǔ pǐn
    jiu3 pin3
chiu p`in
    chiu pin
 kuhon; kokonoshina
    くほん; ここのしな
(1) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 浄土・1) nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land; (2) (くほん only) (See 九品浄土) Amitabha's Pure Land; (3) (くほん only) (See 九品蓮台) nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land; (given name) Kuhon
Nine classes, or grades, i.e. 上上, 上中, 上下 upper superior, middle superior, lower superior, and so on with 中 and 下. They are applied in many ways, e.g. 上品上生 the highest type of incarnate being, to 下品下生, the lowest, with corresponding karma; see 九品淨土. Each grade may also be subdivided into nine, thus making a list of eighty-one grades, with similar further subdivision ad infinitum.

九想

see styles
jiǔ xiǎng
    jiu3 xiang3
chiu hsiang
 kusō
(九想觀) or 九相 navasaṃjñā. Meditation on a corpse in order to curb desire; one of the meditations on the unclean: vyādhmātakasaṃjñā, its tumefaction; vinīlakas., its blue, mottled colour; vipadumakas., its decay; vilohitakas., its mess of blood,etc.; vipūyakas., its discharges and rotten flesh; vikhāditakas., its being devoured by birds and beasts; vikṣiptakas., its dismembering; asthis., its bones; vidagdhakas., their being burnt and returning to dust.

九輪


九轮

see styles
jiǔ lún
    jiu3 lun2
chiu lun
 kurin
    くりん
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial; (given name) Kurin
The nine wheels or circles on the top of a pagoda, also called 空輪the wheels of space; the nine should only be on the stūpa of a Buddha, others are entitled to as many as eight and a few as one.

乞已

see styles
qǐ yǐ
    qi3 yi3
ch`i i
    chi i
 kotsui
finishing one's rounds of begging for food

乞食

see styles
qǐ shí
    qi3 shi2
ch`i shih
    chi shih
 kojiki(p); kotsujiki(ok)
    こじき(P); こつじき(ok)
to beg for food
(1) (sensitive word) beggar; (n,vs,vi) (2) begging
To beg for food, one of the twelve dhūtas prescribing outward conduct of the monk; mendicancy is the 正命 right livelihood of a monk, to work for a living is 邪命 an improper life: mendicancy keeps a monk humble, frees him from the cares of life, and offers the donors a field of blessedness; but he may not ask for food.

乳兒


乳儿

see styles
rǔ ér
    ru3 er2
ju erh
nursing infant; child less than one year old

乾盃

see styles
 kanpai
    かんぱい
(out-dated kanji) (noun/participle) (1) toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); (2) drinking one's glass dry; (interjection) (3) cheers

乾竹

see styles
 karatake
    からたけ
(1) (kana only) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)

乾貨


干货

see styles
gān huò
    gan1 huo4
kan huo
dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone); (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form; just what you want to know: no more, no less (no 水分[shui3 fen1])

亂丟


乱丢

see styles
luàn diū
    luan4 diu1
luan tiu
to discard in the wrong place (cigarette butts etc); to leave one's things lying around

了い

see styles
 jimai
    じまい
    shimai
    しまい
(suffix) (1) (kana only) ending; quitting; closing; (2) (kana only) indicates disappointment for not having done what one wanted or intended to do; end; close; finish; termination

了債


了债

see styles
liǎo zhài
    liao3 zhai4
liao chai
to repay one's debt

事兒


事儿

see styles
shì r
    shi4 r5
shih r
one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding; trying; troublesome; erhua variant of 事[shi4]; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

事教

see styles
shì jiào
    shi4 jiao4
shih chiao
 jikyō
Teaching dealing with phenomena. The characterization by Tiantai of the Tripiṭaka or Hīnayāna teaching as 界内事教 within the three realms of desire, form, and formlessness; and the 別教 'different teaching' as 界外事教 outside or superior to those realms; the one dealt with the activities of time and sense, the other transcended these but was still involved in the transient; the 別教 was initial Mahāyāna incompletely developed.

二上

see styles
èr shàng
    er4 shang4
erh shang
 futagami
    ふたがみ
(place-name, surname) Futagami
the second one (or) a superior one

二乘

see styles
èr shèng
    er4 sheng4
erh sheng
 nijō
dviyāna. The two vehicles conveying to the final goal. There are several definitions: (1) Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna. (2) 聲聞 and 緣覺 or 聲覺二乘 . Śrāvaka and Pratyekabuddha. (3) 二乘作佛 The Lotus Sūtra teaches that śrāvakas and pratyekas also become Buddhas. (4) 三一二乘 The "two vehicles" of "three" and "one", the three being the pre-Lotus ideas of śrāvaka, pratyeka, and bodhsattva, the one being the doctrine of the Lotus Sūtra which combined all three in one.

二出

see styles
èr chū
    er4 chu1
erh ch`u
    erh chu
 nishutsu
The two modes of escape from mortality, 堅出 the long way called the 聖道門 or 自力敎, i.e. working out one's own salvation; and 橫出 the across or short way of the Pure-land sect or 他力敎 faith in or invocation of another, i.e. Amitābha.

二利

see styles
èr lì
    er4 li4
erh li
 ji ri
The dual benefits, or profits: benefiting or developing oneself and others; 自利 in seeking enlightenment in bodhisattvahood, 利他 in saving the multitude. Hīnayāna "seeks only one's own benefit"; the bodhisattva rule seeks both one's own benefit and that of others, or personal improvement for the improving of others.

二力

see styles
èr lì
    er4 li4
erh li
 nika
    にか
(female given name) Nika
Dual powers; there are three definitions: (1) 自力 one's own strength, or endeavours, i.e. salvation by cultivating 戒, 定, and 慧; 他カ another's strength, e.g. the saving power of Amitābha. (2) 思擇力 Power of thought in choosing (right principles); 修習力 power of practice and performance. (3) 有力 and 無力 positive and negative forces: dominant and subordinate; active and inert energy.

二善

see styles
èr shàn
    er4 shan4
erh shan
 futayoshi
    ふたよし
(surname) Futayoshi
The two good things, 定善 the good character that arises from meditation or contemplation mdash especially of the Pure Land; 散善 the good character attainable when, though not in meditation, one controls oneself in thought, word, and deed;. Also 未生善 the good character not yet evolved; and 已生善 the good character already evolved;. Also 事理善 goodness in theory and practice.

二女

see styles
èr nǚ
    er4 nv3
erh nü
 nijo
    にじょ
second daughter
The two sisters, one the deva 功德女 "merit" or "achieving", who causes people to acquire wealth; the other, 黑闇女 the "dark" one, who causes them to spend and waste; these sisters always accompany each other.

二度

see styles
èr dù
    er4 du4
erh tu
 futatabi
    ふたたび
    nido
    にど
second degree
(adverb) again; once more; a second time; (1) two times; twice; (2) two degrees

二果

see styles
èr guǒ
    er4 guo3
erh kuo
 nika
Sakṛdāgāmin; v. 裟 and 斯. The second "fruit" of the four kinds of Hīnayāna arhats, who have only once more to return to mortality. Also the two kinds of fruit or karma: (a) 習氣果 The good or evil characteristics resulting from habit or practice in a former existence; (b) 報果the pain or pleasure resulting (in this life) from the practices of a previous life.

二業


二业

see styles
èr yè
    er4 ye4
erh yeh
 nigyou / nigyo
    にぎょう
(archaism) restaurants and geisha establishments
Two classes of karma. (1) (a) 引業 leads to the 總報, i.e. the award as to the species into which one is to be born, e.g. men, gods, etc.; (6) 滿業 is the 別報 or fulfillment in detail, i.e. the kind or quality of being e.g. clever or stupid, happy or unhappy, etc. (2) (a) 善業 and (b) 惡業 Good and evil karma, resulting in happiness or misery. (3) (a) 助業 Aids to the karma of being reborn in Amitābha's Pure—land e. g. offerings, chantings, etc.; (b) 正業 thought and invocation of Amitābha with undivided mind, as the direct method.

二死

see styles
èr sǐ
    er4 si3
erh ssu
 nishi
    にし
{baseb} two out; two down (and one to go)
two kinds of death

二漏

see styles
èr lòu
    er4 lou4
erh lou
 niro
The two conditions relating to the passions and delusions: 有漏 the condition in which they can prevail; 無漏 that in which they cannot prevail.

二答

see styles
èr dá
    er4 da2
erh ta
 nitō
Two kinds of reply, one by words, the other by signs.

二邊


二边

see styles
èr biān
    er4 bian1
erh pien
 nihen
(a) 有邊 That things exist; (6) 無邊 that since nothing is self-existent, things cannot be said to exist. (2) (a) 增益邊 The plus side, the common belief in a soul and permanence; (b) 損減邊 the minus side, that nothing exists even of karma. (3) (a) 斷邊見 and (b) 常邊見 annihilation and immortality; v. 見.

二際


二际

see styles
èr jì
    er4 ji4
erh chi
 nisai
The two borders, or states: according to Hīnayāna, nirvana and mortality; according to Mahāyāna the two are one.

二黃


二黄

see styles
èr huáng
    er4 huang2
erh huang
one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera; Peking opera; also written 二簧[er4 huang2]; see also 西皮[xi1 pi2]

互い

see styles
 tagai
    たがい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See お互い) each other; one another

互先

see styles
 tagaisen
    たがいせん
even game (esp. in go)

互異


互异

see styles
hù yì
    hu4 yi4
hu i
differing from one another; mutually different

互相

see styles
hù xiāng
    hu4 xiang1
hu hsiang
 gosō
each other; mutually; mutual
one another

互讓


互让

see styles
hù ràng
    hu4 rang4
hu jang
to yield to one another; mutual accommodation

五乘

see styles
wǔ shèng
    wu3 sheng4
wu sheng
 gojō
The five vehicles conveying to the karma reward which differs according to the vehicle: they are generally summed up as (1) 入乘 rebirth among men conveyed by observing the five commandments; (2) 天乘 among the devas by the ten forms of good action; (3) 聲聞乘 among the śrāvakas by the four noble truths; (4) 緣覺乘 among pratyekabuddhas by the twelve nidānas; (5) 菩薩乘 among the Buddhas and bodhisattvas by the six pāramitās 六度 q. v. Another division is the various vehicles of bodhisattvas; pratyekabuddhas; śrāvakas; general; and devas-and-men. Another is Hīnayāna Buddha, pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, the gods of the Brahma heavens, and those of the desire-realm. Another is Hīnayāna ordinary disciples: śrāvakas: pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas; and the one all-inclusive vehicle. And a sixth, of Tiantai, is for men; devas; śrāvakas-cum-pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas: and the Buddha-vehicle. The esoteric cult has: men, corresponding with earth; devas, with water: śrāvakas, with fire: pratyekabuddhas, with wind; and bodhisattvas, with 空 the 'void'.

五位

see styles
wǔ wèi
    wu3 wei4
wu wei
 goi
    ごい
(1) fifth court rank; (2) (abbreviation) (See 五位鷺) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; (3) {Buddh} five ranks; five stages; (place-name, surname) Goi
The five categories, or divisions; there are several groups, e. g. (1) Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna have groupings of all phenomena under five heads, i. e. Hīnayāna has 75 法 which are 11 色法, 1 心法, 46 心所法, 14 不相離法, and 3 無爲法; Mahāyāna has 100 法 which are 8 心, 51 心所, 11 色, 24 不相因, and 6 無爲法. (2) The five divisions of 唯識 are 資糧位, 加行位, 通達位, 修習位, and 究竟 or 佛位. (3) The five evolutions in the womb are: kalalaṃ, embryo-initiation; arbudaṃ, after 27 days; peśī, 37; ghana, 47; praśākha, 57 days when form and organs are all complete. (4) Certain combinations of the 八卦 Eight Diagrams are sometimes styled 五位君臣 five positions of prince and minister.

五刑

see styles
wǔ xíng
    wu3 xing2
wu hsing
 gokei / goke
    ごけい
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]; Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
(1) (hist) five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); (2) (hist) (See 律令制) five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)

五力

see styles
wǔ lì
    wu3 li4
wu li
 goriki
pañcabalāni, the five powers or faculties — one of the categories of the thirty-seven bodhipakṣika dharma 三十七助道品; they destroy the 五障 five obstacles, each by each, and are: 信力 śraddhābala, faith (destroying doubt); 精進力 vīryabala, zeal (destroying remissness); 念 or 勤念 smṛtibala, memory or thought (destroying falsity); 正定力 samādhibala, concentration of mind, or meditation (destroying confused or wandering thoughts); and 慧力 prajñābala, wisdom (destroying all illusion and delusion). Also the five transcendent powers, i. e. 定力 the power of meditation; 通力 the resulting supernatural powers; 借識力 adaptability, or powers of 'borrowing' or evolving any required organ of sense, or knowledge, i. e. by beings above the second dhyāna heavens; 大願力 the power of accomplishing a vow by a Buddha or bodhisattva; and 法威德力 the august power of Dharma. Also, the five kinds of Mara powers exerted on sight, 五大明王.

五塵


五尘

see styles
wǔ chén
    wu3 chen2
wu ch`en
    wu chen
 gojin
The objects of the five senses, which being dusty or earthly things can taint the true nature; idem 五境.

五專


五专

see styles
wǔ zhuān
    wu3 zhuan1
wu chuan
 gosen
The five special things, or five devotions, observance of any one of which, according to the Japanese 眞宗 Shin sect, ensures rebirth in the Pure Land; they are 專禮, 專讀, 專觀, 專名, or 專讚嘆 either worship, reading, meditation, invocation, or praise.

五山

see styles
wǔ shān
    wu3 shan1
wu shan
 gosan; gozan
    ごさん; ござん
(rare) five most important temples of a region; (surname) Goyama
Five mountains and monasteries: (1) in India, sacred because of their connection with the Buddha: 鞞婆羅跋怒 Vaibhāra-vana; 薩多般那求呵 Saptaparṇaguhā; 因陀羅勢羅求呵 Indraśailaguhā; 薩簸恕魂直迦鉢婆羅 Sarpiṣ kuṇḍikā-prāgbhāra; 耆闍崛 Gṛdhrakūṭa; (2) in China, established during the Five Dynasties and the Southern Sung dynasty, on the analogy of those in India; three at Hangzhou at 徑山 Jingshan, 北山 Beishan, and 南山 Nanshan and two at Ningbo at 阿育王山 King Aśoka Shan and 太白山 Taiboshan. Later the Yuan dynasty established one at 全陵 Chin Ling, the 天界大龍翔隻慶寺 which became chief of these under the Ming dynasty.

五悔

see styles
wǔ huǐ
    wu3 hui3
wu hui
 gokai
The five stages in a penitential service. Tiantai gives: (1) confession of past sins and forbidding them for the future; (2) appeal to the universal Buddhas to keep the law-wheel rolling; (3) rejoicing over the good in self and others; (4) 廻向 offering all one's goodness to all the living and to the Buddha-way; (5) resolve, or vows, i. e. the 四弘誓. The Shingon sect 眞言宗 divides the ten great vows of Samantabhadra 普賢 into five 悔, the first three vows being included under 歸命 or submission; the fourth is repentance; the fifth rejoicing; the sixth, seventh, and eighth appeal to the Buddhas; the ninth and tenth, bestowal of acquired merit.

五指

see styles
wǔ zhǐ
    wu3 zhi3
wu chih
 goshi
    ごし
the five fingers of one's hand
(1) the five fingers; (2) leading five; top five

五教

see styles
wǔ jiào
    wu3 jiao4
wu chiao
 gokyō
The five division of Buddhism according to the Huayan School, of which there are two That of 杜順 Dushun down to 賢首 Xianshou is (1) 小乘教 Hīnayāna which interprets nirvana as annihilation; (2) 大乘始教 the primary stage of Mahāyāna, with two sections the 相始教 and 空 始教 or realistic and idealistic, (3) 大乘終教 Mahāyāna in its final stage, teaching the 眞如 and universal Buddhahood; (4) 頓教 the immediate, direct, or intuitive school, e. g. by right concentration of thought, or faith, apart from 'works'; (5) 圓教 the complete or perfect teaching of the Huayan, combining all the rest into one all-embracing vehicle. The five are now differentiated into 十宗 ten schools. The other division, by 圭峯 Guifeng of the same school, is (1) 人天教 rebirth as human beings for those who keep the five commandments and as devas those who keep the 十善 as 相始教 above; (4) 大乘破相教 as 空始教 above; and (5) 一乘顯性教 the one vehicle which reveals the universal Buddha-nature; it includes (3), (4), and (5) of the first group. See also 五時教.

五旬

see styles
wǔ xún
    wu3 xun2
wu hsün
 gojun
pañca-bhijñā. The five supernatural or magical powers; six is the more common number in Chinese texts, five is the number in Ceylon; v. 五神通.

五時


五时

see styles
wǔ shí
    wu3 shi2
wu shih
 goji
(五時教) The five periods or divisions of Śākyamuni's teaching. According to Tiantai they are (1) 華嚴時 the Avataṃsaka or first period in three divisions each of seven days, after his enlightenment, when he preached the content, of this sutra; (2) 鹿苑時 the twelve years of his preaching the Āgamas 阿含 in the Deer Park; (3) 方等時 the eight years of preaching Mahāyāna-cum-Hīnayāna doctrines, the vaipulya period; (4) 般若時 the twenty-two years of his preaching the prajñā or wisdom sutras; (5) 法華涅槃時 the eight years of his preaching the Lotus Sutra and, in a day and a night, the Nirvana Sutra. According to the Nirvana School (now part of the Tiantai) they are (1) 三乘別教 the period when the differentiated teaching began and the distinction of the three vehicles, as represented by the 四諦 Four Noble Truths for śrāvakas, the 十二因緣 Twelve Nidānas for pratyekabuddhas, and the 六度 Six Pāramitās for bodhisattvas; (2) 三乘通教 the teaching common to all three vehicles, as seen in the 般若經; (3) 抑揚教 the teaching of the 維摩經, the 思益梵天所問經, and other sutras olling the bodhisattva teaching at the expense of that for śrāvakas; (4) 同歸教 the common objective teaching calling all three vehicles, through the Lotus, to union in the one vehicle; (5) 常住教 the teaehmg of eternal life i. e. the revelation through the Nirvana sutra of the eternity of Buddhahood; these five are also called 有相; 無相; 抑揚; 曾三歸—; and 圓常. According to 劉虬 Liu Chiu of the 晉 Chin dynasty, the teaching is divided into 頓 immediate and 漸 gradual attainment, the latter having five divisions called 五時教 similar to those of the Tiantai group. According to 法寶 Fabao of the Tang dynasty the five are (1) 小乘; (2) 般着 or 大乘; (3) 深密 or 三乘; (4) 法華 or 一乘; (5) 涅槃 or 佛性教.

五智

see styles
wǔ zhì
    wu3 zhi4
wu chih
 gochi
    ごち
(place-name, surname) Gochi
The five kinds of wisdom of the 眞言宗 Shingon School. Of the six elements 六大 earth, water, fire, air (or wind), ether (or space) 曇空, and consciousness (or mind 識 ), the first five form the phenomenal world, or Garbhadhātu, the womb of all things 胎藏界, the sixth is the conscious, or perceptive, or wisdom world, the Vajradhātu 金剛界, sometimes called the Diamond realm. The two realms are not originally apart, but one, and there is no consciousness without the other five elements. The sixth element, vijñāna, is further subdivided into five called the 五智 Five Wisdoms: (1) 法界體性智 dharmadhātu-prakṛti-jñāna, derived from the amala-vijñāna, or pure 識; it is the wisdom of the embodied nature of the dharmadhātu, defined as the six elements, and is associated with Vairocana 大日, in the centre, who abides in this samādhi; it also corresponds to the ether 空 element. (2) 大圓鏡智 adarśana-jñāna, the great round mirror wisdom, derived from the ālaya-vijñāna, reflecting all things; corresponds to earth, and is associated with Akṣobhya and the east. (3) 平等性智 samatā-jñāna, derived from mano-vijñāna, wisdom in regard to all things equally and universally; corresponds to fire, and is associated with Ratnasaṃbhava and the south. (4) 妙觀察智 pratyavekṣaṇa-jñāna, derived from 意識, wisdom of profound insight, or discrimination, for exposition and doubt-destruction; corresponds to water, and is associated with Amitābha and the west. (5) 成所作智 kṛtyānuṣṭhāna-jñāna, derived from the five senses, the wisdom of perfecting the double work of self-welfare and the welfare of others; corresponds to air 風 and is associated with Amoghasiddhi and the north. These five Dhyāni-Buddhas are the 五智如來. The five kinds of wisdom are the four belonging to every Buddha, of the exoteric cult, to which the esoteric cult adds the first, pure, all-refecting, universal, all-discerning, and all-perfecting.

五果

see styles
wǔ guǒ
    wu3 guo3
wu kuo
 goka
    ごか
(1) five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut); (2) (Buddhist term) five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships; (3) (Buddhist term) five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life
The five fruits, or effects; there are various groups, e. g. I. (1) 異熟果 fruit ripening divergently, e. g. pleasure and goodness are in different categories; present organs accord in pain or pleasure with their past good or evil deeds; (2) 等流果 fruit of the same order, e. g. goodness reborn from previous goodness; (3) 土用果 present position and function fruit, the rewards of moral merit in previous lives; (4) 增上果 superior fruit, or position arising from previous earnest endeavor and superior capacity: (5) 離繋果 fruit of freedom from all bonds, nirvana fruit. II. Fruit, or rebirth: (1) 識 conception (viewed psychologically); (2) 名色 formation mental and physical; (3) 六處 the six organs of perception complete; (4) 觸 their birth and contact with the world; (5) 受 consciousness. III. Five orders of fruit, with stones, pips, shells (as nuts), chaff-like (as pine seeds), and with pods.

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.

五眼

see styles
wǔ yǎn
    wu3 yan3
wu yen
 gogen
    ごげん
{Buddh} the five eyes (physical eye, heavenly eye, wisdom eye, dharma eye and Buddha eye)
The five kinds of eyes or vision: human; deva (attainable by men in dhyāna); Hīnayāna wisdom; bodhisattva truth; and Buddha-vision or omniscience. There are five more relate to omniscience making 十眼 ten kinds of eyes or vision.

五覺


五觉

see styles
wǔ jué
    wu3 jue2
wu chüeh
 gokaku
The five bodhi, or states of enlightenment, as described in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith; see also 五菩提 for a different group. (1) 本覺 Absolute eternal wisdom, or bodhi; (2) 始覺 bodhi in its initial stages, or in action, arising from right observances; (3) 相似覺 bodhisattva. attainment of bodhi in action, in the 十信; (4) 隨分覺 further bodhisattva-enlightenment according to capacity, i. e. the stages 十住, 十行, and 十廻向; (5) 究竟覺 final or complete enlightenment, i. e. the stage of 妙覺, which is one with the first, i. e. 本覺. The 本覺 is bodhi in the potential, 始覺 is bodhi in the active state, hence (2), (3), (4), and (5) are all the latter, but the fifth has reached the perfect quiescent stage of original bodhi.

五逆

see styles
wǔ nì
    wu3 ni4
wu ni
 gogyaku
    ごぎゃく
(1) {Buddh} five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha); (2) (hist) crime of killing one's master, father, grandfather, mother, or grandmother
pañcānantarya; 五無間業 The five rebellious acts or deadly sins, parricide, matricide, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, destroying the harmony of the sangha, or fraternity. The above definition is common both to Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. The lightest of these sins is the first; the heaviest the last. II. Another group is: (1) sacrilege, such as destroying temples, burning sutras, stealing a Buddha's or a monk's things, inducing others to do so, or taking pleasure therein; (2) slander, or abuse of the teaching of śrāvaka s, pratyekabuddhas, or bodhisattvas; (3) ill-treatment or killing of a monk; (4) any one of the five deadly sins given above; (5) denial of the karma consequences of ill deeds, acting or teaching others accordingly, and unceasing evil life. III. There are also five deadly sins, each of which is equal to each of the first set of five: (1) violation of a mother, or a fully ordained nun; (2) killing a bodhisattva in a sangha; (5) destroying a Buddha's stūpa. IV. The five unpardonable sin of Devadatta who (1) destroyed the harmony of the community; (2) injured Śākyamuni with a stone, shedding his blood; (3) induced the king to let loose a rutting elephant to trample down Śākyamuni; (4) killed a nun; (5) put poison on his finger-nails and saluted Śākyamuni intending to destroy him thereby.

井宿

see styles
 chichiriboshi
    ちちりぼし
(astron) Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

井蓋


井盖

see styles
jǐng gài
    jing3 gai4
ching kai
manhole cover (more formally, 窨井蓋|窨井盖[yin4 jing3 gai4])

亜父

see styles
 afu
    あふ
(archaism) person one respects second only to one's father

亡兄

see styles
 boukei / boke
    ぼうけい
one's deceased elder brother

亡児

see styles
 bouji / boji
    ぼうじ
one's dead child

亡君

see styles
 boukun / bokun
    ぼうくん
one's deceased lord

亡命

see styles
wáng mìng
    wang2 ming4
wang ming
 boumei / bome
    ぼうめい
to flee; to go into exile (from prison)
(n,vs,vi) fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

亡妹

see styles
 boumai / bomai
    ぼうまい
one's deceased younger sister

亡姉

see styles
 boushi / boshi
    ぼうし
one's late elder sister

亡弟

see styles
 boutei / bote
    ぼうてい
one's deceased younger brother

交す

see styles
 kawasu
    かわす
(irregular okurigana usage) (transitive verb) (1) to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); (2) to intersect; to cross; to interlace; (suf,v5s) (3) ... with one another; ... to each other

交加

see styles
jiāo jiā
    jiao1 jia1
chiao chia
(of two or more things) to occur at the same time; to be mingled; to accompany each other

交卷

see styles
jiāo juàn
    jiao1 juan4
chiao chüan
to hand in one's examination script

交卸

see styles
jiāo xiè
    jiao1 xie4
chiao hsieh
to hand over to a successor; to relinquish one's office

交售

see styles
jiāo shòu
    jiao1 shou4
chiao shou
(of a farmer) to sell one's produce to the state as stipulated by government policy

交差

see styles
jiāo chāi
    jiao1 chai1
chiao ch`ai
    chiao chai
 kousa / kosa
    こうさ
to report back after completion of one's mission
(n,vs,adj-no) (1) crossing; intersection; (2) (genetic) crossing over

交底

see styles
jiāo dǐ
    jiao1 di3
chiao ti
to fill sb in (on the details of something); to put all one's cards on the table

交心

see styles
jiāo xīn
    jiao1 xin1
chiao hsin
to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart conversation

交拜

see styles
jiāo bài
    jiao1 bai4
chiao pai
to bow to one another; to kneel and kowtow to one another; formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony

交睫

see styles
jiāo jié
    jiao1 jie2
chiao chieh
to close one's eyes (i.e. sleep)

交運


交运

see styles
jiāo yùn
    jiao1 yun4
chiao yün
to meet with luck; to hand over for transportation; to check (one's baggage at an airport etc)

交馳


交驰

see styles
jiāo chí
    jiao1 chi2
chiao ch`ih
    chiao chih
continuously circling one another; to buzz around

享受

see styles
xiǎng shòu
    xiang3 shou4
hsiang shou
 kyouju / kyoju
    きょうじゅ
to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure; CL:種|种[zhong3]
(noun, transitive verb) enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.); reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.); having
to receive and make one's own

享年

see styles
xiǎng nián
    xiang3 nian2
hsiang nien
 kyounen / kyonen
    きょうねん
to live to the (ripe) age of
(n,n-pref) (e.g. 享年65) one's age at death

亮出

see styles
liàng chū
    liang4 chu1
liang ch`u
    liang chu
to suddenly reveal; to flash (one's ID, a banknote etc)

亮相

see styles
liàng xiàng
    liang4 xiang4
liang hsiang
to strike a pose (Chinese opera); (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc

人乘

see styles
rén shèng
    ren2 sheng4
jen sheng
 ninjō
One of the five vehicles, v. 五乘, that of the five commandments, the keeping of which ensures rebirth in the world of men.

人家

see styles
rén jia
    ren2 jia5
jen chia
 jinka
    じんか
other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
house; dwelling; human habitation

人尊

see styles
rén zūn
    ren2 zun1
jen tsun
 ninson
idem 人中尊.; The Honoured One among or of men, the Buddha.

人有

see styles
rén yǒu
    ren2 you3
jen yu
 nin'u
Human bhāva or existence, one of the 七有.

人物

see styles
rén wù
    ren2 wu4
jen wu
 jinbutsu
    じんぶつ
person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting)
(1) person; character; figure; personage; man; woman; (2) one's character; one's personality; (3) able person; talented person
human possessions

人生

see styles
rén shēng
    ren2 sheng1
jen sheng
 jinsei / jinse
    じんせい
life (one's time on earth)
(one's) life; (female given name) Hitoha
human birth

人皇

see styles
rén huáng
    ren2 huang2
jen huang
 ninnou; jinnou; jinkou / ninno; jinno; jinko
    にんのう; じんのう; じんこう
Human Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2]
emperor

人身

see styles
rén shēn
    ren2 shen1
jen shen
 jinshin; hitomi
    じんしん; ひとみ
person; personal; human body
the human body; one's person
The human body, or person.

仁尊

see styles
rén zūn
    ren2 zun1
jen tsun
 ninson
Benevolent and honored, or kindly honored one, i. e. Buddha.

仁義


仁义

see styles
rén yi
    ren2 yi5
jen i
 jingi
    じんぎ
affable and even-tempered
(1) humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; (2) duty; (3) (perhaps derived from 辞儀) (See 辞儀・じんぎ・1,仁義を切る) formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (4) (gang's) moral code; (male given name) Miyoshi
humaneness and rightness

仁道

see styles
 jindou / jindo
    じんどう
the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence; (surname) Nidō

仇人

see styles
chóu rén
    chou2 ren2
ch`ou jen
    chou jen
foe; one's personal enemy

今に

see styles
 imani
    いまに
(adverb) before long; even now

今も

see styles
 imamo
    いまも
(adverb) still; even now

今わ

see styles
 imawa
    いまわ
one's dying moment or hour

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