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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
日蓮 日莲 see styles |
rì lián ri4 lian2 jih lien nichiren にちれん |
More info & calligraphy: NichirenNichiren, the Japanese founder, in A. D. 1252, of the 日蓮宗 Nichiren sect, which is also known as the 法華宗 or Lotus sect. Its chief tenets are the three great mysteries 三大祕法, representing the trikāya: (1) 本尊 or chief object of worship, being the great maṇḍala of the worlds of the ten directions, or universe, i. e. the body or nirmāṇakāya of Buddha; (2) 題目 the title of the Lotus Sutra 妙法蓮華經 Myo-ho-ren-gwe-kyo, preceded by Namo, or, 'Adoration to the scripture of the lotus of the wonderful law, ' for it is Buddha's spiritual body; (3) 戒壇 the altar of the law, which is also the title of the Lotus as above; the believer, wherever he is, dwells in the Pure-land of calm light 寂光淨土, the saṃbhogakāya. |
会式 see styles |
eshiki えしき |
(1) {Buddh} memorial service; temple service; (2) (usu. as お会式) (See お会式) memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of the 10th month; in Nichiren Buddhism) |
宗派 see styles |
zōng pài zong1 pai4 tsung p`ai tsung pai shuuha / shuha しゅうは |
sect (1) sect; denomination; (2) school (e.g. of poetry) Sects (of Buddhism). In India, according to Chinese accounts, the two schools of Hīnayāna became divided into twentysects. Mahāyāna had two main schools, the Mādhyamika, ascribed to Nāgārjunaand Āryadeva about the second century A. D., and the Yogācārya, ascribed toAsaṅga and Vasubandhu in the fourth century A. D. In China thirteen sectswere founded: (1) 倶舍宗 Abhidharma or Kośa sect, representing Hīnayāna,based upon the Abhidharma-kosa-śāstra or 倶舍論. (2) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect, based on the 成實論 Satyasiddhi-śāstra,tr. by Kumārajīva; no sect corresponds to it in India; in China and Japan itbecame incorporated in the 三論宗. (3) 律宗 Vinaya or Discipline sect, basedon 十誦律, 四分律, 僧祗律, etc. (4) 三論宗 The three śāstra sect, based on theMādhyamika-śāstra 中觀論 of Nāgārjuna, theSata-śāstra 百論 of Āryadeva, and theDvādasa-nikāya-śāstra 十二門論 of Nāgārjuna; this schooldates back to the translation of the three śāstras by Kumārajīva in A. D. 409. (5) 涅槃宗 Nirvāṇasect, based upon the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra 涅槃經 tr. byDharmaraksa in 423; later incorporated in Tiantai, with which it had much incommon. (6) 地論宗 Daśabhūmikā sect, based on Vasubandhu's work on the tenstages of the bodhisattva's path to Buddhahood, tr. by Bodhiruci 508,absorbed by the Avataṃsaka school, infra. (7) 淨土宗 Pure-land or Sukhāvatīsect, founded in China by Bodhiruci; its doctrine was salvation throughfaith in Amitābha into the Western Paradise. (8) 禪宗 dhyāna, meditative or intuitional sect, attributed toBodhidharma about A. D. 527, but it existed before he came to China. (9) 攝論宗, based upon the 攝大乘論 Mahāyāna-saṃparigraha-śāstra byAsaṅga, tr. by Paramārtha in 563, subsequently absorbed by the Avataṃsakasect. (10) 天台宗 Tiantai, based on the 法華經 SaddharmapuṇḍarīkaSūtra, or the Lotus of the Good Law; it is aconsummation of the Mādhyamika tradition. (11) 華嚴宗 Avataṃsaka sect, basedon the Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra, or Gandha-vyūha 華嚴經 tr. in 418. (12) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect, established after thereturn of Xuanzang from India and his trans. of the important Yogācāryaworks. (13) 眞言宗 Mantra sect, A. D. 716. In Japan twelve sects are named:Sanron, Hossō, Kegon, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Ritsu, Tendai, Shingon; these areknown as the ancient sects, the two last being styled mediaeval; therefollow the Zen and Jōdo; the remaining two are Shin and Nichiren; at presentthere are the Hossō, Kegon, Tendai, Shingon, Zen, Jōdo, Shin, and Nichirensects. |
法華 法华 see styles |
fǎ huā fa3 hua1 fa hua hokke; hoke ほっけ; ほけ |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 法華宗) Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; (2) (abbreviation) (See 法華経) Lotus Sutra; (female given name) Myōka The Dharma-flower, i.e. the Lotus Sutra, the法華經 or 妙法蓮華經 q.v. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sutra; also the法華宗 Lotus sect, i.e. that of Tiantai, which had this sutra for its basis. There are many treatises with this as part of the title. 法華法, 法華會, 法華講 ceremonials, meetings, or explications connected with this sutra. |
題目 题目 see styles |
tí mù ti2 mu4 t`i mu ti mu daimoku だいもく |
subject; title; topic (CL:個|个[ge4]); exercise or exam question (CL:道[dao4]) (1) title; heading; (2) topic; subject; theme; (3) {Buddh} (See 南無妙法蓮華経,お題目・1) Nichiren chant A heading, theme, etc. 立題To set a subject, state a proposition. |
お会式 see styles |
oeshiki おえしき |
(Nichiren Buddhism) memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of 10th month) |
お題目 see styles |
odaimoku おだいもく |
(1) (polite language) Nichiren chant; (2) (an empty) slogan |
三鳥派 see styles |
sanchouha / sanchoha さんちょうは |
(hist) (See 富士派) Sanchō Sect (of the Fuji School of Nichiren Buddhism; 1661-1673) |
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. |
富士派 see styles |
fujiha ふじは |
(archaism) (See 日蓮正宗) Fuji School (archaic name for the Nichiren Shoshu branch of Buddhism) |
御会式 see styles |
oeshiki おえしき |
(Nichiren Buddhism) memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of 10th month) |
御題目 see styles |
odaimoku おだいもく |
(1) (polite language) Nichiren chant; (2) (an empty) slogan |
日蓮宗 日莲宗 see styles |
rì lián zōng ri4 lian2 zong1 jih lien tsung nichirenshuu / nichirenshu にちれんしゅう |
Nichiren school of Buddhism; (personal name) Nichirenshuu Nichiren shū |
法華宗 法华宗 see styles |
fǎ huā zōng fa3 hua1 zong1 fa hua tsung hokkeshuu / hokkeshu ほっけしゅう |
(1) Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren); (2) Tendai sect of Buddhism Lotus Sūtra School |
霊友会 see styles |
reiyuukai / reyukai れいゆうかい |
Reiyukai (Buddhist sect founded in 1919 as an offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism); (place-name) Reiyūkai |
上行菩薩 上行菩萨 see styles |
shàng xíng pú sà shang4 xing2 pu2 sa4 shang hsing p`u sa shang hsing pu sa Jōgyō bosatsu |
Viśiṣṭa-cāritra Bodhisattva, who suddenly rose out of the earth as Buddha was concluding one of his Lotus sermons; v. Lotus sūtra 15 and 21. He is supposed to have been a convert of the Buddha in long past ages and to come to the world in its days of evil. Nichiren in Japan believed himself to be this Bodhisattva's reincarnation, and the Nichiren trinity is the Buddha, i.e. the eternal Śākyamuni Buddha; the Law, i.e. the Lotus Truth; and the Saṅgha, i.e. this Bodhisattva, in other words Nichiren himself as the head of all living beings, or eldest son of the Buddha. |
創価学会 see styles |
soukagakkai / sokagakkai そうかがっかい |
Soka Gakkai (lay organization based on Nichiren Buddhism) |
御祖師様 see styles |
ososhisama おそしさま |
(honorific or respectful language) the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren) |
日蓮正宗 see styles |
nichirenshoushuu / nichirenshoshu にちれんしょうしゅう |
Nichiren Shoshu (sect of Buddhism) |
本門本尊 本门本尊 see styles |
běn mén běn zūn ben3 men2 ben3 zun1 pen men pen tsun honmon honzon |
The especial honoured one of the Nichiren sect, Svādi-devatā, the Supreme Being, whose maṇḍala is considered as the symbol of the Buddha as infinite, eternal, universal. The Nichiren sect has a meditation 本門事觀 on the universality of the Buddha and the unity in the diversity of all his phenomena, the whole truth being embodied in the Lotus Sutra, and in its title of five words, 妙法蓮華經 Wonderful-Law Lotus-Flower Sutra, which are considered to be the embodiment of the eternal, universal Buddha. Their repetition preceded by 南無 Namah ! is equivalent to the 歸命 of other Buddhists. |
法華神道 see styles |
hokkeshintou / hokkeshinto ほっけしんとう |
(See 法華宗・1) Hokke Shinto (Shinto doctrines based on Nichiren Buddhism) |
不受不施派 see styles |
fujufuseha ふじゅふせは |
{Buddh} Nichiren sect that does not accept from or give to non-believers |
本門佛立宗 see styles |
honmonbutsuryuushuu / honmonbutsuryushu ほんもんぶつりゅうしゅう |
Honmon Butsuryū-shū (branch of Nichiren Buddhism) |
立正佼成会 see styles |
risshoukouseikai / risshokosekai りっしょうこうせいかい |
Rissho Kosei-kai (offshoot of Nichiren-Buddhism founded in 1938) |
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oeshiki おえしき |
(See 会式・2) memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of the 10th month; in Nichiren Buddhism) |
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odaimoku おだいもく |
(1) (polite language) (See 題目・3,南無妙法蓮華経) Nichiren chant; (2) (an empty) slogan |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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