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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
明 see styles |
míng ming2 ming mei / me めい |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright(1) (ant: 暗) brightness; (2) discernment; insight; an eye (for); (3) (See 明を失う) eyesight; vision; (prefix) (4) (abbreviation) (See 明治) nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (surname) Meishuu vidyā, knowledge. ming means bright, clear, enlightenment, intp. by 智慧 or 聰明 wisdom, wise; to understand. It represents Buddha-wisdom and its revelation; also the manifestation of a Buddha's light or effulgence; it is a term for 眞言 because the 'true word' can destroy the obscurity of illusion; the 'manifestation' of the power of the object of worship; it means also dhāraṇīs or mantras of mystic wisdom. Also, the Ming dynasty A. D. 1368-1644. |
啟發 启发 see styles |
qǐ fā qi3 fa1 ch`i fa chi fa |
More info & calligraphy: To inspire or enlighten |
啟示 启示 see styles |
qǐ shì qi3 shi4 ch`i shih chi shih |
More info & calligraphy: Inspire |
般若 see styles |
bō rě bo1 re3 po je hannya はんにゃ |
More info & calligraphy: Great Wisdom(1) {Buddh} prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); (2) {noh} (See 般若面・1) hannya; mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); (3) (abbreviation) (See 般若面・2) dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression; (surname) Hanniya (般賴若) Prajñā is also the name of a monk from Kabul, A.D. 810, styled 三藏法師; tr. four works and author of an alphabet.; prajñā, 'to know, understand'; 'Wisdom. ' M. W. Intp. 慧 wisdom; 智慧 understanding, or wisdom; 明 clear, intelligent, the sixth pāramitā. The Prajñā-pāramitā Sutra describes it as supreme, highest, incomparable, unequalled, unsurpassed. It is spoken of as the principal means, by its enlightenment, of attaining to nirvana, through its revelation of the unreality of all things. Other forms 般羅若; 般諄若; 鉢若; 鉢剌若; 鉢羅枳孃; 鉢腎禳; 波若, 波賴若; 波羅孃; 班若. |
お告 see styles |
otsuge おつげ |
(irregular okurigana usage) oracle; revelation; divine message |
三界 see styles |
sān jiè san1 jie4 san chieh sangai さんがい |
(1) {Buddh} (See 欲界,色界,無色界) the three realms of existence; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 三千大千世界) the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; (3) {Buddh} (See 三世・さんぜ・1) past, present and future existences; (suffix) (4) far-off ...; distant ...; (surname) Mikai Trailokya or Triloka; the three realms; also 三有. It is the Buddhist metaphysical equivalent for the Brahmanic cosmological bhuvanatraya, or triple world of bhūr, bhuvaḥ, and svar, earth, atmosphere, and heaven. The Buddhist three are 欲, 色, and 無色界, i.e. world of sensuous desire, form, and formless world of pure spirit. (a) 欲界 Kāmadhātu is the realm of sensuous desire, of 婬 and 食 sex and food; it includes the six heavens of desire, the human world, and the hells. (b) 色界 Rūpadhātu is the realm of form, meaning 質礙 that which is substantial and resistant: it is above the lust-world and contains (so to speak) bodies, palaces, things, all mystic and wonderful一a semi-material conception like that in Revelation; it is represented in the 四禪天, or Brahmalokas. (c) 無色界 Arūpadhātu, or ārūpyadhātu, is the formless realm of pure spirit, where there are no bodies, places, things, at any rate none to which human terms would apply, but where the mind dwells in mystic contemplation; its extent is indefinable, but it is, conceived of in four stages, i,e. 四空處 the four "empty" regions, or regions of space in the immaterial world, which are 四無色 the four "formless" realms, or realms beyond form; being above the realm of form, their bounds cannot be defined. v. 倶舍論世間品. |
三變 三变 see styles |
sān biàn san1 bian4 san pien sanpen |
(土田) The three transformations of his Buddha-realm made by Śākyamuni on the Vulture peak—- first, his revelation of this world, then its vast extension, and again its still vaster extension. See Lotus Sutra. |
了義 了义 see styles |
liǎo yì liao3 yi4 liao i ryougi / ryogi りょうぎ |
(given name) Ryōgi Revelation of the whole meaning, or truth, as 不了義 is partial revelation adapted (方便) to the capacity of the hearers. |
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. |
光瑞 see styles |
guāng ruì guang1 rui4 kuang jui kouzui / kozui こうずい |
(given name) Kōzui The auspicious ray sent from between the Buddha's eyebrows before a revelation. |
十恩 see styles |
shí ēn shi2 en1 shih en jūon |
Ten kinds of the Buddha's grace: his (1) initial resolve to universalize (his salvation); (2) self-sacrifice (in previous lives); (3) complete altruism; (4) his descent into all the six states of existence for their salvation; (5) relief of the living from distress and mortality; (6) profound pity; (7) revelation of himself in human and glorified form; (8) teaching in accordance with the capacity of his hearers, first hīnayāna, then māhayāna doctrine; (9) revealing his nirvāṇa to stimulate his disciples; (10) pitying thought for all creatures, in that dying at 80 instead of at 100 he left twenty years of his own happiness to his disciples; and also the tripiṭaka for universal salvation. |
啓示 see styles |
keiji / keji けいじ |
(noun, transitive verb) (divine) revelation; (given name) Hiroshi |
四宗 see styles |
sì zōng si4 zong1 ssu tsung shishū |
The four kinds of inference in logic— common, prejudged or opposing, insufficiently founded, arbitrary. Also, the four schools of thought I. According to 淨影 Jingying they are (1) 立性宗 that everything exists, or has its own nature; e. g. Sarvāstivāda, in the 'lower' schools of Hīnayāna; (2) 破性宗 that everything has not a nature of its own; e. g. the 成實宗 a 'higher' Hīnayāna school, the Satyasiddhi; (3) 破相宗 that form has no reality, because of the doctrine of the void, 'lower' Mahāyāna; (4) 願實宗 revelation of reality, that all comes from the bhūtatathatā, 'higher ' Mahāyāna. II. According to 曇隱 Tanyin of the 大衍 monastery they are (1) 因緣宗, i. e. 立性宗 all things are causally produced; (2) 假名宗, i. e. 破性宗 things are but names; (3) 不眞宗, i. e. 破相宗, denying the reality of form, this school fails to define reality; (4) 眞宗, i. e. 顯實宗 the school of the real, in contrast with the seeming. |
天啓 see styles |
tenkei / tenke てんけい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (divine) revelation; divine oracle; (given name) Tenkei |
御告 see styles |
otsuge おつげ |
(irregular okurigana usage) oracle; revelation; divine message |
應作 应作 see styles |
yìng zuò ying4 zuo4 ying tso ōsa |
Responsive appearance, revelation, idem 應現. |
應現 应现 see styles |
yìng xiàn ying4 xian4 ying hsien ōgen |
Responsive manifestation, revelation through a suitable medium. |
應身 应身 see styles |
yìng shēn ying4 shen1 ying shen ōjin |
nirmāṇakāya, one of the 三身 q.v. Any incarnation of Buddha. The Buddha-incarnation of the 眞如q.v. Also occasionally used for the saṃbhogakāya. There are various interpretation (a) The 同性經 says the Buddha as revealed supernaturally in glory to bodhisattvas is應身, in contrast with 化身, which latter is the revelation on earth to his disciples. (b) The 起信論 makes no difference between the two, the 應身 being the Buddha of the thirty-two marks who revealed himself to the earthly disciples. The 金光明經 makes all revelations of Buddha as Buddha to be 應身; while all incarnations not as Buddha, but in the form of any of the five paths of existence, are Buddha's 化身. Tiantai has the distinction of 勝應身 and 劣應身, i.e. superior and inferior nirmāṇakāya, or supernatural and natural. |
揭發 揭发 see styles |
jiē fā jie1 fa1 chieh fa |
to expose; to bring to light; to disclose; revelation |
方便 see styles |
fāng biàn fang1 bian4 fang pien houben / hoben ほうべん |
convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself (1) means; expedient; instrument; (2) {Buddh} upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching); (surname) Houben upāya. Convenient to the place, or situation, suited to the condition, opportune, appropriate; but 方 is interpreted as 方法 method, mode, plan, and 便 as 便用 convenient for use, i. e. a convenient or expedient method; also 方 as 方正 and 便 as 巧妙, which implies strategically correct. It is also intp. as 權道智 partial, temporary, or relative (teaching of) knowledge of reality, in contrast with 般若智 prajñā, and 眞實 absolute truth, or reality instead of the seeming. The term is a translation of 傴和 upāya, a mode of approach, an expedient, stratagem, device. The meaning is— teaching according to the capacity of the hearer, by any suitable method, including that of device or stratagem, but expedience beneficial to the recipient is understood. Mahāyāna claims that the Buddha used this expedient or partial method in his teaching until near the end of his days, when he enlarged it to the revelation of reality, or the preaching of his final and complete truth; Hīnayāna with reason denies this, and it is evident that the Mahāyāna claim has no foundation, for the whole of its 方等 or 方廣 scriptures are of later invention. Tiantai speaks of the 三乘 q. v. or Three Vehicles as 方便 expedient or partial revelations, and of its 一乘 or One Vehicle as the complete revelation of universal Buddhahood. This is the teaching of the Lotus Sutra, which itself contains 方便 teaching to lead up to the full revelation; hence the terms 體内 (or 同體 ) 方便, i. e. expedient or partial truths within the full revelation, meaning the expedient part of the Lotus, and 體外方便 the expedient or partial truths of the teaching which preceded the Lotus; see the 方便品 of that work, also the second chapter of the 維摩經. 方便 is also the seventh of the ten pāramitās. |
暴露 see styles |
bào lù bao4 lu4 pao lu bakuro ばくろ |
to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; also pr. [pu4 lu4] (noun/participle) disclosure; exposure; revelation |
曝露 see styles |
pù lù pu4 lu4 p`u lu pu lu bakuro ばくろ |
to expose (to the air, light etc); to leave uncovered; exposure (noun/participle) disclosure; exposure; revelation |
梯隥 see styles |
tī dèng ti1 deng4 t`i teng ti teng teitō |
Ladder rungs, or steps, used for the 漸教 school of gradual revelation in contrast with the 頓教 full and immediate revelation. |
流露 see styles |
liú lù liu2 lu4 liu lu ryuuro / ryuro りゅうろ |
to reveal (indirectly, implicitly); to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc (n,vs,vt,vi) revelation; outpouring |
激白 see styles |
gekihaku げきはく |
(noun, transitive verb) candidly revealing (secrets); revelation; disclosure; confession |
発現 see styles |
hatsugen はつげん |
(noun/participle) (1) revelation; manifestation; appearance; (noun/participle) (2) expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression) |
示し see styles |
shimeshi しめし |
(1) lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); (2) revelation |
神託 see styles |
shintaku しんたく |
oracle; revelation; divine message |
託宣 see styles |
takusen たくせん |
(noun/participle) oracle; revelation; divine message |
霊夢 see styles |
reimu / remu れいむ |
revelatory dream; revelation; a vision; (female given name) Reimu |
霊示 see styles |
reiji / reji れいじ |
(noun/participle) revelation (by God, spirits, etc.) |
顯本 显本 see styles |
xiǎn běn xian3 ben3 hsien pen |
The revelation of his fundamental or eternal life by the Buddha in the Lotus Sūtra. |
黙示 see styles |
mokushi もくし |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (tacitly) implying; implication; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {Christn} revelation |
お告げ see styles |
otsuge おつげ |
oracle; revelation; divine message |
五佛性 see styles |
wǔ fó xìng wu3 fo2 xing4 wu fo hsing go busshō |
The five characteristics of a Buddha' s nature: the first three are the 三因佛性 q. v., the fourth is 果佛性 the fruition of perfect enlightenment, and the fifth 果果佛性 the fruition of that fruition, or the revelation of parinirvāṇa. The first three are natural attributes, the two last are acquired. |
啟示錄 启示录 see styles |
qǐ shì lù qi3 shi4 lu4 ch`i shih lu chi shih lu |
the Revelation of St John the divine; the Apocalypse |
御告げ see styles |
otsuge おつげ |
oracle; revelation; divine message |
震撼彈 震撼弹 see styles |
zhèn hàn dàn zhen4 han4 dan4 chen han tan |
stun grenade; (Tw) (fig.) something that produces shockwaves; bombshell (revelation); blockbuster (product) |
黙示録 see styles |
mokushiroku もくしろく |
{Christn} Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse |
不立文字 see styles |
bù lì wén zì bu4 li4 wen2 zi4 pu li wen tzu furyuumonji; furitsumonji / furyumonji; furitsumonji ふりゅうもんじ; ふりつもんじ |
(expression) (yoji) Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) (不立文字教) The 禪 ch'an or intuitive School does 'not set up scriptures'; it lays stress on meditation and intuition rather than on books and other external aids: cf. Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra. |
天真流露 see styles |
tenshinryuuro / tenshinryuro てんしんりゅうろ |
manifestation (revelation) of one's natural sincerity (naivete) |
應化利生 应化利生 see styles |
yìng huà lì shēng ying4 hua4 li4 sheng1 ying hua li sheng ōge rishō |
Revelation or incarnation for the benefit of the living. |
教外別伝 see styles |
kyougebetsuden / kyogebetsuden きょうげべつでん |
(yoji) (in Zen Buddhism) (See 不立文字) Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind |
本迹二門 本迹二门 see styles |
běn jī èr mén ben3 ji1 er4 men2 pen chi erh men honjaku nimon |
A division of the Lotus Sutra into two parts, the 迹門 being the first fourteen chapters, the 本門 the following fourteen chapters; the first half is related to the Buddha's earthly life and previous teaching; the second half to the final revelation of the Buddha as eternal and the Bodhisattva doctrines. |
神降ろし see styles |
kamioroshi かみおろし |
(noun/participle) (1) invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; (2) (See 巫女・みこ・2) medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation) |
素破抜き see styles |
suppanuki すっぱぬき |
exposure; disclosure; expose; revelation |
透破抜き see styles |
suppanuki すっぱぬき |
(irregular kanji usage) exposure; disclosure; expose; revelation |
重磅炸彈 重磅炸弹 see styles |
zhòng bàng zhà dàn zhong4 bang4 zha4 dan4 chung pang cha tan |
(fig.) something that produces shockwaves; bombshell (revelation); blockbuster (product) |
すっぱ抜き see styles |
suppanuki すっぱぬき |
exposure; disclosure; expose; revelation |
哈米吉多頓 哈米吉多顿 see styles |
hā mǐ jí duō dùn ha1 mi3 ji2 duo1 dun4 ha mi chi to tun |
Armageddon (in Revelation 16:16) |
素っ破抜き see styles |
suppanuki すっぱぬき |
exposure; disclosure; expose; revelation |
透っ破抜き see styles |
suppanuki すっぱぬき |
(irregular kanji usage) exposure; disclosure; expose; revelation |
ヨハネ黙示録 see styles |
yohanemokushiroku ヨハネもくしろく |
{Christn} (See 黙示録) the Revelation of St. John the Divine (book of the Bible) |
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gotakusen ごたくせん |
(1) oracle; revelation; divine message; (2) tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement |
レベレーション see styles |
rebereeshon レベレーション |
revelation |
Variations: |
bakuro ばくろ |
(n,vs,vt,vi) disclosure; exposure; revelation |
Variations: |
kamioroshi; kamioroshi かみおろし; カミオロシ |
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Shinto} invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Shinto} (See 巫女・みこ・2) medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation) |
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otsuge おつげ |
oracle; revelation; divine message |
Variations: |
otsuge おつげ |
oracle; revelation; divine message |
Variations: |
suppanuki すっぱぬき |
(See 素っ破抜く・すっぱぬく) exposure; disclosure; exposé; revelation |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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