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There are 59 total results for your shikan search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

只管打坐

see styles
zhǐ guǎn dǎ zuò
    zhi3 guan3 da3 zuo4
chih kuan ta tso
 shikan taza
    しかんたざ

More info & calligraphy:

Shikantaza
(Buddhist term) shikantaza (zazen meditation in which one focuses on sitting without actively seeking enlightenment)
meditation of just sitting

仕官

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
(n,vs,vi) (1) government service; entering government service; (n,vs,vi) (2) (See 浪人・1) finding a new lord or master to serve (of a ronin)

史官

see styles
shǐ guān
    shi3 guan1
shih kuan
 shikan
    しかん
scribe; court recorder; historian; historiographer
chronicler

史観

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
(n,suf) historical view; view of history (from a given point of view)

司完

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
(given name) Shikan

四患

see styles
sì huàn
    si4 huan4
ssu huan
 shikan
four afflictions

四觀


四观

see styles
sì guān
    si4 guan1
ssu kuan
 shikan
four contemplations

士官

see styles
shì guān
    shi4 guan1
shih kuan
 shikan
    しかん
warrant officer; petty officer; noncommissioned officer (NCO); Japanese military officer
{mil} officer

子癇

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
eclampsia

尸諌

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
(noun/participle) admonishing (one's master) at the cost of one's life

屍姦

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
necrophilia; necrophilism

屍諌

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
(noun/participle) admonishing (one's master) at the cost of one's life

師管

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
sieve tube

弛緩


弛缓

see styles
chí huǎn
    chi2 huan3
ch`ih huan
    chih huan
 shikan; chikan
    しかん; ちかん
to relax; to slacken; relaxation (in nuclear magnetic resonance)
(n,vs,vi) relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid

志寒

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
(surname) Shikan

止観

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
(work) Zhiguan (Mohe Zhiguan, Buddhist text by Guanding, 594 CE); (wk) Zhiguan (Mohe Zhiguan, Buddhist text by Guanding, 594 CE)

止觀


止观

see styles
zhǐ guān
    zhi3 guan1
chih kuan
 shikan
奢摩他毗婆舍那 (or 奢摩他毗鉢舍那) śamatha-vipaśyanā, which Sanskrit words are intp. by 止觀; 定慧; 寂照; and 明靜; for their respective meanings see 止 and 觀. When the physical organism is at rest it is called 止 zhi, when the mind is seeing clearly it is called 觀 guan. The term and form of meditation is specially connected with its chief exponent, the founder of the Tiantai school, which school is styled 止觀宗 Zhiguan Zong, its chief object being concentration of the mind by special methods for the purpose of clear insight into truth, and to be rid of illusion. The Tiantai work gives ten fields of mediation, or concentration: (1) the 五陰, 十八界, and 十二入; (2) passion and delusion; (3) sickness; (4) karma forms; (5) māra-deeds; (6) dhyāna; (7) (wrong) theories; (8) arrogance; (9) the two Vehicles; (10) bodhisattvahood.

歯冠

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
crown of a tooth

歯間

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
(noun - becomes adjective with の) space between the teeth; interdental space

死姦

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
(irregular kanji usage) necrophilia; necrophilism

私感

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
personal impression

篩管


筛管

see styles
shāi guǎn
    shai1 guan3
shai kuan
 furuikan
    ふるいかん
    shikan
    しかん
(botany) sieve tube
sieve tube

紙管

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
paper tube; cardboard tube

芝翫

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
(given name) Shikan

視姦


视奸

see styles
shì jiān
    shi4 jian1
shih chien
 shikan
    しかん
(neologism) to leer; to stare lecherously; to follow the social media posts of sb who would rather you stay out of their life; (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 視姦 "shikan")
(noun/participle) ogling; eyeing (lecherously); leering; staring

詩巻

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
collection of poems

鹿肝

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
(surname) Shikan

修止觀


修止观

see styles
xiū zhǐ guān
    xiu1 zhi3 guan1
hsiu chih kuan
 shu shikan
cultivation of calm abiding and insight

四卷經


四卷经

see styles
sì juǎn jīng
    si4 juan3 jing1
ssu chüan ching
 Shikan kyō
Four Fascicle Sūtra

止觀宗


止观宗

see styles
zhǐ guān zōng
    zhi3 guan1 zong1
chih kuan tsung
 Shikan shū
Another name for the Tiantai school.

止觀捨


止观舍

see styles
zhǐ guān shě
    zhi3 guan1 she3
chih kuan she
 shikan sha
The upekṣā, indifference to or abandonment of both 止 and 觀, i. e. to rise above both into the universal.

止觀門


止观门

see styles
zhǐ guān mén
    zhi3 guan1 men2
chih kuan men
 shikan mon
cessation and clear observation

丈夫志幹


丈夫志干

see styles
zhàng fū zhì gàn
    zhang4 fu1 zhi4 gan4
chang fu chih kan
 jōbu shikan
A firm-willed man, especially used of a bodhisattva who dauntlessly presses forward.

三種止觀


三种止观

see styles
sān zhǒng zhǐ guān
    san1 zhong3 zhi3 guan1
san chung chih kuan
 sanshu shikan
Three Tiantai modes of entering dhyāna: (a) 漸次 gradual, from the shallow to the deep, the simple to the complex; (b) 不定 irregular, simple, and complex mixed; (c) 圓頓 immediate and whole.

不定止觀


不定止观

see styles
bù dìng zhǐ guān
    bu4 ding4 zhi3 guan1
pu ting chih kuan
 fujō shikan
indeterminate meditation

中村芝翫

see styles
 nakamurashikan
    なかむらしかん
(person) Nakamura Shikan (1928.3.11-)

十法止觀


十法止观

see styles
shí fǎ zhǐ guān
    shi2 fa3 zhi3 guan1
shih fa chih kuan
 jippō shikan
ten vehicles of meditation

四本止觀


四本止观

see styles
sì běn zhǐ guān
    si4 ben3 zhi3 guan1
ssu pen chih kuan
 shihon shikan
The four books of Tiantai on meditation 止觀, i. e. 摩訶止觀; 禪波羅蜜; 六妙門; and 坐禪法要.

圓頓止觀


圆顿止观

see styles
yuán dùn zhǐ guān
    yuan2 dun4 zhi3 guan1
yüan tun chih kuan
 endon shikan
perfect and sudden cessation and contemplation

巧安止觀


巧安止观

see styles
qiǎo ān zhǐ guān
    qiao3 an1 zhi3 guan1
ch`iao an chih kuan
    chiao an chih kuan
 gyōan shikan
to skillfully practice calm abiding and clear observation

摩訶止觀


摩诃止观

see styles
mó hē zhǐ guān
    mo2 he1 zhi3 guan1
mo ho chih kuan
 Maka shikan
Mohe zhiguan

明靜止觀


明静止观

see styles
míng jìng zhǐ guān
    ming2 jing4 zhi3 guan1
ming ching chih kuan
 myōjō shikan
luminous quiescence (of cessation-and contemplation)

次第止觀


次第止观

see styles
cì dì zhǐ guān
    ci4 di4 zhi3 guan1
tz`u ti chih kuan
    tzu ti chih kuan
 shidai shikan
gradual-and-successive cessation-and-contemplation

止觀二門


止观二门

see styles
zhǐ guān èr mén
    zhi3 guan1 er4 men2
chih kuan erh men
 shikan nimon
both cessation and clear observation

止觀倶行


止观倶行

see styles
zhǐ guān jù xíng
    zhi3 guan1 ju4 xing2
chih kuan chü hsing
 shikan gugyō
practice both śamatha and vipaśyanā side by side

止觀十門


止观十门

see styles
zhǐ guān shí mén
    zhi3 guan1 shi2 men2
chih kuan shih men
 shikan jūmon
ten approaches to cessation and analytical meditation

止觀和尚


止观和尚

see styles
zhǐ guān hé shàng
    zhi3 guan1 he2 shang4
chih kuan ho shang
 Shikan Washō
A name for the Tang monk Daosui 道邃.

止觀法門


止观法门

see styles
zhǐ guān fǎ mén
    zhi3 guan1 fa3 men2
chih kuan fa men
 shikan hōmon
to practice method of cessation and clear observation

止觀玄文


止观玄文

see styles
zhǐ guān xuán wén
    zhi3 guan1 xuan2 wen2
chih kuan hsüan wen
 Shikan genmon
Another name for the止觀論.

止觀雙運


止观双运

see styles
zhǐ guān shuāng yùn
    zhi3 guan1 shuang1 yun4
chih kuan shuang yün
 shikan sōun
the dual functioning of stabilizing and insight meditation

漸次止觀


渐次止观

see styles
jiàn cì zhǐ guān
    jian4 ci4 zhi3 guan1
chien tz`u chih kuan
    chien tzu chih kuan
 zenji shikan
graded stilling and insight

祇管打坐

see styles
qí guǎn dǎ zuò
    qi2 guan3 da3 zuo4
ch`i kuan ta tso
    chi kuan ta tso
 shikan taza
meditation of just sitting

四卷楞伽經


四卷楞伽经

see styles
sì juàn lèng qié jīng
    si4 juan4 leng4 qie2 jing1
ssu chüan leng ch`ieh ching
    ssu chüan leng chieh ching
 Shikan ryōgakyō
Four-fascicle Lankāvatāra-sūtra

Variations:
尸諌
屍諌

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
(noun/participle) admonishing (one's master) at the cost of one's life

Variations:
篩管
師管

see styles
 shikan; furuikan(篩管)
    しかん; ふるいかん(篩管)
sieve tube

善巧安心止觀


善巧安心止观

see styles
shàn qiǎo ān xīn zhǐ guān
    shan4 qiao3 an1 xin1 zhi3 guan1
shan ch`iao an hsin chih kuan
    shan chiao an hsin chih kuan
 zengyō anshin shikan
skillfully calming the mind with calm abiding and observation

止觀輔行傳弘決


止观辅行传弘决

see styles
zhǐ guān fǔ xíng zhuàn hóng jué
    zhi3 guan1 fu3 xing2 zhuan4 hong2 jue2
chih kuan fu hsing chuan hung chüeh
 Shikan fukōten kōketsu
Zhiguan fuxing zhuan hongjue

修習止觀坐禪法要


修习止观坐禅法要

see styles
xiū xí zhǐ guān zuò chán fǎ yào
    xiu1 xi2 zhi3 guan1 zuo4 chan2 fa3 yao4
hsiu hsi chih kuan tso ch`an fa yao
    hsiu hsi chih kuan tso chan fa yao
 Shushū shikan zazen hōyō
Essentials of Practicing Śamatha and Vipaśyanā Meditation

Variations:
屍姦
死姦(iK)

see styles
 shikan
    しかん
necrophilia; necrophilism

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 59 results for "shikan" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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