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Gaman is a Zen Buddhist term from Japan that means “enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity.”
This title can also be translated as patience, perseverance, tolerance, or self-denial.
我慢 is also a Chinese Buddhist term with a different pronunciation. It comes from Sanskrit abhimāna or ātma-mada. Chinese Buddhism defines this very differently as “Egoism exalting self and depreciating others,” “self-intoxication,” or “pride.” Alone, the first character means “Me, I, or Self,” and the second character in a Buddhist context comes from Sanskrit māna and means pride, arrogance, self-conceit, looking down on others, superciliousness, etc.
I’m currently working with Japanese and Chinese translators to try and reconcile the true meaning or any commonality of this word between languages. For now, please only consider this if your audience is Japanese.
Excerpt from Chapter 67
一曰慈二曰儉三曰不敢為天下先 is an excerpt from the 67th Chapter of Lao Tzu's (Lao Zi's) Te-Tao Ching (Dao De Jing).
This is the part where the three treasures are discussed. In English, we'd say these three treasures are compassion, frugality, and humility. Some may translate these as love, moderation, and lack of arrogance. I have also seen them translated as benevolence, modesty, and “Not presuming to be at the forefront in the world.” You can mix them up the way you want, as translation is not really a science but rather an art.
I should also explain that the first two treasures are single-character ideas, yet the third treasure was written out in six characters (there are also some auxiliary characters to number the treasures).
If Lao Tzu's words are important to you, then a wall scroll with this passage might make a great addition to your home.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your arrogance search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
垢 see styles |
gòu gou4 kou ku く |
dirt; disgrace {Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering); (personal name) Yoshimi mala. Dust, impurity, dregs; moral impurity; mental impurity. Whatever misleads or deludes the mind; illusion; defilement; the six forms are vexation, malevolence, hatred, flattery, wild talk, pride; the seven are desire, false views, doubt, presumption, arrogance, inertia, and meanness. |
慢 see styles |
màn man4 man man |
slow māna. Pride, arrogance, self-conceit, looking down on others, supercilious, etc.; there are categories of seven and nine kinds of pride. |
七使 see styles |
qī shǐ qi1 shi3 ch`i shih chi shih shichishi |
The seven messengers, agents, or kleśas—desire 欲愛; anger, or hate 瞋恚; attachment, or clinging 有愛; pride or arrogance 慢; ignorance, or unenlightenment 無明; false views 見; and doubt 疑. |
七垢 see styles |
qī gòu qi1 gou4 ch`i kou chi kou shichiku |
The seven defilements―desire 欲, false views 見, doubt 疑, pride 慢, arrogance 憍 torpor 隨眠, and 慳 stinginess; cf. 七使. |
不遜 不逊 see styles |
bù xùn bu4 xun4 pu hsün fuson ふそん |
rude; impertinent (noun or adjectival noun) arrogance; insolence; disrespect |
傲慢 see styles |
ào màn ao4 man4 ao man gōman ごうまん |
arrogant; haughty (noun or adjectival noun) pride; haughtiness; arrogance; insolence; hubris conceit |
傲氣 傲气 see styles |
ào qì ao4 qi4 ao ch`i ao chi |
air of arrogance; haughtiness |
八慢 see styles |
bā màn ba1 man4 pa man hachiman |
The eight kinds of pride, māna, arrogance, or self-conceit, 如慢 though inferior, to think oneself equal to others (in religion); 慢慢 to think oneself superior among manifest superiors; 不如慢 to think oneself not so much inferior among manifest superiors; 增上慢 to think one has attained more than is the fact, or when it is not the fact; 我慢 self-superiority, or self-sufficiency; 邪慢 pride in false views, or doings; 憍慢 arrogance; 大慢 extreme arrogance. |
八憍 see styles |
bā jiāo ba1 jiao1 pa chiao hakkyō |
The eight kinds of pride, or arrogance, resulting in domineering: because of strength; of clan, or name; of wealth; of independence, or position; of years, or age; of cleverness, or wisdom; of good or charitable deeds; of good looks. Of these, eight birds are named as types: 鴟梟 two kinds of owl, eagle, vulture, crow, magpie, pigeon, wagtail. |
六垢 see styles |
liù gòu liu4 gou4 liu kou rokku |
(六垢法) Six things that defile: 誑 exaggeration, 謟 flattery, 憍 arrogance, 惱 vexation, 恨 hatred, 害 malice. |
凶焰 see styles |
xiōng yàn xiong1 yan4 hsiung yen |
ferocity; aggressive arrogance |
吾輩 吾辈 see styles |
wú bèi wu2 bei4 wu pei wagahai わがはい |
(literary) we; us (pn,adj-no) (1) (archaism) (masculine speech) I (nuance of arrogance); me; myself; (2) we; us; ourselves |
大慢 see styles |
dà màn da4 man4 ta man daiman |
extreme arrogance |
大柄 see styles |
dà bìng da4 bing4 ta ping oohei / oohe おおへい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 横柄・おうへい) arrogance; haughtiness; insolence; (surname) Ootsuka great authority |
強慢 see styles |
gouman / goman ごうまん |
(irregular kanji usage) (noun or adjectival noun) pride; haughtiness; arrogance; insolence; hubris |
憍坑 see styles |
jiāo kēng jiao1 keng1 chiao k`eng chiao keng kyōkō |
The pit of pride and arrogance. |
憍慢 see styles |
jiāo màn jiao1 man4 chiao man kyōman |
Arrogance and pride. |
我輩 我辈 see styles |
wǒ bèi wo3 bei4 wo pei gahai わがはい |
(literary) we; us (pn,adj-no) (1) (archaism) (masculine speech) I (nuance of arrogance); me; myself; (2) we; us; ourselves we |
收斂 收敛 see styles |
shōu liǎn shou1 lian3 shou lien |
to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge |
昂り see styles |
takaburi たかぶり |
(1) excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal; (2) pride; haughtiness; arrogance |
架子 see styles |
jià zi jia4 zi5 chia tzu |
shelf; frame; stand; framework; airs; arrogance |
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. |
氣焰 气焰 see styles |
qì yàn qi4 yan4 ch`i yen chi yen |
arrogance; haughtiness |
自傲 see styles |
zì ào zi4 ao4 tzu ao |
arrogance; proud of something |
鈍使 钝使 see styles |
dùn shǐ dun4 shi3 tun shih donshi |
The five envoys of stupidity, i.e. of the lower passions, in contrast with the higher 五利使; the 使 is intp. as 煩惱 kleśa, the afflicters, or passions; the five are 貪, 瞋, 痴, 慢, 疑 greed, hate, stupidity, arrogance, doubt. |
驕り see styles |
ogori おごり |
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness |
驕傲 骄傲 see styles |
jiāo ào jiao1 ao4 chiao ao kyougou / kyogo きょうごう |
pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of something (noun or adjectival noun) (form) pride; arrogance |
驕慢 see styles |
kyouman / kyoman きょうまん |
(noun or adjectival noun) arrogance |
驕氣 骄气 see styles |
jiāo qi jiao1 qi5 chiao ch`i chiao chi |
arrogance |
高慢 see styles |
gāo màn gao1 man4 kao man kouman / koman こうまん |
proud; overbearing (noun or adjectival noun) haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up arrogance |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
No arrogance in victory, No despair in defeat | 勝不驕敗不餒 胜不骄败不馁 | shèng bù jiāo bài bù něi sheng4 bu4 jiao1 bai4 bu4 nei3 sheng bu jiao bai bu nei shengbujiaobaibunei | sheng pu chiao pai pu nei shengpuchiaopaipunei |
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Gaman | 我慢 | ga man / gaman | wǒ màn / wo3 man4 / wo man / woman | |
Daodejing Tao Te Ching - Excerpt | 一曰慈二曰儉三曰不敢為天下先 一曰慈二曰俭三曰不敢为天下先 | yī yuē cí èr yuē jiǎn sān yuē bù gǎn wéi tiān xià xiān yi1 yue1 ci2 er4 yue1 jian3 san1 yue1 bu4 gan3 wei2 tian1 xia4 xian1 yi yue ci er yue jian san yue bu gan wei tian xia xian | i yüeh tz`u erh yüeh chien san yüeh pu kan wei t`ien hsia hsien i yüeh tzu erh yüeh chien san yüeh pu kan wei tien hsia hsien |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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