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1. Samadhi
2. 8. Right Concentration / Perfect Concentration
3. Stability / Calm and Orderly / Equilibrium
7. Unwavering Determination and Resolve
8. Joshua 24:15
Samadhi
定 is the single-character way to express the idea of Samadhi in Chinese and Japanese.
A single-character title like this is open to a lot of interpretation. So 定 can mean to set, to fix, to determine, to decide, to order, certainly, truly, settle, or compose the mind.
In the Buddhist context, this means “Perfect absorption of thought into the one object of meditation,” “The mind fixed in one direction,” “Internal state of imperturbability or tranquility,” or “Exempt from all external sensations.”
8. Right Concentration / Perfect Concentration
Samyak Samadhi / Samma Samadhi
正定 is one of the Noble Eightfold Paths of Buddhism. Right Concentration, along with Right Effort and Right Mindfulness, constitute the path to Concentration or Perfect Thought.
Right Concentration has to do with leaving behind sensuality, unwholesome states, as well as pleasure and pain. 正定 is a complex idea, but once you have achieved the shedding of worldly sensation, you can truly concentrate and find a higher level of awareness.
Another definition: Concentration of mind that finds its high point in the four absorptions.
This term is exclusively used by devout Buddhists. It is not a common term, and is remains an unknown concept to most Japanese and Chinese people.
See Also: Buddhism | Enlightenment | Noble Eightfold Path
Stability / Calm and Orderly / Equilibrium
安定 is a word that means: quiet; settled; maintain; calm and orderly; stability; equilibrium.
Zen Contemplation
入定 is a title that can be defined as Zen contemplation in Japanese or sitting quietly in (Buddhist) meditation in Chinese. It also carries a similar meaning in Korean Hanja. Therefore, this is a universal term for meditation in the context of Buddhism throughout the Orient.
Can also be translated as “Meditatively equipoised” or “enter into meditation by stilling the karmic activities of deed, speech, and thought.”
The original Sanskrit word is samapanna. In Tibetan: snyoms par zhugs pa.
Resolute Mind
決定心 means the mind of certainty, resolute mind, imperturbable mind, firm determination, firm resolution, or stable commitment.
In the context of Buddhism, this is the deep resolution needed to attain enlightenment.
If you go to a deeper meaning, this is a condition of settling into the thought that occurs in the process of perception subsequent to the “seeking mind” or “尋求心.”
Pledge of Lifelong Love
情定終身 is a pledge of eternal love in Chinese.
This can also be a colloquial way to refer to the act of exchanging marriage vows.
If you and your mate want to express how committed you are to your life-long love, this will be a great piece of calligraphy for your wall. Also, a nice phrase to celebrate an anniversary.
Unwavering Determination and Resolve
This can be translated as unwavering determination, unwavering resolve, or strong determination.
堅定 means unwavering, firm, steady, staunch, and/or resolute.
決心 means determination, resolve, resolution, determined, firm and resolute, or to make up one's mind.
If you want a longer version, 堅定不移的決心 is also a popular phrase with a similar meaning. Contact me if you want that instead.
Joshua 24:15
This House Serves the LORD
至於我和我家我們必定事奉耶和華 is the last sentence of Joshua 24:15 in Chinese.
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Joshua 24:15 (KJV) ...as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Joshua 24:15 (NIV) ...as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.
We used the only official Christian Chinese Bible that I know of so that the translation would be as accurate and standard as possible. Any Chinese Christian worth their salt will easily be able to identify this verse from the Chinese words on this scroll.
I think it is a bit like having a secret code on your wall that quietly expresses to whom you are faithful.
A great gift for your devout Christian or Jewish friend if they happen to be fond of Asian art.
Or perhaps a wonderful “conversation starter” for your own home.
Note: If you are curious, the last three characters represent the way “LORD” is used in most English Bibles. In Chinese, this is actually the phonetic name from Mandarin Chinese for “Jehovah.”
All Tenets of the Noble Eightfold Path
These are the eight tenets of the Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path written altogether.
Here's this list of tenets in English:
1. Right View / Right Understanding / Right Perspective / Perfect View
2. Right Resolve / Right Thought / Right Intention / Perfect Resolve
3. Right Speech / Right Talk / Perfect Speech
4. Right Action / Perfect Conduct
5. Right Living / Right Livelihood / Perfect Livelihood
6. Right Effort / Right Endeavor / Perfect Effort
7. Right Mindfulness / Right Memory / Perfect Mindfulness
8. Right Concentration / Perfect Concentration
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
定 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting jou / jo じょう |
More info & calligraphy: Samadhi(1) (See 案の定・あんのじょう) certainty; reality; actuality; (prefix noun) (2) (See 定宿) regular; permanent; (3) {Buddh} (See 三昧・さんまい・1,禅定・ぜんじょう・1) samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); (given name) Yasushi To fix, settle. samādhi. 'Composing the mind'; 'intent contemplation'; 'perfect absorption of thought into the one object of meditation.' M. W. Abstract meditation, the mind fixed in one direction, or field. (1) 散定 scattered or general meditation (in the world of desire). (2) 禪定 abstract meditation (in the realms of form and beyond form). It is also one of the five attributes of the dharmakāya 法身, i. e. an internal state of imperturbability or tranquility, exempt from all external sensations, 超受陰; cf. 三摩提. |
入定 see styles |
rù dìng ru4 ding4 ju ting nyuujou / nyujo にゅうじょう |
More info & calligraphy: Zen Contemplation(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} (ant: 出定) entering a state of intense concentration; (n,vs,vi) (2) death (of a high-ranking priest); (place-name) Nyūjō To enter into meditation by tranquillizing the body, mouth (i.e. lips), and mind, 身口意. |
安定 see styles |
ān dìng an1 ding4 an ting antei / ante あんてい |
More info & calligraphy: Stability / Calm and Orderly / Equilibrium(n,vs,vi) (1) stability; steadiness; consistency; equilibrium; balance; composure; (adj-na,n,vs,vi) (2) {physics;chem} stable; (surname, given name) Yasusada stability |
正定 see styles |
zhèng dìng zheng4 ding4 cheng ting shoujou / shojo しょうじょう |
More info & calligraphy: 8. Right Concentration / Perfect Concentration{Buddh} (See 八正道) right concentration; (male given name) Masasada saṃyak-samādhi, right abstraction or concentration, so that the mind becomes vacant and receptive, the eighth of the 八正道; 'right concentration, in the shape of the Four Meditations.' Keith. |
決定心 决定心 see styles |
jué dìng xīn jue2 ding4 xin1 chüeh ting hsin ketsujō shin |
More info & calligraphy: Resolute Mind |
啶 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting |
idine (chemistry) |
椗 碇 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting |
variant of 碇[ding4] See: 碇 |
矴 碇 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting |
variant of 碇[ding4] See: 碇 |
碇 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting tei / te てい |
anchor anchor; (surname) Tei |
腚 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting |
buttocks; butt |
萣 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting |
see 茄萣[Qie2 ding4] |
訂 订 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting |
to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order |
釘 钉 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting kugi(p); kugi くぎ(P); クギ |
to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin; (surname) Teizaki |
錠 锭 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting tei / te てい |
(weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc; classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks (1) lock; padlock; (n,n-suf,ctr) (2) tablet; lozenge; pill; (female given name) Tei burning brightly |
飣 饤 see styles |
dìng ding4 ting |
display food for show only; sacrifice |
一定 see styles |
yī dìng yi1 ding4 i ting ittei / itte いってい |
surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must (vs,vt,vi) (1) to fix; to settle; to standardize; to regularize; (can be adjective with の) (2) constant; definite; uniform; defined; certain; prescribed; (given name) Kazusada |
三定 see styles |
sān dìng san1 ding4 san ting sanjō |
three samādhis |
不定 see styles |
bù dìng bu4 ding4 pu ting fujou(p); futei / fujo(p); fute ふじょう(P); ふてい |
indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious (adj-na,adj-no,n) uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided Unfixed, unsettled, undetermined, uncertain. |
二定 see styles |
èr dìng er4 ding4 erh ting nijō |
two kinds of [no-thought] absorption |
人定 see styles |
rén dìng ren2 ding4 jen ting jintei / jinte じんてい |
middle of the night; the dead of night (1) confirmation of someone's identity; (2) (See 制定) enactment; establishment; creation The third beat of the first watch, 9-11 p.m., when men are settled for the night. |
估定 see styles |
gū dìng gu1 ding4 ku ting |
to assess; to estimate the value |
住定 see styles |
zhù dìng zhu4 ding4 chu ting sumisada すみさだ |
(surname) Sumisada Fixed, certain, firmly settled. |
保定 see styles |
bǎo dìng bao3 ding4 pao ting yasusada やすさだ |
Baoding prefecture-level city in Hebei (given name) Yasusada |
修訂 修订 see styles |
xiū dìng xiu1 ding4 hsiu ting shuutei / shute しゅうてい |
to revise (noun, transitive verb) correction; revision |
假定 see styles |
jiǎ dìng jia3 ding4 chia ting |
to assume; to suppose; supposed; so-called; assumption; hypothesis |
內定 内定 see styles |
nèi dìng nei4 ding4 nei ting |
to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later; to decide behind closed doors; all cut and dried See: 内定 |
八定 see styles |
bā dìng ba1 ding4 pa ting hachi jō |
The eight degrees of fixed abstraction, i.e. the four dhyānas corresponding to the four divisions in the heavens of form, and the four degrees of absolute fixed abstraction on the 空 or immaterial, corresponding to the arūpadhātu, i.e. heavens of formlessness. |
决定 see styles |
jué dìng jue2 ding4 chüeh ting ketsujō kettei |
Fixed and settled, determined. |
出定 see styles |
chū dìng chu1 ding4 ch`u ting chu ting shutsujou / shutsujo しゅつじょう |
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} (ant: 入定・1) leaving a state of intense concentration To come out of the state of dhyāna; to enter into it is 入定. |
刊定 see styles |
kān dìng kan1 ding4 k`an ting kan ting kanjō |
to copy edit |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Samadhi | 定 | sada | dìng / ding4 / ding | ting |
| 8. Right Concentration Perfect Concentration | 正定 | sei jou / seijou / sei jo | zhèng dìng zheng4 ding4 zheng ding zhengding | cheng ting chengting |
| Stability Calm and Orderly Equilibrium | 安定 | an tei / antei | ān dìng / an1 ding4 / an ding / anding | an ting / anting |
| Zen Contemplation | 入定 | rù dìng / ru4 ding4 / ru ding / ruding | ju ting / juting | |
| Resolute Mind | 決定心 决定心 | ketsujou shin ketsujoushin ketsujo shin | jué dìng xīn jue2 ding4 xin1 jue ding xin juedingxin | chüeh ting hsin chüehtinghsin |
| Pledge of Lifelong Love | 情定終身 情定终身 | qíng dìng zhōng shēn qing2 ding4 zhong1 shen1 qing ding zhong shen qingdingzhongshen | ch`ing ting chung shen chingtingchungshen ching ting chung shen |
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| Unwavering Determination and Resolve | 堅定決心 坚定决心 | jiān dìng jué xīn jian1 ding4 jue2 xin1 jian ding jue xin jiandingjuexin | chien ting chüeh hsin chientingchüehhsin |
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| Joshua 24:15 | 至於我和我家我們必定事奉耶和華 至于我和我家我们必定事奉耶和华 | zhì yú wǒ hé wǒ jiā wǒ men bì dìng shì fèng yē hé huá zhi4 yu2 wo3 he2 wo3 jia1 wo3 men bi4 ding4 shi4 feng4 ye1 he2 hua2 zhi yu wo he wo jia wo men bi ding shi feng ye he hua | chih yü wo ho wo chia wo men pi ting shih feng yeh ho hua | |
| All Tenets of the Noble Eightfold Path | 正見正思唯正語正業正命正精進正念正定 正见正思唯正语正业正命正精进正念正定 | shouken shoushiyui shougo shougo shoumyou shoushoujin shounen shoujou shoken shoshiyui shogo shogo shomyo shoshojin shonen shojo | zhèng jiàn zhèng sī wéi zhèng yǔ zhèng yè zhèng mìng zhèng jīng jìn zhèng niàn zhèng dìng zheng4 jian4 zheng4 si1 wei2 zheng4 yu3 zheng4 ye4 zheng4 ming4 zheng4 jing1 jin4 zheng4 nian4 zheng4 ding4 zheng jian zheng si wei zheng yu zheng ye zheng ming zheng jing jin zheng nian zheng ding | cheng chien cheng ssu wei cheng yü cheng yeh cheng ming cheng ching chin cheng nien cheng ting |
| 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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