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聖地 can be titled or translated in a lot of different ways: sacred ground, the Holy Land, Holy city, sacred place, Holy ground, or shrine.
I have seen all of these English translations used when coming from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
浄土 means “Pure Land.”
This term, “Pure Land” is often associated with the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha, also known as the “Buddhist paradise.”
浄土 can also be used as an abbreviation for “Pure Land Buddhism.”
You may see this romanized as Jodo, Joudo, or Jōdo. Some also combine Pure Land into Pureland in English.
This can also be a Japanese surname with the same Jodo or Joudo pronunciation.
See Also: Shin Buddhism
Also a sect of Buddhism
淨土 literally means “pure land” or “clean earth.”
淨土 is also the abbreviated title of a Buddhist sect that involves faith in the rebirth of Buddha Amitabha (Amitābha) in the Western Heaven. Sometimes this sect is translated as “Paradise of the West.” Other titles of this school of Buddhism include Amidism or Elysium.
See Also: Nirvana | Shin Buddhism
(One of the five elements)
土 is earth, soil, ground, or Terra.
Earth is one of the five elements that ancient Chinese believed all things were composed of. These elements are also part of the cycle of Chinese astrology. Every person has both an animal sign, and one of the five elements according to the date of their birth.
See Also: Five Elements | Chinese Zodiac
浄土宗 is the title of Japanese “Pure Land Buddhism.” This form is also romanized/known as “Jodo Shu” (jōdo shū).
Also known as Amidism for the fact that this is a branch of Mahayana (Mahāyāna) Buddhism which focuses on Amitabha (Amitābha) Buddha. This form of Buddhism, along with Chinese characters, came to Japan via China in the 5th century, according to most historians.
Notes:
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See Also: Shin Buddhism
True Pure Land Buddhism
(Used in Japanese version of five elements)
地 is the single-character element and title of the planet Earth in Chinese, old Korean Hanja, and Japanese Kanji.
Because this is a single character, the definition is a little ambiguous and can have many meanings depending on the context in which it is used. These meanings include: earth, ground, land, soil, dirt, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the Japanese five elements), the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, etc.
In Japanese, this Kanji can be pronounced several ways, including chi, ji, tsushi, or tsuchi.
地 is also an element of the Japanese version of the five elements (the original Chinese version uses a different version of earth).
These search terms might be related to Land:
5. Right Living / Right Livelihood / Perfect Livelihood
Animal Kingdom
Any Success Can Not Compensate for Failure in the Home
Black or White Cat Matters Not as Long as It Can Catch Mice
Blessings on This Home
Body and Earth in Unity
Drain the Pond to Get All the Fish
Duty to Defend and Protect Country
Each Time You Stumble and Fall, You Gain Experience and Wisdom
Earth
Earth Dog
Earth Dragon
Earth Fire Water Air
Earth Goat/Sheep
Earth Horse
Earth Monkey
Earth Ox/Bull
Earth Pig/Boar
Earth Rabbit
Earth Rat
Earth Rooster
Earth Snake
Earth Tiger
Embrace Life / Embrace Living
Even an Iron Bar Can Be Ground to a Needle
Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight
Family / Home
Feel at Ease Anywhere / the World is My Home
Healthy Living
Heaven and Earth
Hell / Kingdom of the Underworld
Holy Land
Home is Where the Heart Is
Home of the Auspicious Golden Dragon
Home of the Black Dragon
Home of the Dragon
How Can You Catch Tiger Cubs Without Entering the Lair of the Tiger?
Keep Your Feet on the Ground
Kingdom of Heaven
Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself, and Win 100 Battles
Living / Live Life
Make Guests Feel at Home
No Pain No Gain
No Place Like Home
Pure Land / Jodo
Pure Land Buddhism / Jodo Buddhism
Relax / Rest / Repose
Safe / Secure
Settle
Sleep / Rest / Repose
Southern Kingdom Fist
State of Anarchy
The Buddha Realm / Buddhahood
The Key to Immortality is First Living a Life Worth Remembering
There’s No Place Like Home
To Come / to Arrive
Ultimate Loyalty to Your Country
United Kingdom
Warrior of the Heavenly Realm
Welcome Home
Win / Victory
Without a Big Net, How Can You Catch Fish?
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your land search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
国 see styles |
kokuki こくき |
More info & calligraphy: Guo |
國 国 see styles |
guó guo2 kuo kuniyuki くにゆき |
More info & calligraphy: Guo(out-dated kanji) (1) country; state; (2) region; (3) national government; central government; (4) home (i.e. hometown, home country); (5) (archaism) province (of Japan); (6) (archaism) land; earth; (personal name) Kuniyuki A country, a nation; national. |
園 园 see styles |
yuán yuan2 yüan sonomi そのみ |
More info & calligraphy: Garden / Orchard / Park(n,n-suf) (1) garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; plantation; (2) place; location; (female given name) Sonomi vihāra; place for walking about, pleasure-ground, garden, park. |
地 see styles |
dì di4 ti hamaji はまぢ |
More info & calligraphy: Earth(n,n-suf) (1) earth; ground; land; soil; (n,n-suf) (2) place; (n,n-suf) (3) territory; (n,n-suf) (4) (See 天地無用) bottom (of a package, book, etc.); (n,n-suf) (5) (See 五大・1,土・ど・2) earth (one of the five elements); (surname) Hamaji pṛthivī, 鉢里體尾 the earth, ground; bhūmi, 歩弭 the earth, place, situation; talima, 託史麽 (or 託吏麽) ground, site; explained by 土地 earth, ground; 能生 capable of producing; 所依 that on which things rely. It is also the spiritual rank, position, or character attained by a Bodhisattva as a result of 住 remaining and developing in a given state in order to attain this 地 rank; v. 十住; 住位 and 十地. |
陸 陆 see styles |
lù lu4 lu ru る |
More info & calligraphy: Louland; shore; (surname) Ru |
雷 see styles |
léi lei2 lei rai らい |
More info & calligraphy: Thunder(See 雷・かみなり・1) thunder; lightning; (surname, female given name) Rai garjita, thunder, thundering. |
仙境 see styles |
xiān jìng xian1 jing4 hsien ching senkyou / senkyo せんきょう |
More info & calligraphy: Paradise / Wonderlandfairyland; enchanted land |
協同 协同 see styles |
xié tóng xie2 tong2 hsieh t`ung hsieh tung kyoudou / kyodo きょうどう |
More info & calligraphy: Collaboration / Cooperation / Synergy(n,vs,adj-no) doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation; collaboration; association |
司徒 see styles |
sī tú si1 tu2 ssu t`u ssu tu shito しと |
More info & calligraphy: Stu(hist) (See 六卿) Minister of Civil Administration and Social Welfare (Zhou dynasty China) |
天地 see styles |
tiān dì tian1 di4 t`ien ti tien ti amachi あまち |
More info & calligraphy: Heaven and Earth(1) heaven and earth; the universe; the world; nature; (2) (てんち only) land; world; realm; sphere; (3) (てんち only) top and bottom; (4) (あめつち only) gods of heaven and earth; (surname) Amachi heaven and earth |
宗家 see styles |
zōng jiā zong1 jia1 tsung chia muneie / munee むねいえ |
More info & calligraphy: Soke / ShukeA name for Shandao 善導 (d. 681), a writer of commentaries on the sutras of the Pure Land sect, and one of its principal literary men; cf. 念佛宗. |
寶林 宝林 see styles |
bǎo lín bao3 lin2 pao lin Hōrin |
More info & calligraphy: PaulineThe groves, or avenues of precious trees (in the Pure Land). The monastery of Huineng, sixth patriarch of the Chan sect, in 韶州典江縣 Dianjiang Xian, Shaozhou, Guangdong, cf. 慧 15. The 寶林傳 and supplement contain the teachings of this school. |
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. |
正念 see styles |
zhèng niàn zheng4 nian4 cheng nien shounen / shonen しょうねん |
More info & calligraphy: 7. Right Mindfulness / Right Memory / Perfect Mindfulness(1) {Buddh} (See 八正道) right mindfulness; (2) true faith (in rebirth in the promised land); (place-name) Shounen samyak-smṛti, right remembrance, the seventh of the 八正道; 'right mindfullness, the looking on the body and the spirit in such a way as to remain ardent, self-possessed and mindful, having overcome both hankering and dejection. ' Keith. |
永生 see styles |
yǒng shēng yong3 sheng1 yung sheng hisaki ひさき |
More info & calligraphy: Eternal Life / Everlasting Life / Immortalityeternal life; immortality; (personal name) Hisaki Eternal life; immortality; nirvana is defined as 不生 not being born, i. e. not reborn, and therefore 不滅 not dying; 永生 is also perpetual life; the Amitābha cult says in the Pure Land. |
沃地 see styles |
yokuchi よくち |
More info & calligraphy: Oasis |
浄土 see styles |
joudo / jodo じょうど |
More info & calligraphy: Pure Land / Jodo |
淨土 净土 see styles |
jìng tǔ jing4 tu3 ching t`u ching tu jōdo |
More info & calligraphy: Pure Land / JodoSukhāvatī. The Pure Land, or Paradise of the West, presided over by Amitābha. Other Buddhas have their Pure Lands; seventeen other kinds of pure land are also described, all of them of moral or spiritual conditions of development, e.g. the pure land of patience, zeal, wisdom, etc. |
羈旅 羁旅 see styles |
jī lǚ ji1 lu:3 chi lü kiryo きりょ |
More info & calligraphy: Traveler / To Live Abroadtravel; traveler; traveller |
聖地 圣地 see styles |
shèng dì sheng4 di4 sheng ti seichi / sechi せいち |
More info & calligraphy: Holy Land(1) sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; (2) (slang) real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.; (place-name) Seichi stage of enlightenment |
ルート see styles |
ruudo / rudo ルード |
More info & calligraphy: Root |
浄土宗 see styles |
joudoshuu / jodoshu じょうどしゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Pure Land Buddhism / Jodo Buddhism |
淨土宗 净土宗 see styles |
jìng tǔ zōng jing4 tu3 zong1 ching t`u tsung ching tu tsung Jōdo Shū |
More info & calligraphy: Pure Land Buddhism / Jodo BuddhismThe Pure-land sect, whose chief tenet is salvation by faith in Amitābha; it is the popular cult in China, also in Japan, where it is the Jōdo sect; it is also called 蓮宗(蓮花宗) the Lotus sect. Established by Hui-yuan 慧遠 of the Chin dynasty (317— 419), it claims P'u-hsien 普賢 Samantabhadra as founder. Its seven chief textbooks are 無量淸淨平等覺經; 大阿彌陀經; 無量壽經; 觀無量壽經; 阿彌陀經; 稱讚淨土佛攝受經; and 鼓音聲三陀羅尼經. The淨土眞宗 is the Jōdo-Shin, or Shin sect of Japan. |
ホルター see styles |
borudaa / boruda ボルダー |
low-lying land reclaimed from the sea (dut: polder); (place-name) Boulder |
天下太平 see styles |
tiān xià tài píng tian1 xia4 tai4 ping2 t`ien hsia t`ai p`ing tien hsia tai ping tenkataihei / tenkataihe てんかたいへい |
More info & calligraphy: The Whole World at Peace(expression) (yoji) peaceful and tranquil (uneventful); peace reigns over the land; halcyon times of peace |
浄土真宗 see styles |
joudoshinshuu / jodoshinshu じょうどしんしゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Shin Buddhism |
香格里拉 see styles |
xiāng gé lǐ lā xiang1 ge2 li3 la1 hsiang ko li la |
More info & calligraphy: Shangri-la |
南無阿弥陀仏 see styles |
namuamidabutsu なむあみだぶつ |
More info & calligraphy: Namu Amida Butsu |
克 see styles |
kè ke4 k`o ko yoshi よし |
to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares (given name) Yoshi subdue |
半 see styles |
bàn ban4 pan hanzaki はんざき |
half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half (n-pref,n) (1) half; semi-; partial; (suffix noun) (2) half-past; (3) (See 丁・3) odd number; (4) (archaism) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2); (surname) Hanzaki Half. Used as translit. for pan, pun. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Holy Land | 聖地 圣地 | seichi | shèng dì / sheng4 di4 / sheng di / shengdi | sheng ti / shengti |
| Pure Land Jodo | 浄土 | jou do / joudo / jo do | jìng tǔ / jing4 tu3 / jing tu / jingtu | ching t`u / chingtu / ching tu |
| Pure Land Jodo | 淨土 净土 | jou do / joudo / jo do | jìng tǔ / jing4 tu3 / jing tu / jingtu | ching t`u / chingtu / ching tu |
| Earth | 土 | tsuchi | tǔ / tu3 / tu | t`u / tu |
| Pure Land Buddhism Jodo Buddhism | 淨土宗 浄土宗 | jou do shuu joudoshuu jo do shu | jìng tǔ zōng jing4 tu3 zong1 jing tu zong jingtuzong | ching t`u tsung chingtutsung ching tu tsung |
| Shin Buddhism | 浄土真宗 | jou do shin shuu joudoshinshuu jo do shin shu | ||
| Earth | 地 | chi / ji / tsushi / tsuchi | dì / di4 / di | ti |
| 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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