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Hishiryo / Not-Thinking
fēi sī liáng
hi shi ryou
Hishiryō (非思量) literally means not-thinking.
Hishiryo can be described as a state of mind beyond thinking and non-thinking during the practice of Zazen.
Shiryō (思量) means “thinking,” and hi (非) is a prefix for negation and opposition.
Therefore, hishiryo amounts to “unthink” or “not the matter of thinking.” The word hishiryo appears in Dogen Zenji’s Fukanzazengi, Shobogenzo Zazengi, Shobogenzo Zazenshin, and Keizan Zenji’s Zazen Yojinki. It is one of the most important words used to describe zazen. Hishiryo in these writings comes from a dialogue between Yakusan Igen (745-828) and an unnamed monk, which is described in Keitoku, Dentoroku, and other Zen texts.
The above is an abridged except from School of Shodo: Hishiryo
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
否定 see styles |
fǒu dìng fou3 ding4 fou ting hitei / hite ひてい |
to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer); negation (noun, transitive verb) (1) (ant: 肯定・1) denial; negation; repudiation; disavowal; (2) {logic} negation; (3) {comp} NOT operation |
文否定 see styles |
bunhitei / bunhite ぶんひてい |
{ling} sentential negation; sentence negation; statement negation |
準否定 see styles |
junhitei / junhite じゅんひてい |
(rare) {ling} quasi-negation (e.g. use of words like 'hardly', 'seldom', 'barely'); weak negation |
語否定 see styles |
gohitei / gohite ごひてい |
{ling} constituent negation; word negation |
否定の否定 see styles |
hiteinohitei / hitenohite ひていのひてい |
(exp,n) negation of the negation (in the Hegelian dialectic) |
構成素否定 see styles |
kouseisohitei / kosesohite こうせいそひてい |
{ling} constituent negation; word negation |
量 see styles |
liàng liang4 liang ryou / ryo りょう |
capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word (n,n-suf) (1) quantity; amount; volume; capacity; portion (of food); (2) (See 度量・1) generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; (3) pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy); (surname, female given name) Ryō pramāṇa. Measure, capacity, length, ability; to measure, deliberate; a syllogism in logic, v. 比量. A syllogism, consisting of 宗 pratijñā, proposition; 因 hetu, reason; 喩 udāharaṇa, example; but the syllogism varies in the number of its avayava, or members. There are other divisions from 2 to 6, e.g. 現量 and 比量 direct or sense inferences, and comparative or logical inferences; to these are added 聖教量 arguments based on authority; 譬喩量 analogy; 義准 postulation, or general assent; and 無體 negation, or non-existence. |
阿 see styles |
ē e1 o a あ |
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with (1) (See 阿字・あじ) first Sanskrit alphabet letter; (2) (abbreviation) (See 阿弗利加・アフリカ) Africa; (3) (abbreviation) Awa (old province of Japan); (prefix) (4) (familiar language) (archaism) prefixed to names to show intimacy; (surname) Hodo M077477 羅陀補羅 Anurādhapura, a northern city of Ceylon, at which tradition says Buddhism was introduced into the island; cf. Abhayagiri, 阿跋.; M077477 樓馱 v. 阿那律Aniruddha.; a or ā, अ, आ. It is the first letter of the Sanskrit Siddham alphabet, and is also translit. by 曷, 遏, 安, 頞, 韻, 噁, etc. From it are supposed to be born all the other letters, and it is the first sound uttered by the human mouth. It has therefore numerous mystical indications. Being also a negation it symbolizes the unproduced, the impermanent, the immaterial; but it is employed in many ways indicative of the positive. Amongst other uses it indicates Amitābha, from the first syllable in that name. It is much in use for esoteric purposes. |
否決 否决 see styles |
fǒu jué fou3 jue2 fou chüeh hiketsu ひけつ |
to veto; to overrule (noun, transitive verb) rejection; negation; voting down |
否認 否认 see styles |
fǒu rèn fou3 ren4 fou jen hinin ひにん |
to declare to be untrue; to deny (noun, transitive verb) denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval |
打消 see styles |
dǎ xiāo da3 xiao1 ta hsiao uchikeshi うちけし |
to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on (linguistics terminology) negation; denial; negative |
減執 减执 see styles |
jiǎn zhí jian3 zhi2 chien chih gen shū |
attachment to negation |
無い see styles |
nai ない |
(adjective) (1) (kana only) nonexistent; not being (there); (adjective) (2) unowned; not had; unpossessed; (adjective) (3) (See またとない) unique; (adjective) (4) (as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility) not; impossible; won't happen; (adj-i,aux-adj) (5) (after the ren'yōkei form of an adjective) (See ない・1) not; (adj-i,aux-adj) (6) (after the -te form of a verb) to not be; to have not |
で無い see styles |
denai でない |
(exp,adj-i) (kana only) (negation of である) is not; am not; are not |
全否定 see styles |
zenhitei / zenhite ぜんひてい |
(noun/participle) complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation |
打消し see styles |
uchikeshi うちけし |
(linguistics terminology) negation; denial; negative |
損減執 损减执 see styles |
sǔn jiǎn zhí sun3 jian3 zhi2 sun chien chih songen shū |
attachment to negation |
損減邊 损减边 see styles |
sǔn jiǎn biān sun3 jian3 bian1 sun chien pien songen hen |
extreme of [erroneous] negation |
前後際斷 前后际断 see styles |
qián hòu jì duàn qian2 hou4 ji4 duan4 ch`ien hou chi tuan chien hou chi tuan zengo saidan |
Discontinuous function, though seemingly continuous, e.g. a 'Catherine-wheel,' or torch whirled around. |
四句分別 四句分别 see styles |
sì jù fēn bié si4 ju4 fen1 bie2 ssu chü fen pieh shiku funbetsu |
fourfold negation |
打ち消し see styles |
uchikeshi うちけし |
(linguistics terminology) negation; denial; negative |
現状否定 see styles |
genjouhitei / genjohite げんじょうひてい |
refusal to accept the present situation; denial of the existing situation; negation of the status quo |
起損減執 起损减执 see styles |
qǐ sǔn jiǎn zhí qi3 sun3 jian3 zhi2 ch`i sun chien chih chi sun chien chih ki songen shū |
one-sided preference for philosophical negation |
部分否定 see styles |
bubunhitei / bubunhite ぶぶんひてい |
{gramm} partial negation |
動詞句否定 see styles |
doushikuhitei / doshikuhite どうしくひてい |
{ling} verb-phrase negation |
好きくない see styles |
sukikunai すきくない |
(adjective) (colloquialism) (grammatically incorrect negation of 好き) (See 好き・すき・1) disliking; not liking |
論理的否定 see styles |
ronritekihitei / ronritekihite ろんりてきひてい |
{comp} logical negation |
那伽閼剌樹那 那伽阏剌树那 see styles |
nà qié è là shùn à na4 qie2 e4 la4 shun4 a4 na ch`ieh o la shun a na chieh o la shun a Nakaarajuna |
(or 那伽閼曷樹那) Nāgārjuna, 龍樹 the dragon-arjuna tree, or nāgakrośana, intp. probably wrongly as 龍猛 dragon-fierce. One of the 'four suns' and reputed founder of Mahāyāna (but see 阿 for Aśvaghoṣa), native of South India, the fourteenth patriarch; he is said to have cut off his head as an offering. 'He probably flourished in the latter half of the second century A. D.' Eliot, v. 龍樹. He founded the Mādhyamika or 中 School, generally considered as advocating doctrines of negation or nihilism, but his aim seems to have been a reality beyond the limitations of positive and negative, the identification of contraries in a higher synthesis, e. g. birth and death, existence and non-existence, eternal and non-eternal; v. 中論. |
で無い(sK) see styles |
denai でない |
(exp,adj-i) (kana only) (negation of である) is not; am not; are not |
Variations: |
chigakunai(違kunai); chigaukunai(違ukunai) ちがくない(違くない); ちがうくない(違うくない) |
(expression) (1) (colloquialism) (grammatically incorrect negation of 違う) (See 違う・1) isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; (expression) (2) (colloquialism) (as a response to a question containing 違う) no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case |
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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 | |
| Hishiryo Not-Thinking | 非思量 | hi shi ryou hishiryou hi shi ryo | fēi sī liáng fei1 si1 liang2 fei si liang feisiliang | fei ssu liang feissuliang |
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