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There are 12 total results for your 正念 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

正念

see styles
zhèng niàn
    zheng4 nian4
cheng nien
 shounen / shonen
    しょうねん
correct mindfulness (Buddhism)
(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.

正念場

see styles
 shounenba / shonenba
    しょうねんば
critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture

正念寺

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 shounenji / shonenji
    しょうねんじ
(place-name) Shounenji

正念慧

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zhèng niàn huì
    zheng4 nian4 hui4
cheng nien hui
 shō nen'e
correctly mindful wisdom

住正念

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zhù zhèng niàn
    zhu4 zheng4 nian4
chu cheng nien
 jūshōnen
established in recollection

失正念

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shī zhèng niàn
    shi1 zheng4 nian4
shih cheng nien
 shitsu shōnen
lose correct mindfulness

正念正知

see styles
zhèng niàn zhèng zhī
    zheng4 nian4 zheng4 zhi1
cheng nien cheng chih
 shōnen shōchi
correctly mindful and accurately knowing

大休正念

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dà xiū zhèng niàn
    da4 xiu1 zheng4 nian4
ta hsiu cheng nien
 Daikyū Shōnen
Daxiu Zhengnian

常住正念

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cháng zhù zhèng niàn
    chang2 zhu4 zheng4 nian4
ch`ang chu cheng nien
    chang chu cheng nien
 jōjū shōnen
always maintaining mindfulness

無學正念


无学正念

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wú xué zhèng niàn
    wu2 xue2 zheng4 nian4
wu hsüeh cheng nien
 mugaku shōnen
right mindfulness as held by the adepts

端身正念

see styles
duān shēn zhèng niàn
    duan1 shen1 zheng4 nian4
tuan shen cheng nien
 tanjin shōnen
to proper bodily activity and correct mindfulness

臨終正念


临终正念

see styles
lín zhōng zhèng niàn
    lin2 zhong1 zheng4 nian4
lin chung cheng nien
 rinjuushounen / rinjushonen
    りんじゅうしょうねん
(yoji) {Buddh} holding the proper state of mindfulness at the moment of death
to hold the proper state of mindfulness at the moment of death

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

This page contains 12 results for "正念" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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