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一甲 see styles |
yī jiǎ yi1 jia3 i chia ikkou / ikko いっこう |
1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2], 榜眼[bang3 yan3], and 探花[tan4 hua1], respectively) (given name) Ikkou |
丁種 see styles |
teishu / teshu ていしゅ |
being unfit for duty in the former Japanese military (due to failing the conscription physical); person who is unfit for military duty |
七星 see styles |
qī xīng qi1 xing1 ch`i hsing chi hsing naboshi なぼし |
see 七星區|七星区[Qi1 xing1 Qu1] (archaism) {astron} (See 北斗七星) the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow; (personal name) Naboshi Ursa major; Worshipped in Japan as 妙見菩薩 Wonderful Sight Bodhisattva who protects this world. |
丈夫 see styles |
zhàng fu zhang4 fu5 chang fu masurao ますらお |
husband (adjectival noun) (sometimes じょうふ) healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable; (given name) Masurao A virile, zealous disciple, a man who presses forward unceasingly. |
三乘 see styles |
sān shèng san1 sheng4 san sheng minori みのり |
(surname) Minori Triyāna, the three vehicles, or conveyances which carry living beings across saṁsāra or mortality (births-and-deaths) to the shores of nirvāṇa. The three are styled 小,中, and 大. Sometimes the three vehicles are defined as 聲聞 Śrāvaka, that of the hearer or obedient disciple; 緣覺Pratyeka-buddha, that of the enlightened for self; these are described as 小乘 because the objective of both is personal salvation; the third is 菩薩Bodhisattva, or 大乘 Mahāyāna, because the objective is the salvation of all the living. The three are also depicted as 三車 three wains, drawn by a goat, a deer, an ox. The Lotus declares that the three are really the One Buddha-vehicle, which has been revealed in three expedient forms suited to his disciples' capacity, the Lotus Sūtra being the unifying, complete, and final exposition. The Three Vehicles are differently explained by different exponents, e.g. (1) Mahāyāna recognizes (a) Śrāvaka, called Hīnayāna, leading in longer or shorter periods to arhatship; (b) Pratyeka-buddha, called Madhyamayāna, leading after still longer or shorter periods to a Buddhahood ascetically attained and for self; (c) Bodhisattva, called Mahayana, leading after countless ages of self-sacrifce in saving others and progressive enlightenment to ultimate Buddhahood. (2) Hīnayāna is also described as possessing three vehicles 聲, 緣, 菩 or 小, 中, 大, the 小 and 中 conveying to personal salvation their devotees in ascetic dust and ashes and mental annihilation, the 大 leading to bodhi, or perfect enlightenment, and the Buddha's way. Further definitions of the Triyāna are: (3) True bodhisattva teaching for the 大; pratyeka-buddha without ignorant asceticism for the 中; and śrāvaka with ignorant asceticism for the 小. (4) (a) 一乘 The One-Vehicle which carries all to Buddhahood: of this the 華嚴 Hua-yen and 法華 Fa-hua are typical exponents; (b) 三乘法 the three-vehicle, containing practitioners of all three systems, as expounded in books of the 深密般若; (c) 小乘 the Hīnayāna pure and simple as seen in the 四阿合經 Four Āgamas. Śrāvakas are also described as hearers of the Four Truths and limited to that degree of development; they hear from the pratyeka-buddhas, who are enlightened in the Twelve Nidānas 因緣; the bodhisattvas make the 六度 or six forms of transmigration their field of sacrificial saving work, and of enlightenment. The Lotus Sūtra really treats the 三乘. Three Vehicles as 方便 or expedient ways, and offers a 佛乘 Buddha Vehicle as the inclusive and final vehicle. |
三尊 see styles |
sān zūn san1 zun1 san tsun sanzon; sanson さんぞん; さんそん |
(1) (さんぞん only) {Buddh} Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas; (2) (さんぞん only) {Buddh} (See 三宝) The Three Jewels; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns; (3) (さんぞん only) (See 三尊天井) head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern); (4) the three people one must esteem: master, father, teacher The three honoured ones: Buddha, the Law, the Ecclesia or Order. Others are: Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta, who, according to the Pure-land sect, come to welcome the dying invoker. Another group is Bhaiṣajya, Vairocana, and Candraprabha; and another, Śākyamunī, Mañjuśrī, and Samantabhadra. |
三想 see styles |
sān xiǎng san1 xiang3 san hsiang sansō |
The three evil thoughts are the last, desire, hate, malevolence; the three good thoughts are 怨想 thoughts of (love to) enemies, 親想 the same to family and friends, 中人想 the same to those who are neither enemies nor friends, i.e. to all; v. 智度論 72. |
三戒 see styles |
sān jiè san1 jie4 san chieh sankai さんかい |
(1) (from the Analects of Confucius) three lifetime commandments (youth's femininity, middle-aged struggle, old-age gain); (2) {Buddh} three categories of precepts (lay, ordination, moral) The three sets of commandments, i.e. the ten for the ordained who have left home, the eight for the devout at home, and the five for the ordinary laity. |
三曹 see styles |
sān cáo san1 cao2 san ts`ao san tsao sansou / sanso さんそう |
the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers sergeant (JSDF) |
三武 see styles |
sān wǔ san1 wu3 san wu mitsutake みつたけ |
(personal name) Mitsutake The three emperors Wu who persecuted Buddhism: 太武 of the Wei dynasty A.D. 424-452; 武帝 of the Zhou A.D. 561-578; 武宗 of the Tang A.D. 841-7. |
三猿 see styles |
sān yuán san1 yuan2 san yüan sanen; sanzaru さんえん; さんざる |
(See 見猿,言わ猿,聞か猿) three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil") The three monkeys, one guarding its eyes, another its ears, a third its mouth. |
三獸 三兽 see styles |
sān shòu san1 shou4 san shou sanshū |
The three animals— hare, horse, elephant— crossing a stream. The śrāvaka is like the hare who crosses by swimming on the surface; the pratyeka-buddha is like the horse who crosses deeper than the hare; the bodhisattva is like the elephant who walks across on the bottom. Also likened to the triyāna. 涅槃經 23, 27. |
三甲 see styles |
sān jiǎ san1 jia3 san chia |
3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination; (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等[san1 ji2 jia3 deng3]) |
三綱 三纲 see styles |
sān gāng san1 gang1 san kang sankou / sanko さんこう |
{Buddh} three monastic positions with management roles at a temple; (given name) Sankou The three bonds, i.e. directors of a monastery: (a) 上座 sthavira, elder, president; (b) 寺主vihārasvāmin, v. 毘 the abbot who directs the temporal affairs; (c) 維那 karmadāna, v. 羯 who directs the monks. Another meaning: (a) 上座; (b) 維那; (c) 典座 vihārapāla, v. 毘director of worship. The three vary in different countries. |
三緣 三缘 see styles |
sān yuán san1 yuan2 san yüan sanen |
The three nidānas or links with the Buddha resulting from calling upon him, a term of the Pure Land sect: (a) 親緣 that he hears those who call his name, sees their worship, knows their hearts and is one with them; (b) 近緣 that he shows himself to those who desire to see him; (c) 增上緣 that at every invocation aeons of sin are blotted out, and he and his sacred host receive such a disciple at death. |
三聚 see styles |
sān jù san1 ju4 san chü sanju |
The three groups, i.e. 正定聚 Those decided for the truth; 邪定聚 those who are decided for heresy; 不定聚 the undecided. Definitions vary in different schools. |
三身 see styles |
sān shēn san1 shen1 san shen sanmi さんみ |
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men. |
三輩 三辈 see styles |
sān bèi san1 bei4 san pei sanpai |
The three ranks of those who reach the Pure Land of Amitābha: superior i.e. monks and nuns who become enlightened and devote themselves to invocation of the Buddha of boundless age; medium, i.e. laymen of similar character who do pious deeds; inferior, i.e. laymen less perfect than the last. |
三餘 三余 see styles |
sān yú san1 yu2 san yü sanyo |
The three after death remainders, or continued mortal experiences, of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, who mistakenly think they are going to 無餘涅槃final nirvāṇa, but will still find 煩惱餘 further passion and illusion, 業餘 further karma, and 果餘 continued rebirth, in realms beyond the 三界trailokya. |
上士 see styles |
shàng shì shang4 shi4 shang shih joushi / joshi じょうし |
(hist) high-ranking retainer of a daimyo (Edo Period) The superior disciple, who becomes perfect in (spiritually) profiting himself and others. The 中士 profits self but not others; the 下士 neither. |
上線 上线 see styles |
shàng xiàn shang4 xian4 shang hsien jousen / josen じょうせん |
to go online; to put something online; to reach a specific standard; to put into production; handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) overline; overscore; overbar |
下品 see styles |
xià pǐn xia4 pin3 hsia p`in hsia pin shimoshina しもしな |
(noun or adjectival noun) vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude; (place-name) Shimoshina The three lowest of the nine classes born in the Amitābha Pure Land, v. 無量壽經. These three lowest grades are (1) 下品上生 The highest of the three lowest classes who enter the Pure Land of Amitābha, i.e. those who have committed all sins except dishonouring the sūtras. If at the end of life the sinner clasps hands and says "Namo Amitābha", such a one will be born in His precious lake. (2) 下品中生 The middle class consists of those who have broken all the commandments, even stolen from monks and abused the law. If at death such a one hears of the great power of Amitābha, and assents with but a thought, he will be received into paradise. (3) 下品下生 The lowest class, because of their sins, should have fallen into the lowest gati, but by invoking the name of Amitābha, they can escape countless ages of reincarnation and suffering and on dying will behold a lotus flower like the sun, and, by the response of a single thought, will enter the Pure Land of Amitābha. |
下戸 see styles |
shimodo しもど |
(See 上戸・1) non-drinker; someone who cannot drink; (surname) Shimodo |
下衆 下众 see styles |
xià zhòng xia4 zhong4 hsia chung geshu げす |
(adj-na,n,adj-no) (1) low-life; sleazebag; boor; (2) person of humble rank; humble person; peasant; menial; churl; petty official The seven lower orders of disciples, who with the monks and nuns in full orders make the 九衆. |
不學 不学 see styles |
bù xué bu4 xue2 pu hsüeh fugaku |
aśaikṣa; no longer studying, graduated, one who has attained. |
不帰 see styles |
fuki ふき |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 不帰の客となる) returning no more (usu. of a person who has died); dying |
不廻 不迴 see styles |
bù huí bu4 hui2 pu hui fue |
Anagamin. He who does not return; one exempt from transmigration. |
不生 see styles |
bù shēng bu4 sheng1 pu sheng fushou / fusho ふしょう |
(place-name) Fushou anutpatti; anutpāda. Non-birth: not to be reborn, exempt from rebirth; arhan is mistakenly interpreted as 'not born', meaning not born again into mortal worlds. The 'nir' in nirvana is also erroneously said to mean 'not born'; certain schools say that nothing ever has been born, or created, for all is eternal. The Shingon word 'a' is interpreted as symbolizing the uncreated. The unborn or uncreated is a name for the Tathāgata, who is not born, but eternal ; hence by implication the term means "eternal". ādi, which means"at first, " "beginning","primary", is also interpreted as 不生 uncreated. |
不覺 不觉 see styles |
bù jué bu4 jue2 pu chüeh fukaku |
unconsciously Unenlightened, uncomprehending, without 'spiritual' insight, the condition of people in general, who mistake the phenomenal for the real, and by ignorance beget karma, reaping its results in the mortal round of transmigration; i. e. people generally. |
不論 不论 see styles |
bù lùn bu4 lun4 pu lun furon |
whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss not discussed |
世仁 see styles |
shì rén shi4 ren2 shih jen yohito よひと |
(given name) Yohito one who is benevolent towards the world |
世原 see styles |
shì yuán shi4 yuan2 shih yüan sebara せばら |
(personal name) Sebara one who is the origin of the world |
世衛 世卫 see styles |
shì wèi shi4 wei4 shih wei |
World Health Organization (WHO) (abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织[Shi4 jie4 Wei4 sheng1 Zu3 zhi1]) |
両刀 see styles |
ryoutou / ryoto りょうとう |
(1) two swords; (2) (abbreviation) (See 両刀使い・りょうとうづかい・2) being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields; (3) (abbreviation) (See 両刀使い・りょうとうづかい・3) liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; (4) (abbreviation) (See 両刀使い・りょうとうづかい・4) bisexual (person) |
中乘 see styles |
zhōng shèng zhong1 sheng4 chung sheng chūjō |
The middle vehicle to nirvana, includes all intermediate or medial systems between Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. It also corresponds with the state of a pratyekabuddha, who lives chiefly for his own salvation but partly for others, like a man sitting in the middle of a vehicle, leaving scarcely room for others. It is a definition made by Mahayanists unknown to Hīnayāna. |
中士 see styles |
zhōng shì zhong1 shi4 chung shih chūshi |
medium disciples, i. e. śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, who can gain emancipation for themselves, but cannot confer it on others: cf. 下士 and 上士. |
中神 see styles |
nakajin なかじん |
Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyodo who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky; (surname) Nakajin |
中胎 see styles |
zhōng tāi zhong1 tai1 chung t`ai chung tai chūtai |
(中胎藏) The central figure of the eight-petalled group of the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala; i. e. the phenomenal Vairocana who has around him four Buddhas and four bodhisattvas, each on a petal. From this maṇḍala spring the four other great maṇḍalas. |
中般 see styles |
zhōng pán zhong1 pan2 chung p`an chung pan chūhan |
One of the five kinds of those who never recede but go on to parinirvāṇa, cf. 不還. |
中農 中农 see styles |
zhōng nóng zhong1 nong2 chung nung nakanou / nakano なかのう |
(historical) middle peasant (PRC rural class category referring to a farmer with moderate land and resources who relies mainly on family labor) middle-class farmer; (surname) Nakanou |
主創 主创 see styles |
zhǔ chuàng zhu3 chuang4 chu ch`uang chu chuang |
to play a major role in a creative endeavor (e.g. making a movie); person who plays a key creative role (e.g. movie director) |
乗鉄 see styles |
noritetsu のりてつ |
railway enthusiast who enjoys riding trains |
九衆 九众 see styles |
jiǔ z hòng jiu3 z hong4 chiu z hung ku shu |
The 七衆 q.v. plus junior monks and nuns, i.e. novices who have received the eight commandments. |
乞婿 see styles |
koimuko こいむこ |
bridegroom who is loved by his bride |
亂善 乱善 see styles |
luàn shàn luan4 shan4 luan shan ranzen |
To disturb the good, confound goodness; the confused goodness of those who worship, etc., with divided mind. |
争友 see styles |
souyuu / soyu そうゆう |
friend who gives advice |
二凡 see styles |
èr fán er4 fan2 erh fan nibon |
The two external and internal, or ordinary ranks, 外凡 and 内凡, in the first forty of the fifty-two stages 位; the 外凡 are ordinary believers who pursue the stages of 十信; the 内凡 are the zealous, who are advancing through the next three groups of stages up to the fortieth. |
二和 see styles |
èr hé er4 he2 erh ho futawa ふたわ |
(place-name) Futawa The double harmony or unity, i. e. 理 and 事, indicating those who are united in doctrine and practice, or the saṅgha. |
二女 see styles |
èr nǚ er4 nv3 erh nü nijo にじょ |
second daughter The two sisters, one the deva 功德女 "merit" or "achieving", who causes people to acquire wealth; the other, 黑闇女 the "dark" one, who causes them to spend and waste; these sisters always accompany each other. |
二婚 see styles |
èr hūn er4 hun1 erh hun |
(coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time; second marriage; person who remarries |
二教 see styles |
èr jiào er4 jiao4 erh chiao nikyō |
Dual division of the Buddha's teaching. There are various definitions: (1) Tiantai has (a) 顯教 exoteric or public teaching to the visible audience, and (b) 密教 at the same time esoteric teaching to an audience invisible to the other assembly. (2) The 眞言 Shingon School by "exoteric" means all the Buddha's preaching, save that of the 大日經 which it counts esoteric. (3) (a) 漸教 and (b) 頓教 graduated and immediate teaching, terms with various uses, e.g. salvation by works Hīnayāna, and by faith, Mahāyāna, etc.; they are applied to the Buddha's method, to the receptivity of hearers and to the teaching itself. (4) Tiantai has (a) 界内教 and (b) 界外教 teachings relating to the 三界 or realms of mortality and teachings relating to immortal realms. (5) (a) 半字教 and (b) 滿字教 Terms used in the Nirvāṇa sūtra, meaning incomplete word, or letter, teaching and complete word teaching, i.e. partial and complete, likened to Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. (6) (a) 捃收教 and (b) 扶律談常教 of the Nirvāṇa sūtra, (a) completing those who failed to hear the Lotus; (b) "supporting the law, while discoursing on immortality," i.e. that the keeping of the law is also necessary to salvation. (7) Tiantai's division of (a) 偏教 and (b) 圓教 the partial teaching of the 藏, 通, and schools as contrasted with the perfect teaching of the 圓 school. (8) Tiantai's division of (a) 構教 and (6) 實教 temporary and permanent, similar to the last two. (9) (a) 世間教 The ordinary teaching of a moral life here; (b) 出世間教 the teaching of Buddha-truth of other-worldly happiness in escape from mortality. (10) (a) 了義教 the Mahāyāna perfect or complete teaching, and (b) 不了義教 Hīnayāna incompleteness. (11) The Huayan division of (a) 屈曲教 indirect or uneven teaching as in the Lotus and Nirvāṇa sūtras, and (b) 平道教 direct or levelled up teaching as in the Huayan sūtra. (12) The Huayan division of (a) 化教 all the Buddha's teaching for conversion and general instruction, and (b) 制教 his rules and commandments for the control and development of his order. |
二果 see styles |
èr guǒ er4 guo3 erh kuo nika |
Sakṛdāgāmin; v. 裟 and 斯. The second "fruit" of the four kinds of Hīnayāna arhats, who have only once more to return to mortality. Also the two kinds of fruit or karma: (a) 習氣果 The good or evil characteristics resulting from habit or practice in a former existence; (b) 報果the pain or pleasure resulting (in this life) from the practices of a previous life. |
二甲 see styles |
èr jiǎ er4 jia3 erh chia |
2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up) |
二衆 二众 see styles |
èr zhòng er4 zhong4 erh chung nishu |
The two groups: the monks, or clergy; the laity who observe the five and the eight commands. |
二鳥 二鸟 see styles |
èr niǎo er4 niao3 erh niao nichou / nicho にちょう |
(female given name) Nichō The drake and the hen of the mandarin duck who are always together, typifying various contrasted theories and ideas, e.g. permanence and impermanence, joy and sorrow, emptiness and non-emptiness, etc. |
五刀 see styles |
wǔ dāo wu3 dao1 wu tao gotou / goto ごとう |
(surname) Gotou The 'five swords' or slayers who were sent in pursuit of a man who fled from his king, e. g. the five skandhas 五蘊. |
五品 see styles |
wǔ pǐn wu3 pin3 wu p`in wu pin gohon |
A division of the disciples, in the Lotus Sutra, into five grades— those who hear and rejoice; read and repeat; preach; observe and meditate; and transform self and others. |
五性 see styles |
wǔ xìng wu3 xing4 wu hsing goshō |
The five different natures as grouped by the 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana sect; of these the first and second, while able to attain to non-return to mortality, are unable to reach Buddhahood; of the fourth some may, others may not reach it; the fifth will be reborn as devas or men: (1) śrāvakas for arhats; (2) pratyekabuddhas for pratyekabuddha-hood; (3) bodhisattvas for Buddhahood; (4) indefinite; (5) outsiders who have not the Buddha mind. The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment 圓覺經 has another group, i. e. the natures of (1) ordinary good people; (2) śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas; (3) bodhisattvas; (4) indefinite; (5) heretics. |
五教 see styles |
wǔ jiào wu3 jiao4 wu chiao gokyō |
The five division of Buddhism according to the Huayan School, of which there are two That of 杜順 Dushun down to 賢首 Xianshou is (1) 小乘教 Hīnayāna which interprets nirvana as annihilation; (2) 大乘始教 the primary stage of Mahāyāna, with two sections the 相始教 and 空 始教 or realistic and idealistic, (3) 大乘終教 Mahāyāna in its final stage, teaching the 眞如 and universal Buddhahood; (4) 頓教 the immediate, direct, or intuitive school, e. g. by right concentration of thought, or faith, apart from 'works'; (5) 圓教 the complete or perfect teaching of the Huayan, combining all the rest into one all-embracing vehicle. The five are now differentiated into 十宗 ten schools. The other division, by 圭峯 Guifeng of the same school, is (1) 人天教 rebirth as human beings for those who keep the five commandments and as devas those who keep the 十善 as 相始教 above; (4) 大乘破相教 as 空始教 above; and (5) 一乘顯性教 the one vehicle which reveals the universal Buddha-nature; it includes (3), (4), and (5) of the first group. See also 五時教. |
五智 see styles |
wǔ zhì wu3 zhi4 wu chih gochi ごち |
(place-name, surname) Gochi The five kinds of wisdom of the 眞言宗 Shingon School. Of the six elements 六大 earth, water, fire, air (or wind), ether (or space) 曇空, and consciousness (or mind 識 ), the first five form the phenomenal world, or Garbhadhātu, the womb of all things 胎藏界, the sixth is the conscious, or perceptive, or wisdom world, the Vajradhātu 金剛界, sometimes called the Diamond realm. The two realms are not originally apart, but one, and there is no consciousness without the other five elements. The sixth element, vijñāna, is further subdivided into five called the 五智 Five Wisdoms: (1) 法界體性智 dharmadhātu-prakṛti-jñāna, derived from the amala-vijñāna, or pure 識; it is the wisdom of the embodied nature of the dharmadhātu, defined as the six elements, and is associated with Vairocana 大日, in the centre, who abides in this samādhi; it also corresponds to the ether 空 element. (2) 大圓鏡智 adarśana-jñāna, the great round mirror wisdom, derived from the ālaya-vijñāna, reflecting all things; corresponds to earth, and is associated with Akṣobhya and the east. (3) 平等性智 samatā-jñāna, derived from mano-vijñāna, wisdom in regard to all things equally and universally; corresponds to fire, and is associated with Ratnasaṃbhava and the south. (4) 妙觀察智 pratyavekṣaṇa-jñāna, derived from 意識, wisdom of profound insight, or discrimination, for exposition and doubt-destruction; corresponds to water, and is associated with Amitābha and the west. (5) 成所作智 kṛtyānuṣṭhāna-jñāna, derived from the five senses, the wisdom of perfecting the double work of self-welfare and the welfare of others; corresponds to air 風 and is associated with Amoghasiddhi and the north. These five Dhyāni-Buddhas are the 五智如來. The five kinds of wisdom are the four belonging to every Buddha, of the exoteric cult, to which the esoteric cult adds the first, pure, all-refecting, universal, all-discerning, and all-perfecting. |
五逆 see styles |
wǔ nì wu3 ni4 wu ni gogyaku ごぎゃく |
(1) {Buddh} five cardinal sins (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, causing a schism within the sangha); (2) (hist) crime of killing one's master, father, grandfather, mother, or grandmother pañcānantarya; 五無間業 The five rebellious acts or deadly sins, parricide, matricide, killing an arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, destroying the harmony of the sangha, or fraternity. The above definition is common both to Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. The lightest of these sins is the first; the heaviest the last. II. Another group is: (1) sacrilege, such as destroying temples, burning sutras, stealing a Buddha's or a monk's things, inducing others to do so, or taking pleasure therein; (2) slander, or abuse of the teaching of śrāvaka s, pratyekabuddhas, or bodhisattvas; (3) ill-treatment or killing of a monk; (4) any one of the five deadly sins given above; (5) denial of the karma consequences of ill deeds, acting or teaching others accordingly, and unceasing evil life. III. There are also five deadly sins, each of which is equal to each of the first set of five: (1) violation of a mother, or a fully ordained nun; (2) killing a bodhisattva in a sangha; (5) destroying a Buddha's stūpa. IV. The five unpardonable sin of Devadatta who (1) destroyed the harmony of the community; (2) injured Śākyamuni with a stone, shedding his blood; (3) induced the king to let loose a rutting elephant to trample down Śākyamuni; (4) killed a nun; (5) put poison on his finger-nails and saluted Śākyamuni intending to destroy him thereby. |
井河 see styles |
jǐng hé jing3 he2 ching ho igawa いがわ |
(surname) Igawa Like the well and the river', indicating the impermanence of life. The 'well ' refers to the legend of the man who running away from a mad elephant fell into a well; the 'river ' to a great tree growing on the river bank yet blown over by the wind. |
亡八 see styles |
wáng bā wang2 ba1 wang pa bouhachi / bohachi ぼうはち |
variant of 王八[wang2 ba1] (1) customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues; (2) brothel; owner of a brothel |
亡者 see styles |
wáng zhě wang2 zhe3 wang che mouja / moja もうじゃ |
the deceased (1) {Buddh} the dead; ghost; (2) (usu. as 〜の亡者) person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for) Dead; the dead. |
京童 see styles |
kyouwarabe; kyouwaranbe; kyouwarawa / kyowarabe; kyowaranbe; kyowarawa きょうわらべ; きょうわらんべ; きょうわらわ |
(1) Kyoto's children; (2) Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext |
人柱 see styles |
hitobashira; jinchuu(sk) / hitobashira; jinchu(sk) ひとばしら; じんちゅう(sk) |
(1) person who died for a cause; (2) (colloquialism) (also read じんちゅう) guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; sacrificial lamb; early adopter; (3) (hist) hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection |
人梯 see styles |
rén tī ren2 ti1 jen t`i jen ti |
human ladder (formed to help sb climb a wall etc); (fig.) person who sacrifices himself for others' success |
人球 see styles |
rén qiú ren2 qiu2 jen ch`iu jen chiu |
person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents); (esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment |
代書 代书 see styles |
dài shū dai4 shu1 tai shu daisho だいしょ |
to write on sb's behalf; a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others) (noun, transitive verb) amanuensis; scribe |
代駕 代驾 see styles |
dài jià dai4 jia4 tai chia |
to drive a vehicle for its owner (often as a paid service for sb who has consumed alcohol) (abbr. for 代理駕駛|代理驾驶[dai4 li3 jia4 shi3]); substitute driver (abbr. for 代駕司機|代驾司机[dai4 jia4 si1 ji1]) |
会者 see styles |
kaisha; kaija かいしゃ; かいじゃ |
(archaism) (See 連歌) person who attends a renga meeting |
伯樂 伯乐 see styles |
bó lè bo2 le4 po le |
Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse); a person who is good at spotting talent |
伯母 see styles |
bó mǔ bo2 mu3 po mu uba うば |
wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother); CL:個|个[ge4] aunt; (surname) Uba |
住果 see styles |
zhù guǒ zhu4 guo3 chu kuo sumika すみか |
(personal name) Sumika Abiding in the fruit; e.g. śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas who rest satisfied in their attainments and do not strive for Buddhahood; they are known as住果緣覺 or住果羅漢. |
何人 see styles |
hé rén he2 ren2 ho jen nannin なんにん |
who how many people; a number of people |
何奴 see styles |
doitsu; dochitsu; doyatsu どいつ; どちつ; どやつ |
(pronoun) (kana only) who? |
何方 see styles |
hé fāng he2 fang1 ho fang donata どなた |
where? (pronoun) (kana only) (honorific or respectful language) who |
何物 see styles |
hé wù he2 wu4 ho wu kamotsu なにもの |
(1) something; (2) nothing (with neg. verb) who |
何者 see styles |
hé zhě he2 zhe3 ho che kasha なにもの |
who; what kind of person why? |
佛刹 see styles |
fó chà fo2 cha4 fo ch`a fo cha bussetsu |
buddhakṣetra. 佛紇差怛羅 Buddha realm, land or country; see also 佛土, 佛國. The term is absent from Hīnayāna. In Mahāyāna it is the spiritual realm acquired by one who reaches perfect enlightenment, where he instructs all beings born there, preparing them for enlightenment. In the schools where Mahāyāna adopted an Ādi-Buddha, these realms or Buddha-fields interpenetrated each other, since they were coexistent with the universe. There are two classes of Buddhakṣetra: (1) in the Vairocana Schools, regarded as the regions of progress for the righteous after death; (2) in the Amitābha Schools, regarded as the Pure Land; v. McGovern, A Manual of Buddhist Philosophy, pp. 70-2. |
佛媛 see styles |
fó yuán fo2 yuan2 fo yüan |
Buddhist griftress (female Internet influencer who exploits Buddhist imagery for self-promotion or commercial purposes) |
佛子 see styles |
fó zǐ fo2 zi3 fo tzu busshi ぶっし |
(surname) Busshi Son of Buddha; a bodhisattva; a believer in Buddhism, for every believer is becoming Buddha; a term also applied to all beings, because all are of Buddha-nature. There is a division of three kinds: 外子 external sons, who have not yet believed; 度子 secondary sons, Hīnayānists; 眞子 true sons, Mahāyānists. |
佛母 see styles |
fó mǔ fo2 mu3 fo mu butsubo |
(1) The mother of the Buddha, Mahāmāyā, 摩耶 Māyā, or Mātṛkā. (2) His aunt who was his foster-mother. (3) The Dharma or Law which produced him. (4) The prajñā-pāramitā, mother or begetter of all Buddhas. (5) Other "Buddha-mothers", e.g. 准提佛母; 孔雀佛母, etc. Cf. 佛眼. |
佛系 see styles |
fó xì fo2 xi4 fo hsi |
(neologism, attested by 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society) |
佛陀 see styles |
fó tuó fo2 tuo2 fo t`o fo to budda |
Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama) v. 佛 There are numerous monks from India and Central Asia bearing this as part of their names. |
作擧 作举 see styles |
zuò jǔ zuo4 ju3 tso chü sako |
The accusation of sin made against particular monks by the virtuous monk who presides at the pravāraṇa gathering on the last day of the summer's rest. |
作者 see styles |
zuò zhě zuo4 zhe3 tso che sakusha さくしゃ |
author; writer creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright; dramatist kartṛ; a doer, he who does things, hence the ātman, ego, or person within; the active element, or principle; one of the sixteen non-Buddhist definitions of the soul. Also kāraṇa, a cause, maker, creator, deity. |
例の see styles |
reino / reno れいの |
(pre-noun adjective) (1) the usual; as it always is; (pre-noun adjective) (2) said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); aforementioned; you-know-(who, what, etc.); (adverb) (3) (archaism) in the usual way |
供僧 see styles |
gusou / guso ぐそう |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 供奉僧・1) monk who attends to the principal image of a temple; (2) Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine |
供天 see styles |
gōng tiān gong1 tian1 kung t`ien kung tien kuten |
天供 The devas who serve Indra. |
供奉 see styles |
gòng fèng gong4 feng4 kung feng gubu ぐぶ |
to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a god) (noun/participle) (1) accompanying; being in attendance on; (2) (abbreviation) (See 内供奉) inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) To offer; the monk who serves at the great altar. |
侠客 see styles |
kyoukyaku / kyokyaku きょうきゃく kyoukaku / kyokaku きょうかく |
self-styled humanitarian; chivalrous person; persons acting under the pretence of chivalry who formed gangs and engaged in gambling |
便人 see styles |
biàn rén bian4 ren2 pien jen |
sb who happens to be on hand for an errand |
俗人 see styles |
sú rén su2 ren2 su jen zokujin ぞくじん |
common people; laity (i.e. not priests) (1) person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; (2) ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman gṛhastha, an ordinary householder; an ordinary man; the laity. |
信士 see styles |
xìn shì xin4 shi4 hsin shih shinji しんじ |
(1) {Buddh} male lay devotee; (suffix) (2) (title affixed to man's posthumous Buddhist name) (See 信女・2) believer; (3) (しんし only) (archaism) believer; (personal name) Shinji upāsaka, 信事男 a male devotee, who remains in the world as a lay disciple. A bestower of alms. Cf. 優. |
信女 see styles |
xìn nǚ xin4 nv3 hsin nü nobujo のぶじょ |
(1) {Buddh} female lay devotee; (suffix) (2) (title affixed to woman's posthumous Buddhist name) believer; (given name) Nobujo upāsikā. A female devotee, who remains at home. Cf. 優. |
修羅 修罗 see styles |
xiū luó xiu1 luo2 hsiu lo shura しゅら |
(Indian mythology) Asuras – powerful, malevolent beings who oppose the gods (1) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 阿修羅) Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology; (2) fighting; carnage; conflict; strife; (3) sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); (4) (See 滑道) log slide; chute; flume; (female given name) Shura asura, demons who war with Indra; v. 阿修羅; it is also sura, which means a god, or deity. |
俺娘 see styles |
orekko おれっこ |
(manga slang) young woman who uses the first person pronoun "ore" |
俺子 see styles |
orekko おれっこ |
(manga slang) young woman who uses the first person pronoun "ore" |
倀鬼 伥鬼 see styles |
chāng guǐ chang1 gui3 ch`ang kuei chang kuei |
ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others |
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