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觀想


观想

see styles
guān xiǎng
    guan1 xiang3
kuan hsiang
 kansō
to visualize (Buddhist practice)
To meditate and think.

觀音


观音

see styles
guān yīn
    guan1 yin1
kuan yin
 kanon
    かんおん
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
(out-dated kanji) Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion; (personal name) Kan'on
Guanyin

談林


谈林

see styles
tán lín
    tan2 lin2
t`an lin
    tan lin
 danrin
    だんりん
(1) (Buddhist term) Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple; (2) (abbreviation) Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry)
A monastic school room.

請來


请来

see styles
qǐng lái
    qing3 lai2
ch`ing lai
    ching lai
 shōrai
obtain Buddhist cultural articles

論書


论书

see styles
lùn shū
    lun4 shu1
lun shu
 ronsho
    ろんしょ
{Buddh} textbook of Buddhist treatises (containing interpretation of the sutras)
instruction

諡号

see styles
 shigou / shigo
    しごう
    okurigou / okurigo
    おくりごう
posthumous name (based the deeds one has performed in their lifetime); posthumous Buddhist name

護摩


护摩

see styles
hù mó
    hu4 mo2
hu mo
 goma
    ごま
{Buddh} homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
homa, also 護磨; 呼麽 described as originally a burnt offering to Heaven; the esoterics adopted the idea of worshipping with fire, symbolizing wisdom as fire burning up the faggots of passion and illusion; and therewith preparing nirvāṇa as food, etc.; cf. 大日經; four kinds of braziers are used, round, semi-circular, square, and octagonal; four, five, or six purposes are recorded i.e. śāntika, to end calamities; pauṣṭika (or puṣṭikarman) for prosperity; vaśīkaraṇa, 'dominating,' intp. as calling down the good by means of enchantments; abhicaraka, exorcising the evil; a fifth is to obtain the loving protection of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas; a sixth divides puṣṭikarman into two parts, the second part being length of life; each of these six has its controlling Buddha and bodhisattvas, and different forms and accessories of worship.

變文


变文

see styles
biàn wén
    bian4 wen2
pien wen
a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)

貝多


贝多

see styles
bèi duō
    bei4 duo1
pei to
 baita
pattra palm tree (loan from Sanskrit, Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras
貝多羅 (貝多羅葉); 貝葉 pattra; palm leaves from-the borassus flabelliformis, used for writing material.

貝葉


贝叶

see styles
bèi yè
    bei4 ye4
pei yeh
pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras

貧道


贫道

see styles
pín dào
    pin2 dao4
p`in tao
    pin tao
 hindou / hindo
    ひんどう
poor Taoist
(1) {Buddh} imperfect (Buddhist) training; imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training; incomplete training; poor training; (pronoun) (2) (humble language) (used by Buddhist monks) I; me
The way of poverty, that of the monk and nun; also, a poor religion, i.e. without the Buddha-truth.

貫主


贯主

see styles
guàn zhǔ
    guan4 zhu3
kuan chu
 kanzu
    かんじゅ
chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)
head

貫首


贯首

see styles
guàn shǒu
    guan4 shou3
kuan shou
 kansu
    かんじゅ
chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)
貫頂 A superintendent, head.

賊禿


贼秃

see styles
zéi tū
    zei2 tu1
tsei t`u
    tsei tu
(derog.) Buddhist monk

身光

see styles
shēn guāng
    shen1 guang1
shen kuang
 shinkou / shinko
    しんこう
aureole (of a Buddhist statue; surrounding the body but not the head); aureola
The glory shining from the person of a Buddha, or Bodhisattva; a halo.

辯機


辩机

see styles
biàn jī
    bian4 ji1
pien chi
Bianji (c. 620-648), Tang dynasty buddhist monk and disciple of 玄奘[Xuan2 zang4], author and translator of Great Tang Records on the Western Regions 大唐西域記|大唐西域记[Da4 Tang2 Xi1 yu4 Ji4]

迦旃

see styles
jiā zhān
    jia1 zhan1
chia chan
 Kasen
(迦旃延子) Kātyāyana; Mahākātyāyana; Mahākātyāyanīputra; one of the ten noted disciples of Śākyamuni. The foundation work of the Abhidharma philosophy; viz. the Abhidharma-jñāna-prasthāna-śāstra, has been attributed to him, but it is by an author of the same name 300 to 500 years later. Other forms are 迦多桁那; 迦多桁尼子(or 迦多演尼子); 迦底耶夜那; 迦氈延 (尼子). There are others of the same name; e. g. the seventh of the ten non-Buddhist philosophers, perhaps Kakuda Kātyāyana, associated with mathematics, but spoken of as 'a violent adversary of Śākyamuni.' M. W.

迦葉


迦叶

see styles
jiā shě
    jia1 she3
chia she
 kashou / kasho
    かしょう
(person) Kasyapa (Hindu sage); Kashou
(迦葉波) kāśyapa, 迦攝 (迦攝波) inter alia 'a class of divine beings similar to or equal to prajāpati'; the father 'of gods, demons, men, fish, reptiles, and all animals'; also 'a constellation'. M.W. It is intp. as 'drinking light', i.e. swallowing sun and moon, but without apparent justification. (1) One of the seven or ten ancient Indian sages. (2) Name of a tribe or race. (3) Kāśyapa Buddha, the third of the five buddhas of the present kalpa, the sixth of the seven ancient buddhas. (4) Mahākāśyapa, a brahman of Magadha, who became one of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni, and after his death became leader of the disciples, 'convoked and directed the first synod, whence his title Ārya Sthavira (上坐, lit. chairman) is derived.' Eitel. He is accounted the chief of the ascetics before the enlightenment; the first compiler of the canon and the first patriarch. (5) There were five Kāśyapas, disciples of the Buddha, Mahā-Kāśyapa, Uruvilā-Kāśyapa, Gayā-Kāśyapa, Nadī-Kāśyapa, and Daśabala-Kāśyapa; the second, third, and fourth are said to have been brothers. (6) A bodhisattva, whose name heads a chapter in the Nirvana Sutra. (7) 迦葉摩騰 Kāśyapa-Mātaṅga, the monk who with Gobharana, or Dharmarakṣa, i.e. Zhu Falan 竺法蘭, according to Buddhist statements, brought images and scriptures to China with the commissioners sent by Mingdi, arriving in Luoyang A.D. 67.

追善

see styles
zhuī shàn
    zhui1 shan4
chui shan
 tsuizen
    ついぜん
(noun, transitive verb) mass for the dead; Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death
to pursue goodness

逆修

see styles
nì xiū
    ni4 xiu1
ni hsiu
 gyakushu
    ぎゃくしゅ
(1) {Buddh} holding a memorial service for oneself; (2) an older person conducting a memorial service for a deceased, younger person
豫修 To observe in contrary order; to observe before death the Buddhist rites in preparation for it.

逆化

see styles
nì huà
    ni4 hua4
ni hua
 gyakuke
(The ability of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas) to convert the heterodox or opponents.

逆縁

see styles
 gyakuen
    ぎゃくえん
(1) {Buddh} bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist; (2) older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child

通教

see styles
tōng jiào
    tong1 jiao4
t`ung chiao
    tung chiao
 michinori
    みちのり
(given name) Michinori
Tiantai classified Buddhist schools into four periods 藏, 通, 別, and 圓. The 藏 Piṭaka school was that of Hīnayāna. The 通Tong, interrelated or intermediate school, was the first stage of Mahāyāna, having in it elements of all the three vehicles, śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattva. Its developing doctrine linked it with Hīnayāna on the one hand and on the other with the two further developments of the 別 'separate', or 'differentiated' Mahāyāna teaching, and the 圓 full-orbed, complete, or perfect Mahāyāna. The 通教 held the doctrine of the Void, but had not arrived at the doctrine of the Mean.

造仏

see styles
 zoubutsu / zobutsu
    ぞうぶつ
making Buddhist images, implements, etc.

造像

see styles
zào xiàng
    zao4 xiang4
tsao hsiang
 zouzou / zozo
    ぞうぞう
(noun/participle) (rare) creating a statue (esp. a Buddhist statue)
To make an image; the first one made of the Buddha is attributed to Udayana, king of Kauśāmbī, a contemporary of Śākyamuni, who is said to have made an image of him, after his death, in sandalwood, 5 feet high.

造立

see styles
zào lì
    zao4 li4
tsao li
 zouryuu; zouritsu / zoryu; zoritsu
    ぞうりゅう; ぞうりつ
(noun, transitive verb) erecting (a temple, Buddhist statue, etc.)
to produce

運慶


运庆

see styles
yùn qìng
    yun4 qing4
yün ch`ing
    yün ching
 unkei / unke
    うんけい
Unkei (c. 1150-1224), Japanese sculptor of Buddhist images
(person) Unkei (Buddhist sculptor) (1148-1224)

過堂


过堂

see styles
guò táng
    guo4 tang2
kuo t`ang
    kuo tang
to appear in court for trial (old); (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall

道氣


道气

see styles
dào qì
    dao4 qi4
tao ch`i
    tao chi
 dōki
The breath, or vital energy, of the Way, i.e. of Buddhist religion.

道術


道术

see styles
dào shù
    dao4 shu4
tao shu
 dōjutsu
The methods, or arts, of the Buddhist religion.

達磨


达磨

see styles
dá mó
    da2 mo2
ta mo
 daruma(p); daruma
    だるま(P); ダルマ
(1) (kana only) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (2) (kana only) Bodhidharma; (3) prostitute; (personal name) Daruma
dharma; also 達摩; 達麼; 達而麻耶; 曇摩; 馱摩 tr. by 法. dharma is from dhara, holding, bearing, possessing, etc.; and means 'that which is to be held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice'; 'anything right.' M.W. It may be variously intp. as (1) characteristic, attribute, predicate; (2) the bearer, the transcendent substratum of single elements of conscious life; (3) element, i.e. a part of conscious life; (4) nirvāṇa, i.e. the Dharma par excellence, the object of Buddhist teaching; (5) the absolute, the real; (6) the teaching or religion of Buddha; (7) thing, object, appearance. Also, Damo, or Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth Indian and first Chinese patriarch, who arrived in China A.D. 520, the reputed founder of the Chan or Intuitional School in China. He is described as son of a king in southern India; originally called Bodhitara. He arrived at Guangdong, bringing it is said the sacred begging-bowl, and settled in Luoyang, where he engaged in silent meditation for nine years, whence he received the title of wall-gazing Brahman 壁觀婆羅門, though he was a kṣatriya. His doctrine and practice were those of the 'inner light', independent of the written word, but to 慧可 Huike, his successor, he commended the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra as nearest to his views. There are many names with Dharma as initial: Dharmapāla, Dharmagupta, Dharmayaśas, Dharmaruci, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmatrāta, Dharmavardhana, etc.

邪扇

see styles
xié shàn
    xie2 shan4
hsieh shan
 jasen
Heterodox fanning, i. e. to influence people by false doctrines.

邪行

see styles
xié xíng
    xie2 xing2
hsieh hsing
 jagyō
Erroneous ways, the ninety-six heretical ways; the disciplines of non-Buddhist sects.

邪雲


邪云

see styles
xié yún
    xie2 yun2
hsieh yün
 jaun
Clouds of falsity or heterodoxy, which cover over the Buddha-nature in the heart.

邪魔

see styles
xié mó
    xie2 mo2
hsieh mo
 jama
    じゃま
evil spirit
(n,adj-na,vs,vt) (1) hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; disturbance; interruption; interference; (vs,vi) (2) (as お〜) (See お邪魔します) to visit (someone's home); (3) {Buddh} (orig. meaning) demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour; (given name) Jama
Evil demons and spirits, māras.

醍醐

see styles
tí hú
    ti2 hu2
t`i hu
    ti hu
 daigo
    だいご
refined cream cheese; fig. crème de la crème; nirvana; Buddha nature; Buddhist truth; broth; flawless personal character
{Buddh} (See 五味・2) ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); the ultimate truth of Buddhism; nirvana; (surname) Teiko
A rich liquor skimmed from boiled butter; clarified butter; ghee; used for the perfect Buddha-truth as found, according to Tiantai, in the Nirvāṇa and Lotus Sūtras.

釈典

see styles
 shakuten
    しゃくてん
Buddhist sutras; Buddhist literature

釋侶


释侣

see styles
shì lǚ
    shi4 lv3
shih lü
 shakuro
Any follower or disciple of the Buddha; any Buddhist comrade; Buddhists.

釋典


释典

see styles
shì diǎn
    shi4 dian3
shih tien
 shakuten
Buddhist doctrine; sutras
The scriptures of Buddhism.

釋家


释家

see styles
shì jiā
    shi4 jia1
shih chia
 shakuke
The Śākya family, i.e. the expounders of Buddhist sūtras and scriptures.

釋氏


释氏

see styles
shì shì
    shi4 shi4
shih shih
 kikuchi
    きくち
(surname) Kikuchi
The Śākya clan, or family name; Śākyamuni.

釋藏


释藏

see styles
shì zàng
    shi4 zang4
shih tsang
 shakuzō
The Śākya thesaurus, i.e. the Tripiṭaka, the Buddhist scriptures, cf. 藏.

釋風


释风

see styles
shì fēng
    shi4 feng1
shih feng
 shakufū
The custom of Buddhism; also its 'breeze' or progress.

金地

see styles
jīn dì
    jin1 di4
chin ti
 kinji
    きんじ
gold paper; gold cloth; ground of gold (e.g. on folding screen); (personal name) Kinji
A Buddhist monastery; v. also 逝 Jetavana.

金缽


金钵

see styles
jīn bō
    jin1 bo1
chin po
(gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk)

鑒真


鉴真

see styles
jiàn zhēn
    jian4 zhen1
chien chen
Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism

長老


长老

see styles
zhǎng lǎo
    zhang3 lao3
chang lao
 chourou / choro
    ちょうろう
elder; term of respect for a Buddhist monk
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) elder; senior; (2) {Buddh} senior monk; (3) dean; presbyter; patriarch; (surname) Nagao
Senior, venerable, title for aged and virtuous monks; also an abbot.

開元


开元

see styles
kāi yuán
    kai1 yuan2
k`ai yüan
    kai yüan
 kaimoto
    かいもと
Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
(surname) Kaimoto
The Kaiyuan period of the Tang emperor Xuanzong, A.D. 713-741; during which the monk 智昇 Zhisheng in 730 issued his 'complete list of all the translations of Buddhist books into the Chinese language from the year A.D. 67 up to the date of publication, embracing the labours of 176 individuals, the whole amounting to 2,278 separate works, many of which, however, were at that time already lost.' Wylie. Its title was開元釋教錄. He also issued the 開元釋教錄略出, an abbreviated version.

開帳

see styles
 kaichou / kaicho
    かいちょう
(noun/participle) (1) unveiling a Buddhist image; (2) gambling; (3) revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden

閑處


闲处

see styles
xián chù
    xian2 chu4
hsien ch`u
    hsien chu
 gensho
A shut-in place, a place of peace, a hermitage, a Buddhist monastery.

閻魔


阎魔

see styles
yán mó
    yan2 mo2
yen mo
 enma
    えんま
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
{Buddh} Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma; (dei) Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
閻王 閻羅; (閻魔王); 閻摩羅; 閻老 Yama, also v. 夜; 閻羅王 Yama. (1) In the Vedas the god of the dead, with whom the spirits of the departed dwell. He was son of the Sun and had a twin sister Yamī or Yamuna. By some they were looked upon as the first human pair. (2) In later Brahmanic mythology, one of the eight Lokapālas, guardian of the South and ruler of the Yamadevaloka and judge of the dead. (3) In Buddhist mythology, the regent of the Nārakas, residing south of Jambudvīpa, outside of the Cakravālas, in a palace of copper and iron. Originally he is described as a king of Vaiśālī, who, when engaged in a bloody war, wished he were master of hell, and was accordingly reborn as Yama in hell together with his eighteen generals and his army of 80,000 men, who now serve him in purgatory. His sister Yamī deals with female culprits. Three times in every twenty-four hours demon pours into Yama's mouth boiling copper (by way of punishment), his subordinates receiving the same dose at the same time, until their sins are expiated, when he will be reborn as Samantarāja 普王. In China he rules the fifth court of purgatory. In some sources he is spoken of as ruling the eighteen judges of purgatory.

闍梨


阇梨

see styles
shé lí
    she2 li2
she li
 jari
Buddhist monk (Sanskrit: jala)
闍黎 ācārya, cf. 阿, a teacher, instructor, exemplar.

闍黎


阇黎

see styles
shé lí
    she2 li2
she li
 jari
Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration); also written 闍梨|阇梨[she2 li2]
ācārya

阿潘

see styles
ā pān
    a1 pan1
a p`an
    a pan
 Ahan
Apan, name of the 'first' Chinese Buddhist nun, of Luoyang in Henan.

阿鼻

see styles
ā bí
    a1 bi2
a pi
 abi
    あび
Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells; fig. hell; hell on earth
{Buddh} Avici (lowest level of hell)
Avīci, 阿鼻旨; 阿鼻脂; 阿鼻至; the last and deepest of the eight hot hells, where the culprits suffer, die, and are instantly reborn to suffering, without interruption 無間. It is the 阿鼻地獄 (阿鼻旨地獄) or the 阿鼻焦熱地獄hell of unintermitted scorching; or the阿鼻喚地獄 hell of unintermitted wailing; its wall, out of which there is no escape, is the 阿鼻大城.

院号

see styles
 ingou / ingo
    いんごう
(1) (honorific or respectful language) former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.); (2) (See 院・7) posthumous Buddhist name containing the character "in"

陳那


陈那

see styles
chén nà
    chen2 na4
ch`en na
    chen na
 jinna
    じんな
(personal name) Jinna
Dignāga, Dinnāga; a native of southern India, the great Buddhist logician, circa A. D. 500 or 550, founder of the new logic, cf. 因明; he is known also as 童授 and 域龍. Also used for Jina, victorious, the overcomer, a title of a Buddha.

雕塑

see styles
diāo sù
    diao1 su4
tiao su
a statue; a Buddhist image; sculpture; to carve

難提


难提

see styles
nán tí
    nan2 ti2
nan t`i
    nan ti
 Nandei
Nandi, "the happy one," name of Viṣṇu, Śiva, and of a Buddhist monk; also said to be a term for stūpa.

露仏

see styles
 robutsu
    ろぶつ
(form) (See 濡れ仏) Buddhist image in the open

須彌


须弥

see styles
xū mí
    xu1 mi2
hsü mi
 Shumi
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition; Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
Sumeru, also 須彌樓; 彌樓; 蘇彌樓; 修迷樓; later 蘇迷盧; the central mountain of every world, tr. as 妙高; 妙光, etc., wonderful height, wonderful brilliancy, etc.; at the top is Indra's heaven, or heavens, below them are the four devalokas; around are eight circles of mountains and between them the eight seas, the whole forming nine mountains and eight seas.

頓悟


顿悟

see styles
dùn wù
    dun4 wu4
tun wu
 tongo
    とんご
a flash of realization; the truth in a flash; a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist)
(noun/participle) {Buddh} (See 漸悟) sudden enlightenment
Instantly to apprehend, or attain to Buddha-enlightenment, in contrast with Hīnayāna and other methods of gradual attainment.

領解


领解

see styles
lǐng jiě
    ling3 jie3
ling chieh
 ryoukai / ryokai
    りょうかい
(noun/participle) comprehension; consent; understanding; agreement; roger (on the radio)
To receive and interpret.

頭光


头光

see styles
tóu guāng
    tou2 guang1
t`ou kuang
    tou kuang
 zukou / zuko
    ずこう
(See 光輪) halo (of a Buddhist statue); nimbus
A halo or nimbus round the head (of an image).

顕教

see styles
 kengyou; kenkyou / kengyo; kenkyo
    けんぎょう; けんきょう
{Buddh} (ant: 密教・みっきょう) Kengyō; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings

願掛

see styles
 gangake
    がんがけ
    gankake
    がんかけ
Shinto or Buddhist prayer

願文


愿文

see styles
yuàn wén
    yuan4 wen2
yüan wen
 ganmon
    がんもん
written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
written vow

願書

see styles
 gansho
    がんしょ
(1) (written) application; written request; petition; (2) (See 願文) written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple

飛天


飞天

see styles
fēi tiān
    fei1 tian1
fei t`ien
    fei tien
 hiten
    ひてん
flying Apsara (Buddhist art)
(1) {Buddh} heavenly beings shown flying around the main image in a temple; (2) Feitian (2008 Chinese space suit); (surname) Hiten

飲酒


饮酒

see styles
yǐn jiǔ
    yin3 jiu3
yin chiu
 onju; onshu
    おんじゅ; おんしゅ
to drink wine
(1) {Buddh} (See 飲酒・いんしゅ) consumption of alcohol (as prohibited by one of the Buddhist precepts); (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 飲酒戒・おんじゅかい) Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol

香客

see styles
xiāng kè
    xiang1 ke4
hsiang k`o
    hsiang ko
Buddhist pilgrim; Buddhist worshipper

香花

see styles
xiāng huā
    xiang1 hua1
hsiang hua
 koharu
    こはる
fragrant flower; fig. beneficial (of artworks etc)
flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering); (female given name) Koharu
incense and flowers

香華


香华

see styles
xiāng huā
    xiang1 hua1
hsiang hua
 yuuka / yuka
    ゆうか
flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering); (female given name) Yūka
Incense and flowers, offerings to Buddha.

骨燼


骨烬

see styles
gǔ jìn
    gu3 jin4
ku chin
bones and ashes; remains (after Buddhist cremation)

高昌

see styles
gāo chāng
    gao1 chang1
kao ch`ang
    kao chang
 takamasa
    たかまさ
(given name) Takamasa
高車Karakhojo, the ancient town of Kao-ch'ang, which lay 30 li east of Turfan in Turkestan, formerly an important Buddhist centre, whence came scriptures and monks to China.

髮論


发论

see styles
fǎ lùn
    fa3 lun4
fa lun
The śāstra of the non-Buddhist Kapila, the 勝論 q.v.

魔羅


魔罗

see styles
mó luó
    mo2 luo2
mo lo
 mara
    まら
(1) obstacle to Buddhist practice; (2) (vulgar) (kana only) penis
Māra, v. 魔; also 麽羅; for 魔羅耶 v. 摩.

魔障

see styles
mó zhàng
    mo2 zhang4
mo chang
 mashou / masho
    ましょう
Mara (the demon of temptation)
obstacle to Buddhist practice
Māra-hindrances; also 障 is an interpretation of 魔.

鳳刹


凤刹

see styles
fèng chà
    feng4 cha4
feng ch`a
    feng cha
Phœnix'-kṣetra, a term for a Buddhist temple.

麗藏


丽藏

see styles
lí zàng
    li2 zang4
li tsang
The Korean tripiṭaka.

齋堂


斋堂

see styles
zhāi táng
    zhai1 tang2
chai t`ang
    chai tang
 saidō
dining hall in a Buddhist temple
Abstinence hall, i.e. monastic dining-hall.

齋飯


斋饭

see styles
zhāi fàn
    zhai1 fan4
chai fan
food given to Buddhist monks as alms

龍樹


龙树

see styles
lóng shù
    long2 shu4
lung shu
 ryuuju / ryuju
    りゅうじゅ
Nāgārjuna (c. 150-250 AD), Buddhist philosopher
(surname, female given name) Ryūju
Nāgārjuna, v. 那.

龕灯

see styles
 gandou / gando
    がんどう
Buddhist altar light

龕燈

see styles
 gandou / gando
    がんどう
Buddhist altar light

コンパ

see styles
 gonpa
    ゴンパ
{Buddh} gompa (Tibetan Buddhist ecclesiastical building) (tib:)

すかり

see styles
 sukari
    スカリ
(1) net for caught fish; (2) net-like tassel of Buddhist prayer beads; (adv,adv-to) (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) easily; (personal name) Sculley

一切経

see styles
 issaikyou / issaikyo
    いっさいきょう
complete Buddhist scriptures

一切經


一切经

see styles
yī qiè jīng
    yi1 qie4 jing1
i ch`ieh ching
    i chieh ching
 issai kyō
The Tripiṭaka 大藏經 or 藏經, i.e. the whole of the Buddhist Canon. The collection was first made in China in the first year of 開皇 A.D. 581. See B. N.

七如衆


七如众

see styles
qī rú zhòng
    qi1 ru2 zhong4
ch`i ju chung
    chi ju chung
 shichinyoshu
sapta-tathāgatāḥ. The seven tathāgatas whose names are inscribed on a heptagonal pillar (七如來寶塔) in some Buddhist temples. One list 阿彌陀, 甘露飯王, 觀音, 毘耶娑, 色妙身, 羅担納担羅耶and 寶勝. Another list gives Amitābha, Kan-lu-wang, 離怖畏, 廣博身, Miaoseshen, Baosheng (Ratnasaṃbhava) 多寶 (Prabhūtaratna).

万灯会

see styles
 mandoue / mandoe
    まんどうえ
Buddhist lantern festival

三佛子

see styles
sān fó zǐ
    san1 fo2 zi3
san fo tzu
 san busshi
All the living are Buddha-sons, but they are of three kinds—the commonalty are 外子 external sons; the followers of the two inferior Buddhist vehicles, 小and 中 乘, are 庶子 secondary sons (i.e. of concubines); the bodhisattvas, i.e. mahāyānists) are 子 true sons, or sons in the truth.

上座部

see styles
shàng zuò bù
    shang4 zuo4 bu4
shang tso pu
 jouzabu / jozabu
    じょうざぶ
Theravada school of Buddhism
Sthaviravada (early Buddhist movement)
他毘梨典部; 他鞞羅部 Sthavirāḥ; Sthaviranikāya; or Āryasthāvirāḥ. The school of the presiding elder, or elders. The two earliest sections of Buddhism were this (which developed into the Mahāsthavirāḥ) and the Mahāsānghikāḥ or 大衆部. At first they were not considered to be different schools, the 上座部 merely representing the intimate and older disciples of Śākyamuni and the 大衆 being the rest. It is said that a century later under Mahādeva 大天 a difference of opinion arose on certain doctrines. Three divisions are named as resulting, viz. Mahāvihāravāsinaḥ, Jetavanīyāḥ, and Abhayagiri-vāsinaḥ. These were in Ceylon. In course of time the eighteen Hīnayāna sects were developed. From the time of Aśoka four principal schools are counted as prevailing: Mahāsāṅghika, Sthavira, Mūlasarvāstivda, and Saṁmitīya. The following is a list of the eleven sects reckoned as of the 上座部: 說一切有部; 雪山; 犢子; 法上; 賢冑; 正量; 密林山; 化地; 法藏; 飮光; and 經量部. The Sthaviravādin is reputed as nearest to early Buddhism in its tenets, though it is said to have changed the basis of Buddhism from an agnostic system to a realistic philosophy.

不動尊


不动尊

see styles
bù dòng zūn
    bu4 dong4 zun1
pu tung tsun
 fudouson / fudoson
    ふどうそん
(honorific or respectful language) (See 不動明王) Acala (Wisdom King); Āryācalanātha; Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity; (place-name) Fudouson
Āryācalanātha

不可棄


不可弃

see styles
bù kě qì
    bu4 ke3 qi4
pu k`o ch`i
    pu ko chi
 Fukaki
Not to be cast away— said to be the name of the founder of the Mahīśāsakah, or 化地 school, cast into a well at birth by his mother, saved by his father, at first brahman, afterwards a Buddhist; v. 文殊問經, but probably apocryphal.

九句因

see styles
jiǔ jù yīn
    jiu3 ju4 yin1
chiu chü yin
 kuku in
A term in Buddhist logic; the nine possible combinations of like and unlike examples in a syllogism.

九華山


九华山

see styles
jiǔ huá shān
    jiu3 hua2 shan1
chiu hua shan
 Kuke Sen
Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains
Formerly called 九子山, which was changed by the Tang poet Li Bai to the above; it is one of the four sacred mountains of Buddhism, situated in Anhui, and its patron Bodhisattva is Dizang 地藏.

五具足

see styles
wǔ jù zú
    wu3 ju4 zu2
wu chü tsu
 gogusoku
    ごぐそく
five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner
The five complete utensils for worship— two flower vases, two candlesticks, and a censer.

五辛素

see styles
wǔ xīn sù
    wu3 xin1 su4
wu hsin su
(adjective) non-Buddhist vegetarian (allowing strong-smelling vegetables like garlic and onions)

人相印

see styles
rén xiāng yìn
    ren2 xiang1 yin4
jen hsiang yin
Sealed with the sign of manhood, i.e. of the religious life. 大仙 Maharsi. Great sages, applied to Buddhist saints as superior to ordinary "immortals"; also to sravakas, and especially to Buddha; | | 戒 are the Buddha's laws or commands. Vasistha 婆私瑟侘 was one of the seven rsis 大仙 of Brahmanic mythology.

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