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Example is Better than Precept
shēn jiào shèng yú yán jiào
Tell somebody how to do something and they might get it.
Show them how to do it, and they will master it in no time.
身教勝於言教 can also be translated as “Behavior teaches more than words.”
See Also: Wisdom
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The Law of Creation and Destruction
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
戒 see styles |
jiè jie4 chieh kai; ingoto(ok) かい; いんごと(ok) |
to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing something; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger) (1) (かい only) {Buddh} admonition; commandment; (2) sila (precept) śīla, 尸羅. Precept, command, prohibition, discipline, rule; morality. It is applied to the five, eight, ten, 250, and other commandments. The five are: (1) not to kill; (2 ) not to steal; (3) not to commit adultery; (4) not to speak falsely; (5) not to drink wine. These are the commands for lay disciples; those who observe them will be reborn in the human realm. The Sarvāstivādins did not sanction the observance of a limited selection from them as did the 成實宗 Satyasiddhi school. Each of the five precepts has five guardian spirits, in all twenty-five, 五戒二十五神. The eight for lay disciples are the above five together with Nos. 7, 8, and 9 of the following; the ten commands for the ordained, monks and nuns, are the above five with the following: (6) not to use adornments of flowers, nor perfumes; (7) not to perform as an actor, juggler, acrobat, or go to watch and hear them; (8) not to sit on elevated, broad, and large divans (or beds); (9) not to eat except in regulation hours; (10) not to possess money, gold or silver, or precious things. The 具足戒full commands for a monk number 250, those for a nun are 348, commonly called 500. Śīla is also the first of the 五分法身, i.e. a condition above all moral error. The Sutra of Brahma's Net has the following after the first five: (6) not to speak of the sins of those in orders; (7) not to vaunt self and depreciate others; (8) not to be avaricious; (9) not to be angry; (10) not to slander the triratna. |
教 see styles |
jiào jiao4 chiao yuki ゆき |
religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell (female given name) Yuki pravacana, to teach, instruct, inculcate; śāśana, teaching, precept, doctrine; āgama, sect, school, church. |
訓 训 see styles |
xùn xun4 hsün kun(p); kuni(ok) くん(P); くに(ok) |
to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule (1) native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; (n,suf) (2) (See 処世訓・しょせいくん) precept; lesson; one's teachings; (female given name) Yomi To teach. |
誡 诫 see styles |
jiè jie4 chieh kai |
commandment; to prohibit Commandment, precept, prohibition, warning, rule. |
銘 铭 see styles |
míng ming2 ming mei / me めい |
to engrave; inscribed motto (1) inscription; epitaph; (2) (manufacturer's) engraved signature; (3) (See 座右の銘・ざゆうのめい) motto; maxim; precept; (surname) Mei To engrave, on metal, stone, or the tablets of the heart. |
婬戒 淫戒 see styles |
yín jiè yin2 jie4 yin chieh inkai |
The commandment against adultery. |
律法 see styles |
lǜ fǎ lu:4 fa3 lü fa rippou / rippo りっぽう |
laws and decrees (1) law; rule; (2) {Buddh} (See 戒律) precept; (3) (See トーラー) Torah (first five books of the Hebrew Bible) The laws or methods of the discipline; rules and laws. |
慳戒 悭戒 see styles |
qiān jiè qian1 jie4 ch`ien chieh chien chieh kenkai |
precept against harming others by one's own stinginess (parsimony) |
戒め see styles |
imashime いましめ |
(1) caution; admonition; warning; lesson; (2) prohibition; ban; commandment; precept; (3) punishment; (4) (archaism) caution; guard |
戒律 see styles |
jiè lǜ jie4 lu:4 chieh lü kairitsu かいりつ |
monastic discipline; commandment (religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah śīla and vinaya. The rules. |
戒條 戒条 see styles |
jiè tiáo jie4 tiao2 chieh t`iao chieh tiao |
commandment; precept |
戒規 戒规 see styles |
jiè guī jie4 gui1 chieh kuei |
religious precept; taboo; rule |
所犯 see styles |
suǒ fàn suo3 fan4 so fan shobon |
that which is violated [a precept] |
教え see styles |
oshie おしえ |
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine |
教訓 教训 see styles |
jiào xun jiao4 xun5 chiao hsün kyoukun / kyokun きょうくん |
to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson; CL:番[fan1],頓|顿[dun4] (noun, transitive verb) lesson; precept; teachings; moral 訓誨 To teach, instruct. |
殺戒 杀戒 see styles |
shā jiè sha1 jie4 sha chieh sekkai |
precept (forbidding) killing |
淫戒 see styles |
yín jiè yin2 jie4 yin chieh inkai |
precept prohibiting debauchery |
煞戒 see styles |
shà jiè sha4 jie4 sha chieh sekkai |
precept (forbidding) killing |
破戒 see styles |
pò jiè po4 jie4 p`o chieh po chieh hakai はかい |
to violate a religious precept; to smoke or drink after giving up breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence) To break the commandments. |
禁戒 see styles |
jìn jiè jin4 jie4 chin chieh gonkai |
to abstain from; to prohibit (certain foods etc) Prohibitions, commandments, especially the Vinaya as containing the laws and regulations of Buddhism. |
誡め see styles |
imashime いましめ |
(1) caution; admonition; warning; lesson; (2) prohibition; ban; commandment; precept; (3) punishment; (4) (archaism) caution; guard |
警め see styles |
imashime いましめ |
(1) caution; admonition; warning; lesson; (2) prohibition; ban; commandment; precept; (3) punishment; (4) (archaism) caution; guard |
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 |
齋持 斋持 see styles |
zhāi chí zhai1 chi2 chai ch`ih chai chih |
To observe the law of abstinence, i.e. food at the regulation times. |
不婬戒 see styles |
bù yín jiè bu4 yin2 jie4 pu yin chieh fuin kai |
precept forbidding sexual misconduct |
不慳戒 不悭戒 see styles |
bù qiān jiè bu4 qian1 jie4 pu ch`ien chieh pu chien chieh fuken kai |
precept against harming others by one's own stinginess (parsimony) |
不殺戒 不杀戒 see styles |
bù shā jiè bu4 sha1 jie4 pu sha chieh fu setsu kai |
precept of not-killing |
不煞戒 see styles |
bù shà jiè bu4 sha4 jie4 pu sha chieh fusetsukai |
precept of not killing |
亡語戒 亡语戒 see styles |
wáng yǔ jiè wang2 yu3 jie4 wang yü chieh mōgo kai |
precept forbidding false speech |
偸盜戒 偸盗戒 see styles |
tōu dào jiè tou1 dao4 jie4 t`ou tao chieh tou tao chieh chūtōkai |
precept (forbidding) stealing |
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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 | |
| Example is Better than Precept | 身教勝於言教 身教胜于言教 | shēn jiào shèng yú yán jiào shen1 jiao4 sheng4 yu2 yan2 jiao1 shen jiao sheng yu yan jiao shenjiaoshengyuyanjiao | shen chiao sheng yü yen chiao | |
| 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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