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二涅槃 see styles |
èr niè pán er4 nie4 pan2 erh nieh p`an erh nieh pan ni nehan |
Two Nirvanas, v. 二種涅槃. |
二無常 二无常 see styles |
èr wú cháng er4 wu2 chang2 erh wu ch`ang erh wu chang ni mujō |
Two kinds of impermanence, immediate and delayed. 念念無常 things in motion, manifestly transient; 相續無常 things that have the semblance of continuity, but are also transient, as life ending in death, or a candle in extinction. |
二無我 二无我 see styles |
èr wú wǒ er4 wu2 wo3 erh wu wo ni muga |
The two categories of anātman: — 人無我 no (permanent) human ego, or soul; 法無我 no (permanent) individuality in or independence of self or of things. |
二無明 二无明 see styles |
èr wú míng er4 wu2 ming2 erh wu ming ni mumyō |
two kinds of nescience |
二無知 二无知 see styles |
èr wú zhī er4 wu2 zhi1 erh wu chih ni muchi |
two kinds of not-knowing |
二無記 二无记 see styles |
èr wú jì er4 wu2 ji4 erh wu chi ni muki |
The two neutrals, or indeterminates which cannot be noted as good or evil. |
二煩惱 二烦恼 see styles |
èr fán nǎo er4 fan2 nao3 erh fan nao ni bonnō |
The two kinds of kleśa, i.e. passions, delusions, temptations, or trials. (1) (a) 根本煩惱 The six fundamental kleśas arising from the six senses; (b) 隨煩惱 the twenty consequent kleśas arising out of the six. (2) (a) 分別起煩惱 Kleśa arising from false reasoning; (b) 倶生起煩惱 that which is natural to all. (3) (a) 大煩惱地法The six great, e.g. extravagance, and (b) 小煩惱地法 ten minor afflictions, e.g. irritability. (4) (a) 數行煩惱 Ordinary passions, or temptations; (b) 猛利煩惱fierce, sudden, or violent passions, or temptations. |
二王尊 see styles |
èr wáng zūn er4 wang2 zun1 erh wang tsun ni ōson |
two guardian deities |
二盃口 see styles |
ryanpeekoo リャンペーコー |
{mahj} (See 一盃口・イーペーコー) winning hand composed of two sets of two identical chows plus a pair |
二眞如 see styles |
èr zhēn rú er4 zhen1 ru2 erh chen ju ni shinnyo |
v. 二如 and 眞如. |
二福田 see styles |
èr fú tián er4 fu2 tian2 erh fu t`ien erh fu tien ni fukuden |
The two fields for the cultivation of happiness: (a) 學人田 the eighteen Hīnayāna classes of those under training in religion; (b) 無學人田 the nine divisions of those no longer in training, i.e. who have completed their course. Also (a) 悲田 the pitable or poor and needy, as the field or opportunity for charity; (b) 敬田the field of religion and reverence of the Buddhas, the saints, the priesthood. |
二種子 二种子 see styles |
èr zhǒng zǐ er4 zhong3 zi3 erh chung tzu ni shūji |
Two kinds of seed: (1) (a) 本有種子 the seed or latent undivided (moral) force immanent in the highest of the eight 識, i.e. the ālaya-vijñāna; (b) 新薰種子the newly influenced, or active seed when acted upon by the seven other 識, thus becoming productive. (2) (a) 名言種子 The so-called seed which causes moral action similar to 本有種子, e.g. good or evil seed producing good or evil deeds; (b) 業種子 karma seed, the sixth 識 acting with the eighth. |
二種定 二种定 see styles |
èr zhǒng dìng er4 zhong3 ding4 erh chung ting nishu jō |
two types of meditative absorption |
二種性 二种性 see styles |
èr zhǒng xìng er4 zhong3 xing4 erh chung hsing nishu shō |
Two kinds of seed-nature, the character of the ālaya seed and its development: (1) (a) 性種子 The original good seed-nature; (b) 習種子 the seed-nature in practice or development. (2) (a) 本性住種性 The immanent abiding original good seed-nature; (b) 習所成種性 the seed productive according to its ground. (3) (a) 聖種性 The seed-nature of the saints, by which they attain nirvana; (b) 愚夫種性 the seed-nature in the foolish and ignorant. |
二種斷 二种断 see styles |
èr zhǒng duàn er4 zhong3 duan4 erh chung tuan nishu dan |
two kinds of elimination |
二種施 二种施 see styles |
èr zhǒng shī er4 zhong3 shi1 erh chung shih nishu (no) se |
v. 二種布施. |
二種果 二种果 see styles |
èr zhǒng guǒ er4 zhong3 guo3 erh chung kuo nishu ka |
two kinds of fruits |
二種死 二种死 see styles |
èr zhǒng sǐ er4 zhong3 si3 erh chung ssu nishu (no) shi |
The two kinds of death, 命盡死 natural death, and 外緣死 violent death, or death from external cause. |
二種生 二种生 see styles |
èr zhǒng shēng er4 zhong3 sheng1 erh chung sheng nishu shō |
two kinds of birth |
二種病 二种病 see styles |
èr zhǒng bìng er4 zhong3 bing4 erh chung ping nishu no yamai |
Two kinds of sickness: physical and mental or spiritual. |
二種相 二种相 see styles |
èr zhǒng xiàng er4 zhong3 xiang4 erh chung hsiang nishu sō |
two kinds of characteristics |
二種聖 二种圣 see styles |
èr zhǒng shèng er4 zhong3 sheng4 erh chung sheng nishu shō |
Two classes of saints or, preachers: those who preach and those who preach without words. |
二種識 二种识 see styles |
èr zhǒng shì er4 zhong3 shi4 erh chung shih nishu no shiki |
two types of consciousness |
二種障 二种障 see styles |
èr zhǒng zhàng er4 zhong3 zhang4 erh chung chang nishu shō |
two kinds of hindrances |
二空觀 二空观 see styles |
èr kōng guān er4 kong1 guan1 erh k`ung kuan erh kung kuan ni kūkan |
Two kinds of meditation on the "void', or unreality: (a) 無生觀 the meditation that things are unproduced, having no individual or separate natures, i.e. that all things are void and unreal; cf. 性空; (b) 無相觀 that they are therefore formless, cf. 相空. Also 人 and 法空觀 see above. |
二箇所 see styles |
nikasho にかしょ |
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages |
二節棍 二节棍 see styles |
èr jié gùn er4 jie2 gun4 erh chieh kun |
nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts) |
二結び see styles |
futamusubi ふたむすび |
two half hitches |
二經體 二经体 see styles |
èr jīng tǐ er4 jing1 ti3 erh ching t`i erh ching ti ni kyōtai |
The two bodies or elements in a sūtra: 文 and 義 the words and the meaning, or ideas. |
二線式 see styles |
nisenshiki にせんしき |
two-wire-system |
二脇士 二胁士 see styles |
èr xié shì er4 xie2 shi4 erh hsieh shih ni kyōshi |
二挾侍 The two attendants by the side of Amitābha, i.e. 觀音 Guanyin and 大勢至 Mahāsthāmaprāpta; also the two by Yaoshi, the Master of Medicine, i.e. 日光 sunlight and 月光 moonlight; also the two by Śākyamuni, i.e. 文殊 Mañjuśrī and 普賢 Samantabhadra. |
二般若 see styles |
èr bō rě er4 bo1 re3 erh po je ni hannya |
Two kinds of prajñā, or wisdom. (1) (a) 共般若 The prajñā of the three stages of śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and imperfect Bodhisattva schools; (b) 不共般若 the prajñā of the perfect Bodhisattva teaching—a Tiantai division. (2) (a) 世間般若 temporal prajñā; (b) 出世間般若 supernatural. (3) (a) 實相般若 The first part of the Prajñāpāramitā; (b) 觀照般若 the second part. |
二色身 see styles |
èr sè shēn er4 se4 shen1 erh se shen ni shikishin |
The two rūpakāya or incantation-bodies of a Buddha, his 報身 and 應身 or saṁbhogakāya and nirmāṇakāya, as distinguished from 法身 the dharmakāya. |
二解脫 二解脱 see styles |
èr jiě tuō er4 jie3 tuo1 erh chieh t`o erh chieh to ni gedatsu |
Two kinds of deliverance, mukti or mokṣa: (1) (a) 有爲解脫 Active or earthly deliverance to arhatship; (b) 無爲解脫 nirvana-deliverance. (2) (a) 性淨解脫 The pure, original freedom or innocence; (b) 障盡解脫 deliverance acquired by the ending of all hindrances (to salvation). (3) (a) 慧解脫 The arhat's deliverance from hindrances to wisdom; (b) 具解脫 his complete deliverance in regard to both wisdom and vision 慧 and 定. (4) (a) 時解脫 The dull who take time or are slow in attaining to 定 vision; (b) 不時解脫 the quick or clever who take "no time". (5) (a) 心解脫 A heart or mind delivered from desires; (b) 慧解脫 a mind delivered from ignorance by wisdom. |
二諦觀 二谛观 see styles |
èr dì guān er4 di4 guan1 erh ti kuan nitai kan |
contemplation on the two truths |
二資粮 二资粮 see styles |
èr zī liáng er4 zi1 liang2 erh tzu liang ni shiryō |
two kinds of provisions |
二資糧 二资粮 see styles |
èr zī liáng er4 zi1 liang2 erh tzu liang nishiryō |
two necessary provisions for the path to enlightenment |
二足尊 see styles |
èr zú zūn er4 zu2 zun1 erh tsu tsun nisoku son |
most honored among the two-legged |
二輪車 see styles |
nirinsha にりんしゃ |
two-wheeled vehicle |
二轉依 二转依 see styles |
èr zhuǎn yī er4 zhuan3 yi1 erh chuan i ni tenne |
two transformations of the basis |
二通り see styles |
futatoori ふたとおり |
pair; two kinds; two ways |
二週間 see styles |
nishuukan / nishukan にしゅうかん |
fortnight; two weeks |
二過一 二过一 see styles |
èr guò yī er4 guo4 yi1 erh kuo i |
(soccer) one-two; push-and-run |
二道理 see styles |
èr dào lǐ er4 dao4 li3 erh tao li ni dōri |
rationale for two paths |
二部作 see styles |
nibusaku にぶさく |
two-part work |
二部制 see styles |
èr bù zhì er4 bu4 zhi4 erh pu chih |
two shift system (in schools) |
二重障 see styles |
èr zhòng zhàng er4 zhong4 zhang4 erh chung chang ni jūshō |
two heavy hindrances |
二階家 see styles |
nikaiya にかいや |
two-storey house; two-story house |
二階屋 see styles |
nikaiya にかいや |
two-storey house; two-story house |
二階建 see styles |
nikaidate にかいだて |
two-storied building |
二障義 二障义 see styles |
èr zhàng yì er4 zhang4 yi4 erh chang i Nishō gi |
System of the Two Hindrances |
二隨眠 二随眠 see styles |
èr suí mián er4 sui2 mian2 erh sui mien ni zuimin |
two propensities |
二雜染 二杂染 see styles |
èr zá rǎn er4 za2 ran3 erh tsa jan ni zōzen |
two defilements |
二面性 see styles |
nimensei / nimense にめんせい |
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness |
二項式 二项式 see styles |
èr xiàng shì er4 xiang4 shi4 erh hsiang shih nikoushiki / nikoshiki にこうしき |
two items; binomial (math.) (mathematics term) binomial |
五佛性 see styles |
wǔ fó xìng wu3 fo2 xing4 wu fo hsing go busshō |
The five characteristics of a Buddha' s nature: the first three are the 三因佛性 q. v., the fourth is 果佛性 the fruition of perfect enlightenment, and the fifth 果果佛性 the fruition of that fruition, or the revelation of parinirvāṇa. The first three are natural attributes, the two last are acquired. |
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. |
五類天 五类天 see styles |
wǔ lèi tiān wu3 lei4 tian1 wu lei t`ien wu lei tien gorui ten |
The five kinds of devas: (1) 上界天 in the upper realms of form and non-form; (2) 虛空天 in the sky, i. e. four of the six devas of the desire-realm; (3) 地居天 on the earth, i. e. the other two of the six devas, on Sumeru; (4) 遊虛天空 wandering devas of the sky, e. g. sun, moon, starvas, (5) 地下天 under-world devas, e. g. nāgas, asuras, māras, etc. Of. 五大明王. |
交匯處 交汇处 see styles |
jiāo huì chù jiao1 hui4 chu4 chiao hui ch`u chiao hui chu |
confluence (of two rivers); junction (of roads); (transport) interchange |
京二胡 see styles |
jīng èr hú jing1 er4 hu2 ching erh hu |
jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera; also called 京胡 |
人天乘 see styles |
rén tiān shèng ren2 tian1 sheng4 jen t`ien sheng jen tien sheng ninten jō |
Two of the 五乘 q.v. |
人天教 see styles |
rén tiān jiào ren2 tian1 jiao4 jen t`ien chiao jen tien chiao ninden kyō |
Two of the 五教 q.v. |
仁王尊 see styles |
rén wáng zūn ren2 wang2 zun1 jen wang tsun ninō son |
The two Vajrapāṇi 阿 and 吽 who act as door guardians of temples, variously known as 密跡菩薩, 密修力士, 執金剛神, and 那羅延金剛. |
今様歌 see styles |
imayouuta / imayouta いまよううた |
verse form from the Heian and Kamakura periods consisting of 4 lines each divided into two parts of 7 and 5 syllables |
佛世界 see styles |
fó shì jiè fo2 shi4 jie4 fo shih chieh butsu sekai |
A Buddha-realm, divided into two categories, the pure and the impure, i.e. the passionless and passion worlds. |
倶生神 see styles |
jù shēng shén ju4 sheng1 shen2 chü sheng shen gushōjin |
The spirit, born at the same time as the individual, which records his deeds and reports to Yama. Another version is the two spirits who record one's good and evil. Another says it is the ālaya-vijñāna. |
入り角 see styles |
irisumi いりすみ |
internal angle of two walls, planes, etc. |
入り隅 see styles |
irisumi いりすみ |
internal angle of two walls, planes, etc. |
兩分法 两分法 see styles |
liǎng fēn fǎ liang3 fen1 fa3 liang fen fa |
(Maoism) one divides into two |
兩卷經 两卷经 see styles |
liǎng juǎn jīng liang3 juan3 jing1 liang chüan ching Ryōkan kyō |
The Two Fascicle Sutra, i. e. the 佛說無量壽經. |
兩回事 两回事 see styles |
liǎng huí shì liang3 hui2 shi4 liang hui shih |
two quite different things; two unrelated matters |
兩碼事 两码事 see styles |
liǎng mǎ shì liang3 ma3 shi4 liang ma shih |
two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things |
兩肩神 两肩神 see styles |
liǎng jiān shén liang3 jian1 shen2 liang chien shen ryōgen jin |
The two recording spirits, one at each shoulder, v. 同名 and 同坐神. |
兩足上 两足上 see styles |
liǎng zú shàng liang3 zu2 shang4 liang tsu shang ryōsoku jō |
the best among two-legged beings |
兩足尊 两足尊 see styles |
liǎng zú zūn liang3 zu2 zun1 liang tsu tsun ryōzoku son |
The most honoured among men and devas (lit. among two-footed beings), a title of the Buddha. The two feet are compared to the commandments and meditation, blessing and wisdom, relative and absolute teaching (i. e. Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna), meditation and action. |
兩重天 see styles |
liǎng chóng tiān liang3 chong2 tian1 liang ch`ung t`ien liang chung tien |
two entirely different worlds; two contrasting realities |
兩面人 see styles |
liǎng miàn rén liang3 mian4 ren2 liang mien jen |
two-faced person |
兩面派 两面派 see styles |
liǎng miàn pài liang3 mian4 pai4 liang mien p`ai liang mien pai |
two-faced person; double-dealing |
兩黨制 两党制 see styles |
liǎng dǎng zhì liang3 dang3 zhi4 liang tang chih |
two-party system |
八つ時 see styles |
yatsudoki やつどき |
(archaism) (See 八つ・3) two o'clock (old time system) |
八中洲 see styles |
bā zhōng zhōu ba1 zhong1 zhou1 pa chung chou hachichū shū |
Each of the "four continents" has two other continents, i.e. Jambudvīpa has Cāmara and Varacāmara; Pūrvavideha has Deha and Videha; Aparagodānīya has Śaṭhā and Uttaramantriṇaḥ; and Uttarakuru has Kuravaḥ and Kaurava; v. 四洲. |
八二丹 see styles |
bā èr dān ba1 er4 dan1 pa erh tan |
eight-to-two powder (TCM) |
八解脫 八解脱 see styles |
bā jiě tuō ba1 jie3 tuo1 pa chieh t`o pa chieh to hachi gedatsu |
aṣṭa-vimokṣa, mokṣa, vimukti, mukti. Liberation, deliverance, freedom, emancipation, escape, release―in eight forms; also 八背捨 and cf. 解脫 and 八勝處. The eight are stages of mental concentration: (1) 内有色想觀外色解脱 Liberation, when subjective desire arises, by examination of the object, or of all things and realization of their filthiness. (2) 内無色想觀外色解脫 Liberation, when no subjective desire arises, by still meditating as above. These two are deliverance by meditation on impurity, the next on purity. (3) 淨身作證具足住解脫 Liberation by concentration on the pure to the realization of a permanent state of freedom from all desire. The above three "correspond to the four Dhyānas". (Eitel.) (4) 空無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of the infinity of space, or the immaterial. (5) 識無邊處解脫 Liberation in realization of infinite knowledge. (6) 無所有處解脫Liberation in realization of nothingness, or nowhereness. (7) 非想非非想處解脫 Liberation in the state of mind where there is neither thought nor absence of thought. These four arise out of abstract meditation in regard to desire and form, and are associated with the 四空天. (8) 滅受 想定解脫 Liberation by means of a state of mind in which there is final extinction, nirvāṇa, of both sensation, vedanā, and consciousness, saṁjñā. |
八路軍 八路军 see styles |
bā lù jun ba1 lu4 jun1 pa lu chün hachirogun はちろぐん |
Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) Eighth Route Army; 18th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China |
八顚倒 see styles |
bā diān dào ba1 dian1 dao4 pa tien tao hachi tendō |
The eight upside-down views: heretics believe in 常樂我淨 permanence, pleasure, personality, and purity; the two Hīnayāna vehicles deny these both now and in nirvāṇa. Mahāyāna denies them now, but asserts them in nirvāṇa. Also 八倒. |
六觀音 六观音 see styles |
liù guān yīn liu4 guan1 yin1 liu kuan yin Rokkannon |
The six kinds of Guanyin. There are two groups— I. That of Tiantai: 大悲 most pitiful; 大慈 most merciful; 師子無畏 of lion-courage; 大光普照 of universal light; 天人丈夫 leader amongst gods and men; 大梵深遠 the great omnipresent Brahma. Each of this bodhisattva's six qualities of pity, etc., breaks the hindrances 三障 respectively of the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and devas. II. As thousand-handed; the holy one; horseheaded; eleven-faced; Cundī (or Marīci); with the wheel of sovereign power. |
共命鳥 共命鸟 see styles |
gòng mìng niǎo gong4 ming4 niao3 kung ming niao gumyō chō |
命命鳥; 生生鳥 jīvajīva, or jīvañjīva, a bird said to have two heads on one body, i. e. mind and perception differing, but the karma one. |
兼ねる see styles |
kaneru かねる |
(suf,v1) (1) (kana only) (See 兼ねない) to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; (transitive verb) (2) to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; (transitive verb) (3) to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside; (transitive verb) (4) to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others); (transitive verb) (5) to think of the future (as well as the present) |
出会頭 see styles |
deaigashira であいがしら |
(irregular okurigana usage) (n-adv,n-t) in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet |
出合頭 see styles |
deaigashira であいがしら |
(irregular okurigana usage) (n-adv,n-t) in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet |
出家人 see styles |
chū jiā rén chu1 jia1 ren2 ch`u chia jen chu chia jen |
monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist) One who has left home and become a monk or nun. Two kinds are named: (1) 身出家 one who physically leaves home, and (2) 心出家 one who does so in spirit and conduct. A further division of four is: (1 ) one who physically leaves home, but in spirit remains with wife and family; (2) one who physically remains at home but whose spirit goes forth; (3) one who leaves home, body and spirit; and (4) one who, body and mind, refuses to leave home. |
分爲二 分为二 see styles |
fēn wéi èr fen1 wei2 er4 fen wei erh bun i ni |
to separate into two |
分音符 see styles |
fēn yīn fú fen1 yin1 fu2 fen yin fu |
dieresis; umlaut; diacritical mark separating two adjacent syllables |
初二果 see styles |
chū èr guǒ chu1 er4 guo3 ch`u erh kuo chu erh kuo shonika |
the first two fruits of the four fruits of the lesser vehicle path |
利養縛 利养缚 see styles |
lì yǎng fú li4 yang3 fu2 li yang fu riyō baku |
The bond of selfish greed, one of the two bonds, gain and fame. |
勃伽夷 see styles |
bó qié yí bo2 qie2 yi2 po ch`ieh i po chieh i Botsukai |
Bhagai, 'a city south of Khotan with a Buddha-statue which exhibits all the' lakṣaṇani, or thirty-two signs, 'brought there from Cashmere.' Eitel. |
十八天 see styles |
shí bā tiān shi2 ba1 tian1 shih pa t`ien shih pa tien jūhachi ten |
Brahmaloka, the eighteen heavens of form, rūpadhātu, three of the first dhyāna, 梵衆天; 梵輔天; 大梵天; three of the second, 少光天; 無量光天; 光音; three of the third, 少淨天; 無量淨天; 徧淨天; and nine of the fourth, 無雲天; 福生天; 廣果天; 無想天; 無煩天; 無熱天; 善見天; 善現,天; 色究竟天 ."Southern Buddhism knows only sixteen. Those two which Northern Buddhists added are Punya-prasava 福生 and Anabhraka 無雲." Eitel. |
十八道 see styles |
shí bā dào shi2 ba1 dao4 shih pa tao jūhachi dō |
In the two maṇḍalas, Vajradhātu and Garbhadhātu, each has nine central objects of worship. The Shingon disciple devotes himself to meditation on one of these eighteen each day. |
十眞如 see styles |
shí zhēn rú shi2 zhen1 ru2 shih chen ju jū shinnyo |
The ten aspects of the bhūtatathatā or reality attained by a bodhisattva during his fifty-two stages of development, cf. 十地 and 十障, each of which is associated with one of these zhenru: (1) 遍行眞如 the universality of the zhenru; (2) 最勝眞如 its superiority over all else; (3) 流眞如 its ubiquity; (4) 無攝受眞如 its independence or self-containedness; (5) 無別眞如 subjective indifferentiation; (6) 無染淨眞如 above differences of impurity and purity; (7) 法無別眞如 objective indifferentiation; (8) 不增減眞如 invariable, i.e. can be neither added to nor taken from; (9) 智自在所依 the basis of all wisdom; (10) 業自在等所依眞如 and all power. The above are the 別教 group from the 唯識論 10. Another group, of the 圓教, is the same as the 十如是 q.v. |
半分こ see styles |
hanbunko はんぶんこ |
(noun, transitive verb) (child. language) (See こ・2) halfsies; splitting evenly between two people |
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