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八家

see styles
bā jiā
    ba1 jia1
pa chia
 hakke
    はっけ
(1) (See 八宗) the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects; (2) (hist) (abbreviation) (See 入唐八家) the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period; (place-name) Yaya
eight schools

八成

see styles
bā chéng
    ba1 cheng2
pa ch`eng
    pa cheng
 hachi jō
eighty percent; most probably; most likely
idem 八相成道. 八成立因 The eight factors of a Buddhist syllogism.

八論


八论

see styles
bā lùn
    ba1 lun4
pa lun
 hachiron
The eight śāstras ; there are three lists of eight; one non-Buddhist; one by 無着 Asaṅga, founder of the Yoga School; a third by 陳那 Jina Dinnāga. Details are given in the 寄歸傳 4 and 解纜鈔 4.

八門


八门

see styles
bā mén
    ba1 men2
pa men
 hachimon
(八門二悟 or 八門兩益) Eight kinds of syllogisms in Buddhist logic; v. 因明八正理諭. (1) 能立a valid proposition; (2) 能破 an invalid proposition; (3) 似能立 doubtful, or seemingly valid but faulty; (4) 似能破 seemingly invalid, and assailable; (5) 現量manifest, or evidential; (6) 比量 inferential; (7) 似現量 seemingly evidential; (8) 似比量 seemingly inferential.

公請

see styles
 kujou / kujo
    くじょう
(archaism) being called upon to give a Buddhist service (or lecture, etc.) at the Imperial Court; monk called upon to give a Buddhist service (or lecture, etc.) at the Imperial Court

六師


六师

see styles
liù shī
    liu4 shi1
liu shih
 rokushi
The six tīrthikas or heterodox teachers— Pūraṇa-Kāśyapa, Maskarin, Sañjayin, Ajita-keśakambala, Kakuda-Kātyāyana, and Nirgrantha; see 外道.

六論


六论

see styles
liù lùn
    liu4 lun4
liu lun
 roku ron
The six 外道論 vedāṇgas, works which are 'regarded as auxiliary to and even in some sense as part of the Veda, their object being to secure the proper pronunciation and correctness of the text and the right employment of the Mantras of sacrifice as taught in the Brāhmaṇas '. M. W. They are spoken of together as the 四皮陀六論 four Vedas and six śāstras, and the six are Sikṣā, Chandas, Vyākarana, Nirukta, Jyotiṣa, and Kalpa.

六部

see styles
 rokubu
    ろくぶ
(1) six copies; (2) (abbreviation) (See 六十六部) Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan); (surname) Rokube

共宗

see styles
gòng zōng
    gong4 zong1
kung tsung
 gūshū
That which all Buddhist schools have in common.

内典

see styles
nèi diǎn
    nei4 dian3
nei tien
 naiten
    ないてん
sutras; Buddhist literature
Buddhist scriptures; of. 外典 non-Buddhist scriptures. There are also divisions of internal and external in Buddhist scriptures.

内道

see styles
 naidou / naido
    ないどう
{Buddh} (ant: 外道・1) Buddhist teachings; Buddhist

写仏

see styles
 shabutsu
    しゃぶつ
(noun/participle) tracing a picture of a Buddhist image

写佛

see styles
 shabutsu
    しゃぶつ
(noun/participle) tracing a picture of a Buddhist image

凝然

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níng rán
    ning2 ran2
ning jan
 gyouzen / gyozen
    ぎょうぜん
(adv-to,adj-t) stock-still; motionless; frozen in place; (person) Gyōnen (1240-1321) (Buddhist monk)
firmly

凡師


凡师

see styles
fán shī
    fan2 shi1
fan shih
 bonshi
Ordinary, or worldly teachers unenlightened by Buddhist truth.

剃度

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tì dù
    ti4 du4
t`i tu
    ti tu
to take the tonsure; to shave the head; tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk)

剃髪

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 teihatsu / tehatsu
    ていはつ
(n,vs,vi) tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)

功力

see styles
gōng lì
    gong1 li4
kung li
 kouriki / koriki
    こうりき
merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power
spiritual power resulting from Buddhist discipline; (surname) Kōriki
capability

劣機

see styles
 rekki
    れっき
{Buddh} inability to follow Buddhist teachings; person unable to follow Buddhist teachings

務め

see styles
 tsutome
    つとめ
(1) service; duty; business; responsibility; task; (2) Buddhist religious services

勝心


胜心

see styles
shèng xīn
    sheng4 xin1
sheng hsin
 katsumune
    かつむね
(given name) Katsumune
The victorious mind, which carries out the Buddhist discipline.

勝楽

see styles
 shouraku / shoraku
    しょうらく
Cakrasamvara; Samvara; Supreme Bliss (tantric Buddhist deity); (surname) Katsuraku

募化

see styles
mù huà
    mu4 hua4
mu hua
 boke
(of a Buddhist monk or Taoist priest) to collect alms
to collect alms

勤め

see styles
 tsutome
    つとめ
(1) service; duty; business; responsibility; task; (2) Buddhist religious services

勧化

see styles
 kange
    かんげ
(noun, transitive verb) religious-fund soliciting; Buddhist preaching

勸發


劝发

see styles
quàn fā
    quan4 fa1
ch`üan fa
    chüan fa
 kanpotsu
To exhort to start (in the Buddhist way).

化儀


化仪

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huà yí
    hua4 yi2
hua i
 kegi
The rules or methods laid down by the Buddha for salvation: Tiantai speaks of 化儀 as transforming method, and 化法 q. v. as transforming truth; its 化儀四教 are four modes of conversion or enlightenment: 頓 direct or sudden, 漸 gradual, 祕密 esoteric, and 不定 variable.

化法

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huà fǎ
    hua4 fa3
hua fa
 kehō
Instruction in the Buddhist principles, as 化儀 is in practice, Tiantai in its 化法四教 divides the Buddha's teaching during his lifetime into the four periods of 藏, 通, 別, and 圓 Pitaka, Interrelated, Differentiated, and Complete, or All-embracing.

北臺


北台

see styles
běi tái
    bei3 tai2
pei t`ai
    pei tai
 kitadai
    きただい
(surname) Kitadai
The northern Tai, i. e. Wutai shan in Shansi, the northernmost of the Four famous Buddhist Mountains.

十來


十来

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shí lái
    shi2 lai2
shih lai
 torai
    とらい
(female given name) Torai
(十來偈) The ten rhymes in "lai", a verse which expresses the Buddhist doctrine of moral determinism, i.e. that the position anyone now occupies is solely the result of his character in past lives; heredity and environment having nothing to do with his present condition, for, whether in prince or beggar, it is the reward of past deeds. The upright from the forbearing come,
The poor from the mean and greedy come,
Those of high rank from worshippers come,
The low and common from the Prideful come,
Those who are dumb from slanderers come,
The blind and deaf from unbelievers come,
The long-lived from the merciful come,
The short-lived from life, takers come,
The deficient in faculties from command-breakers come,
The complete in faculties from command-keepers come.
端正者忍辱中來.
貧窮着樫貧中來.
高位者禮拜中來.
下賤者橋慢中來.
瘖啞者誹謗中來.
盲聾者不信中來.
長壽者慈悲中來.
短命者殺生中來.
諸根不具者破戒中來.
六根具足者持戒中來.

十心

see styles
shí xīn
    shi2 xin1
shih hsin
 jisshin
The ten kinds of heart or mind; there are three groups. One is from the 止觀 4, minds ignorant and dark; affected by evil companions; not following the good; doing evil in thought, word, deed; spreading evil abroad; unceasingly wicked; secret sin; open crime; utterly shameless; denying cause and effect (retribution)―all such must remain in the flow 流 of reincarnation. The second group (from the same book) is the 逆流 the mind striving against the stream of perpetual reincarnation; it shows itself in devout faith, shame (for sin), fear (of wrong-doing), repentance and confession, reform, bodhi (i.e. the bodhisattva mind), doing good, maintaining the right law, thinking on all the Buddhas, meditation on the void (or, the unreality of sin). The third is the 眞言 group from the 大日經疏 3; the "seed" heart (i.e. the original good desire), the sprout (under Buddhist religious influence), the bud, leaf, flower, fruit, its serviceableness; the child-heart, the discriminating heart, the heart of settled judgment (or resolve).

半滿


半满

see styles
bàn mǎn
    ban4 man3
pan man
 han man
partial and complete [Buddhist teachings]

卍字

see styles
wàn zì
    wan4 zi4
wan tzu
 manji
    まんじ
swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion
swastika

南無


南无

see styles
nā mó
    na1 mo2
na mo
 namu; namo
    なむ; なも
Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2]
(conj,int) {Buddh} amen; hail; (surname) Namu
namaḥ; Pali: namo; to submit oneself to, from to bend, bow to, make obeisance, pay homage to; an expression of submission to command, complete commitment, reverence, devotion, trust for salvation, etc. Also written 南牟; 南謨; 南忙; 那謨 (or 那模 or 那麻); 納莫 (or 納慕); 娜母; 曩莫 (or 曩謨); 捺麻(or捺謨), etc. It is used constantly in liturgy, incantations, etc., especially as in namaḥ Amitābha, which is the formula of faith of the Pure-land sect, representing the believing heart of all beings and Amitābha's power and will to save; repeated in the hour of death it opens the entrance to the Pure Land.

南藏

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nán zàng
    nan2 zang4
nan tsang
 Nanzō
The Southern Collection, or Edition, of the Chinese Buddhist Canon, published at Nanking under the reign of Tai Tsu, the first emperor of the Ming dynasty, who reigned A.D. 1368-1398.

南都

see styles
 nanto
    なんと
(1) (hist) (poetic term) (See 北都) Nara; (2) (See 北嶺・2) Kōfuku-ji (Buddhist temple in Nara); (surname) Nanto

厨子

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 chuushi / chushi
    ちゅうし
(1) miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); (2) cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (3) (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors; (surname) Chuushi

參徹


参彻

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cān chè
    can1 che4
ts`an ch`e
    tsan che
 santetsu
to awaken under the guidance of a Buddhist master

反切

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fǎn qiè
    fan3 qie4
fan ch`ieh
    fan chieh
 hansetsu
    はんせつ
traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone
fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
The system of indicating the initial and final sounds of a character by two others, ascribed to Sun Yen 孫炎 in the third century A D., arising out of the translit. of Sanskrit terms in Buddhist translation.

取經


取经

see styles
qǔ jīng
    qu3 jing1
ch`ü ching
    chü ching
to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures; to learn by studying another's experience

叢林


丛林

see styles
cóng lín
    cong2 lin2
ts`ung lin
    tsung lin
 sourin / sorin
    そうりん
jungle; thicket; forest; Buddhist monastery
(1) dense wood; thick wood; (2) {Buddh} large (Zen) temple
A thickly populated monastery; a monastery.

古剎


古刹

see styles
gǔ chà
    gu3 cha4
ku ch`a
    ku cha
old Buddhist temple
See: 古刹

呪法

see styles
 juhou / juho
    じゅほう
(1) {Buddh} esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; (2) magic

和尚

see styles
hé shang
    he2 shang5
ho shang
 wajou / wajo
    わじょう
Buddhist monk
(1) (honorific or respectful language) preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); (2) second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; (3) master (of one's art, trade, etc.); (1) (honorific or respectful language) preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); (2) second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; (3) monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); (4) master (of one's art, trade, etc.); (1) (honorific or respectful language) preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); (2) second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; (3) monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); (4) master (of one's art, trade, etc.); (personal name) Wajō
A general term for a monk. It is said to be derived from Khotan in the form of 和闍 or 和社 (or 烏社) which might be a translit. of vandya (Tibetan and Khotani ban-de), 'reverend.' Later it took the form of 和尚 or 和上. The 律宗 use 和上, others generally 和尚. The Sanskrit term used in its interpretation is 鳥波陀耶 upādhyāya, a 'sub-teacher' of the Vedas, inferior to an ācārya; this is intp. as 力生 strong in producing (knowledge), or in begetting strength in his disciples; also by 知有罪知無罪 a discerner of sin from not-sin, or the sinful from the not-sinful. It has been used as a synonym for 法師 a teacher of doctrine, in distinction from 律師 a teacher of the vinaya, also from 禪師 a teacher of the Intuitive school.

唐僧

see styles
táng sēng
    tang2 seng1
t`ang seng
    tang seng
Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645

唐卡

see styles
táng kǎ
    tang2 ka3
t`ang k`a
    tang ka
thangka (Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting)

善人

see styles
shàn rén
    shan4 ren2
shan jen
 zennin
    ぜんにん
philanthropist; charitable person; well-doer
(1) good person; virtuous person; (2) good-natured person; gullible person; (given name) Yoshihito
A good man, especially one who believes in Buddhist ideas of causality and lives a good life.

営む

see styles
 itonamu
    いとなむ
(transitive verb) (1) to run (a business); to operate; to conduct; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); (transitive verb) (2) to carry out; to perform; to lead (a life); (transitive verb) (3) to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

囘趣


回趣

see styles
huí qù
    hui2 qu4
hui ch`ü
    hui chü
 eshu
To turn from other things to Buddhism.

囘鶻


囘鹘

see styles
huí gú
    hui2 gu2
hui ku
 Ekotsu
高車; 高昌. M067729彝 Uighurs, M067729胡; A branch of the Turks first heard of in the seventh century in the Orkhon district where they remained until A. D. 840, when they were defeated and driven out by the Kirghiz; one group went to Kansu, where they remained until about 1020; another group founded a kingdom in the Turfan country which survived until Mongol times. They had an alphabet which was copied from the Soghdian. Chingis Khan adopted it for writing Mongolian. A. D. 1294 the whole Buddhist canon was translated into Uighur.

四倒

see styles
sì dào
    si4 dao4
ssu tao
 shitō
The four viparyaya i. e. inverted or false beliefs in regard to 常, 樂, 我, 淨. There are two groups: (1) the common belief in the four above, denied by the early Buddhist doctrine that all is impermanent, suffering, impersonal, and impure; (2) the false belief of the Hīnayāna school that nirvana is not a state of permanence, joy, personality, and purity. Hīnayāna refutes the common view in regard to the phenomenal life; bodhisattvism refutes both views.

四執


四执

see styles
sì zhí
    si4 zhi2
ssu chih
 shishū
The four erroneous tenets; also 四邪; 四迷; 四術; there are two groups: I. The four of the 外道 outsiders, or non-Buddhists, i. e. of Brahminism, concerning the law of cause and effect: (1) 邪因邪果 heretical theory of causation, e. g. creation by Mahesvara; (2) 無因有果 or 自然, effect independent of cause, e. g. creation without a cause, or spontaneous generation; (3) 有因無果 cause without effect, e. g. no future life as the result of this. (4) 無因無果 neither cause nor effect, e. g. that rewards and punishments are independent of morals. II. The four erroneous tenets of 內外道 insiders and outsiders, Buddhist and Brahman, also styled 四宗 the four schools, as negated in the 中論 Mādhyamika śāstra: (1) outsiders, who do not accept either the 人 ren or 法 fa ideas of 空 kong; (2) insiders who hold the Abhidharma or Sarvāstivādāḥ tenet, which recognizes 人空 human impersonality, but not 法空 the unreality of things; (3) also those who hold the 成實 Satyasiddhi tenet which discriminates the two meanings of 空 kong but not clearly; and also (4) those in Mahāyāna who hold the tenet of the realists.

四衆


四众

see styles
sì zhòng
    si4 zhong4
ssu chung
 shishu; shishuu / shishu; shishu
    ししゅ; ししゅう
(1) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees); (2) four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices); (3) (in Tendai) the four assemblies
The four varga (groups, or orders), i. e. bhikṣu, bhikṣuṇī, upāsaka and upāsikā, monks, nuns, male and female devotees. Another group, according to Tiantai's commentary on the Lotus, is 發起衆 the assembly which, through Śāriputra, stirred the Buddha to begin his Lotus Sutra sermons; 當機衆 the pivotal assembly, those who were responsive to him; 影向衆 the reflection assembly, those like Mañjuśrī, etc., who reflected on, or drew out the Buddha's teaching; and 結緣衆 those who only profited in having seen and heard a Buddha, and therefore whose enlightenment is delayed to a future life.

四軛


四轭

see styles
sì è
    si4 e4
ssu o
 shi aku
The four yokes, or fetters, i. e. 欲 desire, 有 possessions and existence, 見 (unenlightened or non-Buddhist) views, 無明 ignorance.

四輩


四辈

see styles
sì bèi
    si4 bei4
ssu pei
 shihai
The four grades: (1) bhikṣu, bhikṣuṇī, upāsaka, upāsikā, i. e. monks, nuns, male and female disciples, v. 四衆; (2) men, devas, nāgas, and ghosts 鬼.

四部

see styles
sì bù
    si4 bu4
ssu pu
 shibu
The four classes, e. g. srota-āpanna, sakṛdāgāmin, anāgāmin, and arhat. v. 四道.

回向

see styles
 ekou / eko
    えこう
(noun/participle) Buddhist memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul

因位

see styles
yīn wèi
    yin1 wei4
yin wei
 in'i
The causative position, i. e. that of a Buddhist, for he has accepted a cause, or enlightenment, that produces a changed outlook.

因明

see styles
yīn míng
    yin1 ming2
yin ming
 inmyou / inmyo
    いんみょう
(See 五明) hetuvidya (ancient Indian logic for determining right from wrong, truth from falsehood, etc.)
Hetuvidya, 醯都費陀, the science of cause, logical reasoning, logic, with its syllogistic method of the proposition, the reason, the example. The creation of this school of logic is attributed to Akṣapāda, probably a name for the philosopher Gautama (not Śākyamuni). The 因明論 or Hetu-vidyā-śāstra is one of the 五明論 pañcavidya-śāstras, a treatise explaining causality, or the nature of truth and error.

國師


国师

see styles
guó shī
    guo2 shi1
kuo shih
 kokushi
    こくし
teachers of the state
(surname) Kokushi
Imperial preceptor a title conferred on certain Buddhist monks, especially on 慧能 Hui-neng, q. v.

圓寂


圆寂

see styles
yuán jì
    yuan2 ji4
yüan chi
 enjaku
death; to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc)
Perfect rest, i.e. parinirvāṇa; the perfection of all virtue and the elimination of all evil, release from the miseries of transmigration and entrance into the fullest joy.

圓瑛


圆瑛

see styles
yuán yīng
    yuan2 ying1
yüan ying
Yuan Ying (1878-1953), Buddhist monk

地藏

see styles
dì zàng
    di4 zang4
ti tsang
 jizou / jizo
    じぞう
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi); also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
(surname) Jizou
Ti-tsang, J. Jizō, Kṣitigarbha, 乞叉底蘗沙; Earth-store, Earth-treasury, or Earthwomb. One of the group of eight Dhvani- Bodhisattvas. With hints of a feminine origin, he is now the guardian of the earth. Though associated with Yama as overlord, and with the dead and the hells, his role is that of saviour. Depicted with the alarum staff with its six rings, he is accredited with power over the hells and is devoted to the saving of all creatures between the nirvana of Śākyamuni and the advent of Maitreya the fifth century he has been especially considered as the deliverer from the hells. His central place in China is at Chiu-hua-shan, forty li south-west of Ch'ing-yang in Anhui. In Japan he is also the protector of travellers by land and his image accordingly appears on the roads; bereaved parents put stones by his images to seek his aid in relieving the labours of their dead in the task of piling stones on the banks of the Buddhist Styx; he also helps women in labour. He is described as holding a place between the gods and men on the one hand and the hells on the other for saving all in distress; some say he is an incarnation of Yama. At dawn he sits immobile on the earth 地 and meditates on the myriads of its beings 藏. When represented as a monk, it may be through the influence of a Korean monk who is considered to be his incarnation, and who came to China in 653 and died in 728 at the age of 99 after residing at Chiu-hua-shan for seventy-five years: his body, not decaying, is said to have been gilded over and became an object of worship. Many have confused 眞羅 part of Korea with 暹羅 Siam. There are other developments of Ti-tsang, such as the 六地藏 Six Ti-tsang, i. e. severally converting or transforming those in the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and the devas; these six Ti-tsang have different images and symbols. Ti-tsang has also six messengers 六使者: Yama for transforming those in hell; the pearl-holder for pretas; the strong one or animals; the devīof mercy for asuras; the devī of the treasure for human beings; one who has charge of the heavens for the devas. There is also the 延命地藏 Yanming Ti-tsang, who controls length of days and who is approached, as also may be P'u-hsien, for that Purpose; his two assistants are the Supervisors of good and evil 掌善 and 掌惡. Under another form, as 勝軍地藏 Ti-tsang is chiefly associated with the esoteric cult. The benefits derived from his worship are many, some say ten, others say twenty-eight. His vows are contained in the 地藏菩薩本願經. There is also the 大乘大集地藏十電經 tr. by Xuanzang in 10 juan in the seventh century, which probably influenced the spread of the Ti-tsang cult.

坊主

see styles
fáng zhǔ
    fang2 zhu3
fang chu
 bouzu / bozu
    ぼうず
(1) Buddhist priest; bonze; (2) close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head; (3) (familiar language) (derogatory term) boy; sonny; lad; (4) not catching anything (in fishing); (place-name) Bouzu
monk in charge of the monk's quarters

域龍


域龙

see styles
yù lóng
    yu4 long2
yü lung
 Ikiryū
Dignāga, Diṅnāga, a celebrated Buddhist philosopher 陳那, author of a famous treatise on logic.

塔剎


塔刹

see styles
tǎ chà
    ta3 cha4
t`a ch`a
    ta cha
Buddhist ornamentation decorating the upper story of a pagoda

墨譜

see styles
 bokufu; hakase(gikun)
    ぼくふ; はかせ(gikun)
(See 博士・はかせ・4) pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

外典

see styles
wài diǎn
    wai4 dian3
wai tien
 gaiten; geten; geden(ok)
    がいてん; げてん; げでん(ok)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (See 正典) Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) {Buddh} (usu. げてん) (See 内典) non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings)
non-Buddhist texts

外執


外执

see styles
wài zhí
    wai4 zhi2
wai chih
 geshū
non-Buddhist attachments

外學


外学

see styles
wài xué
    wai4 xue2
wai hsüeh
 gegaku
Study of outside, or non-Buddhist doctrines.

外教

see styles
wài jiào
    wai4 jiao4
wai chiao
 gaikyou; gekyou / gaikyo; gekyo
    がいきょう; げきょう
foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师); greenhorn; novice; amateurish; religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)
(1) (がいきょう only) foreign religion (esp. Christianity); (2) {Buddh} (esp. げきょう) (ant: 内教) religion other than Buddhism
non-Buddhist teachings

外書


外书

see styles
wài shū
    wai4 shu1
wai shu
 gaisho
    がいしょ
(1) foreign book; foreign books; (2) {Buddh} non-Buddhist writings
a non-Buddhist writing

外法

see styles
wài fǎ
    wai4 fa3
wai fa
 sotonori
    そとのり
outside measurements
外教; 外典; 外執 External doctrines; rules or tenets non-Buddhist, or heretical.

外經


外经

see styles
wài jīng
    wai4 jing1
wai ching
 gekyō
a work that is classified as non-Buddhist

外道

see styles
wài dào
    wai4 dao4
wai tao
 gedou / gedo
    げどう
(1) {Buddh} (See 内道) tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist; (2) heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic; (3) (oft. used as a pejorative) demon; devil; fiend; brute; wretch; (4) type of fish one did not intend to catch; (person) Gedō
Outside doctrines; non-Buddhist; heresy, heretics; the Tīrthyas or Tīrthikas; there are many groups of these: that of the 二天三仙 two devas and three sages, i. e. the Viṣṇuites, the Maheśvarites (or Śivaites), and the followers of Kapila, Ulūka, and Ṛṣabha. Another group of four is given as Kapila, Ulūka, Nirgrantha-putra (Jainas), and Jñātṛ (Jainas). A group of six, known as the外道六師 six heretical masters, is Pūraṇa-Kāśyapa, Maskari-Gośālīputra, Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, Ajita-Keśakambala, Kakuda-Kātyāyana, and Nirgrantha-Jñātṛputra; there are also two other groupings of six, one of them indicative of their various forms of asceticism and self-torture. There are also groups of 13, 1, 20, 30, 95, and 96 heretics, or forms of non-Buddhist doctrine, the 95 being divided into 11 classes, beginning with the Saṃkhyā philosophy and ending with that of no-cause, or existence as accidental.

外邪

see styles
wài xié
    wai4 xie2
wai hsieh
 geja
non-Buddhist teachings

多羅


多罗

see styles
duō luó
    duo1 luo2
to lo
 tara
    たら
(1) (abbreviation) (See 多羅樹) palmyra; (2) (abbreviation) (See 多羅葉) lusterleaf holly; (3) patra (silver incense dish placed in front of a Buddhist statue); (surname, female given name) Tara
tārā, in the sense of starry, or scintillation; Tāla, for the fan-palm; Tara, from 'to pass over', a ferry, etc. Tārā, starry, piercing, the eye, the pupil; the last two are both Sanskrit and Chinese definitions; it is a term applied to certain female deities and has been adopted especially by Tibetan Buddhism for certain devīs of the Tantric school. The origin of the term is also ascribed to tar meaning 'to cross', i. e. she who aids to cross the sea of mortality. Getty, 19-27. The Chinese derivation is the eye; the tara devīs; either as śakti or independent, are little known outside Lamaism. Tāla is the palmyra, or fan-palm, whose leaves are used for writing and known as 具多 Pei-to, pattra. The tree is described as 70 or 80 feet high, with fruit like yellow rice-seeds; the borassus eabelliformis; a measure of 70 feet. Taras, from to cross over, also means a ferry, and a bank, or the other shore. Also 呾囉.

夜叉

see styles
yè chā
    ye4 cha1
yeh ch`a
    yeh cha
 yasha
    やしゃ
yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword); (fig.) ferocious-looking person
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors) (san: yaksa); (given name) Yasha
乞叉; 藥叉; 閱叉 yakṣa, (1) demons in the earth, or in the air, or in the lower heavens; they are malignant, and violent, and devourers (of human flesh). (2) The 八大將, the eight attendants of Kuvera, or Vaiśravaṇa, the god of wealth; those on earth bestow wealth, those in the empyrean houses and carriages, those in the lower heavens guard the moat and gates of the heavenly city. There is another set of sixteen. The names of all are given in 陀羅尼集經 3. See also 羅 for rakṣa and 吉 for kṛtya. yakṣa-kṛtya are credited with the powers of both yakṣa and kṛtya.

大勇

see styles
dà yǒng
    da4 yong3
ta yung
 taiyuu / taiyu
    たいゆう
real courage; (personal name) Daiyū
Āryaśūra. Also 聖勇 The great brave, or ārya the brave. An Indian Buddhist author of several works.

大殿

see styles
dà diàn
    da4 dian4
ta tien
 ootono
    おおとの
main hall of a Buddhist temple
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (See 若殿・わかとの・2) current master; father of one's current master; (2) (honorific or respectful language) minister (of government); noble; (3) (honorific or respectful language) (archaism) nobleman's residence; (surname) Daiden
great shrine hall

大雄

see styles
dà xióng
    da4 xiong2
ta hsiung
 hiroo
    ひろお
great hero; main Buddhist image (in temple)
(given name) Hiroo
The great hero— a Buddha's title, indicating his power over demons.

天尊

see styles
tiān zūn
    tian1 zun1
t`ien tsun
    tien tsun
 tenson
    てんそん
(honorific appellation of a deity)
(given name) Tenson
The most honoured among devas, a title of a Buddha, i. e. the highest of divine beings; also used for certain maharāja protectors of Buddhism and others in the sense of honoured devas. Title applied by the Daoists to their divinities as a counterpart to the Buddhist 世尊.

天竺

see styles
tiān zhú
    tian1 zhu2
t`ien chu
    tien chu
 tenjiku
    てんじく
the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
(1) (obsolete) India; (2) (abbreviation) (See 天竺木綿) cotton sheeting; (prefix noun) (3) foreign; imported; (prefix noun) (4) ultra-spicy; extra hot; (place-name, surname) Tenjiku
(天竺國) India; 竹 zhu is said to have the same sound as 篤 tu, suggesting a connection with the 度 tu in 印度 Indu; other forms are 身毒 Sindhu, Scinde; 賢豆 Hindu; and 印持伽羅. The term is explained by 月 moon, which is the meaning of Indu, but it is said to be so called because the sages of India illumine the rest of the world: or because of the half-moon shape of the land, which was supposed to be 90, 000 li in circumference, and placed among other kingdoms like the moon among the stars. Another name is 因陀羅婆他那 ? Indravadana, or Indrabhavana, the region where Indra dwells. A hill and monastery near Hangchow.

女犯

see styles
nǚ fàn
    nu:3 fan4
nü fan
 nyobon
    にょぼん
female offender in imperial China (old)
sin of having sexual relations with a woman (for a Buddhist priest)
The woman offence, i.e. sexual immorality on the part of a monk.

如来

see styles
 nyorai
    にょらい
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities); (g,p) Nyorai

姑子

see styles
gū zi
    gu1 zi5
ku tzu
husband's sister; (coll.) Buddhist nun

学匠

see styles
 gakushou / gakusho
    がくしょう
(1) scholar; (2) (See 学生・2) Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; person studying Buddhism

學斷


学断

see styles
xué duàn
    xue2 duan4
hsüeh tuan
 gakudan
eliminate afflictions through study of the Buddhist doctrine

安錄


安录

see styles
ān lù
    an1 lu4
an lu
 Anroku
An's Catalogue (of Buddhist Texts)

宗會


宗会

see styles
zōng huì
    zong1 hui4
tsung hui
 sōkai
an assembly of a Buddhist order

宝塔

see styles
 houtou / hoto
    ほうとう
two-storied Buddhist tower

宝瓶

see styles
 houbyou / hobyo
    ほうびょう
(1) (honorific or respectful language) {Buddh} vase; (2) (honorific or respectful language) {Buddh} (See 灌頂・2) vessel for water used in an esoteric Buddhist baptism

宮寺

see styles
 guuji; miyadera; miyatera / guji; miyadera; miyatera
    ぐうじ; みやでら; みやてら
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; (surname) Moyadera

家出

see styles
 iede
    いえで
(n,vs,vi) (1) running away from home; elopement; (n,vs,vi) (2) (archaism) outing; going out; (n,vs,vi) (3) (archaism) becoming a Buddhist monk; entering the priesthood; (surname) Iede

密教

see styles
mì jiào
    mi4 jiao4
mi chiao
 mikkyou / mikkyo
    みっきょう
esoteric Buddhism
{Buddh} (ant: 顕教) esoteric Buddhism; Tantric Buddhism; Vajrayana; secret Buddhist teachings; Mikkyō
idem, also esoteric teaching in general; the two classes are divided into the密教 esoteric or Yoga school, and 顯教 the open schools or teaching, comprising all the sects of Buddhism, except the esoteric sect. The密教三藏 Tripiṭaka of the esoteic sect are, as its sutra, the 大毘盧舍那金剛頂經; as its vinaya, the 蘇婆呼經根本部; as its śāstras, the 莊嚴菩提心經, etc., q.v.

實本


实本

see styles
shí běn
    shi2 ben3
shih pen
 jitsumoto
    じつもと
(personal name) Jitsumoto
Fundamental reality, applied to the teaching of the Lotus Sūtra, as opposed to the previous Buddhist teaching.

寶聚


宝聚

see styles
bǎo jù
    bao3 ju4
pao chü
 hōju
Jewel-collection; a collection of precious things, e.g. the Buddhist religion.

寺僧

see styles
sì sēng
    si4 seng1
ssu seng
 jisō
monks and nuns of Buddhist temples.

寺刹

see styles
sì chà
    si4 cha4
ssu ch`a
    ssu cha
 jisatsu
    じさつ
(rare) Buddhist temple
temple

寺格

see styles
sì gé
    si4 ge2
ssu ko
 jikaku
    じかく
status of a Buddhist temple
status

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