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寺觀 寺观 see styles |
sì guān si4 guan1 ssu kuan jikan |
Buddhist temples and Daoist shrines |
寺院 see styles |
sì yuàn si4 yuan4 ssu yüan jiin / jin じいん |
cloister; temple; monastery; CL:座[zuo4] (1) Buddhist temple; (2) religious building; church; cathedral; mosque Monastery grounds and buildings, a monastery. |
導師 导师 see styles |
dǎo shī dao3 shi1 tao shih doushi / doshi どうし |
tutor; teacher; academic advisor (1) {Buddh} officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; (2) (esp. Buddhist) religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; (3) guru; instructor (yoga, etc.) nāyaka; a leader, guide, one who guides men to Buddha's teaching; applied also to Buddhas and bodhisattvas, and to the leaders of the ritual in Buddhist services; v. 天人道師. |
小乘 see styles |
xiǎo shèng xiao3 sheng4 hsiao sheng shōjō |
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2] Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部. |
小使 see styles |
xiǎo shǐ xiao3 shi3 hsiao shih shōshi こづかい |
(obsolete) janitor; caretaker; custodian; (slighting reference to a) handyman To urinate; also 小行. Buddhist monks are enjoined to urinate only in one fixed spot. |
小僧 see styles |
kozou / kozo こぞう |
(1) youngster; boy; kid; brat; (2) young Buddhist monk; young bonze; (3) young shop-boy; errand boy; apprentice; (place-name) Kozou |
尼僧 see styles |
ní sēng ni2 seng1 ni seng nisou / niso にそう |
(1) Buddhist nun; (2) Catholic nun; sister nun |
尼姑 see styles |
ní gū ni2 gu1 ni ku niko |
Buddhist nun A nun. |
山伏 see styles |
shān fú shan1 fu2 shan fu yanbushi やんぶし |
(1) itinerant Buddhist monk; (2) practitioner of Shugendo; (personal name) Yanbushi yamabushi |
山臥 see styles |
shān wò shan1 wo4 shan wo yamabushi やまぶし |
(1) itinerant Buddhist monk; (2) practitioner of Shugendo yamabushi |
岩座 see styles |
iwaza いわざ |
stone-like socle (used as the base for a Buddhist statue) |
巻数 see styles |
kansuu; kanju; kanzu / kansu; kanju; kanzu かんすう; かんじゅ; かんず |
(1) volume number; reel number; scroll number; (2) number of volumes; number of reels; number of scrolls; number of turns (of a coil); number of windings (of a transformer, electromagnet, etc.); (3) (かんじゅ, かんず only) a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk |
常灯 see styles |
joutou / joto じょうとう |
(1) continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar); (2) roadside lamp that stays lit all night |
幢幡 see styles |
chuáng fān chuang2 fan1 ch`uang fan chuang fan douban / doban どうばん |
hanging-banner used as ornament in Buddhist temples A flag, banner. |
年回 see styles |
nenkai ねんかい |
(See 年忌) death anniversary; Buddhist anniversary service |
年忌 see styles |
nián jì nian2 ji4 nien chi nenki ねんき |
death anniversary; Buddhist anniversary service Anniversary of a death, and the ceremonies associated with it. |
度牒 see styles |
dù dié du4 die2 tu tieh dochō |
Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by government ordination licensing |
庵主 see styles |
ān zhǔ an1 zhu3 an chu anju; anshu あんじゅ; あんしゅ |
owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent master of a hermitage |
庵堂 see styles |
ān táng an1 tang2 an t`ang an tang |
Buddhist nunnery |
廚子 厨子 see styles |
chú zi chu2 zi5 ch`u tzu chu tzu zushi ずし |
cook (out-dated kanji) (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 |
廣遊 广游 see styles |
guǎng yóu guang3 you2 kuang yu |
to travel widely (esp. as Daoist priest or Buddhist monk) |
廻向 迴向 see styles |
huí xiàng hui2 xiang4 hui hsiang ekō えこう |
(noun/participle) Buddhist memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul The goal or direction of any discipline such as that of bodhisattva, Buddha, etc.; to devote one's merits to the salvation of others; works of supererogation. |
弘通 see styles |
hóng tōng hong2 tong1 hung t`ung hung tung guzuu; gutsuu / guzu; gutsu ぐずう; ぐつう |
(noun/participle) spread (of Buddhist teachings); (given name) Hiromitsu to spread widely |
弘道 see styles |
hóng dào hong2 dao4 hung tao hiromichi ひろみち |
(male given name) Hiromichi to make the Buddhist teachings known |
彌勒 弥勒 see styles |
mí lè mi2 le4 mi le miroku みろく |
Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha (surname) Miroku Maitreya, friendly, benevolent. The Buddhist Messiah, or next Buddha, now in the Tuṣita heaven, who is to come 5,000 years after the nirvāṇa of Śākyamuni, or according to other reckoning after 4,000 heavenly years, i.e. 5,670,000,000 human years. According to tradition he was born in Southern India of a Brahman family. His two epithets are 慈氏 Benevolent, and Ajita 阿逸多 'Invincible'. He presides over the spread of the church, protects its members and will usher in ultimate victory for Buddhism. His image is usually in the hall of the four guardians facing outward, where he is represented as the fat laughing Buddha, but in some places his image is tall, e.g. in Peking in the Yung Ho Kung. Other forms are彌帝M075962; 迷諦隸; 梅低梨; 梅怛麗 (梅怛藥 or 梅怛邪); 每怛哩; 昧怛 M067070曳; 彌羅. There are numerous Maitreya sūtras. |
彼岸 see styles |
bǐ àn bi3 an4 pi an higan ひがん |
the other shore; (Buddhism) paramita (1) equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); (2) (abbreviation) (See 彼岸会) Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; (3) {Buddh} (See 此岸) nirvana; (4) (form) opposite bank; opposite shore; shore on the other side 波羅 parā, yonder shore i. e. nirvāṇa. The saṃsāra life of reincarnation is 此岸 this shore; the stream of karma is 中流 the stream between the one shore and the other. Metaphor for an end to any affair. pāramitā (an incorrect etymology, no doubt old) is the way to reach the other shore.; The other shore; nirvāṇa. |
心学 see styles |
shingaku しんがく |
(1) study of the mind (in neo-Confucianism); (2) (hist) Shingaku; Edo-period moral philosophy that blended Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings |
忌日 see styles |
jì rì ji4 ri4 chi jih kinichi; kijitsu きにち; きじつ |
anniversary of a death; inauspicious day (1) (See 命日・めいにち) anniversary of a person's death (on which Buddhist commemorative rites, etc. are performed); (2) (See 七七日) 49th day after a person's death, on which Buddhist rituals are performed 諱日 The tabu day, i.e. the anniversary of the death of a parent or prince, when all thoughts are directed to him, and other things avoided. |
念經 念经 see styles |
niàn jīng nian4 jing1 nien ching nenkin |
to recite or chant Buddhist scripture To repeat the sutras, or other books; to intone them. |
性善 see styles |
xìng shàn xing4 shan4 hsing shan seizen; shouzen / sezen; shozen せいぜん; しょうぜん |
the theory of Mencius that people are by nature good (しょうぜん is a Buddhist term) intrinsic goodness; (personal name) Shouzen Good by nature (rather than by effort); naturally good; in contrast with 性惡 evil by nature. Cf. 性具. |
悪食 see styles |
akujiki; akushoku あくじき; あくしょく |
(1) eating strange food; eating bizarre things; (2) (See 粗食) simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal; (3) eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules) |
惡覺 恶觉 see styles |
è jué e4 jue2 o chüeh akukaku |
Contemplation or thought contrary to Buddhist principles. |
愛楽 see styles |
aigyou / aigyo あいぎょう |
(noun/participle) (1) {Buddh} seeking after (Buddhist teachings, etc.); wanting; desiring; (noun/participle) (2) (archaism) loving; (female given name) Airaku |
慧月 see styles |
huì yuè hui4 yue4 hui yüeh keigetsu / kegetsu けいげつ |
(given name) Keigetsu Jñānacandra, author of the non-Buddhist 勝宗十句義論, Vaiśeṣika-nikāya-daśapadārtha-śāstra, tr. by Xuanzang; perhaps the same as 智月. |
慧琳 see styles |
huì lín hui4 lin2 hui lin erin えりん |
(female given name) Erin Huilin, a disciple of the Indian monk Amogha 不空; he made the 慧琳音義 dictionary of sounds and meanings of Buddhist words and phrases, based upon the works of 玄應 Xuanying, 慧苑 Huiyuan, 窺基 Kueji, and 雲公 Yungong, in 100 juan, beginning the work in A. D. 788 and ending it in 810. He is also called 大藏音義; died 820. |
戒刀 see styles |
jiè dāo jie4 dao1 chieh tao |
Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing) |
戒名 see styles |
jiè míng jie4 ming2 chieh ming kaimyou / kaimyo かいみょう |
posthumous Buddhist name ordination name |
戒壇 戒坛 see styles |
jiè tán jie4 tan2 chieh t`an chieh tan kaidan かいだん |
ordination platform in a Buddhist temple {Buddh} ordination platform The altar at which the commandments are received by the novice; the 方等戒壇 is the Mahāyāna altar. |
戒牒 see styles |
jiè dié jie4 die2 chieh tieh kaichō |
Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by monastic authorities A monk' s certificate, useful to a wandering or travelling monk.; 戒驗; 度牒 Certificate of ordination of a monk. |
房主 see styles |
fáng zhǔ fang2 zhu3 fang chu bōshu ぼうず |
landlord; house owner (out-dated kanji) (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) monk in charge of the monk's quarters |
打敷 see styles |
uchishiki うちしき |
patterned cloth laid on a table or Buddhist altar; antependium |
打禪 打禅 see styles |
dǎ chán da3 chan2 ta ch`an ta chan |
to meditate (of Buddhist) |
拜懺 拜忏 see styles |
bài chàn bai4 chan4 pai ch`an pai chan |
to hold a daytime Buddhist mass; (of a monk or nun) to read scripture to atone for sb's sins |
持律 see styles |
chí lǜ chi2 lv4 ch`ih lü chih lü jiritsu じりつ |
{Buddh} (See 持戒) strictly adhering to Buddhist precepts A keeper or observer of the discipline. |
持戒 see styles |
chí jiè chi2 jie4 ch`ih chieh chih chieh jikai じかい |
strictly adhering to Buddhist precepts To keep the commandments, or rules. |
捨身 舍身 see styles |
shě shēn she3 shen1 she shen shashin しゃしん |
to give one's life (n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} renouncing the flesh or the world; becoming a priest; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} sacrificing one's life for the sake of mankind or Buddhist teachings Bodily sacrifice, e.g. by burning, or cutting off a limb, etc. |
排佛 see styles |
pái fó pai2 fo2 p`ai fo pai fo haibutsu |
anti-Buddhist |
摩羅 摩罗 see styles |
mó luó mo2 luo2 mo lo mara まら |
(1) obstacle to Buddhist practice; (2) (vulgar) (kana only) penis māla, a wreath, garland, chaplet, headdress; also tr. as Māra, a huge fish, cf. 摩竭羅 makara. |
支那 see styles |
zhī nà zhi1 na4 chih na shina; shina しな; シナ |
phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory (sensitive word) (dated) (kana only) (often considered offensive post-WWII, esp. when written in kanji) (See 中国・1) China; (female given name) Shina 指那, 眞丹, 至那, 斯那, 振旦, 震旦, 眞那, 振丹, 脂難, 旃丹; 摩訶至那 Cina; Maha-cina. The name by which China is referred to in the laws of Manu (which assert that the Chinese were degenerate Kṣatriya), in the Mahābharata, and in Buddhist works. This name may have been derived from families ruling in western China under such titles as 晉 Chin at Fen-chou in Shansi 1106-376 B. C., 陳 Ch'en in Honan 1122-479 B. C., 秦 Ch'in in Shensi as early as the ninth century B. C., and to this latter dynasty the designation is generally attributed. |
放生 see styles |
fàng shēng fang4 sheng1 fang sheng houjou / hojo ほうじょう |
to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy) {Buddh} release of captive animals (birds, fish, etc.); (given name) Housei To release living creatures as a work of merit. |
教堂 see styles |
jiào táng jiao4 tang2 chiao t`ang chiao tang kyōdō |
church; chapel; CL:座[zuo4],所[suo3],間|间[jian1] Buddhist center |
教外 see styles |
jiào wài jiao4 wai4 chiao wai kyōge |
Outside the sect, or school, or church; also not undergoing normal instruction i.e. the intuitive school which does not rely on texts or writings, but on personal communication of its tenets, either oral or otherwise, including direct contact with the Buddha or object of worship, e.g. 'guidance'. |
教祖 see styles |
jiào zǔ jiao4 zu3 chiao tsu kyouso / kyoso きょうそ |
founder of a religious sect; (personal name) Kyouso founder of a Buddhist sect |
教門 教门 see styles |
jiào mén jiao4 men2 chiao men kyoumon / kyomon きょうもん |
study of Buddhist theory A religion, a sect, different religious teachings. |
文來 文来 see styles |
wén lái wen2 lai2 wen lai bunrai |
A portfolio, or satchel for Buddhist books. |
斎食 see styles |
saijiki さいじき |
(1) {Buddh} morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.); (2) food offering at a Buddhist ceremony |
方丈 see styles |
fāng zhang fang1 zhang5 fang chang houjou / hojo ほうじょう |
square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square); monastic room 10 feet square; Buddhist or Daoist abbot; abbot's chamber (1) (See 丈・じょう・1) square jō (approx. 10 sq feet); (2) {Buddh} abbot's chamber; (3) chief priest; (p,s,g) Hōjō An abbot, 寺主 head of a monastery; the term is said to arise from the ten-foot cubic dwelling in which 維摩 Vimalakirti lived, but here seems to be no Sanskrit equivalent. |
施食 see styles |
shī shí shi1 shi2 shih shih sejiki |
to give food (as a charity); "feeding the hungry ghosts" (Buddhist ceremony) To bestow food (on monks), and on hungry ghosts. |
明惠 see styles |
míng huì ming2 hui4 ming hui myoue / myoe みょうえ |
(person) Myōe (1173-1232) (Buddhist monk); (female given name) Myōe Myōe |
明藏 see styles |
míng zàng ming2 zang4 ming tsang Myō zō |
The Buddhist canon of the Ming dynasty; there were two editions, one the Southern at Nanjing made by T'ai Tsu, the northern at Beijing by Tai Tsung. A later edition was produced in the reign of Shen Tsung (Wan Li), which became the standard in Japan. |
時分 时分 see styles |
shí fēn shi2 fen1 shih fen jibun じぶん |
time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 (1) time; hour; season; (2) suitable time; opportunity; chance Time-division of the day, variously made in Buddhist works: (1) Three periods each of day and night. (2) Eight periods of day and night, each divided into four parts. (3) Twelve periods, each under its animal, as in China. (4) Thirty hours, sixty hours, of varying definition. |
晋山 see styles |
shinzan しんざん |
taking up a new position as chief priest of a Buddhist temple; (surname) Shin'yama |
普請 普请 see styles |
pǔ qǐng pu3 qing3 p`u ch`ing pu ching fushin ふしん |
(noun/participle) (1) building; construction; (noun/participle) (2) group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.) communal |
普賢 普贤 see styles |
pǔ xián pu3 xian2 p`u hsien pu hsien fugen ふげん |
Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth Samantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion; (place-name) Fugen Samantabhadra, Viśvabhadra; cf. 三曼 Universal sagacity, or favour; lord of the 理 or fundamental law, the dhyāna, and the practice of all Buddhas. He and Mañjuśrī are the right- and left-hand assistants of Buddha, representing 理 and 智 respectively. He rides on a white elephant, is the patron of the Lotus Sūtra and its devotees, and has close connection with the Huayan Sūtra. His region is in the east. The esoteric school has its own special representation of him, with emphasis on the sword indicative of 理 as the basis of 智. He has ten vows. |
智水 see styles |
chisui ちすい |
(1) {Buddh} purifying wisdom of a buddha; (2) {Buddh} (See 灌頂・1,灌頂・2) purifying water of wisdom used in a Buddhist baptism; (personal name) Tomomi |
暈繝 see styles |
ungen うんげん ugen うげん |
method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods |
有性 see styles |
yǒu xìng you3 xing4 yu hsing yuusei / yuse ゆうせい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) sexual To have the nature, 'i. e. to be a Buddhist, have the bodhi-mind, in contrast with the 無性 absence of this mind, i. e. the闡提 icchanti, or unconverted. |
朝珠 see styles |
cháo zhū chao2 zhu1 ch`ao chu chao chu |
court beads (derived from Buddhist prayer beads) |
本堂 see styles |
běn táng ben3 tang2 pen t`ang pen tang hondou / hondo ほんどう |
main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple; (place-name, surname) Hondou main [buddha] hall |
杯度 see styles |
bēi dù bei1 du4 pei tu Haido |
Beidu, a fifth-century Buddhist monk said to be able to cross a river in a cup or bowl, hence his name. |
梵典 see styles |
fàn diǎn fan4 dian3 fan tien bonten |
Buddhist sutras, or books. |
梵刹 see styles |
fàn chà fan4 cha4 fan ch`a fan cha bonsatsu; bonsetsu ぼんさつ; ぼんせつ |
temple brahmakṣetra, Buddha-land; a name for a Buddhist: monastery, i.e. a place of purity. |
梵剎 梵刹 see styles |
fàn chà fan4 cha4 fan ch`a fan cha |
Buddhist temple; monastery See: 梵刹 |
梵唄 梵呗 see styles |
fàn bài fan4 bai4 fan pai bonbai ぼんばい |
(Buddhism) chanting of prayers (1) {Buddh} song praising the virtues of the Buddha; (2) {Buddh} (See 声明・2) chanting of Buddhist hymns Buddhist hymns, cf. 唄. They are sung to repress externals and calm the mind within for religious service; also in praise of Buddha. |
梵天 see styles |
fàn tiān fan4 tian1 fan t`ien fan tien bonten; bonden ぼんてん; ぼんでん |
Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture); Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator) (1) Brahma (Hindu creator god); (2) (See 御幣) large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); (3) buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); (4) down puff (on the end of an ear pick); (given name) Bonten Brahmadeva. Brahmā, the ruler of this world. India. brahmaloka, the eighteen heavens of the realm of form, divided into four dhyāna regions (sixteen heavens in Southern Buddhism). The first three contain the 梵衆天 assembly of brahmadevas, i.e. the brahmakāyika; the 梵輔天 brahmspurohitas, retinue of Brahmā; and 大梵天 Mahābrahman, Brahman himself. |
梵妻 see styles |
bonsai ぼんさい |
Buddhist priest's wife |
梵宇 see styles |
fàn yǔ fan4 yu3 fan yü bon'u |
A sacred house, i.e. a Buddhist monastery, or temple. |
梵宮 梵宫 see styles |
fàn gōng fan4 gong1 fan kung bongū |
The realm of Brahmā; the first dhyāna heaven of the realm of form.; Brahmā's palace; a Buddhist temple. |
梵志 see styles |
fàn zhì fan4 zhi4 fan chih bonji |
brahmacārin. 'studying sacred learning; practising continence or chastity.' M.W. A brahmacārī is a 'young Brahman in the first āśrama or period of his life' (M. W.); there are four such periods. A Buddhist ascetic with his will set on 梵 purity, also intp. as nirvana. |
梵鐘 梵钟 see styles |
fàn zhōng fan4 zhong1 fan chung bonshou / bonsho ぼんしょう |
bonshō; Buddhist temple bell A temple or monastery bell. |
槵子 see styles |
huàn zǐ huan4 zi3 huan tzu |
fruit of the Sapindus trees (used for Buddhist prayer beads) |
機根 机根 see styles |
jī gēn ji1 gen1 chi ken kikon きこん |
(1) patience; perseverance; (2) ability of the common man to understand Buddhist teachings capacity |
檀林 see styles |
tán lín tan2 lin2 t`an lin tan lin danbayashi だんばやし |
(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); (surname) Danbayashi 旃檀之林 Forest of sandal-wood, or incense, a monastery. |
檀那 see styles |
tán nà tan2 na4 t`an na tan na danna だんな |
(1) master (of a house, shop, etc.); (2) husband (informal); (3) sir; boss; master; governor; word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status; (4) patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy; (5) (Buddhist term) alms (san:); almsgiving; almsgiver 陀那 dāna to give, donate, bestow, charity, alms. |
欲海 see styles |
yù hǎi yu4 hai3 yü hai yokukai |
ocean of lust (Buddhist term); worldly desires The ocean of desire, so called because of its extent and depth. |
止観 see styles |
shikan しかん |
(work) Zhiguan (Mohe Zhiguan, Buddhist text by Guanding, 594 CE); (wk) Zhiguan (Mohe Zhiguan, Buddhist text by Guanding, 594 CE) |
正殿 see styles |
zhèng diàn zheng4 dian4 cheng tien seiden / seden せいでん |
main hall of a Buddhist temple (1) main temple; main building of a shrine; (2) (See 紫宸殿,内裏・1) alternate name for the Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; (3) central building of a palace; State Chamber |
沙弥 see styles |
shami; sami しゃみ; さみ |
male Buddhist novice; (female given name) Saya |
沙彌 沙弥 see styles |
shā mí sha1 mi2 sha mi shami |
novice Buddhist monk śrāmaṇera, 室羅摩拏洛迦; 室末那伊洛迦; 室羅摩尼羅 The male religious novice, who has taken vows to obey the ten commandments. The term is explained by 息惡行慈 one who ceases from evil and does works of mercy, or lives altruistically; 勤策男 a zealous man; 求寂 one who seeks rest; 求涅槃寂 one who seeks the peace of nirvāṇa. Three kinds are recognized according to age, i. e. 7 to 13 years old, old enough to 驅鳥 'drive away crows'; 14 to 19, called 應法 able to respond to or follow the doctrine; 20 to 70. |
沙門 沙门 see styles |
shā mén sha1 men2 sha men shamon; samon しゃもん; さもん |
monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India); Buddhist monk {Buddh} shramana (wandering monk); (surname) Shamon śramaṇa. 桑門; 娑門; 喪門; 沙門那; 舍羅磨拏; 沙迦懣曩; 室摩那拏 (1) Ascetics of all kinds; 'the Sarmanai, or Samanaioi, or Germanai of the Greeks, perhaps identical also with the Tungusian Saman or Shaman.' Eitel. (2) Buddhist monks 'who 'have left their families and quitted the passions', the Semnoi of the Greeks'. Eitel. Explained by 功勞 toilful achievement, 勤息 diligent quieting (of the mind and the passions), 淨志 purity of mind, 貧道 poverty. 'He must keep well the Truth, guard well every uprising (of desire), be uncontaminated by outward attractions, be merciful to all and impure to none, be not elated to joy nor harrowed by distress, and able to bear whatever may come.' The Sanskrit root is śram, to make effort; exert oneself, do austerities. |
法事 see styles |
fǎ shì fa3 shi4 fa shih houji / hoji ほうじ |
religious ceremony; ritual Buddhist memorial service; (place-name) Houji 佛事 Religious affairs, e. g. assemblies and services; discipline and ritual. |
法会 see styles |
houe / hoe ほうえ |
Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service) |
法体 see styles |
hottai; houtai / hottai; hotai ほったい; ほうたい |
(1) {Buddh} clerical appearance; appearance of a priest; (2) teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha; investiture of a Buddhist priest |
法典 see styles |
fǎ diǎn fa3 dian3 fa tien houten / hoten ほうてん |
legal code; statute code of law; body of law; (given name) Norihiro The scriptures of Buddhism. |
法印 see styles |
fǎ yìn fa3 yin4 fa yin houin / hoin ほういん |
(1) {Buddh} highest rank among priests; (2) {Buddh} mountain ascetic monk; (3) {Buddh} signs that distinguish Buddhist teachings from other faiths; (4) title given to a great physician or painter; (personal name) Houin The seal of Buddha-truth, expressing its reality and immutability, also its universality and its authentic transmission from one Buddha or patriarch to another. |
法号 see styles |
hougou / hogo ほうごう |
priest's name or posthumous Buddhist name |
法宇 see styles |
fǎ yǔ fa3 yu3 fa yü houu / hou ほうう |
(See 寺・てら) temple (Buddhist) Dharma roof, or canopy, a monastery. |
法家 see styles |
fǎ jiā fa3 jia1 fa chia houka / hoka ほうか |
the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.); a Legalist (1) lawyer; (2) legalism (school of Chinese philosophy) Buddhism; cf. 法門. |
法寶 法宝 see styles |
fǎ bǎo fa3 bao3 fa pao houbou / hobo ほうぼう |
Buddha's teaching; Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc; (Daoism) magic weapon; talisman; fig. specially effective device; magic wand (personal name) Houbou Dharmaratna. (1) Dharma-treasure, i. e. the Law or Buddha-truth, the second personification in the triratna 三寶. (2) The personal articles of a monk or nun— robe, almsbowl, etc. |
法師 法师 see styles |
fǎ shī fa3 shi1 fa shih houshi(p); hosshi(ok) / hoshi(p); hosshi(ok) ほうし(P); ほっし(ok) |
one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism) (1) Buddhist priest; bonze; (2) layman dressed like a priest; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. pronounced ぼうし) person; (surname, given name) Houshi A Buddhist teacher, master of the Law; five kinds are given— a custodian (of the sūtras), reader, intoner, expounder, and copier. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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