There are 9 total results for your 上乘 search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
上乘 see styles |
shàng chéng shang4 cheng2 shang ch`eng shang cheng jōjō |
first-class; best quality; also pr. [shang4 sheng4] Mahāyāna; also 上衍, 大乘 q. v. |
上乘禪 上乘禅 see styles |
shàng shèng chán shang4 sheng4 chan2 shang sheng ch`an shang sheng chan jōjō zen |
The Mahāyāna Ch'an (Zen) School, which considers that it alone attains the highest realization of Mahāyāna truth. Hīnayāna philosophy is said only to realize the unreality of the ego and not the unreality of all things. The Mahāyāna realizes the unreality of the ego and of all things. But the Ch'an school is pure idealism, all being mind. This mind is Buddha, and is the universal fundamental mind. |
最上乘 see styles |
zuì shàng shèng zui4 shang4 sheng4 tsui shang sheng saijō jō |
The supreme vehicle, or teaching. |
無上乘 无上乘 see styles |
wú shàng shèng wu2 shang4 sheng4 wu shang sheng mujō jō |
(無上上乘) The most supreme Vehicle, the Mahāyāna. |
上乘密宗 see styles |
shàng shèng mì zōng shang4 sheng4 mi4 zong1 shang sheng mi tsung jōjō misshū |
The Mahāyāna esoteric school, especially the 眞言 Shingon. |
上乘瑜伽 see styles |
shàng shèng yú qié shang4 sheng4 yu2 qie2 shang sheng yü ch`ieh shang sheng yü chieh jōjō yuga |
Mahāyāna-yoga, chiefy associated with 上乘密宗. |
最上乘禪 最上乘禅 see styles |
zuì shàng shèng chán zui4 shang4 sheng4 chan2 tsui shang sheng ch`an tsui shang sheng chan saijō jō zen |
meditation of the supreme vehicle |
最上乘論 最上乘论 see styles |
zuì shàng shèng lùn zui4 shang4 sheng4 lun4 tsui shang sheng lun Saijōjōron |
Choesangseung non |
祕密上乘 see styles |
mì mì shàng shèng mi4 mi4 shang4 sheng4 mi mi shang sheng himitsu jōjō |
esoteric vehicle |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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