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五秘密曼荼罗
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(五祕密)(五)(祕密)(秘密)(祕)(秘)(密)(曼荼羅)(曼荼)(曼)(荼)(羅)
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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
五 see styles |
wǔ wu3 wu uu / u ウー |
More info & calligraphy: Five(numeric) five (chi: wǔ); (surname) Go pañca, five. |
五祕密 五秘密 see styles |
wǔ mì mì wu3 mi4 mi4 wu mi mi go himitsu |
(五祕) The five esoteric or occult ones, i. e. the five bodhisattvas of the diamond realm, known as Vajrasattva in the middle; 欲 desire on the east; 觸 contact, south; 愛 love, west; and 慢 pride, north. Vajrasattva represents the six fundamental elements of sentient existence and here indicates the birth of bodhisattva sentience; desire is that of bodhi and the salvation of all: contact with the needy world for its salvation follows; love of all the living comes next; pride or the power of nirvana succeeds. |
祕 秘 see styles |
mì mi4 mi hi |
variant of 秘[mi4] Secret, occult, esoteric; opposite of 顯. |
秘 see styles |
mì mi4 mi hi ひ |
secret; secretary (rare) (See 秘中の秘) secret; mystery spiritual |
祕密 秘密 see styles |
mì mì mi4 mi4 mi mi himitsu |
Secret, occult, esoteric, mysterious, profound. |
秘密 see styles |
mì mì mi4 mi4 mi mi himitsu ひみつ |
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret (CL:個|个[ge4]) (n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; (2) mystery; (3) (See 秘訣) secret (e.g. to success); (4) {Buddh} esoteric teachings |
密 see styles |
mì mi4 mi mitsu みつ |
More info & calligraphy: Secret(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (ant: 疎・そ・1) dense; thick; crowded; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) close (relationship); intimate; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) minute; fine; careful; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) secret; (5) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 密教・みっきょう) esoteric Buddhism; secret Buddhist teachings; (surname, female given name) Mitsu Closed in; close together; intimate; quiet, still; secret, occult, esoteric; fine, small; contrasted with 顯 open, exoteric. Cf. 祕. |
曼 see styles |
màn man4 man manei / mane まんえい |
More info & calligraphy: Mann(personal name) Man'ei Long, prolonged, extended, widespread. |
曼荼 see styles |
màn tú man4 tu2 man t`u man tu manda |
maṇḍala |
曼荼羅 曼荼罗 see styles |
màn tú luó man4 tu2 luo2 man t`u lo man tu lo mandara まんだら |
(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) mandala mandala; Buddhist visual schema of the enlightened mind; (given name) Mandara 曼怛羅; 曼特羅; 曼陀羅; 曼拏羅; 蔓陀囉; 滿荼邏 maṇḍala, a circle, globe, wheel ring; "any circular figure or diagram" (M.W.); a magic circle; a plot or place of enlightenment; a round or square altar on which buddhas and bodhisattvas are placed; a group of such, especially the garbhadhātu and vajradhātu groups of the Shingon sect; these were arranged by Kōbō Daishi to express the mystic doctrine of the two dhātu by way of illustration, the garbhadhātu representing the 理 and the 因 principle and cause, the vajradhātu the 智 and the 果 intelligence (or reason) and the effect, i.e. the fundamental realm of being, and mind as inherent in it; v. 胎 and 金剛. The two realms are fundamentally one, as are the absolute and phenomenal, e.g. water and wave. There are many kinds of maṇḍalas, e.g. the group of the Lotus Sutra; of the 觀經; of the nine luminaries; of the Buddha's entering into nirvana, etc. The real purpose of a maṇḍala is to gather the spiritual powers together, in order to promote the operation of the dharma or law. The term is commonly applied to a magic circle, subdivided into circles or squares in which are painted Buddhist divinities and symbols. Maṇḍalas also reveal the direct retribution of each of the ten worlds of beings (purgatory, pretas, animals, asuras, men, devas, the heavens of form, formless heavens, bodhisattvas, and buddhas). Each world has its maṇḍala which represents the originating principle that brings it to completion. The maṇḍala of the tenth world indicates the fulfilment and completion of the nine worlds. |
荼 see styles |
tú tu2 t`u tu daka |
thistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste); cruel; flowering grass in profusion A bitter herb; weeds; to encroach; translit. da, dha, dhya, dhu. |
羅 罗 see styles |
luó luo2 lo ra ら |
More info & calligraphy: Roe(abbreviation) (See 羅甸語) Latin (language); (surname) Rou A net (for catching birds), gauze, open work; sieve; to arrange in order; translit. la and ra sounds, e.g. 南羅 S. Lāra; Lāḍa; Lāṭa, in Gujarāt; 北羅 N. Lāra, Valabhī, on the western coast of Gujarāt. |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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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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