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There are 11 total results for your 化身 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
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化身

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huà shēn
    hua4 shen1
hua shen
 keshin
    けしん

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incarnation; reincarnation; embodiment (of abstract idea); personification
(n,vs,adj-no) {Buddh} incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
nirmāṇakāya, 應身, 應化身; 變化身 The third characteristic or power of the trikāya 三身, a Buddha's metamorphosic body, which has power to assume any shape to propagate the Truth. Some interpret the term as connoting pan-Buddha, that all nature in its infinite variety is the phenomenal 佛身 Buddha-body. A narrower interpretation is his appearance in human form expressed by 應身, while 化身 is used for his manifold other forms of appearances.

化身話

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 keshingo
    けしんご
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應化身


应化身

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yìng huà shēn
    ying4 hua4 shen1
ying hua shen
 ōke shin
應身; 化身 nirmāṇakāya, the Buddha incarnate, the transformation body, capable of assuming any form (for the propagation of Buddha-truth).

變化身


变化身

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biàn huà shēn
    bian4 hua4 shen1
pien hua shen
 hengeshin
The nirmāṇakāya, i.e. transformation-body, or incarnation-body, one of the 三身 trikāya, q.v.

化身ラマ

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 keshinrama
    けしんラマ
{Buddh} tulku; reincarnate Tibetan lama

化身如來


化身如来

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huà shēn rú lái
    hua4 shen1 ru2 lai2
hua shen ju lai
 keshin nyorai
transformation-body tathāgata

如來化身


如来化身

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rú lái huà shēn
    ru2 lai2 hua4 shen1
ju lai hua shen
 nyorai keshin
Tathāgata's transformation body

千百億化身


千百亿化身

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qiān bǎi yì huà shēn
    qian1 bai3 yi4 hua4 shen1
ch`ien pai i hua shen
    chien pai i hua shen
 senhyakuoku keshin
trillions of transformation bodies

方便化身土

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fāng biàn huà shēn tǔ
    fang1 bian4 hua4 shen1 tu3
fang pien hua shen t`u
    fang pien hua shen tu
 hōben keshin do
An intermediate 'land 'of the Japanese monk 見眞 Kenshin, below the Pure-land, where Amitābha appears in his transformation-body.

千百億化身釋迦牟尼佛


千百亿化身释迦牟尼佛

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qiān bǎi yì huà shēn shì jiā móu ní fó
    qian1 bai3 yi4 hua4 shen1 shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2 fo2
ch`ien pai i hua shen shih chia mou ni fo
    chien pai i hua shen shih chia mou ni fo
 senhyakuoku keshin Shakamuni butsu
Śākyamuni Buddha, of trillions of transformation bodies

觀自在菩薩化身襄麌哩曳童女銷伏毒害陀羅尼經


观自在菩萨化身襄麌哩曳童女销伏毒害陀罗尼经

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guān zì zài pú sà huà shēn ráng wú lī yè tóng nǚ xiāo fú dú hài tuó luó ní jīng
    guan1 zi4 zai4 pu2 sa4 hua4 shen1 rang2 wu2 li1 ye4 tong2 nv3 xiao1 fu2 du2 hai4 tuo2 luo2 ni2 jing1
kuan tzu tsai p`u sa hua shen jang wu li yeh t`ung nü hsiao fu tu hai t`o lo ni ching
    kuan tzu tsai pu sa hua shen jang wu li yeh tung nü hsiao fu tu hai to lo ni ching
 Kanjizaibosatsu keshin Jōguri ei dōnyo shōbuku dokugai daranikyō
Dhāraṇī of the Jungle Girl [who Eradicates Injury from Poisoning, an Incarnation of the Bodhisattva who Perceives Freely]

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 11 results for "化身" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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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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