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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
天台 see styles |
tiān tāi tian1 tai1 t`ien t`ai tien tai tendai てんだい |
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗; Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang Tendai sect (of Buddhism); (place-name) Tendai Tiantai |
天臺 天台 see styles |
tiān tái tian1 tai2 t`ien t`ai tien tai |
rooftop See: 天台 |
天台宗 see styles |
tiān tái zōng tian1 tai2 zong1 t`ien t`ai tsung tien tai tsung tendaishuu / tendaishu てんだいしゅう |
Tiantai school of Buddhism Tendai sect (of Buddhism); (personal name) Tendaishuu The Tiantai, or Tendai, sect founded by 智顗 Zhiyi. It bases its tenets on the Lotus Sutra 法華經 with the 智度論, 涅盤經, and 大品經; it maintains the identity of the Absolute and the world of phenomena, and attempts to unlock the secrets of all phenomena by means of meditation. It flourished during the Tang dynasty. Under the Sung, when the school was decadent, arose 四明 Ciming, under whom there came the division of 山家 Hill or Tiantai School and 山外 the School outside, the latter following 悟恩 Wuen and in time dying out; the former, a more profound school, adhered to Ciming; it was from this school that the Tiantai doctrine spread to Japan. The three principal works of the Tiantai founder are called 天台三部, i. e. 玄義 exposition of the deeper meaning of the Lotus; 文句 exposition of its text; and 止觀 meditation; the last was directive and practical; it was in the line of Bodhidharma, stressing the 'inner light'. |
天台寺 see styles |
tiān tái sì tian1 tai2 si4 t`ien t`ai ssu tien tai ssu tendaiji てんだいじ |
(personal name) Tendaiji Tiantaisi |
天台山 see styles |
tiān tāi shān tian1 tai1 shan1 t`ien t`ai shan tien tai shan tendaizan てんだいざん |
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1] (personal name) Tendaizan The Tiantai or Heavenly Terrace mountain, the location of the Tiantai sect; its name is attributed to the 三台 six stars at the foot of Ursa Major, under which it is supposed to be, but more likely because of its height and appearance. It gives its name to a xian 縣 in the Zhejiang taizhou 浙江台州 prefecture, south-west of Ningbo. The monastery, or group of monasteries, was founded there by 智顗 Zhiyi, who is known as 天台大師. |
天台律 see styles |
tiān tái lǜ tian1 tai2 lv4 t`ien t`ai lü tien tai lü Tendai ritsu |
The laws of the Tiantai sect as given in the Lotus, and the ten primary commandments and forty-eight secondary commandments of 梵網經 the Sutra of Brahma's Net 梵網經 (Brahmajāla); they are ascribed as the 大乘圓頓戒 the Mahāyāna perfect and immediate moral precepts, immediate in the sense of the possibility of all instantly becoming Buddha. |
天台町 see styles |
tendaichou / tendaicho てんだいちょう |
(place-name) Tendaichō |
天台縣 天台县 see styles |
tiān tāi xiàn tian1 tai1 xian4 t`ien t`ai hsien tien tai hsien |
Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang |
天台駅 see styles |
tendaieki てんだいえき |
(st) Tendai Station |
司天臺 司天台 see styles |
sī tiān tái si1 tian1 tai2 ssu t`ien t`ai ssu tien tai |
Observatory or Bureau of Astronomy (official title) from the Tang dynasty onwards |
天台ケ峰 see styles |
tendaigamine てんだいがみね |
(personal name) Tendaigamine |
天台三教 see styles |
tiān tái sān jiào tian1 tai2 san1 jiao4 t`ien t`ai san chiao tien tai san chiao Tentai sangyō |
The three modes of Śākyamuni's teaching as explained by the Tiantai sect: (1) the sudden, or immediate teaching, by which the learner is taught the whole truth at once 頓教; (2) the gradual teaching 漸教; (3) the undetermined or variable method-whereby he is taught what he is capable of receiving 不定. Another category is 漸 gradual, 頓 direct, and 圓 perfect, the last being found in the final or complete doctrine of the 法華經 Lotus Sutra. Another is: (1) 三藏教 the Tripiṭaka doctrine, i. e. the orthodox Hīnayāna; (2) 通教 intermediate, or interrelated doctrine, i. e. Hīnayāna-cum-Mahāyāna; (3) 別教 differentiated or separated doctrine, i. e. the early Mahāyāna as a cult or development, as distinct from Hīnayāna. |
天台九神 see styles |
tiān tái jiǔ shén tian1 tai2 jiu3 shen2 t`ien t`ai chiu shen tien tai chiu shen Tentai kujin |
The nine patriarchs of the Tiantai sect: 龍樹 Nāgārjuna; 慧文 Hui-wen of the 北齊 Northern Qi dynasty; 慧思 Huici of 南嶽 Nanyue; 智者 (or 智顗) Zhizhe, or Zhiyi; 灌頂 Guanding of 章安 Changan; 法華 Fahua; 天宮 Tiangung; 左溪 Zuoxi; and 湛然 Zhanran of 荊溪. The ten patriarchs 十祖 are the above nine with 道邃 Daosui considered a patriarch in Japan, because he was the teacher of Dengyo Daishi who brought the Tendai system to that country in the ninth century. Some name Huiwen and Huici as the first and second patriarchs of the school of thought developed by Zhiyi at Tiantai; v. 天台宗. |
天台八教 see styles |
tiān tái bā jiào tian1 tai2 ba1 jiao4 t`ien t`ai pa chiao tien tai pa chiao Tendai hakkyō |
八教 The 化法四教 or four periods of teaching, i. e. 藏, 通, 別, and 圓 Hīnayāna, Interrelated, Differentiated, and Complete or Final; the 化儀四教 q, v. are the four modes of teaching, direct, gradual, esoteric, and indefinite. |
天台四教 see styles |
tiān tái sì jiào tian1 tai2 si4 jiao4 t`ien t`ai ssu chiao tien tai ssu chiao Tentai shikyō |
The four types each of method and doctrine, as defined by Tiantai; see 天台八教. |
天台大師 天台大师 see styles |
tiān tái dà shī tian1 tai2 da4 shi1 t`ien t`ai ta shih tien tai ta shih tendaidaishi てんだいだいし |
(personal name) Tendaidaishi The actual founder of the Tiantai 'school' 智顗 Zhiyi; his 字 was 德安 De-an, and his surname 陳 Chen, A. D. 538-597. Studying under 慧思 Huici of Hunan, he was greatly influenced by his teaching; and found in the Lotus Sutra the real interpretation of Mahayanism. In 575 he first came to Tiantai and established his school, which in turn was the foundation of important Buddhist schools in Korea and Japan. |
天台座主 see styles |
tendaizasu てんだいざす |
(personal name) Tendaizasu |
天台神道 see styles |
tendaishintou / tendaishinto てんだいしんとう |
(rare) (See 日吉神道) Tendai Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai) |
天台三大部 see styles |
tiān tái sān dà bù tian1 tai2 san1 da4 bu4 t`ien t`ai san ta pu tien tai san ta pu Tendai san daibu |
three major commentaries of the Tiantai school |
天台五時教 天台五时教 see styles |
tiān tái wǔ shí jiào tian1 tai2 wu3 shi2 jiao4 t`ien t`ai wu shih chiao tien tai wu shih chiao Tendai goji kyō |
five periods of the teaching according to Tiantai |
天台四教儀 天台四教仪 see styles |
tiān tái sì jiào yí tian1 tai2 si4 jiao4 yi2 t`ien t`ai ssu chiao i tien tai ssu chiao i Tentai shikyō gi |
Outline of the Four Tiantai Teachings |
天台韶國師 天台韶国师 see styles |
tiān tái sháo guó shī tian1 tai2 shao2 guo2 shi1 t`ien t`ai shao kuo shih tien tai shao kuo shih Tentai Shō Kokushi |
Tiantai Shao guoshi, a Chekiang priest who revived the Tiantai sect by journeying to Korea, where the only copy of Zhiyi's works existed, copied them, and returned to revive the Tiantai school. 錢俶 Qianshu (A. D. 960 -997), ruler of 吳越 Wuyue, whose capital was at Hangchow, entitled him Imperial Teacher. |
岩手天台寺 see styles |
iwatetendaiji いわててんだいじ |
(personal name) Iwatetendaiji |
浙江天台縣 浙江天台县 see styles |
zhè jiāng tiān tái xiàn zhe4 jiang1 tian1 tai2 xian4 che chiang t`ien t`ai hsien che chiang tien tai hsien |
Tiantai County in Zhejiang |
天台八教大意 see styles |
tiān tái bā jiào dà yì tian1 tai2 ba1 jiao4 da4 yi4 t`ien t`ai pa chiao ta i tien tai pa chiao ta i Tendai hakkyō daii |
Tiantai bajiao dayi |
天台菩薩戒疏 天台菩萨戒疏 see styles |
tiān tái pú sà jiè shū tian1 tai2 pu2 sa4 jie4 shu1 t`ien t`ai p`u sa chieh shu tien tai pu sa chieh shu Tentai bosatsukai sho |
Supplement to the Tiantai Commentary on the Bodhisattva Precepts |
天台四教儀集註 天台四教仪集注 see styles |
tiān tái sì jiào yí jí zhù tian1 tai2 si4 jiao4 yi2 ji2 zhu4 t`ien t`ai ssu chiao i chi chu tien tai ssu chiao i chi chu Tentai shikyōgi shucchū |
Collected Notes on the Outline of the Tiantai Fourfold Teachings |
天台法華宗義集 天台法华宗义集 see styles |
tiān tái fǎ huā zōng yì jí tian1 tai2 fa3 hua1 zong1 yi4 ji2 t`ien t`ai fa hua tsung i chi tien tai fa hua tsung i chi Tendai hokke shū gishū |
Tendai hokke shū gishū |
天台菩薩戒明曠疏 天台菩萨戒明旷疏 see styles |
tiān tái pú sà jiè míng kuàng shū tian1 tai2 pu2 sa4 jie4 ming2 kuang4 shu1 t`ien t`ai p`u sa chieh ming k`uang shu tien tai pu sa chieh ming kuang shu Tentai bosatsukai myōkō sho |
Mingkuang's Commentary to the Tiantai Bodhisattva Precepts |
隋天台智者大師別傳 隋天台智者大师别传 see styles |
suí tiān tái zhì zhě dà shī bié zhuàn sui2 tian1 tai2 zhi4 zhe3 da4 shi1 bie2 zhuan4 sui t`ien t`ai chih che ta shih pieh chuan sui tien tai chih che ta shih pieh chuan Zui tentai chisha daishi betsuden |
Sui Tiantai Zhizhe dashi biezhuan |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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