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There are 14 total results for your 性相 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

性相

see styles
xìng xiàng
    xing4 xiang4
hsing hsiang
 shō zō
The nature (of anything) and its phenomenal expression xing being 無爲 non-functional, or noumenal and xiang 有爲 functional, or phenomenal.

性相學


性相学

see styles
xìng xiàng xué
    xing4 xiang4 xue2
hsing hsiang hsüeh
 shōsō gaku
The philosophy of the above (性相), i. e. of the noumenal and phenomenal. There are ten points of difference between the 性相二宗, i. e. between the 性 and 相 schools, v. 二宗.

空性相

see styles
kōng xìng xiàng
    kong1 xing4 xiang4
k`ung hsing hsiang
    kung hsing hsiang
 kū shōsō
character of emptiness

自性相

see styles
zì xìng xiàng
    zi4 xing4 xiang4
tzu hsing hsiang
 jishō sō
mark(s) of self-nature

性相常住

see styles
xìng xiàng cháng zhù
    xing4 xiang4 chang2 zhu4
hsing hsiang ch`ang chu
    hsing hsiang chang chu
 shō sō jōjū
eternal abiding of the nature and marks [of the Buddha]

他性相應


他性相应

see styles
tā xìng xiāng yìng
    ta1 xing4 xiang1 ying4
t`a hsing hsiang ying
    ta hsing hsiang ying
 tashō sōō
associated with other natures

依他性相

see styles
yī tā xìng xiàng
    yi1 ta1 xing4 xiang4
i t`a hsing hsiang
    i ta hsing hsiang
 eta shō sō
characteristic of other dependency

同性相斥

see styles
tóng xìng xiāng chì
    tong2 xing4 xiang1 chi4
t`ung hsing hsiang ch`ih
    tung hsing hsiang chih
like polarities repel each other; (fig.) like repels like

異性相吸


异性相吸

see styles
yì xìng xiāng xī
    yi4 xing4 xiang1 xi1
i hsing hsiang hsi
opposite polarities attract; (fig.) opposite sexes attract; opposites attract

空性相應


空性相应

see styles
kōng xìng xiāng yìng
    kong1 xing4 xiang1 ying4
k`ung hsing hsiang ying
    kung hsing hsiang ying
 kūshō sōō
concomitant with emptiness

自性相續解脫


自性相续解脱

see styles
zì xìng xiāng xù jiě tuō
    zi4 xing4 xiang1 xu4 jie3 tuo1
tzu hsing hsiang hsü chieh t`o
    tzu hsing hsiang hsü chieh to
 jishō sōzoku gedatsu
liberation from the continuity of [the mistaken notion of] self-nature [of the mind stream] (?)

有佛無佛性相常住


有佛无佛性相常住

see styles
yǒu fó wú fó xìng xiàng cháng zhù
    you3 fo2 wu2 fo2 xing4 xiang4 chang2 zhu4
yu fo wu fo hsing hsiang ch`ang chu
    yu fo wu fo hsing hsiang chang chu
 ubutsu mubutsu shōsō jōjū
regardless of whether a buddha appears, nature and characteristics abide eternally

Variations:
性相近し、習い相遠し
性相近し習い相遠し

see styles
 seiaichikashinaraiaitooshi / seaichikashinaraiaitooshi
    せいあいちかしならいあいとおし
(expression) (proverb) (from the Analects of Confucius) by human nature we are close, through practice we grow apart; by nature, near together; by practice far apart

Variations:
性相近し、習い相遠し
性相近し習い相遠し(sK)

see styles
 seiaichikashi、naraiaitooshi / seaichikashi、naraiaitooshi
    せいあいちかし、ならいあいとおし
(expression) (proverb) (from the Analects of Confucius) by human nature we are close, through practice we grow apart; by nature, near together; by practice far apart

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

This page contains 14 results for "性相" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

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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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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