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金剛界


金刚界

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jīn gāng jiè
    jin1 gang1 jie4
chin kang chieh
 kongoukai / kongokai
    こんごうかい
(1) {Buddh} (See 胎蔵界・たいぞうかい・1) Vajradhatu; Diamond Realm; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 金剛界曼荼羅・こんごうかいまんだら) Vajradathu Mandala; Diamond Realm Mandala
vajradhātu, 金界 The 'diamond', or vajra, element of the universe; it is the 智 wisdom of Vairocana in its indestructibility and activity; it arises from the garbhadhātu 胎藏界q.v., the womb or store of the Vairocana 理 reason or principles of such wisdom, v. 理智. The two, garbhadhātu and vajradhātu, are shown by the esoteric school, especially in the Japanese Shingon, in two maṇḍalas, i.e. groups or circles, representing in various portrayals the ideas arising from the two, fundamental concepts. vajradhātu is intp. as the 智 realm of intellection, and garbhadhātu as the 理 substance underlying it, or the matrix; the latter is the womb or fundamental reason of all things, and occupies the eastern position as 'cause' of the vajradhātu, which is on the west as the resultant intellectual or spiritual expression. But both are one as are Reason and Wisdom, and Vairocana (the illuminator, the 大日 great sun) presides over both, as source and supply. The vajradhātu represents the spiritual world of complete enlightenment, the esoteric dharmakāya doctrine as contrasted with the exoteric nirmāṇakāya doctrine. It is the sixth element 識 mind, and is symbolized by a triangle with the point downwards and by the full moon, which represents 智 wisdom or understanding; it corresponds to 果 fruit, or effect, garbhadhātu being 因 or cause. The 金剛王五部 or five divisions of the vajradhātu are represented by the Five dhyāni-buddhas, thus: centre 大日Vairocana; east 阿閦 Akṣobhya; south 寶生Ratnasambhava; west 阿彌陀 Amitābha; north 不 空 成就 Amoghasiddhi, or Śākyamuni. They are seated respectively on a lion, an elephant, a horse, a peacock, and a garuda. v. 五佛; also 胎.

金剛界五佛


金刚界五佛

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jīn gāng jiè wǔ fó
    jin1 gang1 jie4 wu3 fo2
chin kang chieh wu fo
 kongōkai gobutsu
five buddhas of the vajradhātu

金剛界曼荼羅


金刚界曼荼罗

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jīn gāng jiè màn tú luó
    jin1 gang1 jie4 man4 tu2 luo2
chin kang chieh man t`u lo
    chin kang chieh man tu lo
 kongoukaimandara / kongokaimandara
    こんごうかいまんだら
{Buddh} (See 胎蔵界曼荼羅・たいぞうかいまんだら,両界曼荼羅・りょうかいまんだら) Vajradhatu Mandala; Diamond Realm Mandala
maṇḍala of the adamantine realm

金剛峻經金剛頂一切如來深妙祕密金剛界大三昧耶修行四十二種壇法經作用威儀法則大毘盧遮那佛金剛心地法門祕法戒壇法儀則


金刚峻经金刚顶一切如来深妙祕密金刚界大三昧耶修行四十二种坛法经作用威仪法则大毘卢遮那佛金刚心地法门祕法戒坛法仪则

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jīn gāng jun jīng jīn gāng dǐng yī qiè rú lái shēn miào mì mì jīn gāng jiè dà sān mèi yé xiū xíng sì shí èr zhǒng tán fǎ jīng zuò yòng wēi yí fǎ zé dà pí lú zhēn à fó jīn gāng xīn dì fǎ mén mì fǎ jiè tán fǎ yí zé
    jin1 gang1 jun4 jing1 jin1 gang1 ding3 yi1 qie4 ru2 lai2 shen1 miao4 mi4 mi4 jin1 gang1 jie4 da4 san1 mei4 ye2 xiu1 xing2 si4 shi2 er4 zhong3 tan2 fa3 jing1 zuo4 yong4 wei1 yi2 fa3 ze2 da4 pi2 lu2 zhen1 a4 fo2 jin1 gang1 xin1 di4 fa3 men2 mi4 fa3 jie4 tan2 fa3 yi2 ze2
chin kang chün ching chin kang ting i ch`ieh ju lai shen miao mi mi chin kang chieh ta san mei yeh hsiu hsing ssu shih erh chung t`an fa ching tso yung wei i fa tse ta p`i lu chen a fo chin kang hsin ti fa men mi fa chieh t`an fa i tse
    chin kang chün ching chin kang ting i chieh ju lai shen miao mi mi chin kang chieh ta san mei yeh hsiu hsing ssu shih erh chung tan fa ching tso yung wei i fa tse ta pi lu chen a fo chin kang hsin ti fa men mi fa chieh tan fa i tse
 Kongō shun kyō kongō chōissai nyorai shinmyō himitsu kongō kaidai zanmaiya shugyō shijūnishu danhōkyō sayō igi hōsoku daibirushanabutsu kongō shinchi hōmon hihō kaidanhō gisoku
Jingang jun jing jingang ding yiqie rulai shen miao mimi Jingang jie da sanmeiye xiuxing sishierzhong tanfa jing zuoyong weiyi faze da pilu zhena fo jingang xindi famen mifa jie tanfa yize

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

This page contains 4 results for "金刚界" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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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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