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心 see styles |
xīn xin1 hsin shin しん |
More info & calligraphy: Heart / Mind / Spirit(1) (See 心・こころ・1) heart; mind; spirit; vitality; inner strength; (2) bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); nature; (3) (usu. written as 芯) (See 芯・2) centre; center; core; heart; (4) (See 心臓・1) heart (organ); (5) {astron} (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (6) (archaism) (child. language) friend; (given name) Haato hṛd, hṛdaya 汗栗太 (or 汗栗馱); 紀哩馱 the heart, mind, soul; citta 質多 the heart as the seat of thought or intelligence. In both senses the heart is likened to a lotus. There are various definitions, of which the following are six instances: (1) 肉團心 hṛd, the physical heart of sentient or nonsentient living beings, e. g. men, trees, etc. (2) 集起心 citta, the ālayavijñāna, or totality of mind, and the source of all mental activity. (3) 思量心 manas, the thinking and calculating mind; (4) 緣慮心; 了別心; 慮知心; citta; the discriminating mind; (5) 堅實心 the bhūtatathatā mind, or the permanent mind; (6) 積聚精要心 the mind essence of the sutras. |
理 see styles |
lǐ li3 li ri り |
More info & calligraphy: Science(1) reason; principle; logic; (2) {Buddh} (See 事・じ) general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (3) the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism); (given name) Wataru siddhānta; hetu. Ruling principle, fundamental law, intrinsicality, universal basis, essential element; nidāna, reason; pramāṇa, to arrange, regulate, rule, rectify. |
眼 see styles |
yǎn yan3 yen manako まなこ |
More info & calligraphy: Eyeballs / Eyes(1) eye; eyeball; (2) (archaism) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (3) (archaism) insight; perceptivity; power of observation; (4) (archaism) look; field of vision; (5) (archaism) core; center; centre; essence; (surname) Mesaki cakṣuh, the eye. |
空 see styles |
kòng kong4 k`ung kung kuu / ku くう |
More info & calligraphy: Sky / Ether / Void / Emptiness / Unreality(1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空軍) air force; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements); (can be adjective with の) (6) {math} empty (e.g. set); (female given name) Ron śūnya, empty, void, hollow, vacant, nonexistent. śūnyatā, 舜若多, vacuity, voidness, emptiness, non-existence, immateriality, perhaps spirituality, unreality, the false or illusory nature of all existence, the seeming 假 being unreal. The doctrine that all phenomena and the ego have no reality, but are composed of a certain number of skandhas or elements, which disintegrate. The void, the sky, space. The universal, the absolute, complete abstraction without relativity. There are classifications into 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 18 categories. The doctrine is that all things are compounds, or unstable organisms, possessing no self-essence, i.e. are dependent, or caused, come into existence only to perish. The underlying reality, the principle of eternal relativity, or non-infinity, i.e. śūnya, permeates all phenomena making possible their evolution. From this doctrine the Yogācārya school developed the idea of the permanent reality, which is Essence of Mind, the unknowable noumenon behind all phenomena, the entity void of ideas and phenomena, neither matter nor mind, but the root of both. |
生命 see styles |
shēng mìng sheng1 ming4 sheng ming seimei / seme せいめい |
More info & calligraphy: Life Force(1) life; existence; (n,n-suf) (2) (See 役者生命) (one's) working life; career; (3) (occ. read いのち) life force; lifeblood; soul; essence |
真諦 真谛 see styles |
zhēn dì zhen1 di4 chen ti shintai; shintei / shintai; shinte しんたい; しんてい |
More info & calligraphy: True Essence(1) {Buddh} (esp. しんたい) (See 俗諦) ultimate truth; (2) (esp. しんてい) essence; (person) Paramartha (499-569 CE) |
精神 see styles |
jīng shen jing1 shen5 ching shen seishin / seshin せいしん |
More info & calligraphy: Spirit(1) mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos; (2) attitude; mentality; will; intention; (3) spirit (of a matter); essence; fundamental significance; (given name) Seishin Vitality; also the pure and spiritual, the subtle, or recondite. |
精華 精华 see styles |
jīng huá jing1 hua2 ching hua seika / seka せいか |
More info & calligraphy: Seika / Quintessenceessence; quintessence; flower; glory; (f,p) Seika |
精髓 see styles |
jīng suǐ jing1 sui3 ching sui |
More info & calligraphy: Essence |
本質 本质 see styles |
běn zhì ben3 zhi4 pen chih honshitsu ほんしつ |
essence; nature; innate character; intrinsic quality (noun - becomes adjective with の) essence; true nature; substance; reality Original substance, the substance itself; any real object of the senses. |
性 see styles |
xìng xing4 hsing narikuse なりくせ |
nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4] (archaism) disposition; nature; character; (surname) Shou svabhāva, prakṛti, pradhāna. The nature intp. as embodied, causative, unchanging; also as independent or self-dependent; fundamental nature behind the manifestation or expression. Also, the Buddha-nature immanent in all beings, the Buddha heart or mind. |
矣 see styles |
yǐ yi3 i i |
classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5] A particle of finality, pronounced yi, used in 矣栗駄 hṛd, the heart; the essence of a thing. |
粋 see styles |
cuì cui4 ts`ui tsui sui すい |
Japanese variant of 粹 (1) essence; the best; cream; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (See 粋・いき・1) chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) considerate; understanding; thoughtful; tactful; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts); (female given name) Sui |
粹 see styles |
cuì cui4 ts`ui tsui |
pure; unmixed; essence |
精 see styles |
jīng jing1 ching sei / se せい |
essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of something; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic) (1) spirit; sprite; nymph; (2) energy; vigor (vigour); strength; (3) fine details; (4) (See 精液) semen; (given name) Makoto Cleaned rice, freed from the husk, pure; essential, essence, germinating principle, spirit; fine, best, finest. |
素 see styles |
sù su4 su so そ |
raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever (adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) plain, white silk; (adj-na,n,adj-no) (2) {math} (See 互いに素) prime; (given name) Motoi Original colour or state; plain, white; heretofore, usual; translit. su.; To keep to vegetarian diet; vegetarian. |
腦 脑 see styles |
nǎo nao3 nao nō |
brain; mind; head; essence brain |
一如 see styles |
yī rú yi1 ru2 i ju ichinyo いちにょ |
to be just like oneness; (personal name) Kazuyuki The one ru, i.e. the bhūtatathatā, or absolute, as the norm and essence of life. The 眞如 true suchness, or true character, or reality; the 法性 nature of things or beings. The whole of things as they are, or seem; a cosmos; a species; things of the same order. Name of a celebrated monk, Yiru. V. 一眞; 一實. |
七曜 see styles |
qī yào qi1 yao4 ch`i yao chi yao shichiyou / shichiyo しちよう |
the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) (1) {astron} the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn); (2) the seven days of the week The seven brilliant ones — the sun and moon, together with the five planets which are connected with fire, water, wood, metal, and earth. Their essence shines in the sky, but their spirits are over men as judges of their good and evil, and as rulers over good and evil fortune. The following list shows their names in Chinese and Sanskrit: Sun 日, 太陽; aditya 阿彌底耶 Moon月, 太陰; soma 蘇摩 Mars火星, 勢惑勞; aṅgāraka 盎哦囉迦 Mercury水星, 辰星; budha 部陀 Jupiter木星, 歳星; bṛhaspati 勿哩訶娑跛底 Venus金星, 太白; śukra 戌羯羅 Saturn土星, 鎭星; śanaiścara 賖乃以室折羅. |
三大 see styles |
sān dà san1 da4 san ta sandai さんだい |
(prefix) (See 三大疾病) the big three ...; (surname) Miou The three great characteristics of the 眞如 in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith: (1) 體大 The greatness of the bhūtatathatā in its essence or substance; it is 衆生心之體性 the embodied nature of the mind of all the living, universal, immortal, immutable, eternal; (2) 相大 the greatness of its attributes or manifestations, perfect in wisdom and mercy, and every achievement; (3) 用大 the greatness of its functions and operations within and without, perfectly transforming all the living to good works and good karma now and hereafter. There are other groups, e.g. 體, 宗, and 用. |
三身 see styles |
sān shēn san1 shen1 san shen sanjin; sanshin さんじん; さんしん |
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men. |
主眼 see styles |
shugan しゅがん |
(1) main purpose; chief aim; focus; (2) main point; gist; essence |
二土 see styles |
èr tǔ er4 tu3 erh t`u erh tu nido |
There are three groups: 性土 and 相土 : the former is the ubiquitous, unadulterated or innocent 法性之理 dharma-name, or essence of things; the latter is the form-nature, or formal existence of the dharma, pure or impure according to the mind and action of the living. The 淨土 and 穢土 are Pure-land or Paradise; and impure land, e.g. the present world. In the Pure-land there are also 報土 , the land in which a Buddha himself dwells and 化土 in which all beings are transformed. There are other definitions, e. g. the former is Buddha's Paradise, the latter the world in which he dwells and which he is transforming, e. g. this Sahā-world. |
二如 see styles |
èr rú er4 ru2 erh ju ninyo |
There are various definitions of the two aspects of the 眞如 bhūtatathatā. (1) (a) 不變眞如 The changeless essence or substance, e.g. the sea; (b) 隨緣眞如 its conditioned or ever-changing forms, as in the phenomenal world, e.g. the waves. (2) (a) 離言眞如 The inexpressible absolute, only mentally conceivable; (6) 依言眞如 aspects of it expressible in words, its ideal reflex. (3) (a) 空眞如 The absolute as the void, e.g. as space, the sky, a clear mirror; (b) 不空眞如 the absolute in manifestation, or phenomenal, e. g. images in the mirror: the womb of the universe in which are all potentialities. (4) (a) 在纏眞如The Buddha-nature in bonds, i.e. all beings in suffering; (b) 出纏真如the Buddha-nature set free by the manifestation of the Buddha and bodhisattvas. (5) (a) 有垢眞如The Buddha-nature defiled, as in unenlightened man, etc., e.g. the water-lily with its roots in the mud; (b) 無垢眞如 the pure Buddha-nature, purifed or bright as the full moon. (6) 安立 and 非安立眞如 similar to the first definition given above. |
修堅 修坚 see styles |
xiū jiān xiu1 jian1 hsiu chien shuken |
Firmness in observing or maintaining; established conviction, e.g. of the 別教 bodhisattva that all phenomena in essence are identical. |
元神 see styles |
yuán shén yuan2 shen2 yüan shen motogami もとがみ |
primordial spirit; fundamental essence of life (surname) Motogami |
內核 内核 see styles |
nèi hé nei4 he2 nei ho |
core (of a fruit); (fig.) the essence (of a concept or doctrine etc); (geology) inner core; (computing) kernel |
共體 共体 see styles |
gòng tǐ gong4 ti3 kung t`i kung ti gūtai |
shares the same essence |
國粹 国粹 see styles |
guó cuì guo2 cui4 kuo ts`ui kuo tsui |
national essence; quintessence of national culture |
圓覺 圆觉 see styles |
yuán jué yuan2 jue2 yüan chüeh engaku |
Complete enlightenment potentially present in each being, for all have 本覺 primal awareness, or 眞心 the true heart (e. g. conscience), which has always remained pure and shining; considered as essence it is the 一心 one mind, considered causally it is the Tathāgata-garbha, considered it is|| perfect enlightenment, cf. 圓覺經. |
地体 see styles |
jitai じたい |
(1) (archaism) essence; true nature; substance; reality; (adverb) (2) (archaism) originally; naturally; by nature; from the start |
変質 see styles |
henshitsu へんしつ |
(n,vs,vi) (1) alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation; (2) perversion (esp. sexual) |
大体 see styles |
daitai だいたい |
(adverb) (1) (kana only) generally; on the whole; mostly; almost; nearly; approximately; roughly; about; (can be adjective with の) (2) (kana only) general; rough; (3) (kana only) outline; main points; gist; substance; essence; (adverb) (4) (kana only) in the first place; first and foremost; from the start; to begin with |
大日 see styles |
dà rì da4 ri4 ta jih dainichi だいにち |
Mahavairocana (Tathagata); Great Sun; Supreme Buddha of Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism; (place-name, surname) Dainichi Vairocana, or Mahāvairocana 大日如來; 遍照如來; 摩訶毘盧遮那； 毘盧遮那; 大日覺王 The sun, "shining everywhere" The chief object of worship of the Shingon sect in Japan, "represented by the gigantic image in the temple at Nara." (Eliot.) There he is known as Dai-nichi-nyorai. He is counted as the first, and according to some, the origin of the five celestial Buddhas (dhyāni-buddhas, or jinas). He dwells quiescent in Arūpa-dhātu, the Heaven beyond form, and is the essence of wisdom (bodhi) and of absolute purity. Samantabhadra 普賢 is his dhyāni-bodhisattva. The 大日經 "teaches that Vairocana is the whole world, which is divided into Garbhadhātu (material) and Vajradhātu (indestructible), the two together forming Dharmadhātu. The manifestations of Vairocana's body to himself―that is, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas ―are represented symbolically by diagrams of several circles ". Eliot. In the 金剛界 or vajradhātu maṇḍala he is the center of the five groups. In the 胎藏界 or Garbhadhātu he is the center of the eight-leaf (lotus) court. His appearance, symbols, esoteric word, differ according to the two above distinctions. Generally he is considered as an embodiment of the Truth 法, both in the sense of dharmakāya 法身 and dharmaratna 法寳. Some hold Vairocana to be the dharmakāya of Śākyamuni 大日與釋迦同一佛 but the esoteric school denies this identity. Also known as 最高顯廣眼藏如來, the Tathagata who, in the highest, reveals the far-reaching treasure of his eye, i.e. the sun. 大日大聖不動明王 is described as one of his transformations. Also, a śramaņa of Kashmir (contemporary of Padma-saṃbhava); he is credited with introducing Buddhism into Khotan and being an incarnation of Mañjuśrī; the king Vijaya Saṃbhava built a monastery for him. |
大體 大体 see styles |
dà tǐ da4 ti3 ta t`i ta ti daitai |
in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; cadaver for dissection in training medical students great essence |
太虛 太虚 see styles |
tài xū tai4 xu1 t`ai hsü tai hsü taiko |
great emptiness; the void; heaven; the skies; universe; cosmos; original essence of the cosmos great voidness |
如實 如实 see styles |
rú shí ru2 shi2 ju shih nyo jitsu |
as things really are; realistic Real, reality, according to reality ( yathābhūtam); true; the 眞如 zhenru, or bhūtatathatā, for which it is also used; the universal undifferentiated, i. e. 平等不二, or the primary essence out of which the phenomenal arises; 如實空 is this essence in its purity; 如實不空 is this essence in its differentiation. |
妄心 see styles |
wàng xīn wang4 xin1 wang hsin moushin; moujin / moshin; mojin もうしん; もうじん |
{Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) deluded mind (a mind polluted with klesha, incapable of understanding the original essence of things) A wrong, false, or misleading mind. |
妙中 see styles |
miào zhōng miao4 zhong1 miao chung taenaka たえなか |
(surname) Taenaka The profound medium (madhya); the universal life essence, the absolute, the bhūtatathatā which expresses the unity of all things, i.e. the doctrine held by Tiantai as distinguished from the 別教 which holds the madhya doctrine but emphasizes the dichotomy of the 空 transcendental and 假 phenomenal. |
宗體 宗体 see styles |
zōng tǐ zong1 ti3 tsung t`i tsung ti shū tei |
The body of doctrine of a sect. The thesis of a syllogism, v. 宗法. |
実質 see styles |
jisshitsu じっしつ |
(1) substance; essence; (can be adjective with の) (2) substantive; substantial; essential; real (e.g. interest rate); (adverb) (3) in essence; in effect; essentially; effectively; practically; (4) {anat} parenchyma |
實性 实性 see styles |
shí xìng shi2 xing4 shih hsing jisshō |
Real nature, or essence, i.e. the 眞如 bhūtatathatā. |
實相 实相 see styles |
shí xiàng shi2 xiang4 shih hsiang jissō |
actual situation; the ultimate essence of things (Buddhism) Reality, in contrast with 虛妄; absolute fundamental reality, the ultimate, the absolute; the 法身, i.e. dharmakāya, or 眞如 bhūtatathatā. Other terms are 一實; 一如; 一相; 無相; 法證; 法位; 涅槃; 無爲; 眞諦; 眞性; 眞空; 實性; 實諦; 實際, q.v. |
實質 实质 see styles |
shí zhì shi2 zhi4 shih chih jisshitsu |
substance; essence substance |
得髓 see styles |
dé suǐ de2 sui3 te sui tokuzui |
To obtain the marrow, the secret, the essence. |
心要 see styles |
xīn yào xin1 yao4 hsin yao shinyō |
The very core, or essence. |
心體 心体 see styles |
xīn tǐ xin1 ti3 hsin t`i hsin ti shintai |
essence of mind |
性命 see styles |
xìng mìng xing4 ming4 hsing ming shōmyō |
life The life of conscious beings; nature and life. |
性種 性种 see styles |
xìng zhǒng xing4 zhong3 hsing chung shōshu |
original essence |
性緖 see styles |
xìng xù xing4 xu4 hsing hsü shōsho |
original essence |
悟入 see styles |
wù rù wu4 ru4 wu ju gonyuu / gonyu ごにゅう |
to understand; to comprehend the ultimate essence of things (Buddhism) (n,vs,vi) {Buddh} entering enlightenment To apprehend or perceive and enter into (the idea of reality). Name of a Kashmir monk, Sugandhara. |
戒性 see styles |
jiè xìng jie4 xing4 chieh hsing kaishō |
essence of the precepts |
戒體 戒体 see styles |
jiè tǐ jie4 ti3 chieh t`i chieh ti kaitai |
The embodiment of the commandments in the heart of the recipient. v. 無表; also the basis, or body, of the commandments. |
房勞 房劳 see styles |
fáng láo fang2 lao2 fang lao |
deficiency of kidney essence due to sexual excess (TCM) |
教體 教体 see styles |
jiào tǐ jiao4 ti3 chiao t`i chiao ti kyōtai |
The body, or corpus of doctrine; the whole teaching. |
智體 智体 see styles |
zhì tǐ zhi4 ti3 chih t`i chih ti chitai |
essence of wisdom |
月精 see styles |
yuè jīng yue4 jing1 yüeh ching getsusei / getsuse げつせい |
(surname) Getsusei moon essence jewel |
本末 see styles |
běn mò ben3 mo4 pen mo honmatsu ほんまつ |
the whole course of an event from beginning to end; ins and outs; the fundamental and the incidental essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end; (surname) Motosue Root and twigs, root and branch, first and last, beginning and end, etc. |
本體 本体 see styles |
běn tǐ ben3 ti3 pen t`i pen ti hontai |
main part; torso; the thing in itself; noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant) essence |
業性 业性 see styles |
yè xìng ye4 xing4 yeh hsing gosshō |
The nature of karma, its essential being; idem 業體. |
業體 业体 see styles |
yè tǐ ye4 ti3 yeh t`i yeh ti gōtai |
idem 業性. |
極意 see styles |
gokui ごくい |
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart; (surname) Gokui |
法本 see styles |
fǎ běn fa3 ben3 fa pen norimoto のりもと |
(surname) Norimoto The root or essence of all things, the bhūtatathatā. |
法身 see styles |
fǎ shēn fa3 shen1 fa shen hosshin; houshin / hosshin; hoshin ほっしん; ほうしん |
{Buddh} (See 三身) dharmakaya (dharma body, Buddhism's highest form of existence); (surname) Hotsushin dharmakāya, embodiment of Truth and Law, the "spiritual" or true body; essential Buddhahood; the essence of being; the absolute, the norm of the universe; the first of the trikāya, v.三身. The dharmakāya is divided into 總 unity and 別 diversity; as in the noumenal absolute and phenomenal activities, or potential and dynamic; but there are differences of interpretation, e.g. as between the 法相 and 法性 schools. Cf. 法身體性. There are many categories of the dharmakāya. In the 2 group 二法身 are five kinds: (1) 理 "substance" and 智 wisdom or expression; (2) 法性法身 essential nature and 應化法身 manifestation; the other three couples are similar. In the 3 group 三法身 are (1) the manifested Buddha, i.e. Śākyamuni; (2) the power of his teaching, etc.; (3) the absolute or ultimate reality. There are other categories. |
法體 法体 see styles |
fǎ tǐ fa3 ti3 fa t`i fa ti hōtai |
Embodiment of the Law, or of things. (1) Elements into which the Buddhists divided the universe; the Abhidharmakośa has 75, the 成實論 Satyasiddhi Sāstra 84, the Yogācārya 100. (2) A monk. |
無體 无体 see styles |
wú tǐ wu2 ti3 wu t`i wu ti mutai |
no essence |
爲體 为体 see styles |
wéi tǐ wei2 ti3 wei t`i wei ti i tai |
as an essence |
理事 see styles |
lǐ shì li3 shi4 li shih riji りじ |
member of council; (literary) to take care of matters director; trustee Noumena and phenomena, principle and practice, absolute and relative, real and empirical, cause and effect, fundamental essence and external activity, potential and actual; e.g. store and distribution, ocean and wave, static and kinetic. |
理体 see styles |
ritai りたい |
(1) {Buddh} essence of all things; (2) {phil} (See 本体・4) noumenon |
理智 see styles |
lǐ zhì li3 zhi4 li chih richi りち |
reason; intellect; rationality; rational intellect; intelligence; (female given name) Richi Principle and gnosis (or reason); the noumenal in essence and in knowledge; the truth in itself and in knowledge; li is also the fundamental principle of the phenomenon under observation, chih the observing wisdom; one is reality, the other the knower or knowing; one is the known object, the other the knower, the knowing, or what is known; each is dependent on the other, chih depends on lili is revealed by chih. Also knowledge or enlightenment in its essence or purity, free from incarnational influences. |
理體 理体 see styles |
lǐ tǐ li3 ti3 li t`i li ti ritai |
The fundamental substance or body of all things. |
異體 异体 see styles |
yì tǐ yi4 ti3 i t`i i ti i tai |
variant form (of a Chinese character) separate essence |
當體 当体 see styles |
dāng tǐ dang1 ti3 tang t`i tang ti tōtai |
The present body, or person; the body before you, or in question; in body, or person. |
相體 相体 see styles |
xiāng tǐ xiang1 ti3 hsiang t`i hsiang ti sōtai |
xiàng tǐ] ; thusness as the essence of characteristics |
眞空 see styles |
zhēn kōng zhen1 kong1 chen k`ung chen kung mahiro まひろ |
(female given name) Mahiro (1) The absolute void, complete vacuity, said to be the nirvana of the Hīnayāna. (2) The essence of the bhūtatathatā, as the 空眞如 of the 起信論, 唯識, and 華嚴. (3) The void or immaterial as reality, as essential or substantial, the 非 空 之 空 not-void void, the ultimate reality, the highest Mahāyāna concept of true voidness, or of ultimate reality. |
眞體 眞体 see styles |
zhēn tǐ zhen1 ti3 chen t`i chen ti shintai |
real essence |
真髄 see styles |
shinzui しんずい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith; pith and marrow |
真髓 see styles |
zhēn suǐ zhen1 sui3 chen sui |
essence |
眼目 see styles |
yǎn mù yan3 mu4 yen mu ganmoku がんもく |
eyes main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence; (surname) Satsuka The eye, eyes. |
祕要 秘要 see styles |
mì yào mi4 yao4 mi yao hiyō |
The essence, the profoundly important. |
神髄 see styles |
shinzui しんずい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith; pith and marrow |
禪要 禅要 see styles |
chán yào chan2 yao4 ch`an yao chan yao zenyō |
essence of Chan [Seon; Zen] |
精気 see styles |
seiki / seki せいき |
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence |
精英 see styles |
jīng yīng jing1 ying1 ching ying kiyohide きよひで |
cream; elite; essence; quintessence (given name) Kiyohide |
精髄 see styles |
seizui / sezui せいずい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) essence; kernel; spirit; pith |
素質 素质 see styles |
sù zhì su4 zhi4 su chih soshitsu そしつ |
inner quality; basic essence (1) makings (of); aptitude; talent; qualities; (2) nature; character; temperament |
經體 经体 see styles |
jīng tǐ jing1 ti3 ching t`i ching ti kyō tai |
essence of the scripture |
義要 义要 see styles |
yì yào yi4 yao4 i yao giyō |
the essence of the meaning (of the Dharma) |
色體 色体 see styles |
sè tǐ se4 ti3 se t`i se ti shikitai |
essence of form |
菁華 菁华 see styles |
jīng huá jing1 hua2 ching hua seika / seka せいか |
the cream; essence; the quintessence (given name) Seika |
薩埵 萨埵 see styles |
sà duǒ sa4 duo3 sa to satta さった |
(1) {Buddh} sattva (sentient beings); (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 菩提薩埵) bodhisattva; (3) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 金剛薩埵) Vajrasattva sattva, being, existence, essence, nature, life, sense, consciousness, substance, any living or sentient being, etc. M.W. Tr. by 情 sentient, 有情 possessing sentience, feeling, or consciousness; and by 衆生 all the living. Abbrev. for bodhisattva. Also 薩多婆; 薩怛嚩; 索埵, etc. |
要義 要义 see styles |
yào yì yao4 yi4 yao i yougi / yogi ようぎ |
the essentials essence purpose |
要諦 see styles |
youtei; youtai / yote; yotai ようてい; ようたい |
(most) important point; key point; key; secret; essence |
誼要 谊要 see styles |
yí yào yi2 yao4 i yao giyō |
the essence of the meaning (of the Dharma) |
識精 识精 see styles |
shì jīng shi4 jing1 shih ching shikishō |
Pure or correct discernment or knowledge; the essence of mind. |
辨體 辨体 see styles |
biàn tǐ bian4 ti3 pien t`i pien ti bentai |
discerning the essence |
迷性 see styles |
mí xìng mi2 xing4 mi hsing meishō |
to be deluded in regard to essence |
道體 道体 see styles |
dào tǐ dao4 ti3 tao t`i tao ti dōtai |
The embodiment of truth, the fundament of religion, i.e. the natural heart or mind, the pure nature, the universal mind, the bhūtatathatā. |
障體 障体 see styles |
zhàng tǐ zhang4 ti3 chang t`i chang ti shōtai |
essence of the hindrances |
雞精 鸡精 see styles |
jī jīng ji1 jing1 chi ching |
chicken bouillon powder (PRC); essence of chicken, concentrated chicken stock sold as a tonic (Tw) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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