There are 56 total results for your impermanence search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
無常 无常 see styles |
wú cháng wu2 chang2 wu ch`ang wu chang mujou / mujo むじょう |
More info & calligraphy: Impermanence(n,adj-na,adj-no) {Buddh} (ant: 常住・2) uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability anitya. Impermanent; the first of the 三明 trividyā; that all things are impermanent, their birth, existence, change, and death never resting for a moment. |
無常の風 see styles |
mujounokaze / mujonokaze むじょうのかぜ |
More info & calligraphy: Mujo no Kaze / Wind of Impermanence |
三教 see styles |
sān jiào san1 jiao4 san chiao sankyou; sangyou / sankyo; sangyo さんきょう; さんぎょう |
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) (1) Shinto, Buddhism and Confucianism; the three religions; (2) Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism; (3) Buddhism, Shinto and Christianity; (given name) Mitsunori The three teachings, i.e. 儒, 佛 (or 釋), and 道Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism; or, 孔, 老, 釋 Confucianism, Taoism (aIso known as 神敎), and Buddhism. In Japan they are Shinto, Confucianism, and Buddhism. In Buddhism the term is applied to the three periods of Śākyamuni's own teaching, of which there are several definitions: (1) The Jiangnan 南中 School describe his teaching as (a) 漸progressive or gradual; (b) 頓 immediate, i.e. as one whole, especially in the 華嚴經; and (c) 不定 or indeterminate. (2) 光統 Guangtong, a writer of the Iater Wei dynasty, describes the three as (a) 漸 progressive for beginners, i.e. from impermanence to permanence, from the void to reality, etc.; (b) 頓 immediate for the more advanced; and (c) 圓complete, to the most advanced, i.e. the Huayan as above. (3) The 三時敎q.v. (4) The 南山 Southern school deals with (a) the 性空of Hīnayāna; (b) 相空of Mahāyāna; and (c) 唯識圓 the perfect idealism. v. 行事鈔中 4. Tiantai accepts the division of 漸, 頓, and 不定 for pre-Lotus teaching, but adopts 漸 gradual, 頓 immediate, and 圓 perfect, with the Lotus as the perfect teaching; it also has the division of 三藏敎 , 通敎 , and 別敎 q.v. |
三輪 三轮 see styles |
sān lún san1 lun2 san lun sanrin さんりん |
three wheels; (p,s,f) Miwa The three wheels: (1) The Buddha's (a) 身 body or deeds; (b) 口 mouth, or discourse; (c) 意 mind or ideas. (2) (a) 神通 (or 變) His supernatural powers, or powers of (bodily) self-transformation, associated with 身 body; (b) 記心輪 his discriminating understanding of others, associated with 意 mind; (c) 敎誡輪 or 正敎輪 his (oral) powers of teaching, associated with 口. (3) Similarly (a) 神足輪 ; (b) 說法輪 ; (c) 憶念輪 . (4) 惑, 業, and 苦. The wheel of illusion produces karma, that of karma sets rolling that of suffering, which in turn sets rolling the wheel of illusion. (5) (a) Impermanence; (b) uncleanness; (c) suffering. Cf. 三道. |
九道 see styles |
jiǔ dào jiu3 dao4 chiu tao kudō |
idem 九有情居.; The nine truths, or postulates: impermanence; suffering; voidness (or unreality of things); no permanent ego, or soul; love of existence or possessions, resulting in suffering; the opposite (or fear of being without them), also resulting in suffering; the cutting off of suffering and its cause; nirvāṇa with remainder still to be worked out; complete nirvāṇa. |
二相 see styles |
èr xiàng er4 xiang4 erh hsiang nisou / niso にそう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) two-phase The two forms, or characteristics, of the bhutatathata, universal and particular. The 起信論 gives (a) 淨智相 pure wisdom, cf. ālaya-vijñāna, out of whose primary condition arise (b) 不思議用相 inconceivable, beneficial functions and uses. The same śāstra gives also a definition of the 眞如 as (a) 同相 that all things, pure or impure, are fundamentally of the same universal, e.g. clay which is made into tiles; (b) 異相 but display particular qualities, as affected by pure or impure causes, e.g. the tiles. Another definition, of the 智度論 31, is (a) 總相 universals, as impermanence; (b) 別相 particulars, for though all things have the universal basis of impermanence they have particular qualities, e.g. earth-solidity, heat of fire, etc. |
二鳥 二鸟 see styles |
èr niǎo er4 niao3 erh niao nichou / nicho にちょう |
(female given name) Nichō The drake and the hen of the mandarin duck who are always together, typifying various contrasted theories and ideas, e.g. permanence and impermanence, joy and sorrow, emptiness and non-emptiness, etc. |
井河 see styles |
jǐng hé jing3 he2 ching ho igawa いがわ |
(surname) Igawa Like the well and the river', indicating the impermanence of life. The 'well ' refers to the legend of the man who running away from a mad elephant fell into a well; the 'river ' to a great tree growing on the river bank yet blown over by the wind. |
八魔 see styles |
bā mó ba1 mo2 pa mo hachima |
The eight Māras, or destroyers: 煩惱魔 the māras of the passions; 陰魔 the skandha-māras, v. 五陰; 死魔 death-māra ; 他化自在天魔 the māra-king. The above four are ordinarily termed the four māras: the other four are the four Hīnayāna delusions of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, i.e. 無常 impermanence; 無樂 joylessness; 無我 impersonality; 無淨 impurity; cf. 八顚倒. |
四山 see styles |
sì shān si4 shan1 ssu shan yotsuyama よつやま |
(place-name) Yotsuyama Like four closing-in mountains are birth, age, sickness, and death; another group is age, sickness, death, and decay (衰, i. e. of wealth, honours, etc., or 無常 impermanence). |
四蛇 see styles |
sì shé si4 she2 ssu she shida |
idem 四毒蛇. The Fanyimingyi under this heading gives the parable of a man who fled from the two bewildering forms of life and death, and climbed down a rope (of life) 命根, into the well of impermanence 無常, where two mice, night and day, gnawed the rattan rope; on the four sides four snakes 四蛇 sought to poison him, i. e. the 四大 or four elements of his physical nature); below were three dragons 三毒龍 breathing fire and trying to seize him. On looking up he saw that two 象 elephants (darkness and light) had come to the mouth of the well; he was in despair, when a bee flew by and dropped some honey (the five desires 五欲) into his mouth, which he ate and entirely forgot his peril. |
殺鬼 杀鬼 see styles |
shā guǐ sha1 gui3 sha kuei satsuki さつき |
(female given name) Satsuki To slay demons; a ghost of the slain; a murderous demon; a metaphor for impermanence. |
無住 无住 see styles |
wú zhù wu2 zhu4 wu chu mujuu / muju むじゅう |
temple lacking a priest; (personal name) Mujuu Not abiding; impermanence; things having no independent nature of their own, they have no real existence as separate entities. |
豆佉 see styles |
dòu qū dou4 qu1 tou ch`ü tou chü zukya |
(Buddhism) suffering (from Sanskrit "dukkha") duḥkha, trouble, suffering, pain, defined by 逼惱 harassed, distressed. The first of the four dogmas, or 'Noble Truths' 四諦 is that all life is involved, through impermanence, in distress. There are many kinds of 苦 q. v. |
電影 电影 see styles |
diàn yǐng dian4 ying3 tien ying denei / dene でんえい |
movie; film; CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],幕[mu4],場|场[chang3] (1) (in Chinese) (See 映画) movie; film; (2) (obsolete) lightning Impermanence of all things like lightning and shadow. |
一法印 see styles |
yī fǎ yìn yi1 fa3 yin4 i fa yin ippōin |
The seal or assurance of the one truth or law, see 一如 and 一實; the criterion of Mahāyāna doctrine, that all is bhūtatathatā, as contrasted with the Hīnayāna criteria of impermanence, non-personality, and nirvāṇa. |
三法印 see styles |
sān fǎ yìn san1 fa3 yin4 san fa yin sanbouin / sanboin さんぼういん |
Dharma seals; three marks of existence (suffering, impermanence, non-Self) idem 三印. |
不淨輪 不淨轮 see styles |
bù jìng lún bu4 jing4 lun2 pu ching lun fujōron |
One of the three 輪: impermanence, impurity, distress 無常, 不淨, 苦. |
二無常 二无常 see styles |
èr wú cháng er4 wu2 chang2 erh wu ch`ang erh wu chang ni mujō |
Two kinds of impermanence, immediate and delayed. 念念無常 things in motion, manifestly transient; 相續無常 things that have the semblance of continuity, but are also transient, as life ending in death, or a candle in extinction. |
五門禪 五门禅 see styles |
wǔ mén chán wu3 men2 chan2 wu men ch`an wu men chan gomon zen ごもんぜん |
(out-dated kanji) (Buddhist term) five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation idem 五停心觀; there is also a fivefold meditation on impermanence, suffering, the void, the non-ego, and nirvana. |
四句執 四句执 see styles |
sì jù zhí si4 ju4 zhi2 ssu chü chih shikushū |
The four tenets held by various non-Buddhist schools: (1) the permanence of the ego, i. e. that the ego of past lives is the ego of the present; (2) its impermanence, i. e. that the present ego is of independent birth; (3) both permanent and impermanent, that the ego is permanent, the body impermanent; (4) neither permanent nor impermanent; that the body is impermanent but the ego not impermanent. |
四法印 see styles |
sì fǎ yìn si4 fa3 yin4 ssu fa yin shihouin / shihoin しほういん |
{Buddh} (See 諸行無常,諸法無我,一切皆苦,涅槃寂静) the four signs of orthodox Buddhism The seal or impression of the four dogmas, suffering, impermanence, non-ego, nirvana, see 四法本末. |
四行相 see styles |
sì xíng xiàng si4 xing2 xiang4 ssu hsing hsiang shi gyōsō |
To meditate upon the implications or disciplines of pain, unreality, impermanence, and the non-ego. |
涅槃印 see styles |
niè pán yìn nie4 pan2 yin4 nieh p`an yin nieh pan yin nehan in |
(涅槃寂靜印) The seal or teaching of nirvāṇa, one of the three proof that a sutra was uttered by the Buddha, i.e. its teaching of impermanence, non-ego, nirvāṇa; also the witness within to the attainment of nirvāṇa. |
無上忍 无上忍 see styles |
wú shàng rěn wu2 shang4 ren3 wu shang jen mujō nin |
The highest patient equanimity in receiving the truth; also, to believe the truth of impermanence without doubt, v. 十忍. |
無常依 无常依 see styles |
wú cháng yī wu2 chang2 yi1 wu ch`ang i wu chang i mujō e |
The reliance of the impermanent, i.e. Buddha, upon whom mortals can rely. |
無常修 无常修 see styles |
wú cháng xiū wu2 chang2 xiu1 wu ch`ang hsiu wu chang hsiu mujō shu |
cultivation of (awareness of) impermanence |
無常偈 无常偈 see styles |
wú cháng jié wu2 chang2 jie2 wu ch`ang chieh wu chang chieh mujō ge |
Verse of Impermanence |
無常堂 无常堂 see styles |
wú cháng táng wu2 chang2 tang2 wu ch`ang t`ang wu chang tang mujō dō |
無常院; 延壽堂; 湼槃堂 The room where a dying monk was placed, in the direction of the sunset at the north-west corner. |
無常性 无常性 see styles |
wú cháng xìng wu2 chang2 xing4 wu ch`ang hsing wu chang hsing mujō shō |
impermanence |
無常想 无常想 see styles |
wú cháng xiǎng wu2 chang2 xiang3 wu ch`ang hsiang wu chang hsiang mujō sō |
conception of impermanence |
無常相 无常相 see styles |
wú cháng xiàng wu2 chang2 xiang4 wu ch`ang hsiang wu chang hsiang mujō sō |
characteristic of impermanence |
無常等 无常等 see styles |
wú cháng děng wu2 chang2 deng3 wu ch`ang teng wu chang teng mujō tō |
impermanence and so forth |
無常苦 无常苦 see styles |
wú cháng kǔ wu2 chang2 ku3 wu ch`ang k`u wu chang ku mujō ku |
suffering caused by impermanence |
無常觀 无常观 see styles |
wú cháng guān wu2 chang2 guan1 wu ch`ang kuan wu chang kuan mujō kan |
contemplation of impermanence |
無常院 无常院 see styles |
wú cháng yuàn wu2 chang2 yuan4 wu ch`ang yüan wu chang yüan mujō in |
hall of impermanence |
無常鵑 无常鹃 see styles |
wú cháng juān wu2 chang2 juan1 wu ch`ang chüan wu chang chüan mujō ken |
The bird which cries of impermanence, messenger of the shades, the goat-sucker. |
行無常 行无常 see styles |
xíng wú cháng xing2 wu2 chang2 hsing wu ch`ang hsing wu chang gyō mujō |
impermanence of conditioned phenomena |
七種無常 七种无常 see styles |
qī zhǒng wú cháng qi1 zhong3 wu2 chang2 ch`i chung wu ch`ang chi chung wu chang shichishumujō |
sapta-anitya. The seven impermanences, a non-Buddhist nihilistic doctrine discussed in the 楞 伽 經 4. |
六十二見 六十二见 see styles |
liù shí èr jiàn liu4 shi2 er4 jian4 liu shih erh chien rokujūni ken |
The sixty-two 見 or views, of which three groups are given: The 大品般若經 in the 佛母品 takes each of the five skandhas under four considerations of 常 time, considered as time past, whether each of the five has had permanence, impermanence, both, neither, 5 x 4 = 20; again as to their space, or extension, considered as present time, whether each is finite, infinite, both, neither =20; again as to their destination, i. e. future, as to whether each goes on, or does not, both, neither (e. g. continued personality) = 20, or in all 60; add the two ideas whether body and mind 神 are a unity or different = 62. The Tiantai School takes 我見, or personality, as its basis and considers each of the five skandhas under four aspects, e. g (1) rūpa, the organized body, as the ego; (2) the ego as apart from the rūpa; (3) rūpa as the greater, the ego the smaller or inferior, and the ego as dwelling in the rūpa; (4) the ego as the greater, rupa the inferior, and the rupa in the ego. Consider these twenty in the past, present, and future = 60, and add 斷 and 常 impermanence and permanence as fundamentals = 62. There is also a third group. |
四枯四榮 四枯四荣 see styles |
sì kū sì róng si4 ku1 si4 rong2 ssu k`u ssu jung ssu ku ssu jung shiko shiei |
When the Buddha died, of the eight śāla trees surrounding him four are said to have withered while four continued in full leaf— a sign that the four doctrines of 苦 suffering, 空 the void, 無常 impermanence, and 無我 impersonality were to perish and those of 常 permanence, 葉 joy, 我 personality, and 淨 purity, the transcendent bodhisattva doctrines, were to flourish. |
四無常偈 四无常偈 see styles |
sì wú cháng jié si4 wu2 chang2 jie2 ssu wu ch`ang chieh ssu wu chang chieh shi mujō ge |
(or 四非常偈) Eight stanzas in the 仁王經, two each on 無常 impermanence, 苦 suffering, 空 the void, and 無我 non-personality; the whole four sets embodying the impermanence of all things. |
四非常偈 see styles |
sì fēi cháng jié si4 fei1 chang2 jie2 ssu fei ch`ang chieh ssu fei chang chieh shi hijō ge |
four stanzas on impermanence |
寶印三昧 宝印三昧 see styles |
bǎo yìn sān mèi bao3 yin4 san1 mei4 pao yin san mei hōin zanmai |
The ratnamudrāsamādhi, in which are realized the unreality of the ego, the impermanence of all things, and nirvana. |
小乘三印 see styles |
xiǎo shèng sān yìn xiao3 sheng4 san1 yin4 hsiao sheng san yin shōjō san'in |
The three characteristic marks of all Hīnayāna sūtras: the impermanence of phenomena, the unreality of the ego, and nirvāṇa. |
山海空市 see styles |
shān hǎi kōng shì shan1 hai3 kong1 shi4 shan hai k`ung shih shan hai kung shih san kai kū shi |
Mountains, seas, the sky, the (busy) market place' cannot conceal one from the eye of 無常 Impermanence, the messenger of death, a phrase summing up a story of four brothers who tried to use their miraculous power to escape death by hiding in the mountains, seas, sky, and market places. The one in the market place was the first to be reported as dead, 法句經 2. |
念念無常 念念无常 see styles |
niàn niàn wú cháng nian4 nian4 wu2 chang2 nien nien wu ch`ang nien nien wu chang nennen mujō |
Instant after instant, no permanence, i. e. the impermanence of all phenomena; unceasing change. |
滅壞無常 灭坏无常 see styles |
miè huài wú cháng mie4 huai4 wu2 chang2 mieh huai wu ch`ang mieh huai wu chang metsue mujō |
decay and impermanence |
無常迅速 无常迅速 see styles |
wú cháng xùn sù wu2 chang2 xun4 su4 wu ch`ang hsün su wu chang hsün su mujoujinsoku / mujojinsoku むじょうじんそく |
(yoji) the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times impermanence is swift |
生滅去來 生灭去来 see styles |
shēng miè qù lái sheng1 mie4 qu4 lai2 sheng mieh ch`ü lai sheng mieh chü lai shōmetsu korai |
Coming into existence and ceasing to exist, past and future, are merely relative terms and not true in reality; they are the first two antitheses in the 中論 Mādhyamika-śāstra, the other two antitheses being 一異斷常 unity and difference, impermanence and permanence. |
相續無常 相续无常 see styles |
xiāng xù wú cháng xiang1 xu4 wu2 chang2 hsiang hsü wu ch`ang hsiang hsü wu chang sōzoku mujō |
continous impermanence |
轉變無常 转变无常 see styles |
zhuǎn biàn wú cháng zhuan3 bian4 wu2 chang2 chuan pien wu ch`ang chuan pien wu chang tenhen mujō |
Change and impermanence. |
飛花落葉 see styles |
hikarakuyou / hikarakuyo ひからくよう |
(yoji) scattering of the blossoms and falling of the leaves; the impermanence of worldly things |
世諦不生滅 世谛不生灭 see styles |
shì dì bù shēng miè shi4 di4 bu4 sheng1 mie4 shih ti pu sheng mieh setai fu shōmetsu |
Ordinary worldly postulates that things are permanent, as contrasted with the doctrine of impermanence advocated by Hīnayāna; both positions are controverted by Tiantai, which holds that the phenomenal world is neither becoming nor passing, but is an aspect of- eternal reality. |
六無常六譬 六无常六譬 see styles |
liù wú cháng liù pì liu4 wu2 chang2 liu4 pi4 liu wu ch`ang liu p`i liu wu chang liu pi roku mujō rokuhi |
v. 六喩. |
苦空無常無我 苦空无常无我 see styles |
kǔ kōng wú cháng wú wǒ ku3 kong1 wu2 chang2 wu2 wo3 k`u k`ung wu ch`ang wu wo ku kung wu chang wu wo ku kū mujō muga |
suffering, emptiness, impermanence, and no-self |
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