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無常の風 is an old Japanese proverb that means the wind of impermanence or the wind of change in Japanese.
This can refer to the force that ends life, like the wind scattering a flower's petals. Life is yet another impermanent existence that is fragile, blown out like a candle.
The first two characters mean uncertainty, transiency, impermanence, mutability, variable, and/or changeable.
In some Buddhist contexts, 無常 can be analogous to a spirit departing at death (with a suggestion of the impermanence of life).
The last two characters mean “of wind” or a possessive like “wind of...” but Japanese grammar will have the wind come last in the phrase.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your mujo search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
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. |
無情 无情 see styles |
wú qíng wu2 qing2 wu ch`ing wu ching mujou / mujo むじょう |
More info & calligraphy: No Mercy(n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) (ant: 有情・2) heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; cruelty; (adj-no,n) (2) {Buddh} insentient; inanimate non-sentient |
大乘無上法 大乘无上法 see styles |
dà shèng wú shàng fǎ da4 sheng4 wu2 shang4 fa3 ta sheng wu shang fa daijō mujō hō |
More info & calligraphy: The Supreme Mahayana Truth |
夢城 see styles |
mujou / mujo むじょう |
(given name) Mujō |
夢如 see styles |
mujo むじょ |
(female given name) Mujo |
無上 无上 see styles |
wú shàng wu2 shang4 wu shang mujou / mujo むじょう |
supreme (adj-no,n) supreme; greatest; highest; best anuttara. Unsurpassed, unexcelled, supreme, peerless. |
無定 无定 see styles |
wú dìng wu2 ding4 wu ting mujō |
undecided |
無成 无成 see styles |
wú chéng wu2 cheng2 wu ch`eng wu cheng mujō |
achieving nothing not forming |
無諍 无诤 see styles |
wú zhēng wu2 zheng1 wu cheng mujō |
Without strife, debate, or contradiction; passionless; abiding in the 'empty' or spiritual life without debate, or without striving with others. |
世無常 世无常 see styles |
shì wú cháng shi4 wu2 chang2 shih wu ch`ang shih wu chang se mujō |
impermanent world |
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. |
得無上 得无上 see styles |
dé wú shàng de2 wu2 shang4 te wu shang toku mujō |
attaining the level beyond which there is nothing higher |
曇無成 昙无成 see styles |
tán wú chéng tan2 wu2 cheng2 t`an wu ch`eng tan wu cheng Don Mujō |
Tan Wucheng |
最無上 最无上 see styles |
zuì wú shàng zui4 wu2 shang4 tsui wu shang sai mujō |
unsurpassed |
無上上 无上上 see styles |
wú shàng shàng wu2 shang4 shang4 wu shang shang mujō jō |
Above the supreme, the supreme of the supreme, i.e. Buddha. |
無上乘 无上乘 see styles |
wú shàng shèng wu2 shang4 sheng4 wu shang sheng mujō jō |
(無上上乘) The most supreme Vehicle, the Mahāyāna. |
無上住 无上住 see styles |
wú shàng zhù wu2 shang4 zhu4 wu shang chu mujō jū |
unsurpassed stage |
無上尊 无上尊 see styles |
wú shàng zūn wu2 shang4 zun1 wu shang tsun mujō son |
(無上兩足尊) The peerless (two-legged) honoured one. |
無上心 无上心 see styles |
wú shàng xīn wu2 shang4 xin1 wu shang hsin mujō shin |
the unexcelled thought (of enlightenment) |
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. |
無上意 无上意 see styles |
wú shàng yì wu2 shang4 yi4 wu shang i mujō i |
unexcelled thoughts |
無上慧 无上慧 see styles |
wú shàng huì wu2 shang4 hui4 wu shang hui mujō e |
Supreme wisdom, that of Buddha. |
無上智 无上智 see styles |
wú shàng zhì wu2 shang4 zhi4 wu shang chih mujō chi |
peerless cognition |
無上法 无上法 see styles |
wú shàng fǎ wu2 shang4 fa3 wu shang fa mujō hō |
The supreme dharma, nirvāṇa. |
無上燈 无上灯 see styles |
wú shàng dēng wu2 shang4 deng1 wu shang teng mujō tō |
The supreme lamp, that of nirvāṇa, as dispersing the gloom of passion-illusion. |
無上眞 无上眞 see styles |
wú shàng zhēn wu2 shang4 zhen1 wu shang chen mujō shin |
the unsurpassed and true one |
無上眼 无上眼 see styles |
wú shàng yǎn wu2 shang4 yan3 wu shang yen mujō gen |
The supreme eye, able to discern the inward significance of all things. |
無上覺 无上觉 see styles |
wú shàng jué wu2 shang4 jue2 wu shang chüeh mujō kaku |
see無上菩提. |
無上道 无上道 see styles |
wú shàng dào wu2 shang4 dao4 wu shang tao mujō dō |
The supreme way, or truth, that of Buddha. |
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. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) |
Mujo no Kaze Wind of Impermanence | 無常の風 | mu jou no kaze mujounokaze mu jo no kaze |
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