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意 see styles |
yì yi4 i i い |
More info & calligraphy: Idea / Thought / Meaning(1) feelings; thoughts; (2) meaning; (personal name) Kokoro Manas, the sixth of the ṣaḍāyatanas or six means of perception, i.e. sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and mind. Manas means "mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers), intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will". M.W. It is "the intellectual function of consciousness", Keith. In Chinese it connotes thought, idea, intention, meaning, will; but in Buddhist terminology its distinctive meaning is mind, or the faculty of thought. |
慧 see styles |
huì hui4 hui megumi めぐみ |
More info & calligraphy: Wisdom / Intelligence(1) wisdom; enlightenment; (2) (Buddhist term) prajna (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom; (female given name) Megumi prajñā ; sometimes jñāna. Wisdom, discernment, understanding; the power to discern things and their underlying principles and to decide the doubtful. It is often interchanged with 智, though not correctly, for zhi means knowledge, the science of the phenomenal, while hui refers more generally to principles or morals. It is part of the name of many monks, e.g. 慧可 Huike; 慧思Huisi. |
覺 觉 see styles |
jué jue2 chüeh satoru さとる |
More info & calligraphy: Awareness(personal name) Satoru bodhi, from bodha, 'knowing, understanding', means enlightenment, illumination; 覺 is to awake, apprehend, perceive, realize; awake, aware; (also, to sleep). It is illumination, enlightenment, or awakening in regard to the real in contrast to the seeming; also, enlightenment in regard to moral evil. Cf. 菩提 and 佛. |
諒 谅 see styles |
liàng liang4 liang ryouji / ryoji りょうじ |
More info & calligraphy: Forgivetruth; (personal name) Ryōji |
悟り see styles |
satori さとり |
More info & calligraphy: Satori / Enlightenment |
悟性 see styles |
wù xìng wu4 xing4 wu hsing gosei / gose ごせい |
More info & calligraphy: Power of Understanding and Wisdomwisdom; understanding |
教養 教养 see styles |
jiào yǎng jiao4 yang3 chiao yang kyouyou / kyoyo きょうよう |
More info & calligraphy: Education / Refinement(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement |
正見 正见 see styles |
zhèng jiàn zheng4 jian4 cheng chien shouken / shoken しょうけん |
More info & calligraphy: 1. Right Understanding / Right Perspective / Right View / Perfect Viewsamyag-dṛṣṭi, right views, understanding the four noble truths; the first of the 八正道; 'knowledge of the four noble truths. ' Keith. |
般若 see styles |
bō rě bo1 re3 po je hannya はんにゃ |
More info & calligraphy: Great Wisdom(1) {Buddh} prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment); (2) {noh} (See 般若面・1) hannya; mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); (3) (abbreviation) (See 般若面・2) dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression; (surname) Hanniya (般賴若) Prajñā is also the name of a monk from Kabul, A.D. 810, styled 三藏法師; tr. four works and author of an alphabet.; prajñā, 'to know, understand'; 'Wisdom. ' M. W. Intp. 慧 wisdom; 智慧 understanding, or wisdom; 明 clear, intelligent, the sixth pāramitā. The Prajñā-pāramitā Sutra describes it as supreme, highest, incomparable, unequalled, unsurpassed. It is spoken of as the principal means, by its enlightenment, of attaining to nirvana, through its revelation of the unreality of all things. Other forms 般羅若; 般諄若; 鉢若; 鉢剌若; 鉢羅枳孃; 鉢腎禳; 波若, 波賴若; 波羅孃; 班若. |
菩提 see styles |
pú tí pu2 ti2 p`u t`i pu ti bodai ぼだい |
More info & calligraphy: Bodhi - Awakening Enlightenment(1) {Buddh} bodhi; enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} happiness in the next world; (place-name, surname) Bodai bodhi; from budh; knowledge, understanding; perfect wisdom; the illuminated or enlightened mind; anciently intp. by 道, later by 覺 to be aware, perceive; for saṃbodhi v. 三. |
體會 体会 see styles |
tǐ huì ti3 hui4 t`i hui ti hui |
More info & calligraphy: Knowledge from Experience |
思いやり see styles |
omoiyari おもいやり |
More info & calligraphy: Compassion / Kindness |
心得 see styles |
xīn dé xin1 de2 hsin te kokoroe こころえ |
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc); knowledge; insight; understanding; tips; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] (1) knowledge; understanding; (2) (See 執務心得・しつむこころえ) rules; regulations; guideline; directions; (suffix noun) (3) deputy; acting mental attainment |
認識 认识 see styles |
rèn shi ren4 shi5 jen shih ninshiki にんしき |
to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition (noun, transitive verb) recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition; cognizance; cognisance to acknowledge, e.g. sin 認罪. |
諒解 谅解 see styles |
liàng jiě liang4 jie3 liang chieh ryoukai / ryokai りょうかい |
to understand; to make allowances for; understanding (noun/participle) comprehension; consent; understanding; agreement; roger (on the radio) |
理解力 see styles |
lǐ jiě lì li3 jie3 li4 li chieh li rikairyoku りかいりょく |
ability to grasp ideas; understanding (power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty |
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 |
識 识 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih shiki しき |
to record; to write a footnote (1) acquaintanceship; (2) {Buddh} vijnana; consciousness; (3) (after a signature) written by...; (personal name) Tsuguhide vijñāna, "the art of distinguishing, or perceiving, or recognizing, discerning, understanding, comprehending, distinction, intelligence, knowledge, science, learning . . . wisdom." M.W. parijñāna, "perception, thorough knowledge," etc. M.W. It is intp. by 心 the mind, mental discernment, perception, in contrast with the object discerned; also by 了別 understanding and discrimination. There are classifications of 一識 that all things are the one mind, or are metaphysical; 二識 q. v. discriminating the ālaya-vijñāna or primal undivided condition from the mano-vijñāna or that of discrimination; 三識 in the Laṅkāvatāra Sutra, fundamental, manifested and discriminate; 五識 q.v. in the 起信論, i.e. 業, 轉, 現, 知, and 相續識; 六識 the perceptions and discernings of the six organs of sense; also of 8, 9, 10, and 11 識. The most important is the eight of the 起信論, i.e. the perceptions of the six organs of sense, eye, ear, nose, tongue, body (or touch), and mind, together with manas, intp. as 意識 the consciousness of the previous moment, on which the other six depend; the eighth is the ālaya-vijñāna, v. 阿賴耶, in which is contained the seed or stock of all phenomena and which 無沒 loses none, or nothing, is indestructible; a substitute for the seventh is ādāna 'receiving' of the 唯識, which is intp. as 無解 undiscriminated, or indefinite perception; there is a difference of view between the 相 and the 性 schools in regard to the seventh and eight 識; and the latter school add a ninth called the amala, or pure vijñāna, i.e. the non-phenomenal 眞如識. The esoterics add that all phenomena are mental and all things are the one mind, hence the one mind is 無量識 unlimited mind or knowledge, every kind of knowledge, or omniscience. vijñāna is one of the twelve nidānas.; Ālaya-vijñāna and mano-vijñāna; i. e. 阿梨耶 | and 分別事 |; v. 識. |
通 see styles |
tòng tong4 t`ung tung tsuu / tsu つう |
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) (n,n-suf,adj-na) (1) authority; expert; connoisseur; well-informed person; (counter) (2) counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; insight; (4) supernatural powers; magical powers; (given name) Michiaki Permeate, pass through, pervade; perceive, know thoroughly; communicate; current; free, without hindrance, unimpeded universal; e.g. 神通 supernatural, ubiquitous powers. There are categories of 五通, 六通, and 十通, all referring to supernatural powers; the five are (1) knowledge of the supernatural world; (2) deva vision; (3) deva hearing; (4) knowledge of the minds of all others; (5) knowledge of all the transmigrations of self and all others. The six are the above together with perfect wisdom for ending moral hindrance and delusion. The ten are knowing all previous transmigrations, having deva hearing, knowing the minds of others, having deva vision, showing deva powers, manifesting many bodies or forms, being anywhere instantly, power of bringing glory to one's domain, manifesting a body of transformation, and power to end evil and transmigration. |
のう see styles |
nou / no ノウ |
know; knowing; understanding |
三忍 see styles |
sān rěn san1 ren3 san jen sannin |
The tree forms of kṣānti, i.e. patience (or endurance, tolerance). One of the groups is patience under hatred, under physical hardship, and in pursuit of the faith. Another is patience of the blessed in the Pure Land in understanding the truth they hear, patience in obeying the truth, patience in attaining absolute reality; v. 無量壽經. Another is patience in the joy of remembering Amitābha, patience in meditation on his truth, and patience in constant faith in him. Another is the patience of submission, of faith, and of obedience. |
三軌 三轨 see styles |
sān guǐ san1 gui3 san kuei sanki |
The three rules 三法 (三法妙) of the Tiantai Lotus School: (a) 眞性軌 The absolute and real, the 眞如 or bhūtatathatā; (b) 觀照軌meditation upon and understanding of it; (c) 資成軌 the extension of this understanding to all its workings. In the 三軌弘經 the three are traced to the 法師品 of the Lotus Sutra and are developed as: (a) 慈悲室 the abode of mercy, or to dwell in mercy; (b) 忍辱衣 the garment of endurance, or patience under opposition; (c) 法空座 the throne of immateriality (or spirituality), a state of nirvāṇa tranquility. Mercy to all is an extension of 資成軌 , patience of 觀照軌 and nirvāṇa tranquility of 眞性軌 . |
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. |
不解 see styles |
bù jiě bu4 jie3 pu chieh fuge |
to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble not understanding |
了承 see styles |
ryoushou / ryosho りょうしょう |
(noun/participle) acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance |
了知 see styles |
liǎo zhī liao3 zhi1 liao chih ryouchi / ryochi りょうち |
(Buddhism) to fully understand; to understand completely (noun, transitive verb) knowing; understanding; appreciation Parijñā, thorough knowledge. |
了解 see styles |
liǎo jiě liao3 jie3 liao chieh ryōkai りょうかい |
to understand; to realize; to find out (noun/participle) comprehension; consent; understanding; agreement; roger (on the radio) clear understanding |
了達 了达 see styles |
liǎo dá liao3 da2 liao ta ryōdatsu |
Thorough penetration, clear understanding. |
二悟 see styles |
èr wù er4 wu4 erh wu ni go |
The two awakenings, or kinds of entry into bodhisattvahood, i.e. 頓悟 immediate and 漸悟 gradual. |
五法 see styles |
wǔ fǎ wu3 fa3 wu fa gohō |
pañcadharma. The five laws or categories, of which four groups are as follows: I. 相名五法 The five categories of form and name: (1) 相 appearances, or phenomena; (2) 名 their names; (3) 分別 sometimes called 妄想 ordinary mental discrimination of them— (1) and (2) are objective, (3) subjective; (4) 正智 corrective wisdom, which corrects the deficiencies and errors of the last: (5) 如如 the 眞如 Bhutatathata or absolute wisdom, reached through the 如理智 understanding of the law of the absolute, or ultimate truth. II. 事理五法 The five categories into which things and their principles are divided: (1) 心法 mind; (2) 心所法 mental conditions or activities; (3) 色法 the actual states or categories as conceived; (4) 不相應法 hypothetic categories, 唯識 has twenty-four, the Abhidharma fourteen; (5) 無爲法 the state of rest, or the inactive principle pervading all things; the first four are the 事 and the last the 理. III. 理智五法 cf. 五智; the five categories of essential wisdom: (1) 眞如 the absolute; (2) 大圓鏡智 wisdom as the great perfect mirror reflecting all things; (3) 平等性智 wisdom of the equal Buddha nature of all beings; (4) 妙觀察智 wisdom of mystic insight into all things and removal of ignorance and doubt; (5) 成所作智 wisdom perfect in action and bringing blessing to self and others. IV. 提婆五法 The five obnoxious rules of Devadatta: not to take milk in any form, nor meat, nor salt; to wear unshaped garments, and to live apart. Another set is: to wear cast-off rags, beg food, have only one set meal a day, dwell in the open, and abstain from all kinds of flesh, milk, etc. |
会得 see styles |
etoku えとく |
(noun, transitive verb) understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill) |
似解 see styles |
sì jiě si4 jie3 ssu chieh jige |
apparent understanding |
体認 see styles |
tainin たいにん |
(noun, transitive verb) understanding based on experience |
先哲 see styles |
xiān zhé xian1 zhe2 hsien che sentetsu せんてつ |
the wise and learned individuals of the past ancient wise men 先達 One who has preceded (me) in understanding, or achievement. |
全知 see styles |
quán zhī quan2 zhi1 ch`üan chih chüan chih zenchi ぜんち |
omniscient (noun - becomes adjective with の) omniscience full understanding |
六慧 see styles |
liù huì liu4 hui4 liu hui rokue |
The six kinds of wisdom. Each is allotted seriatim to one of the six positions 六位 q. v. (1) 聞慧 the wisdom of hearing and apprehending the truth of the middle way is associated with the 十住; (2) 思慧 of thought with the 十行; (3) 修慧 of observance with the 十廻向; (4) 無相慧 of either extreme, or the mean, with the 十地; (5) 照寂慧 of understanding of nirvana with 等覺慧; (6) 寂照慧 of making nirvana illuminate all beings associated with 佛果 Buddha-fruition. They are a 別教 Differentiated School series and all are associated with 中道 the school of the 中 or middle way. |
共識 共识 see styles |
gòng shí gong4 shi2 kung shih |
common understanding; consensus |
内応 see styles |
naiou / naio ないおう |
(n,vs,vi) secret understanding; collusion; betrayal |
内約 see styles |
naiyaku ないやく |
(noun, transitive verb) (marriage) engagement; secret treaty; tacit understanding; private contract |
分り see styles |
wakari わかり |
understanding; comprehension |
分明 see styles |
fēn míng fen1 ming2 fen ming funmyou; bunmyou; bunmei / funmyo; bunmyo; bunme ふんみょう; ぶんみょう; ぶんめい |
clear; distinct; evidently; clearly (noun or adjectival noun) clearness; clear understanding to see clearly |
判り see styles |
wakari わかり |
understanding; comprehension |
十住 see styles |
shí zhù shi2 zhu4 shih chu jū jū |
The ten stages, or periods, in bodhisattva-wisdom, prajñā 般若, are the 十住; the merits or character attained are the 十地 q.v. Two interpretations may be given. In the first of these, the first four stages are likened to entry into the holy womb, the next four to the period of gestation, the ninth to birth, and the tenth to the washing or baptism with the water of wisdom, e.g. the baptism of a Kṣatriya prince. The ten stages are (1) 發心住 the purposive stage, the mind set upon Buddhahood; (2) 治地住 clear understanding and mental control; (3) 修行住 unhampered liberty in every direction; (4) 生貴住 acquiring the Tathāgata nature or seed; (5) 方便具足住 perfect adaptability and resemblance in self-development and development of others; (6) 正心住 the whole mind becoming Buddha-like; (7) 不退住 no retrogression, perfect unity and constant progress; (8) 童眞住 as a Buddha-son now complete; (9) 法王子住 as prince of the law; (10) 灌頂住 baptism as such, e.g. the consecration of kings. Another interpretation of the above is: (1) spiritual resolve, stage of śrota-āpanna; (2) submission to rule, preparation for Sakṛdāgāmin stage; (3) cultivation of virtue, attainment of Sakṛdāgāmin stage; (4) noble birth, preparation for the anāgāmin stage; (5) perfect means, attainment of anāgāmin stage; (6) right mind, preparation for arhatship; (7) no-retrogradation, the attainment of arhatship; (8) immortal youth, pratyekabuddhahood; (9) son of the law-king, the conception of bodhisattvahood; (10) baptism as the summit of attainment, the conception of Buddhahood. |
十智 see styles |
shí zhì shi2 zhi4 shih chih jū chi |
The ten forms of understanding. I. Hīnayāna: (1) 世俗智 common understanding; (2) 法智 enlightened understanding, i.e. on the Four Truths in this life; (3) 類智 ditto, applied to the two upper realms 上二界; (4), (5), (6), (7) understanding re each of the Four Truths separately, both in the upper and lower realms, e.g. 苦智; (8) 他心智 understanding of the minds of others; (9) 盡智 the understanding that puts an end to all previous faith in or for self, i.e. 自信智; (10) 無生智 nirvāṇa wisdom; v. 倶舍論 26. II. Mahāyāna. A Tathāgatas ten powers of understanding or wisdom: (1) 三世智 perfect understanding of past, present, and future; (2) ditto of Buddha Law; (3) 法界無礙智 unimpeded understanding of the whole Buddha-realm; (4) 法界無邊智 unlimited, or infinite understanding of the whole Buddha-realm; (5) 充滿一切智 understanding of ubiquity; (6) 普照一切世間智 understanding of universal enlightenment; (7) 住持一切世界智 understanding of omnipotence, or universal control; (8) 知一切衆生智 understanding of omniscience re all living beings; (9) 知一切法智 understanding of omniscience re the laws of universal salvation; (10) 知無邊諸佛智 understanding of omniscience re all Buddha wisdom. v. 華嚴経 16. There are also his ten forms of understanding of the "Five Seas" 五海 of worlds, living beings, karma, passions, and Buddhas. |
協商 协商 see styles |
xié shāng xie2 shang1 hsieh shang kyoushou / kyosho きょうしょう |
to consult with; to talk things over; agreement (n,vs,vi) (1) agreement; (n,vs,vi) (2) entente; understanding |
取解 see styles |
qǔ jiě qu3 jie3 ch`ü chieh chü chieh shuge |
grasp to a (certain) understanding |
合意 see styles |
hé yì he2 yi4 ho i goui / goi ごうい |
to suit one's taste; suitable; congenial; by mutual agreement (n,vs,vi) (coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus |
合点 see styles |
gaten(p); gatten がてん(P); がってん |
(n,vs,vi) consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp |
四道 see styles |
sì dào si4 dao4 ssu tao shimichi しみち |
(surname) Shimichi The Dao or road means the nirvana road; the 'four' are rather modes of progress, or stages in it: (1) 加行道 discipline or effort, i. e. progress from the 三賢 and 四善根 stages to that of the 三學位, i. e. morality, meditation, and understanding; (2) 無間道 uninterrupted progress to the stage in which all delusion is banished; (3) 解脫道 liberaton, or freedom, reaching the state of assurance or proof and knowledge of the truth; and (4) 勝進道 surpassing progress in dhyāni-wisdom. Those four stages are also associated with those of srota-āpanna, sakṛdāgāmin, anāgāmin, and arhat. |
大覚 see styles |
daikaku; daigaku だいかく; だいがく |
(1) {Buddh} great awakening; great enlightening; (2) {Buddh} greatly awakened person; (noun/participle) (3) understanding; comprehension; (given name) Daigaku |
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. |
妙諦 see styles |
myoutei; myoutai / myote; myotai みょうてい; みょうたい |
amazing truth; cardinal principle; key (to understanding) |
實解 实解 see styles |
shí jiě shi2 jie3 shih chieh jitsuge |
accurate understanding |
得心 see styles |
tokushin とくしん |
(n,vs,vi) consenting to; agreeing to; understanding; being convinced of; being satisfied; (female given name) Emi |
得戒 see styles |
dé jiè de2 jie4 te chieh toku kai |
To obtain the commandments; to attain to the understanding and performance of the moral law. |
得解 see styles |
dé jiě de2 jie3 te chieh tokuge |
attain understanding |
心性 see styles |
xīn xìng xin1 xing4 hsin hsing shinsei / shinse しんせい |
one's nature; temperament mind; disposition; nature Immutable mind-corpus, or mind-nature, the self-existing fundamental pure mind, the all, the Tathāgata-garbha, or 如來藏心; 自性淸淨心; also described in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith as immortal 不生不滅. Another definition identifies 心 with 性 saying 性卽是心, 心卽是佛 the nature is the mind, and mind is Buddha; another, that mind and nature are the same when 悟 awake and understanding, but differ when 迷 in illusion; and further, in reply to the statement that the Buddha-nature is eternal but the mind not eternal, it is said, the nature is like water, the mind like ice, illusion turns nature to mental ice form, awakening melts it back to its proper nature. |
心照 see styles |
xīn zhào xin1 zhao4 hsin chao |
to have a tacit understanding |
惡解 恶解 see styles |
è jiě e4 jie3 o chieh akuge |
wrong understanding |
感取 see styles |
kanshu かんしゅ |
(noun/participle) feeling; sensing; understanding intuitively |
把握 see styles |
bǎ wò ba3 wo4 pa wo haaku / haku はあく |
to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome) (noun, transitive verb) grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip |
拝承 see styles |
haishou / haisho はいしょう |
(noun, transitive verb) (humble language) hearing; understanding; learning; being informed |
捕捉 see styles |
bǔ zhuō bu3 zhuo1 pu cho hosoku ほそく |
to catch; to seize; to capture (noun/participle) (1) capture; seizure; prehension; (2) apprehension; understanding |
摩提 see styles |
mó tí mo2 ti2 mo t`i mo ti madai |
mati, understanding; v. 末底. |
文殊 see styles |
wén shū wen2 shu1 wen shu monju もんじゅ |
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness (Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (p,s,f) Monju (文殊師利) Mañjuśrī 滿殊尸利 -later 曼殊室利. 文殊 is also used for Mañjunātha, Mañjudeva, Mañjughoṣa, Mañjuṣvara, et al. T., hjamdpal; J., Monju. Origin unknown; presumably, like most Buddhas and bodhisattvas, an idealization of a particular quality, in his case of Wisdom. Mañju is beautiful, Śrī; good fortune, virtue, majesty, lord, an epithet of a god. Six definitions are obtained from various scriptures: 妙首 (or 頭 ) wonderful or beautiful) head; 普首 universal head; 濡首 glossy head (probably a transliteration); 敬首 revered head; 妙德 wonderful virtue (or power); 妙吉祥 wonderfully auspicious; the last is a later translation in the 西域記. As guardian of wisdom 智慧 he is often placed on Śākyamuni's left, with 普顯 on the right as guardian of law 理, the latter holding the Law, the former the wisdom or exposition of it; formerly they held the reverse positions. He is often represented with five curls or waves to his hair indicating the 五智 q. v. or the five peaks; his hand holds the sword of wisdom and he sits on a lion emblematic of its stern majesty: but he has other forms. He is represented as a youth, i. e. eternal youth. His present abode is given as east of the universe, known as 淸涼山 clear and cool mountain, or a region 寶住 precious abode, or Abode of Treasures, or 寶氏 from which he derives one of his titles, 寶相如來. One of his dhāraṇīs prophesies China as his post-nirvāṇa realm. In past incarnations he is described as being the parent of many Buddhas and as having assisted the Buddha into existence; his title was 龍種上佛 the supreme Buddha of the nāgas, also 大身佛 or 神仙佛; now his title is 歡喜藏摩尼寶精佛 The spiritual Buddha who joyfully cares for the jewel: and his future title is to be 普現佛 Buddha universally revealed. In the 序品 Introductory Chapter of the Lotus Sutra he is also described as the ninth predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Śākyamuni. He is looked on as the chief of the Bodhisattvas and represents them, as the chief disciple of the Buddha, or as his son 法王子. Hīnayāna counts Śāriputra as the wisest of the disciples, Mahāyāna gives Mañjuśrī the chief place, hence he is also styled 覺母 mother, or begetter of understanding. He is shown riding on either a lion or a peacock, or sitting on a white lotus; often he holds a book, emblem of wisdom, or a blue lotus; in certain rooms of a monastery he is shown as a monk; and he appears in military array as defender of the faith. His signs, magic words, and so on, are found in various sutras. His most famous centre in China is Wu-tai shan in Shansi. where he is the object of pilgrimages, especially of Mongols. The legends about him are many. He takes the place in Buddhism of Viśvakarman as Vulcan, or architect, of the universe. He is one of the eight Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, and sometimes has the image of Akṣobhya in his crown. He was mentioned in China as early as the fourth century and in the Lotus Sutra he frequently appears, especially as the converter of the daughter of the Dragon-king of the Ocean. He has five messengers 五使者 and eight youths 八童子 attending on him. His hall in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala is the seventh, in which his group numbers twenty-five. His position is northeast. There are numerous sutras and other works with his name as title, e. g. 文殊師利問菩提經 Gayaśīrṣa sūtra, tr. by Kumārajīva 384-417: and its 論 or .Tīkā of Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhiruci 535. see list in B. N. |
明盲 see styles |
akimekura あきめくら |
(irregular okurigana usage) (sensitive word) illiterate or blind person; person who sees without understanding; amaurosis |
智解 see styles |
zhì jiě zhi4 jie3 chih chieh chige ちかい |
(obscure) being enlightened by virtue of knowledge discriminated understanding |
有解 see styles |
yǒu jiě you3 jie3 yu chieh uge |
(of a problem, equation etc) to have a solution; to be solvable The intp. of things as real, or material, opposite of 無解 the intp. of them as unreal, or immaterial. |
末底 see styles |
mò dǐ mo4 di3 mo ti matei |
mati 摩提; devotion, discernment, understanding, tr. by 慧 wisdom. |
正解 see styles |
zhèng jiě zheng4 jie3 cheng chieh seikai / sekai せいかい |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; (2) right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement to correct understanding |
気脈 see styles |
kimyaku きみゃく |
(1) (See 気脈を通じる) tacit understanding; connection (of thoughts); collusion; (2) (rare) (See 血管) blood vessel |
法智 see styles |
fǎ zhì fa3 zhi4 fa chih hōchi |
Dharma-wisdom, which enables one to understand the four dogmas 四諦; also, the understanding of the law, or of things. |
法盲 see styles |
fǎ máng fa3 mang2 fa mang |
person who has no understanding of legal matters |
消化 see styles |
xiāo huà xiao1 hua4 hsiao hua shouka / shoka しょうか |
to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process (noun, transitive verb) (1) digestion (of food); (noun, transitive verb) (2) digestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding; (noun, transitive verb) (3) consumption; absorption; using up; meeting (e.g. a quota); completion; (n,vs,vi) (4) (archaism) (orig. meaning) losing one's form and turning into something else extinguish |
無解 无解 see styles |
wú jiě wu2 jie3 wu chieh muge |
to have no solution no understanding |
照會 照会 see styles |
zhào huì zhao4 hui4 chao hui |
a diplomatic note; letter of understanding or concern exchanged between governments See: 照会 |
理会 see styles |
rikai りかい |
(noun, transitive verb) (form) (See 理解・1) becoming aware; understanding; comprehension; (female given name) Rie |
理解 see styles |
lǐ jiě li3 jie3 li chieh rikai りかい |
to comprehend; to understand (noun, transitive verb) (1) understanding; comprehension; appreciation; (noun, transitive verb) (2) sympathy to comprehend |
生解 see styles |
shēng jiě sheng1 jie3 sheng chieh shōge |
to produce an understanding |
疎通 see styles |
sotsuu / sotsu そつう |
(noun/participle) (1) (mutual) understanding; communication; (2) removal of blockage (esp. medical); drainage |
疏通 see styles |
shū tōng shu1 tong1 shu t`ung shu tung sotsuu / sotsu そつう |
to unblock; to dredge; to clear the way; to get things flowing; to facilitate; to mediate; to lobby; to explicate (a text) (noun/participle) (1) (mutual) understanding; communication; (2) removal of blockage (esp. medical); drainage |
盲目 see styles |
máng mù mang2 mu4 mang mu moumoku / momoku もうもく |
blind; blindly; ignorant; lacking understanding (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) blindness; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (sensitive word) blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless |
直感 see styles |
zhí gǎn zhi2 gan3 chih kan chokkan ちょっかん |
intuition; direct feeling or understanding (n,vs,adj-no) intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy |
省事 see styles |
xǐng shì xing3 shi4 hsing shih |
perceptive; understanding; (archaic) to handle administrative work |
眞解 see styles |
zhēn jiě zhen1 jie3 chen chieh shinge |
true understanding |
瞎說 瞎说 see styles |
xiā shuō xia1 shuo1 hsia shuo |
to talk drivel; to assert something without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about |
知因 see styles |
zhī yīn zhi1 yin1 chih yin chiin |
understanding cause(ation) |
知果 see styles |
zhī guǒ zhi1 guo3 chih kuo tomomi ともみ |
(female given name) Tomomi understanding (karmic) results |
碍解 see styles |
ài jiě ai4 jie3 ai chieh gege |
understanding-obstruction |
礙解 碍解 see styles |
ài jiě ai4 jie3 ai chieh gege |
obstructions to [correct] understanding |
空忍 see styles |
kōng rěn kong1 ren3 k`ung jen kung jen kūnin |
Patience attained by regarding suffering as unreal; one of the 十忍. |
空解 see styles |
kōng jiě kong1 jie3 k`ung chieh kung chieh kūge |
The interpretation (or doctrine) of ultimate reality. |
窺知 窥知 see styles |
kuī zhī kui1 zhi1 k`uei chih kuei chih kichi きち |
to find out about; to discover (noun, transitive verb) (form) inference; deduction; figuring out; understanding; knowing |
管見 管见 see styles |
guǎn jiàn guan3 jian4 kuan chien kanken かんけん |
my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube); my limited understanding; my opinion (humble) (1) narrow insight; narrow view; (2) my humble opinion; (surname) Sugami to look through a tube |
粋人 see styles |
suijin すいじん |
(1) person of refined tastes; sophisticated person; (2) man of the world; understanding person; (3) man about town |
約定 约定 see styles |
yuē dìng yue1 ding4 yüeh ting yakujou / yakujo やくじょう |
to agree on something (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation (noun, transitive verb) agreement; stipulation; contract |
納得 纳得 see styles |
nà dé na4 de2 na te nattoku なっとく |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) consent; agreement; acceptance; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced to internalize |
自得 see styles |
zì dé zi4 de2 tzu te jitoku じとく |
contented; pleased with one's position (noun/participle) (1) self-satisfaction; self-complacency; complacency; (noun/participle) (2) understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability); (noun/participle) (3) (See 自業自得・じごうじとく) being paid back for one's deeds; (given name) Jitoku |
自悟 see styles |
zì wù zi4 wu4 tzu wu jigo |
a new insight or understanding one reaches oneself |
自解 see styles |
zì jiě zi4 jie3 tzu chieh jige |
one's own understanding |
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