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他律

see styles
tā lǜ
    ta1 lu:4
t`a lü
    ta lü
 taritsu
    たりつ
external regulation (e.g. by means of a regulatory body, as opposed to self-regulation 自律[zi4 lu:4]); (ethics) heteronomy
(1) {phil} (See 自律・1) heteronomy (in Kantian ethics); (2) heteronomy

伏忍

see styles
fú rěn
    fu2 ren3
fu jen
 buku nin
The first of the 五忍 five forms of submission, self-control, or patience.

似我

see styles
sì wǒ
    si4 wo3
ssu wo
 jiga
apparent self

住地

see styles
zhù dì
    zhu4 di4
chu ti
 jūji
living area; residential area
Dwelling-place; abiding place in the Truth, i.e. the acquirement by faith of a self believing in the dharma and producing its fruits.

佛媛

see styles
fó yuán
    fo2 yuan2
fo yüan
Buddhist griftress (female Internet influencer who exploits Buddhist imagery for self-promotion or commercial purposes)

佛檀

see styles
fó tán
    fo2 tan2
fo t`an
    fo tan
 butsudan
buddha-dāna, Buddha-giving contrasted with Māra-giving; Buddha-charity as the motive of giving, or preaching, and of self-sacrifice, or self-immolation.

依他

see styles
yī tā
    yi1 ta1
i t`a
    i ta
 eta
Dependent on or trusting to someone or something else; trusting on another, not on self or 'works.'

依自

see styles
yī zì
    yi1 zi4
i tzu
 eji
self-dependence

侠客

see styles
 kyoukyaku / kyokyaku
    きょうきゃく
    kyoukaku / kyokaku
    きょうかく
self-styled humanitarian; chivalrous person; persons acting under the pretence of chivalry who formed gangs and engaged in gambling

俗我

see styles
sú wǒ
    su2 wo3
su wo
 zokuga
The popular idea of the ego or soul, i.e. the empirical or false ego 假我 composed of the five skandhas. This is to be distinguished from the true ego 眞我 or 實我, the metaphysical substratum from which all empirical elements have been eliminated; v.八大自在我.

保甲

see styles
bǎo jiǎ
    bao3 jia3
pao chia
historical communal administrative and self-defence system created during the Song Dynasty and revived during the Republican Era, in which households are grouped in jia 甲[jia3] and jia are grouped in bao 保[bao3]

保身

see styles
 hoshin
    ほしん
self-protection; (personal name) Yasumi

修真

see styles
xiū zhēn
    xiu1 zhen1
hsiu chen
 shuuma / shuma
    しゅうま
to practice Taoism; to cultivate the true self through spiritual exercises
(personal name) Shuuma

修身

see styles
xiū shēn
    xiu1 shen1
hsiu shen
 shuushin / shushin
    しゅうしん
to cultivate one's moral character; (fashion) slim-fit; body-hugging
morals; ethics; moral training; (personal name) Masami
self-cultivation

修道

see styles
xiū dào
    xiu1 dao4
hsiu tao
 shuudou / shudo
    しゅうどう
to practice Daoism
(n,vs,vi) learning; studying the fine arts; (given name) Nagamichi
To cultivate the way of religion; be religious; the way of self-cultivation. In the Hīnayāna the stage from anāgāmin to arhat; in Mahāyāna one of the bodhisattva stages.

個我


个我

see styles
gè wǒ
    ge4 wo3
ko wo
 kaga
individual self

倒我

see styles
dào wǒ
    dao4 wo3
tao wo
 tōga
The conventional ego, the reverse of reality.

倒體


倒体

see styles
dào tǐ
    dao4 ti3
tao t`i
    tao ti
 tōtai
to erroneously believe in the existence of an inherent self

倶害

see styles
jù hài
    ju4 hai4
chü hai
 kugai
to bring harm to both [self and others]

倶空

see styles
jù kōng
    ju4 kong1
chü k`ung
    chü kung
 kukū
Both or all empty, or unreal, i.e. both ego and things have no reality.

假我

see styles
jiǎ wǒ
    jia3 wo3
chia wo
 ke ga
The empirical ego of the five skandhas.

儭著


儭着

see styles
chèn zhāo
    chen4 zhao1
ch`en chao
    chen chao
 qīnjaku
to dress one's self in

克制

see styles
kè zhì
    ke4 zhi4
k`o chih
    ko chih
to restrain; to control; restraint; self-control

內我


内我

see styles
nèi wǒ
    nei4 wo3
nei wo
 naiga
The antarātman or ego within, one's own soul or self, in contrast with bahirātman 外我 an external soul, or personal, divine ruler.

內空


内空

see styles
nèi kōng
    nei4 kong1
nei k`ung
    nei kung
 naikū
Empty within, i. e. no soul or self within.

八慢

see styles
bā màn
    ba1 man4
pa man
 hachiman
The eight kinds of pride, māna, arrogance, or self-conceit, 如慢 though inferior, to think oneself equal to others (in religion); 慢慢 to think oneself superior among manifest superiors; 不如慢 to think oneself not so much inferior among manifest superiors; 增上慢 to think one has attained more than is the fact, or when it is not the fact; 我慢 self-superiority, or self-sufficiency; 邪慢 pride in false views, or doings; 憍慢 arrogance; 大慢 extreme arrogance.

八戒

see styles
bā jiè
    ba1 jie4
pa chieh
 hakkai; hachikai
    はっかい; はちかい
the eight precepts (Buddhism)
{Buddh} (See 五戒) the eight precepts (the five precepts with the addition of prohibitions against lying in a luxurious bed, self-decoration, song and dance, and eating after noon)
(八戒齋) The first eight of the ten commandments, see 戒; not to kill; not to take things not given; no ignoble (i.e. sexual) conduct; not to speak falsely; not to drink wine; not to indulge in cosmetics, personal adornments, dancing, or music; not to sleep on fine beds, but on a mat on the ground; and not to eat out of regulation hours, i.e. after noon. Another group divides the sixth into two―against cosmetics and adornments and against dancing and music; the first eight are then called the eight prohibitory commands and the last the 齋 or fasting commandment. Also 八齋戒; 八關齋 (八支齋) ; cf. 八種勝法.

八穢


八秽

see styles
bā huì
    ba1 hui4
pa hui
 hachie
Eight things unclean to a monk: buying land for self, not for Buddha or the fraternity; ditto cultivating; ditto laying by or storing up; ditto keeping servants (or slaves); keeping animals (for slaughter); treasuring up gold, etc.; ivory and ornaments; utensils for private use.

八識


八识

see styles
bā shì
    ba1 shi4
pa shih
 hasshiki; hachishiki
    はっしき; はちしき
{Buddh} eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness)
The eight parijñāna, or kinds of cognition, perception, or consciousness. They are the five senses of cakṣur-vijñāna, śrotra-v., ghrāna-v., jihvā-v., and kāya-v., i.e. seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touch. The sixth is mano-vijñāna, the mental sense, or intellect, v. 末那. It is defined as 意 mentality, apprehension, or by some as will. The seventh is styled kliṣṭa-mano-vijñāna 末那識 discriminated from the last as 思量 pondering, calculating; it is the discriminating and constructive sense, more than the intellectually perceptive; as infected by the ālaya-vijñāna., or receiving "seeds" from it, it is considered as the cause of all egoism and individualizing, i.e. of men and things, therefore of all illusion arising from assuming the seeming as the real. The eighth is the ālaya-vijñāna, 阿頼耶識 which is the storehouse, or basis from which come all "seeds"of consciousness. The seventh is also defined as the ādāna 阿陀那識 or "laying hold of" or "holding on to" consciousness.

公理

see styles
gōng lǐ
    gong1 li3
kung li
 kouri / kori
    こうり
self-evident truth; (math.) axiom
(noun - becomes adjective with の) axiom; maxim; self-evident truth; (male given name) Masatoshi

六行

see styles
liù xíng
    liu4 xing2
liu hsing
 rokugyō
Among Buddhists the term means the practice of the 六度 six pāramitās; it is referred, among outsiders, to the six austerities of the six kinds of heretics: (1) 自餓 starvation; (2) 投淵 naked cave-dwelling (or, throwing oneself down precipices); (3) 赴火 self-immolation, or self-torturing by fire; (4) 自坐 sitting naked in public; (5) 寂默 dwelling in silence among graves; (6) 牛狗 living as animals.

兼利

see styles
jiān lì
    jian1 li4
chien li
 kanetoshi
    かねとし
(s,m) Kanetoshi
Mutual benefit; to benefit self and others.

内省

see styles
 naisei / naise
    ないせい
(noun, transitive verb) introspection; reflection on one's self

分身

see styles
fēn shēn
    fen1 shen1
fen shen
 bunshin(p); funjin(ok)
    ぶんしん(P); ふんじん(ok)
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time; a derivative version of sb (or something) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet); to spare some time for a separate task; to cut a corpse into pieces; to pull a body apart by the four limbs; parturition
(1) other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); representation of oneself; (2) {Buddh} incarnations of Buddha
Parturition: in Buddhism it means a Buddha's power to reproduce himself ad infinitum and anywhere.

利己

see styles
lì jǐ
    li4 ji3
li chi
 riko
    りこ
personal profit; to benefit oneself
(ant: 利他) self-interest; (given name) Toshimi

剋己


克己

see styles
kè jǐ
    ke4 ji3
k`o chi
    ko chi
 katsumi
    かつみ
self-restraint; discipline; selflessness
(personal name) Katsumi

匪躬

see styles
 hikyuu / hikyu
    ひきゅう
self-sacrificing service

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.

十地

see styles
shí dì
    shi2 di4
shih ti
 juuji / juji
    じゅうじ
{Buddh} dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva); (place-name) Jūji
daśabhūmi; v. 十住. The "ten stages" in the fifty-two sections of the development of a bodhisattva into a Buddha. After completing the十四向 he proceeds to the 十地. There are several groups. I. The ten stages common to the Three Vehicles 三乘 are: (1) 乾慧地 dry wisdom stage, i. e. unfertilized by Buddha-truth, worldly wisdom; (2) 性地 the embryo-stage of the nature of Buddha-truth, the 四善根; (3) 八人地 (八忍地), the stage of the eight patient endurances; (4) 見地 of freedom from wrong views; (5) 薄地 of freedom from the first six of the nine delusions in practice; (6) 離欲地 of freedom from the remaining three; (7) 巳辨地 complete discrimination in regard to wrong views and thoughts, the stage of an arhat; (8) 辟支佛地 pratyeka-buddhahood, only the dead ashes of the past left to sift; (9) 菩薩地 bodhisattvahood; (10) 佛地 Buddhahood. v. 智度論 78. II. 大乘菩薩十地 The ten stages of Mahāyāna bodhisattva development are: (1) 歡喜地 Pramuditā, joy at having overcome the former difficulties and now entering on the path to Buddhahood; (2) 離垢地 Vimalā, freedom from all possible defilement, the stage of purity; (3) 發光地 Prabhākarī, stage of further enlightenment; (4) 焰慧地 Arciṣmatī, of glowing wisdom; (5) 極難勝地 Sudurjayā, mastery of utmost or final difficulties; (6) 現前地 Abhimukhī, the open way of wisdom above definitions of impurity and purity; (7) 遠行地 Dūraṁgamā, proceeding afar, getting above ideas of self in order to save others; (8) 不動地 Acalā, attainment of calm unperturbedness; (9) 善慧地 Sādhumatī, of the finest discriminatory wisdom, knowing where and how to save, and possessed of the 十力 ten powers; (10) 法雲地 Dharmamegha, attaining to the fertilizing powers of the law-cloud. Each of the ten stages is connected with each of the ten pāramitās, v. 波. Each of the 四乘 or four vehicles has a division of ten. III. The 聲聞乘十地 ten Śrāvaka stages are: (1) 受三歸地 initiation as a disciple by receiving the three refuges, in the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha; (2) 信地 belief, or the faith-root; (3) 信法地 belief in the four truths; (4) 内凡夫地 ordinary disciples who observe the 五停心觀, etc.; (5) 學信戒 those who pursue the 三學 three studies; (6) 八人忍地 the stage of 見道 seeing the true Way; (7) 須陀洹地 śrota-āpanna, now definitely in the stream and assured of nirvāṇa; (8) 斯陀含地 sakrdāgāmin, only one more rebirth; (9) 阿那含地 anāgāmin, no rebirth; and (10) 阿羅漢地 arhatship. IV. The ten stages of the pratyekabuddha 緣覺乘十地 are (1) perfect asceticism; (2) mastery of the twelve links of causation; (3) of the four noble truths; (4) of the deeper knowledge; (5) of the eightfold noble path; (6) of the three realms 三法界; (7) of the nirvāṇa state; (8) of the six supernatural powers; (9) arrival at the intuitive stage; (10) mastery of the remaining influence of former habits. V. 佛乘十地 The ten stages, or characteristics of a Buddha, are those of the sovereign or perfect attainment of wisdom, exposition, discrimination, māra-subjugation, suppression of evil, the six transcendent faculties, manifestation of all bodhisattva enlightenment, powers of prediction, of adaptability, of powers to reveal the bodhisattva Truth. VI. The Shingon has its own elaborate ten stages, and also a group 十地十心, see 十心; and there are other groups.

十宗

see styles
shí zōng
    shi2 zong1
shih tsung
 jūshū
The ten schools of Chinese Buddhism: I. The (1) 律宗 Vinaya-discipline, or 南山|; (2) 倶舍 Kośa, Abhidharma, or Reality (Sarvāstivādin) 有宗; (3) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect founded on this śāstra by Harivarman; (4) 三論宗 Mādhyamika or 性空宗; (5) 法華宗 Lotus, "Law-flower" or Tiantai 天台宗; (6) 華嚴Huayan or法性 or賢首宗; ( 7) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana or 慈恩宗 founded on the唯識論 (8) 心宗 Ch'an or Zen, mind-only or intuitive, v. 禪宗 ; (9) 眞言宗 (Jap. Shingon) or esoteric 密宗 ; (10) 蓮宗 Amitābha-lotus or Pure Land (Jap. Jōdo) 淨士宗. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 9th are found in Japan rather than in China, where they have ceased to be of importance. II. The Hua-yen has also ten divisions into ten schools of thought: (1) 我法倶有 the reality of self (or soul) and things, e.g. mind and matter; (2) 法有我無 the reality of things but not of soul; (3) 法無去來 things have neither creation nor destruction; (4) 現通假實 present things are both apparent and real; (5) 俗妄眞實 common or phenomenal ideas are wrong, fundamental reality is the only truth; (6) things are merely names; (7) all things are unreal 空; (8) the bhūtatathatā is not unreal; (9) phenomena and their perception are to be got rid of; (10) the perfect, all-inclusive, and complete teaching of the One Vehicle. III. There are two old Japanese divisions: 大乘律宗, 倶舎宗 , 成實 宗 , 法和宗 , 三論宗 , 天台宗 , 華嚴宗 , 眞言宗 , 小乘律宗 , and 淨土宗 ; the second list adds 禪宗 and omits 大乘律宗. They are the Ritsu, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Hossō, Sanron, Tendai, Kegon, Shingon, (Hīnayāna) Ritsu, and Jōdo; the addition being Zen.

十恩

see styles
shí ēn
    shi2 en1
shih en
 jūon
Ten kinds of the Buddha's grace: his (1) initial resolve to universalize (his salvation); (2) self-sacrifice (in previous lives); (3) complete altruism; (4) his descent into all the six states of existence for their salvation; (5) relief of the living from distress and mortality; (6) profound pity; (7) revelation of himself in human and glorified form; (8) teaching in accordance with the capacity of his hearers, first hīnayāna, then māhayāna doctrine; (9) revealing his nirvāṇa to stimulate his disciples; (10) pitying thought for all creatures, in that dying at 80 instead of at 100 he left twenty years of his own happiness to his disciples; and also the tripiṭaka for universal salvation.

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.

卑下

see styles
bēi xià
    bei1 xia4
pei hsia
 hige
    ひげ
base; low
(noun, transitive verb) self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
inferior

卑屈

see styles
bēi qū
    bei1 qu1
pei ch`ü
    pei chü
 hikutsu
    ひくつ
(noun or adjectival noun) servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling; spineless
mean

卑慢

see styles
bēi màn
    bei1 man4
pei man
 himan
(下慢) The pride of regarding self as little inferior to those who far surpass one; one of the 七慢.

取我

see styles
qǔ wǒ
    qu3 wo3
ch`ü wo
    chü wo
 shuga
attachment to self

同名

see styles
tóng míng
    tong2 ming2
t`ung ming
    tung ming
 doumei(p); doumyou / dome(p); domyo
    どうめい(P); どうみょう
of the same name; homonymous; self-titled (album)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) same name; (2) (どうめい only) {biol} homonym
synonymous

名乗

see styles
 nanori
    なのり
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) (1) giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; (2) name readings of kanji; (place-name) Nanori

名告

see styles
 nanori
    なのり
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) (1) giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; (2) name readings of kanji

名宣

see styles
 nanori
    なのり
(irregular kanji usage) self-introduction (of a character in noh theatre)

吾我

see styles
wú wǒ
    wu2 wo3
wu wo
 goga
self

哀家

see styles
āi jiā
    ai1 jia1
ai chia
I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)

喬志

see styles
 kyoushi / kyoshi
    きょうし
pride; self-conceit; (given name) Takashi

四取

see styles
sì qǔ
    si4 qu3
ssu ch`ü
    ssu chü
 shishu
catuḥ-parāmarśa, the four attachments, i. e. desire, (unenlightened) views, (fakir) morals, and ideas arising from the conception of the self. Also, the possible delusions of the 四住地. Also, seeking fame in the four quarters.

地和

see styles
dì hú
    di4 hu2
ti hu
 chiihoo / chihoo
    チーホー
(mahjong) earthly hand; a hand that is completed by a non-dealer on their first draw; (mahjong) to obtain an earthly hand
{mahj} blessing of earth (chi:); winning with a self-drawn tile in the first turn

坦然

see styles
tǎn rán
    tan3 ran2
t`an jan
    tan jan
 tannen
calm; undisturbed
self-possessed

執我


执我

see styles
zhí wǒ
    zhi2 wo3
chih wo
 shūga
attach to as a self

執障


执障

see styles
zhí zhàng
    zhi2 zhang4
chih chang
 shūshō
The holding on to the reality of self and things and the consequent hindrance to entrance into nirvana.

売名

see styles
 baimei / baime
    ばいめい
self-advertisement

外乞

see styles
wài qǐ
    wai4 qi3
wai ch`i
    wai chi
 gekotsu
The mendicant monk who seeks self-control by external means, e. g. abstinence from food, as contrasted with the 内乞 who seeks it by spiritual methods.

外我

see styles
wài wǒ
    wai4 wo3
wai wo
 gega
An external Ego, e. g. a Creator or ruler of the world, such as Siva.

外道

see styles
wài dào
    wai4 dao4
wai tao
 gedou / gedo
    げどう
(1) {Buddh} (See 内道) tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist; (2) heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic; (3) (oft. used as a pejorative) demon; devil; fiend; brute; wretch; (4) type of fish one did not intend to catch; (person) Gedō
Outside doctrines; non-Buddhist; heresy, heretics; the Tīrthyas or Tīrthikas; there are many groups of these: that of the 二天三仙 two devas and three sages, i. e. the Viṣṇuites, the Maheśvarites (or Śivaites), and the followers of Kapila, Ulūka, and Ṛṣabha. Another group of four is given as Kapila, Ulūka, Nirgrantha-putra (Jainas), and Jñātṛ (Jainas). A group of six, known as the外道六師 six heretical masters, is Pūraṇa-Kāśyapa, Maskari-Gośālīputra, Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, Ajita-Keśakambala, Kakuda-Kātyāyana, and Nirgrantha-Jñātṛputra; there are also two other groupings of six, one of them indicative of their various forms of asceticism and self-torture. There are also groups of 13, 1, 20, 30, 95, and 96 heretics, or forms of non-Buddhist doctrine, the 95 being divided into 11 classes, beginning with the Saṃkhyā philosophy and ending with that of no-cause, or existence as accidental.

大乘

see styles
dà shèng
    da4 sheng4
ta sheng
 oonori
    おおのり
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
(surname) Oonori
Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。.

大我

see styles
dà wǒ
    da4 wo3
ta wo
 taiga
    たいが
the collective; the whole; (Buddhism) the greater self
(female given name) Taiga
The greater self, or the true personality 眞我. Hīnayāna is accused of only knowing and denying the common idea of a self, or soul, whereas there is a greater self, which is a nirvana self. It especially refers to the Great Ego, the Buddha, but also to any Buddha ;v.大目經1, etc., and 涅槃經 23.

大牌

see styles
dà pái
    da4 pai2
ta p`ai
    ta pai
strong card; honor card (card games); very popular or successful person; self-important

天王

see styles
tiān wáng
    tian1 wang2
t`ien wang
    tien wang
 tennou / tenno
    てんのう
emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title; see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2]
(1) {Buddh} heavenly king; (2) (See 牛頭天王) Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva); (place-name, surname) Tennou
Maharāja-devas; 四天王 Caturmahārāja. The four deva kings in the first or lowest devaloka, on its four sides. E. 持國天王 Dhṛtarāṣṭra. S. 增長天王 Virūḍhaka. W. 廣目天王 Virūpākṣa. N. 多聞天王 Dhanada, or Vaiśravaṇa. The four are said to have appeared to 不空 Amogha in a temple in Xianfu, some time between 742-6, and in consequence he introduced their worship to China as guardians of the monasteries, where their images are seen in the hall at the entrance, which is sometimes called the 天王堂 hall of the deva-kings. 天王 is also a designation of Siva the 大白在, i. e. Maheśvara 摩醯首羅, the great sovereign ruler.

失態


失态

see styles
shī tài
    shi1 tai4
shih t`ai
    shih tai
 shittai
    しったい
to forget one's manners; to forget oneself; to lose self-control (in a situation)
mismanagement; fault; error; failure; disgrace; discredit

奴家

see styles
nú jiā
    nu2 jia1
nu chia
(old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female)

妙應


妙应

see styles
miào yìng
    miao4 ying4
miao ying
 myōō
The miraculous response, or self-manifestation of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

妙覺


妙觉

see styles
miào jué
    miao4 jue2
miao chüeh
 myōgaku
The wonderful enlightenment of Mahāyāna, or self-enlightenment to enlighten others.

始覺


始觉

see styles
shǐ jué
    shi3 jue2
shih chüeh
 shigaku
The initial functioning of mind or intelligence as a process of 'becoming', arising from 本覺 which is Mind or Intelligence, self-contained, unsullied, and considered as universal, the source of all enlightenment. The 'initial intelligence' or enlightenment arises from the inner influence 薰 of the Mind and from external teaching. In the 'original intelligence' are the four values adopted and made transcendent by the Nirvāṇa-sūtra, viz. 常, 樂, 我, 淨 Perpetuity, joy, personality, and purity; these are acquired through the 始覺 process of enlightenment. Cf. 起信論 Awakening of Faith.

孤調


孤调

see styles
gū diào
    gu1 diao4
ku tiao
 kochō
Self-arranging, the Hīnayāna method of salvation by individual effort.

寡人

see styles
guǎ rén
    gua3 ren2
kua jen
 kajin
    かじん
I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
(expression) my humble self

實我


实我

see styles
shí wǒ
    shi2 wo3
shih wo
 jitsuga
The true ego, in contrast with the 假我 phenomenal ego.

尊大

see styles
 sondai
    そんだい
(noun or adjectival noun) haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important; (personal name) Takahiro

導引


导引

see styles
dǎo yǐn
    dao3 yin3
tao yin
 douin / doin
    どういん
same as 引導|引导[yin3 dao3]; Dao Yin, Daoist exercises involving breathing, stretching and self-massage
(1) guidance; showing the way; (2) (See あん摩・あんま・1) massage; (3) tao yin; Taoist Neigong; Taoist exercises
To lead.

小子

see styles
xiǎo zi
    xiao3 zi5
hsiao tzu
 shoushi / shoshi
    しょうし
(coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow
(1) (form) little child; (2) (archaism) male between 4 and 16 years old (ritsuryō period); (3) (archaism) (See 弟子) pupil; disciple; follower; (pronoun) (4) (form) (humble language) I; me; my humble self; (pronoun) (5) (archaism) (referring to an inferior) you; (female given name) Choko

小師


小师

see styles
xiǎo shī
    xiao3 shi1
hsiao shih
 komoro
    こもろ
(surname) Komoro
A junior monk of less than ten years full ordination, also a courtesy title for a disciple; and a self-depreciatory title of any monk; v. 鐸 dahara.

小我

see styles
xiǎo wǒ
    xiao3 wo3
hsiao wo
 shouga / shoga
    しょうが
the self; the individual
the self; the ego

小生

see styles
 shousei / shose
    しょうせい
(pronoun) (humble language) (masculine speech) (used mainly in letters) I; me; my humble self; (place-name) Komo

山僧

see styles
shān sēng
    shan1 seng1
shan seng
 sansō
(1) 'Hill monk', self-deprecatory term used by monks. (2) A monk dwelling apart from monasteries.

己證


己证

see styles
jǐ zhèng
    ji3 zheng4
chi cheng
 koshō
自證 Self-attained assurance of the truth, such as that of the Buddha.

布薩


布萨

see styles
bù sà
    bu4 sa4
pu sa
 fusatsu
poṣadha, upavasatha, upoṣana; 布沙他 (or 布灑他); 褒沙陀 Pali: uposatha; fasting, a fast, the nurturing or renewal of vows, intp. by 淨住 or 善宿 or 長養, meaning abiding in retreat for spiritual refreshment. There are other similar terms, e. g. 布薩陀婆; 優補陀婆; also 布薩犍度 which the Vinaya uses for the meeting place; 鉢囉帝提舍耶寐 pratideśanīya, is self-examination and public confession during the fast. It is also an old Indian fast. Buddha's monks should meet at the new and fall moons and read the Prātimokṣa sutra for their moral edification, also disciples at home should observe the six fast days and the eight commands. The 布薩日 fast days are the 15th and 29th or 30th of the moon.

底氣


底气

see styles
dǐ qì
    di3 qi4
ti ch`i
    ti chi
lung capacity; lung power; boldness; confidence; self-assurance; vigor

強気

see styles
 tsuyoki
    つよき
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) confident; assured; self-assured; firm; strong; cocksure; (adj-na,adj-no,n) (2) (See 弱気・よわき・2) bullish (e.g. market)

彼我

see styles
bǐ wǒ
    bi3 wo3
pi wo
 higa
    ひが
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
theirs and mine

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.

性分

see styles
xìng fēn
    xing4 fen1
hsing fen
 shoubun / shobun
    しょうぶん
nature; disposition
The nature of anything; the various nature of various things.

性我

see styles
xìng wǒ
    xing4 wo3
hsing wo
 shōga
The Buddha-nature ego, which is apperceived when the illusory ego is banished.

恣心

see styles
 shishin
    ししん
(rare) selfish, self-indulgent heart

恣睢

see styles
zì suī
    zi4 sui1
tzu sui
(literary) reckless; unbridled; self-indulgent; conceited; overly pleased with oneself

悠揚


悠扬

see styles
yōu yáng
    you1 yang2
yu yang
 yuuyou / yuyo
    ゆうよう
melodious; mellifluous
(adj-t,adv-to) self-possessed; calm

慎み

see styles
 tsutsushimi
    つつしみ
modesty; self-control; discretion

慢心

see styles
màn xīn
    man4 xin1
man hsin
 manshin
    まんしん
(n,vs,vi) self-conceit; pride
pride

慢我

see styles
màn wǒ
    man4 wo3
man wo
 manga
inherently arisen self

我侭

see styles
 wagamama
    わがまま
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (kana only) selfishness; egoism; self-indulgence; wilfulness; willfulness; (2) (kana only) disobedience; (3) (kana only) whim

我倒

see styles
wǒ dào
    wo3 dao4
wo tao
 gatō
The illusion of an ego, one of the four inverted or upside-down ideas.

我儘

see styles
 wagamama
    わがまま
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (kana only) selfishness; egoism; self-indulgence; wilfulness; willfulness; (2) (kana only) disobedience; (3) (kana only) whim

我利

see styles
 gari
    がり
self interest

我執


我执

see styles
wǒ zhí
    wo3 zhi2
wo chih
 gashuu / gashu
    がしゅう
egotism; obstinacy
ātma-grāha; holding to the concept of the ego; also 人執.

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