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There are 9 total results for your 斷滅 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

斷滅


断灭

see styles
duàn miè
    duan4 mie4
tuan mieh
 danmetsu
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
The heterodox teaching which denies the law of cause and effect, i.e. of karma.

斷滅相


断灭相

see styles
duàn miè xiàng
    duan4 mie4 xiang4
tuan mieh hsiang
 danmetsu sō
characteristic of elimination

斷滅見


断灭见

see styles
duàn miè jiàn
    duan4 mie4 jian4
tuan mieh chien
 danmetsu ken
nihilism

斷滅論


断灭论

see styles
duàn miè lùn
    duan4 mie4 lun4
tuan mieh lun
 danmetsu ron
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
nihilism

永斷滅


永断灭

see styles
yǒng duàn miè
    yong3 duan4 mie4
yung tuan mieh
 yō danmetsu
to permanently extinguish

能斷滅


能断灭

see styles
néng duàn miè
    neng2 duan4 mie4
neng tuan mieh
 nō danmetsu
[can be] cut, divided, split

七斷滅論


七断灭论

see styles
qī duàn miè lùn
    qi1 duan4 mie4 lun4
ch`i tuan mieh lun
    chi tuan mieh lun
 shichi danmetsu ron
seven kinds of nihilism

七種斷滅


七种断灭

see styles
qī zhǒng duàn miè
    qi1 zhong3 duan4 mie4
ch`i chung tuan mieh
    chi chung tuan mieh
 shichishu danmetsu
seven kinds of nihilism

不能斷滅


不能断灭

see styles
bù néng duàn miè
    bu4 neng2 duan4 mie4
pu neng tuan mieh
 fu nō danmetsu
unbreakable

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 9 results for "斷滅" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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