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There are 22 total results for your 誓願 search.

Characters Pronunciation
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誓願


誓愿

see styles
shì yuàn
    shi4 yuan4
shih yüan
 seigan / segan
    せいがん
(noun/participle) (1) (religious) vow; (noun/participle) (2) prayer (for something by making a vow)
To swear and vow, e.g. the forty-eight vows of Amitābha to save all beings.

誓願寺

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 seiganji / seganji
    せいがんじ
(personal name) Seiganji

誓願島

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 seiganjima / seganjima
    せいがんじま
(place-name) Seiganjima

大誓願


大誓愿

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dà shì yuàn
    da4 shi4 yuan4
ta shih yüan
 dai seigan
great vow

弘誓願


弘誓愿

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hóng shì yuàn
    hong2 shi4 yuan4
hung shih yüan
 gu zeigan
great vow

修道誓願

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 shuudouseigan / shudosegan
    しゅうどうせいがん
vows of religious orders

元誓願寺

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 motoseiganji / motoseganji
    もとせいがんじ
(place-name) Motoseiganji

四弘誓願


四弘誓愿

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sì hóng shì yuàn
    si4 hong2 shi4 yuan4
ssu hung shih yüan
 shi ku seigan
The four universal vows of a Buddha or bodhisattva: 衆生無邊誓願度 to save all living beings without limit; 煩惱無數誓願斷 to put an end to all passions and delusions however numerous; 法門無盡誓願學 to study and learn all methods and means without end; 佛道無上誓願成 to become perfect in the supreme Buddha-law. The four vows are considered as arising one by one out of the 四諦 Four Noble Truths.

桜誓願寺

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 ouseiganji / oseganji
    おうせいがんじ
(personal name) Ouseiganji

四弘誓願文


四弘誓愿文

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sì hóng s hi yuàn wén
    si4 hong2 s hi4 yuan4 wen2
ssu hung s hi yüan wen
 shigu seigan mon
Verse of Four Universal Vows

藥師十二誓願


药师十二誓愿

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yào shī shí èr shì yuàn
    yao4 shi1 shi2 er4 shi4 yuan4
yao shih shih erh shih yüan
 Yakushi jūni seigan
twelve vows of the Healing Buddha

藥王十二誓願


药王十二誓愿

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yào wáng shí èr shì yuàn
    yao4 wang2 shi2 er4 shi4 yuan4
yao wang shih erh shih yüan
 yakuō jūni seigan
The twelve vows of the Buddha of Medicine are: (1) To shine upon all beings with his light; (2) to reveal his great power to all beings; (3) to fulfil the desires of all beings; (4) to cause all beings to enter the Great Vehicle; (5) to enable all beings to observe all the moral laws; (6) to heal all those whose senses are imperfect; (7) to remove all diseases and give perfect health of body and mind and bring all to perfect enlightenment; (8) to transform women into men (in the next rebirth); (9) to enable all beings to escape false doctrines and bonds and attain to truth; (10) to enable all beings to escape evil kalpas, etc.; (11) to give superior food to the hungry; (12) and wonderful garments to the naked.

誓願寺のソテツ

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 seiganjinosotetsu / seganjinosotetsu
    せいがんじのソテツ
(place-name) Seiganjinosotetsu

佛道無上誓願成


佛道无上誓愿成

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fó dào wú shàng shì yuàn chéng
    fo2 dao4 wu2 shang4 shi4 yuan4 cheng2
fo tao wu shang shih yüan ch`eng
    fo tao wu shang shih yüan cheng
 butsudō mujō seigan jō
I vow to attain supreme enlightenment

法門無盡誓願學


法门无尽誓愿学

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fǎ mén wú jìn shì yuàn xué
    fa3 men2 wu2 jin4 shi4 yuan4 xue2
fa men wu chin shih yüan hsüeh
 hōmon mujin seigan gaku
however inexhaustible the teachings may be, I vow to study them

法門無量誓願學


法门无量誓愿学

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fǎ mén wú liáng shì yuàn xué
    fa3 men2 wu2 liang2 shi4 yuan4 xue2
fa men wu liang shih yüan hsüeh
 hōmon muryō seigan gaku
however immeasurable the teachings may be, I vow to study them

煩惱無數誓願斷


烦恼无数誓愿断

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fán nǎo wú shǔ shì yuàn duàn
    fan2 nao3 wu2 shu3 shi4 yuan4 duan4
fan nao wu shu shih yüan tuan
 bonnō mushu seigan dan
vowing to eliminate inexhaustible afflictions

煩惱無盡誓願斷


烦恼无尽誓愿断

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fán nǎo wú jìn shì yuàn duàn
    fan2 nao3 wu2 jin4 shi4 yuan4 duan4
fan nao wu chin shih yüan tuan
 bonnō wa mujin na richi katte danzen koto wo negau
however inexhaustible afflictions may be, I vow to extinguish them

衆生無邊誓願度


众生无边誓愿度

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zhòng shēng wú biān shì yuàn dù
    zhong4 sheng1 wu2 bian1 shi4 yuan4 du4
chung sheng wu pien shih yüan tu
 shūjō muhen seigan do
(I) vow to save all living beings without limit

中将姫誓願ザクラ

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 chuujouhimeseiganzakura / chujohimeseganzakura
    ちゅうじょうひめせいがんザクラ
(place-name) Chuujōhimeseiganzakura

元誓願寺通東堀川東入

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 motoseiganjidoorihigashihorikawahigashiiru / motoseganjidoorihigashihorikawahigashiru
    もとせいがんじどおりひがしほりかわひがしいる
(place-name) Motoseiganjidoorihigashihorikawahigashiiru

慈氏菩薩誓願陀羅尼經


慈氏菩萨誓愿陀罗尼经

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cí shì pú sà shì yuàn tuó luó ní jīng
    ci2 shi4 pu2 sa4 shi4 yuan4 tuo2 luo2 ni2 jing1
tz`u shih p`u sa shih yüan t`o lo ni ching
    tzu shih pu sa shih yüan to lo ni ching
 Jishi bosatsu seigan daranikyō
Dhāraṇī of the Merciful one's Promise

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

This page contains 22 results for "誓願" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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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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