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三智

see styles
sān zhì
    san1 zhi4
san chih
 michi
    みち
(female given name) Michi
The three kinds of wisdom: (1) (a) 一切智 śrāvaka and pratyeka-buddha knowledge that all the dharma or laws are 空 void and unreal; (b) 道種智 bodhisattva-knowledge. of all things in their proper discrimination; (c) 一切種智 Buddha-knowledge, or perfect knowledge of all things in their every aspect and relationship past, present, and future. Tiantai associates the above with 室, 候, 中. (2) (a) 世間智 earthly or ordinary wisdom; (b) 出世間智 supra-mundane, or spiritual (śrāvaka and pratyeka-buddha) wisdom; (c) 出世間上上智 supreme wisdom of bodhisattvas and Buddhas. v. 智度論 27, 止觀 3, and 概伽經 3. Cf. — 心三智.

三曹

see styles
sān cáo
    san1 cao2
san ts`ao
    san tsao
 sansou / sanso
    さんそう
the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
sergeant (JSDF)

三有

see styles
sān yǒu
    san1 you3
san yu
 san'u
The three kinds of bhava, or existence; idem 三界 q. v. The three states of mortal existence in the trailokya, i. e. in the realms of desire, of form, and beyond form. Another definition is 現有 present existence, or the present body and mind; 當有 in a future state; 中有 antara-bhava, in the intermediate state. 三有對 The three sets of limitation on freedom: (a) direct resistance or opposition; (b) environment or condition; (c) attachment. 三有爲法 The three active) functioning dharmas: (1) pratigha, matter or form, i. e. that which has ' substantial resistance'; (2) mind; and (3) 非色非心 entities neither of matter nor mind; cf. 七十五法. 三有爲相 The three forms of all phenomena, birth, stay (i. e. 1ife), death; utpāda, sthiti, and nirvana.

三本

see styles
 mimoto
    みもと
three (long cylindrical things); (surname) Mimoto

三枚

see styles
 mitsuhira
    みつひら
(1) three flat objects (e.g. tickets, pieces of cloth, etc.); (2) filleting (a fish); (surname) Mitsuhira

三株

see styles
sān zhū
    san1 zhu1
san chu
 mikabu
    みかぶ
(place-name) Mikabu
The three tree-trunks, or main stems—desire, hate, stupidity; v. 三毒.

三根

see styles
sān gēn
    san1 gen1
san ken
 mine
    みね
(place-name, surname) Mine
The three (evil) 'roots'— desire, hate, stupidity, idem 三毒. Another group is the three grades of good roots, or abilities 上, 中, 下 superior, medium, and inferior. Another is the three grades of faultlessness 三無漏根.

三桁

see styles
 sanketa; miketa
    さんけた; みけた
three-digit number; hundreds column

三條


三条

see styles
sān tiáo
    san1 tiao2
san t`iao
    san tiao
 sanjou / sanjo
    さんじょう
three of a kind (poker)
(surname) Sanjō

三梵

see styles
sān fàn
    san1 fan4
san fan
 sanbon
The three Brahma heavens of the first dhyāna: that of 梵衆 Brahma-pāriṣadya, the assembly of Brahma; 梵輔 Brahma-purohitas, his attendants; 大梵 Mahābrahmā, Great Brahma.

三業


三业

see styles
sān yè
    san1 ye4
san yeh
 sangou / sango
    さんごう
{Buddh} (See 身口意) three activities (action, speech and thought)
trividha-dvāra. The three conditions, inheritances, or karma, of which there are several groups. (1) Deed, word, thought, 身, 口, 意. (2) (a) Present-1ife happy karma; (6) present-life unhappy karma; (c) 不動 karma of an imperturbable nature. (3) (a) Good; (b) evil; (c) neutral karma. (4) (a) 漏業 Karma of ordinary rebirth; (6) 無漏業 karma of Hīnayāna nirvana; (c) 非漏非無漏 karma of neither, independent of both, Mahāyāna nirvana. (5) (a) Present deeds and their consequences in this life; (b) present deeds and their next life consequences; (c) present deeds and consequences after the next life, There are other groups of three.

三樂


三乐

see styles
sān lè
    san1 le4
san le
 sanraku
The three joys— the joy of being born a deva, the joy of meditation, the joy of nirvana.

三権

see styles
 sanken
    さんけん
the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)

三機


三机

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sān jī
    san1 ji1
san chi
 sanki
see 三聚.

三檀

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sān tán
    san1 tan2
san t`an
    san tan
 sandan
The three kinds of dāna, i. e. charity; giving of goods, of the dharma, of abhaya, or fearlessness. Idem 三施.

三次

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sān cì
    san1 ci4
san tz`u
    san tzu
 miyoshi
    みよし
third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
(adj-no,n) (1) third; (can act as adjective) (2) tertiary; (can act as adjective) (3) {math} cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order; (place-name, surname) Miyoshi

三欲

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sān yù
    san1 yu4
san yü
 sanyoku
three lusts, i. e. for 形貌 form, 姿態 carriage or beauty, and 細觸refinement, or softness to the touch.

三武

see styles
sān wǔ
    san1 wu3
san wu
 mitsutake
    みつたけ
(personal name) Mitsutake
The three emperors Wu who persecuted Buddhism: 太武 of the Wei dynasty A.D. 424-452; 武帝 of the Zhou A.D. 561-578; 武宗 of the Tang A.D. 841-7.

三歸


三归

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sān guī
    san1 gui1
san kuei
 sanki
Triśaraṇa, or Śaraṇa-gamana. The three surrenders to, or "formulas of refuge" in, the Three Precious Ones 三賓, i.e. to the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法, the Saṅgha 僧. The three formulas are 歸依佛 Buddham śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi, 歸依法 Dharmaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi, 歸依僧 Saṅghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi. It is "the most primitive formula fidei of the early Buddhists". The surrender is to the Buddha as teacher 師, the Law as medicine 藥, the Ecclesia as friends 友. These are known as the 三歸依.

三死

see styles
 sanshi
    さんし
three outs

三毒

see styles
sān dú
    san1 du2
san tu
 sandoku
    さんどく
{Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance)
The three poisons, also styled 三根; 三株; they are 貪 concupiscence, or wrong desire, 瞋 anger, hate, or resentment, and 痴 stupidity, ignorance, unintelligence, or unwillingness to accept Buddha-truth; these three are the source of all the passions and delusions. They represent in part the ideas of love, hate, and moral inertia. v. 智度論 19, 31.

三治

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sān zhì
    san1 zhi4
san chih
 miharu
    みはる
(surname) Miharu
idem 三三昧門 v. 三解脫.

三法

see styles
sān fǎ
    san1 fa3
san fa
 sanbō
The three dharma, i.e. 教法 the Buddha's teaching; 行法 the practice of it; 證法 realization or experiential proof of it in bodhi and nirvāṇa.

三流

see styles
sān liú
    san1 liu2
san liu
 sanru
    さんる
third-rate; inferior
(hist) (See 遠流,中流,近流) three banishment punishments (of different severity; under ritsuryō system)

三漏

see styles
sān lòu
    san1 lou4
san lou
 sanro
The three affluents that feed the stream of mortality, or transmigration: 欲 desire; 有 (material, or phenomenal) existence; 無明 ignorance (of the way of escape). 涅槃經 22.

三漸


三渐

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sān jiàn
    san1 jian4
san chien
 sanzen
The three progressive developments of the Buddha's teaching according to the Prajñā school: (a) the 鹿苑 initial stage in the Lumbinī deer park; (b) the 方等 period of the eight succeeding years; (c) the 般若 Prajñā or wisdom period which succeeded.

三火

see styles
sān huǒ
    san1 huo3
san huo
 sanka
The three fires—desire, hate, and stupidity; v. 三毒.

三災


三灾

see styles
sān zāi
    san1 zai1
san tsai
 sansai
    さんさい
the three calamities: fire, flood and storm
The three calamities; they are of two kinds, minor and major. The minor, appearing during a decadent world-period, are sword, pestilence, and famine; the major, for world-destruction, are fire, water, and wind. 倶舍諭 12.

三焦

see styles
sān jiāo
    san1 jiao1
san chiao
 minowata
    みのわた
    sanshou / sansho
    さんしょう
(TCM) the three truncal cavities (thoracic, abdominal and pelvic), known as the "triple heater" or "San Jiao"
san jiao (triple heater; functional metabolic organ in Chinese medicine)

三照

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sān zhào
    san1 zhao4
san chao
 sanshō
The three shinings; the sun first shining on the hill-tops, then the valleys and plains. So, according to Tiantai teaching of the Huayan sūtra, the Buddha's doctrine had three periods of such shining: (a) first, he taught the Huayan sūtra, transforming his chief disciples into bodhisattvas; (b) second, the Hīnayāna sūtras in general to śrāvakas and pratyeka-buddhas in the Lumbinī garden; (c) third, the 方等 sūtras down to the 涅槃經 for all the living. See the 六十華嚴經 35, where the order is five, i.e. bodhisattvas, pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, lay disciples, and all creatures.

三熱


三热

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sān rè
    san1 re4
san je
 san netsu
The three distresses of which dragons and dragon-kings are afraid— fiery heat, fierce wind, and the garuḍa bird which preys on them for food.

三牲

see styles
sān shēng
    san1 sheng1
san sheng
the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish)

三献

see styles
 sankon; sangon
    さんこん; さんごん
{Shinto} (See 三々九度) three-times-three exchange of nuptial cups

三獸


三兽

see styles
sān shòu
    san1 shou4
san shou
 sanshū
The three animals— hare, horse, elephant— crossing a stream. The śrāvaka is like the hare who crosses by swimming on the surface; the pratyeka-buddha is like the horse who crosses deeper than the hare; the bodhisattva is like the elephant who walks across on the bottom. Also likened to the triyāna. 涅槃經 23, 27.

三甜

see styles
sān tián
    san1 tian2
san t`ien
    san tien
 sankan
The three sweet things— cream, honey, curd.

三生

see styles
sān shēng
    san1 sheng1
san sheng
 mitsuo
    みつお
(surname, given name) Mitsuo
The three births, or reincarnations, past, present, future. Tiantai has (a) 種 planting the seed; (b) 熟 ripening; (c) 脫 liberating, stripping, or harvesting, i.e. beginning, development, and reward of bodhi, a process either gradual or instantaneous. Huayan has (a) 見聞生 a past life of seeing and hearing Buddha-truth; (b) 解行生 liberation in the present life; (c) 證入生 realization of life in Buddhahood. This is also called 三生成佛, Buddhahood in the course of three lives. There is also a definition of three rebirths as the shortest term for arhatship, sixty kalpas being the longest. There are other definitions.

三田

see styles
sān tián
    san1 tian2
san t`ien
    san tien
 minda
    みんだ
3 annual hunting bouts; 3 qi points
(surname) Minda
The three "fields" of varying qualities of fertility, i.e. bodhisattvas, śrāvakas, and icchantis, respectively producing a hundred-fold, fifty-fold, onefold. 涅槃經 33.

三男

see styles
 sannan
    さんなん
(1) three sons; (2) third son; (given name) Mitsuo

三界

see styles
sān jiè
    san1 jie4
san chieh
 sangai
    さんがい
(1) {Buddh} (See 欲界,色界,無色界) the three realms of existence; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 三千大千世界) the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened; (3) {Buddh} (See 三世・さんぜ・1) past, present and future existences; (suffix) (4) far-off ...; distant ...; (surname) Mikai
Trailokya or Triloka; the three realms; also 三有. It is the Buddhist metaphysical equivalent for the Brahmanic cosmological bhuvanatraya, or triple world of bhūr, bhuvaḥ, and svar, earth, atmosphere, and heaven. The Buddhist three are 欲, 色, and 無色界, i.e. world of sensuous desire, form, and formless world of pure spirit. (a) 欲界 Kāmadhātu is the realm of sensuous desire, of 婬 and 食 sex and food; it includes the six heavens of desire, the human world, and the hells. (b) 色界 Rūpadhātu is the realm of form, meaning 質礙 that which is substantial and resistant: it is above the lust-world and contains (so to speak) bodies, palaces, things, all mystic and wonderful一a semi-material conception like that in Revelation; it is represented in the 四禪天, or Brahmalokas. (c) 無色界 Arūpadhātu, or ārūpyadhātu, is the formless realm of pure spirit, where there are no bodies, places, things, at any rate none to which human terms would apply, but where the mind dwells in mystic contemplation; its extent is indefinable, but it is, conceived of in four stages, i,e. 四空處 the four "empty" regions, or regions of space in the immaterial world, which are 四無色 the four "formless" realms, or realms beyond form; being above the realm of form, their bounds cannot be defined. v. 倶舍論世間品.

三番

see styles
sān fān
    san1 fan1
san fan
 sanban
    さんばん
third; no. three; (place-name) Sanban
tripartite

三疑

see styles
sān yí
    san1 yi2
san i
 sangi
The three doubts— of self, of teacher, of the dharma-truth.

三病

see styles
sān bìng
    san1 bing4
san ping
 sanbyō
The three ailments: (1) (a) 貪 lust, for which the 不淨觀 meditation on uncleanness is the remedy; (b) 瞋 anger, or hate, remedy 慈悲觀 meditation on kindness and pity; (c) 癡 stupidity, or ignorance, remedy 因緣觀 meditation on causality. (2) (a) 謗 Slander of Mahāyāna; (b) 五逆罪 the five gross sins; (c) to be a "heathen" or outsider; the forms recorded seem to be icchantika, ecchantika, and aicchantika. Cf. 三毒.

三百

see styles
sān bǎi
    san1 bai3
san pai
 mitsuhyaku
    みつひゃく
(1) 300; three hundred; (2) (See 文・もん・1) 300 mon; trifling amount; two-bit item; (3) (abbreviation) (See 三百代言) shyster; (surname) Mitsuhyaku
three hundred

三皇

see styles
sān huáng
    san1 huang2
san huang
the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人[Sui4 ren2], Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] and Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2], or 天皇|天皇[Tian1 huang2], 地皇|地皇[Di4 huang2] and 人皇|人皇[Ren2 huang2]

三皈

see styles
sān guī
    san1 gui1
san kuei
 sanki
idem 三歸.

三益

see styles
sān yì
    san1 yi4
san i
 mimasu
    みます
(surname) Mimasu
three stages of development

三監


三监

see styles
sān jiān
    san1 jian1
san chien
 sankan
idem 三從.

三目

see styles
sān mù
    san1 mu4
san mu
 mitsume
    みつめ
(surname) Mitsume
The three-eyed, a term for Śiva, i.e Maheśvara; simile for the dharmakāya, or spiritual body, prajñā, or wisdom, and nirvāṇa emancipation.

三相

see styles
sān xiàng
    san1 xiang4
san hsiang
 sansou / sanso
    さんそう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) three phases
The three forms or positions: 解脫相 nirvāṇa; 離相 no nirvāṇa; 滅和 or 非有非無之中道 absence of both, or the "middle way" of neither.

三礼

see styles
 sanrai; sanrei; mirei / sanrai; sanre; mire
    さんらい; さんれい; みれい
(See 三拝) adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly; (female given name) Mirei

三社

see styles
 sansha; sanja
    さんしゃ; さんじゃ
(1) {Shinto} three shrines (usu. in ref. to Ise Grand Shrine, Iwashimizu Hachimangū and Kamo Shrine, or Kasuga Grand Shrine); (2) (さんしゃ only) three companies; (place-name) Sanja

三神

see styles
 sanjin
    さんじん
(1) {Shinto} the three gods of creation; (2) five-grain guardian gods; (surname) Mitsugami

三福

see styles
sān fú
    san1 fu2
san fu
 mifuku
    みふく
(place-name, surname) Mifuku
The three (sources of) felicity: (1) The 無量壽經 has the felicity of (a) 世福 filial piety, regard for elders, keeping the ten commandments; (b) 戒福 of keeping the other commandments; (c) 行福 of resolve on complete bodhi and the pursuit of the Buddha-way. (2) The 倶舍論 18, has the blessedness of (a) 施類福 almsgiving, in evoking resultant wealth; (b) 戒類福 observance of the 性戒 (against killing, stealing, adultery, lying) and the 遮戒 (against alcohol, etc.), in obtaining a happy lot in the heavens; (c) 修類福 observance of meditation in obtaining final escape from the mortal round. Cf. 三種淨業.

三禮


三礼

see styles
sān lǐ
    san1 li3
san li
 mire
    みれ
(female given name) Mire
Worship with 身, 口, 意, body, mouth, and mind.

三秋

see styles
 sanshuu / sanshu
    さんしゅう
three autumn months; three fall months; three years; (p,s,f) Miaki

三科

see styles
sān kē
    san1 ke1
san k`o
    san ko
 minashi
    みなし
(surname) Minashi
The three categories of 五蘊, 十二處 or 入, and eighteen 界.

三種


三种

see styles
sān zhǒng
    san1 zhong3
san chung
 sanshu
    さんしゅ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) three kinds; three varieties; (surname) Mitane
Three kinds, sorts, classes, categories, etc.

三空

see styles
sān kōng
    san1 kong1
san k`ung
    san kung
 sankū
The three voids or immaterialities. The first set of three is (a) 空, (b) 無相, (c) 無願, v. 三三昧. The second, (a) 我空 , (b) 法空 , (c) 倶空 the self, things, all phenomena as "empty" or immaterial. The third relates to charity: (a) giver, (b) receiver, (c) gift, all are "empty".

三筆

see styles
 sanpitsu
    さんぴつ
(hist) the three famous ancient calligraphers (Emperor Saga, Tachibana (no) Hayanari and Kooboo Daishi)

三箱

see styles
 sanhako; sanpako; mihako; sanbako(ik)
    さんはこ; さんぱこ; みはこ; さんばこ(ik)
three boxes; three box-shaped things; three containers

三節


三节

see styles
sān jié
    san1 jie2
san chieh
 sansetsu
The three divisions of the 十二因緣 twelve nidānas, q.v.: (a) past, i.e. the first two; (b) present— the next eight; (c) future— the last two.

三篋


三箧

see styles
sān qiè
    san1 qie4
san ch`ieh
    san chieh
 san kyō
idem 三藏 tripiṭaka.

三細


三细

see styles
sān xì
    san1 xi4
san hsi
 sansai
The three refined, or subtle conceptions, in contrast with the 六麤 cruder or common concepts, in the Awakening of Faith 起信論. The three are 無明業相 "ignorance", or the unenlightened condition, considered as in primal action, the stirring of the perceptive faculty; 能見相 ability to perceive phenomena; perceptive faculties; 境界相 the object perceived, or the empirical world. The first is associated with the 體corpus or substance, the second and third with function, but both must have co-existence, e.g. water and waves. v. 六麤.

三絃

see styles
 sangen
    さんげん
three-stringed instrument; samisen

三組

see styles
 mikumi
    みくみ
set of three; three sets; three classes; (place-name) Mikumi

三結


三结

see styles
sān jié
    san1 jie2
san chieh
 miyui
    みゆい
(female given name) Miyui
The three ties: (a) 見結 , the tie of false views, e.g. of a permanent ego; (b) 戒取結 of discipline; (c) 疑結 of doubt. The three are also parts of見惑 used for it.

三經


三经

see styles
sān jīng
    san1 jing1
san ching
 sangyō
three scriptures that are considered definitive for a given tradition

三維


三维

see styles
sān wéi
    san1 wei2
san wei
three-dimensional; 3D

三綱


三纲

see styles
sān gāng
    san1 gang1
san kang
 sangou / sango
    さんごう
{Buddh} three monastic positions with management roles at a temple; (given name) Sankou
The three bonds, i.e. directors of a monastery: (a) 上座 sthavira, elder, president; (b) 寺主vihārasvāmin, v. 毘 the abbot who directs the temporal affairs; (c) 維那 karmadāna, v. 羯 who directs the monks. Another meaning: (a) 上座; (b) 維那; (c) 典座 vihārapāla, v. 毘director of worship. The three vary in different countries.

三線

see styles
 sansen
    さんせん
(See 三味線) shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute

三縛


三缚

see styles
sān fú
    san1 fu2
san fu
 sanbaku
The three bonds— desire, anger, stupidity; idem 三毒.

三義


三义

see styles
sān yì
    san1 yi4
san i
 miyoshi
    みよし
Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
(surname) Miyoshi
three meanings

三者

see styles
 sansha
    さんしゃ
three persons; three parties

三聖


三圣

see styles
sān shèng
    san1 sheng4
san sheng
 sansei / sanse
    さんせい
(1) three enlightened men (Buddha, Confucius and Christ; Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha; etc.); three sages; three virtuous men; (2) the three most accomplished people (of a particular craft or trade); (female given name) Misato
The three sages, or holy ones, of whom there are several groups. The 華嚴Huayan have Vairocana in the center with Mañjuśrī on his left and Samantabhadra on his right. The 彌陀 Mituo or Pure-land sect, have Amitābha in the center, with Avalokiteśvara on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. The Tiantai use the term for the 藏, 別, and 圓教v. 三教.

三聚

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sān jù
    san1 ju4
san chü
 sanju
The three groups, i.e. 正定聚 Those decided for the truth; 邪定聚 those who are decided for heresy; 不定聚 the undecided. Definitions vary in different schools.

三脚

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 sankyaku
    さんきゃく
(noun - becomes adjective with の) tripod; three legs

三脫


三脱

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sān tuō
    san1 tuo1
san t`o
    san to
 sandatsu
the three (gates of) liberation

三自

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sān zì
    san1 zi4
san tzu
 sanji
abbr. for 三自愛國教會|三自爱国教会[San1 zi4 Ai4 guo2 Jiao4 hui4], Three-Self Patriotic Movement
Three divisions of the eight-fold noble path, the first to the third 自調 self-control, the fourth and fifth 自淨 self-purification, the last three 自度 self-development in the religious life and in wisdom. Also 自體, 自相, 自用 substance, form, and function.

三舉

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sān jǔ
    san1 ju3
san chü
The three exposures, i,e. the three sins of a monk each entailing his unfrocking— willful non-confession of sin, unwillingness to repent, claiming that lust is not contrary to the doctrine.

三舎

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 sansha
    さんしゃ
(archaism) (in the ancient Chinese army) three days' march (approx. 36.5 km)

三色

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sān sè
    san1 se4
san se
 sanshoku
    さんしょく
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) three colours; three colors; (2) (abbreviation) {mahj} (See 三色同順) triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; (3) (abbreviation) {mahj} (See 三色同刻) triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
The three kinds of rūpa or form-realms: the five organs (of sense), their objects, and invisible perceptions, or ideas. Cf. 三種色.

三苦

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sān kǔ
    san1 ku3
san k`u
    san ku
 sanku
The three kinds of duḥkha, pain, or suffering: 苦苦 that produced by direct causes; 壞苦 by loss or deprivation; 行苦 by the passing or impermanency of all things.

三草

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sān cǎo
    san1 cao3
san ts`ao
    san tsao
 mitsukusa
    みつくさ
(surname) Mitsukusa
three grasses

三葉

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 miwa
    みわ
(1) (kana only) mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; Japanese chervil; Japanese parsley; (adj-no,n) (2) three-leaved; trefoil; (female given name) Miwa

三蔵

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 sanzou / sanzo
    さんぞう
three branches of Buddhist sutras; (given name) Mitsuzou

三藏

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sān zàng
    san1 zang4
san tsang
 sanzō
Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries
v. 藏.

三蘇


三苏

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sān sū
    san1 su1
san su
the Three Su's (famous Song dynasty writers Su Xun 蘇洵|苏洵[Su1 Xun2] and his sons Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼[Su1 Shi4] and Su Zhe 蘇轍|苏辙[Su1 Zhe2])

三蘊


三蕴

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sān yùn
    san1 yun4
san yün
 san'un
The three kinds of skandhas, aggregations, or combinations, into which all life may be expressed according to the 化地 or Mahīśāsakāh school: 一念蘊 combination for a moment, momentary existence; 一期蘊 combination for a period, e.g. a single human lifetime; 窮生死蘊 the total existence of all beings.

三處


三处

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sān chù
    san1 chu4
san ch`u
    san chu
 sansho
the three realms (of transmigration)

三行

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sān xíng
    san1 xing2
san hsing
 miyuki
    みゆき
(g,p) Miyuki
Three lines of action that affect karma, i.e. the ten good deeds that cause happy karma; the ten evil deeds that cause unhappy karma; 不動業 or 無動行 karma arising without activity, e.g. meditation on error and its remedy.

三衍

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sān yǎn
    san1 yan3
san yen
 sanen
The three yāna, or vehicles to nirvāṇa, i.e. śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattva, v. 三乘.

三術


三术

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sān shù
    san1 shu4
san shu
 sanjutsu
Three devices in meditation for getting rid of Māra-hindrances: within, to get rid of passion and delusion; without, to refuse or to withdraw from external temptation.

三衣

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sān yī
    san1 yi1
san i
 sanne
The three regulation garments of a monk, 袈裟 kaāṣāya, i.e. 僧伽梨 saṅghāṭī, assembly robe; 鬱多羅僧 uttarāsaṅga, upper garment worn over the 安陀會 antarvāsaka, vest or shirt.

三衰

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sān shuāi
    san1 shuai1
san shuai
 sansui
The three deteriorators, idem 三毒.

三覆


三复

see styles
sān fù
    san1 fu4
san fu
 mitsubuchi
    みつぶち
(personal name) Mitsubuchi
denote a day in each of the first, fifth, and ninth months when the recording angels of the four Lokapālas report on the conduct of each individual. See also 三覆八校.

三見


三见

see styles
sān jiàn
    san1 jian4
san chien
 sanmi
    さんみ
(place-name, surname) Sanmi
three mistaken views

三覺


三觉

see styles
sān jué
    san1 jue2
san chüeh
 sankaku
The three kinds of enlightenment: (1) (a) 自覺 Enlightenment for self; (b) 覺他 for others; (c) 覺行圓 (or 窮) 滿 perfect enlightenment and accomplishment; the first is an arhat's, the first and second a bodhisattva's, all three a Buddha's. (2) From the Awakening of Faith 起信論 (a) 本覺 inherent, potential enlightenment or intelligence of every being; (b) 始覺 , initial, or early stages of such enlightenment, brought about through the external perfuming or influence of teaching, working on the internal perfuming of subconscious intelligence; (c) 究竟覺 completion of enlightenment, the subjective mind in perfect accord with the subconscious (or superconscious) mind, or the inherent intelligence.

三觀


三观

see styles
sān guān
    san1 guan1
san kuan
 sangan
The three studies, meditations, or insights. The most general group is that of Tiantai: (a) 空觀 study of all as void, or immaterial; (b) 假觀 of all as unreal, transient, or temporal; (c) 中觀 as the via media inclusive of both. The Huayan group is 眞空觀, 理事無礙觀 and 周遍含容觀, see 華嚴經:法界觀. The 南山 group is 性空觀, 相空觀, and 唯識觀. The 慈恩 group is 有觀, 空觀 and 中觀.

三言

see styles
 mikoto
    みこと
three words

三語


三语

see styles
sān yǔ
    san1 yu3
san yü
 sango
Buddha's three modes of discourse, i.e. without reserve, or the whole truth; tactical or partial, adapting truth to the capacity of his hearers; and a combination of both.

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