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Simple Dictionary Definition |
法 see styles |
fǎ fa3 fa hou / ho ほう |
More info & calligraphy: Dharma / The Law(n,n-suf) (1) law; act; principle; (n,n-suf) (2) method; (n,n-suf) (3) {gramm} mood; (n,n-suf) (4) {Buddh} dharma; law; (female given name) Minori Dharma, 達磨; 曇無 (or 曇摩); 達摩 (or 達謨) Law, truth, religion, thing, anything Buddhist. Dharma is 'that which is held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice, custom'; 'duty'; 'right'; 'proper'; 'morality'; 'character'. M. W. It is used in the sense of 一切 all things, or anything small or great, visible or invisible, real or unreal, affairs, truth, principle, method, concrete things, abstract ideas, etc. Dharma is described as that which has entity and bears its own attributes. It connotes Buddhism as the perfect religion; it also has the second place in the triratna 佛法僧, and in the sense of 法身 dharmakāya it approaches the Western idea of 'spiritual'. It is also one of the six media of sensation, i. e. the thing or object in relation to mind, v. 六塵. |
三宝 see styles |
sanbou; sanpou / sanbo; sanpo さんぼう; さんぽう |
More info & calligraphy: Three Treasures of Buddhism |
三寶 三宝 see styles |
sān bǎo san1 bao3 san pao sanbou / sanbo さんぼう |
More info & calligraphy: Three Treasures of Buddhism(surname) Sanbou three treasures |
佛法 see styles |
fó fǎ fo2 fa3 fo fa buppō |
More info & calligraphy: Dharma / Buddhist Doctrinebuddhadharma; the Dharma or Law preached by the Buddha, the principles underlying these teachings, the truth attained by him, its embodiment in his being. Buddhism. |
十法 see styles |
shí fǎ shi2 fa3 shih fa jippō |
More info & calligraphy: Ten perfect Mahayana rules |
正法 see styles |
zhèng fǎ zheng4 fa3 cheng fa seihou / seho せいほう |
More info & calligraphy: Shobo(1) just law; (2) proper method; (3) {Buddh} the true teachings of Buddha; Period of the True Law; (given name) Masanori The correct doctrine of the Buddha, whose period was to last 500, some say 1, 000 years, be followed by the 像法時 semblance period of 1, 000 years, and then by the 末法時 period of decay and termination, lasting 10, 000 years. The 正法時 is also known as 正法壽. |
法利 see styles |
fǎ lì fa3 li4 fa li hori ほり |
More info & calligraphy: FarleyThe blessing, or benefits, of Buddhism. |
法輪 法轮 see styles |
fǎ lún fa3 lun2 fa lun hourin / horin ほうりん |
More info & calligraphy: Eternal Wheel of Life{Buddh} (See 輪宝,転法輪) the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine; (surname) Noriwa dharmacakra, the Wheel of the Law, Buddha-truth which is able to crush all evil and all opposition, like Indra's wheel, and which rolls on from man to man, place to place, age to age. 轉法輪To turn, or roll along the Law-wheel, i.e. to preach Buddha-truth. |
渴法 see styles |
kě fǎ ke3 fa3 k`o fa ko fa katsuhō |
More info & calligraphy: Thirst for Truth |
佛法僧 see styles |
fó fǎ sēng fo2 fa3 seng1 fo fa seng buppō sō |
More info & calligraphy: Buddha Dharma Sangha |
曇 昙 see styles |
tán tan2 t`an tan kumori くもり |
dark clouds cloudiness; cloudy weather; shadow; (surname) Kumori Clouds covering the sun, spreading clouds; translit. dh in dharma 曇摩, 曇磨, 曇無; v. 達 and 法. Dharma is also the initial character for a number of names of noted Indian monks, e.g. 曇磨毱多; 達摩瞿諦; 曇無德 Dharmagupta, founder of a school, the 曇無德部 which flourished in Ceylon A.D 400. Also Dharmajātayaśas, Dharmakāla, Dharmākara, Dharmamitra, Dharmanandi, Dharmapriya, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmaruci, Dharmasatva, Dharmayaśas, etc. |
一法 see styles |
yī fǎ yi1 fa3 i fa kazunori かずのり |
(given name) Kazunori A dharma, or law; an ordered something, a thing, a matter. |
三印 see styles |
sān yìn san1 yin4 san yin san'in |
The three signs or proofs of a Hīnayāna sutra— non-permanence, non-personality, nirvāṇa; without these the sūtra is spurious and the doctrine is of Māra; the proof of a Mahāyāna sūtra is the doctrine of 一實 ultimate reality, q. v. Also 三法印. |
三寳 三宝 see styles |
sān bǎo san1 bao3 san pao sanbō |
Triratna, or Ratnatraya, i.e. the Three Precious Ones: 佛 Buddha, 法 Dharma, 儈 Saṅgha, i.e. Buddha, the Law, the Ecelesia or Order. Eitel suggests this trinity may be adapted from the Trimūrti, i.e, Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Sīva. The Triratna takes many forms, e.g. the Trikāya 三身 q.v. There is also the Nepalese idea of a triple existence of each Buddha as a Nirvāṇa-Buddha, Dhyāni-Buddha, and Mānuṣi-Buddha; also the Tantric trinity of Vairocana as Nirvāṇa-Buddha, Locana according to Eitel "existing in reflex in the world of forms", and the human Buddha, Śākyamuni. There are other elaborated details known as the four and the six kinds of triratna 四 and 六種三寳, e.g. that the Triratna exists in each member of the trinity. The term has also been applied to the 三仙 q.v. Popularly the 三寳 are referred to the three images in the main hall of monasteries. The centre one is Śākyamuni, on his left Bhaiṣajya 藥師 and on his right Amitābha. There are other explanations, e.g. in some temples Amitābha is in the centre, Avalokiteśvara on his left, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta or Mañjuśrī on his right. Table of Triratna, Trikāya, and Trailokya: — DHARMASAṄGHABUDDHAEssential BodhiReflected BodhiPractical BodhiDhyāni BuddhaDhyāni BodhisattvaMānuṣī BuddhaDharmakāyaSambhogakāyaNirmāṇakāyaPurityCompletenessTransformations4th Buddha-kṣetra3rd Buddha-kṣetra1st and 2nd Buddha kṣetraArūpadhātuRūpadhātuKāmadhātu. |
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. |
三檀 see styles |
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. |
三歸 三归 see styles |
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. |
三疑 see styles |
sān yí san1 yi2 san i sangi |
The three doubts— of self, of teacher, of the dharma-truth. |
三身 see styles |
sān shēn san1 shen1 san shen sanjin; sanshin さんじん; さんしん |
{Buddh} trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha); (surname) Sanmi trikāya. 三寶身 The threefold body or nature of a Buddha, i.e. the 法, 報, and 化身, or dharmakāya, sambhogakāya, and nirmāṇakāya. The three are defined as 自性, 受用, and 變化, the Buddha-body per se, or in its essential nature; his body of bliss, which he "receives" for his own "use" and enjoyment; and his body of transformation, by which he can appear in any form; i.e. spiritual, or essential; glorified; revealed. While the doctrine of the trikāya is a Mahāyāna concept, it partly results from the Hīnayāna idealization of the earthly Buddha with his thirty-two signs, eighty physical marks, clairvoyance, clairaudience, holiness, purity, wisdom, pity, etc. Mahāyāna, however, proceeded to conceive of Buddha as the Universal, the All, with infinity of forms, yet above all our concepts of unity or diversity. To every Buddha Mahāyāna attributed a three-fold body: that of essential Buddha; that of joy or enjoyment of the fruits of his past saving labours; that of power to transform himself at will to any shape for omnipresent salvation of those who need him. The trinity finds different methods of expression, e.g. Vairocana is entitled 法身, the embodiment of the Law, shining everywhere, enlightening all; Locana is 報身; c.f. 三賓, the embodiment of purity and bliss; Śākyamuni is 化身 or Buddha revealed. In the esoteric sect they are 法 Vairocana, 報 Amitābha, and 化 Śākyamuni. The 三賓 are also 法 dharma, 報 saṅgha, 化 buddha. Nevertheless, the three are considered as a trinity, the three being essentially one, each in the other. (1) 法身 Dharmakāya in its earliest conception was that of the body of the dharma, or truth, as preached by Śākyamuni; later it became his mind or soul in contrast with his material body. In Mādhyamika, the dharmakāya was the only reality, i.e. the void, or the immateria1, the ground of all phenomena; in other words, the 眞如 the tathāgatagarbha, the bhūtatathatā. According to the Huayan (Kegon) School it is the 理or noumenon, while the other two are氣or phenomenal aspects. "For the Vijñānavāda... the body of the law as highest reality is the void intelligence, whose infection (saṃkleҫa) results in the process of birth and death, whilst its purification brings about Nirvāṇa, or its restoration to its primitive transparence" (Keith). The "body of the law is the true reality of everything". Nevertheless, in Mahāyāna every Buddha has his own 法身; e.g. in the dharmakāya aspect we have the designation Amitābha, who in his saṃbhogakāya aspect is styled Amitāyus. (2) 報身Sambhogakāya, a Buddha's reward body, or body of enjoyment of the merits he attained as a bodhisattva; in other words, a Buddha in glory in his heaven. This is the form of Buddha as an object of worship. It is defined in two aspects, (a) 自受用身 for his own bliss, and (b) 他受用身 for the sake of others, revealing himself in his glory to bodhisattvas, enlightening and inspiring them. By wisdom a Buddha's dharmakāya is attained, by bodhisattva-merits his saṃbhogakāya. Not only has every Buddha all the three bodies or aspects, but as all men are of the same essence, or nature, as Buddhas, they are therefore potential Buddhas and are in and of the trikāya. Moreover, trikāya is not divided, for a Buddha in his 化身 is still one with his 法身 and 報身, all three bodies being co-existent. (3) 化身; 應身; 應化身 nirmāṇakāya, a Buddha's transformation, or miraculous body, in which he appears at will and in any form outside his heaven, e.g. as Śākyamuni among men. |
上法 see styles |
shàng fǎ shang4 fa3 shang fa joubou / jobo じょうぼう |
(surname) Jōbou the supreme Dharma |
二土 see styles |
èr tǔ er4 tu3 erh t`u erh tu nido |
There are three groups: 性土 and 相土 : the former is the ubiquitous, unadulterated or innocent 法性之理 dharma-name, or essence of things; the latter is the form-nature, or formal existence of the dharma, pure or impure according to the mind and action of the living. The 淨土 and 穢土 are Pure-land or Paradise; and impure land, e.g. the present world. In the Pure-land there are also 報土 , the land in which a Buddha himself dwells and 化土 in which all beings are transformed. There are other definitions, e. g. the former is Buddha's Paradise, the latter the world in which he dwells and which he is transforming, e. g. this Sahā-world. |
二執 二执 see styles |
èr zhí er4 zhi2 erh chih nishū |
The two (erroneous) tenets, or attachments: (1) 我執 or 人執 that of the reality of the ego, permanent personality, the ātman, soul or self. (2) 法執 that of the reality of dharma, things or phenomena. Both are illusions. "All illusion arises from holding to the reality of the ego and of things." |
五力 see styles |
wǔ lì wu3 li4 wu li goriki |
pañcabalāni, the five powers or faculties — one of the categories of the thirty-seven bodhipakṣika dharma 三十七助道品; they destroy the 五障 five obstacles, each by each, and are: 信力 śraddhābala, faith (destroying doubt); 精進力 vīryabala, zeal (destroying remissness); 念 or 勤念 smṛtibala, memory or thought (destroying falsity); 正定力 samādhibala, concentration of mind, or meditation (destroying confused or wandering thoughts); and 慧力 prajñābala, wisdom (destroying all illusion and delusion). Also the five transcendent powers, i. e. 定力 the power of meditation; 通力 the resulting supernatural powers; 借識力 adaptability, or powers of 'borrowing' or evolving any required organ of sense, or knowledge, i. e. by beings above the second dhyāna heavens; 大願力 the power of accomplishing a vow by a Buddha or bodhisattva; and 法威德力 the august power of Dharma. Also, the five kinds of Mara powers exerted on sight, 五大明王. |
五眼 see styles |
wǔ yǎn wu3 yan3 wu yen gogen ごげん |
{Buddh} the five eyes (physical eye, heavenly eye, wisdom eye, dharma eye and Buddha eye) The five kinds of eyes or vision: human; deva (attainable by men in dhyāna); Hīnayāna wisdom; bodhisattva truth; and Buddha-vision or omniscience. There are five more relate to omniscience making 十眼 ten kinds of eyes or vision. |
人法 see styles |
rén fǎ ren2 fa3 jen fa ninpō |
Men and things; also, men and the Buddha's law, or teaching. |
以法 see styles |
yǐ fǎ yi3 fa3 i fa ihō |
using the dharma |
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. |
住法 see styles |
zhù fǎ zhu4 fa3 chu fa jūhō |
to abide in the dharma |
佛宗 see styles |
fó zōng fo2 zong1 fo tsung busshū |
Buddhism; principles of the Buddha Law, or dharma. |
佛寶 佛宝 see styles |
fó bǎo fo2 bao3 fo pao buppō |
法寳, 僧寳 Buddha, Dharma, Saṅgha, i.e. Buddha, the Law, the Order; these are the three Jewels, or precious ones, the Buddhist Trinity; v. 三寳. |
佛母 see styles |
fó mǔ fo2 mu3 fo mu butsubo |
(1) The mother of the Buddha, Mahāmāyā, 摩耶 Māyā, or Mātṛkā. (2) His aunt who was his foster-mother. (3) The Dharma or Law which produced him. (4) The prajñā-pāramitā, mother or begetter of all Buddhas. (5) Other "Buddha-mothers", e.g. 准提佛母; 孔雀佛母, etc. Cf. 佛眼. |
信忍 see styles |
xìn rěn xin4 ren3 hsin jen shinnin |
Faith-patience, faith-endurance: (1) To abide patiently in the faith and repeat the name of Amitābha. (2) To believe in the Truth and attain the nature of patient faith. (3) According to Tiantai the 別教 meaning is the unperturbed faith of the Bodhisattva (that all dharma is unreal). |
信樂 信乐 see styles |
xìn lè xin4 le4 hsin le shigaraki しがらき |
(personal name) Shigaraki To believe and rejoice in the dharma; the joy of believing. |
傳法 传法 see styles |
chuán fǎ chuan2 fa3 ch`uan fa chuan fa denpou / denpo でんぽう |
to pass on doctrines from master to disciple (Buddhism) (surname) Denpou To transmit, or spread abroad the Buddha truth. |
像始 see styles |
xiàng shǐ xiang4 shi3 hsiang shih zōshi |
The beginning of the formal period. |
像季 see styles |
xiàng jì xiang4 ji4 hsiang chi zōki |
The end of the formal period. |
像末 see styles |
xiàng mò xiang4 mo4 hsiang mo zōmatsu |
The two final stages of Buddhism. |
像法 see styles |
xiàng fǎ xiang4 fa3 hsiang fa zoubou / zobo ぞうぼう |
{Buddh} age of the copied law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); middle day of the law; age of semblance dharma saddharma-pratirūpaka; the formal or image period of Buddhism; the three periods are 正像末, those of the real, the formal, and the final; or correct, semblance, and termination. The first period is of 500 years; the second of 1,000 years; the third 3,000 years, when Maitreya is to appear and restore all things. There are varied statements about periods and dates, e.g. there is a division of four periods, that while the Buddha was alive, the early stage after his death, then the formal and the final periods. |
像運 像运 see styles |
xiàng yùn xiang4 yun4 hsiang yün zōun |
The period of formality, or symbolism. |
入法 see styles |
rù fǎ ru4 fa3 ju fa nippō |
to enter into the dharma |
八難 八难 see styles |
bān án ban1 an2 pan an hachinan |
The eight conditions in which it is difficult to see a Buddha or hear his dharma: in the hells: as hungry ghosts; as animals; in Uttarakuru (the northern continent where all is pleasant); in the long-life heavens (where life is long and easy); as deaf, blind, and dumb; as a worldly philosopher; in the intermediate period between a Buddha and his successor. Also 八無暇. |
共法 see styles |
gòng fǎ gong4 fa3 kung fa gū hō |
共功德 The totality of truth, or virtue, common to all sages, is found in the Buddha. |
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. |
十眼 see styles |
shí yǎn shi2 yan3 shih yen jūgen |
The ten kinds of eyes: (1) 肉眼 eyes of flesh; (2) 天眼 deva eyes; (3) 慧眼 wisdom eyes; (4) 法眼 dharma eyes; (5) 佛眼 Buddha eyes; (6) 智眼 eyes of judgment; (7) 光明眼 eyes shining with Buddha-light; (8) 出生死眼 immortal eyes; (9) 無碍眼 unhindered eyes; (10) 一切智眼 omniscient eyes. |
千化 see styles |
qiān huà qian1 hua4 ch`ien hua chien hua senke |
The thousand-petalled lotus on which sits Locana Buddha, each petal a transformation of Śākyamuni; Locana represents also the Saṃgha, as Vairocana represents the Dharma. |
印可 see styles |
yìn kě yin4 ke3 yin k`o yin ko inka いんか |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) {Buddh} dharma transmission (formal confirmation of a student's awakening by his master); (noun, transitive verb) (2) (issuing a) certificate of proficiency (in flower arrangement, etc.) Assuredly can, i. e. recognition of ability, or suitability. |
受法 see styles |
shòu fǎ shou4 fa3 shou fa juhō |
receive the dharma |
口密 see styles |
kǒu mì kou3 mi4 k`ou mi kou mi kumitsu |
語密 One of the 三密. Secret or magical words, either definite formulas of the Buddha or secret words from his dharma, kaya, or spirit. |
同法 see styles |
tóng fǎ tong2 fa3 t`ung fa tung fa douhou / doho どうほう |
(1) same law; the (said) law; (2) same method; the (said) method same dharma |
善法 see styles |
shàn fǎ shan4 fa3 shan fa zenpou / zenpo ぜんぽう |
(place-name) Zenpou good dharma(s) |
嗣法 see styles |
sì fǎ si4 fa3 ssu fa shihō |
To succeed to the dharma, or methods, of the master, a term used by the meditative school; 傳法 is used by the esoteric sect. |
四依 see styles |
sì yī si4 yi1 ssu i shi e |
The four necessaries, or things on which the religious rely. (1) 行四依 The four of ascetic practitioners— rag clothing; begging for food; sitting under trees; purgatives and diuretics as moral and spiritual means; these are also termed 四聖種. (2) 法四依 The four of the dharma: i. e. the truth, which is eternal, rather than man, even its propagator; the sutras of perfect meaning i. e. of the 道實相 the truth of the 'middle' way; the meaning, or spirit, not the letter; wisdom 智, i.e. Buddha-wisdom rather than mere knowledge 識. There are other groups. Cf. 四事. |
四法 see styles |
sì fǎ si4 fa3 ssu fa shihō |
There are several groups of four dharma: (1) 教法 the teaching of the Buddha); 理法 its principles, or meaning; 行法 its practice; 果法 its fruits or rewards. (2) Another group relates to bodhisattvas, their never losing the bodhi-mind, or the wisdom attained, or perseverance in progress, or the monastic forest life (āraṇyaka). (3) Also 信解行證 faith, discernment, performance, and assurance. (4) The Pure-land 'True' sect of Japan has a division: 教法, i. e. the 大無量壽經; 行法 the practice of the seventeenth of Amitābha's vows; 信法 faith in the eighteenth; and 證法 proof of the eleventh. The most important work of Shinran, the founder of the sect, is these four, i. e. 教行信證. (5) A 'Lotus ' division of 四法 is the answer to a question of Puxian (Samantabhadra) how the Lotus is to be possessed after the Buddha's demise, i. e. by thought (or protection) of the Buddhas; the cultivation of virtue; entry into correct dhyāna; and having a mind to save all creatures. |
大寶 大宝 see styles |
dà bǎo da4 bao3 ta pao oodakara おおだから |
(archaic) throne (surname) Oodakara Great Jewel, most precious thing, i.e. the Dharma or Buddha-law; the bodhisattva; the fire-altar of the esoteric cult. |
大法 see styles |
dà fǎ da4 fa3 ta fa daihou / daiho だいほう |
(1) {Buddh} great teachings (of the Buddha); (2) {Buddh} teachings of the Mahayana; (3) {Buddh} most important ritual (in esoteric Buddhism); (given name) Taihou The great Dharma, or Law (of Mahāyāna salvation). |
如法 see styles |
rú fǎ ru2 fa3 ju fa nyohou / nyoho にょほう |
observance of the Buddha's teachings; (personal name) Yukinori According to the Law, according to rule. |
妙典 see styles |
miào diǎn miao4 dian3 miao tien myouden / myoden みょうでん |
(place-name) Myōden The classics of the wonderful dharma, i.e. Mahāyāna. |
妙門 妙门 see styles |
miào mén miao4 men2 miao men myōmon |
The wonderful door of dharma; nirvana; the six Tiantai methods leading through meditation to enlightenment and the state of nirvana. |
安名 see styles |
ān míng an1 ming2 an ming yasuna やすな |
(surname, given name) Yasuna To give a religious name to a beginner. |
宣法 see styles |
xuān fǎ xuan1 fa3 hsüan fa senhō |
expound the dharma |
家法 see styles |
jiā fǎ jia1 fa3 chia fa kahou / kaho かほう |
the rules and discipline that apply within a family; stick used for punishing children or servants; traditions of an artistic or academic school of thought, passed on from master to pupil family code the dharma [lifestyle] of the householder |
尊法 see styles |
zūn fǎ zun1 fa3 tsun fa takanori たかのり |
(personal name) Takanori the pre-eminent Dharma |
尋伺 寻伺 see styles |
xún sì xun2 si4 hsün ssu jinshi |
vitarka and vicāra, two conditions in dhyāna discovery and analysis of principles; vitarka 毘擔迦 a dharma which tends to increase, and vicāra 毘遮羅one which tends to diminish, definiteness and clearness in the stream of consciousness; cf. 中間定. |
對法 对法 see styles |
duì fǎ dui4 fa3 tui fa taihō |
The corresponding law, the philosophy in the Buddha's teaching, the Abhidharma; comparison of cause and effect. |
小法 see styles |
xiǎo fǎ xiao3 fa3 hsiao fa shōhō |
The laws or methods of Hīnayāna. |
後法 后法 see styles |
hòu fǎ hou4 fa3 hou fa gohō |
像法 The latter, or symbol, age of Buddhism; see above. |
得法 see styles |
dé fǎ de2 fa3 te fa tokuhō |
(doing something) in the right way; suitable; properly to attain the dharma |
心法 see styles |
xīn fǎ xin1 fa3 hsin fa shinpou / shinpo しんぽう |
(surname) Shinpou Mental dharmas, idea— all 'things' are divided into two classes 色 and 心 physical and mental; that which has 質礙 substance and resistance is physical, that which is devoid of these is mental; or the root of all phenomena is mind 緣起諸法之根本者爲心法. The exoteric and esoteric schools differ in their interpretation: the exoterics hold that mental ideas or 'things' are 無色無形 unsubstantial and invisible, the esoterics that they 有色有形 have both substance and form. |
念法 see styles |
niàn fǎ nian4 fa3 nien fa nenbō |
recollection of the dharma |
性土 see styles |
xìng tǔ xing4 tu3 hsing t`u hsing tu shōdo |
The sphere of the dharma-nature, i. e. the bhūtatathatā, idem 法性土. |
愛法 爱法 see styles |
ài fǎ ai4 fa3 ai fa aihō |
Love for Buddha-truth; the method of love. |
慳法 悭法 see styles |
qiān fǎ qian1 fa3 ch`ien fa chien fa kenhō |
Mean and grudging of the Truth to others, unwillingness to part with it. |
應器 应器 see styles |
yìng qì ying4 qi4 ying ch`i ying chi ōki |
The pātra, or begging-bowl, the utensil corresponding to the dharma; the utensil which responds to the respectful gifts of others; the vessel which corresponds with one's needs; also 應量器. |
應法 应法 see styles |
yìng fǎ ying4 fa3 ying fa ōhō |
In harmony with dharma or law. |
持法 see styles |
chí fǎ chi2 fa3 ch`ih fa chih fa jihō |
cleave to the buddha-dharma |
散日 see styles |
sàn rì san4 ri4 san jih sannichi |
The dispersing day, the last of an assembly. |
敬法 see styles |
jìng fǎ jing4 fa3 ching fa kyō hō |
revering the dharma |
敬田 see styles |
jìng tián jing4 tian2 ching t`ien ching tien kyōden |
The field of reverence, i.e. worship and support of the Buddha, dharma, and saṃgha as a means to obtain blessing. |
斫芻 斫刍 see styles |
zhuó chú zhuo2 chu2 cho ch`u cho chu shashu |
(斫乞芻) cakṣu (s), the eye, one of the six organs of sense. Cakṣurdhātu is the 眼界 eye-realm, or sight-faculty. There are definitions such as the eye of body, mind, wisdom, Buddha-truth, Buddha; or human, deva, bodhisattva, dharma, and Buddha vision. |
曇摩 昙摩 see styles |
tán mó tan2 mo2 t`an mo tan mo donma |
(Skt. dharma) |
曇無 昙无 see styles |
tán wú tan2 wu2 t`an wu tan wu donmu |
dharma |
曇磨 昙磨 see styles |
tán mó tan2 mo2 t`an mo tan mo donma |
(Skt. dharma) |
曇諦 昙谛 see styles |
tán dì tan2 di4 t`an ti tan ti Dontai |
dharma-truth |
有教 see styles |
yǒu jiào you3 jiao4 yu chiao yuukyou / yukyo ゆうきょう |
(given name) Yūkyō The realistic school as opposed to the 空教 teaching of unreality; especially (1) the Hīnayāna teaching of the 倶舍宗 Abhidharmakośa school of Vasubandhu, opposed to the 成實宗 Satya-siddhi school of Harivarman; (2) the Mahāyāna 法相宗 Dharma-lakṣana school, also called the 唯識宗, founded in China by Xuanzang, opposed to the 三論宗 Mādhyamika school of Nāgārjuna. |
有體 有体 see styles |
yǒu tǐ you3 ti3 yu t`i yu ti utai |
A thing, form, dharma, anything of ideal or real form; embodied things, bodies; varying list of 75, 84, and 100 are given. |
末法 see styles |
mò fǎ mo4 fa3 mo fa mappou / mappo まっぽう |
{Buddh} (See 三時・3) latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); age of the degeneration of the law; (surname) Matsubou The last of the three periods 正, 像, and 末; that of degeneration and extinction of the Buddha-law. |
樂法 乐法 see styles |
lè fǎ le4 fa3 le fa gyō hō |
Delight in Buddha-truth, or the religion. |
機法 机法 see styles |
jī fǎ ji1 fa3 chi fa kihō |
the practitioner and the dharma [to which he avails himself] |
欲愛 欲爱 see styles |
yù ài yu4 ai4 yü ai yokuai |
Passion-love; love inspired by desire, through any of the five senses; love in the passion realm as contrasted to 法愛 the love inspired by the dharma. |
歎法 see styles |
tàn fǎ tan4 fa3 t`an fa tan fa tanpō |
praise the dharma |
正傳 正传 see styles |
zhèng zhuàn zheng4 zhuan4 cheng chuan shouden / shoden しょうでん |
main subject of long novel; true biography (personal name) Shouden correct transmission of the Buddha-dharma from teacher to student |
毀釋 毁释 see styles |
huǐ shì hui3 shi4 hui shih kishaku |
To slander the Buddha or Buddhism. |
求法 see styles |
qiú fǎ qiu2 fa3 ch`iu fa chiu fa gubō |
seeking the dharma |
法主 see styles |
fǎ zhǔ fa3 zhu3 fa chu hossu; hosshu; houshu / hossu; hosshu; hoshu ほっす; ほっしゅ; ほうしゅ |
high priest Dharma-lord, Buddha. |
法乳 see styles |
fǎ rǔ fa3 ru3 fa ju hō nyū |
The milk of the dharma which nourishes the spiritual nature. |
法位 see styles |
fǎ wèi fa3 wei4 fa wei hōi |
(1) Dharma-state, the bhūtatathatā. (2) The grade or position of a monk. |
法住 see styles |
fǎ zhù fa3 zhu4 fa chu hōjū |
Dharma abode, i. e. the omnipresent bhūtatathatā in all things. dharmasthititā, continuity of dharma. |
法佛 see styles |
fǎ fó fa3 fo2 fa fo hobbutsu |
idem 法身佛, or 法性佛. |
法供 see styles |
fǎ gōng fa3 gong1 fa kung hōku |
dharma-offerings |
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