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lái
    lai2
lai
 rai
    らい

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To Come / To Arrive
to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])
(female given name) Rai
āgama; āgam-; āgata. Come, the coming, future.


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    ye4
yeh
 waza
    わざ

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Karma
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
deed; act; work; performance; (personal name) Hajime
karman, karma, "action, work, deed"; "moral duty"; "product, result, effect." M.W. The doctrine of the act; deeds and their effects on the character, especially in their relation to succeeding forms of transmigration. The 三業 are thought, word, and deed, each as good, bad, or indifferent. Karma from former lives is 宿業, from present conduct 現業. Karma is moral action that causes future retribution, and either good or evil transmigration. It is also that moral kernel in which each being survives death for further rebirth or metempsychosis. There are categories of 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10; the 六業 are rebirth in the hells, or as animals, hungry ghosts, men, devas, or asuras: v. 六趣.

來世


来世

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lái shì
    lai2 shi4
lai shih
 raise

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Eternal Life / Future Life
afterlife; next life
Future world, or rebirth.

傳承


传承

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chuán chéng
    chuan2 cheng2
ch`uan ch`eng
    chuan cheng

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Smriti
to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance

光明

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guāng míng
    guang1 ming2
kuang ming
 koumyou(p); koumei / komyo(p); kome
    こうみょう(P); こうめい

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Light / Bright and Promising Future
light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted
(1) bright light; (2) hope; bright future; (3) {Buddh} light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion; (place-name) Gwangmyeong (South Korea)
v. last entry.

明日

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míng rì
    ming2 ri4
ming jih
 ashita(gikun)(p); asu(gikun)(p); myounichi(p) / ashita(gikun)(p); asu(gikun)(p); myonichi(p)
    あした(gikun)(P); あす(gikun)(P); みょうにち(P)

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Tomorrow / The Next Sun
tomorrow
(n,adv) (1) tomorrow; (n,adv) (2) (あす only) near future; (female given name) Meibi
tomorrow

超人

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chāo rén
    chao1 ren2
ch`ao jen
    chao jen
 choujin / chojin
    ちょうじん

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Superman
superhuman; exceptional
(1) superman; superwoman; (2) {phil} (ant: 末人) Ubermensch (Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman

溫故知新


温故知新

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wēn gù zhī xīn
    wen1 gu4 zhi1 xin1
wen ku chih hsin
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects); to recall the past to understand the future
See: 温故知新

鵬程萬里


鹏程万里

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péng chéng wàn lǐ
    peng2 cheng2 wan4 li3
p`eng ch`eng wan li
    peng cheng wan li

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A Bright Future
the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom); one's future prospects are brilliant

過去未來現在


过去未来现在

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guō qù wèi lái xiàn zài
    guo1 qu4 wei4 lai2 xian4 zai4
kuo ch`ü wei lai hsien tsai
    kuo chü wei lai hsien tsai
 kako mirai genzai

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Past Future and Present
past, future, and present

前途

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qián tú
    qian2 tu2
ch`ien t`u
    chien tu
 zento
    ぜんと
prospects; future outlook; journey
(1) future; prospects; outlook; (2) journey ahead; distance yet to cover

後事


后事

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hòu shì
    hou4 shi4
hou shih
 kouji / koji
    こうじ
future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements
future affairs; affairs after one's death

使

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shǐ
    shi3
shih
 shi
    し
to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do something; envoy; messenger
(1) messenger; (2) (abbreviation) (See 検非違使) police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); (3) {Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering); (female given name) Tsukasa
To send; cause; a messenger; a pursuer, molester, lictor, disturber, troubler, intp. as 煩惱 kleśa, affliction, distress, worldly cares, vexations, and as consequent reincarnation. There are categories of 10, 16, 98, 112, and 128 such troublers, e. g. desire, hate, stupor, pride, doubt, erroneous views, etc., leading to painful results in future rebirths, for they are karma-messengers executing its purpose. Also 金剛童子 q. v.

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qián
    qian2
ch`ien
    chien
 mae
    まえ
front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
(1) in front (of); before (e.g. a building); (n,adj-no,adv) (2) before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (the) front; frontal part; fore; head (e.g. of a line); (4) forward; ahead; (5) (in the) presence (of); in front (of someone); (can be adjective with の) (6) previous (e.g. page); prior (e.g. engagement); first (e.g. half); former (e.g. example); (suffix) (7) (after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb) (See 一人前・1) portion; helping; (8) front (of one's body or clothing); breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.); (9) privates; private parts; (10) (colloquialism) criminal record; previous conviction; (a) prior; (personal name) Misaki
pūrva. Before; former, previous; in front.

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jié
    jie2
chieh
 kou; gou; kou / ko; go; ko
    こう; ごう; コウ
to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1]
(1) (こう, ごう only) {Buddh} kalpa (eon, aeon); (2) (kana only) {go} (usu. コウ) ko; position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones
刧 A kalpa, aeon, age; also translit. ka; 'a fabulous period of time, a day of Brahmā or 1, 000 Yugas, a period of four hundred and thirty-two million years of mortals, measuring the duration of the world; (a month of Brahmā is supposed to contain thirty such kalpas; according to the Mahābhārata twelve months of Brahmā constitute his year, and one hundred such years his lifetime; fifty years of Brahmā are supposed to have elapsed... ).' M. W. An aeon of incalculable time, therefore called a 大時節 great time-node. v. 劫波.; The three asaṃkhyeya kalpas, the three countless aeons, the period of a bodhisattva's development; also the past 莊嚴劫, the present 賢劫, and the future 星宿劫 kalpas. There are other groups. 三劫三千佛 The thousand Buddhas in each of the three kalpas.

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tuàn
    tuan4
t`uan
    tuan
to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经

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wǎng
    wang3
wang
 nobori
    のぼり
to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
(personal name) Nobori
To go; gone, past; to be going to, future.

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yǒu
    you3
yu
 yuu / yu
    ゆう
to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
(1) existence; (n,n-pref) (2) possession; having; (3) (abbreviation) (in company names; written as (有)) (See 有限会社) limited company; (personal name) Yumi
bhāva: that which exists, the existing, existence; to have, possess, be. It is defined as (1) the opposite of 無 wu and 空 kong the non-existent; (2) one of the twelve nidānas, existence; the condition which, considered as cause, produces effect; (3) effect, the consequence of cause; (4) anything that can be relied upon in the visible or invisible realm. It means any state which lies between birth and death, or beginning and end. There are numerous categories— 3, 4, 7, 9, 18, 25, and 29. The 三有 are the 三界 trailokya, i. e. 欲, 色 and 無色界 the realms of desire, of form, and of non-form, all of them realms of mortality; another three are 本有 the present body and mind, or existence, 當有 the future ditto, 中有 the intermediate ditto. Other definitions give the different forms or modes of existence.

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wèi
    wei4
wei
 mi
    み
not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
(prefix) not yet; un-; (female given name) Mirei
Not yet; the future; 1-3 p. m.


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dàng
    dang4
tang
 atari
    あたり
at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
(surname) Atari
Suitable, adequate, equal to; to bear, undertake; ought; proper; to regard as, as; to pawn, put in place of; at, in the future.

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bēi
    bei1
pei
 ishibumi
    いしぶみ
a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele; CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4]
stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela; (surname) Ishibumi
A stone tablet, or monument.

お先

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 osaki
    おさき
going before; the future

三世

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sān shì
    san1 shi4
san shih
 sanze; miyo(ok)
    さんぜ; みよ(ok)
the Third (of numbered kings)
(1) {Buddh} three temporal states of existence; past, present and future; (2) (さんぜ only) three generations; (female given name) Miyo
The three periods, 過去, 現在, 未來or 過, 現, 未, past, present, and future. The universe is described as eternally in motion, like flowing stream. Also 未生, 巳生,後滅, or 未, 現, 過 unborn, born, dead The 華嚴經 Hua-yen sūtra has a division of ten kinds of past, present, and future i.e. the past spoken of as past, present, and future, the present spoken of in like manner, the future also, with the addition of the present as the three periods in one instant. Also 三際.

三明

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sān míng
    san1 ming2
san ming
 sanmyou / sanmyo
    さんみょう
Sanming, prefecture-level city in Fujian
{Buddh} (See 宿命通,天眼通,漏尽通) three kinds of awareness; (surname, given name) Mitsuaki
The three insights; also 三達. Applied to Buddhas they are called 三達, to arhats 三明. (a) 宿命明 Insight into the mortal conditions of self and others in previous lives; (b) 天眼明 supernatural insight into future mortal conditions; (c) 漏盡明 nirvāṇa insight, i.e. into present mortal sufferings so as to overcome aIl passions or temptations. In the 倶舍論 27 the three are termed 住智識證明; 死生識證明 and 漏盡識證明. For 三明經 v. 長阿含16.

三智

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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.

三有

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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.

三生

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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.

三界

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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.

三節


三节

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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.

三達


三达

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sān dá
    san1 da2
san ta
 mitatsu
    みたつ
(surname) Mitatsu
Three aspects of the omniscience of Buddha: knowledge of future karma, of past karma, of present illusion and liberation; v. 三明.

三際


三际

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sān jì
    san1 ji4
san chi
 sanzai
Past, present, future, idem 三世.

下世

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xià shì
    xia4 shi4
hsia shih
 shimoyo
    しもよ
to die; future incarnation; next life; to be born; to come into the world; future generation
(surname) Shimoyo

下輩


下辈

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xià bèi
    xia4 bei4
hsia pei
 kahai; gehai
    かはい; げはい
offspring; future generations; younger generation of a family; junior members of a group
inferior; low-class person
inferior group

不善

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bù shàn
    bu4 shan4
pu shan
 fuzen
    ふぜん
bad; ill; not good at; not to be pooh-poohed; quite impressive
evil; sin; vice; mischief
Not good; contrary to the right and harmful to present and future life, e. g. 五逆十惡.

久後


久后

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jiǔ hòu
    jiu3 hou4
chiu hou
 hisago
    ひさご
(surname) Hisago
in the future

九世

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jiǔ shì
    jiu3 shi4
chiu shih
 guse
In past, present, and future worlds, each has its own past, present, and future, hence nine worlds or ages.

二世

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èr shì
    er4 shi4
erh shih
 nise
    にせ
the Second (of numbered kings); second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
{Buddh} two existences; the present and the future; (female given name) Futase
This life and the hereafter.

五悔

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wǔ huǐ
    wu3 hui3
wu hui
 gokai
The five stages in a penitential service. Tiantai gives: (1) confession of past sins and forbidding them for the future; (2) appeal to the universal Buddhas to keep the law-wheel rolling; (3) rejoicing over the good in self and others; (4) 廻向 offering all one's goodness to all the living and to the Buddha-way; (5) resolve, or vows, i. e. the 四弘誓. The Shingon sect 眞言宗 divides the ten great vows of Samantabhadra 普賢 into five 悔, the first three vows being included under 歸命 or submission; the fourth is repentance; the fifth rejoicing; the sixth, seventh, and eighth appeal to the Buddhas; the ninth and tenth, bestowal of acquired merit.

五海

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wǔ hǎi
    wu3 hai3
wu hai
 goumi / gomi
    ごうみ
(surname) Goumi
The five 'seas' or infinities seen in a vision by Puxian, v. 舊華嚴經 3, viz., (1) all worlds, (2) all the living, (3) universal karma, (4) the roots of desire and pleasure of all the living, (5) all the Buddhas, past, present, and future.

今後


今后

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jīn hòu
    jin1 hou4
chin hou
 kongo
    こんご
hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on
(n,adv) from now on; hereafter; (surname) Imago

他日

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tā rì
    ta1 ri4
t`a jih
    ta jih
 tajitsu
    たじつ
(literary) some day; (literary) days in the past
(n,adv) some day; hereafter; at some future time
other days

他生

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 tashou / tasho
    たしょう
previous existence; future existence; transmigration

以往

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yǐ wǎng
    yi3 wang3
i wang
 iou / io
    いおう
in the past; formerly
(n-adv,n-t) hereafter; the future; formerly; in ancient times

以後


以后

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yǐ hòu
    yi3 hou4
i hou
 igozaki
    いござき
after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
(n-adv,n-t) (1) after this; from now on; hereafter; (2) thereafter; since (verb) (after -te form of verb); after (time); since (then); (surname) Igozaki
afterwards

佛記


佛记

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fó jì
    fo2 ji4
fo chi
 butsu ki
Buddha's prediction, his foretelling of the future of his disciples.

來日


来日

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lái rì
    lai2 ri4
lai jih
 rainichi
future days; (literary) the next day; (old) past days
next day

來生


来生

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lái shēng
    lai2 sheng1
lai sheng
 rai
    らい
next life
(female given name) Rai
Future rebirth; the future life.

備查


备查

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bèi chá
    bei4 cha2
pei ch`a
    pei cha
for future reference

先々

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 sakizaki
    さきざき
(n-adv,n-t) (1) distant future; inevitable future; (2) places one goes to

先き

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 saki
    さき
(irregular okurigana usage) (n,adj-no,n-suf,pref) (1) previous; prior; former; first; earlier; some time ago; preceding; (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; (3) head (of a line); front; (4) ahead; the other side; (5) the future; hereafter; (6) destination; (7) the other party

先先

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 sakizaki
    さきざき
(n-adv,n-t) (1) distant future; inevitable future; (2) places one goes to

先安

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 sakiyasu
    さきやす
lower future quotations

先高

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 sakidaka
    さきだか
higher future quotations

八迷

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bā mí
    ba1 mi2
pa mi
 hachimei
The eight misleading terms, which form the basis of the logic of the 中論, i.e. 生 birth, 滅 death, 去 past, 來 future, 一 identity, 異 difference, 斷 annihilation, 常 perpetuity (or eternity). The 三論宗 regards these as unreal; v. 八不中道.

出息

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chū xi
    chu1 xi5
ch`u hsi
    chu hsi
 shussoku
future prospects; profit; to mature; to grow up
To breathe out.

利樂


利乐

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lì lè
    li4 le4
li le
 riraku
Blessing and joy; the blessing being for the future life, the joy for the present; or aid (for salvation) and the joy of it.

到時


到时

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dào shí
    dao4 shi2
tao shih
at that (future) time

前景

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qián jǐng
    qian2 jing3
ch`ien ching
    chien ching
 zenkei / zenke
    ぜんけい
foreground; vista; (future) prospects; perspective
foreground

前程

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qián chéng
    qian2 cheng2
ch`ien ch`eng
    chien cheng
 zentei / zente
    ぜんてい
future (career etc) prospects
the journey before one; distance one has to travel

勉強


勉强

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miǎn qiǎng
    mian3 qiang3
mien ch`iang
    mien chiang
 benkyou / benkyo
    べんきょう
to do with difficulty; to force sb to do something; reluctant; barely enough
(noun, transitive verb) (1) study; (n,vs,vi) (2) diligence; working hard; (3) experience; lesson (for the future); (n,vs,vt,vi) (4) discount; price reduction

十力

see styles
shí lì
    shi2 li4
shih li
 jūriki
Daśabala. The ten powers of Buddha, giving complete knowledge of: (1) what is right or wrong in every condition; (2) what is the karma of every being, past, present, and future; (3) all stages of dhyāna liberation, and samādhi; (4) the powers and faculties of all beings; (5) the desires, or moral direction of every being; (6) the actual condition of every individual; (7) the direction and consequence of all laws; (8) all causes of mortality and of good and evil in their reality; (9) the end of all beings and nirvāṇa; (10) the destruction of all illusion of every kind. See the 智度論 25 and the 倶舍論 29.

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.

千佛

see styles
qiān fó
    qian1 fo2
ch`ien fo
    chien fo
 senbutsu
The thousand Buddhas. Each of the past, present, and future kalpas has a thousand Buddhas; Śākyamuni is the "fourth" Buddha in the present kalpa.

卜占

see styles
bǔ zhān
    bu3 zhan1
pu chan
 bokusen
    ぼくせん
to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future
fortune-telling; divination; augury
divination

受決


受决

see styles
shòu jué
    shou4 jue2
shou chüeh
 juketsu
assurance of future buddhahood

受者

see styles
shòu zhě
    shou4 zhe3
shou che
 jusha
A recipient (e. g. of the rules). The illusory view that the ego will receive reward or punishment in a future life, one of the sixteen false views.

受記


受记

see styles
shòu jì
    shou4 ji4
shou chi
 juki
    じゅき
(Buddhist term) vyakarana (assurance of future enlightenment)
受決; 受別 To receive from a Buddha predestination (to become a Buddha); the prophecy of a bodhisattva's future Buddhahood.

善後


善后

see styles
shàn hòu
    shan4 hou4
shan hou
 zengo
    ぜんご
to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations
(usu. in compounds) (See 善後処置) careful settlement (of a matter); dealing with properly; planning for the future

四執


四执

see styles
sì zhí
    si4 zhi2
ssu chih
 shishū
The four erroneous tenets; also 四邪; 四迷; 四術; there are two groups: I. The four of the 外道 outsiders, or non-Buddhists, i. e. of Brahminism, concerning the law of cause and effect: (1) 邪因邪果 heretical theory of causation, e. g. creation by Mahesvara; (2) 無因有果 or 自然, effect independent of cause, e. g. creation without a cause, or spontaneous generation; (3) 有因無果 cause without effect, e. g. no future life as the result of this. (4) 無因無果 neither cause nor effect, e. g. that rewards and punishments are independent of morals. II. The four erroneous tenets of 內外道 insiders and outsiders, Buddhist and Brahman, also styled 四宗 the four schools, as negated in the 中論 Mādhyamika śāstra: (1) outsiders, who do not accept either the 人 ren or 法 fa ideas of 空 kong; (2) insiders who hold the Abhidharma or Sarvāstivādāḥ tenet, which recognizes 人空 human impersonality, but not 法空 the unreality of things; (3) also those who hold the 成實 Satyasiddhi tenet which discriminates the two meanings of 空 kong but not clearly; and also (4) those in Mahāyāna who hold the tenet of the realists.

四衆


四众

see styles
sì zhòng
    si4 zhong4
ssu chung
 shishu; shishuu / shishu; shishu
    ししゅ; ししゅう
(1) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees); (2) four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices); (3) (in Tendai) the four assemblies
The four varga (groups, or orders), i. e. bhikṣu, bhikṣuṇī, upāsaka and upāsikā, monks, nuns, male and female devotees. Another group, according to Tiantai's commentary on the Lotus, is 發起衆 the assembly which, through Śāriputra, stirred the Buddha to begin his Lotus Sutra sermons; 當機衆 the pivotal assembly, those who were responsive to him; 影向衆 the reflection assembly, those like Mañjuśrī, etc., who reflected on, or drew out the Buddha's teaching; and 結緣衆 those who only profited in having seen and heard a Buddha, and therefore whose enlightenment is delayed to a future life.

圓夢


圆梦

see styles
yuán mèng
    yuan2 meng4
yüan meng
to fulfill one's dream; (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream; oneiromancy

天眼

see styles
tiān yǎn
    tian1 yan3
t`ien yen
    tien yen
 tengen; tengan
    てんげん; てんがん
nickname of the FAST radio telescope (in Guizhou)
(1) {Buddh} (See 五眼) the heavenly eye; (2) (てんがん only) (rare) rolling back one's eyes during convulsions; (given name) Tengan
divyacakṣṣus. The deva-eye; the first abhijñā, v. 六通; one of the five classes of eyes; divine sight, unlimited vision; all things are open to it, large and small, near and distant, the destiny of all beings in future rebirths. It may be obtained among men by their human eyes through the practice of meditation 修得: and as a reward or natural possession by those born in the deva heavens 報得. Cf 天耳, etc.

好望

see styles
 koubou / kobo
    こうぼう
promising future

孰れ

see styles
 izure
    いづれ
(adv,pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) where; which; who; (2) (kana only) anyway; anyhow; at any rate; (adv,adj-no) (3) (kana only) sooner or later; eventually; one of these days; at some future date or time; (pn,adj-no) (4) (kana only) both; either; any; all; whichever

寶相


宝相

see styles
bǎo xiàng
    bao3 xiang4
pao hsiang
 hōsō
The precious likeness, or image (of Buddha). ratnaketu, one of the seven tathāgatas; a name of Ānanda as a future buddha; the name under which 2,000 of Śākyamuni's disciples are to be reborn as buddhas.

将来

see styles
 masaki
    まさき
(n,adv) future (usually near); prospects; (personal name) Masaki

將來


将来

see styles
jiāng lái
    jiang1 lai2
chiang lai
 shōrai
in the future; future; the future; CL:個|个[ge4]
future

將會


将会

see styles
jiāng huì
    jiang1 hui4
chiang hui
auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to

小乘

see styles
xiǎo shèng
    xiao3 sheng4
hsiao sheng
 shōjō
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部.

已往

see styles
yǐ wǎng
    yi3 wang3
i wang
 
    いおう
the past
(out-dated kanji) (n-adv,n-t) hereafter; the future; formerly; in ancient times
hereafter

彌勒


弥勒

see styles
mí lè
    mi2 le4
mi le
 miroku
    みろく
Mile county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan; Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha
(surname) Miroku
Maitreya, friendly, benevolent. The Buddhist Messiah, or next Buddha, now in the Tuṣita heaven, who is to come 5,000 years after the nirvāṇa of Śākyamuni, or according to other reckoning after 4,000 heavenly years, i.e. 5,670,000,000 human years. According to tradition he was born in Southern India of a Brahman family. His two epithets are 慈氏 Benevolent, and Ajita 阿逸多 'Invincible'. He presides over the spread of the church, protects its members and will usher in ultimate victory for Buddhism. His image is usually in the hall of the four guardians facing outward, where he is represented as the fat laughing Buddha, but in some places his image is tall, e.g. in Peking in the Yung Ho Kung. Other forms are彌帝M075962; 迷諦隸; 梅低梨; 梅怛麗 (梅怛藥 or 梅怛邪); 每怛哩; 昧怛 M067070曳; 彌羅. There are numerous Maitreya sūtras.

往後


往后

see styles
wǎng hòu
    wang3 hou4
wang hou
from now on; in the future; time to come

往生

see styles
wǎng shēng
    wang3 sheng1
wang sheng
 oujou / ojo
    おうじょう
to be reborn; to live in paradise (Buddhism); to die; (after) one's death
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Buddh} passing on to the next life; (n,vs,vi) (2) death; (n,vs,vi) (3) giving up a struggle; submission; (n,vs,vi) (4) being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed; (5) (rare) (See 圧状・2) coercion
The future life, the life to which anyone is going; to go to be born in the Pure Land of Amitābha. (1) 往相囘向 To transfer one's merits to all beings that they may attain the Pure Land of Amitābha. (2) 還相囘向 Having been born in the Pure Land to return to mortality and by one's merits to bring mortals to the Pure Land.

後々

see styles
 gogo
    ごご
(n-adv,n-t) distant future; (surname) Gogo

後人


后人

see styles
hòu rén
    hou4 ren2
hou jen
 koujin / kojin
    こうじん
later generation
posterity; future generations

後代


后代

see styles
hòu dài
    hou4 dai4
hou tai
 koudai / kodai
    こうだい
descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
posterity; future generations; (place-name) Ushirodai

後任


后任

see styles
hòu rèn
    hou4 ren4
hou jen
 kounin / konin
    こうにん
successor; to take up a position subsequently as ...; (attributive) future; subsequent
(noun - becomes adjective with の) successor

後学

see styles
 kougaku / kogaku
    こうがく
(1) (See 先学) younger scholar; (2) future reference

後害

see styles
 kougai / kogai
    こうがい
(rare) future calamities

後年


后年

see styles
hòu nián
    hou4 nian2
hou nien
 kounen / konen
    こうねん
the year after next
(n,adv) future years; in (one's) later years

後後


后后

see styles
hòu hòu
    hou4 hou4
hou hou
 gogo
    のちのち
(n-adv,n-t) distant future
the following

後患

see styles
 koukan / kokan
    こうかん
future trouble; future problems

後日


后日

see styles
hòu rì
    hou4 ri4
hou jih
 gojitsu(p); gonichi
    ごじつ(P); ごにち
the day after tomorrow; from hence; from now; from now on; henceforth
(n,adv) in the future; another day; later; (surname) Gohi

後有


后有

see styles
hòu yǒu
    hou4 you3
hou yu
 gū
Future karma; the person in the subsequent incarnation; also, the final incarnation of the arhat, or bodhisattva.

後葉

see styles
 kouyou / koyo
    こうよう
(1) posterity; future generations; descendant; (2) posterior pituitary; neurohypophysis

後際


后际

see styles
hòu jì
    hou4 ji4
hou chi
 go sai
future time

後難

see styles
 kounan / konan
    こうなん
future problems; consequences

後頭


后头

see styles
hòu tou
    hou4 tou5
hou t`ou
    hou tou
 koutou / koto
    こうとう
behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future
back of the head; occiput

御先

see styles
 misaki
    みさき
    onsaki
    おんさき
    osaki
    おさき
(1) (archaism) leader of a nobleman's cavalcade; (2) animal messenger of the gods (i.e. a fox); (archaism) leader of a nobleman's cavalcade; going before; the future

愛潤


爱润

see styles
ài rùn
    ai4 run4
ai jun
 auru
    あうる
(female given name) Auru
The fertilizing of desire; i.e. when dying the illusion of attachment fertilizes the seed of future karma, producing the fruit of further suffering.

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