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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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xiān
    xian1
hsien
 hisa
    ひさ

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Immortal
immortal
(1) (See 仙人・1) hermit; wizard; (2) (See 仙術) wizardry; (personal name) Hisa
僊 ṛṣi, 哩始 an immortal. 仙人; 人仙 the genī, of whom there is a famous group of eight 八仙; an ascetic, a man of the hills, a hermit; the Buddha. The 楞嚴經 gives ten kinds of immortals, walkers on the earth, fliers, wanderers at will, into space, into the deva heavens, transforming themselves into any form, etc. The names of ten ṛṣis, who preceded Śākyamuni, the first being 闍提首那? Jatisena; there is also a list of sixty-eight 大仙 given in the 大孔雀咒經下 A classification of five is 天仙 deva genī, 神仙 spirit genī, 人仙 human genī, 地仙 earth, or cavern genī, and 鬼仙 ghost genī.

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hún
    hun2
hun
 kon
    こん

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Soul / Spirit
soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
(See 魄) Yang energy; spirit; (female given name) Kokoro
The mind, the soul, conscious mind, vijñāna; also 魂神.

三魂

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sān hún
    san1 hun2
san hun

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Three Souls
three immortal souls in Daoism, representing spirit and intellect

不朽

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bù xiǔ
    bu4 xiu3
pu hsiu
 fukyuu / fukyu
    ふきゅう

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Immortal / Immortality
to last forever; eternal; enduring
(adj-no,n) everlasting; immortal; eternal; enduring; undying; imperishable; (given name) Fukyū

仙人

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xiān rén
    xian1 ren2
hsien jen
 sennin
    せんにん

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Sennin
Daoist immortal; celestial being
(1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); (2) one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men; (surname, given name) Sennin
seer

道士

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dào shì
    dao4 shi4
tao shih
 doushi / doshi
    どうし

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Taoist / Daoist
Daoist priest
(1) Taoist; (2) person of high morals; (3) Buddhist monk; (4) immortal mountain wizard; Taoist immortal; (personal name) Michishi
A Taoist (hermit), also applied to Buddhists, and to Śākyamuni.

天仙

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tiān xiān
    tian1 xian1
t`ien hsien
    tien hsien
 tensen
    てんせん
immortal (esp. female); deity; fairy; Goddess; fig. beautiful woman
(See 仙人・せんにん・1) heavenly immortal (in Taoism); (given name) Tensen
deva-ṛṣi, or devas and rsis, or immortals. Nāgārjuna gives ten classes of ṛṣis whose lifetime is 100, 000 years, then they are reincarnated. Another category is fivefold: 天仙 deva-ṛṣis in the mountains round Sumeru: 神仙 spirit-ṛṣis who roam the air: 人仙 humans who have attained the powers of immortals; 地仙 earth ṛṣis, subterranean; 鬼仙 pretas, or malevolent ṛṣis.

神仙

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shén xiān
    shen2 xian1
shen hsien
 shinsen
    しんせん
Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person
(1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (2) (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)
神僊 The genī, immortals, ṛṣi, of whom the five kinds are 天, 神, 人, 地, and 鬼仙, i.e. deva, spirit, human, earth (or cave), and preta immortals.

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xiān
    xian1
hsien
variant of 仙, immortal; light (as a feather)

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quán
    quan2
ch`üan
    chüan
immortal


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xiān
    xian1
hsien
 senzaki
    せんざき
variant of 仙[xian1]
(surname) Senzaki
immortal

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fán
    fan2
fan
 bon
    ぼん
ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale
(noun or adjectival noun) (rare) (See 平凡) (ant: 非凡) ordinary; common; mediocre; (given name) Bon
All, everybody, common, ordinary.

七魄

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qī pò
    qi1 po4
ch`i p`o
    chi po
seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires; contrasted with 三魂 three immortal souls

三修

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sān xiū
    san1 xiu1
san hsiu
 san shū
The three ways of discipline, i.e. three śrāvaka and three bodhisattva ways. The three śrāvaka ways are 無常修 no realization of the eternal, seeing everything as transient; 非樂修 joyless, through only contemplating misery and not realizing the ultimate nirvāṇa-joy; 無我修 non-ego discipline, seeing only the perishing self and not realizing the immortal self. The bodhisattva three are the opposite of these.

三大

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sān dà
    san1 da4
san ta
 sandai
    さんだい
(prefix) (See 三大疾病) the big three ...; (surname) Miou
The three great characteristics of the 眞如 in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith: (1) 體大 The greatness of the bhūtatathatā in its essence or substance; it is 衆生心之體性 the embodied nature of the mind of all the living, universal, immortal, immutable, eternal; (2) 相大 the greatness of its attributes or manifestations, perfect in wisdom and mercy, and every achievement; (3) 用大 the greatness of its functions and operations within and without, perfectly transforming all the living to good works and good karma now and hereafter. There are other groups, e.g. 體, 宗, and 用.

不死

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bù sǐ
    bu4 si3
pu ssu
 fushi
    ふし
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) immortality; eternal life; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (usu. in RPGs, etc.) undeath; undead
Undying, immortal.

不滅


不灭

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bù miè
    bu4 mie4
pu mieh
 fumetsu
    ふめつ
(adj-na,adj-no,n) immortal; undying; indestructible
anirodha, not destroyed, not subject to annihilation.

二教

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èr jiào
    er4 jiao4
erh chiao
 nikyō
Dual division of the Buddha's teaching. There are various definitions: (1) Tiantai has (a) 顯教 exoteric or public teaching to the visible audience, and (b) 密教 at the same time esoteric teaching to an audience invisible to the other assembly. (2) The 眞言 Shingon School by "exoteric" means all the Buddha's preaching, save that of the 大日經 which it counts esoteric. (3) (a) 漸教 and (b) 頓教 graduated and immediate teaching, terms with various uses, e.g. salvation by works Hīnayāna, and by faith, Mahāyāna, etc.; they are applied to the Buddha's method, to the receptivity of hearers and to the teaching itself. (4) Tiantai has (a) 界内教 and (b) 界外教 teachings relating to the 三界 or realms of mortality and teachings relating to immortal realms. (5) (a) 半字教 and (b) 滿字教 Terms used in the Nirvāṇa sūtra, meaning incomplete word, or letter, teaching and complete word teaching, i.e. partial and complete, likened to Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. (6) (a) 捃收教 and (b) 扶律談常教 of the Nirvāṇa sūtra, (a) completing those who failed to hear the Lotus; (b) "supporting the law, while discoursing on immortality," i.e. that the keeping of the law is also necessary to salvation. (7) Tiantai's division of (a) 偏教 and (b) 圓教 the partial teaching of the 藏, 通, and schools as contrasted with the perfect teaching of the 圓 school. (8) Tiantai's division of (a) 構教 and (6) 實教 temporary and permanent, similar to the last two. (9) (a) 世間教 The ordinary teaching of a moral life here; (b) 出世間教 the teaching of Buddha-truth of other-worldly happiness in escape from mortality. (10) (a) 了義教 the Mahāyāna perfect or complete teaching, and (b) 不了義教 Hīnayāna incompleteness. (11) The Huayan division of (a) 屈曲教 indirect or uneven teaching as in the Lotus and Nirvāṇa sūtras, and (b) 平道教 direct or levelled up teaching as in the Huayan sūtra. (12) The Huayan division of (a) 化教 all the Buddha's teaching for conversion and general instruction, and (b) 制教 his rules and commandments for the control and development of his order.

人仙

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rén xiān
    ren2 xian1
jen hsien
 ninsen
The ṛṣi jina, or immortal among men, i.e. the Buddha; also a name for Bimbisāra in his reincarnation.

仙去

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xiān qù
    xian1 qu4
hsien ch`ü
    hsien chü
to become an immortal; (fig.) to die

仙姑

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xiān gū
    xian1 gu1
hsien ku
female immortal; sorceress

仙客

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 senkaku
    せんかく
(1) (rare) (See 仙人・1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); (2) (rare) (See 鶴) crane (bird)

仙方

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xiān fāng
    xian1 fang1
hsien fang
prescription of elixir; potion of immortality; potion prescribed by an immortal

佛性

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fó xìng
    fo2 xing4
fo hsing
 butsushou / butsusho
    ぶつしょう
Buddha nature
(surname) Butsushou
buddhatā. The Buddha-nature, i.e. gnosis, enlightenment; potential bodhi remains in every gati, i.e. all have the capacity for enlightenment; for the Buddha-nature remains in all as wheat-nature remains in all wheat. This nature takes two forms: 理 noumenal, in the absolute sense, unproduced and immortal, and 行 phenomenal, in action. While every one possesses the Buddha-nature, it requires to be cultivated in order to produce its ripe fruit.

僊人


仙人

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 sennin
    せんにん
(1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); (2) person not bound by earthly desires

出聖


出圣

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chū shèng
    chu1 sheng4
ch`u sheng
    chu sheng
 shusshō
The surpassing sacred truth, or the sacred immortal truth.

十住

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shí zhù
    shi2 zhu4
shih chu
 jū jū
The ten stages, or periods, in bodhisattva-wisdom, prajñā 般若, are the 十住; the merits or character attained are the 十地 q.v. Two interpretations may be given. In the first of these, the first four stages are likened to entry into the holy womb, the next four to the period of gestation, the ninth to birth, and the tenth to the washing or baptism with the water of wisdom, e.g. the baptism of a Kṣatriya prince. The ten stages are (1) 發心住 the purposive stage, the mind set upon Buddhahood; (2) 治地住 clear understanding and mental control; (3) 修行住 unhampered liberty in every direction; (4) 生貴住 acquiring the Tathāgata nature or seed; (5) 方便具足住 perfect adaptability and resemblance in self-development and development of others; (6) 正心住 the whole mind becoming Buddha-like; (7) 不退住 no retrogression, perfect unity and constant progress; (8) 童眞住 as a Buddha-son now complete; (9) 法王子住 as prince of the law; (10) 灌頂住 baptism as such, e.g. the consecration of kings. Another interpretation of the above is: (1) spiritual resolve, stage of śrota-āpanna; (2) submission to rule, preparation for Sakṛdāgāmin stage; (3) cultivation of virtue, attainment of Sakṛdāgāmin stage; (4) noble birth, preparation for the anāgāmin stage; (5) perfect means, attainment of anāgāmin stage; (6) right mind, preparation for arhatship; (7) no-retrogradation, the attainment of arhatship; (8) immortal youth, pratyekabuddhahood; (9) son of the law-king, the conception of bodhisattvahood; (10) baptism as the summit of attainment, the conception of Buddhahood.

十眼

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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.

哩始

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lī shǐ
    li1 shi3
li shih
 rishi
immortal

地仙

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dì xiān
    di4 xian1
ti hsien
 chisen
    ちせん
(See 仙人・せんにん・1) earthly immortal (in Taoism)
(地行仙) Earth-immortals, or genī, one of the classes of ṛṣis; i. e. bhūdeva = Brahman.

大仙

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dà xiān
    da4 xian1
ta hsien
 daisen
    だいせん
great immortal
(given name) Daisen
great sage

得道

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dé dào
    de2 dao4
te tao
 tokudou / tokudo
    とくどう
to achieve the Dao; to become an immortal
(noun/participle) attaining salvation; (given name) Noriyori
To obtain the way, or the religion; by obedience to the commandments, practice of meditation, and knowledge, to attain enlightenment.

心性

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xīn xìng
    xin1 xing4
hsin hsing
 shinsei / shinse
    しんせい
one's nature; temperament
mind; disposition; nature
Immutable mind-corpus, or mind-nature, the self-existing fundamental pure mind, the all, the Tathāgata-garbha, or 如來藏心; 自性淸淨心; also described in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith as immortal 不生不滅. Another definition identifies 心 with 性 saying 性卽是心, 心卽是佛 the nature is the mind, and mind is Buddha; another, that mind and nature are the same when 悟 awake and understanding, but differ when 迷 in illusion; and further, in reply to the statement that the Buddha-nature is eternal but the mind not eternal, it is said, the nature is like water, the mind like ice, illusion turns nature to mental ice form, awakening melts it back to its proper nature.

忍仙

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rěn xiān
    ren3 xian1
jen hsien
 ninsen
The patient ṛṣi, or immortal of patience, i.e. the Buddha.

成仙

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chéng xiān
    cheng2 xian1
ch`eng hsien
    cheng hsien
(Taoism) to become an immortal

歌仙

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 kasen
    かせん
great (waka) poet; immortal poet

水仙

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shuǐ xiān
    shui3 xian1
shui hsien
 suisen(p); suisen
    すいせん(P); スイセン
narcissus; daffodil; legendary aquatic immortal; refers to those buried at sea; person who wanders abroad and does not return
(kana only) daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus; (given name) Suisen

法性

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fǎ xìng
    fa3 xing4
fa hsing
 hosshou; houshou / hossho; hosho
    ほっしょう; ほうしょう
{Buddh} (See 法相・ほっそう・1) dharmata (dharma nature, the true nature of all manifest phenomena); (personal name) Hosshou
dharmatā. Dharma-nature, the nature underlying all thing, the bhūtatathatā, a Mahāyāna philosophical concept unknown in Hīnayāna, v. 眞如 and its various definitions in the 法相, 三論 (or法性), 華嚴, and 天台 Schools. It is discussed both in its absolute and relative senses, or static and dynamic. In the Mahāparinirvāṇa sūtra and various śāstras the term has numerous alternative forms, which may be taken as definitions, i. e. 法定 inherent dharma, or Buddha-nature; 法住 abiding dharma-nature; 法界 dharmakṣetra, realm of dharma; 法身 dharmakāya, embodiment of dharma; 實際 region of reality; 實相 reality; 空性 nature of the Void, i. e. immaterial nature; 佛性 Buddha-nature; 無相 appearance of nothingness, or immateriality; 眞如 bhūtatathatā; 如來藏 tathāgatagarbha; 平等性 universal nature; 離生性 immortal nature; 無我性 impersonal nature; 虛定界: realm of abstraction; 不虛妄性 nature of no illusion; 不變異性 immutable nature; 不思議界 realm beyond thought; 自性淸淨心 mind of absolute purity, or unsulliedness, etc. Of these the terms 眞如, 法性, and 實際 are most used by the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

登仙

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dēng xiān
    deng1 xian1
teng hsien
 tousen / tosen
    とうせん
to become immortal; big promotion; die
(n,vs,vi) (1) becoming a saint; (n,vs,vi) (2) (honorific or respectful language) death of a high-ranking person

神僊

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shén xiān
    shen2 xian1
shen hsien
 shinsen
    しんせん
(1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (2) (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)
immortals

羽化

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yǔ huà
    yu3 hua4
yü hua
 uka
    うか
levitation (of Daoist immortal); to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven; (in Daoism) to become immortal; to die; of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form; eclosion
(n,vs,vi) {zool} emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings; (surname) Uka

聖胎


圣胎

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shèng tāi
    sheng4 tai1
sheng t`ai
    sheng tai
 seitai
immortal body (of born again Daoist)
The womb of holiness which enfolds and develops the bodhisattva, i.e. the 三賢位 three excellent positions attained in the 十住, 十行 and 十廻向.

色身

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sè shēn
    se4 shen1
se shen
 shikishin
    しきしん
{Buddh} rupakaya (the physical body, esp. of a buddha); (personal name) Iromi
rūpakāya. The physical body, as contrasted with the 法身 dharmakāya, the immaterial, spiritual, or immortal body.

詩仙


诗仙

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shī xiān
    shi1 xian1
shih hsien
 shisen
    しせん
"immortal of poetry", epithet of Li Bai 李白[Li3 Bai2]
great poet

謫仙


谪仙

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zhé xiān
    zhe2 xian1
che hsien
a genius (literally, an immortal who has been banished from heaven to live on earth), an epithet for exceptional individuals such as the Tang poet Li Bai 李白[Li3 Bai2]; (fig.) banished official

金仙

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jīn xiān
    jin1 xian1
chin hsien
 konsen
    こんせん
(surname) Konsen
Golden ṛṣi, or immortal, i.e. Buddha; also Taoist genī.

降世

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jiàng shì
    jiang4 shi4
chiang shih
 gōse
lit. to descend to earth (of an immortal); to be born
To descend to earth from above, as recorded of the Buddha.

麻姑

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 mako; mago
    まこ; まご
(1) Ma Gu; legendary Taoist immortal with long talon-like fingernails; (2) (See 孫の手) backscratcher

點化


点化

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diǎn huà
    dian3 hua4
tien hua
 tenka
magic transformation performed by Daoist immortal; fig. to reveal; to enlighten
Touched into activity, or conversion.

人仙經


人仙经

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rén xiān jīng
    ren2 xian1 jing1
jen hsien ching
 Ninsen kyō
Sūtra of the Immortal Among Men

無生身


无生身

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wú shēng shēn
    wu2 sheng1 shen1
wu sheng shen
 mushō shin
The immortal one, i.e. the dharmakāya.

第七仙

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dì qī xiān
    di4 qi1 xian1
ti ch`i hsien
    ti chi hsien
 dai shichi sen
The seventh 'immortal', the last of the seven Buddhas, Śākyamuni.

紅海月

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 benikurage; benikurage
    べにくらげ; ベニクラゲ
(kana only) immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis nutricula)

アバター

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 abataa / abata
    アバター
(1) avatar; incarnation of an immortal being (Hindu); (2) (computer terminology) icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality

三魂七魄

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sān hún qī pò
    san1 hun2 qi1 po4
san hun ch`i p`o
    san hun chi po
three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man

不朽不滅

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 fukyuufumetsu / fukyufumetsu
    ふきゅうふめつ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (yoji) everlasting; eternal; immortal; imperishable; undying

不滅不生


不灭不生

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bù miè bù shēng
    bu4 mie4 bu4 sheng1
pu mieh pu sheng
 fumetsu fushō
anirodhānupāda, neither dying nor being reborn, immortal, v. 不生.

五所依土

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wǔ suǒ yī tǔ
    wu3 suo3 yi1 tu3
wu so i t`u
    wu so i tu
 go shoe do
The five Buddha-kṣetra, or dependencies, the realms, or conditions of a Buddha. They are: (1) 法性土 his dharmakāya-kṣetra, or realm of his 'spiritual nature', dependent on and yet identical with the 眞如 bhutatathata; (2) 實 with its five immortal skandhas, i. e. his glorified body for his own enjoyment;. (3) 色相土 the land or condition of his self-expression as wisdom; (4) 他受用土 his saṃbhogakāya realm for the joy of others; (5) 變化土 the realm on which his nirmāṇakāya depends, that of the wisdom of perfect service of all, which results in his relation to every kind of condition.

佛性常住

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fó xìng cháng zhù
    fo2 xing4 chang2 zhu4
fo hsing ch`ang chu
    fo hsing chang chu
 busshō jō jū
The eternity of the Buddha-nature, also of Buddha as immortal and immutable.

修煉成仙


修炼成仙

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xiū liàn chéng xiān
    xiu1 lian4 cheng2 xian1
hsiu lien ch`eng hsien
    hsiu lien cheng hsien
lit. to practice austerities to become a Daoist immortal; practice makes perfect

十二眞如

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shí èr zhēn rú
    shi2 er4 zhen1 ru2
shih erh chen ju
 jūni shinnyo
The twelve aspects of the bhūtatathhatā or the ultimate, which is also styled the 十二無為 "inactive" or nirvana-like: and the 十二空 "void" or immaterial: (1) The chen ju itself; (2) 法界 as the medium of all things; (3) 法性 as the nature of all things; (4) 不虛妄性 its reality contra the unreality of phenomena; (5) 不變異性 its immutability contra mortality and phenomenal variation; (6) 平等性 as universal or undifferentiated; (7) 離生性 as immortal, i.e. apart from birth and death, or creation and destruction; (8) 法定 as eternal, its nature ever sure; (9) 法住 as the abode of all things; (10) 實際 as the bounds of all reality; (11) 虛空界 as the realm of space, the void, or immateriality; (12)不思議界 as the realm beyond thought or expression.

千古不滅

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 senkofumetsu
    せんこふめつ
(yoji) everlasting; unchangeable; immortal

千載不磨

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 senzaifuma
    せんざいふま
(noun - becomes adjective with の) still remaining after a thousand years; immortal

無生之生


无生之生

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wú shēng zhī shēng
    wu2 sheng1 zhi1 sheng1
wu sheng chih sheng
 mushō no shō
A life that is without birth, an immortal life, a nirmāṇakāya, or transformation appearance of a Buddha in the world.

無生寳國

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wú shēng bǎo guó
    wu2 sheng1 bao3 guo2
wu sheng pao kuo
The precious country beyond birth-and-death, the immortal paradise of Amitābha.

燈塔水母


灯塔水母

see styles
dēng tǎ shuǐ mǔ
    deng1 ta3 shui3 mu3
teng t`a shui mu
    teng ta shui mu
immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)

脫胎成仙


脱胎成仙

see styles
tuō tāi chéng xiān
    tuo1 tai1 cheng2 xian1
t`o t`ai ch`eng hsien
    to tai cheng hsien
reborn as immortal

跨鶴揚州


跨鹤扬州

see styles
kuà hè yáng zhōu
    kua4 he4 yang2 zhou1
k`ua ho yang chou
    kua ho yang chou
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou; to become a Daoist immortal; to die

駕鶴成仙


驾鹤成仙

see styles
jià hè chéng xiān
    jia4 he4 cheng2 xian1
chia ho ch`eng hsien
    chia ho cheng hsien
to fly on a crane and become immortal

アヴァター

see styles
 aataa / ata
    アヴァター
(1) avatar; incarnation of an immortal being (Hindu); (2) (computer terminology) icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality

ベニクラゲ

see styles
 benikurage
    ベニクラゲ
(kana only) immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis nutricula)

三十六歌仙

see styles
 sanjuurokkasen / sanjurokkasen
    さんじゅうろっかせん
(hist) the thirty-six immortal poets (of the Heian period; as named by Fujiwara no Kintō)

不朽の名作

see styles
 fukyuunomeisaku / fukyunomesaku
    ふきゅうのめいさく
(exp,n) timeless masterpiece; immortal work

二種菩薩身


二种菩萨身

see styles
èr zhǒng pú sà shēn
    er4 zhong3 pu2 sa4 shen1
erh chung p`u sa shen
    erh chung pu sa shen
 nishu bosatsu shin
A bodhisattva's mortal and immortal bodies.

Variations:
神仙
神僊

see styles
 shinsen
    しんせん
(1) (See 仙人・1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (2) (See 十二律) (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)

Variations:
仙人(P)
僊人

see styles
 sennin
    せんにん
(1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); (2) person not bound by earthly desires

Variations:
神仙
神僊(rK)

see styles
 shinsen
    しんせん
(1) (See 仙人・1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being; (2) (See 十二律) (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C)

Variations:
アバター
アヴァター

see styles
 abataa; aataa / abata; ata
    アバター; アヴァター
(1) avatar; incarnation of an immortal being (Hindu); (2) {comp} icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality

Variations:
仙人(P)
僊人(rK)

see styles
 sennin
    せんにん
(1) immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); (2) person not bound by earthly desires

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

This page contains 79 results for "immortal" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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