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miào
    miao4
miao
 myou / myo
    みょう

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Clever / Superb / Wonderful
clever; wonderful
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) strange; weird; odd; curious; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill; (surname) Myō
su, sat, mañju, sūkṣma. Wonderful, beautiful, mystic, supernatural, profound, subtle, mysterious. su means good, excellent, surpassing, beautiful, fine, easy. sat means existing, real, good. mañju means beautiful, lovely, charming. Intp. in Chinese as 不可思議 beyond thought or discussion; 絕待 special, outstanding; 無比 incomparable; 精微深遠 subtle and profound.

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shén
    shen2
shen
 shin; jin
    しん; じん

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Spirit / Spiritual Essence
god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing
(1) spirit; psyche; (2) (See 神・かみ・1) god; deity; divinity; kami; (female given name) Miwa
Inscrutable spiritual powers, or power; a spirit; a deva, god, or divinity; the human spirit; divine, spiritual, supernatural.


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shàn
    shan4
shan
 yuzuri
    ゆずり

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Zen / Chan / Meditation
to abdicate
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri
To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim.

悟空

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wù kōng
    wu4 kong1
wu k`ung
    wu kung
 gokuu / goku
    ごくう

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Wukong / Goku
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 You2 Ji4]
(surname, given name) Gokuu

猴王

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hóu wáng
    hou2 wang2
hou wang

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Monkey King
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]

白狐

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bái hú
    bai2 hu2
pai hu
 shirogitsune; byakko
    しろぎつね; びゃっこ

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Arctic Fox
arctic fox
(1) old, white fox (trad. said to have supernatural powers); (2) (See ホッキョクギツネ) Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus); (place-name) Byakko

孫悟空


孙悟空

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sūn wù kōng
    sun1 wu4 kong1
sun wu k`ung
    sun wu kung
 songokuu / songoku
    そんごくう

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Sun Wukong / Son Goku
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]; Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠[Qi1 long2 zhu1]
(1) (char) Sun Wukong (character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West); Monkey King; (2) (char) Son Goku (Dragon Ball); (ch) Sun Wukong (character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West); Monkey King; (ch) Son Goku (Dragon Ball)

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.

超自然

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chāo zì rán
    chao1 zi4 ran2
ch`ao tzu jan
    chao tzu jan
 choushizen / choshizen
    ちょうしぜん
supernatural
(adj-na,adj-no,n) occult; transcendental; supernaturalness; supernaturalism; supernaturality

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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.

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tòng
    tong4
t`ung
    tung
 tsuu / tsu
    つう
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
(n,n-suf,adj-na) (1) authority; expert; connoisseur; well-informed person; (counter) (2) counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; insight; (4) supernatural powers; magical powers; (given name) Michiaki
Permeate, pass through, pervade; perceive, know thoroughly; communicate; current; free, without hindrance, unimpeded universal; e.g. 神通 supernatural, ubiquitous powers. There are categories of 五通, 六通, and 十通, all referring to supernatural powers; the five are (1) knowledge of the supernatural world; (2) deva vision; (3) deva hearing; (4) knowledge of the minds of all others; (5) knowledge of all the transmigrations of self and all others. The six are the above together with perfect wisdom for ending moral hindrance and delusion. The ten are knowing all previous transmigrations, having deva hearing, knowing the minds of others, having deva vision, showing deva powers, manifesting many bodies or forms, being anywhere instantly, power of bringing glory to one's domain, manifesting a body of transformation, and power to end evil and transmigration.

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    mo2
mo
 ma
    ま
(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
(1) demon; devil; evil spirit; evil influence; (suffix noun) (2) (See 覗き魔) -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend; (can be adjective with の) (3) dreaded; terrible; awful; dreadful; (surname) Ma
魔羅 Māra, killing, destroying; 'the Destroyer, Evil One, Devil' (M.W.); explained by murderer, hinderer, disturber, destroyer; he is a deva 'often represented with a hundred arms and riding on an elephant'. Eitel. He sends his daughters, or assumes monstrous forms, or inspires wicked men, to seduce or frighten the saints. He 'resides with legions of subordinates in the heaven Paranirmita Vaśavartin situated on the top of the Kāmadhātu'. Eitel. Earlier form 磨; also v. 波 Pāpīyān. He is also called 他化自在天. There are various categories of māras, e.g. the skandha-māra, passion-māra, etc.

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.

三輪


三轮

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sān lún
    san1 lun2
san lun
 sanrin
    さんりん
three wheels; (p,s,f) Miwa
The three wheels: (1) The Buddha's (a) 身 body or deeds; (b) 口 mouth, or discourse; (c) 意 mind or ideas. (2) (a) 神通 (or 變) His supernatural powers, or powers of (bodily) self-transformation, associated with 身 body; (b) 記心輪 his discriminating understanding of others, associated with 意 mind; (c) 敎誡輪 or 正敎輪 his (oral) powers of teaching, associated with 口. (3) Similarly (a) 神足輪 ; (b) 說法輪 ; (c) 憶念輪 . (4) 惑, 業, and 苦. The wheel of illusion produces karma, that of karma sets rolling that of suffering, which in turn sets rolling the wheel of illusion. (5) (a) Impermanence; (b) uncleanness; (c) suffering. Cf. 三道.

二光

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èr guāng
    er4 guang1
erh kuang
 nikō
The dual lights, i.e. 色光 the halo from a Buddha's body and 心光 the light from his mind. Also 常光 the constant halo from the bodies of Buddhas and 神通光 the supernatural light sent out by a Buddha (e.g. from between his eyebrows) to illuminate a distant world.

五力

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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.

五旬

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wǔ xún
    wu3 xun2
wu hsün
 gojun
pañca-bhijñā. The five supernatural or magical powers; six is the more common number in Chinese texts, five is the number in Ceylon; v. 五神通.

五通

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wǔ tōng
    wu3 tong1
wu t`ung
    wu tung
 gotsuu / gotsu
    ごつう
bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame); (Buddhism) the five supernatural powers (abbr. for 五神通[wu3 shen2tong1])
(surname) Gotsuu
v. 五神通.

人魂

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 hitodama
    ひとだま
disembodied soul; supernatural fiery ball

八部

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bā bù
    ba1 bu4
pa pu
 hachibu
    はちぶ
(abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 八部衆) the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas); (surname) Yabe
(八部衆) The eight classes of supernatural beings in the Lotus sūtra: 天 deva, 龍 nāga, 夜叉yakṣa, 乾闥婆 gandharva, 阿修羅 asura, 迦樓羅 garuḍa, 緊那羅 kinnara, 摩喉羅迦 mahoraga. Also called 天龍八部 and 龍神八部.

六通

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liù tōng
    liu4 tong1
liu t`ung
    liu tung
 rokutsū
abhijñā, or ṣaḍ abhijñā. The six supernatural or universal powers acquired by a Buddha, also by an arhat through the fourth degree of dhyāna. The 'southern' Buddhists only have the first five, which are also known in China; v. 五神通; the sixth is 漏盡通 (漏盡智證通) āsravakṣaya-jñāna, supernatural consciousness of the waning of vicious propensities.

冥通

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míng tōng
    ming2 tong1
ming t`ung
    ming tung
 myōtsū
Mysterious, supernatural, omnipresent power.

分身

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fēn shēn
    fen1 shen1
fen shen
 bunshin(p); bunjin(ok)
    ぶんしん(P); ぶんじん(ok)
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time; a derivative version of sb (or something) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet); to spare some time for a separate task; to cut a corpse into pieces; to pull a body apart by the four limbs; parturition
(1) other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); representation of oneself; (2) {Buddh} incarnations of Buddha
Parturition: in Buddhism it means a Buddha's power to reproduce himself ad infinitum and anywhere.

十地

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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.

十妙

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shí miào
    shi2 miao4
shih miao
 jūmyō
The ten wonders, or incomprehensibles; there are two groups, the 迹v traceable or manifested and 本門妙 the fundamental. The 迹門十妙 are the wonder of: (1) 境妙 the universe, sphere, or whole, embracing mind, Buddha, and all things as a unity; (2) 智妙 a Buddha's all-embracing knowledge arising from such universe; (3) 行妙 his deeds, expressive of his wisdom; (4) 位妙 his attainment of all the various Buddha stages, i.e. 十住 and十地; (5) 三法妙 his three laws of 理, 慧, and truth, wisdom, and vision; (6) 感應妙 his response to appeal, i.e. his (spiritual) response or relation to humanity, for "all beings are my children"; (7) 神通妙 his supernatural powers; (8) 說法妙 his preaching; (9) 眷屬妙 his supernatural retinue; (10) 利益妙 the blessings derived through universal elevation into Buddhahood. The 本門十妙 are the wonder of (1) 本因妙 the initial impulse or causative stage of Buddhahood; (2) 本果妙 its fruit or result in eternity, joy, and purity; (3) 國土妙 his (Buddha) realm; (4) 感應妙 his response (to human needs); (5) 神通妙 his supernatural powers; (6) 說法妙 his preaching; (7) 眷屬妙 his supernatural retinue; (8) 涅槃妙 his nirvāṇa; (9) 壽命妙 his (eternal) life; (10) his blessings as above. Both groups are further defined as progressive stages in a Buddha's career. These "wonders" are derived from the Lotus sūtra.

十通

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shí tōng
    shi2 tong1
shih t`ung
    shih tung
 totoori
    ととおり
(place-name) Totoori
Ten supernatural powers, e.g. of seeing, hearing, appearance, etc.; cf. 五神通.

呪物

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 jubutsu
    じゅぶつ
fetish (object believed to have supernatural powers)

圓通


圆通

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yuán tōng
    yuan2 tong1
yüan t`ung
    yüan tung
 enzuu / enzu
    えんづう
flexible; accommodating
(personal name) Enzuu
Universally penetrating; supernatural powers of omnipresence; universality; by wisdom to penetrate the nature or truth of all things.

報通


报通

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bào tōng
    bao4 tong1
pao t`ung
    pao tung
 hōtsū
The supernatural powers that have been acquired as karma by demons, spirits, nāgas, etc.

天狐

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 tenko
    てんこ
(See 妖狐) celestial fox; fox with supernatural powers (sometimes said to live in the heavens)

天珠

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tiān zhū
    tian1 zhu1
t`ien chu
    tien chu
 tenju
    てんじゅ
dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power
(female given name) Tenju

妖狐

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 youko / yoko
    ようこ
fox with supernatural powers; fox spirit; (female given name) Yōko

妙有

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miào yǒu
    miao4 you3
miao yu
 tayu
    たゆ
(female given name) Tayu
The absolute reality, the incomprehensible entity, as contrasted with the superficial reality of phenomena; supernatural existence.

妙通

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miào tōng
    miao4 tong1
miao t`ung
    miao tung
 myōtsū
wonderful supernatural faculty

威靈


威灵

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wēi líng
    wei1 ling2
wei ling
authority; prestige; supernatural spirit

婆訶


婆诃

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pó hē
    po2 he1
p`o ho
    po ho
 baka
vāha; it means bearing, carrying, a beast of burden, but is used in the sense of a large grain-container of twenty bushels 斛; supernatural life, or adbhuta, is compared to a vāha full of hemp seed, from which one seed is withdrawn every century. Also婆訶摩.

崇奉

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chóng fèng
    chong2 feng4
ch`ung feng
    chung feng
to believe in (a deity or other supernatural being); to worship

希法

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xī fǎ
    xi1 fa3
hsi fa
 kehō
adbhutadharma; supernatural things, prodigies, miracles, a section of the twelve classical books.

干寶


干宝

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gān bǎo
    gan1 bao3
kan pao
Gan Bao (?-336), Chinese historian and writer, author of In Search of the Supernatural 搜神記|搜神记[Sou1 shen2 Ji4]

得通

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dé tōng
    de2 tong1
te t`ung
    te tung
 tokutsū
attainment of supernatural power(s)

志怪

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zhì guài
    zhi4 guai4
chih kuai
to write about mysterious or supernatural things

怪談

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 kaidan
    かいだん
ghost story; tale of the supernatural

悉利

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xī lì
    xi1 li4
hsi li
 shiri
idem 室利 q.v. 悉地 siddhi, accomplishment, complete attainment, perfection, proof, truth, final emancipation, supreme felicity, magical or supernatural powers; cf. M.W. As supernatural power it is used to end calamities, subdue demons, etc.

應身


应身

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yìng shēn
    ying4 shen1
ying shen
 ōjin
nirmāṇakāya, one of the 三身 q.v. Any incarnation of Buddha. The Buddha-incarnation of the 眞如q.v. Also occasionally used for the saṃbhogakāya. There are various interpretation (a) The 同性經 says the Buddha as revealed supernaturally in glory to bodhisattvas is應身, in contrast with 化身, which latter is the revelation on earth to his disciples. (b) The 起信論 makes no difference between the two, the 應身 being the Buddha of the thirty-two marks who revealed himself to the earthly disciples. The 金光明經 makes all revelations of Buddha as Buddha to be 應身; while all incarnations not as Buddha, but in the form of any of the five paths of existence, are Buddha's 化身. Tiantai has the distinction of 勝應身 and 劣應身, i.e. superior and inferior nirmāṇakāya, or supernatural and natural.

方術


方术

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fāng shù
    fang1 shu4
fang shu
 houjutsu / hojutsu
    ほうじゅつ
arts of healing, divination, horoscope etc; supernatural arts (old)
means; method; art; magic

智力

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zhì lì
    zhi4 li4
chih li
 chiriki
    ちりき
intelligence; intellect
(noun - becomes adjective with の) wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains; (given name) Chiriki
Knowledge and supernatural power; power of knowledge; the efficient use of mystic knowledge.

業通


业通

see styles
yè tōng
    ye4 tong1
yeh t`ung
    yeh tung
 gōtsū
Supernatural powers obtained from former karma; idem 報通.

神僊

see styles
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

神力

see styles
shén lì
    shen2 li4
shen li
 shinryoku; shinriki; jinriki
    しんりょく; しんりき; じんりき
occult force; the power of a God or spirit
(1) divine power; sacred power; mysterious power; (2) (しんりき only) Shinriki (variety of rice); (surname) Jinriki
v. 神通.

神呪

see styles
shén zhòu
    shen2 zhou4
shen chou
 shinju; jinju
    しんじゅ; じんじゅ
mystic spell; dharani; (surname) Shinnou
a supernatural spell

神變


神变

see styles
shén biàn
    shen2 bian4
shen pien
 jinpen
Supernatural influences causing the changes in natural events; miracles; miraculous transformations, e.g. the transforming powers of a Buddha, both in regard to himself and others; also his miraculous acts, e.g. unharmed by poisonous snakes, unburnt by dragon fire, etc. Tantra, or Yogācāra.

神足

see styles
shén zú
    shen2 zu2
shen tsu
 jinsoku
    じんそく
(surname) Jinsoku
(神足通) deva-foot ubiquity. ṛddhipādaṛddhi-sākṣātkriyā. Also 神境智通; 如意通 Supernatural power to appear at will in any place, to fly or go without hindrance, to have absolute freedom; cf. 大教.

神通

see styles
shén tōng
    shen2 tong1
shen t`ung
    shen tung
 jinzuu / jinzu
    じんづう
remarkable ability; magical power
(place-name) Jinzuu
(神通力) Ubiquitous supernatural power, especially of a Buddha, his ten powers including power to shake the earth, to issue light from his pores, extend his tongue to the Brahma-heavens effulgent with light, cause divine flowers, etc., to rain from the sky, be omnipresent, and other powers. Supernatural powers of eye, ear, body, mind, etc.

神隱

see styles
shén yǐn
    shen2 yin3
shen yin
to be concealed by supernatural forces; to disappear mysteriously; (fig.) to be out of the public eye

神靈


神灵

see styles
shén líng
    shen2 ling2
shen ling
god; spirit; demon; occult or supernatural entities in general

神鳥


神鸟

see styles
shén niǎo
    shen2 niao3
shen niao
 kandori
    かんどり
supernatural bird
(surname) Kandori

秘孔

see styles
 hikou / hiko
    ひこう
(manga slang) vital point; pressure point; area of the human body which causes a supernatural effect when struck

種子


种子

see styles
zhǒng zi
    zhong3 zi5
chung tzu
 shushi
    しゅし
seed; CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]
seed; pit; (female given name) Taneko
Seed, germ; the content of the ālayavijñāna as the seed of all phenomena; the esoterics also have certain Sanskrit letters, especially the first letter ā, as a seed or germ containing supernatural powers.

空狐

see styles
 kuuko / kuko
    くうこ
(See 妖狐) fox with supernatural powers

等妙

see styles
děng miào
    deng3 miao4
teng miao
 tō myō
The two supreme forms of Buddha-enlightenment 等覺 and 妙覺, being the 51st and 52nd stages of the Mahāyāna 階位. A Buddha is known as等妙覺王, king of these two forms of universal and supernatural illumination.

精怪

see styles
jīng guài
    jing1 guai4
ching kuai
supernatural being (such as a demon, monster, ghost, spirit, gremlin etc)

紀昀


纪昀

see styles
jì yún
    ji4 yun2
chi yün
Ji Yun (1724-1805), Qing Dynasty writer, author of supernatural novel Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut 閱微草堂筆記|阅微草堂笔记

超常

see styles
chāo cháng
    chao1 chang2
ch`ao ch`ang
    chao chang
 choujou / chojo
    ちょうじょう
exceptional; well above average; supernatural; paranormal
(n,adj-f) paranormality; anomalous phenomenon

身通

see styles
shēn tōng
    shen1 tong1
shen t`ung
    shen tung
 shintsū
The power to transfer the body through space at will, one of the marks of the Buddha.

轉物


转物

see styles
zhuǎn wù
    zhuan3 wu4
chuan wu
 tenmotsu
To transform things, especially by supernatural power.

通力

see styles
tōng lì
    tong1 li4
t`ung li
    tung li
 tsuuriki / tsuriki
    つうりき
to cooperate; concerted effort
mysterious power; (surname) Tooriki
The capacity to employ supernatural power without hindrance. Buddhas, bodhisattvas, etc., have 神力 spiritual or transcendent power; demons have 業力 power acquired through their karma.

通慧

see styles
tōng huì
    tong1 hui4
t`ung hui
    tung hui
 tsūe
Supernatural powers and wisdom, the former being based on the latter.

霊感

see styles
 reikan / rekan
    れいかん
(1) inspiration; afflatus; (2) ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)

霊狐

see styles
 reiko / reko
    れいこ
(See 妖狐) fox with supernatural powers

靈異


灵异

see styles
líng yì
    ling2 yi4
ling i
deity; monster; strange; mysterious; supernatural

顯靈


显灵

see styles
xiǎn líng
    xian3 ling2
hsien ling
(of a supernatural or divine being) to appear; to make itself manifest
avatar

鬼神

see styles
guǐ shén
    gui3 shen2
kuei shen
 kishin(p); kijin(p); onigami
    きしん(P); きじん(P); おにがみ
supernatural beings
fierce god; (surname) Onikami
Ghosts and spirits, a general term which includes the spirits of the dead, together with demons and the eight classes of spirits, such as devas, etc. 鬼 is intp. as 威 causing fear, 神 as 能 potent, powerful.

魔人

see styles
 majin
    まじん
sorcerer; genie; human with supernatural powers

魔力

see styles
mó lì
    mo2 li4
mo li
 maryoku
    まりょく
magic; magic power
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm

三通力

see styles
sān tōng lì
    san1 tong1 li4
san t`ung li
    san tung li
 santsūriki
idem 三達 and 三明.

不壞法


不坏法

see styles
bù huài fǎ
    bu4 huai4 fa3
pu huai fa
 fue hō
Two kinds of arhats practice the 白骨觀 skull meditation, the dull who consider the dead as ashes, the intelligent who do not, but derive supernatural powers from the meditation.

二般若

see styles
èr bō rě
    er4 bo1 re3
erh po je
 ni hannya
Two kinds of prajñā, or wisdom. (1) (a) 共般若 The prajñā of the three stages of śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, and imperfect Bodhisattva schools; (b) 不共般若 the prajñā of the perfect Bodhisattva teaching—a Tiantai division. (2) (a) 世間般若 temporal prajñā; (b) 出世間般若 supernatural. (3) (a) 實相般若 The first part of the Prajñāpāramitā; (b) 觀照般若 the second part.

五神通

see styles
wǔ shén tōng
    wu3 shen2 tong1
wu shen t`ung
    wu shen tung
 go jinzū
(or 五神變) pañcabhijñā; also 五通 (力) the five supernatural powers. (1 ) 天眼通 (天眼智證通) divyacakṣus ; deva-vision, instantaneous view of anything anywhere in the form-realm. (2) 天耳通 (天耳智證通) divyaśrotra, ability to hear any sound anywhere. (3) 他心通 (他心智證通) paracitta-jñāna, ability to know the thoughts of all other minds. (4) 宿命通 (宿命智證通) pūrvanivāsānusmṛti-jñāna, knowledge of all formed existences of self and others. (5) 神通 (神通智證通) 通; 神足通; 神如意通 ṛddhi-sākṣātkriyā, power to be anywhere or do anything at will. See 智度論 5. Powers similar to these are also attainable by meditation, incantations, and drugs, hence heterodox teachers also may possess them.

五種通


五种通

see styles
wǔ zhǒng tōng
    wu3 zhong3 tong1
wu chung t`ung
    wu chung tung
 goshu tsū
Five kinds of supernatural power: (1) 道通 of bodhisattvas through their insight into truth; (2) 神通 of arhats through their mental concentration; (3) 依通 supernatural or magical powers dependent on drugs, charms, incantations, etc.; (4) 報通 or 業通 reward or karma powers of transformation possessed by devas, nāgas, etc.; (5) 妖通 magical power of goblins, satyrs, etc.

五通仙

see styles
wǔ tōng xiān
    wu3 tong1 xian1
wu t`ung hsien
    wu tung hsien
 gotsū sen
One who by non-Buddhistic methods has attained to the five supernatural powers 五通.

五通神

see styles
wǔ tōng shén
    wu3 tong1 shen2
wu t`ung shen
    wu tung shen
 go tsūjin
Spirits possessed of the five supernatural powers. They are also identified five bodhisattvas of the 雞頭摩: monastery in India, who, possessed of supernatural powers, went to the Western Paradise and begged the image of Maitreya, whence it is said to have been spread over India.

他心通

see styles
tā xīn tōng
    ta1 xin1 tong1
t`a hsin t`ung
    ta hsin tung
 tashintsuu / tashintsu
    たしんつう
{Buddh} (See 六神通) awareness of the minds of others (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers)
supernatural ability to read the minds of others

佛神力

see styles
fó shén lì
    fo2 shen2 li4
fo shen li
 butsu jinriki
Buddha's supernatural power(s)

八變化


八变化

see styles
bā biàn huà
    ba1 bian4 hua4
pa pien hua
 hachi henge
Eight supernatural powers of transformation, characteristics of every Buddha: (1) to shrink self or others, or the world and all things to an atom; (2) to enlarge ditto to fill all space; (3) to make the same light as a feather; (4) to make the same any size or anywhere at will; (5) everywhere and in everything to be omnipotent; (6) to be anywhere at will, either by self-transportation, or bringing the destination to himself, etc; (7) to shake all things (in the six, or eighteen ways); (8) to be one or many and at will pass through the solid or through space, or through fire or water, or transform the four elements at will, e.g. turn earth into water. Also 八神變; 八自在.

六神通

see styles
liù shén tōng
    liu4 shen2 tong1
liu shen t`ung
    liu shen tung
 rokujinzuu; rokujintsuu / rokujinzu; rokujintsu
    ろくじんずう; ろくじんつう
{Buddh} (See 神足通,天眼通,天耳通,他心通,宿命通,漏尽通) six supernormal powers
The six transcendental, or magical, powers, v. 六通.

化け狸

see styles
 bakedanuki
    ばけだぬき
(See 狸・たぬき・1) supernatural tanuki (Japanese folklore)

呪術的

see styles
 jujutsuteki
    じゅじゅつてき
(adjectival noun) magical; sorcerous; supernatural

器界說


器界说

see styles
qì jiè shuō
    qi4 jie4 shuo1
ch`i chieh shuo
    chi chieh shuo
 kikai setsu
The supernatural power of the Buddha to make the material realm (trees and the like) proclaim his truth.

四神足

see styles
sì shén zú
    si4 shen2 zu2
ssu shen tsu
 shi jinsoku
idem 四如意足.

四自在

see styles
sì zì zài
    si4 zi4 zai4
ssu tzu tsai
 shi jizai
The four sovereign powers: 戒 the moral law; 神通 supernatural powers; 智 knowledge; and 慧 wisdom.

大神力

see styles
dà shén lì
    da4 shen2 li4
ta shen li
 dai jinriki
Supernatural or magical powers.

大神咒

see styles
dà shén zhòu
    da4 shen2 zhou4
ta shen chou
 dai jinju
dhāraṇī spells or magical formulae connected with supernatural powers 大神力.

大神足

see styles
dà shén zú
    da4 shen2 zu2
ta shen tsu
 dai jinsoku
great supernatural powers

大神通

see styles
dà shén tōng
    da4 shen2 tong1
ta shen t`ung
    ta shen tung
 daijinzū
the great supernatural powers of the Buddha

天耳通

see styles
tiān ěr tōng
    tian1 er3 tong1
t`ien erh t`ung
    tien erh tung
 tennitsuu / tennitsu
    てんにつう
{Buddh} (See 六神通) divine hearing (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers)
supernatural power of divine hearing

孫行者


孙行者

see styles
sūn xíng zhě
    sun1 xing2 zhe3
sun hsing che
Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1], the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]

宿住通

see styles
sù zhù tōng
    su4 zhu4 tong1
su chu t`ung
    su chu tung
 shukujū tsū
supernatural knowledge of the past lifetimes of oneself and others

宿命通

see styles
sù mìng tōng
    su4 ming4 tong1
su ming t`ung
    su ming tung
 shukumyoutsuu / shukumyotsu
    しゅくみょうつう
(Buddhism) recollection of past lives; wisdom of past lives (one of six supernatural powers of Buddhas and arhats)
{Buddh} (See 六神通) knowledge of previous lifetimes (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers)
(宿命智通) pūrvanivāsānusmṛti-(jñāna); buddha-knowledge of all forms of previous existence of self and others; one of the 六通 (六神通).

得神足

see styles
dé shén zú
    de2 shen2 zu2
te shen tsu
 toku jinsoku
to possess supernatural powers

搜神記


搜神记

see styles
sōu shén jì
    sou1 shen2 ji4
sou shen chi
In Search of the Supernatural, compilation of legends about spirits, ghosts and other supernatural phenomena, written and compiled by 干寶|干宝[Gan1 Bao3] in Jin dynasty

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