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There are 27 total results for your Merciful search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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    ci2
tz`u
    tzu
 yoshimi
    よしみ

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Mercy / Compassion / Love
compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
(personal name) Yoshimi
Affection (as that of a mother), mercy, compassion, tenderness; mother.

仁慈

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rén cí
    ren2 ci2
jen tz`u
    jen tzu
 jinji
    じんじ

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Kindness / Benevolence
benevolent; charitable; kind; kindly; kindness; merciful
kind-hearted; benevolence; (given name) Hitoji
benevolence

心光

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xīn guāng
    xin1 guang1
hsin kuang
 shinkou / shinko
    しんこう
(surname) Shinkou
The light from (a Buddha's) mind, or merciful heart, especially that of Amitābha.

慈悲

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cí bēi
    ci2 bei1
tz`u pei
    tzu pei
 jihi
    じひ
mercy
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) mercy; compassion; clemency; pity; charity; benevolence; (2) (abbreviation) (See 慈悲心鳥) rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
Compassion and pity, merciful, compassionate.

阿彌陀佛


阿弥陀佛

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ē mí tuó fó
    e1 mi2 tuo2 fo2
o mi t`o fo
    o mi to fo
 Amida butsu

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Amitabha Buddha
Amitabha Buddha; the Buddha of the Western paradise; may the lord Buddha preserve us!; merciful Buddha!
Amitâbha Buddha

仁惠

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rén huì
    ren2 hui4
jen hui
benevolent; merciful; humane

仏心

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 hotokegokoro
    ほとけごころ
mercy; merciful heart; charity

十來


十来

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shí lái
    shi2 lai2
shih lai
 torai
    とらい
(female given name) Torai
(十來偈) The ten rhymes in "lai", a verse which expresses the Buddhist doctrine of moral determinism, i.e. that the position anyone now occupies is solely the result of his character in past lives; heredity and environment having nothing to do with his present condition, for, whether in prince or beggar, it is the reward of past deeds. The upright from the forbearing come,
The poor from the mean and greedy come,
Those of high rank from worshippers come,
The low and common from the Prideful come,
Those who are dumb from slanderers come,
The blind and deaf from unbelievers come,
The long-lived from the merciful come,
The short-lived from life, takers come,
The deficient in faculties from command-breakers come,
The complete in faculties from command-keepers come.
端正者忍辱中來.
貧窮着樫貧中來.
高位者禮拜中來.
下賤者橋慢中來.
瘖啞者誹謗中來.
盲聾者不信中來.
長壽者慈悲中來.
短命者殺生中來.
諸根不具者破戒中來.
六根具足者持戒中來.

恩教

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ēn jiào
    en1 jiao4
en chiao
 onkyō
a merciful teaching

恩雨

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ēn yǔ
    en1 yu3
en yü
 onu
merciful rain

慈光

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cí guāng
    ci2 guang1
tz`u kuang
    tzu kuang
 jikou / jiko
    じこう
(given name) Jikou
Merciful light, that of the Buddhas.

慈恩

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cí ēn
    ci2 en1
tz`u en
    tzu en
 jion
    じおん
(given name) Jion
Compassion and grace, merciful favour; name of a temple in Luoyang, under the Tang dynasty, which gave its name to Kuiji 窺基 q.v., founder of the 法相 school, known also as the 慈恩 or 唯識 school; he was a disciple of and collaborator with Xuanzang, and died A.D. 682.

慈水

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cí shuǐ
    ci2 shui3
tz`u shui
    tzu shui
 jisui
Mercy as water fertilizing the life.

慈眼

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cí yǎn
    ci2 yan3
tz`u yen
    tzu yen
 jigen; jigan
    じげん; じがん
{Buddh} merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity); (surname) Jigan
The compassionate eye (of Buddha).

沙門


沙门

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shā mén
    sha1 men2
sha men
 shamon; samon
    しゃもん; さもん
monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India); Buddhist monk
{Buddh} shramana (wandering monk); (surname) Shamon
śramaṇa. 桑門; 娑門; 喪門; 沙門那; 舍羅磨拏; 沙迦懣曩; 室摩那拏 (1) Ascetics of all kinds; 'the Sarmanai, or Samanaioi, or Germanai of the Greeks, perhaps identical also with the Tungusian Saman or Shaman.' Eitel. (2) Buddhist monks 'who 'have left their families and quitted the passions', the Semnoi of the Greeks'. Eitel. Explained by 功勞 toilful achievement, 勤息 diligent quieting (of the mind and the passions), 淨志 purity of mind, 貧道 poverty. 'He must keep well the Truth, guard well every uprising (of desire), be uncontaminated by outward attractions, be merciful to all and impure to none, be not elated to joy nor harrowed by distress, and able to bear whatever may come.' The Sanskrit root is śram, to make effort; exert oneself, do austerities.

行善

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xíng shàn
    xing2 shan4
hsing shan
 yukiyoshi
    ゆきよし
to do good works; to be merciful
(personal name) Yukiyoshi
To do good; deeds that are good; to offer up deeds of goodness.

六觀音


六观音

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liù guān yīn
    liu4 guan1 yin1
liu kuan yin
 Rokkannon
The six kinds of Guanyin. There are two groups— I. That of Tiantai: 大悲 most pitiful; 大慈 most merciful; 師子無畏 of lion-courage; 大光普照 of universal light; 天人丈夫 leader amongst gods and men; 大梵深遠 the great omnipresent Brahma. Each of this bodhisattva's six qualities of pity, etc., breaks the hindrances 三障 respectively of the hells, pretas, animals, asuras, men, and devas. II. As thousand-handed; the holy one; horseheaded; eleven-faced; Cundī (or Marīci); with the wheel of sovereign power.

慈力王

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cí lì wáng
    ci2 li4 wang2
tz`u li wang
    tzu li wang
 Jiriki ō
Maitrībala-rāja, king of merciful virtue, or power, a former incarnation of the Buddha when, as all his people had embraced the vegetarian life, and yakṣas had no animal food and were suffering, the king fed five of them with his own blood.

慈悲心

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 jihishin
    じひしん
merciful heart; compassion; mercy; benevolence

三昧相應


三昧相应

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sān mèi xiāng yìng
    san1 mei4 xiang1 ying4
san mei hsiang ying
 zanmai sōō
The symbols or offerings should tally with the object worshipped, e.g. a white flower with a merciful or a white image.

恵みの雨

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 meguminoame
    めぐみのあめ
welcome rain; merciful rain; blessed rain; rain after a long dry period

悲觀慈觀


悲观慈观

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bēi guān cí guān
    bei1 guan1 ci2 guan1
pei kuan tz`u kuan
    pei kuan tzu kuan
 hikan jikan
The pitying contemplation for saving beings from suffering, and the merciful contemplation for giving joy to all beings.

慈悲深い

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 jihibukai
    じひぶかい
(adjective) compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane

尸羅阿迭多


尸罗阿迭多

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shī luó ā dié duō
    shi1 luo2 a1 die2 duo1
shih lo a tieh to
 Shiraitta
Śīladitya, son of Pratapaditya and brother of Rajyavardhana. Under thc spiritual auspices of Avalokiteśvara, he became king of Kanyakubja A. D. 606 and conquered India and the Punjab. He was merciful to all creatures, strained drinking water for horses and elephants, was a most liberal patron of Buddhism, re-established the great quinquennial assembly, built many stūpas, showed special favour to Śīlabhadra and Xuanzang, and composed the 八大靈塔梵讚 Aṣṭama-hāśrī -caitya-saṃskṛta-stotra. He reigned about forty years.

每恒里末那

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měi héng lǐ mò nà
    mei3 heng2 li3 mo4 na4
mei heng li mo na
maitrīmanas, of kindly mind, tr. by 慈悲 merciful.

Variations:
仏(P)
佛(oK)

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 hotoke
    ほとけ
(1) Buddha; Shakyamuni; (2) Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; (3) the dead; dead person; departed soul; (4) merciful person

慈氏菩薩誓願陀羅尼經


慈氏菩萨誓愿陀罗尼经

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cí shì pú sà shì yuàn tuó luó ní jīng
    ci2 shi4 pu2 sa4 shi4 yuan4 tuo2 luo2 ni2 jing1
tz`u shih p`u sa shih yüan t`o lo ni ching
    tzu shih pu sa shih yüan to lo ni ching
 Jishi bosatsu seigan daranikyō
Dhāraṇī of the Merciful one's Promise

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

This page contains 27 results for "Merciful" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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