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Idea / Concept

 lǐ niàn
 ri nen
Idea / Concept Scroll

理念/理唸 means idea, notion, concept, principle, theory, philosophy*, or doctrine in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

This word is OK for a wall scroll, although it's more commonly used as an oral/informal word in Asia.

* This is not the title for philosophy but rather is about having a certain philosophy or approach to something.

Idea / Thought

 yì niàn
Idea / Thought Scroll

意念/意唸 means idea or thought in Chinese.

Idea / Thought

 yì jiàn
 i ken
Idea / Thought Scroll

意見 means idea, thought, opinion, or view in Japanese.

This word also has a similar meaning in Chinese, just often used in China.

Thought / Thinking / Idea

 sī xiǎng
 shisou
Thought / Thinking / Idea Scroll

思想 means thought, thinking, or idea in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja. Sometimes it can mean ideology, depending on context.

This can refer to someone's personality - like saying, “he is a thinker.”

The Buddha is in Each Sentient Being

 butsu wa shujou no naka ni ari
The Buddha is in Each Sentient Being Scroll

佛は衆生の中に在り is “Butsu wa shujo no naka ni ari” and means that the Buddha (potential for Buddhahood) exists in all beings in the universe.

So yes, your dog has the potential to be a Buddha (but only in a future reincarnation as a human). But all things, from the tiny cricket to the humpback whale have Buddha nature within them. If one takes the time to look and contemplate, one will see the Buddha in all things.

In Japan, sometimes the Buddha character is written 仏 instead of 佛, so you might see the whole phrase written as 仏は衆生の中に在り.


Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

Daodejing / Tao Te Ching - Chapter 54

 shàn jiàn zhě bù bá shàn bào zhě bù tuō zǐ sūn yǐ jì sì bù jué xiū zhī shēn qí dé nǎi zhēn xiū zhī jiā qí dé yǒu yú xiū zhī xiāng qí dé nǎi zhǎng xiū zhī guó qí dé nǎi féng xiū zhī yú tiān xià qí dé nǎi bó yǐ shēn guān shēn yǐ jiā guān jiā yǐ xiāng guān xiāng yǐ bāng guān bāng yǐ tiān xià guān tiān xià wú hé yǐ zhī tiān xià rán zī yǐ cǐ
Daodejing / Tao Te Ching - Chapter 54 Scroll

This is the Mawangdui version of Daodejing chapter 54.

What Tao plants cannot be plucked; What Tao clasps cannot slip.
By its virtue alone can one generation after another carry on the ancestral sacrifice.
Apply it to yourself, and by its power, you will be freed from dross.
Apply it to your household, and your household shall thereby have abundance.
Apply it to the village, and the village will be made secure.
Apply it to the kingdom, and the kingdom shall thereby be made to flourish.
Apply it to an empire, and the empire shall thereby be extended.
Therefore just as through oneself, one may contemplate Oneself;
So through the household one may contemplate the Household;
And through the village, one may contemplate the Village;
And through the kingdom, one may contemplate the Kingdom;
And through the empire, one may contemplate the Empire.
How do I know that the empire is so? By this.
Another translation:
What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out;
What is tightly held in the arms will not slip loose;
Through this, the offering of sacrifice by descendants will never come to an end.

Cultivate it in your person, and its virtue will be genuine;
Cultivate it in the family, and its virtue will be more than sufficient;
Cultivate it in the hamlet, and its virtue will endure;
Cultivate it in the state, and its virtue will abound;
Cultivate it in the empire, and its virtue will be pervasive.

Hence look at the person through the person;
Look at the family through the family;
Look at the hamlet through the hamlet;
Look at the state through the state;
Look at the empire through the empire.

How do I know that the empire is like that?
By means of this.


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Characters

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Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


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guàn
    guan4
kuan
 kan
Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
vipaśyanā; vidarśanā. To look into, study, examine, contemplate; contemplation, insight; a study, a Taoist monastery; to consider illusion and discern illusion, or discern the seeming from the real; to contemplate and mentally enter into truth. 覺 is defined as awakening, or awareness, 觀 as examination or study. It is also an old tr. of the word Yoga; and cf. 禪 17. Guan is especially a doctrine of the Tiantai school as shown in the 止觀 q.v.

不觀


不观

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bù guān
    bu4 guan1
pu kuan
 fu kan
does not contemplate

沉思

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chén sī
    chen2 si1
ch`en ssu
    chen ssu
to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation; meditation

緣理


缘理

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yuán lǐ
    yuan2 li3
yüan li
 enri
To study, or reason on fundamental principles; to contemplate ultimate reality, cf. 緣事.

觀佛


观佛

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guān fó
    guan1 fo2
kuan fo
 kanbutsu
To contemplate, or meditate upon, Buddha.

觀念


观念

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guān niàn
    guan1 nian4
kuan nien
 kannen
notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions
To look into and think over, contemplate and ponder.

觀解


观解

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guān jiě
    guan1 jie3
kuan chieh
 kange
To contemplate ultimate reality and unravel or expound it.

觀諦


观谛

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guān dì
    guan1 di4
kuan ti
 kantai
to contemplate the truths

觀象


观象

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guān xiàng
    guan1 xiang4
kuan hsiang
 kanzō
Describing an elephant from sight rather than 摸觀, as would a blind man, from feeling it; i.e. immediate and correct knowledge.

隨觀


随观

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suí guān
    sui2 guan1
sui kuan
 zuikan
accordingly contemplate

顧る

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 kaerimiru
    かえりみる
(irregular okurigana usage) (transitive verb) (1) to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); to turn around; (2) to reflect on the past; to reconsider; to review; (3) to reflect on oneself; to introspect; to contemplate oneself; (4) to consider (usu. used in negative); to concern oneself about; to pay attention to; to take into consideration

默念

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mò niàn
    mo4 nian4
mo nien
to read silently; to mouth (the words of a prayer etc); to say to oneself; to contemplate inwardly

不觀察


不观察

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bù guān chá
    bu4 guan1 cha2
pu kuan ch`a
    pu kuan cha
 fu kansatsu
does not contemplate

企てる

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 kuwadateru
    くわだてる
(transitive verb) (1) to plan; to plot; to propose; to design; to intend; to contemplate; (transitive verb) (2) to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (transitive verb) (3) (archaism) to stand on tip-toes

善觀察


善观察

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shàn guān chá
    shan4 guan1 cha2
shan kuan ch`a
    shan kuan cha
 zen kansatsu
skillfully analyze (ascertain, observe, contemplate)

數思惟


数思惟

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shuò sī wéi
    shuo4 si1 wei2
shuo ssu wei
 saku shiyui
to repeatedly contemplate

省みる

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 kaerimiru
    かえりみる
(transitive verb) (See 顧みる・1) to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect

観じる

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 kanjiru
    かんじる
(Ichidan verb) (See 観ずる) to view; to contemplate

観ずる

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 kanzuru
    かんずる
(vz,vt) (See 観じる) to view; to contemplate

觀四諦


观四谛

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guān sì dì
    guan1 si4 di4
kuan ssu ti
 kan shitai
contemplate the four truths

阿耶羅


阿耶罗

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ā yé luó
    a1 ye2 luo2
a yeh lo
 ayara
āyanā has the same meaning as 阿耶, but is intp. by 觀 to contemplate, look into.

顧みる

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 kaerimiru
    かえりみる
(transitive verb) (1) to look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); to turn around; (2) to reflect on the past; to reconsider; to review; (3) to reflect on oneself; to introspect; to contemplate oneself; (4) to consider (usu. used in negative); to concern oneself about; to pay attention to; to take into consideration

不堪設想


不堪设想

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bù kān shè xiǎng
    bu4 kan1 she4 xiang3
pu k`an she hsiang
    pu kan she hsiang
too horrible to contemplate; unthinkable; inconceivable

反照觀察


反照观察

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fǎn zhào guān chá
    fan3 zhao4 guan1 cha2
fan chao kuan ch`a
    fan chao kuan cha
 honshō kansatsu
illumine and contemplate thoroughly

如理觀察


如理观察

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rú lǐ guān chá
    ru2 li3 guan1 cha2
ju li kuan ch`a
    ju li kuan cha
 nyori kansatsu
correctly contemplate

思い入る

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 omoiiru / omoiru
    おもいいる
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) to ponder; to contemplate

思量無我


思量无我

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sī liáng wú wǒ
    si1 liang2 wu2 wo3
ssu liang wu wo
 shiryō muga
to contemplate selflessness

觀像念佛


观像念佛

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guān xiàng niàn fó
    guan1 xiang4 nian4 fo2
kuan hsiang nien fo
 kanzō nenbutsu
To contemplate the image of (Amitābha) Buddha and repeat his name.

觀察學斷


观察学断

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guān chá xué duàn
    guan1 cha2 xue2 duan4
kuan ch`a hsüeh tuan
    kuan cha hsüeh tuan
 kansatsu gaku dan
to contemplate, train, and eliminates [afflictions]

觀想念佛


观想念佛

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guān xiǎng niàn fó
    guan1 xiang3 nian4 fo2
kuan hsiang nien fo
 kansō nenbutsu
To contemplate Buddha (especially Amitābha) in the mind and repeat his name.

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Idea
Concept
理念 / 理唸
理念
ri nen / rinenlǐ niàn / li3 nian4 / li nian / linianli nien / linien
Idea
Thought
意念 / 意唸
意念
yì niàn / yi4 nian4 / yi nian / yiniani nien / inien
Idea
Thought
意見i ken / ikenyì jiàn / yi4 jian4 / yi jian / yijiani chien / ichien
Thought
Thinking
Idea
思想shisou / shisosī xiǎng / si1 xiang3 / si xiang / sixiangssu hsiang / ssuhsiang
The Buddha is in Each Sentient Being佛は衆生の中に在りbutsu wa shujou no naka ni ari
butsuwashujounonakaniari
butsu wa shujo no naka ni ari
Daodejing
Tao Te Ching - Chapter 54
善建者不拔善抱者不脫子孫以祭祀不絕修之身其德乃真修之家其德有余修之鄉其德乃長修之國其德乃夆修之於天下其德乃博以身觀身以家觀家以鄉觀鄉以邦觀邦以天下觀天下吾何以知天下然茲以此
善建者不拔善抱者不脱子孙以祭祀不绝修之身其德乃真修之家其德有余修之乡其德乃长修之国其德乃夆修之于天下其德乃博以身观身以家观家以乡观乡以邦观邦以天下观天下吾何以知天下然兹以此
shàn jiàn zhě bù bá shàn bào zhě bù tuō zǐ sūn yǐ jì sì bù jué xiū zhī shēn qí dé nǎi zhēn xiū zhī jiā qí dé yǒu yú xiū zhī xiāng qí dé nǎi zhǎng xiū zhī guó qí dé nǎi féng xiū zhī yú tiān xià qí dé nǎi bó yǐ shēn guān shēn yǐ jiā guān jiā yǐ xiāng guān xiāng yǐ bāng guān bāng yǐ tiān xià guān tiān xià wú hé yǐ zhī tiān xià rán zī yǐ cǐ
shan4 jian4 zhe3 bu4 ba2 shan4 bao4 zhe3 bu4 tuo1 zi3 sun1 yi3 ji4 si4 bu4 jue2 xiu1 zhi1 shen1 qi2 de2 nai3 zhen1 xiu1 zhi1 jia1 qi2 de2 you3 yu2 xiu1 zhi1 xiang1 qi2 de2 nai3 zhang3 xiu1 zhi1 guo2 qi2 de2 nai3 feng2 xiu1 zhi1 yu2 tian1 xia4 qi2 de2 nai3 bo2 yi3 shen1 guan1 shen1 yi3 jia1 guan1 jia1 yi3 xiang1 guan1 xiang1 yi3 bang1 guan1 bang1 yi3 tian1 xia4 guan1 tian1 xia4 wu2 he2 yi3 zhi1 tian1 xia4 ran2 zi1 yi3 ci3
shan jian zhe bu ba shan bao zhe bu tuo zi sun yi ji si bu jue xiu zhi shen qi de nai zhen xiu zhi jia qi de you yu xiu zhi xiang qi de nai zhang xiu zhi guo qi de nai feng xiu zhi yu tian xia qi de nai bo yi shen guan shen yi jia guan jia yi xiang guan xiang yi bang guan bang yi tian xia guan tian xia wu he yi zhi tian xia ran zi yi ci
shan chien che pu pa shan pao che pu t`o tzu sun i chi ssu pu chüeh hsiu chih shen ch`i te nai chen hsiu chih chia ch`i te yu yü hsiu chih hsiang ch`i te nai chang hsiu chih kuo ch`i te nai feng hsiu chih yü t`ien hsia ch`i te nai po i shen kuan shen i chia kuan chia i hsiang kuan hsiang i pang kuan pang i t`ien hsia kuan t`ien hsia wu ho i chih t`ien hsia jan tzu i tz`u
shan chien che pu pa shan pao che pu to tzu sun i chi ssu pu chüeh hsiu chih shen chi te nai chen hsiu chih chia chi te yu yü hsiu chih hsiang chi te nai chang hsiu chih kuo chi te nai feng hsiu chih yü tien hsia chi te nai po i shen kuan shen i chia kuan chia i hsiang kuan hsiang i pang kuan pang i tien hsia kuan tien hsia wu ho i chih tien hsia jan tzu i tzu
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
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