Wônhyo spent the earlier part of his career as a monk, but after a "consciousness-only" enlightenment experience, he left the priesthood and turned to the spreading of the buddhadharma as a layman. Because of this aspect of his character, Wônhyo ended up becoming a popular folk hero in Korea. He was a colleague and friend of the influential Silla Hwaôm monk Ûisang 義湘, and an important result of their combined works was the establishment of Hwaôm as the dominant stream of doctrinal thought on the Korean peninsula. Wônhyo's 23 extant works are currently in the process of being translated into English as a joint project between Dongguk University and SUNY at Stony Brook.
元首 [py] yuan2shou3 [wg] yüan-shou [ko] wônsu [ja] ガンシュ genshu ||| The head, leader, chief, ruler, sovereign, best, first, beginning. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)
充足 [py] chong1zu2 [wg] ch'ung-tsu [ko] ch'ungjok [ja] ジュウショク juusoku ||| To be full, be whole, be complete. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)
光世音 [py] Guang1shi4yin1 [wg] Kuang-shih-yin [ko] Kwangseûm [ja] コウセイオン Kouseion ||| One of the ways of translating the term Avalokite`svara 觀世音 into Chinese, used by Dharmapaala 竺法護. [Dictionary References] naka388a [Credit] acm(entry)
光宅 [py] Guang1 zhai2 [wg] Kuang-chai [ko] Kwangt'aek [ja] コウタク Koutaku ||| Another name for Fayun 法雲 of
光宅四乘 [py] guang1zhai2 si4sheng4 [wg] kuang-chai ssu-sheng [ko] kwangt'aeksasûng [ja] コウタクシジョウ koutakushijou ||| A reference to the establishment of the doctrine of one vehicle (fourth vehicle) by Guangzhai based on his interpretation of the parable of the burning house in the Lotus Sutra 法華經. This is an important special characteristic of the Tiantai and Huayan schools. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)
光明 [py] guang1ming2 [wg] kuang-ming [ko] kwangmyông [ja] コウミョウ koumyou ||| (aaloka, prabhaasvara, am`su, tejas, prabhaa). 'Bright light', 'radiance.' A symbol of the wisdom of a Buddha or bodhisattva. It is an expression indicating the destruction of the darkness of delusion and the manifestation of the reality-principle. It is an expression of praise of the unlimited and unimpeded light of Amitaabha Buddha, where 光 is distinguished into the light of his wisdom and the light of his form. 明 is the external manifest functioning expression of this wisdom. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)
光智 [py] guang1zhi4 [wg] kuang-chih [ko] kwangchi [ja] コウチ kouchi ||| A Chinese translation of the name Prabhaakaramitra, usually transcribed as 波羅迦頗蜜多羅. [Credit] acm(entry)
光讃經 [py] Guang1zan4 jing1 [wg] Kuang-tsan ching [ko] Kwangch'an kyông [ja] コウサンキョウ Kousan kyou ||| Guangzan jing; 10 fasc., trans. Dharmarak.sa 竺法護; T 222.8.147a-216b. cf. T 220, 221, 223. [Credit] acm(entry)
兜率 [py] dou1shuo4 [wg] tou-shuo [ko] tusol [ja] トソツ tosotsu ||| Tu.sita, the Pure Land (heaven) of Maitreya. See兜率天. [Credit] acm(entry)
兜率天 [py] dou1shuo4 tian1 [wg] tou-shuo t'ien [ko] tusolch'ôn [ja] トソツテン tosotsuten ||| Tu.sita Heaven. The fourth of the six heavens of the desire realm. The original meaning of the word tu.sita is "to satisfy." This heaven is a place of preparation where future "buddhas-to-be" teach, practice and await their entry into the physical world. `Saakyamuni abode there before his birth in the physical world and Maitreya 彌勒 is said to be waiting there now. A lifetime in Tu.sita Heaven is said to be 4,000 years, with each morning and evening of this time being equivalent to 400 years in earth-time. [Credit] acm(entry)
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元曉 [py] Yuan2xiao [wg] Yüan-hsiao [ko] Wônhyo [ja] ガンギョウ Gangyou ||| Wônhyo (617-686). One of the leading thinkers, writers and commentators of the Korean Buddhist tradition. With his life spanning the end of the Three Kingdoms period and the beginning of the Unified Silla, Wônhyo played a vital role in the reception and assimilation of the broad range of doctrinal Buddhist streams that flowed into the Korean peninsula at the time. Wônhyo was most interested in, and affected by Tathaagatagarbha 如來藏, Consciousness-only 唯識 and Hwaôm 華嚴 thought. However, in his extensive scholarly works, addressed in commentaries and essays, he embraced the whole spectrum of the Buddhist teachings which were received in Korea, including such schools as Pure Land 淨土宗, Nirvana 涅槃宗, Sanlun 三論宗 and Tiantai 天台宗 (Lotus Sutra school). He wrote commentaries on virtually all of the most influential Mahaayaana scriptures, altogether including over eighty works in over two hundred fascicles. Among his most influential works were the commentaries he wrote on the Awakening of Faith 大乘起信論, Nirvana Sutra 涅槃經 and Vajrasamaadhi Sutra 金剛三昧經. These were treated with utmost respect by leading Buddhist scholars in China and Japan, and served to help in placing the Awakening of Faith as the most influential text in the Korean tradition.
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充滿 [py] chong1man3 [wg] ch'ung-man [ko] ch'ungman [ja] ジュウマン juuman ||| To be filled with, to be pregnant with, teem with (puurna). [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)
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先世 [py] xian1shi4 [wg] hsien-shih [ko] sônse [ja] センゼ senze ||| One's prior lifetime; life in a prior existence, or in a prior world (pauruva-janmika). 〔瑜伽論T 1579.30.625c4〕 [Dictionary References] naka836d [Credit] acm(entry)
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光 [py] guang1 [wg] kuang [ko] kwang [ja] コウ kou ||| (kirana). (1) Light, brightness, splendor. (2) Sunlight. (3) Manifestation, appearance (aabhaasa). (4) The opposite of dullness; wisdom. (5) Halo, aura. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)
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克 [py] ke4 [wg] k'o [ko] kûk [ja] コク koku ||| (1) To be able to; competent, adequate. (2) To subdue; to improve. To overcome one's selfish desires. (3) To fix upon. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)
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兎角 [py] tu4jiao3 [wg] t'u-chüeh [ko] t'ogak [ja] トカク tokaku ||| The horns of a rabbit--something imaginary. [Credit] acm(entry) ps(py)
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兜 [py] dou1 [wg] tou [ko] tu [ja] ト to, tou ||| (1) Helmet, headpiece. (2) A hat. (3) To be confused. (4) Transliteration for foreign tu sounds. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)
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