Dictionary of East Asian Buddhist Terms

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放 [py] fang4 [wg] fang [ko] hou [ja] ホウ pang ||| (1) Set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, give out. (2) Let go, release, disengage, liberate. (3) Give up, neglect, leave alone. (4) To act unrestrainedly, without discipline. (5) To go to; to reach to. (6) To depend upon. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

放下 [py] fang4xia4 [wg] fang-hsia [ko] pangga [ja] ホウゲ houge ||| To cast off attachment as the result of awakening to the truth of no-self. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

放光 [py] fang4guang1 [wg] fang-kuang [ko] panggwang [ja] ホウコウ houkou ||| Emission of light. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

放捨 [py] fang4 she3 [wg] fang-she [ko] pangsa [ja] ホウシャ housha ||| (1) To abandon, give up on, throw away, release. Become detached. (2) To still the mind by abandoning worry and planning. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

放棄 [py] fang4qi4 [wg] fang-ch'i [ko] pangki [ja] ホウキ houki ||| Renunciation, esp. of worldly status and possessions in the quest for enlightenment. A standard practice of the `srama.na 沙門. [Credit] acm(entry)

放逸 [py] fang4yi4 [wg] fang-i [ko] pang'il [ja] ホウイツ houitsu ||| Negligence, indolence, dissipation (Skt. pramaada, Pali pamaada, Tib. bag med pa).' One of the great defilement elements as listed in the Abhidharmako`sa-bhaasya 倶舎論; one of the twenty secondary defilements (隨煩惱) in Yogaacaara 瑜伽行派 doctrine. Playing with one's energy. Negligence, laziness, self-indulgence. Not holding to the intent of practicing goodness and repelling evil. A function of the 'three poisons' 三毒. [Dictionary References] naka1239c [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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故 [py] gu4 [wg] ku [ko] ko [ja] コ ko ||| (1) Reason, cause, circumstances. (2) Therefore, consequently. (3) Especially, intentionally. (4) Old, ancient, formerly, prior. [古]. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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敍 [py] xu4 [wg] hsü [ko] sô [ja] ジョ jo ||| (1) Converse, speak, to say. Narrate, state, describe, write. (2) Interview, meeting. (3) To arrange, place in order. (4) Details, rank, series. (5) A preface; synonymous with 序[wg] hsü [py] xu [ko] seo [ja] jo . To write a preface. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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救 [py] jiu4 [wg] chiu [ko] ku [ja] ク ku ||| (1) To save, to succor, to aid. To help, fix, repair. To put an end to; to stop. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

救護衆生離衆生相 [py] jiu4hu4 zhong4sheng1 li2 zhong4sheng1 xiang1 [wg] chiu-hu-chung-sheng ri-chung-sheng-hsiang [ko] kuho chungsaeng chungsaengsang [ja] クゴシュウジョウリシュウジョウソウ kugoshuujourishuujousou ||| The first stage among the 'ten dedications of merit' (十廻向) of the path of the bodhisattva. The stage where one, while using the mind of no aspects to save sentient beings, is still separated from the aspects of 'not-yet-saved' beings. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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教 [py] jiao1 [wg] chiao [ko] kyo [ja] キョウ kyou ||| (1) The Buddhist teaching. (2) A particular type of Buddhist teaching, such as "sudden teaching," "gradual teaching", "Pure Land teaching," etc. (3) The academic, or scholarly aspect of the Buddhist teaching, as opposed to the meditative 禪 aspect. In Korea, these two aspects became polarized into two opposing factions, which struggled with each other for recognition by the state. Eventually the kyo faction was eclipsed and subsumed by the sôn faction. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

教主 [py] jiao4zhu3 [wg] chiao-chu [ko] kyoju [ja] キョウシュ kyoushu ||| The one who teaches--the Buddha. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

教令 [py] jiao1ling4 [wg] chiao-ling [ko] kyorông [ja] キョウリョウ kyouryou ||| (1) An established decision. (2) Teaching; to teach somebody. (3) To command, to order. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

教化 [py] jiao1hua4 [wg] chiao-hua [ko] kyohwa [ja] キョウケ kyouke ||| Guidance, edification. Teaching people and causing them to understand. Bringing peace to those who suffer, faith to those who doubt and returning those who have strayed to the correct path. To preach, propound. To cause people to go towards the good. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

教授 [py] jiao4shou4 [wg] chiao-shu [ko] kyosu [ja] キョウジュ kyouju ||| (1) To guide, impart, teach; to teach the dharma and impart the way (anu`sista, vadam, cayacchanti). (2) A teacher of the way. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

教相門 [py] jiao1xiang1men2 [wg] chiao-hsiang-wen [ko] kyosangmun [ja] キョウソウモン kyousoumon ||| The aspect of the theoretical study of the Buddha's teaching, as opposed to the aspect of 'observing the mind,' practice. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

教義 [py] jiao4yi4 [wg] chiao-i [ko] kyoûi [ja] キョウギ kyougi ||| (1) Teaching and meaning. (2) The meaning of a teaching, a doctrine. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

教觀 [py] jiao1guan1 [wg] chiao-kuan [ko] kyogwan [ja] キョウカン kyoukan ||| Scripture study and meditation practice. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

教迹 [py] jiao1ji1 [wg] chiao-chi [ko] kyoujôk [ja] キョウシャク kyoushaku ||| The traces, or marks of the Buddha's teachings. Verbal teachings. (2) panjiao 判教 or 'teaching classification.' [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

教門 [py] jiao4men2 [wg] chiao-wen [ko] kyomun [ja] キョウモン kyoumon ||| (1) The aspect of the Buddha's "explained teachings"; the theoretical aspect. (2) The aspect of teaching through the sutras and `saastras. (3) The main thesis of a text. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

教體 [py] jiao1ti3 [wg] chiao-t'i [ko] kyoch'e [ja] キョウタイ kyoutai ||| The essence of `Saakyamuni's teachings. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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敢 [py] gan3 [wg] kan [ko] kam [ja] カン kan ||| To dare, to presume, to venture. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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散 [py] san4 [wg] san [ko] san [ja] サン san ||| (1) To scatter, spread out, disperse; be scattered, be dispersed. (2) Disorganized, in disarray. (3) Dispersion. [Buddhism] "Scattering." The opposite of concentration. (1) The mind scattered, not stopping in one place. Mental disturbance or confusion (viprakiirna). (2) Loose, disconnected, scattered, disordered (vyasta). [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

散亂 [py] san4luan4 [wg] san-luan [ko] sannan [ja] サンラン sanran ||| (Skt. vik.sepa; Tib. rnam par gye.n ba) 'distraction,' 'scattering.' One of the twenty secondary defilement elements (隨煩惱) in the doctrine of the Yogaacaara school. A condition of the mind of wandering through the fields of the six senses and not stopping for an instant. Equivalent in meaning to 掉擧. 〔成唯識論T 1585.31.33b〕 [Dictionary References] naka497a [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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敬 [py] jing4 [wg] ching [ko] kyông [ja] キョウ kyou ||| (1) Respect, honor, revere, venerate (gaurava). (2) To warn, to advise against. (3) To believe in; devotion (bhakti). (3) Abstain, refrain. Admonish, warn, prohibit. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

敬順 [py] jing4shun4 [wg] ching-hsün [ko] kyôngsun [ja] キョウジュン kyoujun ||| To respect and obey. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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敲唱 [py] qiao1chang4 [wg] chiao-ch'ang [ko] koch'ang [ja] コウショウ koushou ||| The ideograph 敲 means to knock, referring to the student's questioning of the teacher, and 唱 refers to the appropriate answer on the part of the teacher. Chan technical teaching terminology. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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數 [py] shu3 [wg] shu [ko] su [ja] シュ、スウ、シャク shu suu saku ||| I. シュ(1) 'Habituation by repetition,' which contributes to the special conscious functions of the six faculties. (2) Often. (3) An earlier translation of "mental functions" 心所. II. (1) Number (sa.mkhyaa). (2) To count (ganana). (3) In Consciousness-only theory, one of the 24 elements not concomitant with mind. Calculating the various material and mental elements. (4) Countable (sa.mkhyeya). (5) A synonym for wisdom (智); especially analytical wisdom (pratisa.mkhyaa). (6) suu: (samudaacaritatta, punnappunam); 'number,' also 'often,' 'calculation.' [Dictionary References] naka452d naka635c naka813c fks6089c [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

數息觀 [py] shu3xi2 guan1 [wg] shu-hsi-kuan [ko] susikkwan [ja] シュソクカン shusokukan ||| Breath counting meditation. Focusing the mind by counting exhalations. A method of stilling the mind. [Dictionary References] naka635d [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

數數 [py] shu3shu3 [wg] shu-shu [ko] susu [ja] サクサク sakusaku ||| Often, repeatedly, frequently, again (Skt. abhiik.s.na; Pali abhi.nha.m). [Credit] acm(entry)

數縁滅 [py] shu3yuan2mie4 [wg] shu-yüan-mieh [ko] suyônmyôl [ja] シュエンメツ shuenmetsu ||| Extinguishing afflictions by analytical meditation, or analytical wisdom; equivalent to 數縁盡. (pratisa.mkhyaa, pratisa.mkhyaa-nirodha) [Dictionary References] naka635d [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

數縁盡 [py] shu3yuan4jin4 [wg] shu-yüan-chin [ko] suyônchin [ja] シュエンジン shuenjin ||| Extinguishing afflictions by analytical meditation, or analytical wisdom; equivalent to 數縁滅. (pratisa.mkhyaa, pratisa.mkhyaa-nirodha) [Dictionary References] naka635c [Credit] acm(entry)

數習 [py] shu3xi2 [wg] shu-hsi [ko] susûp [ja] サクシュウ sakushuu ||| To repeatedly enact the same habit or custom; to be habituated by repetition. (abhyaasa, paricaya, sa.mstava) 〔顯揚論, T 1602.31.508b〕 [Dictionary References] naka453a [Credit] acm(entry)

數論 [py] Shu3 lun4 [wg] Shu-lun [ko] Suron [ja] スロン Suron ||| (1) Saa.mkhya . An Indian brahmanistic philosophical sect founded by Kapila 數論師. Often mentioned in Buddhist treatises as one of the six heterodox schools 六外道. (2) Hiinayaana abhidharma; Sarvaastivaada. [Dictionary References] naka635d iwa481 [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

數論師 [py] Shu3lun4shi1 [wg] Shu-lun shih [ko] Suronsa [ja] スロンシ Suronshi ||| (1) Kapila, the founder of the Saa.mkhya sect. (2) A Saa.mkhya philosopher. [Credit] acm(entry) ps(py)

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整儀 [py] zheng3yi2 [wg] cheng-i [ko] chôngûi [ja] セイギ seigi ||| See 偏袒右肩 biantianyoujian. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

整容 [py] zheng3rong2 [wg] cheng-jung [ko] chôngyong [ja] セイヨウ seiyou ||| To tidy the appearance; shaving, fixing the hair, etc. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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