科文 [py] ke1wen3 [wg] k'e-wen [ko] kwamun [ja] カモン kamon ||| To break a sutra or treatise down into small sections for exegesis and analysis--a common practice in traditional East Asian Buddhist scholarship. [Credit] acm(entry) ps(py)

種姓 [py] zhong3xing4 [wg] chung-hsing [ko] chongsông [ja] シュショウ shushou ||| Family, clan, blood lineage; especially a clan in the pre-modern sense of a large group of related people having the same surname. (Skt. gotra; Pali gotta) Etymologically, gotra is derived from go, which means "cattle" and √trai, which means "to protect." Thus the word originally referred to a fence which surrounded cattle. Applied to human beings, it refers to family boundaries of blood lineage, etc. Also translated into Chinese as 種性. In Yogaacaara Buddhism this term often refers to the spiritual predisposition one possesses based on the quality of the "seeds" in one's aalaya consciousness. In this sense, the term is even synonymous with "seeds" 種子. 〔瑜伽論T 1579.30.396a, 478c〕 [Dictionary References] naka634c [Credit] acm(entry)

種子 [py] zhong3zi2 [wg] chung-tzu [ko] chongja [ja] シュシ、シュジ shushi/shuji ||| Seeds. The term originally refers to the seeds of plants, but is used in Buddhism in a metaphorical sense. (1) First, in a religion which relies so much on "cause and effect" theory, seeds are a metaphor for the causes 因 of things, but especially as causes of the afflictions. (biija, biija-dharma). 〔瑜伽論, T 1579.30.364a〕 (2) The potentiality for something to be produced. 〔T 1558.29.22c〕 (3) In the Consciousness-only 唯識 school, the 'seeds' (potentialities) of all mental and physical dharmas which are stored in the aalayavij~naana 阿頼耶識. Coming into existence as the result of present activities and conditions the seeds result in new potentialities, giving rise to continued existence which has a direct relationship to prior causes and conditions. 〔成唯識論T 1585.31.8, 瑜伽論T 1579.30.363c 〕(Tib. sa bon) [Dictionary References] naka633c [Credit] acm(entry) ps(py)

種性 [py] zhong3xing4 [wg] chung-hsing [ko] chongsông [ja] シュショウ shushou ||| 'Seed nature.' Also 種姓 (gotra). The predisposition of people; the temperament or nature of religious practitioners; the predisposition for buddhahood. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

種智 [py] zhong3zhi4 [wg] chung-chih [ko] chongji [ja] シュチ shuchi ||| The perfect buddha-wisdom that fully knows every single thing in existence (一切種智). Omniscience. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

種種 [py] zhong3zhong3 [wg] chung-chung [ko] chongjong [ja] シュシュ shushu ||| (citra, citrataa, naanaa, vicitra). Various, diverse, varied. All sorts (shades, kinds, manner) of; every sort, manifold, multifarious, sundry. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

稱法 [py] cheng1 fa3 [wg] ch'eng-fa [ko] ch'ingbôp [ja] ショウホウ shouhou ||| To accord with the dharma. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

稱理 [py] cheng1li3 [wg] ch'eng-li [ko] ch'ingri [ja] ショウリ shouri ||| To accord with reality (yukta). [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

稱量 [py] cheng1liang2 [wg] ch'eng-liang [ko] ch'ingyang [ja] ショウリョウ shouryou ||| To determine; to figure out. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

稱體裁衣 [py] cheng1 ti3cai2 yi1 [wg] ch'eng-t'i ts'ai-i [ko] ch'ingch'e chaeûi [ja] ショウタイサイエ shoutai sai-e ||| "To cut the garments according to the body." [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

稽式 [py] ji1 shi4 [wg] chi-shih [ko] kyesik [ja] ケイシキ keishiki ||| Model, pattern, role, example [法則]. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

稽首 [py] qi3shou3 [wg] chi-shou [ko] kyesu [ja] ケイシュ keishu ||| To worship by bowing one's head to the Buddha's feet. The highest form of respect in India. Same as dingli 頂禮. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

穢土 [py] hui4tu3 [wg] hui-t'u [ko] yet'o [ja] エド edo ||| (1) This world; the defiled world, secular world. (2) The three realms, six destinies, etc., as contrasted to the Pure Land 淨土. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)