Dictionary of East Asian Buddhist Terms

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黒 [py] hei1 [wg] hei [ko] hûk [ja] コク koku ||| (1) Black; the color black (kaala). (2) Dark, obscure--therefore a metaphor for ignorance (tamas). Displayed character is the simplified form of 黑 [Dictionary References] naka411d [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

黒山 [py] hei1shan1 [wg] hei-shan [ko] hûksan [ja] コクサン kokusan ||| Black mountain. A place in the center of Mt. Sumeru where the light of day and moon never reaches. The lowest state of consciousness. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

黒業 [py] hei1ye4 [wg] heh-yeh [ko] hûkôp [ja] コクゴウ kokugou ||| Evil karma. Activity which invites future suffering. The opposite of "white karma" 白業 and one of the four kinds of karma 四業. (Pali ka.nha-kamma)〔倶舎論、 T 1558.29.84a〕 [Dictionary References] naka412a ZGD333b [Credit] acm(entry)

黒白 [py] hei1bai2 [wg] heh-pai [ko] hûkpaek [ja] コクビャク kokubyaku ||| An abbreviation of heibaiye 黒白業. (k.r.s.na-`sukla) 〔倶舎論、 T 1558.29.84a〕 [Dictionary References] naka412c [Credit] acm(entry)

黒白業 [py] hei1bai2ye4 [wg] heh-pai-yeh [ko] hûkpaekôp [ja] コクビャクゴウ kokubyakugou ||| Evil karma and good karma. 〔倶舎論、 T 1558.29.84a〕 [Dictionary References] naka412c [Credit] acm(entry)

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黙然 [py] mo4ran2 [wg] mo-jan [ko] kugyôn [ja] モクネン mokunen ||| (tuusniimbhaava). To be silent. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

黙然而聽 [py] mo4ran2er2ting1 [wg] mo-jan-erh-t'ing [ko] mugyônich'ông [ja] モクネンジチョウ mokunen jichou ||| To be silent and listen, which is what the audience should do when the Buddha is giving a sermon. [Credit] acm(entry)

See the character 點 in CJKDict

點 [py] dian3 [wg] tien [ko] chôm [ja] テン ten ||| (1) A dot, a spot, a speck. (2) A point. (3) A bit, a little. (4) To count, to check one by one. (5) To punctuate. (6) To light. (7) In the Ratnagotravibhaaga 寶性論, tien refers to the extremely subtle remaining habit energies that which impede the practices of bodhisattvas. See 有點. [Dictionary References] naka987a [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

點頭 [py] dian3tou2 [wg] tien-t'ou [ko] chômdu [ja] テントウ tentou ||| To bow; to nod assent. [Dictionary References] naka987c [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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黨 [py] dang3 [wg] tang [ko] tang [ja] トウ tou ||| (1) Friends, associates, comrades; a person's crowd, gang, group. (2) A street gang. (3) To join a gang, club, association. (4) Be intimate with. (4) A place. (5) Correct, right, good. (6) If. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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