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七衆


七众

see styles
qī zhòng
    qi1 zhong4
ch`i chung
    chi chung
 shichishu
    しちしゅ
seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees)
The seven classes of disciples:―(1)比丘 bhikṣu,monk;(2) bhikṣuṇī a female observer of all commandments; (3) 式叉摩那śikṣamāṇa, a novice, or observer of the six commandments; (4) 沙彌 śrāmaṇera, and (5) 沙彌尼 śrāmaṇerika, male and female observers of the minor commandments; (6) 優婆塞 upāsaka, male observers of the five commandments; and (7) 優婆夷upāsikā, female ditto. The first five have left home, the last two remain at home. Tiantai makes nine groups by dividing the last two into four, two remaining at home, two leaving home and keeping the eight commandments. Others make four groups, i.e. (1), (2), (6), and (7) of the above. Tiantai also has a four-group.

三五

see styles
sān wǔ
    san1 wu3
san wu
 misago
    みさご
several; three or five
(surname) Misago

三戒

see styles
sān jiè
    san1 jie4
san chieh
 sankai
    さんかい
(1) (from the Analects of Confucius) three lifetime commandments (youth's femininity, middle-aged struggle, old-age gain); (2) {Buddh} three categories of precepts (lay, ordination, moral)
The three sets of commandments, i.e. the ten for the ordained who have left home, the eight for the devout at home, and the five for the ordinary laity.

三更

see styles
sān gēng
    san1 geng1
san keng
 sankou / sanko
    さんこう
third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old); midnight; also pr. [san1 jin1]
third watch of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am); (place-name) Mifuke

三照

see styles
sān zhào
    san1 zhao4
san chao
 sanshō
The three shinings; the sun first shining on the hill-tops, then the valleys and plains. So, according to Tiantai teaching of the Huayan sūtra, the Buddha's doctrine had three periods of such shining: (a) first, he taught the Huayan sūtra, transforming his chief disciples into bodhisattvas; (b) second, the Hīnayāna sūtras in general to śrāvakas and pratyeka-buddhas in the Lumbinī garden; (c) third, the 方等 sūtras down to the 涅槃經 for all the living. See the 六十華嚴經 35, where the order is five, i.e. bodhisattvas, pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, lay disciples, and all creatures.

三病

see styles
sān bìng
    san1 bing4
san ping
 sanbyō
The three ailments: (1) (a) 貪 lust, for which the 不淨觀 meditation on uncleanness is the remedy; (b) 瞋 anger, or hate, remedy 慈悲觀 meditation on kindness and pity; (c) 癡 stupidity, or ignorance, remedy 因緣觀 meditation on causality. (2) (a) 謗 Slander of Mahāyāna; (b) 五逆罪 the five gross sins; (c) to be a "heathen" or outsider; the forms recorded seem to be icchantika, ecchantika, and aicchantika. Cf. 三毒.

三神

see styles
 sanjin
    さんじん
(1) {Shinto} the three gods of creation; (2) five-grain guardian gods; (surname) Mitsugami

三色

see styles
sān sè
    san1 se4
san se
 sanshoku
    さんしょく
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) three colours; three colors; (2) (abbreviation) {mahj} (See 三色同順) triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; (3) (abbreviation) {mahj} (See 三色同刻) triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
The three kinds of rūpa or form-realms: the five organs (of sense), their objects, and invisible perceptions, or ideas. Cf. 三種色.

三識


三识

see styles
sān shì
    san1 shi4
san shih
 sanshiki
The three states of mind or consciousness: 眞識 the original unsullied consciousness or Mind, the tathāgatagarbha, the eighth or ālaya 阿賴耶識 ; 現識 mind or consciousness diversified in contact with or producing phenomena, good and evil; 分別識 consciousness discriminating and evolving the objects of the five senses. Also 意識 manas, 心識 ālaya, and 無垢識 amala, v. 識.

上衣

see styles
shàng yī
    shang4 yi1
shang i
 jōe
    じょうい
jacket; upper outer garment; CL:件[jian4]
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
The superior or outer robe described as of twenty-five patches, and styled the uttarā saṁghātī.

下衣

see styles
xià yī
    xia4 yi1
hsia i
 shitagoromo; kai
    したごろも; かい
(1) (esp.したごろも) (See 下着) undergarment; underwear; (2) (esp. かい) lower garment (e.g. trousers)
The lowest order of a monk's robes, that of five patches; lower garments.

中印

see styles
zhōng yìn
    zhong1 yin4
chung yin
 chuuin / chuin
    ちゅういん
China-India
China and India; Sino-Indian; (place-name) Nakain
Central India, i. e. of the 五印 five Indies, as mentioned by Xuanzang in the 西域記.

中因

see styles
zhōng yīn
    zhong1 yin1
chung yin
 chūin
An arrangement by the esoteric sect of the Five Dhyāni-Buddhas, Vairocana being the first in position, Akṣobhya east, and so on.

中尊

see styles
zhōng zūn
    zhong1 zun1
chung tsun
 chuuzon; chuuson / chuzon; chuson
    ちゅうぞん; ちゅうそん
{Buddh} (See 三尊・さんぞん・1,脇侍・きょうじ) central image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)
The central honored one— in any group of Buddhas, e. g. 不動尊 among the five 明王.

中嶽


中岳

see styles
zhōng yuè
    zhong1 yue4
chung yüeh
 nakatake
    なかたけ
Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
(surname) Nakatake

中神

see styles
 nakajin
    なかじん
Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyodo who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky; (surname) Nakajin

中般

see styles
zhōng pán
    zhong1 pan2
chung p`an
    chung pan
 chūhan
One of the five kinds of those who never recede but go on to parinirvāṇa, cf. 不還.

九地

see styles
jiǔ dì
    jiu3 di4
chiu ti
 kyuuchi / kyuchi
    きゅうち
very low land; (surname) Kuji
The nine lands, i.e. the 欲界 realm of desire or sensuous realm the four 色界 realms of form or material forms; and the four 無色界 formless realms, or realms beyond form; v. 九有, 九有情居, 禪 and 定. The nine realms are:—(1) 欲界五趣地; the desire realm with its five gati, i.e. hells, hungry ghosts, animals, men, and devas. In the four form-realms are:— (2) 離生喜樂地 Paradise after earthly life, this is also the first dhyāna, or subject of meditation, 初禪. (3) 定生喜樂地 Paradise of cessation of rebirth, 二禪. (4) 離喜妙樂地 Land of wondrous joy after the previous joys, 三禪. (5) 捨念淸淨地 The Pure Land of abandonment of thought, or recollection (of past delights), 四禪. The four formless, or infinite realms, catur arūpa dhātu, are:—(6) 空無邊處地 ākāśānantyā-yatanam, the land of infinite space; also the first samādhi, 第一定. (7) 識無邊處地 vijñānānamtyāyatanam, the land of omniscience, or infinite perception, 二定. (8) 無所有處地 ākiñcanyāyatana, the land of nothingness, 三定. (9) 非想非非想處地 naivasaṁjñānā-saṁjñāyatana, the land (of knowledge) without thinking or not thinking, or where there is neither consciousness nor unconsciousness, i.e. above either; this is the 四定. Eitel says that in the last four, "Life lasts 20,000 great kalpas in the 1st, 40,000 in the 2nd, 60,000 in the 3rd, and 80,000 great kalpas in the 4th of these heavens."

九字

see styles
jiǔ zì
    jiu3 zi4
chiu tzu
 kuji
    くじ
{Buddh} (See 臨兵闘者皆陣裂在前) nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
The nine magical characters 臨兵鬪者皆陳列在前 implying that the armed forces are arrayed against the powers of evil. After reciting these words, four vertical and five horizontal lines, forming a grid, are drawn in the air to show that the forces are arrayed. It was used among Taoists and soldiers, and is still used in Japan, especially when going into the mountains.

九曜

see styles
jiǔ yào
    jiu3 yao4
chiu yao
 kuyou / kuyo
    くよう
(surname) Kuyou
九執 q.v. Navagraha. The nine luminaries: 日 Āditya, the sun; 月 Sōma, the moon; the five planets, i.e. 火星 Aṅgāraka, Mars; 水 Budha, Mercury; 木 Bṛhaspati, Jupiter; 金 Sukra, Venus; and 土 Śanaiścara, Saturn; also 羅睺 Rāhu, the spirit that causes eclipses; and 計都 Ketu, a comet. Each is associated with a region of the sky and also with a bodhisattva, etc., e.g. the sun with Guanyin, Venus with Amitābha, etc.

九陰


九阴

see styles
jiǔ yīn
    jiu3 yin1
chiu yin
 ku'on
The five elements together with time, space, mind (manas), and soul (ātman) according to the teaching of the "heretical" Vaiśeṣika sect; v. 鞞.

事度

see styles
shì dù
    shi4 du4
shih tu
 jido
Salvation by observing the five commandments, the ten good deeds, etc.

二更

see styles
èr gēng
    er4 geng1
erh keng
 nikou / niko
    にこう
second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
(archaism) second watch (approx. 9pm to 11pm)

二衆


二众

see styles
èr zhòng
    er4 zhong4
erh chung
 nishu
The two groups: the monks, or clergy; the laity who observe the five and the eight commands.

二衣

see styles
èr yī
    er4 yi1
erh i
 nie
The two kinds of clothing: (a) 制衣 the regulation three robes for monks and five for nuns, which must be worn; (b) 聽衣optional garments.

五つ

see styles
 itsu
    いつ
(numeric) five; (personal name) Itsu

五七

see styles
wǔ qī
    wu3 qi1
wu ch`i
    wu chi
 goshichi
    ごしち
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
(1) five and seven; (2) (abbreviation) (See 五七日) 35th day after a person's death

五下

see styles
wǔ xià
    wu3 xia4
wu hsia
 goshita
    ごした
(surname) Goshita
five lower-level (bonds)

五世

see styles
wǔ shì
    wu3 shi4
wu shih
 gosei / gose
    ごせい
the fifth (of series of numbered kings)
(1) five generations; (2) fifth generation immigrant; gosei; (3) the fifth (e.g. George V); (personal name) Gose

五乘

see styles
wǔ shèng
    wu3 sheng4
wu sheng
 gojō
The five vehicles conveying to the karma reward which differs according to the vehicle: they are generally summed up as (1) 入乘 rebirth among men conveyed by observing the five commandments; (2) 天乘 among the devas by the ten forms of good action; (3) 聲聞乘 among the śrāvakas by the four noble truths; (4) 緣覺乘 among pratyekabuddhas by the twelve nidānas; (5) 菩薩乘 among the Buddhas and bodhisattvas by the six pāramitās 六度 q. v. Another division is the various vehicles of bodhisattvas; pratyekabuddhas; śrāvakas; general; and devas-and-men. Another is Hīnayāna Buddha, pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, the gods of the Brahma heavens, and those of the desire-realm. Another is Hīnayāna ordinary disciples: śrāvakas: pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas; and the one all-inclusive vehicle. And a sixth, of Tiantai, is for men; devas; śrāvakas-cum-pratyekabuddhas; bodhisattvas: and the Buddha-vehicle. The esoteric cult has: men, corresponding with earth; devas, with water: śrāvakas, with fire: pratyekabuddhas, with wind; and bodhisattvas, with 空 the 'void'.

五事

see styles
wǔ shì
    wu3 shi4
wu shih
 goji
five points

五位

see styles
wǔ wèi
    wu3 wei4
wu wei
 goi
    ごい
(1) fifth court rank; (2) (abbreviation) (See 五位鷺) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; (3) {Buddh} five ranks; five stages; (place-name, surname) Goi
The five categories, or divisions; there are several groups, e. g. (1) Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna have groupings of all phenomena under five heads, i. e. Hīnayāna has 75 法 which are 11 色法, 1 心法, 46 心所法, 14 不相離法, and 3 無爲法; Mahāyāna has 100 法 which are 8 心, 51 心所, 11 色, 24 不相因, and 6 無爲法. (2) The five divisions of 唯識 are 資糧位, 加行位, 通達位, 修習位, and 究竟 or 佛位. (3) The five evolutions in the womb are: kalalaṃ, embryo-initiation; arbudaṃ, after 27 days; peśī, 37; ghana, 47; praśākha, 57 days when form and organs are all complete. (4) Certain combinations of the 八卦 Eight Diagrams are sometimes styled 五位君臣 five positions of prince and minister.

五住

see styles
wǔ zhù
    wu3 zhu4
wu chu
 gojū
five entrenchments of affliction

五体

see styles
 gotai
    ごたい
(1) the whole body; (2) the five styles of writing Chinese characters; (3) (orig. meaning) the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

五佛

see styles
wǔ fó
    wu3 fo2
wu fo
 gobutsu
The Five Dhyāni-Buddhas of the Vajradhātu and Garbhadhātu; v. 五智如來.

五使

see styles
wǔ shǐ
    wu3 shi3
wu shih
 goshi
five afflictions

五倍

see styles
 gobai
    ごばい
five times

五倶

see styles
wǔ jù
    wu3 ju4
wu chü
 gogu
five comrades

五停

see styles
wǔ tíng
    wu3 ting2
wu t`ing
    wu ting
 gochō
five kinds of stabilization

五光

see styles
 gokou / goko
    ごこう
{hanaf} the five 20-point cards (high-scoring meld); (surname) Gokou

五八

see styles
wǔ bā
    wu3 ba1
wu pa
 gohachi
    ごはち
(g,p) Gohachi
Five eights, i. e. forty.

五内

see styles
 gonai; godai
    ごない; ごだい
(archaism) (See 五臓) the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)

五刀

see styles
wǔ dāo
    wu3 dao1
wu tao
 gotou / goto
    ごとう
(surname) Gotou
The 'five swords' or slayers who were sent in pursuit of a man who fled from his king, e. g. the five skandhas 五蘊.

五分

see styles
wǔ fēn
    wu3 fen1
wu fen
 gobun
    ごぶん
(noun, transitive verb) diving into five parts
idem 五分法身 and 五部大論.

五力

see styles
wǔ lì
    wu3 li4
wu li
 goriki
pañcabalāni, the five powers or faculties — one of the categories of the thirty-seven bodhipakṣika dharma 三十七助道品; they destroy the 五障 five obstacles, each by each, and are: 信力 śraddhābala, faith (destroying doubt); 精進力 vīryabala, zeal (destroying remissness); 念 or 勤念 smṛtibala, memory or thought (destroying falsity); 正定力 samādhibala, concentration of mind, or meditation (destroying confused or wandering thoughts); and 慧力 prajñābala, wisdom (destroying all illusion and delusion). Also the five transcendent powers, i. e. 定力 the power of meditation; 通力 the resulting supernatural powers; 借識力 adaptability, or powers of 'borrowing' or evolving any required organ of sense, or knowledge, i. e. by beings above the second dhyāna heavens; 大願力 the power of accomplishing a vow by a Buddha or bodhisattva; and 法威德力 the august power of Dharma. Also, the five kinds of Mara powers exerted on sight, 五大明王.

五印

see styles
wǔ yìn
    wu3 yin4
wu yin
 goin
five Indias

五受

see styles
wǔ shòu
    wu3 shou4
wu shou
 goju
The five vedanas, or sensations; i. e. of sorrow, ofjoy; of pain, of pleasure; of freedom from them all; the first two are limited to mental emotions, the two next are of the senses, and the fifth of both; v. 唯識論 5.

五古

see styles
wǔ gǔ
    wu3 gu3
wu ku
 goko
    ごこ
(surname) Goko
five-pronged vajra

五品

see styles
wǔ pǐn
    wu3 pin3
wu p`in
    wu pin
 gohon
A division of the disciples, in the Lotus Sutra, into five grades— those who hear and rejoice; read and repeat; preach; observe and meditate; and transform self and others.

五唯

see styles
wǔ wéi
    wu3 wei2
wu wei
 goyui
(五唯量) pañcatanmātrāṇi, the five subtle or rudimentary elements out of which rise the five sensations of sound, touch, form, taste, and smell. They are the fourth of the 二十五諦.

五善

see styles
wǔ shàn
    wu3 shan4
wu shan
 gozen
The five good (things), i. e. the first five commandments.

五因

see styles
wǔ yīn
    wu3 yin1
wu yin
 goin
The five causes, v. 倶舍論 7. i. e. (1) 生因 producing cause; (2) 依因supporting cause; (3) 立因 upholding or establishing cause; (4) 持因 maintaining cause; (5) 養因 nourishing or strengthening cause. These all refer to the four elements, earth, water, fire, wind, for they are the causers or producers and maintainers of the infinite forms of nature. Another list from the Nirvana-Sutra 21 is (1) 生因 cause of rebirth, i. e. previous delusion; (2) 和合因 intermingling cause, i. e. good with good, bad with bad, neutral with neutral; (3) 住因 cause of abiding in the present condition, i. e. the self in its attachments; (4) 增長因 causes of development, e. g. food, clothing, etc.; (5) 遠因 remoter cause, the parental seed.

五地

see styles
wǔ dì
    wu3 di4
wu ti
 gochi
five stages

五執


五执

see styles
wǔ zhí
    wu3 zhi2
wu chih
 goshū
The five planets, see 五星.

五塵


五尘

see styles
wǔ chén
    wu3 chen2
wu ch`en
    wu chen
 gojin
The objects of the five senses, which being dusty or earthly things can taint the true nature; idem 五境.

五境

see styles
wǔ jìng
    wu3 jing4
wu ching
 gokyō
The objects of the five senses, corresponding to the senses of form, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

五夜

see styles
 goya
    ごや
(1) (archaism) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; (2) the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am); (female given name) Sayo

五夢


五梦

see styles
wǔ mèng
    wu3 meng4
wu meng
 itsumu
    いつむ
(female given name) Itsumu
The five bad dreams of King Ajātaśatru on the night that Buddha entered nirvana— as the moon sank the sun arose from the earth. the stars fell like rain, seven comets appeared, and a great conflagration filling the sky fell on the earth.

五天

see styles
wǔ tiān
    wu3 tian1
wu t`ien
    wu tien
 goten
    ごてん
(surname) Goten
五天竺; The five regions of India, north, south, east, west, and central; v. 西域記.; (五天子) Five devas in the Garbhadhātumaṇḍala located in the north-east. Also 五乘居天 (or 五乘居衆 ); 五那含天子.

五失

see styles
wǔ shī
    wu3 shi1
wu shih
 goshitsu
five faults

五妙

see styles
wǔ miào
    wu3 miao4
wu miao
 gomyō
The five wonders, i. e. of purified or transcendental sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch in the Pure-land.

五姓

see styles
wǔ xìng
    wu3 xing4
wu hsing
 goshō
five natures

五宗

see styles
wǔ zōng
    wu3 zong1
wu tsung
 goshū
The five great schools of Mahāyāna, i. e. 天台, 華嚴法相, 三論, and 律宗. There are other classes, or groups.

五家

see styles
wǔ jiā
    wu3 jia1
wu chia
 goke
    ごけ
(surname) Goke
five houses

五寶


五宝

see styles
wǔ bǎo
    wu3 bao3
wu pao
 gohou / goho
    ごほう
(personal name) Gohou
The five precious things, syn. all the precious things. There are several groups, e. g. — gold, silver, pearls, cowries, and rubies; or, coral, crystal, gold, silver, and cowries; or, gold, silver, pearls, coral, and amber; etc.

五專


五专

see styles
wǔ zhuān
    wu3 zhuan1
wu chuan
 gosen
The five special things, or five devotions, observance of any one of which, according to the Japanese 眞宗 Shin sect, ensures rebirth in the Pure Land; they are 專禮, 專讀, 專觀, 專名, or 專讚嘆 either worship, reading, meditation, invocation, or praise.

五居

see styles
wǔ jū
    wu3 ju1
wu chü
 goko
idem 五淨居天.

五山

see styles
wǔ shān
    wu3 shan1
wu shan
 gosan; gozan
    ごさん; ござん
(rare) five most important temples of a region; (surname) Goyama
Five mountains and monasteries: (1) in India, sacred because of their connection with the Buddha: 鞞婆羅跋怒 Vaibhāra-vana; 薩多般那求呵 Saptaparṇaguhā; 因陀羅勢羅求呵 Indraśailaguhā; 薩簸恕魂直迦鉢婆羅 Sarpiṣ kuṇḍikā-prāgbhāra; 耆闍崛 Gṛdhrakūṭa; (2) in China, established during the Five Dynasties and the Southern Sung dynasty, on the analogy of those in India; three at Hangzhou at 徑山 Jingshan, 北山 Beishan, and 南山 Nanshan and two at Ningbo at 阿育王山 King Aśoka Shan and 太白山 Taiboshan. Later the Yuan dynasty established one at 全陵 Chin Ling, the 天界大龍翔隻慶寺 which became chief of these under the Ming dynasty.

五嶺


五岭

see styles
wǔ lǐng
    wu3 ling3
wu ling
 gorei / gore
    ごれい
the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭[Da4 yu3 ling3], Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭[Du1 pang2 ling3], Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭[Qi2 tian2 ling3], Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭[Meng2 zhu3 ling3] and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭[Yue4 cheng2 ling3]
(place-name) Nanling Mountains (China); Wuling

五嶽


五岳

see styles
wǔ yuè
    wu3 yue4
wu yüeh
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan

五帝

see styles
wǔ dì
    wu3 di4
wu ti
 gotai
the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2] and Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
five emperors

五師


五师

see styles
wǔ shī
    wu3 shi1
wu shih
 goshi
    ごし
(surname) Goshi
The five masters or teachers, i. e. respectively of the sutras, the vinaya, the śāstras, the abhidharma, and meditation. A further division is made of 異世五師 and 同世五師. The first, i. e. of different periods, are Mahākāśyapa, Ānanda, Madhyāntika, Śāṇavāsa, and Upagupta; another group connected with the Vinaya is Upāli, Dāsaka, Sonaka, Siggava, and Moggaliputra Tissva. The 同世 or five of the same period are variously stated: the Sarvāstivādins say they were the five immediate disciples of Upagupta, i. e. Dharmagupta, etc.; see 五部.

五度

see styles
wǔ dù
    wu3 du4
wu tu
 godo
    ごど
five degrees; fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh)
{music} fifth (interval)
The five means of transportation over the sea of mortality to salvation; they are the five pāramitās 五波羅蜜— almsgiving, commandment-keeping, patience under provocation, zeal, and meditation.

五形

see styles
wǔ xíng
    wu3 xing2
wu hsing
 gogyou / gogyo
    ごぎょう
Wuxing - "Five Animals" - Martial Art
(kana only) Jersey cudweed (species of cottonweed, Gnaphalium affine)

五律

see styles
wǔ lǜ
    wu3 lv4
wu lü
 goritsu
The doctrines of the 五部 q. v.

五徳

see styles
 gotoku
    ごとく
(1) the five virtues; (2) tripod; three or four-legged kettle stand; (3) family crest in the shape of such an object; (surname) Gotoku

五德

see styles
wǔ dé
    wu3 de2
wu te
 gotoku
The five virtues, of which there are various definitions. The five virtues required in a confessor at the annual confessional ending the rainy retreat are: freedom from predilections, from anger, from fear, not easily deceived, discernment of shirkers of confession. Another group is the five virtues for a nurse of the sick, and there are others.

五心

see styles
wǔ xīn
    wu3 xin1
wu hsin
 go shin
The five conditions of mind produced by objective perception: 卒爾心 immediate or instantaneous, the first impression; 尋求心attention, or inquiry; 決定心conclusion, decision; 染淨心the effect, evil or good; 等流心the production therefrom of other causations.

五忍

see styles
wǔ rěn
    wu3 ren3
wu jen
 gonin
The five stages of bodhisattva-kṣānti, patience or endurance according to the 別教: (1) 伏忍the causes of passion and illusion controlled but not finally cut off, the condition of 十住, 十行, and 十廻向; (2) 信忍 firm belief, i. e. from the 初地 to the 三地; (3) 順忍 patient progress towards the end of all mortality, i. e. 四地 to 六地; (4) 無生忍 patience for full apprehension, of the truth of no rebirth, 七地 to 九地; and (5) 寂滅忍 the patience that leads to complete nirvana, 十地 to 妙覺; cf. 五位.

五性

see styles
wǔ xìng
    wu3 xing4
wu hsing
 goshō
The five different natures as grouped by the 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana sect; of these the first and second, while able to attain to non-return to mortality, are unable to reach Buddhahood; of the fourth some may, others may not reach it; the fifth will be reborn as devas or men: (1) śrāvakas for arhats; (2) pratyekabuddhas for pratyekabuddha-hood; (3) bodhisattvas for Buddhahood; (4) indefinite; (5) outsiders who have not the Buddha mind. The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment 圓覺經 has another group, i. e. the natures of (1) ordinary good people; (2) śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas; (3) bodhisattvas; (4) indefinite; (5) heretics.

五悔

see styles
wǔ huǐ
    wu3 hui3
wu hui
 gokai
The five stages in a penitential service. Tiantai gives: (1) confession of past sins and forbidding them for the future; (2) appeal to the universal Buddhas to keep the law-wheel rolling; (3) rejoicing over the good in self and others; (4) 廻向 offering all one's goodness to all the living and to the Buddha-way; (5) resolve, or vows, i. e. the 四弘誓. The Shingon sect 眞言宗 divides the ten great vows of Samantabhadra 普賢 into five 悔, the first three vows being included under 歸命 or submission; the fourth is repentance; the fifth rejoicing; the sixth, seventh, and eighth appeal to the Buddhas; the ninth and tenth, bestowal of acquired merit.

五悪

see styles
 goaku
    ごあく
{Buddh} (See 五戒) the five sins (murder, theft, adultery, falsehood, and alcohol)

五情

see styles
wǔ qíng
    wu3 qing2
wu ch`ing
    wu ching
 gojou / gojo
    ごじょう
the five passions (anger, joy, hatred, desire and grief)
The feelings, or passions, which are stirred by the 五根 five senses.

五惑

see styles
wǔ huò
    wu3 huo4
wu huo
 gowaku
The five delusions, idem 五鈍使.

五惡


五恶

see styles
wǔ è
    wu3 e4
wu o
 goaku
The five sins— killing, stealing, adultery, lying, drinking intoxicants. Cf. 五戒.

五感

see styles
 gokan
    ごかん
the five senses

五慳


五悭

see styles
wǔ qiān
    wu3 qian1
wu ch`ien
    wu chien
 goken
The five kinds of selfishness, or meanness: monopolizing (1) an abode; (2) an almsgiving household; (3) alms received; (4) praise; (5) knowledge of the truth, e. g. of a sutra.

五教

see styles
wǔ jiào
    wu3 jiao4
wu chiao
 gokyō
The five division of Buddhism according to the Huayan School, of which there are two That of 杜順 Dushun down to 賢首 Xianshou is (1) 小乘教 Hīnayāna which interprets nirvana as annihilation; (2) 大乘始教 the primary stage of Mahāyāna, with two sections the 相始教 and 空 始教 or realistic and idealistic, (3) 大乘終教 Mahāyāna in its final stage, teaching the 眞如 and universal Buddhahood; (4) 頓教 the immediate, direct, or intuitive school, e. g. by right concentration of thought, or faith, apart from 'works'; (5) 圓教 the complete or perfect teaching of the Huayan, combining all the rest into one all-embracing vehicle. The five are now differentiated into 十宗 ten schools. The other division, by 圭峯 Guifeng of the same school, is (1) 人天教 rebirth as human beings for those who keep the five commandments and as devas those who keep the 十善 as 相始教 above; (4) 大乘破相教 as 空始教 above; and (5) 一乘顯性教 the one vehicle which reveals the universal Buddha-nature; it includes (3), (4), and (5) of the first group. See also 五時教.

五數


五数

see styles
wǔ shù
    wu3 shu4
wu shu
 goshu
five objects

五方

see styles
wǔ fāng
    wu3 fang1
wu fang
the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center; all parts; China and the lands beyond its frontiers

五日

see styles
 itsukaichi
    いつかいち
(1) the fifth day of the month; (2) five days; (place-name) Itsukaichi

五旬

see styles
wǔ xún
    wu3 xun2
wu hsün
 gojun
pañca-bhijñā. The five supernatural or magical powers; six is the more common number in Chinese texts, five is the number in Ceylon; v. 五神通.

五明

see styles
wǔ míng
    wu3 ming2
wu ming
 gomyou / gomyo
    ごみょう
(hist) the five sciences of ancient India (grammar and composition, arts and mathematics, medicine, logic, and philosophy); (surname) Gomei
pañca-vidyā, the five sciences or studies of India: (1) śabda, grammar and composition; śilpakarmasthāna, the arts and mathematics; cikitsā, medicine; hetu, logic; adhyātma, philosophy, which Monier Williams says is the 'knoowledge of the supreme spirit, or of ātman', the basis of the four Vedas; the Buddhists reckon the Tripiṭṭaka and the 十二部教 as their 内明, i. e. their inner or special philosophy.

五時


五时

see styles
wǔ shí
    wu3 shi2
wu shih
 goji
(五時教) The five periods or divisions of Śākyamuni's teaching. According to Tiantai they are (1) 華嚴時 the Avataṃsaka or first period in three divisions each of seven days, after his enlightenment, when he preached the content, of this sutra; (2) 鹿苑時 the twelve years of his preaching the Āgamas 阿含 in the Deer Park; (3) 方等時 the eight years of preaching Mahāyāna-cum-Hīnayāna doctrines, the vaipulya period; (4) 般若時 the twenty-two years of his preaching the prajñā or wisdom sutras; (5) 法華涅槃時 the eight years of his preaching the Lotus Sutra and, in a day and a night, the Nirvana Sutra. According to the Nirvana School (now part of the Tiantai) they are (1) 三乘別教 the period when the differentiated teaching began and the distinction of the three vehicles, as represented by the 四諦 Four Noble Truths for śrāvakas, the 十二因緣 Twelve Nidānas for pratyekabuddhas, and the 六度 Six Pāramitās for bodhisattvas; (2) 三乘通教 the teaching common to all three vehicles, as seen in the 般若經; (3) 抑揚教 the teaching of the 維摩經, the 思益梵天所問經, and other sutras olling the bodhisattva teaching at the expense of that for śrāvakas; (4) 同歸教 the common objective teaching calling all three vehicles, through the Lotus, to union in the one vehicle; (5) 常住教 the teaehmg of eternal life i. e. the revelation through the Nirvana sutra of the eternity of Buddhahood; these five are also called 有相; 無相; 抑揚; 曾三歸—; and 圓常. According to 劉虬 Liu Chiu of the 晉 Chin dynasty, the teaching is divided into 頓 immediate and 漸 gradual attainment, the latter having five divisions called 五時教 similar to those of the Tiantai group. According to 法寶 Fabao of the Tang dynasty the five are (1) 小乘; (2) 般着 or 大乘; (3) 深密 or 三乘; (4) 法華 or 一乘; (5) 涅槃 or 佛性教.

五智

see styles
wǔ zhì
    wu3 zhi4
wu chih
 gochi
    ごち
(place-name, surname) Gochi
The five kinds of wisdom of the 眞言宗 Shingon School. Of the six elements 六大 earth, water, fire, air (or wind), ether (or space) 曇空, and consciousness (or mind 識 ), the first five form the phenomenal world, or Garbhadhātu, the womb of all things 胎藏界, the sixth is the conscious, or perceptive, or wisdom world, the Vajradhātu 金剛界, sometimes called the Diamond realm. The two realms are not originally apart, but one, and there is no consciousness without the other five elements. The sixth element, vijñāna, is further subdivided into five called the 五智 Five Wisdoms: (1) 法界體性智 dharmadhātu-prakṛti-jñāna, derived from the amala-vijñāna, or pure 識; it is the wisdom of the embodied nature of the dharmadhātu, defined as the six elements, and is associated with Vairocana 大日, in the centre, who abides in this samādhi; it also corresponds to the ether 空 element. (2) 大圓鏡智 adarśana-jñāna, the great round mirror wisdom, derived from the ālaya-vijñāna, reflecting all things; corresponds to earth, and is associated with Akṣobhya and the east. (3) 平等性智 samatā-jñāna, derived from mano-vijñāna, wisdom in regard to all things equally and universally; corresponds to fire, and is associated with Ratnasaṃbhava and the south. (4) 妙觀察智 pratyavekṣaṇa-jñāna, derived from 意識, wisdom of profound insight, or discrimination, for exposition and doubt-destruction; corresponds to water, and is associated with Amitābha and the west. (5) 成所作智 kṛtyānuṣṭhāna-jñāna, derived from the five senses, the wisdom of perfecting the double work of self-welfare and the welfare of others; corresponds to air 風 and is associated with Amoghasiddhi and the north. These five Dhyāni-Buddhas are the 五智如來. The five kinds of wisdom are the four belonging to every Buddha, of the exoteric cult, to which the esoteric cult adds the first, pure, all-refecting, universal, all-discerning, and all-perfecting.

五本

see styles
 gohon
    ごほん
five (long cylindrical things); (surname) Gomoto

五果

see styles
wǔ guǒ
    wu3 guo3
wu kuo
 goka
    ごか
(1) five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut); (2) (Buddhist term) five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships; (3) (Buddhist term) five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life
The five fruits, or effects; there are various groups, e. g. I. (1) 異熟果 fruit ripening divergently, e. g. pleasure and goodness are in different categories; present organs accord in pain or pleasure with their past good or evil deeds; (2) 等流果 fruit of the same order, e. g. goodness reborn from previous goodness; (3) 土用果 present position and function fruit, the rewards of moral merit in previous lives; (4) 增上果 superior fruit, or position arising from previous earnest endeavor and superior capacity: (5) 離繋果 fruit of freedom from all bonds, nirvana fruit. II. Fruit, or rebirth: (1) 識 conception (viewed psychologically); (2) 名色 formation mental and physical; (3) 六處 the six organs of perception complete; (4) 觸 their birth and contact with the world; (5) 受 consciousness. III. Five orders of fruit, with stones, pips, shells (as nuts), chaff-like (as pine seeds), and with pods.

五根

see styles
wǔ gēn
    wu3 gen1
wu ken
 gokon
pañcendriyāṇi. (1) The five roots, i. e. the five organs of the senses: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body as roots of knowing. (2) The five spiritual organs pr positive agents: 信 faith, 精進 energy, 念 memory, 定 visionary meditation, 慧 wisdom. The 五力 q. v. are regarded as negative agents.

五桁

see styles
 goketa
    ごけた
five-digit number; "ten thousands" column

五條


五条

see styles
wǔ tiáo
    wu3 tiao2
wu t`iao
    wu tiao
 gojou / gojo
    ごじょう
(place-name, surname) Gojō
five-patched monks' robe

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