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逾 means: to exceed; to go beyond; to transcend; to cross over; to jump over.
You'll see this character used in Buddhism (same meaning).
Technically, this single character is a Japanese word but is seldom used as a single Kanji in modern Japanese.
In Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja, 超越 means to overcome, surpass, transcendence, excel, exceed, go beyond, rise above, or transcend.
According to Soothill 眞空妙有 means:
The true void is the mysteriously existing, truly void, or immaterial, yet transcendentally existing.
眞空妙有 is the state of being nonexistent after removing all errant worldly influences. 眞空妙有 is achieved when all forms of existence are seen for their real nature.
超 is “super” in Chinese and Japanese Kanji.
It can also mean: to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; to jump over. It can also be a suffix like ultra- hyper- super-
From Sanskrit, this can be the Buddhist “vikrama,” meaning to leap over; surpass; exempt from; to save.
三人寄れば文殊の知恵 literally means “when three people meet, wisdom is exchanged.”
Some will suggest this means when three people come together, their wisdom is multiplied.
That wisdom part can also be translated as wit, sagacity, intelligence, or Buddhist Prajna (insight leading to enlightenment).
In the middle of this proverb is “monju,” suggesting “transcendent wisdom.” This is where the multiplication of wisdom ideas comes from.
Note: This is very similar to the Chinese proverb, "When 3 people meet, one becomes a teacher."
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
寧靜致遠 is an ancient Chinese idiom that means “tranquility yields transcendence.”
This suggests pursuing a quiet life of profound study.
The first two characters mean tranquility. The last two characters mean “go far,” which suggests achieving much in your life or expanding beyond normal limits. The direct translation would read something like, “[With] tranquility [in your life, you'll] go far.”
Compare this to the English idiom: Still waters run deep.
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
超度 see styles |
chāo dù chao1 du4 ch`ao tu chao tu chōdo |
to surpass; to transcend; to perform religious ceremonies to help the soul find peace to transcend |
超 see styles |
chāo chao1 ch`ao chao wataru わたる |
More info & calligraphy: Super(prefix) (1) (ちょう only) super-; ultra-; hyper-; extreme; (prefix) (2) (colloquialism) extremely; really; totally; absolutely; (suffix noun) (3) (ちょう only) (after a number or counter) over; more than; (given name) Wataru vikrama. Leap over, surpass; exempt from; to save.; Two ways of passing over (to bliss): 豎 the lengthwise, or long way (of Hīnayāna); and 橫 the crosswise, or short way of Mahāyāna. |
逾 see styles |
yú yu2 yü yu |
More info & calligraphy: Beyond / Exceed / SurpassTo pass over, exceed. |
超越 see styles |
chāo yuè chao1 yue4 ch`ao yüeh chao yüeh chouetsu / choetsu ちょうえつ |
More info & calligraphy: Overcome / Surpass / Rise Above(n,vs,vi) transcendence; transcendency Surpassing, supreme; to pass over, be exempt from. |
絕名 绝名 see styles |
jué míng jue2 ming2 chüeh ming zetsumyō |
to transcend names |
翻越 see styles |
fān yuè fan1 yue4 fan yüeh |
to cross; to surmount; to transcend |
賢聖 贤圣 see styles |
xián shèng xian2 sheng4 hsien sheng kensei / kense けんせい |
(personal name) Kensei Those who are noted for goodness, and those who are also noted for wisdom, or insight; the xian are still of ordinary human standard, the sheng transcend them in wisdom and character; the attainments from 見道 upwards are those of the sheng; the xian is on the moral plane, and has not eliminated illusion; the sheng has cut of illusion and has insight into absolute reality. The Mahāyāna has three stages for the xian and ten for the sheng; the Hīnayāna has seven for each. |
超脫 超脱 see styles |
chāo tuō chao1 tuo1 ch`ao t`o chao to |
to stand aloof; to be detached from; to transcend worldliness; untrammeled; unconventional See: 超脱 |
越度 see styles |
yuè dù yue4 du4 yüeh tu koshido こしど |
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission; oversight; lapse; (surname) Koshido to transcend |
越過 越过 see styles |
yuè guò yue4 guo4 yüeh kuo |
to cross over; to transcend; to cover distance; to overcome; to rise above |
跳出 see styles |
tiào chū tiao4 chu1 t`iao ch`u tiao chu chōshutsu |
to jump out; fig. to appear suddenly to transcend |
跳脫 跳脱 see styles |
tiào tuō tiao4 tuo1 t`iao t`o tiao to |
(Tw) to break free of (outmoded ways of thinking etc); to move beyond; to transcend |
超名相 see styles |
chāo míng xiàng chao1 ming2 xiang4 ch`ao ming hsiang chao ming hsiang chōmyōsō |
to transcend name and form |
壞本絕本 坏本绝本 see styles |
huài běn jué běn huai4 ben3 jue2 ben3 huai pen chüeh pen e hon zetsu hon |
eradicate and transcend [the idea of] fundamental [Being] |
昇出色心 see styles |
shēng chū sè xīn sheng1 chu1 se4 xin1 sheng ch`u se hsin sheng chu se hsin shōshutsu shiki shin |
transcend body and mind |
超宗越格 see styles |
chāo zōng yuè gé chao1 zong1 yue4 ge2 ch`ao tsung yüeh ko chao tsung yüeh ko chōshū okkyaku |
transcend the tenets and go beyond the standards |
超過影像 超过影像 see styles |
chāo guō yǐng xiàng chao1 guo1 ying3 xiang4 ch`ao kuo ying hsiang chao kuo ying hsiang chōka yōzō |
to transcend projections of consciousness |
立ち越える see styles |
tachikoeru たちこえる |
(v1,vi) (1) (See 立ち・たち・7) to rise above; to transcend; (v1,vi) (2) (See 立ち・たち・7) to surpass; to be superior to; (v1,vi) (3) to go out; to come around |
離蓋趣愛言教 离盖趣爱言教 see styles |
lí gài qù ài yán jiào li2 gai4 qu4 ai4 yan2 jiao4 li kai ch`ü ai yen chiao li kai chü ai yen chiao rikai shuai gonkyō |
discourses that free one from obscurations and transcend attachment |
卓越 see styles |
zhuó yuè zhuo2 yue4 cho yüeh takuetsu たくえつ |
More info & calligraphy: Excellence(n,vs,vi) preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence |
寧靜致遠 宁静致远 see styles |
níng jìng zhì yuǎn ning2 jing4 zhi4 yuan3 ning ching chih yüan |
More info & calligraphy: Tranquility Yields Transcendence |
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. |
六波 see styles |
liù bō liu4 bo1 liu po rokuha |
The six pāramitās, v. 波羅密. |
勝果 胜果 see styles |
shèng guǒ sheng4 guo3 sheng kuo shōka |
The surpassing fruit, i.e. that of the attainment of Buddhahood, in contrast with Hīnayāna lower aims; two of these fruits are transcendent nirvāṇa and complete bodhi. |
十地 see styles |
shí dì shi2 di4 shih ti juuji / juji じゅうじ |
{Buddh} dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva); (place-name) Jūji daśabhūmi; v. 十住. The "ten stages" in the fifty-two sections of the development of a bodhisattva into a Buddha. After completing the十四向 he proceeds to the 十地. There are several groups. I. The ten stages common to the Three Vehicles 三乘 are: (1) 乾慧地 dry wisdom stage, i. e. unfertilized by Buddha-truth, worldly wisdom; (2) 性地 the embryo-stage of the nature of Buddha-truth, the 四善根; (3) 八人地 (八忍地), the stage of the eight patient endurances; (4) 見地 of freedom from wrong views; (5) 薄地 of freedom from the first six of the nine delusions in practice; (6) 離欲地 of freedom from the remaining three; (7) 巳辨地 complete discrimination in regard to wrong views and thoughts, the stage of an arhat; (8) 辟支佛地 pratyeka-buddhahood, only the dead ashes of the past left to sift; (9) 菩薩地 bodhisattvahood; (10) 佛地 Buddhahood. v. 智度論 78. II. 大乘菩薩十地 The ten stages of Mahāyāna bodhisattva development are: (1) 歡喜地 Pramuditā, joy at having overcome the former difficulties and now entering on the path to Buddhahood; (2) 離垢地 Vimalā, freedom from all possible defilement, the stage of purity; (3) 發光地 Prabhākarī, stage of further enlightenment; (4) 焰慧地 Arciṣmatī, of glowing wisdom; (5) 極難勝地 Sudurjayā, mastery of utmost or final difficulties; (6) 現前地 Abhimukhī, the open way of wisdom above definitions of impurity and purity; (7) 遠行地 Dūraṁgamā, proceeding afar, getting above ideas of self in order to save others; (8) 不動地 Acalā, attainment of calm unperturbedness; (9) 善慧地 Sādhumatī, of the finest discriminatory wisdom, knowing where and how to save, and possessed of the 十力 ten powers; (10) 法雲地 Dharmamegha, attaining to the fertilizing powers of the law-cloud. Each of the ten stages is connected with each of the ten pāramitās, v. 波. Each of the 四乘 or four vehicles has a division of ten. III. The 聲聞乘十地 ten Śrāvaka stages are: (1) 受三歸地 initiation as a disciple by receiving the three refuges, in the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha; (2) 信地 belief, or the faith-root; (3) 信法地 belief in the four truths; (4) 内凡夫地 ordinary disciples who observe the 五停心觀, etc.; (5) 學信戒 those who pursue the 三學 three studies; (6) 八人忍地 the stage of 見道 seeing the true Way; (7) 須陀洹地 śrota-āpanna, now definitely in the stream and assured of nirvāṇa; (8) 斯陀含地 sakrdāgāmin, only one more rebirth; (9) 阿那含地 anāgāmin, no rebirth; and (10) 阿羅漢地 arhatship. IV. The ten stages of the pratyekabuddha 緣覺乘十地 are (1) perfect asceticism; (2) mastery of the twelve links of causation; (3) of the four noble truths; (4) of the deeper knowledge; (5) of the eightfold noble path; (6) of the three realms 三法界; (7) of the nirvāṇa state; (8) of the six supernatural powers; (9) arrival at the intuitive stage; (10) mastery of the remaining influence of former habits. V. 佛乘十地 The ten stages, or characteristics of a Buddha, are those of the sovereign or perfect attainment of wisdom, exposition, discrimination, māra-subjugation, suppression of evil, the six transcendent faculties, manifestation of all bodhisattva enlightenment, powers of prediction, of adaptability, of powers to reveal the bodhisattva Truth. VI. The Shingon has its own elaborate ten stages, and also a group 十地十心, see 十心; and there are other groups. |
始覺 始觉 see styles |
shǐ jué shi3 jue2 shih chüeh shigaku |
The initial functioning of mind or intelligence as a process of 'becoming', arising from 本覺 which is Mind or Intelligence, self-contained, unsullied, and considered as universal, the source of all enlightenment. The 'initial intelligence' or enlightenment arises from the inner influence 薰 of the Mind and from external teaching. In the 'original intelligence' are the four values adopted and made transcendent by the Nirvāṇa-sūtra, viz. 常, 樂, 我, 淨 Perpetuity, joy, personality, and purity; these are acquired through the 始覺 process of enlightenment. Cf. 起信論 Awakening of Faith. |
性色 see styles |
xìng sè xing4 se4 hsing se shōshiki |
Transcendent rūpa or form within or of the tathāgatagarbha; also 眞色. |
文殊 see styles |
wén shū wen2 shu1 wen shu monju もんじゅ |
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness (Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (p,s,f) Monju (文殊師利) Mañjuśrī 滿殊尸利 -later 曼殊室利. 文殊 is also used for Mañjunātha, Mañjudeva, Mañjughoṣa, Mañjuṣvara, et al. T., hjamdpal; J., Monju. Origin unknown; presumably, like most Buddhas and bodhisattvas, an idealization of a particular quality, in his case of Wisdom. Mañju is beautiful, Śrī; good fortune, virtue, majesty, lord, an epithet of a god. Six definitions are obtained from various scriptures: 妙首 (or 頭 ) wonderful or beautiful) head; 普首 universal head; 濡首 glossy head (probably a transliteration); 敬首 revered head; 妙德 wonderful virtue (or power); 妙吉祥 wonderfully auspicious; the last is a later translation in the 西域記. As guardian of wisdom 智慧 he is often placed on Śākyamuni's left, with 普顯 on the right as guardian of law 理, the latter holding the Law, the former the wisdom or exposition of it; formerly they held the reverse positions. He is often represented with five curls or waves to his hair indicating the 五智 q. v. or the five peaks; his hand holds the sword of wisdom and he sits on a lion emblematic of its stern majesty: but he has other forms. He is represented as a youth, i. e. eternal youth. His present abode is given as east of the universe, known as 淸涼山 clear and cool mountain, or a region 寶住 precious abode, or Abode of Treasures, or 寶氏 from which he derives one of his titles, 寶相如來. One of his dhāraṇīs prophesies China as his post-nirvāṇa realm. In past incarnations he is described as being the parent of many Buddhas and as having assisted the Buddha into existence; his title was 龍種上佛 the supreme Buddha of the nāgas, also 大身佛 or 神仙佛; now his title is 歡喜藏摩尼寶精佛 The spiritual Buddha who joyfully cares for the jewel: and his future title is to be 普現佛 Buddha universally revealed. In the 序品 Introductory Chapter of the Lotus Sutra he is also described as the ninth predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Śākyamuni. He is looked on as the chief of the Bodhisattvas and represents them, as the chief disciple of the Buddha, or as his son 法王子. Hīnayāna counts Śāriputra as the wisest of the disciples, Mahāyāna gives Mañjuśrī the chief place, hence he is also styled 覺母 mother, or begetter of understanding. He is shown riding on either a lion or a peacock, or sitting on a white lotus; often he holds a book, emblem of wisdom, or a blue lotus; in certain rooms of a monastery he is shown as a monk; and he appears in military array as defender of the faith. His signs, magic words, and so on, are found in various sutras. His most famous centre in China is Wu-tai shan in Shansi. where he is the object of pilgrimages, especially of Mongols. The legends about him are many. He takes the place in Buddhism of Viśvakarman as Vulcan, or architect, of the universe. He is one of the eight Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, and sometimes has the image of Akṣobhya in his crown. He was mentioned in China as early as the fourth century and in the Lotus Sutra he frequently appears, especially as the converter of the daughter of the Dragon-king of the Ocean. He has five messengers 五使者 and eight youths 八童子 attending on him. His hall in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala is the seventh, in which his group numbers twenty-five. His position is northeast. There are numerous sutras and other works with his name as title, e. g. 文殊師利問菩提經 Gayaśīrṣa sūtra, tr. by Kumārajīva 384-417: and its 論 or .Tīkā of Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhiruci 535. see list in B. N. |
文珠 see styles |
yukimi ゆきみ |
(Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (female given name) Yukimi |
物外 see styles |
wù wài wu4 wai4 wu wai butsugai ぶつがい |
transcendent world; world outside of the material world; somewhere removed from the world; (given name) Butsugai beyond things |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Beyond Exceed Surpass | 逾 | yu | yú / yu2 / yu | yü |
Excellence | 卓越 | taku etsu / takuetsu | zhuó yuè / zhuo2 yue4 / zhuo yue / zhuoyue | cho yüeh / choyüeh |
Overcome Surpass Rise Above | 超越 | chou etsu / chouetsu / cho etsu | chāo yuè / chao1 yue4 / chao yue / chaoyue | ch`ao yüeh / chaoyüeh / chao yüeh |
True Emptiness Yields Transcendent Existence | 眞空妙有 | shin kuu myou u shinkuumyouu shin ku myo u | zhēn kōng miào yǒu zhen1 kong1 miao4 you3 zhen kong miao you zhenkongmiaoyou | chen k`ung miao yu chenkungmiaoyu chen kung miao yu |
Super | 超 | chou / cho | chāo / chao1 / chao | ch`ao / chao |
When Three People Gather, Wisdom is Multiplied | 三人寄れば文殊の知恵 | san nin yore ba monju no chie sanninyorebamonjunochie | ||
Tranquility Yields Transcendence | 寧靜致遠 宁静致远 | níng jìng zhì yuǎn ning2 jing4 zhi4 yuan3 ning jing zhi yuan ningjingzhiyuan | ning ching chih yüan ningchingchihyüan |
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