Chinese-English Buddhist Dictionary
By Dharma Master Míng Bǎo
ā ē ī ō ū ǖ Ā Ē Ī Ō Ū Ǖ
The second tone (rising or high-rising tone) is denoted by an acute accent (ˊ): á é í ó ú ǘ Á É Í Ó Ú Ǘ
The third tone (falling-rising or low tone) is marked by a caron/háček (ˇ). It is not the rounded breve (˘), though a breve is sometimes substituted due to ignorance or font limitations. ǎ ě ǐ ǒ ǔ ǚ Ǎ Ě Ǐ Ǒ Ǔ Ǚ
The fourth tone (falling or high-falling tone) is represented by a grave accent (ˋ): à è ì ò ù ǜ À È Ì Ò Ù Ǜ
The fifth tone (neutral tone) is represented by a normal vowel without any accent mark: a e i o u ü A E I O U Ü
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A, Ǎ, Ā, Ā, |
Ǎ, á, à, ā, ǎ
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Āchùrúlái |
阿閦如來 |
Akshobya Buddha |
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Āhán, |
阿含 |
Theravada-scriptures |
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Ālàiyēshí |
阿賴耶識 |
Alayavijnana |
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Ài |
愛 |
Craving/Tṛṣṇā |
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Àixīn |
爱心 |
Compassion |
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Āmítuófó |
阿彌陀 |
Amithaba Buddha |
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Ān |
安 |
Calm |
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Ān |
庵 |
Nunnery |
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Ān |
盦 |
Cloister |
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Ānòuduōluó/Wǔshàng |
阿耨多羅 |
Unsurpassed |
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Ānòuduōluó Sānmiǎosānpútí |
阿耨多罗三藐三菩提 |
Unsurpassed Enlightenment |
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Āpídámó |
阿毘達磨 |
Abhidharma |
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Amida |
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Short for Amithaba |
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Ānhuī |
安徽 |
District in China |
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Āluóhàn |
阿羅漢 |
Arhat |
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Āshélí |
阿闍梨 |
Teacher |
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Āyēshí |
阿頼耶識 |
Storehouse conciousness |
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B |
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Báimǎ Sì |
白马寺 |
White Horse Temple |
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Bǎi Lín Chán Sí |
赵州塔 |
Cypress Tree Monastery |
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Bǎizhàng Huáihái |
百丈懷海 |
(720-814) |
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Bǎizhàng Qīngguī |
百丈清規 |
Pure rules of B. |
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Bǎn |
板 |
Wooden Board |
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Bǎo |
宝 |
Treasure |
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Bāzhèngdào |
八正道 |
Noble 8-fold Path |
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Bǎoshēngfó |
寶生佛 |
Ratnasambhava |
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Bēi |
碑 |
Stele |
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Běi |
北 |
North |
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Běijīng |
北京 |
The Capital |
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Bìguān |
壁觀 |
Wall-gazing |
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Bìzhī Fó |
辟支佛 |
Pratyeka Buddha |
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Bǐ Qiū |
比丘 |
Bhiksu/Monk |
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Bǐqiūní |
比丘尼 |
Bikhshuni/Nun |
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Bōluómìduō |
波羅蜜多 |
Pāramitā |
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Bōnièpán |
般涅槃 |
Parinirvāṇa |
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Bōrě |
智慧 |
Prajñā/Wisdom |
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Bō rěbōluómì |
般若波羅蜜多 |
Prajñāpāramitā |
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Bù Hài |
不害 |
Non-vilolence |
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Bùjīng |
部經 |
Nikaya |
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Bùshī |
布施 |
Dana/Giving |
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C |
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Cáng |
藏 |
To store |
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Cáodòng-Zōng |
曹洞宗 |
Sect |
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Cáo Shān Běnjì |
曹山本纪 |
840-901 |
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Cáo Xī |
曹溪 |
Location of 6th Patriarchs temple |
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Ci |
慈 |
Loving-kindness |
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Chán |
禅 |
Zen |
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Chánna |
禪那 |
Zenna |
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Chán Shī |
禅師 |
Chán master |
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Chán Táng |
禪堂 |
Meditation Hall |
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Chúan Chéng |
傳承 |
Lineage |
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Chūjiā |
出家 |
Going forth |
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Chūshì |
出世 |
Renunciation |
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Dà |
大 |
Large |
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Dà Āmítuófó Jīng |
大阿彌陀经 |
Larger Amithaba Sutra |
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Dàchéngjiù, |
大成就 |
Mahāsiddha |
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Dàjiàn Huìnéng |
大鑒惠能 |
638-713 |
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Dámó |
达摩 |
Bodhidharma |
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Daman Hóng Rěn |
??弘忍 |
601-674 |
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Dānxiá Shān |
丹霞山 |
Red Glow Mountains in Shaoguan |
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Dào |
道 |
Road/Path/Truth |
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Dàodì |
道諦 |
Path out of Dukha |
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Dá Rí Rù Lài Fó, |
大日如來 |
Vairocana Buddha (1) |
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Dàshèng |
大乘 |
Mahāyāna |
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Dà shī fu
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大師傅
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Grand Master |
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Dàshéng Qǐxìn Lùn |
大乘起信論 |
Awakening of Faith in Mahayana |
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Dàshŏuyìn |
大手印 |
Mahāmudrā |
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Dàyī Dào Xìn |
大一 道信 |
580-651 |
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Dàzǔ Huìkě |
大祖慧可 |
487–593 |
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Déshān Xuānjiàn |
德山宣鑒 |
780-865 |
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Diǎnzuò |
典座 |
Chef/Cook |
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Dìyù |
地獄 |
Naraka-hell |
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Dōng Shān |
洞山 |
East Mountain |
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Dòngshān Liángjiè |
洞山良价 |
807-869 |
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Dōng Shān Si |
洞山寺 |
East Mountain Temple |
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Dúcān |
獨參 |
Dokusan/ Intervju |
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Dùdié |
度牒 |
Monks certificate |
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Dùn Huáng |
敦煌 |
A Place |
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Dùnwù Zōng |
顿悟宗 |
Sudden School/Sect |
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E |
Ē ě é, è |
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ĒmítuóFó |
阿彌陀 |
Variant of Amitofo |
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F |
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Fă |
法 |
Teaching/Dharma |
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Fǎjì |
法纪 |
Rules/Vinaya |
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Fǎjù Jīng |
法句经 |
Dhammapada |
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Fǎlún |
法輪 |
Dharma-wheel |
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Fāngbiàn |
方便 |
Expedient means |
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Fă Sí |
法嗣 |
Dharma Heir |
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Fàn-tóu |
饭頭 |
Head chef (Rice manager) |
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Fǎ Xiǎn |
法跣 |
337 – c. 422 |
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Fǎ Yǎn |
法龑 |
? - ? |
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Fó |
佛 |
Buddha |
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Fó Fǎ |
佛法 |
Buddha Dharma |
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Fójiào |
佛教 |
Buddhism |
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Fótúdéng/Buddhacinga |
佛图澄 |
232–348 |
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Fóqī |
佛七 |
Retreat/7 Buddhas |
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Fóxìng |
佛性 |
Buddha-nature |
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Fújìan |
福建 |
Region |
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Fó Jīng |
佛經 |
Buddhist scripture |
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Gōng |
功 |
Meritorious deed |
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Gōng-Àn |
公案 |
Public Case |
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Gōng Dé |
功徳 |
Merit |
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Guǎngdōng |
广东 |
City |
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Guǎngzhōu |
广州 |
District/Canton |
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Guānyīn |
觀音 |
Bodhisattva |
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Guān Shì Yīn |
觀世音 |
Ven. Form –“- |
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Guī Yǎng Zōng |
潙仰宗 |
Sect |
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Guīfēng Zōngmì |
圭峰宗密 |
780-841 |
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Guishan Língyòu |
潙 山伶佑 |
771–854 |
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Guīyī |
歸依 |
Refuge |
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Hánshān |
寒山 |
9th Century |
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Hānshān Déqīng |
憨山德清 |
1546-1623 |
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Hángzhōu Tiānlóng |
杭州天龙 |
9th Century |
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Hàn Wǔ dì |
汉武帝 |
The Yellow Emperor 141-87 BC |
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Hànyǔ |
汉语 |
The Peoples language |
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Hé Shàng |
和尚 |
Oshō/Monk |
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Héshí |
合十 |
Reverend Greeting |
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Hézé Shenhui |
菏泽神會/神会 |
684-758 |
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Hóng Rěn |
弘忍 |
601-674 |
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Hóngzhōu Zōng |
洪州宗 |
Sect |
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Hūa |
花 |
Lotus |
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Huángbò Xīyùn |
黄檗希运 |
?-850 |
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Huángméi |
黄梅 |
East Mountain |
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Xuān Huà |
宣化 |
1918-1995 |
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Huà Tóu |
话头 |
Word-root |
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Huà Wěi |
话尾 |
Word-tail |
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Huáyán |
华严 |
Sect |
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Huáyán Jīng |
华严经 |
Avatamsaka Sūtra |
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Hùfǎ |
護法 |
Fearsome protector |
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Huì Néng |
惠能 |
638-713 |
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Húnán |
湖南 |
Province |
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I |
Ī, í, ì, ǐ |
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Ino (Jap.) |
維那 |
Karmadana |
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J |
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Jiāyè Fó |
迦葉佛 |
Kāśyapa Buddha |
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Jiànzhì Sēngcàn |
鑑智僧璨 |
496-606 |
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Jiànxìng |
見性 |
Kensho/Awakening |
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Jiāshā |
袈裟 |
Kesa/Monks cloak |
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Jídì |
集諦 |
Truth of the origin of Duḥkha |
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Jiè |
尸羅 |
Moral Rules |
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Jiětuō |
解脱 |
Liberation |
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Jīng |
經 |
Sūtra |
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Jīng |
经 |
Scripture |
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Jīngcáng |
經藏 |
Sūtra Pitaka |
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Jǐng Huì Lǎo-Hé |
净慧老和 |
1940-2013 |
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Jīngāng Shèng |
金剛乘 |
Vajrayana |
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Jìngtǔ Zōng |
净土宗 |
Pure Land Sect |
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Jìnshìnán |
近事男 |
Upāsaka (Male) |
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Jìnshìnǚ |
近事女 |
Upāsikā (Female) |
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Jiū Pán Tú |
鳩槃荼 |
Small ugly spirit |
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Juéxìng |
覚性 |
Buddha-nature |
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Jūliúsūn Fó |
拘留孙佛 |
Krakkucchanda Buddha |
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Jūnàhán Fó |
拘那含佛 |
Koṇāgamana Buddha |
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Jùzhī Yīzhǐ |
俱胝一指 |
9th Century |
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K |
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Kàng |
亢 |
Above- |
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Kè |
溘 |
Sudden |
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Kōng |
空 |
”Emptiness” |
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Kōng Xíng Mǚ |
空行女 |
Dakini |
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Kǔ |
苦 |
Duḥkha |
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Kǔdì |
苦諦 |
Truth of Duḥkha |
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L |
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腊八粥 |
Rice Porrige |
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Lǎng |
朗 |
Clear |
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Lǎo Zǐ |
老子 |
Ca 500 B.C. |
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Lè |
樂 |
Bliss |
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(Shǒu-)léngyán jīng |
大佛頂首楞嚴經) |
Śūraṅgama Sūtra |
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L ǐ |
理 |
Principle |
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Liáng Wǔdi |
梁武帝 |
502-549 |
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Línjì Yìxuán |
臨濟義玄 |
?-866 |
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Línjì-Zōng |
臨濟宗 |
Línjì-Sect/Rinzai |
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Lóngshù Púsà |
龙树菩萨 |
Nagarjuna |
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Zhōngguān Pài |
中観派 |
Mādhyamaka |
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Lúnhúi |
輪迴 |
Rebirth/Saṃsāra |
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Luòyáng |
洛阳 |
City |
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Lǜnzàng |
律藏 |
Vinaya Pitaka |
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M |
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Màn |
慢 |
Arrogance |
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Màntúluó |
曼荼羅 |
Mandala |
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Māzŭ Dàoyī |
馬祖道 |
708-788 |
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Mièdì |
滅諦 |
Truth of the end of Duḥkha |
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Mílè Fó |
彌勒佛 |
Maitreya Buddha |
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Míng Bǎo |
明寶 |
1949-Still |
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弥陀 |
Abr. For Amithaba |
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Mi Zōng |
密宗 |
Esoteric Buddhism |
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Mó Jìng |
魔境 |
Distractions |
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Móhē Zhǐguān |
摩訶止観 |
Calm & Insight meditation |
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Mòfǎ |
末法 |
Dharma ending age |
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Mònàshí |
末那識 |
7th Consciousness |
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Mòzhào |
默照 |
Only Sitting |
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Mùyú |
木魚 |
Wooden Fish Drum |
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N |
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Nānmò ĒmítuóFó |
南無阿彌陀 |
A Mantra |
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Nán |
南 |
Sothhern |
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Nánhuá |
南华 |
South China |
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Nánhuá Sì |
南华 寺 |
Monastery |
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Nán jīng |
南京 |
A City |
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Nányuè Huáiràng |
南嶽懐譲 |
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Nánmó |
南無 |
Namo |
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Nánquán Pǔyuàn |
南泉普願 |
749-835 |
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Néngliàng |
能量 |
Energy/Virya |
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Niàn |
念 |
Now! Direct! |
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Nièpán |
涅槃 |
Nirvana |
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Niú Toú Fǎróng |
牛頭法融, |
Founder of Oxhead sect 594-657 |
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Niú Toú Zōng |
牛头宗 |
Oxhead-sect |
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O |
Ō, ō, ó, ò, ŏ, |
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P |
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Páng Jūshì |
龐居士 |
Layman Páng |
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Pílúzhēnàfó |
毗盧遮那佛 |
Vairocana Buddha (2) |
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Pīn yīn |
拼音 |
Chinese Romanisation |
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Pú Sà |
菩萨 |
Bodhisattva |
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Pútí |
菩提 |
Enlightenment |
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Pútíshù |
菩提樹 |
Bodhi-tree |
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Pútíxīn |
菩提心 |
Bodhicitta |
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Púsà |
菩薩 |
Bodhisattva |
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Q |
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Qī |
七 |
7 |
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Qì |
气/氣 |
Life Energy |
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Qìgōng |
氣功 |
Martial Art |
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Qīngshuǐ |
清水 |
1047-1101 |
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Qīxiá Sì |
栖霞寺 |
A Temple |
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Qì Yī |
氣一 |
538-597 |
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Qǔ |
取 |
9th link/Nidana |
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R |
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Rándēng Fo |
燃燈佛 |
Dipankara Buddha |
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Rèn |
人 |
Human |
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Rěn Rǔ |
忍辱 |
(Withstand) |
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Ruìdiǎn |
瑞典 |
Sweden |
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Rú Lái Fó |
如来佛 |
Vairoçanā Buddha |
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Rú shì |
如是 |
Thus/Således (har jag hört) |
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Sān |
三 |
3 |
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Sānbăo |
三寶 |
3 Juwels |
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Sāndú |
三毒 |
3 Poisons |
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Sānlùnzōng |
三論宗 |
3 Treatise Sect |
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Sān Mèi |
三昧 |
Samādhi |
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Sānshēn |
三身 |
3 Bodies of Buddha |
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Sānshí |
三時 |
3 Periods |
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Sānzàng |
三藏 |
3 Baskets (Tripiṭaka) |
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Sēng |
僧 |
Munk/Sangha |
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Sēng Huò Chán |
僧获禅 |
“Meditation In Daily Life” |
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Sēngcàn |
僧璨 |
496-606 |
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Sēng Sú |
僧俗 |
Layman |
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Sēng Tuan |
僧團 |
Saṅgha/Fellowship |
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Shāmí |
沙弥 |
Novice Monk |
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Shāmínī, |
沙弥妮 |
Novice Nun |
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Sh ān |
山 |
Mountain |
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Shànghǎi |
上海 |
A City |
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Shàngzuòbù |
上座部 |
Theravāda |
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Shānxī |
山西 |
A Province |
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Sháoguān |
韶关 |
A City |
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Shàólín Sí |
少林寺 |
A Monastery |
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Shěmótā |
舍摩他 |
Śamatha/Calm |
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Shǐ de |
使得 |
9th Century |
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Shī |
師 |
Master/Teacher |
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Shīfu |
師傅 |
Ven. Master/Teacher |
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Shítóu Xīqiān |
石頭希遷 |
700-790 |
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Shìqīn |
世親 |
Vasubandhu |
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Shì Zhě |
侍者 |
Attendant |
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Shou Jie |
受戒 |
Refuge |
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Shǔ Guó |
蜀国 |
Sichuan |
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Sì |
寺 |
Temple/Monastery |
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Sì Dì Fǎ/Sìshèngdì |
四聖諦 |
4 Noble Truths |
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Sìchuān |
四川 |
State in SE China |
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Sòng Dài |
宋代 |
A Dynasty 960–1279
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Sōng Shān |
嵩山 |
A Mountain |
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Sohyìn |
手印 |
Mudrā |
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Suò Chán |
坐禪 |
Sitting meditation |
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Táng Dài |
唐代 |
A Dynasty 618 - 907
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Tì Chàng |
提唱 |
Dharma-talk |
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Tiān |
天 |
Heaven |
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Tiāntái Zōng |
天台宗 |
A Sect |
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Tú Wéi Nǎ |
途维那 |
Superintendent/Karmadana |
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U , |
Ǔ, ǔ, ú, ù, ū |
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V W |
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Wěi |
魏 |
A State |
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Wéi Wú Wéi |
為無為 |
Do-not do |
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Wéi Xīn |
為心 |
Voice of the Mind |
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Wèndǎ |
問答 |
Short intervue |
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Wénshū Púsà |
文殊菩薩 |
Manjusri |
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Wǒ |
我 |
Self/Ego |
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Wú |
悟 |
Enlightenment |
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Wú |
無 |
“Emptiness” |
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Wúcháng |
無常 |
Impermanence |
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Wúménguān |
無門關 |
A Book |
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Wúmíng |
無明 |
Ignorance |
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Wǔtáishān |
Holy Mountain |
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Wú Wéi |
無為 |
Not do |
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Wú Wǒ |
無我 |
Not Self |
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Wú Qì |
無氣 |
No Energy |
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Wǔ Yùn |
五蘊 |
5 Skandhas |
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X |
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Xiāng Yān Sí |
香严寺 |
A Temple |
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Xiāng Bǎn |
香板 |
Scented board/Sword |
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Xiàng Fǎ |
像法 |
Middle day of the law |
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Xiǎoshèng |
小乘 |
Hīnayāna |
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Xīn |
心 |
Heart/Mind |
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Xīn Xīn Míng Jǐng |
信心銘經 |
Faith In Mind Sūtra |
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Xíng Chán |
行禅 |
Walking meditation (1) |
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Xíng Jīng |
行經 |
Walking meditation (2) |
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Xuán Zàng |
玄奘 |
602-664 |
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Xuěfēng Yìcún |
雪峰义存 |
822-908 |
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Xū-Yún |
虛雲 |
1840-1959 |
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Y |
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Yáo Shān |
崤山 |
A Mountain |
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Yàoshīfó |
藥師如來 |
Medicine Buddha |
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Yè/Yīnguǒ |
業/因果 |
Karma |
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Yī |
– |
One |
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Yǐn Guāng |
隱光 |
Hidden Light |
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Yīn Yuan |
因縁 |
Dependent Origination |
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Yántóu Quánhuō |
巖頭全豁 |
828 – 887 |
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Yòngjiā Xuānjué |
永嘉玄覺 |
665-713 |
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Yǒu |
有 |
Existing |
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Yǒulún |
有輪 |
Wheel of Becoming |
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Yuánqǐ |
緣起 |
Dependent Origination |
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Yuèchēng |
月稱 |
Çandrakīrti 600-650 |
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Yúqiexīn Pài |
唯識瑜伽行派 |
Yogaçara School |
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Yúnmén Wényǎn |
雲門文偃 |
862/4-949 |
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Yùquán Shénxiù |
玉泉神秀 |
607-706 |
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Z |
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Zhàozhōu Cōngshěn |
趙州從諗 |
778-897 |
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Zhànrán |
湛然 |
711-782 |
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止觀 |
Stop & Observe |
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Zhèjiāng |
浙江 |
A Province |
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Zhēn |
真 |
Truth |
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Zhēn Dì |
真諦 |
The Absolute/Shintai |
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Zhèndìng |
镇定 |
Equanimity |
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Zhēnyán Zōng |
真言宗 |
Shingon Buddhism |
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Zhēng |
錚 |
Bowl Gong |
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Zhèng Fǎ |
正法 |
Former day of the law |
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Zhèngniàn |
正念 |
Right Mindfulness/ Step 7 of 8-Fold Path |
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Zhìyǐ |
智顗 |
538-597 |
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Zhōngdào |
中道 |
Middle Way |
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Zhū |
珠 |
Precious Stone |
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Zhǔ |
煮 |
Cook |
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Zhū Chí |
住持 |
Abbot |
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Zōng |
宗 |
School/Sect |
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Zōngmì |
宗密 |
See ‘G’ |
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Zhōng Nán Shān |
终南山 |
A Mountain Range |
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Zhōngguān Pài |
中觀派 |
Mādhyamika Sect |
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Zhōngguān Jiàn |
中觀件 |
Jap.: Shingon Shu |
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Zhōngguān Zōng |
中觀宗 |
Mādhyamaka School |
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Zhŏngzi |
種子 |
Bija-Seed |
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Zhòu |
咒 |
Mantra |
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Zuò Chán |
坐禅 |
Sitting Meditation |
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Zuò Wù |
作務 |
Temple-Work |
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