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Characters Pronunciation
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杖道

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 joudou / jodo
    じょうどう

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Jodo
(See 杖術) jōdō; form of martial art using a cane staff

浄土

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 joudo / jodo
    じょうど

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Pure Land / Jodo
(1) {Buddh} pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; (2) (abbreviation) Pure Land Buddhism; (surname) Jōdo

淨土


净土

see styles
jìng tǔ
    jing4 tu3
ching t`u
    ching tu
 jōdo

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Pure Land / Jodo
(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)
Sukhāvatī. The Pure Land, or Paradise of the West, presided over by Amitābha. Other Buddhas have their Pure Lands; seventeen other kinds of pure land are also described, all of them of moral or spiritual conditions of development, e.g. the pure land of patience, zeal, wisdom, etc.

浄土宗

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 joudoshuu / jodoshu
    じょうどしゅう

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Pure Land Buddhism / Jodo Buddhism
Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect); (personal name) Jōdoshuu

淨土宗


净土宗

see styles
jìng tǔ zōng
    jing4 tu3 zong1
ching t`u tsung
    ching tu tsung
 Jōdo Shū

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Pure Land Buddhism / Jodo Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhism
The Pure-land sect, whose chief tenet is salvation by faith in Amitābha; it is the popular cult in China, also in Japan, where it is the Jōdo sect; it is also called 蓮宗(蓮花宗) the Lotus sect. Established by Hui-yuan 慧遠 of the Chin dynasty (317— 419), it claims P'u-hsien 普賢 Samantabhadra as founder. Its seven chief textbooks are 無量淸淨平等覺經; 大阿彌陀經; 無量壽經; 觀無量壽經; 阿彌陀經; 稱讚淨土佛攝受經; and 鼓音聲三陀羅尼經. The淨土眞宗 is the Jōdo-Shin, or Shin sect of Japan.

浄土真宗

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 joudoshinshuu / jodoshinshu
    じょうどしんしゅう

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Shin Buddhism
Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School; (o) Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

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zōng
    zong1
tsung
 sou / so
    そう
school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
(1) (rare) origin; source; (2) (rare) virtuous ancestor; (given name) Motoi
Ancestors, ancestral; clan; class, category. kind; school, sect; siddhānta, summary, main doctrine, syllogism, proposition, conclusion, realization. Sects are of two kinds: (1) those founded on principles having historic continuity, as the twenty sects of the Hīnayāna, the thirteen sects of China, and the fourteen sects of Japan: (2) those arising from an individual interpretation of the general teaching of Buddhism, as the sub-sects founded by Yongming 永明 (d. 975), 法相宗, 法性宗, 破相宗, or those based on a peculiar interpretation of one of the recognized sects, as the Jōdo-shinshū 淨土眞宗 found by Shinran-shōnin. There are also divisions of five, six, and ten, which have reference to specific doctrinal differences. Cf. 宗派.

一向

see styles
yī xiàng
    yi1 xiang4
i hsiang
 ikkou / ikko
    いっこう
a period of time in the recent past; (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along; the whole time
(adverb) (1) (See 一向に・1) completely; absolutely; totally; (adverb) (2) (in a negative sentence) (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (adverb) (3) earnestly; intently; determinedly; (4) (abbreviation) (See 一向宗) Jōdo Shinshū; (surname) Hitomukai
One direction, each direction; with single mind, the mind fixed in one direction undistracted; e.g. 一向淸淨無有女人 (The land of that Buddha is) everywhere pure; no women are there.

一念

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yī niàn
    yi1 nian4
i nien
 ichinen
    いちねん
(1) determined purpose; (2) {Buddh} an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); (3) {Buddh} (See 浄土宗) a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu); (personal name) Kazune
A kṣaṇa, or thought; a concentration of mind; a moment; the time of a thought, of which there are varying measurements from 60 kṣaṇa upwards; the Fan-yi-ming-yi makes it one kṣaṇa. A reading. A repetition (especially of Amitābha's name). The Pure-land sect identify the thought of Buddha with Amitābha's vow, hence it is an assurance of salvation.

乘道

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shèng dào
    sheng4 dao4
sheng tao
 jōdō
vehicle path

九宗

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jiǔ zōng
    jiu3 zong1
chiu tsung
 ku shū
The eight sects 八宗 (q.v.) plus the 禪宗 Chan or Zen, or the Pure-land or Jōdo sect.

助動

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 jodou / jodo
    じょどう
(abbreviation) (part of speech tag used in dictionaries) (See 助動詞・1) inflecting dependent word

助業


助业

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zhù yè
    zhu4 ye4
chu yeh
 jogou / jogo
    じょごう
{Buddh} (See 浄土宗) auxiliary actions (in Jodo: recitation, observation, worship, praise and offering)
Auxiliary karma, i.e. deeds or works, e.g. reciting the sutras about the Pure Land, worship, praise, and offering, as additional to direct karma 正業, i.e. faith in Amitābha, expressed by constant thought of him and calling on his name.

十宗

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shí zōng
    shi2 zong1
shih tsung
 jūshū
The ten schools of Chinese Buddhism: I. The (1) 律宗 Vinaya-discipline, or 南山|; (2) 倶舍 Kośa, Abhidharma, or Reality (Sarvāstivādin) 有宗; (3) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect founded on this śāstra by Harivarman; (4) 三論宗 Mādhyamika or 性空宗; (5) 法華宗 Lotus, "Law-flower" or Tiantai 天台宗; (6) 華嚴Huayan or法性 or賢首宗; ( 7) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana or 慈恩宗 founded on the唯識論 (8) 心宗 Ch'an or Zen, mind-only or intuitive, v. 禪宗 ; (9) 眞言宗 (Jap. Shingon) or esoteric 密宗 ; (10) 蓮宗 Amitābha-lotus or Pure Land (Jap. Jōdo) 淨士宗. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 9th are found in Japan rather than in China, where they have ceased to be of importance. II. The Hua-yen has also ten divisions into ten schools of thought: (1) 我法倶有 the reality of self (or soul) and things, e.g. mind and matter; (2) 法有我無 the reality of things but not of soul; (3) 法無去來 things have neither creation nor destruction; (4) 現通假實 present things are both apparent and real; (5) 俗妄眞實 common or phenomenal ideas are wrong, fundamental reality is the only truth; (6) things are merely names; (7) all things are unreal 空; (8) the bhūtatathatā is not unreal; (9) phenomena and their perception are to be got rid of; (10) the perfect, all-inclusive, and complete teaching of the One Vehicle. III. There are two old Japanese divisions: 大乘律宗, 倶舎宗 , 成實 宗 , 法和宗 , 三論宗 , 天台宗 , 華嚴宗 , 眞言宗 , 小乘律宗 , and 淨土宗 ; the second list adds 禪宗 and omits 大乘律宗. They are the Ritsu, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Hossō, Sanron, Tendai, Kegon, Shingon, (Hīnayāna) Ritsu, and Jōdo; the addition being Zen.

城土

see styles
 joudo / jodo
    じょうど
(surname) Jōdo

城戸

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 joudo / jodo
    じょうど
(place-name, surname) Jōdo

壌土

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 joudo / jodo
    じょうど
(1) soil; (2) loamy soil; loam; soil with clay content of 25-37.5%

如童

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 jodou / jodo
    じょどう
(given name) Jodou

宗派

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zōng pài
    zong1 pai4
tsung p`ai
    tsung pai
 shuuha / shuha
    しゅうは
sect
(1) sect; denomination; (2) school (e.g. of poetry)
Sects (of Buddhism). In India, according to Chinese accounts, the two schools of Hīnayāna became divided into twentysects. Mahāyāna had two main schools, the Mādhyamika, ascribed to Nāgārjunaand Āryadeva about the second century A. D., and the Yogācārya, ascribed toAsaṅga and Vasubandhu in the fourth century A. D. In China thirteen sectswere founded: (1) 倶舍宗 Abhidharma or Kośa sect, representing Hīnayāna,based upon the Abhidharma-kosa-śāstra or 倶舍論. (2) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect, based on the 成實論 Satyasiddhi-śāstra,tr. by Kumārajīva; no sect corresponds to it in India; in China and Japan itbecame incorporated in the 三論宗. (3) 律宗 Vinaya or Discipline sect, basedon 十誦律, 四分律, 僧祗律, etc. (4) 三論宗 The three śāstra sect, based on theMādhyamika-śāstra 中觀論 of Nāgārjuna, theSata-śāstra 百論 of Āryadeva, and theDvādasa-nikāya-śāstra 十二門論 of Nāgārjuna; this schooldates back to the translation of the three śāstras by Kumārajīva in A. D. 409. (5) 涅槃宗 Nirvāṇasect, based upon the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra 涅槃經 tr. byDharmaraksa in 423; later incorporated in Tiantai, with which it had much incommon. (6) 地論宗 Daśabhūmikā sect, based on Vasubandhu's work on the tenstages of the bodhisattva's path to Buddhahood, tr. by Bodhiruci 508,absorbed by the Avataṃsaka school, infra. (7) 淨土宗 Pure-land or Sukhāvatīsect, founded in China by Bodhiruci; its doctrine was salvation throughfaith in Amitābha into the Western Paradise. (8) 禪宗 dhyāna, meditative or intuitional sect, attributed toBodhidharma about A. D. 527, but it existed before he came to China. (9) 攝論宗, based upon the 攝大乘論 Mahāyāna-saṃparigraha-śāstra byAsaṅga, tr. by Paramārtha in 563, subsequently absorbed by the Avataṃsakasect. (10) 天台宗 Tiantai, based on the 法華經 SaddharmapuṇḍarīkaSūtra, or the Lotus of the Good Law; it is aconsummation of the Mādhyamika tradition. (11) 華嚴宗 Avataṃsaka sect, basedon the Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra, or Gandha-vyūha 華嚴經 tr. in 418. (12) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect, established after thereturn of Xuanzang from India and his trans. of the important Yogācāryaworks. (13) 眞言宗 Mantra sect, A. D. 716. In Japan twelve sects are named:Sanron, Hossō, Kegon, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Ritsu, Tendai, Shingon; these areknown as the ancient sects, the two last being styled mediaeval; therefollow the Zen and Jōdo; the remaining two are Shin and Nichiren; at presentthere are the Hossō, Kegon, Tendai, Shingon, Zen, Jōdo, Shin, and Nichirensects.

常渡

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 joudo / jodo
    じょうど
(place-name) Jōdo

常道

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cháng dào
    chang2 dao4
ch`ang tao
    chang tao
 joudou / jodo
    じょうどう
normal and proper practice; conventional practice; common occurrence
normal practice; proper practice; (surname, given name) Tsunemichi
Eternal Tao; the way of eternity; regular ways, the regulation path.

恕堂

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 jodou / jodo
    じょどう
(given name) Jodou

情動

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 joudou / jodo
    じょうどう
emotion; affect

成道

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chéng dào
    cheng2 dao4
ch`eng tao
    cheng tao
 joudou / jodo
    じょうどう
to reach illumination (Buddhism)
(n,vs,vi) completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment); (personal name) Narumichi
To attain the Way, or become enlightened, e.g. the Buddha under the bodhi tree.

正行

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zhèng xíng
    zheng4 xing2
cheng hsing
 shougyou / shogyo
    しょうぎょう
{Buddh} (See 助業,浄土宗,正定業) correct practices (esp. in Jodo, the path to rebirth in paradise); (p,s,g) Masayuki
Right deeds, or action, opposite of 邪行.

淨道


净道

see styles
jìng dào
    jing4 dao4
ching tao
 jōdō
The pure enlightenment of Buddha.

親鸞


亲鸾

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qīn luán
    qin1 luan2
ch`in luan
    chin luan
 shinran
    しんらん
(person) Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)
Shinran

諸行


诸行

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zhū xíng
    zhu1 xing2
chu hsing
 shogyou / shogyo
    しょぎょう
(1) {Buddh} all worldly phenomena; meritorious acts leading to enlightenment; (2) (Jodo school) all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer
All phenomenal changes; all conduct or action.

門徒


门徒

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mén tú
    men2 tu2
men t`u
    men tu
 monto
    もんと
disciple
follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer
disciple

一向宗

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yī xiàng zōng
    yi1 xiang4 zong1
i hsiang tsung
 ikkoushuu / ikkoshu
    いっこうしゅう
(See 浄土真宗) Ikkō sect (of Buddhism); Jōdo Shinshū; True Pure Land School
The 眞宗 Shin or Pure-land Shin Sect founded by Shinran, in Japan, whose chief tenet is unwavering reflection on Amida (by repeating his name).

上堂牌

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shàng táng pái
    shang4 tang2 pai2
shang t`ang p`ai
    shang tang pai
 jōdō hai
The tablet announcing the time of worship at a temple or monastery.

不來迎


不来迎

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bù lái yíng
    bu4 lai2 ying2
pu lai ying
 fu raigō
Without being called he comes to welcome; the Pure-land sect believes that Amitābha himself comes to welcome departing souls of his followers on their calling upon him, but the 淨土眞宗 (Jōdo Shin-shu sect) teaches that belief in him at any time ensures rebirth in the Pure Land, independently of calling on him at death.

小五條


小五条

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xiǎo wǔ tiáo
    xiao3 wu3 tiao2
hsiao wu t`iao
    hsiao wu tiao
 gogojō
The robe of five patches worn by some monks in China and by the 淨土宗 Jōdo sect of Japan; v. 掛.

成道會


成道会

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chéng dào huì
    cheng2 dao4 hui4
ch`eng tao hui
    cheng tao hui
 jōdō e
臘八 The annual commemoration of the Buddha's enlightenment on the 8th day of the 12th month.

成道節


成道节

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chéng dào jié
    cheng2 dao4 jie2
ch`eng tao chieh
    cheng tao chieh
 jōdō setsu
commemoration of the Buddha's enlightenment

正定業


正定业

see styles
zhèng dìng yè
    zheng4 ding4 ye4
cheng ting yeh
 shoujougou / shojogo
    しょうじょうごう
{Buddh} (See 阿弥陀仏,浄土宗) correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha)
Concentration upon the eighteenth vow of Amitābha and the Western Paradise, in repeating the name of Amitābha.

淨土因

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jìng tǔ yīn
    jing4 tu3 yin1
ching t`u yin
    ching tu yin
 jōdo in
causes of the pure land

淨土教

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jìng tǔ jiào
    jing4 tu3 jiao4
ching t`u chiao
    ching tu chiao
 jōdo kyō
Pure Land teaching

淨土論


淨土论

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jìng tǔ lùn
    jing4 tu3 lun4
ching t`u lun
    ching tu lun
 Jōdo ron
Treatise on the Pure Land

淨土門


淨土门

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jìng tǔ mén
    jing4 tu3 men2
ching t`u men
    ching tu men
 jōdo mon
Pure Land teaching

淨度經


淨度经

see styles
jìng dù jīng
    jing4 du4 jing1
ching tu ching
 Jōdo kyō
Samādhi-sūtra on Liberation through Purification Spoken by the Buddha

開教師

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 kaikyoushi / kaikyoshi
    かいきょうし
Buddhist missionary, esp. in Jodo, Pure Land, etc. sects; Buddhist minister (in the West)

阿彌陀


阿弥陀

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ā mí tuó
    a1 mi2 tuo2
a mi t`o
    a mi to
 Amida
    あみだ
(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; (3) (kana only) (abbreviation) wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
(阿彌) amita, boundless, infinite; tr. by 無量 immeasurable. The Buddha of infinite qualities, known as 阿彌陀婆 (or 阿彌陀佛) Amitābha, tr. 無量光 boundless light; 阿彌陀廋斯Amitāyus, tr. 無量壽 boundless age, or life; and among the esoteric sects Amṛta 甘露 (甘露王) sweet-dew (king). An imaginary being unknown to ancient Buddhism, possibly of Persian or Iranian origin, who has eclipsed the historical Buddha in becoming the most popular divinity in the Mahāyāna pantheon. His name indicates an idealization rather than an historic personality, the idea of eternal light and life. The origin and date of the concept are unknown, but he has always been associated with the west, where in his Paradise, Suikhāvatī, the Western Pure Land, he receives to unbounded happiness all who call upon his name (cf. the Pure Lands 淨土 of Maitreya and Akṣobhya). This is consequent on his forty-eight vows, especially the eighteenth, in which he vows to refuse Buddhahood until he has saved all living beings to his Paradise, except those who had committed the five unpardonable sins, or were guilty of blasphemy against the Faith. While his Paradise is theoretically only a stage on the way to rebirth in the final joys of nirvana, it is popularly considered as the final resting-place of those who cry na-mo a-mi-to-fo, or blessed be, or adoration to, Amita Buddha. The 淨土 Pure-land (Jap. Jōdo) sect is especially devoted to this cult, which arises chiefly out of the Sukhāvatīvyūha, but Amita is referred to in many other texts and recognized, with differing interpretations and emphasis, by the other sects. Eitel attributes the first preaching of the dogma to 'a priest from Tokhara' in A. D.147, and says that Faxian and Xuanzang make no mention of the cult. But the Chinese pilgrim 慧日Huiri says he found it prevalent in India 702-719. The first translation of the Amitāyus Sutra, circa A.D. 223-253, had disappeared when the Kaiyuan catalogue was compiled A.D. 730. The eighteenth vow occurs in the tr. by Dharmarakṣa A.D. 308. With Amita is closely associated Avalokiteśvara, who is also considered as his incarnation, and appears crowned with, or bearing the image of Amita. In the trinity of Amita, Avalokiteśvara appears on his left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his right. Another group, of five, includes Kṣitigarbha and Nāgārjuna, the latter counted as the second patriarch of the Pure Land sect. One who calls on the name of Amitābha is styled 阿彌陀聖 a saint of Amitābha. Amitābha is one of the Five 'dhyāni buddhas' 五佛, q.v. He has many titles, amongst which are the following twelve relating to him as Buddha of light, also his title of eternal life: 無量光佛Buddha of boundless light; 無邊光佛 Buddha of unlimited light; 無礙光佛 Buddha of irresistible light; 無對光佛 Buddha of incomparable light; 燄王光佛 Buddha of yama or flame-king light; 淸淨光佛 Buddha of pure light; 歡喜光佛 Buddha of joyous light; 智慧光佛 Buddha of wisdom light; 不斷光佛 Buddha of unending light; 難思光佛 Buddha of inconceivable light; 無稱光佛Buddha of indescribable light; 超日月光佛 Buddha of light surpassing that of sun and moon; 無量壽 Buddha of boundless age. As buddha he has, of course, all the attributes of a buddha, including the trikāya, or 法報化身, about which in re Amita there are differences of opinion in the various schools. His esoteric germ-letter is hrīḥ, and he has specific manual-signs. Cf. 阿彌陀經, of which with commentaries there are numerous editions.

一佛淨土


一佛净土

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yī fó jìng tǔ
    yi1 fo2 jing4 tu3
i fo ching t`u
    i fo ching tu
 ichi butsu jōdo
A Buddha's Pure Land, especially that of Amitābha.

一向一揆

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yī xiàng yī kuí
    yi1 xiang4 yi1 kui2
i hsiang i k`uei
    i hsiang i kuei
 ikkouikki / ikkoikki
    いっこういっき
(hist) Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)
single-minded (sect) rebellions

九參上堂


九参上堂

see styles
jiǔ sān shàng táng
    jiu3 san1 shang4 tang2
chiu san shang t`ang
    chiu san shang tang
 kyūsan jōdō
The nine monthly visits or ascents to the hall for worship, every third day.

九品淨土


九品净土

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jiǔ pǐn jìng tǔ
    jiu3 pin3 jing4 tu3
chiu p`in ching t`u
    chiu pin ching tu
 kuhon jōdo
also 九品淨刹 , 九品安養, 九品蓮臺, 九品往生 The nine grades, or rewards, of the Pure Land, corresponding to the nine grades of development in the previous life, upon which depends, in the next life, one's distance from Amitābha, the consequent aeons that are needed to approach him, and whether one's lotus will open early or late.

五參上堂


五参上堂

see styles
wǔ sān shàng táng
    wu3 san1 shang4 tang2
wu san shang t`ang
    wu san shang tang
 gosan jōdō
lecture on every fifth day

八相成道

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bā xiàng chéng dào
    ba1 xiang4 cheng2 dao4
pa hsiang ch`eng tao
    pa hsiang cheng tao
 hassō jōdō
the eight stages of the Buddha's life (Buddhism)
(八相) also 八相示現 Eight aspects of the Buddha's life, which the 起信論 gives as: (1) descent into and abode in the Tuṣita heaven; (2) entry into his mother's womb; (3) abode there visibly preaching to the devas; (4) birth from mother's side in Lumbinī; (5) leaving home at 19 (or 25) as a hermit; (6) after six years' suffering attaining enlightenment; (7) rolling the Law-wheel, or preaching; (8) at 80 entering nirvāṇa. The 四教義 group of Tiantai is slightly different — descent from Tuṣita, entry into womb, birth, leaving home, subjection of Māra, attaining perfect wisdom, preaching, nirvana. See also the two 四相, i.e. 四本相 and 四隨相.

助道對治


助道对治

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zhù dào duì zhì
    zhu4 dao4 dui4 zhi4
chu tao tui chih
 jodō taiji
to apply antidotes

卽相卽心

see styles
jí xiàng jí xīn
    ji2 xiang4 ji2 xin1
chi hsiang chi hsin
 sokusō sokushin
Both form and mind are identical, e.g. the Pure Land as a place is identical with the Pure Land in the mind or heart—a doctrine of the Pure Land or Jōdo sect.

四句成道

see styles
sì jù chéng dào
    si4 ju4 cheng2 dao4
ssu chü ch`eng tao
    ssu chü cheng tao
 shiku jōdō
The swan-song of an arhat, who has attained to the perfect life: — All rebirths are ended,
The noble life established,
My work is accomplished.
No further existence is mine.

四階成道


四阶成道

see styles
sì jiē chéng dào
    si4 jie1 cheng2 dao4
ssu chieh ch`eng tao
    ssu chieh cheng tao
 shikai jōdō
(or 四階成佛) The four Hīnayāna steps for attaining Buddhahood, i. e. the myriad deeds of the three asaṃkhyeya kalpas; the continually good karma of a hundred great kalpas; in the final body the cutting off of the illusions of the lower eight states; and the taking of one's seat on the bodhi-plot for final enlightenment, and the cutting off of the thirty-four forms of delusive thought.

安養淨土


安养淨土

see styles
ān yǎng jìng tǔ
    an1 yang3 jing4 tu3
an yang ching t`u
    an yang ching tu
 annyō jōdo
pure land of paradise

密嚴淨土


密严淨土

see styles
mì yán jìng tǔ
    mi4 yan2 jing4 tu3
mi yen ching t`u
    mi yen ching tu
 mitsugon jōdo
Pure Land of Mysterious Adornment

往生淨土

see styles
wǎng shēng jìng tǔ
    wang3 sheng1 jing4 tu3
wang sheng ching t`u
    wang sheng ching tu
 ōjō jōdo
rebirth in the pure land

成道之辰

see styles
chéng dào zhī chén
    cheng2 dao4 zhi1 chen2
ch`eng tao chih ch`en
    cheng tao chih chen
 jōdō no shin
occasion of the attainment of the way

有漏淨土


有漏净土

see styles
yǒu lòu jìng tǔ
    you3 lou4 jing4 tu3
yu lou ching t`u
    yu lou ching tu
 uro jōdo
A purifying stage which, for certain types, precedes entry into the Pure Land.

極樂淨土


极乐淨土

see styles
jí lè jìng tǔ
    ji2 le4 jing4 tu3
chi le ching t`u
    chi le ching tu
 gokuraku jōdo
pure land of ultimate bliss

欣求淨土

see styles
xīn qiú jìng tǔ
    xin1 qiu2 jing4 tu3
hsin ch`iu ching t`u
    hsin chiu ching tu
 kongu jōdo
to aspire to rebirth in the Pure Land

淨土往生

see styles
jìng tǔ wǎng shēng
    jing4 tu3 wang3 sheng1
ching t`u wang sheng
    ching tu wang sheng
 jōdo ōjō
rebirth in the Pure Land

淨土文類


淨土文类

see styles
jìng tǔ wén lèi
    jing4 tu3 wen2 lei4
ching t`u wen lei
    ching tu wen lei
 Jōdo monrui
Collected Pure Land Passages

淨土眞宗

see styles
jìng tǔ zhēn zōng
    jing4 tu3 zhen1 zong1
ching t`u chen tsung
    ching tu chen tsung
 Jōdo shinshū
True Pure Land School

淨土自在

see styles
jìng tǔ zì zài
    jing4 tu3 zi4 zai4
ching t`u tzu tsai
    ching tu tzu tsai
 jōdo jizai
the unimpededness of the pureness of one's land

生死常道

see styles
shēng sǐ cháng dào
    sheng1 si3 chang2 dao4
sheng ssu ch`ang tao
    sheng ssu chang tao
 shōji jōdō
eternal principle of birth and death

西方淨土

see styles
xī fāng jìng tǔ
    xi1 fang1 jing4 tu3
hsi fang ching t`u
    hsi fang ching tu
 saihō jōdo
pure land of the western direction

隠れ念仏

see styles
 kakurenenbutsu
    かくれねんぶつ
(hist) secret Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism (practised in Kyushu in the Edo period)

八相佛成道

see styles
bā xiàng fó chéng dào
    ba1 xiang4 fo2 cheng2 dao4
pa hsiang fo ch`eng tao
    pa hsiang fo cheng tao
 hassō butsu jōdō
eight highlights in the life of the Buddha

往生淨土論


往生淨土论

see styles
wǎng shēng jìng tǔ lùn
    wang3 sheng1 jing4 tu3 lun4
wang sheng ching t`u lun
    wang sheng ching tu lun
 Ōjō jōdo ron
Treatise on Rebirth in the Pure Land

浄土三部経

see styles
 joudosanbukyou / jodosanbukyo
    じょうどさんぶきょう
(See 無量寿経,阿弥陀経,観無量寿経) three major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism; (person) Jōdo Sanbukyō

淨土三昧經


淨土三昧经

see styles
jìng tǔ sān mèi jīng
    jing4 tu3 san1 mei4 jing1
ching t`u san mei ching
    ching tu san mei ching
 Jōdo zanmai kyō
Samādhi-sūtra on Liberation through Purification Spoken by the Buddha

淨土三部經


淨土三部经

see styles
jìng tǔ sān bù jīng
    jing4 tu3 san1 bu4 jing1
ching t`u san pu ching
    ching tu san pu ching
 Jōdo sanbu kyō
three principal texts of the Pure Land tradition

淨土十疑論


淨土十疑论

see styles
jìng tǔ shí yí lùn
    jing4 tu3 shi2 yi2 lun4
ching t`u shih i lun
    ching tu shih i lun
 Jōdo jūgi ron
Jingtu shiyi lun

淨土往生論


淨土往生论

see styles
jìng tǔ wǎng shēng lùn
    jing4 tu3 wang3 sheng1 lun4
ching t`u wang sheng lun
    ching tu wang sheng lun
 Jōdo ōjō ron
Treatise on the Rebirth in the Pure Land

淨度三昧經


淨度三昧经

see styles
jìng dù sān mèi jīng
    jing4 du4 san1 mei4 jing1
ching tu san mei ching
 Jōdo zanmai kyō
Samādhi-sūtra on Liberation through Purification Spoken by the Buddha

三十七助道品

see styles
sān shí qī zhù dào pǐn
    san1 shi2 qi1 zhu4 dao4 pin3
san shih ch`i chu tao p`in
    san shih chi chu tao pin
 sanjūshichi jodō hon
thirty-seven aids to enlightenment

淨土生無生論


淨土生无生论

see styles
jìng tǔ shēng wú shēng lùn
    jing4 tu3 sheng1 wu2 sheng1 lun4
ching t`u sheng wu sheng lun
    ching tu sheng wu sheng lun
 Jōdo shōmushō ron
Jingtu sheng wusheng lun

門徒物知らず

see styles
 montomonoshirazu
    もんとものしらず
(derogatory term) ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism)

三十七品助道法

see styles
sān shí qī pǐn zhù dào fǎ
    san1 shi2 qi1 pin3 zhu4 dao4 fa3
san shih ch`i p`in chu tao fa
    san shih chi pin chu tao fa
 sanjūshichihon jodō hō
the dharma in thirty-seven parts(or stages) which is an aid in (attaining) enlightenment

佛說淨度三昧經


佛说淨度三昧经

see styles
fó shuō jìng dù sān mèi jīng
    fo2 shuo1 jing4 du4 san1 mei4 jing1
fo shuo ching tu san mei ching
 Bussetsu jōdo sanmaikyō
Samādhi-sūtra on Liberation through Purification Spoken by the Buddha

己身彌陀唯心淨土


己身弥陀唯心淨土

see styles
jǐ shēn mí tuó wéi xīn jìng tǔ
    ji3 shen1 mi2 tuo2 wei2 xin1 jing4 tu3
chi shen mi t`o wei hsin ching t`u
    chi shen mi to wei hsin ching tu
 koshin no mida yuishin no jōdo
Myself (is) Amitābha, my mind (is) the Pure Land. All things are but the one Mind, so that outside existing beings there is no Buddha and no Pure Land. Thus Amitābha is the Amitābha within and the Pure Land is the Pure Land of the mind. It is an expression of Buddhist pantheism— that all is Buddha and Buddha is all.

稱讚淨土佛攝受經


称讚淨土佛摄受经

see styles
chēng zàn jìng tǔ fó shè shòu jīng
    cheng1 zan4 jing4 tu3 fo2 she4 shou4 jing1
ch`eng tsan ching t`u fo she shou ching
    cheng tsan ching tu fo she shou ching
 Shōsan jōdo butsu shōju kyō
Sūtra In Praise of the Pure Land

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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