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zhé
    zhe2
che
 tetsu
    てつ

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Tetsu / Wise Sage
wise; a sage
(1) sage; wise man; philosopher; disciple; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) sagacity; wisdom; intelligence; (given name) Yutaka
discerning

孔門


孔门

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kǒng mén
    kong3 men2
k`ung men
    kung men
 koumon / komon
    こうもん
Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
disciple of Confucius; Confucian school

弟子

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dì zǐ
    di4 zi3
ti tzu
 deshi(p); teishi / deshi(p); teshi
    でし(P); ていし
disciple; follower
(noun - becomes adjective with の) pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper; (surname) Teshi
Disciple, disciples.

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    tu2
t`u
    tu
 to
    と
disciple; apprentice; believer; on foot; bare; empty; to no avail; only; prison sentence
party; set; gang; company; person; (personal name) Toumei
On foot; a follower, disciple; in vain; banishment.

一拶

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yī zā
    yi1 za1
i tsa
 issatsu
A sudden remark, or question, by a monk or master to test a disciple, a Chan (Zen) method.

丈夫

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zhàng fu
    zhang4 fu5
chang fu
 joubu / jobu
    じょうぶ
husband; CL:個|个[ge4]
(adjectival noun) (sometimes じょうふ) healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable; (given name) Masurao
A virile, zealous disciple, a man who presses forward unceasingly.

三乘

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sān shèng
    san1 sheng4
san sheng
 minori
    みのり
(surname) Minori
Triyāna, the three vehicles, or conveyances which carry living beings across saṁsāra or mortality (births-and-deaths) to the shores of nirvāṇa. The three are styled 小,中, and 大. Sometimes the three vehicles are defined as 聲聞 Śrāvaka, that of the hearer or obedient disciple; 緣覺Pratyeka-buddha, that of the enlightened for self; these are described as 小乘 because the objective of both is personal salvation; the third is 菩薩Bodhisattva, or 大乘 Mahāyāna, because the objective is the salvation of all the living. The three are also depicted as 三車 three wains, drawn by a goat, a deer, an ox. The Lotus declares that the three are really the One Buddha-vehicle, which has been revealed in three expedient forms suited to his disciples' capacity, the Lotus Sūtra being the unifying, complete, and final exposition. The Three Vehicles are differently explained by different exponents, e.g. (1) Mahāyāna recognizes (a) Śrāvaka, called Hīnayāna, leading in longer or shorter periods to arhatship; (b) Pratyeka-buddha, called Madhyamayāna, leading after still longer or shorter periods to a Buddhahood ascetically attained and for self; (c) Bodhisattva, called Mahayana, leading after countless ages of self-sacrifce in saving others and progressive enlightenment to ultimate Buddhahood. (2) Hīnayāna is also described as possessing three vehicles 聲, 緣, 菩 or 小, 中, 大, the 小 and 中 conveying to personal salvation their devotees in ascetic dust and ashes and mental annihilation, the 大 leading to bodhi, or perfect enlightenment, and the Buddha's way. Further definitions of the Triyāna are: (3) True bodhisattva teaching for the 大; pratyeka-buddha without ignorant asceticism for the 中; and śrāvaka with ignorant asceticism for the 小. (4) (a) 一乘 The One-Vehicle which carries all to Buddhahood: of this the 華嚴 Hua-yen and 法華 Fa-hua are typical exponents; (b) 三乘法 the three-vehicle, containing practitioners of all three systems, as expounded in books of the 深密般若; (c) 小乘 the Hīnayāna pure and simple as seen in the 四阿合經 Four Āgamas. Śrāvakas are also described as hearers of the Four Truths and limited to that degree of development; they hear from the pratyeka-buddhas, who are enlightened in the Twelve Nidānas 因緣; the bodhisattvas make the 六度 or six forms of transmigration their field of sacrificial saving work, and of enlightenment. The Lotus Sūtra really treats the 三乘. Three Vehicles as 方便 or expedient ways, and offers a 佛乘 Buddha Vehicle as the inclusive and final vehicle.

三堅


三坚

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sān jiān
    san1 jian1
san chien
 sanken
The three sure or certain things are 身, 命 and 財, i.e. the reward of the true disciple is an infinite body or personality, an endless life, and boundless (spiritual) possessions, 無極之身, 無窮之命, 無盡之財, v. 能摩經:菩薩品.

三緣


三缘

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sān yuán
    san1 yuan2
san yüan
 sanen
The three nidānas or links with the Buddha resulting from calling upon him, a term of the Pure Land sect: (a) 親緣 that he hears those who call his name, sees their worship, knows their hearts and is one with them; (b) 近緣 that he shows himself to those who desire to see him; (c) 增上緣 that at every invocation aeons of sin are blotted out, and he and his sacred host receive such a disciple at death.

上士

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shàng shì
    shang4 shi4
shang shih
 joushi / joshi
    じょうし
(hist) high-ranking retainer of a daimyo (Edo Period)
The superior disciple, who becomes perfect in (spiritually) profiting himself and others. The 中士 profits self but not others; the 下士 neither.

上足

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shàng zú
    shang4 zu2
shang tsu
 jousoku / josoku
    じょうそく
high retainer
A superior disciple or follower.

下士

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xià shì
    xia4 shi4
hsia shih
 kashi
    かし
lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)
noncommissioned officer
inferior disciple

不可

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bù kě
    bu4 ke3
pu k`o
    pu ko
 fuka
    ふか
cannot; should not; must not
(adj-no,adj-na,n,n-suf) (1) wrong; bad; improper; unjustifiable; inadvisable; (adj-no,adj-na,n,n-suf) (2) not allowed; not possible; (3) failing grade; (place-name) Yobazu
May not, can not: unpermissible, for-bidden; unable. Buke, the name of a monk of the 靈妙寺 Ling Miao monastery in the Tang dynasty, a disciple of Subha-karāṣimha, and one of the founders of 眞言 Shingon.

不空

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bù kōng
    bu4 kong1
pu k`ung
    pu kung
 fukuu / fuku
    ふくう
(given name, person) Fukuu
Amogha, Amoghavajra. 不空三藏; 智藏; 阿目佉跋折羅 Not empty (or not in vain) vajra. The famous head of the Yogācāra school in China. A Singhalese of northern brahmanic descent, having lost his father, he came at the age of 15 with his uncle to 東海, the eastern sea, or China, where in 718 he became a disciple of 金剛智 Vajrabodhi. After the latter's death in 732, and at his wish, Eliot says in 741, he went to India and Ceylon in search of esoteric or tantric writings, and returned in 746, when he baptized the emperor Xuan Tsung. He was especially noted for rain-making and stilling storms. In 749 he received permission to return home, but was stopped by imperial orders when in the south of China. In ?756 under Su Tsung he was recalled to the capital. His time until 771 was spent translating and editing tantric books in 120 volumes, and the Yogacara 密教 rose to its peak of prosperity. He died greatly honoured at 70 years of age, in 774, the twelfth year of Tai Tsung, the third emperor under whom he had served. The festival of feeding the hungry spirits 孟蘭勝會 is attributed to him. His titles of 智藏 and 不空三藏 are Thesaurus of Wisdom and Amogha Tripitaka.

中士

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zhōng shì
    zhong1 shi4
chung shih
 chūshi
medium disciples, i. e. śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, who can gain emancipation for themselves, but cannot confer it on others: cf. 下士 and 上士.

了教

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liǎo jiào
    liao3 jiao4
liao chiao
 Ryōkyō
A noted disciple named Ajñāta-Kauṇḍinya, v. 阿, also known as拘鄰鄰,了本際 and 知本際. He is described as "a prince of Magadha, maternal uncle of Śākyamuni, whose first disciple he became". He is "to be reborn as Buddha under the name of Samanṭa-Prabhāsa". Eitel.

什肇

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shí zhào
    shi2 zhao4
shih chao
 jūjū
The 什 is Kumārajīva and the 肇 his disciple 僧肇 Sengzhao.

使徒

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shǐ tú
    shi3 tu2
shih t`u
    shih tu
 shito
    しと
apostle
(noun - becomes adjective with の) apostle; disciple

信士

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xìn shì
    xin4 shi4
hsin shih
 shinji; shinshi
    しんじ; しんし
(1) {Buddh} male lay devotee; (suffix) (2) (title affixed to man's posthumous Buddhist name) (See 信女・2) believer; (3) (しんし only) (archaism) believer; (personal name) Shinji
upāsaka, 信事男 a male devotee, who remains in the world as a lay disciple. A bestower of alms. Cf. 優.

傳人


传人

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chuán rén
    chuan2 ren2
ch`uan jen
    chuan jen
to teach; to impart; a disciple; descendant

傳法


传法

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chuán fǎ
    chuan2 fa3
ch`uan fa
    chuan fa
 denpou / denpo
    でんぽう
to pass on doctrines from master to disciple (Buddhism)
(surname) Denpou
To transmit, or spread abroad the Buddha truth.

入室

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rù shì
    ru4 shi4
ju shih
 nyuushitsu(p); nisshitsu / nyushitsu(p); nisshitsu
    にゅうしつ(P); にっしつ
(n,vs,vi) (1) (にゅうしつ only) (See 退室) entering a room; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} studying under a Buddhist teacher
To enter the master's study for examination or instruction; to enter the status of a disciple, but strictly of an advanced disciple. To receive consecration.

入門


入门

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rù mén
    ru4 men2
ju men
 nyuumon / nyumon
    にゅうもん
entrance door; to enter a door; introduction (to a subject); to learn the basics of a subject
(n,vs,vi) (1) becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; entering an institution; beginning training; (2) (usu. in book titles) introduction (to); primer; guide; (n,vs,vi) (3) entering through a gate; (surname) Irima
gate of entry

出現


出现

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chū xiàn
    chu1 xian4
ch`u hsien
    chu hsien
 shutsugen
    しゅつげん
to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
(n,vs,vi) appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
To manifest, reveal, be manifested, appear, e. g. as does a Buddha's temporary body, or nirmāṇakāya. Name of Udāyi 優陀夷 a disciple of Buddha to be reborn as Samantaprabhāsa; also of a son of Ajātaśatru.

化生

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huà shēng
    hua4 sheng1
hua sheng
 keshou / kesho
    けしょう
(noun/participle) (1) {Buddh} (See 四生) spontaneous birth; (2) goblin; monster; (surname, given name) Keshou
q. v. means direct 'birth' by metamorphosis. It also means the incarnate avaatara of a deity.; aupapādaka, or aupapāduka. Direct metamorphosis, or birth by transformation, one of the 四生, by which existence in any required form is attained in an instant in full maturity. By this birth bodhisattvas residing in Tuṣita appear on earth. Dhyāni Buddhas and Avalokiteśvara are likewise called 化生. It also means unconditional creation at the beginning of a kalpa. Bhuta 部多 is also used with similar meaning. There are various kinds of 化生, e. g. 佛菩薩化生 the transformation of a Buddha or bodhisattva, in any form at will, without gestation, or intermediary conditions: 極樂化生, birth in the happy land of Amitābha by transformation through the Lotus; 法身化生 the dharmakāya, or spiritual body, born or formed on a disciple's conversion.

十地

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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.

十德

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shí dé
    shi2 de2
shih te
 jittoku
The ten virtues, powers, or qualities, of which there are several groups, e.g. in the 華嚴經,十地品 there are 法師十德 the ten virtues of a teacher of the Law, i.e. he should be well versed in its meaning; able widely to publish it; not be nervous before an audience; be untiring in argument; adaptable; orderly so that his teaching can be easily followed; serious and dignified; bold and zealous; unwearied; and enduring (able to bear insult, etc.). The 弟子十德 ten virtues or qualities of a disciple according to the 大日經疏 4, are faith; sincerity; devotion to the trikāya; (seeking the) adornment of true wisdom; perseverance; moral purity; patience (or bearing shame); generosity in giving; courage; resoluteness.

取戒

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qǔ jiè
    qu3 jie4
ch`ü chieh
    chü chieh
To receive, or accept, the commandments, or rules; a disciple; the beginner receives the first five, the monk, nun, and the earnest laity proceed to the reception of eight, the fully ordained accepts the ten. The term is also applied by the esoteric sects to the reception of their rules on admission.

嗽卑

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sòu bēi
    sou4 bei1
sou pei
 sōhi
upāsikā, an old form, see 烏 a female disciple.

四禪


四禅

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sì chán
    si4 chan2
ssu ch`an
    ssu chan
 shizen
(四禪天) The four dhyāna heavens, 四靜慮 (四靜慮天), i. e. the division of the eighteen brahmalokas into four dhyānas: the disciple attains to one of these heavens according to the dhyāna he observes: (1) 初禪天 The first region, 'as large as one whole universe' comprises the three heavens, Brahma-pāriṣadya, Brahma-purohita, and Mahābrahma, 梵輔, 梵衆, and 大梵天; the inhabitants are without gustatory or olfactory organs, not needing food, but possess the other four of the six organs. (2) 二禪天 The second region, equal to 'a small chiliocosmos' 小千界, comprises the three heavens, according to Eitel, 'Parīttābha, Apramāṇābha, and Ābhāsvara, ' i. e. 少光 minor light, 無量光 infinite light, and 極光淨 utmost light purity; the inhabitants have ceased to require the five physical organs, possessing only the organ of mind. (3) 三禪天 The third region, equal to 'a middling chiliocosmos '中千界, comprises three heavens; Eitel gives them as Parīttaśubha, Apramāṇaśubha, and Śubhakṛtsna, i. e. 少淨 minor purity, 無量淨 infinite purity, and 徧淨 universal purity; the inhabitants still have the organ of mind and are receptive of great joy. (4) 四禪天 The fourth region, equal to a great chiliocosmos, 大千界, comprises the remaining nine brahmalokas, namely, Puṇyaprasava, Anabhraka, Bṛhatphala, Asañjñisattva, Avṛha, Atapa, Sudṛśa, Sudarśana, and Akaniṣṭha (Eitel). The Chinese titles are 福生 felicitous birth, 無雲 cloudless, 廣果 large fruitage, 無煩 no vexations, atapa is 無熱 no heat, sudṛśa is 善見 beautiful to see, sudarśana is 善現 beautiful appearing, two others are 色究竟 the end of form, and 無想天 the heaven above thought, but it is difficult to trace avṛha and akaniṣṭha; the inhabitants of this fourth region still have mind. The number of the dhyāna heavens differs; the Sarvāstivādins say 16, the 經 or Sutra school 17, and the Sthavirāḥ school 18. Eitel points out that the first dhyāna has one world with one moon, one mem, four continents, and six devalokas; the second dhyāna has 1, 000 times the worlds of the first; the third has 1, 000 times the worlds of the second; the fourth dhyāna has 1, 000 times those of the third. Within a kalpa of destruction 壞劫 the first is destroyed fifty-six times by fire, the second seven by water, the third once by wind, the fourth 'corresponding to a state of absolute indifference' remains 'untouched' by all the other evolutions; when 'fate (天命) comes to an end then the fourth dhyāna may come to an end too, but not sooner'.

均提

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jun tí
    jun1 ti2
chün t`i
    chün ti
 Kindai
Kunti, (a) said to be a devoted disciple of Śāriputra; (b) one of the attendants on Mañjuśrī.

声聞

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 shoumon / shomon
    しょうもん
(1) sravaka (disciple of Buddha); (2) adherent of Hinayana Buddhism

天神

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tiān shén
    tian1 shen2
t`ien shen
    tien shen
 tenjin
    てんじん
god; deity
(1) (also pronounced てんしん) heavenly god; heavenly gods; (2) spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; (3) (See 天満宮) Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); (4) (colloquialism) (See 梅干し) pit of a dried plum; dried plum; (5) (abbreviation) (See 天神髷) tenjin hairstyle; (6) prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period); (7) (See 転軫) tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen); (place-name, surname) Tenjin
deva 提婆 or devatā 泥縛多. (1) Brahma and the gods in general, including the inhabitants of the devalokas, all subject to metem-psychosis. (2) The fifteenth patriarch, a native of South India, or Ceylon and disciple of Nāgārjuna; he is also styled Devabodhisattva 提婆菩薩, Āryadeva 聖天, and Nilanetra 靑目 blue-eyed, or 分別明 clear discriminator. He was the author of nine works and a famous antagonist of Brahmanism.

婆藪


婆薮

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pó sǒu
    po2 sou3
p`o sou
    po sou
 basō
vasu 婆萸; good; rich; sweet; dry; according to Monier-Williams, eight personifications of natural phenomena; eight; the sun, etc.; father of Kṛṣṇa; intp. as the first to offer slain sacrifices to Heaven, to have been cast into hell, but after countless kalpas to have become a disciple of Buddha. Also called Vasudeva. Also name of certain devas, e.g. Viṣṇu; and other beings whom men serve, e.g. a father.

子貢


子贡

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zǐ gòng
    zi3 gong4
tzu kung
 shikou / shiko
    しこう
Zi Gong or Duanmu Ci 端木賜|端木赐[Duan1 mu4 Ci4] (520 BC-), disciple of Confucius
(personal name) Shikou

子路

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zǐ lù
    zi3 lu4
tzu lu
 shiro
    しろ
Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as Ji Lu 季路[Ji4 Lu4]
(personal name) Shiro

季路

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jì lù
    ji4 lu4
chi lu
Ji Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as 子路[Zi3 Lu4]

室灑


室洒

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shì sǎ
    shi4 sa3
shih sa
 shissha
śiṣya, a pupil, disciple.

宰予

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zǎi yú
    zai3 yu2
tsai yü
 saiyo
    さいよ
Zai Yu (522-458 BC), disciple of Confucius
(personal name) Saiyo

小子

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xiǎo zi
    xiao3 zi5
hsiao tzu
 shoushi / shoshi
    しょうし
(coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow
(1) (form) little child; (2) (archaism) male between 4 and 16 years old (ritsuryō period); (3) (archaism) (See 弟子) pupil; disciple; follower; (pronoun) (4) (form) (humble language) I; me; my humble self; (pronoun) (5) (archaism) (referring to an inferior) you; (female given name) Choko

小師


小师

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xiǎo shī
    xiao3 shi1
hsiao shih
 komoro
    こもろ
(surname) Komoro
A junior monk of less than ten years full ordination, also a courtesy title for a disciple; and a self-depreciatory title of any monk; v. 鐸 dahara.

小童

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 hichi
    ひち
(archaism) small child (esp. a servant child in the Heian-period imperial palace); (archaism) young person; young servant; (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (kana only) (derogatory term) boy; child; youth; brat; (kana only) (derogatory term) boy; child; youth; brat; (1) (archaism) girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel); (2) (archaism) (derogatory term) brat; scamp; rascal; jackanapes; (3) (archaism) disciple; apprentice; (place-name) Hichi

巴錄


巴录

see styles
bā lù
    ba1 lu4
pa lu
Baruch (name); Baruch, disciple of Jeremiah; book of Baruch in the Apocrypha

師兄


师兄

see styles
shī xiōng
    shi1 xiong1
shih hsiung
 shi kei
senior male fellow student or apprentice; son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
senior disciple

師孫


师孙

see styles
shī sūn
    shi1 sun1
shih sun
 shison
Disciple of a disciple.

師學


师学

see styles
shī xué
    shi1 xue2
shih hsüeh
 shigaku
master and disciple

師弟


师弟

see styles
shī dì
    shi1 di4
shih ti
 shitei / shite
    してい
young disciple (of the same master); younger or junior male schoolmate
teacher and student; (place-name) Shitei
teacher and student

師徒


师徒

see styles
shī tú
    shi1 tu2
shih t`u
    shih tu
 shi to
master and disciple
teacher and student

徒弟

see styles
tú dì
    tu2 di4
t`u ti
    tu ti
 totei / tote
    とてい
apprentice; disciple
apprentice
A disciple, neophyte, apprentice.

息心

see styles
xí xīn
    xi2 xin1
hsi hsin
 sokushin
To set the heart at rest; a disciple.

慈恩

see styles
cí ēn
    ci2 en1
tz`u en
    tzu en
 jion
    じおん
(given name) Jion
Compassion and grace, merciful favour; name of a temple in Luoyang, under the Tang dynasty, which gave its name to Kuiji 窺基 q.v., founder of the 法相 school, known also as the 慈恩 or 唯識 school; he was a disciple of and collaborator with Xuanzang, and died A.D. 682.

慧可

see styles
huì kě
    hui4 ke3
hui k`o
    hui ko
 eka
    えか
(person) Huike (487-593 CE)
Huike, the successor of Bodhidharma, v. 達; he previously cut off his arm in appeal to be received as disciple, and finally inherited his mantle and alms-bowl.

慧日

see styles
huì rì
    hui4 ri4
hui jih
 enichi
    えにち
{Buddh} sun of wisdom; Buddha's or Bodhisattva's limitless light of wisdom; (given name) Enichi
Wisdom-sun, Buddha-wisdom. Huiri, a celebrated Tang monk and author (disciple of Yijing) who also went on pilgrimage to India and spent thirteen years there, died A.D. 748; entitled 慈愍三藏.

慧琳

see styles
huì lín
    hui4 lin2
hui lin
 erin
    えりん
(female given name) Erin
Huilin, a disciple of the Indian monk Amogha 不空; he made the 慧琳音義 dictionary of sounds and meanings of Buddhist words and phrases, based upon the works of 玄應 Xuanying, 慧苑 Huiyuan, 窺基 Kueji, and 雲公 Yungong, in 100 juan, beginning the work in A. D. 788 and ending it in 810. He is also called 大藏音義; died 820.

提多

see styles
tí duō
    ti2 duo1
t`i to
    ti to
Titus (1st century AD), Christian missionary, disciple of St. Paul

教徒

see styles
jiào tú
    jiao4 tu2
chiao t`u
    chiao tu
 kyouto / kyoto
    きょうと
disciple; follower of a religion
believer; adherent
a follower

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.

智光

see styles
zhì guāng
    zhi4 guang1
chih kuang
 norimitsu
    のりみつ
(personal name) Norimitsu
Jñānaprabha. Having the light of knowledge; name of a disciple of Śīlabhadra.

曾参

see styles
 soushin / soshin
    そうしん
(person) Zengzi (disciple of Confucius)

末弟

see styles
 battei; mattei / batte; matte
    ばってい; まってい
(1) youngest brother; (2) last disciple

末田

see styles
mò tián
    mo4 tian2
mo t`ien
    mo tien
 matsuda
    まつだ
(place-name, surname) Matsuda
Madhyāntika, 末田地 (末田地那); 末田底加, 末田提; 末田鐸迦; 末彈地; 末闡地 or a 摩 is also used for 末. It is tr. by 中; 日中, 水中河中, and 金地. One of the two chief disciples of Ānanda, to whom he handed down the Buddha's doctrine. He is reputed to have been sent to convert 罽賓 Kashmir, the other, 商那和修 Śāṇakavāsa, to convert 中國 which is probably Central India, though it is understood as China. Another account makes the latter a disciple of the former. Eitel says that by his magic power he transported a sculptor to the Tuṣita heavens to obtain a correct image of Maitreya.

求寂

see styles
qiú jí
    qiu2 ji2
ch`iu chi
    chiu chi
 gujaku
Seeking nirvāṇa, i. e. the disciple who accepts the ten commandments.

法侶


法侣

see styles
fǎ lǚ
    fa3 lv3
fa lü
 hōryo
A companion of the Dharma, a disciple.

法弟

see styles
fǎ dì
    fa3 di4
fa ti
 hottei
A Buddhist disciple.

玄範


玄范

see styles
xuán fàn
    xuan2 fan4
hsüan fan
 Genpan
Xuanfan, a Tang monk and editor, said to be a contemporary of Xuanzang, some say his disciple.

畢陵


毕陵

see styles
bì líng
    bi4 ling2
pi ling
 Hitsuryō
(畢陵伽婆蹉) Pilindavatsa, who for 500 generations had been a Brahman, cursed the god of the Ganges, became a disciple, but still has to do penance, for his ill-temper.

發戒


发戒

see styles
fā jiè
    fa1 jie4
fa chieh
 hokkai
To issue to, or bestow the commandments on a disciple.

白足

see styles
bái zú
    bai2 zu2
pai tsu
 Byakusoku
(白足和尚); 白足阿練 The white-foot monk, a disciple of Kumārajīva.

相傳


相传

see styles
xiāng chuán
    xiang1 chuan2
hsiang ch`uan
    hsiang chuan
 sōden
to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend
transmission of the Way from master to disciple

相承

see styles
xiāng chéng
    xiang1 cheng2
hsiang ch`eng
    hsiang cheng
 soushou / sosho
    そうしょう
to complement one another
(noun, transitive verb) inheritance
Mutually receiving, handing on and receiving, mutually connected.

眞門


眞门

see styles
zhēn mén
    zhen1 men2
chen men
 masakado
    まさかど
(given name) Masakado
The gateway of truth, or reality; the Truth; the school of perfect truth, in contrast with partial truth adapted to the condition of the disciple.

磨牛

see styles
mó niú
    mo2 niu2
mo niu
 mago
The ox turning the millstone, a formalist, i.e. a disciple who performs the bodily motions, but without heart in his religion.

耶舍

see styles
yé shè
    ye2 she4
yeh she
 Yasha
Yaśas, or 耶舍陀 Yaśojā. There were two persons of this name: (1) a disciple of Ānanda; (2) another who is said to have 'played an important part in connection with the second synod'.

聲聞


声闻

see styles
shēng wén
    sheng1 wen2
sheng wen
 shōmon
(Buddhism) disciple
śrāvaka, a hearer, a term applied to the personal disciples of the Buddha, distinguished as mahā-śrāvaka; it is also applied to hearers, or disciples in general; but its general connotation relates it to Hīnayāna disciples who understand the four dogmas, rid themselves of the unreality of the phenomenal, and enter nirvana; it is the initial stage; cf. 舍.

苦餘


苦余

see styles
kǔ yú
    ku3 yu2
k`u yü
    ku yü
 kuyo
Remains of suffering awaiting the Hīnayāna disciple who escapes suffering in this world, but still meets it in succeeding worlds.

蕉門

see styles
 shoumon / shomon
    しょうもん
disciple of Basho

行人

see styles
xíng rén
    xing2 ren2
hsing jen
 koujin / kojin
    こうじん
pedestrian; traveler on foot; passer-by; official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor
passer-by; traveler; traveller; (personal name) Yukihito
A traveller, wayfarer; a follower of Buddha; a disciple.

行者

see styles
xíng zhě
    xing2 zhe3
hsing che
 gyouja / gyoja
    ぎょうじゃ
pedestrian; walker; itinerant monk
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee; (surname) Gyouja
An abbot's attendant; also ācārin, performing the duties of a disciple.

衣缽


衣钵

see styles
yī bō
    yi1 bo1
i po
the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism); legacy; mantle

衣鉢


衣钵

see styles
yī bō
    yi1 bo1
i po
 ihatsu; ehatsu; ehachi
    いはつ; えはつ; えはち
(1) mysteries of one's master's art; (2) {Buddh} (original meaning) robes and a bowl (monk's key possessions auctioned off at his funeral); transmission of the dharma from master to disciple (in Zen)
Cassock and almsbowl.

見正


见正

see styles
jiàn zhèng
    jian4 zheng4
chien cheng
 mishou / misho
    みしょう
(surname) Mishou
Seeing correctly; said to be the name of a disciple of the Buddha who doubted a future life, to whom the Buddha is said to have delivered the contents of the 見正經.

論藏


论藏

see styles
lùn zàng
    lun4 zang4
lun tsang
 ronzō
Thesaurus of discussions or discourses, the Abhidharma Piṭaka, one of the three divisions of the Tripiṭaka. It comprises the philosophical works. The first compilation is accredited to Mahā-Kāśyapa, disciple of Buddha, but the work is of a later period. The Chinese version is in three sections: 大乘論 the Mahāyāna philosophy; 小乘論 the Hīnayāna philosophy; 宋元續入藏諸論 The Song and Yuan Addenda, A.D. 960-1368.

賢護


贤护

see styles
xián hù
    xian2 hu4
hsien hu
 Kengo
Bhadrapāla, a disciple who kept the faith at home at the time of the Buddha. Also, a bodhisattva who with 500 others slighted Śākyamuni in a previous existence, was converted and became a Buddha. An image of Bhadrapāla is kept in the monastic bathroom; cf. 楞嚴經5.

軍律

see styles
 gunritsu
    ぐんりつ
martial law; articles of war; military disciple; military law

辯機


辩机

see styles
biàn jī
    bian4 ji1
pien chi
Bianji (c. 620-648), Tang dynasty buddhist monk and disciple of 玄奘[Xuan2 zang4], author and translator of Great Tang Records on the Western Regions 大唐西域記|大唐西域记[Da4 Tang2 Xi1 yu4 Ji4]

近事

see styles
jìn shì
    jin4 shi4
chin shih
 kinji
    きんじ
recent events
Those who attend on and serve the triratna, the近事男 upāsaka, male servant or disciple, and近事女 upāsikā, female servant or disciple, i.e. laymen or women who undertake to obey the five commandments. 近住 Laymen or women who remain at home and observe the eight commandments, i.e. the近事律儀.

近童

see styles
jìn tóng
    jin4 tong2
chin t`ung
    chin tung
 kondō
A devotee, or disciple, idem upāsaka.

釋侶


释侣

see styles
shì lǚ
    shi4 lv3
shih lü
 shakuro
Any follower or disciple of the Buddha; any Buddhist comrade; Buddhists.

門下


门下

see styles
mén xià
    men2 xia4
men hsia
 monka
    もんか
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower; (surname) Monshita
disciple

門人


门人

see styles
mén rén
    men2 ren2
men jen
 monjin
    もんじん
disciple; follower; hanger-on (at an aristocrat's home)
pupil; student; follower

門侶


门侣

see styles
mén lǚ
    men2 lv3
men lü
 monro
Disciple, fellow-student. 門師Preceptor, the monk who is recognized as teacher by any family. 門徒 Disciple.

門弟


门弟

see styles
mén dì
    men2 di4
men ti
 montei / monte
    もんてい
disciple; pupil; follower
disciple

門徒


门徒

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

門生


门生

see styles
mén shēng
    men2 sheng1
men sheng
 monsei / monse
    もんせい
disciple; student (of a famous master)
pupil; student; follower; (place-name) Kadou

阿難


阿难

see styles
ē nán
    e1 nan2
o nan
 anan
    あなん
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
(person) Ananda (disciple of Gautama Buddha)
Ānanda

預流


预流

see styles
yù liú
    yu4 liu2
yü liu
 yoru
    よる
{Buddh} sotāpanna; śrotāpanna; stream-winner; stream-entrant
According with the stream of holy living, the srota-āpanna disciple of the śrāvaka stage, who has overcome the illusion of the seeming, the first stage in Hīnayāna.

顏回


颜回

see styles
yán huí
    yan2 hui2
yen hui
Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan 顏淵|颜渊[Yan2 Yuan1]

顏淵


颜渊

see styles
yán yuān
    yan2 yuan1
yen yüan
Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as 顏回|颜回[Yan2 Hui2]

高弟

see styles
 koutei / kote
    こうてい
best pupil; leading disciple

高足

see styles
gāo zú
    gao1 zu2
kao tsu
 takaashi / takashi
    たかあし
honorific: Your distinguished disciple; Your most brilliant pupil
(1) stilts; (2) raised service tray; (3) two-storied stage set; (surname, given name) Takaashi
Superior pupils or disciples.

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