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Glossary and Vocabulary for Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna 《大乘起信論》

Contents

  1. Keywords
  2. Proper Nouns
  3. Glossary

Keywords

Top keywords ordered by frequency in comparison to occurrence across the entire corpus

Simplified Traditional Pinyin English
用大 yòng dà great in function
钝根 鈍根 dùngēn dull ability
怨家 yuànjiā an enemy
平等性 píngděng xìng universal nature
修行信心 xiūxíng xìnxīn practices faith
染净 染淨 rǎnjìng impure and pure dharmas
慧光
  1. huìguāng
  2. huìguāng
  3. huìguāng
  4. huìguāng
  1. the light of wisdom
  2. Huiguang
  3. Ekō
  4. Ekō
体性 體性 tǐxìng svabhāva ／ intrinsic nature / original nature / intrinsic existence / essential nature
遍 biàn everywhere fragrant / paricitra
色 sè form / matter

People, places

and other proper nouns

Simplified Traditional Pinyin English
阿罗汉 阿羅漢 Āluóhàn Arhat
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 amítuó fó
  1. Amitabha Buddha / Amitābha Buddha
  2. Amitabha Buddha
遍一切处 遍一切處 biànyīqiēchù Vairocana
遍照 biànzhào Vairocana
不空 Bù Kōng Amoghavajra /
羼提波罗蜜 羼提波羅蜜 chàntí bōluómì ksanti-paramita / the paramita of tolerance / the paramita of forbearance
大梁 Dà Liáng City of Da Liang
大悲 dàbēi mahākaruṇā / great compassion
大悲者 dàbēizhě Compassionate One
大品 dàpǐn Pancavimsati Sahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
大乘 Dàshèng
  1. Mahayana Buddhism / Mahāyāna / Mahāyāna Buddhism
  2. Mahayana / Great Vehicle
大乘起信论 大乘起信論 Dàshèng Qǐxìn Lùn Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna / Dasheng Qixin Lun
东夏 東夏 Dōng Xià Eastern China
兜率天 Dōushuàitiān Tusita Heaven / Tuṣita / Tushita / Tuṣita-deva / Tuṣita Heaven / Tuṣita gods
法常 Fǎcháng Damei Fachang
法身 Fǎshēn Dharmakaya / Dharmakāya / Dharma Body
法性 fǎxìng dharma nature / inherent nature / essence / true nature / dharmata / dharmatā
广论 廣論 Guǎng Lùn Lamrim Chenmo / The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightmenent
护法 護法 hùfǎ
  1. to uphold the Dharma
  2. Dharma Protector
  3. Dharmapāla
慧光 huìguāng
  1. the light of wisdom
  2. Huiguang
  3. Ekō
  4. Ekō
建兴 建興 Jiànxīng Jianxing reign
极乐世界 極樂世界 jílè shìjiè Western Pure Land / Sukhāvatī
寂灭 寂滅 jìmiè
  1. calmness and extinction / Nirvāṇa / Nibbāna / Nirvana
  2. Upasannaka
九月 jiǔyuè September / the Ninth Month
拘兰难陀 拘蘭難陀 jūlánnántuó Paramārtha
梁 liáng
  1. a bridge
  2. Liang Dynasty
  3. City of Liang
  4. State of Liang
  5. Liang
  6. a beam / rafters
  7. a fishing sluice
  8. to lose footing
  9. State of Liang
  10. a ridge
  11. later Liang
礼拜三 禮拜三 Lǐbàisān Wednesday
马鸣 馬鳴 Mǎ Míng Aśvaghoṣa / Asvaghosa
马鸣菩萨 馬鳴菩薩 Mǎ Míng púsà Aśvaghoṣa / Asvaghosa
摩诃衍 摩訶衍 Móhēyǎn Mahāyāna / Mahayana / the Great Vehicle
摩伽陀国 摩伽陀國 Mójiātuó Guó Magadha
涅槃 Nièpán Final Nirvana / Nirvana / Nirvāṇa / Nibbāna
普 pǔ
  1. common / general / popular / everywhere / universal / extensive
  2. Prussia
  3. Pu
起信论 起信論 Qǐ Xìn Lùn Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna / Dasheng Qixin Lun
瞿昙 瞿曇 Qútán Gautama / Gotama
如来 如來 Rúlái Thus-Come (tathagata) / Tathāgata / Thus Come One
三界 Sān Jiè The Three Realms
三藏 Sān Zàng
  1. Tripitaka
  2. Tripitaka / Tripiṭaka / Tipitaka
  3. Buddhist Canon
三藏法师 三藏法師 Sān Zàng Fǎshī Venerable Xuanzang / Tripiṭaka
色究竟 Sè Jiūjìng Akaniṣṭha / Akanistha / Akaniṭṭha
声闻 聲聞 shēngwén Sravaka Realm / Sravaka / Śrāvaka / a distinguished disciple of the Buddha
十方诸佛 十方諸佛 Shí Fāng zhū Fó the Buddhas of the Ten Directions
始兴 始興 shǐxīng Shixing
苏 蘇 sū
  1. Soviet Union
  2. Su
  3. to revive
  4. Suzhou
  5. Jiangsu
  6. a species of thyme
娑婆世界 Suōpó Shìjiè Saha World / Sahā World / the World of Suffering
太保 Tàibǎo Grand Protector
无余涅盘 無餘涅槃 Wú Yú Nièpán Anupadhiśeṣanirvāṇa / Nirupadhiśeṣanirvāṇa / Nirvāṇa without Remainder
西印度 xī yìndù West Indies (i.e. the Caribbean)
西域 Xī Yù Western Regions
扬州 揚洲 Yángzhōu
  1. Yangzhou
  2. Yangzhou
英 Yīng
  1. England
  2. Ying
  3. brave
一行三昧 yīxíng sānmèi Ekavyuda-Samadi / Samadi of Specific Mode
月支 Yuè Zhī Yuezhi / Rouzhi / Tokhara / Tokharian
中天竺 Zhōng Tiānzhú Central North India
众僧 眾僧 zhòngsēng Saṅgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community
重兴 重興 zhòngxīng Zhongxing
竺 zhú
  1. Zhu
  2. India
  3. bamboo

Glossary

Buddhist terminology, except the proper nouns listed above. Number of terms: 572.

Simplified Traditional Pinyin English
爱 愛 ài desire / craving / trsnā
爱敬 愛敬 ài jìng Love and Respect
阿梨耶识 阿梨耶識 alíyé shí ālayavijñāna ／ alaya consciousness / storehouse consciousness / foundational consciousness
阿僧祇劫 āsēngzhǐ jié an asankhyeya kalpa
报 報 bào indirect effect / judgement / retribution
报身 報身 bàoshēn saṃbhogakāya / sambhogakaya / enjoyment body / reward body
本觉 本覺 běnjué original enlightenment / intrinsic enlightenment / inherent enlightenment
遍 biàn everywhere fragrant / paricitra
辩才无碍 辯才無礙 biàncái wú'ài able to distinguish subtle points in Buddhist teachings
遍知 biànzhī
  1. to know / to understand / parijñā
  2. to be omniscient / to be all knowing
病苦 bìngkǔ sickness / suffering due to sickness
波罗蜜 波羅蜜 bōluómì paramita / pāramitā / perfection
般若波罗蜜 般若波羅蜜 Bōrěbōluómì
  1. Prajñāpāramitā / Prajnaparamita / Perfection of Wisdom
  2. Prajnaparamita
不二 bú èr advaya / nonduality / not two
不净 不淨 bù jìng Impurity / dirty / filthy
不思议业 不思議業 bù sī yì yè suprarational functions
不思议业相 不思議業相 bù sī yì yè xiāng suprarational functions
不思议 不思議 bù sīyì inconceivable
不思议界 不思議界 bù sīyì jiè acintyadhātu / the realm beyond thought and words
不断相应染 不斷相應染 bùduàn xiāngyīng rǎn continuing affliction
不觉 不覺 bùjué non-enlightenment
不生 bùshēng
  1. nonarising / anutpāda
  2. nonarising / anutpāda
布施 bùshī dana / giving / the practice of giving / generosity
不信 bùxìn disbelief / lack of faith
不住 bùzhù not dwelling
藏 cáng
  1. piṭaka / canon / a collection of scriptures
  2. garba / matrix / embryo
  3. kośa / kosa
  4. ālaya / dwelling / residence
惭愧 慚愧 cánkuì Shamefulness
禅波罗蜜 禪波羅蜜 chán bōluómì dhyana-paramita / the paramita of meditative concentration
禅定 禪定 chándìng
  1. Meditative Concentration / meditation
  2. to meditate
常 cháng constant / persistent / long-lasting / eternal / nitya
常乐 常樂 cháng lè lasting joy
常乐我净 常樂我淨 cháng lè wǒ jìng Eternity, Bliss, Self, and Purity
常见 常見 chángjiàn eternalism / śāśvatadṛṣṭi
常住 chángzhù permanence / eternalism / śāśvata / nitya-sthita
瞋 chēn
  1. aversion / hatred / hostility / anger / dveṣa / dosa
  2. malice / vyāpāda
成道 chéng dào Awakening / to become enlightened / to become a Buddha
成佛 chéng Fó to become a Buddha
成正觉 成正覺 chéng zhèngjué to become a Buddha
成就 chéngjiù
  1. to attained / to obtain
  2. to bring to perfection / complete
  3. attainment / accomplishment / siddhi
瞋恚 chēnhuì wrath / dveṣa / dosa
癡 chī confusion / stupidity / naivety / delusion / moha
持戒 chí jiè morality / to uphold precepts
初发意 初發意 chū fā yì to make a vow to acheive supreme enlightenment / to act with bodhicitta
初发意菩萨 初發意菩薩 chū fā yì púsà bodhisattvas in their first stage of aspiration
出世间法 出世間法 chū shìjiān fǎ the way of leaving the world / the Noble Eightfold Path
出家 chūjiā leaving home / to become a monk or nun
出离 出離 chūlí to leave Samsara / to transcend the mundane world
出世间 出世間 chūshìjiān transcendental world / lokottara
出胎 chūtāi for a Buddha to be reborn
除疑 chúyí to eliminate doubt
慈爱 慈愛 cí'ài Compassion and Love
慈悲 cíbēi
  1. compassion / loving-kindness / benevolence / mettā / metta
  2. Compassion
大 dà an element
大悲心 大悲心 dà bēi xīn Great Compassion
大慈悲 dà cí bēi great mercy and great compassion
大身 dà shēn great body / mahakaya / mahākāya
大愿 dà yuàn
  1. a vow
  2. a great vow
大智慧 dà zhìhuì great wisdom and knowledge
大乘道 dàchéng dào Mahāyāna path
大方便 dàfāngbiàn mahopāya / skillful means / expedient means
大利 dàlì great advantage / great benefit
道 Dào the path leading to the cessation of suffering
大智 dàzhì Mahāmati
德 dé
  1. puṇya / puñña
  2. guṇa
得度 dé dù
  1. to attain salvation
  2. to attain enlightenment
得佛 dé fó to become a Buddha
等虚空界 等虛空界 děng xūkōng jiè equal to the realm of space
地 dì di
地水火风 地水火風 dì shuǐ huǒ fēng Earth, Water, Fire and Wind
第一义谛 第一諦義 dì yī yì dì
  1. supreme truth
  2. paramārtha / paramārthasatya ／ absolute truth / supreme truth
定 dìng meditative concentration / meditation
第一义 第一義 dìyī yì paramārtha / paramārthasatya ／ absolute truth / supreme truth
动心 動心 dòngxīn
  1. to move the heart / to be moved
  2. to shake the will
端坐 duānzuò to sit in a posture for meditation
对治 對治 duì zhì an equal to / an opposite / an antidote
钝根 鈍根 dùngēn dull ability
度脱 度脫 dùtuō to save / to rescue / to relieve them from the suffering of this world and take them nirvana
恶道 惡道 è dào an evil rebirth / an evil destiny / an unfortunate rebirth / hell
恶趣 惡趣 è qù an evil rebirth / an evil destiny / an unfortunate rebirth / hell
恶鬼 惡鬼 èguǐ a hungry ghost
二乘 èr shèng the two vehicles
二种 二種 èr zhǒng two kinds
二门 二門 èrmén two gates / two teachings
二义 二義 èryì the two meanings / the two explanations / two teachings
恶业 惡業 èyè unwholesome acts / evil intentions
法 fǎ
  1. a dharma / a dhárma / a natural law / teachings
  2. a mental object / a phenomenon / dharma / a thought
  3. quality / characteristic
法出离镜 法出離鏡 fǎ chū lí jìng a mirror free from defiled objects
法灭 法滅 fǎ miè the extinction of the teachings of the Buddha
法体 法體 fǎ tǐ essence of all things
发愿 發願 fā yuàn to make a vow / praṇidhānaṃ
法界 fǎjiè
  1. a dharma realm / a dhárma realm ／ dharmadhatu ／ dharmadhātu
  2. tathatā / suchness / inherent nature / true nature / tathata
法门 法門 fǎmén dharmaparyāya / dharma gate / a way of teaching the Dharma / a Buddhist teaching / a Dharma door
凡 fán an ordinary person
凡圣 凡聖 fán shèng the ordinary and the divine
凡夫 fánfū an ordinary person / pṛthagjana
方便 fāngbiàn
  1. upāya / skillful means / expedient means
  2. Convenience
烦恼 煩惱 fánnǎo kleśa / kilesa / a mental affliction / defilement
法师 法師 fǎshī Dharma Master / Venerable / a Buddhist monk or nun
发心 發心 fàxīn
  1. to make a vow to acheive supreme enlightenment / to act with bodhicitta
  2. Resolve
法义 法義 fǎyì
  1. the teaching of a principle
  2. meaning of the Dharma
非常 fēicháng impermanence
非我 fēiwǒ selflessness / non-self / anātman / anattā
非有 fēiyǒu does not exist / is not real
分别 分別 fēnbié
  1. kalpanā / thought / imagination
  2. vikalpa / discrimination / conception
分别事识 分別事識 fēnbié shì shí discriminating consciousness / consciousness
分齐 分齊 fēnqí difference
佛 fó
  1. of Buddhism
  2. a statue or image of a Buddha
  3. a Buddhist text
佛法僧 Fó Fǎ Sēng the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha / the Triple Gem / the three treasures of Buddhism
佛国土 佛國土 Fó guótǔ
  1. buddhakṣetra / a Buddha land
  2. Buddha's country
佛境界 fó jìngjiè sphere of buddhas
佛菩萨 佛菩薩 fó púsà Buddhas and bodhisattvas
佛如来 佛如來 fó rúlái Buddha-Tathāgatas
佛法 fófǎ the power of the Buddha
佛像 fóxiàng
  1. Buddha Statues / a figure or statue of a Buddha
  2. images worshipped by Buddhists
佛智 fózhì Buddha knowledge / Buddha wisdom
佛种 Fózhǒng
  1. the causes and conditions for becoming a Buddha
  2. the seed of Buddhahood
福德 fúdé merit earned / reward / good fortune and good moral conduct
敷演 fūyǎn to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the meaning of the classics)
根 gēn
  1. an organ / a part of the body / an organ of sense
  2. a sense / a faculty
  3. mūla / a root
根本 gēnběn mūla / root
根本业不相应染 根本業不相應染 gēnběn yè bù xiāngyīng rǎn affliction disunited from the basic activating mind
根本智 gēnběn zhì fundamental wisdom
更 gèng contacts
功德无量 功德無量 gōng dé wú liàng
  1. boundless merits
  2. Boundless Merits
共相 gòng xiāng common phase
功德 gōngdé
  1. guṇa / achievements and virtue / merit
  2. puṇya / puñña
供养 供養 gòngyǎng to make offerings / to provide offerings / to worship
观 觀 guān
  1. mindfulness / contemplation
  2. insight / vipaśyanā / vipassanā
广 廣 guǎng vaipulya / vast / extended
广大 廣大 guǎngdà vaipulya / vast / extended
光明 guāngmíng Brightness
观智 觀智 guānzhì wisdom from contemplation
归命 歸命 guīmìng namo / to pay respect to / to take refuge
归依 歸依 guīyī to take refuge in the Triple Gem
果 guǒ direct effect / phala / a consequence
和合 hé hé Harmony
恒沙 恆沙 héng shā
  1. the sand of the River Ganges / as numerous as grains of sand in the River Ganges
  2. sands of the Ganges
后际 後際 hòu jì a later time
化度 huà dù convert and liberate / teach and save
欢喜 歡喜 huānxǐ Joy
护法 護法 hùfǎ to uphold the Dharma
会 會 huì a religious assembly
慧 huì intellect
慧日 huì rì to have illuminating wisdom like the Buddha
慧光 huìguāng the light of wisdom
迴向 huíxiàng to transfer merit / to dedicate / pariṇāmanā
护念 護念 hùniàn for a Buddha, bodhisattva, or demigod to protect a Buddhist disciple
惑 huò kleśa / kilesa / a mental affliction / defilement
集 jí
  1. the origin of suffering
  2. desire / greed / craving
计名字相 計名字相 jì míngzì xiāng the aspect of use of names and letters
假 jià designation / provisional / conventional term
假名 jiàmíng designation / provisional term / conventional term
见 見 jiàn view / perception / dṛṣṭi / diṭṭhi
见相 見相 jiàn xiāng perceiving the subject
见法 見法 jiànfǎ
  1. for a Dharma to manifest in the world
  2. to realize the impermanence and nonself of all dharmas
  3. to understand reality
见佛 見佛 jiànfó to see the Buddha
界 jiè dhātu / a realm / a field / a domain
戒 jiè
  1. precepts / a vow
  2. Precepts / morality
解 jiě
  1. understanding
  2. to liberate
劫数 劫數 jiéshǔ predestined fate
解脱 解脫 jiětuō liberation / emancipation / vimokṣa
解行 jiěxíng to understand and practice
寂静 寂靜 jìjìng Tranquility
进 進 jìn diligence / perseverance
净 淨 jìng
  1. vyavadāna / purification / cleansing
  2. śuddha / cleansed / clean / pure
  3. viśuddhi / purity
  4. Pure
经 經 jīng a sutra / a sūtra
静 靜 jìng Stillness
境 jìng
  1. the object of one of the six senses
  2. viṣaya / sphere / region
境界相 jìng jiè xiāng world of objects
净明 淨明 jìng míng Pure and Clear
净法 淨法 jìngfǎ
  1. pure dharma
  2. the teaching of the Buddha
境界 jìngjiè viṣaya / object / sphere / region / realm of objects / state
精进 精進 jīngjìn
  1. Diligence / Perseverance / vīrya
  2. Be Diligent
净心 淨心 jìngxīn a purified mind
净信 淨信 jìngxìn
  1. prasāda / pure faith
  2. Pure Faith
净业 淨業 jìngyè pure karma / good karma
禁戒 jìnjiè a vow
尽十方 盡十方 jìnshífāng everywhere
究竟觉 究竟覺 jiūjìng jué final enlightenment
救世 jiùshì to save / to be saved
具 jù a mat for sitting and sleeping on / niṣīdana
身 juān body / kāya
觉 覺 jué bodhi / enlightenment / awakening
觉观 覺觀 jué guān awareness and discrimination / coarse awareness and fine perception
觉照 覺照 jué zhào Awareness
具戒 jùjiè full ordination / upasaṃpanna / upasaṃpadā
具足 jùzú complete / full / perfect
开导 開導 kāidǎo to enlighten
开示 開示 kāishì to express / to indicate
堪能 kānnéng ability to undertake
空 kōng śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence
空寂 kōngjì śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence
空无 空無 kōngwú śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence
苦 kǔ Sorrow / duḥkha / dukkha / suffering
愦閙 憒閙 kuìnào clamour
苦乐 苦樂 kŭ lè pleasure and pain
乐求 樂求 lè qiú seek bliss
离 離 lí transcendence
离念 離念 lí niàn transcends thoughts
离言说相 離言說相 lí yán shuō xiāng describing attributes without words
立义 立義 lì yì establishing the meaning
量 liàng means of knowing / reasoning / pramāṇa
两舌 兩舌 liǎng shé double-tongued speech / slander / divisive speech
利根 lìgēn natural powers of intelligence
令众生 令眾生 lìng zhòngshēng cause sentient beings
六尘 六塵 Liù Chén six sense objects / Six Dusts
六道 liù dào six realms / six realms of existence / six destinies
六时礼拜 六時禮拜 liùshí lǐbài to worship all day
利益众生 利益眾生 lìyì zhòngshēng benefits sentient beings
论 論 lùn a treatise / a thesis / śastra
慢 màn
  1. māna / pride / arrogance / conceit
  2. conceit / abhimāna
祕藏 mì cáng to conceal a secret / treasury of the profound mysteries
灭 滅 miè the cessation of suffering
灭后 滅後 mièhòu after the Buddhas's Nirvāṇa
明 míng wisdom / vidyā
魔 mó evil / vice
摩尼宝 摩尼寶 mòní bǎo mani jewel
难行 難行 nánxíng ascetic practice
能见相 能見相 néng jiàn xiāng perceiving the subject
能见心不相应染 能見心不相應染 néng jiàn xīn bù xiāngyīng rǎn affliction disunited from a perceiving mind
能化 nénghuà a teacher
念 niàn
  1. memory
  2. mindfulness / smṛti
念佛 niàn Fó to recollect the Buddha / to chant the name of the Buddha
念念 niàn niàn thought after thought / successive moments of thought
念住 niàn zhù a foundation of mindfulness
念着 念著 niànzhe clinging to illusion
毘钵舍那 毘鉢舍那 píbōshènà insight / vipaśyanā / vipassanā
毘梨耶波罗蜜 毘梨耶波羅蜜 pílíyē bōluómì virya-paramita / the paramita of diligence
平等 píngděng equal / without partiality
平等法 píngděng fǎ the truth that all can become a Buddha
平等性 píngděng xìng universal nature
辟支佛 Pìzhī Fó Pratyeka-Buddha / Pratyekabuddha
破着 破著 pòzhe to break attachments
菩萨 菩薩 púsà bodhisatta
菩萨地 菩薩地 púsà xíng the ten grounds
菩提 pútí bodhi / enlightenment / awakening
起信 qǐ xìn the awakening of faith
起业相 起業相 qǐ yè xiāng the aspect of giving rise to karma
起灭 起滅 qǐmiè saṃsāra / life and death
勤 qín diligence / perseverance / vīrya
勤苦 qín kǔ devoted and suffering
清净心 清淨心 qīng jìng xīn Pure Mind
清净 清凈 qīngjìng
  1. pure / cleansed / purified of defiling illusion / viśuddhi
  2. Purity
清凉 清涼 qīngliáng Coolness
求道 qiú dào to seek the Dharma
求法 qiú fǎ to seek the Dharma
求生 qiú shēng seeking rebirth
趣 qù realm / destination
取 qǔ clinging / grasping ／upādāna
劝请 勸請 quànqǐng to request / to implore
劝修 勸修 quànxiū encouragement to practice
取经 取經 qǔjīng to fetch scriptures
取着 取著 qǔzhe grasping / attachment
染 rǎn tormented / afflicted / distressed / kliṣṭa
染法 rǎnfǎ kleśa / mental affliction
染净 染淨 rǎnjìng impure and pure dharmas
染心 rǎnxīn afflicted mind / kliṣṭa-citta
忍 rěn tolerance / patience
热恼 熱惱 rènǎo distressed / perturbed / troubled
忍辱 rěnrǔ
  1. patience / tolerance / ksānti
  2. to tolerate disgrace and insult / to have patience
人天 réntiān the six realms / all living things
人我 rénwǒ personality / human soul
如理 rú lǐ principle of suchness
入涅槃 rù nièpán to enter Nirvāṇa
如来法身 如來法身 rúlái fǎshēn Dharmakāya of the Tathāgata
如来藏 如來藏 Rúlái Zàng
  1. Buddha-nature / Buddha-dhatu / Buddha Principle / Tathāgatagarbha
  2. tathatā / suchness / inherent nature / true nature / tathata
如来地 如來地 rúláidì state of a Tathāgata
若 ruò re
如实 如實 rúshí tathatā / suchness / inherent nature / true nature / tathata
如实空镜 如實空鏡 rúshí kōng jìng a mirror that is empty of images
如实修行 如實修行 rúshí xiūxíng to cultivate according to thusness
如实知 如實知 rúshízhī understanding of thusness
入胎 rùtāi Entry into the womb / to be conceived from Heaven
三阿僧祇劫 sān āsēngzhǐ jié The Three Asankhyeya Kalpas / The Three Kalpas / The Three Asankya-Kalpas
三宝 三寶 Sān Bǎo The Triple Gem / triple gem / three treasures / ratnatraya
三千大千世界 sān qiān dà qiān shìjiè Three Thousandfold World System / trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātu / a great chiliocosm / trichiliocosm / the cosmos
三昧 sānmèi samādhi / concentrated meditation / mental concentration
色 sè form / matter
色心 sè xīn form and the formless
色法 sèfǎ rupadharma / physical objects the phenomenal world
僧 sēng
  1. a monk
  2. saṅgha / saṃgha / Buddhist community
沙门 沙門 shāmén a Buddhist monk / a wandering monk / a shramana / a sramana / renunciant / mendicant
善 shàn
  1. kuśala / kusala / virtuous
  2. shan
禅 禪 shàn
  1. meditative concentration / dhyāna / jhāna
  2. Chan
善恶 善惡 shàn è good and evil
善根增长 善根增長 shàn gēn zēng zhǎng Enhance the Root of Wholesomeness
善法 shànfǎ
  1. a wholesome thing / a beneficial dharma
  2. a wholesome teaching
善根 shàngēn virtuous roots / wholesome roots / kuśalamūla
善巧方便 shànqiǎo fāngbiàn
  1. upāyakauśalya / skillful and expedient means
  2. Skillful and Expedient Means
善知识 善知識 shànzhīshi Dharma Friends / kalyāṇamitra / kalyāṇamitta / kalyanamitra
舍 捨 shě
  1. equanimity
  2. equanimity
摄 攝 shè saṃgraha / to hold together / to collect / to combine
摄护 攝護 shèhù parigraha / to protect
摄化 攝化 shèhuà protect and transform
舍离 捨離 shělí to abandon / to give up / to depart / to leave
奢摩他 shēmótā śamatha / medatative concentration
深法 shēn fǎ a profound truth
沈没 沈沒 shěn mò to sink
神变 神變 shénbiàn a divine transformation / a miracle
乘 shèng yāna / a vehicle / a school of teaching
生 shēng birth
生灭门 生滅門 shēng miè mén The door of arising and ceasing
生灭 生滅 shēngmiè saṃsāra / life and death
什深 甚深 shénshēn very profound / what is deep
深信 shēnxìn determination / resolution / adhyāśaya
深心 shēnxīn determination / resolution / adhyāśaya
识 識 shí vijñāna / consciousness / life force / mind / cognition
世 shì loka / a world
施 shī the practice of selfless giving / dāna
事 shì the meaning of a word / relating to the phenomenal world
师 師 shī master
尸波罗蜜 尸波羅蜜 shī bōluómì sila-paramita / the paramita of proper conduct
十二因缘 十二因緣 shí èr yīnyuán the twelve nidanas / the twelve nidānas / the twelve causes and conditions
示教利喜 示教利喜 shì jiāo lì xǐ Inspiration, Teaching, Benefit, and Joy
十方 shí sāng the ten directions
实有 實有 shí yǒu in reality there is
实智 實智 shí zhì
  1. knowledge of reality
  2. true wisdom
世谛 世諦 shìdì saṃvṛtisatya / conventional truth / relative truth mundane truth
十方世界 shífāng shìjiè the worlds in all ten directions
世间法 世間法 shìjiānfǎ world law / lokadharma / lokadhamma
世界 shìjiè a world
始觉 始覺 shǐjué shijue / acquired enlightenment / actualization of enlightenment
十善 shíshàn the ten virtues
示现 示現 shìxiàn to manifest / to display
誓愿 誓願 shìyuàn a vow
受 shòu feelings / sensations
授记 授記 shòu jì Vyakarana (prophecies) / a prediction / vyākaraṇa
受持 shòuchí to accept and maintain faith / to uphold
说法 說法 shuō fǎ to teach the Dharma / to expound Buddhist teachings / dharma-desana
寺 sì temple / monastery / vihāra
四摄 四攝 sì shè Four Means of Embracing / the four means of embracing
四相 sì xiāng four notions / four forms / four manifestations of self
思惟 sīwéi reflection / consideration / cintana
随分 隨分 suí fēn
  1. according to the part assigned / according to lot
  2. according to ability
随分觉 隨分覺 suífēn jué partial enlightenment / approximate enlightenment
隨念 suíniàn recollection / contemplation / anusmriti / anussati
随喜 隨喜 suíxǐ anumodana / admiration
宿命 sùmìng a past life
所行 suǒxíng actions / practice
贪 貪 tān
  1. greed / desire / craving / trsnā / taṇhā
  2. Greed / passion / desire / rāga
檀波罗蜜 檀波羅蜜 tán bōluómì dana-paramita / the paramita of generosity
他心智 tāxīnzhì understanding of the minds of other beings
体 體 tǐ
  1. śarīra / human body
  2. ti / essence
  3. entity / a constituent / an element
体空 體空 tǐkōng the emptiness of substance
体性 體性 tǐxìng svabhāva ／ intrinsic nature / original nature / intrinsic existence / essential nature
体用 體用 tǐyòng the substance of an entity
头陀 頭陀 tóutuó elimination of defilements through ascetic practice / dhūta
退 tuì parihāṇi / to regress / to degenerate
退堕 退墮 tuìduò parihāṇi / to regress / to degenerate
退失 tuìshī parihāṇi / to regress / to degenerate
陀罗尼 陀羅尼 tuóluóní a dharani / an incantation
外缘 外緣 wài yuán external causes
外道 wàidào non-Buddhist
外境 wàijìng external world of objects
妄境界 wàng jìngjiè world of delusion
妄念 wàng niàn false thoughts / deluded thoughts
往生 wǎng shēng a future life
妄执 妄執 wàng zhí attachment to false views
妄法 wàngfǎ delusion
妄见 妄見 wàngjiàn a delusion
妄染 wàngrǎn false ideas
妄想心 wàngxiǎng xīn a confused mind / an unsettled mind
妄心 wàngxīn a deluded mind
万劫 萬劫 wànjié ten thousand kalpas
微 wéi subtlety
微尘 微塵 wēichén an atom
唯心 wéixīn cittamātra / mind-only
闻修多罗 聞修多羅 wén xiūduōluó explained in the sūtra
我 wǒ self / ātman / attan
我见 我見 wǒ jiàn the view of a self
我慢 wǒmàn conceit / ātmamāna
无 無 wú mo
无得 無得 wú de No Attainment
无二 無二 wú èr advaya / nonduality / not two
无染 無染 wú rǎn Untainted
无我 無我 wú wǒ
  1. selflessness / non-self / anātman / anattā
  2. No Self
五欲 五慾 wǔ yù the five desires
无怨 無怨 wú yuàn No Resentment
无住 無住 wú zhù
  1. non-attachment / non-abiding
  2. Non-Abiding
  3. Non-Abiding
无碍 無礙 wú'ài unimpeded / unhindered / unobstructed / unfettered / unhampered
无边 無邊 wúbiān Boundless
无常 無常 wúcháng impermanence / anitya / anicca
五尘 五塵 wǔchén objects of the five senses
五分 wǔfēn
  1. five parts
  2. five part teaching
无量劫 無量劫 wúliàng jié innumerable kalpas / uncountable eons
无漏 無漏 wúlòu
  1. having no passion or delusion
  2. Undefiled
无漏法 無漏法 wúlòu fǎ uncontaninated dharmas
无明 無明 wúmíng ignorance / avidyā / avijjā
无明灭 無明滅 wúmíng miè ignorance ceases
无明业相 無明業相 wúmíng yèxiāng activity of ignorance
无念 無念 wúniàn
  1. no thought
  2. tathatā
  3. No Thought
无色 無色 wúsè formless / no form / arūpa
无上道 無上道 wúshàn gdào supreme path / unsurpassed way
无上菩提 無上菩提 wúshàng pútí
  1. samyaksaṃbodhi / unsurpassed complete perfect enlightenment / supreme bodhi
  2. Supreme Bodhi
无身 無身 wúshēn no-body
无生 無生 wúshēng anutpāda / unproduced / non-arising
无始无明 無始無明 wúshǐ wúmíng innate nonenlightenment
无体 無體 wútǐ without essence
无畏 無畏 wúwèi
  1. non-fear / fearless / abhaya
  2. Fearlessness
无相 無相 wúxiāng animitta / signlessness / without an appearance
五阴 五陰 wǔyīn five aggregates / five skandhas / five groups of existence / five groups of clinging
无余 無餘 wúyú
  1. without remainder / niravaśeṣa
  2. without excess
息 xī to calm oneself
现前 現前 xiàn qián to manifest in the present / to present before the eyes
现色不相应染 現色不相應染 xiàn sè bù xiāngyīng rǎn affliction disunited from the world of objects
现识 現識 xiàn shí reproducing mind
想 xiǎng notion / perception / cognition / conceptualization / saṃjñā / samjna
相 xiāng
  1. lakṣaṇa / countenance / personage / quality / character / disposition
  2. nimitta / a sign / a mark / appearance
  3. a perception / cognition / conceptualization / a notion
相大 xiāngdà greatness of attributes / greatness of the attributes of suchness / greatness of the potentiality
相待 xiāngdài interdependence / mutual dependence
相似觉 相似覺 xiāngsì jué enlightenment in appearance
相续 相續 xiāngxù causal connection / continuity of cause and effect / saṃtati
相续识 相續識 xiāngxù shí continuing mind
相续相 相續相 xiāngxù xiāng the aspect of continuity
相应 相應 xiāngyìng concomitant
相应心 相應心 xiāngyīng xīn a mind associated with mental afflictions
现世 現世 xiànshì the present rebirth / the present life
懈怠 xièdài slackness / laziness
邪见 邪見 xiéjiàn mistaken view / wrong view / perverse view / mithyādṛṣṭi / micchādiṭṭhi
邪执 邪執 xiézhí unwholesome attachments / evil attachments
心 xīn citta / thinking / thought / mind / mentality
信 xìn faith / confidence
信成就 Xìn Chéngjiù The Accomplishment of Faith
信佛 xìn Fó to believe in Buddhism
信根 xìn gēn faith / the root of faith
心灭 心滅 xīn miè cessation of the deluded mind
心念 xīn niàn mindfulness
心生灭 心生滅 xīn shēng miè the teaching of arising and ceasing
心生灭门 心生滅門 xīn shēng miè mén The Door of Arising and Ceasing / the teaching of arising and ceasing
心所 xīn suǒ a mental factor
心缘 心緣 xīn yuán cognition of the environment
心源 心源 xīn yuán The Origin of Your Mind
心真如门 心真如門 xīn zhēnrú mén The Door of Suchness / xin zhenru men / zhenru men / the teaching of tathatā
行 xíng
  1. mental formations / saṃskāra / sankhara / that which has been put together / volition / volitional formations / conditioned states / habitual actions
  2. practice / carita / caryā / conduct / behavior
  3. to practice
性空 xìngkōng inherently empty / empty in nature
性相 xìngxiāng inherent attributes
行者 xíngzhě
  1. practitioner
  2. abbot's attendant
信力 xìnlì the power of faith / śraddhābala
心行 xīnxíng mental activity
修 xiū
  1. bhāvanā ／ spiritual cultivation
  2. pratipatti / spiritual practice
修善根 xiū shàngēn cultivate his capacity for goodness
修多罗 修多羅 xiūduōluó sūtra / sutta
修习 修习 xiūxí bhāvanā / spiritual cultivation
修行 xiūxíng
  1. pratipatti / spiritual practice
  2. bhāvanā / spiritual cultivation
修行信心 xiūxíng xìnxīn practices faith
玄旨 xuán zhǐ a profound concept
学 學 xué a learner
寻 尋 xún vitarka / vitarkah / vitakka / conception / gross detection / examination / application of thought
熏 xūn vāsanā / permeation / infusing / perfuming / predispositions / habituations / latent tendencies
熏习 熏習 xūnxí vāsanā / permeation / infusing / perfuming / predispositions / habituations / latent tendencies
熏习义 熏習義 xūnxí yì meaning of permeation
虚妄 虛妄 xūwàng not real / illusory
厌生死苦 厭生死苦 yàn shēngsǐ kŭ
  1. loath the suffering of Saṃsāra
  2. loath the suffering of Saṃsāra
言说 言說 yán shuō
  1. to teach through speaking
  2. to speak and then discuss
厌求 厭求 yànqiú loathing suffering and seeking pleasure
业 業 yè karma / kamma / karmic deeds / actions
业报 業報 yèbào karmic retribution / cause and effect / ripening of actions / karma and results / karmaphala / karmavipāka
业果 業果 yèguǒ karmic retribution / cause and effect / fruit of actions / karma and results / karmaphala
业识 業識 yèshí activating mind / a delusion
业受 業受 yèshòu karmic lifespan
业系 業繫 yèxì karmic connections / karmic bonds
业系苦相 業繫苦相 yèxìkǔxiāng the aspect of suffering from karmic connections
业障 業障 yèzhàng karmāvaraṇa / a karmic obstruction
疑 yí doubt / uncertainty / skepticism / vicikitsā / vicikicchā
意 yì manas / mind / mentation
依 yī upadhi ／ bonds / substratum
异见 異見 yì jiàn different view
一念 yī niàn
  1. one moment / one instant
  2. one thought
一切种智 一切種智 yī qiē zhǒng zhì
  1. knowledge of all aspects / all embracing wisdom / sarvākārajñatā / sarvakarajnata
  2. All-Inclusive Wisdom
一食 yī shí one meal
一心 yī xīn
  1. ekacitta / concentrated
  2. ekacitta / having the same mind
  3. yixin / one mind
  4. Single-minded
一法 yīfǎ one dharma / one thing
依果 yīguǒ correlative effect / fruition of an outflow / niṣyandaphala
因 yīn hetu / causes
因熏习镜 因熏習鏡 yīn xūn xí jìng a mirror influencing towards enlightenment
因缘生 因緣生 yīn yuán shēng produced from causes and conditions
因地 yīndì
  1. the circumstances of place
  2. causative stage
应 應 yìng to accept
应观 應觀 yīng guān should observe
应身 應身 yīngshēn
  1. nirmāṇakāya / nirmanakaya / body of transformations / transformation body / emanation body
  2. saṃbhogakāya / sambhogakaya / enjoyment body / reward body
因果 yīnguǒ hetuphala / cause and effect
应现 應現 yīngxiàn for a Buddha or bodhisattva to appear as a living being
应作 應作 yīngzuò a manifestation
音声 音聲 yīnshēng sound
因相 yīnxiāng causation
因缘 因緣 yīnyuán
  1. Cause and Condition / principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect / primary cause / nidāna
  2. Nidana (expositions of causes) / a story of an occasion in the Buddhha's life
  3. a passage in a sūtra describing the setting
一切法 yīqiē fǎ all dharmas / all things / sarvadharma
一切苦 yīqiē kŭ all suffering
一切处 一切處 yīqiē rù kasina
一切智 yīqiè zhì sarvajñāta / all-knowledge / omniscience
一切众生 一切眾生 yīqiè zhòngshēng all sentient beings
一味 yīwèi one flavor / yiwei
用 yòng yong ／ function / application
用大 yòng dà great in function
用熏习 用熏習 yòng xūnxí permeation through [external] influences
勇猛 yǒngměng ardency
有 yǒu becoming / bhāva
有无 有無 yǒu wú existent and non-existent/ having identity and emptiness
有漏 yǒulòu having flow / pain / affliction / vexation / defilement / bhavāsrava / āsrava
有为 有為 yǒuwèi
  1. saṃskṛta / conditioned
  2. Promising
有缘 有緣 yǒuyuán having karmic affinity / having a karmic connection
欲 yù desire / intention / interest / aspiration
缘 緣 yuán conditions / pratyaya / paccaya
愿 願 yuàn a vow
缘熏习镜 緣熏習鏡 yuán xūn xí jìng a mirror influencing to cultivate to capacity for goodness
圆音 圓音 yuán yīn perfect voice
怨家 yuànjiā an enemy
缘觉 緣覺 yuánjué Pratyekabuddha Realm / Pratyekabuddha
愿力 願力 yuànlì the power of a vow
缘起 緣起 yuánqǐ dependent origination ／ conditioned origination / dependent arising
蕴 蘊 yùn aggregate / skandha
造论 造論 zàolùn composed the treatise
则 則 zé koan / kōan / gong'an
增减 增減 zēngjiǎn increase or decrease
增长 增長 zēngzhǎng fortnightly recital of monastic rules and confession / upoṣadha
着 著 zháo to attach / to grasp
折伏 zhéfú to refute
真谛 真諦 zhēndì paramartha / paramārtha / paramārthasatya ／ absolute truth / supreme truth
证 證 zhèng realization / adhigama
正定 zhèng dìng
  1. Right Meditative Concentration / Right Concentration
  2. Right concentration
正念 zhèng niàn Right Mindfulness
正思 zhèng sī Right Thought
正位 zhèng wèi place of awakening
证法 證法 zhèngfǎ realization of the Dhama / practice of the Dharma / adhigamadharma
正法 zhèngfǎ
  1. Right Dharma / Saddharma
  2. Age of Right Dharma / The Period of the True Dharma
正解 zhèngjiě samadhi
正信 zhèngxìn to have faith
正意 zhèngyì wholesome thought / thought without evil
真如 zhēnrú tathatā / suchness / inherent nature / true nature / tathata
真如门 真如門 zhēnrú mén xin zhenru men / zhenru men / the teaching of tathatā
真实 真實 zhēnshí true reality
真识 真識 zhēnshí true consciousness
真心 zhēnxīn The True Mind
止 zhǐ calm abiding / cessation / śamatha
止观 止觀 Zhǐ Guān
  1. calming and insight / calming and contemplation / śamatha and vipaśyanā
  2. Cessation and Contemplation
智识 智識 zhì shí analytical mind
知世间 知世間 zhī shìjiān one who knows the world
智相 zhì xiāng discriminating intellect
直心 zhí xīn a straightforward mind
知义 知義 zhī yì Be Aware of Righteousness
智碍 智礙 zhìài a barrier created by what is already known
知法 zhīfǎ to understand the Dharma / to know the teachings of the Buddha
智慧 zhìhuì
  1. wisdom / prajñā
  2. jñāna / knowledge
  3. Wisdom
智恺 智愷 zhìkǎi Zhi Kai
执取相 執取相 zhíqǔ xiāng the aspect of attachment
执着 執著 zhízhuó to cling to things as if they were real / to be bound to things
知足 zhīzú Contentment
众苦 眾苦 zhòngkǔ all suffering
众生 眾生 zhòngshēng beings / all living things / all sentient beings
众生见 眾生見 zhòngshēng jiàn the view of a being
众生界 眾生界 zhòngshēng jiè the realm of living beings
众生相 眾生相 zhòngshēng xiāng the notion of a being
众生心 眾生心 zhòngshēng xīn the minds of sentient beings
种性 種性 zhǒngxìng lineage / gotra
种子 種子 zhǒngzi bīja / seed / karmic seed
住 zhù to attach / to abide / to dwell
诸法 諸法 zhū fǎ sarvadharma / all things / all dharmas
诸众生 諸眾生 zhū zhòngshēng all sentient beings
转 轉 zhuǎn Turn
转法轮 轉法輪 zhuǎn fǎlún Turning the Dharma wheel / to transmit Buddhist teaching / dharmacakrapravartana
专念 專念 zhuān niàn to concentrate / to fix attention [on an object]
转识 轉識 zhuǎn shí evolving mind
庄严 莊嚴 zhuāngyán
  1. to adorn / to perfect
  2. Dignity
住持 zhùchí
  1. the abbot of a monastery / the director of a monastery
  2. to administer a monastery
自利利他 zì lì lì tā the perfecting of self for the benefit of others
自相 zì xiāng individual characteristics
自力 zìlì one's own power
自性 zìxìng svabhāva / intrinsic nature / original nature / intrinsic existence / essential nature
自在 zìzài Carefree
宗 zōng
  1. school / sect
  2. thesis / conclusion / tenet / siddhānta
总持 總持 zǒngchí a dhāraṇī / a dharani / a magic charm
作意 zuò yì attention / engagement