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There are 17 total results for your 八不 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

八不

see styles
bā bù
    ba1 bu4
pa pu
 hachifu
The eight negations of Nagarjuna, founder of the Mādhyamika or Middle School 三論宗. The four pairs are "neither birth nor death, neither end nor permanence, neither identity nor difference, neither coming nor going." These are the eight negations; add "neither cause nor effect"and there are the 十不 ten negations; v. 八迷.

八不定

see styles
bā bú dìng
    ba1 bu2 ding4
pa pu ting
 hachi fujō
eight changeable mental factors

八不淨


八不净

see styles
bā bù jìng
    ba1 bu4 jing4
pa pu ching
 hachi fujō
The eight things "unclean" to monks, of which there are different groups. 0ne group is - to keep gold, silver, male slaves, female slaves, cattle, stores, or to trade or farm. Another is - to own cultivated lands, to farm, keep supplies of grain and silk, servants, animals or birds, money, cushions and pans, and furniture and gilded beds.

八不閑


八不闲

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bā bù xián
    ba1 bu4 xian2
pa pu hsien
 hachi fu gen
eight kinds of lack of leisure

八不中觀


八不中观

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bā bù zhòng guān
    ba1 bu4 zhong4 guan1
pa pu chung kuan
 happu chūkan
See 八不正觀.

八不中道

see styles
bā bù zhòng dào
    ba1 bu4 zhong4 dao4
pa pu chung tao
 happu chūdō
eight negations of the middle way

八不可越

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bā bù kě yuè
    ba1 bu4 ke3 yue4
pa pu k`o yüeh
    pa pu ko yüeh
 hachi fukaotsu
idem 八敬戒.

八不思議


八不思议

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bā bù sī yì
    ba1 bu4 si1 yi4
pa pu ssu i
 hachi fushigi
The eight inexpressibles, or things surpassing thought, i.e. eight qualities of the ocean (depth, extent, etc.) in illustration of nirvāṇa; v. 大海.

八不正見


八不正见

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bā bù zhèng jiàn
    ba1 bu4 zheng4 jian4
pa pu cheng chien
 hachi fushō ken
The teaching of the 大集經 26, on the eight incorrect views in regard to (1) 我見 the existence of a permanent ego; (2) 衆生見 the five skandhas as not the constituents of the living; (3)壽命見 fate, or determination of length of life; (4) 士夫見a creator; (5)常見 permanence; (6) 斷見 annihilation; (7) 有見 the reality of things; (8) 無見 their unreality.

八不正觀


八不正观

see styles
bā bù zhèng guān
    ba1 bu4 zheng4 guan1
pa pu cheng kuan
 happu shōkan
Meditation on the eight negations 八不. These eight, birth, death, etc., are the 八迷 eight misleading ideas, or 八計 eight wrong calculations. No objection is made to the terms in the apparent, or relative, sense 俗諦, but in the real or absolute sense 眞諦 these eight ideas are incorrect, and the truth lies between them ; in the relative, mortality need not be denied, but in the absolute we cannot speak of mortality or immortality. In regard to the relative view, beings have apparent birth and apparent death from various causes, but are not really born and do not really die, i.e. there is the difference of appearance and reality. In the absolute there is no apparent birth and apparent death. The other three pairs are similarly studied.

八不顯實


八不显实

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bā bù xiǎn shí
    ba1 bu4 xian3 shi2
pa pu hsien shih
 happu kenjitsu
By the eight negations of the Mādhyamika doctrine, the true reality of things is shown.

十八不共

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shí bā bù gòng
    shi2 ba1 bu4 gong4
shih pa pu kung
 jūhachi fugū
the eighteen kinds of uncommon merits of a buddha

八不可越法

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bā bù kě yuè fǎ
    ba1 bu4 ke3 yue4 fa3
pa pu k`o yüeh fa
    pa pu ko yüeh fa
 hachi fukaetsu hō
eight precepts

八不可過法


八不可过法

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bā bù kě guò fǎ
    ba1 bu4 ke3 guo4 fa3
pa pu k`o kuo fa
    pa pu ko kuo fa
 hachi fukaka hō
eight precepts

八不聞時節


八不闻时节

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bā bù wén shí jié
    ba1 bu4 wen2 shi2 jie2
pa pu wen shih chieh
 hachi fumon jisetsu
eight times when one doesn't hear

十八不共法

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shí bā bù gòng fǎ
    shi2 ba1 bu4 gong4 fa3
shih pa pu kung fa
 jūhachi fugū hō
the eighteen distinctive characteristics as defined by Hīnayāna are his 十力, 四無畏, 三念住 and his 大悲; the Mahāyāna eighteen are perfection of body; of speech; of memory; impartiality or universality; ever in samādhi; entre self-abnegation; never diminishing will (to save); zeal; thought; wisdom; salvation; insight into salvation; deeds and mind accordant with wisdom; also his speech; also his mind; omniscience in regard to the past; also to the present; and to the future.; āveṇikadharma, or buddhadharma, the eighteen different characteristics of a Buddha as compared with bodhisattvas, i.e. his perfection of body (or person), mouth (or speech), memory, impartiality to all, serenity, self-sacrifice, unceasing desire to save, unfagging zeal therein unfailing thought thereto, wisdom in it, powers of deliverance, the principles of it, revealing perfect wisdom in deed, in word, in thought, perfect knowledge of past, future, and present, v. 智度論 26.

大海八不思議


大海八不思议

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dà hǎi bā bù sī yì
    da4 hai3 ba1 bu4 si1 yi4
ta hai pa pu ssu i
 daikai hachi fushigi
The eight marvellous characteristics of the ocean―its gradually increasing depth, its unfathomableness, its universal saltness, its punctual tides, its stores of precious things, its enormous creatures, its objection to corpses, its unvarying level despite all that pours into it.

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

This page contains 17 results for "八不" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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