A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
五菩提
The fivebodhi, or stages of enlightenment: (1) 發心菩提 resolve on supreme bodhi; (2) 伏心菩提 mind control, i. e. of the passions and observance of thepāramitās: (3) 明心菩提 mental enlightenment, study, and increase in knowledge and in the prajñāpāramitā: (4) 出到菩提 mental expansion, freedom from the limitations of reincarnation and attainment of complete knowledge; (5) 無上菩提 attainment of a passionless condition and of supreme perfect enlightenment;.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
一乘菩提
The one-vehicle enlightenment.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
七菩提分
saptabodhyaṅga, also 七菩提寶, 七覺分, 七覺支, 七等覺支. Seven characteristics of bodhi; the sixth of the 七科七道品 in the seven categories of the bodhipakṣika dharma, v. 三十七菩提分 it represents seven grades in bodhi,viz,(1)擇法覺支(or 擇法菩提分 and so throughout), dharma-pravicaya-saṃbodhyaṇga, discrimination of the true and the fa1se : (2) 精進 vīrya-saṃbodhyaṇga, zeal, or undeflected progress;(3) 喜prīti-saṃbodhyaṇga., joy, delight; (4) 輕安 or 除 praśrabdhi-saṃbodhyaṇga. Riddance of all grossness or weight of body or mind, so that they may be light, free, and at ease; (5) 念 smrti-saṃbodhyaṇga, power of remembering the various states passed through in contemplation; (6) 定 samādhi-saṃbodhyaṇga.the power to keep the mind in a given realm undiverted; (7) 行捨 or 捨 upekṣā-saṃbodhyaṇga or upekṣaka, complete abandonment, auto-hypnosis, or indifference to all disturbances of the sub-conscious or ecstatic mind.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
三佛菩提
The bodhi, or wisdom, of each of the Trikāya, 三身, i.e. that under the bodhi tree, that of parinirvāṇa, that of tathāgatagarbha in its eternal nirvāṇa aspect.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
三菩提
saṃbodhi, 糝帽地 intp. 正等覺. Perfect universal awareness, perfectly enlightened; v. 菩提.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
三藐三菩提
三貌糝帽地; 三耶三菩samyak-saṃbodhi. Correct universal intelligence, 正遍知 (道). Correct equal or universal enlightenment (正等覺). Correct universal perfect enlightenment (正等正覺). An epithet of every Buddha. The full term isanuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi, perfect universal enlightenment, knowledge, or understanding; omniscience.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
大菩提心
The great bodhi, i.e. Mahāyāna or Buddha-enlightenment, as contrasted with the inferior bodhi of theśrāvakaandpratyekabuddha.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
大菩提幢
The banner of great bodhi, an esoteric symbol of Buddha-enlightenment.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
無上菩提
The supremebodhior enlightenment, that of Buddha.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
天須菩提
Deva Subhūti, one of three Subhūtis, disciples of the Buddha; said to have been so called because of his love of fine clothing and purity of life.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
阿耨菩提
(阿耨多羅三藐三菩提)anuttara-samyak-saṃbodhi; oranubodhi. Unexcelled complete enlightenment, an attribute of every buddha; tr. by 無上正遍知; 無上正等正覺, the highest correct and complete, or universal knowledge or awareness, the perfect wisdom of a buddha, omniscience.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
淨菩提心
Purebhūtatathatā bodhimind, or mind of pure enlightenment, the first stage of the practitioner in the esoteric sect.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提
bodhi; frombudh; knowledge, understanding; perfect wisdom; the illuminated or enlightened mind; anciently intp. by 道, later by 覺 to be aware, perceive; forsaṃbodhiv. 三.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
無相菩提
The enlightenment of seclusion, obtained by oneself, or ofnirvāṇa, or nothingness, or immateriality.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提分
bodhyaṅga, a general term for the thirty-seven 道品, more strictly applied to the 七覺支 q.v., the seven branches ofbodhi-illumination. Also 菩提分法.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提場
A place, plot, or site of enlightenment, especially Śākyamuni's under thebodhi-tree.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提子
bodhi-seeds, or beads, the hard seeds of a kind of Himalayan grass, also of a tree at Tiantai, used for rosaries.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提寺
bodhi-vihāra, temple of or for enlightenment, a name used for many monasteries; also 菩提所.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提心
The mind for or ofbodhi; the awakened, or enlightened mind; the mind that perceives the real behind the seeming, believes in moral consequences, and that all have the Buddha-nature, and aims at Buddhahood.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提樹
bodhidruma,bodhitaru,bodhivṛkṣa; the wisdom-tree, i.e. that under which Śākyamuni attained his enlightenment, and became Buddha. TheFicus religiosais thepippala, oraśvattha, wrongly identified by Faxian as the palm-tree; it is described as an evergreen, to have been 400 feet high, been cut down several times, but in the Tang dynasty still to be 40 or 50 feet high. A branch of it is said to have been sent by Aśoka to Ceylon, from which sprang the celebrated Bo-tree still flourishing there.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提樹神
The goddess-guardian of the Bo-tree.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提流志
Bodhiruci, intp. as 覺愛, a monk from southern India whose original name 達磨流支 Dharmaruci was changed as above by order of the Empress Wu; he tr. 53 works in A.D. 693--713.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提流支
Bodhiruci, intp. as 道希, a monk from northern India who arrived at Loyang in A.D. 508 and tr. some 30 works; also 菩提留支, 菩提鶻露支.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提薩埵
bodhisattva, a being of enlightenment: 'one whose essence is wisdom': 'one who hasbodhior perfect wisdom as his essence,' M. W. Also 菩提索多 v. 菩薩.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提達磨
Bodhidharma, commonly known as Damo, v. 達; reputed as the founder of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitional or Mystic School. His original name is given as 菩提多羅 Bodhitara.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提道場
bodhimaṇḍa, thebodhi-site, or plot or seat which raised itself where Śākyamuni attained Buddhahood. It is said to be diamond-like, the navel or centre of the earth; everybodhisattvasits down on such a seat before becoming Buddha.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
菩提門
The gate of enlightenment; name for a cemetery.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
煩惱即菩提
The passions, or moral afflictions, arebodhi, i.e. the one is included in the other; it is a Tiantai term, and said to be the highest expression of Mahāyāna thought; cf. 即.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
缽羅摩菩提
parama-bodhi, supreme enlightenment.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
缽羅笈菩提
Prāgbodhi. A mountain in Magadha, which Śākyamuni ascended 'before entering uponbodhi'; wrongly explained by 前正覺 anterior to supreme enligtenment.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
摩訶菩提寺
Mahābodhi-saṅghārāma. The monastery of the great enlightenment, avihāranear the Bodhidruma at Gayā; cf. 西域記 8 and Faxian.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
緣覺菩提
Thepratyekabuddhaform of enlightenment, for self.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
證大菩提
To experience, attain to, realize, or prove, perfect enlightenment.A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms -- by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
須菩提
Subhuti, also 須扶提; 須浮帝; 蘇補底 (or 蘇部底); one of the ten chief disciples, said to have been the best exponent ofśūnya, or the void 解空第一; he is the principal interlocutor in thePrajñāpāramitā Sūtra. There are two later personages of this name.