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There are 12 total results for your 極樂 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

極樂


极乐

see styles
jí lè
    ji2 le4
chi le
 gokuraku
bliss; extreme happiness
Sukhāvatī, highest joy, name of the Pure Land of Amitābha in the West, also called 極樂世界 the world of utmost joy.

極樂國


极乐国

see styles
jí lè guó
    ji2 le4 guo2
chi le kuo
 gokuraku koku
paradise

極樂殿


极乐殿

see styles
jí lè diàn
    ji2 le4 dian4
chi le tien
 gokuraku den
paradise hall

受極樂


受极乐

see styles
shòu jí lè
    shou4 ji2 le4
shou chi le
 ju gokuraku
experiences extreme bliss

極樂世界


极乐世界

see styles
jí lè shì jiè
    ji2 le4 shi4 jie4
chi le shih chieh
 gokuraku sekai
paradise (mainly Buddhist); Elysium; (Budd.) Sukhavati
realm of ultimate bliss

極樂化生


极乐化生

see styles
jí lè huà shēng
    ji2 le4 hua4 sheng1
chi le hua sheng
 gokuraku keshō
birth by transformation into the Pure Land of Amitâbha

極樂國土


极乐国土

see styles
jí lè guó tǔ
    ji2 le4 guo2 tu3
chi le kuo t`u
    chi le kuo tu
 gokuraku kokudo
land of ultimate bliss

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

西方極樂


西方极乐

see styles
xī fāng jí lè
    xi1 fang1 ji2 le4
hsi fang chi le
 saihō gokuraku
western paradise

華藏與極樂


华藏与极乐

see styles
huā zàng yǔ jí lè
    hua1 zang4 yu3 ji2 le4
hua tsang yü chi le
 kezō yo gokuraku
The Lotus-world and that of Perfect Joy (of Amitābha and others); they are the same.

鶴山極樂寺

see styles
hè shān jí lè sì
    he4 shan1 ji2 le4 si4
ho shan chi le ssu
Huock San Kek Lok Si

西方極樂世界


西方极乐世界

see styles
xī fāng jí lè shì jiè
    xi1 fang1 ji2 le4 shi4 jie4
hsi fang chi le shih chieh
 saihō gokuraku sekai
Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit)
western paradise

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

This page contains 12 results for "極樂" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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