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There are 14 total results for your 迴向 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

迴向

see styles
huí xiàng
    hui2 xiang4
hui hsiang
 kaikō
to return (transfer) one's merit to another

廻向


迴向

see styles
huí xiàng
    hui2 xiang4
hui hsiang
 ekō
    えこう
(noun/participle) Buddhist memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul
The goal or direction of any discipline such as that of bodhisattva, Buddha, etc.; to devote one's merits to the salvation of others; works of supererogation.

迴向力

see styles
huí xiàng lì
    hui2 xiang4 li4
hui hsiang li
 kaikōriki
power of transference of merit

迴向門


迴向门

see styles
huí xiàng mén
    hui2 xiang4 men2
hui hsiang men
 ekōmon
transferring one's own accumulated merit to all sentient beings

十迴向

see styles
shí huí xiàng
    shi2 hui2 xiang4
shih hui hsiang
 jū ekō
the ten dedications (of merit)

迴向方便

see styles
huí xiàng fāng biàn
    hui2 xiang4 fang1 bian4
hui hsiang fang pien
 ekō hōben
demitting the good produced by the above eight methods, to others, universally, past, present, and future

迴向聲聞


迴向声闻

see styles
huí xiàng shēng wén
    hui2 xiang4 sheng1 wen2
hui hsiang sheng wen
 kaikō shōmon
śrāvakas (now) dedicated (to enlightenment)

迴向菩提

see styles
huí xiàng pú tí
    hui2 xiang4 pu2 ti2
hui hsiang p`u t`i
    hui hsiang pu ti
 ekō bodai
to dedicate one's mind toward enlightenment

迴向輪經


迴向轮经

see styles
huí xiàng lún jīng
    hui2 xiang4 lun2 jing1
hui hsiang lun ching
 Ekō rin gyō
Sūtra of the Revolving Wheel

無倒迴向


无倒迴向

see styles
wú dào huí xiàng
    wu2 dao4 hui2 xiang4
wu tao hui hsiang
 mutō ekō
faultless dedication of merits

至心迴向

see styles
zhì xīn huí xiàng
    zhi4 xin1 hui2 xiang4
chih hsin hui hsiang
 shishin kaikō
to wholeheartedly transfer merit

本願力迴向


本愿力迴向

see styles
běn yuàn lì huí xiàng
    ben3 yuan4 li4 hui2 xiang4
pen yüan li hui hsiang
 honganriki kaikō
returning the merits of the original vow

迴向菩提聲聞


迴向菩提声闻

see styles
huí xiàng pú tí shēng wén
    hui2 xiang4 pu2 ti2 sheng1 wen2
hui hsiang p`u t`i sheng wen
    hui hsiang pu ti sheng wen
 kaikō bodai shōmon
a śrāvaka who dedicates his mind to enlightenment

十住十行十迴向

see styles
shí zhù shí xíng shí huí xiàng
    shi2 zhu4 shi2 xing2 shi2 hui2 xiang4
shih chu shih hsing shih hui hsiang
 jūjū jūgyō jūekō
ten abodes, ten practices, ten dedications of merit

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

This page contains 14 results for "迴向" 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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