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1. 6. Right Effort / Right Endeavor / Perfect Effort
2. Awareness
Samyag Vyayama / Samma Vayama
正精進 is one of the Noble Eightfold Paths of Buddhism. Right Effort, along with Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration, constitute the path to Concentration or Perfect Thought.
The proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake in each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and defilement, and the effort to make each activity of our daily meditation. This concept is about pursuing wholesome things that promote good karma.
Another definition: Cultivation of what is karmically wholesome and avoidance of what is karmically unwholesome.
This term is exclusively used by devout Buddhists. It is not a common term, and is remains an unknown concept to most Japanese and Chinese people.
See Also: Buddhism | Enlightenment | Noble Eightfold Path
覺 can mean to feel; to figure out; thinking; awake; aware; bodhi; knowing; understanding; enlightenment; illumination; apprehend; perceive; realize.
覺 is a character that is impossible to define in a single word.
This term is often associated with Buddhism where it's understood to be: Illumination, enlightenment, or awakening in regard to the real in contrast to the seeming. However, it can also refer to enlightenment in regard to morality and evil.
Notes:
In Japanese, this can be the personal name Satoru.
In certain context, and only when pronounced as "jiao" in Chinese, it can refer to a nap, sleep or the state of sleeping. However, as a single character on a wall scroll, everyone will read this with the awareness or enlightenment context.
By no means is this the only way to write enlightenment. In fact, you should only choose this character if you are looking more for a word meaning awareness.
See Also: Enlightenment | Wisdom | Knowledge
The Bodhi or 菩提 is the moment of completion in Buddhism.
It is when all things become known and you have completed your journey to enlightenment.
The reference is to the Bodhi tree where Siddhartha Gautama (the legendary man who established the Buddhist religion) achieved enlightenment. Sometimes this is referred to as “the tree of enlightenment,” but if you want the full version with the character for a tree at the end, please see the Bodhi Tree entry.
See Also: Buddhism | Buddha | Nirvana | Enlightenment
戀心 literally means “loving heart.” It can also be translated as “one's love” or “awakening of love.”
戀心 is used exclusively for love between boyfriends and girlfriends or husband and wife.
Breaking down the meaning of each Kanji, the first means love, affection, or tender passion. The second Kanji means heart, mind, or soul (most will read it as the heart).
See Also: Compassion | Love
A state of mind
入靜 is used in Taoism and Qi Gong to describe the state you can reach while sitting quietly in meditation. It contains the idea of achieving a highly-tranquil and peaceful state. Some may describe this state as “sleeping while still awake.”
If you have a relaxation or meditation room, this is the calming wall scroll that you would want hanging in that room.
菩提心 means Bodhi-mind or Bodhi-heart.
This title represents the will to realize supreme enlightenment. The awakening of the Bodhi-mind is of utmost importance in Buddhist training.
Other definitions include the mind for or of bodhi, the awakened, enlightened mind, or having Buddha-nature.
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Give Up Desire
Good Good Study, Day Day Up
Mono No Aware
Never Give Up
One Who Walks by the River May End Up With Wet Feet
Rise Up With Thrift and Diligence
Take Up a Challenge
Wake Up to Reality
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your awake search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
佛 see styles |
fó fo2 fo hotoke ほとけ |
More info & calligraphy: Buddhism / Buddha(surname) Hotoke Buddha, from budh to "be aware of", "conceive", "observe", "wake"; also 佛陀; 浮圖; 浮陀; 浮頭; 浮塔; 勃陀; 勃馱; 沒馱; 母馱; 母陀; 部陀; 休屠. Buddha means "completely conscious, enlightened", and came to mean the enlightener. he Chinese translation is 覺 to perceive, aware, awake; and 智 gnosis, knowledge. There is an Eternal Buddha, see e.g. the Lotus Sutra, cap. 16, and multitudes of Buddhas, but the personality of a Supreme Buddha, an Ādi-Buddha, is not defined. Buddha is in and through all things, and some schools are definitely Pan-Buddhist in the pantheistic sense. In the triratna 三寳 commonly known as 三寳佛, while Śākyamuni Buddha is the first "person" of the Trinity, his Law the second, and the Order the third, all three by some are accounted as manifestations of the All-Buddha. As Śākyamuni, the title indicates him as the last of the line of Buddhas who have appeared in this world, Maitreya is to be the next. As such he is the one who has achieved enlightenment, having discovered the essential evil of existence (some say mundane existence, others all existence), and the way of deliverance from the constant round of reincarnations; this way is through the moral life into nirvana, by means of self-abnegation, the monastic life, and meditation. By this method a Buddha, or enlightened one, himself obtains Supreme Enlightenment, or Omniscience, and according to Māhāyanism leads all beings into the same enlightenment. He sees things not as they seem in their phenomenal but in their noumenal aspects, as they really are. The term is also applied to those who understand the chain of causality (twelve nidānas) and have attained enlightenment surpassing that of the arhat. Four types of the Buddha are referred to: (1) 三藏佛the Buddha of the Tripiṭaka who attained enlightenment on the bare ground under the bodhi-tree; (2) 通佛the Buddha on the deva robe under the bodhi-tree of the seven precious things; (3) 別佛the Buddha on the great precious Lotus throne under the Lotus realm bodhi-tree; and (4) 圓佛the Buddha on the throne of Space in the realm of eternal rest and glory where he is Vairocana. The Hīnayāna only admits the existence of one Buddha at a time; Mahāyāna claims the existence of many Buddhas at one and the same time, as many Buddhas as there are Buddha-universes, which are infinite in number. |
覺 觉 see styles |
jué jue2 chüeh satoru さとる |
More info & calligraphy: Awareness(personal name) Satoru bodhi, from bodha, 'knowing, understanding', means enlightenment, illumination; 覺 is to awake, apprehend, perceive, realize; awake, aware; (also, to sleep). It is illumination, enlightenment, or awakening in regard to the real in contrast to the seeming; also, enlightenment in regard to moral evil. Cf. 菩提 and 佛. |
啟蒙 启蒙 see styles |
qǐ méng qi3 meng2 ch`i meng chi meng |
More info & calligraphy: Enlightenment |
寤 see styles |
wù wu4 wu go |
to awake from sleep to awaken |
醒 see styles |
xǐng xing3 hsing sumitomo すみとも |
to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to (personal name) Sumitomo awaken |
夢現 see styles |
yumeutsutsu ゆめうつつ |
(1) half asleep and half awake; trance; (2) dream and reality |
寤寐 see styles |
wù mèi wu4 mei4 wu mei gobi; gomi ごび; ごみ |
(literary) awake or asleep; (fig.) all the time; constantly (obsolete) being asleep and awake |
心性 see styles |
xīn xìng xin1 xing4 hsin hsing shinsei / shinse しんせい |
one's nature; temperament mind; disposition; nature Immutable mind-corpus, or mind-nature, the self-existing fundamental pure mind, the all, the Tathāgata-garbha, or 如來藏心; 自性淸淨心; also described in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith as immortal 不生不滅. Another definition identifies 心 with 性 saying 性卽是心, 心卽是佛 the nature is the mind, and mind is Buddha; another, that mind and nature are the same when 悟 awake and understanding, but differ when 迷 in illusion; and further, in reply to the statement that the Buddha-nature is eternal but the mind not eternal, it is said, the nature is like water, the mind like ice, illusion turns nature to mental ice form, awakening melts it back to its proper nature. |
惺忪 see styles |
xīng sōng xing1 song1 hsing sung |
drowsy-eyed; (literary) wavering; indecisive; (literary) awake; conscious; clearheaded |
提神 see styles |
tí shén ti2 shen2 t`i shen ti shen |
to freshen up; to be cautious or vigilant; to watch out; stimulant to enhance mental performance; stay-awake drug; agrypnotic |
未覺 未觉 see styles |
wèi jué wei4 jue2 wei chüeh mi kaku |
not awake |
永覺 永觉 see styles |
yǒng jué yong3 jue2 yung chüeh ei kaku |
always awake |
清醒 see styles |
qīng xǐng qing1 xing3 ch`ing hsing ching hsing |
clear-headed; sober; awake |
猛醒 see styles |
měng xǐng meng3 xing3 meng hsing |
to realize suddenly; to wake up to the truth; to suddenly awake from sleep |
砸醒 see styles |
zá xǐng za2 xing3 tsa hsing |
to jolt sb awake |
覺悟 觉悟 see styles |
jué wù jue2 wu4 chüeh wu kakugo |
to come to understand; to realize; consciousness; awareness; Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda) To awake, become enlightened, comprehend spiritual reality. |
阿分 see styles |
awake あわけ |
(surname) Awake |
冱える see styles |
saeru さえる |
(v1,vi) (1) to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp; (2) to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake; (3) to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful; (4) to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute; (5) to be satisfying; (6) to become frigid; to become intensely cold |
冴える see styles |
saeru さえる |
(v1,vi) (1) to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp; (2) to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake; (3) to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful; (4) to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute; (5) to be satisfying; (6) to become frigid; to become intensely cold |
庚申待 see styles |
koushinmachi / koshinmachi こうしんまち |
staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko |
起きる see styles |
okiru おきる |
(v1,vi) (1) to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); (v1,vi) (2) to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; (v1,vi) (3) to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place |
利に聡い see styles |
rinisatoi りにさとい |
(adjective) wide-awake to one's interests |
半夢半醒 半梦半醒 see styles |
bàn mèng bàn xǐng ban4 meng4 ban4 xing3 pan meng pan hsing |
half-awake; half-asleep |
半睡半醒 see styles |
hansuihansei / hansuihanse はんすいはんせい |
(yoji) half asleep and half awake |
半醒半睡 see styles |
hanseihansui / hansehansui はんせいはんすい |
(yoji) half awake and half asleep |
夢うつつ see styles |
yumeutsutsu ゆめうつつ |
(1) half asleep and half awake; trance; (2) dream and reality |
寝ぼける see styles |
nebokeru ねぼける |
(v1,vi) to be half asleep; to be still only half awake |
寝惚ける see styles |
nebokeru ねぼける |
(v1,vi) to be half asleep; to be still only half awake |
寤寐一如 see styles |
wù mèi yī rú wu4 mei4 yi1 ru2 wu mei i ju gobi ichinyo |
continuous awareness whether awake or asleep |
庚申待ち see styles |
koushinmachi / koshinmachi こうしんまち |
staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
6. Right Effort Right Endeavor Perfect Effort | 正精進 正精进 | sei shou jin seishoujin sei sho jin | zhèng jīng jìn zheng4 jing1 jin4 zheng jing jin zhengjingjin | cheng ching chin chengchingchin |
Awareness | 覺 觉 | gaku / satoru | jué / jiào jue2 / jiao4 jue / jiao jue/jiao | chüeh chiao chüehchiao |
Bodhi - Awakening Enlightenment | 菩提 | bodai | pú tí / pu2 ti2 / pu ti / puti | p`u t`i / puti / pu ti |
Loving Heart One’s Love | 戀心 恋心 | koi gokoro / koigokoro | ||
Sit Quietly in Meditation | 入靜 入静 | rù jìng / ru4 jing4 / ru jing / rujing | ju ching / juching | |
The Bodhi Mind | 菩提心 | bo dai shin bodaishin | pú tí xīn pu2 ti2 xin1 pu ti xin putixin | p`u t`i hsin putihsin pu ti hsin |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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