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See the character 化 in CJKDict

化 [py] hua4 [wg] hua [ko] hwa [ja] ケ ke ||| [Buddhism] (1) To teach, to guide (asaadhya). (2) To regulate. (3) To manifest through transformation (nirmaana). (4) To reincarnate. (5) The transformation-body buddha (nirmaana-kaaya). (6) The passing away of an eminent monk. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

化作 [py] hua4zuo4 [wg] hua-tso [ko] hwajak [ja] ケサ kesa ||| (1) To create with supernormal power. (2) The manifestation of appropriate form and circumstances by buddhas and bodhisattvas in order to teach and transform sentient beings. (srstitva). [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

化儀 [py] hua4yi2 [wg] hua-i [ko] hwaûi [ja] ケギ kegi ||| The method, or format of the Buddhist teaching. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

化地部 [py] Hua4di4 bu4 [wg] Hua-ti pu [ko] Hwajibu [ja] ケジブ Kejibu ||| The Mahii`saasaka sect. A Hiinayaana school which branched off from Sarvaastivaada about three hundred years after `Saakyamuni's death. Their beliefs were close to the Mahaasaa.mghikas, especially regarding the point that past and future do not have true existence, only the present truly exists. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

化樂天 [py] hua4le4tian1 [wg] hua-yüeh-t'ien [ko] hwarakch'ôn [ja] ケラクテン kerakuten ||| The "creation of enjoyment" heaven. The fifth of the six heavens of the desire realm. An existence where the subject is able to directly create his own objects of enjoyment. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

化生 [py] hua4sheng1 [wg] hua-sheng [ko] hwasaeng [ja] ケショウ keshou ||| (1) Born naturally, born from oneself. (2) That which is born through spontaneous generation. A sentient being suddenly appearing from nowhere, for example, the birth of a ghost. (3) In contrast to other types of birth, (i.e., from an egg, from a womb, from moisture) a species that is born suddenly without a specific origin. This refers especially to the intermediate stage after death, where beings are reborn as spirits, gods, hell-beings, etc. (upapaaduka-yoni). One of the four types of birth (四生). [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

化身 [py] hua4shen1 [wg] hua-shen [ko] hwasin [ja] ケシン keshin ||| (nirmaana-kaaya). (1) The provisional form of the Buddha. The manifest transformation body. Also written bianhuashen 變化身. A body manifest through spiritual powers. One of the three bodies (sanshen 三身) of the Buddha. The transformation of the Buddha's own body into the form of a sentient being in order to teach and save them. Also translated as yingshen 應身 "response body." (2) When transformation body and response body are distinguished, the response body is considered to be manifest for those at a high level of practice, while the transformation body is manifest for those at a low level of practice, and for non-humans. (3) In Huayan theory, a Buddha in nirvana is also called a "transformation Buddha." (4) `Sakyamuni; the body of `Sakyamuni. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

化道 [py] hua4dao4 [wg] hua-tao [ko] hwado [ja] ケドウ kedou ||| To teach and transform sentient beings, leading them to the other shore of liberation. [Credit] acm(entry)

See the character 北 in CJKDict

北山録 [py] Bei3shan1 lu4 [wg] Pei-shan lu [ko] Puksan nok [ja] ホクサンロク Hokusan roku ||| Beishan lu; 10 fasc., by Shen-ching 神清; T 2113.52.573a-636c. [Dictionary References] ZGD1147d [Credit] acm(entry)

北倶盧洲 [py] bei3ju4lu2 zhou1 [wg] pei-chü-lu-chou [ko] pukkuroju [ja] ホクグロシュウ hokkurushuu ||| Skt. Uttara-kuru. The northernmost of the four great continents 四大洲 in Indian Buddhist cosmology. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

北鬱單越 [py] bei3yu4dan1 yue4 [wg] pei-yü-t'an-yüeh [ko] puguldanwôl [ja] ホクウッタンノツ hoku uttannotsu ||| See 北倶盧洲. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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