好报 好報 hǎo bào karmic reward (resulting from good deeds, in contrast to karmic retribution 惡報|恶报[e4 bao4]) 福报 福報 fú bào karmic reward (Buddhism) 业满 業滿 yè mǎn to have paid one's karmic debts (Buddhism) 现世报 現世報 xiàn shì bào karmic retribution within one's lifetime 风流债 風流債 fēng liú zhài lit. love debt / fig. moral obligation in consequence of a love affair / karmic consequences of a love affair 障碍 障礙 zhàng ài barrier / obstruction / hindrance / impediment / obstacle syn 阻碍 阻礙 zǔ ài to obstruct / to hinder / to block / obstruction / hindrance syn 障碍物 障礙物 zhàng ài wù obstacle / hindrance 碍事 礙事 ài shì to be in the way / to be a hindrance / (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence / to matter syn 无利 無利 wú lì no profit / not profitable / a hindrance / (to lend money) at no interest 碍手碍脚 礙手礙腳 ài shǒu ài jiǎo to be in the way / to be a hindrance syn 帮倒忙 幫倒忙 bāng dào máng to be more of a hindrance than a help syn 并行不悖 並行不悖 bìng xíng bù bèi to run in parallel without hindrance / not mutually exclusive / two processes can be implemented without conflict 扯后腿 扯後腿 chě hòu tuǐ to be a drag or hindrance on sb syn 营谋遂顺 營謀遂順 yíng móu suí shùn to carry out a plan without hindrance (idiom) 碍手碍脚 礙手礙腳 ài shǒu - ài jiǎo (idiom) to be in the way / to be a hindrance syn 法门 法門 fǎ mén gate to enlightment (Buddhism) / Buddhism / way / method / (old) south gate of a palace syn 法相宗 fǎ xiàng zōng Yogācāra school of Buddhism / Dharma-character school of Buddhism 唯识宗 唯識宗 wéi shí zōng Yogachara school of Buddhism ("consciousness only" school of Buddhism) 大般涅槃经 大般涅槃經 dà bān niè pán jīng (Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major Chinese translations are extant, influential in the development of East Asian Buddhism 典座 diǎn zuò (Buddhism) the kitchen manager in a monastery / (Buddhism) (historical) monk responsible for various administrative and logistical duties 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 法师 法師 fǎ shī one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism) syn 地狱 地獄 dì yù hell / infernal / underworld / (Buddhism) Naraka syn 佛教 fó jiào Buddhism syn 执着 執著 zhí zhuó to be strongly attached to / to be dedicated / to cling to / (Buddhism) attachment syn 菩萨 菩薩 pú sà (Buddhism) bodhisattva syn 轮回 輪迴 lún huí to reincarnate / reincarnation (Buddhism) / (of the seasons etc) to follow each other cyclically / cycle / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 解脱 解脫 jiě tuō to untie / to free / to absolve of / to get free of / to extirpate oneself / (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries syn 红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn 修行 xiū xíng to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft syn 前世 qián shì previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism) syn 人道 rén dào human sympathy / humanitarianism / humane / the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism) / sexual intercourse syn 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love / sentient beings (Buddhism) 乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world syn 玄机 玄機 xuán jī profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) / mysterious principles syn 宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law syn 前身 qián shēn forerunner / predecessor / precursor / previous incarnation (Buddhism) / jacket front syn 转世 轉世 zhuǎn shì reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism) 转生 轉生 zhuǎn shēng reincarnation (Buddhism) 彼岸 bǐ àn the other shore / (Buddhism) paramita syn 菩提 pú tí bodhi (Sanskrit) / enlightenment (Buddhism) syn 清净 清淨 qīng jìng peaceful / quiet / tranquil / purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism) syn 净土 淨土 jìng tǔ (Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit) syn 正道 zhèng dào the correct path / the right way (Buddhism) syn 大智慧 dà zhì huì great wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism) 报应 報應 bào yìng (Buddhism) divine retribution / karma syn 罗汉 羅漢 luó hàn (Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉[a1luo2han4]) syn 般若 bō rě (Buddhism) wisdom / insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) 八戒 bā jiè the eight precepts (Buddhism) 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism) syn 涅盘 涅槃 niè pán (Buddhism) nirvana 西天 xī tiān the Western Paradise (Buddhism) syn 山门 山門 shān mén monastery main gate (Buddhism) / monastery 佛门 佛門 fó mén Buddhism syn 爱河 愛河 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) 外教 wài jiào foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists) 毒气 毒氣 dú qì poison gas / toxic gas / manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism) syn 喇嘛 lǎ ma lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism 峨眉山 é méi shān Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism 大乘 dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] 罗刹 羅剎 luó chà demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food 禅宗 禪宗 chán zōng Zen Buddhism syn 恶果 惡果 è guǒ evil consequence / retribution (in Buddhism) syn 佛家 fó jiā Buddhism / Buddhist 大千世界 大韆世界 dà qiān shì jiè great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4]) syn 大我 dà wǒ the collective / the whole / (Buddhism) the greater self syn 超生 chāo shēng (Buddhism) to be reincarnated / (fig.) to be lenient / to spare sb / to have more children than allowed under family planning policy syn 阎罗 閻羅 yán luó (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell syn 无明 無明 wú míng avidya (Buddhism) / ignorance / delusion 入定 rù dìng (Buddhism) to enter a meditative state syn 芸芸众生 芸芸眾生 yún yún zhòng shēng every living being (Buddhism) / the mass of common people 藏传佛教 藏傳佛教 zàng chuán fó jiào Tibetan Buddhism 前尘 前塵 qián chén the past / impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism) syn 转轮 轉輪 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism 面壁 miàn bì to face the wall / to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism) / (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc 开光 開光 kāi guāng eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy) 衣钵 衣缽 yī bō the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle 公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism) syn 三教 sān jiào the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) 声闻 聲闻 shēng wén (Buddhism) disciple 信佛 xìn fó to believe in Buddhism 劫数 劫數 jié shù predestined fate (Buddhism) syn 成道 chéng dào to reach illumination (Buddhism) 饿鬼 餓鬼 è guǐ sb who is always hungry / glutton / (Buddhism) hungry ghost 蒲团 蒲團 pú tuán praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail) 果报 果報 guǒ bào karma / preordained fate (Buddhism) 法轮 法輪 fǎ lún the Eternal Wheel of life in Buddhism 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 阎罗王 閻羅王 yán luó wáng (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell syn 小乘 xiǎo chéng Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle / Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras 小乘 xiǎo shèng Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle / Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras / also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2] 善男信女 shàn nán xìn nǚ lay practitioners of Buddhism syn 开悟 開悟 kāi wù to become enlightened (Buddhism) 因由 yīn yóu reason / cause / predestined relationship (Buddhism) syn 天台山 tiān tāi shān Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1] 大昭寺 dà zhāo sì Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism 受持 shòu chí to accept and maintain faith (Buddhism) 阿罗汉 阿羅漢 ā luó hàn arhat (Sanskrit) / a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism) 