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The Middle Way
In the most basic translation, 中道 means road through the middle or middle road.
The expanded meaning can be moderation or the golden mean.
But if you are looking for this title, you are probably seeking the Buddhist definition, which is more complex.
中道 is the middle way or middle path of Buddhism. This has various interpretations. In general, it denotes the mean between two extremes and has special reference to the mean between realism and nihilism, or eternal substantial existence and annihilation.
The Buddha teaches that one should not take things to extremes. Don't be extremely evil and engage in debauchery and murder. But do not spend every waking out trying to be a perfect saint. Instead, take the middle path, try to help others, show loving kindness wherever you can, and try not to do harm. If you inadvertently harm another being, make amends if you can, and move on. Realize you are not perfect, but in time, a path of moderation lead toward proper living and enlightenment.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
三諦 三谛 see styles |
sān dì san1 di4 san ti santai; sandai さんたい; さんだい |
More info & calligraphy: The Three TruthsThe three dogmas. The "middle" school of Tiantai says 卽空, 卽假. 卽中 i.e. 就是空, 假, 中; (a) by 空śūnya is meant that things causally produced are intheir essential nature unreal (or immaterial) 實空無; (b) 假, though thingsare unreal in their essential nature their derived forms are real; (c) 中;but both are one, being of the one 如 reality. These three dogmas arefounded on a verse of Nāgārjuna's— 因緣所生法, 我說卽是空 亦爲是假名, 亦是中道義 "All causally produced phenomena, I say, areunreal, Are but a passing name, and indicate the 'mean'." There are otherexplanations— the 圓教 interprets the 空 and 假 as 中; the 別教 makes 中 independent. 空 is the all, i.e. the totality of all things, and is spokenof as the 眞 or 實 true, or real; 假 is the differentiation of all thingsand is spoken of as 俗 common, i.e. things as commonly named; 中 is theconnecting idea which makes a unity of both, e.g. "all are but parts of onestupendous whole." The 中 makes all and the all into one whole, unifying thewhole and its parts. 空 may be taken as the immaterial, the undifferentiatedall, the sum of existences, by some as the tathāgatagarbha 如來藏; 假as theunreal, or impermanent, the material or transient form, the temporal thatcan be named, the relative or discrete; 中 as the unifier, which places eachin the other and all in all. The "shallower" 山外 school associated 空 and 中 with the noumenal universe as opposed to the phenomenal and illusoryexistence represented by 假. The "profounder" 山内 school teaches that allthree are aspects of the same. |
中國 中国 see styles |
zhōng guó zhong1 guo2 chung kuo nakaguni なかぐに |
More info & calligraphy: China(surname) Nakaguni Madhyadesa. 中天 (中天竺); 中梵 The middle kingdom, i. e. Central North India, v. 中印. |
中道 see styles |
zhōng dào zhong1 dao4 chung tao nakamichi なかみち |
More info & calligraphy: The Middle WayThe 'mean' has various interpretations. In general it denotes the mean between two extremes, and has special reference to the mean between realism and nihilism, or eternal substantial existence and annihilation; this 'mean' is found in a third principle between the two, suggesting the idea of a realm of mind or spirit beyond the terminology of 有 or 無, substance or nothing, or, that which has form, and is therefore measurable and ponderable, and its opposite of total non-existence. See 中論. The following four Schools define the term according to their several scriptures: the 法相 School describes it as the 唯識, v. 唯識中道; the 三論 School as the 八不 eight negations, v. 三論; the Tiantai as 實相 the true reality; and the Huayan as the 法界 dharmadhātu. Four forms of the Mean are given by the 三論玄義. |
維拉 维拉 see styles |
wéi lā wei2 la1 wei la |
More info & calligraphy: Verra |
米歇爾 米歇尔 see styles |
mǐ xiē ěr mi3 xie1 er3 mi hsieh erh |
More info & calligraphy: Mishel |
中 see styles |
zhòng zhong4 chung mitsuru みつる |
to hit (the mark); to be hit by; to suffer; to win (a prize, a lottery) (1) (abbreviation) {mahj} (See 紅中) red dragon tile; (2) {mahj} winning hand with a pung (or kong) of red dragon tiles; (surname, given name) Mitsuru madhya. Middle, central, medium, the mean, within; to hit the centre. v. also 三諦. |
仲 see styles |
zhòng zhong4 chung nakamura なかむら |
second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers relation; relationship; (personal name) Nakamura |
咫 see styles |
zhǐ zhi3 chih ata あた |
8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty (n,n-suf,ctr) (archaism) distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger (approx. 18 cm) |
央 see styles |
yāng yang1 yang manaka まなか |
center; end; to beg; to plead (suffix) middle; centre; center; (female given name) Manaka The middle, medial: to solicit; ample, vast. |
嶴 岙 see styles |
ào ao4 ao |
plain in the middle of the mountains; used in place names, esp. in 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1] and 福建[Fu2 jian4] |
破 see styles |
pò po4 p`o po hazaki はざき |
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of (See 序破急) middle section of a song (in gagaku or noh); (surname) Hazaki To break, disrupt, destroy, cause schism; solve, disprove, refute, negate. |
⺮ see styles |
zhú zhu2 chu chikusaki ちくさき |
bamboo; CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]; Kangxi radical 118 (1) bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); (2) (See 梅・うめ・2,松・まつ・2) middle (of a three-tier ranking system); (surname) Chikusaki |
肚 see styles |
dù du4 tu hara はら |
belly (1) abdomen; belly; stomach; (2) womb; (3) one's mind; one's real intentions; one's true motive; (4) courage; nerve; willpower; (5) generosity; magnanimity; (6) feelings; emotions; (7) wide middle part; bulging part; (8) inside; interior; inner part; (9) (physics) anti-node; (suf,ctr) (10) counter for hard roe; (11) counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.) |
腰 see styles |
yāo yao1 yao koshitaka こしたか |
waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins (suffix noun) posture; position; pose; attitude; (surname) Koshitaka The waist, middle. |
腹 see styles |
fù fu4 fu fuku はら |
abdomen; stomach; belly (1) abdomen; belly; stomach; (2) womb; (3) one's mind; one's real intentions; one's true motive; (4) courage; nerve; willpower; (5) generosity; magnanimity; (6) feelings; emotions; (7) wide middle part; bulging part; (8) inside; interior; inner part; (9) (physics) anti-node; (suf,ctr) (10) counter for hard roe; (11) counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.) The belly. |
臍 脐 see styles |
qí qi2 ch`i chi heso(p); hozo; heso へそ(P); ほぞ; ヘソ |
(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus; (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron (1) (kana only) navel; belly button; (2) (へそ, ヘソ only) (kana only) protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; (3) (kana only) center; centre; most important part; main point navel |
詰 诘 see styles |
jié jie2 chieh sakizume さきづめ |
(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate (n,suf) (1) stuffing; packing; (2) end (esp. the foot of a bridge); (3) lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; (4) tea master; (5) endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); (6) (abbreviation) sweet eel sauce; (7) (archaism) middle-aged woman; (suffix noun) (8) appointment to a particular workplace; (9) using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment); (10) continuing; keep doing for period of time; (surname) Sakizume to reprove |
てる see styles |
deru デル |
tell (Middle-Eastern archaeological mound); (personal name) Del; Dell |
一中 see styles |
yī zhōng yi1 zhong1 i chung icchuu / icchu いっちゅう |
(given name) Icchuu A hall of spread tables; idem一普. |
一揆 see styles |
yī kuí yi1 kui2 i k`uei i kuei ikki いっき |
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot the same method |
三戒 see styles |
sān jiè san1 jie4 san chieh sankai さんかい |
(1) (from the Analects of Confucius) three lifetime commandments (youth's femininity, middle-aged struggle, old-age gain); (2) {Buddh} three categories of precepts (lay, ordination, moral) The three sets of commandments, i.e. the ten for the ordained who have left home, the eight for the devout at home, and the five for the ordinary laity. |
三相 see styles |
sān xiàng san1 xiang4 san hsiang sansou / sanso さんそう |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) three phases The three forms or positions: 解脫相 nirvāṇa; 離相 no nirvāṇa; 滅和 or 非有非無之中道 absence of both, or the "middle way" of neither. |
三軍 三军 see styles |
sān jun san1 jun1 san chün sangun さんぐん |
(in former times) upper, middle and lower army; army of right, center and left; (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force (noun - becomes adjective with の) great army; mighty host; whole army |
上中 see styles |
shàng zhōng shang4 zhong1 shang chung tsujinaka つじなか |
(surname) Tsujinaka superior and middle-level |
下品 see styles |
xià pǐn xia4 pin3 hsia p`in hsia pin shimoshina しもしな |
(noun or adjectival noun) vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude; (place-name) Shimoshina The three lowest of the nine classes born in the Amitābha Pure Land, v. 無量壽經. These three lowest grades are (1) 下品上生 The highest of the three lowest classes who enter the Pure Land of Amitābha, i.e. those who have committed all sins except dishonouring the sūtras. If at the end of life the sinner clasps hands and says "Namo Amitābha", such a one will be born in His precious lake. (2) 下品中生 The middle class consists of those who have broken all the commandments, even stolen from monks and abused the law. If at death such a one hears of the great power of Amitābha, and assents with but a thought, he will be received into paradise. (3) 下品下生 The lowest class, because of their sins, should have fallen into the lowest gati, but by invoking the name of Amitābha, they can escape countless ages of reincarnation and suffering and on dying will behold a lotus flower like the sun, and, by the response of a single thought, will enter the Pure Land of Amitābha. |
中々 see styles |
nakanaka なかなか |
(adv,adj-na) (1) (kana only) very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; (adverb) (2) (kana only) by no means (with negative verb); not readily; (3) middle; half-way point; (can be adjective with の) (4) (kana only) excellent; wonderful; very good |
中１ see styles |
chuuichi / chuichi ちゅういち |
first year (pupil) in junior middle school; second year (pupil) in lower secondary school |
中一 see styles |
nakaichi なかいち |
first year (pupil) in junior middle school; second year (pupil) in lower secondary school; (surname) Nakaichi |
中世 see styles |
nakaze なかぜ |
(hist) Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times; (personal name) Nakaze |
中中 see styles |
zhōng zhōng zhong1 zhong1 chung chung chūchū なかなか |
middling; average; impartial; (Hong Kong) secondary school that uses Chinese as the medium of instruction ("CMI school") (adv,adj-na) (1) (kana only) very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; (adverb) (2) (kana only) by no means (with negative verb); not readily; (3) middle; half-way point; (can be adjective with の) (4) (kana only) excellent; wonderful; very good middling of the middling |
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| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| The Middle Way | 中道 | chuu dou / chuudou / chu do | zhōng dào zhong1 dao4 zhong dao zhongdao | chung tao chungtao |
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