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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 |
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. |
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. |
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. |
中實 中实 see styles |
zhōng shí zhong1 shi2 chung shih chūjitsu |
idem 中道實相. |
中庸 see styles |
zhōng yōng zhong1 yong1 chung yung nakatsune なかつね |
golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre; ordinary (n,adj-no,adj-na) (1) middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; middle path; (2) (See 四書) the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books); (personal name) Nakatsune Doctrine of the Mean |
中觀 中观 see styles |
zhōng guān zhong1 guan1 chung kuan chū gan |
Meditation on the Mean, one of the 三觀; also meditation on the absolute which unites all opposites. There are various forms of such meditation, that of the 法相宗, the 三論宗, the 天台宗. v. 中論. |
五觀 五观 see styles |
wǔ guān wu3 guan1 wu kuan gokan |
The five meditations referred to in the Lotus Sutra 25: (1) 眞 on the true, idem 空觀, to meditate on the reality of the void or infinite, in order to be rid of illusion in views and thoughts; (2) 淸淨觀 on purity, to be rid of any remains of impurity connected with the temporal, idem 假觀; (3) 廣大智慧觀 on the wider and greater wisdom, idem 中觀, by study of the 'middle' way; (4) 悲觀 on pitifulness, or the pitiable condition of the living, and by the above three to meditate on their salvation; (5) 慈觀 on mercy and the extension of the first three meditations to the carrying of joy to all the living. |
六慧 see styles |
liù huì liu4 hui4 liu hui rokue |
The six kinds of wisdom. Each is allotted seriatim to one of the six positions 六位 q. v. (1) 聞慧 the wisdom of hearing and apprehending the truth of the middle way is associated with the 十住; (2) 思慧 of thought with the 十行; (3) 修慧 of observance with the 十廻向; (4) 無相慧 of either extreme, or the mean, with the 十地; (5) 照寂慧 of understanding of nirvana with 等覺慧; (6) 寂照慧 of making nirvana illuminate all beings associated with 佛果 Buddha-fruition. They are a 別教 Differentiated School series and all are associated with 中道 the school of the 中 or middle way. |
四依 see styles |
sì yī si4 yi1 ssu i shi e |
The four necessaries, or things on which the religious rely. (1) 行四依 The four of ascetic practitioners— rag clothing; begging for food; sitting under trees; purgatives and diuretics as moral and spiritual means; these are also termed 四聖種. (2) 法四依 The four of the dharma: i. e. the truth, which is eternal, rather than man, even its propagator; the sutras of perfect meaning i. e. of the 道實相 the truth of the 'middle' way; the meaning, or spirit, not the letter; wisdom 智, i.e. Buddha-wisdom rather than mere knowledge 識. There are other groups. Cf. 四事. |
圓妙 圆妙 see styles |
yuán miào yuan2 miao4 yüan miao enmyō |
The mystery of the 'perfect' school, i.e. the complete harmony of 空假中 noumenon, phenomenon, and the middle way. |
圓悟 圆悟 see styles |
yuán wù yuan2 wu4 yüan wu engo えんご |
(personal name) Engo Completely to apprehend the truth. In Tiantai, the complete apprehension at the same time of noumenon, phenomenon, and the middle way. |
不分別 不分别 see styles |
bù fēn bié bu4 fen1 bie2 pu fen pieh fu funbetsu |
The indivisible, or middle way 中道. |
中道宗 see styles |
zhōng dào zōng zhong1 dao4 zong1 chung tao tsung Chūdō Shū |
The third period of the Buddha's teaching, according to the 法相宗, giving the via media between the two extremes, the absolute as not confined to the phenomenal or the noumenal; also called 中道教. |
中道教 see styles |
zhōng dào jiào zhong1 dao4 jiao4 chung tao chiao chūdō kyō |
teaching of the middle way |
中道義 中道义 see styles |
zhōng dào yì zhong1 dao4 yi4 chung tao i chūdō gi |
meaning of middle way |
中道觀 中道观 see styles |
zhōng dào guān zhong1 dao4 guan1 chung tao kuan chūdō kan |
One of the Tiantai 三觀 three meditations, i. e. on the doctrine of the Mean to get rid of the illusion of phenomena. |
五種性 五种性 see styles |
wǔ zhǒng xìng wu3 zhong3 xing4 wu chung hsing goshu shō |
The five germ-natures, or roots of bodhisattva development: (1) 習種性 the germ nature of study of the 空 void (or immaterial), which corrects all illusions of time and space; it corresponds to the 十住 stage; (2) 性種性 that of ability to discriminate all the 性 natures of phenomena and transform the living; the 十行 stage; (3) 道種性(the middle-) way germ-nature, which attains insight into Buddha-laws; the 十廻向; (4) 聖種性 the saint germ-nature which produces holiness by destroying ignorance; the 十廻向 which the bodhisattva leaves the ranks of the 賢 and becomes 聖; (5) 等覺種性 the bodhi-rank germ-nature which produces Buddhahood, i. e. 等覺. |
契中道 see styles |
qì zhōng dào qi4 zhong1 dao4 ch`i chung tao chi chung tao kai chūdō |
to match with the middle way |
末陀摩 see styles |
mò tuó mó mo4 tuo2 mo2 mo t`o mo mo to mo madama |
This is intp. as not. in the mean or middle way. |
道種性 道种性 see styles |
dào zhǒng xìng dao4 zhong3 xing4 tao chung hsing dō shushō |
The nature possessing the seed of Buddhahood. The stage in which the 'middle' way is realized. |
一法中道 see styles |
yī fǎ zhōng dào yi1 fa3 zhong1 dao4 i fa chung tao ippō chūdō |
single dharma of the middle way |
中論性教 中论性教 see styles |
zhōng lùn xìng jiào zhong1 lun4 xing4 jiao4 chung lun hsing chiao chūronshō kyō |
The Mādhyamika school, which has been described as a system of sophisiic nihilism, dissolving every proposition into a thesis and its antithesis, and refuting both; but it is considered by some that the refuting of both is in the interests of a third, the 中 which transcends both. |
中道實相 中道实相 see styles |
zhōng dào shí xiàng zhong1 dao4 shi2 xiang4 chung tao shih hsiang chūdō jissō |
The reality of the 'mean' is neither 有 substance or existent, nor 空 void or non-existent, but a reality which is neither, or a mean between the two extremes of materialism and nihilism; also 中實. |
中道應本 中道应本 see styles |
zhōng dào yìng běn zhong1 dao4 ying4 ben3 chung tao ying pen chūdō ōhon |
The 'mean' as the basic principle in the 別 and 圓 schools of the doctrine of the 應化身 'transformation body'. |
二諦用中 二谛用中 see styles |
èr dì yòng zhōng er4 di4 yong4 zhong1 erh ti yung chung nitai yūchū |
use the twofold truth to reveal the middle way |
佛性中道 see styles |
fó xìng zhōng dào fo2 xing4 zhong1 dao4 fo hsing chung tao busshō chūdō |
Middle Way of Buddha-nature |
八不中道 see styles |
bā bù zhòng dào ba1 bu4 zhong4 dao4 pa pu chung tao happu chūdō |
eight negations of the middle way |
契於中道 契于中道 see styles |
qì yú zhōng dào qi4 yu2 zhong1 dao4 ch`i yü chung tao chi yü chung tao kai o chūdō |
to match with the middle way |
言詮中道 言诠中道 see styles |
yán quán zhōng dào yan2 quan2 zhong1 dao4 yen ch`üan chung tao yen chüan chung tao gonsen chūdō |
the middle way that uses language |
中道卽法界 see styles |
zhōng dào jí fǎ jiè zhong1 dao4 ji2 fa3 jie4 chung tao chi fa chieh chūdō soku hokkai |
The doctrine of the 'mean', is the dharmadhātu, or 'spiritual ' universe. |
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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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