单词 | dhyana |
释义 | dhyanan. 1. In various religious and philosophical traditions originating in India: profound meditation; (as a count noun) a particular form of this.In Theravada Buddhism the related term jhana n. is typically used. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > systems of philosophy > [noun] > yoga > stages leading to state of union dhyana1811 samyama1831 yama1868 1811 W. Ward Acct. Hindoos II. 444 Dhyanŭ is also performed at other times by ascetics. Many things are related in the pooranŭs respecting the dhyanŭ performed by these men, who, by the power of abstraction of mind, discovered things the most secret. 1894 P. Carus Gospel of Buddha Gloss. 248 There are four Dhyânas, the first being a state of joy and gladness born of seclusion full of investigation and reflexion. 1961 Rev. Metaphysics 15 120 The respectful place which Yogic techniques like Dhyāna (meditation) have in the Upaniṣads, in Buddhism and Jainism. 1985 D. Simmons Song of Kali (1986) vi. 104 We closed our eyes in dhyana, the deepest contemplation possible. 2013 Jrnl. Ritual Stud. 27 48/1 The idea that the Zen school in China radically redefined the practice of dhyana..was shared by many contemporaries of Ui. 2. With capital initial. A Chinese school of Mahayana Buddhism which emphasizes the value of meditation as a means of finding spiritual insight and enlightenment; = Chan n. Chiefly (and in earliest use) as a modifier, esp. in Dhyana Buddhism. Cf. Zen n. ΚΠ 1883 B. Nanjio Catal. Chinese Transl. Buddhist Tripitaka 337/1 This is a history of the Indian and Chinese patriarchs of the Dhyâna school, which school was established in China by Bodhidharma, who arrived in that country from India in a. d. 520. 1957 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 47 9/2 The ruined original temple must have been converted into a Buddhist temple of the Dhyana sect. 2001 Jrnl. Malaysian Branch Royal Asiatic Soc. 74 13 The text is steeped in the belief patterns of Dhyana Buddhism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1811 |
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