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壇 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for mandala or altar.
This can also mean platform, podium, rostrum, or “objects of worship grouped together.”
In Japanese, this can be the given name Mayumi.
日蓮 is the title Nichiren.
This title refers to a Buddhist priest who lived from 1222 to 1282. He is the founder of the Nichiren sect of Buddhism.
According to historical documents, the Nichiren sect was established in 1252. Adding the character 宗 for sect, this would be 日蓮宗 (Nichiren sect), which is also known as the 法華宗 or Lotus sect.
According to Soothill-Hodous...
Nichiren's chief tenets are the three great mysteries 三大祕法, representing the trikāya:
1. 本尊 or chief object of worship, being the great maṇḍala of the worlds of the ten directions, or universe, i.e., the body or nirmāṇakāya of Buddha.
2. 題目 the title of the Lotus Sutra 妙法蓮華經 Myo-ho-ren-ge-kyo, preceded by Namo, or “Adoration to the scripture of the lotus of the wonderful law,” for it is Buddha's spiritual body.
3. 戒壇 the altar of the law, which is also the title of the Lotus as above; the believer, wherever he is, dwells in the Pure-land of calm light 寂光淨土, the saṃbhogakāya.
A customer asked me to split these Wing Chun maxims into two parts, so he could order a couplet. I thought this was a good idea, so it's been added here.
A couplet is a set of two wall scrolls that start and finish one phrase or idea. Often, couplets are hung with the first wall scroll on the right side, and the second on the left side of a doorway or entrance. The order in Chinese is right-to-left, so that's why the first wall scroll goes on the right as you face the door.
Of course, couplets can also be hung together on a wall. Often they can be hung to flank an altar, or table with incense, or even flanking a larger central wall scroll. See an example here from the home of Confucius
Be sure to order both parts 1 and 2 together. One without the other is like Eve without Adam.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your altar search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
壇 坛 see styles |
tán tan2 t`an tan dan だん |
More info & calligraphy: Mandala / Altar(1) platform; podium; rostrum; pulpit; (2) (ceremonial) mound; (suffix noun) (3) world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (4) (archaism) mandala; (given name) Mayumi An altar; an open altar. In the esoteric cult it also means a maṇḍala, objects of worship grouped together. |
禪 禅 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan yuzuri ゆずり |
More info & calligraphy: Zen / Chan / Meditation(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim. |
日蓮 日莲 see styles |
rì lián ri4 lian2 jih lien nichiren にちれん |
More info & calligraphy: NichirenNichiren, the Japanese founder, in A. D. 1252, of the 日蓮宗 Nichiren sect, which is also known as the 法華宗 or Lotus sect. Its chief tenets are the three great mysteries 三大祕法, representing the trikāya: (1) 本尊 or chief object of worship, being the great maṇḍala of the worlds of the ten directions, or universe, i. e. the body or nirmāṇakāya of Buddha; (2) 題目 the title of the Lotus Sutra 妙法蓮華經 Myo-ho-ren-gwe-kyo, preceded by Namo, or, 'Adoration to the scripture of the lotus of the wonderful law, ' for it is Buddha's spiritual body; (3) 戒壇 the altar of the law, which is also the title of the Lotus as above; the believer, wherever he is, dwells in the Pure-land of calm light 寂光淨土, the saṃbhogakāya. |
俎 see styles |
zǔ zu3 tsu so そ |
a stand for food at sacrifice altar of sacrifice |
卓 see styles |
zhuó zhuo2 cho taku(p); shoku たく(P); しょく |
outstanding (1) table; desk; (counter) (2) (たく only) counter for tables, desks, etc.; (3) (しょく only) {Buddh} offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); (4) (しょく only) (abbreviation) (See 卓香炉) tabletop incense burner; (given name) Masaru Lofty, tall erect. |
壝 see styles |
wěi wei3 wei |
mound; embankment; the earthen altar to the god of the soil |
祊 see styles |
bēng beng1 peng |
side altar inside ancestral temple |
上壇 上坛 see styles |
shàng tán shang4 tan2 shang t`an shang tan jōdan |
upper altar |
上祭 see styles |
shàng jì shang4 ji4 shang chi jōsai |
To place offerings on an altar; also 下祭. |
下祭 see styles |
xià jì xia4 ji4 hsia chi asai |
place offerings on the altar |
中壇 中坛 see styles |
zhōng tán zhong1 tan2 chung t`an chung tan chū dan |
middle altar |
仏具 see styles |
butsugu; bugu ぶつぐ; ぶぐ |
Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings); (surname) Butsugu |
仏前 see styles |
butsuzen ぶつぜん |
(1) (before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; (2) (oft. as 御〜) offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering; (surname) Butsuzen |
仏器 see styles |
bukki ぶっき |
Buddhist altar fittings; (surname) Butsuki |
仏壇 see styles |
butsudan ぶつだん |
Buddhist (household) altar |
仏工 see styles |
bukkou / bukko ぶっこう |
maker of Buddhist images and altar fittings |
仏花 see styles |
bukka; butsuka; butsubana ぶっか; ぶつか; ぶつばな |
flowers or flower arrangements for a butsudan (household Buddhist altar) |
仏間 see styles |
butsuma ぶつま |
Buddhist family chapel; altar room |
佛具 see styles |
fó jù fo2 ju4 fo chü butsugu ぶつぐ |
(surname) Butsugu Articles used on an altar in worship of Buddha. |
佛壇 佛坛 see styles |
fó tán fo2 tan2 fo t`an fo tan butsudan |
Buddha altar |
侍者 see styles |
shì zhě shi4 zhe3 shih che jisha じしゃ |
attendant; waiter attendant; valet; altar boy; acolyte An attendant, e. g. as Ānanda was to the Buddha; assistants in general, e. g. the incense-assistant in a temple. |
供す see styles |
kyousu / kyosu きょうす |
(v5s,vs-c,vt) (1) (See 供する・1) to offer; to present; to submit; to supply; to make available; (v5s,vs-c,vt) (2) to serve (food and drink); (v5s,vs-c,vt) (3) to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar) |
供奉 see styles |
gòng fèng gong4 feng4 kung feng gubu ぐぶ |
to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a god) (noun/participle) (1) accompanying; being in attendance on; (2) (abbreviation) (See 内供奉) inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) To offer; the monk who serves at the great altar. |
俎豆 see styles |
sotou / soto そとう |
ancient altar of sacrifice |
入壇 入坛 see styles |
rù tán ru4 tan2 ju t`an ju tan nyūdan |
To go to the altar (for baptism, in the esoteric sect). |
內陣 内阵 see styles |
nèi zhèn nei4 zhen4 nei chen naijin |
The inner ranks, i. e. the part of a temple near the altar, where the monks sit. |
刀俎 see styles |
dāo zǔ dao1 zu3 tao tsu |
sacrificial knife and altar |
化壇 化坛 see styles |
huà tán hua4 tan2 hua t`an hua tan kedan |
The altar of transformation, i. e. a crematorium. |
参進 see styles |
sanshin さんしん |
(1) {Shinto} procession towards the altar (in a wedding); (2) stepping forward (towards an aristocrat) |
合壇 合坛 see styles |
hé tán he2 tan2 ho t`an ho tan gōdan |
United, or common altar, or altars, as distinguished from 離壇 separate altars. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Mandala Altar | 壇 坛 | dan | tán / tan2 / tan | t`an / tan |
Nichiren | 日蓮 日莲 | nichi ren / nichiren | rì lián / ri4 lian2 / ri lian / rilian | jih lien / jihlien |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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