zhǐ​guān

Samatha-Vipassana

  • created reference approved 止观/止觀 → 止 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    止观 / 止觀 zhǐ​guān

    止 zhǐ

    see

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  • created reference approved 止观/止觀 → 观/觀 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    止观 / 止觀 zhǐ​guān

    观 / 觀 guān

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 止观/止觀 · zhǐ​guān · Samatha-Vipassana — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    止观 / 止觀

    zhǐ​guān

    Samatha-Vipassana

    The two core aspects of Buddhist meditation: maintaining a calm, focused mind to stop distracting thoughts, and practicing insight to observe the true nature of reality. Cultivating both together is said to lead to wisdom and enlightenment.

    止 (literal) → 止 · zhǐ · to stop 观 (literal) → 观/觀 · guān · to look at

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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