Humanistic Buddhism Reader

命 mìng

mìng noun life
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 爱财不爱命 'to love wealth more than life' (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' n 1; Suyu, p. 3; Unihan '命')
mìng verb to order
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 差遣 or 下命令 (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' v 1; Kroll 2015 '命' 1, p. 311)
mìng noun destiny; fate; luck
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A Confucian and general Chinese belief (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' n 2; Kroll 2015 '命' 3a, p. 311; Unihan '命'; Yao 2000, p. 26)
mìng noun an order; a command
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' n 3; ; Kroll 2015 '命' 1a, p. 311; Unihan '命')
mìng verb to name; to assign
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 取定; for example, 命名 'to give a name' (Guoyu '命' v 2; Kroll 2015 '命' 2, p. 311)
mìng noun livelihood
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes:
mìng noun advice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '命' 1b, p. 311)
mìng verb to confer a title
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '命' 2a, p. 311)
mìng noun lifespan
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '命' 3, p. 311)
mìng verb to think
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 以为 (Guoyu '命' v 3)
mìng noun life; jīva
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: jīva, or: jīvita, Japanese: mei, or: myou (BCSD '命', p. 251; MW 'jiva'; SH '命', p. 252; Unihan '命')

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心好命更好 Kindness Makes Life Even Better
宁持戒而舍生命，不破戒法而苟活(寧持戒而捨生命，不破戒法而苟活) who would rather give their lives to keep the precepts than to live an ignoble life by breaking them
1. 重覆的举止会变成习惯 2. 定型的习惯会变成个性 3. 个性的走向会决定命运 4. 命运的好坏会决定一生(1. 重覆的舉止會變成習慣 2. 定型的習慣會變成個性 3. 個性的走向會決定命運 4. 命運的好壞會決定一生) Repeated actions become your habits, Habits determine your character, Character influences your future, Your future decides your life.
人死亡之后的生命怎么样(人死亡之後的生命怎麼樣) Buddhism in Every Step: When We Die
令增寿命得大利益(令增壽命得大利益) to give the benefit of an increased lifespan
佛教与我─生命的活水(佛教與我─生命的活水) Buddhism and Me: Living Stream of Life
生命活水　清凉自在(生命活水　清涼自在) Life as Free-Flowing Water; Cool and at Perfect Ease
人所为一切皆因宿命造(人所為一切皆因宿命造) Whatever a person experiences ... that is all caused by what was done in the past
慧命之家 spiritual home
一切如来金刚寿命陀罗尼经(一切如來金剛壽命陀羅尼經) Yiqie Rulai Sarvatathagata Jingang Longevity Dharani Sutra; Jingang Shouming Tuoluoni Jing
金刚寿命陀罗尼经法(金剛壽命陀羅尼經法) Vajra Longevity Dharani Sutra Ritual; Jingang Shouming Tuoluoni Jing Fa
慧命 wisdom-life ; friend; brother
身命 body and life
寿命经(壽命經) Longevity Sutra
佛说造塔延命功德经(佛說造塔延命功德經) Buddha Expounds the Sūtra on Extending Life through the Merit of Making Stūpas; Fo Shuo Zao Ta Yan Ming Gongde Jing
安身立命 settle down and get on with one's pursuit ; settle down and get on with one's pursuit
生命不死 life does not die
较量寿命经(較量壽命經) Āyuṣparyantasūtra; Jiaoliang Shouming Jing
能夺命者(能奪命者) Māra

Also contained in

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Community Ethics Investigation (Volume 2) - A Buddhist View of 'Life Education' 族群倫理探討（中冊）佛教對「生命教育」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 23
Community Ethics Investigation (Volume 2) - A Buddhist View of 'Killing' 族群倫理探討（中冊）佛教對「殺生問題」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 15
Society Issues Investigation (Volume 1) - A Buddhist View of 'Suicide' 社會議題探討（上冊）佛教對「自殺問題」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 13
The Buddha in Our Lives, Scroll 1: Life and Fate 卷一生活的佛教命與運 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 2 - The Buddha in Our Lives 《星雲法語2－生活的佛教》 — count: 12
Community Ethics Investigation (Volume 2) - A Buddhist View of 'Life Fate' 族群倫理探討（中冊）佛教對「人生命運」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 12
Virtue and Merit in Life Scroll 3 卷三道德福命道德福命 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 2 - The Buddha in Our Lives 《星雲法語2－生活的佛教》 — count: 10
Monasteries in the Mountains and Monasteries in the in the Cities - Monastics Living in Seclusion and Monastics Living in Society 山林寺院和都市寺院-----兼論蘭若比丘和人間比丘 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 10
Life and Cultivation 生活與修持 Humanistic Buddhism Series 3 - Buddhism and Life 《人間佛教系列3－佛教與生活》 — count: 10
Shi Poetry - Pentasyllabic 詩 ■五言 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 9
Humanistic Buddhism: A Blueprint for Life (1) 人間佛教的藍圖（上） Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 9

Collocations

对生命 (對生命) 生物學家對生命所下的定義是 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》, Lecture 16: Special Questions 第十六講‧特殊問題 — count: 22
一命 (一命) 假若你真願意救我母親一命 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 9: The Mahayana Mind 第九講　大乘心為普濟的根本 — count: 18
等身命 (等身命) 以恆河沙等身命布施相校四句偈的功德 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, The name of this sutra - Part 13 [Lecture] 如法受持第一義諦分第十三【講話】 — count: 7
佛慧命 (佛慧命) 續佛慧命的人太少 — Ten Lectures on the Eight Realizations of a Bodhisattva Sutra 《八大人覺經十講》, Lecture 5: Laziness Leads to Downfall 第五講　精進為降魔的根本 — count: 6
命布施 (命布施) 以恆河沙等身命布施相校四句偈的功德 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, The name of this sutra - Part 13 [Lecture] 如法受持第一義諦分第十三【講話】 — count: 6
出生命 (出生命) 自然就能體會出生命的意義 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 1 - All in a Thought 《迷悟之間(一)真理的價值》, Be Optimistic and Progressive 樂觀進取 — count: 6
请命 (請命) 佛陀方才接受頻婆娑羅王的請命 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 1: Monastery Administration 《僧事百講1－叢林制度》, Lecture 3: Layout of a Monastery 第三講‧叢林布局 — count: 5
命好心 (命好心) 命好心不好 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Wealth is limited, prajñā is priceless - Part 24 [Lecture] 寶山有限般若無價分第二十四【講話】 — count: 5
命人 (命人) 阿育王又命人拿了一個死囚的人頭到市場上叫賣 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Universal transformation within the dharma realm - Part 19 [Lecture] 不住三心實相布施分第十九【講話】 — count: 5
心命 (心命) 心命俱不好 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Wealth is limited, prajñā is priceless - Part 24 [Lecture] 寶山有限般若無價分第二十四【講話】 — count: 4