不思議

Readings

Pinyin: bù sīyì

Wade-Giles: pu-ssu-i

Hangul: 부사의

Korean MC: bu saui

Korean MR: pu saŭi

Katakana: フシギ

Hepburn: fu shigi

bất tư nghị

inconceivable

• Non-conceptual; inscrutable. That which is beyond contemplation or conceptualization. Beyond linguistic expression. Beyond thought and words, beyond conception, baffling description, amazing (Skt. acintya, atarkika, acitta, acintya-prabhāvatā; Tib. bsam gyis mi khyab pa). Transliterated as 阿軫帝也. Usually said in reference to some quality of the Buddha's teaching, especially something that defies ordinary comparison. Also commonly written as 不可思議. (Skt. acintiya, anupama-citta, *avīcintya, avīcintiya) [resp. Charles Muller, Stephen Hodge; ref. Yokoi]
• "No-mind"— the nonexistence of the grasping mental functions (Skt. grāhaka-citta-abhāva). [resp. Charles Muller]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 903

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 689

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 135

Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga), 6-P171, 16-P93

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1160a

Ding Fubao

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0047

Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono), ⑨189c*

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4379b

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1522-1

Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa)

Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 689

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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