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四一 [four ones]

四一切種淸淨 [four kinds of pervasive purity]

四七品 [four times seven chapters]

四上 [four times of worship]

四不可得 [four unattainables]

四不可思議 [four unfathomables]

四不可輕 [four things not to be taken lightly]

四不壞淨 [the four objects of indestructible faith]

四不定 [four indeterminate factors]

四不定法 [four indeterminate mental factors]

四不寄附 [four to whom one does not entrust valuables]

四不成 [four kinds of incomplete statements]

四不生 [four kinds of non-production]

四不見 [four invisibles]

四不退 [four kinds of non-retrogressoin]

四世 [four periods]

四主 [four lords]

四乘 [four carts]

四事 [four necessities]

四事不可思議 [four unfathomables]

四事不護 [four kinds of non-guards]

四事供養 [four provisions]

四事法門 [four methods of preparation]

四事行 [fourfold practice]

四人觀世 [four human worldviews]

四仙 [four sages]

四仙避死 [four ascetics who sought escape from death]

四位 [four stages]

四住 [four abodes]

四住地 [four entrenchments of affliction]

四住地煩惱 [four entrenchments of affliction]

四住煩惱 [four entrenchments of affliction]

四佛 [four buddhas]

四佛土 [four buddha lands]

四佛知見 [four purposes of the Buddha's appearing]

四依 [four reliances]

四依八正 [four supports and eightfold path]

四信 [four kinds of faith]

四信五行 [four kinds of faith and five practices]

四倒 [four errors]

四偸羅遮 [four levels of serious crimes]

四偸蘭遮 [four levels of serious crimes]

四儀 [four postures]

四優檀那 [four principles]

四兩分 [four ounces]

四八相 [four times eight marks]

四兵 [four kinds of troops]

四分 [four aspects]

四分僧戒本 [Dharma-guptaka-bhikṣu-prātimokṣa-sūtra]

四分宗 [School of the Four Part (Vinaya)]

四分家 [adherents of the four-aspect theory]

四分律 [Four-Part Vinaya; Vinaya of the Four Categories]

四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 [Xingshichao]

四分律宗 [Four Part Vinaya School]

四分律行事鈔 [Sifenlü xingshi chao]

四分羯磨 [Four Part Vinaya]

四力 [four powers]

四加行 [four applications of religious training]

四劫 [four epochs]

四勝義諦 [four excellent truths]

四勝身 [four excellent bodies]

四化法 [four methods of teaching]

四十 [forty]

四十一位 [forty-one stages]

四十一地 [forty-one stages]

四十九僧 [forty-nine monks]

四十九日 [forty-nine days]

四十九重如意殿 [forty-nine story jewel palace]

四十九重摩尼殿 [forty-nine story jewel palace]

四十二位 [forty-two stages]

四十二使者 [forty-two messengers]

四十二品無明 [forty two levels of ignorance]

四十二字門 [forty-two siddham letters]

四十二章經 [Sūtra in Forty-two Chapters]

四十位 [forty stages]

四十八 [forty-eight]

四十八使者 [forty-eight demon satellites]

四十八執事 [forty-eight positions]

四十八年 [the forty-eight years]

四十八輕 [forty-eight minor offenses; forty-eight minor precepts]

四十八輕戒 [forty-eight minor precepts]

四十八願 [forty-eight vows]

四十八餘年未顯眞實 [for forty and more years (the Buddha) was unable to unfold the full truth]

四十華嚴經 [Forty-fascicle Huayan jing]

四十齒 [forty teeth]

四十齒皆悉齊平 [all forty teeth are even]

四卷楞伽經 [Four-fascicle Lankāvatāra-sūtra]

四卷經 [Four Fascicle Sūtra]

四取 [four kinds of clinging]

四句 [four phrases]

四句偈 [four-line (Chinese) verse]

四句分別 [fourfold negation]

四句執 [four statements of attachment]

四句成道 [four phrases on the attainment of enlightenment]

四句推撿 [four-phrase classification]

四句頌 [a four-line verse]

四向 [four accesses]

四向四果 [four accesses and four accomplishments]

四含 [four Āgamas]

四味 [four tastes]

四唱 [four commanders]

四善根 [four good roots]

四喩 [four metaphors]

四因緣 [four reasons]

四園 [four parks]

四土 [four lands]

四地 [fourth ground (bhūmi)]

四執 [four mistaken attachments]

四執金剛 [four vajra-rulers]

四堅信 [four firm beliefs]

四塔 [four stūpas]

四塵 [four data-fields]

四墮 [four falls]

四墮落法 [four falls from the dharma]

四夜八晝 [four hours of the night and eight hours of the day]

四大 [four great elements]

四大不調 [to be ill; to be out of sorts]

四大元無主 [the four elements are originally impermanent]

四大名山 [four famous mountains]

四大堂口 [four departments of a monastery]

四大天王 [four celestial kings]

四大師 [four monastic heads]

四大廣律 [four comprehensive vinaya texts]

四大弟子 [four principal disciples]

四大律 [four great vinayas]

四大明王 [four luminous kings]

四大洲 [ four continents]

四大王 [four heavenly kings]

四大王衆天 [four heavenly kings]

四大種 [four elements]

四大聲聞 [four principal disciples]

四大菩薩 [four great bodhisattvas]

四大護 [four great guardians]

四大部洲 [four continents]

四大部經 [four great scriptures]

四天 [the heavens of the four directions]

四天上下 [upper and lower four heavens]

四天下 [four continents]

四天王 [four heavenly kings]

四天王天 [four heavens of the four kings]

四天王寺 [ Shitennōji]

四天王門 [gate of the four heavenly kings]

四夷 [four pārājikas]

四夷戒 [four pārājikas]

四如實智 [four cognitions of things as they really are]

四如實知 [four cognitions of things as they are]

四如實觀 [four contemplations on reality]

四如實遍智 [four insights into things as they are]

四如意足 [the four bases of supernatural power]

四姓 [four castes]

四威儀 [four postures]

四孟月 [four prime months]

四安樂 [four means of attaining peace]

四安樂行 [four means of attaining peace]

四宗 [four schools of thought]

四定 [four meditation heavens]

四定記 [four responses]

四家 [four doctrinal positions]

四家大乘 [four schools of Mahāyāna]

四尋思 [four kinds of [thorough] investigation]

四尋思觀 [four kinds of investigations]

四對治 [four categories of antidotes]

四山 [four mountains]

四川 [Sichuan]

四州 [four great continents]

四度加行 [four kinds of initiation in esoteric Buddhism]

四弘誓願 [four great vows of bodhisattvahood]

四律五論 [four vinaya and five treatises]

四微 [four minutest forms]

四德 [four virtues]

四德樂邦 [realm of the bliss of the four virtues]

四德波羅蜜 [realm of the bliss of the four virtues]

四徼道 [a street which spreads in four directions]

四心 [four thoughts]

四忉利交形 [intercourse in the Four and Tuṣita [Heavens]]

四忘 [four kinds of indifference]

四念 [four kinds of mindfulness]

四念住 [Four foundations of mindfulness]

四念住 [four bases of mindfulness]

四念珠 [our classes of prayer-beads]

四念處 [four bases of mindfulness]

四性行 [four kinds of conduct kin to the bodhisattva nature]

四怨 [four enemies]

四恒 [four Ganges]

四恩 [four kinds of compassion]

四悉檀 [four accomplishments]

四悔 [four kinds of remorse]

四患 [four afflictions]

四惑 [four [fundamental] afflictions ]

四惑相應 [bound with the four [fundamental] afflictions]

四惡 [four evil (destinies)]

四惡比丘 [four evil bhikṣus]

四惡趣 [four evil destinies]

四惡道 [four evil destinies]

四意斷 [four kinds of abandonment of thought]

四愛生 [four sources of attachment]

四愛起 [four causes of attachment]

四慕流 [four raging currents]

四慧 [four kinds of wisdom]

四戒 [four stages in moral development]

四所 [four locations]

四持 [four kinds of spells]

四捨 [four kinds of release]

四提舍尼 [four pratideśanīya ]

四提舍尼法 [four minor injunctions regarding meals]

四摩 [separate dwelling]

四摩室 [separate dwelling]

四攝 [four methods of winning people over]

四攝事 [four methods for bringing people into the fold]

四攝法 [four methods of winning (people) over]

四攝菩薩 [four gathering bodhisattvas]

四攝衆 [four ways of gathering in sentient beings]

四攝金剛 [four gathering vajras]

四教 [four teachings]

四教三密 [four teachings and three mysteries]

四教三觀 [four teachings and three contemplations]

四教五時 [four teachings and five periods]

四教儀 [Doctrine of the Four Teachings]

四教地 [four teaching stages]

四教義 [The Doctrine of the Four Teachings]

四料簡 [four kinds of outlook]

四方 [four directions]

四方四佛 [buddhas of the four directions]

四方大將 [generals of the four directions]

四方易處 [to be disoriented]

四施 [four benefactions]

四日 [four suns]

四明 [four emblems]

四明尊者教行錄 [Siming zunzhe jiaoxing lu]

四明山 [Siming shan]

四智 [four cognitions; four wisdoms]

四智印 [four wisdom signs]

四智讚 [praise of the four wisdoms]

四暴流 [four raging currents]

四月 [fourth month]

四月八日 [eighth day of the fourth month]

四月八日灌經 [Sūtra on the Consecration of the Eighth Day of the Fourth Month]

四有 [four states of life]

四有爲相 [four conditioned marks]

四本止觀 [four books on calming and observation]

四本相 [four fundamental marks]

四果 [four fruits]

四枯四榮 [four withered, four teemed]

四根本性罪 [four fundamental heavy crimes]

四根本極惡 [four pārājika]

四根本重罪 [four fundamental heavy crimes]

四梵 [Four Brahman Heavens ]

四梵住 [the four pure abodes]

四梵堂 [four pure abodes]

四梵志 [four Brahmacārins]

四棄 [four grave crimes]

四業 [four types of admixture of good and evil karma]

四極重感墮罪 [four grave crimes]

四欲 [four desires]

四正勤 [four correct endeavors]

四正懃 [four correct endeavors]

四正斷 [four right eliminations; four correct abandonings]

四比丘 [four bhikṣus]

四河 [four rivers]

四法 [four dharmas]

四法三願 [four practices and three vows]

四法不懷 [four imperishables]

四法印 [seals of the four principles]

四法成就 [four kinds of altar worship]

四法施 [gift of four truths]

四法本末 [alpha and omega in four laws]

四法界 [four realms of reality]

四波 [four perfect bodhisattvas]

四波羅夷 [four grave offenses]

四波羅夷法 [four grave offenses]

四波羅蜜菩薩 [four perfect bodhisattvas]

四洲 [four continents]

四流 [four (raging) currents]

四海 [four oceans]

四海論主 [Treatise Master of the Four Oceans]

四淨定 [four pure concentrations]

四漏 [four kinds of outflow]

四無常偈 [four stanzas on impermanence]

四無所畏 [four forms of fearlessness]

四無畏 [four forms of fearlessness]

四無礙 [four unhindered [abilities in understanding and elocution]]

四無礙智 [four kinds of unobstructed cognition]

四無礙解 [four unimpeded understandings]

四無礙辯 [four abilities of unhindered understanding and expression]

四無色 [four states (abodes, awarenesses, contemplations) of the formless realm]

四無色天 [four formless heavens]

四無色定 [four formless concentrations]

四無色蘊 [four skandhas outside of form; four formless aggregates]

四無色處 [four formless states]

四無覆無記 [four kinds of undefiled morally indeterminate states of mind]

四無記 [four kinds of undefiled moral indeterminacy]

四無量 [four immeasurable [minds]]

四無量心 [four immeasurable minds]

四煩惱 [four afflictions]

四爐 [four furnaces]

四物 [four instruments]

四王 [four kings]

四王天 [four heavenly kings kings]

四王忉利 [four kings and Indra's heaven]

四生 [four kinds of birth]

四生百劫 [four lives or a hundred eons]

四田 [four fields]

四界 [four realms]

四病 [four maladies]

四百 [four hundred]

四百四病 [four hundred and four illnesses-all illnesses]

四百戒 [four hundred rules]

四相 [four marks of existence]

四眞 [four truths]

四眞諦 [four noble truths]

四眞道 [the path of the four noble truths]

四眼 [four powers of vision]

四知 [knowledge of the four]

四神足 [four bases of supernatural power]

四禪 [four meditations]

四禪九天 [nine heavens of the fourth meditation heaven]

四禪八定 [four meditations and eight concentrations]

四禪天 [four meditation heavens]

四禪定 [four concentrations]

四種 [four kinds]

四種三昧 [four kinds of samādhi]

四種三昧耶 [four grave crimes]

四種住地 [four kinds of entrenchments]

四種信心 [four kinds of faith]

四種僧物 [four kinds of property of the saṅgha]

四種善修事業 [four kinds of skillful works [carried out by bodhisattvas]]

四種天 [four kinds of celestials]

四種寂靜 [four kinds of tranquilization]

四種尋思 [four kinds of investigation]

四種悉地 [four kinds of altar worship]

四種成就法 [four kinds of altar worship]

四種我見 [four kinds of self-view]

四種授記 [four kinds of prediction of Buddhahood]

四種攝事 [four methods for making amicable association]

四種方便 [four kinds of expedient means]

四種根本罪 [four grave crimes]

四種梵行 [four kinds of pure practices]

四種業 [four kinds of karmic activity]

四種檀法 [four kinds of altar worship]

四種正智 [four kinds of correct insight]

四種死生 [four kinds of rebirth]

四種求 [four kinds of investigation]

四種法 [four kinds of dharmas; four kinds of phenomena]

四種法受 [four kinds of reception (or experience) of phenomena]

四種法熏習 [four kinds of perfumation of dharmas]

四種法界 [four realms of reality]

四種涅槃 [four kinds of nirvāna]

四種淨智 [four kinds of pure cognition]

四種灌頂 [four consecrations]

四種無畏 [four kinds of fearlessness]

四種無記 [four kinds of indeterminate [perfumations]]

四種煩惱 [four kinds of afflictions related to the view of self]

四種相 [four kinds of aspects]

四種禪 [four kinds of meditation]

四種種子 [four kinds of seeds]

四種緣 [four kinds of causes]

四種縛 [four kinds of fetters]

四種總持 [four kinds of dhāraṇī]

四種行人 [four kinds of practitioners]

四種觀行 [four kinds of contemplation practice]

四種謗 [four kinds of errors]

四種識住 [four stages of consciousness]

四種資糧 [four kinds of necessities, or accumulations]

四種道 [four kinds of paths]

四種障 [four kinds of hindrances]

四種靜慮 [four kinds of meditation]

四種非顚倒 [four kinds of non-distorted teaching]

四種顚倒 [four kinds of errors]

四種食 [four kinds of food]

四種魔 [four kinds of māras]

四空 [four kinds of formlessness]

四空天 [four formless heavens]

四空定 [four formless concentrations]

四空處 [four locations in the formless realm]

四童子三昧經 [Sūtra of the Four Children Absorption]

四童子經 [Sitongzi jing]

四第一偈 [verse on the four bests]

四等 [four virtues]

四等心 [four immeasurable [minds]]

四答 [four answers]

四箇大乘 [four kinds of great vehicle]

四節 [four periods]

四紙經 [Four Sheet Sūtra]

四結 [four bonds]

四絶 [four [ways of] cutting off [thought]]

四維 [the four intermediate directions]

四緣 [four causes]

四縛 [four fetters; four bondages]

四義 [four meanings]

四翳 [four cataracts]

四聖 [four kinds of sages]

四聖種 [four seeds of holiness]

四聖行 [four holy actions ]

四聖諦 [four noble truths]

四聖諦智 [knowledge of the four noble truths]

四股 [four arms]

四自侵 [four kinds of self-inflicted harm]

四自在 [four kinds of unhinderedness [mastery, unimpededness, sovereignty]]

四良藥 [four good medicines]

四花 [four flowers]

四苑 [four gardens]

四苦 [four basic forms of suffering]

四苦八苦 [four and eight kinds of suffering]

四菩薩 [four bodhisattvas]

四菩薩行 [four bodhisattva practices]

四薰習 [four kinds of perfumation]

四處 [four great locations of Śākyamuni's religious career]

四處十六會 [four locations and six assemblies]

四蚖蛇 [four vipers]

四蛇 [four vipers]

四衆 [four types of monastic community, four assemblies]

四行 [four practices]

四行相 [four distinctive functions]

四衍 [four vehicles]

四術 [four arts]

四衢 [four crossings]

四衢道 [a street, which splits in four directions]

四要品 [four essential chapters]

四見 [four views]

四親近 [four intimates]

四覺 [four stages of enlightenment]

四觀 [four contemplations]

四記 [four responses]

四記問 [the Buddha`s four methods of dealing with questions]

四記答 [the Buddha`s four methods of dealing with questions]

四評家 [four critical commentators]

四論 [four treatises]

四諦 [four noble truths]

四諦法 [the law of the four truths]

四諦經 [Sūtra onn the Four Noble Truths]

四證淨 [four actualizations of purity]

四足 [four legs]

四身 [four bodies]

四車 [four carts]

四車家 [four vehicle adherents]

四軛 [four yokes]

四輩 [four groups of Buddhist disciples]

四輩弟子 [four groups of Buddhist disciples]

四輪 [four wheels]

四輪王 [four wheel-turning kings]

四辨 [four unobstructed knowledges]

四辯 [four abilities]

四迷 [four mistaken attachments]

四運 [four phases of a thought]

四運心 [four phases of a thought]

四道 [four paths]

四達 [four necessities]

四部 [four groups of Buddhist disciples]

四部之會 [four groups of Buddhist disciples]

四部之衆 [four groups of Buddhist disciples]

四部僧 [four kinds of disciples]

四部弟子 [four groups of Buddhist disciples]

四部律 [four sections of vinaya]

四部經 [four scriptures of Pure Land]

四部衆 [four groups of Buddhist disciples]

四部衆會 [four groups of Buddhist disciples]

四重 [four grave (crimes)]

四重八重 [four and eight grave prohibitions]

四重圓壇 [four encircling rings of stūpas]

四重戒 [four grave prohibitions]

四重曼荼羅 [four rings of mandala]

四重禁 [four grave prohibitions]

四重罪 [four grave crimes]

四鉢 [four bowls]

四鎭 [four guardians]

四鏡 [four mirror metaphors]

四門 [four gates; four aspect; four approaches]

四門出遊 [excursions out of the four gates ]

四門分別 [broken down into four aspects]

四門遊觀 [four excursions]

四阿含 [four āgamas]

四阿含經 [Four Āgama Sūtras]

四阿笈摩 [four āgamas]

四隅 [the four intermediate directions]

四隅四行薩埵 [four female attendants on Vairocana in the Vajradhātu]

四階 [four stages]

四階成佛 [four stages in the attainment of buddhahood]

四階成道 [four stages in the attainment of enlightenment]

四雙八輩 [four pairs and eight categories of śrāvaka practitioners]

四靜慮 [four meditations]

四靜慮地 [four stages of meditation]

四面毘盧遮那 [four faced Vairocana]

四韋 [four Vedas]

四韋陀 [four Vedas]

四須臾 [four grades of instantaneity]

四顚倒 [four distortions]

四風輪 [four rings of wind]

四食 [four kinds of food]

四食時 [four eating times]

四邪 [four mistaken attachments]

四馬 [four horses]

四魔 [four demons]

四齋日 [four days of abstinence]


Updated: 2007-01-18