What does 居士 in Chinese mean?

What is the meaning of the word 居士 in Chinese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use 居士 in Chinese.

The word 居士 in Chinese means householder. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word 居士

householder

noun (Buddhism) layperson)

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幼名叫与四郎(與四郎),法名則為宗易(そうえき)、居士齋號為抛筌齋(ほうせんさい)。
Therefore the name 'Zil Om'; and Naulak, who was the youngest.
此时,中国政府管辖的中国佛教协会,也开始反对法轮功,要求佛教居士不要修炼法轮功。
The state-administered Buddhist Association of China also began issuing criticisms of Falun Gong, urging lay Buddhists not to take up the practice.
不仅在义理学的意义上接过了清代居士佛学的主题, 更在清代朴学的传统上, 尝试重构一种与义理学配合的新的经学模式, 在唯识学的基盘上为重构儒学传统提供了一种极有意义的整合模式。
It took over the Lay Buddhist theme of the doctrine of meanings and principles of the Qing Dynasty and tried to construct a new pattern of learning for Confucian classics that matched up with the doctrine of meanings and principles, offering a model of integration for the reconstruction of the Confucian tradition.
我想这里面有很多都是学佛的,居士也很多,学其它的也有,但是我想从今以后我们应该把我们的明师当作我们真正的修行指点的老师,就不该再去做其它的。
But I think that, starting from today we should treat our enlightened master as the real Teacher who guides our cultivation, and we should not do other things.
在格鲁传承中,希望接受灌顶或随许的修持者需要提前接受并纯洁地持守一定层次的居士或别解脱(个体的解脱)戒。
In the Gelug tradition, practitioners who wish to receive an empowerment or subsequent permission need beforehand to take and keep purely some level of lay or monastic pratimoksha (individual liberation) vow.
晚上,我们坐在大厅的木头桌子边,和来自内地的一位女居士聊天。
From the little we know, we gather a picture of continuous and considerable growth up to the period dealt with in the Book of Rozhan.
一位富有的在家护法居士听到这个消息之後,便在森林中的一个小山上布施造一座雄伟的讲堂和寺院。
A wealthy lay supporter heard of this and offered to build a magnificent hall and temple on top of a small mountain in the forest.
当时,佛陀向他解释了获得居士之乐的四个先决条件。
The more you talk to Him, the closer you are to Him. Thursday's Devotional
你看,八关斋戒都得守这几条,你要是再摸钱,你不就是居士吗?
If you see something interesting, and you want to point it out to them, do you have to reintroduce yourself every time?
僧伽不是指佛法中心的成员,这是西方人对这个词语使用的发明。 僧宝指的是所有阿罗汉,他们是那些对空具有超越概念性的认知的人,已经开始获得一些真正的断灭和真正的思维路径,而不管他们是否是僧侣还是居士
The Sangha does not actually refer to members of a Dharma center, which is a Western invention of how to use that word. The Sangha Jewel refers to all the aryas, those who have non-conceptual cognition of voidness, and thus have attained some, but not necessarily all, true stoppings and true pathway minds.
居士:这个皈依的形式怎么进行啊?
Q1325: Whether charity is the form of the virtues?
阿姜 查会定期地延长晚间的开示,对集合的僧侣及居士们做些关於修行和精神生活的不同层面的开示。
Periodically, Achaan Chah gives an extended evening talk to the assembled monks and lay people on some aspect of practice and spiritual life.
因此,我想在西方,在当前的日子里,有一点不同的是,大多数人似乎更喜欢作为居士来修行,而不是作为僧尼。 这与传统的佛教大不相同。
In the West, most people seem to prefer to practice as laypeople, not as monks and nuns, which is a bit different from traditional Buddhism.
因为,许多人都居士,他们没有在他们身上的线索,他们的技术术语 虚拟主机的公司,导致他们混淆,然后选择Web托管公司和计划,不适合他们。
Since, many people are laypersons; they have no clue of technical jargons thrown at them by their Web Hosting Companies which lead them to be confused and select web hosting company & plans which are not suitable for them.
从这个故事来讲,我们可以学到:拥有财产也不是很坏的事情,我们看到故事中庞居士把全部的财产丢在海里面,我们认为:唉呀!
We can learn from this story that it is not a bad thing to own a fortune. In the story, seeing Pong was about to throw all his wealth into the sea, we may think, "Wow!
这里面宗教的居士还比较好办,和尚啊才是最可怜的,宗教中的这个形式把他们完全挡住了,他们接触不到法,也不敢接触。
Monks are in the most pitiable situation, as they are completely blocked by the forms of religion, such that they aren't able to encounter the Fa, nor do they dare to touch it.
北京的佛教居士有两位年已七旬的汉传佛教导师,他们信奉并传授藏传佛教传统。
The Beijing Buddhist Laymen's Society have two Han Chinese teachers in their seventies, who follow and teach primarily the Tibetan tradition.
它们的居士传统包括结婚的男女瑜伽师 ,他们投身于密集的密宗修行,以及普通的俗人,他们的佛法修行主要是唪诵密咒、在寺院和家里做供奉、围绕神圣的遗迹转行。
Their lay traditions include married yogis and yoginis engaged in intensive tantric meditation practice and ordinary laypeople whose Dharma practice entails mostly reciting mantras, making offerings at temples and at home, and circumambulating sacred monuments.
他们的父母亲随之成为居士并开始通过布施供养佛陀一行。
Their parents became lay disciples and began to support the group with alms.
前来供养食物和参与午斋的在家居士们,在僧侣们唱诵时,静静地在一旁坐著。
Lay devotees who have come to offer food and participate in the meal sit by silently as the monks chant.
居士:什么叫慈悲心?
What is this stories here for?
其他的护法居士也集会一起讨论,这座在几个省内最大的法堂设计蓝图於是诞生了。
Other lay supporters gathered together, and a design was drawn for the largest Dharma hall in several provinces.
一名居士、沙弥、或者一名受具足戒的僧人或尼姑,他们的正性和负性行为更强大。
On the basis of having the vows of a layperson, a novice, or a fully ordained monk or nun, their positive and negative actions become stronger.
我们读八十四位获得极高成就的古印度大成就者时,发现他们当中很多人就是居士
When we look at the biographies of the eighty-four highly accomplished mahasiddhas of ancient India, there are many among them who were householders.
漱石居士书翰 下(三通目) 明治38年(1905) 夏目漱石寄给不折的信,日期是明治38年(1905)10月29日。
"Souseki-Koji Shokan"(The third) Souseki's letter addressed to Fusetsu. A date is October, 29th in Meiji 38(1905).

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