如来

如來
rúlái
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)

CEDICT

  1. (Buddhism) tathagata
  2. tathagata

Wiktionary

佛的另外一种称号。意谓像过去诸佛那样的来，那样的去。

重編國語辭典

佛的一种称呼

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 如 rú
  1. as
  2. as if
  3. such as
2 来 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)

Containing this entry

大日如来 Dàrìrúlái Vairocana, Buddha of supreme enlightenment
如来佛 Rúláifó Tathagata, one of the ten sacred names of Buddha
药师如来 Yàoshīrúlái Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
阿弥陀如来 Ēmítuórúlái Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light
大日如来 Dàrì Rúlái
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