Reflux - Gyakuru

Japanese: 逆流 - ぎゃくる

〘Noun〙 Buddhist term. ① To go against the flow of birth and death and the cycle of change and move towards enlightenment. ⇔ To follow the flow. [Mahasamasamadhi-Contemplation-IV, Part 1] ② (Translation of srotaāpanna) Sudha -kāra. The first rank of the Hinayana saints, or shravakas . In the new translation, it is called yorū , a rank that shares in the flow of saints. [Kitahon Nehan-gyō-36]

Reflux (countercurrent)

〘 noun 〙 Flowing in the opposite direction to the direction it should flow or the direction it had been flowing in up until that point. Also, that flow. [Unpo Shikiyo (1548)] *People Living in the Sea (1926) by Yoshiki Hayama, 47 "Hata felt all the blood in his body flow back to his head." [Kanshi - Seven Laws]

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Japanese:

〘名〙仏語。① 生死、流転の流れに逆らって、悟りに向かうこと。⇔順流。〔摩訶止観‐四・上〕② (srotaāpanna の訳語) 須陀洹(しゅだおん)。小乗の聖者声聞の最初の階位。新訳では聖者の流れにあずかった位として預流(よる)という。〔北本涅槃経‐三六〕