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1. Alim
2. Alimi
3. Four Noble Truths: Elimination of Desire or Attachment
4. Holliman
5. Infinity / Infinite / Unlimited / Unbounded
6. Lim
7. Lima
8. Liman
9. Liminal
11. Muslim
12. No Limits
13. The Sea of Knowledge Has No Limits
14. Salim
15. Salimata
16. Selima
17. No Limitations
Nirodha
滅諦 suggests that once you eliminate desire or attachment to worldly things, only then can you achieve enlightenment.
Realize that things are impermanent. That fancy car, beautiful spouse, big house, and impressive career are things you can't take with you. These things are a flash in the pan compared to the infinite span of history, generations to come, time, and space.
This term is exclusively used by devout Buddhists. It is not a common term, and is remains an unknown concept to most Japanese, Korean, and Chinese people.
See Also: Buddhism | Enlightenment
Japanese = Infinity / Chinese = No limits
無限 is the Chinese and Japanese word meaning infinity, unlimited or unbounded.
無限 literally translates as “without limits” or “without [being] bound.”
The first character means “never” or “not,” like the prefix “un-.”
The second means “limited,” “restricted,” or “bound.”
Please note that the Japanese definition leans more toward “infinity” and the Chinese is more about being “boundless” or “without limits.”
In Korean, this means infinity, infinitude, or boundlessness. But in Korean, this term has many interpretations or contexts, so your intended meaning might be vague or ambiguous.
林 is the Chinese character for the surname Lim.
The meaning is small forest.
林 is a surname in many dialects but with varying romanizations:
Lín (Mandarin)
Lam, Lum, Lem (Cantonese)
Hayashi (Japanese)
Lim (Thai)
Lâm (Vietnamese)
Ling (Eastern Min, Northern Min, Wu Chinese)
Lim, Liem (Min Nan or Hokkien, Teochew, Korean, Taiwanese Minnan, Indonesian)
This Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean word means measureless, uncountable, unlimited, or immeasurable.
學海無涯 is a Chinese proverb that reads, “sea of learning, no horizon.”
Colloquially, it means there are no limits to what one still has left to learn.
This would be the Chinese equivalent to the quote from Hippocrates, “ars longa, vita brevis,” meaning “it takes a long time to acquire and perfect one's expertise.”
See Also: Learning is Eternal
漫瀾 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for “Having no boundaries or limitations.”
This literally talks of the vastness of an ocean or river.
Character breakdown:
漫 = free; unrestrained; to inundate; overflowing; boundless.
澜 = swelling water; large wave.
無盡 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for endless; inexhaustible; without limits; infinite.
In the Buddhist context, this can refer to the infinitude of living beings, of worlds, of space, of the dharmadhātu, of nirvāṇa, etc.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Alim | 阿利姆 | ā lì mǔ / a1 li4 mu3 / a li mu / alimu | ||
Alim | アリム | arimu | ||
Alimi | 阿利米 | ā lì mǐ / a1 li4 mi3 / a li mi / alimi | ||
Alimi | アリミ | arimi | ||
Four Noble Truths: Elimination of Desire or Attachment | 滅諦 灭谛 | mettai | miè dì / mie4 di4 / mie di / miedi | mieh ti / miehti |
Holliman | 霍利曼 | huò lì màn huo4 li4 man4 huo li man huoliman | ||
Holliman | ホリマン | horiman | ||
Infinity Infinite Unlimited Unbounded | 無限 无限 | mu gen / mugen | wú xiàn / wu2 xian4 / wu xian / wuxian | wu hsien / wuhsien |
Lim | 林 | lín / lin2 / lin | ||
Lim | リム | rimu | ||
Lima | 利馬 利马 | toshima | lì mǎ / li4 ma3 / li ma / lima | |
Lima | リマ | rima | ||
Liman | 李曼 | lǐ màn / li3 man4 / li man / liman | ||
Liman | リマン | riman | ||
Liminal | リミナル | riminaru | ||
Immeasurable Unlimited | 無量 无量 | muryou / muryo | wú liàng / wu2 liang4 / wu liang / wuliang | |
Muslim | 穆斯林 | mù sī lín mu4 si1 lin2 mu si lin musilin | mu ssu lin mussulin |
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No Limits | 何でもあり | nan de mo a ri nandemoari | ||
The Sea of Knowledge Has No Limits | 學海無涯 学海无涯 | xué hǎi wú yá xue2 hai3 wu2 ya2 xue hai wu ya xuehaiwuya | hsüeh hai wu ya hsüehhaiwuya |
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Salim | 薩利姆 萨利姆 | sà lì mǔ sa4 li4 mu3 sa li mu salimu | ||
Salim | サリム | sarimu | ||
Salimata | 莎麗瑪塔 莎丽玛塔 | shā lì mǎ tǎ sha1 li4 ma3 ta3 sha li ma ta shalimata | sha li ma t`a shalimata sha li ma ta |
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Salimata | セーリマタ | seerimata / serimata | ||
Selima | 莎莉瑪 莎莉玛 | shā lì mǎ sha1 li4 ma3 sha li ma shalima | ||
Selima | セリマ | serima | ||
No Limitations | 漫瀾 漫澜 | man ran / manran | màn lán / man4 lan2 / man lan / manlan | |
Endless Without Limit | 無盡 无尽 | mu jin / mujin | wú jìn / wu2 jin4 / wu jin / wujin | wu chin / wuchin |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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