心頭滅却すれば火もまた涼し

しんとうめっきゃくすればひもまたすずし

if you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool

滅却

めっきゃく

extinguishment, destruction, effacement

心頭

しんとう

heart, mind

心頭を滅却すれば火もまた涼し

しんとうをめっきゃくすればひもまたすずし

if you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool

陰陰滅滅

いんいんめつめつ

gloomy

生滅滅已

しょうめつめつい

going beyond life and death and entering nirvana

燼滅

じんめつ

completely destroying (esp. by fire), burning to ashes

滅度

めつど

extinguishing illusion and passing over to Nirvana

尽滅

じんめつ

annihilation

滅菌

めっきん

sterilization, sterilisation

滅亡

めつぼう

downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction

殄滅

てんめつ

complete and utter annihilation

敗滅

はいめつ

scattered or crushed in defeat

族滅

ぞくめつ

putting an entire family to death

絶滅

ぜつめつ

destruction, extinction

全滅

ぜんめつ

annihilation, total destruction, complete destruction, crushing defeat

滅私

めっし

selflessness, being unselfish

衰滅

すいめつ

decline, downfall, ruin(ation)

討滅

とうめつ

destroying, annihilating, eradicating