Romanized Japanese terms and names are arranged in alphabetical order and followed by Chinese characters or Japanese syllabary in parentheses. Following next are the corresponding dictionary entries. For example, the Japanese name Aiku-ō is followed by the Chinese characters for the name, and then by Ashoka, which is the corresponding entry. But in cases where there are no corresponding entries, the equivalents of the Japanese terms or names are given and the entries under which you can find their definitions are shown in parentheses. For example, the Japanese term bosatsu-jō is followed by its English equivalent bodhisattva vehicle and (See three vehicles). In this case, you would look for the entry three vehicles where you would find bodhisattva vehicle in the body of the definition.
Ababa-jigoku (阿婆婆地獄): Ababa hell (See eight cold hells)
abadana (阿波陀那): avadāna
abibatchi (阿毘跋致): avaivartika; stage of non-regression
Abi-daijō (阿鼻大城): great citadel of the Avīchi hell
abidatsuma (阿毘達磨): abhidharma
Abidatsuma-daibibasha-ron (阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論): Great Commentary on the Abhidharma, The
Abidatsuma-hotchi-ron (阿毘達磨発智論): Treatise on the Source of Wisdom, The
Abidatsuma-junshōri-ron (阿毘達磨順正理論): Treatise on Accordance with the Correct Doctrine, The
Abidatsuma-kusha-ron (阿毘達磨倶舎論): Dharma Analysis Treasury, The
Abidon-shin-ron (阿毘曇心論): Heart of the Abhidharma, The
Abi-jigoku (阿鼻地獄): Avīchi hell
Abutsu-bō (阿仏房)
adaimokutaka (阿提目多伽): atimuktaka
adana-shiki (阿陀那識): ādāna-consciousness
Agidatta (阿耆達多): Agnidatta
Agita (阿耆多): Agnidatta
Agita-shishakimbara (阿耆多翅舎欽婆羅): Ajita Kesakambala
Agitatsu (阿耆達): Agnidatta
Agon (阿含): Āgama
Agon-gyō (阿含経): Āgama sutras
Agon-ji (阿含時): Āgama period
Ahaha-jigoku (阿波波地獄): Hahava hell (See eight cold hells)
Ahandai-koku (阿槃提国): Avanti
ahinsā (アヒンサー): ahimsā
Ahiradai (阿比羅提): Abhirati
aibetsuri-ku (愛別離苦): suffering of having to part from those whom one loves (See eight sufferings)
Aiku-ō (阿育王): Ashoka
Aikuō-den (阿育王伝): The Story of King Ashoka (See Virtue Victorious)
Aitta (阿逸多): Ajita
Aizen-myō’ō (愛染明王): Craving-Filled
ajari (阿闍梨): āchārya
Ajase-ō (阿闍世王): Ajātashatru
Ājībika-ha (アージービカ派): Ājīvika school
Ajitabattei-ga (阿恃多伐底河): Ajitavatī
akada (阿伽陀): agada
Akada-sen (阿竭多仙): Agastya
Akanita-ten (阿迦尼吒天): Akanishtha Heaven
Akimoto Tarō Hyōe-no-jō (秋元太郎兵衛尉)
akki (悪鬼): demon
aku-chishiki (悪知識): evil friend
akudō (悪道): evil path
akugō (悪業): evil deed (See three evil paths)
akunin-jōbutsu (悪人成仏): attainment of Buddhahood by evil persons
akushu (悪趣): evil path
ama (尼・尼御前): lay nun
amara-shiki (阿摩羅識): amala-consciousness
Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大神): Sun Goddess
Ambara-nyo (菴婆羅女): Ambapālī
Ambuda-jigoku (頞部陀地獄): Arbuda hell (See eight cold hells)
Amida (阿弥陀)
Amida-kyō (阿弥陀経): Amida Sutra
Ammora-on (菴没羅園): Ambapālī Garden
Ammyō (安明): Calm and Bright
anagon (阿那含): non-returner
anagon-ka (阿那含果): stage of the non-returner (See four stages of Hinayana enlightenment)
Anan (阿難): Ānanda
Anaritsu (阿那律): Aniruddha
andae (安陀会): antarvāsa (See three robes)
Angen (安玄): An Hsüan (See Parthia)
ango (安居): three-month retreat
An-hōkin (安法欽): An Fa-ch’in
An’ne (安慧)
An’ne (安慧): Sthiramati
Annen (安然)
Anokuchi (阿耨池): Anavatapta Lake
Anokudatsu-ryūō (阿耨達竜王): Anavatapta
anokutara (阿耨多羅): anuttara
anokutara-sammyaku-sambodai (阿耨多羅三藐三菩提): anuttara-samyak-sambodhi
Anraku (安楽)
Anraku-gyō-hon (安楽行品): “Peaceful Practices” chapter
Anraku-sekai (安楽世界): Peace and Delight
Anraku-shū (安楽集): Collected Essays on the World of Peace and Delight, The
Anra-on (菴羅園): Ambapālī Garden
Anryūgyō-bosatsu (安立行菩薩): Firmly Established Practices
An-seikō (安世高): An Shih-kao
Ansoku-koku (安息国): Parthia
Anya-kyōjinnyo (阿若憍陳如): Ājnāta Kaundinya
An’yō-koku (安養国): Peace and Sustenance
arakan (阿羅漢): arhat
arakan-ka (阿羅漢果): stage of arhat (See four stages of Hinayana enlightenment)
arannya (阿蘭若): aranya
Arara-jigoku (阿羅羅地獄): Alalā hell (See eight cold hells)
Arara-karan (阿羅邏迦藍): Ālāra Kālāma
araya-shiki (阿頼耶識): ālaya-consciousness
arennya (阿練若): aranya
Arida (阿利吒)
ari-ju (阿梨樹): arjaka
Asetsuji (阿説示): Ashvajit
Asetta-jigoku (頞唽吒地獄): Atata hell (See eight cold hells)
ashama (阿娑摩): Unequalled One
ashamashama (阿娑摩娑摩): Equal with the Unequalled One (See Unequalled One)
Ashida (阿私陀): Asita (2)
Ashippa-koku (阿湿波国): Ashvaka (See sixteen great states)
Ashi-sennin (阿私仙人): Asita (1)
ashuka-ju (阿輸迦樹): ashoka tree
Ashuku-bukkoku-kyō (阿閦仏国経): Land of Akshobhya Buddha Sutra (See Akshobhya)
Ashuku-butsu (阿閦仏): Akshobhya
ashura (阿修羅): asura
asōgi (阿僧祇): asamkhya
Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺)
Atata-jigoku (阿吒吒地獄): Atata hell (See eight cold hells)
Atīsha (アティーシャ): Atīsha (See Tibetan Buddhism)
Atsuhara-no-hōnan (熱原の法難): Atsuhara Persecution
Atsuhara-no-sanresshi (熱原の三烈士): three martyrs of Atsuhara
Awa-no-kuni (安房国): Awa Province
Ayuja (阿踰闍): Ayodhyā
Bachiashura-ō (婆稚阿修羅王): Balin
Baddabara (跋陀婆羅): Bhadrapāla
Baggi (跋祇): Vriji
baitara (貝多羅): pattra
baiyō-kyō (貝葉経): palm-leaf scripture (See pattra)
Bakkō-kutsu (莫高窟): Mo-kao Caves
bakku-yoraku (抜苦与楽): removing suffering and giving joy
Bakushu-ga (縛趨河): Vakshu River (See four rivers)
banjaku-gō (磐石劫): rock kalpa
Banramitai (般刺蜜帝): Pan-la-mi-ti (See Shūramgama Sutra)
baramon (婆羅門): Brahman
Basa-koku (婆蹉国): Matsya (See sixteen great states)
Bashaha (婆沙波): Vāshpa (See five ascetics)
Bassa (跋蹉): Vatsa
Basubanzu-hosshi-den (婆藪槃豆法師伝): The Biography of the Dharma Teacher Vasubandhu (See Asanga)
Batsudai (跋提): Bhadrika
Batsudaimata (筏提摩多): Fa-t’i-mo-to (See Commentary on the Mahayana Treatise, The)
Batsudairika (跋提梨迦): Bhadrika
Batsunanda (跋難陀): See Universal Practice
Batsunanda-ryūō (跋難陀竜王): Upananda (See eight great dragon kings)
bekkyō (別教): specific teaching
bekkyō-ichijō (別教一乗): one vehicle of the distinct doctrine (See five teachings and ten doctrines)
Benchō (弁長)
Ben-kemmitsu-nikyō-ron (弁顕密二教論): Comparison of Exoteric and Esoteric Buddhism, A
Bennen (弁円)
bentai (弁体): “Clarification of the Essence” section (See five major principles)
Benzai-ten (弁才天): Eloquence
bessō-nenjo (別相念処): specific meditation (See four meditations)
betsu-fuzoku (別付嘱): specific transfer
bibasha (毘婆沙): vibhāshā
Bibashi-butsu (毘婆尸仏): Vipashyin (See seven Buddhas of the past)
bidara (毘陀羅): vetāda
Bidon-shū (毘曇宗): Abhidharma school
biku (比丘): bhikshu
bikuni (比丘尼): bhikshunī
Bikuramashirā-ji (ヴィクラマシラー寺): Vikramashilā Monastery
Bimbashara-ō (頻婆娑羅王): Bimbisāra
Bingara (賓伽羅): Pingala
binnin-keiju-no-tatoe (貧人繋珠の譬): parable of the jewel sewn in the poor man’s robe (See parable of the jewel in the robe)
Binzuru (賓頭盧): Pindolabhāradvāja
Bira-sonja (毘羅尊者): Kapimala
biriya (毘梨耶): vīrya
biriya-haramitsu (毘梨耶波羅密): pāramitā of assiduousness (See six pāramitās)
Birushana-butsu (毘盧遮那仏): Vairochana
Bishabu-butsu (毘舎浮仏): Vishvabhū (See seven Buddhas of the past)
bishaja (毘舎闍): pishācha
Bishamon-ten (毘沙門天): Vaishravana
Bishari (毘舎離): Vaishālī
Bishukatsuma-ten (毘首羯磨天): Vishvakarman
bodai (菩提): bodhi
Bodaidaruma (菩提達磨): Bodhidharma
bodai-ju (菩提樹): bodhi tree
Bodairushi (菩提流支): Bodhiruchi (1)
Bodairushi (菩提流志): Bodhiruchi (2)
bodai-shin (菩提心): aspiration for enlightenment
Bodaishin-ron (菩提心論): Treatise on the Mind Aspiring for Enlightenment, The
Bodai-shiryō-ron (菩提資糧論): Treatise on the Discipline for Attaining Enlightenment, The
bōhi-shiaku (防非止悪): preventing error and putting an end to evil
Bommō-kyō (梵網経): Brahmā Net Sutra
bompu (凡夫): ordinary person
bompu-i (凡夫位): stage of ordinary people (See four good roots)
bompu-soku-goku (凡夫即極): attaining Buddhahood as a common mortal (See attainment of Buddhahood)
bongyō (梵行): brahma practice
Bonho-ten (梵輔天): Heaven of Brahmā’s Aide (See Brahma Heaven)
bonnō (煩悩): earthly desires
bonnō-joku (煩悩濁): impurity of desire (See five impurities)
bonnō-ma (煩悩魔): devil of earthly desires; hindrance of earthly desires (See four devils; three obstacles and four devils)
bonnō-muhen-seigandan (煩悩無辺誓願断): vow to eradicate countless earthly desires (See four universal vows)
bonnonjō (梵音声): pure and far-reaching voice
bonnō-shō (煩悩障): obstacle of earthly desires (See three obstacles and four devils)
bonnō-soku-bodai (煩悩即菩提): earthly desires are enlightenment
bonshō-dōgo-do (凡聖同居土): Land of Sages and Common Mortals
Bonshu-ten (梵衆天): Heaven of Brahmā’s Retinue (See Brahma Heaven)
Bonsō-butsu (梵相仏): Brahmā Appearance (See sixteen princes)
Bonten (梵天): Brahmā
Bon-ten (梵天): Brahma Heaven
bosatsu (菩薩): bodhisattva
bosatsu-dō (菩薩道): bodhisattva way (See sowing, maturing, and harvesting)
bosatsu-gyō (菩薩行): bodhisattva practice (See Mahayana Buddhism)
Bosatsu-honjō-manron (菩薩本生鬘論): The Garland of Birth Stories (See Shibi)
bosatsu-jō (菩薩乗): bodhisattva vehicle (See three vehicles)
bosatsu-jōshō (菩薩定性): those predestined to be bodhisattvas (See five natures)
bosatsu-kai (菩薩戒): bodhisattva precepts (See Bodhisattva Practice Jeweled Necklace Sutra)
bosatsu-kai (菩薩界): world of bodhisattvas
Bosatsu-kai-kyō (菩薩戒経): Bodhisattva Precepts Sutra (See Brahmā Net Sutra)
bosatsu-makasatsu (菩薩摩訶薩): bodhisattva-mahāsattva
Bosatsu-yōraku-hongō-kyō (菩薩瓔珞本業経): Bodhisattva Practice Jeweled Necklace Sutra
bosatsu-yu (菩薩喩): simile of bodhisattvas (See ten similes)
Buddabaddara (仏陀跋陀羅): Buddhabhadra
Buddagaya (仏陀伽耶): Buddhagayā
Buddajū (仏陀什): Buddhajīva
Buddamitta (仏陀密多): Buddhamitra
Buddanandai (仏陀難提): Buddhananda
Buddasenta (仏陀扇多): Buddhashānta
Buddayasha (仏陀耶舎): Buddhayashas
bukkai (仏界): Buddhahood; world of Buddhahood
bukkai-shogu-no-kukai (仏界所具の九界): inclusion of the nine worlds in Buddhahood
bukkai-soku-kukai (仏界即九界): inclusion of the nine worlds in Buddhahood
bukkoku-do (仏国土): Buddha land
Bukkoku-ki (仏国記): Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms, The
bundan-shōji (分段生死): transmigration with differences and limitations
bunshin-soku (分真即): stage of progressive awakening
buppōsō (仏法僧): the Buddha, the Law, and the Buddhist Order (See three treasures)
busshari (仏舎利): Buddha’s relics
busshi (仏子): children of the Buddha
busshō (仏性): Buddha nature
Busshogyō-san (仏所行讃): Praising the Buddha’s Deeds
Busshō-ron (仏性論): Treatise on the Buddha Nature, The
busshu (仏種): seed of Buddhahood
bussoku-seki (仏足石): stone footprints of the Buddha
Busso-tōki (仏祖統紀): Record of the Lineage of the Buddha and the Patriarchs, The
butchi (仏智): Buddha wisdom
butsu (仏): Buddha
butsudō-mujō-seiganjō (仏道無上誓願成): vow to attain supreme enlightenment (See four universal vows)
butsu-gen (仏眼): Buddha eye
Butsugen (仏眼): Buddha Eye
Butsugen-butsumo (仏眼仏母): Buddha Eye Buddha Mother (See Buddha Eye)
Butsugen-hō (仏眼法): ceremony of Buddha Eye (See Buddha Eye)
Butsugen-son (仏眼尊): Honored One Buddha Eye (See Buddha Eye)
Butsugo (仏護): Buddhapālita
Butsugū-ji (仏宮寺): Fo-kung-ssu temple (See pagoda)
Butsu-hongyō-jikkyō (仏本行集経): Sutra of the Collected Stories of the Buddha’s Deeds in Past Lives
butsujō (仏乗): Buddha vehicle
Butsumo (仏母): Buddha Mother
butsumyō-e (仏名会): ceremony of reciting the Buddhas’ names
Butsumyō-kyō (仏名経): Buddhas’ Names Sutra
butsu-riki (仏力): power of the Buddha (See four powers [1] )
Butsurō-ji (仏隴寺): Fo-lung-ssu
Butsuryū-shū (仏立宗): Buddha-Founded school (See Nichiren school)
butsu-yu (仏喩): simile of the Buddha (See ten similes)
Butsu-yuikyō-gyō (仏遺教経): Buddha’s Legacy Teachings Sutra
Butsuzō-kyō (仏蔵経): Buddha Treasury Sutra
Buttochō (仏図澄): Fo-t’u-teng
Button (仏音): Buddhaghosa
buttō-sūhai (仏塔崇拝): stupa worship (See stupa)
Byakubonnō (白飯王): Shuklodana
byakue (白衣): white-robed laymen
byakugō-sō (白毫相): tuft of white hair
byakuhō (白法): pure Law
byakuhō-ommotsu (白法隠没): The pure Law will become obscured and lost. (See five five-hundred-year periods)
byakurenge (白蓮華): white lotus flower (See renge)
Byakuren-sha (白蓮社): Pai-lien-she
byakushibutsu (辟支仏): pratyekabuddha
byōdō-daie (平等大慧): great wisdom of equality
Byōdō-ō (平等王): King Impartial Judge (See ten kings)
byōdō-shō-chi (平等性智): non-discriminating wisdom (See five kinds of wisdom)
Charaka (チャラカ): Charaka (See Kanishka)
chi (癡): foolishness; moha
Chibetto-bukkyō (チベット仏教): Tibetan Buddhism
Chido (智度): Chih-tu
chie-daiichi (智慧第一): foremost in wisdom (See Shāriputra)
chie-haramitsu (智慧波羅蜜): pāramitā of the obtaining of wisdom (See six pāramitās)
Chien (智円): Chih-yüan (See Outside-the-Mountain School)
Chigi (智顗): Chih-i
Chigon (智厳): Chih-yen (1)
Chigon (智儼): Chih-yen (2)
chi-haramitsu (智波羅蜜): pāramitā of knowledge (See ten pāramitās)
Chihō (智鳳)
Chii (智威): Chih-wei
Chijaku (智寂): Chih-chi (See One Hundred Records of the Great Teacher T’ien-t’ai, The)
chiken-in (智拳印): wisdom mudra
Chikō (智光): Jnānaprabha
Chikugo-bō (筑後房): See Nichirō
Chikujō-gedō (竹杖外道): Bamboo Staff school
Chikurin-shōja (竹林精舎): Bamboo Grove Monastery
chikushō-kai (畜生界): world of animals
chimpō-se (珍宝施): offerings of rare treasures (See three kinds of offerings)
chi-myō (智妙): mystic principle of wisdom (See ten mystic principles)
Chinshin (陳鍼): Ch’en Chen
Chirei (知礼): Chih-li
Chisha (智者): Chih-che
Chisha-daishi (智者大師): Great Teacher Chih-che (See T’ien-t’ai)
Chishaku (智積): Wisdom Accumulated
chishiki (知識): mitra
Chishō (智証)
Chishō (智昇): Chih-sheng (See K’ai-yüan Era Catalog of the Buddhist Canon, The)
Chishū (智周): Chih-chou
Chisoku-ten (知足天): Heaven of Satisfaction (See Tushita Heaven)
chisui (智水): water of wisdom
Chitatsu (智達)
Chitsū (智通)
Chizō (智蔵)
Chizō (智蔵): Chih-tsang
Chō-bu (長部): Dīgha-nikāya
Chōgen (重源)
chō-hō (頂法): peak stage
chōja-gūji-no-tatoe (長者窮子の譬): parable of the wealthy man and his poor son
chōju-ten (長寿天): heaven of long life (See eight difficulties)
Chōka (張果): Chang-kuo (See Ch’en Chen)
Chōkan (澄観): Ch’eng-kuan
Chōken (張騫): Chang Ch’ien (See Yüeh-chih)
Chō-kishin (趙帰真): Chao Kuei-chen (See Hui-ch’ang Persecution)
Chōnen (奝然)
Chōsai (長西)
Chōshō-ō (頂生王): Born from the Crown of the Head
chū (中): madhya (2)
Chū-agon-gyō (中阿含経): Medium-Length Āgama Sutra
Chū-bu (中部): Majjhima-nikāya
chūdai-hachiyō-in (中台八葉院): central court of the eight-petaled lotus (See Womb Realm mandala)
chūdō (中道): Middle Way
Chūgan-ha (中観派): Mādhyamika school
Chūgan-ron-sho (中観論疏): Annotations on “The Treatise on the Middle Way,” The
Chūgan-shin-ron (中観心論): The Heart of the Middle Way (See Bhāvaviveka)
Chūgoku-jūsan-shū (中国十三宗): thirteen schools of China
Chūju (中頌): Verses on the Middle Way
chū-kō (中劫): medium kalpa
chū-kon (中根): intermediate capacity (See three groups of voice-hearers)
Chū-ron (中論): Treatise on the Middle Way, The
Chūron-ju (中論頌): Verses on the Middle Way
chūsen-sekai (中千世界): intermediate world system (See major world system)
chū-tai (中諦): truth of the Middle Way (See three truths)
Chūzan (仲算)
Daian-ji (大安寺)
Daiba (提婆): Āryadeva
Daiba-bosatsu-den (提婆菩薩伝): The Biography of Bodhisattva Āryadeva (See Āryadeva)
Daibadatta (提婆達多): Devadatta
Daibadatta-hon (提婆達多品): “Devadatta” chapter
Daibibasha-ron (大毘婆沙論): Great Commentary on the Abhidharma, The
Dai-bō (大坊): Grand Lodging (See Nikkō)
Daibodai-ji (大菩提寺): Mahābodhi temple (See Buddhagayā)
Daibon-hannya-kyō (大品般若経): Larger Wisdom Sutra
Daibonnō-yu (大梵王喩): simile of the great heavenly king Brahmā (See ten similes)
Daibon-ten (大梵天): Heaven of Great Brahmā
Daibon-ten (大梵天): Mahābrahmā
Daibontennō-mombutsu-ketsugi-kyō (大梵天王問仏決疑経): Sutra of the Buddha Answering the Great Heavenly King Brahmā’s Questions
Daibutchō-shuryōgon-kyō (大仏頂首楞厳経): Great Crown of the Buddha’s Head Shūramgama Meditation Sutra (See Shūramgama Sutra [2] )
daibyaku-gosha (大白牛車): great white ox cart
daibyakuhō (大白法): great pure Law
Daichido-ron (大智度論): Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom, The
daichi-mijin (大地微塵): dust particles of the land
daie (大衣): great robe (See three robes)
daienkyō-chi (大円鏡智): great round mirror wisdom (See five kinds of wisdom)
dai-fukuden (大福田): great field of good fortune (See field of good fortune)
Daigaku Saburō (大学三郎)
Dai-gesshi (大月氏): Great Yüeh-chih
daigo-mi (醍醐味): ghee
Daiguren-jigoku (大紅蓮地獄): hell of the great crimson lotus (See hell of the crimson lotus )
Daigyōsetsu-bosatsu (大楽説菩薩): Great Joy of Preaching (See “Emergence of the Treasure Tower” chapter)
Daihannya-haramitta-kyō (大般若波羅蜜多経): Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (3)
Daihannya-kyō (大般若経): Great Wisdom Sutra
Daihatsu-naion-gyō (大般泥洹経): Mahāparinirvāna Sutra (2)
Daihatsu-nehan-gyō (大般涅槃経): Mahāparinirvāna Sutra (1) (3)
Daihatsu-nehangyō-gobun (大般涅槃経後分): Epilogue to the Mahāparinirvāna Sutra, The (See Nirvana Sutra)
Daihi-kyō (大悲経): Great Compassion Sutra
Daihō-bō (大宝坊): Great Treasure Chamber
Daihōkō-butsu-kegon-gyō (大方広仏華厳経): Great and Vast Buddha Flower Garland Sutra (See Flower Garland Sutra)
Daihōshaku-kyō (大宝積経): Accumulated Great Treasures Sutra
daiichigi-shitsudan (第一義悉檀): to reveal the ultimate truth directly (See four ways of preaching)
Daiitoku-myō’ō (大威徳明王): Great Awesome Virtue
Daiji (大事): Mahāvastu
Daiji-ha (大寺脈): Mahāvihāra school (See Southern Buddhism)
daijikidō (大直道): great direct way (See countless kalpas of practice)
Daijikkyō (大集経): Great Collection Sutra
Daijion-ji (大慈恩寺): Ta-tz’u-en-ssu
Daijionji-sanzō-hosshi-den (大慈恩寺三蔵法師伝): Biography of the Tripitaka Master of Ta-tz’u-en-ssu Temple, The
Daijizai-ten (大自在天): God of Great Freedom (See Maheshvara)
daijō (大乗): great vehicle
daijō-bosatsu-kai (大乗菩薩戒): Mahayana bodhisattva precepts; precepts for Mahayana bodhisattvas (See Brahmā Net Sutra)
Daijō-bukkyō (大乗仏教): Mahayana Buddhism
daijō-endon-kai (大乗円頓戒): Mahayana precepts of perfect and immediate enlightenment (See Clarification of the Precepts, A)
daijō-hōdō-kyō (大乗方等経): correct and equal sutras of the great vehicle (See correct and equal sutras)
Daijō-hō’on-girin-jō (大乗法苑義林章): Forest of Meanings in the Mahayana Garden of the Law, The
daijō-kai (大乗戒): Mahayana precepts (See Brahmā Net Sutra)
daijō-kaidan (大乗戒壇): Mahayana ordination platform
Daijō-kishin-ron (大乗起信論): Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, The
Daijō-shikan-hōmon (大乗止観法門): Mahayana Method of Concentration and Insight, The
daijō-shikyō (大乗始教): elementary Mahayana teaching (See five teachings and ten doctrines)
Daijō-shiron-gengi (大乗四論玄義): Profound Meaning of the Four Mahayana Treatises, The
Daijō-shōgonkyō-ron (大乗荘厳経論): Ornament of Mahayana Sutras, The
daijō-shūkyō (大乗終教): final Mahayana teaching (See five teachings and ten doctrines)
dai-jūhachi-gan (第十八願): eighteenth vow
Daikaku-seson (大覚世尊): World-Honored One of Great Enlightenment
dai-kō (大劫): major kalpa
Daikoku (大黒)
Daikōzen-ji (大興善寺): Ta-hsing-shan-ssu
Daikyōkan-jigoku (大叫喚地獄): hell of great wailing (See eight hot hells)
Daiman-baramon (大慢婆羅門): Great Arrogant Brahman
Daimokkenren (大目犍連): Mahāmaudgalyāyana
daimoku (題目)
Daimoku-nyorai (大目如来): Large Eyes (See Akshobhya)
Dainembutsu-ji (大念仏寺): See Interfusing Nembutsu school
Dainichi-kyō (大日経): Mahāvairochana Sutra
Dainichikyō-gishaku (大日経義釈): Commentary on the Meaning of the Mahāvairochana Sutra, The
Dainichikyō-sho (大日経疏): Annotations on the Mahāvairochana Sutra, The
Dainichi Nōnin (大日能忍)
Dainichi-nyorai (大日如来): Mahāvairochana
dai-no-sansai (大の三災): three greater calamities (See three calamities)
Dai-ōtōshi (大王統史): Mahāvamsa
Dairin-shōja (大林精舎): Great Forest Monastery
dairoku-ten (第六天): sixth heaven
dairokuten-no-maō (第六天の魔王): devil king of the sixth heaven
daisan-no-hōmon (第三の法門): third doctrine
dai-sensekai (大千世界): major world system
Daise-taishi (大施太子): Great Donor (See Earnest Donor)
daishi (大師): great teacher
daishi (大士): mahāsattva
Daishi (大史): Mahāvamsa
Daishin-ajari (大進阿闍梨): Daishin
Daishin-bō (大進房)
Daishōgon-bosatsu (大荘厳菩薩): Great Adornment (2)
Daishōgon-butsu (大荘厳仏): Great Adornment (1)
Daishōgon-rongyō (大荘厳論経): Great Ornament of Tales, The
Daishōnetsu-jigoku (大焦熱地獄): hell of great burning heat (See eight hot hells)
Daishonin (大聖人)
Daishu-bu (大衆部): Mahāsamghika school
daisōjō (大僧正): general administrator of priests (See Fa-yün)
Daiso-kaigo (大蘇開悟): enlightenment on Mount Ta-su (See T’ien-t’ai)
Daiso-zan (大蘇山): Mount Ta-su (See Nan-yüeh)
daisōzu (大僧都): general supervisor of priests (See Dōshō)
Daitaka (提多迦): Dhritaka
Daiten (大天): Mahādeva
Daiten-no-goji (大天の五事): five teachings of Mahādeva
Daitō-daijionji-sanzō-hosshi-den (大唐大慈恩寺三蔵法師伝): The Biography of the Tripitaka Master of Ta-tz’u-en-ssu Temple of the Great T’ang Dynasty (See Biography of the Tripitaka Master of Ta-tz’u-en-ssu Temple, The)
Daitō-naiten-roku (大唐内典録): Great T’ang Dynasty Catalog of Buddhist Scriptures, The
Daitō-saiiki-guhō-kōsō-den (大唐西域求法高僧伝): Biographies of Eminent Priests of the Great T’ang Dynasty Who Sought the Law in the Western Regions, The
Daitō-saiiki-ki (大唐西域記): Record of the Western Regions of the Great T’ang Dynasty, The
Daitsūchishō-butsu (大通智勝仏): Great Universal Wisdom Excellence
Daitsū-fukkō (大通覆講): restatement of Great Universal Wisdom Excellence Buddha’s teaching
Daitsū-kechien-no-daisanrui (大通結縁の第三類): third group of the listeners of Great Universal Wisdom Excellence Buddha’s teaching
Daizoku-ō (大族王): Mihirakula
Dammira-ō (檀弥羅王): Dammira
Dammiri-ō (檀弥利王): Dammiri
Dandoku-sen (檀特山): Dandaka, Mount
dan-haramitsu (檀波羅密): pāramitā of almsgiving (See six pāramitās)
danka (檀家): donating family (See dāna-pati)
Dan-kyō (壇経): Platform Sutra, The
danna (檀那): dāna-pati
Danna (檀那)
Danna-ryū (檀那流): Danna school
dan’otsu (檀越): dāna-pati
Dan-senchaku (弾選択): Refutation of “The Nembutsu Chosen above All,” A
Darai Rama (ダライ・ラマ): Dalai Lama (See Tibetan Buddhism)
darani (陀羅尼): dhāranī
Darani-hon (陀羅尼品): “Dhāranī” chapter
Daruma (達磨): Bodhidharma
Darumagyūta (達摩笈多): Dharmagupta (1)
Darumakikuta (達摩掬多): Dharmagupta (2)
Darumarājika-tō (ダルマラージカ塔): Dharmarājika stupa (See Takshashilā)
datchaku-buppō (脱益仏法): Buddhism of the harvest
datsueba (奪衣婆): garment-snatching demoness
datsumyō-sha (奪命者): robber of life (See devil)
dembō-kanjō (伝法灌頂): anointment ceremony to invest a person with the rank of āchārya (See ceremony of anointment)
Dengyō (伝教)
Dentō-roku (伝灯録): Transmission of the Lamp, The
dō (道): path; way
Dōan (道安): Tao-an
Dōgen (道元)
Dōgen (道原): Tao-yüan (See Transmission of the Lamp, The)
dōgo-do (同居土): land of co-dwelling (See Land of Sages and Common Mortals)
dōgo-edo (同居穢土): impure land of co-dwelling (See Land of Sages and Common Mortals)
dōgo-jōdo (同居浄土): pure land of co-dwelling (See Land of Sages and Common Mortals)
Do-issai-seken-kunō-butsu (度一切世間苦悩仏): Saving All from Worldly Suffering (See sixteen princes)
Dōji (道慈)
dōjō (道場): place of practice
dokkaku (独覚): self-awakened one
dokko-sho (独鈷杆): single-armed diamond-pounder (See diamond-pounder)
dokku-no-en (毒鼓の縁): poison-drum relationship
dokuichi-hommon (独一本門): unique essential teaching (See essential teaching)
dokuju-hon (読誦品): stage of reading and reciting the Lotus Sutra (See five stages of practice)
dokuju-tamon-kengo (読誦多聞堅固): age of reading, reciting, and listening (See five five-hundred-year periods)
Dōkyō (道鏡)
dōkyō-ichijō (同教一乗): one vehicle of the identical doctrine (See five teachings and ten doctrines)
Dommakara (曇摩迦羅): Dharmakāla
Dommamitta (曇摩蜜多): Dharmamitra
Dommanandai (曇摩難提): Dharmanandi (See Chu Fo-nien)
Dommarushi (曇摩流支): Dharmaruchi
Dommayasha (曇摩耶舎): Dharmayashas
Dommukatsu-bosatsu (曇無竭菩薩): Dharmodgata
Dommumitta (曇無蜜多): Dharmamitra
Dommushin (曇無讖): Dharmaraksha (2)
Dommutoku-bu (曇無徳部): Dharmagupta school
dōmon-zōjōman (道門増上慢): arrogance and presumption of members of the Buddhist clergy (See three powerful enemies)
Dōmyō-ten (同名天): Same Name (See Same Birth and Same Name)
Dongaku (曇学): T’an-hsüeh (See Sutra on the Wise and the Foolish)
Donkakara (曇柯迦羅): Dharmakāla
Donran (曇鸞): T’an-luan
Donrin (曇林): T’an-lin (See Treatise on the Lotus Sutra, The)
Don’yō (曇曜): T’an-yao
dōrin-ō (銅輪王): copper-wheel-turning king (See four wheel-turning kings)
Dōryū (道隆)
Dōsen (道蠲)
Dōsen (道暹): Tao-hsien
Dōsen (道宣): Tao-hsüan (1)
Dōshaku (道綽): Tao-ch’o
dōshin (道心): aspiration for the way (See aspiration for enlightenment)
Dōshin (道信): Tao-hsin
Dōshō (道昭)
Dōshō (道生): Tao-sheng
Dōshō Dōmyō (同生同名): Same Birth and Same Name
Dōshō-ten (同生天): Same Birth (See Same Birth and Same Name)
dōshu-chi (道種智): wisdom to understand the various paths to enlightenment (See three kinds of wisdom)
Dōsui (道邃): Tao-sui
dō-tai (道諦): truth of the path to the cessation of suffering (See four noble truths)
dōtai-ishin (同体異心): one in body but different in mind (See many in body, one in mind)
Dōzen-bō (道善房)
Dōzui (道邃): Tao-sui
Eben (恵便)
Ebisu (恵比須): See seven beneficent deities
Echi (依智)
edo (穢土): impure land
e-gen (慧眼): wisdom eye (See five types of vision)
Egi-hammon-shō (依義判文抄): “The Interpreting the Text Based upon Its Essential Meaning” (See Six-Volume Writings, The)
Egon (慧厳): Hui-yen
ehō-fuenin (依法不依人): to rely on the Law and not upon persons (See four standards)
Ehyō-tendai-shū (依憑天台集): Clarification of the Schools Based on T’ien-t’ai’s Doctrine, A
Ei-gensū (衛元嵩): Wei Yüan-sung
Eihei-ji (永平寺): See Sōtō school
Eikan (永観)
Eisai (栄西)
E-issai-seken-fui-butsu (壊一切世間怖畏仏): Destroying All Worldly Fears (See sixteen princes)
Eizon (叡尊)
Eji (慧次): Hui-tz’u
Ejō (懐譲): Huai-jang (See Zen school)
Eka (慧可): Hui-k’o
Ekaku (慧覚): Hui-chüeh (See Sutra on the Wise and the Foolish)
Ekan (慧灌)
Ekan (懐感): Huai-kan
Ekan (慧観): Hui-kuan
Ekin (慧均): Hui-chün (See Profound Meaning of the Four Mahayana Treatises, The)
ekō (廻向): transference of benefit
e-kō (壊劫): kalpa of decline
Ekō (慧皎): Hui-chiao (See Liang Dynasty Biographies of Eminent Priests, The)
Ekō (慧光): Hui-kuang
ekō-hotsugan-shin (廻向発願心): mind of resolve to be reborn in the Pure Land (See three kinds of mind)
Ema Mitsutoki (江間光時)
Embudai (閻浮提): Jambudvīpa
embudan-gon (閻浮檀金): Jambūnada gold
embu-ju (閻浮樹): jambu tree
Embunadai-konkō-nyorai (閻浮那提金光如来): Jāmbūnada Gold Light
Emma (閻魔): Yama
Emon (慧文): Hui-wen
Enan (慧南): Hui-nan (See Lin-chi school)
Enchin (円珍)
Enchō (円澄)
endon-kai (円頓戒): precepts of perfect and immediate enlightenment
Endō Saemon-no-jō (遠藤左衛門尉)
engaku (縁覚): cause-awakened one
engaku (円覚): perfect enlightenment
Engaku-ji (円覚寺)
engaku-jō (縁覚乗): cause-awakened one vehicle (See three vehicles)
engaku-jōshō (縁覚定性): those predestined to be cause-awakened ones (See five natures)
engaku-kai (縁覚界): world of cause-awakened ones
Engaku-kyō (円覚経): Perfect Enlightenment Sutra
engi (縁起): dependent origination
en-gyō (円教): perfect teaching
enichi (慧日): sun of wisdom
en-kai (円戒): perfect precepts
Enni (円爾)
Ennin (円仁)
En no Ozunu (役小角)
En no Ubasoku (役の優婆塞): See En no Ozunu
Enō (慧能): Hui-neng
Enryaku-ji (延暦寺)
Ensai (円載)
Enshō (円照): Yüan-chao (See Chen-yüan Era Catalog of the Buddhist Canon, The)
en’yū-no-santai (円融の三諦): unification of the three truths
Eon (慧遠): Hui-yüan (1) (2)
Eon (慧苑): Hui-yüan (3)
eriju-no-tatoe (衣裏珠の譬): parable of the jewel in the robe
Erin (慧琳): Hui-lin (See Pronunciation and Meaning in the Buddhist Scriptures [2] )
Eryō (慧亮)
Eryū (慧立): Hui-li (See Biography of the Tripitaka Master of Ta-tz’u-en-ssu Temple, The)
Eshi (慧思): Hui-ssu
Eshin (恵心)
Eshin-ryū (恵心流): Eshin school
eshō-funi (依正不二): oneness of life and its environment
Eun (懐惲): Huai-yün (See Treatise Resolving Numerous Doubts about the Pure Land Teachings, The)
e-za-shitsu (衣座室): robe, seat, and room
fuchūtō-kai (不偸盗戒): not to steal (See five precepts)
Fu-daishi (傅大士): Fu Ta-shih
Fudaraku-sen (補陀落山): Potalaka, Mount
Fudō-butsu (不動仏): Immovable (2)
Fudōchi-butsu (不動智仏): Immovable Wisdom
Fudō-myō’ō (不動明王): Immovable (1)
fugen (不還): non-returner
Fugen-bon (普賢品): “Universal Worthy” chapter
Fugen-bosatsu (普賢菩薩): Universal Worthy
Fugen-bosatsu-hon (普賢菩薩品): “Bodhisattva Universal Worthy” chapter
Fugen-bosatsu-kambotsu-hon (普賢菩薩勧発品): “Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy” chapter
Fugen-kyō (普賢経): Universal Worthy Sutra
fuhen-shinnyo-no-ri (不変真如の理): eternal and unchanging truth (See Nam-myoho-renge-kyo)
Fuhōzō-innen-den (付法蔵因縁伝): History of the Buddha’s Successors, A
Fuhōzō-kyō (付法蔵経): Buddha’s Successors Sutra
fuhōzō-no-nijūsan-nin (付法蔵の二十三人): twenty-three successors
fuhōzō-no-nijūyo-nin (付法蔵の二十四人): twenty-four successors
fujain-kai (不邪婬戒): not to engage in sexual misconduct (See five precepts)
Fuji-biku (普事比丘): Universal Practice
Fuji-isseki-monto-zonchi-no-koto (富士一跡門徒存知の事): Guidelines for Believers of the Fuji School, The
Fuji-monryū (富士門流): Fuji school
Fuji-shūgaku-yōshū (富士宗学要集): Essential Works of the Fuji School, The
Fuji-shūgaku-zenshū (富士宗学全集): Complete Works of the Fuji School, The
fujō-gō (不定業): unfixed karma
fujō-kan (不浄観): meditation on the vileness of the body
fujō-kyō (不定教): indeterminate teaching (See four teachings of method)
fujō-seppō (不浄説法): to preach from an impure motive (See Buddha Treasury Sutra)
fujō-shō (不定性): indeterminate group (See five natures)
fuju-fuse (不受不施): non-acceptance of alms and non-giving of alms (See Nichikō)
Fuju Fuse-ha (不受不施派): No Alms Accepting or Giving school
Fuju Fuse Kōmon-ha (不受不施講門派): No Alms Accepting or Giving Nichikō school
fukashigi-kyō (不可思議境): region of the unfathomable (See observation of the mind)
Fuken (符堅): Fu Chien (See Kumarajīva)
Fukō (普光): P’u-kuang
Fukū (不空): Pu-k’ung
fukuden (福田): field of good fortune
Fukūjōju-nyorai (不空成就如来): Infallible Realization (See five Buddhas)
Fukurokuju (福禄寿): See seven beneficent deities
Fukushō-ten (福生天): Merit Increasing Heaven (See eighteen heavens)
fukutoku (福徳): punya
Fukyō-bon (不軽品): “Never Disparaging” chapter
Fukyō-bosatsu (不軽菩薩): Never Disparaging
Fumbetsu-kudoku-hon (分別功徳品): “Distinctions in Benefits” chapter
fumen-zetsu (覆面舌): face-covering tongue
fumōgo-kai (不妄語戒): not to lie (See five precepts)
Fumon-bon (普門品): “Universal Gateway” chapter
Fumyō-nyorai (普明如来): Universal Brightness (2)
Fumyō-ō (普明王): Universal Brightness (1)
Funamori Yasaburō (船守弥三郎)
Funasha (富那奢): Punyayashas
Fundari-jigoku (芬陀利地獄): Pundarīka hell (See eight cold hells)
funjin (分身): emanations of the Buddha
funzōe (糞掃衣): clothes of patched rags
fuonju-kai (不飲酒戒): not to consume intoxicants (See five precepts)
Furanna-kashō (富蘭那迦葉): Pūrana Kassapa
fūrin (風輪): windy circle
Furuna (富楼那): Pūrna
furyū-monji (不立文字): independent of words or writing
fusatsu (布薩): uposhadha
fuse (布施): almsgiving
fuse-haramitsu (布施波羅蜜): pāramitā of almsgiving (See six pāramitās)
fusesshō-kai (不殺生戒): not to kill (See five precepts)
fushō (不生): person of no rebirth (See arhat)
fushō-fumetsu (不生不滅): non-birth and non-extinction (See realization of the non-birth and non-extinction of all phenomena)
Fusō-ryakki (扶桑略記): Brief History of Japan, A
fusshaku-kō (払石劫): rock-rubbing kalpa (See rock kapla)
futai-i (不退位): stage of non-regression
futanna (富単那): pūtana
Futsunyatara (弗若多羅): Punyatāra
Fuyō-kyō (普曜経): Multitudinous Graceful Actions Sutra
Gakan-ji (瓦官寺): Wa-kuan-ssu
gaki (餓鬼): hungry spirits; preta
gaki-kai (餓鬼界): world of hungry spirits
Gakkō-bosatsu (月光菩薩): Moonlight
Gakkō-daijin (月光大臣): Chandraprabha
gakuhō-kanjō (学法灌頂): anointment ceremony to confer the status of practitioner of Esoteric Buddhism (See ceremony of anointment)
Gakushō-shiki (学生式): Regulations for Students, The (See Regulations for Students of the Mountain School, The)
gampon-no-hosshō (元品の法性): fundamental nature of enlightenment
gampon-no-mumyō (元品の無明): fundamental darkness
Gandāra (ガンダーラ): Gandhara
Gangō-ji (元興寺)
gan-haramitsu (願波羅蜜): pāramitā of the vow (See ten pāramitās)
Ganjin (鑑真)
Ganjisu-gawa (ガンジス河): Ganges River
Gankō (含光): Han-kuang
Gasshō-daijin (月称大臣): Chandrakīrti (2)
gatsuai-zammai (月愛三昧): moon-loving meditation
Gatsuzō-bosatsu (月蔵菩薩): Moon Storehouse (See age of quarrels and disputes)
Gatten (月天): moon, god of the
Gaya-jō (伽耶城): Gayā
Gaya-kashō (伽耶迦葉): Gayā Kāshyapa
Gaya-sen (伽耶山): Gayāshīrsha, Mount
ge (偈): verse
gebon (外凡): outer rank of ordinary people; the lower rank of ordinary practitioners (See four good roots)
gedatsu (解脱): emancipation; vimoksha
Gedatsugatsu-bosatsu (解脱月菩薩): Moon of Deliverance
gedatsu-kengo (解脱堅固): age of attaining liberation (See five five-hundred-year periods)
Gejimmitsu-kyō (解深密経): Revelation of the Profound Secrets Sutra
ge-kon (下根): inferior capacity (See three groups of voice-hearers)
gekū-daiichi (解空第一): foremost in understanding the doctrine of non-substantiality (See Subhūti)
Gembō (玄昉)
gemmetsu-mon (還滅門): way of emancipation (See twelve-linked chain of causation)
Gengu-kyō (賢愚経): Sutra on the Wise and the Foolish
Genjō (玄奘): Hsüan-tsang
Genju (賢首): Hsien-shou
Genju-bosatsu (賢首菩薩): Chief Wise
gen-kō (減劫): kalpa of decrease
Genkō-shakusho (元亨釈書): Genkō Era Biographies of Eminent Priests, The
Genkū (源空)
Gennichi-ō (幻日王): Bālāditya
Gennin (源仁)
Gen’ō (玄応): Hsüan-ying (See Pronunciation and Meaning in the Buddhist Scriptures [1] )
Genrō (玄朗): Hsüan-lang
gen-se (現世): present existence (See three existences)
Genshin (源信)
gen-shō (現証): actual proof (See three proofs)
Gensō (彦悰): Yen-ts’ung (See Biography of the Tripitaka Master of Ta-tz’u-en-ssu Temple, The)
genzai-se (現在世): present existence (See three existences)
Gerugu-ha (ゲルグ派): Gelug school (See Tibetan Buddhism)
geshu (下種): planting the seeds of Buddhahood
geshu-buppō (下種仏法): Buddhism of sowing
Gesshi (月氏): Yüeh-chih
Gesshi-bosatsu (月氏菩薩): Bodhisattva of Yüeh-chih (See Dharmaraksha)
Gesshō (月称): Chandrakīrti (1)
geyū (外用): outward behavior (See Superior Practices)
Giba (耆婆): Jīvaka
Gida-taishi (祇陀太子): Jetri
Gien (義淵)
Gien-no-shichi-jōsoku (義淵の七上足): seven superior disciples of Gien (See Gien)
Gigen (義玄): I-hsüan (See Lin-chi school)
Gijaku (義寂): I-chi (See T’ien-t’ai school)
Gijō (義浄): I-ching
Gijō-bō (義浄房)
Gikkodoku (給孤独): Anāthapindada
ginrin-ō (銀輪王): silver-wheel-turning king (See four wheel-turning kings)
Gion-shōja (祇園精舎): Jetavana Monastery
Girika (耆利柯): Girika
Gishakussen (耆闍崛山): Gridhrakūta
Gishin (義真)
Gitsū (義通): I-t’ung (See T’ien-t’ai school)
giya (祇夜): geya (See verse)
gō (業): karma
go-biku (五比丘): five ascetics
go-bu (五部): five Āgamas
gōbuku (降伏): subjugation of evil (See Susiddhikara Sutra)
gobun-hosshin (五分法身): fivefold bodies of the Law
Gobun-ritsu (五分律): Fivefold Rules of Discipline, The
gobu-ritsu (五部律): vinayas of the five schools
go-butsu (五仏): five Buddhas
go-butsu (五仏): five categories of Buddhas
gobutsu-dōdō (五仏道同): the five categories of Buddhas all employ a similar process (See five categories of Buddhas)
go-chi (五智): five kinds of wisdom
gochi-nyorai (五智如来): five wisdom Buddhas
go-dai (五大): five elements
godai-bu (五大部): five major writings
godai-myō’ō (五大明王): five great wisdom kings
godairiki-bosatsu (五大力菩薩): five mighty bodhisattvas
Godai-san (五台山): Wu-t’ai, Mount
godaison (五大尊): five honored ones
godan-hō (五壇法): ceremony of the five altars (See five great wisdom kings)
go-dō (五道): five paths
go-donshi (五鈍使): five delusive inclinations
Godō-tenrin-ō (五道転輪王): King Wheel-Turner of the Five Paths (See ten kings)
Gōga (恒河): Ganges River
go-gai (五蓋): five obscurations
gōga-sha (恒河沙): sands of the Ganges
go-gen (五眼): five types of vision
go-gohyakusai (後五百歳): fifth five-hundred-year period
go-gyakuzai (五逆罪): five cardinal sins
go-haramitsu (五波羅蜜): five pāramitās
gohō (五法): five ascetic practices
Gohō (護法): Dharmapāla
go-hon (五品): five stages of practice
Gohonzon (御本尊)
Gohonzon-shichika-no-sōjō (御本尊七箇の相承): Transmission of Seven Teachings on the Gohonzon, The (See Myōjō Pond)
Gohyaku-deshi-hon (五百弟子品): “Five Hundred Disciples” chapter
Gohyaku-deshi-juki-hon (五百弟子受記品): “Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples” chapter
gohyaku-jintengō (五百塵点劫): numberless major world system dust particle kalpas
gohyaku-kai (五百戒): five hundred precepts
Gohyaku-mon-ron (五百問論): Treatise of Five Hundred Questions, The
go-ja (五邪): five improper ways of livelihood
go-ji (五時): five periods
goji-hakkyō (五時八教): five periods and eight teachings
go-jinzū (五神通): five transcendental powers
goji-shichiji (五字七字): five or seven characters
go-jō (五乗): five vehicles
go-jōgo-ten (五浄居天): five heavens of purity
go-joku (五濁): five impurities
gojō’on-ku (五盛陰苦): suffering arising from the five components of life (See eight sufferings)
gojōshin-kan (五停心観): five meditations
gojū-gen (五重玄): five major principles
gojūni-i (五十二位): fifty-two stages of bodhisattva practice
gojū-no-sōtai (五重の相対): fivefold comparison
gojū-no-tō (五重の塔): five-storied pagoda (See pagoda)
gojū-sandan (五重三段): fivefold view of revelation
gojū-tenden (五十展転): continual propagation to the fiftieth person
go-kai (五戒): five precepts
Gokan-ō (五官王): King Controller of the Five Sense Organs (See ten kings)
goka-no-gohyakusai (五箇の五百歳): five five-hundred-year periods
goka-no-hōshō (五箇の鳳詔): five proclamations of the Buddha
go-ke (五家): five schools of Zen
goke-shichishū (五家七宗): five schools and seven schools (See Zen school)
Goke-shū (牛貨洲): Aparagodānīya
go-kō (五綱): five guides for propagation
gokoku-sambukyō (護国三部経): three sutras for the protection of the nation (See Golden Light Sutra)
go-kon (五根): five roots
go-kon (五根): five sense organs
gokō-shiyui (五劫思惟): pondering for five kalpas (See Amida)
goko-sho (五鈷杵): five-pronged diamond-pounder (See diamond-pounder)
Gokukōjō-ten (極光浄天): Utmost Light and Purity Heaven
Gokuraku (極楽): Perfect Bliss
Gokuraku-ji (極楽寺)
Gokuraku-jōdo (極楽浄土): Pure Land of Perfect Bliss
gokyō-jisshū (五教十宗): five teachings and ten doctrines
gōma (降魔): conquering devils (See eight phases of a Buddha’s existence)
go-mi (五味): five flavors
Gomyō (護命)
gon-daijō-kyō (権大乗教): provisional Mahayana teachings
gonge (権化): provisional manifestation
gongyō (勤行)
Gonin-shoha-shō (五人所破抄): On Refuting the Five Priests
Gonjikinyo-kyō (銀色女経): Silver-Colored Woman Sutra
gonjitsu-funimon (権実不二門): oneness of the provisional and true teachings (See ten onenesses)
gon-kyō (権経): provisional sutras
gon-kyō (権教): provisional teachings
Gonsō (勤操)
Gon’yo (厳誉)
go-on (五陰): five components
go’on-kewagō (五陰仮和合): temporary union of the five components (See five false views)
go’on-seken (五陰世間): realm of the five components (See three realms of existence)
go-riki (五力): five powers
gorin-kan (五輪観): meditation on the five elements
go-rishi (五利使): five false views
go-rōsō (五老僧): five senior priests
Gōsanze-myō’ō (降三世明王): Conqueror of the Threefold World
gosen-kiko (五千起去): the rising from the seats and withdrawal of the five thousand persons (See five thousand arrogant persons)
gosen-no-jōman (五千の上慢): five thousand arrogant persons
gosen-shichisen-no-kyōgyō (五千七千の経教): five thousand or seven thousand volumes of Buddhist scriptures (See five thousand and forty-eight volumes)
gosen-shijūhachi-kan (五千四十八巻): five thousand and forty-eight volumes
go-shin (五辛): five strong-flavored foods
go-shō (五性): five natures
go-shō (五障): five obstacles
gō-shō (業障): obstacle of karma (See three obstacles and four devils)
Gosho (御書)
go-shōgyō (五正行): five correct practices
goshō-sanjū (五障三従): five obstacles and three obediences
go-shu (五趣): five paths
goshu-jamyō (五種邪命): five improper ways of livelihood
goshu-no-shōgyō (五種の正行): five correct practices
goshu-no-shugyō (五種の修行): five practices
goshu-no-zōgyō (五種の雑行): five sundry practices
gosō-jōshin-kan (五相成身観): fivefold meditation
go-sui (五衰): five signs of decay
go-tenjiku (五天竺): five regions of India
go-tsū (五通): five transcendental powers
go-un (五蘊): five components
go-yoku (五欲): five desires
Gozan (五山): Five Temples
gozu (牛頭): ox-headed demons
gozu-sendan (牛頭栴檀): ox-head sandalwood
guchi (愚癡): foolishness; moha
gufutokku (求不得苦): suffering of being unable to obtain what one desires (See eight sufferings)
Guhō-kōsō-den (求法高僧伝): Biographies of Eminent Priests Who Sought the Law, The
gukyō-no-sanki (弘経の三軌): three rules of preaching
gummō-hyōzō-no-tatoe (群盲評象の譬): parable of the blind men and the elephant
Gumyō-bosatsu (求名菩薩): Seeker of Fame (See “Introduction” chapter)
gumyō-chō (共命鳥): jīvamjīvaka
Gumyō-shū (弘明集): Anthology of the Propagation of Light, The
Gunabaddara (求那跋陀羅): Gunabhadra
Gunabatsuma (求那跋摩): Gunavarman
Gundari-myō’ō (軍荼利明王): Kundalī
Gungi-ron (群疑論): The Treatise Resolving Numerous Doubts (See Treatise Resolving Numerous Doubts about the Pure Land Teachings, The)
Guren-jigoku (紅蓮地獄): hell of the crimson lotus
gusoku-kai (具足戒): complete precepts
Gusoku-semmankōsō-nyorai (具足千万光相如来): Endowed with a Thousand Ten Thousand Glowing Marks
Gutoku-shō (愚禿鈔): Work of the Ignorant Shavepate, The
guzai-furi (求財不利): to seek wealth in vain (See eight kinds of sufferings)
gyaku-en (逆縁): reverse relationship
Gyakurokayada (逆路伽耶陀): Anti-Lokāyata school
Gyōbō-bonji (楽法梵志): Aspiration for the Law
Gyōchi (行智)
gyō-futai (行不退): non-regression from action (See three kinds of non-regression)
Gyōhyō (行表)
gyō-jū-za-ga (行住坐臥): walking, standing, sitting, and lying down (See four activities of daily life)
Gyōki (行基)
Gyokusen-ji (玉泉寺): Yü-ch’üan-ssu
Gyōman (行満): Hsing-man
gyō-myō (行妙): mystic principle of practice (See ten mystic principles)
Gyōnen (凝然)
gyō-riki (行力): power of practice (See four powers [1] )
Gyōshi (行思): Hsing-ssu (See Zen school)
hachi (鉢): alms bowl
hachibu-shu (八部衆): eight kinds of nonhuman beings
hachidai-jigoku (八大地獄): eight great hells
hachidai-myō’ō (八大明王): eight great wisdom kings (See wisdom kings)
hachidai-ryūō (八大竜王): eight great dragon kings
hachi-gedatsu (八解脱): eight emancipations
hachi-harai (八波羅夷): eight pārājika offenses
hachi-ja (八邪): eight errors
hachijisshugō (八十種好): eighty characteristics
hachijū (八重): eight major offenses
hachikyōkai (八敬戒): eight precepts of reverence
hachi-man (八慢): eight types of arrogance
Hachiman (八幡)
hachiman-hōzō (八万法蔵): eighty thousand teachings
hachiman-shisen (八万四千): eighty-four thousand
hachiman-shisen-hōzō (八万四千法蔵): eighty-four thousand teachings
hachi-nan (八難): eight difficulties
hachinetsu-jigoku (八熱地獄): eight hot hells
hachi-ryūō (八竜王): eight dragon kings
hachi-tendō (八顚倒): eight inverted views (See four inverted views)
hachiyō-kuson (八葉九尊): nine honored ones on the eight-petaled lotus
Hadoma-jigoku (鉢特摩地獄): Padma hell (See eight cold hells)
haishu (敗種): rotten seeds
hajun (波旬): pāpīyas
Hakiri Sanenaga (波木井実長)
hakkan-jigoku (八寒地獄): eight cold hells
Hakkendo-ron (八犍度論): Eight-part Treatise (See Treatise on the Source of Wisdom, The)
hakku (八苦): eight sufferings
hakkyō (八教): eight teachings
Hakuba-ji (白馬寺): Pai-ma-ssu
hakuba-no-kyō (白馬の教): teaching brought by white horses (See Chu Fa-lan)
Haku-hōso (帛法祖): Po Fa-tsu
Hakuon (帛遠): Po-yüan
hangyō (判教): “Evaluation of the Teaching” section (See five major principles)
hangyō-hanza-zammai (半行半坐三昧): half-active and half-sitting meditation (See four forms of meditation)
Hanjara-koku (般闍羅国): Panchāla (See sixteen great states)
hanju-zammai (般舟三昧): meditation to behold the Buddhas
Hanju-zammai-kyō (般舟三昧経): Sutra of the Meditation to Behold the Buddhas
hannya (般若): prajnā
Hannya (般若): Prajnā
hannya-haramitsu (般若波羅蜜): prajnā-pāramitā
Hannya-haramitsu-kyō (般若波羅蜜経): Perfection of Wisdom sutras
Hannya-ji (般若時): Wisdom period
Hannya-kyō (般若経): Wisdom sutras
Hannyarushi (般若流支): Prajnāruchi
Hannya-shingyō (般若心経): Heart Sutra
Hannya-tōron (般若灯論): Treatise on the Lamp of Wisdom, The
Hanramittei (般刺蜜帝): Pan-la-mi-ti (See Shūramgama Sutra)
Hansoku-ō (斑足王): Spotted Feet
Happon-ha (八品派): Eight Chapters school (See Nichiren school)
happu (八不): eight negations
happū (八風): eight winds
happu-chūdō (八不中道): middle path of the eight negations
harai (波羅夷): pārājika
haramitsu (波羅蜜): pāramitā
Harana-koku (波羅奈国): Varanasi
Haruri-ō (波瑠璃王): Virūdhaka (1)
Harusha-charita (ハルシャ・チャリタ): Harsha-charita (See Shīlāditya)
Hashinoku-ō (波斯匿王): Prasenajit
hassaikai (八斎戒): eight precepts
Hassen (法全): Fa-ch’üan
hasshiki (八識): eight consciousnesses
hasshō-dō (八正道): eightfold path
hasshū (八宗): eight schools
Hasshū-kōyō (八宗綱要): Essentials of the Eight Schools, The
hasshu-no-dainan (八種の大難): eight kinds of sufferings
hasshū-no-so (八宗の祖): founder of the eight schools (See Nāgārjuna)
hassō-sabutsu (八相作仏): eight phases of a Buddha’s existence
Hatsu-naion-gyō (般泥洹経): Parinirvāna Sutra
hatsu-nehan (般涅槃): parinirvāna
ha-wagōsō (破和合僧): causing disunity in the Buddhist Order (See five cardinal sins)
Hazuma-jigoku (波頭摩地獄): Padma hell (See eight cold hells)
Hei no Saemon (平左衛門)
heireita (薜茘多): preta
hendoku-iyaku (変毒為薬): changing poison into medicine
henge-shin (変化身): transformation body
Henjō-hokki-shōryō-shū (遍照発揮性霊集): The Collected Works of the Universally Illuminating Soul-Inspiring One (See Shinzei)
Henjō-kongō (遍照金剛): Universal Illumination and Diamond (See Kōbō)
Henjō-ō (変成王): King Transformation (See ten kings)
Henjō-ten (遍浄天): All Pure Heaven (See eighteen heavens)
hen’yaku-shōji (変易生死): transmigration with change and advance
hi (悲): compassion
Hiei-zan (比叡山): Hiei, Mount
higan (彼岸): other shore
Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺): See Hongan-ji
higyō-hiza-zammai (非行非坐三昧): meditation in an unspecified posture for an unspecified period (See four forms of meditation)
hiji-fūu-nan (非時風雨難): calamity of unseasonable storms (See seven disasters)
hijō (非情): insentient beings
hijō-no-jōbutsu (非情の成仏): enlightenment of insentient beings (See enlightenment of plants)
Hike-kyō (悲華経): Compassionate White Lotus Flower Sutra
Hiki Yoshimoto (比企能本)
himitsu-fujō-kyō (秘密不定教): secret indeterminate teaching (See four teachings of methods)
himitsu-kyō (秘密教): secret teaching (See four teachings of methods)
himitsu-shu (秘密主): Master of Secrets (See Vajrasattva)
himyō-hōben (秘妙方便): secret and wonderful expedient means (See three expedient means)
hinnyo-no-ittō (貧女の一灯): “The Poor Woman’s Lamp” (See dīpa)
hippara-ju (畢鉢羅樹): pippala tree
Hippara-kutsu (畢鉢羅窟): Pippalī Cave
Hirosawa-ryū (広沢流): Hirosawa branch (See Yakushin)
Hisō-hihisō-sho (非想非非想処): Realm of Neither Thought Nor No Thought
Hisō-hihisō-sho-jō (非想非非想処定): meditation on the Realm of Neither Thought Nor No Thought (See Realm of Neither Thought Nor No Thought)
Hisō-hihisō-ten (非想非非想天): Heaven of Neither Thought Nor No Thought
Hitsuryōgabasha (畢陵伽婆蹉): Pilindavatsa
Hiyu-hon (譬喩品): “Simile and Parable” chapter
hiyu-renge (譬喩蓮華): figurative lotus
Hizō-hōyaku (秘蔵宝鑰): Precious Key to the Secret Treasury, The
hō (法): dharma; Law
hō (宝): ratna
hōben (方便): expedient means
Hōben-bon (方便品): “Expedient Means” chapter
hōben-do (方便土): Land of Transition
hōben-haramitsu (方便波羅蜜): pāramitā of expedient means (See ten pāramitās)
Hōben-shō (方便章): “Preparatory Practices” chapter (See Great Concentration and Insight)
hōbō (謗法): slander
Hōbō (法宝): Fa-pao
hōdō (方等): vaipulya
Hōdō (法道): Fa-tao
Hōdō-ji (方等時): Correct and Equal period
hōdō-kyō (方等経): correct and equal sutras
Hōdō-kyō (方等経): Correct and Equal sutras
Hōdō-nyorai (宝幢如来): Jeweled Banner (See five Buddhas)
Hōe (方会): Fang-hui (See Lin-chi school)
Hōe-bosatsu (法慧菩薩): Dharma Wisdom
hōgen (法眼): Dharma eye
Hōgen-shū (法眼宗): Fa-yen school (See Zen school)
hō-honzon (法本尊): object of devotion in terms of the Law (See Gohonzon)
Hōi-butsu (宝威仏): Jeweled Dignity
hōin (法印): Dharma seal
Hōitokujō’ō-butsu (宝威徳上王仏): King Above Jeweled Dignity and Virtue
hōjin (報身): reward body
hōjin-butsu (報身仏): Buddha of the reward body (See three bodies)
Hōjō-bosatsu (法上菩薩): Dharma Arisen (See Dharmodgata)
Hōjō-bu (法上部): Dharmottara school (See eighteen Hinayana schools)
hōjō-e (放生会): life-liberating practice
Hōjō Yagenta (北条弥源太)
Hōjū-ki (法住記): The Record of Ensuring the Abiding of the Law (See sixteen arhats)
Hōjun (法順): Fa-shun
hōkai-taishō-chi (法界体性智): wisdom of the essence of the phenomenal world (See five kinds of wisdom)
Hoke-kyō (法華経): Lotus Sutra
Hokekyō-anrakugyō-gi (法華経安楽行義): On the Peaceful Practices of the Lotus Sutra
Hokekyō-daigo-no-maki (法華経第五の巻): fifth scroll of the Lotus Sutra
Hokekyō-giki (法華経義記): Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The
Hokekyō-no-gyōja (法華経の行者): votary of the Lotus Sutra
Hokekyō-ron (法華経論): Treatise on the Lotus Sutra, The
Hokekyō-shogisan (法華経疏義纉): Supplement to the Meanings of the Commentaries on the Lotus Sutra, The
Hōken (法賢): Fa-hsien (2)
Hōki-bō (伯耆房)
Hokke-denki (法華伝記): Lotus Sutra and Its Traditions, The
Hokke-gengi (法華玄義): Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The
Hokke-gengi-shakusen (法華玄義釈籤): Annotations on “The Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sutra,” The
Hokke-genron (法華玄論): Treatise on the Profundity of the Lotus Sutra, The
Hokke-genzan (法華玄賛): Praising the Profundity of the Lotus Sutra
Hokke-giki (法華義記): Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The
Hokke-gisho (法華義疏): Annotations on the Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The
Hokke-hongyō-kōki (法華翻経後記): Afterword to the Lotus Sutra Translation, The
Hokke-jisshō (法華十勝): ten superior characteristics of the Lotus Sutra (See Outstanding Principles of the Lotus Sutra, The)
Hokke-metuzai-no-tera (法華滅罪之寺): temples for the eradication of past offenses by the power of the Lotus Sutra (See provincial temples)
Hokke-mongu (法華文句): Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra, The
Hokke-mongu-fushō-ki (法華文句輔正記): Supplement to “The Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra,” The
Hokke-mongu-ki (法華文句記): Annotations on “The Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra,” The
Hokken (法顕): Fa-hsien (1)
Hokken-den (法顕伝): Travels of Fa-hsien, The
Hokke-nehan-ji (法華涅槃時): Lotus and Nirvana period
Hokke-no-en (法華の円): perfect teaching of the Lotus Sutra (See four teachings of doctrine)
Hokke-ron (法華論): Treatise on the Lotus Sutra, The
Hokke-sambu-kyō (法華三部経): threefold Lotus Sutra
Hokke-sammai (法華三昧): Lotus meditation
Hokke-sandai-bu (法華三大部): three major works on the Lotus Sutra
Hokke-sandaibu-fuchū (法華三大部補註): Supplement to the Three Major Works on the Lotus Sutra, The
Hokke-shū (法華宗): Lotus school
Hokke-shūku (法華秀句): Outstanding Principles of the Lotus Sutra, The
Hokke-shū Shimmon-ryū (法華宗真門流): Nisshin branch of the Lotus school (See Nichiren school)
Hokke-shuyō-shō (法華取要抄): On Taking the Essence of the Lotus Sutra
Hokke-zammai (法華三昧): Lotus meditation
Hokku-kyō (法句経): Dhammapada; Words of Truth Sutra
hokkyō (法橋): Dharma bridge (See Dharma seal)
Hokkyō-ritsu (北京律): Precepts school of the Northern Capital (See Precepts school)
Hōkō-daishōgon-kyō (方広大荘厳経): Correct and Vast Great Adornment Sutra (See Multitudinous Graceful Actions Sutra)
Hokuden-bukkyō (北伝仏教): Northern Buddhism
Hokudō-ha (北道派): Northern Way school (See Treatise on the Ten Stages school)
hokuji-den (北寺伝): transmission of the Northern Temple (See Dharma Characteristics school)
Hokusanjū-bu (北山住部): Uttarashaila school (See eighteen Hinayana schools)
Hokushū Zen (北宗禅): Northern school of Zen
hō-kuyō (法供養): offering of the Law (See offering)
hombutsu (本仏): true Buddha
Hōmetsujin-kyō (法滅尽経): Decline of the Law Sutra
Homma Rokurō Saemon (本間六郎左衛門)
hommon (本門): essential teaching
Hommon Hokke-shū (本門法華宗): Essential Teaching Lotus school (See Nichiren school)
hommon-no-daimoku (本門の題目): daimoku of the essential teaching
hommon-no-honzon (本門の本尊): object of devotion of the essential teaching
hommon-no-jūmyō (本門の十妙): ten mystic principles of the essential teaching (See ten mystic principles)
hommon-no-kaidan (本門の戒壇): sanctuary of the essential teaching
hommon-no-sampi (本門の三譬): three metaphors of the essential teaching
Hommon-shū (本門宗): Essential Teaching school (See Nichiren Shōshū)
hōmon-mujin-seiganchi (法門無尽誓願知): vow to master immeasurable Buddhist teachings (See four universal vows)
Hōmyō-nyorai (法明如来): Law Bright
honchi (本地): true identity (See true Buddha)
hon-dō (本堂): main hall (See seven-halled temple)
Hōnen (法然)
hongaku (本覚): inherent enlightenment; original enlightenment (1)
honga-myō (本果妙): true effect
honga-myō-no-kyōshu (本果妙の教主): teacher of the true effect
hongan (本願): original vows
Hongan-ji (本願寺)
honge-no-bosatsu (本化の菩薩): bodhisattvas of the essential teaching
honjaku-no-roppi (本迹の六譬): six metaphors of the theoretical and essential teachings
honjintsū-myō (本神通妙): mystic principle of true transcendental power (See ten mystic principles)
Honjō-wa (本生話): Jātaka
honjumyō-myō (本寿命妙): mystic principle of true life span (See ten mystic principles)
honkannō-myō (本感応妙): mystic principle of true responsive communion (See ten mystic principles)
honkenzoku-myō (本眷属妙): mystic principle of true relationship (See ten mystic principles)
honkokudo-myō (本国土妙): true land
honnehan-myō (本涅槃妙): mystic principle of true nirvana (See ten mystic principles)
honnin-honga-no-shu (本因本果の主): teacher of the true cause and the true effect (See true effect)
honnin-myō (本因妙): true cause
honnin-myō-no-kyōshu (本因妙の教主): teacher of the true cause
honriyaku-myō (本利益妙): mystic principle of true benefit (See ten mystic principles)
hon-roku (本六): six elder disciples of Nikkō
honseppō-myō (本説法妙): mystic principle of true preaching (See ten mystic principles)
Hon’yaku-myōgi-shū (翻訳名義集): Dictionary of the Pronunciation and Meaning of Buddhist Terms, A
Honzon-mondō-shō (本尊問答抄): Questions and Answers on the Object of Devotion
hō’ō (法王): Dharma King
Hō’on-jurin (法苑珠林): Forest of Gems in the Garden of the Law, The
Hō’on-kyō (報恩経): Repaying Debts of Gratitude Sutra
Hō’on-shō (報恩抄): On Repaying Debts of Gratitude
Hoppō-bukkyō (北方仏教): Northern Buddhism
Hōren (法蓮)
hō-riki (法力): power of the Law (See four powers [1] )
hōrin (法輪): wheel of the Law
Hōrō (法朗): Fa-lang
Hōryū-ji (法隆寺)
hō-se (法施): offering of the Law (See almsgiving)
Hōshaku-kyō (宝積経): Accumulated Treasures Sutra
hōshin (報身): reward body
Hoshina Gorō Tarō (星名五郎太郎)
hōshin-butsu (報身仏): Buddha of the reward body
hō-shō (報障): obstacle of retribution (See three obstacles and four devils)
Hōshō (法照): Fa-chao
Hōshō (宝唱): Pao-ch’ang (See Divergent Concepts in the Sutras and Vinaya Texts)
Hōshō-nyorai (宝生如来): Jewel Born (See five Buddhas)
Hōshō-nyorai (宝勝如来): Treasure Excellence (See Water Holder)
Hōso (法祖): Fa-tsu
Hosokusa-danrin (細草檀林): Hosokusa Seminary (See Nichikan)
Hōsō-nyorai (宝相如来): Jewel Sign
hosshaku-kempon (発迹顕本): casting off the transient and revealing the true
Hosshamittara-ō (弗沙弥多羅王): Pushyamitra
hosshi (法師): Dharma teacher
Hosshi-hon (法師品): “Teacher of the Law” chapter
Hosshi-kudoku-hon (法師功徳品): “Benefits of the Teacher of the Law” chapter
hosshin (法身): Dharma body
hosshin-butsu (法身仏): Buddha of the Dharma body
hosshin-geshu (発心下種): sowing the seeds by leading one to arouse faith in the teaching (See planting the seeds of Buddhahood)
hosshin-no-shari (法身の舎利): relics of the Dharma body (See Buddha’s relics)
hosshō (法性): essential nature of phenomena
Hosshō (法勝): Dharmashrī (See Heart of the Abhidharma, The)
Hosshō (法照): Fa-chao
Hossō-shū (法相宗): Dharma Characteristics school
hossū (法数): doctrines with numerical themes; numerical doctrines (See four Āgama sutras)
Hōtan (和田): Khotan
Hotchi-ron (発智論): Treatise on the Source of Wisdom, The
Hotei (布袋): See seven beneficent deities
hōtō (法灯): lamp of Dharma (See dīpa)
hōtō (宝塔): treasure tower
Hōtō-hon (宝塔品): “Treasure Tower” chapter
hotoke (仏): Buddha
Hotsubadai (弗婆提): Pūrvavideha
Hōun (法雲): Fa-yün
hōun-ji (法雲地): stage of the Dharma cloud (See ten stages of development)
Hōyu-bosatsu (法涌菩薩): Dharma Emerged (See Dharmodgata)
hōyū-hōben (法用方便): adaptations of the Law expedient means (See three expedient means)
Hōzō (法蔵): Fa-tsang
Hōzō-biku (法蔵比丘): Dharma Treasury
Hōzō-bu (法蔵部): Dharmagupta school
hōzu (法頭): Dharma magistrate (See discipline master)
hyakkai-sennyo (百界千如): hundred worlds and thousand factors
hyaku-fuku (百福): hundred blessings
Hyaku-ron (百論): One-Hundred-Verse Treatise, The
hyakushibutsu (辟支仏): pratyekabuddha
Hyōe no Saemon (兵衛の左衛門): See Sajiki, the lady of
i-anraku-gyō (意安楽行): peaceful practice of the mind (See four peaceful practices)
Ibushūrin-ron (異部宗輪論): Doctrines of the Different Schools, The
ichi-butsujō (一仏乗): one Buddha vehicle
ichidaiji (一大事): one great reason
ichigen-no-kame (一眼の亀): one-eyed turtle
Ichigyō (一行): I-hsing
ichi-hijiri (市聖): Sage of the Streets (See Kūya)
ichijō (一乗): one vehicle
ichijō-hō (一乗法): one vehicle teaching
Ichijō-yōketsu (一乗要決): Essentials of the One Vehicle Teaching, The
ichinen (一念)
ichinen-gi (一念義): doctrine of one-time recitation
ichinen-sanzen (一念三千): three thousand realms in a single moment of life
ichinen-shinge (一念信解): to believe in and understand the Lotus Sutra even for a moment (See four stages of faith)
Ichinosawa-nyūdō (一谷入道): Ichinosawa, the lay priest
ichirai (一来): once-returner
Idaike (韋提希): Vaidehī
i-futai (位不退): non-regression from stage (See three kinds of non-regression)
Igyō-bon (易行品): “Easy Practice” chapter
igyō-dō (易行道): easy-to-practice way
Igyō-shū (潙仰宗): Kuei-yang school (See Zen school)
Ikaruga-dera (斑鳩寺): See Hōryū-ji
Ikegami Munenaga (池上宗長)
Ikegami Munenaka (池上宗仲)
Ikegami-sōjō-sho (池上相承書): Ikegami Transfer Document, The
Ikegami Yasumitsu (池上康光): See Ikegami Munenaga; Ikegami Munenaka
Iken (維蠲): Wei-chüan
Ikkō-shū (一向宗): Single-minded Practice school
i-kon-tō (已今当): three categories of preaching
i-mitsu (意密): mystery of the mind (See three mysteries)
i-myō (位妙): mystic principle of stages (See ten mystic principles)
Inaba-bō (因幡房)
Indara (因陀羅): Indra
Indara-mō (因陀羅網): Indra’s net
Indo-bodaiju (インドボダイジュ): pipal tree
inga (因果): cause and effect
inga-funimon (因果不二門): oneness of cause and effect (See ten onenesses)
inga-guji (因果倶時): simultaneity of cause and effect
inga-iji (因果異時): non-simultaneity of cause and effect (See simultaneity of cause and effect)
Inga-kyō (因果経): Causality Sutra (See Causality of Past and Present Sutra)
ingei (印契): mudra
Ingen (隠元)
i’nin-shitsudan (為人悉檀): to teach according to people’s respective capacities (See four ways of preaching)
innen (因縁): dependent origination
innen-kan (因縁観): meditation on dependent origination (See five meditations)
Ionnō-butsu (威音王仏): Awesome Sound King
Ippen (一遍)
ippōin (一法印): one Dharma seal (See Dharma seal)
ippon-nihan (一品二半): one chapter and two halves
iran (伊蘭): eranda
Iryō (遺竜): I-lung
Ishana-ten (伊舎那天): Ishāna
Ishikawa no Hyōe-nyūdō (石河の兵衛入道): Ishikawa no Hyōe, the lay priest
Ishikawa-shōja (石川精舎): Ishikawa Monastery
ishin-daie (以信代慧): substituting faith for wisdom
ishin-denshin (以心伝心): transmission from mind to mind
ishin-tokunyū (以信得入): gaining entrance through faith alone (See “Simile and Parable” chapter)
issai-chi (一切智): wisdom to understand the universal aspect of phenomena (See three kinds of wisdom)
issai-kaiku (一切皆苦): All existence is suffering. (See Dharma seal)
issaikyō (一切経): entire body of Buddhist scriptures (See five thousand and forty-eight volumes)
Issaikyō-ongi (一切経音義): Pronunciation and Meaning in the Buddhist Scriptures
issai-shu-chi (一切種智): wisdom to understand both the universal aspect and individual aspects of phenomena (See three kinds of wisdom)
Issai-shujō-kiken-bosatsu (一切衆生喜見菩薩): Gladly Seen by All Living Beings (2)
Issai-shujō-kiken-nyorai (一切衆生喜見如来): Gladly Seen by All Living Beings (1)
issai-shujō-shitsu’u-busshō (一切衆生悉有仏性): All living beings alike possess the Buddha nature. (See Buddha nature)
Issan Ichinei (一山一寧): I-shan I-ning (See Kokan Shiren)
issendai (一闡提): icchantika
Issetsu-bu (一説部): Ekavyāvahārika school (See eighteen Hinayana schools)
Isshin-kaimon (一心戒文): The Record of the Precepts of the One Mind (See Kōjō)
isshin-sanchi (一心三智): three kinds of wisdom in a single mind (See three kinds of wisdom)
isshin-sangan (一心三観): threefold contemplation in a single mind
isshin-soku-sanjin (一身即三身): A single Buddha possesses all three bodies. (See three bodies)
isshō-jōbutsu (一生成仏): attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime
itai-dōshin (異体同心): many in body, one in mind
itton-kyō (一音教): one voice teaching (See three schools of the south and seven schools of the north)
Izu-ruzai (伊豆流罪): Izu Exile
jakkō-do (寂光土): Land of Tranquil Light
Jakunichi-bō (寂日房)
Jakunichi-bō Nikke (寂日房日家) (1)
Jakunichi-bō Nikke (寂日房日華) (2)
Jakushō (寂照)
Jamyō-gedō (邪命外道): Ājīvika school
Janakutta (闍那崛多): Jnānagupta
Jayana (闍夜那): Jayata
Jayata (闍夜多): Jayata
ji (慈): maitrī
Jibakara (地婆訶羅): Divākara
Jibu-bō (治部房)
Jie (慈慧)
Jien (慈円)
Jiga-ge (自我偈): verse section of the “Life Span” chapter
jigoku (地獄): hell
jigoku-kai (地獄界): world of hell
jigyō-keta (自行化他): benefiting oneself and benefiting others; practice for oneself and others
jihi (慈悲): compassion
jihi-kan (慈悲観): meditation on compassion (See five meditations)
jijuyūshin (自受用身): Buddha of limitless joy; Buddha of self-enjoyment
jikai-haramitsu (持戒波羅蜜): pāramitā of keeping the precepts (See six pāramitās)
jikai-hongyaku-nan (自界叛逆難): calamity of revolt within one’s own domain
Jikaku (慈覚)
jiki-dō (食堂): dining hall (See seven-halled temple)
jikihō-gaki (食法餓鬼): Law-devouring hungry spirit
jikishi-ninshin (直指人心): direct pointing to the human mind
jikkai (十戒): ten precepts
jikkai (十界): Ten Worlds
jikkai-gogu (十界互具): mutual possession of the Ten Worlds
jikkyō (十境): ten objects
jikkyō (実経): true sutra (See provisional sutras)
jikkyō (実教): true teaching
Jikoku-ten (持国天): Upholder of the Nation
Jiku-butsunen (竺仏念): Chu Fo-nien
Jiku-dōshō (竺道生): Chu Tao-sheng
Jiku-hōgo (竺法護): Dharmaraksha (1)
Jiku-hōran (竺法蘭): Chu Fa-lan
Jimmitsu-kyō (深密経): Profound Secrets Sutra
Jimon-ha (寺門派): Temple school
jinja-waku (塵沙惑): illusions innumerable as particles of dust and sand (See three categories of illusion)
jinkyō-tsū (神境通): power to be anywhere at will (See six transcendental powers)
Jinna (陳那): Dignāga
ji-no-ichinen-sanzen (事の一念三千): actual three thousand realms in a single moment of life (See three thousand realms in a single moment of life)
Jinriki-hon (神力品): “Supernatural Powers” chapter
jinshin-kanjō (深信観成): to realize with deep faith the truth expounded by the Buddha (See four stages of faith)
Jinshirō (神四郎): See three martyrs of Atsuhara
Jinshū (神秀): Shen-hsiu
jinsoku-tsū (神足通): power to be anywhere at will (See six transcendental powers)
Jintai (神泰): Shen-t’ai
jintsū-daiichi (神通第一): foremost in transcendental powers (See Maudgalyāyana)
Jintsū-ji (神通寺): Shen-t’ung-ssu temple (See pagoda)
jintsū-myō (神通妙): mystic principle of transcendental power (See ten mystic principles)
jintsū-riki (神通力): supernatural power; transcendental power (See six transcendental powers)
Jion (慈恩): Tz’u-en
Jion-ji (慈恩寺): Tz’u-en-ssu
jipparamitsu (十波羅蜜): ten pāramitās
jippō (十方): ten directions
jippō-bunshin-no-shobutsu (十方分身の諸仏): emanation Buddhas of the ten directions (See emanations of the Buddha)
jippō-do (実報土): Land of Actual Reward
jippō-no-shobutsu (十方の諸仏): Buddhas of the ten directions (See ten directions)
jippunimon (十不二門): ten onenesses
Jippunimon (十不二門): Ten Onenesses, The
jiri (自利): benefiting oneself (See benefiting oneself and benefiting others)
jiriki (自力): power of self
jiri-kumitsu (事理倶密): esoteric teachings in both theory and practice
jiri-rita (自利利他): benefiting oneself and benefiting others
jiritsu-daiichi (持律第一): foremost in observing the precepts (See Upāli)
Jiritsuronshō-ha (自立論証派): Svātantrika school
Jiron-shū (地論宗): Treatise on the Ten Stages Sutra school
jishi (自恣): pravārana
Jishi (慈氏): Compassionate One
jishō (自性): self-nature
jishō-shin (自性身): self-nature body (See Buddha of self-enjoyment)
Ji-shū (時宗): Time school
Jison (慈尊): Compassionate Honored One
Jisshananda (実叉難陀): Shikshānanda
jisshin (十信): ten stages of faith
jisshū (十宗): ten doctrines
jisshū (十宗): ten schools
jisshu-kuyō (十種供養): ten kinds of offerings
jissō (実相): true aspect (See true aspect of all phenomena)
jissō-in (実相印): Dharma seal of the ultimate reality (See Dharma seal)
Jissō-ji (実相寺)
Jisui (持水): Water Holder
jita-funi-mon (自他不二門): oneness of self and others (See ten onenesses)
jitsu-daijō-kyo (実大乗教): true Mahayana teaching
Jitsue (実慧)
jittai (集諦): truth of the origin of suffering (See four noble truths)
Jittoku (実得): Truly Attaining (See six ministers)
jiyu-no-bosatsu (地涌の菩薩): Bodhisattvas of the Earth
Jizō-bosatsu (地蔵菩薩): Earth Repository
Jizō-shinkō (地蔵信仰): belief in Bodhisattva Earth Repository (See Earth Repository)
jō (乗): yāna
Jō-agon-gyō (長阿含経): Long Āgama Sutra
Jōbonnō (浄飯王): Shuddhodana
jo-bun (序分): preparation section
jōbutsu (成仏): attainment of Buddhahood
Jōchi-ji (浄智寺): See Five Temples
jōdo (浄土): pure land
jōdō (成道): attaining the way (See way)
Jōdo-goso (浄土五祖): five patriarchs of the Chinese Pure Land school
Jōdo-kyō (浄土教): Pure Land school (1)
Jōdo-ron (浄土論): Treatise on the Pure Land, The
Jōdoron-chū (浄土論註): Commentary on “The Treatise on the Pure Land,” The
Jōdo-sambu-kyō (浄土三部経): three Pure Land sutras
Jōdo Shin-shū (浄土真宗): True Pure Land school
Jōdo-shū (浄土宗): Pure Land school
jōe (上衣): outer robe (See three robes)
Jōfukyō-bosatsu (常不軽菩薩): Never Disparaging
Jōfukyō-bosatsu-hon (常不軽菩薩品): “Bodhisattva Never Disparaging” chapter
Jōgen (浄眼): Pure Eye
Jōgen-roku (貞元録): Chen-yüan era catalog (See Chen-yüan Era Catalog of the Buddhist Canon, The)
Jōgen-shakkyō-roku (貞元釈教録): Chen-yüan Era Catalog of the Buddhist Canon, The
jōgō (定業): fixed karma
jōgo-jōbu (調御丈夫): Trainer of People (See ten honorable titles)
jōgo-ten (浄居天): heavens of purity
Jōgū-taishi (上宮太子): Prince Jōgū (See Shōtoku, Prince)
jo-gyō (助行): supporting practice (See Six-Volume Writings, The)
Jōgyō-bosatsu (浄行菩薩): Pure Practices
Jōgyō-bosatsu (上行菩薩): Superior Practices
Jōgyō-bosatsu-no-saitan (上行菩薩の再誕): reincarnation of Bodhisattva Superior Practices (See Superior Practices)
jōgyō-zammai (常行三昧): constant active meditation (See four forms of meditation)
Jo-hon (序品): “Introduction” chapter
jōjakkō-do (常寂光土): Land of Eternally Tranquil Light
Jōjin (成尋)
Jōjitsu-ron (成実論): Treatise on the Establishment of Truth, The
Jōjitsu-shū (成実宗): Establishment of Truth school
jō-jū-e-kū (成住壊空): formation, continuance, decline, and disintegration (See four kalpas)
jōjū-kyō (常住教): teaching of the eternity of the Buddha nature (See three schools of the south and seven schools of the north)
Jōkaku-bō (成覚房)
Jōkan (静観)
Jōken-bō (浄顕房)
Jōkeshukuōchi-butsu (浄華宿王智仏): Pure Flower Constellation King Wisdom (See “Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound” chapter)
jō-kō (成劫): kalpa of formation
Jōkō-butsu (錠光仏): Fixed Light
Jōkōmyō-ji (浄光明寺)
jō-kon (上根): superior capacity (See three groups of voice-hearers )
Jōkōshōgon-koku (浄光荘厳国): Adorned with Pure Light (See “Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound” chapter)
Jōmetsu-butsu (常滅仏): Ever Extinguished (See sixteen princes)
Jōmyō-ji (浄妙寺): See Five Temples
Jōmyōku-ron (浄明句論): Prasannapadā (See Chandrakīrti [1] )
Jōmyō-kyō (浄名経): Vimalakīrti Sutra
jō-raku-ga-jō (常楽我浄): eternity, happiness, true self, and purity (See four virtues)
Jō-ron (肇論): Treatises of Seng-chao, The
Jōruri-sekai (浄瑠璃世界): Pure Emerald World
Jōse-bosatsu (常施菩薩): Constant Donations (See Sutra on Resolving Doubts about the Middle Day of the Law)
Jōshō (定照): See Refutation of “The Nembutsu Chosen above All,” A
jōshō-bosatsu (定性菩薩): those predestined to be bodhisattvas (See five natures)
jōshō-engaku (定性縁覚): those predestined to be cause-awakened ones (See five natures)
Jōshōjin-bosatsu (常精進菩薩): Constant Exertion (See “Benefits of the Teacher of the Law” chapter)
jo-shō-rutsū (序正流通): preparation, revelation, and transmission (See Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra, The)
jōshosa-chi (成所作智): wisdom of perfect practice (See five kinds of wisdom)
jōshō-shōmon (定性声聞): those predestined to be voice-hearers (See five natures)
Jōtai-bosatsu (常啼菩薩): Ever Wailing
Jōtoku-bunin (浄徳夫人): Pure Virtue
Jō-yuishiki-ron (成唯識論): Treatise on the Establishment of the Consciousness-Only Doctrine, The
Jōza-bu (上座部): Theravāda school
jōza-zammai (常坐三昧): constant sitting meditation (See four forms of meditation)
Jōzō (浄蔵): Pure Storehouse
jū-aku (十悪): ten evil acts
jū-chōyō (十長養): ten steps in the nourishment of perfection (See Brahmā Net Sutra)
jūdai-bu (十大部): ten major writings
jūdai-deshi (十大弟子): ten major disciples
Judō (儒童): Learned Youth
jū-ekō (十廻向): ten stages of devotion
Jufuku-ji (寿福寺)
Jugaku-mugaku-ninki-hon (授学無学人記品): “Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts” chapter
jū-gemmon (十玄門): ten mysteries
Jūgi (従義): Ts’ung-i
jū-gō (十号): ten honorable titles
jū-gyō (十行): ten stages of practice
jūhachi-bu (十八部): eighteen Hinayana schools
jūhachi-fugūhō (十八不共法): eighteen unshared properties
jūhachi-hen (十八変): eighteen miraculous powers
jūhachi-kai (十八界): eighteen elements
jūhachi-ten (十八天): eighteen heavens
jū-haramitsu (十波羅蜜): ten pāramitās
jū-hosshu (十発趣): ten initial stages (See Brahmā Net Sutra)
Jūichimen-kannon (十一面観音): Eleven-faced Perceiver of the World’s Sounds
Jūichimen-kannon-jinju-kyō (十一面観音神呪経): Mysterious Spells of the Eleven-faced Perceiver of the World’s Sounds Sutra (See Eleven-faced Perceiver of the World’s Sounds)
jūin-shika (従因至果): cause to effect (See cause and effect)
jūittsū-gosho (十一通御書): eleven letters of remonstrance (See Toki Jōnin)
jū-ji (十地): ten stages of development
Jūji-kyō (十地経): Ten Stages Sutra
Jūjikyō-ron (十地経論): Treatise on the Ten Stages Sutra, The
jūji-no-hihō (十事の非法): ten unlawful revisions
jū-jinriki (十神力): ten supernatural powers
juji-soku-kanjin (受持即観心): Embracing the Gohonzon is in itself observing one’s own mind. (See observation of the mind)
Jūji-yujuppon (従地涌出品): “Emerging from the Earth” chapter
jūjō-kampō (十乗観法): ten meditations
jūju (重頌): geya
jū-jū (十住): ten stages of security
Jūjū-bibasha-ron (十住毘婆沙論): Commentary on the Ten Stages Sutra, The
jū-jūkinkai (十重禁戒): ten major precepts
Jūju-ritsu (十誦律): Ten Divisions of Monastic Rules, The
jū-jūshin (十住心): ten stages of the mind
Jūjū-shin-ron (十住心論): Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Mind, The
jūka-kōin (従果向因): effect to cause (See cause and effect)
Juketsu-shū (授決集): Collection of Orally Transmitted Teachings, A
juki (授記): prophecy of future enlightenment
Juki-hon (授記品): “Bestowal of Prophecy” chapter
jū-kō (住劫): kalpa of continuance
jūkō-daiku-no-gen (住劫第九の減): ninth period of decrease in the kalpa of continuance
jū-kongō (十金剛): ten diamond steps of firmness (See Brahmā Net Sutra)
Jūkudoku-bon (十功徳品): “Ten Benefits” chapter (See Immeasurable Meanings Sutra)
jumon (呪文): magic spells (See Shugendō school)
jū-mujō (十無上): ten peerlessnesses
jū-myō (十妙): ten mystic principles
Junda (純陀): Chunda
jun’en (純円): pure and perfect teaching (See combining, excluding, corresponding, and including)
jun’en (順縁): relationship of acceptance (See reverse relationship)
jungen-gō (順現業): karma whose effects are destined to appear in the same lifetime (See fixed karma)
jungo-gō (順後業): karma whose effects are destined to appear in a third or even later lifetime (See fixed karma)
Jungyō (順暁): Shun-hsiao
jūnibu-kyō (十二部経): twelve divisions of the scriptures
jūnibun-kyō (十二分教): twelve divisions of the teachings
jūni-daigan (十二大願): twelve great vows
jūni-gan (十二願): twelve vows
jūni-innen (十二因縁): twelve-linked chain of causation
Jūni-mon-ron (十二門論): Treatise on the Twelve Gates, The
junin-funi-mon (受潤不二門): oneness of benefits (See ten onenesses)
jūni-nyū (十二入): twelve sense fields
jūni-sho (十二処): twelve sense fields
jūni-ten (十二天): twelve gods
jūni-zuda-gyō (十二頭陀行): twelvefold dhūta practice
Junsai (遵西)
Junse-gedō (順世外道): Lokāyata
Junshiki (遵式): Tsun-shih
junshō-gō (順生業): karma whose effects are destined to appear in the next lifetime (See fixed karma)
Junshōri-ron (順正理論): Treatise on Accordance with the Correct Doctrine, The
jū-nyoze (十如是): ten factors of life
jū-ō (十王): ten kings
jū-rasetsu-nyo (十羅刹女): ten demon daughters
Jūren (住蓮)
jū-riki (十力): ten powers
Jūriki-kashō (十力迦葉): Dashabala Kāshyapa
Jurōjin (寿老人): See seven beneficent deities
jūroku-daikoku (十六大国): sixteen great states
jūroku-kan (十六観): sixteen types of meditation
jūroku-ōji (十六王子): sixteen princes
jūroku-rakan (十六羅漢): sixteen arhats
Juryō-hon (寿量品): “Life Span” chapter
jūshi-hibō (十四誹謗): fourteen slanders
Jūshin-bon (住心品): “Stage of the Mind” chapter (See ten stages of the mind)
jū-yu (十喩): ten similes
jū-zen (十善): ten good acts
jū-zen-kai (十善戒): ten good precepts
juzu (数珠): prayer beads
Kabimara (迦毘摩羅): Kapimala
Kabira (迦毘羅): Kapila
Kabirae-koku (迦毘羅衛国): Kapilavastu
Kadamu-ha (カダム派): Kadam school (See Tibetan Buddhism)
Kagyū-ha (カギュー派): Kagyu school (See Tibetan Buddhism)
kai (界): dhātu
kai (戒): precepts
kai-butchiken (開仏知見): to open the door of Buddha wisdom to all living beings (See “Expedient Means” chapter)
kaidan (戒壇): ordination platform
Kaifukeō-nyorai (開敷華王如来): Florescence King (See five Buddhas)
kaifumbetsu-kan (界分別観): meditation on the correct discernment of the phenomenal world (See five meditations)
Kaigen (戒賢): Shīlabhadra
Kaigen-ji (開元寺): K’ai-yüan-ssu
kaigen-kuyō (開眼供養): eye-opening ceremony
Kaigen-shakkyō-roku (開元釈教録): K’ai-yüan Era Catalog of the Buddhist Canon, The
kaigon-kenjitsu (開権顕実): opening the provisional and revealing the true
kaigon-kennon (開近顕遠): opening the near and revealing the distant
kaihō-gyō (回峰行): making a round on the mountain (See Sō’ō)
kaiin-zammai (海印三昧): ocean-imprint meditation
kai-ji-go-nyū (開示悟入): to open the door of Buddha wisdom to all living beings, to show the Buddha wisdom to living beings, to cause living beings to awaken to the Buddha wisdom, and induce living beings to enter the path of Buddha wisdom (See “Expedient Means” chapter)
kai-jō-e (戒定慧): precepts, meditation, and wisdom
Kai-kō (甲斐公): See Nichiji
Kaimoku-shō (開目抄): Opening of the Eyes, The
Kainichi-ō (戒日王): Shīlāditya
Kairyūō-kyō (海竜王経): Dragon King of the Sea Sutra
kaisan-ken’ichi (開三顕一): replacement of the three vehicles with the one vehicle
Kaishō-no-haibutsu (会昌の廃仏): Hui-ch’ang Persecution
kaiten-no-jōbutsu (改転の成仏): attaining Buddhahood through transformation (See attainment of Buddhahood)
kaji-fuu-nan (過時不雨難): calamity of drought (See seven disasters)
Kajō (嘉祥): Chia-hsiang
Kakaba-jigoku (臛臛婆地獄): Hahava hell (See eight cold hells)
kakō (火坑): fiery pit
Kako-genzai-inga-kyō (過去現在因果経): Causality of Past and Present Sutra
kakō-sammai (火坑三昧): fire-pit meditation
kako-se (過去世): past existence (See three existences)
kako-shichi-butsu (過去七仏): seven Buddhas of the past
Kakuban (覚鑁)
kakugi (格義): matching the meaning (See way)
Kakumyō (覚明)
Kakunyo (覚如): See Hongan-ji
kakurin (鶴林): crane grove (See sal tree)
Kakurokuyana (鶴勒夜那): Haklenayashas
kakusha (覚者): Enlightened One
Kakushin-ni (覚信尼): See Hongan-ji
Kakutoku-biku (覚徳比丘): Realization of Virtue
Kakuun (覚運)
kakyō (火坑): fiery pit
kakyō-zammai (火坑三昧): fire-pit meditation
Kamakura-gozan (鎌倉五山): Five Temples of Kamakura (See Five Temples)
Kamarashīra (カマラシーラ): Kamalashīla (See Tibetan Buddhism)
Kambosha-koku (甘菩遮国): Kamboja (See sixteen great states)
Kambotsu-hon (勧発品): “Encouragements” chapter
kambutsu-sammai (観仏三昧): meditation to behold the Buddhas (See Sutra of the Meditation to Behold the Buddhas)
Kambutsu-sammai-kai-kyō (観仏三昧海経): Ocean of Meditation on the Buddha Sutra
Kambutsu-sammai-kyō (観仏三昧経): Meditation on the Buddha Sutra
Kammuryōju-kyō (観無量寿経): Meditation on the Buddha Infinite Life Sutra
Kammuryōjukyō-sho (観無量寿経疏): Commentary on the Meditation on the Buddha Infinite Life Sutra, The
Kanāda (カナーダ): Kanāda
Kanadaiba (迦那提婆): Kānadeva
Kanahara-hokkō (金原法橋): See Kimbara
Kanchi-zenji (鑑智禅師): Meditation Master Chien-chih (See Seng-ts’an)
Kanchō (寛朝): See Yakushin
Kan-fugen-bosatsu-gyōhō-kyō (観普賢菩薩行法経): Sutra on How to Practice Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy
kan-fukashigi-kyō (観不可思議境): meditation on the region of the unfathomable (See ten meditations)
kan-fushigi-kyō (観不思議境): meditation on the region of the unfathomable (See ten meditations)
kangi-ji (歓喜地): stage of joy (See ten stages of development)
Kangi-koku (歓喜国): Land of Joy
Kan-gyō (観経): Meditation Sutra
kangyō-soku (観行即): stage of perception and action
Kanishika-ō (迦弐色迦王): Kanishka
Kanji-hon (勧持品): “Encouraging Devotion” chapter
Kanjihon-no-nijūgyō-no-ge (観持品の二十行の偈): twenty-line verse of the “Encouraging Devotion” chapter (See “Encouraging Devotion” chapter)
kanjin (観心): observation of the mind
Kanjin-no-honzon-shō (観心本尊抄): Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind, The
Kanjin-ron (観心論): Treatise on the Observation of the Mind, The
Kanjizai-bosatsu (観自在菩薩): Freely Perceiving
kanjō (灌頂): ceremony of anointment
Kanjō (灌頂): Kuan-ting
Kanki-zōyaku-nyorai (歓喜増益如来): Joy Increasing (See Possessor of Virtue)
kanku-chō (寒苦鳥): cold-suffering bird
kannin-sekai (堪忍世界): world of endurance
kannō-myō (感応妙): mystic principle of responsive communion (See ten mystic principles)
Kannon-bon (観音品): “Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” chapter
Kannon-bosatsu (観音菩薩): Perceiver of Sounds
Kannon-gengi (観音玄義): Profound Meaning of the “Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” Chapter, The
Kannon-gyō (観音経): Perceiver of the World’s Sounds Sutra
Kanrin (寒林): Shītavana
kanro (甘露): amrita
Kanrobonnō (甘露飯王): Amritodana
Kanroku (観勒)
kan’yaku-butten (漢訳仏典): Chinese versions of Buddhist scriptures (See five thousand and forty-eight volumes)
Kan-yakuō-yakujō-nibosatsu-kyō (観薬王薬上二菩薩経): Meditation on the Two Bodhisattvas Medicine King and Medicine Superior Sutra (See Medicine King)
Kanzeon-bosatsu (観世音菩薩): Perceiver of the World’s Sounds
Kanzeon-bosatsu-bon (観世音菩薩品): “Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” chapter
Kanzeon-bosatsu-fumon-bon (観世音菩薩普門品): “Universal Gateway of the Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” chapter
Kanzeon-ji (観世音寺)
Karada-sen (伽羅陀山): Kharadīya, Mount
karagura (迦羅求羅): kālakula
Karakuda-kasennen (迦羅鳩駄迦旃延): Pakudha Kacchāyana
karakura (迦羅求羅): kālakula
Karanda (迦蘭陀): Kalandaka
Karibatsuma (訶梨跋摩): Harivarman
Kari-ō (迦利王): Kāli
Karudai (迦留陀夷): Kālodāyin
karura (迦楼羅): garuda
karyōbinga (迦陵頻伽): kalavinka
Kasai (迦才): Chia-ts’ai (See Treatise on the Pure Land, The [2] )
Kasei-kairō (河西回廊): Kansu Corridor (See Tun-huang)
Kasennen (迦旃延): Kātyāyana
Kashi-koku (迦尸国): Kāshī
Kashō-bosatsu (迦葉菩薩): Kāshyapa (1)
Kashō-butsu (迦葉仏): Kāshyapa (2)
Kashōi-bu (迦葉遺部): Kāshyapīya school
Kashō-matō (迦葉摩騰): Kāshyapa Mātanga
kashō-zammai (火生三昧): flame-emitting meditation
Kashumira-koku (迦湿弥羅国): Kashmir
Kataennishi (迦多衍尼子): Kātyāyanīputra
kataku (火宅): burning house
kataku-no-tatoe (火宅の譬): parable of the burning house
Kataumi (片海)
katsuma-mandara (羯磨曼荼羅): karma mandala
Katsuron-ha (勝論派): Vaisheshika school (See Ulūka)
Katsuryōga-koku (羯陵伽国): Kalinga (See Ashoka)
Kawanobe-no-nyūdō (河野辺の入道): Kawanobe, the lay priest of
kazu (火途): path of fire (See three paths [2] )
kechien-kanjō (結縁灌頂): anointment ceremony to establish a relationship between the individual and the Buddha (See ceremony of anointment)
kechimyaku (血脈): heritage of the Law
Kedo-ji (化度寺): Hua-tu-ssu temple (See Three Stages school)
kegi-no-shikyō (化儀の四教): four teachings of method
Kegi-shō (化儀抄): On the Formalities
Kegon-gyō (華厳経): Flower Garland Sutra
Kegongyō-sho (華厳経疏): Annotations on the Flower Garland Sutra, The
Kegongyō-tangen-ki (華厳経探玄記): Delving into the Profundity of the Flower Garland Sutra
Kegon-ji (華厳時): Flower Garland period
Kegon-shū (華厳宗): Flower Garland school
kehō-no-shikyō (化法の四教): four teachings of doctrine
keichū-myōju-no-tatoe (髻中明珠の譬): parable of the bright jewel in the topknot
Keihin-koku (罽賓国): Kashmir
Keihō-zenji (圭峰禅師): Meditation Master Kuei-feng (See Tsung-mi)
Keiin-bu (鶏胤部): Kaukkutika school (See eighteen Hinayana schools)
Keika (恵果): Hui-kuo
Keikei (荊渓): Ching-hsi
Keishō (慶昭): Ch’ing-chao (See Outside-the-Mountain school)
Keisoku-sen (鶏足山): Kukkutapāda, Mount
Keitoku-dentō-roku (景徳伝灯録): Ching-te Era Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, The
Keizuma-ji (鶏頭摩寺): Kukkutārāma Monastery
Keji-bu (化地部): Mahīshāsaka school
kejō (化城): phantom city
kejō-hōsho-no-tatoe (化城宝処の譬): parable of the phantom city and the treasure land
kejō-yu (化城喩): parable of the phantom city
Kejōyu-hon (化城喩品): “Parable of the Phantom City” chapter
Kekō-nyorai (華光如来): Flower Glow
Kempon Hokke-shū (顕本法華宗): Truth-Revealed Lotus school
Ken’ai-ronji (賢愛論師): Bhadraruchi
Kenchō-ji (建長寺)
Kenchoku (犍陟): Kanthaka (See Chandaka)
Kenchū-bu (賢冑部): Bhadrayānīya school (See eighteen Hinayana schools)
kenda (乾陀): gandha
Kendara-koku (健駄羅国): Gandhara
kendatsuba (乾闥婆): gandharva
ken-dō (見道): way of insight
kendon (慳貪): greed and stinginess
Ken’e (堅慧): Sāramati
Ken-gō (賢劫): Wise Kalpa
Kengu-kyō (賢愚経): Sutra on the Wise and the Foolish
kengyō-rokudo-hon (兼行六度品): stage of embracing the Lotus Sutra and practicing the six pāramitās (See five stages of practice)
Ken-hōtō-hon (見宝塔品): “Emergence of the Treasure Tower” chapter
kenji-waku (見思惑): illusions of thought and desire
ken-joku (見濁): impurity of thought (See five impurities)
Kenkai-ron (顕戒論): Clarification of the Precepts, A
kenkyō (顕教): exoteric teachings
Kenne (堅慧): Sāramati
kenneō (懸衣翁): garment-suspending demon
Kennin-ji (建仁寺)
kenro-fujō-kyō (顕露不定教): explicit indeterminate teaching (See four teachings of method)
Ken-senchaku (顕選択): Clarification of “The Nembutsu Chosen above All,” A (See Ryūkan)
Kenshin (顕真)
Kensho-ji (建初寺): Chien-ch’u-ssu temple (See K’ang-seng-hui)
kenshō-jōbutsu (見性成仏): perceiving one’s true nature and attaining Buddhahood (See Zen school)
Kenshū-ron (顕宗論): Clarification of Doctrine, A
kentai (顕体): “Clarification of the Essence” section (See five major principles)
ken-tan-tai-tai (兼但対帯): combining, excluding, corresponding, and including
ken-waku (見惑): illusions of thought (See illusions of thought and desire)
ken’yaku (顕益): conspicuous benefit
kenzoku-myō (眷属妙): mystic principle of relationship (See ten mystic principles)
Keraku-ten (化楽天): Heaven of Enjoying the Conjured
Keshi-jō (華氏城): Pātaliputra
keshi-kō (芥子劫): mustard-seed kalpa
keshin (化身): transformation body
keshin-metchi (灰身滅智): reducing the body to ashes and annihilating consciousness
ke-shō (化生): birth by transformation (See four forms of birth)
ke-tai (仮諦): truth of temporary existence (See three truths)
ketchō-fuzoku (結要付嘱): transfer of the essence of the Lotus Sutra
Ketoku-bosatsu (華徳菩薩): Flower Virtue (See “Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound” chapter)
ketsujō-shō (決定性): determinate groups
ketsujū (結集): Buddhist Councils
ketsumyaku (血脈): heritage of the Law
ketsuzu (血途): path of blood (See three paths [2] )
Kezō-sekai (華蔵世界): Lotus Treasury World
ki (鬼): demon
Kiben-baramon (鬼弁婆羅門): Demon Eloquence
kibetsu (記別): prophecy of future enlightenment
Kibyūronshō-ha (帰謬論証派): Prāsangika school
kichijō-sō (吉祥草): kusha grass
Kichijō-ten (吉祥天): Auspicious
Kichizō (吉蔵): Chi-tsang
Kiji (亀茲): Kucha
kijin (鬼神): spirits
Kijiru-sekkutsu (キジル石窟): Kizil caves
Kiken-bosatsu (喜見菩薩): Gladly Seen
Kiken-jō (喜見城): Joyful to See
Kiki (窺基): K’uei-chi
Kikkaya (吉迦夜): Kinkara
Kikon-biku (喜根比丘): Root of Joy
Kimbara-hokkyō (金原法橋): Kimbara
kimon (鬼門): demon gate (See Enryaku-ji)
kimyō (帰命): devotion; dedicating one’s life (See Nam-myoho-renge-kyo)
Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺): Chin-ko-ssu temple (See Han-kuang)
kinnara (緊那羅): kimnara
Kiren-ga (熈連河): Hiranyavatī
Kiriki-ō (訖哩枳王): Kriki
Kirita-ō (訖利多王): Krita
kishi-ki (起屍鬼): corpse-raising demon (See vetāda)
Kishimojin (鬼子母神): Mother of Demon Children
Kishimo-kyō (鬼子母経): Mother of Demon Children Sutra (See Mother of Demon Children)
Kishin-ron (起信論): Awakening of Faith
Kissa-yōjō-ki (喫茶養生記): Drinking Tea to Improve Health and Prolong Life (See Eisai)
Kittoku (吉徳): Auspicious Virtue (See six ministers)
Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺)
kō (香): gandha
kō (劫): kalpa
Kō-ama (国府尼): Kō, the lay nun of
kōan (公案)
Kōben (高弁)
Kōbō (弘法)
Kōchi (広智)
kōchō-zetsu (広長舌): long broad tongue
Kōdai-nyo (皐諦女): Kuntī
kōdō (講堂): lecture hall
Kōen (皇円): See Brief History of Japan, A
Kōfuku-ji (興福寺)
Kogi-ha (古義派・古義真言宗): Old Doctrine school (See True Word school)
Kō-gumyō-shū (広弘明集): Further Anthology of the Propagation of Light, The
kōi-tasetsu (広為他説): to expound the teaching of the Lotus Sutra widely for others (See four stages of faith)
koji (居士): householder
kōjin (香神): god of fragrance
Kōjō (光定)
Kō-jō (香城): City of Fragrances
kō-joku (劫濁): impurity of the age (See five impurities)
kōkaigon-kennon (広開近顕遠): opening the near and revealing the distant in expanded form (See opening the near and revealing the distant)
kōkaisan-ken’ichi (広開三顕一): expanded replacement of the three vehicles with the one vehicle
Kokan Shiren (虎関師錬)
Kōka-ten (広果天): Large Fruitage Heaven (See eighteen heavens)
kokki (穀貴): high grain prices
Kōkō (興皇): Hsing-huang
Kokoba-jigoku (虎虎婆地獄): Huhuva hell (See eight cold hells)
kokū (虚空): ākāsha
Kokubonnō (斛飯王): Dronodana
kokubun-ji (国分寺): provincial temples
kokubun-niji (国分尼寺): provincial temples for nuns
kokudo (国土): kshetra
kokudo-seken (国土世間): realm of the environment (See three realms of existence)
kokū-e (虚空会): Ceremony in the Air
kokū-fudō-e (虚空不動慧): spacelike immovable wisdom (See Three Great Secret Laws)
kokū-fudō-jō (虚空不動定): spacelike immovable meditation (See Three Great Secret Laws)
kokū-fudō-kai (虚空不動戒): spacelike immovable precept (See Three Great Secret Laws)
Kokujō-jigoku (黒縄地獄): hell of black cords
Kokūjū-butsu (虚空住仏): Void-Dwelling (See sixteen princes)
Kokusei-hyakuroku (国清百録): One Hundred Records of the Great Teacher T’ien-t’ai, The
Kokusei-ji (国清寺): Kuo-ch’ing-ssu
kokushi (国師): teacher of the nation
Kokūzō-bosatsu (虚空蔵菩薩): Space Treasury
Komatsubara-no-hōnan (小松原の法難): Komatsubara Persecution
Kōmoku-ten (広目天): Wide-Eyed
kompon-bonnō (根本煩悩): fundamental earthly desires (See earthly desires)
kompon-hōrin (根本法輪): root teaching
Kōmyō-nyorai (光明如来): Light Bright
kon (根): indriya
kon-dō (金堂): golden hall (See seven-halled temple)
Kongōbei (金剛剛): Diamond Scalpel, The
Kongōbu-ji (金剛峯寺)
Kongōchi (金剛智): Chin-kang-chih
Kongōchō-kyō (金剛頂経): Diamond Crown Sutra
Kongōdō-bosatsu (金剛幢菩薩): Diamond Banner
Kongō-hannya-haramitsu-kyō (金剛般若波羅蜜経): Diamond-like Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
Kongō-hannya-kyō (金剛般若経): Diamond Wisdom Sutra
Kongōharamitta-bosatsu (金剛波羅蜜多菩薩): Diamond Pāramitā (See five mighty bodhisattvas)
Kongōhō-bosatsu (金剛宝菩薩): Diamond Treasure (See five mighty bodhisattvas)
kongō-hōki-kai (金剛宝器戒): precept of the diamond chalice
Kongō-jō (金剛乗): Vajrayāna
kongō-kai (金剛界): Diamond Realm
Kongōkai-dainichi (金剛界大日): Mahāvairochana of the Diamond Realm (See Mahāvairochana)
kongōkai-mandara (金剛界曼荼羅): Diamond Realm mandala
Kongōku-bosatsu (金剛吼菩薩): Diamond Roar (See five mighty bodhisattvas)
Kongō-kyō (金剛経): Diamond Sutra
Kongōri-bosatsu (金剛利菩薩): Diamond Benefit (See five mighty bodhisattvas)
Kongōsatta (金剛薩埵): Vajrasattva
kongō-sho (金剛杵): diamond-pounder
Kongōshu-bosatsu (金剛手菩薩): Diamond Hand (See five mighty bodhisattvas)
Kongōyasha-bosatsu (金剛薬叉菩薩): Diamond Yaksha (See five mighty bodhisattvas)
Kongōyasha-myō’ō (金剛夜叉明王): Diamond Yaksha (See five great wisdom kings)
Kongōzō-bosatsu (金剛蔵菩薩): Diamond Storehouse
Kōnichi-ama (光日尼): Kōnichi, the lay nun
Kōnichi-bō (光日房)
Kōnin (弘忍): Hung-jen
konji-chō (金翅鳥): golden-winged bird
Konjiki-ō (金色王): Golden Color
Konjikiō-kyō (金色王経): King Golden Color Sutra (See Golden Color)
Konkōmyō-kyō (金光明経): Golden Light Sutra
Konkōmyō-saishō’ō-kyō (金光明最勝王経): Sovereign Kings of the Golden Light Sutra
Konkōmyō-shitennō-gokoku-no-tera (金光明四天王護国之寺): temples for the protection of the nation by the power of the Golden Light Sutra and the four heavenly kings (See provincial temples)
Kō-no-ama (国府尼): Kō, the lay nun of
konrin (金輪): gold circle
konrin-hō (金輪宝): gold-wheel treasure
konrin-ō (金輪王): gold-wheel-turning king
Konron-sammyaku (崑崙山脈): Kunlun Mountains (See Silk Road)
Kō-nyūdō (国府入道): Kō, the lay priest of
Kō’on-ten (光音天): Light Sound Heaven
Kōsai (幸西)
Kō-sen (香山): Fragrant, Mount
kōsen-rufu (広宣流布)
kō-shitsu (香室): hall of fragrance (See gandha)
Kōshō-baramon (香姓婆羅門): Drona
Kōshō-koku (高昌国): Kao-ch’ang
Kōshū (広脩): Kuang-hsiu
Kōsō-den (高僧伝): Biographies of Eminent Priests, The
Kōsōe (康僧会): K’ang-seng-hui
Kōsōgai (康僧鎧): Samghavarman (1)
Kōsui-sen (香酔山): Fragrant, Mount
Kōtaku-ji (光宅寺): Kuang-che-ssu
kotsugen-no-baramon (乞眼の婆羅門): eye-begging Brahman
kotsujiki-gyō (乞食行): practice of alms-begging (See bhikshu)
Kōya-san (高野山): Kōya, Mount
Kōzen-gokoku-ron (興禅護国論): Propagation of Zen for the Protection of the Country, The
ku (苦): suffering
kū (空): ākāsha
kū (空): non-substantiality
ku-anraku-gyō (口安楽行): peaceful practice of the mouth (See four peaceful practices)
Kubo-no-ama (窪尼): Kubo, the lay nun of
kubun-kyō (九分経): nine divisions of the scriptures
kubun-kyō (九分教): nine divisions of the teachings
kudoku (功徳): benefit; punya
kudoku-ju (功徳聚): cluster of blessings (See mandala)
Kudokurin-bosatsu (功徳林菩薩): Forest of Merits
kudoku-riyaku-myō (功徳利益妙): mystic principle of merit and benefit (See ten mystic principles)
Kudon (瞿曇): Gautama
Kudō Yoshitaka (工藤吉隆)
Kugan-biku (苦岸比丘): Shore of Suffering
kū-gedatsumon (空解脱門): meditation on non-substantiality (See three meditations for emancipation)
kūgen (空閑): deserted and quiet place (See aranya)
Kugyari (瞿伽利): Kokālika
kugyō (苦行): ascetic practice; austere practice (See five ascetics)
kuhanda (鳩槃荼): kumbhānda
Kui (瞿夷): Gopikā
Kujaku-myō’ō (孔雀明王): Peacock King (See En no Ozunu)
kujūgoshu-no-gedō (九十五種の外道): ninety-five non-Buddhist schools
kukai (苦海): sea of suffering (See sea of the sufferings of birth and death)
ku-kai (九界): nine worlds
Kūkai (空海)
kukai-shogu-no-bukkai (九界所具の仏界): inclusion of Buddhahood in the nine worlds
kukai-soku-bukkai (九界即仏界): inclusion of Buddhahood in the nine worlds
Kukari (瞿伽利): Kokālika
kū-kō (空劫): kalpa of disintegration
Kukyō-ichijō-hōshō-ron (究竟一乗宝性論): Treatise on the Treasure Vehicle of Buddhahood, The
kukyō-soku (究竟即): stage of ultimate enlightenment
ku-man (九慢): nine types of arrogance
Kumarada (鳩摩羅駄): Kumārata
Kumaraen (鳩摩羅炎): Kumārayāna
Kumarajū (鳩摩羅什): Kumārajīva
ku-mitsu (口密): mystery of the mouth (See three mysteries)
Kumotsuzu-jigoku (拘物頭地獄): Kumuda hell (See eight cold hells)
Kūmuhen-jo (空無辺処): Realm of Boundless Empty Space
Kūmuhenjo-jō (空無辺処定): meditation on the Realm of Boundless Empty Space (See Realm of Boundless Empty Space)
Kūmuhenjo-ten (空無辺処天): Heaven of Boundless Empty Space
Kumutora-sekkutsu (クムトラ石窟): Kumtura caves (See Kucha)
Kunagon-butsu (倶那含仏): Kanakamuni
kunjū-kyō (捃拾教): teaching of gleaning
kuon-ganjo (久遠元初)
kuonganjo-no-jijuyūshin (久遠元初の自受用身): Buddha of beginningless time
Kuon-ji (久遠寺)
kuon-jitsujō (久遠実成): attainment of Buddhahood in the remote past
kuō-no-dainan (九横の大難): nine great ordeals
Kuratsukuri no Tori (鞍作止利): See Shiba Tatsuto
Kurō-koku (拘楼国): Kuru (See sixteen great states)
kurosha (倶盧舎): krosha
Kuru-shū (倶盧洲): Uttarakuru
Kuruson-butsu (拘留孫仏): Krakucchanda
kusen-hakkai (九山八海): nine mountains and eight seas
Kushāna-chō (クシャーナ朝): Kushan
Kusha-ron (倶舎論): Dharma Analysis Treasury, The
Kusharon-sho (倶舎論疏): The Annotations on “The Dharma Analysis Treasury” (See Fa-pao)
Kusha-shū (倶舎宗): Dharma Analysis Treasury school
ku-shiki (九識): nine consciousnesses
Kushinagara (拘尸那掲羅): Kushinagara
Kushira (瞿師羅): Ghoshila
Kushira-on (瞿師羅園): Ghoshila Grove (See Ghoshila)
Kushira-shōja (瞿師羅精舎): Ghoshila Monastery (See Ghoshila)
ku-shū (九宗): nine schools
kusuri (薬): bhaishajya
ku-tai (苦諦): truth of suffering (See four noble truths)
kū-tai (空諦): truth of non-substantiality (See three truths)
kutei (倶胝): koti
Kutoku (苦得): Painfully Acquired
Kuwagayatsu-mondō (桑が谷問答): Kuwagayatsu Debate (See Ryūzō-bō)
Kūya (空也)
kuyaku (旧訳): old translations
Kuyani (瞿耶尼): Aparagodānīya
kuyō (供養): offering
kuyō-kugyō-se (供養恭敬施): offerings of praise and reverence (See three kinds of offerings)
kyakuryaku-no-santai (隔歴の三諦): separation of the three truths
Kyō-biku (脇比丘): Pārshva
kyōchi-myōgō (境智冥合): fusion of reality and wisdom
Kyōdommi (憍曇弥): Gautamī
kyōge-betsuden (教外別伝): separate transmission outside the sutras
Kyō-gyō-shin-shō (教行信証): Teaching, Practice, Faith, and Proof, The
kyō-gyō-shō (教行証): teaching, practice, and proof
kyōhan (教判): comparative classification
Kyōjinnyo (憍陳如): Kaundinya
kyōkan (経巻): sutra scroll (See dīpa)
Kyōkan-jigoku (叫喚地獄): hell of wailing (See eight hot hells)
kyō-myō (境妙): mystic principle of reality (See ten mystic principles)
Kyōnin-bō (鏡忍房)
Kyō’ō (経王)
Kyō’ō Gokoku-ji (教王護国寺)
Kyōritsu-isō (経律異相): Divergent Concepts in the Sutras and Vinaya Texts
kyō-ritsu-ron (経律論): sutras, texts of the rules of monastic discipline, and doctrinal treatises (See Jōjin)
kyōroku (経録): catalog of the Buddhist canon (See Seng-yu)
Kyōryō-bu (経量部): Sautrāntika school
Kyōryōyasha (畺良耶舎): Kālayashas
Kyōsara-koku (憍薩羅国): Kosala
Kyōshika (憍尸迦): Kaushika
kyōshō (経証): scriptural reference (See On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land)
Kyōshōmi-koku (憍賞弥国): Kaushāmbī
kyōshu (教主): lord of teachings
Kyōshū (経集): Suttanipāta
kyōsō-hanjaku (教相判釈): comparative classification
Kyō-sonja (脇尊者): Pārshva
Kyoto-gozan (京都五山): Five Temples of Kyoto (See Five Temples)
kyōzō (経蔵): sutra repository
kyū-kai (九界): nine worlds
kyūkai-soku-bukkai (九界即仏界): inclusion of Buddhahood in the nine worlds
ma (魔): devil
mada (末陀): madhya (1)
Madendai (末田提): Madhyāntika
magoraga (摩睺羅伽): mahoraga
Mahābihāra (マハービハーラ): Mahāvihāra (See Southern Buddhism)
Mahinda (摩呬陀): Mahendra
maka (摩訶): mahā
Makadaiba (摩訶提婆): Mahādeva
Makada-koku (摩掲陀国): Magadha
Makaen (摩訶衍): Mo-ho-yen (See Tibetan Buddhism)
Makahadoma-jigoku (摩訶鉢特摩地獄): Mahāpadma hell (See eight cold hells)
Makahajahadai (摩訶波闍波提): Mahāprajāpatī
Makahandoku (摩訶槃特): Mahāpanthaka
Makahannya-haramitsu-kyō (摩訶般若波羅蜜経): Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (1) (2)
Makakara-ten (摩訶迦羅天): Mahākāla
Makakasennen (摩訶迦旃延): Mahākātyāyana
Makakashō (摩訶迦葉): Mahākāshyapa
Makamaya (摩訶摩耶): Mahāmāyā
Makamokkenren (摩訶目姒連): Mahāmaudgalyāyana
Makanan (摩訶男): Mahānāma
makasatsu (摩訶薩): mahāsattva
Makasatta (摩訶薩埵): Mahāsattva
Maka-shikan (摩訶止観): Great Concentration and Insight
Maka-sōgi-ritsu (摩訶僧祇律): Great Canon of Monastic Rules, The
makatsu (摩竭): makara
Makeishura-ten (摩醯首羅天): Maheshvara
Makiguchi Tsunesaburō (牧口常三郎): See Soka Gakkai
Makkari-kushari (末伽梨拘舎梨): Makkhali Gosāla
Mampuku-ji (万福寺): See Ōbaku school
man (慢): arrogance
mana-shiki (末那識): mano-consciousness
Manashi-ryūō (摩那斯竜王): Manasvin (See eight great dragon kings)
mandara (曼荼羅): mandala
mandara-ke (曼陀羅華): māndāra flower
Mandata-ō (曼陀多王): Born from the Crown of the Head
mandō (慢幢): banner of arrogance (See arrogance)
mani (摩尼): mani
Manju-ji (万寿寺): See Five Temples
manjusha-ge (曼殊沙華): manjūshaka flower
Manura (摩奴羅): Manorhita
Manurata (摩羅他): Manoratha
maō (魔王): devil king
mappō (末法): Latter Day of the Law
Mappō-sō’ō-shō (末法相応抄): “The Teaching for the Latter Day” (See Six-Volume Writings, The)
Mappō-tōmyō-ki (末法燈明記): Treatise on the Lamp for the Latter Day of the Law, The
Māra (マーラ): Māra (See devil)
Marei-sen (摩黎山): Malaya, Mount
Mari (末利): Mallikā
Mari-sen (摩黎山): Malaya, Mount
Marishi-ten (摩利支天): Marīchi
Marupa (マルパ): Marpa (See Tibetan Buddhism)
Ma-ten (魔天): Heaven of Māra
Matōba (摩沓婆): Mādhava (See Gunamati)
Matōga (摩騰迦): Mātanga
Matora-koku (摩突羅国): Mathura
Matsubagayatsu (松葉ケ谷)
Matsubagayatsu-no-hōnan (松葉ケ谷の法難): Matsubagayatsu Persecution
Matsuno Rokurō Saemon (松野六郎左衛門)
Matsura (末羅): Malla
Maya (摩耶): Māyā
Maya-kyō (摩耶経): Māyā Sutra
meigo-funi (迷悟不二): oneness of delusion and enlightenment
Mei-tei (明帝): Emperor Ming (See Pai-ma-ssu)
Memyō (馬鳴): Ashvaghosha
mettai (滅諦): truth of the cessation of suffering (See four noble truths)
mezu (馬頭): horse-headed demons
Mii-dera (三井寺)
miken-byakugō-sō (眉間白毫相): tuft of white hair between the eyebrows
mikkyō (密教): Esoteric Buddhism
Mikuni no Taifu (三国太夫)
Minobu-san (身延山): Minobu, Mount
Minobu-san-fuzoku-sho (身延山付嘱書): Document for Entrusting Minobu-san, The
Minobu-sōjō-sho (身延相承書): Minobu Transfer Document, The
mirai-se (未来世): future existence (See three existences)
Mirakutsu (弥羅掘)
Mīrān (ミーラーン): Miran
Miranda-ō (弥蘭陀王): Milinda
Mirarēpa (ミラレーパ): Milarepa (See Tibetan Buddhism)
Mirindaō-monkyō (ミリンダ王問経): Milindapanha
Miroku (弥勒): Maitreya (2)
Miroku-bosatsu (弥勒菩薩): Maitreya (1)
Miroku-geshō-kyō (弥勒下生経): Advent of Maitreya Sutra (See Earth Repository)
Miroku-shinkō (弥勒信仰): belief in Maitreya (See Maitreya [1] )
Misawa Kojirō (三沢小次郎)
Mishaka (弥遮迦): Mikkaka
Mishasoku-bu (弥沙塞部): Mahīshāsaka school
Mishō’on (未生怨): Enemy before Birth
Mitsugon (密厳): Secret Solemnity
Mitsugon-gyō (密厳経): Secret Solemnity Sutra
Mitsugon-jōdo (密厳浄土): Pure Land of Secret Solemnity
mitsugyō-daiichi (密行第一): foremost in inconspicuous practice (See Rāhula)
Mitsurinsen-bu (密林山部): Shannāgarika school (See eighteen Hinayana schools)
mōki-no-tatoe (盲亀の譬): parable of the blind turtle (See one-eyed turtle)
Mokkenren (目犍連): Maudgalyāyana
Mokkenrenshi-teishu (目犍連子帝須): Moggaliputta Tissa (See Buddhist Councils)
Mokuren (目連): Maudgalyāyana
mompō-geshu (聞法下種): sowing the seeds by letting one hear the teaching (See planting the seeds of Buddhahood)
Mongaku (文覚)
Monjushiri-bosatsu (文殊師利菩薩): Manjushrī
mon-shō (文証): documentary proof (See three proofs)
Montei-hichin-shō (文底秘沈抄): “The Meanings Hidden in the Depths” (See Six-Volume Writings, The)
Mubon-ten (無煩天): Heaven of No Vexations (See eighteen heavens)
mubotsu-shiki (無没識): never-perishing consciousness (See ālaya-consciousness)
mugaku (無学): one who has nothing more to learn (See arhat)
mugaku-dō (無学道): way of the arhat (See three ways)
Mugaku Sogen (無学祖元)
mugan-gedatsumon (無願解脱門): meditation on non-desire (See three meditations for emancipation)
muge-chi (無礙智): unhindered wisdom
muhen (無辺): ananta
Muhengyō-bosatsu (無辺行菩薩): Boundless Practices
mui (無畏): fearlessness
mui (無為): nonaction (See way)
mui (無為): unconditioned, the
Muijūrikiku-bosatsu (無畏十力吼菩薩): Roar of Fearlessness and Ten Powers (See five mighty bodhisattvas)
mui-se (無畏施): offering of fearlessness (See almsgiving)
Muisen-ji (無畏山寺): Abhayagiri monastery (See Southern Buddhism)
Muisenji-ha (無畏山寺派): Abhayagiri school (See Southern Buddhism)
Mujaku (無著): Asanga
mujin-engi (無尽縁起): interrelation of all phenomena; mutual inclusiveness of all phenomena (See Indra’s net)
Mujinni-bosatsu (無尽意菩薩): Inexhaustible Intent (See “Universal Gateway of the Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” chapter)
Mujin-zō (無尽蔵): Inexhaustible Treasury (See Three Stages school)
mu-jishō (無自性): nonexistence of self-nature (See non-substantiality)
mujō (無上): anuttara
mujō-bodai (無上菩提): unsurpassed enlightenment
mujō-dō (無上道): unsurpassed way
mujō-hōju (無上宝聚): cluster of unsurpassed jewels (See four great voice-hearers)
mujōshi (無上士): Unexcelled Worthy
mujō-shōtō-shōgaku (無上正等正覚): anuttara-samyak-sambodhi
mukenchō-sō (無見頂相): unseen crown of the head
Muken-daijō (無間大城): great citadel of the hell of incessant suffering
Muken-jigoku (無間地獄): hell of incessant suffering
muki (無記): unlabeled, the
Muku-ronji (無垢論師): Vimalamitra
Muku-sekai (無垢世界): Spotless World (See dragon king’s daughter)
muku-shiki (無垢識): free-of-defilement consciousness (See amala-consciousness)
Mukuyū (無垢友): Vimalamitra
mumyō (無明): ignorance; moha
mumyō-waku (無明惑): illusions about the true nature of existence (See three categories of illusion)
Munetchi (無熱池): Heat-Free Lake
Munetsu-ten (無熱天): Heaven of No Heat (See eighteen heavens)
muni (牟尼): muni
muro (無漏): freedom from outflows (See outflows)
muro-chi (無漏智): wisdom without outflows (See four good roots)
muro-jō (無漏定): meditation without outflows (See outflows)
muro-shin (無漏身): body without outflows (See outflows)
muryō (無量): ananta
Muryōgi-kyō (無量義経): Immeasurable Meanings Sutra
muryōgisho-sammai (無量義処三昧): samādhi of the origin of immeasurable meanings
Muryōi (無量意): Immeasurable Intention (See ananta)
Muryōjō-ten (無量浄天): Boundless Purity Heaven (See twenty-eight heavens)
Muryōju-butsu (無量寿仏): Amitāyus; Infinite Life
Muryōju-kyō (無量寿経): Buddha Infinite Life Sutra
Muryōkō-butsu (無量光仏): Amitābha; Infinite Light
Muryōkō-ten (無量光天): Infinite Light Heaven (See eighteen heavens)
Muryōrikiku-bosatsu (無量力吼菩薩): Infinitely Powerful Roar (See five mighty bodhisattvas)
musa-no-sanjin (無作の三身): Buddha eternally endowed with the three bodies (See true Buddha)
mushi-chi (無師智): teacherless wisdom
mushiki-kai (無色界): world of formlessness
mushō-bōnin (無生法忍): realization of the non-birth and non-extinction of all phenomena
Mushō-dōji (無勝童子): Invincible
Mushoi (無所畏): Fearlessness (See six ministers)
mushō-ujō (無性有情): those without the nature of enlightenment (See five natures)
Mushou-sho (無所有処): Realm of Nothingness
Mushousho-jō (無所有処定): meditation on the Realm of Nothingness (See Realm of Nothingness)
Mushousho-ten (無所有処天): Heaven of Nothingness
mu-shushō (無種性): those without the nature of enlightenment (See five natures)
musō-gedatsumon (無相解脱門): meditation on non-discrimination (See three meditations for emancipation)
Musō-ten (無想天): Heaven of No Thought (See eighteen heavens)
muu-ju (無憂樹): ashoka tree
Muun-ten (無雲天): Cloudless Heaven (See eighteen heavens)
muyo-nehan (無余涅槃): nirvana of no remainder
myō (妙)
Myōe (明恵)
myōgaku (妙覚): perfect enlightenment
myōgyōsoku (明行足): Perfect Clarity and Conduct (See ten honorable titles)
myōhō (妙法): Mystic Law
Myōhō-ama (妙法尼): Myōhō, the lay nun
Myoho-renge-kyo (妙法蓮華経)
Myoho-renge-kyo (妙法蓮華経): Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law
Myōhō-renge-kyō-upadaisha (妙法蓮華経憂波提舎): Treatise on the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law, The
Myōichi-ama (妙一尼): Myōichi, the lay nun
Myōichi-nyo (妙一女)
myōji-soku (名字即): stage of hearing the name and words of the truth
Myōjō-ga-ike (明星が池): Myōjō Pond
myō-joku (命濁): impurity of life span (See five impurities)
myōjō-ten (明星天): god of the stars (See three heavenly sons of light)
myō-kansatsu-chi (妙観察智): wisdom of insight into the particulars (See five kinds of wisdom)
Myōki-koku (妙喜国): Land of Wonderful Joy
Myōkō-bosatsu (妙光菩薩): Wonderfully Bright
Myōkō-sen (妙光山): Wonderful Bright, Mount
Myōkō-sen (妙高山): Wonderful High, Mount
Myōmitsu (妙密)
myōmyō-chō (命命鳥): jīvamjīvaka
myō’ō (明王): wisdom kings
Myō’on-bon (妙音品): “Wonderful Sound” chapter
Myō’on-bosatsu (妙音菩薩): Wonderful Sound
Myō’on-bosatsu-hon (妙音菩薩品): “Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound” chapter
Myōraku (妙楽): Miao-lo
Myōren (妙蓮)
Myōshin-ama (妙心尼): Myōshin, the lay nun
Myōshō (明勝): Ming-sheng
Myōshōgonnō (妙荘厳王): Wonderful Adornment
Myōshōgonnō-hon (妙荘厳王品): “King Wonderful Adornment” chapter
Myōshōgonnō-honji-hon (妙荘厳王本事品): “Former Affairs of King Wonderful Adornment” chapter
myōshū (明宗): “Elucidation of Quality” section (See five major principles)
Myōsō-nyorai (名相如来): Rare Form
myō-tai-shū-yū-kyō (名体宗用教): name, essence, quality, function, and teaching (See five major principles)
Myōun (明雲)
myōyaku (冥益): inconspicuous benefit
Nadai-kashō (那提迦葉): Nadī Kāshyapa
Nagoe-no-ama (名越の尼): Nagoe, the lay nun of
naibon (内凡): inner rank of ordinary people; the higher rank of ordinary practitioners (See four good roots)
naie (内衣): inner robe (See three robes)
naige-funi-mon (内外不二門): oneness of the internal and the external (See ten onenesses)
naishō (内証): inner enlightenment (See Superior Practices)
Naiten-roku (内典録): Catalog of Buddhist Scriptures, The
Nakaoki-nyūdō (中興入道): Nakaoki, the lay priest of
Nambu Rokurō Sanenaga (南部六郎実長)
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo (南無妙法蓮華経)
nampō (剛法): heat stage
Nampō-bukkyō (南方仏教): Southern Buddhism
namu (南無)
Namu Amida Butsu (南無阿弥陀仏)
Nanda (難陀): Nanda
nandaimon (南大門): great south gate
Nanda-ryūō (難陀竜王): Nanda (See eight great dragon kings)
Nanden-bukkyō (南伝仏教): Southern Buddhism
Nandō-ha (南道派): Southern Way school (See Treatise on the Ten Stages school)
Nan-embudai (南閻浮提): southern continent (See Jambudvīpa)
Nangaku (南岳): Nan-yüeh
nangyō-dō (難行道): difficult-to-practice way
nan-i (剛位): heat stage
nanji-den (南寺伝): transmission of the Southern Temple (See Dharma Characteristics school)
Nanjō Hyōe Shichirō (南条兵衛七郎)
Nanjō Shichirō Gorō (南条七郎五郎)
Nanjō Tokimitsu (南条時光)
Nankai-kiki-naihō-den (南海寄帰内法伝): Record of Southern Countries, The
Nankyō-ritsu (南京律): Precepts school of the Southern Capital (See Precepts school)
nansan-hokushichi (南三北七): three schools of the south and seven schools of the north
Nanshū Zen (南宗禅): Southern school of Zen
nanto-rokushū (南都六宗): six schools of Nara
nanto-shichidaiji (南都七大寺): seven major temples of Nara
Nanzan Risshū (南山律宗): Nan-shan branch of the Precepts school (See Tao-hsüan)
Nanzen-ji (南禅寺): See Five Temples
Naraen (那羅延): Nārāyana
naraku (奈落): naraka
Naranda-ji (那爛陀寺): Nālandā Monastery
Narendaiyasha (那連提耶舎): Narendrayashas
Nasen-biku (那先比丘): Nāgasena
nayuta (那由多): nayuta
nehan (涅槃): nirvana
Nehan-gyō (涅槃経): Nirvana Sutra
nehan-jakujō (涅槃寂静): Nirvana is tranquil and quiet. (See Dharma seal)
Nehan-shū (涅槃宗): Nirvana school
Nembutsu (念仏)
Nembutsu-shū (念仏宗): Nembutsu school
Nen’a (然阿)
nen-futai (念不退): non-regression from thought (See three kinds of non-regression)
Nentō-butsu (燃燈仏): Burning Torch
Nichiben (日弁)
Nichidai (日代)
nichigatsu-hakushoku-nan (日月薄蝕難): calamity of solar and lunar eclipses (See seven disasters)
Nichigatsu-jōmyōtoku-butsu (日月浄明徳仏): Sun Moon Pure Bright Virtue
Nichigatsu-tōmyō-butsu (日月燈明仏): Sun Moon Bright
Nichigen-nyo (日眼女)
Nichigō (日郷)
Nichiji (日持)
Nichijū (日什)
Nichijun (日順)
Nichikan (日寛)
Nichikō (日講)
Nichimoku (日目)
Nichimyō (日妙)
Nichinyo (日女)
Nichiō (日奥)
Nichiren (日蓮)
Nichiren-ichigo-guhō-fuzoku-sho (日蓮一期弘法付嘱書): Document for Entrusting the Law that Nichiren Propagated throughout His Life, The
Nichiren Shōshū (日蓮正宗)
Nichiren-shū (日蓮宗): Nichiren school
Nichirō (日朗)
Nichiu (日有)
Nichizen (日禅)
Nichizō (日像): See Nichiren school
Nichizō-biku (日蔵比丘): Sun Repository (See Medicine King)
Nichizon (日尊)
Nihon Daruma-shū (日本達磨宗): Japanese Bodhidharma school (See Nōnin)
nihyaku-gojikkai (二百五十戒): two hundred and fifty precepts
Niiama (新尼)
Niida Shirō Nobutsuna (新田四郎信綱)
Niike Saemon-no-jō (新池左衛門尉)
nijō (二乗): two vehicles
nijō-sabutsu (二乗作仏): attainment of Buddhahood by persons of the two vehicles
nijū-bu (二十部): twenty Hinayana schools
nijūgo-hōben (二十五方便): twenty-five preparatory exercises
nijūgo-u (二十五有): twenty-five realms of existence
nijūgyō-no-ge (二十行の偈): twenty-line verse
nijūhasso (二十八祖): twenty-eight Indian patriarchs
nijūhatten (二十八天): twenty-eight heavens
nijūsan-so (二十三祖): twenty-three successors
nijūyo-moji-no-hokekyō (二十四文字の法華経): twenty-four-character Lotus Sutra
nikai-hachiban (二界八番): beings of the two worlds and the eight groups
nika-no-kangyō (二箇の諌暁): two admonitions
nika-sōjō-sho (二箇相承書): two transfer documents
nikāya (ニカーヤ): nikāya (See Āgama sutras)
Nikenda-nyakudaishi (尼乾陀若提子): Nigantha Nātaputta
Nikke (日華)
nikkei-sō (肉髻相): knot of flesh on the head
Nikkō (日興)
Nikkō-ato-jōjō-no-koto (日興跡条条の事): Matters to Be Observed after Nikkō’s Death (See Nikkō)
Nikkō-bosatsu (日光菩薩): Sunlight
Nikkō-butsu (日光仏): Sunlight (See Constellation Kalpa)
nikkō-yu (日光喩): simile of the sun (See ten similes)
Nikkō-yuikai-okibumi (日興遺誡置文): Twenty-six Admonitions of Nikkō, The
Nikō (日向)
Nikō-ki (日向記): Nikō’s Records
niku-gen (肉眼): eye of ordinary people (See five types of vision)
Nikurida (尼倶律陀): Nyagrodha
nikurui-ju (尼倶類樹): nyagrodha tree
Nikyō-ron (二教論): Comparison of Exoteric and Esoteric Buddhism, A
Nikyō-ron (二教論): Treatise on the Two Teachings, The (See Tao-an [2] )
Nimindara-sen (尼民達羅山): Nimimdhara (See four seas)
Nimma-ha (ニンマ派): Nyingma school (See Tibetan Buddhism)
nimpō-ikka (人法一箇): oneness of the Person and the Law
nin (忍): forbearance
nindo (忍土): world of endurance
Ningai (仁海): See Shōbō
nin-honzon (人本尊): object of devotion in terms of the Person (See Gohonzon)
nin-i (忍位): perception stage
nini-funi (而二不二): two but not two (See oneness of body and mind)
nin-jō (人乗): vehicle of ordinary people (See five vehicles)
nin-kai (忍界): world of endurance
nin-kai (人界): world of human beings
Ninki-hon (人記品): “Prophecies” chapter
ninniku (忍辱): forbearance
ninniku-haramitsu (忍辱波羅蜜): pāramitā of forbearance (See six pāramitās)
ninniku-no-koromo (忍辱の衣): robe of forbearance
ninniku-no-yoroi (忍辱の鎧): armor of perseverance
Ninniku-sennin (忍辱仙人): Forbearance
Ninnō-kyō (仁王経): Benevolent Kings Sutra
nin-pō (忍法): perception stage
Ninshō (忍性)
ninshu-shitsueki-nan (人衆疾疫難): calamity of pestilence (See seven disasters)
Nirabuda-jigoku (尼剌部陀地獄): Nirarbuda hell (See eight cold hells)
Nirenzen-ga (尼連禅河): Nairanjanā River
Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺): See Hongan-ji
Nishiyama-nyūdō (西山入道): Nishiyama, the lay priest of
nisho-san’e (二処三会): two places and three assemblies
nishu-kuyō (二種供養): two kinds of offerings (See offering)
nisoku-son (二足尊): most honored of two-legged beings
Nissen (日仙)
Nisshō (日昭)
Nisshō (日照): Jih-chao
Nisshū (日秀)
Nitchō (日頂)
Nitchō (日澄)
Nitten (日天): sun, god of the
Nittō-guhō-junrei-kōki (入唐求法巡礼行記): Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law, The
nizen-kyō (爾前教): pre-Lotus Sutra teachings
nizen-no-en (爾前の円): perfect teaching expounded in the pre-Lotus Sutra teachings (See perfect teaching)
nizō (二蔵): two storehouses
nōe (納衣): clothes of patched rags
nōnin (能忍): One Who Can Endure
Nōnin (能忍)
Nōse-taishi (能施太子): Earnest Donor
nōtsū-hōben (能通方便): expedient means that can lead one in (See three expedient means)
Nyohō (如宝)
Nyoi (如意): Manoratha
nyoi-hōju (如意宝珠): wish-granting jewel
Nyojaku Nichiman (如寂日満): See Abutsu-bō
nyonin-jōbutsu (女人成仏): attainment of Buddhahood by women
nyorai (如来): Thus Come One
Nyorai-jinriki-hon (如来神力品): “Supernatural Powers of the Thus Come One” chapter
Nyorai-juryō-hon (如来寿量品): “Life Span of the Thus Come One” chapter
nyorai-no-ji (如来の事): Thus Come One’s work (See envoy of the Thus Come One)
nyorai-no-koromo (如来の衣): Thus Come One’s robe (See robe, seat, and room)
nyorai-no-shitsu (如来の室): Thus Come One’s room (See robe, seat, and room)
nyorai-no-tsukai (如来の使): envoy of the Thus Come One
nyorai-no-za (如来の座): Thus Come One’s seat (See robe, seat, and room)
nyorai-zen (如来禅): Thus Come One Zen
nyorai-zō (如来蔵): matrix of the Thus Come One
Nyoraizō-kyō (如来蔵経): Matrix of the Thus Come One Sutra
nyōyaku-ujō-kai (饒益有情戒): precept for benefiting sentient beings
nyoze-gamon (如是我聞): “This is what I heard”
nyūdō (入道): lay priest
nyūwa-ninniku-no-koromo (柔和忍辱の衣): robe of gentleness and patience (See robe of forbearance)
Ōama (大尼)
oashisu-toshi-kokka (オアシス都市国家): oasis city-states (See Silk Road)
Ōbaku-shū (黄檗宗): Ōbaku school
odori-nembutsu (踊念仏): dancing Nembutsu (See Ippen)
Ō Fu (王浮): Wang Fu (See Sutra on the Conversion of Barbarians by Lao Tzu)
Ōga-koku (鴦伽国): Anga
ōgu (応供): Worthy of Offerings
Ōhara-mondō (大原問答): Ōhara Discourse
ōjin (応身): manifested body
ōjin-butsu (応身仏): Buddha of the manifested body
Ōjō-raisan (往生礼讃): Praising Rebirth in the Pure Land
Ōjō-raisan-ge (往生礼讃偈): Verses Praising Rebirth in the Pure Land, The
Ōjō-ron (往生論): Treatise on Rebirth in the Pure Land, The
Ōjōron-chū (往生論註): Commentary on “The Treatise on Rebirth in the Pure Land,” The
Ōjō-yōshū (往生要集): Essentials of Rebirth in the Pure Land, The
Okō-kikigaki (御講聞書): Recorded Lectures, The
Ōkutsumara (央掘摩羅): Angulimāla
Omosu-dansho (重須談所): Omosu Seminary
on (唵): om
Ongi-kuden (御義口伝): Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, The
Ōnichi-nyo (王日女)
onjiki-se (飲食施): offerings of food and drink (See three kinds of offerings)
Onjō-ji (園城寺)
Onkō-bu (飲光部): Kāshyapīya school
on-ma (陰魔): devil of the five components; hindrance of the five components (See four devils; three obstacles and four devils)
Ono-ryū (小野流): Ono branch (See Shōbō)
onrin (園林): vana
onzōe-ku (怨憎会苦): suffering of having to meet with those whom one hates (See eight sufferings)
Oryō (烏竜): Wu-lung
Ōryū-ha (黄竜派): Huang-lung school (See Zen school)
Ōsha-jō (王舎城): Rājagriha
Ōta Jōmyō (大田乗明)
Oto-gozen (乙御前): Oto
Ōwa-no-shūron (応和の宗論): Ōwa Debate
Padomasambaba (パドマサンババ): Padmasambhava (See Tibetan Buddhism)
Pakupa (パクパ): Phagpa (See Tibetan Buddhism)
Ragora (羅睺羅): Rāhula; Rāhulabhadra
Ragorabaddara (羅睺羅跋陀羅): Rāhulabhadra
Raidenku-bosatsu (雷電吼菩薩): Thunderbolt Roar (See five mighty bodhisattvas)
Raikōmyō (雷光明): Lightning Glow (See Medicine King)
Raitawara (頼吒和羅): Rāshtrapāla (See Ashvaghosha)
Raiyu (頼瑜)
Rakuhenge-ten (楽変化天): Heaven of Enjoying the Conjured
Rakuson (楽僔): Le-tsun (See Mo-kao Caves)
Rambini (藍毘尼): Lumbinī
Rambini-en (藍毘尼園): Lumbinī Gardens (See Lumbinī)
Rankei Dōryū (蘭渓道隆)
ran-shō (卵生): birth from eggs (See four forms of birth)
rasetsu (羅刹): rākshasa
rasetsu-nyo (羅刹女): rākshasī
Reiyū (霊祐): Ling-yu (See Zen school)
Reiyūkai (霊友会)
renge (蓮華)
Rengeshiki-bikuni (蓮華色比丘尼): Utpalavarnā
Rengezō-sekai (蓮華蔵世界): Lotus Treasury World
retsu-ōjin (劣応身): inferior manifested body
Ribata (離婆多): Revata
Rida (利吒)
ridō-jishō (理同事勝): equal in principle but superior in practice
ri-himitsu (理秘密): esoteric teachings in theory
riki-haramitsu (力波羅蜜): pāramitā of power (See ten pāramitās)
rimbō (輪宝): chakra
rin (林): vana
Rinda-ō (輪陀王): Rinda
rin’en-gusoku (輪円具足): perfectly endowed (See mandala)
rinne (輪廻): samsāra
rinne-shōji (輪廻生死): repeated cycle of birth and death (See samsāra)
rinnō-yu (輪王喩): simile of a wheel-turning king (See ten similes)
rin-ō (輪王): wheel-turning king
ri-no-ichinen-sanzen (理の一念三千): theoretical three thousand realms in a single moment of life (See three thousand realms in a single moment of life)
Rinzai Gigen (臨済義玄): Lin-chi I-hsüan (See Zen school)
Rinzai-shū (臨済宗): Lin-chi school; Rinzai school
Risha (離車): Licchavi
ri-shō (理証): theoretical proof (See three proofs)
Rishu-kyō (理趣経): Principle of Wisdom Sutra
ri-soku (理即): stage of being a Buddha in theory
risshi (律師): discipline master
Risshō-ankoku-ron (立正安国論): On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land
Risshō Kōseikai (立正佼成会)
Risshū (律宗): Precepts school
rita (利他): benefiting others (See benefiting oneself and benefiting others)
rita-gyō (利他行): altruistic practice (See Mahayana Buddhism)
ritsu (律): vinaya
ro (漏): outflows
Rōben (良弁)
rōi-byōshi-no-tatoe (良医病子の譬): parable of the skilled physician and his sick children
rojin-tsū (漏尽通): power to eradicate illusions and earthly desires (See six transcendental powers)
Rokkan-naion-kyō (六巻泥洹経): six-volume Nirvana Sutra (See Mahāparinirvāna Sutra [2] )
Rokkan-shō (六巻抄): Six-Volume Writings, The
rokkon (六根): six sense organs
rokkon-shōjō (六根清浄): purification of the six sense organs
rokkyō (六境): six objects
roku-dai (六大): six elements
roku-daijin (六大臣): six ministers
roku-dō (六道): six paths
rokudō-rinne (六道輪廻): transmigration in the six paths
rokudō-shishō (六道四生): six paths and the four forms of birth (See four forms of birth)
rokugun-biku (六群比丘): six monks, group of
roku-haramitsu (六波羅蜜): six pāramitās
Rokuharamitsu-kyō (六波羅蜜経): Six Pāramitās Sutra
roku-jinzū (六神通): six transcendental powers
rokuji-raisan (六時礼讃): reciting verses of praise six times a day (See Praising Rebirth in the Pure Land)
rokujū-kai (六重戒): six precepts (2)
roku-jūzai (六重罪): six major offenses
rokuman-gōgasha (六万恒河沙): sands of sixty thousand Ganges Rivers (See “Emerging from the Earth” chapter)
Rokunamadai (勒那摩提): Ratnamati
rokunan-kui (六難九易): six difficult and nine easy acts
roku-nen (六念): six kinds of contemplation
Rokuon-ji (鹿苑時): Deer Park period
roku-rōsō (六老僧): six senior priests
roku-sainichi (六斎日): six days of purification
rokushi-gedō (六師外道): six non-Buddhist teachers
roku-shiki (六識): six consciousnesses
roku-shin (六臣): six ministers
roku-sō (六相): six forms
Rokuso-dan-kyō (六祖壇経): Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, The
roku-soku (六即): six stages of practice
Rokusoku-ō (鹿足王): Deer Feet
roku-tsū (六通): six transcendental powers
roku-wakyō (六和敬): six types of harmony and reverence
Rokuya-on (鹿野苑): Deer Park
roku-yoku (六欲): six desires
rokuyoku-ten (六欲天): six heavens of the world of desire
roku-zui (六瑞): six auspicious happenings
rongi-daiichi (論議第一): foremost in debate (See Kātyāyana)
ron’yū (論用): “Discussion of Function” section (See five major principles)
ropparamitsu (六波羅蜜): six pāramitās
Ropparamitsu-kyō (六波羅蜜経): Six Pāramitās Sutra
roppō-kai (六法戒): six precepts (1)
Ropunōru (ロプ・ノール): Lop Nor (See Lou-lan)
Rōran (楼蘭): Lou-lan
Rōshi-keko-kyō (老子化胡経): Sutra on the Conversion of Barbarians by Lao Tzu
Ro-zan (廬山): Mount Lu (See Hui-yüan)
Rurikōshō-nyorai (瑠璃光照如来): Lapis Lazuli Brightness (See Medicine King)
Rusui (流水): Water Carrier
ruten-mon (流転門): way of transmigration (See twelve-linked chain of causation)
rutsū-bun (流通分): transmission section
ryakkaisan-ken’ichi (略開三顕一): concise replacement of the three vehicles with the one vehicle
ryakkō-shugyō (歴劫修行): countless kalpas of practice
ryakuge-gonshu (略解言趣): to generally understand the import of the words of the Lotus Sutra (See four stages of faith)
ryaku-kaigon-kennon (略開近顕遠): opening the near and revealing the distant in concise form (See opening the near and revealing the distant)
Ryōchū (良忠)
Ryōga-kyō (楞伽経): Lankāvatāra Sutra
Ryōgen (良源)
Ryōhi (良賁): Liang-pi
Ryōjo (良諝): Liang-hsü
Ryōju-sen (霊鷲山): Eagle Peak
Ryōkai (良价): Liang-chieh (See Zen school)
Ryōkan (良観)
Ryokō (呂光): Lü Kuang (See Kumārajīva)
Ryō-kōsō-den (梁高僧伝): Liang Dynasty Biographies of Eminent Priests, The
Ryōnin (良忍)
Ryō-no-sandai-hosshi (梁の三大法師): three great Dharma teachers of the Liang dynasty (See Fa-yün)
ryōsoku-son (両足尊): most honored of two-legged beings
Ryōzen-e (霊山会): assembly on Eagle Peak (See two places and three assemblies)
Ryōzen-jōdo (霊山浄土): pure land of Eagle Peak (See Eagle Peak)
Ryūchi (竜智): Nāgabodhi
ryūgū (竜宮): dragon palace (See Sāgara)
ryūjin (竜神): dragon deity
Ryūju (竜樹): Nāgārjuna
Ryūju-bosatsu-den (竜樹菩薩伝): The Biography of Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna (See Nāgārjuna)
Ryūkan (隆寛)
Ryūmon-sekkutsu (竜門石窟): Lung-men caves
ryūnyo (竜女): dragon king’s daughter
ryūō (竜王): dragon kings
Ryūōku-bosatsu (竜王吼菩薩): Dragon King’s Roar (See five mighty bodhisattvas)
Ryūsen-ji (滝泉寺)
Ryūshin (隆真)
Ryūzō-bō (竜象房)
Sado-bō (佐渡房)
Sado-ruzai (佐渡流罪): Sado Exile
Saichō (最澄)
Saidai-ji (西大寺)
Sai-goke-shū (西牛貨洲): Aparagodānīya
Saihō-jōdo (西方浄土): Western Pure Land
saihō-jūman-okudo (西方十万億土): a hundred thousand million Buddha lands to the west (See Western Pure Land)
Saiiki-ki (西域記): Record of the Western Regions, The
Saiin (蔡愔): Ts’ai Yin
Sai-jarin (摧邪輪): Refutation of Erroneous Doctrines, A
Saimyō-ji (西明寺): Hsi-ming-ssu
Saimyō-ji (最明寺)
Saimyō-ji-nyūdō (最明寺入道): lay priest of Saimyō-ji (See Saimyō-ji)
Sairen-bō (最蓮房)
Saishō’ō-kyō (最勝王経): Sovereign Kings Sutra
Saiten-nijūhasso (西天二十八祖): twenty-eight Indian patriarchs
Sajiki-nyōbō (桟敷女房): Sajiki, the lady of
Sakya-ha (サキャ派): Sakya school (See Tibetan Buddhism)
sambō (三宝): three treasures
sambōin (三法印): three Dharma seals
Sambu-issō-no-hōnan (三武一宗の法難): four imperial persecutions of Buddhism in China
sambunka-kyō (三分科経): three divisions of a sutra
sammai (三昧): samādhi
sammaya-gyō (三昧耶形): samaya
Sammi-bō (三位房)
Sammon-ha (山門派): Mountain school (1)
sammui (三無為): three categories of the unconditioned (See unconditioned, the)
sammyō-gōron (三妙合論): integration of the three mystic principles
sammyō-rokutsū (三明六通): three insights and six transcendental powers
sampen-doden (三変土田): three-time purification of the lands
Samuiē-ji (サムイェー寺): Samye monastery (See Tibetan Buddhism)
san-akudō (三悪道): three evil paths
san-akushu (三悪趣): three evil paths
san-byōdō (三平等): three equalities
san-chi (三智): three kinds of wisdom
sandai-hihō (三大秘法): Three Great Secret Laws
san-dō (三道): three paths (1)
san-dō (三道): three ways
san-doku (三毒): three poisons
sando-no-kōmyō (三度の高名): three-time gaining of distinction
san-futai (三不退): three kinds of non-regression
san-fuzengon (三不善根): three bad roots (See good roots)
san-gai (三界): threefold world
Sangai-ha (山外派): Outside-the-Mountain school
Sangai-kyō (三階教): Three Stages school
Sangai-zenji (三階禅師): San-chieh, the Meditation Master
san-gaku (三学): three types of learning
sangaku-shinkō (山岳信仰): mountain worship (See Shugendō school)
sange (懺悔): repentance
san-gedatsu-mon (三解脱門): three meditations for emancipation
Sange-gakushō-shiki (山家学生式): Regulations for Students of the Mountain School, The
Sange-ha (山家派): Mountain school (2)
san-gen (三賢): three stages of worthiness
sangi-hyakudai-kō (三祇百大劫): three asamkhya kalpas and a hundred major kalpas
san-gō (三業): three categories of action
sangō-funi-mon (三業不二門): oneness of thought, word, and deed (See ten onenesses)
Sangoku-buppō-dentsū-engi (三国仏法伝通縁起): A History of the Transmission and Propagation of Buddhism in Three Countries (See Gyōnen)
sangoku-shishi (三国四師): four teachers of the three countries
san-gyakuzai (三逆罪): three cardinal sins
san-hōben (三方便): three expedient means
sanhō-myō (三法妙): mystic principle of the three elements (See ten mystic principles)
san’in-busshō (三因仏性): three inherent potentials of the Buddha nature
Sanjaya-birateishi (刪闍耶毘羅胝子): Sanjaya Belatthiputta
san-ji (三時): three periods (1)
sanji-kyō (三時教): three periods, teachings of the
san-jin (三身): three bodies
san-jin (三心): three kinds of mind
sanjin-soku-isshin (三身即一身): All three bodies are found within a single Buddha. (See three bodies)
sanjō (三乗): three vehicles
san-jō (三定): three types of meditation
sanjō-hō (三乗法): three vehicle teachings
san-jōryo (三静慮): three types of meditation
sanjū (三従): three obediences (See five obstacles)
sanjū-hiden (三重秘伝): threefold secret teaching
Sanjū-hiden-shō (三重秘伝抄): “The Threefold Secret Teaching” (See Six-Volume Writings, The)
sanju-jō-kai (三聚浄戒): three comprehensive precepts
sanjūni-sō (三十二相): thirty-two features
sanjūni-sō-hachijisshugō (三十二相八十種好): thirty-two features and eighty characteristics
sanjūsan-shin (三十三身): thirty-three forms
sanjūsan-ten (三十三天): Heaven of the Thirty-three Gods
sanjūsan-ten (三十三天): thirty-three gods
sanjūshichi-dōhon (三十七道品): thirty-seven aids to the way
sanjūshi-shin (三十四身): thirty-four forms
san-kaidan (三戒壇): three ordination platforms
sankai-shishō (三誡四請): three exhortations and four entreaties
sanka-no-chokusen (三箇の勅宣): three pronouncements
sanka-no-hōshō (三箇の鳳詔): three pronouncements
san-kashō (三迦葉): three Kāshyapa brothers
san-ki (三帰): threefold refuge
san-ki (三軌): three rules of preaching
san-kie (三帰依): threefold refuge
sanki-gokai (三帰五戒): threefold refuge and observance of the five precepts
Sānkiya-gakuha (サーンキヤ学派): Sāmkhya school (See Kapila)
san-kō (三劫): three kalpas
sanko-sho (三鈷杵): three-pronged diamond-pounder
sankō-tenshi (三光天子): three heavenly sons of light
san-ku (三苦): three sufferings
san-mitsu (三密): three mysteries
san-myō (三明): three insights
san-myō (三妙): three mystic principles
sanne (三衣): three robes
Sannei (賛寧): Tsan-ning (See Sung Dynasty Biographies of Eminent Priests, The)
sanne-ippatsu (三衣一鉢): three robes and one begging bowl
san-nenjū (三念住): three kinds of tranquillity
Sannō (山王): Mountain King
san-rin (三輪): three circles
Sanron-gengi (三論玄義): Profound Meaning of the Three Treatises, The
Sanron-shū (三論宗): Three Treatises school
sanrui-no-gōteki (三類の強敵): three powerful enemies
sanrui-no-tekijin (三類の敵人): three types of enemies
san-sai (三災): three calamities
sansai-shichinan (三災七難): three calamities and seven disasters
san-se (三施): three kinds of offerings
san-seken (三世間): three realms of existence
san-sen (三仙): three ascetics
san-setsu (三説): three categories of preaching
sansha-kataku-no-tatoe (三車火宅の譬): parable of the three carts and the burning house
sanshi-shichishō (三師七証): three leaders and seven witnesses
san-shō (三証): three proofs
san-shō (三性): three types of character
sanshō-shima (三障四魔): three obstacles and four devils
sanshu-no-kyōsō (三種の教相): three standards of comparison
sanshū-no-seppō (三周の説法): three cycles of preaching
sanshū-no-shōmon (三周の声聞): three groups of voice-hearers
sansō-nimoku-no-tatoe (三草二木の譬): parable of the three kinds of medicinal herbs and two kinds of trees
san-tai (三諦): three truths
san-tembōrin (三転法輪): thrice turned wheel of the Law
San-tendai-godaisan-ki (参天台五台山記): The Record of the Pilgrimage to Mount T’ien-t’ai and MountWu-t’ai (See Jōjin)
san-tōji (三等至): three types of meditation
san-toku (三徳): three virtues
san-waku (三惑): three categories of illusion
san-yaku (三益): three benefits
san-yu (山喩): simile of mountains (See ten similes)
san-ze (三世): three existences
sanze-jippō-no-shobutsu (三世十方の諸仏): Buddhas of the ten directions and three existences (See ten directions)
sanzen-daisen-sekai (三千大千世界): major world system
san-zendō (三善道): three good paths
san-zengon (三善根): three good roots (See good root)
sanzen-igi (三千威儀): three thousand rules of conduct
sanzen-jintengō (三千塵点劫): major world system dust particle kalpas
san-zenkon (三善根): three good roots (See good root)
sanze-no-shobutsu (三世の諸仏): Buddhas of the three existences (See three existences)
san-zō (三蔵): three divisions of the canon
san-zō (三蔵): Tripitaka master
san-zu (三途): three paths (2)
sanzu-no-kawa (三途の河): river of three crossings
sarai-niko (作礼而去): “bowed in obeisance and departed”
Sasshō (薩生)
satori (悟): enlightenment
satta (薩埵): sattva
Satta-ōji (薩埵王子): Mahāsattva
Saundara-nanda (サウンダラ・ナンダ): Saundarananda (See Ashvaghosha)
Sawata (薩和多): See Universal Practice
sazen-sago (佐前佐後): before and after Sado
sedaiippō (世第一法): foremost worldly stage
Seichō-ji (清澄寺)
seigan (誓願): vow
seigan-anrakugyō (誓願安楽行): peaceful practice of vows (See four peaceful practices)
Seiryō-ji (清凉寺)
Seiryū-ji (青竜寺): Ch’ing-lung-ssu
Seishi-bosatsu (勢至菩薩): Great Power
seishuku-henge-nan (星宿変怪難): calamity of extraordinary changes in the heavens (See seven disasters)
Seishukukō-chōja (星宿光長者): Constellation Light (See Medicine King)
Seitasan-bu (制多山部): Chaityavādin school (See eighteen Hinayana schools)
Seizanjū-bu (西山住部): Aparashaila school (See eighteen Hinayana schools)
Sejizaiō-butsu (世自在王仏): World Freedom King
sekenge (世間解): Understanding the World (See ten honorable titles)
seken-shitsudan (世間悉檀): to teach Buddhism in secular terms (See four ways of preaching)
Sembu-shū (贍部洲): Jambudvīpa
Sembutsu-dō (千仏洞): Cave of the Thousand Buddhas
Sempa (瞻波): Champā
sempuku-ju (瞻蔔樹): champaka tree
sempukurin-sō (千輻輪相): thousand-spoked wheel
semui-sha (施無畏者): Bestower of Fearlessness
Senchaku-shū (選択集): Nembutsu Chosen above All, The
sendai-haramitsu (羼提波羅蜜): pāramitā of forbearance (See six pāramitās)
sendan (栴檀): sandalwood tree
sendan-no-ukigi (栴檀の浮木): floating sandalwood log (See one-eyed turtle)
sendara (旃陀羅): chandāla
Sengaie-jizaitsūō-nyorai (山海慧自在通王如来): Mountain Sea Wisdom Unrestricted Power King
Senji-shō (撰時抄): Selection of the Time, The
senjō-funimon (染浄不二門): oneness of the impure and the pure (See ten onenesses)
Senju-kannon (千手観音): Thousand-armed Perceiver of the World’s Sounds
senju-nembutsu (専修念仏): exclusive practice of the Nembutsu
Senkan (千観)
Sennichi-ama (千日尼): Sennichi, the lay nun
Sennin-dasho (仙人堕処): Rishipatana; Sage Ascetics-Gathering
Sennyū-ji (泉涌寺): See Shunjō
Sensha-nyo (旃遮女): Chinchā
senshō-zōjōman (僭聖増上慢): arrogance and presumption of those who pretend to be sages (See three powerful enemies)
Sen’yo-kokuō (仙予国王): Sen’yo
seō (世雄): world hero
seppō-daiichi (説法第一): foremost in preaching the Law (See Pūrna)
seppō-hon (説法品): stage of expounding the Lotus Sutra to others (See five stages of practice)
Seppō-hon (説法品): “Preaching the Law” chapter (See Immeasurable Meanings Sutra)
seppō-myō (説法妙): mystic principle of preaching (See ten mystic principles)
Seshin (世親): Vasubandhu
seson (世尊): bhagavat; World-Honored One
Sessen (雪山): Snow Mountains
Sessen-bu (雪山部): Haimavata school (See Theravāda school)
Sessen-dōji (雪山童子): Snow Mountains, the boy
Sessenge-ō (雪山下王): Himatala
setsudo (刹土): kshetra
Setsu-issaiu-bu (説一切有部): Sarvāstivāda school
Setsuke-bu (説仮部): Prajnāptivādin school (See eighteen Hinayana schools)
setsuna (刹那): kshana (See ichinen)
Setsushusse-bu (説出世部): Lokottaravāda school (See eighteen Hinayana schools)
setsuteiri (刹帝利): Kshatriya
setsu-zoku (殺賊): destroyer of bandits (See arhat)
Seu (世友): Vasumitra
sha (捨): impartiality; upekshā (See four infinite virtues)
shaba-sekai (娑婆世界): sahā world
shaba-soku-jakkō (娑婆即寂光): The sahā world is in itself the Land of Eternally Tranquil Light. (See sahā world)
Shae-jō (舎衛城): Shrāvastī
shae-no-san’oku (舎衛の三億): three hundred thousand families of Shrāvastī (See Shrāvastī)
Shagita (娑祇多): Shāketa
sha-hei-kaku-hō (捨閉閣抛): “discard, close, ignore, and abandon”
Shakamuni (釈迦牟尼): Shakyamuni
Shakara-ryūō (沙竭羅竜王): Sāgara
Shaka-zoku (釈迦族): Shākya
shakke-no-bosatsu (迹化の菩薩): bodhisattvas of the theoretical teaching
shaku (迹): provisional identity; transient identity (See casting off the transient and revealing the true)
shakubuku (折伏)
shakubutsu (迹仏): provisional Buddha
Shakudai-kan’in (釈提桓因): Shakra Devānām Indra
Shaku-jōdo-gungi-ron (釈浄土群疑論): Treatise Resolving Numerous Doubts about the Pure Land Teachings, The
Shaku-makaen-ron (釈摩訶衍論): Commentary on the Mahayana Treatise, The
shakumon (迹門): theoretical teaching
shakumon-no-jūmyō (迹門の十妙): ten mystic principles of the theoretical teaching (See ten mystic principles)
shakumon-no-sampi (迹門の三譬): three metaphors of the theoretical teaching
shakumyō (釈名): “Interpretation of the Name” section (See five major principles)
shakushi (折指): Broken Finger (See Ajātashatru)
Shakuson (釈尊): Shakyamuni
shami (沙弥): shrāmanera
shamini (沙弥尼): shrāmanerī
shamon (沙門): shramana
Shamon-fukyō-ōja-ron (沙門不敬王者論): A Priest Does Not Bow before a King (See Hui-yüan [1] )
shana-gō (遮那業): Vairochana discipline (See Regulations for Students of the Mountain School, The)
Shanoku (車匿): Chandaka
Shāntarakushita (シャーンタラクシタ): Shāntarakshita (See Tibetan Buddhism)
shara-ju (沙羅樹): sal tree
Sharajuō-butsu (沙羅樹王仏): Sal Tree King (See Wonderful Adornment)
shara-no-shiken (沙羅の四見): four views of the sal grove
shara-rin (沙羅林): sal grove (See four views of the sal grove)
Sha-reiun (謝霊運): Hsieh Ling-yün (See Mahāparinirvāna Sutra)
Sharihotsu (舎利弗): Shāriputra
shi-agon-gyō (四阿含経): four Āgama sutras
shi-akudō (四悪道): four evil paths
shi-akushu (四悪趣): four evil paths
shi-anraku-gyō (四安楽行): four peaceful practices
Shi-anraku-gyō (四安楽行): Four Peaceful Practices, The
Shiba (シヴァ): Shiva (See Maheshvara)
Shiban (志磐): Chih-p’an (See Record of the Lineage of the Buddha and the Patriarchs, The)
Shiba Tatsuto (司馬達等)
Shibi-ō (尸毘王): Shibi
shi-bosatsu (四菩薩): four bodhisattvas
Shibun-ritsu (四分律): Fourfold Rules of Discipline, The
Shibun-ritsu-gyōji-shō (四分律行事鈔): Essentials of “The Fourfold Rules of Discipline,” The
shichi-bodaibun (七菩提分): seven aids to enlightenment
shichidō-garan (七堂伽藍): seven-halled temple
shichi-fukujin (七福神): seven beneficent deities
shichi-gyaku (七逆): seven cardinal sins
shichi-hi (七譬): seven parables
shichi-hō (七宝): seven kinds of treasures (1)
shichi-hō (七宝): seven treasures
shichi-hōben (七方便): seven expedient means
shichihyaku-ketsujū (七百結集): Gathering of Seven Hundred Monks (See Buddhist Councils)
shichi-kakushi (七覚支): seven aids to enlightenment
shichi-ken (七賢): seven stages of worthiness; seven worthies
shichi-kijin (七鬼神): seven guardian spirits
shichi-man (七慢): seven types of arrogance
shichi-nan (七難): seven disasters
shichisho-hachie (七処八会): eight successive assemblies in seven different locations (See Dharma Wisdom)
shichi-shōzai (七聖財): seven kinds of treasures (2)
shichi-shu (七衆): seven kinds of believers
shichi-shū (七宗): seven schools
Shichiyō-kutsu (七葉窟): Cave of the Seven Leaves
shichi-zai (七財): seven kinds of treasures (2)
Shida-ga (私陀河): Shītā River (See four rivers)
shidagon (斯陀含): once-returner
shidagon-ka (斯陀含果): stage of the once-returner (See four stages of Hinayana enlightenment)
shi-dai (四大): four elements
shidai-deshi (四大弟子): four major disciples
shidai-ga (四大河): four great rivers
shidai-kai (四大海): four great seas
Shidai-koku (支提国): Chedi (See sixteen great states)
shidai-shōmon (四大声聞): four great voice-hearers
shidai-shū (四大洲): four great continents
shidai-tennō (四大天王): four great heavenly kings
Shidarin (尸陀林): Shītavana
Shiddatta (悉達多): Siddhārtha
shi-do (四土): four kinds of lands
shido-no-rokuzui (此土の六瑞): six auspicious happenings in this world (See six auspicious happenings)
shie (四依): four ranks of sages
shie (四依): four standards
Shien (思円)
shie-no-bosatsu (四依の菩薩): four ranks of bodhisattvas
shi-fujōjiki (四不浄食): four improper ways of livelihood
shi-ga (四河): four rivers
shigan (此岸): this shore (See other shore)
shigu-seigan (四弘誓願): four universal vows
shi-haraizai (四波羅夷罪): four pārājika offenses
shi-hōin (四法印): four Dharma seals
shi-i (四違): four dislikes (See eight winds)
shi-igi (四威儀): four activities of daily life
Shiiji Shirō (椎地四郎)
Shiin (志因): Chih-yin (See T’ien-t’ai school)
shi-jamyōjiki (四邪命食): four improper ways of livelihood
shiji-kuyō (四事供養): four kinds of offerings
shi-jinsoku (四神足): four steps to transcendental powers
Shijō Kingo (四条金吾)
shijō-shōkaku-no-hotoke (始成正覚の仏): the Buddha who attained enlightenment for the first time in his present lifetime (See attainment of Buddhahood in the remote past)
shijū (四重): four grave prohibitions
shijūhachi-gan (四十八願): forty-eight vows
shijūhachi-kyōkai (四十八軽戒): forty-eight minor precepts
shijūkin (四重禁): four grave prohibitions
Shijūku-in (四十九院)
shi-jun (四順): four favorites (See eight winds)
shijūnihon-no-mumyō (四十二品の無明): forty-two levels of ignorance
Shijūni-shō-kyō (四十二章経): Sutra of Forty-two Sections
shijū-no-kōhai (四重の興廃): fourfold rise and fall
shi-jūzai (四重罪): four major offenses
shi-ka (四果): four stages of Hinayana enlightenment
shika-byakushi-butsu-yu (四果辟支仏喩): simile of voice-hearers at the four stages of enlightenment and cause-awakened ones (See ten similes)
shi-kai (四海): four seas
shikaku (始覚): acquired enlightenment
shikan (止観): concentration and insight
Shikan-bugyōden-guketsu (止観輔行伝弘決): Annotations on “Great Concentration and Insight,” The
shika-no-kakugen (四箇の格言): four dictums
shi-ke (四華): four kinds of flowers
Shiken (支謙): Chih-ch’ien
Shiki-butsu (尸棄仏): Shikhin (See seven Buddhas of the past)
shiki-ju-sō-gyō-shiki (色受想行識): form, perception, conception, volition, and consciousness (See five components)
shiki-kai (色界): world of form
Shikikukyō-ten (色究竟天): Akanishtha Heaven
Shikimuhen-jo (識無辺処): Realm of Boundless Consciousness
Shikimuhenjo-jō (識無辺処定): meditation on the Realm of Boundless Consciousness (See Realm of Boundless Consciousness)
Shikimuhenjo-ten (識無辺処天): Heaven of Boundless Consciousness
shikishamana (式叉摩那): shikshamānā
shikishin-funi (色心不二): oneness of body and mind
shi-kō (四劫): four kalpas
shi-ku (四苦): four sufferings
shiku-ge (四句偈): four-line verse
shi-kū-jō (四空定): four meditations on formlessness
shiku-no-yōbō (四句の要法): four-phrase essence of the Lotus Sutra
shi-kū-sho (四空処): four realms of the world of formlessness
Shikyō-gi (四教義): Meaning of the Four Teachings, The
shi-ma (死魔): devil of death; hindrance of death (See four devils; three obstacles and four devils)
shi-ma (四魔): four devils
shimatsu-hōrin (枝末法輪): branch teaching
shimatsu-kyō (枝末教): branch teaching
Shimei Chirei (四明知礼): Ssu-ming Chih-li (See Chih-li)
shimi (四味): first four flavors
shimi-sankyō (四味三教): four flavors and three teachings
shimmyō-se (身命施): offerings of one’s life (See three kinds of offerings)
shimon-yūkan (四門遊観): four meetings
Shimoyama-goshōsoku (下山御消息): Letter to Shimoyama
shi-muge-ben (四無礙弁): four unlimited kinds of eloquence (See four unlimited kinds of knowledge)
shi-muge-chi (四無礙智): four unlimited kinds of knowledge
shi-mui (四無畏): four fearlessnesses
shi-muryōshin (四無量心): four infinite virtues
shi-mushiki-jō (四無色定): four meditations on formlessness
shi-mushiki-kai (四無色界): four realms of the world of formlessness
shi-mushoi (四無所畏): four fearlessnesses
shin (瞋): anger
shin (信): faith
shin-anraku-gyō (身安楽行): peaceful practice of the body (See four peaceful practices)
Shindai (真諦): Paramārtha
Shindo-ga (信度河): Sindhu River (See four rivers)
shi-nenjū (四念住): four meditations
Shinga (真雅)
shinge (信解): belief and understanding (See faith)
Shinge-hon (信解品): “Belief and Understanding” chapter
Shingi-ha (新義派・新義真言宗): New Doctrine school (See True Word school)
shingon (真言): mantra
Shingon Risshū (真言律宗): True Word Precepts school
Shingon-sambu-kyō (真言三部経): three True Word sutras
Shingon-shū (真言宗): True Word school
Shingyō (信行): Hsin-hsing
shin-gyō-gaku (信行学): faith, practice, and study
Shinjikan-gyō (心地観経): Contemplation on the Mind-Ground Sutra
Shinjō (審祥)
Shinkō-ō (秦広王): King Ch’in-kuang (See ten kings)
Shinkyō (真教): See Time school
shin-mitsu (身密): mystery of the body (See three mysteries)
shinni (瞋恚): anger
shinnyo (真如): tathatā
Shinran (親鸞)
shin-riki (信力): power of faith (See four powers [1]; five powers)
shin-roku (新六): six new disciples of Nikkō
Shinsen-en (神泉苑): Shinsen-en garden
shintai (真諦): supreme truth (See Establishment of Truth school)
shin’yaku (新訳): new translations
shi-nyoisoku (四如意足): four steps to transcendental powers
Shinzei (真済)
shi-on (四恩): four debts of gratitude
Shi’on (志遠): Chih-yüan
Shiō-ten (四王天): Heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings
shippō (七宝): seven kinds of treasures (1)
shippō (七宝): seven treasures
shira-haramitsu (尸羅波羅蜜): pāramitā of keeping the precepts (See six pāramitās)
Shiren (師錬)
shi-riki (四力): four powers
shi-rinnō (四輪王): four wheel-turning kings
shi-ron (四論): four treatises
Shiron-shū (四論宗): Four Treatises school
Shirukasen (支婁迦讖): Lokakshema
Shiruku-rōdo (シルクロード): Silk Road
shi-sei (四聖): four noble worlds
shi-shaku (四釈): four guidelines
Shishikaku (師子覚): Buddhasimha
shishi-ku (師子吼): lion’s roar
Shishikyō-ō (師子頰王): Simhahanu
shi-shin (四身): four bodies (See Buddha of self-enjoyment)
shi-shin (四信): four objects of faith
shi-shin (四信): four stages of faith
shishin-gohon (四信五品): four stages of faith and five stages of practice
Shishin-gohon-shō (四信五品抄): On the Four Stages of Faith and the Five Stages of Practice
Shishion-butsu (師子音仏): Lion Voice (See sixteen princes)
Shishionnō-butsu (師子音王仏): Lion Sound King
shishi-shinchū-no-mushi (師子身中の虫): worms within the lion’s body
Shishisō-butsu (師子相仏): Lion Appearance (See sixteen princes)
shishi-sōjō (師資相承): transmission of the Law from teacher to disciple (See heritage of the Law)
Shishi-sonja (師子尊者): Āryasimha
shi-shitsudan (四悉檀): four ways of preaching
shishi-za (師子座): lion seat
shi-shō (四生): four forms of birth
shi-shō (四聖): four noble worlds
shi-shōbō (四摂法): four methods of winning people
shi-shōdan (四正断): four right efforts
shi-shōgon (四正勤): four right efforts
shi-shōtai (四聖諦): four noble truths
shi-shu (四衆): four kinds of believers
shi-shū (四洲): four continents
shishu-mandara (四種曼荼羅): four types of mandalas
shishu-sammai (四種三昧): four forms of meditation
shishu-shaku (四種釈): four guidelines
shisshō (湿生): birth from dampness (See four forms of birth)
shi-tai (四諦): four noble truths
Shitchigi (悉知義): Complete Understanding of Meanings (See six ministers)
shi-tendō (四顚倒): four inverted views
shi-tenge (四天下): four-continent world
shi-tennō (四天王): four heavenly kings
Shitennō-ji (四天王寺)
shi-toku (四徳): four virtues
Shittan (悉曇): Siddham (See Annen)
shi-waku (思惑): illusions of desire (See illusions of thought and desire)
Shiyaku-bonten (思益梵天): Brahmā Excellent Thought (See Questions of Brahmā Excellent Thought Sutra)
Shiyaku-bonten-shomon-gyō (思益梵天所問経): Questions of Brahmā Excellent Thought Sutra
Shiyaku-kyō (思益経): Brahmā Excellent Thought Sutra
shi-zengon (四善根): four good roots
shi-zenjō (四禅定): four stages of meditation
shizenten (四禅天): four meditation heavens
Shōan (章安): Chang-an
Shōben (清弁): Bhāvaviveka
shōbō (正法): Former Day of the Law
Shōbō (聖宝)
Shō-bō (少輔房)
Shōbō-genzō (正法眼蔵): Treasury of Knowledge of the True Law, The
Shōbōnenjo-kyō (正法念処経): Meditation on the Correct Teaching Sutra
Shōbon-hannya-kyō (小品般若経): Smaller Wisdom Sutra
Shō-bu (小部): Khuddaka-nikāya
shōbutsu-funi (生仏不二): oneness of living beings and Buddhas
Shōdaiba (聖提婆): Āryadeva
Shō-daijō-ron (摂大乗論): Summary of the Mahayana, The
Shōdō-mon (聖道門): Sacred Way teachings
shōgakunyo (正学女): shikshamānā
shōgo (正語): right speech (See eightfold path)
shōgō (正業): right action (See eightfold path)
Shōgon-kō (荘厳劫): Glorious Kalpa
shō-gyō (正行): correct practices (See sundry practices)
shō-gyō (正行): primary practice (See Six-Volume Writings, The)
shogyō-mujō (諸行無常): All things are impermanent. (See Dharma seal)
shōgyō-rokudo-hon (正行六度品): stage of perfecting one’s practice of the six pāramitās (See five stages of practice)
shōhenchi (正遍知): Right and Universal Knowledge (See ten honorable titles)
shohō-jissō (諸法実相): true aspect of all phenomena
Shō-hoke-kyō (正法華経): Lotus Sutra of the Correct Law
Shōhokke-daimoku-shō (唱法華題目抄): On Chanting the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra
shohō-muga (諸法無我): Nothing has an independent existence of its own. (See Dharma seal)
Shō-Hondō (正本堂): Grand Main Temple (See Soka Gakkai)
shō-i (聖位): stage of sages (See four good roots)
Shōi-biku (勝意比丘): Superior Intent
Shōichi (聖一)
shōja (精舎): vihāra
Shōjari-sennin (尚闍梨仙人): Shōjari
shoji (初地): first stage of development
shōjin (精進): vīrya
shōjin-haramitsu (精進波羅蜜): pāramitā of assiduousness (See six pāramitās)
shōji-no-kukai (生死の苦海): sea of the sufferings of birth and death
shōji-soku-nehan (生死即涅槃): sufferings of birth and death are nirvana
shōjō (小乗): lesser vehicle
shōjō (正定): right meditation (See eightfold path)
Shōjō-bukkyō (小乗仏教): Hinayana Buddhism
shōjō-jūhachi-bu (小乗十八部): eighteen Hinayana schools
shōjō-kai (小乗戒): Hinayana precepts (See Brahmā Net Sutra)
shōjō-kyō (小乗教): Hinayana teaching (See five teachings and ten doctrines)
shōjō-nijū-bu (小乗二十部): twenty Hinayana schools
shōjō-shiki (清浄識): pure consciousness (See amala-consciousness)
Shōjō-ten (少浄天): Minor Purity Heaven (See eighteen heavens)
shojū (初住): first stage of security
shōju (摂受)
Shōkaku-bō (正覚房)
shōken (正見): right views (See eightfold path)
shō-kō (小劫): small kalpa
Shōko (将去): See Universal Practice
Shōkō (聖光)
Shōkoku-ji (相国寺): See Five Temples
Shokō-ō (初江王): King First Creek of the River (See ten kings)
Shōkō-ten (少光天): Minor Light Heaven (See eighteen heavens)
Shōkū (証空)
Shōman-bunin (勝鬘夫人): Shrīmālā
Shōman-gyō (勝鬘経): Shrīmālā Sutra
Shōman-shishiku-kyō (勝鬘師子吼経): Lion’s Roar of Queen Shrīmālā Sutra
shōmatsu-kihon-hōrin (摂末帰本法輪): teaching that unites the branch teaching with the root teaching
Shōmoku (青目): Pingala
shōmon (声聞): voice-hearer
shōmon-jō (声聞乗): voice-hearer vehicle (See three vehicles)
shōmon-jōshō (声聞定性): those predestined to be voice-hearers (See five natures)
shōmon-kai (声聞界): world of voice-hearers
Shōmu-tennō (聖武天皇): Shōmu, Emperor
shōmyō (声明): musical recitation of sutras (See Ryōnin)
shōmyō (正命): right way of life (See eightfold path)
Shōnawashu (商那和修): Shānavāsa
shōnen (正念): right mindfulness (See eightfold path)
Shōnetsu-jigoku (焦熱地獄): hell of burning heat
shōnin (聖人): muni
shō-no-sansai (小の三災): three lesser calamities (See three calamities)
shō-ōjin (勝応身): superior manifested body
Shō-ōtōshi (小王統史): Chūlavamsa (See Mahāvamsa)
Shōrin-ji (少林寺): Shao-lin-ssu temple (See Bodhidharma)
shō-ritsugi-kai (摂律儀戒): precept that encompasses all the rules and standards (See three comprehensive precepts)
shōrō (鐘楼): bell tower (See seven-halled temple)
shō-rō-byō-shi (生老病死): birth, aging, sickness, and death (See four sufferings)
Shōron-shū (摂論宗): Summary of the Mahayana school
Shōryō-bu (正量部): Sammatīya school (See eighteen Hinayana schools)
shōryō-chi (清涼池): clear cool pond
Shōryō-kokushi (清涼国師): Teacher of the Nation Ch’ing-liang (See Ch’eng-kuan)
Shōryō-zan (清涼山): Ch’ing-liang, Mount
Shōryō-zan (清涼山): Clear and Cool, Mount
shō-sensekai (小千世界): minor world system (See major world system)
shōshi (正思): right thinking (See eightfold path)
Shōshi (小史): Chūlavamsa (See Mahāvamsa)
shōshin-ji (清信士): man of pure faith
shōshin-no-shari (生身の舎利): relics of the physical body (See Buddha’s relics)
shōshin-nyo (清信女): woman of pure faith
Shōshin-shū (勝身洲): Pūrvavideha
Shōshō (清竦): Ch’ing-sung (See T’ien-t’ai school)
shōshōjin (正精進): right endeavor (See eightfold path)
shōshu (焦種): scorched seeds
shōshū-bun (正宗分): revelation section
shō-shujō-kai (摂衆生戒): precept that encompasses all living beings
Shōshuku-kō (星宿劫): Constellation Kalpa
Shōshū-shō (正修章): “Correct Practice” chapter (See Great Concentration and Insight)
sho-tembōrin (初転法輪): first turning of the wheel of the Law (See turning of the wheel of the Law)
shoten-zenjin (諸天善神): heavenly gods and benevolent deities
Shōtoku-taishi (聖徳太子): Shōtoku, Prince
Shōu-kyō (請雨経): Prayer for Rain Sutra
shōyoku-chisoku (少欲知足): little desire and contentment with a little gain
shō-zembō-kai (摂善法戒): precept that encompasses all good deeds (See three comprehensive precepts)
shozuiki-hon (初随喜品): initial stage of rejoicing
shu (趣): path
shū (洲): dvīpa
Shubaddara (須跋陀羅): Subhadra
Shubin (守敏)
Shubodai (須菩提): Subhūti
Shudaina-taishi (須大拏太子): Sudāna
shudaon (須陀洹): stream-winner
shudaon-ka (須陀洹果): stage of the stream-winner (See four stages of Hinayana enlightenment)
Shudara (首陀羅): Shūdra (See Brahman)
Shudasuma-ō (須陀須摩王): Shrutasoma
Shudatsu (須達): Sudatta
shu-dō (修道): way of practice (See three ways)
Shūei (宗叡)
Shuen (修円)
Shugen (衆賢): Samghabhadra
Shugendō (修験道): Shugendō school
Shugō-jigoku (衆合地獄): hell of crushing (See eight hot hells)
Shugo-kokkai-kyō (守護国界経): Protection of the Sovereign of the Nation Sutra
Shugo-kokkai-shō (守護国界章): Essay on the Protection of the Nation, An
Shugo-kyō (守護経): Protection Sutra
Shujata (須闍多): Sujātā
shūji (種子): karmic seeds (See ālaya-consciousness)
shūji-shiki (執持識): maintaining-consciousness
shujō-joku (衆生濁): impurity of living beings (See five impurities)
shujō-muhen-seigando (衆生無辺誓願度): vow to save innumerable living beings (See four universal vows)
shujō-seken (衆生世間): realm of living beings (See three realms of existence)
shu-juku-datsu (種熟脱): sowing, maturing, and harvesting
shū-ki (臭鬼): stinking spirits; stinking demons (See pūtana)
Shukō-jō (衆香城): City of Fragrances
shū-kongō-shin (執金剛神): vajra-bearing god
shukumyō-tsū (宿命通): power to know past lives (See six transcendental powers)
Shukuōke (宿王華): Constellation King Flower
shumana (須摩那): sumanā
Shumichō-butsu (須弥頂仏): Sumeru Peak (See sixteen princes)
Shumi-sen (須弥山): Sumeru, Mount
Shumisen-sekai (須弥山世界): Sumeru world
Shumisō-butsu (須弥相仏): Sumeru Appearance (See Constellation Kalpa)
Shūmitsu (宗密): Tsung-mi
Shunjō (俊芿)
shura-kai (修羅界): world of asuras
Shurihandoku (周利槃特): Chūdapanthaka
Shuriyasoma (須利耶蘇摩): Shūryasoma
shuroka (首盧迦): shloka
Shuryōgon-kyō (首楞厳経): Shūramgama Sutra
shuryōgon-zammai (首楞厳三昧): shūramgama meditation
shu-shi-shin (主師親): sovereign, teacher, and parent
shu-shi-shin-no-santoku (主師親の三徳): three virtues of sovereign, teacher, and parent (See Opening of the Eyes, The)
Shushō-den (殊勝殿): Superior Palace (See Correct Views)
shushō-funimon (修性不二門): oneness of the result of practice and the true nature of life (See ten onenesses)
Shūsho-iki (周書異記): Record of Wonders in the Book of Chou, The
shushō-yu (衆星喩): simile of the heavenly bodies (See ten similes)
shusse-no-honkai (出世の本懐): purpose of one’s advent
Shutsu-sanzō-kishū (出三蔵記集): Collection of Records concerning the Tripitaka, A
shutsu-songyō-butsu (出尊形仏): Buddha who has forsaken august appearances (See Gohonzon)
Shutsuyō-kyō (出曜経): Sutra of Verses
Shuzen-ji (修禅寺)
Shuzen-ji (修禅寺): Hsiu-ch’an-ssu
sōbetsu-no-nigi (総別の二義): general and specific viewpoints
Sōbin (僧旻): Seng-min
sō-bō (僧房): dormitory for priests (See seven-halled temple)
sōdai-myō (相待妙): comparative myō; relative myō
Sōdō (僧導): Seng-tao (See Establishment of Truth school)
Sōei (僧叡): Seng-jui
sō-fuzoku (総付嘱): general transfer
Soga no Umako (蘇我馬子): See Eben
Sōgi-ritsu-kaihon (僧祇律戒本): The Basic Rules of Discipline (See Dharmakāla)
sōgya (僧伽): samgha
Sōgyabaddara (僧伽跋陀羅): Samghabhadra
Sōgyabatsuma (僧伽跋摩): Samghavarman (2)
Sōgyadaiba (僧伽提婆): Samghadeva
Sōgyamitta (僧伽蜜多): Samghamitrā (See Ashoka)
Sōgyanandai (僧伽難提): Samghanandi
sōgyari (僧伽梨): samghātī (See three robes)
Sōgyayasha (僧伽耶舎): Samghayashas
sōhei (僧兵): warrior-monks (See Myōun)
Sōji-ji (総持寺): See Sōtō school
sōji-soku (相似即): stage of resemblance to enlightenment
sōjō (僧正): administrator of priests
Sōjō (僧肇): Seng-chao
sōjō-no-do (爪上の土): specks of dirt on a fingernail
Soka Gakkai (創価学会)
Soka Kyōiku Gakkai (創価教育学会): See Soka Gakkai
Sōkan-gyō (双巻経): Two-Volumed Sutra
Sō-kōsō-den (宋高僧伝): Sung Dynasty Biographies of Eminent Priests, The
sokushin-jōbutsu (即身成仏): attaining Buddhahood in one’s present form
soma (蘇摩): soma
somana (蘇摩那): sumanā
Sōmin (僧旻): Seng-min
sōmoku-jōbutsu (草木成仏): enlightenment of plants
Sondara-nanda (孫陀羅難陀): Sundarananda
Sondari (孫陀利): Sundarī
Sonsoku-sen (尊足山): Gurupādaka, Mount
Sontsengampo (ソンツェンガンポ): Songtsen Gampo (See Tibetan Buddhism)
Sōnyū (僧柔): Seng-jou
Sō’ō (相応)
Sō’ō-bu (相応部): Samyutta-nikāya
Soraba-koku (蘇羅婆国): Shūrasena (See sixteen great states)
Sōrishukyō-mokuroku (綜理衆経目録): The Comprehensive Catalog of Sutras (See Tao-an)
Sōrō (僧朗): Seng-lang
Soroku-koku (疏勒国): Kashgar
Sōsan (僧璨): Seng-ts’an
Sōsen (僧詮): Seng-ch’üan
Soshitsuji-kyō (蘇悉地経): Susiddhikara Sutra
soshi-zen (祖師禅): patriarchal Zen
Sōshō (僧祥): Seng-hsiang (See Lotus Sutra and Its Traditions, The)
sōsō-nenjo (総相念処): general meditation (See four meditations)
Sōtei-ō (宋帝王): King Sung-ti (See ten kings)
sotoba (率塔婆)
Sōtō-shū (曹洞宗): Sōtō school
Sōtō-shū (曹洞宗): Ts’ao-tung school (See Zen school)
Soya Dōsō (曾谷道宗)
Soya-nyūdō (曾谷入道): Soya, the lay priest
Soya Kyōshin (曾谷教信)
Sōyū (僧祐): Seng-yu
sōzu (僧都): supervisor of priests
Sūgaku-ji (嵩岳寺): Sung-yüeh-ssu (See pagoda)
suijaku (垂迹): provisional identity; transient identity (See true Buddha)
suirin (水輪): watery circle
sui-yu (水喩): simile of water (See ten similes)
Sukābatībyūha (スカーヴァティーヴューハ): Sukhāvatīvyūha
Suriyasoma (須利耶蘇摩): Shūryasoma
susoku-kan (数息観): breath-counting meditation
Suzudannō (須頭檀王): Suzudan
tado-no-rokuzui (他土の六瑞): six auspicious happenings in other worlds (See six auspicious happenings)
Tahō-nyorai (多宝如来): Many Treasures
Taigen-hō (太元帥法): ceremony of Great Commander (See Great Commander)
Taigen-myō’ō (太元帥明王): Great Commander
taiji-shitsudan (対治悉檀): to help people abandon their illusions and free themselves from the three poisons (See four ways of preaching)
Taimitsu (台密): Tendai Esotericism
Tai-mō (帝網): Indra’s net
Taiseki-ji (大石寺)
Taishaku (帝釈): Shakra
Taishaku-yu (帝釈喩): simile of the god Shakra (See ten similes)
tai-shō (胎生): birth from the womb (See four forms of birth)
Taisō-butsu (帝相仏): Emperor Appearance (See sixteen princes)
Taizan-ō (太山王): King T’ai-shan (See ten kings)
taizō-kai (胎蔵界): Womb Realm
Taizōkai-dainichi (胎蔵界大日): Mahāvairochana of the Womb Realm (See Mahāvairochana)
taizōkai-mandara (胎蔵界曼荼羅): Womb Realm mandala
tajuyūshin (他受用身): Buddha of beneficence
Takahashi Rokurō Hyōe-nyūdō (高橋六郎兵衛入道): Takahashi Rokurō Hyōe, the lay priest
takara (宝): ratna
Takejizai-ten (他化自在天): Freely Enjoying Things Conjured by Others
Takejizai-ten (他化自在天): Heaven of Freely Enjoying Things Conjured by Others
takoku-shimpitsu-nan (他国侵逼難): calamity of invasion from foreign lands
Takushira (タクシラ): Taxila
Tamarabatsu-sendankō-jintsū-butsu (多摩羅跋栴檀香神通仏): Tamāla Leaf Sandalwood Fragrance Transcendental Power (See sixteen princes)
Tamarabatsu-sendankō-nyorai (多摩羅跋栴檀香如来): Tamāla Leaf Sandalwood Fragrance
Tamon-bu (多聞部): Bahushrutīya school (See eighteen Hinayana schools)
tamon-daiichi (多聞第一): foremost in hearing the Buddha’s teachings (See Ānanda)
Tamon-ten (多聞天): Hearer of Many Teachings
tandai (探題): discussion supervisor (See Ryūshin)
tanen-gi (多念義): doctrine of many-times recitation
Tannen (湛然): Chan-jan
Tan’ni-shō (歎異抄): Lamenting Heresy
Tantora-bukkyō (タントラ仏教): Tantric Buddhism
tara-ju (多羅樹): tāla tree
tariki (他力): power of another
Tarimu-bonchi (タリム盆地): Tarim Basin
tashin-tsū (他心通): power to know the thoughts of all other minds (See six transcendental powers)
Tatsunokuchi-no-hōnan (竜の口の法難): Tatsunokuchi Persecution
tazō-tōji-kengo (多造塔寺堅固): age of building temples and stupas (See five five-hundred-year periods)
Tembon-hoke-kyō (添品法華経): Supplemented Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law
tembō-rin (転法輪): turning of the wheel of the Law
temma (天魔): heavenly devil
ten (天): deva
ten (天): heaven
tenchū-ten (天中天): heavenly being among heavenly beings
Tendai (天台): T’ien-t’ai
Tendai Hokke-shū (天台法華宗): Tendai Lotus school
Tendai-hokkeshū-gakushō-shiki-mondō (天台法華宗学生式問答): Questions and Answers on Regulations for Students of the Tendai Lotus School (See Three Great Secret Laws)
Tendai-san (天台山): T’ien-t’ai, Mount
Tendai-sandai-bu (天台三大部): T’ien-t’ai’s three major works
Tendai-sandaibu-fuchū (天台三大部補註): Supplement to T’ien-t’ai’s Three Major Works, The
Tendai-shamon (天台沙門): priests of the Tendai school (See five senior priests)
Tendai-shū (天台宗): Tendai school
Tendai-shū (天台宗): T’ien-t’ai school
ten-gen (天眼): heavenly eye (See five types of vision)
tengen-daiichi (天眼第一): foremost in divine insight (See Aniruddha)
tengen-tsū (天眼通): power to see anything anywhere (See six transcendental powers)
Tenjiku-nijūhasso (天竺二十八祖): twenty-eight Indian patriarchs
Tenjin (天親): Vasubandhu
ten-jō (天乗): vehicle of heavenly beings (See five vehicles)
tenjū-kyōju (転重軽受): lessening one’s karmic retribution
ten-kai (天界): world of heavenly beings
Tenkuraion-nyorai (天鼓雷音如来): Heavenly Drum Thunder (See five Buddhas)
tennin-shi (天人師): Teacher of Heavenly and Human Beings
tennin-son (天人尊): most honored of heavenly and human beings (See heavenly being among heavenly beings)
tenni-tsū (天耳通): power to hear any sound anywhere (See six transcendental powers)
Tennō-nyorai (天王如来): Heavenly King
tenrin-jō’ō (転輪聖王): chakravartin; wheel-turning king
Tenryū-ji (天竜寺): See Five Temples
tenshi-ma (天子魔): heavenly devil; hindrance of the devil king (See four devils; three obstacles and four devils)
Tenshō Daijin (天照大神): Sun Goddess
Tensokusai (天息災): T’ien-hsi-tsai (See Words of Truth Sutra)
Tenzan-sammyaku (天山山脈): Tien Shan range (See Silk Road)
Tetchi-sen (鉄囲山): Iron Encircling Mountains
tetsurin-ō (鉄輪王): iron-wheel-turning king (See four wheel-turning kings)
Tisondetsen (ティソンデツェン): Thisong Detsen (See Tibetan Buddhism)
Titsukudetsen (ティツクデツェン): Thitsug Detsen (See Tibetan Buddhism)
tō (塔): pagoda; stupa
tōba (塔婆)
Tōdai-ji (東大寺)
Tō-daiwajō-tōsei-den (唐大和上東征伝): The Life of the Great Priest of T’ang China Who Journeyed to the East (See Ganjin)
Toda Jōsei (戸田城聖): See Soka Gakkai
Tōfuku-ji (東福寺)
tōgaku (等覚): near-perfect enlightenment
tō-higan (到彼岸): reaching the other shore (See sea of the sufferings of birth and death)
Tō-ji (東寺)
Tōjō Kagenobu (東条景信)
tōjō-kengo (闘諍堅固): age of quarrels and disputes
Tojun (杜順): Tu-shun
Tōkatsu-jigoku (等活地獄): hell of repeated rebirth for torture
Tōke-sanne-shō (当家三衣抄): “The Three Robes of This School” (See Six-Volume Writings, The)
Toki Jōnin (富木常忍)
Tō-kōsō-den (唐高僧伝): T’ang Dynasty Biographies of Eminent Priests, The
Tokudaisei-bosatsu (得大勢菩薩): Gainer of Great Authority
Tokue (徳慧): Gunamati
Tokugyō-bon (徳行品): “Virtuous Practices” chapter (See Immeasurable Meanings Sutra)
Tokuitsu (徳一)
Tokukō (徳光): Gunaprabha
Tōkurō Moritsuna (藤九郎守綱): See Abutsu-bō
Tokushaka-ryūō (徳叉迦竜王): Takshaka (See eight great dragon kings)
Tokushashira (徳叉尸羅): Takshashilā
Tokushi-bu (犢子部): Vātsīputrīya school
Tokushō-dōji (徳勝童子): Virtue Victorious
tōmyō (灯明): dīpa
ton (貪): greed
ton-go (頓悟): sudden enlightenment (See Northern school of Zen)
ton-jin-chi (貪瞋癡): greed, anger, and foolishness (See three poisons)
Tonkō (敦煌): Tun-huang
Tonkō-bosatsu (敦煌菩薩): Bodhisattva of Tun-huang (See Dharmaraksha)
ton-kyō (頓教): sudden teaching
ton’yoku (貪欲): greed
Tōrin-ji (東林寺): Tung-lin-ssu temple (See Pai-lien-she)
Tōri-ten (忉利天): Trāyastrimsha Heaven
Torufan (トルファン): Turfan
Tōryū-gyōji-shō (当流行事抄): “The Practices of This School” (See Six-Volume Writings, The)
Tōshi (島史): Dīpavamsa
Toshi-ō (都市王): King Imperial City (See ten kings)
Tōshippōke-nyorai (蹈七宝華如来): Stepping on Seven Treasure Flowers
Tōshōdai-ji (唐招提寺)
Tōshun (東春): Tung-ch’un
Tosotsu-ten (兜率天): Tushita Heaven
tōtai-renge (当体蓮華): lotus of the entity
tōzu (刀途): path of swords (See three paths [2] )
tsū-gyō (通教): connecting teaching
Tsukahara-mondō (塚原問答): Tsukahara Debate
Tsukimaro (月満)
Tsuonkapa (ツォンカパ): Tsongkapa (See Tibetan Buddhism)
ubadaisha (優婆提舎): upadesha
ubai (優婆夷): upāsikā
Ubakikuta (優婆毱多): Upagupta
Ubari (優婆離): Upāli
ubasoku (優婆塞): upāsaka
Ubuyu-sōjō-no-koto (産湯相承事): The Transmission on the First Cleaning Bath (See Umegiku-nyo)
Uchō-ten (有頂天): Summit of Being Heaven
Udararamashi (優陀羅羅摩子): Uddaka Rāmaputta
Udayabadda (優陀耶跋陀): Udāyibhadra (See Pātaliputra)
Uden-ō (優塡王): Udayana
Uden’ō-kyō (優塡王経): King Udayana Sutra (See Udayana)
udonge (優曇華): udumbara
Ueno-ama (上野尼): Ueno, the lay nun
Ueno-kenjin (上野賢人): Ueno the Worthy (See Nanjō Tokimitsu)
Ugyō-daijin (雨行大臣): Varshakāra
Uhara-jigoku (優鉢羅地獄): Utpala hell (See eight cold hells)
Uhara-ryūō (優鉢羅竜王): Utpalaka (See eight great dragon kings)
ui (有為): the conditioned (See unconditioned, the)
Ujaenna-koku (烏闍衍那国): Ujjayinī
ujō (有情): sentient beings
Ujōna-koku (烏仗那国): Udyāna
Umegiku-nyo (梅菊女)
Ummon-shū (雲門宗): Yün-men school (See Zen school)
Unjizai-butsu (雲自在仏): Cloud Freedom (See sixteen princes)
Unjizaiō-butsu (雲自在王仏): Cloud Freedom King (See sixteen princes)
Unkō-sekkutsu (雲岡石窟): Yün-kang caves
Unraionnō-butsu (雲雷音王仏): Cloud Thunder Sound King
Unraion-shukuōkechi-butsu (雲雷音宿王華智仏): Cloud Thunder Sound Constellation King Flower Wisdom
urabon (盂蘭盆): service for deceased ancestors
Urabon-kyō (盂蘭盆経): Service for the Deceased Sutra
uro (有漏): presence of outflows (See outflows)
uro-chi (有漏智): wisdom that retains outflows (See outflows)
uro-jō (有漏定): meditation accompanied by outflows (See outflows)
uro-shin (有漏身): body with outflows (See outflows)
Urubinra (優楼頻螺): Uruvilvā
Urubinra-kashō (優楼頻螺迦葉): Uruvilvā Kāshyapa
Uruka (優楼迦): Ulūka
Urumanda-sen (優留曼荼山): Urumanda, Mount
Ushi-kegi-shō (有師化儀抄): Reverend Nichiu’s Teachings on the Formalities
usō-kyō (有相教): teaching of the reality of things (See three schools of the south and seven schools of the north)
Uten (于闐): Khotan
Utoku-ō (有徳王): Possessor of Virtue
Utsubusa-no-ama (内房の尼): Utsubusa, the lay nun of
Utsubusa-nyōbō (内房女房): Utsubusa, the lady of
Uttan’otsu (鬱単越): Uttarakuru
uttarasō (鬱多羅僧): uttarāsanga (See three robes)
uyo-nehan (有余涅槃): nirvana of remainder
Uzuranhotsu (鬱頭藍弗): Uddaka Rāmaputta
Washukitsu-ryūō (和修吉竜王): Vāsuki (See eight great dragon kings)
Yadoya Mitsunori (宿屋光則)
Yagorō (弥五郎): See three martyrs of Atsuhara
yaku (薬): bhaishajya
Yakujō-bosatsu (薬上菩薩): Medicine Superior
Yakuō-bosatsu (薬王菩薩): Medicine King
Yakuō-bosatsu-honji-hon (薬王菩薩本事品): “Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King” chapter
Yakuō-hon (薬王品): “Medicine King” chapter
Yakushi-ji (薬師寺)
Yakushi-kyō (薬師経): Medicine Master Sutra
Yakushin (益信)
Yakushi-nyorai (薬師如来): Medicine Master
yakusō-yu (薬草喩): parable of the medicinal herbs
Yakusōyu-hon (薬草喩品): “Parable of the Medicinal Herbs” chapter
Yamashina-dera (山階寺)
Yama-ten (夜摩天): Yāma Heaven
Yarokurō (弥六郎): See three martyrs of Atsuhara
yasha (夜叉): yaksha
Yasha (耶舎): Yasa
Yasha (耶舎): Yashas
Yashudara (耶輸陀羅): Yashodharā
Yōgi-ha (楊岐派): Yang-ch’i school (See Zen school)
Yōkan (永観)
Yokei (余慶)
yokkai (欲界): world of desire
Yōkō (姚興): Yao Hsing (See Kumārajīva)
Yōraku-kyō (瓔珞経): Jeweled Necklace Sutra
yoru (預流): stream-winner
yuga (瑜伽): yoga
Yugagyō-chūgan-ha (瑜伽行中観派): Yogāchāra-Mādhyamika school (See Mādhyamika school)
Yugagyō-ha (瑜伽行派): Yogāchāra school
Yugashiji-ron (瑜伽師地論): Treatise on the Stages of Yoga Practice, The
Yugyō-kyō (遊行経): Sutra of Preaching Travels (See Long Āgama Sutra)
Yugyō Shōnin (遊行上人): Wandering Sage (See Ippen)
Yuien (唯円): See Lamenting Heresy
Yuiken (維蠲): Wei-chüan
Yuikyō-gyō (遺教経): Legacy Teachings Sutra
Yuimakitsu (維摩詰): Vimalakīrti
Yuima-kyō (維摩経): Vimalakīrti Sutra
Yuishiki-ha (唯識派): Consciousness-Only school
yuishiki-jūdai-ronji (唯識十大論師): ten great scholars of the Consciousness-Only school
Yuishiki-nijū-ron (唯識二十論): Twenty-Stanza Treatise on the Consciousness-Only Doctrine, The
Yuishiki-sanjū-ron-ju (唯識三十論頌): Thirty-Stanza Treatise on the Consciousness-Only Doctrine, The
yujun (由旬): yojana
Yujuppon (涌出品): “Emerging from the Earth” chapter
Yūshō-ō (友称王): Mitrayashas (See Shrīmālā)
Yuze-bosatsu (勇施菩薩): Brave Donor (See “Dhāranī” chapter)
Yūzū Nembutsu-shū (融通念仏宗): Interfusing Nembutsu school
zai-se (財施): offering of goods (See almsgiving)
zazen (坐禅): seated meditation
Zembō-dō (善法堂): Hall of the Good Law
Zemmui (善無畏): Shan-wu-wei
zen (禅): meditation
zen’aku-funi (善悪不二): oneness of good and evil
zen-chishiki (善知識): good friend
Zendō (善導): Shan-tao
Zen’e-sen’nin (善慧仙人): Good Wisdom (See Causality of Past and Present Sutra)
Zengen-ten (善現天): Reward Appearing Heaven (See eighteen heavens)
Zengi (善議)
zen-go (漸悟): gradual enlightenment (See Northern school of Zen)
zengon (善根): good root
zenji (禅師): meditation master
zenjin (善神): benevolent gods
zenjō (禅定): meditation
zen-haramitsu (禅波羅蜜): pāramitā of meditation (See six pāramitās)
zenjō-kengo (禅定堅固): age of meditation (See five five-hundred-year periods)
Zenkaku (善覚): Suprabuddha
Zenken-jō (善見城): Correct Views
Zenken-ten (善見天): Heaven of Clear Perception (See eighteen heavens)
zenki (善鬼): good spirits (See spirits)
Zen-kō (善劫): Good Kalpa
Zenkō-ji (善光寺)
zenkon (善根): good root
zen-kyō (漸教): gradual teaching
zen-nanshi (善男子): good man
zen-nyonin (善女人): good woman
zen-shimi (前四味): first four flavors
Zenshin (善信): See bhikshunī
Zenshō-biku (善星比丘): Sunakshatra
Zen-shū (禅宗): Zen school
zenzai (善哉): sādhu
Zenzai-dōji (善財童子): Good Treasures
zenzei (善逝): Well Attained
Zenzen (鄯善): Shan-shan kingdom (See Lou-lan)
Zeshō-bō (是聖房): See Nichiren
zetsudai-myō (絶待妙): absolute myō
Zō-agon-gyō (雑阿含経): Miscellaneous Āgama Sutra
zōbō (像法): Middle Day of the Law
Zōbō-ketsugi-kyō (像法決疑経): Sutra on Resolving Doubts about the Middle Day of the Law
Zōchō-ten (増長天): Increase and Growth
Zōga (増賀)
zō-gyō (雑行): sundry practices
Zōichi-agon-gyō (増一阿含経): Increasing by One Āgama Sutra
Zōjō-ten (増長天): Increase and Growth
zō-kō (増劫): kalpa of increase
Zoku-kōsō-den (続高僧伝): Continued Biographies of Eminent Priests, The
Zokurui-hon (嘱累品): “Entrustment” chapter
zokushū-zōjōman (俗衆増上慢): arrogance and presumption of lay people (See three powerful enemies)
zokutai (俗諦): worldly truth (See Establishment of Truth school)
zō-kyō (蔵教): Tripitaka teaching
Zōmyō (増命)
Zōshi-bu (増支部): Anguttara-nikāya
zō-shiki (蔵識): storehouse consciousness
Zōtoku (蔵徳): Virtue Contained (See six ministers)
Zōzu-sen (象頭山): Gayāshīrsha, Mount
zuda (頭陀): dhūta practice
zuda-daiichi (頭陀第一): foremost in the ascetic practices (See Mahākāshyapa)
zuda-gyō (頭陀行): dhūta practice
zuhasa-shichibun (頭破作七分): Their heads will split into seven pieces. (See ten demon daughters)
zui-bonnō (随煩悩): derivative earthly desires (See earthly desires)
zuien-shinnyo-no-chi (随縁真如の智): wisdom that functions in accordance with changing circumstances (See Nam-myoho-renge-kyo)
zuihō-bini (随方毘尼): precept of adapting to local customs
zuijii (随自意): preaching in accordance with one’s own mind
zuiki-hon (随喜品): stage of rejoicing on hearing the Lotus Sutra (See five stages of practice)
Zuiki-hon (随喜品): “Responding with Joy” chapter
Zuiki-kudoku-hon (随喜功徳品): “Benefits of Responding with Joy” chapter
zuitai (随他意): preaching in accordance with the minds of others
Zui-tendai-chisha-daishi-betsuden (隋天台智者大師別伝): The Biography of the Great Teacher T’ien-t’ai Chih-che of the Sui Dynasty (See Chang-an)