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  • Bālāditya

    [幻日王] (n.d.) (;  Gennichi-ō)

  • Balin

    [婆稚阿修羅王] (;  Bachiashura-ō)

  • Bamboo Grove Monastery

    [竹林精舎] ( Venuvana-vihāra;  Chikurin-shōja)

  • Bamboo Staff school

    [竹杖外道] ( Chikujō-gedō)

  • before and after Sado

    [佐前佐後] ( sazen-sago)

  • begging bowl

    [鉢] ( hachi or hatsu)

  • beings of the two worlds and the eight groups

    [二界八番] ( nikai-hachiban)

  • “Belief and Understanding” chapter

    [信解品] ( Shinge-hon)

  • Benchō

    [弁長] (1162–1238)

  • benefit

    [功徳] ( guna or punya;  kudoku)

  • benefiting oneself and benefiting others

    [自利利他・自益益他・自利利人・自行化他] ( jiri-rita, jiyaku-yakuta, jiri-rinin, or jigyō-keta)

  • “Benefits of Responding with Joy” chapter

    [随喜功徳品] ( Zuiki-kudoku-hon)

  • “Benefits of the Teacher of the Law” chapter

    [法師功徳品] ( Hosshi-kudoku-hon)

  • benevolent gods

    [善神] ( zenjin)

  • Benevolent Kings Sutra

    [仁王経] (Chin Jen-wang-ching;  Ninnō-kyō)

  • Bennen

    [弁円]

  • Benten

    [弁天] ()

  • Benzai-ten

    [弁才天] ()

  • “Bestowal of Prophecy” chapter

    [授記品] ( Juki-hon)

  • Bestower of Fearlessness

    [施無畏者] ( abhayam-dada;  semui-sha)

  • Bhadrapāla

    [跋陀婆羅] (;  Baddabara)

  • Bhadraruchi

    [賢愛論師] (n.d.) (;  Ken’ai-ronji)

  • Bhadrika

    [跋提・跋提梨迦] (;  Batsudai or Batsudairika)

  • bhagavat

    [世尊] (, Pali;  seson)

  • bhaishajya

    [薬] (;  yaku or kusuri)

  • Bhaishajyaguru

    [薬師如来] (;  Yakushi-nyorai)

  • Bhāvaviveka

    [清弁] (c. 490–570) (;  Shōben)