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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)

  • bhikshu

    [比丘] (; Pali bhikkhu;  biku)

  • bhikshunī

    [比丘尼] (; Pali bhikkhunī;  bikuni)

  • Bimbisāra

    [頻婆娑羅王] (, Pali;  Bimbashara-ō)

  • Biographies of Eminent Priests, The

    [高僧伝] ( Kōsō-den)

  • Biographies of Eminent Priests of the Great T’ang Dynasty Who Sought the Law in the Western Regions, The

    [大唐西域求法高僧伝] (Chin Ta-t’ang-hsi-yü-ch’iu-fa-kao-seng-chuan;  Daitō-saiiki-guhō-kōsō-den)

  • Biographies of Eminent Priests Who Sought the Law, The

    [求法高僧伝] ( Guhō-kōsō-den)

  • Biography of the Tripitaka Master of Ta-tz’u-en-ssu Temple, The

    [大慈恩寺三蔵法師伝] (Chin Ta-tz’u-en-ssu-san-tsang-fa-shih-chuan;  Daijionji-sanzō-hosshi-den)

  • Bishamon-ten

    [毘沙門天] ()

  • Bodh Gaya

    [仏陀伽耶] ( Buddagaya)

  • bodhi

    [菩提] (, Pali;  bodai)

  • Bodhidharma

    [菩提達磨] (n.d.) (;  Bodaidaruma)

  • Bodhiruchi

    () (1) [菩提流支] (d. 527) ( Bodairushi); (2) [菩提流志] (d. 727) ( Bodairushi)

  • bodhisattva

    [菩薩] (;  bosatsu)

  • bodhisattva mahāsattva

    [菩薩摩訶薩] (;  bosatsu-makasatsu)

  • “Bodhisattva Never Disparaging” chapter

    [常不軽菩薩品] ( Jōfukyō-bosatsu-hon)

  • “Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” chapter

    [観世音菩薩品・観音品] ( Kanzeon-bosatsu-bon or Kannon-bon)

  • Bodhisattva Practice Jeweled Necklace Sutra

    [菩薩瓔珞本業経] (Chin P’u-sa-ying-lo-pen-yeh-ching;  Bosatsu-yōraku-hongō-kyō)

  • Bodhisattvas of the Earth

    [地涌の菩薩] ( jiyu-no-bosatsu)

  • bodhisattvas of the essential teaching

    [本化の菩薩] ( honge-no-bosatsu)

  • bodhisattvas of the theoretical teaching

    [迹化の菩薩] ( shakke-no-bosatsu)

  • “Bodhisattva Universal Worthy” chapter

    [普賢菩薩品] ( Fugen-bosatsu-hon)

  • “Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound” chapter

    [妙音菩薩品] ( Myō’on-bosatsu-hon)

  • bodhi tree

    [菩提樹] (, Pali;  bodai-ju)

  • body of the Law

    [法身] ( hosshin)

  • Bonten

    [梵天] ()

  • Born from the Crown of the Head

    [頂生王・曼陀多王] ( Mūrdhagata or Māndhātri;  Chōshō-ō or Mandata-ō)

  • bo tree

    [菩提樹] ( bodai-ju)

  • Boundless Practices

    [無辺行菩薩] ( Anantachāritra;  Muhengyō-bosatsu)

  • “bowed in obeisance and departed”

    [作礼而去] ( sarai-niko)

  • Brahmā

    [梵天] (, Pali;  Bonten)

  • Brahmā Excellent Thought Sutra

    [思益経] (Chin Ssu-i-ching;  Shiyaku-kyō)

  • Brahma Heaven

    [梵天] (, Pali;  Bon-ten)

  • Brahman

    [婆羅門] (, Pali brāhmana;  baramon)

  • Brahmā Net Sutra

    [梵網経] (Chin Fan-wang-ching;  Bommō-kyō)

  • brahma practice

    [梵行] ( brahma-charyā or brahma-charya;  bon-gyō)

  • brahma sound

    [梵音声] (;  bonnonjō)

  • branch teaching

    [枝末法輪・枝末教] ( shimatsu-hōrin or shimatsu-kyō)

  • breath-counting meditation

    [数息観] ( ānāpāna-smriti or ānāpāna-samādhi;  susoku-kan)

  • Brief History of Japan, A

    [扶桑略記] ( Fusō-ryakki)

  • Buddha

    [仏] (, Pali;  hotoke or butsu)

  • Buddha-beholding meditation

    [般舟三昧] ( hanju-zammai)

  • Buddhabhadra

    [仏陀跋陀羅] (359–429) (;  Buddabaddara)

  • Buddhacharita

    [仏所行讃] (;  Busshogyō-san)

  • Buddha eye

    [仏眼] ( butsu-gen)

  • Buddha Eye

    [仏眼] ( Buddhalochanā;  Butsugen)

  • Buddhagayā

    [仏陀伽耶] (, Pali;  Buddagaya)

  • Buddhaghosa

    [仏音] (n.d.) (Pali;  Button)

  • Buddhahood

    [仏界] ( bukkai)

  • Buddha Infinite Life Sutra

    [無量寿経] ( Sukhāvatīvyūha; Chin Wu-liang-shou-ching;  Muryōju-kyō)

  • Buddhajīva

    [仏陀什] (n.d.) (;  Buddajū)

  • Buddha land

    [仏国土] ( buddha-kshetra;  bukkoku-do)

  • Buddhamitra

    [仏陀密多] (n.d.) (;  Buddamitta)

  • Buddha Mother

    [仏母] ( Butsumo)

  • Buddhananda

    [仏陀難提] (;  Buddanandai)

  • Buddha nature

    [仏性] ( buddha-dhātu or buddha-gotra;  busshō)

  • Buddha of absolute freedom

    [自受用身] ( jijuyūshin)

  • Buddha of beginningless time

    [久遠元初の自受用身] ( kuonganjo-no-jijuyūshin)

  • Buddha of beneficence

    [他受用身] ( tajuyūshin)

  • Buddha of Healing

    [薬師如来] ( Yakushi-nyorai)

  • Buddha of Infinite Life

    [無量寿仏] ( Muryōju-butsu)

  • Buddha of Infinite Light

    [無量光仏] ( Muryōkō-butsu)

  • Buddha of limitless joy

    [自受用身] ( jijuyūshin)

  • Buddha of Medicine

    [薬師如来] ( Yakushi-nyorai)

  • Buddha of self-enjoyment

    [自受用身] ( jijuyūshin)

  • Buddha of the Dharma body

    [法身・法身仏] ( hosshin or hosshin-butsu)

  • Buddha of the inferior manifested body

    [劣応身] ( retsu-ōjin)

  • Buddha of the manifested body

    [応身・応身仏] ( ōjin or ōjin-butsu)

  • Buddha of the reward body

    [報身・報身仏] ( hōshin or hōshin-butsu)

  • Buddha of the superior manifested body

    [勝応身] ( shō-ōjin)

  • Buddhapālita

    [仏護] (c. 470–540) (;  Butsugo)

  • Buddhashānta

    [仏陀扇多] (n.d.) (;  Buddasenta)

  • Buddha-shāsana

    [仏教] (; Pali Buddha-sāsana;  Bukkyō)

  • Buddhasimha

    [師子覚] (n.d.) (;  Shishikaku)

  • Buddha’s Legacy Teachings Sutra

    [仏遺教経] ( Butsu-yuikyō-gyō)

  • Buddhas’ Names Sutra

    [仏名経] (Chin Fo-ming-ching;  Butsumyō-kyō)

  • Buddha’s relics

    [仏舎利] ( busshari)

  • Buddha’s Successors Sutra

    [付法蔵経] ( Fuhōzō-kyō)

  • Buddha Treasury Sutra

    [仏蔵経] (Chin Fo-tsang-ching;  Butsuzō-kyō)

  • Buddha vehicle

    [仏乗] ( butsujō)

  • Buddha wisdom

    [仏智] ( butchi)

  • Buddhayashas

    [仏陀耶舎] (n.d.) (;  Buddayasha)

  • Buddh Gaya

    [仏陀伽耶] ( Buddagaya)

  • Buddhism of sowing

    [下種仏法] ( geshu-buppō)

  • Buddhism of the harvest

    [脱益仏法] ( datchaku-buppō)

  • Buddhist Councils

    [結集] ( samgīti;  ketsujū)

  • Buddhist gods

    [諸天善神] ( shoten-zenjin)

  • burning house

    [火宅] ( kataku)

  • Burning Torch

    [燃燈仏] (, Pali Dīpamkara;  Nentō-butsu)

Brahmā Excellent Thought Sutra [思益経] (Chin Ssu-i-ching;  Shiyaku-kyō): See Questions of Brahmā Excellent Thought Sutra.


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