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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)

branch teaching ［枝末法輪・枝末教］ ( shimatsu-hōrin or shimatsu-kyō): (1) One component of the “thrice turned wheel of the Law,” a division of Shakyamuni’s lifetime teachings into three categories set forth by Chi-tsang (549–623) of the Three Treatises (San-lun) school in China. See thrice turned wheel of the Law.
(2) The term used by Fa-tsang (643–712), the third patriarch of the Flower Garland (Hua-yen) school in China, in reference to all sutras except the Flower Garland Sutra, including the Lotus Sutra. Fa-tsang called the Flower Garland Sutra the root teaching.