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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)

beings of the two worlds and the eight groups ［二界八番］ ( nikai-hachiban): The beings that assembled to listen to the preaching of the Lotus Sutra. They are listed in the “Introduction” (first) chapter of the sutra. They are beings that reside in the two worlds—the world of desire and the world of form. The eight groups are a further division of the beings of the two worlds. They are (1) the gods of the world of desire, (2) the gods of the world of form, (3) dragon kings and their followers, (4) kimnara kings and their followers, (5) gandharva kings and their followers, (6) asura kings and their followers, (7) garuda kings and their followers, and (8) the king of the human world (i.e., Ajātashatru) and his followers.