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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)

Buddha of limitless joy [自受用身] ( jijuyūshin): Buddha of limitless joy is broader in meaning than Buddha of self-enjoyment, which is another translation of jijuyūshin. (1) T’ien-t’ai (538–597) identified the Buddha of limitless joy with the Buddha revealed in the essential teaching (latter half) of the Lotus Sutra, whom he defined as the Buddha originally endowed with the three bodies—the Dharma body, the reward body, and the manifested body. Here, these three bodies are regarded as the three integral aspects of a single Buddha, i.e., the fundamental truth or Law to which he is enlightened (the Dharma body), the wisdom to realize it (the reward body), and the merciful actions to help people attain Buddhahood (the manifested body). See also Buddha of beginningless time.
  (2) Dengyō (767–822), the founder of the Japanese Tendai school, is quoted in Nichiren’s Real Aspect of the Gohonzon as having stated, “A single moment of life comprising the three thousand realms is itself the Buddha of limitless joy; this Buddha has forsaken august appearances” (832). Dengyō identified the true identity of the Buddha of limitless joy as a single moment of life in which all three thousand realms exist. This is Dengyō’s description of the same Buddha T’ien-t’ai mentioned.
  (3) Nichiren (1222–1282) identified the doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life as the Law of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo that he realized within his own life. In other words, Nichiren established two concepts of three thousand realms in a single moment of life; one is T’ien-t’ai’s and the other, his own. In his Treatment of Illness, Nichiren writes: “There are two ways of perceiving the three thousand realms in a single moment of life. One is theoretical, and the other, actual. What T’ien-t’ai and Dengyō practiced was theoretical, but what I practice now is actual. Because what I practice is superior, the difficulties attending it are that much greater. The doctrine of T’ien-t’ai and Dengyō was the three thousand realms in a single moment of life of the theoretical teaching, while mine is that of the essential teaching. These two are as different as heaven is from earth” (1114–115). T’ien-t’ai established the doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life based on “the true aspect of all phenomena,” the phrase from the “Expedient Means” (second) chapter of the Lotus Sutra.
  On the other hand, Nichiren states in The Opening of the Eyes: “The doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life is found in only one place, hidden in the depths of the ‘Life Span’ chapter of the essential teaching of the Lotus Sutra. Nāgārjuna and Vasubandhu were aware of it but did not bring it forth into the light. T’ien-t’ai Chih-che alone embraced it and kept it ever in mind” (224). Obviously what T’ien-t’ai embraced and kept ever in mind does not refer to the doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life that he expounded publicly. Nichiren regarded it as Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.
  Nichikan (1665–1726), the twenty-sixth chief priest of Taiseki-ji temple, who is known for his commentaries on Nichiren’s writings, interpreted Nichiren’s teaching, saying that the Buddha of the essential teaching is not the eternal Buddha but the Buddha who attained enlightenment at a fixed point in time. From this viewpoint, the Buddha of the essential teaching is not eternally endowed with the three bodies, but is rather the Buddha who advanced to the state of limitless joy through the bodhisattva way, thereby acquiring the three bodies. In contrast, Nichikan stated that the Buddha who embodies eternal life endowed with all of the Ten Worlds and the Law of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo whereby all Buddhas attained enlightenment, is originally endowed with the three bodies since time without beginning, and that that Buddha is what Nichiren called the Buddha of beginningless time. Nichikan concluded that Nichiren embodied that Buddha. See also Buddha of beginningless time; Buddha of self-enjoyment.


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