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  • calamity of invasion from foreign lands

    ［他国侵逼難］ ( takoku-shimpitsu-nan)

  • calamity of revolt within one’s own domain

    ［自界叛逆難］ ( jikai-hongyaku-nan)

  • Calm and Bright

    ［安明］ ( Ammyō)

  • casting off the transient and revealing the true

    ［発迹顕本］ ( hosshaku-kempon)

  • Catalog of Buddhist Scriptures, The

    ［内典録］ ( Naiten-roku)

  • Causality of Past and Present Sutra

    ［過去現在因果経］ (Chin Kuo-ch’ü-hsien-tsai-yin-kuo-ching;  Kako-genzai-inga-kyō)

  • cause and effect

    ［因果］ ( inga)

  • cause-awakened one

    ［縁覚］ ( pratyekabuddha;  engaku)

  • Cave of the Seven Leaves

    ［七葉窟］ ( Saptaparna-guhā;  Shichiyō-kutsu)

  • Cave of the Thousand Buddhas

    ［千仏洞］ ( Sembutsu-dō)

  • Ceremony in the Air

    ［虚空会］ ( kokū-e)

  • ceremony of anointment

    ［灌頂］ ( abhisheka;  kanjō)

  • ceremony of reciting the Buddhas’ names

    ［仏名会］ ( butsumyō-e)

  • chakra

    ［輪宝・輪］ (;  rimbō or rin)

  • Chakravāda

    ［鉄囲山・鉄輪囲山］ (;  Tetchi-sen or Tetsurin’i-sen)

  • Chakravāda-parvata

    ［鉄囲山・鉄輪囲山］ (;  Tetchi-sen or Tetsurin’i-sen)

  • chakravartin

    ［転輪聖王］ (;  tenrin-jō’ō)

  • Champā

    ［瞻波］ (, Pali;  Sempa)

  • champaka tree

    ［瞻蔔樹］ (, Pali;  sempuku-ju)

  • Chandaka

    ［車匿］ (; Pali Channa;  Shanoku)

  • chandāla

    ［旃陀羅］ (, Pali;  sendara)

  • Chandrakīrti

    () (1) ［月称］ (c. 600–650) ( Gesshō); (2) ［月称大臣］ ( Gasshō-daijin)

  • Chandraprabha

    () (1) ［月光大臣］ ( Gakkō-daijin); (2) ［月光菩薩］ ( Gakkō-bosatsu)

  • Chandrayashas

    ［月称大臣］ (;  Gasshō-daijin)

  • Chang-an

    ［章安］ (561–632) (PY Zhang’an;  Shōan)

  • changing poison into medicine

    ［変毒為薬］ ( hendoku-iyaku)

  • Chan-jan

    ［湛然］ (PY Zhanran;  Tannen)

  • Ch’an school

    ［禅宗］ (PY Chanzong;  Zen-shū)

  • Ch’en Chen

    ［陳鍼］ (n.d.) (PY Chen Zhen;  Chinshin)

  • Ch’eng-kuan

    ［澄観］ (738–839) (PY Chengguan;  Chōkan)

  • Ch’eng-shih school

    ［成実宗］ (PY Chengshizong;  Jōjitsu-shū)

  • Chen-yüan Era Catalog of the Buddhist Canon, The

    ［貞元釈教録・貞元入蔵録］ (Chin Chen-yüan-shih-chiao-lu or Chen-yüan-ju-tsang-lu;  Jōgen-shakkyō-roku or Jōgen-nyūzō-roku)

  • Chia-hsiang

    ［嘉祥］ (PY Jiaxiang;  Kajō)

  • Chief Wise

    ［賢首菩薩］ ( Genju-bosatsu)

  • Chien-chen

    ［鑑真］ (PY Jianzhen;  Ganjin)

  • Chih-che

    ［智者］ (PY Zhizhe;  Chisha)

  • Chih-ch’ien

    ［支謙］ (n.d.) (PY Zhiqian;  Shiken)

  • Chih-chou

    ［智周］ (678–733) (PY Zhizhou;  Chishū)

  • Chih-i

    ［智顗］ (PY Zhiyi;  Chigi)

  • Chih-li

    ［知礼］ (960–1028) (PY Zhili;  Chirei)

  • Chihō

    ［智鳳］ (n.d.) (; Kor Chipong)

  • Chih-tsang

    ［智蔵］ (458–522) (PY Zhizang;  Chizō)

  • Chih-tu

    ［智度］ (n.d.) (PY Zhidu;  Chido)

  • Chih-wei

    ［智威］ (d. 680) (PY Zhiwei;  Chii)

  • Chih-yen

    (1) ［智厳］ (n.d.) (PY Zhiyan;  Chigon); (2) ［智儼］ (602–668) (PY Zhiyan;  Chigon)

  • Chih-yüan

    ［志遠］ (768–844) (PY Zhiyuan;  Shi’on)

  • children of the Buddha

    ［仏子］ ( busshi)

  • Chinchā

    ［旃遮・旃遮女］ (, Pali;  Sensha or Sensha-nyo)

  • Chinchāmānavikā

    ［旃遮・旃遮女］ (, Pali;  Sensha or Sensha-nyo)

  • Ching-hsi

    ［荊渓］ (PY Jingxi;  Keikei)

  • Ch’ing-liang

    ［清涼国師］ (PY Qingliang;  Shōryō-kokushi)

  • Ch’ing-liang, Mount

    ［清涼山］ (PY Qingliang-shan;  Shōryō-zan)

  • Ch’ing-lung-ssu

    ［青竜寺］ (PY Qinglongsi;  Seiryū-ji)

  • Ching-te Era Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, The

    ［景徳伝燈録］ ( Keitoku-dentō-roku)

  • Chin-kang-chih

    ［金剛智］ (671–741) (PY Jingangzhi;  Vajrabodhi;  Kongōchi)

  • Chishō

    ［智証］ (814–891)

  • Chitatsu

    ［智達］ (n.d.)

  • Chi-tsang

    ［吉蔵］ (549–623) (PY Jizang;  Kichizō)

  • Chitsū

    ［智通］ (n.d.)

  • Chizō

    ［智蔵］ (n.d.) (; Chin Chih-tsang)

  • Chōgen

    ［重源］ (1121–1206)

  • Chōnen

    ［奝然］ (d. 1016)

  • Chōsai

    ［長西］ (1184–1266)

  • Chūdapanthaka

    ［周利槃特］ (; Pali Chūlapanthaka;  Shurihandoku)

  • Chu Fa-lan

    ［竺法蘭］ (n.d.) (PY Zhu Falan;  Jiku-hōran)

  • Chu Fo-nien

    ［竺仏念］ (n.d.) (PY Zhu Fonian;  Jiku-butsunen)

  • Chūlapanthaka

    ［周利槃特］ (Pali;  Chūdapanthaka;  Shurihandoku)

  • Chunda

    ［純陀］ (, Pali;  Junda)

  • Chü-she school

    ［倶舎宗］ (PY Jushezong;  Kusha-shū)

  • Chu Tao-sheng

    ［竺道生］ (PY Zhu Daosheng;  Jiku-dōshō)

  • Chūzan

    ［仲算］ (n.d.)

  • City of Fragrances

    ［衆香城・香城］ ( Gandhavatī;  Shukō-jō or Kō-jō)

  • Clarification of Doctrine, A

    ［顕宗論］ (Chin Hsien-tsung-lun;  Kenshū-ron)

  • Clarification of the Precepts, A

    ［顕戒論］ ( Kenkai-ron)

  • Clarification of the Schools Based on T’ien-t’ai’s Doctrine, A

    ［依憑天台集］ ( Ehyō-tendai-shū or Ebyō-tendai-shū)

  • Clear and Cool, Mount

    ［清涼山］ (Chin Ch’ing-liang;  Shōryō-zan)

  • clear cool pond

    ［清涼池］ ( shōryō-chi)

  • clothes of patched rags

    ［糞掃衣・納衣］ ( pāmsu-kūla;  funzōe or nōe)

  • Cloud Thunder Sound Constellation King Flower Wisdom

    ［雲雷音宿王華智仏］ ( Jaladhara-garjita-ghosha-susvara-nakshatra-rāja-samkusumitābhijnā;  Unraion-shukuōkechi-butsu)

  • Cloud Thunder Sound King

    ［雲雷音王仏］ ( Megha-dundubhi-svara-rāja;  Unraionnō-butsu)

  • cold-suffering bird

    ［寒苦鳥］ ( kanku-chō)

  • Collected Essays on the World of Peace and Delight, The

    ［安楽集］ (Chin An-lo-chi;  Anraku-shū)

  • Collection of Orally Transmitted Teachings, A

    ［授決集］ ( Juketsu-shū)

  • Collection of Records concerning the Tripitaka, A

    ［出三蔵記集］ (Chin Ch’u-san-tsang-chi-chi;  Shutsu-sanzō-kishū)

  • combining, excluding, corresponding, and including

    ［兼但対帯］ ( ken-tan-tai-tai)

  • Commentary on the Mahayana Treatise, The

    ［釈摩訶衍論］ (Chin Shih-mo-ho-yen-lun;  Shaku-makaen-ron)

  • Commentary on the Meaning of the Mahāvairochana Sutra, The

    ［大日経義釈］ (Chin Ta-jih-ching-i-shih;  Dainichikyō-gishaku)

  • Commentary on the Meditation on the Buddha Infinite Life Sutra, The

    ［観無量寿経疏］ (Chin Kuan-wu-liang-shou-ching-shu;  Kammuryōju-kyō-sho)

  • Commentary on the Ten Stages Sutra, The

    ［十住毘婆沙論］ (Chin Shih-chu-p’i-p’o-sha-lun;  Jūjū-bibasha-ron)

  • Commentary on “The Treatise on Rebirth in the Pure Land,” The

    ［往生論註］ ( Ōjōron-chū)

  • Commentary on “The Treatise on the Pure Land,” The

    ［浄土論註］ (Chin Ching-t’u-lun-chu;  Jōdoron-chū)

  • comparative classification

    ［教判・教相判釈］ ( kyōhan or kyōsō-hanjaku)

  • comparative myō

    ［相待妙］ ( sōdai-myō)

  • Comparison of Exoteric and Esoteric Buddhism, A

    ［弁顕密二教論・二教論］ ( Ben-kemmitsu-nikyō-ron or Nikyō-ron)

  • compassion

    ［悲・慈悲］ (, Pali karunā;  hi or jihi)

  • Compassionate Honored One

    ［慈尊］ ( Jison)

  • Compassionate One

    ［慈氏］ ( Jishi)

  • Compassionate White Lotus Flower Sutra

    ［悲華経］ ( Karunā-pundarīka-sūtra; Chin Pei-hua-ching;  Hike-kyō)

  • complete precepts

    ［具足戒］ ( gusoku-kai)

  • Complete Works of the Fuji School, The

    ［富士宗学全集］ ( Fuji-shūgaku-zenshū)

  • comprehensive precepts

    ［具足戒］ ( gusoku-kai)

  • concentration and insight

    ［止観］ ( shikan)

  • concise replacement of the three vehicles with the one vehicle

    ［略開三顕一］ ( ryakkaisan-ken’ichi)

  • connecting teaching

    ［通教］ ( tsū-gyō)

  • Conqueror of the Threefold World

    ［降三世明王］ ( Trailokyavijaya;  Gōsanze-myō’ō)

  • Consciousness-Only school

    ［唯識派］ ( Vijnānavāda;  Yui-shiki-ha)

  • conspicuous benefit

    ［顕益］ ( ken’yaku)

  • Constellation Kalpa

    ［星宿劫］ ( Shōshuku-kō)

  • Constellation King Flower

    ［宿王華］ ( Nakshatra-rāja-samkusumitābhijna;  Shukuōke)

  • Contemplation on the Mind-Ground Sutra

    ［心地観経］ (Chin Hsin-ti-kuan-ching;  Shinjikan-gyō)

  • contentment while desiring little

    ［少欲知足］ ( shōyoku-chisoku)

  • continual propagation to the fiftieth person

    ［五十展転］ ( gojū-tenden)

  • Continued Biographies of Eminent Priests, The

    ［続高僧伝］ (Chin Hsü-kao-seng-chuan;  Zoku-kōsō-den)

  • Correct and Equal period

    ［方等時］ ( Hōdō-ji)

  • correct and equal sutras

    ［方等経］ ( hōdō-kyō)

  • Correct and Equal sutras

    ［方等経］ ( Hōdō-kyō)

  • Correct Law, age of the

    ［正法］ ( shōbō)

  • Correct Views

    ［善見城］ ( Sudarshana;  Zenken-jō)

  • Counterfeit Law, age of the

    ［像法］ ( zōbō)

  • countless kalpas of practice

    ［歴劫修行］ ( ryakkō-shugyō)

  • Craving-Filled

    ［愛染明王］ ( Rāgarāja;  Aizen-myō’ō)

Chien-chen ［鑑真］ (PY Jianzhen;  Ganjin): A naturalized Japanese priest from China who founded the Precepts (Ritsu) school. Known in Japan as Ganjin. See Ganjin.


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