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  • Daian-ji

    [大安寺]

  • Daigaku Saburō

    [大学三郎]

  • Daiitoku

    [大威徳] ()

  • Daikoku

    [大黒] (;  Mahākāla)

  • daimoku

    [題目] ()

  • daimoku of the essential teaching

    [本門の題目] ( hommon-no-daimoku)

  • Dainichi

    [大日] ()

  • Daishin

    [大進] (n.d.)

  • Daishin-bō

    [大進房] (d. 1279)

  • Daishonin

    [大聖人] ()

  • Dammira

    [檀弥羅] (n.d.)

  • Dammiri

    [檀弥利・檀弥栗]

  • dāna

    [布施] (, Pali;  fuse)

  • dāna-pati

    [檀那・檀越] (, Pali;  danna or dan’otsu)

  • Dandaka, Mount

    [檀特山] (;  Dandoku-sen)

  • Danna

    [檀那]

  • Danna school

    [檀那流] ( Danna-ryū)

  • Dashabala Kāshyapa

    [十力迦葉] (; Pali Dasabala Kassapa;  Jūriki-kashō)

  • Decadent Law, age of the

    [末法] ( mappō)

  • decayed seeds

    [敗種] ( haishu)

  • Decline of the Law Sutra

    [法滅尽経] (Chin Fa-mieh-chin-ching;  Hōmetsujin-kyō)

  • Deer Feet

    [鹿足王] ( Rokusoku-ō)

  • Deer Park

    [鹿野苑] ( Mrigadāva; Pali Migadāya;  Rokuya-on)

  • Deer Park period

    [鹿苑時] ( Rokuon-ji)

  • Delving into the Profundity of the Flower Garland Sutra

    [華厳経探玄記] (Chin Hua-yen-ching-t’an-hsüan-chi;  Kegongyō-tangen-ki)

  • demon

    [悪鬼・鬼] ( akki or ki)

  • Demon Eloquence

    [鬼弁婆羅門] (n.d.) ( Kiben-baramon)

  • Dengyō

    [伝教] (767–822)

  • dependent origination

    [縁起・因縁] ( pratītya-samutpāda; Pali paticcha-samuppāda;  engi or innen)

  • desiring little and knowing satisfaction

    [少欲知足] ( shōyoku-chisoku)

  • determinate groups

    [決定性] ( ketsujō-shō)

  • deva

    [天] (, Pali;  ten)

  • Devadatta

    [提婆達多] (, Pali;  Daibadatta)

  • “Devadatta” chapter

    [提婆達多品] ( Daibadatta-hon)

  • devil

    [魔] (, Pali māra;  ma)

  • devil king

    [魔王] ( maō)

  • devil king of the sixth heaven

    [第六天の魔王] ( dairokuten-no-maō)

  • Dhammapada

    [法句経] (Pali;  Hokku-kyō)

  • dhāranī

    [陀羅尼] (;  darani)

  • “Dhāranī” chapter

    [陀羅尼品] ( Darani-hon)

  • dharma

    [法] (; Pali dhamma;  hō)

  • Dharma Analysis Treasury, The

    [阿毘達磨倶舎論] ( Abhidharma-kosha-bhāshya or Abhidharmakosha-shāstra; Chin A-p’i-ta-mo-chü-she-lun;  Abidatsuma-kusha-ron)

  • Dharma Analysis Treasury school

    [倶舎宗] (Chin Chü-she-tsung;  Kusha-shū)

  • Dharma body

    [法身] ( dharma-kāya;  hosshin)

  • dharma-chakra

    [法輪] (;  hōrin)

  • Dharma Characteristics school

    [法相宗] (Chin Fa-hsiang-tsung;  Hossō-shū)

  • Dharma eye

    [法眼] ( hōgen)

  • Dharmagupta

    () (1) [達摩笈多] (d. 619) ( Darumagyūta); (2) [達摩掬多] (n.d.) ( Darumakikuta)

  • Dharmagupta school

    [法蔵部・曇無徳部] (;  Hōzō-bu or Dommutoku-bu)

  • Dharmakāla

    [曇摩迦羅・曇柯迦羅] (n.d.) (;  Dommakara or Donkakara)

  • Dharmākara

    [法蔵比丘] (;  Hōzō-biku)

  • dharma-kāya

    [法身] (;  hosshin)

  • Dharma King

    [法王] ( dharma-rāja;  hō’ō)

  • Dharma master

    [法師] ( hosshi)

  • Dharmamitra

    [曇摩蜜多・曇無蜜多] (356–442) (;  Dommamitta or Dommumitta)

  • Dharma nature

    [法性] ( hosshō)

  • Dharmapāla

    [護法] (530–561) (;  Gohō)

  • Dharmaraksha

    () (1) [竺法護] (n.d.) ( Jiku-hōgo); (2) [曇無讖] (385–433) ( Dommushin or Dommusen)

  • Dharmaruchi

    [曇摩流支] (n.d.) (;  Dommarushi)

  • Dharma seal

    [法印] ( hōin) ( dharma-uddāna)

  • Dharma teacher

    [法師] ( hosshi)

  • Dharma Treasury

    [法蔵比丘] ( Dharmākara;  Hōzō-biku)

  • Dharma-wheel

    [法輪] ( hōrin)

  • Dharma Wisdom

    [法慧菩薩] ( Hōe-bosatsu)

  • Dharmayashas

    [曇摩耶舎] (n.d.) (;  Dommayasha)

  • Dharmodgata

    [曇無竭菩薩] (;  Dommukatsu-bosatsu)

  • dhātu

    [界] (, Pali;  kai)

  • Dhritaka

    [提多迦] (n.d.) (;  Daitaka)

  • Dhritarāshtra

    [持国天] (;  Jikoku-ten)

  • dhūta practice

    [頭陀・頭陀行] (, Pali;  zuda or zuda-gyō)

  • dhyāna

    [禅・禅定] (;  zen or zenjō)

  • Diamond Banner

    [金剛幢菩薩] ( Kongōdō-bosatsu)

  • Diamond Crown Sutra

    [金剛頂経] ( Sarvatathāgata-tattvasamgraha; Chin Chin-kang-ting-ching;  Kongōchō-kyō)

  • Diamond-like Perfection of Wisdom Sutra

    [金剛般若波羅蜜経] ( Vajracchedikā-prajnāpāramitā; Chin Chin-kang-pan-jo-po-lo-mi-ching;  Kongō-hannya-haramitsu-kyō)

  • diamond-pounder

    [金剛杵] ( vajra;  kongō-sho)

  • diamond precept

    [金剛宝器戒] ( kongō-hōki-kai)

  • Diamond Realm

    [金剛界] ( vajradhātu;  kongō-kai)

  • Diamond Realm mandala

    [金剛界曼荼羅] ( kongōkai-mandara)

  • Diamond Scalpel, The

    [金剛錍・金剛錍論] (Chin Chin-kang-pei;  Kongōbei or Kongōbei-ron)

  • Diamond Storehouse

    [金剛蔵菩薩] ( Vajragarbha;  Kongōzō-bosatsu)

  • Diamond Sutra

    [金剛経] ( Kongō-kyō)

  • Diamond Wisdom Sutra

    [金剛般若経] ( Kongō-hannya-kyō)

  • Diamond World

    [金剛界] ( kongō-kai)

  • Diamond World mandala

    [金剛界曼荼羅] ( kongōkai-mandara)

  • Dictionary of the Pronunciation and Meaning of Buddhist Terms, A

    [翻訳名義集] (Chin Fan-i-ming-i-chi;  Hon’yaku-myōgi-shū)

  • difficult-to-practice way

    [難行道] ( nangyō-dō)

  • Dīgha-nikāya

    [長部] (Pali;  Chō-bu)

  • Dignāga

    [陳那] (n.d.) (;  Jinna)

  • dīpa

    [灯明] (, Pali;  tōmyō)

  • Dīpamkara

    [燃燈仏] (, Pali;  Nentō-butsu)

  • Dīpavamsa

    [島史] (Pali;  Tōshi)

  • direct pointing to the human mind

    [直指人心] ( jikishi-ninshin)

  • “discard, close, ignore, and abandon”

    [捨閉閣抛] ( sha-hei-kaku-hō)

  • discarding the provisional and revealing the true

    [開権顕実] ( kaigon-kenjitsu)

  • discipline master

    [律師] ( risshi)

  • “Distinctions in Benefits” chapter

    [分別功徳品] ( Fumbetsu-kudoku-hon)

  • Divākara

    [地婆訶羅] (612 or 613–687) (;  Jibakara)

  • Divergent Concepts in the Sutras and Vinaya Texts

    [経律異相] (Chin Ching-lü-i-hsiang;  Kyōritsu-isō)

  • doctrinal classification

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

  • doctrine of many-times recitation

    [多念義] ( tanen-gi)

  • doctrine of one-time recitation

    [一念義] ( ichinen-gi)

  • Doctrines of the Different Schools, The

    [異部宗輪論] ( Samaya-bhedoparachana-chakra; Chin I-pu-tsung-lun-lun;  Ibushūrin-ron)

  • Document for Entrusting Minobu-san, The

    [身延山付嘱書] ( Minobu-san-fuzoku-sho)

  • Document for Entrusting the Law that Nichiren Propagated throughout His Life, The

    [日蓮一期弘法付嘱書] ( Nichiren-ichigo-guhō-fuzoku-sho)

  • Dōgen

    [道元] (1200–1253)

  • Dōji

    [道慈] (d. 744)

  • Dōkyō

    [道鏡] (d. 772)

  • Dōryū

    [道隆] (1213–1278) (; Chin Tao-lung)

  • Dōsen

    [道璿] (702–760) (; Chin Tao-hsüan)

  • Dōshō

    [道昭] (629–700)

  • Dōzen-bō

    [道善房] (d. 1276)

  • dragon deity

    [竜神] (, Pali nāga;  ryūjin)

  • dragon girl

    [竜女] ( ryūnyo)

  • Dragon King of the Sea Sutra

    [海竜王経] (Chin Hai-lung-wang-ching;  Kairyūō-kyō)

  • dragon kings

    [竜王] ( nāga-rāja;  ryūō)

  • dragon king’s daughter

    [竜女] ( ryūnyo)

  • Drona

    [香姓婆羅門] (; Pali Dona;  Kōshō-baramon)

  • Dronodana

    [斛飯王] (; Pali Dhotodana;  Kokubonnō)

  • duhukha

    [苦] (;  ku)

  • dukkha

    [苦] (Pali;  ku)

  • Dunhuang

    [敦煌] (PY; WG Tun-huang;  Tonkō)

  • dust particles of the land

    [大地微塵] ( daichi-mijin)

  • dvesha

    [瞋恚・瞋] (; Pali dosa;  shinni or shin)

  • dvīpa

    [洲] (; Pali dīpa;  shū)

  • dvīpa

    [洲] (; Pali dīpa;  shū)

dukkha [苦] (Pali;  ku): See suffering.


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