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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)

“Devadatta” chapter [提婆達多品] ( Daibadatta-hon): The twelfth chapter of the Lotus Sutra. It teaches that both women and evil persons are capable of attaining Buddhahood in their present forms, something generally denied in the provisional, or pre-Lotus Sutra, teachings, as well as the principle of attaining enlightenment without completing many kalpas of practice. In the first half of the chapter, Shakyamuni discloses that in a past life he was a king who renounced his throne to seek the truth. For one thousand years, he served a seer named Asita, who in turn taught him the Lotus Sutra. This seer, he explains, was none other than Devadatta. He then prophesies that, in the distant future, Devadatta will attain enlightenment as a Buddha called Heavenly King. Devadatta had tried on several occasions to kill Shakyamuni and foment disunity within the Buddhist Order and is said to have fallen into hell alive. The prediction of his future enlightenment indicates that even one disposed to evil has the potential to become a Buddha.
  Next Bodhisattva Manjushrī relates how he has preached the Lotus Sutra in the palace of a dragon king and converted innumerable beings, and Bodhisattva Wisdom Accumulated asks him if there is anyone there who by practicing the sutra has attained Buddhahood quickly. Manjushrī replies that the eight-year-old daughter of the dragon king has fully attained the supreme Buddha wisdom. Wisdom Accumulated and Shāriputra both challenge this; Wisdom Accumulated on the grounds that Buddhahood requires the practice of austerities spanning many kalpas, Shāriputra for the same reason and because he believes women to be incapable of attaining enlightenment due to the five obstacles. But by now the dragon king’s daughter has appeared in front of them. After presenting a jewel to Shakyamuni Buddha, she at once transforms herself into a male and perfects the bodhisattva practice. Acquiring the thirty-two features and eighty characteristics of a Buddha, he appears in a land to the south called Spotless World, where he preaches the Lotus Sutra to all beings in the ten directions.
  Nichiren (1222–1282) explains the significance of the dragon king’s daughter’s enlightenment in The Opening of the Eyes: “When she attained Buddhahood, this does not mean simply that one person did so. It reveals the fact that all women will attain Buddhahood. In the various Hinayana sutras that were preached before the Lotus Sutra, it is denied that women can ever attain Buddhahood. In the Mahayana sutras other than the Lotus Sutra, it would appear that women can attain Buddhahood or be reborn in the pure land. But they may do so only after they have changed into some other form. It is not the kind of immediate attainment of Buddhahood that is based on the doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life. . . . The dragon king’s daughter represents ‘one example that stands for all the rest.’ When the dragon king’s daughter attained Buddhahood, it opened up the way to attaining Buddhahood for all women of later ages” (269).
  The enlightenment of evil people, represented by Devadatta, and that of women, represented by the dragon king’s daughter, illustrate the universal possibility of Buddhahood taught for the first time in the Lotus Sutra. See also dragon king’s daughter.


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