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Eagle Peak
［霊鷲山・耆闍崛山・霊山］ ( Gridhrakūta; Pali Gijjhakūta;  Ryōju-sen, Gishakussen, or Ryō-zen)
Earnest Donor
［能施太子］ ( Mahādāna;  Nōse-taishi)
earthly desires
［煩悩］ ( klesha; Pali kilesa;  bonnō)
earthly desires are enlightenment
［煩悩即菩提］ ( bonnō-soku-bodai)
Earth Repository
［地蔵菩薩］ ( Kshitigarbha; Chin Ti-tsang;  Jizō-bosatsu)
“Easy Practice” chapter
［易行品］ ( Igyō-hon)
easy-to-practice way
［易行道］ ( igyō-dō)
Eben
［恵便］ (n.d.) (; Kor Hyepyŏn)
Echi
［依智］
eight arrogances
［八慢］ ( hachi-man)
eight cold hells
［八寒地獄］ ( hakkan-jigoku)
eight consciousnesses
［八識］ ( hasshiki)
eight difficulties
［八難・八難処］ ( hachi-nan or hachi-nansho)
eight dragon kings
［八竜王］ ( hachi-ryūō)
eighteen elements
［十八界］ ( jūhachi-kai)
eighteen heavens
［十八天］ ( jūhachi-ten)
eighteen Hinayana schools
［十八部・小乗十八部］ ( jūhachi-bu or shōjō-jūhachi-bu)
eighteen miraculous powers
［十八変］ ( jūhachi-hen)
eighteen schools
［十八部］ ( jūhachi-bu)
eighteen sense-elements
［十八界］ ( jūhachi-kai)
eighteenth vow
［第十八願］ ( dai-jūhachi-gan)
eighteen unshared properties
［十八不共法・十八不共仏法］ ( jūhachi-fugūhō or jūhachi-fugūbuppō)
eight emancipations
［八解脱・八背捨］ ( hachi-gedatsu or hachi-haisha)
eight errors
［八邪］ ( hachi-ja)
eightfold path
［八正道・八聖道］ ( ārya-ashtānga-mārga, ashtānga-mārga, or ashtāngika-mārga; Pali ariya-atthangika-magga or atthangika-magga;  hasshō-dō)
eight grave offenses
［八重］ ( hachijū)
eight great dragon kings
［八大竜王］ ( hachidai-ryūō)
eight great hells
［八大地獄］ ( hachidai-jigoku)
eight hot hells
［八熱地獄］ ( hachinetsu-jigoku)
eight kinds of nonhuman beings
［八部衆］ ( hachibu-shu)
eight kinds of sufferings
［八種の大難］ ( hasshu-no-dainan)
eight major hells
［八大地獄］ ( hachidai-jigoku)
eight major offenses
(1) ［八重・八波羅夷］ ( hachijū or hachi-harai); (2) ［八重］ ( hachijū)
eight negations
［八不］ ( happu)
eight pārājika offenses
［八重・八波羅夷］ ( hachijū hachi-harai)
eight phases of a Buddha’s existence
［八相・八相成道・八相作仏］ ( hassō, hassō-jōdō, or hassō-sabutsu)
eight precepts
［八斎戒］ ( hassaikai)
eight precepts of reverence
［八敬戒］ ( hachikyōkai)
eight schools
［八宗］ ( hasshū)
eight sufferings
［八苦］ ( hakku)
eight teachings
［八教］ ( hakkyō)
eight types of arrogance
［八慢］ ( hachi-man)
eight unpardonable offenses
［八重・八波羅夷］ ( hachijū or hachi-harai)
eight winds
［八風］ ( happū)
eighty characteristics
［八十種好］ ( hachijisshugō)
eighty-four thousand
［八万四千］ ( hachiman-shisen)
eighty-four thousand teachings
［八万四千法門・八万四千法蔵］ ( hachiman-shisen-hōmon or hachiman-shisen-hōzō)
eighty thousand teachings
［八万法門・八万法蔵］ ( hachiman-hōmon or hachiman-hōzō)
Eikan
［永観］
Eisai
［栄西］ (1141–1215)
Eizon
［叡尊］ (1201–1290)
Ekan
［慧灌］ (n.d.) (; Kor Hyekwan)
Elephant-Head Mountain
［象頭山］ ( Zōzu-sen)
Eleven-faced Perceiver of the World’s Sounds
［十一面観音］ ( Ekādasha-mukha;  Jūichimen-kannon)
Eloquence
［弁才天・弁天］ ( Sarasvatī;  Benzai-ten or Benten)
Ema Mitsutoki
［江間光時］ (n.d.)
emanation Buddhas
［分身］ ( funjin)
emanations of the Buddha
［分身］ ( funjin)
emancipation
［解脱］ ( moksha, mukti, vimoksha, or vimukti;  gedatsu)
“Emergence of the Treasure Tower” chapter
［見宝塔品］ ( Ken-hōtō-hon)
“Emerging from the Earth” chapter
［従地涌出品］ ( Jūji-yujuppon)
Emma
［閻魔］ ()
Enchin
［円珍］
Enchō
［円澄］ (772–837)
“Encouragements” chapter
［勧発品］ ( Kambotsu-hon)
“Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy” chapter
［普賢菩薩勧発品］ ( Fugen-bosatsu-kambotsu-hon)
“Encouraging Devotion” chapter
［勧持品］ ( Kanji-hon)
Endō Saemon-no-jō
［遠藤左衛門尉］ (n.d.)
Endowed with a Thousand Ten Thousand Glowing Marks
［具足千万光相如来］ ( Rashmi-shatasahasra-paripūrna-dhvaja;  Gusoku-semmankōsō-nyorai)
Enemy before Birth
［未生怨］ ( Mishō’on)
Engaku-ji
［円覚寺］
Enlightened One
［覚者］ ( kakusha)
enlightenment
［悟］ ( satori)
enlightenment of plants
［草木成仏］ ( sōmoku-jōbutsu)
Enni
［円爾］ (1202–1280)
Ennin
［円仁］
En no Ozunu
［役小角］ (b. 634)
Enryaku-ji
［延暦寺］
Ensai
［円載］ (d. 877)
“Entrustment” chapter
［嘱累品］ ( Zokurui-hon)
envoy of the Thus Come One
［如来の使］ ( tathāgata-dūta;  nyorai-no-tsukai)
equal in principle but superior in practice
［理同事勝］ ( ridō-jishō)
eranda
［伊蘭］ (, Pali;  iran)
Eryō
［慧亮］ (802–860)
Eshin
［恵心］
Eshin school
［恵心流］ ( Eshin-ryū)
Esoteric Buddhism
［密教］ ( mikkyō)
esoteric teachings in both theory and practice
［事理倶密］ ( jiri-kumitsu)
esoteric teachings in theory
［理秘密］ ( ri-himitsu)
Essay on the Protection of the Nation, An
［守護国界章］ ( Shugo-kokkai-shō)
essence of the Lotus Sutra in four phrases
［四句の要法］ ( shiku-no-yōbō)
essential nature of phenomena
［法性］ ( dharmatā;  hosshō)
Essentials of Rebirth in the Pure Land, The
［往生要集］ ( Ōjō-yōshū)
Essentials of the Eight Schools, The
［八宗綱要］ ( Hasshū-kōyō)
Essentials of “The Fourfold Rules of Discipline,” The
［四分律行事鈔］ (Chin Ssu-fen-lü-hsing-shih-ch’ao;  Shibun-ritsu-gyōji-shō)
Essentials of the One Vehicle Teaching, The
［一乗要決］ ( Ichijō-yōketsu)
essential teaching
［本門］ ( hommon)
Essential Works of the Fuji School, The
［富士宗学要集］ ( Fuji-shūgaku-yōshū)
Establishment of Truth school
［成実宗］ (Chin Ch’eng-shih-tsung;  Jōjitsu-shū)
Ever Wailing
［常啼菩薩］ ( Sadāprarudita;  Jōtai-bosatsu)
evil friend
［悪知識］ ( aku-chishiki)
evil path
［悪道・悪趣］ ( durgati;  akudō or akushu)
exclusive practice of the Nembutsu
［専修念仏］ ( senju-nembutsu)
exoteric teachings
［顕教］ ( kenkyō)
expanded replacement of the three vehicles with the one vehicle
［広開三顕一］ ( kōkaisan-ken’ichi)
expedient means
［方便］ (, Pali upāya;  hōben)
“Expedient Means” chapter
［方便品］ ( Hōben-bon)
eye-begging Brahman
［乞眼の婆羅門］ ( kotsugen-no-baramon)
eye-opening ceremony
［開眼供養］ ( kaigen-kuyō)

eighty-four thousand teachings ［八万四千法門・八万四千法蔵］ ( hachiman-shisen-hōmon or hachiman-shisen-hōzō): Also, eighty thousand teachings. The entire body of teachings that Shakyamuni Buddha expounded during his lifetime. These figures are not to be taken literally, but simply indicate a large number, innumerable, countless, or all.