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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)

Eikan ［永観］: Also known as Yōkan. A priest of the Three Treatises (Sanron) school in Japan. See Yōkan.


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