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face-covering tongue
［覆面舌］ ( fumen-zetsu)
Fa-chao
［法照］ (n.d.) (PY Fazhao;  Hōshō or Hosshō)
Fa-ch’üan
［法全］ (n.d.) (PY Faquan;  Hassen)
Fa-hsiang school
［法相宗］ (PY Faxiangzong;  Hossō-shū)
Fa-hsien
(PY Faxian) (1) ［法顕］ (c. 340–420) ( Hokken); (2) ［法賢］ (d. 1001) ( Hōken)
faith
［信］ ( shraddhā; Pali saddhā;  shin)
faith, practice, and study
［信行学］ ( shin-gyō-gaku)
Fa-lang
［法朗］ (507–581) (PY Falang;  Hōrō)
Fa-pao
［法宝］ (n.d.) (PY Fabao;  Hōbō)
farther shore
［彼岸］ ( higan)
Fa-shun
［法順］ (PY Fashun;  Hōjun)
Fa-tao
［法道］ (1086–1147) (PY Fadao;  Hōdō)
Fa-tsang
［法蔵］ (643–712) (PY Fazang;  Hōzō)
Fa-tsu
［法祖］ (n.d.) (PY Fazu;  Hōso)
Fa-yün
［法雲］ (PY Fayun;  Hōun) (1) (467–529); (2) (1087–1158)
fearlessness
［無畏］ ( vaishāradya;  mui)
field of good fortune
［福田］ ( punya-kshetra;  fukuden)
fiery pit
［火坑］ ( kakyō or kakō)
fifth five-hundred-year period
［後五百歳］ ( go-gohyakusai)
fifth scroll of the Lotus Sutra
［法華経第五の巻］ ( Hokekyō-daigo-no-maki)
fifty-two stages of bodhisattva practice
［五十二位］ ( gojūni-i)
figurative lotus
［譬喩蓮華］ ( hiyu-renge)
figurative renge
［譬喩蓮華］ ( hiyu-renge)
fire pit
［火坑］ ( kakyō or kakō)
fire-pit meditation
［火坑三昧］ ( kakyō-zammai or kakō-sammai)
Firmly Established Practices
［安立行菩薩］ ( Supratishthitachāritra;  Anryūgyō-bosatsu)
first four flavors
［前四味・四味］ ( zen-shimi or shimi)
first stage of development
［初地］ ( shoji)
first stage of security
［初住］ ( shojū)
five Āgamas
［五部］ ( go-bu)
five aggregates
［五陰］ ( go-on)
five ascetic practices
［五法］ ( go-hō)
five ascetics
［五比丘］ ( go-biku)
five Buddhas
［五仏］ ( go-butsu)
five cardinal sins
［五逆・五逆罪］ ( go-gyaku or go-gyakuzai)
five categories of Buddhas
［五仏］ ( go-butsu)
five components
［五陰・五蘊］ ( pancha-skandha;  go-on or go-un)
five correct practices
［五正行・五種の正行］ ( go-shōgyō or goshu-no-shōgyō)
five defilements
［五濁］ ( go-joku)
five delusive inclinations
［五鈍使］ ( go-donshi)
five desires
［五欲］ ( go-yoku)
five elements
［五大］ ( go-dai)
five false views
［五利使］ ( go-rishi)
five five-hundred-year periods
［五箇の五百歳］ ( goka-no-gohyakusai)
five flavors
［五味］ ( go-mi)
fivefold bodies of the Law
［五分法身］ ( gobun-hosshin)
fivefold comparison
［五重の相対］ ( gojū-no-sōtai)
fivefold meditation
［五相成身観］ ( gosō-jōshin-kan)
Fivefold Rules of Discipline, The
［五分律］ (Chin Wu-fen-lü;  Gobun-ritsu)
fivefold view of revelation
［五重三段］ ( gojū-sandan)
five great wisdom kings
［五大明王］ ( godai-myō’ō)
five guides for propagation
［五綱］ ( go-kō)
five heavens of purity
［五浄居天］ ( shuddhāvāsa;  go-jōgo-ten)
five honored ones
［五大尊］ ( godaison)
“Five Hundred Disciples” chapter
［五百弟子品］ ( Gohyaku-deshi-hon)
five hundred precepts
［五百戒］ ( gohyaku-kai)
five improper ways of livelihood
［五邪・五種邪命］ ( go-ja or goshu-jamyō)
five impurities
［五濁］ ( go-joku)
five kinds of correct practices
［五正行・五種の正行］ ( go-shōgyō or goshu-no-shōgyō)
five kinds of sundry practices
［五種の雑行］ ( goshu-no-zōgyō)
five kinds of wisdom
［五智］ ( go-chi)
five major principles
［五重玄］ ( gojū-gen)
five major writings
［五大部］ ( godai-bu)
five meditations
［五停心観］ ( gojōshin-kan)
five meditations for stopping the mind
［五停心観］ ( gojōshin-kan)
five mighty bodhisattvas
［五大力菩薩］ ( godairiki-bosatsu)
five natures
［五性］ ( go-shō)
five obscurations
［五蓋］ ( go-gai)
five obstacles
［五障］ ( go-shō)
five obstacles and three obediences
［五障三従］ ( goshō-sanjū or goshō-sanshō)
five or seven characters
［五字七字］ ( goji-shichiji)
five pāramitās
［五波羅蜜］ ( go-haramitsu)
five paths
［五道・五趣］ ( go-dō or go-shu)
five patriarchs of the Chinese Pure Land school
［浄土五祖］ ( Jōdo-goso)
five periods
［五時］ ( go-ji)
five periods and eight teachings
［五時八教］ ( goji-hakkyō)
five powers
［五力］ ( go-riki)
five practices
［五種の修行］ ( goshu-no-shugyō)
five precepts
［五戒］ ( go-kai)
five proclamations of the Buddha
［五箇の鳳詔］ ( goka-no-hōshō)
five pure-dwelling heavens
［五浄居天］ ( go-jōgo-ten)
five regions of India
［五天竺・五天］ ( go-tenjiku or go-ten)
five roots
［五根］ ( go-kon)
five schools of Zen
［五家］ ( go-ke)
five senior priests
［五老僧］ ( go-rōsō)
five sense organs
［五根］ (, Pali pancha-indriya;  go-kon)
five signs of decay
［五衰］ ( go-sui)
five skandhas
［五陰］ ( go-on)
five spicy foods
［五辛］ ( go-shin)
five stages of practice
［五品］ ( go-hon)
five strong-flavored foods
［五辛］ ( go-shin)
five sundry practices
［五種の雑行］ ( goshu-no-zōgyō)
five supernatural powers
［五神通・五通］ ( go-jinzū or go-tsū)
five tastes
［五味］ ( go-mi)
five teachings and ten doctrines
［五教十宗］ ( gokyō-jisshū)
five teachings of Mahādeva
［大天の五事］ ( Daiten-no-goji)
Five Temples
［五山］ ( Gozan or Gosan)
five thousand and forty-eight volumes
［五千四十八巻］ ( gosen-shijūhachi-kan)
five thousand arrogant persons
［五千の上慢］ ( gosen-no-jōman)
five transcendental powers
［五神通・五通］ ( go-jinzū or go-tsū)
five types of decay
［五衰］ ( go-sui)
five types of vision
［五眼］ ( go-gen)
five types of wisdom
［五智］ ( go-chi)
five vehicles
［五乗］ ( go-jō)
five wisdom Buddhas
［五智如来］ ( gochi-nyorai)
fixed karma
［定業］ ( jōgō)
Fixed Light
［錠光仏］ ( Jōkō-butsu)
flame-emitting meditation
［火生三昧］ ( kashō-zammai)
Flower Garland period
［華厳時］ ( Kegon-ji)
Flower Garland school
［華厳宗］ (Chin Hua-yen-tsung;  Kegon-shū)
Flower Garland Sutra
［華厳経］ ( Buddha-avatamsaka-nāma-mahāvaipulya-sūtra; Chin Hua-yen-ching;  Kegon-gyō)
Flower Glow
［華光如来］ (1) ( Padmaprabha;  Kekō-nyorai); (2) ( unknown;  Kekō-nyorai)
Fo-lung-ssu
［仏隴寺］ (PY Folongsi;  Butsurō-ji)
foolishness
［愚癡・癡・無明］ (, Pali moha;  guchi, chi, or mumyō)
forbearance
［忍・忍辱］ ( kshānti;  nin or ninniku)
Forbearance
［忍辱仙人］ ( Kshāntivādin;  Ninniku-sennin)
foreign invasion
［他国侵逼難］ ( takoku-shimpitsu-nan)
foremost worldly stage
［世第一法・世第一法位］ ( sedaiippō or sedaiippō-i)
Forest of Gems in the Garden of the Law, The
［法苑珠林］ (Chin Fa-yüan-chu-lin;  Hō’on-jurin)
Forest of Meanings in the Mahayana Garden of the Law, The
［大乗法苑義林章］ (Chin Ta-ch’eng-fa-yüan-i-lin-chang;  Daijō-hō’on-girin-jō)
Forest of Merits
［功徳林菩薩］ ( Kudokurin-bosatsu)
“Former Affairs of King Wonderful Adornment” chapter
［妙荘厳王本事品］ ( Myōshōgonnō-honji-hon)
“Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King” chapter
［薬王菩薩本事品］ ( Yakuō-bosatsu-honji-hon)
Former Day of the Law
［正法］ ( shōbō)
forty-eight minor precepts
［四十八軽戒］ ( shijūhachi-kyōkai)
forty-eight vows
［四十八願］ ( shijūhachi-gan)
forty-two levels of ignorance
［四十二品の無明］ ( shijūnihon-no-mumyō)
Fo-t’u-teng
［仏図澄］ (232–348) (PY Fotudeng;  Buttochō)
four activities of daily life
［四威儀］ ( shi-igi)
four Āgama sutras
［四阿含経］ ( shi-agon-gyō)
four bases of transcendental powers
［四如意足・四神足］ ( shi-nyoisoku or shi-jinsoku)
four bodhisattvas
［四菩薩］ ( shi-bosatsu)
four categories of Buddhists
［四衆］ ( shi-shu)
four continents
［四洲］ ( shi-shū)
four-continent world
［四天下］ ( shi-tenge)
four daily activities
［四威儀］ ( shi-igi)
four debts of gratitude
［四恩］ ( shi-on)
four devils
［四魔］ ( shi-ma)
four Dharma seals
［四法印］ ( shi-hōin)
four dhyāna heavens
［四禅天］ ( shizenten)
four dictums
［四箇の格言］ ( shika-no-kakugen)
four different views of the grove of sal trees
［沙羅の四見］ ( shara-no-shiken)
four easy practices
［四安楽行］ ( shi-anraku-gyō)
four elements
［四大］ ( shi-dai)
four encounters
［四門遊観・四門出遊］ ( shimon-yūkan or shimon-shutsuyū)
four evil paths
［四悪趣・四悪道］ ( shi-akushu or shi-akudō)
four fearlessnesses
［四無所畏・四無畏］ ( shi-mushoi or shi-mui)
four flavors
［前四味・四味］ ( zen-shimi or shimi)
four flavors and three teachings
［四味三教］ ( shimi-sankyō)
fourfold rise and fall
［四重の興廃］ ( shijū-no-kōhai)
Fourfold Rules of Discipline, The
［四分律］ (Chin Ssu-fen-lü;  Shibun-ritsu)
four forms of birth
［四生］ ( shi-shō)
four forms of meditation
［四種三昧］ ( shishu-sammai or shishu-zammai)
four good roots
［四善根・四善根位］ ( shi-zengon or shi-zengon-i)
four grave offenses
［四重罪・四波羅夷罪］ ( shi-jūzai or shi-haraizai)
four grave prohibitions
［四重禁・四重］ ( shijūkin or shijū)
four great continents
［四大洲］ ( shidai-shū)
four great heavenly kings
［四大天王］ ( shidai-tennō)
four great rivers
［四大河］ ( shidai-ga)
four great seas
［四大海］ ( shidai-kai)
four great voice-hearers
［四大声聞］ ( shidai-shōmon)
four guidelines
［四釈・四種釈］ ( shi-shaku or shishu-shaku)
four heavenly kings
［四天王］ ( shi-tennō)
four heavens of the world of formlessness
［四無色天］ ( shi-mushiki-ten)
four imperial persecutions of Buddhism in China
［三武一宗の法難］ ( Sambu-issō-no-hōnan)
four improper ways of livelihood
［四邪命食・四不浄食・四食］ ( shi-jamyōjiki, shi-fujōjiki, or shi-jiki)
four inferior flavors
［前四味・四味］ ( zen-shimi or shimi)
four infinite virtues
［四無量心］ ( shi-muryōshin)
four inverted views
［四顚倒］ ( shi-tendō)
four kalpas
［四劫］ ( shi-kō)
four kinds of believers
［四衆］ ( shi-shu)
four kinds of Buddhists
［四衆］ ( shi-shu)
four kinds of flowers
［四華］ ( shi-ke)
four kinds of lands
［四土］ ( shi-do)
four kinds of meditation
［四種三昧］ ( shishu-sammai or shishu-zammai)
four kinds of offerings
［四事・四事供養］ ( shiji or shiji-kuyō)
four-line verse
［四句偈］ ( shiku-ge)
four major disciples
［四大弟子］ ( shidai-deshi)
four major offenses
［四重罪・四波羅夷罪］ ( shi-jūzai or shi-haraizai)
four meditation heavens
［四禅天］ ( shizenten)
four meditations
［四念処・四念住］ ( shi-nenjo or shi-nenjū)
four meditations on formlessness
［四無色定・四空定・四空処定］ ( shi-mushiki-jō, shi-kū-jō, or shi-kūsho-jō)
four meetings
［四門遊観・四門出遊］ ( shimon-yūkan or shimon-shutsuyū)
four methods of winning people
［四摂法・四摂事］ ( shi-shōbō or shi-shōji)
four modes of conduct
［四威儀］ ( shi-igi)
four noble truths
［四諦・四聖諦］ ( chatur-ārya-satya;  shi-tai or shi-shōtai)
four noble worlds
［四聖］ ( shi-shō or shi-sei)
four objects of faith
［四信］ ( shi-shin)
four pārājika offenses
［四重罪・四波羅夷罪］ ( shi-jūzai or shi-haraizai)
four peaceful practices
［四安楽行］ ( shi-anraku-gyō)
Four Peaceful Practices, The
［四安楽行］ ( Shi-anraku-gyō)
four peaceful ways of practice
［四安楽行］ ( shi-anraku-gyō)
four-phrase essence of the Lotus Sutra
［四句の要法］ ( shiku-no-yōbō)
four-phrase verse
［四句偈］ ( shiku-ge)
four powers
［四力］ ( shi-riki)
four preceding flavors
［前四味・四味］ ( zen-shimi or shimi)
four ranks of bodhisattvas
［四依の菩薩］ ( shie-no-bosatsu)
four ranks of sages
［四依］ ( shie)
four realms of the world of formlessness
［四無色界・四無色天・四無色処・四空処］ ( shi-mushiki-kai, shi-mushiki-ten, shi-mushiki-sho, or shi-kū-sho)
four reliances
［四依］ ( shie)
four right efforts
［四正勤・四正断］ ( shi-shōgon or shi-shōdan)
four rivers
［四河］ ( shi-ga)
four roots of goodness
［四善根・四善根位］ ( shi-zengon or shi-zengon-i)
four seas
［四海］ ( shi-kai)
four stages of enlightenment
［四果］ ( shi-ka)
four stages of faith
［四信］ ( shi-shin)
four stages of faith and the five stages of practice
［四信五品］ ( shishin-gohon)
four stages of Hinayana enlightenment
［四果］ ( shi-ka)
four stages of meditation
［四禅定］ ( chatur-dhyāna;  shi-zenjō)
four standards
［四依］ ( shie)
four steps to transcendental powers
［四如意足・四神足］ ( shi-nyoisoku or shi-jinsoku)
four sufferings
［四苦］ ( shi-ku)
four tastes
［前四味・四味］ ( zen-shimi or shimi)
four teachers of the three countries
［三国四師］ ( sangoku-shishi)
four teachings of doctrine
［化法の四教］ ( kehō-no-shikyō)
four teachings of method
［化儀の四教］ ( kegi-no-shikyō)
fourteen slanders
［十四誹謗・十四謗法］ ( jūshi-hibō or jūshi-hōbō)
four topsy-turvy views
［四顚倒］ ( shi-tendō)
four treatises
［四論］ ( shi-ron)
four types of Buddhist believers
［四衆］ ( shi-shu)
four types of correct effort
［四正勤・四正断］ ( shi-shōgon or shi-shōdan)
four types of mandalas
［四種曼荼羅］ ( shishu-mandara)
four types of wheel-turning kings
［四輪王］ ( shi-rinnō)
four universal vows
［四弘誓願］ ( shigu-seigan)
four unlimited kinds of knowledge
［四無礙智・四無礙］ ( shi-muge-chi or shi-muge)
four unpardonable offenses
［四重罪・四波羅夷罪］ ( shi-jūzai or shi-haraizai)
four views of the sal grove
［沙羅の四見］ ( shara-no-shiken)
four virtues
［四徳］ ( shi-toku)
four ways of preaching
［四悉檀］ ( shi-shitsudan)
four wheel-turning kings
［四輪王］ ( shi-rinnō)
four wrong-headed views
［四顚倒］ ( shi-tendō)
Fragrant, Mount
［香酔山・香山］ (, Pali Gandhamādana;  Kōsui-sen or Kō-sen)
Fragrant Mountain
［香酔山・香山］ ( Kōsui-sen or Kō-sen)
Freely Enjoying Things Conjured by Others
［他化自在天］ ( Takejizai-ten)
Freely Perceiving
［観自在菩薩］ ( Avalokiteshvara;  Kanjizai-bosatsu)
Fudō
［不動］ ()
Fuji school
［富士門流］ ( Fuji-monryū)
Fuju Fuse Kōmon school
［不受不施講門派］ ( Fuju Fuse Kōmon-ha)
Fuju Fuse school
［不受不施派］ ( Fuju Fuse-ha)
full commandments
［具足戒］ ( gusoku-kai)
Funamori Yasaburō
［船守弥三郎］ (n.d.)
fundamental darkness
［元品の無明］ ( gampon-no-mumyō)
fundamental nature of enlightenment
［元品の法性］ ( gampon-no-hosshō)
Further Anthology of the Propagation of Light, The
［広弘明集］ (Chin Kuang-hung-ming-chi;  Kō-gumyō-shū)
fusion of reality and wisdom
［境智冥合］ ( kyōchi-myōgō)
Fu Ta-shih
［傅大士］ (497–569) (PY Fu Dashi;  Fu-daishi)

four-continent world ［四天下］ ( shi-tenge): Also, four-continent realm, or simply four continents. A world of four continents surrounding a Mount Sumeru. According to Buddhist cosmology, there exist countless four-continent worlds in the universe. See also four continents.