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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 ranks of bodhisattvas ［四依の菩薩］ ( shie-no-bosatsu): Bodhisattvas who embrace and propagate the correct teaching after Shakyamuni Buddha’s death. See also four ranks of sages.


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