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Gadgadasvara
［妙音菩薩］ (;  Myō’on-bosatsu)
Gainer of Great Authority
［得大勢菩薩］ ( Mahāsthāmaprāpta;  Tokudaisei-bosatsu)
Gakkō
［月光］ ()
gandha
［香・乾陀］ (, Pali;  kō or kenda)
Gandhara
［ガンダーラ・健駄羅国］ (, Pali Gandhāra;  Gandāra or Kendara-koku)
gandharva
［乾闥婆］ (;  kendatsuba)
Gangā
［恒河・ガンジス河］ (, Pali;  Gōga or Ganjisu-gawa)
Ganges River
［恒河・ガンジス河］ ( Gōga or Ganjisu-gawa)
Ganges sands
［恒河沙］ ( gōga-sha)
Gangō-ji
［元興寺］
Ganjin
［鑑真］ (688–763) (; Chin Chien-chen)
garbhadhātu
［胎蔵界］ (;  taizō-kai)
garment-snatching demoness
［奪衣婆］ ( datsueba)
garment-suspending demon
［懸衣翁］ ( kenneō)
garuda
［迦楼羅］ (;  karura)
gāthā
［偈・伽陀］ (, Pali;  ge or kada)
gati
［趣・道］ (, Pali;  shu or dō)
Gautama
［瞿曇］ (; Pali Gotama;  Kudon)
Gautamī
［憍曇弥］ (;  Kyōdommi)
Gayā
［伽耶城］ (, Pali;  Gaya-jō)
Gayā Kāshyapa
［伽耶迦葉］ (; Pali Gayā Kassapa;  Gaya-kashō)
Gayāshīrsha, Mount
［伽耶山・象頭山］ (; Pali Gayāsīsa;  Gaya-sen or Zōzu-sen)
Gembō
［玄昉］ (d. 746)
general and specific viewpoints
［総別の二義］ ( sōbetsu-no-nigi)
general transfer
［総付嘱］ ( sō-fuzoku)
Genkō Era Biographies of Eminent Priests, The
［元亨釈書］ ( Genkō-shakusho)
Genkū
［源空］
Gennin
［源仁］ (818–887)
Genshin
［源信］ (942–1017)
geya
［祇夜・重頌］ (;  giya or jūju)
ghee
［醍醐味］ ( daigo-mi)
Ghoshila
［瞿師羅］ (; Pali Ghosita;  Kushira)
Gien
［義淵］ (d. 728)
Gijō-bō
［義浄房］ (n.d.)
Girika
［耆利柯・耆利］ (n.d.) (;  Girika or Giri)
Gishin
［義真］ (781–833)
Gladly Seen
［喜見菩薩］ ( Kiken-bosatsu)
Gladly Seen by All Living Beings
( Sarva-sattva-priyadarshana) (1) ［一切衆生喜見如来］ ( Issai-shujō-kiken-nyorai); (2) ［一切衆生喜見菩薩］ ( Issai-shujō-kiken-bosatsu)
Glorious Kalpa
［荘厳劫］ ( Shōgon-kō)
Godānīya
［瞿耶尼・牛貨洲］ (;  Kuyani or Goke-shū)
god of fragrance
［香神］ ( kōjin)
god of the moon
［月天］ ( Gatten)
god of the sun
［日天］ ( Nitten)
Gohonzon
［御本尊］ ()
Gokuraku-ji
［極楽寺］
gold circle
［金輪］ ( kānchana-mandala;  konrin)
Golden Color
［金色王］ ( Konjiki-ō)
Golden Light Sutra
［金光明経］ ( Suvarnaprabhāsa-sūtra or Suvarnaprabhāsottama-sūtra; Chin Chin-kuang-ming-ching;  Konkōmyō-kyō)
golden-winged bird
［金翅鳥］ ( konji-chō)
gold-wheel treasure
［金輪宝］ ( konrin-hō)
gold-wheel-turning king
［金輪王・金輪聖王］ ( konrin-ō or konrin-jō’ō)
Gomyō
［護命］ (750–834)
gongyō
［勤行］ ()
Gonsō
［勤操］ (758–827)
Gon’yo
［厳誉］ (n.d.)
good friend
［善知識］ ( kalyāna-mitra;  zen-chishiki)
Good Kalpa
［善劫］ ( Zen-kō)
Good Law Hall
［善法堂］ ( Zembō-dō)
good man
［善男子］ ( kula-putra;  zen-nanshi)
good root
［善根］ ( kushala-mūla;  zengon or zenkon)
Good to See
［善見城］ ( Zenken-jō)
Good Treasures
［善財童子］ ( Sudhana-shreshthi-dāraka or Sudhana;  Zenzai-dōji)
good woman
［善女人］ ( kula-duhitri;  zen-nyonin)
Gopikā
［瞿夷］ (;  Kui)
Gōsanze
［降三世］ ()
Gosho
［御書］ ()
Gotama
［瞿曇］ (Pali;  Kudon)
Gotamī
［憍曇弥］ (Pali;  Kyōdommi)
gradual teaching
［漸教］ ( zen-kyō)
Great Adornment
(1) ［大荘厳仏］ ( Daishōgon-butsu); (2) ［大荘厳菩薩］ ( Daishōgon-bosatsu)
Great Arrogant Brahman
［大慢婆羅門］ (n.d.) ( Daiman-baramon)
Great Awesome Virtue
［大威徳明王］ ( Yamāntaka;  Daiitoku-myō’ō)
Great Canon of Monastic Rules, The
［摩訶僧祇律］ (Chin Mo-ho-seng-chih-lü;  Maka-sōgi-ritsu)
great citadel of the Avīchi hell
［阿鼻大城］ ( Abi-daijō)
great citadel of the hell of incessant suffering
［無間大城］ ( Muken-daijō)
Great Collection Sutra
［大集経］ (Chin Ta-chi-ching;  Daijikkyō)
Great Commander
［太元帥明王］ ( Ātavaka;  Taigensui-myō’ō, better known as Taigen-myō’ō)
Great Commentary on the Abhidharma, The
［阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論］ ( Abhidharma-mahāvibhāshā-shāstra; Chin A-p’i-ta-mo-ta-p’i-p’o-sha-lun;  Abidatsuma-daibibasha-ron)
Great Compassion Sutra
［大悲経］ (Chin Ta-pei-ching;  Daihi-kyō)
Great Concentration and Insight
［摩訶止観］ (Chin Mo-ho-chih-kuan;  Maka-shikan)
Great Forest Monastery
［大林精舎］ ( Mahāvana-vihāra;  Dairin-shōja)
great impartial wisdom
［平等大慧］ ( byōdō-daie)
Greatly Enlightened World-Honored One
［大覚世尊］ ( Daikaku-seson)
Great Ornament of Tales, The
［大荘厳論経］ ( Kalpanā-manditikā; Chin Ta-chuang-yen-lun-ching;  Daishōgon-rongyō)
Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
(1) ［摩訶般若波羅蜜経］ ( Panchavimshatisāhasrikā-prajnāpāramitā; Chin Mo-ho-pan-jo-po-lo-mi-ching;  Makahannya-haramitsu-kyō); (2) ［摩訶般若波羅蜜経］ ( Asht
Great Power
［勢至菩薩］ ( Mahāsthāmaprāpta;  Seishi-bosatsu)
great pure Law
［大白法］ ( daibyakuhō)
great south gate
［南大門］ ( nandaimon)
Great T’ang Dynasty Catalog of Buddhist Scriptures, The
［大唐内典録］ (Chin Ta-t’ang-nei-tien-lu;  Daitō-naiten-roku)
great teacher
［大師］ (Chin ta-shih;  daishi)
Great Treasure Chamber
［大宝坊］ ( Daihō-bō)
Great Universal Wisdom Excellence
［大通智勝仏］ ( Mahābhijnā-jnānābhibhū;  Daitsūchishō-butsu)
great vehicle
［大乗］ ( daijō)
great white ox cart
［大白牛車］ ( daibyaku-gosha)
great wisdom of equality
［平等大慧］ ( byōdō-daie)
Great Wisdom Sutra
［大般若経］ ( Mahāprajnāpāramitā-sūtra; Chin Ta-pan-jo-ching;  Daihannya-kyō)
Great Yüeh-chih
［大月氏］ ( Dai-gesshi)
greed
［貪・貪欲・愛］ (, Pali rāga;  ton, ton’yoku, or ai)
greed and stinginess
［慳貪］ ( kendon)
Gridhrakūta
［耆闍崛山・霊鷲山］ (; Pali Gijjhakūta;  Gishakussen or Ryōju-sen)
griha-pati
［居士］ (;  koji)
Guidelines for Believers of the Fuji School, The
［富士一跡門徒存知の事］ ( Fuji-isseki-monto-zonchi-no-koto)
Gunabhadra
［求那跋陀羅］ (394–468) (;  Gunabaddara)
Gunamati
［徳慧］ (n.d.) (;  Tokue)
Gunaprabha
［徳光］ (n.d.) (;  Tokukō)
Gunavarman
［求那跋摩］ (367–431) (;  Gunabatsuma)
Gurupādaka, Mount
［尊足山］ (;  Sonsoku-sen)
Gyōchi
［行智］ (n.d.)
Gyōhyō
［行表］ (724–797)
Gyōki
［行基］ (668–749)
Gyōnen
［凝然］ (1240–1321)

Great Treasure Chamber ［大宝坊］ ( Daihō-bō): The vast court where the Great Collection Sutra was preached. According to this sutra, when Shakyamuni was on Eagle Peak in Magadha, India, using his powers of meditation, he made a great court adorned with precious treasures appear between the world of desire and the world of form. He ascended to that court, the Great Treasure Chamber, and expounded his teachings there.