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  • Madhura

    [摩奴羅] (;  Manura)

  • madhya

    () (1) [末陀] ( mada); (2) [中] ( chū)

  • Madhyamaka-kārikā

    [中頌・中論頌・中論] (;  Chūju, Chūron-ju, or Chū-ron)

  • Mādhyamika school

    [中観派] (;  Chūgan-ha)

  • Madhyāntika

    [末田提・末田地] (;  Madendai or Madenji)

  • Magadha

    [摩掲陀国] (, Pali;  Makada-koku)

  • mahā

    [摩訶] (, Pali;  maka)

  • Mahābrahmā

    [大梵天] (, Pali;  Daibon-ten)

  • Mahābrahman Heaven

    [大梵天] (;  Daibon-ten)

  • Mahādeva

    [摩訶提婆・大天] (;  Makadaiba or Daiten)

  • Mahākacchāyana

    [摩訶迦旃延] (Pali;  Makakasennen)

  • Mahākāla

    [摩訶迦羅天] (;  Makakara-ten)

  • Mahākāshyapa

    [摩訶迦葉] (; Pali Mahākassapa;  Makakashō)

  • Mahākātyāyana

    [摩訶迦旃延] (;  Makakasennen)

  • Mahāmaudgalyāyana

    [摩訶目犍連・大目犍連] (;  Makamokkenren or Daimokkenren)

  • Mahāmāyā

    [摩訶摩耶] (, Pali;  Makamaya)

  • Mahānāma

    [摩訶男] (, Pali;  Makanan)

  • Mahāpanthaka

    [摩訶槃特] (, Pali;  Makahandoku)

  • Mahāparinirvāna Sutra

    (1) (3) [大般涅槃経] (Chin Ta-pan-nieh-p’an-ching;  Daihatsu-nehan-gyō); (2) [大般泥洹経] (Chin Ta-pan-ni-yüan-ching;  Daihatsu-naion-gyō)

  • Mahāprajāpatī

    [摩訶波闍波提] (; Pali Mahāpajāpatī;  Makahajahadai)

  • Mahāsamghika school

    [大衆部] (;  Daishu-bu)

  • mahāsattva

    [摩訶薩・大士] (;  makasatsu or daishi)

  • Mahāsattva

    [摩訶薩埵・薩埵王子] (;  Makasatta or Satta-ōji)

  • Mahāsthāmaprāpta

    [勢至菩薩] (;  Seishi-bosatsu)

  • Mahāvairochana

    [大日如来] (;  Dainichi-nyorai)

  • Mahāvairochana Sutra

    [大日経] (; Chin Ta-jih-ching;  Dainichi-kyō)

  • Mahāvamsa

    [大史・大王統史] (Pali;  Daishi or Dai-ōtōshi)

  • Mahāvana Monastery

    [大林精舎] (, Pali;  Dairin-shōja)

  • Mahāvastu

    [大事] (;  Daiji)

  • Mahayana Buddhism

    [大乗仏教] ( Daijō-bukkyō)

  • Mahayana Method of Concentration and Insight, The

    [大乗止観法門] (Chin Ta-ch’eng-chih-kuan-fa-men;  Daijō-shikan-hōmon)

  • Mahayana ordination platform

    [大乗戒壇] ( daijō-kaidan)

  • Mahendra

    [摩呬陀] (n.d.) (; Pali Mahinda;  Mahinda)

  • Maheshvara

    [摩醯首羅天] (;  Makeishura-ten)

  • Mahinda

    [摩呬陀] (Pali;  Mahinda)

  • Mahīshāsaka school

    [化地部・弥沙塞部] (;  Keji-bu or Mishasoku-bu)

  • mahoraga

    [摩睺羅伽] (, Pali;  magoraga)

  • maintaining-consciousness

    [執持識] ( shūji-shiki)

  • Maitreya

    () (1) [弥勒菩薩] ( Miroku-bosatsu); (2) [弥勒] ( Miroku)

  • maitrī

    [慈] (; Pali mettā;  ji)

  • Majjhima-nikāya

    [中部] (Pali;  Chū-bu)

  • major kalpa

    [大劫] ( dai-kō)

  • major world system

    [三千大千世界] ( trisāhasra-mahāsāhasraloka-dhātu;  sanzen-daisen-sekai)

  • major world system dust particle kalpas

    [三千塵点劫] ( sanzen-jintengō or sanzen-jindengō)

  • makara

    [摩竭] (, Pali;  makatsu)

  • Makkhali Gosāla

    [末伽梨拘舎梨] (Pali;  Makkari-kushari)

  • Malaya, Mount

    [摩黎山・摩羅耶山] (;  Mari-sen, Marei-sen, or Maraya-sen)

  • Malla

    [末羅] (, Pali;  Matsura)

  • Mallikā

    [末利] (, Pali;  Mari)

  • māna

    [慢] (, Pali;  man)

  • mandala

    [曼荼羅] (;  mandara)

  • māndāra flower

    [曼陀羅華] (;  mandara-ke)

  • Māndhātri

    [頂生王・曼陀多王] (;  Chōshō-ō or Mandata-ō)

  • mani

    [摩尼] (, Pali;  mani)

  • manifested body

    [応身] ( nirmāna-kāya;  ōjin)

  • manjūshaka flower

    [曼殊沙華] (;  manjusha-ge)

  • Manjushrī

    [文殊師利菩薩・文殊菩薩] (;  Monjushiri-bosatsu or Monju-bosatsu)

  • mano-consciousness

    [末那識] ( mano-vijnāna;  mana-shiki)

  • man of pure faith

    [清信士] (, Pali upāsaka;  shōshin-ji)

  • Manoratha

    [摩羅他・如意] (n.d.) (;  Manurata or Nyoi)

  • Manorhita

    [摩奴羅] (n.d.) (;  Manura)

  • mantra

    [真言] (;  shingon)

  • many in body, one in mind

    [異体同心] ( itai-dōshin)

  • Many Treasures

    [多宝如来] ( Prabhūtaratna;  Tahō-nyorai)

  • māra

    [魔] (, Pali;  ma)

  • Marīchi

    [摩利支天] (;  Marishi-ten)

  • markings of the thousand-spoked wheel

    [千輻輪相] ( sempukurin-sō)

  • Mātanga

    [摩騰迦・摩騰] (;  Matōga or Matō)

  • Mathura

    [摩突羅国] ( Mathurā;  Matora-koku)

  • matrix of the Tathāgata

    [如来蔵] ( nyorai-zō)

  • matrix of the Thus Come One

    [如来蔵] ( tathāgata-garbha;  nyorai-zō)

  • Matrix of the Thus Come One Sutra

    [如来蔵経] ( Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra; Chin Ju-lai-tsang-ching;  Nyoraizō-kyō)

  • Matsubagayatsu

    [松葉ケ谷]

  • Matsubagayatsu Persecution

    [松葉ケ谷の法難] ( Matsubagayatsu-no-hōnan)

  • Matsuno Rokurō Saemon

    [松野六郎左衛門] (d. 1278)

  • Maudgalyāyana

    [目連・目犍連] (; Pali Moggallāna;  Mokuren or Mokkenren)

  • Māyā

    [摩耶] (, Pali;  Maya)

  • Māyā Sutra

    [摩耶経] (; Chin Mo-ya-ching;  Maya-kyō)

  • Meaning of the Four Teachings, The

    [四教義] (Chin Ssu-chiao-i;  Shikyō-gi)

  • Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The

    [法華経義記・法華義記] (Chin Fa-hua-ching-i-chi or Fa-hua-i-chi;  Hokekyō-giki or Hokke-giki)

  • Medicine King

    [薬王菩薩] ( Bhaishajyarāja;  Yakuō-bosatsu)

  • “Medicine King” chapter

    [薬王品] ( Yakuō-bon)

  • Medicine Master

    [薬師如来] ( Bhaishajyaguru;  Yakushi-nyorai)

  • Medicine Master Sutra

    [薬師経] ( Bhaishajyaguru-vaidūryaprabharāja-sūtra; Chin Yao-shih-ching;  Yakushi-kyō)

  • Medicine Superior

    [薬上菩薩] ( Bhaishajyarājasamudgata or Bhaishajyasamudgata;  Yakujō-bosatsu)

  • meditation

    [禅・禅定] ( dhyāna; Pali jhāna;  zen or zenjō)

  • meditation master

    [禅師] ( zenji)

  • Meditation on the Buddha Infinite Life Sutra

    [観無量寿経] (Chin Kuan-wu-liang-shou-ching;  Kammuryōju-kyō)

  • Meditation on the Buddha Sutra

    [観仏三昧経] ( Kambutsu-sammai-kyō)

  • Meditation on the Correct Teaching Sutra

    [正法念処経] (Chin Cheng-fa-nien-ch’u-ching;  Shōbōnenjo-kyō)

  • meditation on the five elements

    [五輪観] ( gorin-kan)

  • meditation on the vileness of the body

    [不浄観] ( fujō-kan)

  • Meditation Sutra

    [観経] ( Kan-gyō)

  • meditation to behold the Buddhas

    [般舟三昧] ( pratyutpanna-samādhi;  hanju-zammai)

  • medium kalpa

    [中劫] ( chū-kō)

  • Medium-Length Āgama Sutra

    [中阿含経] (Chin Chung-a-han-ching;  Chū-agon-gyō)

  • Miao-lo

    [妙楽] (711–782) (PY Miaole;  Myōraku)

  • Middle Day of the Law

    [像法] ( zōbō)

  • middle path of the eight negations

    [八不中道] ( happu-chūdō)

  • Middle Way

    [中道] ( madhyamā-pratipad;  chūdō)

  • Mihirakula

    [大族王] (n.d.) (;  Daizoku-ō)

  • Mii-dera

    [三井寺]

  • Mikkaka

    [弥遮迦] (;  Mishaka)

  • Mikuni no Taifu

    [三国太夫] (d. 1258)

  • Milinda

    [弥蘭陀] (n.d.) (Pali;  Miranda-ō)

  • Milindapanha

    [ミリンダ王問経] (Pali;  Mirindaō-monkyō)

  • Ming-sheng

    [明勝] (n.d.) (PY Mingsheng;  Myōshō)

  • Minobu, Mount

    [身延山] ( Minobu-san)

  • Minobu Transfer Document, The

    [身延相承書] ( Minobu-sōjō-sho)

  • Mirakutsu

    [弥羅掘]

  • Miran

    [ミーラーン] ( Mīrān)

  • Miroku

    [弥勒] ()

  • Misawa Kojirō

    [三沢小次郎] (n.d.)

  • Miscellaneous Āgama Sutra

    [雑阿含経] (Chin Tsa-a-han-ching;  Zō-agon-gyō)

  • mitra

    [知識] (;  chishiki)

  • Mogao Caves

    [莫高窟] (PY; WG Mo-kao;  Bakkō-kutsu)

  • Moggallāna

    [目連・目犍連] (Pali;  Mokuren or Mokkenren)

  • moha

    [愚癡・癡・無明] (, Pali;  guchi, chi, or mumyō)

  • Mo-kao Caves

    [莫高窟] (PY Mogao;  Bakkō-kutsu)

  • moksha

    [解脱] (;  gedatsu)

  • Mongaku

    [文覚] (n.d.)

  • Monju

    [文殊] ()

  • Monjushiri

    [文殊師利] ()

  • moon, god of the

    [月天] ( Chandra;  Gatten)

  • Moonlight

    [月光菩薩] ( Chandraprabha;  Gakkō-bosatsu)

  • moon-loving meditation

    [月愛三昧] ( gatsuai-zammai)

  • Moon of Deliverance

    [解脱月菩薩] ( Vimuktichandra;  Gedatsugatsu-bosatsu)

  • most honored of two-legged beings

    [両足尊・二足尊] ( ryōsoku-son, ryōzoku-son, or nisoku-son)

  • Mother of Demon Children

    [鬼子母神] ( Hārītī;  Kishimojin)

  • Mountain King

    [山王] ( Sannō)

  • Mountain Order school

    [山門派] ( Sammon-ha)

  • Mountain school

    (1) [山門派] ( Sammon-ha); (2) [山家派] (Chin Shan-chia-p’ai;  Sange-ha)

  • Mountain Sea Wisdom Unrestricted Power King

    [山海慧自在通王如来] ( Sāgara-vara-dhara-buddhi-vikrīditābhijna;  Sengaie-jizaitsūō-nyorai)

  • Mrigadāva

    [鹿野苑] (;  Rokuya-on)

  • mudra

    [印契] ( mudrā;  ingei)

  • Mugaku Sogen

    [無学祖元] (1226–1286) (; Chin Wu-hsüeh Tsu-yüan)

  • mukti

    [解脱] (;  gedatsu)

  • Multitudinous Graceful Actions Sutra

    [普曜経] ( Lalitavistara; Chin P’u-yao-ching;  Fuyō-kyō)

  • muni

    [聖者・聖人・牟尼] (, Pali;  seija, shōnin, or muni)

  • Mūrdhagata

    [頂生王・曼陀多王] (;  Chōshō-ō or Mandata-ō)

  • mustard-seed kalpa

    [芥子劫] ( keshi-kō)

  • mutable karma

    [不定業] ( fujō-gō)

  • mutual possession of the Ten Worlds

    [十界互具] ( jikkai-gogu)

  • myō

    [妙] ()

  • Myōe

    [明恵] (1173–1232)

  • Myōhō, the lay nun

    [妙法尼] ( Myōhō-ama)

  • Myoho-renge-kyo

    [妙法蓮華経] ()

  • Myōichi, the lay nun

    [妙一尼] ( Myōichi-ama) (1) (2)

  • Myōichi-nyo

    [妙一女] (n.d.)

  • Myōjō Pond

    [明星が池] ( Myōjō-ga-ike)

  • Myōmitsu

    [妙密] (n.d.)

  • Myōren

    [妙蓮] (d. 1267) (d. 1323)

  • Myōshin, the lay nun

    [妙心尼] (n.d.) ( Myōshin-ama)

  • Myōun

    [明雲] (1115–1183)

  • Mystic Law

    [妙法] (Chin miao-fa;  myōhō)

  • Mystic Law

    [妙法] (Chin miao-fa; Jpn myōhō)

mukti [解脱] (;  gedatsu): See emancipation; vimoksha.


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