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  • Nadī Kāshyapa

    ［那提迦葉］ (; Pali Nadī Kassapa;  Nadai-kashō)

  • Nāgabodhi

    ［竜智］ (n.d.) (;  Ryūchi)

  • Nāgārjuna

    ［竜樹］ (n.d.) (;  Ryūju)

  • Nāgasena

    ［那先比丘］ (n.d.) (, Pali;  Nasen-biku)

  • Nagoe, the lay nun of

    ［名越の尼］ (n.d.) ( Nagoe-no-ama)

  • Nairanjanā River

    ［尼連禅河］ (; Pali Neranjarā;  Nirenzen-ga)

  • Naivasamjnānāsamjnā Realm

    ［非想非非想処］ (;  Hisō-hihisō-sho)

  • Nakaoki, the lay priest of

    ［中興入道］ (n.d.) ( Nakaoki-nyūdō)

  • Nālandā Monastery

    ［那爛陀寺］ (;  Naranda-ji)

  • Nambu Rokurō Sanenaga

    ［南部六郎実長］

  • Nam-myoho-renge-kyo

    ［南無妙法蓮華経］

  • namu

    ［南無］ (;  namas)

  • Namu Amida Butsu

    ［南無阿弥陀仏］

  • Nanda

    ［難陀］ (;  Nanda)

  • Nanjō Hyōe Shichirō

    ［南条兵衛七郎］ (d. 1265)

  • Nanjō Shichirō Gorō

    ［南条七郎五郎］ (1265–1280)

  • Nanjō Tokimitsu

    ［南条時光］ (1259–1332)

  • Nan-yüeh

    ［南岳］ (515–577) (PY Nanyue;  Nangaku)

  • naraka

    ［地獄・奈落］ (, Pali;  jigoku or naraku)

  • Nārāyana

    ［那羅延］ (;  Naraen)

  • Narendrayashas

    ［那連提耶舎］ (490–589) (;  Narendaiyasha)

  • nayuta

    ［那由多］ (;  nayuta)

  • near-perfect enlightenment

    ［等覚］ ( tōgaku)

  • Nembutsu

    ［念仏］ ()

  • Nembutsu Chosen above All, The

    ［選択集］ ( Senchaku-shū or Senjaku-shū)

  • Nembutsu school

    ［念仏宗］ ( Nembutsu-shū)

  • Nen’a

    ［然阿］

  • Neranjarā River

    ［尼連禅河］ (Pali;  Nirenzen-ga)

  • Never Disparaging

    ［常不軽菩薩・不軽菩薩］ ( Sadāparibhūta;  Jōfukyō-bosatsu or Fukyō-bosatsu)

  • “Never Disparaging” chapter

    ［不軽品］ ( Fukyō-bon)

  • new translations

    ［新訳］ ( shin’yaku)

  • nibbāna

    ［涅槃］ (Pali;  nehan)

  • Nichiben

    ［日弁］ (1239–1311)

  • Nichidai

    ［日代］ (1297–1394)

  • Nichigen-nyo

    ［日眼女］ (1242–1303)

  • Nichigō

    ［日郷・日毫］ (1293–1353)

  • Nichiji

    ［日持］ (b. 1250)

  • Nichijū

    ［日什］ (1314–1392)

  • Nichijun

    ［日順］ (1294–1356)

  • Nichikan

    ［日寛］ (1665–1726)

  • Nichikō

    ［日講］ (1626–1698)

  • Nichimoku

    ［日目］ (1260–1333)

  • Nichimyō

    ［日妙］ (n.d.)

  • Nichinyo

    ［日女］ (n.d.)

  • Nichiō

    ［日奥］ (1565–1630)

  • Nichiren

    ［日蓮］ (1222–1282)

  • Nichiren school

    ［日蓮宗］ ( Nichiren-shū)

  • Nichiren Shōshū

    ［日蓮正宗］

  • Nichirō

    ［日朗］ (1245–1320)

  • Nichiu

    ［日有］ (1402–1482)

  • Nichizen

    ［日禅］ (d. 1331)

  • Nichizon

    ［日尊］ (1265–1345)

  • Nigantha Nātaputta

    ［尼乾陀若提子］ (Pali;  Nikenda-nyakudaishi)

  • Niiama

    ［新尼］ (n.d.)

  • Niida Shirō Nobutsuna

    ［新田四郎信綱］ (n.d.)

  • Niike Saemon-no-jō

    ［新池左衛門尉］ (n.d.)

  • Nikke

    ［日華］

  • Nikkō

    (1) ［日興］ (1246–1333); (2) ［日光］ ()

  • Nikō

    ［日向］ (1253–1314)

  • Nikō’s Records

    ［日向記］ ( Nikō-ki)

  • nine arrogances

    ［九慢］ ( ku-man)

  • nine consciousnesses

    ［九識］ ( ku-shiki)

  • nine divisions of the scriptures

    ［九分経］ ( kubun-kyō)

  • nine divisions of the teachings

    ［九分教］ ( kubun-kyō)

  • nine great ordeals

    ［九横の大難］ ( kuō-no-dainan)

  • nine great persecutions

    ［九横の大難］ ( kuō-no-dainan)

  • nine honored ones on the eight-petaled lotus

    ［八葉九尊］ ( hachiyō-kuson)

  • nine mountains and eight seas

    ［九山八海］ ( kusen-hakkai)

  • nine schools

    ［九宗］ ( ku-shū)

  • ninety-five non-Buddhist schools

    ［九十五種の外道］ ( kujūgoshu-no-gedō)

  • nine types of arrogance

    ［九慢］ ( ku-man)

  • nine worlds

    ［九界］ ( ku-kai or kyū-kai)

  • Ninshō

    ［忍性］

  • ninth period of decrease in the kalpa of continuance

    ［住劫第九の減］ ( jūkō-daiku-no-gen)

  • nirmāna-kāya

    ［応身］ (;  ōjin)

  • nirvana

    ［涅槃］ (; Pali nibbāna;  nehan)

  • nirvana of no remainder

    ［無余涅槃］ ( muyo-nehan)

  • nirvana of remainder

    ［有余涅槃］ ( uyo-nehan)

  • Nirvana school

    ［涅槃宗］ (Chin Nieh-p’an-tsung;  Nehan-shū)

  • Nirvana Sutra

    ［涅槃経］ (Chin Nieh-p’an-ching;  Nehan-gyō)

  • Nishiyama, the lay priest of

    ［西山入道］ (n.d.) ( Nishiyama-nyūdō)

  • Nissen

    ［日仙］ (1262–1357)

  • Nisshō

    ［日昭］ (1221–1323)

  • Nisshū

    ［日秀］ (d. 1329)

  • Nitchō

    (1) ［日頂］ (1252–1317); (2) ［日澄］ (1262–1310)

  • noble eightfold path

    ［八正道］ ( hasshō-dō)

  • non-duality of body and mind

    ［色心不二］ ( shikishin-funi)

  • non-duality of delusion and enlightenment

    ［迷悟不二・迷悟一体］ ( meigo-funi or meigo-ittai)

  • non-duality of good and evil

    ［善悪不二］ ( zen’aku-funi)

  • non-duality of life and its environment

    ［依正不二］ ( eshō-funi)

  • non-duality of living beings and Buddhas

    ［生仏不二・生仏一如］ ( shōbutsu-funi or shōbutsu-ichinyo)

  • Nōnin

    ［能忍］ (n.d.)

  • non-returner

    ［阿那含・不還］ (, Pali anāgāmin;  anagon or fugen)

  • non-substantiality

    ［空］ ( shūnya or shūnyatā;  kū)

  • Northern Buddhism

    ［北方仏教・北伝仏教］ ( Hoppō-bukkyō or Hokuden-bukkyō)

  • Northern school of Zen

    ［北宗禅］ ( Hokushū Zen)

  • numberless major world system dust particle kalpas

    ［五百塵点劫］ ( gohyaku-jintengō or gohyaku-jindengō)

  • Nyagrodha

    ［尼倶律陀］ (;  Nikurida)

  • nyagrodha tree

    ［尼拘律樹・尼倶類樹］ (;  nikuritsu-ju or nikurui-ju)

  • Nyohō

    ［如宝］ (d. 814 or 815) (; Chin Ju-pao)

  • nyūdō

    ［入道］ ()

Nen’a ［然阿］: Another name for Ryōchū, the third patriarch of the Japanese Pure Land (Jōdo) school. See Ryōchū.


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