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［塔］ ( tō)
Pai-lien-she
［白蓮社］ (PY Bailianshe;  Byakuren-sha)
Pai-ma-ssu
［白馬寺］ (PY Baimasi;  Hakuba-ji)
Painfully Acquired
［苦得］ ( Kutoku)
Pakudha Kacchāyana
［迦羅鳩駄迦旃延］ (Pali;  Karakuda-kasennen)
pāpīyas
［波旬］ (;  hajun)
parable of the blind men and the elephant
［群盲評象の譬］ ( gummō-hyōzō-no-tatoe)
parable of the bright jewel in the topknot
［髻中明珠の譬］ ( keichū-myōju-no-tatoe)
parable of the burning house
［火宅の譬］ ( kataku-no-tatoe)
parable of the jewel in the robe
［衣裏珠の譬］ ( eriju-no-tatoe)
parable of the medicinal herbs
［薬草喩］ ( yakusō-yu)
“Parable of the Medicinal Herbs” chapter
［薬草喩品］ ( Yakusōyu-hon)
parable of the phantom city
［化城喩］ ( kejō-yu)
parable of the phantom city and the treasure land
［化城宝処の譬］ ( kejō-hōsho-no-tatoe)
“Parable of the Phantom City” chapter
［化城喩品］ ( Kejōyu-hon)
parable of the skilled physician and his sick children
［良医病子の譬］ ( rōi-byōshi-no-tatoe)
parable of the three carts and the burning house
［三車火宅の譬］ ( sansha-kataku-no-tatoe)
parable of the three kinds of medicinal herbs and two kinds of trees
［三草二木の譬］ ( sansō-nimoku-no-tatoe)
parable of the wealthy man and his poor son
［長者窮子の譬］ ( chōja-gūji-no-tatoe)
pārājika
［波羅夷］ (, Pali;  harai)
Paramārtha
［真諦］ (499–569) (;  Shindai)
pāramitā
［波羅蜜］ (, Pali;  haramitsu)
parinirvāna
［般涅槃・涅槃］ (; Pali parinibbāna;  hatsu-nehan or nehan)
Parinirvāna Sutra
［般泥洹経］ ( Hatsu-naion-gyō)
Pārshva
［脇比丘・脇尊者］ (n.d.) (;  Kyō-biku or Kyō-sonja)
Parthia
［安息国］ ( Ansoku-koku)
Pasenadi
［波斯匿王］ (Pali;  Hashinoku-ō)
Pātaliputra
［華氏城］ (; Pali Pātaliputta;  Keshi-jō)
path
［趣・道］ (, Pali gati;  shu or dō)
path of insight
［見道］ ( ken-dō)
pātra
［鉢］ (;  hachi or hatsu)
patriarchal Zen
［祖師禅］ ( soshi-zen)
pattra
［貝多羅］ (;  baitara)
Peace and Delight
［安楽世界］ ( Sukhāvatī;  Anraku-sekai)
Peace and Sustenance
［安養国］ ( Sukhāvatī;  An’yō-koku or Annyō-koku)
“Peaceful Practices” chapter
［安楽行品］ ( Anraku-gyō-hon)
peak stage
［頂位・頂法］ ( chō-i or chō-hō)
Perceiver of Sounds
［観音菩薩］ ( Kannon-bosatsu)
Perceiver of the World’s Sounds
［観世音菩薩］ ( Avalokitasvara or Avalokiteshvara;  Kanzeon-bosatsu)
“Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” chapter
［観音品］ ( Kannon-bon)
Perceiver of the World’s Sounds Sutra
［観音経］ (Chin Kuan-yin-ching;  Kannon-gyō)
perception of the truth of the birthlessness of all phenomena
［無生法忍］ ( mushō-bōnin)
perception stage
［忍位・忍法］ ( nin-i or nin-pō)
Perfect Bliss
［極楽］ ( Sukhāvatī;  Gokuraku)
perfect enlightenment
［妙覚・円覚］ ( myōgaku or engaku)
Perfect Enlightenment Sutra
［円覚経］ (Chin Yüan-chüeh-ching;  Engaku-kyō)
Perfection of Wisdom sutras
［般若波羅蜜経］ ( Hannya-haramitsu-kyō)
perfect precepts
［円戒］ ( en-kai)
perfect teaching
［円教］ ( en-gyō)
persons of incorrigible disbelief
［一闡提］ ( issendai)
phantom city
［化城］ ( kejō)
Pilindavatsa
［畢陵伽婆蹉］ (;  Hitsuryōgabasha)
Pindolabhāradvāja
［賓頭盧］ (, Pali;  Binzuru)
Pingala
［青目・賓伽羅］ (n.d.) (;  Shōmoku or Bingara)
pipal tree
［インドボダイジュ］ ( pippala;  Indo-bodaiju)
pippala tree
［畢鉢羅樹］ (;  hippara-ju)
Pippalī Cave
［畢鉢羅窟］ (;  Hippara-kutsu)
pishācha
［毘舎闍］ (;  bishaja)
P’i-t’an school
［毘曇宗］ (PY Pitanzong;  Bidon-shū)
pit of fire
［火坑］ ( kakyō or kakō)
place of practice
［道場］ ( dōjō)
planting the seeds of Buddhahood
［下種］ ( geshu)
Platform Sutra, The
［壇経］ ( Dan-kyō)
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, The
［六祖壇経］ (Chin Liu-tsu-t’an-ching;  Rokuso-dan-kyō)
Po Fa-tsu
［帛法祖］ (PY Bo Fazu;  Haku-hōso)
poison-drum relationship
［毒鼓の縁］ ( dokku-no-en)
poshadha
［布薩］ (;  fusatsu)
Possessor of Virtue
［有徳王］ ( Utoku-ō)
Potalaka, Mount
［補陀落山］ (;  Fudaraku-sen)
power of another
［他力］ ( tariki)
power of self
［自力］ ( jiriki)
Po-yüan
［帛遠］ (PY Boyuan;  Hakuon)
practice for oneself and others
［自行化他］ ( jigyō-keta)
Praising Rebirth in the Pure Land
［往生礼讃］ (Chin Wang-sheng-li-tsan;  Ōjō-raisan)
Praising the Buddha’s Deeds
［仏所行讃］ ( Buddhacharita; Chin Fo-so-hsing-tsan;  Busshogyō-san)
Praising the Profundity of the Lotus Sutra
［法華玄賛］ (Chin Fa-hua-hsüan-tsan;  Hokke-genzan)
prajnā
［般若］ (;  hannya)
Prajnā
［般若］ (b. 734) (;  Hannya)
prajnā-pāramitā
［般若波羅蜜］ (;  hannya-haramitsu)
Prajnāpāramitā sutras
［般若経］ (;  Hannya-kyō)
Prajnāruchi
［般若流支］ (n.d.) (;  Hannyarushi)
pranidhāna
［誓願］ (;  seigan)
Prāsangika school
［帰謬論証派］ (;  Kibyūronshō-ha)
Prasenajit
［波斯匿王］ (; Pali Pasenadi;  Hashinoku-ō)
pratigha
［瞋恚・瞋］ (;  shinni or shin)
pratītya-samutpāda
［縁起・因縁］ (;  engi or innen)
pratyekabuddha
［縁覚・独覚・辟支仏］ (;  engaku, dokkaku, or byakushibutsu)
pravārana
［自恣］ (; Pali pavāranā;  jishi)
prayer beads
［数珠］ ( juzu)
Prayer for Rain Sutra
［請雨経］ (Chin Ch’ing-yü-ching;  Shōu-kyō)
preaching in accordance with one’s own mind
［随自意］ ( zuijii)
preaching in accordance with the minds of others
［随他意］ ( zuitai)
precept for benefiting sentient beings
［饒益有情戒・摂衆生戒］ ( nyōyaku-ujō-kai or shō-shujō-kai)
precept of adapting to local customs
［随方毘尼］ ( zuihō-bini)
precept of the diamond chalice
［金剛宝器戒］ ( kongō-hōki-kai)
precepts
［戒］ ( shīla; Pali sīla;  kai)
precepts, meditation, and wisdom
［戒定慧］ ( kai-jō-e)
precepts of perfect and immediate enlightenment
［円頓戒］ ( endon-kai)
Precepts school
［律宗］ (Chin Lü-tsung;  Risshū)
precept that encompasses all good deeds
［摂善法戒］ ( shō-zembō-kai)
precept that encompasses all living beings
［摂衆生戒］ ( shō-shujō-kai)
Precious Key to the Secret Treasury, The
［秘蔵宝鑰］ ( Hizō-hōyaku)
pre-Lotus Sutra teachings
［爾前教］ ( nizen-kyō)
preparation section
［序分］ ( jo-bun)
preta
［餓鬼・薜茘・薜茘多］ (;  gaki, heirei, or heireita)
preventing error and putting an end to evil
［防非止悪］ ( bōhi-shiaku)
Principle of Wisdom Sutra
［理趣経］ ( Ārya-prajnāpāramitā-naya-shatapanchashatikā; Chin Li-ch’ü-ching;  Rishu-kyō)
Profound Meaning of the Four Mahayana Treatises, The
［大乗四論玄義］ (Chin Ta-ch’eng-ssu-lun-hsüan-i;  Daijō-shiron-gengi)
Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The
［法華玄義］ (Chin Fa-hua-hsüan-i;  Hokke-gengi)
Profound Meaning of the “Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” Chapter, The
［観音玄義］ (Chin Kuan-yin-hsüan-i;  Kannon-gengi)
Profound Meaning of the Three Treatises, The
［三論玄義］ (Chin San-lun-hsüan-i;  Sanron-gengi)
Profound Secrets Sutra
［深密経］ ( Jimmitsu-kyō)
Pronunciation and Meaning in the Buddhist Scriptures
［一切経音義］ (Chin I-ch’ieh-ching-yin-i;  Issaikyō-ongi)
Propagation of Zen for the Protection of the Country, The
［興禅護国論］ ( Kōzen-gokoku-ron)
“Prophecies” chapter
［人記品］ ( Ninki-hon)
“Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts” chapter
［授学無学人記品］ ( Jugaku-mugaku-ninki-hon)
“Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples” chapter
［五百弟子受記品］ ( Gohyaku-deshi-juki-hon)
prophecy of future enlightenment
［授記・記別・和伽羅那］ ( vyākarana; Pali veyyākarana;  juki, kibetsu, or wagarana)
Protection of the Sovereign of the Nation Sutra
［守護国界経］ (Chin Shou-hu-kuo-chieh-ching;  Shugo-kokkai-kyō)
Protection Sutra
［守護経］ ( Shugo-kyō)
protuberant knot of flesh
［肉髻相］ ( nikkei-sō)
provincial temples
［国分寺］ ( kokubun-ji)
provincial temples for nuns
［国分尼寺］ ( kokubun-niji)
provisional Buddha
［迹仏］ ( shakubutsu)
provisional Mahayana teachings
［権大乗教］ ( gon-daijō-kyō)
provisional manifestation
［権化］ ( gonge)
provisional sutras
［権経］ ( gon-kyō)
provisional teachings
［権教］ ( gon-kyō)
P’u-kuang
［普光］ (n.d.) (PY Puguang;  Fukō)
Pu-k’ung
［不空］ (705–774) (PY Bukong;  Amoghavajra;  Fukū)
punya
［功徳・福徳］ (;  kudoku or fukutoku)
Punyatāra
［弗若多羅］ (n.d.) (;  Futsunyatara)
Punyayashas
［富那奢］ (n.d.) (;  Funasha)
Pūrana Kassapa
［富蘭那迦葉］ (Pali;  Furanna-kashō)
pure and far-reaching voice
［梵音声］ ( brahma-svara;  bonnonjō)
Pure Emerald World
［浄瑠璃世界］ ( Jōruri-sekai)
Pure Eye
［浄眼］ ( Vimalanetra;  Jōgen)
pure land
［浄土］ ( jōdo)
Pure Land of Perfect Bliss
［極楽浄土］ ( Gokuraku-jōdo)
Pure Land of Secret Solemnity
［密厳浄土］ ( Mitsugon-jōdo)
Pure Land school
(1) ［浄土門・浄土教・浄土宗］ ( Jōdo-mon, Jōdo-kyō, or Jōdo-shū); (2) ［浄土宗］ ( Jōdo-shū)
Pure Land teachings
［浄土門・浄土教］ ( Jōdo-mon or Jōdo-kyō)
pure Law
［白法］ ( byakuhō)
Pure Practices
［浄行菩薩］ ( Vishuddhachāritra;  Jōgyō-bosatsu)
Pure Storehouse
［浄蔵］ ( Vimalagarbha;  Jōzō)
Pure Virtue
［浄徳］ ( Vimaladattā;  Jōtoku)
purification of the six sense organs
［六根清浄］ ( rokkon-shōjō)
Pūrna
［富楼那］ (; Pali Punna;  Furuna)
purpose of one’s advent
［出世の本懐］ ( shusse-no-honkai)
Pūrvavideha
［弗婆提・勝身洲］ (;  Hotsubadai or Shōshin-shū)
Pushyamitra
［弗沙弥多羅王］ (n.d.) (;  Hosshamittara-ō)
pūtana
［富単那］ (;  futanna)

pishācha ［毘舎闍］ (;  bishaja): A demon that eats human flesh. In some Buddhist scriptures, pishācha appear as retainers of Upholder of the Nation, one of the four heavenly kings, and as protectors of Buddhism.