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  • rāga

    [貪・貪欲・愛] (, Pali;  ton, ton’yoku, or ai)

  • Rāhula

    [羅睺羅] (, Pali;  Ragora)

  • Rāhulabhadra

    [羅睺羅跋陀羅・羅睺羅] (n.d.) (;  Ragorabaddara or Ragora)

  • Rāhulatā

    [羅睺羅跋陀羅・羅睺羅] (;  Ragorabaddara or Ragora)

  • rainy-season retreat

    [安居] ( ango)

  • Raiyu

    [頼瑜] (1226–1304)

  • Rājagriha

    [王舎城] (; Pali Rājagaha;  Ōsha-jō)

  • rākshasa

    [羅刹] (;  rasetsu)

  • Rankei Dōryū

    [蘭渓道隆] (; Chin Lan-ch’i Tao-lung)

  • Rare Form

    [名相如来] ( Shashiketu;  Myōsō-nyorai)

  • ratna

    [宝] (;  hō or takara)

  • Ratnamati

    [勒那摩提] (n.d.) (;  Rokunamadai)

  • realization of the non-birth and non-extinction of all phenomena

    [無生法忍] ( mushō-bōnin)

  • Realization of Virtue

    [覚徳比丘] ( Kakutoku-biku)

  • Realm of Boundless Consciousness

    [識無辺処] ( Vijnānānantyāyatana;  Shikimuhen-jo)

  • Realm of Boundless Empty Space

    [空無辺処] ( Ākāshānantyāyatana;  Kūmuhen-jo)

  • Realm of Neither Thought Nor No Thought

    [非想非非想処] ( Naivasamjnānāsamjnāyatana;  Hisō-hihisō-sho)

  • Realm of Nothingness

    [無所有処] ( Ākimchanyāyatana;  Mushou-sho)

  • Recorded Lectures, The

    [御講聞書] ( Okō-kikigaki)

  • Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law, The

    [入唐求法巡礼行記] ( Nittō-guhō-junrei-kō-ki)

  • Record of Southern Countries, The

    [南海寄帰内法伝] (Chin Nan-hai-chi-kuei-nei-fa-chuan;  Nankai-kiki-naihō-den)

  • Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms, The

    [仏国記] ( Bukkoku-ki)

  • Record of the Lineage of the Buddha and the Patriarchs, The

    [仏祖統紀] (Chin Fo-tsu-t’ung-chi;  Busso-tōki)

  • Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, The

    [御義口伝] ( Ongi-kuden)

  • Record of the Western Regions, The

    [西域記] ( Saiiki-ki)

  • Record of the Western Regions of the Great T’ang Dynasty, The

    [大唐西域記] (Chin Ta-t’ang-hsi-yü-chi;  Daitō-saiiki-ki)

  • Record of Wonders in the Book of Chou, The

    [周書異記] (Chin Chou-shu-i-chi;  Shūsho-iki)

  • reducing the body to ashes and annihilating consciousness

    [灰身滅智] ( keshin-metchi)

  • Refutation of Erroneous Doctrines, A

    [摧邪輪] ( Sai-jarin)

  • Refutation of “The Nembutsu Chosen above All,” A

    [弾選択] ( Dan-senchaku)

  • Regulations for Students of the Mountain School, The

    [山家学生式] ( Sange-gakushō-shiki)

  • Reiyūkai

    [霊友会]

  • relative myō

    [相待妙] ( sōdai-myō)

  • removing suffering and giving joy

    [抜苦与楽] ( bakku-yoraku)

  • renge

    [蓮華] (; Chin lien-hua)

  • Repaying Debts of Gratitude Sutra

    [報恩経] (Chin Pao-en-ching;  Hō’on-kyō)

  • repentance

    [懺悔] ( kshama or deshanā;  sange)

  • replacement of the three vehicles with the one vehicle

    [開三顕一] ( kaisan-ken’ichi)

  • “Responding with Joy” chapter

    [随喜品] ( Zuiki-hon)

  • restatement of Great Universal Wisdom Excellence Buddha’s teaching

    [大通覆講] ( Daitsū-fukkō)

  • Revata

    [離婆多] (, Pali;  Ribata)

  • Revelation of the Profound Secrets Sutra

    [解深密経] ( Samdhinirmochana-sūtra; Chin Chieh-shen-mi-ching;  Gejimmitsu-kyō)

  • revelation section

    [正宗分] ( shōshū-bun)

  • reverse relationship

    [逆縁] ( gyaku-en)

  • Reverend Nichiu’s Teachings on the Formalities

    [有師化儀抄] ( Ushi-kegi-shō)

  • reward body

    [報身] ( sambhoga-kāya;  hōshin or hōjin)

  • Rida

    [利吒]

  • Rinda

    [輪陀] ()

  • Rinzai school

    [臨済宗] ( Rinzai-shū)

  • Rishipatana

    [仙人堕処] (;  Sennin-dasho)

  • Risshō Kōseikai

    [立正佼成会]

  • Ritsu school

    [律宗] ( Risshū)

  • river of three crossings

    [三途の河] ( sanzu-no-kawa)

  • roar of a lion

    [師子吼・獅子吼] ( shishi-ku)

  • Rōben

    [良弁] (689–773)

  • robe of forbearance

    [忍辱の衣] ( ninniku-no-koromo)

  • robe of rags

    [糞掃衣・納衣] ( funzōe or nōe)

  • robe, seat, and room

    [衣座室] ( e-za-shitsu)

  • rock kalpa

    [磐石劫] ( banjaku-gō)

  • root of goodness

    [善根] ( zengon or zenkon)

  • Root of Joy

    [喜根比丘] ( Prasannendriya;  Kikon-biku)

  • root teaching

    [根本法輪] ( kompon-hōrin)

  • rotten seeds

    [敗種] ( haishu)

  • rūpa-dhātu

    [色界] (, Pali;  shiki-kai)

  • Ryōchū

    [良忠] (1199–1287)

  • Ryōgen

    [良源] (912–985)

  • Ryōkan

    [良観] (1217–1303)

  • Ryōnin

    [良忍] (1073–1132)

  • Ryūkan

    [隆寛] (1148–1227)

  • Ryūsen-ji

    [滝泉寺]

  • Ryūshin

    [隆真] (n.d.)

  • Ryūzō-bō

    [竜象房] (n.d.)

Ryōkan [良観] (1217–1303): Also known as Ninshō. A priest of the True Word Precepts (Shingon–Ritsu) school in Japan. Born in Yamato Province, he began to study at Gakuan-ji temple in 1232 and in the following year received the precepts to become a priest at Tōdai-ji temple in Nara. In 1240 he became a disciple of Eizon, who was revered as a restorer of the Precepts (Ritsu) school. Eizon advocated the practice of both the precepts and the True Word (Shingon) esoteric teaching. This later led to the establishment of the True Word Precepts school, which regards Eizon as its founder. In 1252 Ryōkan traveled east to the Kanto region, which included the city of Kamakura, where the shogunate was headquartered, and propagated the Precepts teaching there. In 1261 he settled in Kamakura, and his activities in the Kanto region fostered a connection with the ruling Hōjō clan. Hōjō Tokiyori, the former regent who still held the reins of government, built Kōsen-ji temple and named Ryōkan its first chief priest. In 1262, at the request of Hōjō Tokiyori and other government officials, Ryōkan’s teacher, Eizon, came from Saidai-ji temple in Nara to Kamakura, where he stayed for half a year. Eizon and Ryōkan together promoted the teaching of the precepts and administered the precepts to priests and lay believers. In 1267 Ryōkan became chief priest of Gokuraku-ji temple, which had been established by Hōjō Shigetoki, a high official of the Kamakura shogunate. Gokuraku-ji thus became Ryōkan’s permanent abode. He undertook a number of social welfare projects, building hospitals, roads, etc. The people of Kamakura revered him, and he enjoyed great influence. The ruling Hōjō family recommended him for a post as superintendent of great temples; it also bestowed manors on him and invested him with the authority to collect tolls on ports and barrier stations. At the command of the shogunate, Ryōkan often conducted esoteric prayer rituals to bring about rain and to ward off invasion by the Mongols. During the great drought of 1271, Ryōkan vied with Nichiren in praying for rain and failed. After that he contrived to have accusations brought against Nichiren, which eventually led to the Tatsunokuchi Persecution, in which Nichiren came near to being executed, and Nichiren’s subsequent exile to the island of Sado. For many years Ryōkan harassed Nichiren and his disciples, both openly and covertly.


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