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  • Sacred Way teachings

    ［聖道門］ ( Shōdō-mon)

  • Sadāprarudita

    ［常啼菩薩］ (;  Jōtai-bosatsu)

  • Saddharma-pundarīka-sūtra

    ［法華経］ (;  Hoke-kyō)

  • sādhu

    ［善哉］ (, Pali;  zenzai or yokikana)

  • Sado-bō

    ［佐渡房］

  • Sado Exile

    ［佐渡流罪］ ( Sado-ruzai)

  • Sāgara

    ［沙竭羅竜王］ (;  Shakara-ryūō, Shakatsura-ryūō, or Shagara-ryūō)

  • Sage Ascetics-Gathering

    ［仙人堕処］ ( Sennin-dasho)

  • sahā world

    ［娑婆世界］ (;  shaba-sekai)

  • Saichō

    ［最澄］

  • Saidai-ji

    ［西大寺］

  • Saimyō-ji

    ［最明寺］

  • Sairen-bō

    ［最蓮房］ (n.d.)

  • Sajiki, the lady of

    ［桟敷女房］ (n.d.) ( Sajiki-nyōbō)

  • sakridāgāmin

    ［斯陀含・一来］ (;  shidagon or ichirai)

  • sal tree

    ［沙羅樹］ ( shāla; Pali sāla;  shara-ju)

  • samādhi

    ［三昧］ (, Pali;  sammai)

  • samādhiof the origin of immeasurable meanings

    ［無量義処三昧］ ( ananta-nirdesha-pratishthāna-samādhi;  muryōgisho-sammai)

  • sāmanera

    ［沙弥］ (Pali;  shami)

  • sāmanerī

    ［沙弥尼］ (Pali;  shamini)

  • Samantabhadra

    ［普賢菩薩］ (;  Fugen-bosatsu)

  • samaya

    ［三昧耶形・三摩耶形］ (;  sammaya-gyō or samaya-gyō)

  • sambhoga-kāya

    ［報身］ (;  hōshin or hōjin)

  • Same Birth and Same Name

    ［同生同名］ ( Dōshō Dōmyō)

  • samgha

    ［僧伽］ (;  sōgya)

  • Samghabhadra

    ［僧伽跋陀羅・衆賢］ (n.d.) (;  Sōgyabaddara or Shugen)

  • Samghadeva

    ［僧伽提婆］ (n.d.) (;  Sōgyadaiba)

  • Samghanandi

    ［僧伽難提］ (n.d.) (;  Sōgyanandai)

  • Samghavarman

    () (1) ［康僧鎧］ (n.d.) ( Kōsōgai); (2) ［僧伽跋摩］ (n.d.) ( Sōgyabatsuma)

  • Samghayashas

    ［僧伽耶舎］ (n.d.) (;  Sōgyayasha)

  • Sammi-bō

    ［三位房］ (n.d.)

  • Sammon school

    ［山門派］ ( Sammon-ha)

  • samsāra

    ［輪廻］ (, Pali;  rinne)

  • Samyutta-nikāya

    ［相応部］ (Pali;  Sō’ō-bu)

  • San-chieh, the Meditation Master

    ［三階禅師］ (PY Sanjie;  Sangai-zenji)

  • San-chieh-chiao

    ［三階教］ (PY Sanjiejiao;  Sangai-kyō)

  • sanctuary of the essential teaching

    ［本門の戒壇］ ( hommon-no-kaidan)

  • sandalwood tree

    ［栴檀］ (, Pali chandana;  sendan)

  • sands of the Ganges

    ［恒河沙］ ( Gangā-nadī-vālukā or Gangā-nadī-vālikā;  gōga-sha)

  • sangha

    ［僧伽］ (, Pali;  sōgya)

  • Sanjaya Belatthiputta

    ［刪闍耶毘羅胝子］ (Pali;  Sanjaya-birateishi)

  • San-lun school

    ［三論宗］ (PY Sanlunzong;  Sanron-shū)

  • Sannō

    ［山王］ ()

  • Sanron school

    ［三論宗］ ( Sanron-shū)

  • Sāramati

    ［堅慧］ (n.d.) (;  Kenne or Ken’e)

  • Sāriputta

    ［舎利弗］ (Pali;  Sharihotsu)

  • Sarvāstivāda school

    ［説一切有部］ (;  Setsu-issaiu-bu)

  • Sasshō

    ［薩生］ (n.d.)

  • sattva

    ［薩埵］ (; Pali satta;  satta)

  • Sattva

    ［薩埵王子］ (;  Satta-ōji)

  • Satyasiddhi school

    ［成実宗］ (;  Jōjitsu-shū)

  • Satyasiddhi-shāstra

    ［成実論］ (;  Jōjitsu-ron)

  • Sautrāntika school

    ［経量部］ (;  Kyōryō-bu)

  • Sāvatthī

    ［舎衛城］ (Pali;  Shae-jō)

  • scorched seeds

    ［焦種］ ( shōshu)

  • scroll of the fifth volume of the Lotus Sutra

    ［法華経第五の巻］ ( Hoke-kyō daigo-no-maki)

  • seal of the Dharma

    ［法印］ ( hōin)

  • sea of the sufferings of birth and death

    ［生死の苦海］ ( shōji-no-kukai)

  • seated meditation

    ［坐禅］ ( zazen)

  • Secret Solemnity

    ［密厳］ ( Mitsugon)

  • Secret Solemnity Sutra

    ［密厳経］ (Chin Mi-yen-ching;  Mitsugon-gyō)

  • seed of Buddhahood

    ［仏種］ ( busshu)

  • Seichō-ji

    ［清澄寺］

  • Seiryō-ji

    ［清凉寺］

  • Seishi

    ［勢至］ ()

  • Selection of the Time, The

    ［撰時抄］ ( Senji-shō)

  • self-awakened one

    ［独覚］ ( dokkaku)

  • self-nature

    ［自性］ ( svabhāva;  jishō)

  • Seng-chao

    ［僧肇］ (384–414) (PY Sengzhao;  Sōjō)

  • Seng-ch’üan

    ［僧詮］ (n.d.) (PY Sengquan;  Sōsen)

  • Seng-jou

    ［僧柔］ (431–494) (PY Sengrou;  Sōnyū)

  • Seng-jui

    ［僧叡］ (n.d.) (PY Sengrui;  Sōei)

  • Seng-lang

    ［僧朗］ (n.d.) (PY Senglang;  Sōrō)

  • Seng-min

    ［僧旻］ (467–527) (PY Sengmin;  Sōbin or Sōmin)

  • Seng-ts’an

    ［僧璨］ (d. 606) (PY Sengcan;  Sōsan)

  • Seng-yu

    ［僧祐］ (445–518) (PY Sengyou;  Sōyū)

  • Senkan

    ［千観］ (918–983)

  • Sennichi, the lay nun

    ［千日尼］ (n.d.) ( Sennichi-ama)

  • sentient beings

    ［有情］ ( sattva;  ujō)

  • Sen’yo

    ［仙予］ ()

  • separate transmission outside the sutras

    ［教外別伝］ ( kyōge-betsuden)

  • separation of the three truths

    ［隔歴の三諦］ ( kyakuryaku-no-santai)

  • service for deceased ancestors

    ［盂蘭盆］ ( ullambana;  urabon)

  • Service for the Deceased Sutra

    ［盂蘭盆経］ (Chin Yü-lan-p’en-ching;  Urabon-kyō)

  • seven aids to enlightenment

    ［七覚支・七菩提分］ ( shichi-kakushi or shichi-bodaibun)

  • seven arrogances

    ［七慢］ ( shichi-man)

  • seven beneficent deities

    ［七福神］ ( shichi-fukujin)

  • seven Buddhas of the past

    ［過去七仏］ ( kako-shichi-butsu)

  • seven cardinal sins

    ［七逆］ ( shichi-gyaku)

  • seven deities of good fortune

    ［七福神］ ( shichi-fukujin)

  • seven disasters

    ［七難］ ( shichi-nan)

  • seven expedient means

    ［七方便・七方便位］ ( shichi-hōben or shichi-hōben-i) (1) (2)

  • seven gods of luck

    ［七福神］ ( shichi-fukujin)

  • seven guardian spirits

    ［七鬼神］ ( shichi-kijin)

  • seven-halled temple

    ［七堂伽藍］ ( shichidō-garan)

  • seven kinds of believers

    ［七衆］ ( shichi-shu)

  • seven kinds of treasures

    (1) ［七宝］ ( shichi-hō or shippō); (2) ［七財・七聖財］ ( shichi-zai or shichi-shōzai)

  • seven major temples of Nara

    ［南都七大寺］ ( nanto-shichidai-ji)

  • seven parables

    ［七譬］ ( shichi-hi)

  • seven schools

    ［七宗］ ( shichi-shū)

  • seven stages of worthiness

    ［七賢］ ( shichi-ken)

  • seven treasures

    ［七宝］ ( shichi-hō or shippō)

  • seven types of arrogance

    ［七慢］ ( shichi-man)

  • seven worthies

    ［七賢］ ( shichi-ken)

  • Shāketa

    ［娑祇多］ (;  Shagita)

  • Shakra

    ［帝釈］ (;  Taishaku)

  • Shakra Devānām Indra

    ［釈提桓因・帝釈］ (;  Shakudai-kan’in or Taishaku)

  • shakubuku

    ［折伏］ ()

  • Shākya

    ［釈迦族］ (;  Shaka-zoku)

  • Shakyamuni

    ［釈尊・釈迦牟尼］ (;  Shakuson or Shakamuni)

  • shāla tree

    ［沙羅樹］ (;  shara-ju)

  • Shānavāsa

    ［商那和修］ (;  Shōnawashu)

  • Shan-chia school

    ［山家派］ (PY Shanjiapai;  Sange-ha)

  • Shan-tao

    ［善導］ (613–681) (PY Shandao;  Zendō)

  • Shan-wai school

    ［山外派］ (PY Shanwaipai;  Sangai-ha)

  • Shan-wu-wei

    ［善無畏］ (637–735) (PY Shanwuwei;  Shubhakara-simha;  Zemmui)

  • Shāriputra

    ［舎利弗］ (; Pali Sāriputta;  Sharihotsu)

  • shāsana

    ［教］ (; Pali sāsana;  kyō)

  • She-lun school

    ［摂論宗］ (PY Shelunzong;  Shōron-shū)

  • Shen-hsiu

    ［神秀］ (d. 706) (PY Shenxiu;  Jinshū)

  • Shen-t’ai

    ［神泰］ (n.d.) (PY Shentai;  Jintai)

  • Shiba Tatsuto

    ［司馬達等］ (n.d.) (; Chin Ssu-ma Ta-teng)

  • Shibi

    ［尸毘王］ (;  Shibi-ō)

  • Shien

    ［思円］

  • Shiiji Shirō

    ［椎地四郎］ (n.d.)

  • Shijō Kingo

    ［四条金吾］ (c. 1230–1300)

  • Shijūku-in

    ［四十九院］

  • shikshamānā

    ［式叉摩那・正学女・学法女］ (;  shikishamana, shōgakunyo, or gakuhōnyo)

  • Shikshānanda

    ［実叉難陀］ (652–710) (;  Jisshananda)

  • shīla

    ［戒］ (;  kai)

  • Shīlabhadra

    ［戒賢］ (529–645) (;  Kaigen)

  • Shīlāditya

    ［戒日王］ (r. 606–647) (;  Kainichi-ō)

  • Shinga

    ［真雅］ (801–879)

  • Shingon–Ritsu school

    ［真言律宗］ ( Shingon Risshū)

  • Shingon school

    ［真言宗］ ( Shingon-shū)

  • Shinjō

    ［審祥］ (n.d.) (; Kor Simsang)

  • Shinran

    ［親鸞］ (1173–1262)

  • Shinsen-en garden

    ［神泉苑］ ( Shinsen-en)

  • Shinzei

    ［真済］ (800–860)

  • Shiren

    ［師錬］

  • Shītavana

    ［尸陀林・寒林］ (;  Shidarin or Kanrin)

  • Shitennō-ji

    ［四天王寺］

  • shloka

    ［首盧迦］ (;  shuroka)

  • Shōbō

    ［聖宝］ (832–909)

  • Shō-bō

    ［少輔房］ (1) (2) (3)

  • Shōichi

    ［聖一］

  • Shōjari

    ［尚闍梨］ ()

  • shōju

    ［摂受］ ()

  • Shōkaku-bō

    ［正覚房］

  • Shōkō

    ［聖光］

  • Shōkū

    ［証空］ (1177–1247)

  • Shōmu, Emperor

    ［聖武天皇］ (701–756) ( Shōmu-tennō)

  • Shore of Suffering

    ［苦岸比丘］ ( Kugan-biku)

  • Shōron school

    ［摂論宗］ ( Shōron-shū)

  • Shōtoku, Prince

    ［聖徳太子］ (574–622) ( Shōtoku-taishi)

  • shramana

    ［沙門］ (; Pali samana;  shamon)

  • shrāmanera

    ［沙弥］ (; Pali sāmanera;  shami)

  • shrāmanerī

    ［沙弥尼］ (; Pali sāmanerī;  shami-ni)

  • shrāvaka

    ［声聞］ (;  shōmon)

  • Shrāvastī

    ［舎衛城］ (; Pali Sāvatthī;  Shae-jō)

  • Shrīmālā

    ［勝鬘夫人］ (;  Shōman-bunin)

  • Shrīmālā Sutra

    ［勝鬘経］ ( Shrīmālādevī-simhanāda-sūtra; Chin Sheng-man-ching;  Shōman-gyō)

  • Shrutasoma

    ［須陀須摩王・普明王］ (;  Shudasuma-ō or Fumyō-ō)

  • Shubhakarasimha

    ［善無畏］ (;  Zemmui)

  • Shubin

    ［守敏］ (n.d.)

  • Shuddhodana

    ［浄飯王］ (; Pali Suddhodana;  Jōbonnō)

  • Shūei

    ［宗叡］ (809–884)

  • Shuen

    ［修円］ (771–835)

  • Shugendō school

    ［修験道］ ( Shugen-dō)

  • Shuklodana

    ［白飯王］ (; Pali Sukkodana;  Byakubonnō)

  • Shun-hsiao

    ［順暁］ (n.d.) (PY Shunxiao;  Jungyō)

  • Shunjō

    ［俊芿］ (1166–1227)

  • shūnya

    ［空］ (;  kū)

  • shūnyatā

    ［空］ (;  kū)

  • shūramgama meditation

    ［首楞厳三昧］ (;  shuryōgon-zammai)

  • Shūramgama Sutra

    ［首楞厳経］ (Chin Shou-leng-yen-ching;  Shuryōgon-kyō)

  • Shūryasoma

    ［須利耶蘇摩］ (n.d.) (;  Suriyasoma or Shuriyasoma)

  • Shuzen-ji

    ［修禅寺］

  • Siddhārtha

    ［悉達多］ (; Pali Siddhattha;  Shiddatta)

  • sīla

    ［戒］ (Pali;  kai)

  • Silk Road

    ［シルクロード］ ( Shiruku-rōdo)

  • Silver-Colored Woman Sutra

    ［銀色女経］ (Chin Yin-se-nü-ching;  Gonjikinyo-kyō)

  • Simhahanu

    ［師子頰王］ (; Pali Sīhahanu;  Shishikyō-ō)

  • “Simile and Parable” chapter

    ［譬喩品］ ( Hiyu-hon)

  • simultaneity of cause and effect

    ［因果倶時］ ( inga-guji)

  • Single-minded Practice school

    ［一向宗］ ( Ikkō-shū)

  • single vehicle

    ［一乗］ ( ichijō)

  • six auspicious happenings

    ［六瑞］ ( roku-zui)

  • six consciousnesses

    ［六識］ ( roku-shiki)

  • six days of purification

    ［六斎日］ ( roku-sainichi)

  • six desires

    ［六欲］ ( roku-yoku)

  • six difficult and nine easy acts

    ［六難九易］ ( rokunan-kui)

  • six elder disciples of Nikkō

    ［本六］ ( hon-roku)

  • six elements

    ［六大］ ( roku-dai)

  • six forms

    ［六相］ ( roku-sō)

  • six heavens of the world of desire

    ［六欲天］ ( rokuyoku-ten)

  • six kinds of contemplation

    ［六念］ ( roku-nen)

  • six major offenses

    ［六重罪］ ( roku-jūzai)

  • six metaphors of the theoretical and essential teachings

    ［本迹の六譬］ ( honjaku-no-roppi)

  • six ministers

    ［六大臣・六臣］ ( roku-daijin or roku-shin)

  • six monks, group of

    ［六群比丘］ ( rokugun-biku)

  • six new disciples of Nikkō

    ［新六］ ( shin-roku)

  • six non-Buddhist teachers

    ［六師外道］ ( rokushi-gedō)

  • six objects

    ［六境］ ( rokkyō)

  • six omens

    ［六瑞］ ( roku-zui)

  • six pāramitās

    ［六波羅蜜］ ( roku-haramitsu or ropparamitsu)

  • Six Pāramitās Sutra

    ［六波羅蜜経］ (Chin Liu-po-lo-mi-ching;  Rokuharamitsu-kyō or Ropparamitsu-kyō)

  • six paths

    ［六道］ ( shad-gati;  roku-dō)

  • six portents

    ［六瑞］ ( roku-zui)

  • six precepts

    (1) ［六法戒・六法］ ( roppō-kai or roppō); (2) ［六重戒・六重の法］ ( rokujū-kai or rokujū-no-hō)

  • six royal ministers

    ［六大臣・六臣］ ( roku-daijin or roku-shin)

  • six schools of Nara

    ［南都六宗］ ( nanto-rokushū)

  • six senior priests

    ［六老僧］ ( roku-rōsō)

  • six sense objects

    ［六境］ ( rokkyō)

  • six sense organs

    ［六根］ ( shad-indriya;  rokkon)

  • six stages of practice

    ［六即］ ( roku-soku)

  • six supernatural powers

    ［六神通・六通］ ( roku-jinzū or roku-tsū)

  • six teachers of the non-Buddhist doctrines

    ［六師外道］ ( rokushi-gedō)

  • sixteen arhats

    ［十六羅漢］ ( jūroku-rakan)

  • sixteen great states

    ［十六大国］ ( jūroku-daikoku)

  • sixteen princes

    ［十六王子］ ( jūroku-ōji)

  • sixteen types of meditation

    ［十六観］ ( jūroku-kan)

  • sixth heaven

    ［第六天］ ( dairoku-ten)

  • six transcendental powers

    ［六神通・六通］ ( roku-jinzū or roku-tsū)

  • six types of harmony and reverence

    ［六和敬］ ( roku-wakyō or roku-wagyō)

  • Six-Volume Writings, The

    ［六巻抄］ ( Rokkan-shō)

  • slander

    ［謗法］ ( hōbō)

  • Smaller Wisdom Sutra

    ［小品般若経］ ( Ashtasāhasrikā-prajnāpāramitā; Chin Hsiao-p’in-pan-jo-ching;  Shōbon-hannya-kyō)

  • small kalpa

    ［小劫］ ( shō-kō)

  • Snow Mountains

    ［雪山］ ( Himālaya or Himavat;  Sessen)

  • Snow Mountains, the boy

    ［雪山童子］ ( Sessen-dōji)

  • Soka Gakkai

    ［創価学会］

  • soma

    ［蘇摩］ (, Pali;  soma)

  • sons of the Buddha

    ［仏子］ ( busshi)

  • Sō’ō

    ［相応］ (831–918)

  • sorrowless tree

    ［無憂樹］ ( muu-ju)

  • sotoba

    ［率塔婆］ ()

  • Sōtō school

    ［曹洞宗］ ( Sōtō-shū)

  • Southern Buddhism

    ［南方仏教・南伝仏教］ ( Nampō-bukkyō or Nanden-bukkyō)

  • Southern school of Zen

    ［南宗禅］ ( Nanshū Zen)

  • Sovereign Kings of the Golden Light Sutra

    ［金光明最勝王経］ ( Suvarnaprabhāsa-sūtra or Suvarnaprabhāsottama-sūtra; Chin Chin-kuang-ming-tsui-sheng-wang-ching;  Konkōmyō-saishō’ō-kyō)

  • Sovereign Kings Sutra

    ［最勝王経］ ( Saishō-ō-kyō)

  • sovereign, teacher, and parent

    ［主師親］ ( shu-shi-shin)

  • sowing, maturing, and harvesting

    ［種熟脱］ ( shu-juku-datsu)

  • Soya, the lay priest

    ［曾谷入道］ ( Soya-nyūdō)

  • Soya Dōsō

    ［曾谷道宗］ (n.d.)

  • Soya Kyōshin

    ［曾谷教信］ (1224–1291)

  • Space Treasury

    ［虚空蔵菩薩］ ( Ākāshagarbha;  Kokūzō-bosatsu)

  • specific teaching

    ［別教］ ( bekkyō)

  • specific transfer

    ［別付嘱］ ( betsu-fuzoku)

  • specks of dirt on a fingernail

    ［爪上の土］ ( sōjō-no-do)

  • spirits

    ［鬼神］ ( kijin)

  • spoiled seeds

    ［敗種］ ( haishu)

  • Spotted Feet

    ［斑足王］ ( Kalmāshapāda; Pali Kammāsapāda;  Hansoku-ō or Hanzoku-ō)

  • srota-āpanna

    ［須陀洹・預流］ (;  shudaon or yoru)

  • stage of being a Buddha in theory

    ［理即］ ( ri-soku)

  • stage of hearing the name and words of the truth

    ［名字即］ ( myōji-soku)

  • stage of non-regression

    ［不退位］ ( avaivartika, avivartika, or avinivartanīya;  futai-i)

  • stage of perception and action

    ［観行即］ ( kangyō-soku)

  • stage of progressive awakening

    ［分真即］ ( bunshin-soku)

  • stage of resemblance to enlightenment

    ［相似即］ ( sōji-soku)

  • stage of the foremost worldly good root

    ［世第一法・世第一法位］ ( sedaiippō or sedaiippō-i)

  • stage of the four good roots

    ［四善根・四善根位］ ( shi-zengon or shi-zengon-i)

  • stage of ultimate enlightenment

    ［究竟即］ ( kukyō-soku)

  • Stepping on Seven Treasure Flowers

    ［蹈七宝華如来］ ( Saptaratnapadma-vikrāntagāmin;  Tōshippōke-nyorai)

  • Sthaviravāda school

    ［上座部］ (;  Jōza-bu)

  • Sthiramati

    ［安慧］ (n.d.) (;  An’ne)

  • stinginess and greed

    ［慳貪］ ( kendon)

  • stone footprints of the Buddha

    ［仏足石］ ( bussoku-seki)

  • storehouse consciousness

    ［蔵識］ ( zō-shiki)

  • stream-winner

    ［須陀洹・預流］ ( srota-āpanna; Pali sota-āpanna;  shudaon or yoru)

  • stupa

    ［塔］ ( stūpa;  tō)

  • Subhadra

    ［須跋陀羅］ (; Pali Subhadda;  Shubaddara)

  • Subhūti

    ［須菩提］ (, Pali;  Shubodai)

  • substituting faith for wisdom

    ［以信代慧］ ( ishin-daie)

  • Sudāna

    ［須大拏太子］ (, Pali;  Shudaina-taishi)

  • Sudatta

    ［須達］ (, Pali;  Shudatsu)

  • sudden teaching

    ［頓教］ ( ton-gyō or ton-kyō)

  • Suddhodana

    ［浄飯王］ (Pali;  Jōbonnō)

  • suffering

    ［苦］ ( duhukha; Pali dukkha;  ku)

  • sufferings of birth and death are nirvana

    ［生死即涅槃］ ( shōji-soku-nehan)

  • Sujātā

    ［須闍多］ (, Pali;  Shujata)

  • Sukhāvatī

    ［極楽］ (;  Gokuraku)

  • Sukhāvatīvyūha

    ［スカーヴァティーヴューハ］ (;  Sukābatībyūha)

  • sumanā

    ［須摩那・須曼那・蘇摩那］ (, Pali;  shumana, shumanna, or somana)

  • Sumeru, Mount

    ［須弥山］ (;  Shumi-sen)

  • Sumeru world

    ［須弥山世界］ ( Shumisen-sekai)

  • Summary of the Mahayana, The

    ［摂大乗論］ ( Mahāyāna-samgraha; Chin She-ta-ch’eng-lun;  Shō-daijō-ron)

  • Summary of the Mahayana school

    ［摂論宗］ (Chin She-lun-tsung;  Shōron-shū)

  • summer retreat

    ［安居］ ( ango)

  • Summit of Being Heaven

    ［有頂天］ ( Uchō-ten) ( Akanishtha) ( Bhava-agra or Bhavāgra)

  • sun, god of the

    ［日天］ ( Sūrya;  Nitten)

  • Sunakshatra

    ［善星比丘］ (;  Zenshō-biku)

  • Sundarananda

    ［孫陀羅難陀］ (;  Sondara-nanda)

  • Sundarī

    ［孫陀利］ (, Pali;  Sondari)

  • sundry practices

    ［雑行］ ( zō-gyō)

  • Sung Dynasty Biographies of Eminent Priests, The

    ［宋高僧伝］ (Chin Sung-kao-seng-chuan;  Sō-kōsō-den)

  • Sun Goddess

    ［天照大神］ ( Tenshō Daijin or Amaterasu Ōmikami)

  • Sunlight

    ［日光菩薩］ ( Sūryaprabha;  Nikkō-bosatsu)

  • Sun Moon Bright

    ［日月燈明仏］ ( Chandra-sūrya-pradīpa;  Nichigatsu-tōmyō-butsu)

  • Sun Moon Pure Bright Virtue

    ［日月浄明徳仏］ ( Chandra-sūrya-vimala-prabhāsa-shrī;  Nichigatsu-jōmyōtoku-butsu)

  • sun of wisdom

    ［慧日］ ( enichi)

  • Superior Intent

    ［勝意比丘］ ( Agramati;  Shōi-biku)

  • superior manifested body

    ［勝応身］ ( shō-ōjin)

  • Superior Practices

    ［上行菩薩］ ( Vishishtachāritra;  Jōgyō-bosatsu)

  • “Supernatural Powers” chapter

    ［神力品］ ( Jinriki-hon)

  • “Supernatural Powers of the Thus Come One” chapter

    ［如来神力品］ ( Nyorai-jinriki-hon)

  • supervisor of priests

    ［僧都］ ( sōzu)

  • Supplemented Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law

    ［添品法華経］ (Chin T’ien-p’in-fa-hua-ching;  Tembon-hoke-kyō)

  • Supplement to the Meanings of the Commentaries on the Lotus Sutra, The

    ［法華経疏義纉］ (Chin Fa-hua-ching-shu-i-tsuan;  Hokekyō-shogisan)

  • Supplement to the Three Major Works on the Lotus Sutra, The

    ［法華三大部補註］ (Chin Fa-hua-san-ta-pu-pu-chu;  Hokke-sandaibu-fuchū)

  • Supplement to “The Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra,” The

    ［法華文句輔正記］ (Chin Fa-hua-wen-chü-fu-cheng-chi;  Hokke-mongu-fushō-ki)

  • Supplement to T’ien-t’ai’s Three Major Works, The

    ［天台三大部補註］ ( Tendai-sandaibu-fuchū)

  • Suprabuddha

    ［善覚］ (;  Zenkaku)

  • supremely honored among two-legged beings

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

  • supreme perfect enlightenment

    ［阿耨多羅三藐三菩提・無上正等正覚］ ( anokutara-sammyaku-sambodai or mujō-shōtō-shōgaku)

  • Sūryaprabha

    ［日光菩薩］ (;  Nikkō-bosatsu)

  • Susiddhikara Sutra

    ［蘇悉地経］ (; Chin Su-hsi-ti-ching;  Soshitsuji-kyō)

  • sutra library

    ［経蔵］ ( kyōzō)

  • Sutra of Forty-two Sections

    ［四十二章経］ (Chin Ssu-shih-erh-chang-ching;  Shijūni-shō-kyō)

  • Sutra of the Buddha Answering the Great Heavenly King Brahmā’s Questions

    ［大梵天王問仏決疑経］ (Chin Ta-fan-t’ien-wang-wen-fo-chüeh-i-ching;  Daibontennō-mombutsu-ketsugi-kyō)

  • Sutra of the Collected Stories of the Buddha’s Deeds in Past Lives

    ［仏本行集経］ (Chin Fo-pen-hsing-chi-ching;  Butsu-hongyō-jikkyō)

  • Sutra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Law

    ［妙法蓮華経］ ( Myoho-renge-kyo)

  • Sutra of the Meditation to Behold the Buddhas

    ［般舟三昧経］ ( Pratyutpanna-buddha-sammukhāvasthita-samādhi-sūtra; Chin Pan-chou-san-mei-ching;  Hanju-zammai-kyō)

  • Sutra of Verses

    ［出曜経］ ( Udāna-varga; Chin Ch’u-yao-ching;  Shutsuyō-kyō)

  • Sutra on How to Practice Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy

    ［観普賢菩薩行法経］ ( Kan-fugen-bosatsu-gyōhō-kyō)

  • Sutra on Resolving Doubts about the Middle Day of the Law

    ［像法決疑経］ (Chin Hsiang-fa-chüeh-i-ching;  Zōbō-ketsugi-kyō)

  • Sutra on the Conversion of Barbarians by Lao Tzu

    ［老子化胡経］ (Chin Lao-tzu-hua-hu-ching;  Rōshi-keko-kyō)

  • Sutra on the Wise and the Foolish

    ［賢愚経］ (Chin Hsien-yü-ching;  Kengu-kyō or Gengu-kyō)

  • sutra repository

    ［経蔵］ ( kyōzō)

  • sutra storehouse

    ［経蔵］ ( kyōzō)

  • Suttanipāta

    ［経集］ (Pali;  Kyōshū)

  • Suzudan

    ［須頭檀］ ()

  • Svātantrika school

    ［自立論証派］ (;  Jiritsuronshō-ha)

shāsana ［教］ (; Pali sāsana;  kyō): Teaching or doctrine. Buddha-shāsana means the Buddha’s teaching or Buddhism.


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