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［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)

seven major temples of Nara ［南都七大寺］ ( nanto-shichidai-ji): Also, seven great temples of Nara. The main temples of Buddhism in Nara, the capital of Japan during the Nara period (710–794). They are Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, Gangō-ji, Daian-ji, Yakushi-ji, Saidai-ji, and Hōryū-ji.