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Ta-hsing-shan-ssu
［大興善寺］ (PY Daxingshansi;  Daikōzen-ji)
Taiseki-ji
［大石寺］
Taishaku
［帝釈］ ()
Takahashi Rokurō Hyōe, the lay priest
［高橋六郎兵衛入道］ (n.d.) ( Takahashi Rokurō Hyōe-nyūdō)
Takshashilā
［徳叉尸羅］ (;  Tokushashira)
tāla tree
［多羅樹］ (;  tara-ju)
Tamāla Leaf Sandalwood Fragrance
［多摩羅跋栴檀香如来］ ( Tamālapattra-chandana-gandha or Tamālapatra-chandana-gandha;  Tamarabatsu-sendankō-nyorai or Tamaraba-sendankō-nyorai)
Tamon-ten
［多聞天］ ()
T’ang Dynasty Biographies of Eminent Priests, The
［唐高僧伝］ ( Tō-kōsō-den)
T’an-luan
［曇鸞］ (476–542) (PY Tanluan;  Donran)
Tantric Buddhism
［タントラ仏教］ ( Tantora-bukkyō)
T’an-yao
［曇曜］ (n.d.) (PY Tanyao;  Don’yō)
Tao-an
［道安］ (PY Daoan;  Dōan) (1) (312–385); (2) (n.d.)
Tao-ch’o
［道綽］ (562–645) (PY Daochuo;  Dōshaku)
Tao-hsien
［道暹］ (n.d.) (PY Daoxian;  Dōsen)
Tao-hsin
［道信］ (580–651) (PY Daoxin;  Dōshin)
Tao-hsüan
(PY Daoxuan) (1) ［道宣］ (596–667) ( Dōsen); (2) ［道璿］ ( Dōsen)
Tao-sheng
［道生・竺道生］ (d. 434) (PY Daosheng;  Dōshō or Jiku-dōshō)
Tao-sui
［道邃］ (n.d.) (PY Daosui;  Dōsui or Dōzui)
Tarim Basin
［タリム盆地］ ( Tarimu-bonchi)
tathāgata
［如来］ (, Pali;  nyorai)
tathatā
［真如・如如］ (, Pali;  shinnyo or nyonyo)
Tatsunokuchi Persecution
［竜の口の法難］ ( Tatsunokuchi-no-hōnan)
Ta-tz’u-en-ssu
［大慈恩寺］ (PY Daciensi;  Daijion-ji)
Taxila
［タクシラ］ ( Takushira)
teacherless wisdom
［無師智］ ( mushi-chi)
Teacher of Heavenly and Human Beings
［天人師］ ( shāstā-deva-manushyānām;  tennin-shi)
“Teacher of the Law” chapter
［法師品］ ( Hosshi-hon)
teacher of the nation
［国師］ ( kokushi)
teacher of the true cause
［本因妙の教主］ ( honnin-myō-no-kyōshu)
teacher of the true effect
［本果妙の教主］ ( honga-myō-no-kyōshu)
teaching of gleaning
［捃拾教］ ( kunjū-kyō)
teaching, practice, and proof
［教行証］ ( kyō-gyō-shō)
Teaching, Practice, Faith, and Proof, The
［教行信証］ ( Kyō-gyō-shin-shō)
teachings of the three periods
［三時教］ ( sanji-kyō)
teaching that unites the branch teaching with the root teaching
［摂末帰本法輪］ ( shōmatsu-kihon-hōrin)
Temple school
［寺門派］ ( Jimon-ha)
ten analogies
［十喩］ ( jū-yu)
ten comparisons
［十喩］ ( jū-yu)
Tendai Esotericism
［台密］ ( Taimitsu)
Tendai Hokke school
［天台法華宗］ ( Tendai Hokke-shū)
Tendai Lotus school
［天台法華宗］ ( Tendai Hokke-shū)
Tendai school
［天台宗］ ( Tendai-shū)
ten demon daughters
［十羅刹女］ ( jū-rasetsu-nyo)
ten directions
［十方］ ( jippō)
Ten Divisions of Monastic Rules, The
［十誦律］ (Chin Shih-sung-lü;  Jūju-ritsu)
ten doctrines
［十宗］ ( jisshū)
ten evil acts
［十悪］ ( jū-aku)
ten factors of life
［十如是］ ( jū-nyoze)
ten good acts
［十善］ ( jū-zen)
ten good precepts
［十善戒］ ( jū-zen-kai)
ten great scholars of the Consciousness-Only school
［唯識十大論師］ ( yuishiki-jūdai-ronji)
ten honorable titles
［十号］ ( jū-gō)
ten kinds of offerings
［十種供養］ ( jisshu-kuyō)
ten kings
［十王］ ( jū-ō)
ten major disciples
［十大弟子］ ( jūdai-deshi)
ten major precepts
［十重禁戒］ ( ju-jūkinkai)
ten major writings
［十大部］ ( jūdai-bu)
ten meditations
［十乗観法］ ( jūjō-kampō)
ten mysteries
［十玄門］ ( jū-gemmon)
ten mystic principles
［十妙］ ( jū-myō)
ten objects
［十境］ ( jikkyō)
ten onenesses
［十不二門］ ( jippunimon)
Ten Onenesses, The
［十不二門］ (Chin Shih-pu-erh-men;  Jippunimon)
ten pāramitās
［十波羅蜜］ ( jū-haramitsu or jipparamitsu)
ten peerlessnesses
［十無上］ ( jū-mujō)
ten powers
［十力］ ( jū-riki)
ten precepts
［十戒］ ( jikkai)
ten rākshasa daughters
［十羅刹女］ ( jū-rasetsu-nyo)
ten schools
［十宗］ ( jisshū)
Tenshō Daijin
［天照大神］ ()
ten similes
［十喩］ ( jū-yu)
ten stages of development
［十地］ ( dashabhūmi;  jū-ji)
ten stages of devotion
［十廻向］ ( jū-ekō)
ten stages of faith
［十信］ ( jisshin)
ten stages of practice
［十行］ ( jū-gyō)
ten stages of security
［十住］ ( jū-jū)
ten stages of the mind
［十住心］ ( jū-jūshin)
Ten Stages Sutra
［十地経］ ( Dashabhūmika-sūtra; Chin Shih-ti-ching;  Jūji-kyō)
ten supernatural powers
［十神力］ ( jū-jinriki)
ten unlawful revisions
［十事の非法］ ( jūji-no-hihō)
Ten Worlds
［十界］ ( jikkai)
theoretical teaching
［迹門］ ( shakumon)
Theravāda school
［上座部］ (Pali;  Sthaviravāda;  Jōza-bu)
third doctrine
［第三の法門］ ( daisan-no-hōmon)
third group of the listeners of Great Universal Wisdom Excellence Buddha’s teaching
［大通結縁の第三類］ ( Daitsū-kechien-no-daisanrui)
thirteen major prohibitions
［十三僧残］ ( jūsan-sōzan)
thirteen schools of China
［中国十三宗］ ( Chūgoku-jūsan-shū)
thirty-four forms
［三十四身］ ( sanjūshi-shin)
thirty-seven aids to the way
［三十七道品］ ( sanjūshichi-dōhon)
Thirty-Stanza Treatise on the Consciousness-Only Doctrine, The
［唯識三十論頌］ ( Trimshikā-vijnaptimātratā-siddhi; Chin Wei-shih-san-shih-lun-sung;  Yuishiki-sanjū-ron-ju)
thirty-three forms
［三十三身］ ( sanjūsan-shin)
thirty-three gods
［三十三天］ ( sanjūsan-ten)
thirty-two features
［三十二相］ ( sanjūni-sō)
thirty-two features and eighty characteristics
［三十二相八十種好］ ( sanjūni-sō-hachijisshugō)
“This is what I heard”
［如是我聞］ ( evam mayā shrutam;  nyoze-gamon)
Thousand-armed Perceiver of the World’s Sounds
［千手観音］ ( Sahasrabhuja;  Senju-kannon)
thousand-millionfold world
［三千大千世界］ ( sanzen-daisen-sekai)
thousand-spoked wheel
［千輻輪相］ ( sempukurin-sō)
three asamkhya kalpas and a hundred major kalpas
［三祇百大劫］ ( sangi-hyakudai-kō)
three ascetics
［三仙］ ( san-sen)
three assemblies in two places
［二処三会］ ( nisho-sanne)
three benefits
［三益］ ( san-yaku)
three bodies
［三身］ ( trikāya;  san-jin)
three calamities
［三災］ ( san-sai)
three calamities and seven disasters
［三災七難］ ( sansai-shichinan)
three cardinal sins
［三逆・三逆罪］ ( san-gyaku or san-gyakuzai)
three categories of action
［三業］ ( san-gō)
three categories of illusion
［三惑］ ( san-waku)
three categories of preaching
［已今当・三説］ ( i-kon-tō or san-setsu)
three circles
［三輪］ ( san-rin)
three comprehensive precepts
［三聚浄戒］ ( sanju-jō-kai)
three cycles of preaching
［三周の説法］ ( sanshū-no-seppō)
three Dharma seals
［三法印］ ( sambōin)
three divisions of a sutra
［三分科経］ ( sambunka-kyō)
three divisions of the canon
［三蔵］ ( tripitaka; Pali tipitaka;  san-zō)
three equalities
［三平等］ ( san-byōdō)
three evil paths
［三悪道・三悪趣］ ( san-akudō or san-akushu)
three exhortations and four entreaties
［三誡四請］ ( sankai-shishō)
three existences
［三世］ ( san-ze)
three expedient means
［三方便］ ( san-hōben)
threefold contemplation in a single mind
［一心三観］ ( isshin-sangan)
threefold Lotus Sutra
［法華三部経］ ( Hokke-sambu-kyō)
threefold refuge
［三帰・三帰依・三帰戒］ ( san-ki, san-kie, or san-kikai)
threefold refuge and observance of the five precepts
［三帰五戒］ ( sanki-gokai)
threefold secret teaching
［三重秘伝］ ( sanjū-hiden)
threefold world
［三界］ ( san-gai)
three gates to emancipation
［三解脱門］ ( san-gedatsu-mon)
three good paths
［三善道］ ( san-zendō)
Three Great Secret Laws
［三大秘法］ ( sandai-hihō)
three groups of voice-hearers
［三周の声聞］ ( sanshū-no-shōmon)
three heavenly sons of light
［三光天子］ ( sankō-tenshi)
three illusions
［三惑］ ( san-waku)
three inherent potentials of the Buddha nature
［三因仏性］ ( san’in-busshō)
three insights
［三明］ ( san-myō)
three insights and six transcendental powers
［三明六通］ ( sammyō-rokutsū)
three kalpas
［三劫］ ( san-kō)
three Kāshyapa brothers
［三迦葉］ ( san-kashō)
three kinds of mind
［三心］ ( san-jin)
three kinds of non-regression
［三不退］ ( san-futai)
three kinds of offerings
［三施］ ( san-se)
three kinds of tranquillity
［三念住・三念処］ ( san-nenjū or san-nenjo)
three kinds of wisdom
［三智］ ( san-chi)
three leaders and seven witnesses
［三師七証］ ( sanshi-shichishō)
three major works on the Lotus Sutra
［法華三大部］ ( Hokke-sandai-bu)
three major writings of the T’ien-t’ai school
［天台三大部］ ( Tendai-sandai-bu)
three martyrs of Atsuhara
［熱原の三烈士］ ( Atsuhara-no-sanresshi)
three meditations for emancipation
［三解脱門］ ( san-gedatsu-mon)
three metaphors of the essential teaching
［本門の三譬］ ( hommon-no-sampi)
three metaphors of the theoretical teaching
［迹門の三譬］ ( shakumon-no-sampi)
three-month retreat
［安居］ ( varsha or vārshika; Pali vassa;  ango)
three mysteries
［三密］ ( san-mitsu)
three mystic principles
［三妙］ ( san-myō)
three obstacles and four devils
［三障四魔］ ( sanshō-shima)
three ordination platforms
［三戒壇］ ( san-kaidan)
three paths
(1) (3) ［三道］ ( san-dō); (2) ［三途］ ( san-zu)
three periods
［三時］ ( san-ji)
three periods, teachings of the
［三時教］ ( sanji-kyō)
three poisons
［三毒］ ( san-doku)
three powerful enemies
［三類の強敵］ ( sanrui-no-gōteki)
three-pronged diamond-pounder
［三鈷杵］ ( sanko-sho)
three pronouncements
［三箇の勅宣・三箇の鳳詔］ ( sanka-no-chokusen or sanka-no-hōshō)
three proofs
［三証］ ( san-shō)
three Pure Land sutras
［浄土三部経］ ( Jōdo-sambu-kyō)
three realms of existence
［三世間］ ( san-seken)
three refuges
［三帰・三帰依・三帰戒］ ( san-ki, san-kie, or san-kikai)
three robes
［三衣］ ( sanne)
three robes and one begging bowl
［三衣一鉢］ ( sanne-ippatsu)
three rules of preaching
［三軌・弘経の三軌］ ( san-ki or gukyō-no-sanki)
three schools of the south and seven schools of the north
［南三北七］ ( nansan-hokushichi)
three seals of Dharma
［三法印］ ( sambōin)
three stages of worthiness
［三賢・三賢位］ ( san-gen or san-gen-i)
Three Stages school
［三階教］ (Chin San-chieh-chiao;  Sangai-kyō)
three standards of comparison
［三種の教相］ ( sanshu-no-kyōsō)
three sufferings
［三苦］ ( san-ku)
three thousand realms in a single moment of life
［一念三千］ ( ichinen-sanzen)
three thousand rules of conduct
［三千威儀］ ( sanzen-igi)
three-time gaining of distinction
［三度の高名］ ( sando-no-kōmyō)
three-time purification of the lands
［三変土田］ ( sampen-doden)
three treasures
［三宝］ ( triratna or ratna-traya;  sambō)
Three Treatises school
［三論宗］ (Chin San-lun-tsung;  Sanron-shū)
three True Word sutras
［真言三部経］ ( Shingon-sambu-kyō)
three truths
［三諦］ ( san-tai)
three types of action
［三業］ ( san-gō)
three types of character
［三性］ ( san-shō)
three types of enemies
［三類の敵人］ ( sanrui-no-tekijin)
three types of expedient means
［三方便］ ( san-hōben)
three types of learning
［三学］ ( san-gaku)
three types of meditation
［三等至・三定・三静慮］ ( san-tōji, san-jō, or san-jōryo)
three vehicles
［三乗］ ( sanjō)
three vehicle teachings
［三乗法］ ( sanjō-hō)
three virtues
［三徳］ ( san-toku)
three ways
［三道］ ( san-dō)
three worthies
［三賢］ ( san-gen)
thrice turned wheel of the Law
［三転法輪］ ( san-tembōrin)
Thus Come One
［如来］ (, Pali tathāgata;  nyorai)
Thus Come One Zen
［如来禅］ ( nyorai-zen)
Tibetan Buddhism
［チベット仏教］ ( Chibetto-bukkyō)
T’ien-t’ai
［天台］ (538–597) (PY Tiantai;  Tendai)
T’ien-t’ai, Mount
［天台山］ (PY Tiantai-shan;  Tendai-san)
T’ien-t’ai school
［天台宗］ (PY Tiantaizong;  Tendai-shū)
T’ien-t’ai’s three major works
［天台三大部］ ( Tendai-sandai-bu)
Ti-lun school
［地論宗］ (PY Dilunzong;  Jiron-shū)
Time school
［時宗］ ( Ji-shū)
tipitaka
［三蔵］ (Pali;  san-zō)
tōba
［塔婆］ ()
Tōdai-ji
［東大寺］
Tōfuku-ji
［東福寺］
Tō-ji
［東寺］
Tōjō Kagenobu
［東条景信］ (n.d.)
Toki Jōnin
［富木常忍］ (1216–1299)
Tokuichi
［徳一］
Tokuitsu
［徳一］ (n.d.)
Tōshōdai-ji
［唐招提寺］
transference of benefit
［廻向・回向］ ( parināma or parināmana;  ekō)
transfer of the essence of the Lotus Sutra
［結要付嘱］ ( ketchō-fuzoku)
transformation body
［変化身・化身］ ( henge-shin or keshin)
transmigration in the six paths
［六道輪廻］ ( rokudō-rinne)
transmigration with change and advance
［変易生死］ ( hen’yaku-shōji or hennyaku-shōji)
transmigration with differences and limitations
［分段生死］ ( bundan-shōji)
transmission from mind to mind
［以心伝心］ ( ishin-denshin)
transmission of the essence of the Lotus Sutra
［結要付嘱］ ( ketchō-fuzoku)
Transmission of the Lamp, The
［伝灯録］ (Chin Ch’uan-teng-lu;  Dentō-roku)
transmission section
［流通分］ ( rutsū-bun)
Travels of Fa-hsien, The
［法顕伝］ (Chin Fa-hsien-chuan;  Hokken-den)
Trāyastrimsha Heaven
［忉利天］ (;  Tōri-ten)
treasure tower
［宝塔］ ( hōtō)
“Treasure Tower” chapter
［宝塔品］ ( Hōtō-hon)
Treasury of Knowledge of the True Law, The
［正法眼蔵］ ( Shōbō-genzō)
Treatise of Five Hundred Questions, The
［五百問論］ (Chin Wu-pai-wen-lun;  Gohyaku-mon-ron)
Treatise on Accordance with the Correct Doctrine, The
［阿毘達磨順正理論］ (Chin A-p’i-ta-mo-shun-cheng-li-lun;  Abidatsuma-junshōri-ron)
Treatise on Rebirth in the Pure Land, The
［往生論］ ( Ōjō-ron)
Treatise on the Buddha Nature, The
［仏性論］ (Chin Fo-hsing-lun;  Busshō-ron)
Treatise on the Discipline for Attaining Enlightenment, The
［菩提資糧論］ (Chin P’u-t’i-tzu-liang-lun;  Bodai-shiryō-ron)
Treatise on the Establishment of the Consciousness-Only Doctrine, The
［成唯識論］ (Chin Ch’eng-wei-shih-lun;  Jō-yuishiki-ron)
Treatise on the Establishment of Truth, The
［成実論］ ( Satyasiddhi-shāstra; Chin Ch’eng-shih-lun;  Jōjitsu-ron)
Treatise on the Great Perfection of Wisdom, The
［大智度論］ ( Mahāprajnāpāramitā-shāstra; Chin Ta-chih-tu-lun;  Daichido-ron)
Treatise on the Lamp for the Latter Day of the Law, The
［末法燈明記］ ( Mappō-tōmyō-ki)
Treatise on the Lamp of Wisdom, The
［般若灯論・般若灯論釈］ ( Prajnā-pradīpa; Chin Pan-jo-teng-lun or Pan-jo-teng-lun-shih;  Hannya-tōron or Hannya-tōron-shaku)
Treatise on the Lotus Sutra, The
［法華論・法華経論］ ( Saddharma-pundarīka-upadesha; Chin Fa-hua-lun or Fa-hua-ching-lun;  Hokke-ron or Hokekyō-ron)
Treatise on the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law, The
［妙法蓮華経憂波提舎］ ( Myoho-renge-kyo-upadaisha)
Treatise on the Middle Way, The
［中論］ ( Mādhyamika-shāstra; Chin Chung-lun;  Chū-ron)
Treatise on the Mind Aspiring for Enlightenment, The
［菩提心論］ (Chin P’u-t’i-hsin-lun;  Bodaishin-ron)
Treatise on the Observation of the Mind, The
［観心論］ (Chin Kuan-hsin-lun;  Kanjin-ron)
Treatise on the Profundity of the Lotus Sutra, The
［法華玄論］ (Chin Fa-hua-hsüan-lun;  Hokke-genron)
Treatise on the Pure Land, The
［浄土論］ (Chin Ching-t’u-lun;  Jōdo-ron) (1) (2)
Treatise on the Source of Wisdom, The
［阿毘達磨発智論］ ( Abhidharma-jnānaprasthāna-shāstra; Chin A-p’i-ta-mo-fa-chih-lun;  Abidatsuma-hotchi-ron)
Treatise on the Stages of Yoga Practice, The
［瑜伽師地論］ ( Yogāchārabhūmi; Chin Yü-ch’ieh-shih-ti-lun;  Yugashiji-ron)
Treatise on the Ten Stages of the Mind, The
［十住心論］ ( Jūjū-shin-ron)
Treatise on the Ten Stages Sutra, The
［十地経論］ (Chin Shih-ti-ching-lun;  Jūji-kyō-ron)
Treatise on the Ten Stages Sutra school
［地論宗］ (Chin Ti-lun-tsung;  Jiron-shū)
Treatise on the Treasure Vehicle of Buddhahood, The
［究竟一乗宝性論］ ( Ratnagotravibhāga-mahāyānottaratantra-shāstra; Chin Chiu-ching-i-ch’eng-pao-hsing-lun;  Kukyō-ichijō-hōshō-ron)
Treatise on the Twelve Gates, The
［十二門論］ (Chin Shih-erh-men-lun;  Jūni-mon-ron)
Treatise Resolving Numerous Doubts about the Pure Land Teachings, The
［釈浄土群疑論］ (Chin Shih-ching-t’u-ch’ün-i-lun;  Shaku-jōdo-gungi-ron)
Treatises of Seng-chao, The
［肇論］ (Chin Chao-lun;  Jō-ron)
trikāya
［三身］ (;  san-jin)
Tripitaka
［三蔵］ (;  san-zō)
Tripitaka master
［三蔵］ (;  san-zō)
Tripitaka teaching
［蔵教］ (;  zō-kyō)
triratna
［三宝］ (;  sambō)
true aspect of all phenomena
［諸法実相］ ( shohō-jissō)
true Buddha
［本仏］ ( hombutsu)
true cause
［本因妙］ ( honnin-myō)
true effect
［本果妙］ ( honga-myō)
true land
［本国土妙］ ( honkokudo-myō)
true Mahayana teaching
［実大乗教］ ( jitsu-daijō-kyō)
True Pure Land school
［浄土真宗］ ( Jōdo Shin-shū)
true teaching
［実教］ ( jikkyō)
True Word Precepts school
［真言律宗］ ( Shingon Risshū)
True Word school
［真言宗］ ( Shingon-shū)
Truth-Revealed Lotus school
［顕本法華宗］ ( Kempon Hokke-shū)
Ts’ai Yin
［蔡愔］ (n.d.) (PY Cai Yin;  Saiin)
Tsukahara Debate
［塚原問答］ ( Tsukahara-mondō)
Tsukimaro
［月満］ (b. 1271)
Ts’ung-i
［従義］ (1042–1091) (PY Congyi;  Jūgi)
Tsung-mi
［宗密］ (780–841) (PY Zongmi;  Shūmitsu)
Tsun-shih
［遵式］ (964–1032) (PY Zunshi;  Junshiki)
tuft of white hair
［白毫相・眉間白毫相］ ( ūrnā-kesha or ūrnā-kosha;  byakugō-sō or miken-byakugō-sō)
Tung-ch’un
［東春］ (PY Dongchun;  Tōshun)
Tun-huang
［敦煌］ (PY Dunhuang;  Tonkō)
Turfan
［トルファン］ ( Torufan)
turning of the wheel of the Law
［転法輪］ ( tembō-rin)
Tushita Heaven
［兜率天・覩史多天］ (;  Tosotsu-ten or Toshita-ten)
Tu-shun
［杜順］ (557–640) (PY Dushun;  Tojun)
twelve bases
［十二入・十二処］ ( jūni-nyū or jūni-sho)
twelve divisions of the scriptures
［十二部経］ ( jūnibu-kyō)
twelve divisions of the teachings
［十二分教］ ( jūnibun-kyō)
twelvefold dhūta practice
［十二頭陀行］ ( jūni-zuda-gyō)
twelve gods
［十二天］ ( jūni-ten)
twelve great vows
［十二大願］ ( jūni-daigan)
twelve-linked chain of causation
［十二因縁・十二縁起］ ( jūni-innen or jūni-engi)
twelve sense fields
［十二入・十二処］ ( jūni-nyū or jūni-sho)
twelve sense-media
［十二入・十二処］ ( jūni-nyū or jūni-sho)
twelve vows
［十二願］ ( jūni-gan)
twenty-eight heavens
［二十八天］ ( nijūhatten or nijūhachi-ten)
twenty-eight Indian patriarchs
［天竺二十八祖・西天二十八祖・二十八祖］ ( Tenjiku-nijūhasso, Saiten-nijūhasso, or nijūhasso)
twenty-five preparatory exercises
［二十五方便］ ( nijūgo-hōben)
twenty-five realms of existence
［二十五有］ ( nijūgo-u)
twenty-four-character Lotus Sutra
［二十四文字の法華経］ ( nijūyo-moji-no-hokekyō)
twenty-four successors
［付法蔵の二十四人］ ( fuhōzō-no-nijūyo-nin)
twenty Hinayana schools
［二十部・小乗二十部］ ( nijū-bu or shōjō-nijū-bu)
twenty-line verse
［二十行の偈］ ( nijūgyō-no-ge)
twenty schools
［二十部］ ( nijū-bu)
Twenty-six Admonitions of Nikkō, The
［日興遺誡置文］ ( Nikkō-yuikai-okibumi)
Twenty-six Warning Articles, The
［日興遺誡置文］ ( Nikkō-yuikai-okibumi)
Twenty-Stanza Treatise on the Consciousness-Only Doctrine, The
［唯識二十論］ ( Vimshatikā-vijnaptimātratā-siddhi; Chin Wei-shih-erh-shih-lun;  Yuishiki-nijū-ron)
twenty-three successors
［付法蔵の二十三人・二十三祖］ ( fuhōzō-no-nijūsan-nin or nijūsan-so)
two admonitions
［二箇の諫暁］ ( nika-no-kangyō)
two hundred and fifty precepts
［二百五十戒］ ( nihyaku-gojikkai)
two places and three assemblies
［二処三会］ ( nisho-san’e)
two storehouses
［二蔵］ ( nizō)
two transfer documents
［二箇相承書］ ( nika-sōjō-sho)
two vehicles
［二乗］ ( nijō)
Two-Volumed Sutra
［双巻経・双観経］ ( Sōkan-gyō)
Tz’u-en
［慈恩］ (632–682) (PY Cien;  Jion)
Tz’u-en-ssu
［慈恩寺］ (PY Ciensi;  Jion-ji)

three divisions of a sutra ［三分科経］ ( sambunka-kyō): Preparation, revelation, and transmission. A three-part format used in interpreting sutras, thought to have been formulated by Tao-an (312–385) of China. Preparation indicates the introductory portion of a sutra in which its purpose is clarified. Revelation, the main portion, contains the sutra’s central theme or teaching. Transmission is the concluding portion, which explains the benefit of the sutra and urges that the truth it contains be transmitted to the future.