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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 metaphors of the theoretical teaching ［迹門の三譬］ ( shakumon-no-sampi): See six metaphors of the theoretical and essential teachings.