| Ābhāsvara Heaven[光音天] (; Kō’on-ten) |
| abhidharma[阿毘達磨] (; Pali abhidhamma; abidatsuma) |
| Abhidharmakosha[阿毘達磨倶舎論] (; Abidatsuma-kusha-ron) |
| Abhidharma school[毘曇宗] (; Chin P’i-t’an-tsung; Bidon-shū) |
| Abhirati[阿比羅提] (; Ahiradai) |
| abhisheka[灌頂] (; kanjō) |
| absolute myō[絶待妙] ( zetsudai-myō) |
| Abutsu-bō[阿仏房] (d. 1279) |
| Accumulated Great Treasures Sutra[大宝積経] (Chin Ta-pao-chi-ching; Daihōshaku-kyō) |
| Accumulated Treasures Sutra[宝積経] ( Hōshaku-kyō) |
| Achala[不動明王] (; Fudō-myō’ō) |
| āchārya[阿闍梨] (; ajari) |
| acquired enlightenment[始覚] ( shikaku) |
| ādāna-consciousness[阿陀那識] ( ādāna-vijnāna; adana-shiki) |
| administrator of priests[僧正] ( sōjō) |
| Afterword to the Lotus Sutra Translation, The[法華翻経後記] (Chin Fa-hua-fan-ching-hou-chi; Hokke-hongyō-kōki) |
| agada[阿伽陀] (, Pali; akada) |
| Āgama[阿含] (, Pali; Agon) |
| Āgama period[阿含時] (, Pali; Agon-ji) |
| Āgama sutras[阿含経] (, Pali; Agon-gyō) |
| Agastya[阿竭多仙] (; Akada-sen) |
| age of conflict[闘諍堅固] ( tōjō-kengo) |
| age of quarrels and disputes[闘諍堅固] ( tōjō-kengo) |
| Agnidatta[阿耆達多・阿耆達・阿耆多] (; Agidatta, Agitatsu, or Agita) |
| ahimsā[アヒンサー] (, Pali; ahinsā) |
| Aizen[愛染] () |
| Ajātashatru[阿闍世王] (; Pali Ajātasattu; Ajase-ō) |
| Ajita() (1) (2) [阿逸多] ( Aitta); (3) [阿耆多] ( Agita) |
| Ajita Kesakambala[阿耆多翅舎欽婆羅] (Pali; Agita-shishakimbara) |
| Ajitavatī[阿恃多伐底河] (; Ajitabattei-ga) |
| Ājīvika school[アージービカ派・邪命外道] (, Pali; Ājībika-ha or Jamyō-gedō) |
| Ājnāta Kaundinya[阿若憍陳如] (; Pali Annā Kondanna; Anya-kyōjinnyo) |
| Akanishtha Heaven[阿迦尼吒天・色究竟天] (; Akanita-ten or Shikikukyō-ten) |
| ākāsha[虚空・空] (; kokū or kū) |
| Ākāshagarbha[虚空蔵菩薩] (; Kokūzō-bosatsu) |
| Ākāshānantya Realm[空無辺処] (; Kūmuhen-jo) |
| ĀkimchanyaRealm[無所有処] (; Mushou-sho) |
| Akimoto Tarō Hyōe-no-jō[秋元太郎兵衛尉] (d. 1291) |
| Akshobhya[阿閦仏] (; Ashuku-butsu) |
| Ālāra Kālāma[阿羅邏迦藍] (Pali; Ārāda Kālāma; Arara-karan) |
| ālaya-consciousness[阿頼耶識] ( ālaya-vijnāna; araya-shiki) |
| alms bowl[鉢] ( pātra; Pali patta; hachi or hatsu) |
| almsgiving[布施] (, Pali dāna; fuse) |
| amala-consciousness[阿摩羅識] ( amala-vijnāna; amara-shiki) |
| Ambapālī[菴婆羅女] (Pali; Āmrapālī; Ambara-nyo) |
| Ambapālī Garden[菴没羅園・菴羅園] (Pali; Ammora-on or Anra-on) |
| Amida[阿弥陀] (; Amitāyus or Amitābha) |
| Amida Sutra[阿弥陀経] ( Sukhāvatīvyūha; Chin O-mi-t’o-ching; Amida-kyō) |
| Amitābha[阿弥陀仏・無量光仏] (; Amida-butsu or Muryōkō-butsu) |
| Amitāyus[阿弥陀仏・無量寿仏] (; Amida-butsu or Muryōju-butsu) |
| Amoghavajra[不空] (; Fukū) |
| Āmrapālī[菴婆羅女] (; Ambara-nyo) |
| Āmrapālī Garden[菴没羅園・菴羅園] (; Ammora-on or Anra-on) |
| amrita[甘露] (; Pali amata; kanro) |
| Amritodana[甘露飯王] (; Pali Amitodana; Kanrobonnō) |
| anāgāmin[阿那含・不還] (, Pali; anagon or fugen) |
| Ānanda[阿難] (, Pali; Anan) |
| ananta[無辺・無量] (, Pali; muhen or muryō) |
| Anāthapindada[給孤独] (; Pali Anāthapindika; Gikkodoku) |
| Anavatapta[阿耨達竜王] (; Anokudatsu-ryūō) |
| Anavatapta Lake[阿耨池・阿耨達池・無熱池] (; Anokuchi, Anokudatchi, or Munetchi) |
| An Fa-ch’in[安法欽] (n.d.) (PY An Faqin; An-hōkin) |
| Anga[鴦伽国] (, Pali; Ōga-koku) |
| anger[瞋恚・瞋] ( dvesha; Pali dosa; shinni or shin) |
| Angulimāla[央掘摩羅] (Pali; Angulimālya; Ōkutsumara) |
| Anguttara-nikāya[増支部] (Pali; Zōshi-bu) |
| Aniruddha[阿那律] (; Pali Anuruddha; Anaritsu) |
| An’ne[安慧] (794–868) |
| Annen[安然] (b. 841) |
| annihilating consciousness and reducing the body to ashes[灰身滅智] ( keshin-metchi) |
| Annotations on “Great Concentration and Insight,” The[止観輔行伝弘決] (Chin Chih-kuan-fu-hsing-chuan-hung-chüeh; Shikan-bugyōden-guketsu) |
| Annotations on the Flower Garland Sutra, The[華厳経疏] (Chin Hua-yen-ching-shu; Kegongyō-sho) |
| Annotations on the Mahāvairochana Sutra, The[大日経疏] (Chin Ta-jih-ching-shu; Dainichikyō-sho) |
| Annotations on the Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The[法華義疏] (1) (Chin Fa-hua-i-shu; Hokke-gisho) (549–623); (2) ( Hokke-gisho) (574–622) |
| Annotations on “The Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sutra,” The[法華玄義釈籤] (Chin Fa-hua-hsüan-i-shih-ch’ien; Hokke-gengi-shakusen) |
| Annotations on “The Treatise on the Middle Way,” The[中観論疏] (Chin Chung-kuan-lun-shu; Chūganron-sho) |
| Annotations on “The Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra,” The[法華文句記] (Chin Fa-hua-wen-chü-chi; Hokke-mongu-ki) |
| anointment ceremony[灌頂] ( kanjō) |
| Anraku[安楽] |
| An Shih-kao[安世高] (n.d.) (PY An Shigao; An-seikō) |
| Anthology of the Propagation of Light, The[弘明集] (Chin Hung-ming-chi; Gumyō-shū) |
| Anti-Lokāyata school[逆路伽耶陀] (; Gyakurokayada) |
| Anuruddha[阿那律] (Pali; Anaritsu) |
| anuttara[阿耨多羅・無上] (, Pali; anokutara or mujō) |
| anuttara-samyak-sambodhi[阿耨多羅三藐三菩提・無上正等正覚] (; anokutara-sammyaku-sambodai or mujō-shōtō-shōgaku) |
| Aparagodānīya[瞿耶尼・牛貨洲・西牛貨洲] (; Kuyani, Goke-shū, or Sai-goke-shū) |
| aranya[阿蘭若・阿練若・空閑] (; arannya, arennya, or kūgen) |
| arhat[阿羅漢] (; arakan) |
| Arida[阿利吒] |
| arjaka[阿梨樹] (; ari-ju) |
| armor of perseverance[忍辱の鎧] ( ninniku-no-yoroi) |
| arrogance[慢] (, Pali māna; man) |
| ārūpya-dhātu[無色界] (; mushiki-kai) |
| Āryadeva[提婆・聖提婆] (n.d.) (; Daiba or Shōdaiba) |
| Āryasimha[師子尊者] (n.d.) (; Shishi-sonja) |
| asamkhya[阿僧祇] (; asōgi) |
| Asanga[無著] (n.d.) (; Mujaku) |
| Ashoka[阿育王] (r. c. 268–232 ) (; Aiku-ō) |
| ashoka tree[阿輸迦樹・無憂樹] (; ashuka-ju or muu-ju) |
| Ashvaghosha[馬鳴] (n.d.) (; Memyō) |
| Ashvajit[阿説示] (; Pali Assaji; Asetsuji) |
| Asita(1) [阿私仙人] (; Ashi-sennin); (2) [阿私陀] (, Pali; Ashida) |
| aspiration for enlightenment[菩提心] (, Pali bodhi-chitta; bodai-shin) |
| Aspiration for the Law[楽法梵志] ( Gyōbō-bonji) |
| āsrava[漏] (; ro) |
| Asuka-dera[飛鳥寺] |
| asura[阿修羅] (, Pali; ashura) |
| atimuktaka[阿提目多伽] (; adaimokutaka) |
| Atsuhara Persecution[熱原の法難] ( Atsuhara-no-hōnan) |
| attaining Buddhahood in one’s present form[即身成仏] ( sokushin-jōbutsu) |
| attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime[一生成仏] ( isshō-jōbutsu) |
| attainment of Buddhahood[成仏] ( jōbutsu) |
| attainment of Buddhahood by evil persons[悪人成仏] ( akunin-jōbutsu) |
| attainment of Buddhahood by persons of the two vehicles[二乗作仏] ( nijō-sabutsu) |
| attainment of Buddhahood by women[女人成仏] ( nyonin-jōbutsu) |
| attainment of Buddhahood in the remote past[久遠実成] ( kuon-jitsujō) |
| Auspicious[吉祥天] ( Shrīmahādevī or Mahāshrī; Kichijō-ten) |
| avadāna[阿波陀那] (; abadana) |
| avaivartika[阿毘跋致] (; abibatchi) |
| Avalokitasvara[観世音菩薩] (; Kanzeon-bosatsu) |
| Avalokiteshvara[観自在菩薩・観世音菩薩] (; Kanjizai-bosatsu or Kanzeon-bosatsu) |
| Avanti[阿槃提国] (, Pali; Ahandai-koku) |
| Avatamsaka Sutra[華厳経] (; Kegon-gyō) |
| Avīchi hell[阿鼻地獄] (, Pali; Abi-jigoku) |
| avivartika[阿毘跋致] (; abibatchi) |
| Awakening of Faith[起信論] ( Kishin-ron) |
| Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, The[大乗起信論] (Chin Ta-ch’eng-ch’i-hsin-lun; Daijō-kishin-ron) |
| Awa Province[安房国] ( Awa-no-kuni) |
| Awesome Sound King[威音王仏] ( Bhīshma-garjita-svara-rāja; Ionnō-butsu) |
| Ayodhyā[阿踰闍] (; Ayuja) |
| Bālāditya[幻日王] (n.d.) (; Gennichi-ō) |
| Balin[婆稚阿修羅王] (; Bachiashura-ō) |
| Bamboo Grove Monastery[竹林精舎] ( Venuvana-vihāra; Chikurin-shōja) |
| Bamboo Staff school[竹杖外道] ( Chikujō-gedō) |
| before and after Sado[佐前佐後] ( sazen-sago) |
| begging bowl[鉢] ( hachi or hatsu) |
| beings of the two worlds and the eight groups[二界八番] ( nikai-hachiban) |
| “Belief and Understanding” chapter[信解品] ( Shinge-hon) |
| Benchō[弁長] (1162–1238) |
| benefit[功徳] ( guna or punya; kudoku) |
| benefiting oneself and benefiting others[自利利他・自益益他・自利利人・自行化他] ( jiri-rita, jiyaku-yakuta, jiri-rinin, or jigyō-keta) |
| “Benefits of Responding with Joy” chapter[随喜功徳品] ( Zuiki-kudoku-hon) |
| “Benefits of the Teacher of the Law” chapter[法師功徳品] ( Hosshi-kudoku-hon) |
| benevolent gods[善神] ( zenjin) |
| Benevolent Kings Sutra[仁王経] (Chin Jen-wang-ching; Ninnō-kyō) |
| Bennen[弁円] |
| Benten[弁天] () |
| Benzai-ten[弁才天] () |
| “Bestowal of Prophecy” chapter[授記品] ( Juki-hon) |
| Bestower of Fearlessness[施無畏者] ( abhayam-dada; semui-sha) |
| Bhadrapāla[跋陀婆羅] (; Baddabara) |
| Bhadraruchi[賢愛論師] (n.d.) (; Ken’ai-ronji) |
| Bhadrika[跋提・跋提梨迦] (; Batsudai or Batsudairika) |
| bhagavat[世尊] (, Pali; seson) |
| bhaishajya[薬] (; yaku or kusuri) |
| Bhaishajyaguru[薬師如来] (; Yakushi-nyorai) |
| Bhāvaviveka[清弁] (c. 490–570) (; Shōben) |
| bhikshu[比丘] (; Pali bhikkhu; biku) |
| bhikshunī[比丘尼] (; Pali bhikkhunī; bikuni) |
| Bimbisāra[頻婆娑羅王] (, Pali; Bimbashara-ō) |
| Biographies of Eminent Priests, The[高僧伝] ( Kōsō-den) |
| Biographies of Eminent Priests of the Great T’ang Dynasty Who Sought the Law in the Western Regions, The[大唐西域求法高僧伝] (Chin Ta-t’ang-hsi-yü-ch’iu-fa-kao-seng-chuan; Daitō-saiiki-guhō-kōsō-den) |
| Biographies of Eminent Priests Who Sought the Law, The[求法高僧伝] ( Guhō-kōsō-den) |
| Biography of the Tripitaka Master of Ta-tz’u-en-ssu Temple, The[大慈恩寺三蔵法師伝] (Chin Ta-tz’u-en-ssu-san-tsang-fa-shih-chuan; Daijionji-sanzō-hosshi-den) |
| Bishamon-ten[毘沙門天] () |
| Bodh Gaya[仏陀伽耶] ( Buddagaya) |
| bodhi[菩提] (, Pali; bodai) |
| Bodhidharma[菩提達磨] (n.d.) (; Bodaidaruma) |
| Bodhiruchi() (1) [菩提流支] (d. 527) ( Bodairushi); (2) [菩提流志] (d. 727) ( Bodairushi) |
| bodhisattva[菩薩] (; bosatsu) |
| bodhisattva mahāsattva[菩薩摩訶薩] (; bosatsu-makasatsu) |
| “Bodhisattva Never Disparaging” chapter[常不軽菩薩品] ( Jōfukyō-bosatsu-hon) |
| “Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” chapter[観世音菩薩品・観音品] ( Kanzeon-bosatsu-bon or Kannon-bon) |
| Bodhisattva Practice Jeweled Necklace Sutra[菩薩瓔珞本業経] (Chin P’u-sa-ying-lo-pen-yeh-ching; Bosatsu-yōraku-hongō-kyō) |
| Bodhisattvas of the Earth[地涌の菩薩] ( jiyu-no-bosatsu) |
| bodhisattvas of the essential teaching[本化の菩薩] ( honge-no-bosatsu) |
| bodhisattvas of the theoretical teaching[迹化の菩薩] ( shakke-no-bosatsu) |
| “Bodhisattva Universal Worthy” chapter[普賢菩薩品] ( Fugen-bosatsu-hon) |
| “Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound” chapter[妙音菩薩品] ( Myō’on-bosatsu-hon) |
| bodhi tree[菩提樹] (, Pali; bodai-ju) |
| body of the Law[法身] ( hosshin) |
| Bonten[梵天] () |
| Born from the Crown of the Head[頂生王・曼陀多王] ( Mūrdhagata or Māndhātri; Chōshō-ō or Mandata-ō) |
| bo tree[菩提樹] ( bodai-ju) |
| Boundless Practices[無辺行菩薩] ( Anantachāritra; Muhengyō-bosatsu) |
| “bowed in obeisance and departed”[作礼而去] ( sarai-niko) |
| Brahmā[梵天] (, Pali; Bonten) |
| Brahmā Excellent Thought Sutra[思益経] (Chin Ssu-i-ching; Shiyaku-kyō) |
| Brahma Heaven[梵天] (, Pali; Bon-ten) |
| Brahman[婆羅門] (, Pali brāhmana; baramon) |
| Brahmā Net Sutra[梵網経] (Chin Fan-wang-ching; Bommō-kyō) |
| brahma practice[梵行] ( brahma-charyā or brahma-charya; bon-gyō) |
| brahma sound[梵音声] (; bonnonjō) |
| branch teaching[枝末法輪・枝末教] ( shimatsu-hōrin or shimatsu-kyō) |
| breath-counting meditation[数息観] ( ānāpāna-smriti or ānāpāna-samādhi; susoku-kan) |
| Brief History of Japan, A[扶桑略記] ( Fusō-ryakki) |
| Buddha[仏] (, Pali; hotoke or butsu) |
| Buddha-beholding meditation[般舟三昧] ( hanju-zammai) |
| Buddhabhadra[仏陀跋陀羅] (359–429) (; Buddabaddara) |
| Buddhacharita[仏所行讃] (; Busshogyō-san) |
| Buddha eye[仏眼] ( butsu-gen) |
| Buddha Eye[仏眼] ( Buddhalochanā; Butsugen) |
| Buddhagayā[仏陀伽耶] (, Pali; Buddagaya) |
| Buddhaghosa[仏音] (n.d.) (Pali; Button) |
| Buddhahood[仏界] ( bukkai) |
| Buddha Infinite Life Sutra[無量寿経] ( Sukhāvatīvyūha; Chin Wu-liang-shou-ching; Muryōju-kyō) |
| Buddhajīva[仏陀什] (n.d.) (; Buddajū) |
| Buddha land[仏国土] ( buddha-kshetra; bukkoku-do) |
| Buddhamitra[仏陀密多] (n.d.) (; Buddamitta) |
| Buddha Mother[仏母] ( Butsumo) |
| Buddhananda[仏陀難提] (; Buddanandai) |
| Buddha nature[仏性] ( buddha-dhātu or buddha-gotra; busshō) |
| Buddha of absolute freedom[自受用身] ( jijuyūshin) |
| Buddha of beginningless time[久遠元初の自受用身] ( kuonganjo-no-jijuyūshin) |
| Buddha of beneficence[他受用身] ( tajuyūshin) |
| Buddha of Healing[薬師如来] ( Yakushi-nyorai) |
| Buddha of Infinite Life[無量寿仏] ( Muryōju-butsu) |
| Buddha of Infinite Light[無量光仏] ( Muryōkō-butsu) |
| Buddha of limitless joy[自受用身] ( jijuyūshin) |
| Buddha of Medicine[薬師如来] ( Yakushi-nyorai) |
| Buddha of self-enjoyment[自受用身] ( jijuyūshin) |
| Buddha of the Dharma body[法身・法身仏] ( hosshin or hosshin-butsu) |
| Buddha of the inferior manifested body[劣応身] ( retsu-ōjin) |
| Buddha of the manifested body[応身・応身仏] ( ōjin or ōjin-butsu) |
| Buddha of the reward body[報身・報身仏] ( hōshin or hōshin-butsu) |
| Buddha of the superior manifested body[勝応身] ( shō-ōjin) |
| Buddhapālita[仏護] (c. 470–540) (; Butsugo) |
| Buddhashānta[仏陀扇多] (n.d.) (; Buddasenta) |
| Buddha-shāsana[仏教] (; Pali Buddha-sāsana; Bukkyō) |
| Buddhasimha[師子覚] (n.d.) (; Shishikaku) |
| Buddha’s Legacy Teachings Sutra[仏遺教経] ( Butsu-yuikyō-gyō) |
| Buddhas’ Names Sutra[仏名経] (Chin Fo-ming-ching; Butsumyō-kyō) |
| Buddha’s relics[仏舎利] ( busshari) |
| Buddha’s Successors Sutra[付法蔵経] ( Fuhōzō-kyō) |
| Buddha Treasury Sutra[仏蔵経] (Chin Fo-tsang-ching; Butsuzō-kyō) |
| Buddha vehicle[仏乗] ( butsujō) |
| Buddha wisdom[仏智] ( butchi) |
| Buddhayashas[仏陀耶舎] (n.d.) (; Buddayasha) |
| Buddh Gaya[仏陀伽耶] ( Buddagaya) |
| Buddhism of sowing[下種仏法] ( geshu-buppō) |
| Buddhism of the harvest[脱益仏法] ( datchaku-buppō) |
| Buddhist Councils[結集] ( samgīti; ketsujū) |
| Buddhist gods[諸天善神] ( shoten-zenjin) |
| burning house[火宅] ( kataku) |
| Burning Torch[燃燈仏] (, Pali Dīpamkara; Nentō-butsu) |
| calamity of invasion from foreign lands[他国侵逼難] ( takoku-shimpitsu-nan) |
| calamity of revolt within one’s own domain[自界叛逆難] ( jikai-hongyaku-nan) |
| Calm and Bright[安明] ( Ammyō) |
| casting off the transient and revealing the true[発迹顕本] ( hosshaku-kempon) |
| Catalog of Buddhist Scriptures, The[内典録] ( Naiten-roku) |
| Causality of Past and Present Sutra[過去現在因果経] (Chin Kuo-ch’ü-hsien-tsai-yin-kuo-ching; Kako-genzai-inga-kyō) |
| cause and effect[因果] ( inga) |
| cause-awakened one[縁覚] ( pratyekabuddha; engaku) |
| Cave of the Seven Leaves[七葉窟] ( Saptaparna-guhā; Shichiyō-kutsu) |
| Cave of the Thousand Buddhas[千仏洞] ( Sembutsu-dō) |
| Ceremony in the Air[虚空会] ( kokū-e) |
| ceremony of anointment[灌頂] ( abhisheka; kanjō) |
| ceremony of reciting the Buddhas’ names[仏名会] ( butsumyō-e) |
| chakra[輪宝・輪] (; rimbō or rin) |
| Chakravāda[鉄囲山・鉄輪囲山] (; Tetchi-sen or Tetsurin’i-sen) |
| Chakravāda-parvata[鉄囲山・鉄輪囲山] (; Tetchi-sen or Tetsurin’i-sen) |
| chakravartin[転輪聖王] (; tenrin-jō’ō) |
| Champā[瞻波] (, Pali; Sempa) |
| champaka tree[瞻蔔樹] (, Pali; sempuku-ju) |
| Chandaka[車匿] (; Pali Channa; Shanoku) |
| chandāla[旃陀羅] (, Pali; sendara) |
| Chandrakīrti() (1) [月称] (c. 600–650) ( Gesshō); (2) [月称大臣] ( Gasshō-daijin) |
| Chandraprabha() (1) [月光大臣] ( Gakkō-daijin); (2) [月光菩薩] ( Gakkō-bosatsu) |
| Chandrayashas[月称大臣] (; Gasshō-daijin) |
| Chang-an[章安] (561–632) (PY Zhang’an; Shōan) |
| changing poison into medicine[変毒為薬] ( hendoku-iyaku) |
| Chan-jan[湛然] (PY Zhanran; Tannen) |
| Ch’an school[禅宗] (PY Chanzong; Zen-shū) |
| Ch’en Chen[陳鍼] (n.d.) (PY Chen Zhen; Chinshin) |
| Ch’eng-kuan[澄観] (738–839) (PY Chengguan; Chōkan) |
| Ch’eng-shih school[成実宗] (PY Chengshizong; Jōjitsu-shū) |
| Chen-yüan Era Catalog of the Buddhist Canon, The[貞元釈教録・貞元入蔵録] (Chin Chen-yüan-shih-chiao-lu or Chen-yüan-ju-tsang-lu; Jōgen-shakkyō-roku or Jōgen-nyūzō-roku) |
| Chia-hsiang[嘉祥] (PY Jiaxiang; Kajō) |
| Chief Wise[賢首菩薩] ( Genju-bosatsu) |
| Chien-chen[鑑真] (PY Jianzhen; Ganjin) |
| Chih-che[智者] (PY Zhizhe; Chisha) |
| Chih-ch’ien[支謙] (n.d.) (PY Zhiqian; Shiken) |
| Chih-chou[智周] (678–733) (PY Zhizhou; Chishū) |
| Chih-i[智顗] (PY Zhiyi; Chigi) |
| Chih-li[知礼] (960–1028) (PY Zhili; Chirei) |
| Chihō[智鳳] (n.d.) (; Kor Chipong) |
| Chih-tsang[智蔵] (458–522) (PY Zhizang; Chizō) |
| Chih-tu[智度] (n.d.) (PY Zhidu; Chido) |
| Chih-wei[智威] (d. 680) (PY Zhiwei; Chii) |
| Chih-yen(1) [智厳] (n.d.) (PY Zhiyan; Chigon); (2) [智儼] (602–668) (PY Zhiyan; Chigon) |
| Chih-yüan[志遠] (768–844) (PY Zhiyuan; Shi’on) |
| children of the Buddha[仏子] ( busshi) |
| Chinchā[旃遮・旃遮女] (, Pali; Sensha or Sensha-nyo) |
| Chinchāmānavikā[旃遮・旃遮女] (, Pali; Sensha or Sensha-nyo) |
| Ching-hsi[荊渓] (PY Jingxi; Keikei) |
| Ch’ing-liang[清涼国師] (PY Qingliang; Shōryō-kokushi) |
| Ch’ing-liang, Mount[清涼山] (PY Qingliang-shan; Shōryō-zan) |
| Ch’ing-lung-ssu[青竜寺] (PY Qinglongsi; Seiryū-ji) |
| Ching-te Era Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, The[景徳伝燈録] ( Keitoku-dentō-roku) |
| Chin-kang-chih[金剛智] (671–741) (PY Jingangzhi; Vajrabodhi; Kongōchi) |
| Chishō[智証] (814–891) |
| Chitatsu[智達] (n.d.) |
| Chi-tsang[吉蔵] (549–623) (PY Jizang; Kichizō) |
| Chitsū[智通] (n.d.) |
| Chizō[智蔵] (n.d.) (; Chin Chih-tsang) |
| Chōgen[重源] (1121–1206) |
| Chōnen[奝然] (d. 1016) |
| Chōsai[長西] (1184–1266) |
| Chūdapanthaka[周利槃特] (; Pali Chūlapanthaka; Shurihandoku) |
| Chu Fa-lan[竺法蘭] (n.d.) (PY Zhu Falan; Jiku-hōran) |
| Chu Fo-nien[竺仏念] (n.d.) (PY Zhu Fonian; Jiku-butsunen) |
| Chūlapanthaka[周利槃特] (Pali; Chūdapanthaka; Shurihandoku) |
| Chunda[純陀] (, Pali; Junda) |
| Chü-she school[倶舎宗] (PY Jushezong; Kusha-shū) |
| Chu Tao-sheng[竺道生] (PY Zhu Daosheng; Jiku-dōshō) |
| Chūzan[仲算] (n.d.) |
| City of Fragrances[衆香城・香城] ( Gandhavatī; Shukō-jō or Kō-jō) |
| Clarification of Doctrine, A[顕宗論] (Chin Hsien-tsung-lun; Kenshū-ron) |
| Clarification of the Precepts, A[顕戒論] ( Kenkai-ron) |
| Clarification of the Schools Based on T’ien-t’ai’s Doctrine, A[依憑天台集] ( Ehyō-tendai-shū or Ebyō-tendai-shū) |
| Clear and Cool, Mount[清涼山] (Chin Ch’ing-liang; Shōryō-zan) |
| clear cool pond[清涼池] ( shōryō-chi) |
| clothes of patched rags[糞掃衣・納衣] ( pāmsu-kūla; funzōe or nōe) |
| Cloud Thunder Sound Constellation King Flower Wisdom[雲雷音宿王華智仏] ( Jaladhara-garjita-ghosha-susvara-nakshatra-rāja-samkusumitābhijnā; Unraion-shukuōkechi-butsu) |
| Cloud Thunder Sound King[雲雷音王仏] ( Megha-dundubhi-svara-rāja; Unraionnō-butsu) |
| cold-suffering bird[寒苦鳥] ( kanku-chō) |
| Collected Essays on the World of Peace and Delight, The[安楽集] (Chin An-lo-chi; Anraku-shū) |
| Collection of Orally Transmitted Teachings, A[授決集] ( Juketsu-shū) |
| Collection of Records concerning the Tripitaka, A[出三蔵記集] (Chin Ch’u-san-tsang-chi-chi; Shutsu-sanzō-kishū) |
| combining, excluding, corresponding, and including[兼但対帯] ( ken-tan-tai-tai) |
| Commentary on the Mahayana Treatise, The[釈摩訶衍論] (Chin Shih-mo-ho-yen-lun; Shaku-makaen-ron) |
| Commentary on the Meaning of the Mahāvairochana Sutra, The[大日経義釈] (Chin Ta-jih-ching-i-shih; Dainichikyō-gishaku) |
| Commentary on the Meditation on the Buddha Infinite Life Sutra, The[観無量寿経疏] (Chin Kuan-wu-liang-shou-ching-shu; Kammuryōju-kyō-sho) |
| Commentary on the Ten Stages Sutra, The[十住毘婆沙論] (Chin Shih-chu-p’i-p’o-sha-lun; Jūjū-bibasha-ron) |
| Commentary on “The Treatise on Rebirth in the Pure Land,” The[往生論註] ( Ōjōron-chū) |
| Commentary on “The Treatise on the Pure Land,” The[浄土論註] (Chin Ching-t’u-lun-chu; Jōdoron-chū) |
| comparative classification[教判・教相判釈] ( kyōhan or kyōsō-hanjaku) |
| comparative myō[相待妙] ( sōdai-myō) |
| Comparison of Exoteric and Esoteric Buddhism, A[弁顕密二教論・二教論] ( Ben-kemmitsu-nikyō-ron or Nikyō-ron) |
| compassion[悲・慈悲] (, Pali karunā; hi or jihi) |
| Compassionate Honored One[慈尊] ( Jison) |
| Compassionate One[慈氏] ( Jishi) |
| Compassionate White Lotus Flower Sutra[悲華経] ( Karunā-pundarīka-sūtra; Chin Pei-hua-ching; Hike-kyō) |
| complete precepts[具足戒] ( gusoku-kai) |
| Complete Works of the Fuji School, The[富士宗学全集] ( Fuji-shūgaku-zenshū) |
| comprehensive precepts[具足戒] ( gusoku-kai) |
| concentration and insight[止観] ( shikan) |
| concise replacement of the three vehicles with the one vehicle[略開三顕一] ( ryakkaisan-ken’ichi) |
| connecting teaching[通教] ( tsū-gyō) |
| Conqueror of the Threefold World[降三世明王] ( Trailokyavijaya; Gōsanze-myō’ō) |
| Consciousness-Only school[唯識派] ( Vijnānavāda; Yui-shiki-ha) |
| conspicuous benefit[顕益] ( ken’yaku) |
| Constellation Kalpa[星宿劫] ( Shōshuku-kō) |
| Constellation King Flower[宿王華] ( Nakshatra-rāja-samkusumitābhijna; Shukuōke) |
| Contemplation on the Mind-Ground Sutra[心地観経] (Chin Hsin-ti-kuan-ching; Shinjikan-gyō) |
| contentment while desiring little[少欲知足] ( shōyoku-chisoku) |
| continual propagation to the fiftieth person[五十展転] ( gojū-tenden) |
| Continued Biographies of Eminent Priests, The[続高僧伝] (Chin Hsü-kao-seng-chuan; Zoku-kōsō-den) |
| Correct and Equal period[方等時] ( Hōdō-ji) |
| correct and equal sutras[方等経] ( hōdō-kyō) |
| Correct and Equal sutras[方等経] ( Hōdō-kyō) |
| Correct Law, age of the[正法] ( shōbō) |
| Correct Views[善見城] ( Sudarshana; Zenken-jō) |
| Counterfeit Law, age of the[像法] ( zōbō) |
| countless kalpas of practice[歴劫修行] ( ryakkō-shugyō) |
| Craving-Filled[愛染明王] ( Rāgarāja; Aizen-myō’ō) |
| Daian-ji[大安寺] |
| Daigaku Saburō[大学三郎] |
| Daiitoku[大威徳] () |
| Daikoku[大黒] (; Mahākāla) |
| daimoku[題目] () |
| daimoku of the essential teaching[本門の題目] ( hommon-no-daimoku) |
| Dainichi[大日] () |
| Daishin[大進] (n.d.) |
| Daishin-bō[大進房] (d. 1279) |
| Daishonin[大聖人] () |
| Dammira[檀弥羅] (n.d.) |
| Dammiri[檀弥利・檀弥栗] |
| dāna[布施] (, Pali; fuse) |
| dāna-pati[檀那・檀越] (, Pali; danna or dan’otsu) |
| Dandaka, Mount[檀特山] (; Dandoku-sen) |
| Danna[檀那] |
| Danna school[檀那流] ( Danna-ryū) |
| Dashabala Kāshyapa[十力迦葉] (; Pali Dasabala Kassapa; Jūriki-kashō) |
| Decadent Law, age of the[末法] ( mappō) |
| decayed seeds[敗種] ( haishu) |
| Decline of the Law Sutra[法滅尽経] (Chin Fa-mieh-chin-ching; Hōmetsujin-kyō) |
| Deer Feet[鹿足王] ( Rokusoku-ō) |
| Deer Park[鹿野苑] ( Mrigadāva; Pali Migadāya; Rokuya-on) |
| Deer Park period[鹿苑時] ( Rokuon-ji) |
| Delving into the Profundity of the Flower Garland Sutra[華厳経探玄記] (Chin Hua-yen-ching-t’an-hsüan-chi; Kegongyō-tangen-ki) |
| demon[悪鬼・鬼] ( akki or ki) |
| Demon Eloquence[鬼弁婆羅門] (n.d.) ( Kiben-baramon) |
| Dengyō[伝教] (767–822) |
| dependent origination[縁起・因縁] ( pratītya-samutpāda; Pali paticcha-samuppāda; engi or innen) |
| desiring little and knowing satisfaction[少欲知足] ( shōyoku-chisoku) |
| determinate groups[決定性] ( ketsujō-shō) |
| deva[天] (, Pali; ten) |
| Devadatta[提婆達多] (, Pali; Daibadatta) |
| “Devadatta” chapter[提婆達多品] ( Daibadatta-hon) |
| devil[魔] (, Pali māra; ma) |
| devil king[魔王] ( maō) |
| devil king of the sixth heaven[第六天の魔王] ( dairokuten-no-maō) |
| Dhammapada[法句経] (Pali; Hokku-kyō) |
| dhāranī[陀羅尼] (; darani) |
| “Dhāranī” chapter[陀羅尼品] ( Darani-hon) |
| dharma[法] (; Pali dhamma; hō) |
| Dharma Analysis Treasury, The[阿毘達磨倶舎論] ( Abhidharma-kosha-bhāshya or Abhidharmakosha-shāstra; Chin A-p’i-ta-mo-chü-she-lun; Abidatsuma-kusha-ron) |
| Dharma Analysis Treasury school[倶舎宗] (Chin Chü-she-tsung; Kusha-shū) |
| Dharma body[法身] ( dharma-kāya; hosshin) |
| dharma-chakra[法輪] (; hōrin) |
| Dharma Characteristics school[法相宗] (Chin Fa-hsiang-tsung; Hossō-shū) |
| Dharma eye[法眼] ( hōgen) |
| Dharmagupta() (1) [達摩笈多] (d. 619) ( Darumagyūta); (2) [達摩掬多] (n.d.) ( Darumakikuta) |
| Dharmagupta school[法蔵部・曇無徳部] (; Hōzō-bu or Dommutoku-bu) |
| Dharmakāla[曇摩迦羅・曇柯迦羅] (n.d.) (; Dommakara or Donkakara) |
| Dharmākara[法蔵比丘] (; Hōzō-biku) |
| dharma-kāya[法身] (; hosshin) |
| Dharma King[法王] ( dharma-rāja; hō’ō) |
| Dharma master[法師] ( hosshi) |
| Dharmamitra[曇摩蜜多・曇無蜜多] (356–442) (; Dommamitta or Dommumitta) |
| Dharma nature[法性] ( hosshō) |
| Dharmapāla[護法] (530–561) (; Gohō) |
| Dharmaraksha() (1) [竺法護] (n.d.) ( Jiku-hōgo); (2) [曇無讖] (385–433) ( Dommushin or Dommusen) |
| Dharmaruchi[曇摩流支] (n.d.) (; Dommarushi) |
| Dharma seal[法印] ( hōin) ( dharma-uddāna) |
| Dharma teacher[法師] ( hosshi) |
| Dharma Treasury[法蔵比丘] ( Dharmākara; Hōzō-biku) |
| Dharma-wheel[法輪] ( hōrin) |
| Dharma Wisdom[法慧菩薩] ( Hōe-bosatsu) |
| Dharmayashas[曇摩耶舎] (n.d.) (; Dommayasha) |
| Dharmodgata[曇無竭菩薩] (; Dommukatsu-bosatsu) |
| dhātu[界] (, Pali; kai) |
| Dhritaka[提多迦] (n.d.) (; Daitaka) |
| Dhritarāshtra[持国天] (; Jikoku-ten) |
| dhūta practice[頭陀・頭陀行] (, Pali; zuda or zuda-gyō) |
| dhyāna[禅・禅定] (; zen or zenjō) |
| Diamond Banner[金剛幢菩薩] ( Kongōdō-bosatsu) |
| Diamond Crown Sutra[金剛頂経] ( Sarvatathāgata-tattvasamgraha; Chin Chin-kang-ting-ching; Kongōchō-kyō) |
| Diamond-like Perfection of Wisdom Sutra[金剛般若波羅蜜経] ( Vajracchedikā-prajnāpāramitā; Chin Chin-kang-pan-jo-po-lo-mi-ching; Kongō-hannya-haramitsu-kyō) |
| diamond-pounder[金剛杵] ( vajra; kongō-sho) |
| diamond precept[金剛宝器戒] ( kongō-hōki-kai) |
| Diamond Realm[金剛界] ( vajradhātu; kongō-kai) |
| Diamond Realm mandala[金剛界曼荼羅] ( kongōkai-mandara) |
| Diamond Scalpel, The[金剛錍・金剛錍論] (Chin Chin-kang-pei; Kongōbei or Kongōbei-ron) |
| Diamond Storehouse[金剛蔵菩薩] ( Vajragarbha; Kongōzō-bosatsu) |
| Diamond Sutra[金剛経] ( Kongō-kyō) |
| Diamond Wisdom Sutra[金剛般若経] ( Kongō-hannya-kyō) |
| Diamond World[金剛界] ( kongō-kai) |
| Diamond World mandala[金剛界曼荼羅] ( kongōkai-mandara) |
| Dictionary of the Pronunciation and Meaning of Buddhist Terms, A[翻訳名義集] (Chin Fan-i-ming-i-chi; Hon’yaku-myōgi-shū) |
| difficult-to-practice way[難行道] ( nangyō-dō) |
| Dīgha-nikāya[長部] (Pali; Chō-bu) |
| Dignāga[陳那] (n.d.) (; Jinna) |
| dīpa[灯明] (, Pali; tōmyō) |
| Dīpamkara[燃燈仏] (, Pali; Nentō-butsu) |
| Dīpavamsa[島史] (Pali; Tōshi) |
| direct pointing to the human mind[直指人心] ( jikishi-ninshin) |
| “discard, close, ignore, and abandon”[捨閉閣抛] ( sha-hei-kaku-hō) |
| discarding the provisional and revealing the true[開権顕実] ( kaigon-kenjitsu) |
| discipline master[律師] ( risshi) |
| “Distinctions in Benefits” chapter[分別功徳品] ( Fumbetsu-kudoku-hon) |
| Divākara[地婆訶羅] (612 or 613–687) (; Jibakara) |
| Divergent Concepts in the Sutras and Vinaya Texts[経律異相] (Chin Ching-lü-i-hsiang; Kyōritsu-isō) |
| doctrinal classification[教判・教相判釈] ( kyōhan or kyōsō-hanjaku) |
| doctrine of many-times recitation[多念義] ( tanen-gi) |
| doctrine of one-time recitation[一念義] ( ichinen-gi) |
| Doctrines of the Different Schools, The[異部宗輪論] ( Samaya-bhedoparachana-chakra; Chin I-pu-tsung-lun-lun; Ibushūrin-ron) |
| Document for Entrusting Minobu-san, The[身延山付嘱書] ( Minobu-san-fuzoku-sho) |
| Document for Entrusting the Law that Nichiren Propagated throughout His Life, The[日蓮一期弘法付嘱書] ( Nichiren-ichigo-guhō-fuzoku-sho) |
| Dōgen[道元] (1200–1253) |
| Dōji[道慈] (d. 744) |
| Dōkyō[道鏡] (d. 772) |
| Dōryū[道隆] (1213–1278) (; Chin Tao-lung) |
| Dōsen[道璿] (702–760) (; Chin Tao-hsüan) |
| Dōshō[道昭] (629–700) |
| Dōzen-bō[道善房] (d. 1276) |
| dragon deity[竜神] (, Pali nāga; ryūjin) |
| dragon girl[竜女] ( ryūnyo) |
| Dragon King of the Sea Sutra[海竜王経] (Chin Hai-lung-wang-ching; Kairyūō-kyō) |
| dragon kings[竜王] ( nāga-rāja; ryūō) |
| dragon king’s daughter[竜女] ( ryūnyo) |
| Drona[香姓婆羅門] (; Pali Dona; Kōshō-baramon) |
| Dronodana[斛飯王] (; Pali Dhotodana; Kokubonnō) |
| duhukha[苦] (; ku) |
| dukkha[苦] (Pali; ku) |
| Dunhuang[敦煌] (PY; WG Tun-huang; Tonkō) |
| dust particles of the land[大地微塵] ( daichi-mijin) |
| dvesha[瞋恚・瞋] (; Pali dosa; shinni or shin) |
| dvīpa[洲] (; Pali dīpa; shū) |
| dvīpa[洲] (; Pali dīpa; shū) |
| Eagle Peak[霊鷲山・耆闍崛山・霊山] ( Gridhrakūta; Pali Gijjhakūta; Ryōju-sen, Gishakussen, or Ryō-zen) |
| Earnest Donor[能施太子] ( Mahādāna; Nōse-taishi) |
| earthly desires[煩悩] ( klesha; Pali kilesa; bonnō) |
| earthly desires are enlightenment[煩悩即菩提] ( bonnō-soku-bodai) |
| Earth Repository[地蔵菩薩] ( Kshitigarbha; Chin Ti-tsang; Jizō-bosatsu) |
| “Easy Practice” chapter[易行品] ( Igyō-hon) |
| easy-to-practice way[易行道] ( igyō-dō) |
| Eben[恵便] (n.d.) (; Kor Hyepyŏn) |
| Echi[依智] |
| eight arrogances[八慢] ( hachi-man) |
| eight cold hells[八寒地獄] ( hakkan-jigoku) |
| eight consciousnesses[八識] ( hasshiki) |
| eight difficulties[八難・八難処] ( hachi-nan or hachi-nansho) |
| eight dragon kings[八竜王] ( hachi-ryūō) |
| eighteen elements[十八界] ( jūhachi-kai) |
| eighteen heavens[十八天] ( jūhachi-ten) |
| eighteen Hinayana schools[十八部・小乗十八部] ( jūhachi-bu or shōjō-jūhachi-bu) |
| eighteen miraculous powers[十八変] ( jūhachi-hen) |
| eighteen schools[十八部] ( jūhachi-bu) |
| eighteen sense-elements[十八界] ( jūhachi-kai) |
| eighteenth vow[第十八願] ( dai-jūhachi-gan) |
| eighteen unshared properties[十八不共法・十八不共仏法] ( jūhachi-fugūhō or jūhachi-fugūbuppō) |
| eight emancipations[八解脱・八背捨] ( hachi-gedatsu or hachi-haisha) |
| eight errors[八邪] ( hachi-ja) |
| eightfold path[八正道・八聖道] ( ārya-ashtānga-mārga, ashtānga-mārga, or ashtāngika-mārga; Pali ariya-atthangika-magga or atthangika-magga; hasshō-dō) |
| eight grave offenses[八重] ( hachijū) |
| eight great dragon kings[八大竜王] ( hachidai-ryūō) |
| eight great hells[八大地獄] ( hachidai-jigoku) |
| eight hot hells[八熱地獄] ( hachinetsu-jigoku) |
| eight kinds of nonhuman beings[八部衆] ( hachibu-shu) |
| eight kinds of sufferings[八種の大難] ( hasshu-no-dainan) |
| eight major hells[八大地獄] ( hachidai-jigoku) |
| eight major offenses(1) [八重・八波羅夷] ( hachijū or hachi-harai); (2) [八重] ( hachijū) |
| eight negations[八不] ( happu) |
| eight pārājika offenses[八重・八波羅夷] ( hachijū hachi-harai) |
| eight phases of a Buddha’s existence[八相・八相成道・八相作仏] ( hassō, hassō-jōdō, or hassō-sabutsu) |
| eight precepts[八斎戒] ( hassaikai) |
| eight precepts of reverence[八敬戒] ( hachikyōkai) |
| eight schools[八宗] ( hasshū) |
| eight sufferings[八苦] ( hakku) |
| eight teachings[八教] ( hakkyō) |
| eight types of arrogance[八慢] ( hachi-man) |
| eight unpardonable offenses[八重・八波羅夷] ( hachijū or hachi-harai) |
| eight winds[八風] ( happū) |
| eighty characteristics[八十種好] ( hachijisshugō) |
| eighty-four thousand[八万四千] ( hachiman-shisen) |
| eighty-four thousand teachings[八万四千法門・八万四千法蔵] ( hachiman-shisen-hōmon or hachiman-shisen-hōzō) |
| eighty thousand teachings[八万法門・八万法蔵] ( hachiman-hōmon or hachiman-hōzō) |
| Eikan[永観] |
| Eisai[栄西] (1141–1215) |
| Eizon[叡尊] (1201–1290) |
| Ekan[慧灌] (n.d.) (; Kor Hyekwan) |
| Elephant-Head Mountain[象頭山] ( Zōzu-sen) |
| Eleven-faced Perceiver of the World’s Sounds[十一面観音] ( Ekādasha-mukha; Jūichimen-kannon) |
| Eloquence[弁才天・弁天] ( Sarasvatī; Benzai-ten or Benten) |
| Ema Mitsutoki[江間光時] (n.d.) |
| emanation Buddhas[分身] ( funjin) |
| emanations of the Buddha[分身] ( funjin) |
| emancipation[解脱] ( moksha, mukti, vimoksha, or vimukti; gedatsu) |
| “Emergence of the Treasure Tower” chapter[見宝塔品] ( Ken-hōtō-hon) |
| “Emerging from the Earth” chapter[従地涌出品] ( Jūji-yujuppon) |
| Emma[閻魔] () |
| Enchin[円珍] |
| Enchō[円澄] (772–837) |
| “Encouragements” chapter[勧発品] ( Kambotsu-hon) |
| “Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy” chapter[普賢菩薩勧発品] ( Fugen-bosatsu-kambotsu-hon) |
| “Encouraging Devotion” chapter[勧持品] ( Kanji-hon) |
| Endō Saemon-no-jō[遠藤左衛門尉] (n.d.) |
| Endowed with a Thousand Ten Thousand Glowing Marks[具足千万光相如来] ( Rashmi-shatasahasra-paripūrna-dhvaja; Gusoku-semmankōsō-nyorai) |
| Enemy before Birth[未生怨] ( Mishō’on) |
| Engaku-ji[円覚寺] |
| Enlightened One[覚者] ( kakusha) |
| enlightenment[悟] ( satori) |
| enlightenment of plants[草木成仏] ( sōmoku-jōbutsu) |
| Enni[円爾] (1202–1280) |
| Ennin[円仁] |
| En no Ozunu[役小角] (b. 634) |
| Enryaku-ji[延暦寺] |
| Ensai[円載] (d. 877) |
| “Entrustment” chapter[嘱累品] ( Zokurui-hon) |
| envoy of the Thus Come One[如来の使] ( tathāgata-dūta; nyorai-no-tsukai) |
| equal in principle but superior in practice[理同事勝] ( ridō-jishō) |
| eranda[伊蘭] (, Pali; iran) |
| Eryō[慧亮] (802–860) |
| Eshin[恵心] |
| Eshin school[恵心流] ( Eshin-ryū) |
| Esoteric Buddhism[密教] ( mikkyō) |
| esoteric teachings in both theory and practice[事理倶密] ( jiri-kumitsu) |
| esoteric teachings in theory[理秘密] ( ri-himitsu) |
| Essay on the Protection of the Nation, An[守護国界章] ( Shugo-kokkai-shō) |
| essence of the Lotus Sutra in four phrases[四句の要法] ( shiku-no-yōbō) |
| essential nature of phenomena[法性] ( dharmatā; hosshō) |
| Essentials of Rebirth in the Pure Land, The[往生要集] ( Ōjō-yōshū) |
| Essentials of the Eight Schools, The[八宗綱要] ( Hasshū-kōyō) |
| Essentials of “The Fourfold Rules of Discipline,” The[四分律行事鈔] (Chin Ssu-fen-lü-hsing-shih-ch’ao; Shibun-ritsu-gyōji-shō) |
| Essentials of the One Vehicle Teaching, The[一乗要決] ( Ichijō-yōketsu) |
| essential teaching[本門] ( hommon) |
| Essential Works of the Fuji School, The[富士宗学要集] ( Fuji-shūgaku-yōshū) |
| Establishment of Truth school[成実宗] (Chin Ch’eng-shih-tsung; Jōjitsu-shū) |
| Ever Wailing[常啼菩薩] ( Sadāprarudita; Jōtai-bosatsu) |
| evil friend[悪知識] ( aku-chishiki) |
| evil path[悪道・悪趣] ( durgati; akudō or akushu) |
| exclusive practice of the Nembutsu[専修念仏] ( senju-nembutsu) |
| exoteric teachings[顕教] ( kenkyō) |
| expanded replacement of the three vehicles with the one vehicle[広開三顕一] ( kōkaisan-ken’ichi) |
| expedient means[方便] (, Pali upāya; hōben) |
| “Expedient Means” chapter[方便品] ( Hōben-bon) |
| eye-begging Brahman[乞眼の婆羅門] ( kotsugen-no-baramon) |
| eye-opening ceremony[開眼供養] ( kaigen-kuyō) |
| face-covering tongue[覆面舌] ( fumen-zetsu) |
| Fa-chao[法照] (n.d.) (PY Fazhao; Hōshō or Hosshō) |
| Fa-ch’üan[法全] (n.d.) (PY Faquan; Hassen) |
| Fa-hsiang school[法相宗] (PY Faxiangzong; Hossō-shū) |
| Fa-hsien(PY Faxian) (1) [法顕] (c. 340–420) ( Hokken); (2) [法賢] (d. 1001) ( Hōken) |
| faith[信] ( shraddhā; Pali saddhā; shin) |
| faith, practice, and study[信行学] ( shin-gyō-gaku) |
| Fa-lang[法朗] (507–581) (PY Falang; Hōrō) |
| Fa-pao[法宝] (n.d.) (PY Fabao; Hōbō) |
| farther shore[彼岸] ( higan) |
| Fa-shun[法順] (PY Fashun; Hōjun) |
| Fa-tao[法道] (1086–1147) (PY Fadao; Hōdō) |
| Fa-tsang[法蔵] (643–712) (PY Fazang; Hōzō) |
| Fa-tsu[法祖] (n.d.) (PY Fazu; Hōso) |
| Fa-yün[法雲] (PY Fayun; Hōun) (1) (467–529); (2) (1087–1158) |
| fearlessness[無畏] ( vaishāradya; mui) |
| field of good fortune[福田] ( punya-kshetra; fukuden) |
| fiery pit[火坑] ( kakyō or kakō) |
| fifth five-hundred-year period[後五百歳] ( go-gohyakusai) |
| fifth scroll of the Lotus Sutra[法華経第五の巻] ( Hokekyō-daigo-no-maki) |
| fifty-two stages of bodhisattva practice[五十二位] ( gojūni-i) |
| figurative lotus[譬喩蓮華] ( hiyu-renge) |
| figurative renge[譬喩蓮華] ( hiyu-renge) |
| fire pit[火坑] ( kakyō or kakō) |
| fire-pit meditation[火坑三昧] ( kakyō-zammai or kakō-sammai) |
| Firmly Established Practices[安立行菩薩] ( Supratishthitachāritra; Anryūgyō-bosatsu) |
| first four flavors[前四味・四味] ( zen-shimi or shimi) |
| first stage of development[初地] ( shoji) |
| first stage of security[初住] ( shojū) |
| five Āgamas[五部] ( go-bu) |
| five aggregates[五陰] ( go-on) |
| five ascetic practices[五法] ( go-hō) |
| five ascetics[五比丘] ( go-biku) |
| five Buddhas[五仏] ( go-butsu) |
| five cardinal sins[五逆・五逆罪] ( go-gyaku or go-gyakuzai) |
| five categories of Buddhas[五仏] ( go-butsu) |
| five components[五陰・五蘊] ( pancha-skandha; go-on or go-un) |
| five correct practices[五正行・五種の正行] ( go-shōgyō or goshu-no-shōgyō) |
| five defilements[五濁] ( go-joku) |
| five delusive inclinations[五鈍使] ( go-donshi) |
| five desires[五欲] ( go-yoku) |
| five elements[五大] ( go-dai) |
| five false views[五利使] ( go-rishi) |
| five five-hundred-year periods[五箇の五百歳] ( goka-no-gohyakusai) |
| five flavors[五味] ( go-mi) |
| fivefold bodies of the Law[五分法身] ( gobun-hosshin) |
| fivefold comparison[五重の相対] ( gojū-no-sōtai) |
| fivefold meditation[五相成身観] ( gosō-jōshin-kan) |
| Fivefold Rules of Discipline, The[五分律] (Chin Wu-fen-lü; Gobun-ritsu) |
| fivefold view of revelation[五重三段] ( gojū-sandan) |
| five great wisdom kings[五大明王] ( godai-myō’ō) |
| five guides for propagation[五綱] ( go-kō) |
| five heavens of purity[五浄居天] ( shuddhāvāsa; go-jōgo-ten) |
| five honored ones[五大尊] ( godaison) |
| “Five Hundred Disciples” chapter[五百弟子品] ( Gohyaku-deshi-hon) |
| five hundred precepts[五百戒] ( gohyaku-kai) |
| five improper ways of livelihood[五邪・五種邪命] ( go-ja or goshu-jamyō) |
| five impurities[五濁] ( go-joku) |
| five kinds of correct practices[五正行・五種の正行] ( go-shōgyō or goshu-no-shōgyō) |
| five kinds of sundry practices[五種の雑行] ( goshu-no-zōgyō) |
| five kinds of wisdom[五智] ( go-chi) |
| five major principles[五重玄] ( gojū-gen) |
| five major writings[五大部] ( godai-bu) |
| five meditations[五停心観] ( gojōshin-kan) |
| five meditations for stopping the mind[五停心観] ( gojōshin-kan) |
| five mighty bodhisattvas[五大力菩薩] ( godairiki-bosatsu) |
| five natures[五性] ( go-shō) |
| five obscurations[五蓋] ( go-gai) |
| five obstacles[五障] ( go-shō) |
| five obstacles and three obediences[五障三従] ( goshō-sanjū or goshō-sanshō) |
| five or seven characters[五字七字] ( goji-shichiji) |
| five pāramitās[五波羅蜜] ( go-haramitsu) |
| five paths[五道・五趣] ( go-dō or go-shu) |
| five patriarchs of the Chinese Pure Land school[浄土五祖] ( Jōdo-goso) |
| five periods[五時] ( go-ji) |
| five periods and eight teachings[五時八教] ( goji-hakkyō) |
| five powers[五力] ( go-riki) |
| five practices[五種の修行] ( goshu-no-shugyō) |
| five precepts[五戒] ( go-kai) |
| five proclamations of the Buddha[五箇の鳳詔] ( goka-no-hōshō) |
| five pure-dwelling heavens[五浄居天] ( go-jōgo-ten) |
| five regions of India[五天竺・五天] ( go-tenjiku or go-ten) |
| five roots[五根] ( go-kon) |
| five schools of Zen[五家] ( go-ke) |
| five senior priests[五老僧] ( go-rōsō) |
| five sense organs[五根] (, Pali pancha-indriya; go-kon) |
| five signs of decay[五衰] ( go-sui) |
| five skandhas[五陰] ( go-on) |
| five spicy foods[五辛] ( go-shin) |
| five stages of practice[五品] ( go-hon) |
| five strong-flavored foods[五辛] ( go-shin) |
| five sundry practices[五種の雑行] ( goshu-no-zōgyō) |
| five supernatural powers[五神通・五通] ( go-jinzū or go-tsū) |
| five tastes[五味] ( go-mi) |
| five teachings and ten doctrines[五教十宗] ( gokyō-jisshū) |
| five teachings of Mahādeva[大天の五事] ( Daiten-no-goji) |
| Five Temples[五山] ( Gozan or Gosan) |
| five thousand and forty-eight volumes[五千四十八巻] ( gosen-shijūhachi-kan) |
| five thousand arrogant persons[五千の上慢] ( gosen-no-jōman) |
| five transcendental powers[五神通・五通] ( go-jinzū or go-tsū) |
| five types of decay[五衰] ( go-sui) |
| five types of vision[五眼] ( go-gen) |
| five types of wisdom[五智] ( go-chi) |
| five vehicles[五乗] ( go-jō) |
| five wisdom Buddhas[五智如来] ( gochi-nyorai) |
| fixed karma[定業] ( jōgō) |
| Fixed Light[錠光仏] ( Jōkō-butsu) |
| flame-emitting meditation[火生三昧] ( kashō-zammai) |
| Flower Garland period[華厳時] ( Kegon-ji) |
| Flower Garland school[華厳宗] (Chin Hua-yen-tsung; Kegon-shū) |
| Flower Garland Sutra[華厳経] ( Buddha-avatamsaka-nāma-mahāvaipulya-sūtra; Chin Hua-yen-ching; Kegon-gyō) |
| Flower Glow[華光如来] (1) ( Padmaprabha; Kekō-nyorai); (2) ( unknown; Kekō-nyorai) |
| Fo-lung-ssu[仏隴寺] (PY Folongsi; Butsurō-ji) |
| foolishness[愚癡・癡・無明] (, Pali moha; guchi, chi, or mumyō) |
| forbearance[忍・忍辱] ( kshānti; nin or ninniku) |
| Forbearance[忍辱仙人] ( Kshāntivādin; Ninniku-sennin) |
| foreign invasion[他国侵逼難] ( takoku-shimpitsu-nan) |
| foremost worldly stage[世第一法・世第一法位] ( sedaiippō or sedaiippō-i) |
| Forest of Gems in the Garden of the Law, The[法苑珠林] (Chin Fa-yüan-chu-lin; Hō’on-jurin) |
| Forest of Meanings in the Mahayana Garden of the Law, The[大乗法苑義林章] (Chin Ta-ch’eng-fa-yüan-i-lin-chang; Daijō-hō’on-girin-jō) |
| Forest of Merits[功徳林菩薩] ( Kudokurin-bosatsu) |
| “Former Affairs of King Wonderful Adornment” chapter[妙荘厳王本事品] ( Myōshōgonnō-honji-hon) |
| “Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King” chapter[薬王菩薩本事品] ( Yakuō-bosatsu-honji-hon) |
| Former Day of the Law[正法] ( shōbō) |
| forty-eight minor precepts[四十八軽戒] ( shijūhachi-kyōkai) |
| forty-eight vows[四十八願] ( shijūhachi-gan) |
| forty-two levels of ignorance[四十二品の無明] ( shijūnihon-no-mumyō) |
| Fo-t’u-teng[仏図澄] (232–348) (PY Fotudeng; Buttochō) |
| four activities of daily life[四威儀] ( shi-igi) |
| four Āgama sutras[四阿含経] ( shi-agon-gyō) |
| four bases of transcendental powers[四如意足・四神足] ( shi-nyoisoku or shi-jinsoku) |
| four bodhisattvas[四菩薩] ( shi-bosatsu) |
| four categories of Buddhists[四衆] ( shi-shu) |
| four continents[四洲] ( shi-shū) |
| four-continent world[四天下] ( shi-tenge) |
| four daily activities[四威儀] ( shi-igi) |
| four debts of gratitude[四恩] ( shi-on) |
| four devils[四魔] ( shi-ma) |
| four Dharma seals[四法印] ( shi-hōin) |
| four dhyāna heavens[四禅天] ( shizenten) |
| four dictums[四箇の格言] ( shika-no-kakugen) |
| four different views of the grove of sal trees[沙羅の四見] ( shara-no-shiken) |
| four easy practices[四安楽行] ( shi-anraku-gyō) |
| four elements[四大] ( shi-dai) |
| four encounters[四門遊観・四門出遊] ( shimon-yūkan or shimon-shutsuyū) |
| four evil paths[四悪趣・四悪道] ( shi-akushu or shi-akudō) |
| four fearlessnesses[四無所畏・四無畏] ( shi-mushoi or shi-mui) |
| four flavors[前四味・四味] ( zen-shimi or shimi) |
| four flavors and three teachings[四味三教] ( shimi-sankyō) |
| fourfold rise and fall[四重の興廃] ( shijū-no-kōhai) |
| Fourfold Rules of Discipline, The[四分律] (Chin Ssu-fen-lü; Shibun-ritsu) |
| four forms of birth[四生] ( shi-shō) |
| four forms of meditation[四種三昧] ( shishu-sammai or shishu-zammai) |
| four good roots[四善根・四善根位] ( shi-zengon or shi-zengon-i) |
| four grave offenses[四重罪・四波羅夷罪] ( shi-jūzai or shi-haraizai) |
| four grave prohibitions[四重禁・四重] ( shijūkin or shijū) |
| four great continents[四大洲] ( shidai-shū) |
| four great heavenly kings[四大天王] ( shidai-tennō) |
| four great rivers[四大河] ( shidai-ga) |
| four great seas[四大海] ( shidai-kai) |
| four great voice-hearers[四大声聞] ( shidai-shōmon) |
| four guidelines[四釈・四種釈] ( shi-shaku or shishu-shaku) |
| four heavenly kings[四天王] ( shi-tennō) |
| four heavens of the world of formlessness[四無色天] ( shi-mushiki-ten) |
| four imperial persecutions of Buddhism in China[三武一宗の法難] ( Sambu-issō-no-hōnan) |
| four improper ways of livelihood[四邪命食・四不浄食・四食] ( shi-jamyōjiki, shi-fujōjiki, or shi-jiki) |
| four inferior flavors[前四味・四味] ( zen-shimi or shimi) |
| four infinite virtues[四無量心] ( shi-muryōshin) |
| four inverted views[四顚倒] ( shi-tendō) |
| four kalpas[四劫] ( shi-kō) |
| four kinds of believers[四衆] ( shi-shu) |
| four kinds of Buddhists[四衆] ( shi-shu) |
| four kinds of flowers[四華] ( shi-ke) |
| four kinds of lands[四土] ( shi-do) |
| four kinds of meditation[四種三昧] ( shishu-sammai or shishu-zammai) |
| four kinds of offerings[四事・四事供養] ( shiji or shiji-kuyō) |
| four-line verse[四句偈] ( shiku-ge) |
| four major disciples[四大弟子] ( shidai-deshi) |
| four major offenses[四重罪・四波羅夷罪] ( shi-jūzai or shi-haraizai) |
| four meditation heavens[四禅天] ( shizenten) |
| four meditations[四念処・四念住] ( shi-nenjo or shi-nenjū) |
| four meditations on formlessness[四無色定・四空定・四空処定] ( shi-mushiki-jō, shi-kū-jō, or shi-kūsho-jō) |
| four meetings[四門遊観・四門出遊] ( shimon-yūkan or shimon-shutsuyū) |
| four methods of winning people[四摂法・四摂事] ( shi-shōbō or shi-shōji) |
| four modes of conduct[四威儀] ( shi-igi) |
| four noble truths[四諦・四聖諦] ( chatur-ārya-satya; shi-tai or shi-shōtai) |
| four noble worlds[四聖] ( shi-shō or shi-sei) |
| four objects of faith[四信] ( shi-shin) |
| four pārājika offenses[四重罪・四波羅夷罪] ( shi-jūzai or shi-haraizai) |
| four peaceful practices[四安楽行] ( shi-anraku-gyō) |
| Four Peaceful Practices, The[四安楽行] ( Shi-anraku-gyō) |
| four peaceful ways of practice[四安楽行] ( shi-anraku-gyō) |
| four-phrase essence of the Lotus Sutra[四句の要法] ( shiku-no-yōbō) |
| four-phrase verse[四句偈] ( shiku-ge) |
| four powers[四力] ( shi-riki) |
| four preceding flavors[前四味・四味] ( zen-shimi or shimi) |
| four ranks of bodhisattvas[四依の菩薩] ( shie-no-bosatsu) |
| four ranks of sages[四依] ( shie) |
| four realms of the world of formlessness[四無色界・四無色天・四無色処・四空処] ( shi-mushiki-kai, shi-mushiki-ten, shi-mushiki-sho, or shi-kū-sho) |
| four reliances[四依] ( shie) |
| four right efforts[四正勤・四正断] ( shi-shōgon or shi-shōdan) |
| four rivers[四河] ( shi-ga) |
| four roots of goodness[四善根・四善根位] ( shi-zengon or shi-zengon-i) |
| four seas[四海] ( shi-kai) |
| four stages of enlightenment[四果] ( shi-ka) |
| four stages of faith[四信] ( shi-shin) |
| four stages of faith and the five stages of practice[四信五品] ( shishin-gohon) |
| four stages of Hinayana enlightenment[四果] ( shi-ka) |
| four stages of meditation[四禅定] ( chatur-dhyāna; shi-zenjō) |
| four standards[四依] ( shie) |
| four steps to transcendental powers[四如意足・四神足] ( shi-nyoisoku or shi-jinsoku) |
| four sufferings[四苦] ( shi-ku) |
| four tastes[前四味・四味] ( zen-shimi or shimi) |
| four teachers of the three countries[三国四師] ( sangoku-shishi) |
| four teachings of doctrine[化法の四教] ( kehō-no-shikyō) |
| four teachings of method[化儀の四教] ( kegi-no-shikyō) |
| fourteen slanders[十四誹謗・十四謗法] ( jūshi-hibō or jūshi-hōbō) |
| four topsy-turvy views[四顚倒] ( shi-tendō) |
| four treatises[四論] ( shi-ron) |
| four types of Buddhist believers[四衆] ( shi-shu) |
| four types of correct effort[四正勤・四正断] ( shi-shōgon or shi-shōdan) |
| four types of mandalas[四種曼荼羅] ( shishu-mandara) |
| four types of wheel-turning kings[四輪王] ( shi-rinnō) |
| four universal vows[四弘誓願] ( shigu-seigan) |
| four unlimited kinds of knowledge[四無礙智・四無礙] ( shi-muge-chi or shi-muge) |
| four unpardonable offenses[四重罪・四波羅夷罪] ( shi-jūzai or shi-haraizai) |
| four views of the sal grove[沙羅の四見] ( shara-no-shiken) |
| four virtues[四徳] ( shi-toku) |
| four ways of preaching[四悉檀] ( shi-shitsudan) |
| four wheel-turning kings[四輪王] ( shi-rinnō) |
| four wrong-headed views[四顚倒] ( shi-tendō) |
| Fragrant, Mount[香酔山・香山] (, Pali Gandhamādana; Kōsui-sen or Kō-sen) |
| Fragrant Mountain[香酔山・香山] ( Kōsui-sen or Kō-sen) |
| Freely Enjoying Things Conjured by Others[他化自在天] ( Takejizai-ten) |
| Freely Perceiving[観自在菩薩] ( Avalokiteshvara; Kanjizai-bosatsu) |
| Fudō[不動] () |
| Fuji school[富士門流] ( Fuji-monryū) |
| Fuju Fuse Kōmon school[不受不施講門派] ( Fuju Fuse Kōmon-ha) |
| Fuju Fuse school[不受不施派] ( Fuju Fuse-ha) |
| full commandments[具足戒] ( gusoku-kai) |
| Funamori Yasaburō[船守弥三郎] (n.d.) |
| fundamental darkness[元品の無明] ( gampon-no-mumyō) |
| fundamental nature of enlightenment[元品の法性] ( gampon-no-hosshō) |
| Further Anthology of the Propagation of Light, The[広弘明集] (Chin Kuang-hung-ming-chi; Kō-gumyō-shū) |
| fusion of reality and wisdom[境智冥合] ( kyōchi-myōgō) |
| Fu Ta-shih[傅大士] (497–569) (PY Fu Dashi; Fu-daishi) |
| Gadgadasvara[妙音菩薩] (; Myō’on-bosatsu) |
| Gainer of Great Authority[得大勢菩薩] ( Mahāsthāmaprāpta; Tokudaisei-bosatsu) |
| Gakkō[月光] () |
| gandha[香・乾陀] (, Pali; kō or kenda) |
| Gandhara[ガンダーラ・健駄羅国] (, Pali Gandhāra; Gandāra or Kendara-koku) |
| gandharva[乾闥婆] (; kendatsuba) |
| Gangā[恒河・ガンジス河] (, Pali; Gōga or Ganjisu-gawa) |
| Ganges River[恒河・ガンジス河] ( Gōga or Ganjisu-gawa) |
| Ganges sands[恒河沙] ( gōga-sha) |
| Gangō-ji[元興寺] |
| Ganjin[鑑真] (688–763) (; Chin Chien-chen) |
| garbhadhātu[胎蔵界] (; taizō-kai) |
| garment-snatching demoness[奪衣婆] ( datsueba) |
| garment-suspending demon[懸衣翁] ( kenneō) |
| garuda[迦楼羅] (; karura) |
| gāthā[偈・伽陀] (, Pali; ge or kada) |
| gati[趣・道] (, Pali; shu or dō) |
| Gautama[瞿曇] (; Pali Gotama; Kudon) |
| Gautamī[憍曇弥] (; Kyōdommi) |
| Gayā[伽耶城] (, Pali; Gaya-jō) |
| Gayā Kāshyapa[伽耶迦葉] (; Pali Gayā Kassapa; Gaya-kashō) |
| Gayāshīrsha, Mount[伽耶山・象頭山] (; Pali Gayāsīsa; Gaya-sen or Zōzu-sen) |
| Gembō[玄昉] (d. 746) |
| general and specific viewpoints[総別の二義] ( sōbetsu-no-nigi) |
| general transfer[総付嘱] ( sō-fuzoku) |
| Genkō Era Biographies of Eminent Priests, The[元亨釈書] ( Genkō-shakusho) |
| Genkū[源空] |
| Gennin[源仁] (818–887) |
| Genshin[源信] (942–1017) |
| geya[祇夜・重頌] (; giya or jūju) |
| ghee[醍醐味] ( daigo-mi) |
| Ghoshila[瞿師羅] (; Pali Ghosita; Kushira) |
| Gien[義淵] (d. 728) |
| Gijō-bō[義浄房] (n.d.) |
| Girika[耆利柯・耆利] (n.d.) (; Girika or Giri) |
| Gishin[義真] (781–833) |
| Gladly Seen[喜見菩薩] ( Kiken-bosatsu) |
| Gladly Seen by All Living Beings( Sarva-sattva-priyadarshana) (1) [一切衆生喜見如来] ( Issai-shujō-kiken-nyorai); (2) [一切衆生喜見菩薩] ( Issai-shujō-kiken-bosatsu) |
| Glorious Kalpa[荘厳劫] ( Shōgon-kō) |
| Godānīya[瞿耶尼・牛貨洲] (; Kuyani or Goke-shū) |
| god of fragrance[香神] ( kōjin) |
| god of the moon[月天] ( Gatten) |
| god of the sun[日天] ( Nitten) |
| Gohonzon[御本尊] () |
| Gokuraku-ji[極楽寺] |
| gold circle[金輪] ( kānchana-mandala; konrin) |
| Golden Color[金色王] ( Konjiki-ō) |
| Golden Light Sutra[金光明経] ( Suvarnaprabhāsa-sūtra or Suvarnaprabhāsottama-sūtra; Chin Chin-kuang-ming-ching; Konkōmyō-kyō) |
| golden-winged bird[金翅鳥] ( konji-chō) |
| gold-wheel treasure[金輪宝] ( konrin-hō) |
| gold-wheel-turning king[金輪王・金輪聖王] ( konrin-ō or konrin-jō’ō) |
| Gomyō[護命] (750–834) |
| gongyō[勤行] () |
| Gonsō[勤操] (758–827) |
| Gon’yo[厳誉] (n.d.) |
| good friend[善知識] ( kalyāna-mitra; zen-chishiki) |
| Good Kalpa[善劫] ( Zen-kō) |
| Good Law Hall[善法堂] ( Zembō-dō) |
| good man[善男子] ( kula-putra; zen-nanshi) |
| good root[善根] ( kushala-mūla; zengon or zenkon) |
| Good to See[善見城] ( Zenken-jō) |
| Good Treasures[善財童子] ( Sudhana-shreshthi-dāraka or Sudhana; Zenzai-dōji) |
| good woman[善女人] ( kula-duhitri; zen-nyonin) |
| Gopikā[瞿夷] (; Kui) |
| Gōsanze[降三世] () |
| Gosho[御書] () |
| Gotama[瞿曇] (Pali; Kudon) |
| Gotamī[憍曇弥] (Pali; Kyōdommi) |
| gradual teaching[漸教] ( zen-kyō) |
| Great Adornment(1) [大荘厳仏] ( Daishōgon-butsu); (2) [大荘厳菩薩] ( Daishōgon-bosatsu) |
| Great Arrogant Brahman[大慢婆羅門] (n.d.) ( Daiman-baramon) |
| Great Awesome Virtue[大威徳明王] ( Yamāntaka; Daiitoku-myō’ō) |
| Great Canon of Monastic Rules, The[摩訶僧祇律] (Chin Mo-ho-seng-chih-lü; Maka-sōgi-ritsu) |
| great citadel of the Avīchi hell[阿鼻大城] ( Abi-daijō) |
| great citadel of the hell of incessant suffering[無間大城] ( Muken-daijō) |
| Great Collection Sutra[大集経] (Chin Ta-chi-ching; Daijikkyō) |
| Great Commander[太元帥明王] ( Ātavaka; Taigensui-myō’ō, better known as Taigen-myō’ō) |
| Great Commentary on the Abhidharma, The[阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論] ( Abhidharma-mahāvibhāshā-shāstra; Chin A-p’i-ta-mo-ta-p’i-p’o-sha-lun; Abidatsuma-daibibasha-ron) |
| Great Compassion Sutra[大悲経] (Chin Ta-pei-ching; Daihi-kyō) |
| Great Concentration and Insight[摩訶止観] (Chin Mo-ho-chih-kuan; Maka-shikan) |
| Great Forest Monastery[大林精舎] ( Mahāvana-vihāra; Dairin-shōja) |
| great impartial wisdom[平等大慧] ( byōdō-daie) |
| Greatly Enlightened World-Honored One[大覚世尊] ( Daikaku-seson) |
| Great Ornament of Tales, The[大荘厳論経] ( Kalpanā-manditikā; Chin Ta-chuang-yen-lun-ching; Daishōgon-rongyō) |
| Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra(1) [摩訶般若波羅蜜経] ( Panchavimshatisāhasrikā-prajnāpāramitā; Chin Mo-ho-pan-jo-po-lo-mi-ching; Makahannya-haramitsu-kyō); (2) [摩訶般若波羅蜜経] ( Asht |
| Great Power[勢至菩薩] ( Mahāsthāmaprāpta; Seishi-bosatsu) |
| great pure Law[大白法] ( daibyakuhō) |
| great south gate[南大門] ( nandaimon) |
| Great T’ang Dynasty Catalog of Buddhist Scriptures, The[大唐内典録] (Chin Ta-t’ang-nei-tien-lu; Daitō-naiten-roku) |
| great teacher[大師] (Chin ta-shih; daishi) |
| Great Treasure Chamber[大宝坊] ( Daihō-bō) |
| Great Universal Wisdom Excellence[大通智勝仏] ( Mahābhijnā-jnānābhibhū; Daitsūchishō-butsu) |
| great vehicle[大乗] ( daijō) |
| great white ox cart[大白牛車] ( daibyaku-gosha) |
| great wisdom of equality[平等大慧] ( byōdō-daie) |
| Great Wisdom Sutra[大般若経] ( Mahāprajnāpāramitā-sūtra; Chin Ta-pan-jo-ching; Daihannya-kyō) |
| Great Yüeh-chih[大月氏] ( Dai-gesshi) |
| greed[貪・貪欲・愛] (, Pali rāga; ton, ton’yoku, or ai) |
| greed and stinginess[慳貪] ( kendon) |
| Gridhrakūta[耆闍崛山・霊鷲山] (; Pali Gijjhakūta; Gishakussen or Ryōju-sen) |
| griha-pati[居士] (; koji) |
| Guidelines for Believers of the Fuji School, The[富士一跡門徒存知の事] ( Fuji-isseki-monto-zonchi-no-koto) |
| Gunabhadra[求那跋陀羅] (394–468) (; Gunabaddara) |
| Gunamati[徳慧] (n.d.) (; Tokue) |
| Gunaprabha[徳光] (n.d.) (; Tokukō) |
| Gunavarman[求那跋摩] (367–431) (; Gunabatsuma) |
| Gurupādaka, Mount[尊足山] (; Sonsoku-sen) |
| Gyōchi[行智] (n.d.) |
| Gyōhyō[行表] (724–797) |
| Gyōki[行基] (668–749) |
| Gyōnen[凝然] (1240–1321) |
| Hachiman[八幡] |
| Hakiri Sanenaga[波木井実長] (1222–1297) |
| Haklenayashas[鶴勒夜那・鶴勒夜奢] (n.d.) (; Kakurokuyana or Kakurokuyasha) |
| Hall of the Good Law[善法堂] ( Sudharman; Zembō-dō) |
| Han-kuang[含光] (n.d.) (PY Hanguang; Gankō) |
| Harivarman[訶梨跋摩] (n.d.) (; Karibatsuma) |
| Harsha[戒日王] (; Kainichi-ō) |
| Healing Buddha[薬師仏] ( Yakushi-butsu) |
| Hearer of Many Teachings[多聞天] ( Tamon-ten) |
| Heart of the Abhidharma, The[阿毘曇心論] ( Abhidharma-hridaya-shāstra; Chin A-p’i-t’an-hsin-lun; Abidon-shin-ron) |
| Heart of Wisdom Sutra[般若心経] ( Hannya-shingyō) |
| Heart Sutra[般若心経] ( Prajnāpāramitā-hridaya-sūtra; Chin Pan-jo-hsin-ching; Hannya-shingyō) |
| Heat-Free Lake[無熱池] ( Munetchi) |
| heat stage[煗位・煗法] ( nan-i or nampō) |
| heaven[天] (, Pali deva-loka; ten) |
| heavenly being among heavenly beings[天中天] (, Pali devātideva; tenchū-ten) |
| heavenly devil[天魔] ( temma) |
| heavenly gods and benevolent deities[諸天善神] ( shoten-zenjin) |
| Heavenly King[天王如来] ( Devarāja; Tennō-nyorai) |
| Heaven of Boundless Consciousness[識無辺処天] ( Shikimuhenjo-ten) |
| Heaven of Boundless Empty Space[空無辺処天] ( Kūmuhenjo-ten) |
| Heaven of Enjoying the Conjured[化楽天・楽変化天] ( Nirmānarati; Keraku-ten or Rakuhenge-ten) |
| Heaven of Freely Enjoying Things Conjured by Others[他化自在天] ( Paranirmita-vasha-vartin; Takejizai-ten) |
| Heaven of Great Brahmā[大梵天] ( Daibon-ten) |
| Heaven of Māra[魔天] ( Ma-ten) |
| Heaven of Neither Thought Nor No Thought[非想非非想天] ( Hisō-hihisō-ten) |
| Heaven of Nothingness[無所有処天] ( Mushousho-ten) |
| Heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings[四王天] ( Chātur-mahārāja-kāyika; Shiō-ten) |
| Heaven of the Thirty-three Gods[三十三天] ( Sanjūsan-ten) |
| heavens of purity[浄居天] ( jōgo-ten) |
| Hei no Saemon[平左衛門] (d. 1293) |
| hell[地獄] (, Pali naraka or niraya; jigoku) |
| hell of black cords[黒縄地獄] ( Kālasūtra; Kokujō-jigoku) |
| hell of burning heat[焦熱地獄] ( Tapana; Shōnetsu-jigoku) |
| hell of incessant suffering[無間地獄] (, Pali Avīchi; Muken-jigoku) |
| hell of repeated rebirth for torture[等活地獄] ( Samjīva; Tōkatsu-jigoku) |
| hell of the crimson lotus[紅蓮地獄] ( Padma; Guren-jigoku) |
| heritage of the Law[血脈] ( kechimyaku or ketsumyaku) |
| hero of the world[世雄] ( seō) |
| Hiei, Mount[比叡山] ( Hiei-zan) |
| high grain prices[穀貴] ( kokki) |
| Hiki Yoshimoto[比企能本] (1202–1286) |
| Himatala[雪山下王] (; Sessenge-ō) |
| Hinayana Buddhism[小乗仏教] ( Shōjō-bukkyō) |
| Hiranyavatī[熈連河] (, Pali; Kiren-ga) |
| History of the Buddha’s Successors, A[付法蔵因縁伝] (Chin Fu-fa-tsang-yin-yüan-chuan; Fuhōzō-innen-den) |
| Hōjō Yagenta[北条弥源太] (n.d.) |
| Hōki-bō[伯耆房] |
| Hokke school[法華宗] ( Hokke-shū) |
| Holy Eagle Peak[霊鷲山] ( Ryōju-sen) |
| Homma Rokurō Saemon[本間六郎左衛門] (n.d.) |
| Hōnen[法然] (1133–1212) |
| Hongan-ji[本願寺] |
| Hōren[法蓮] |
| horse-headed demons[馬頭] ( ashvashīrsha; mezu) |
| Hōryū-ji[法隆寺] |
| Hoshina Gorō Tarō[星名五郎太郎] (n.d.) |
| Hossō school[法相宗] ( Hossō-shū) |
| householder[居士] ( griha-pati; Pali gaha-pati; koji) |
| Hsien-shou[賢首] (PY Xianshou; Genju) |
| Hsi-ming-ssu[西明寺] (PY Ximingsi; Saimyō-ji) |
| Hsing-huang[興皇] (PY Xinghuang; Kōkō) |
| Hsing-man[行満] (n.d.) (PY Xingman; Gyōman) |
| Hsin-hsing[信行] (540–594) (PY Xinxing; Shingyō) |
| Hsiu-ch’an-ssu[修禅寺] (PY Xiuchansi; Shuzen-ji) |
| Hsüan-lang[玄朗] (673–754) (PY Xuanlang; Genrō) |
| Hsüan-tsang[玄奘] (602–664) (PY Xuanzang; Genjō) |
| Huai-kan[懐感] (n.d.) (PY Huaigan; Ekan) |
| Hua-yen school[華厳宗] (PY Huayanzong; Kegon-shū) |
| Hui-ch’ang Persecution[会昌の廃仏] ( Kaishō-no-haibutsu) |
| Hui-k’o[慧可] (487–593) (PY Huike; Eka) |
| Hui-kuan[慧観] (n.d.) (PY Huiguan; Ekan) |
| Hui-kuang[慧光] (468–537) (PY Huiguang; Ekō) |
| Hui-kuo[恵果] (746–805) (PY Huiguo; Keika) |
| Hui-neng[慧能] (638–713) (PY Huineng; Enō) |
| Hui-ssu[慧思] (PY Huisi; Eshi) |
| Hui-tz’u[慧次] (434–490) (PY Huici; Eji) |
| Hui-wen[慧文] (n.d.) (PY Huiwen; Emon) |
| Hui-yen[慧厳] (363–443) (PY Huiyan; Egon) |
| Hui-yüan(1) [慧遠] (334–416) (PY Huiyuan; Eon); (2) [慧遠] (523–592) (PY Huiyuan; Eon); (3) [慧苑] (n.d.) (PY Huiyuan; Eon) |
| hundred blessings[百福] ( hyaku-fuku) |
| hundred worlds and thousand factors[百界千如] ( hyakkai-sennyo) |
| Hung-jen[弘忍] (601–674) (PY Hongren; Kōnin) |
| hungry spirits[餓鬼] ( preta; gaki) |
| icchantika[一闡提] (; issendai) |
| ichinen[一念] (; Chin i-nien) |
| ichinen-sanzen[一念三千] () |
| I-ching[義浄] (635–713) (PY Yijing; Gijō) |
| Ichinosawa, the lay priest[一谷入道] (d. 1278) ( Ichinosawa-nyūdō) |
| ignorance[無明] ( avidyā; Pali avijjā; mumyō) |
| I-hsing[一行] (683–727) (PY Yixing; Ichigyō) |
| Ikegami Munenaga[池上宗長] (d. 1283) |
| Ikegami Munenaka[池上宗仲] (d. 1293) |
| Ikegami Transfer Document, The[池上相承書] ( Ikegami-sōjō-sho) |
| Ikkō school[一向宗] ( Ikkō-shū) |
| illusions of thought and desire[見思惑] ( kenji-waku) |
| I-lung[遺竜] (n.d.) (PY Yilong; Iryō) |
| Immeasurable Meanings Sutra[無量義経] (Chin Wu-liang-i-ching; Muryōgi-kyō) |
| Immovable(1) [不動明王] ( Achala or Achalanātha; Fudō-myō’ō); (2) [不動仏] ( Fudō-butsu); (3) [不動智仏] ( Fudōchi-butsu) |
| Immovable Wisdom[不動智仏] ( Fudōchi-butsu) |
| immutable karma[定業] ( jōgō) |
| impure land[穢土] ( edo) |
| Inaba-bō[因幡房] (n.d.) |
| inclusion of Buddhahood in the nine worlds[九界即仏界・九界所具の仏界] ( kukai-soku-bukkai or kukai-shogu-no-bukkai) |
| inclusion of the nine worlds in Buddhahood[仏界即九界・仏界所具の九界] ( bukkai-soku-kukai or bukkai-shogu-no-kukai) |
| inconspicuous benefit[冥益] ( myōyaku) |
| incorrigible disbelief, persons of[一闡提] ( issendai) |
| Increase and Growth[増長天] ( Virūdhaka; Zōjō-ten or Zōchō-ten) |
| Increasing by One Āgama Sutra[増一阿含経] (Chin Tseng-i-a-han-ching; Zōichi-agon-gyō) |
| independent of words or writing[不立文字] ( furyū-monji) |
| Indra[因陀羅] (; Indara) |
| Indra’s net[因陀羅網・帝網] ( Indra-jāla; Indara-mō or Tai-mō) |
| indriya[根] (, Pali; kon) |
| inferior manifested body[劣応身] ( retsu-ōjin) |
| Infinite Life[無量寿仏] ( Muryōju-butsu) |
| Infinite Light[無量光仏] ( Muryōkō-butsu) |
| Ingen[隠元] (1592–1673) (; Chin Yin-yüan) |
| inherent enlightenment[本覚] ( hongaku) |
| initial stage of rejoicing[初随喜品・初随喜] ( shozuiki-hon or shozuiki) |
| insentient beings[非情] ( hijō) |
| integration of the three mystic principles[三妙合論] ( sammyō-gōron) |
| Interfusing Nembutsu school[融通念仏宗] ( Yūzū Nembutsu-shū) |
| internal strife[自界叛逆難] ( jikai-hongyaku-nan) |
| “Introduction” chapter[序品] ( Jo-hon) |
| Invincible[無勝童子] ( Mushō-dōji) |
| Ippen[一遍] (1239–1289) |
| Iron Encircling Mountains[鉄囲山・鉄輪囲山] ( Chakravāda-parvata or Chakravāda; Tetchi-sen or Tetsurin’i-sen) |
| Īshāna[伊舎那天] (; Ishana-ten) |
| Ishikawa Monastery[石川精舎] ( Ishikawa-shōja) |
| Ishikawa no Hyōe, the lay priest[石河の兵衛入道] (n.d.) ( Ishikawa no Hyōe-nyūdō) |
| Izu Exile[伊豆流罪] ( Izu-ruzai) |
| Jakunichi-bō[寂日房] |
| Jakunichi-bō Nikke(1) [寂日房日家] (n.d.); (2) [寂日房日華] (1252–1334) |
| Jakushō[寂照] (d. 1034) |
| Jambudvīpa[閻浮提・贍部洲] (; Pali Jambudīpa; Embudai or Sembu-shū) |
| Jambūnada gold[閻浮檀金] (; embudan-gon) |
| Jāmbūnada Gold Light[閻浮那提金光如来] ( Jāmbūnadaprabhāsa; Embunadai-konkō-nyorai) |
| jambu tree[閻浮樹] (, Pali; embu-ju) |
| Jātaka[本生話] (, Pali; Honjō-wa) |
| Jayata[闍夜多・闍夜那] (n.d.) (; Jayata or Jayana) |
| Jeta[祇陀太子] (Pali; Gida-taishi) |
| Jetavana Monastery[祇園精舎] ( Jetavana-vihāra; Gion-shōja) |
| Jetri[祇陀太子] (; Pali Jeta; Gida-taishi) |
| Jeweled Dignity[宝威仏] ( Hōi-butsu) |
| Jeweled Necklace Sutra[瓔珞経] ( Yōraku-kyō) |
| Jewel Sign[宝相如来] ( Ratnaketu; Hōsō-nyorai) |
| Jibu-bō[治部房] (1257–1318) |
| Jie[慈慧] |
| Jien[慈円] (1155–1225) |
| Jiga-ge[自我偈] () |
| Jih-chao[日照] (PY Rizhao; Nisshō) |
| Jikaku[慈覚] (794–864) |
| Jikoku-ten[持国天] () |
| Jimon school[寺門派] ( Jimon-ha) |
| Ji school[時宗] ( Ji-shū) |
| Jissō-ji[実相寺] |
| Jitsue[実慧] (786–847) |
| Jīvaka[耆婆] (, Pali; Giba) |
| jīvamjīvaka[命命鳥・共命鳥] (, Pali; myōmyō-chō or gumyō-chō) |
| Jizō[地蔵] () |
| Jnānagupta[闍那崛多] (523–c. 600) (; Janakutta) |
| Jnānaprabha[智光] (n.d.) (; Chikō) |
| Jōdo school[浄土宗] ( Jōdo-shū) |
| Jōdo Shin school[浄土真宗] ( Jōdo Shin-shū) |
| Jōjin[成尋] (1011–1081) |
| Jōjitsu school[成実宗] ( Jōjitsu-shū) |
| Jōkaku-bō[成覚房] |
| Jōkan[静観] |
| Jōken-bō[浄顕房] (n.d.) |
| Jōkōmyō-ji[浄光明寺] |
| Joyful to See[喜見城] ( Kiken-jō) |
| Jufuku-ji[寿福寺] |
| Junsai[遵西] (d. 1207) |
| Jūren[住蓮] (d. 1207) |
| Kacchāyana[迦旃延] (Pali; Kasennen) |
| K’ai-yüan Era Catalog of the Buddhist Canon, The[開元釈教録] (Chin K’ai-yüan-shih-chiao-lu; Kaigen-shakkyō-roku) |
| K’ai-yüan-ssu[開元寺] (PY Kaiyuansi; Kaigen-ji) |
| Kakuban[覚鑁] (1095–1143) |
| Kakumyō[覚明] |
| Kakuun[覚運] (953–1007) |
| kālakula[迦羅求羅] (; karakura or karagura) |
| Kalandaka[迦蘭陀] (; Karanda) |
| kalavinka[迦陵頻伽] (; karyōbinga) |
| Kālayashas[畺良耶舎] (383–442) (; Kyōryōyasha) |
| Kāli[迦利王] (; Kari-ō) |
| Kalmāshapāda[斑足王・鹿足王] (; Hansoku-ō or Rokusoku-ō) |
| Kālodāyin[迦留陀夷] (; Karudai) |
| kalpa[劫] (; kō) |
| kalpa of continuance[住劫] ( jū-kō) |
| kalpa of decline[壊劫] ( e-kō) |
| kalpa of decrease[減劫] ( gen-kō) |
| kalpa of disintegration[空劫] ( kū-kō) |
| kalpa of formation[成劫] ( jō-kō) |
| kalpa of increase[増劫] ( zō-kō) |
| kāma-dhātu[欲界] (, Pali; yokkai or yoku-kai) |
| Kanāda[カナーダ] (; Kanāda) |
| Kānadeva[迦那提婆] (; Kanadaiba) |
| Kanakamuni[倶那含仏] (; Kunagon-butsu) |
| K’ang-seng-hui[康僧会] (d. 280) (PY Kangsenghui; Kōsōe) |
| Kanishka[迦弐色迦王] (n.d.) (; Kanishika-ō) |
| Kannon[観音] () |
| Kanroku[観勒] (n.d.) (; Kor Kwallŭk) |
| Kanzeon[観世音] () |
| Kanzeon-ji[観世音寺] |
| Kao-ch’ang[高昌国] (PY Gaochang; Kōshō-koku) |
| Kapila[迦毘羅] (; Kabira) |
| Kapilavastu[迦毘羅衛国] (; Pali Kapilavatthu; Kabirae-koku) |
| Kapimala[迦毘摩羅・毘羅尊者] (n.d.) (; Kabimara or Bira-sonja) |
| karma[業] (; Pali kamma; gō) |
| karma mandala[羯磨曼荼羅] ( katsuma-mandara) |
| karunā[悲・慈悲] (, Pali; hi or jihi) |
| Kashgar[疏勒国] ( Soroku-koku) |
| Kāshī[迦尸国] (; Pali Kāsī; Kashi-koku) |
| Kashmir[迦湿弥羅国・諝賓国] ( Kashmīra or Kāshmīra; Kashumira-koku or Keihin-koku) |
| Kāshyapa() (1) [迦葉菩薩] ( Kashō-bosatsu); (2) [迦葉仏] ( Kashō-butsu) |
| Kāshyapa Mātanga[迦葉摩騰] (n.d.) (; Kashō-matō) |
| Kāshyapīya school[飲光部・迦葉遺部] (; Onkō-bu or Kashōi-bu) |
| Kataumi[片海] |
| Kātyāyana[迦旃延] (; Pali Kacchāyana or Kacchāna; Kasennen) |
| Kātyāyanīputra[迦多衍尼子] (n.d.) (; Kataennishi) |
| Kaundinya[憍陳如] (; Kyōjinnyo) |
| Kaushāmbī[憍賞弥国] (; Pali Kosambī; Kyōshōmi-koku) |
| Kaushika[憍尸迦] (; Kyōshika) |
| Kawanobe, the lay priest of[河野辺の入道] (n.d.) ( Kawanobe-no-nyūdō) |
| Kegon school[華厳宗] ( Kegon-shū) |
| Kenchō-ji[建長寺] |
| Kennin-ji[建仁寺] |
| Kenshin[顕真] (1130–1192) |
| Kharadīya, Mount[伽羅陀山] (; Karada-sen) |
| Khotan[于闐・和田] ( Uten or Hōtan) |
| Khuddaka-nikāya[小部] (Pali; Shō-bu) |
| Kichijō-ten[吉祥天] () |
| Kimbara[金原] (n.d.) |
| kimnara[緊那羅] (; kinnara) |
| King Above Jeweled Dignity and Virtue[宝威徳上王仏] ( Ratnatejobhyudgatarāja; Hōitokujō’ō-butsu) |
| “King Wonderful Adornment” chapter[妙荘厳王品] ( Myōshōgon-nō-hon) |
| Kinkara[吉迦夜] (n.d.) (; Kikkaya) |
| Kishimojin[鬼子母神] () |
| Kiyomizu-dera[清水寺] |
| Kizil caves[キジル石窟] ( Kijiru-sekkutsu) |
| klesha[煩悩] (; bonnō) |
| knot of flesh on the head[肉髻相] ( ushnīsha-shiraskatā; nikkei-sō) |
| Kō, the lay nun of[国府尼] (n.d.) ( Kō-ama or Kō-no-ama) |
| Kō, the lay priest of[国府入道] ( Kō-nyūdō) |
| kōan[公案] (; Chin kung-an) |
| Kōben[高弁] |
| Kōbō[弘法] (774–835) |
| Kōchi[広智] (n.d.) |
| Kōfuku-ji[興福寺] |
| Kōjō[光定] (779–858) |
| Kokālika[瞿伽利] (, Pali; Kugyari or Kukari) |
| Kokan Shiren[虎関師錬] (1278–1346) |
| Kokūzō[虚空蔵] () |
| Komatsubara Persecution[小松原の法難] ( Komatsubara-no-hōnan) |
| Kōmoku-ten[広目天] () |
| Kongōbu-ji[金剛峯寺] |
| Kōnichi, the lay nun[光日尼] ( Kōnichi-ama) |
| Kōnichi-bō[光日房] (n.d.) |
| Kōsai[幸西] (1163–1247) |
| Kosala[憍薩羅国] (, Pali; Kyōsara-koku) |
| Kosambī[憍賞弥国] (Pali; Kyōshōmi-koku) |
| kōsen-rufu[広宣流布] () |
| koti[倶胝] (, Pali; kutei) |
| Kōya, Mount[高野山] ( Kōya-san) |
| Krakucchanda[拘留孫仏] (; Kuruson-butsu) |
| Kriki[訖哩枳王] (; Kiriki-ō) |
| Krita[訖利多王] (n.d.) (; Kirita-ō) |
| krosha[倶盧舎] (; kurosha) |
| kshānti[忍・忍辱] (; nin or ninniku) |
| Kshatriya[刹帝利] (; setsuteiri) |
| kshetra[国土・刹土] (; kokudo or setsudo) |
| Kshitigarbha[地蔵菩薩] (; Jizō-bosatsu) |
| kū[空] () |
| Kuang-che-ssu[光宅寺] (PY Guangzhesi; Kōtaku-ji) |
| Kuang-hsiu[広脩・広修] (771–843) (PY Guangxiu; Kōshū or Kōshu) |
| Kuan-ting[灌頂] (PY Guanding; Kanjō) |
| Kuan-yin[観音菩薩] (PY Guanyin; Kannon-bosatsu) |
| Kubo, the lay nun of[窪尼] (n.d.) ( Kubo-no-ama) |
| Kucha[亀茲・庫車] ( Kiji or Kosha) |
| Kudō Yoshitaka[工藤吉隆] (d. 1264) |
| K’uei-chi[窺基] (PY Kuiji; Kiki) |
| Kūkai[空海] |
| Kukkutapāda, Mount[鶏足山] (; Keisoku-sen) |
| Kukkutārāma Monastery[鶏頭摩寺] (, Pali; Keizuma-ji) |
| Kumārajīva[鳩摩羅什] (344–413) (; Kumarajū) |
| Kumāralāta[鳩摩羅駄] (; Kumarada) |
| Kumārata[鳩摩羅駄] (n.d.) (; Kumarada) |
| Kumārayāna[鳩摩羅炎] (n.d.) (; Kumaraen) |
| kumbhānda[鳩槃荼] (; kuhanda) |
| Kundalī[軍荼利明王] (; Gundari-myō’ō) |
| Kuntī[皐諦・皐諦女] (; Kōdai or Kōdai-nyo) |
| Kuo-ch’ing-ssu[国清寺] (PY Guoqingsi; Kokusei-ji) |
| kuon-ganjo[久遠元初] () |
| Kuon-ji[久遠寺] |
| Kurkutārāma Monastery[鶏頭摩寺] (; Keizuma-ji) |
| Kuru[倶盧洲] (, Pali; Kuru-shū) |
| kusha grass[吉祥草] (; kichijō-sō) |
| Kushan[クシャーナ朝・貴霜朝] ( Kushāna-chō or Kisō-chō) |
| Kusha school[倶舎宗] ( Kusha-shū) |
| Kushinagara[拘尸那掲羅・倶尸那城] (; Pali Kusinārā; Kushinagara or Kushina-jō) |
| Kusinārā[拘尸那掲羅・倶尸那城] (Pali; Kushinagara or Kushina-jō) |
| Kūya[空也] (903–972) |
| Kyōnin-bō[鏡忍房] (d. 1264) |
| Kyō’ō[経王] (b. 1272) |
| Kyō’ō Gokoku-ji[教王護国寺] |
| Lalitavistara[普曜経] (; Fuyō-kyō) |
| Lamenting Heresy[歎異抄] ( Tan’ni-shō) |
| Lan-ch’i Tao-lung[蘭渓道隆] (PY Lanqi Daolong; Rankei Dōryū) |
| Land of Actual Reward[実報土] ( jippō-do) |
| Land of Enlightened and Unenlightened Beings[凡聖同居土] ( bonshō-dōgo-do) |
| Land of Eternally Tranquil Light[常寂光土] ( jōjakkō-do) |
| Land of Joy[歓喜国] ( Abhirati; Kangi-koku) |
| Land of Sages and Common Mortals[凡聖同居土] ( bonshō-dōgo-do) |
| Land of Tranquil Light[寂光土] ( jakkō-do) |
| Land of Transition[方便土] ( hōben-do) |
| Land of Wonderful Joy[妙喜国] ( Myōki-koku) |
| Lankāvatāra Sutra[楞伽経] (; Chin Leng-ch’ieh-ching; Ryōga-kyō) |
| Larger Wisdom Sutra[大品般若経] ( Panchavimshatisāhasrikā-prajnāpāramitā; Chin Ta-p’in-pan-jo-ching; Daibon-hannya-kyō) |
| last five-hundred-year period[後五百歳] ( go-gohyakusai) |
| Latter Day of the Law[末法] ( mappō) |
| Law[法] ( dharma; hō) |
| Law Bright[法明如来] ( Dharmaprabhāsa; Hōmyō-nyorai) |
| Law-devouring hungry spirit[食法餓鬼] ( jikihō-gaki) |
| Law-wheel[法輪] ( hōrin) |
| lay nun[尼] ( ama) |
| lay priest[入道] ( nyūdō) |
| Learned Youth[儒童] ( Mānava or Mānavaka; Judō) |
| lecture hall[講堂] ( kōdō) |
| Legacy Teachings Sutra[遺教経] (Chin I-chiao-ching; Yuikyō-gyō) |
| lessening one’s karmic retribution[転重軽受] ( tenjū-kyōju) |
| lesser vehicle[小乗] ( shōjō) |
| Letter to Shimoyama[下山御消息] ( Shimoyama-goshōsoku) |
| Liang Dynasty Biographies of Eminent Priests, The[梁高僧伝] (Chin Liang-kao-seng-chuan; Ryō-kōsō-den) |
| Liang-hsü[良諝] (n.d.) (PY Liangxu; Ryōjo) |
| Liang-pi[良賁] (717–777) (PY Liangbi; Ryōhi) |
| Licchavi[離車] (, Pali; Risha) |
| life-liberating practice[放生会] ( hōjō-e) |
| “Life Span” chapter[寿量品] ( Juryō-hon) |
| “Life Span of the Thus Come One” chapter[如来寿量品] ( Nyorai-juryō-hon) |
| Light Bright[光明如来] ( Rashmiprabhāsa; Kōmyō-nyorai) |
| Light Sound Heaven[光音天] ( Ābhāsvara; Kō’on-ten) |
| Lin-chi school[臨済宗] (PY Linjizong; Rinzai-shū) |
| lion seat[師子座・獅子座] ( simhāsana; shishi-za) |
| Lion Sound King[師子音王仏] ( Simhanādarāja; Shishionnō-butsu) |
| lion’s roar[師子吼・獅子吼] ( simhanāda; shishi-ku) |
| Lion’s Roar of Queen Shrīmālā Sutra[勝鬘師子吼経] ( Shōman-shishiku-kyō) |
| lion throne[師子座・獅子座] ( shishi-za) |
| little desire and contentment with a little gain[少欲知足] ( shōyoku-chisoku) |
| lobha[貪・貪欲] (, Pali; ton or ton’yoku) |
| Lokakshema[支婁迦讖] (n.d.) (; Shirukasen) |
| Lokāyata[順世外道] (, Pali; Junse-gedō or Junsei-gedō) |
| Lokeshvararāja[世自在王仏] (; Sejizaiō-butsu) |
| Long Āgama Sutra[長阿含経] (Chin Ch’ang-a-han-ching; Jō-agon-gyō) |
| long broad tongue[広長舌] ( kōchō-zetsu) |
| lord of teachings[教主] ( kyōshu) |
| Lotus and Nirvana period[法華涅槃時] ( Hokke-nehan-ji) |
| lotus as a metaphor[譬喩蓮華] ( hiyu-renge) |
| Lotus meditation[法華三昧] ( hokke-sammai or hokke-zammai) |
| lotus of the entity[当体蓮華] ( tōtai-renge) |
| Lotus school[法華宗] (Chin Fa-hua-tsung; Hokke-shū) |
| Lotus Sutra[法華経] ( Saddharma-pundarīka-sūtra; Chin Fa-hua-ching; Hoke-kyō) |
| Lotus Sutra and Its Traditions, The[法華伝記] (Chin Fa-hua-chuan-chi; Hokke-denki) |
| Lotus Sutra of the Correct Law[正法華経] (Chin Cheng-fa-hua-ching; Shō-hoke-kyō) |
| Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law[妙法蓮華経] ( Saddharma-pundarīka-sūtra; Chin Miao-fa-lien-hua-ching; Myoho-renge-kyo) |
| Lotus Treasury World[蓮華蔵世界・華蔵世界] ( Kusuma-tala-garbha-vyūhālamkāra-loka-dhātu-samudra or Padma-garbha-loka-dhātu; Rengezō-sekai or Kezō-sekai) (1) (2) |
| Lou-lan[楼蘭] (PY Loulan; Rōran) |
| Lumbinī[藍毘尼] (, Pali; Rambini) |
| Lung-men caves[竜門石窟] (PY Longmen; Ryūmon-sekkutsu) |
| Lü school[律宗] (PY Lüzong; Risshū) |
| Madhura[摩奴羅] (; Manura) |
| madhya() (1) [末陀] ( mada); (2) [中] ( chū) |
| Madhyamaka-kārikā[中頌・中論頌・中論] (; Chūju, Chūron-ju, or Chū-ron) |
| Mādhyamika school[中観派] (; Chūgan-ha) |
| Madhyāntika[末田提・末田地] (; Madendai or Madenji) |
| Magadha[摩掲陀国] (, Pali; Makada-koku) |
| mahā[摩訶] (, Pali; maka) |
| Mahābrahmā[大梵天] (, Pali; Daibon-ten) |
| Mahābrahman Heaven[大梵天] (; Daibon-ten) |
| Mahādeva[摩訶提婆・大天] (; Makadaiba or Daiten) |
| Mahākacchāyana[摩訶迦旃延] (Pali; Makakasennen) |
| Mahākāla[摩訶迦羅天] (; Makakara-ten) |
| Mahākāshyapa[摩訶迦葉] (; Pali Mahākassapa; Makakashō) |
| Mahākātyāyana[摩訶迦旃延] (; Makakasennen) |
| Mahāmaudgalyāyana[摩訶目犍連・大目犍連] (; Makamokkenren or Daimokkenren) |
| Mahāmāyā[摩訶摩耶] (, Pali; Makamaya) |
| Mahānāma[摩訶男] (, Pali; Makanan) |
| Mahāpanthaka[摩訶槃特] (, Pali; Makahandoku) |
| Mahāparinirvāna Sutra(1) (3) [大般涅槃経] (Chin Ta-pan-nieh-p’an-ching; Daihatsu-nehan-gyō); (2) [大般泥洹経] (Chin Ta-pan-ni-yüan-ching; Daihatsu-naion-gyō) |
| Mahāprajāpatī[摩訶波闍波提] (; Pali Mahāpajāpatī; Makahajahadai) |
| Mahāsamghika school[大衆部] (; Daishu-bu) |
| mahāsattva[摩訶薩・大士] (; makasatsu or daishi) |
| Mahāsattva[摩訶薩埵・薩埵王子] (; Makasatta or Satta-ōji) |
| Mahāsthāmaprāpta[勢至菩薩] (; Seishi-bosatsu) |
| Mahāvairochana[大日如来] (; Dainichi-nyorai) |
| Mahāvairochana Sutra[大日経] (; Chin Ta-jih-ching; Dainichi-kyō) |
| Mahāvamsa[大史・大王統史] (Pali; Daishi or Dai-ōtōshi) |
| Mahāvana Monastery[大林精舎] (, Pali; Dairin-shōja) |
| Mahāvastu[大事] (; Daiji) |
| Mahayana Buddhism[大乗仏教] ( Daijō-bukkyō) |
| Mahayana Method of Concentration and Insight, The[大乗止観法門] (Chin Ta-ch’eng-chih-kuan-fa-men; Daijō-shikan-hōmon) |
| Mahayana ordination platform[大乗戒壇] ( daijō-kaidan) |
| Mahendra[摩呬陀] (n.d.) (; Pali Mahinda; Mahinda) |
| Maheshvara[摩醯首羅天] (; Makeishura-ten) |
| Mahinda[摩呬陀] (Pali; Mahinda) |
| Mahīshāsaka school[化地部・弥沙塞部] (; Keji-bu or Mishasoku-bu) |
| mahoraga[摩睺羅伽] (, Pali; magoraga) |
| maintaining-consciousness[執持識] ( shūji-shiki) |
| Maitreya() (1) [弥勒菩薩] ( Miroku-bosatsu); (2) [弥勒] ( Miroku) |
| maitrī[慈] (; Pali mettā; ji) |
| Majjhima-nikāya[中部] (Pali; Chū-bu) |
| major kalpa[大劫] ( dai-kō) |
| major world system[三千大千世界] ( trisāhasra-mahāsāhasraloka-dhātu; sanzen-daisen-sekai) |
| major world system dust particle kalpas[三千塵点劫] ( sanzen-jintengō or sanzen-jindengō) |
| makara[摩竭] (, Pali; makatsu) |
| Makkhali Gosāla[末伽梨拘舎梨] (Pali; Makkari-kushari) |
| Malaya, Mount[摩黎山・摩羅耶山] (; Mari-sen, Marei-sen, or Maraya-sen) |
| Malla[末羅] (, Pali; Matsura) |
| Mallikā[末利] (, Pali; Mari) |
| māna[慢] (, Pali; man) |
| mandala[曼荼羅] (; mandara) |
| māndāra flower[曼陀羅華] (; mandara-ke) |
| Māndhātri[頂生王・曼陀多王] (; Chōshō-ō or Mandata-ō) |
| mani[摩尼] (, Pali; mani) |
| manifested body[応身] ( nirmāna-kāya; ōjin) |
| manjūshaka flower[曼殊沙華] (; manjusha-ge) |
| Manjushrī[文殊師利菩薩・文殊菩薩] (; Monjushiri-bosatsu or Monju-bosatsu) |
| mano-consciousness[末那識] ( mano-vijnāna; mana-shiki) |
| man of pure faith[清信士] (, Pali upāsaka; shōshin-ji) |
| Manoratha[摩羅他・如意] (n.d.) (; Manurata or Nyoi) |
| Manorhita[摩奴羅] (n.d.) (; Manura) |
| mantra[真言] (; shingon) |
| many in body, one in mind[異体同心] ( itai-dōshin) |
| Many Treasures[多宝如来] ( Prabhūtaratna; Tahō-nyorai) |
| māra[魔] (, Pali; ma) |
| Marīchi[摩利支天] (; Marishi-ten) |
| markings of the thousand-spoked wheel[千輻輪相] ( sempukurin-sō) |
| Mātanga[摩騰迦・摩騰] (; Matōga or Matō) |
| Mathura[摩突羅国] ( Mathurā; Matora-koku) |
| matrix of the Tathāgata[如来蔵] ( nyorai-zō) |
| matrix of the Thus Come One[如来蔵] ( tathāgata-garbha; nyorai-zō) |
| Matrix of the Thus Come One Sutra[如来蔵経] ( Tathāgatagarbha-sūtra; Chin Ju-lai-tsang-ching; Nyoraizō-kyō) |
| Matsubagayatsu[松葉ケ谷] |
| Matsubagayatsu Persecution[松葉ケ谷の法難] ( Matsubagayatsu-no-hōnan) |
| Matsuno Rokurō Saemon[松野六郎左衛門] (d. 1278) |
| Maudgalyāyana[目連・目犍連] (; Pali Moggallāna; Mokuren or Mokkenren) |
| Māyā[摩耶] (, Pali; Maya) |
| Māyā Sutra[摩耶経] (; Chin Mo-ya-ching; Maya-kyō) |
| Meaning of the Four Teachings, The[四教義] (Chin Ssu-chiao-i; Shikyō-gi) |
| Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The[法華経義記・法華義記] (Chin Fa-hua-ching-i-chi or Fa-hua-i-chi; Hokekyō-giki or Hokke-giki) |
| Medicine King[薬王菩薩] ( Bhaishajyarāja; Yakuō-bosatsu) |
| “Medicine King” chapter[薬王品] ( Yakuō-bon) |
| Medicine Master[薬師如来] ( Bhaishajyaguru; Yakushi-nyorai) |
| Medicine Master Sutra[薬師経] ( Bhaishajyaguru-vaidūryaprabharāja-sūtra; Chin Yao-shih-ching; Yakushi-kyō) |
| Medicine Superior[薬上菩薩] ( Bhaishajyarājasamudgata or Bhaishajyasamudgata; Yakujō-bosatsu) |
| meditation[禅・禅定] ( dhyāna; Pali jhāna; zen or zenjō) |
| meditation master[禅師] ( zenji) |
| Meditation on the Buddha Infinite Life Sutra[観無量寿経] (Chin Kuan-wu-liang-shou-ching; Kammuryōju-kyō) |
| Meditation on the Buddha Sutra[観仏三昧経] ( Kambutsu-sammai-kyō) |
| Meditation on the Correct Teaching Sutra[正法念処経] (Chin Cheng-fa-nien-ch’u-ching; Shōbōnenjo-kyō) |
| meditation on the five elements[五輪観] ( gorin-kan) |
| meditation on the vileness of the body[不浄観] ( fujō-kan) |
| Meditation Sutra[観経] ( Kan-gyō) |
| meditation to behold the Buddhas[般舟三昧] ( pratyutpanna-samādhi; hanju-zammai) |
| medium kalpa[中劫] ( chū-kō) |
| Medium-Length Āgama Sutra[中阿含経] (Chin Chung-a-han-ching; Chū-agon-gyō) |
| Miao-lo[妙楽] (711–782) (PY Miaole; Myōraku) |
| Middle Day of the Law[像法] ( zōbō) |
| middle path of the eight negations[八不中道] ( happu-chūdō) |
| Middle Way[中道] ( madhyamā-pratipad; chūdō) |
| Mihirakula[大族王] (n.d.) (; Daizoku-ō) |
| Mii-dera[三井寺] |
| Mikkaka[弥遮迦] (; Mishaka) |
| Mikuni no Taifu[三国太夫] (d. 1258) |
| Milinda[弥蘭陀] (n.d.) (Pali; Miranda-ō) |
| Milindapanha[ミリンダ王問経] (Pali; Mirindaō-monkyō) |
| Ming-sheng[明勝] (n.d.) (PY Mingsheng; Myōshō) |
| Minobu, Mount[身延山] ( Minobu-san) |
| Minobu Transfer Document, The[身延相承書] ( Minobu-sōjō-sho) |
| Mirakutsu[弥羅掘] |
| Miran[ミーラーン] ( Mīrān) |
| Miroku[弥勒] () |
| Misawa Kojirō[三沢小次郎] (n.d.) |
| Miscellaneous Āgama Sutra[雑阿含経] (Chin Tsa-a-han-ching; Zō-agon-gyō) |
| mitra[知識] (; chishiki) |
| Mogao Caves[莫高窟] (PY; WG Mo-kao; Bakkō-kutsu) |
| Moggallāna[目連・目犍連] (Pali; Mokuren or Mokkenren) |
| moha[愚癡・癡・無明] (, Pali; guchi, chi, or mumyō) |
| Mo-kao Caves[莫高窟] (PY Mogao; Bakkō-kutsu) |
| moksha[解脱] (; gedatsu) |
| Mongaku[文覚] (n.d.) |
| Monju[文殊] () |
| Monjushiri[文殊師利] () |
| moon, god of the[月天] ( Chandra; Gatten) |
| Moonlight[月光菩薩] ( Chandraprabha; Gakkō-bosatsu) |
| moon-loving meditation[月愛三昧] ( gatsuai-zammai) |
| Moon of Deliverance[解脱月菩薩] ( Vimuktichandra; Gedatsugatsu-bosatsu) |
| most honored of two-legged beings[両足尊・二足尊] ( ryōsoku-son, ryōzoku-son, or nisoku-son) |
| Mother of Demon Children[鬼子母神] ( Hārītī; Kishimojin) |
| Mountain King[山王] ( Sannō) |
| Mountain Order school[山門派] ( Sammon-ha) |
| Mountain school(1) [山門派] ( Sammon-ha); (2) [山家派] (Chin Shan-chia-p’ai; Sange-ha) |
| Mountain Sea Wisdom Unrestricted Power King[山海慧自在通王如来] ( Sāgara-vara-dhara-buddhi-vikrīditābhijna; Sengaie-jizaitsūō-nyorai) |
| Mrigadāva[鹿野苑] (; Rokuya-on) |
| mudra[印契] ( mudrā; ingei) |
| Mugaku Sogen[無学祖元] (1226–1286) (; Chin Wu-hsüeh Tsu-yüan) |
| mukti[解脱] (; gedatsu) |
| Multitudinous Graceful Actions Sutra[普曜経] ( Lalitavistara; Chin P’u-yao-ching; Fuyō-kyō) |
| muni[聖者・聖人・牟尼] (, Pali; seija, shōnin, or muni) |
| Mūrdhagata[頂生王・曼陀多王] (; Chōshō-ō or Mandata-ō) |
| mustard-seed kalpa[芥子劫] ( keshi-kō) |
| mutable karma[不定業] ( fujō-gō) |
| mutual possession of the Ten Worlds[十界互具] ( jikkai-gogu) |
| myō[妙] () |
| Myōe[明恵] (1173–1232) |
| Myōhō, the lay nun[妙法尼] ( Myōhō-ama) |
| Myoho-renge-kyo[妙法蓮華経] () |
| Myōichi, the lay nun[妙一尼] ( Myōichi-ama) (1) (2) |
| Myōichi-nyo[妙一女] (n.d.) |
| Myōjō Pond[明星が池] ( Myōjō-ga-ike) |
| Myōmitsu[妙密] (n.d.) |
| Myōren[妙蓮] (d. 1267) (d. 1323) |
| Myōshin, the lay nun[妙心尼] (n.d.) ( Myōshin-ama) |
| Myōun[明雲] (1115–1183) |
| Mystic Law[妙法] (Chin miao-fa; myōhō) |
| Mystic Law[妙法] (Chin miao-fa; Jpn myōhō) |
| Nadī Kāshyapa[那提迦葉] (; Pali Nadī Kassapa; Nadai-kashō) |
| Nāgabodhi[竜智] (n.d.) (; Ryūchi) |
| Nāgārjuna[竜樹] (n.d.) (; Ryūju) |
| Nāgasena[那先比丘] (n.d.) (, Pali; Nasen-biku) |
| Nagoe, the lay nun of[名越の尼] (n.d.) ( Nagoe-no-ama) |
| Nairanjanā River[尼連禅河] (; Pali Neranjarā; Nirenzen-ga) |
| Naivasamjnānāsamjnā Realm[非想非非想処] (; Hisō-hihisō-sho) |
| Nakaoki, the lay priest of[中興入道] (n.d.) ( Nakaoki-nyūdō) |
| Nālandā Monastery[那爛陀寺] (; Naranda-ji) |
| Nambu Rokurō Sanenaga[南部六郎実長] |
| Nam-myoho-renge-kyo[南無妙法蓮華経] |
| namu[南無] (; namas) |
| Namu Amida Butsu[南無阿弥陀仏] |
| Nanda[難陀] (; Nanda) |
| Nanjō Hyōe Shichirō[南条兵衛七郎] (d. 1265) |
| Nanjō Shichirō Gorō[南条七郎五郎] (1265–1280) |
| Nanjō Tokimitsu[南条時光] (1259–1332) |
| Nan-yüeh[南岳] (515–577) (PY Nanyue; Nangaku) |
| naraka[地獄・奈落] (, Pali; jigoku or naraku) |
| Nārāyana[那羅延] (; Naraen) |
| Narendrayashas[那連提耶舎] (490–589) (; Narendaiyasha) |
| nayuta[那由多] (; nayuta) |
| near-perfect enlightenment[等覚] ( tōgaku) |
| Nembutsu[念仏] () |
| Nembutsu Chosen above All, The[選択集] ( Senchaku-shū or Senjaku-shū) |
| Nembutsu school[念仏宗] ( Nembutsu-shū) |
| Nen’a[然阿] |
| Neranjarā River[尼連禅河] (Pali; Nirenzen-ga) |
| Never Disparaging[常不軽菩薩・不軽菩薩] ( Sadāparibhūta; Jōfukyō-bosatsu or Fukyō-bosatsu) |
| “Never Disparaging” chapter[不軽品] ( Fukyō-bon) |
| new translations[新訳] ( shin’yaku) |
| nibbāna[涅槃] (Pali; nehan) |
| Nichiben[日弁] (1239–1311) |
| Nichidai[日代] (1297–1394) |
| Nichigen-nyo[日眼女] (1242–1303) |
| Nichigō[日郷・日毫] (1293–1353) |
| Nichiji[日持] (b. 1250) |
| Nichijū[日什] (1314–1392) |
| Nichijun[日順] (1294–1356) |
| Nichikan[日寛] (1665–1726) |
| Nichikō[日講] (1626–1698) |
| Nichimoku[日目] (1260–1333) |
| Nichimyō[日妙] (n.d.) |
| Nichinyo[日女] (n.d.) |
| Nichiō[日奥] (1565–1630) |
| Nichiren[日蓮] (1222–1282) |
| Nichiren school[日蓮宗] ( Nichiren-shū) |
| Nichiren Shōshū[日蓮正宗] |
| Nichirō[日朗] (1245–1320) |
| Nichiu[日有] (1402–1482) |
| Nichizen[日禅] (d. 1331) |
| Nichizon[日尊] (1265–1345) |
| Nigantha Nātaputta[尼乾陀若提子] (Pali; Nikenda-nyakudaishi) |
| Niiama[新尼] (n.d.) |
| Niida Shirō Nobutsuna[新田四郎信綱] (n.d.) |
| Niike Saemon-no-jō[新池左衛門尉] (n.d.) |
| Nikke[日華] |
| Nikkō(1) [日興] (1246–1333); (2) [日光] () |
| Nikō[日向] (1253–1314) |
| Nikō’s Records[日向記] ( Nikō-ki) |
| nine arrogances[九慢] ( ku-man) |
| nine consciousnesses[九識] ( ku-shiki) |
| nine divisions of the scriptures[九分経] ( kubun-kyō) |
| nine divisions of the teachings[九分教] ( kubun-kyō) |
| nine great ordeals[九横の大難] ( kuō-no-dainan) |
| nine great persecutions[九横の大難] ( kuō-no-dainan) |
| nine honored ones on the eight-petaled lotus[八葉九尊] ( hachiyō-kuson) |
| nine mountains and eight seas[九山八海] ( kusen-hakkai) |
| nine schools[九宗] ( ku-shū) |
| ninety-five non-Buddhist schools[九十五種の外道] ( kujūgoshu-no-gedō) |
| nine types of arrogance[九慢] ( ku-man) |
| nine worlds[九界] ( ku-kai or kyū-kai) |
| Ninshō[忍性] |
| ninth period of decrease in the kalpa of continuance[住劫第九の減] ( jūkō-daiku-no-gen) |
| nirmāna-kāya[応身] (; ōjin) |
| nirvana[涅槃] (; Pali nibbāna; nehan) |
| nirvana of no remainder[無余涅槃] ( muyo-nehan) |
| nirvana of remainder[有余涅槃] ( uyo-nehan) |
| Nirvana school[涅槃宗] (Chin Nieh-p’an-tsung; Nehan-shū) |
| Nirvana Sutra[涅槃経] (Chin Nieh-p’an-ching; Nehan-gyō) |
| Nishiyama, the lay priest of[西山入道] (n.d.) ( Nishiyama-nyūdō) |
| Nissen[日仙] (1262–1357) |
| Nisshō[日昭] (1221–1323) |
| Nisshū[日秀] (d. 1329) |
| Nitchō(1) [日頂] (1252–1317); (2) [日澄] (1262–1310) |
| noble eightfold path[八正道] ( hasshō-dō) |
| non-duality of body and mind[色心不二] ( shikishin-funi) |
| non-duality of delusion and enlightenment[迷悟不二・迷悟一体] ( meigo-funi or meigo-ittai) |
| non-duality of good and evil[善悪不二] ( zen’aku-funi) |
| non-duality of life and its environment[依正不二] ( eshō-funi) |
| non-duality of living beings and Buddhas[生仏不二・生仏一如] ( shōbutsu-funi or shōbutsu-ichinyo) |
| Nōnin[能忍] (n.d.) |
| non-returner[阿那含・不還] (, Pali anāgāmin; anagon or fugen) |
| non-substantiality[空] ( shūnya or shūnyatā; kū) |
| Northern Buddhism[北方仏教・北伝仏教] ( Hoppō-bukkyō or Hokuden-bukkyō) |
| Northern school of Zen[北宗禅] ( Hokushū Zen) |
| numberless major world system dust particle kalpas[五百塵点劫] ( gohyaku-jintengō or gohyaku-jindengō) |
| Nyagrodha[尼倶律陀] (; Nikurida) |
| nyagrodha tree[尼拘律樹・尼倶類樹] (; nikuritsu-ju or nikurui-ju) |
| Nyohō[如宝] (d. 814 or 815) (; Chin Ju-pao) |
| nyūdō[入道] () |
| Ōama[大尼] (n.d.) |
| Ōbaku school[黄檗宗] ( Ōbaku-shū) |
| Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind, The[観心本尊抄] ( Kanjin-no-honzon-shō) |
| object of devotion of the essential teaching[本門の本尊] ( hommon-no-honzon) |
| observation of the mind[観心] ( kanjin) |
| ocean-imprint meditation[海印三昧] ( kaiin-zammai) |
| Ocean of Meditation on the Buddha Sutra[観仏三昧海経] (Chin Kuan-fo-san-mei-hai-ching; Kambutsu-sammai-kai-kyō) |
| offering[供養] ( kuyō) |
| Ōhara Discourse[大原問答・大原談義] ( Ōhara-mondō or Ōhara-dangi) |
| old translations[旧訳] ( kuyaku) |
| om[唵] (; on) |
| Omosu Seminary[重須談所] ( Omosu-dansho) |
| once-returner[斯陀含・一来] ( sakridāgāmin; Pali sakadāgāmin; shidagon or ichirai) |
| On Chanting the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra[唱法華題目抄] ( Shōhokke-daimoku-shō) |
| one Buddha vehicle[一仏乗] ( ichi-butsujō) |
| one chapter and two halves[一品二半] ( ippon-nihan) |
| one-eyed turtle[一眼の亀] ( ichigen-no-kame) |
| one great reason[一大事] ( ichidaiji) |
| One Hundred Records of the Great Teacher T’ien-t’ai, The[国清百録] (Chin Kuo-ch’ing-pai-lu; Kokusei-hyakuroku) |
| One-Hundred-Verse Treatise, The[百論] (Chin Pai-lun; Hyaku-ron) |
| oneness of body and mind[色心不二] ( shikishin-funi) |
| oneness of delusion and enlightenment[迷悟不二・迷悟一体] ( meigo-funi or meigo-ittai) |
| oneness of good and evil[善悪不二] ( zen’aku-funi) |
| oneness of life and its environment[依正不二] ( eshō-funi) |
| oneness of living beings and Buddhas[生仏不二・生仏一如] ( shōbutsu-funi or shōbutsu-ichinyo) |
| oneness of the Person and the Law[人法一箇] ( nimpō-ikka) |
| On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land[立正安国論] ( Risshō-ankoku-ron) |
| one vehicle[一乗] ( ekayāna; ichijō) |
| one vehicle teaching[一乗法] ( ichijō-hō) |
| One Who Can Endure[能忍] ( nōnin) |
| Ōnichi-nyo[王日女] (n.d.) |
| Onjō-ji[園城寺] |
| On Refuting the Five Priests[五人所破抄] ( Gonin-shoha-shō) |
| On Repaying Debts of Gratitude[報恩抄] ( Hō’on-shō) |
| On Taking the Essence of the Lotus Sutra[法華取要抄] ( Hokke-shuyō-shō) |
| On the Formalities[化儀抄] ( Kegi-shō) |
| On the Four Stages of Faith and the Five Stages of Practice[四信五品抄] ( Shishin-gohon-shō) |
| On the Peaceful Practices of the Lotus Sutra[法華経安楽行義] (Chin Fa-hua-ching-an-lo-hsing-i; Hokekyō-anrakugyō-gi) |
| Opening of the Eyes, The[開目抄] ( Kaimokū-sho) |
| opening the near and revealing the distant[開近顕遠] ( kaigon-kennon) |
| opening the provisional and revealing the true[開権顕実] ( kaigon-kenjitsu) |
| opening the three vehicles and revealing the one vehicle[開三顕一] ( kaisan-ken’ichi) |
| opposite shore[彼岸] ( higan) |
| ordinary person[凡夫] ( prithag-jana or bāla; bompu or bombu) |
| ordination platform[戒壇] ( kaidan) |
| original Buddha[本仏] ( hombutsu) |
| original enlightenment[本覚] ( hongaku) |
| original vows[本願] ( pūrvapranidhāna; hongan) |
| Ornament of Mahayana Sutras, The[大乗荘厳経論] ( Mahāyāna-sūtrālamkāra; Chin Ta-ch’eng-chuang-yen-ching-lun; Daijō-shōgonkyō-ron) |
| Ōta Jōmyō[大田乗明] (1222–1283) |
| other shore[彼岸] ( higan) |
| Oto[乙] (n.d.) |
| outflows[漏] ( āsrava; ro) |
| Outside-the-Mountain school[山外派] (Chin Shan-wai-p’ai; Sangai-ha) |
| Outstanding Principles of the Lotus Sutra, The[法華秀句] ( Hokke-shūku) |
| Ōwa Debate[応和の宗論] ( Ōwa-no-shūron) |
| ox-headed demons[牛頭] ( goshīrsha; gozu) |
| oxhead sandalwood[牛頭栴檀] ( goshīrsha-chandana; gozu-sendan) |
| ox-head sandalwood[牛頭栴檀] ( goshīrsha-chandana; gozu-sendan) |
| pagoda[塔] ( tō) |
| Pai-lien-she[白蓮社] (PY Bailianshe; Byakuren-sha) |
| Pai-ma-ssu[白馬寺] (PY Baimasi; Hakuba-ji) |
| Painfully Acquired[苦得] ( Kutoku) |
| Pakudha Kacchāyana[迦羅鳩駄迦旃延] (Pali; Karakuda-kasennen) |
| pāpīyas[波旬] (; hajun) |
| parable of the blind men and the elephant[群盲評象の譬] ( gummō-hyōzō-no-tatoe) |
| parable of the bright jewel in the topknot[髻中明珠の譬] ( keichū-myōju-no-tatoe) |
| parable of the burning house[火宅の譬] ( kataku-no-tatoe) |
| parable of the jewel in the robe[衣裏珠の譬] ( eriju-no-tatoe) |
| parable of the medicinal herbs[薬草喩] ( yakusō-yu) |
| “Parable of the Medicinal Herbs” chapter[薬草喩品] ( Yakusōyu-hon) |
| parable of the phantom city[化城喩] ( kejō-yu) |
| parable of the phantom city and the treasure land[化城宝処の譬] ( kejō-hōsho-no-tatoe) |
| “Parable of the Phantom City” chapter[化城喩品] ( Kejōyu-hon) |
| parable of the skilled physician and his sick children[良医病子の譬] ( rōi-byōshi-no-tatoe) |
| parable of the three carts and the burning house[三車火宅の譬] ( sansha-kataku-no-tatoe) |
| parable of the three kinds of medicinal herbs and two kinds of trees[三草二木の譬] ( sansō-nimoku-no-tatoe) |
| parable of the wealthy man and his poor son[長者窮子の譬] ( chōja-gūji-no-tatoe) |
| pārājika[波羅夷] (, Pali; harai) |
| Paramārtha[真諦] (499–569) (; Shindai) |
| pāramitā[波羅蜜] (, Pali; haramitsu) |
| parinirvāna[般涅槃・涅槃] (; Pali parinibbāna; hatsu-nehan or nehan) |
| Parinirvāna Sutra[般泥洹経] ( Hatsu-naion-gyō) |
| Pārshva[脇比丘・脇尊者] (n.d.) (; Kyō-biku or Kyō-sonja) |
| Parthia[安息国] ( Ansoku-koku) |
| Pasenadi[波斯匿王] (Pali; Hashinoku-ō) |
| Pātaliputra[華氏城] (; Pali Pātaliputta; Keshi-jō) |
| path[趣・道] (, Pali gati; shu or dō) |
| path of insight[見道] ( ken-dō) |
| pātra[鉢] (; hachi or hatsu) |
| patriarchal Zen[祖師禅] ( soshi-zen) |
| pattra[貝多羅] (; baitara) |
| Peace and Delight[安楽世界] ( Sukhāvatī; Anraku-sekai) |
| Peace and Sustenance[安養国] ( Sukhāvatī; An’yō-koku or Annyō-koku) |
| “Peaceful Practices” chapter[安楽行品] ( Anraku-gyō-hon) |
| peak stage[頂位・頂法] ( chō-i or chō-hō) |
| Perceiver of Sounds[観音菩薩] ( Kannon-bosatsu) |
| Perceiver of the World’s Sounds[観世音菩薩] ( Avalokitasvara or Avalokiteshvara; Kanzeon-bosatsu) |
| “Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” chapter[観音品] ( Kannon-bon) |
| Perceiver of the World’s Sounds Sutra[観音経] (Chin Kuan-yin-ching; Kannon-gyō) |
| perception of the truth of the birthlessness of all phenomena[無生法忍] ( mushō-bōnin) |
| perception stage[忍位・忍法] ( nin-i or nin-pō) |
| Perfect Bliss[極楽] ( Sukhāvatī; Gokuraku) |
| perfect enlightenment[妙覚・円覚] ( myōgaku or engaku) |
| Perfect Enlightenment Sutra[円覚経] (Chin Yüan-chüeh-ching; Engaku-kyō) |
| Perfection of Wisdom sutras[般若波羅蜜経] ( Hannya-haramitsu-kyō) |
| perfect precepts[円戒] ( en-kai) |
| perfect teaching[円教] ( en-gyō) |
| persons of incorrigible disbelief[一闡提] ( issendai) |
| phantom city[化城] ( kejō) |
| Pilindavatsa[畢陵伽婆蹉] (; Hitsuryōgabasha) |
| Pindolabhāradvāja[賓頭盧] (, Pali; Binzuru) |
| Pingala[青目・賓伽羅] (n.d.) (; Shōmoku or Bingara) |
| pipal tree[インドボダイジュ] ( pippala; Indo-bodaiju) |
| pippala tree[畢鉢羅樹] (; hippara-ju) |
| Pippalī Cave[畢鉢羅窟] (; Hippara-kutsu) |
| pishācha[毘舎闍] (; bishaja) |
| P’i-t’an school[毘曇宗] (PY Pitanzong; Bidon-shū) |
| pit of fire[火坑] ( kakyō or kakō) |
| place of practice[道場] ( dōjō) |
| planting the seeds of Buddhahood[下種] ( geshu) |
| Platform Sutra, The[壇経] ( Dan-kyō) |
| Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, The[六祖壇経] (Chin Liu-tsu-t’an-ching; Rokuso-dan-kyō) |
| Po Fa-tsu[帛法祖] (PY Bo Fazu; Haku-hōso) |
| poison-drum relationship[毒鼓の縁] ( dokku-no-en) |
| poshadha[布薩] (; fusatsu) |
| Possessor of Virtue[有徳王] ( Utoku-ō) |
| Potalaka, Mount[補陀落山] (; Fudaraku-sen) |
| power of another[他力] ( tariki) |
| power of self[自力] ( jiriki) |
| Po-yüan[帛遠] (PY Boyuan; Hakuon) |
| practice for oneself and others[自行化他] ( jigyō-keta) |
| Praising Rebirth in the Pure Land[往生礼讃] (Chin Wang-sheng-li-tsan; Ōjō-raisan) |
| Praising the Buddha’s Deeds[仏所行讃] ( Buddhacharita; Chin Fo-so-hsing-tsan; Busshogyō-san) |
| Praising the Profundity of the Lotus Sutra[法華玄賛] (Chin Fa-hua-hsüan-tsan; Hokke-genzan) |
| prajnā[般若] (; hannya) |
| Prajnā[般若] (b. 734) (; Hannya) |
| prajnā-pāramitā[般若波羅蜜] (; hannya-haramitsu) |
| Prajnāpāramitā sutras[般若経] (; Hannya-kyō) |
| Prajnāruchi[般若流支] (n.d.) (; Hannyarushi) |
| pranidhāna[誓願] (; seigan) |
| Prāsangika school[帰謬論証派] (; Kibyūronshō-ha) |
| Prasenajit[波斯匿王] (; Pali Pasenadi; Hashinoku-ō) |
| pratigha[瞋恚・瞋] (; shinni or shin) |
| pratītya-samutpāda[縁起・因縁] (; engi or innen) |
| pratyekabuddha[縁覚・独覚・辟支仏] (; engaku, dokkaku, or byakushibutsu) |
| pravārana[自恣] (; Pali pavāranā; jishi) |
| prayer beads[数珠] ( juzu) |
| Prayer for Rain Sutra[請雨経] (Chin Ch’ing-yü-ching; Shōu-kyō) |
| preaching in accordance with one’s own mind[随自意] ( zuijii) |
| preaching in accordance with the minds of others[随他意] ( zuitai) |
| precept for benefiting sentient beings[饒益有情戒・摂衆生戒] ( nyōyaku-ujō-kai or shō-shujō-kai) |
| precept of adapting to local customs[随方毘尼] ( zuihō-bini) |
| precept of the diamond chalice[金剛宝器戒] ( kongō-hōki-kai) |
| precepts[戒] ( shīla; Pali sīla; kai) |
| precepts, meditation, and wisdom[戒定慧] ( kai-jō-e) |
| precepts of perfect and immediate enlightenment[円頓戒] ( endon-kai) |
| Precepts school[律宗] (Chin Lü-tsung; Risshū) |
| precept that encompasses all good deeds[摂善法戒] ( shō-zembō-kai) |
| precept that encompasses all living beings[摂衆生戒] ( shō-shujō-kai) |
| Precious Key to the Secret Treasury, The[秘蔵宝鑰] ( Hizō-hōyaku) |
| pre-Lotus Sutra teachings[爾前教] ( nizen-kyō) |
| preparation section[序分] ( jo-bun) |
| preta[餓鬼・薜茘・薜茘多] (; gaki, heirei, or heireita) |
| preventing error and putting an end to evil[防非止悪] ( bōhi-shiaku) |
| Principle of Wisdom Sutra[理趣経] ( Ārya-prajnāpāramitā-naya-shatapanchashatikā; Chin Li-ch’ü-ching; Rishu-kyō) |
| Profound Meaning of the Four Mahayana Treatises, The[大乗四論玄義] (Chin Ta-ch’eng-ssu-lun-hsüan-i; Daijō-shiron-gengi) |
| Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The[法華玄義] (Chin Fa-hua-hsüan-i; Hokke-gengi) |
| Profound Meaning of the “Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” Chapter, The[観音玄義] (Chin Kuan-yin-hsüan-i; Kannon-gengi) |
| Profound Meaning of the Three Treatises, The[三論玄義] (Chin San-lun-hsüan-i; Sanron-gengi) |
| Profound Secrets Sutra[深密経] ( Jimmitsu-kyō) |
| Pronunciation and Meaning in the Buddhist Scriptures[一切経音義] (Chin I-ch’ieh-ching-yin-i; Issaikyō-ongi) |
| Propagation of Zen for the Protection of the Country, The[興禅護国論] ( Kōzen-gokoku-ron) |
| “Prophecies” chapter[人記品] ( Ninki-hon) |
| “Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts” chapter[授学無学人記品] ( Jugaku-mugaku-ninki-hon) |
| “Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples” chapter[五百弟子受記品] ( Gohyaku-deshi-juki-hon) |
| prophecy of future enlightenment[授記・記別・和伽羅那] ( vyākarana; Pali veyyākarana; juki, kibetsu, or wagarana) |
| Protection of the Sovereign of the Nation Sutra[守護国界経] (Chin Shou-hu-kuo-chieh-ching; Shugo-kokkai-kyō) |
| Protection Sutra[守護経] ( Shugo-kyō) |
| protuberant knot of flesh[肉髻相] ( nikkei-sō) |
| provincial temples[国分寺] ( kokubun-ji) |
| provincial temples for nuns[国分尼寺] ( kokubun-niji) |
| provisional Buddha[迹仏] ( shakubutsu) |
| provisional Mahayana teachings[権大乗教] ( gon-daijō-kyō) |
| provisional manifestation[権化] ( gonge) |
| provisional sutras[権経] ( gon-kyō) |
| provisional teachings[権教] ( gon-kyō) |
| P’u-kuang[普光] (n.d.) (PY Puguang; Fukō) |
| Pu-k’ung[不空] (705–774) (PY Bukong; Amoghavajra; Fukū) |
| punya[功徳・福徳] (; kudoku or fukutoku) |
| Punyatāra[弗若多羅] (n.d.) (; Futsunyatara) |
| Punyayashas[富那奢] (n.d.) (; Funasha) |
| Pūrana Kassapa[富蘭那迦葉] (Pali; Furanna-kashō) |
| pure and far-reaching voice[梵音声] ( brahma-svara; bonnonjō) |
| Pure Emerald World[浄瑠璃世界] ( Jōruri-sekai) |
| Pure Eye[浄眼] ( Vimalanetra; Jōgen) |
| pure land[浄土] ( jōdo) |
| Pure Land of Perfect Bliss[極楽浄土] ( Gokuraku-jōdo) |
| Pure Land of Secret Solemnity[密厳浄土] ( Mitsugon-jōdo) |
| Pure Land school(1) [浄土門・浄土教・浄土宗] ( Jōdo-mon, Jōdo-kyō, or Jōdo-shū); (2) [浄土宗] ( Jōdo-shū) |
| Pure Land teachings[浄土門・浄土教] ( Jōdo-mon or Jōdo-kyō) |
| pure Law[白法] ( byakuhō) |
| Pure Practices[浄行菩薩] ( Vishuddhachāritra; Jōgyō-bosatsu) |
| Pure Storehouse[浄蔵] ( Vimalagarbha; Jōzō) |
| Pure Virtue[浄徳] ( Vimaladattā; Jōtoku) |
| purification of the six sense organs[六根清浄] ( rokkon-shōjō) |
| Pūrna[富楼那] (; Pali Punna; Furuna) |
| purpose of one’s advent[出世の本懐] ( shusse-no-honkai) |
| Pūrvavideha[弗婆提・勝身洲] (; Hotsubadai or Shōshin-shū) |
| Pushyamitra[弗沙弥多羅王] (n.d.) (; Hosshamittara-ō) |
| pūtana[富単那] (; futanna) |
| Questions and Answers on the Object of Devotion[本尊問答抄] ( Honzon-mondō-shō) |
| Questions of Brahmā Excellent Thought Sutra[思益梵天所問経] (Chin Ssu-i-fan-t’ien-so-wen-ching; Shiyaku-bonten-shomon-gyō) |
| Questions of King Milinda, The[ミリンダ王問経] ( Mirindaō-monkyō) |
| 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.) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Udayana[優塡王] (; Pali Udena; Uden-ō) |
| Uddaka Rāmaputta[鬱頭藍弗・優陀羅羅摩子] (Pali; Udraka Rāmaputra; Uzuranhotsu, Utsuzuranfutsu, or Udararamashi) |
| Uddiyāna[烏仗那国] (; Ujōna-koku) |
| Udraka Rāmaputra[鬱頭藍弗・優陀羅羅摩子] (; Uzuranhotsu, Utsuzuranfutsu, or Udararamashi) |
| udumbara[優曇華] (, Pali; udonge) |
| Udyāna[烏仗那国] (; Ujōna-koku) |
| Ueno, the lay nun[上野尼] (d. 1284) ( Ueno-ama) |
| Ujjayinī[烏闍衍那国] (; Pali Ujjenī; Ujaenna-koku) |
| Ulūka[優楼迦・漚楼僧佉] (; Uruka or Urusōgya) |
| Umegiku-nyo[梅菊女] (d. 1267) |
| Unborn Enemy[未生怨] ( Mishō’on) |
| unconditioned, the[無為] ( asamskrita; mui) |
| Unequalled One[阿娑摩] (, Pali asama; ashama) |
| Unexcelled Worthy[無上士] (, Pali anuttara; mujōshi) |
| unfixed karma[不定業] ( fujō-gō) |
| unhindered wisdom[無礙智] ( muge-chi) |
| unification of the three truths[円融の三諦] ( en’yū-no-santai) |
| Universal Brightness(1) [普明王] ( Shrutasoma; Pali Sutasoma; Fumyō-ō); (2) [普明如来] ( Samantaprabhāsa; Fumyō-nyorai) |
| “Universal Gateway” chapter[普門品] ( Fumon-bon) |
| “Universal Gateway of the Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” chapter[観世音菩薩普門品] ( Kanzeon-bosatsu-fumon-hon) |
| Universal Practice[普事比丘] ( Fuji-biku) |
| Universal Worthy[普賢菩薩] ( Samantabhadra; Fugen-bosatsu) |
| “Universal Worthy” chapter[普賢品] ( Fugen-bon) |
| Universal Worthy Sutra[普賢経] (Chin P’u-hsien-ching; Fugen-kyō) |
| unlabeled, the[無記] ( avyākrita; muki) |
| Unparalleled One[阿娑摩] ( ashama) |
| unseen crown of the head[無見頂相] ( mukenchō-sō) |
| unsurpassed enlightenment[無上菩提] ( anuttara-sambodhi; mujō-bodai) |
| unsurpassed way[無上道] ( mujō-dō) |
| upadesha[優婆提舎] (; ubadaisha) |
| Upagupta[優婆毱多] (; Ubakikuta) |
| Upāli[優婆離] (, Pali; Ubari) |
| upāsaka[優婆塞] (, Pali; ubasoku) |
| upāsikā[優婆夷] (, Pali; ubai) |
| Upholder of the Nation[持国天] ( Dhritarāshtra; Jikoku-ten) |
| uposhadha[布薩] (; Pali uposatha; fusatsu) |
| urabon[盂蘭盆] () |
| Urumanda, Mount[優留曼荼山] (; Urumanda-sen) |
| Uruvilvā[優楼頻螺] (; Pali Uruvelā; Urubinra) |
| Uruvilvā Kāshyapa[優楼頻螺迦葉] (; Pali Uruvelā Kassapa; Urubinra-kashō) |
| Utmost Light and Purity Heaven[極光浄天] ( Gokukōjō-ten) |
| Utpalavarnā[蓮華色比丘尼] (; Pali Uppalavannā; Rengeshiki-bikuni) |
| Utsubusa, the lady of[内房女房] (n.d.) ( Utsubusa-nyōbō) |
| Utsubusa, the lay nun of[内房の尼] (n.d.) ( Utsubusa-no-ama) |
| Uttarakuru[鬱単越・倶盧洲] (, Pali; Uttan’otsu or Kuru-shū) |
| Vaidehī[韋提希] (; Pali Vedehī; Idaike) |
| vaipulya[方等] (; hōdō) |
| Vairochana[毘盧遮那仏] (; Birushana-butsu) |
| Vaishālī[毘舎離] (; Pali Vesālī; Bishari) |
| Vaishravana[毘沙門天・多聞天] (; Bishamon-ten or Tamon-ten) |
| Vajji[跋耆・跋祇] (Pali; Baggi) |
| vajra-bearing god[執金剛神] ( vajrapāni or vajradhara; shū-kongō-shin) |
| Vajrabodhi[金剛智] (; Kongōchi) |
| Vajracchedikā Sutra[金剛般若波羅蜜経] (; Kongō-hannya-haramitsu-kyō) |
| vajradhātu[金剛界] (; kongō-kai) |
| Vajrasattva[金剛薩埵] (; Kongōsatta) |
| Vajrashekhara Sutra[金剛頂経] (; Kongōchō-kyō) |
| Vajrayāna[金剛乗] (; Kongō-jō) |
| vana[林・園林] (, Pali; rin or onrin) |
| Varanasi[波羅奈国] ( Vārānasī; Pali Bārānasī; Harana-koku) |
| varsha[安居] (; ango) |
| Varshakāra[雨行大臣] (; Ugyō-daijin) |
| vassa[安居] (Pali; ango) |
| Vasubandhu[世親・天親] (n.d.) (; Seshin or Tenjin) |
| Vasumitra[世友] (n.d.) (; Seu or Seyū) |
| Vatsa[跋蹉] (; Bassa) |
| Vātsīputrīya school[犢子部] (; Tokushi-bu) |
| Vedehī[韋提希] (Pali; Idaike) |
| Venuvana Monastery[竹林精舎] (; Chikurin-shōja) |
| verse[偈] (, Pali gāthā; ge) |
| verse section of the “Life Span” chapter[自我偈] ( Jiga-ge) |
| Verses on the Middle Way[中頌・中論頌・中論] ( Madhyamaka-kārikā or Mādhyamika-kārikā; Chūju, Chūron-ju, or Chū-ron) |
| VersesPraising Rebirth in the Pure Land, The[往生礼讃偈] ( Ōjō-raisan-ge) |
| Vesālī[毘舎離] (Pali; Bishari) |
| vetāda[毘陀羅] (; bidara) |
| vetāla[毘陀羅] (; bidara) |
| vibhāshā[毘婆沙] (; bibasha) |
| Vidūdabha[波瑠璃王] (Pali; Haruri-ō) |
| vihāra[精舎] (, Pali; shōja) |
| Vijnānānantya Realm[識無辺処] (; Shikimuhen-jo) |
| Vijnānavāda school[唯識派] (; Yuishiki-ha) |
| Vikramashilā Monastery[ヴィクラマシラー寺] (; Bikuramashirā-ji) |
| Vimalakīrti[維摩詰] (; Yuimakitsu) |
| Vimalakīrti Sutra[維摩経] ( Vimalakīrti-nirdesha; Chin Wei-mo-ching; Yuima-kyō) |
| Vimalamitra[無垢論師・無垢友] (n.d.) (; Muku-ronji or Mukuyū) |
| vimoksha[解脱] (; gedatsu) |
| vimukti[解脱] (; gedatsu) |
| vinaya[律] (, Pali; ritsu) |
| Vinaya school[律宗] (; Risshū) |
| vinayas of the five schools[五部律] ( gobu-ritsu) |
| Virtue Victorious[徳勝童子] ( Tokushō-dōji) |
| Virūdhaka() (1) [波瑠璃王] (Pali Vidūdabha; Haruri-ō); (2) [増長天] ( Zōjō-ten or Zōchō-ten) |
| Virūpāksha[広目天] (; Kōmoku-ten) |
| vīrya[毘梨耶・精進] (; biriya or shōjin) |
| Vishvakarman[毘首羯磨天] (; Bishukatsuma-ten) |
| voice-hearer[声聞] ( shrāvaka; shōmon) |
| votary of the Lotus Sutra[法華経の行者] ( Hokekyō-no-gyōja) |
| vow[誓願] ( pranidhāna; seigan) |
| Vriji[跋耆・跋祇] (; Pali Vajji; Baggi) |
| vyākarana[授記・記別・和伽羅那] (; juki, kibetsu, or wagarana) |
| Wa-kuan-ssu[瓦官寺] (PY Waguansi; Gakan-ji) |
| Water Carrier[流水] ( Jalavāhana; Rusui) |
| Water Holder[持水] ( Jatimdhara; Jisui) |
| water of wisdom[智水] ( chisui) |
| watery circle[水輪] ( jala-mandala; suirin) |
| way[道] ( bodhi; Chin tao; dō) |
| way of insight[見道] ( darshana-mārga; ken-dō) |
| Wei-chüan[維蠲] (n.d.) (PY Weijuan; Iken or Yuiken) |
| Wei Yüan-sung[衛元嵩] (n.d.) (PY Wei Yuansong; Ei-gensū) |
| Well Attained[善逝] (, Pali sugata; zenzei) |
| Well Gone[善逝] ( zenzei) |
| Western Pure Land[西方浄土] ( Saihō-jōdo) |
| wheel of the Law[法輪] ( dharma-chakra; hōrin) |
| wheel treasure[輪宝] ( rimbō) |
| wheel-turning king[転輪聖王・転輪王・輪王] ( chakravarti-rāja, chakravarti-rājan, or chakravartin; tenrin-jō’ō, tenrin-ō, or rin-ō) |
| White Lotus Society[白蓮社] ( Byakuren-sha) |
| white-robed laymen[白衣] ( avadāta-vasana; byakue) |
| Wide-Eyed[広目天] ( Virūpāksha; Kōmoku-ten) |
| windy circle[風輪] ( vāyu-mandala; fūrin) |
| Wisdom Accumulated[智積] ( Chishaku) (1) ( Jnānākara); (2) ( Prajnākūta) |
| wisdom kings[明王] ( vidyā-rāja; myō’ō) |
| wisdom mudra[智拳印] ( chiken-in) |
| Wisdom period[般若時] ( Hannya-ji) |
| Wisdom sutras[般若経] ( Hannya-kyō) |
| Wise Kalpa[賢劫] ( bhadra-kalpa; Ken-gō) |
| wish-granting jewel[如意宝珠] (, Pali chintāmani; nyoi-hōju) |
| woman of pure faith[清信女] (, Pali upāsikā; shōshin-nyo) |
| Womb Realm[胎蔵界] ( garbhadhātu; taizō-kai) |
| Womb Realm mandala[胎蔵界曼荼羅] ( taizōkai-mandara) |
| Womb World[胎蔵界] ( taizō-kai) |
| Womb World mandala[胎蔵界曼荼羅] ( taizōkai-mandara) |
| Wonderful Adornment[妙荘厳王] ( Shubhavyūha; Myōshōgon-nō) |
| Wonderful Bright, Mount[妙光山] ( Myōkō-sen) |
| Wonderful High, Mount[妙高山] ( Myōkō-sen) |
| Wonderfully Bright[妙光菩薩] ( Varaprabha; Myōkō-bosatsu) |
| wonderful Law[妙法] ( myōhō) |
| Wonderful Sound[妙音菩薩] ( Gadgadasvara, Gangadasvara, or Gamgadasvara; Myō’on-bosatsu) |
| “Wonderful Sound” chapter[妙音品] ( Myō’on-bon) |
| Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra, The[法華文句] (Chin Fa-hua-wen-chü; Hokke-mongu) |
| Words of Truth Sutra[法句経] (Pali Dhammapada; Chin Fa-chü-ching; Hokku-kyō) |
| Work of the Ignorant Shavepate, The[愚禿鈔] ( Gutoku-shō) |
| World Freedom King[世自在王仏] ( Lokeshvararāja; Sejizaiō-butsu) |
| world hero[世雄] ( seō) |
| World-Honored One[世尊] (, Pali bhagavat; seson) |
| World-Honored One of Great Enlightenment[大覚世尊] ( Daikaku-seson) |
| world of animals[畜生界] ( chikushō-kai) |
| world of asuras[修羅界] ( shura-kai) |
| world of bodhisattvas[菩薩界] ( bosatsu-kai) |
| world of Buddhahood[仏界] ( bukkai) |
| world of cause-awakened ones[縁覚界] ( engaku-kai) |
| world of desire[欲界] (, Pali kāma-dhātu; yokkai or yoku-kai) |
| world of endurance[忍土・忍界・堪忍世界] ( nindo, nin-kai, or kannin-sekai) |
| world of form[色界] (, Pali rūpa-dhātu; shiki-kai) |
| world of formlessness[無色界] ( ārūpya-dhātu; mushiki-kai) |
| world of heavenly beings[天界] ( ten-kai) |
| world of hell[地獄界] ( jigoku-kai) |
| world of human beings[人界] ( nin-kai) |
| world of hungry spirits[餓鬼界] ( gaki-kai) |
| world of voice-hearers[声聞界] ( shōmon-kai) |
| worms within the lion’s body[師子身中の虫] ( shishi-shinchū-no-mushi) |
| Worthy of Offerings[応供] ( arhat; ōgu) |
| Wu-hsüeh Tsu-yüan[無学祖元] (PY Wuxue Zuyuan; Mugaku Sogen) |
| Wu-lung[烏竜] (n.d.) (PY Wulong; Oryō) |
| Wu-t’ai, Mount[五台山] (PY Wutai-shan; Godai-san) |
| Yadoya Mitsunori[宿屋光則] (n.d.) |
| yaksha[夜叉] (; yasha) |
| Yakushi[薬師] () |
| Yakushi-ji[薬師寺] (1) (2) |
| Yakushin[益信] (827–906) |
| Yama[閻魔] (, Pali; Emma) |
| Yāma Heaven[夜摩天] (; Yama-ten) |
| Yamashina-dera[山階寺] |
| yāna[乗] (, Pali; jō) |
| Yasa[耶舎] (Pali; Yasha) |
| Yashas[耶舎・耶輸陀・夜輸] (; Pali Yasa; Yasha, Yashuda, or Yashu) |
| Yashodharā[耶輸陀羅・耶輸多羅] (; Pali Yasodharā; Yashudara or Yashutara) |
| Yin-yüan[隠元] (PY Yinyuan; Ingen) |
| yoga[瑜伽] (, Pali; yuga) |
| Yogāchāra school[瑜伽行派] (; Yugagyō-ha) |
| yojana[由旬] (, Pali; yujun) |
| Yōkan[永観] (1033–1111) |
| Yokei[余慶] (919–991) |
| Yü-ch’üan-ssu[玉泉寺] (PY Yuquansi; Gyokusen-ji) |
| Yüeh-chih[月氏] (PY Yuezhi; Gesshi) |
| Yün-kang caves[雲岡石窟] (PY Yungang; Unkō-sekkutsu) |
| Yūzū Nembutsu school[融通念仏宗] ( Yūzū Nembutsu-shū) |
| zazen[坐禅] () |
| Zengi[善議] (729–812) |
| Zenkō-ji[善光寺] |
| Zen school[禅宗] ( Zen-shū) |
| Zōga[増賀] (917–1003) |
| Zōjō-ten[増長天] () |
| Zōmyō[増命] (843–927) |