The Soka GakkaiDictionary of Buddhism Dictionary Skip to main content (Press Enter). A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z All Word 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)