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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 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)