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 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)