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 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)