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 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)