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 Lalitavistara［普曜経］ (; Fuyō-kyō) Lamenting Heresy［歎異抄］ ( Tan’ni-shō) Lan-ch’i Tao-lung［蘭渓道隆］ (PY Lanqi Daolong; Rankei Dōryū) Land of Actual Reward［実報土］ ( jippō-do) Land of Enlightened and Unenlightened Beings［凡聖同居土］ ( bonshō-dōgo-do) Land of Eternally Tranquil Light［常寂光土］ ( jōjakkō-do) Land of Joy［歓喜国］ ( Abhirati; Kangi-koku) Land of Sages and Common Mortals［凡聖同居土］ ( bonshō-dōgo-do) Land of Tranquil Light［寂光土］ ( jakkō-do) Land of Transition［方便土］ ( hōben-do) Land of Wonderful Joy［妙喜国］ ( Myōki-koku) Lankāvatāra Sutra［楞伽経］ (; Chin Leng-ch’ieh-ching; Ryōga-kyō) Larger Wisdom Sutra［大品般若経］ ( Panchavimshatisāhasrikā-prajnāpāramitā; Chin Ta-p’in-pan-jo-ching; Daibon-hannya-kyō) last five-hundred-year period［後五百歳］ ( go-gohyakusai) Latter Day of the Law［末法］ ( mappō) Law［法］ ( dharma; hō) Law Bright［法明如来］ ( Dharmaprabhāsa; Hōmyō-nyorai) Law-devouring hungry spirit［食法餓鬼］ ( jikihō-gaki) Law-wheel［法輪］ ( hōrin) lay nun［尼］ ( ama) lay priest［入道］ ( nyūdō) Learned Youth［儒童］ ( Mānava or Mānavaka; Judō) lecture hall［講堂］ ( kōdō) Legacy Teachings Sutra［遺教経］ (Chin I-chiao-ching; Yuikyō-gyō) lessening one’s karmic retribution［転重軽受］ ( tenjū-kyōju) lesser vehicle［小乗］ ( shōjō) Letter to Shimoyama［下山御消息］ ( Shimoyama-goshōsoku) Liang Dynasty Biographies of Eminent Priests, The［梁高僧伝］ (Chin Liang-kao-seng-chuan; Ryō-kōsō-den) Liang-hsü［良諝］ (n.d.) (PY Liangxu; Ryōjo) Liang-pi［良賁］ (717–777) (PY Liangbi; Ryōhi) Licchavi［離車］ (, Pali; Risha) life-liberating practice［放生会］ ( hōjō-e) “Life Span” chapter［寿量品］ ( Juryō-hon) “Life Span of the Thus Come One” chapter［如来寿量品］ ( Nyorai-juryō-hon) Light Bright［光明如来］ ( Rashmiprabhāsa; Kōmyō-nyorai) Light Sound Heaven［光音天］ ( Ābhāsvara; Kō’on-ten) Lin-chi school［臨済宗］ (PY Linjizong; Rinzai-shū) lion seat［師子座・獅子座］ ( simhāsana; shishi-za) Lion Sound King［師子音王仏］ ( Simhanādarāja; Shishionnō-butsu) lion’s roar［師子吼・獅子吼］ ( simhanāda; shishi-ku) Lion’s Roar of Queen Shrīmālā Sutra［勝鬘師子吼経］ ( Shōman-shishiku-kyō) lion throne［師子座・獅子座］ ( shishi-za) little desire and contentment with a little gain［少欲知足］ ( shōyoku-chisoku) lobha［貪・貪欲］ (, Pali; ton or ton’yoku) Lokakshema［支婁迦讖］ (n.d.) (; Shirukasen) Lokāyata［順世外道］ (, Pali; Junse-gedō or Junsei-gedō) Lokeshvararāja［世自在王仏］ (; Sejizaiō-butsu) Long Āgama Sutra［長阿含経］ (Chin Ch’ang-a-han-ching; Jō-agon-gyō) long broad tongue［広長舌］ ( kōchō-zetsu) lord of teachings［教主］ ( kyōshu) Lotus and Nirvana period［法華涅槃時］ ( Hokke-nehan-ji) lotus as a metaphor［譬喩蓮華］ ( hiyu-renge) Lotus meditation［法華三昧］ ( hokke-sammai or hokke-zammai) lotus of the entity［当体蓮華］ ( tōtai-renge) Lotus school［法華宗］ (Chin Fa-hua-tsung; Hokke-shū) Lotus Sutra［法華経］ ( Saddharma-pundarīka-sūtra; Chin Fa-hua-ching; Hoke-kyō) Lotus Sutra and Its Traditions, The［法華伝記］ (Chin Fa-hua-chuan-chi; Hokke-denki) Lotus Sutra of the Correct Law［正法華経］ (Chin Cheng-fa-hua-ching; Shō-hoke-kyō) Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law［妙法蓮華経］ ( Saddharma-pundarīka-sūtra; Chin Miao-fa-lien-hua-ching; Myoho-renge-kyo) Lotus Treasury World［蓮華蔵世界・華蔵世界］ ( Kusuma-tala-garbha-vyūhālamkāra-loka-dhātu-samudra or Padma-garbha-loka-dhātu; Rengezō-sekai or Kezō-sekai) (1) (2) Lou-lan［楼蘭］ (PY Loulan; Rōran) Lumbinī［藍毘尼］ (, Pali; Rambini) Lung-men caves［竜門石窟］ (PY Longmen; Ryūmon-sekkutsu) Lü school［律宗］ (PY Lüzong; Risshū)