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 Nadī Kāshyapa［那提迦葉］ (; Pali Nadī Kassapa; Nadai-kashō) Nāgabodhi［竜智］ (n.d.) (; Ryūchi) Nāgārjuna［竜樹］ (n.d.) (; Ryūju) Nāgasena［那先比丘］ (n.d.) (, Pali; Nasen-biku) Nagoe, the lay nun of［名越の尼］ (n.d.) ( Nagoe-no-ama) Nairanjanā River［尼連禅河］ (; Pali Neranjarā; Nirenzen-ga) Naivasamjnānāsamjnā Realm［非想非非想処］ (; Hisō-hihisō-sho) Nakaoki, the lay priest of［中興入道］ (n.d.) ( Nakaoki-nyūdō) Nālandā Monastery［那爛陀寺］ (; Naranda-ji) Nambu Rokurō Sanenaga［南部六郎実長］ Nam-myoho-renge-kyo［南無妙法蓮華経］ namu［南無］ (; namas) Namu Amida Butsu［南無阿弥陀仏］ Nanda［難陀］ (; Nanda) Nanjō Hyōe Shichirō［南条兵衛七郎］ (d. 1265) Nanjō Shichirō Gorō［南条七郎五郎］ (1265–1280) Nanjō Tokimitsu［南条時光］ (1259–1332) Nan-yüeh［南岳］ (515–577) (PY Nanyue; Nangaku) naraka［地獄・奈落］ (, Pali; jigoku or naraku) Nārāyana［那羅延］ (; Naraen) Narendrayashas［那連提耶舎］ (490–589) (; Narendaiyasha) nayuta［那由多］ (; nayuta) near-perfect enlightenment［等覚］ ( tōgaku) Nembutsu［念仏］ () Nembutsu Chosen above All, The［選択集］ ( Senchaku-shū or Senjaku-shū) Nembutsu school［念仏宗］ ( Nembutsu-shū) Nen’a［然阿］ Neranjarā River［尼連禅河］ (Pali; Nirenzen-ga) Never Disparaging［常不軽菩薩・不軽菩薩］ ( Sadāparibhūta; Jōfukyō-bosatsu or Fukyō-bosatsu) “Never Disparaging” chapter［不軽品］ ( Fukyō-bon) new translations［新訳］ ( shin’yaku) nibbāna［涅槃］ (Pali; nehan) Nichiben［日弁］ (1239–1311) Nichidai［日代］ (1297–1394) Nichigen-nyo［日眼女］ (1242–1303) Nichigō［日郷・日毫］ (1293–1353) Nichiji［日持］ (b. 1250) Nichijū［日什］ (1314–1392) Nichijun［日順］ (1294–1356) Nichikan［日寛］ (1665–1726) Nichikō［日講］ (1626–1698) Nichimoku［日目］ (1260–1333) Nichimyō［日妙］ (n.d.) Nichinyo［日女］ (n.d.) Nichiō［日奥］ (1565–1630) Nichiren［日蓮］ (1222–1282) Nichiren school［日蓮宗］ ( Nichiren-shū) Nichiren Shōshū［日蓮正宗］ Nichirō［日朗］ (1245–1320) Nichiu［日有］ (1402–1482) Nichizen［日禅］ (d. 1331) Nichizon［日尊］ (1265–1345) Nigantha Nātaputta［尼乾陀若提子］ (Pali; Nikenda-nyakudaishi) Niiama［新尼］ (n.d.) Niida Shirō Nobutsuna［新田四郎信綱］ (n.d.) Niike Saemon-no-jō［新池左衛門尉］ (n.d.) Nikke［日華］ Nikkō(1) ［日興］ (1246–1333); (2) ［日光］ () Nikō［日向］ (1253–1314) Nikō’s Records［日向記］ ( Nikō-ki) nine arrogances［九慢］ ( ku-man) nine consciousnesses［九識］ ( ku-shiki) nine divisions of the scriptures［九分経］ ( kubun-kyō) nine divisions of the teachings［九分教］ ( kubun-kyō) nine great ordeals［九横の大難］ ( kuō-no-dainan) nine great persecutions［九横の大難］ ( kuō-no-dainan) nine honored ones on the eight-petaled lotus［八葉九尊］ ( hachiyō-kuson) nine mountains and eight seas［九山八海］ ( kusen-hakkai) nine schools［九宗］ ( ku-shū) ninety-five non-Buddhist schools［九十五種の外道］ ( kujūgoshu-no-gedō) nine types of arrogance［九慢］ ( ku-man) nine worlds［九界］ ( ku-kai or kyū-kai) Ninshō［忍性］ ninth period of decrease in the kalpa of continuance［住劫第九の減］ ( jūkō-daiku-no-gen) nirmāna-kāya［応身］ (; ōjin) nirvana［涅槃］ (; Pali nibbāna; nehan) nirvana of no remainder［無余涅槃］ ( muyo-nehan) nirvana of remainder［有余涅槃］ ( uyo-nehan) Nirvana school［涅槃宗］ (Chin Nieh-p’an-tsung; Nehan-shū) Nirvana Sutra［涅槃経］ (Chin Nieh-p’an-ching; Nehan-gyō) Nishiyama, the lay priest of［西山入道］ (n.d.) ( Nishiyama-nyūdō) Nissen［日仙］ (1262–1357) Nisshō［日昭］ (1221–1323) Nisshū［日秀］ (d. 1329) Nitchō(1) ［日頂］ (1252–1317); (2) ［日澄］ (1262–1310) noble eightfold path［八正道］ ( hasshō-dō) non-duality of body and mind［色心不二］ ( shikishin-funi) non-duality of delusion and enlightenment［迷悟不二・迷悟一体］ ( meigo-funi or meigo-ittai) non-duality of good and evil［善悪不二］ ( zen’aku-funi) non-duality of life and its environment［依正不二］ ( eshō-funi) non-duality of living beings and Buddhas［生仏不二・生仏一如］ ( shōbutsu-funi or shōbutsu-ichinyo) Nōnin［能忍］ (n.d.) non-returner［阿那含・不還］ (, Pali anāgāmin; anagon or fugen) non-substantiality［空］ ( shūnya or shūnyatā; kū) Northern Buddhism［北方仏教・北伝仏教］ ( Hoppō-bukkyō or Hokuden-bukkyō) Northern school of Zen［北宗禅］ ( Hokushū Zen) numberless major world system dust particle kalpas［五百塵点劫］ ( gohyaku-jintengō or gohyaku-jindengō) Nyagrodha［尼倶律陀］ (; Nikurida) nyagrodha tree［尼拘律樹・尼倶類樹］ (; nikuritsu-ju or nikurui-ju) Nyohō［如宝］ (d. 814 or 815) (; Chin Ju-pao) nyūdō［入道］ ()