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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 pagoda［塔］ ( tō) Pai-lien-she［白蓮社］ (PY Bailianshe; Byakuren-sha) Pai-ma-ssu［白馬寺］ (PY Baimasi; Hakuba-ji) Painfully Acquired［苦得］ ( Kutoku) Pakudha Kacchāyana［迦羅鳩駄迦旃延］ (Pali; Karakuda-kasennen) pāpīyas［波旬］ (; hajun) parable of the blind men and the elephant［群盲評象の譬］ ( gummō-hyōzō-no-tatoe) parable of the bright jewel in the topknot［髻中明珠の譬］ ( keichū-myōju-no-tatoe) parable of the burning house［火宅の譬］ ( kataku-no-tatoe) parable of the jewel in the robe［衣裏珠の譬］ ( eriju-no-tatoe) parable of the medicinal herbs［薬草喩］ ( yakusō-yu) “Parable of the Medicinal Herbs” chapter［薬草喩品］ ( Yakusōyu-hon) parable of the phantom city［化城喩］ ( kejō-yu) parable of the phantom city and the treasure land［化城宝処の譬］ ( kejō-hōsho-no-tatoe) “Parable of the Phantom City” chapter［化城喩品］ ( Kejōyu-hon) parable of the skilled physician and his sick children［良医病子の譬］ ( rōi-byōshi-no-tatoe) parable of the three carts and the burning house［三車火宅の譬］ ( sansha-kataku-no-tatoe) parable of the three kinds of medicinal herbs and two kinds of trees［三草二木の譬］ ( sansō-nimoku-no-tatoe) parable of the wealthy man and his poor son［長者窮子の譬］ ( chōja-gūji-no-tatoe) pārājika［波羅夷］ (, Pali; harai) Paramārtha［真諦］ (499–569) (; Shindai) pāramitā［波羅蜜］ (, Pali; haramitsu) parinirvāna［般涅槃・涅槃］ (; Pali parinibbāna; hatsu-nehan or nehan) Parinirvāna Sutra［般泥洹経］ ( Hatsu-naion-gyō) Pārshva［脇比丘・脇尊者］ (n.d.) (; Kyō-biku or Kyō-sonja) Parthia［安息国］ ( Ansoku-koku) Pasenadi［波斯匿王］ (Pali; Hashinoku-ō) Pātaliputra［華氏城］ (; Pali Pātaliputta; Keshi-jō) path［趣・道］ (, Pali gati; shu or dō) path of insight［見道］ ( ken-dō) pātra［鉢］ (; hachi or hatsu) patriarchal Zen［祖師禅］ ( soshi-zen) pattra［貝多羅］ (; baitara) Peace and Delight［安楽世界］ ( Sukhāvatī; Anraku-sekai) Peace and Sustenance［安養国］ ( Sukhāvatī; An’yō-koku or Annyō-koku) “Peaceful Practices” chapter［安楽行品］ ( Anraku-gyō-hon) peak stage［頂位・頂法］ ( chō-i or chō-hō) Perceiver of Sounds［観音菩薩］ ( Kannon-bosatsu) Perceiver of the World’s Sounds［観世音菩薩］ ( Avalokitasvara or Avalokiteshvara; Kanzeon-bosatsu) “Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” chapter［観音品］ ( Kannon-bon) Perceiver of the World’s Sounds Sutra［観音経］ (Chin Kuan-yin-ching; Kannon-gyō) perception of the truth of the birthlessness of all phenomena［無生法忍］ ( mushō-bōnin) perception stage［忍位・忍法］ ( nin-i or nin-pō) Perfect Bliss［極楽］ ( Sukhāvatī; Gokuraku) perfect enlightenment［妙覚・円覚］ ( myōgaku or engaku) Perfect Enlightenment Sutra［円覚経］ (Chin Yüan-chüeh-ching; Engaku-kyō) Perfection of Wisdom sutras［般若波羅蜜経］ ( Hannya-haramitsu-kyō) perfect precepts［円戒］ ( en-kai) perfect teaching［円教］ ( en-gyō) persons of incorrigible disbelief［一闡提］ ( issendai) phantom city［化城］ ( kejō) Pilindavatsa［畢陵伽婆蹉］ (; Hitsuryōgabasha) Pindolabhāradvāja［賓頭盧］ (, Pali; Binzuru) Pingala［青目・賓伽羅］ (n.d.) (; Shōmoku or Bingara) pipal tree［インドボダイジュ］ ( pippala; Indo-bodaiju) pippala tree［畢鉢羅樹］ (; hippara-ju) Pippalī Cave［畢鉢羅窟］ (; Hippara-kutsu) pishācha［毘舎闍］ (; bishaja) P’i-t’an school［毘曇宗］ (PY Pitanzong; Bidon-shū) pit of fire［火坑］ ( kakyō or kakō) place of practice［道場］ ( dōjō) planting the seeds of Buddhahood［下種］ ( geshu) Platform Sutra, The［壇経］ ( Dan-kyō) Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, The［六祖壇経］ (Chin Liu-tsu-t’an-ching; Rokuso-dan-kyō) Po Fa-tsu［帛法祖］ (PY Bo Fazu; Haku-hōso) poison-drum relationship［毒鼓の縁］ ( dokku-no-en) poshadha［布薩］ (; fusatsu) Possessor of Virtue［有徳王］ ( Utoku-ō) Potalaka, Mount［補陀落山］ (; Fudaraku-sen) power of another［他力］ ( tariki) power of self［自力］ ( jiriki) Po-yüan［帛遠］ (PY Boyuan; Hakuon) practice for oneself and others［自行化他］ ( jigyō-keta) Praising Rebirth in the Pure Land［往生礼讃］ (Chin Wang-sheng-li-tsan; Ōjō-raisan) Praising the Buddha’s Deeds［仏所行讃］ ( Buddhacharita; Chin Fo-so-hsing-tsan; Busshogyō-san) Praising the Profundity of the Lotus Sutra［法華玄賛］ (Chin Fa-hua-hsüan-tsan; Hokke-genzan) prajnā［般若］ (; hannya) Prajnā［般若］ (b. 734) (; Hannya) prajnā-pāramitā［般若波羅蜜］ (; hannya-haramitsu) Prajnāpāramitā sutras［般若経］ (; Hannya-kyō) Prajnāruchi［般若流支］ (n.d.) (; Hannyarushi) pranidhāna［誓願］ (; seigan) Prāsangika school［帰謬論証派］ (; Kibyūronshō-ha) Prasenajit［波斯匿王］ (; Pali Pasenadi; Hashinoku-ō) pratigha［瞋恚・瞋］ (; shinni or shin) pratītya-samutpāda［縁起・因縁］ (; engi or innen) pratyekabuddha［縁覚・独覚・辟支仏］ (; engaku, dokkaku, or byakushibutsu) pravārana［自恣］ (; Pali pavāranā; jishi) prayer beads［数珠］ ( juzu) Prayer for Rain Sutra［請雨経］ (Chin Ch’ing-yü-ching; Shōu-kyō) preaching in accordance with one’s own mind［随自意］ ( zuijii) preaching in accordance with the minds of others［随他意］ ( zuitai) precept for benefiting sentient beings［饒益有情戒・摂衆生戒］ ( nyōyaku-ujō-kai or shō-shujō-kai) precept of adapting to local customs［随方毘尼］ ( zuihō-bini) precept of the diamond chalice［金剛宝器戒］ ( kongō-hōki-kai) precepts［戒］ ( shīla; Pali sīla; kai) precepts, meditation, and wisdom［戒定慧］ ( kai-jō-e) precepts of perfect and immediate enlightenment［円頓戒］ ( endon-kai) Precepts school［律宗］ (Chin Lü-tsung; Risshū) precept that encompasses all good deeds［摂善法戒］ ( shō-zembō-kai) precept that encompasses all living beings［摂衆生戒］ ( shō-shujō-kai) Precious Key to the Secret Treasury, The［秘蔵宝鑰］ ( Hizō-hōyaku) pre-Lotus Sutra teachings［爾前教］ ( nizen-kyō) preparation section［序分］ ( jo-bun) preta［餓鬼・薜茘・薜茘多］ (; gaki, heirei, or heireita) preventing error and putting an end to evil［防非止悪］ ( bōhi-shiaku) Principle of Wisdom Sutra［理趣経］ ( Ārya-prajnāpāramitā-naya-shatapanchashatikā; Chin Li-ch’ü-ching; Rishu-kyō) Profound Meaning of the Four Mahayana Treatises, The［大乗四論玄義］ (Chin Ta-ch’eng-ssu-lun-hsüan-i; Daijō-shiron-gengi) Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sutra, The［法華玄義］ (Chin Fa-hua-hsüan-i; Hokke-gengi) Profound Meaning of the “Perceiver of the World’s Sounds” Chapter, The［観音玄義］ (Chin Kuan-yin-hsüan-i; Kannon-gengi) Profound Meaning of the Three Treatises, The［三論玄義］ (Chin San-lun-hsüan-i; Sanron-gengi) Profound Secrets Sutra［深密経］ ( Jimmitsu-kyō) Pronunciation and Meaning in the Buddhist Scriptures［一切経音義］ (Chin I-ch’ieh-ching-yin-i; Issaikyō-ongi) Propagation of Zen for the Protection of the Country, The［興禅護国論］ ( Kōzen-gokoku-ron) “Prophecies” chapter［人記品］ ( Ninki-hon) “Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts” chapter［授学無学人記品］ ( Jugaku-mugaku-ninki-hon) “Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples” chapter［五百弟子受記品］ ( Gohyaku-deshi-juki-hon) prophecy of future enlightenment［授記・記別・和伽羅那］ ( vyākarana; Pali veyyākarana; juki, kibetsu, or wagarana) Protection of the Sovereign of the Nation Sutra［守護国界経］ (Chin Shou-hu-kuo-chieh-ching; Shugo-kokkai-kyō) Protection Sutra［守護経］ ( Shugo-kyō) protuberant knot of flesh［肉髻相］ ( nikkei-sō) provincial temples［国分寺］ ( kokubun-ji) provincial temples for nuns［国分尼寺］ ( kokubun-niji) provisional Buddha［迹仏］ ( shakubutsu) provisional Mahayana teachings［権大乗教］ ( gon-daijō-kyō) provisional manifestation［権化］ ( gonge) provisional sutras［権経］ ( gon-kyō) provisional teachings［権教］ ( gon-kyō) P’u-kuang［普光］ (n.d.) (PY Puguang; Fukō) Pu-k’ung［不空］ (705–774) (PY Bukong; Amoghavajra; Fukū) punya［功徳・福徳］ (; kudoku or fukutoku) Punyatāra［弗若多羅］ (n.d.) (; Futsunyatara) Punyayashas［富那奢］ (n.d.) (; Funasha) Pūrana Kassapa［富蘭那迦葉］ (Pali; Furanna-kashō) pure and far-reaching voice［梵音声］ ( brahma-svara; bonnonjō) Pure Emerald World［浄瑠璃世界］ ( Jōruri-sekai) Pure Eye［浄眼］ ( Vimalanetra; Jōgen) pure land［浄土］ ( jōdo) Pure Land of Perfect Bliss［極楽浄土］ ( Gokuraku-jōdo) Pure Land of Secret Solemnity［密厳浄土］ ( Mitsugon-jōdo) Pure Land school(1) ［浄土門・浄土教・浄土宗］ ( Jōdo-mon, Jōdo-kyō, or Jōdo-shū); (2) ［浄土宗］ ( Jōdo-shū) Pure Land teachings［浄土門・浄土教］ ( Jōdo-mon or Jōdo-kyō) pure Law［白法］ ( byakuhō) Pure Practices［浄行菩薩］ ( Vishuddhachāritra; Jōgyō-bosatsu) Pure Storehouse［浄蔵］ ( Vimalagarbha; Jōzō) Pure Virtue［浄徳］ ( Vimaladattā; Jōtoku) purification of the six sense organs［六根清浄］ ( rokkon-shōjō) Pūrna［富楼那］ (; Pali Punna; Furuna) purpose of one’s advent［出世の本懐］ ( shusse-no-honkai) Pūrvavideha［弗婆提・勝身洲］ (; Hotsubadai or Shōshin-shū) Pushyamitra［弗沙弥多羅王］ (n.d.) (; Hosshamittara-ō) pūtana［富単那］ (; futanna)