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 Sacred Way teachings[聖道門] ( Shōdō-mon) Sadāprarudita[常啼菩薩] (; Jōtai-bosatsu) Saddharma-pundarīka-sūtra[法華経] (; Hoke-kyō) sādhu[善哉] (, Pali; zenzai or yokikana) Sado-bō[佐渡房] Sado Exile[佐渡流罪] ( Sado-ruzai) Sāgara[沙竭羅竜王] (; Shakara-ryūō, Shakatsura-ryūō, or Shagara-ryūō) Sage Ascetics-Gathering[仙人堕処] ( Sennin-dasho) sahā world[娑婆世界] (; shaba-sekai) Saichō[最澄] Saidai-ji[西大寺] Saimyō-ji[最明寺] Sairen-bō[最蓮房] (n.d.) Sajiki, the lady of[桟敷女房] (n.d.) ( Sajiki-nyōbō) sakridāgāmin[斯陀含・一来] (; shidagon or ichirai) sal tree[沙羅樹] ( shāla; Pali sāla; shara-ju) samādhi[三昧] (, Pali; sammai) samādhiof the origin of immeasurable meanings[無量義処三昧] ( ananta-nirdesha-pratishthāna-samādhi; muryōgisho-sammai) sāmanera[沙弥] (Pali; shami) sāmanerī[沙弥尼] (Pali; shamini) Samantabhadra[普賢菩薩] (; Fugen-bosatsu) samaya[三昧耶形・三摩耶形] (; sammaya-gyō or samaya-gyō) sambhoga-kāya[報身] (; hōshin or hōjin) Same Birth and Same Name[同生同名] ( Dōshō Dōmyō) samgha[僧伽] (; sōgya) Samghabhadra[僧伽跋陀羅・衆賢] (n.d.) (; Sōgyabaddara or Shugen) Samghadeva[僧伽提婆] (n.d.) (; Sōgyadaiba) Samghanandi[僧伽難提] (n.d.) (; Sōgyanandai) Samghavarman() (1) [康僧鎧] (n.d.) ( Kōsōgai); (2) [僧伽跋摩] (n.d.) ( Sōgyabatsuma) Samghayashas[僧伽耶舎] (n.d.) (; Sōgyayasha) Sammi-bō[三位房] (n.d.) Sammon school[山門派] ( Sammon-ha) samsāra[輪廻] (, Pali; rinne) Samyutta-nikāya[相応部] (Pali; Sō’ō-bu) San-chieh, the Meditation Master[三階禅師] (PY Sanjie; Sangai-zenji) San-chieh-chiao[三階教] (PY Sanjiejiao; Sangai-kyō) sanctuary of the essential teaching[本門の戒壇] ( hommon-no-kaidan) sandalwood tree[栴檀] (, Pali chandana; sendan) sands of the Ganges[恒河沙] ( Gangā-nadī-vālukā or Gangā-nadī-vālikā; gōga-sha) sangha[僧伽] (, Pali; sōgya) Sanjaya Belatthiputta[刪闍耶毘羅胝子] (Pali; Sanjaya-birateishi) San-lun school[三論宗] (PY Sanlunzong; Sanron-shū) Sannō[山王] () Sanron school[三論宗] ( Sanron-shū) Sāramati[堅慧] (n.d.) (; Kenne or Ken’e) Sāriputta[舎利弗] (Pali; Sharihotsu) Sarvāstivāda school[説一切有部] (; Setsu-issaiu-bu) Sasshō[薩生] (n.d.) sattva[薩埵] (; Pali satta; satta) Sattva[薩埵王子] (; Satta-ōji) Satyasiddhi school[成実宗] (; Jōjitsu-shū) Satyasiddhi-shāstra[成実論] (; Jōjitsu-ron) Sautrāntika school[経量部] (; Kyōryō-bu) Sāvatthī[舎衛城] (Pali; Shae-jō) scorched seeds[焦種] ( shōshu) scroll of the fifth volume of the Lotus Sutra[法華経第五の巻] ( Hoke-kyō daigo-no-maki) seal of the Dharma[法印] ( hōin) sea of the sufferings of birth and death[生死の苦海] ( shōji-no-kukai) seated meditation[坐禅] ( zazen) Secret Solemnity[密厳] ( Mitsugon) Secret Solemnity Sutra[密厳経] (Chin Mi-yen-ching; Mitsugon-gyō) seed of Buddhahood[仏種] ( busshu) Seichō-ji[清澄寺] Seiryō-ji[清凉寺] Seishi[勢至] () Selection of the Time, The[撰時抄] ( Senji-shō) self-awakened one[独覚] ( dokkaku) self-nature[自性] ( svabhāva; jishō) Seng-chao[僧肇] (384–414) (PY Sengzhao; Sōjō) Seng-ch’üan[僧詮] (n.d.) (PY Sengquan; Sōsen) Seng-jou[僧柔] (431–494) (PY Sengrou; Sōnyū) Seng-jui[僧叡] (n.d.) (PY Sengrui; Sōei) Seng-lang[僧朗] (n.d.) (PY Senglang; Sōrō) Seng-min[僧旻] (467–527) (PY Sengmin; Sōbin or Sōmin) Seng-ts’an[僧璨] (d. 606) (PY Sengcan; Sōsan) Seng-yu[僧祐] (445–518) (PY Sengyou; Sōyū) Senkan[千観] (918–983) Sennichi, the lay nun[千日尼] (n.d.) ( Sennichi-ama) sentient beings[有情] ( sattva; ujō) Sen’yo[仙予] () separate transmission outside the sutras[教外別伝] ( kyōge-betsuden) separation of the three truths[隔歴の三諦] ( kyakuryaku-no-santai) service for deceased ancestors[盂蘭盆] ( ullambana; urabon) Service for the Deceased Sutra[盂蘭盆経] (Chin Yü-lan-p’en-ching; Urabon-kyō) seven aids to enlightenment[七覚支・七菩提分] ( shichi-kakushi or shichi-bodaibun) seven arrogances[七慢] ( shichi-man) seven beneficent deities[七福神] ( shichi-fukujin) seven Buddhas of the past[過去七仏] ( kako-shichi-butsu) seven cardinal sins[七逆] ( shichi-gyaku) seven deities of good fortune[七福神] ( shichi-fukujin) seven disasters[七難] ( shichi-nan) seven expedient means[七方便・七方便位] ( shichi-hōben or shichi-hōben-i) (1) (2) seven gods of luck[七福神] ( shichi-fukujin) seven guardian spirits[七鬼神] ( shichi-kijin) seven-halled temple[七堂伽藍] ( shichidō-garan) seven kinds of believers[七衆] ( shichi-shu) seven kinds of treasures(1) [七宝] ( shichi-hō or shippō); (2) [七財・七聖財] ( shichi-zai or shichi-shōzai) seven major temples of Nara[南都七大寺] ( nanto-shichidai-ji) seven parables[七譬] ( shichi-hi) seven schools[七宗] ( shichi-shū) seven stages of worthiness[七賢] ( shichi-ken) seven treasures[七宝] ( shichi-hō or shippō) seven types of arrogance[七慢] ( shichi-man) seven worthies[七賢] ( shichi-ken) Shāketa[娑祇多] (; Shagita) Shakra[帝釈] (; Taishaku) Shakra Devānām Indra[釈提桓因・帝釈] (; Shakudai-kan’in or Taishaku) shakubuku[折伏] () Shākya[釈迦族] (; Shaka-zoku) Shakyamuni[釈尊・釈迦牟尼] (; Shakuson or Shakamuni) shāla tree[沙羅樹] (; shara-ju) Shānavāsa[商那和修] (; Shōnawashu) Shan-chia school[山家派] (PY Shanjiapai; Sange-ha) Shan-tao[善導] (613–681) (PY Shandao; Zendō) Shan-wai school[山外派] (PY Shanwaipai; Sangai-ha) Shan-wu-wei[善無畏] (637–735) (PY Shanwuwei; Shubhakara-simha; Zemmui) Shāriputra[舎利弗] (; Pali Sāriputta; Sharihotsu) shāsana[教] (; Pali sāsana; kyō) She-lun school[摂論宗] (PY Shelunzong; Shōron-shū) Shen-hsiu[神秀] (d. 706) (PY Shenxiu; Jinshū) Shen-t’ai[神泰] (n.d.) (PY Shentai; Jintai) Shiba Tatsuto[司馬達等] (n.d.) (; Chin Ssu-ma Ta-teng) Shibi[尸毘王] (; Shibi-ō) Shien[思円] Shiiji Shirō[椎地四郎] (n.d.) Shijō Kingo[四条金吾] (c. 1230–1300) Shijūku-in[四十九院] shikshamānā[式叉摩那・正学女・学法女] (; shikishamana, shōgakunyo, or gakuhōnyo) Shikshānanda[実叉難陀] (652–710) (; Jisshananda) shīla[戒] (; kai) Shīlabhadra[戒賢] (529–645) (; Kaigen) Shīlāditya[戒日王] (r. 606–647) (; Kainichi-ō) Shinga[真雅] (801–879) Shingon–Ritsu school[真言律宗] ( Shingon Risshū) Shingon school[真言宗] ( Shingon-shū) Shinjō[審祥] (n.d.) (; Kor Simsang) Shinran[親鸞] (1173–1262) Shinsen-en garden[神泉苑] ( Shinsen-en) Shinzei[真済] (800–860) Shiren[師錬] Shītavana[尸陀林・寒林] (; Shidarin or Kanrin) Shitennō-ji[四天王寺] shloka[首盧迦] (; shuroka) Shōbō[聖宝] (832–909) Shō-bō[少輔房] (1) (2) (3) Shōichi[聖一] Shōjari[尚闍梨] () shōju[摂受] () Shōkaku-bō[正覚房] Shōkō[聖光] Shōkū[証空] (1177–1247) Shōmu, Emperor[聖武天皇] (701–756) ( Shōmu-tennō) Shore of Suffering[苦岸比丘] ( Kugan-biku) Shōron school[摂論宗] ( Shōron-shū) Shōtoku, Prince[聖徳太子] (574–622) ( Shōtoku-taishi) shramana[沙門] (; Pali samana; shamon) shrāmanera[沙弥] (; Pali sāmanera; shami) shrāmanerī[沙弥尼] (; Pali sāmanerī; shami-ni) shrāvaka[声聞] (; shōmon) Shrāvastī[舎衛城] (; Pali Sāvatthī; Shae-jō) Shrīmālā[勝鬘夫人] (; Shōman-bunin) Shrīmālā Sutra[勝鬘経] ( Shrīmālādevī-simhanāda-sūtra; Chin Sheng-man-ching; Shōman-gyō) Shrutasoma[須陀須摩王・普明王] (; Shudasuma-ō or Fumyō-ō) Shubhakarasimha[善無畏] (; Zemmui) Shubin[守敏] (n.d.) Shuddhodana[浄飯王] (; Pali Suddhodana; Jōbonnō) Shūei[宗叡] (809–884) Shuen[修円] (771–835) Shugendō school[修験道] ( Shugen-dō) Shuklodana[白飯王] (; Pali Sukkodana; Byakubonnō) Shun-hsiao[順暁] (n.d.) (PY Shunxiao; Jungyō) Shunjō[俊芿] (1166–1227) shūnya[空] (; kū) shūnyatā[空] (; kū) shūramgama meditation[首楞厳三昧] (; shuryōgon-zammai) Shūramgama Sutra[首楞厳経] (Chin Shou-leng-yen-ching; Shuryōgon-kyō) Shūryasoma[須利耶蘇摩] (n.d.) (; Suriyasoma or Shuriyasoma) Shuzen-ji[修禅寺] Siddhārtha[悉達多] (; Pali Siddhattha; Shiddatta) sīla[戒] (Pali; kai) Silk Road[シルクロード] ( Shiruku-rōdo) Silver-Colored Woman Sutra[銀色女経] (Chin Yin-se-nü-ching; Gonjikinyo-kyō) Simhahanu[師子頰王] (; Pali Sīhahanu; Shishikyō-ō) “Simile and Parable” chapter[譬喩品] ( Hiyu-hon) simultaneity of cause and effect[因果倶時] ( inga-guji) Single-minded Practice school[一向宗] ( Ikkō-shū) single vehicle[一乗] ( ichijō) six auspicious happenings[六瑞] ( roku-zui) six consciousnesses[六識] ( roku-shiki) six days of purification[六斎日] ( roku-sainichi) six desires[六欲] ( roku-yoku) six difficult and nine easy acts[六難九易] ( rokunan-kui) six elder disciples of Nikkō[本六] ( hon-roku) six elements[六大] ( roku-dai) six forms[六相] ( roku-sō) six heavens of the world of desire[六欲天] ( rokuyoku-ten) six kinds of contemplation[六念] ( roku-nen) six major offenses[六重罪] ( roku-jūzai) six metaphors of the theoretical and essential teachings[本迹の六譬] ( honjaku-no-roppi) six ministers[六大臣・六臣] ( roku-daijin or roku-shin) six monks, group of[六群比丘] ( rokugun-biku) six new disciples of Nikkō[新六] ( shin-roku) six non-Buddhist teachers[六師外道] ( rokushi-gedō) six objects[六境] ( rokkyō) six omens[六瑞] ( roku-zui) six pāramitās[六波羅蜜] ( roku-haramitsu or ropparamitsu) Six Pāramitās Sutra[六波羅蜜経] (Chin Liu-po-lo-mi-ching; Rokuharamitsu-kyō or Ropparamitsu-kyō) six paths[六道] ( shad-gati; roku-dō) six portents[六瑞] ( roku-zui) six precepts(1) [六法戒・六法] ( roppō-kai or roppō); (2) [六重戒・六重の法] ( rokujū-kai or rokujū-no-hō) six royal ministers[六大臣・六臣] ( roku-daijin or roku-shin) six schools of Nara[南都六宗] ( nanto-rokushū) six senior priests[六老僧] ( roku-rōsō) six sense objects[六境] ( rokkyō) six sense organs[六根] ( shad-indriya; rokkon) six stages of practice[六即] ( roku-soku) six supernatural powers[六神通・六通] ( roku-jinzū or roku-tsū) six teachers of the non-Buddhist doctrines[六師外道] ( rokushi-gedō) sixteen arhats[十六羅漢] ( jūroku-rakan) sixteen great states[十六大国] ( jūroku-daikoku) sixteen princes[十六王子] ( jūroku-ōji) sixteen types of meditation[十六観] ( jūroku-kan) sixth heaven[第六天] ( dairoku-ten) six transcendental powers[六神通・六通] ( roku-jinzū or roku-tsū) six types of harmony and reverence[六和敬] ( roku-wakyō or roku-wagyō) Six-Volume Writings, The[六巻抄] ( Rokkan-shō) slander[謗法] ( hōbō) Smaller Wisdom Sutra[小品般若経] ( Ashtasāhasrikā-prajnāpāramitā; Chin Hsiao-p’in-pan-jo-ching; Shōbon-hannya-kyō) small kalpa[小劫] ( shō-kō) Snow Mountains[雪山] ( Himālaya or Himavat; Sessen) Snow Mountains, the boy[雪山童子] ( Sessen-dōji) Soka Gakkai[創価学会] soma[蘇摩] (, Pali; soma) sons of the Buddha[仏子] ( busshi) Sō’ō[相応] (831–918) sorrowless tree[無憂樹] ( muu-ju) sotoba[率塔婆] () Sōtō school[曹洞宗] ( Sōtō-shū) Southern Buddhism[南方仏教・南伝仏教] ( Nampō-bukkyō or Nanden-bukkyō) Southern school of Zen[南宗禅] ( Nanshū Zen) Sovereign Kings of the Golden Light Sutra[金光明最勝王経] ( Suvarnaprabhāsa-sūtra or Suvarnaprabhāsottama-sūtra; Chin Chin-kuang-ming-tsui-sheng-wang-ching; Konkōmyō-saishō’ō-kyō) Sovereign Kings Sutra[最勝王経] ( Saishō-ō-kyō) sovereign, teacher, and parent[主師親] ( shu-shi-shin) sowing, maturing, and harvesting[種熟脱] ( shu-juku-datsu) Soya, the lay priest[曾谷入道] ( Soya-nyūdō) Soya Dōsō[曾谷道宗] (n.d.) Soya Kyōshin[曾谷教信] (1224–1291) Space Treasury[虚空蔵菩薩] ( Ākāshagarbha; Kokūzō-bosatsu) specific teaching[別教] ( bekkyō) specific transfer[別付嘱] ( betsu-fuzoku) specks of dirt on a fingernail[爪上の土] ( sōjō-no-do) spirits[鬼神] ( kijin) spoiled seeds[敗種] ( haishu) Spotted Feet[斑足王] ( Kalmāshapāda; Pali Kammāsapāda; Hansoku-ō or Hanzoku-ō) srota-āpanna[須陀洹・預流] (; shudaon or yoru) stage of being a Buddha in theory[理即] ( ri-soku) stage of hearing the name and words of the truth[名字即] ( myōji-soku) stage of non-regression[不退位] ( avaivartika, avivartika, or avinivartanīya; futai-i) stage of perception and action[観行即] ( kangyō-soku) stage of progressive awakening[分真即] ( bunshin-soku) stage of resemblance to enlightenment[相似即] ( sōji-soku) stage of the foremost worldly good root[世第一法・世第一法位] ( sedaiippō or sedaiippō-i) stage of the four good roots[四善根・四善根位] ( shi-zengon or shi-zengon-i) stage of ultimate enlightenment[究竟即] ( kukyō-soku) Stepping on Seven Treasure Flowers[蹈七宝華如来] ( Saptaratnapadma-vikrāntagāmin; Tōshippōke-nyorai) Sthaviravāda school[上座部] (; Jōza-bu) Sthiramati[安慧] (n.d.) (; An’ne) stinginess and greed[慳貪] ( kendon) stone footprints of the Buddha[仏足石] ( bussoku-seki) storehouse consciousness[蔵識] ( zō-shiki) stream-winner[須陀洹・預流] ( srota-āpanna; Pali sota-āpanna; shudaon or yoru) stupa[塔] ( stūpa; tō) Subhadra[須跋陀羅] (; Pali Subhadda; Shubaddara) Subhūti[須菩提] (, Pali; Shubodai) substituting faith for wisdom[以信代慧] ( ishin-daie) Sudāna[須大拏太子] (, Pali; Shudaina-taishi) Sudatta[須達] (, Pali; Shudatsu) sudden teaching[頓教] ( ton-gyō or ton-kyō) Suddhodana[浄飯王] (Pali; Jōbonnō) suffering[苦] ( duhukha; Pali dukkha; ku) sufferings of birth and death are nirvana[生死即涅槃] ( shōji-soku-nehan) Sujātā[須闍多] (, Pali; Shujata) Sukhāvatī[極楽] (; Gokuraku) Sukhāvatīvyūha[スカーヴァティーヴューハ] (; Sukābatībyūha) sumanā[須摩那・須曼那・蘇摩那] (, Pali; shumana, shumanna, or somana) Sumeru, Mount[須弥山] (; Shumi-sen) Sumeru world[須弥山世界] ( Shumisen-sekai) Summary of the Mahayana, The[摂大乗論] ( Mahāyāna-samgraha; Chin She-ta-ch’eng-lun; Shō-daijō-ron) Summary of the Mahayana school[摂論宗] (Chin She-lun-tsung; Shōron-shū) summer retreat[安居] ( ango) Summit of Being Heaven[有頂天] ( Uchō-ten) ( Akanishtha) ( Bhava-agra or Bhavāgra) sun, god of the[日天] ( Sūrya; Nitten) Sunakshatra[善星比丘] (; Zenshō-biku) Sundarananda[孫陀羅難陀] (; Sondara-nanda) Sundarī[孫陀利] (, Pali; Sondari) sundry practices[雑行] ( zō-gyō) Sung Dynasty Biographies of Eminent Priests, The[宋高僧伝] (Chin Sung-kao-seng-chuan; Sō-kōsō-den) Sun Goddess[天照大神] ( Tenshō Daijin or Amaterasu Ōmikami) Sunlight[日光菩薩] ( Sūryaprabha; Nikkō-bosatsu) Sun Moon Bright[日月燈明仏] ( Chandra-sūrya-pradīpa; Nichigatsu-tōmyō-butsu) Sun Moon Pure Bright Virtue[日月浄明徳仏] ( Chandra-sūrya-vimala-prabhāsa-shrī; Nichigatsu-jōmyōtoku-butsu) sun of wisdom[慧日] ( enichi) Superior Intent[勝意比丘] ( Agramati; Shōi-biku) superior manifested body[勝応身] ( shō-ōjin) Superior Practices[上行菩薩] ( Vishishtachāritra; Jōgyō-bosatsu) “Supernatural Powers” chapter[神力品] ( Jinriki-hon) “Supernatural Powers of the Thus Come One” chapter[如来神力品] ( Nyorai-jinriki-hon) supervisor of priests[僧都] ( sōzu) Supplemented Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law[添品法華経] (Chin T’ien-p’in-fa-hua-ching; Tembon-hoke-kyō) Supplement to the Meanings of the Commentaries on the Lotus Sutra, The[法華経疏義纉] (Chin Fa-hua-ching-shu-i-tsuan; Hokekyō-shogisan) Supplement to the Three Major Works on the Lotus Sutra, The[法華三大部補註] (Chin Fa-hua-san-ta-pu-pu-chu; Hokke-sandaibu-fuchū) Supplement to “The Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra,” The[法華文句輔正記] (Chin Fa-hua-wen-chü-fu-cheng-chi; Hokke-mongu-fushō-ki) Supplement to T’ien-t’ai’s Three Major Works, The[天台三大部補註] ( Tendai-sandaibu-fuchū) Suprabuddha[善覚] (; Zenkaku) supremely honored among two-legged beings[両足尊・二足尊] ( ryōsoku-son, ryōzoku-son, or nisoku-son) supreme perfect enlightenment[阿耨多羅三藐三菩提・無上正等正覚] ( anokutara-sammyaku-sambodai or mujō-shōtō-shōgaku) Sūryaprabha[日光菩薩] (; Nikkō-bosatsu) Susiddhikara Sutra[蘇悉地経] (; Chin Su-hsi-ti-ching; Soshitsuji-kyō) sutra library[経蔵] ( kyōzō) Sutra of Forty-two Sections[四十二章経] (Chin Ssu-shih-erh-chang-ching; Shijūni-shō-kyō) Sutra of the Buddha Answering the Great Heavenly King Brahmā’s Questions[大梵天王問仏決疑経] (Chin Ta-fan-t’ien-wang-wen-fo-chüeh-i-ching; Daibontennō-mombutsu-ketsugi-kyō) Sutra of the Collected Stories of the Buddha’s Deeds in Past Lives[仏本行集経] (Chin Fo-pen-hsing-chi-ching; Butsu-hongyō-jikkyō) Sutra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Law[妙法蓮華経] ( Myoho-renge-kyo) Sutra of the Meditation to Behold the Buddhas[般舟三昧経] ( Pratyutpanna-buddha-sammukhāvasthita-samādhi-sūtra; Chin Pan-chou-san-mei-ching; Hanju-zammai-kyō) Sutra of Verses[出曜経] ( Udāna-varga; Chin Ch’u-yao-ching; Shutsuyō-kyō) Sutra on How to Practice Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy[観普賢菩薩行法経] ( Kan-fugen-bosatsu-gyōhō-kyō) Sutra on Resolving Doubts about the Middle Day of the Law[像法決疑経] (Chin Hsiang-fa-chüeh-i-ching; Zōbō-ketsugi-kyō) Sutra on the Conversion of Barbarians by Lao Tzu[老子化胡経] (Chin Lao-tzu-hua-hu-ching; Rōshi-keko-kyō) Sutra on the Wise and the Foolish[賢愚経] (Chin Hsien-yü-ching; Kengu-kyō or Gengu-kyō) sutra repository[経蔵] ( kyōzō) sutra storehouse[経蔵] ( kyōzō) Suttanipāta[経集] (Pali; Kyōshū) Suzudan[須頭檀] () Svātantrika school[自立論証派] (; Jiritsuronshō-ha)