expression:

• this impure world (as opposed to the pure land) - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土
• feces; faeces - archaism

noun:

• Dakini (fairy-goddess) - Buddhism term

noun:

• pungent vegetables (e.g. garlic or Chinese chives) and wine - Buddhism term

expression / noun:

• Children's Limbo - Buddhism term

expression / ~の noun:

• futile; unrewarding

noun:

• Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna - Buddhism term

noun:

• Wei-To (temple guardian sometimes confused with Vajrapani) - Buddhism term

noun:

• bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed - Buddhism term Antonym: 善業

noun:

• kalpa (eon, aeon) ［こう・ごう］ - Buddhism term
• ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones - usu. コウ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• ultimate truth - esp. しんたい - Buddhism term ➜ 俗諦
• essence - esp. しんてい

expression:

• even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade - from the Humane King Sutra - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• the sun ［てんとう・てんどう］
• god of heaven and the earth ［てんとう・てんどう］
• laws governing the heavens ［てんとう・てんどう］
• celestial path; celestial motion ［てんとう・てんどう］ - Astronomy term
• deva realm (svarga) - Buddhism term ➜ 六道
• path in the heavens ［あまじ］

noun:

• Buddha's heart; Buddha's mercy - Buddhism term

noun:

• Buddha-nature - Buddhism term

noun:

• ordinary person
• prthag-jana (unenlightened person) - Buddhism term

noun / suffix:

• temple (Buddhist) ［刹］

noun:

• central pillar of a pagoda ➜ 心柱【しんばしら】
• kshetra (realm, country); ksetra ［刹］ - Buddhism term

noun:

• coveting
• raga (desire) - usu. とん - Buddhism term

noun:

• the 10 precepts ［十戒］ - Buddhism term
• Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog

noun / ~する noun:

• entering enlightenment - Buddhism term

noun:

• Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology - Buddhism term

noun:

• pāramitā; perfection; perfection of Buddhist practices or attaining enlightenment ［はらみつ］ - Buddhism term ➜ 波羅蜜多
• jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• nirvana - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit
• death

noun:

• a number so great it can never be counted to - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "asamkhya"

numeric:

• 10^56 (or 10^64)

noun:

• an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million) - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "nayuta"

numeric:

• 10^60 (or 10^72)

noun / ~する noun:

• redemption; salvation - Buddhism term

noun:

• bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger - esp. しっぺ - usually written using kana alone