noun:

• virtues of Buddha - Buddhism term

noun:

• reliquary hall - Buddhism term ➜ 舎利塔

noun:

• mind-made body; body as born out of a certain kind of intent or mindfulness - Buddhism term

noun:

• Dharmakara Bodhisattva; Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation - Buddhism term

noun:

• Buddhist convent or monastery - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "sangharama" ➜ 伽藍

noun:

• Buddhist teachings; Buddhist scriptures - Buddhism term
• Dharmakara; Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation - Buddhism term

noun:

• world of tathata; "the pure and absolute truth of the tathata is as wide as the sea" [figurative] - Buddhism term

noun:

• Buddha - honorific language - Buddhism term
• high-ranked bodhisattva - Buddhism term

noun:

• memorial ceremony held on the 100th day of a person's death - Buddhism term

noun:

• all things are essentially nothingness; all things come from nothingness; originally, there was nothing; Zen reminder to free oneself from attachments - Buddhism term

noun:

• pre-sectarian Buddhism; the earliest Buddhism; original Buddhism - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term

noun:

• low-ranking priest who does manual labour at a temple; male temple employee - Buddhism term ➜ 寺男

noun:

• semicentennial memorial service - Buddhism term

expression:

• I sincerely believe in Amitabha; Lord have mercy on me - colloquialism - Buddhism term ➜ 南無阿弥陀仏【なむあみだぶつ】

noun / ~する noun:

• comparison

noun:

• Pramana; epistemology - Buddhism term

noun:

• homa stick; stick on which prayers are written, then ritually burnt before an idol to ask for blessings - Buddhism term

noun:

• sun of wisdom; Buddha's or Bodhisattva's limitless light of wisdom - Buddhism term

noun:

• true theory
• true teachings - Buddhism term

noun:

• the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts) - Buddhism term ➜ 難行道

noun:

• going on an alms round (for food); going begging (for food); going to ask for alms of food; pindacara - Buddhism term

noun:

• statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth) - Buddhism term

noun:

• scented water used for purification; water offering to Buddha - Buddhism term

noun:

• thousand-day walk through the mountains from Hieizan to the old Imperial Palace in Kyoto (ascetic practice of the Tendai sect) - Buddhism term

noun:

• penitence by chanting sutras; confession (of sins); Tendai ritual of chanting Lotus Sutra or to Kanzeon, Amida, or Kichijoten for forgiveness of sins performed unknowingly - Buddhism term

noun / suffix noun:

• penitence sutra - Buddhism term

noun:

• guidebook to penitence - Buddhism term