[がくせい, gakusei] (n) (1) (arch) Heian-period student of government administration; (2) (arch) Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; person studying Buddhism; (3) (arch) learning; scholarship #423
[てん(P);あめ;あま, ten (P); ame ; ama] (n) (1) sky; (2) (てん only) heaven; (3) (てん only) { Buddh } svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); (4) (てん only) { Buddh } deva (divine being of Buddhism); (P) #1066
[ほとけ, hotoke] (n) Buddha; Buddhism #2386
[ぶっきょう, bukkyou] (n) Buddhism; (P) #2640
[けん, ken] (n, adj-na) (1) (arch) exposure; clarity; (n) (2) (abbr) (See 顕教) exoteric Buddhism #5269
[りつ, ritsu] (n) (1) law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; (2) { Buddh } vinaya (rules for the monastic community); (3) (abbr) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism); (4) (abbr) (See 律詩) lushi (style of Chinese poem); (5) (also りち) (musical) pitch; (6) (See 十二律, 呂) six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; (7) (abbr) (See 律旋) Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to #6911
[ぜん, zen] (n) (1) { Buddh } dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbr) (See 禅宗) Zen (Buddhism); (P) #7052
[しんごんしゅう, shingonshuu] (n) Shingon (Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism, originating in the eighth century) #7617
[そうとうしゅう, soutoushuu] (n) Soto school (of Zen Buddhism) #10368
[にちれんしゅう, nichirenshuu] (n) Nichiren school of Buddhism #10577
[しんしゅう, shinshuu] (n) (See 浄土真宗) Shin Buddhism #11281
[そうかがっかい, soukagakkai] (n) Soka Gakkai (lay organization, based on Nichiren Buddhism) (organisation); lit #11590
[じょうどしゅう, joudoshuu] (n) Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect) #11699
[りんざいしゅう, rinzaishuu] (n) Rinzai school of Buddhism #13057
[てんだいしゅう, tendaishuu] (n) Tendai sect (of Buddhism) #14214
[おしょう(和尚)(P);かしょう;わじょう, oshou ( oshou )(P); kashou ; wajou] (n) (1) (おしょう only) (hon) preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); (2) (かしょう only) (hon) preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); (3) (わじょう only) (hon) (usu. 和上) preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); (4) (See 法眼) second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; (5) (おしょう, かしょう only) monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); (6) master (of one's art, trade, etc.); (P) #16210
[だいご, daigo] (n) { Buddh } (See 五味・2) ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); the ultimate truth of Buddhism; nirvana #16308
[だいじょう, daijou] (n) Mahayana Buddhism #16850
[しんぶつ;かみほとけ, shinbutsu ; kamihotoke] (n) (1) gods and buddhas; gods and Buddha; (2) (しんぶつ only) Shinto and Buddhism #17538
[じょうど, joudo] (n) (1) { Buddh } Pure Land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (2) (abbr) Pure Land Buddhism; (P) #17545
[おえしき, oeshiki] (n) (See 会式・えしき・2) (Nichiren Buddhism) memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of 10th month)
[ごえい;みえい(御影);ぎょえい(御影), goei ; miei ( mikage ); gyoei ( mikage )] (n) (hon) (ぎょえい is usu. for royalty; みえい for Buddhism) image (esp. of a deity, buddha, royal, noble, etc.)
[ahinsa-] (n) ahimsa (principle of non-violence in Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.)
[チベットぶっきょう, chibetto bukkyou] (n) Tibetan Buddhism
[あじ, aji] (n) the letter a (in esoteric Buddhism)
[あびきょうかん, abikyoukan] (n) agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
[あびじごく, abijigoku] (n) the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism
[あくごう;あくぎょう, akugou ; akugyou] (n) (あくごう is used esp. in Buddhism) evil or sinful deed; bad karma
[あくちしき, akuchishiki] (n) (See 善知識) bad friend (who leads one away from Buddhism)
[いぎぼそ, igiboso] (n) (obsc) (See 袈裟) informal kasaya worn primarily by adherents of Pure Land Buddhism
[いんげい;いんけい, ingei ; inkei] (n) mudra (symbolic hand gesture used in Buddhism)
[おんり, onri] (n) Buddhism depart from (in disdain)
[おうばく, oubaku] (n) (abbr) Obaku school of Zen Buddhism
[おうばくしゅう, oubakushuu] (n) Obaku school of Zen Buddhism
[かじしん, kajishin] (n) (1) { Buddh } buddha-body within a practitioner (esoteric Buddhism); (2) (See 本地身) altruistic manifested form of Mahavairocana (New Shingon)
[けごん, kegon] (n) (1) { Buddh } avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha); (2) (abbr) (See 華厳経) Avatamska sutra; (3) (abbr) (See 華厳宗) Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
[けごんしゅう, kegonshuu] (n) Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
[えしき, eshiki] (n) (1) { Buddh } memorial service; temple service; (2) (Nichiren Buddhism) memorial service for Nichiren (13th day of 10th month)
[かいぎょう, kaigyou] (n) { Buddh } observing the precepts (of Buddhism)
[かいりつしゅう, kairitsushuu] (n) (obsc) (See 律宗) Ritsu (school of Buddhism)
[かいしゅうしゃ;かいそうしゃ, kaishuusha ; kaisousha] (n) a convert (e.g. to Buddhism)
[かいちん, kaichin] (n) { Buddh } bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism); sleeping
[がくしょう, gakushou] (n) (1) (See 学者・がくしゃ) scholar; (2) (See 学生・がくしょう・2) person studying Buddhism
[かまくらしんぶっきょう, kamakurashinbukkyou] (n) new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period
[けんだつば, kendatsuba] (n) { Buddh } gandharva (heavenly musicians and protectors of Buddhism)
[がんりき, ganriki] (n) the power of prayer (in Buddhism)
[きがん, kigan] (n) { Buddh } ceremonial removal of the coffin from the house (lay person) or temple (priest) (Zen Buddhism)
[きっしょうてん(P);きちじょうてん, kisshouten (P); kichijouten] (n) { Buddh } Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaisravana in Buddhism, based on Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu in Hinduism); (P)
[よしだしんとう, yoshidashintou] (n) Yoshida Shinto (fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism & Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements)
[きょうけ;きょうげ, kyouke ; kyouge] (n, vs) { Buddh } guidance; teaching people and leading them to Buddhism