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仏教国

see styles
 bukkyoukoku / bukkyokoku
    ぶっきょうこく
Buddhist country

仏教学

see styles
 bukkyougaku / bukkyogaku
    ぶっきょうがく
Buddhist studies; Buddhology

仏教家

see styles
 bukkyouka / bukkyoka
    ぶっきょうか
Buddhist; researcher of Buddhism

仏教徒

see styles
 bukkyouto / bukkyoto
    ぶっきょうと
Buddhist

仏教書

see styles
 bukkyousho / bukkyosho
    ぶっきょうしょ
Buddhist writings

仏教語

see styles
 bukkyougo / bukkyogo
    ぶっきょうご
Buddhist terminology; word related to Buddhism

仏涅槃

see styles
 butsunehan
    ぶつねはん
(1) {Buddh} the death of Shakyamuni Buddha; (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 仏涅槃忌) Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)

他心通

see styles
tā xīn tōng
    ta1 xin1 tong1
t`a hsin t`ung
    ta hsin tung
 tashintsuu / tashintsu
    たしんつう
{Buddh} (See 六神通) awareness of the minds of others (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers)
supernatural ability to read the minds of others

付法藏

see styles
fù fǎ zàng
    fu4 fa3 zang4
fu fa tsang
 Fuhō zō
(因緣傳); 付法藏傳 or 付法藏經. The work explaining the handing down of Śākyamuni's teaching by Mahākāśyapa and the elders, twenty-four in number; tr. in the Yuan dynasty in six juan; cf. 釋門正統 4.

伊蒲塞

see styles
yī pú sāi
    yi1 pu2 sai1
i p`u sai
    i pu sai
 ibusoku
upāsaka, a lay member of the Buddhist Church, v. 優.

伝灯録

see styles
 dentouroku / dentoroku
    でんとうろく
(product) Chuandeng Lu (Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, 1004 CE Buddhist scripture); (product name) Chuandeng Lu (Record of the Transmission of the Lamp, 1004 CE Buddhist scripture)

位牌所

see styles
 ihaijo
    いはいじょ
site of a Buddhist mortuary tablet

佛國記


佛国记

see styles
fó guó jì
    fo2 guo2 ji4
fo kuo chi
 Bukkoku ki
Faxian's Record of Buddhist countries.

佛支提

see styles
fó zhī tí
    fo2 zhi1 ti2
fo chih t`i
    fo chih ti
 butsushidai
Buddha's caitya, or stūpa, v. 支提. A Buddhist reliquary, or pagoda, where relics of the Buddha, 舍利 śarīra, were kept; a stūpa 塔婆 was a tower for relics; such towers are of varying shape; originally sepulchres, then mere cenotaphs, they have become symbols of Buddhism.

佛教人

see styles
fó jiào rén
    fo2 jiao4 ren2
fo chiao jen
 bukkyō nin
a Buddhist

佛教徒

see styles
fó jiào tú
    fo2 jiao4 tu2
fo chiao t`u
    fo chiao tu
 bukkyō to
Buddhist
Buddhists

佛教法

see styles
fó jiào fǎ
    fo2 jiao4 fa3
fo chiao fa
 bukkyō hō
Buddhist teachings

佛教界

see styles
fó jiào jiè
    fo2 jiao4 jie4
fo chiao chieh
 bukkyō kai
Buddhist community

佛教語


佛教语

see styles
fó jiào yǔ
    fo2 jiao4 yu3
fo chiao yü
Buddhist term

佛正教

see styles
fó zhèng jiào
    fo2 zheng4 jiao4
fo cheng chiao
 butsu shōkyō
Buddhist orthodoxy

佛法者

see styles
fó fǎ zhě
    fo2 fa3 zhe3
fo fa che
 buppō sha
a Buddhist

佛經教


佛经教

see styles
fó jīng jiào
    fo2 jing1 jiao4
fo ching chiao
 butsu kyō kyō
teachings of Buddhist scriptures

佛臘日


佛腊日

see styles
fó là rì
    fo2 la4 ri4
fo la jih
 butsurō nichi
The Buddhist last day of the old year, i.e. of the summer retreat.

佛香閣


佛香阁

see styles
fó xiāng gé
    fo2 xiang1 ge2
fo hsiang ko
Tower of Buddhist Incense in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing

佛骨塔

see styles
fó gǔ tǎ
    fo2 gu3 ta3
fo ku t`a
    fo ku ta
stupa (Buddhist shrine)

作佛事

see styles
zuò fó shì
    zuo4 fo2 shi4
tso fo shih
 sa butsuji
To do the works of Buddha; perform Buddhist ceremonies. 作善 To do good, e.g. worship, bestow alms, etc.

作集法

see styles
zuò jí fǎ
    zuo4 ji2 fa3
tso chi fa
 sashūhō
Buddhist council

供奉僧

see styles
 gubusou / gubuso
    ぐぶそう
(1) monk who attends to the principal image of a temple; (2) Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

修する

see styles
 shuusuru; shusuru / shusuru; shusuru
    しゅうする; しゅする
(vs-s,vt) (1) to study; to complete (a course); to cultivate; to master; (vs-s,vt) (2) to fix; to correct; to repair; (vs-s,vt) (3) to conduct (a Buddhist service)

修験道

see styles
 shugendou / shugendo
    しゅげんどう
Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts

僧隨念


僧随念

see styles
sēng suí niàn
    seng1 sui2 nian4
seng sui nien
 sō zuinen
mindfulness of the Buddhist community

優婆塞


优婆塞

see styles
yōu pó sē
    you1 po2 se1
yu p`o se
    yu po se
 ubasoku
    うばそく
{Buddh} upasaka (devout male lay follower of Buddhism)
upāsaka, 優婆娑柯; 優波娑迦; 鄔波塞 (鄔波塞伽); 鄔波索迦 (or 鄔波素迦); 伊蒲塞. Originally meaning a servant, one of low caste, it became the name for a Buddhist layman who engages to observe the first five commandments, a follower, disciple, devotee.

內道塲


内道塲

see styles
nèi dào cháng
    nei4 dao4 chang2
nei tao ch`ang
    nei tao chang
 nai dōjō
A place for Buddhist worship in the palace, v. 内齋 and 内寺.

八思巴

see styles
bā sī bā
    ba1 si1 ba1
pa ssu pa
 Hasshiha
Also 發思巴 Bashpa, Phagspa, Baghcheba, Blo-gros-rgyal-mtshah, Chos-rgyal-ḥphags-pa. A śramaṇa of Tibet, teacher and confidential adviser of Kublai Khan, who appointed him head of the Buddhist church of Tibet A.D. 1260. He is the author of a manual of Buddhist terminology彰所知論 and translated another work into Chinese. In A.D. 1269 he constructed an alphabet for the Mongol language, "adapted from the Tibetan and written vertically," and a syllabary borrowed from Tibetan, known by the name of Hkhor-yig, for which, however, the Lama Chos-kyi-hod-zer 1307-1311 substituted another alphabet based on that of Śākya-paṇḍita.

六和敬

see styles
liù hé jìng
    liu4 he2 jing4
liu ho ching
 roku wakyō
(六和) The six points of reverent harmony or unity in a monastery or convent: 身 bodily unity in form of worship, 口 oral unity in chanting, 意 mental unity in faith, 戒 moral unity in observing the commandments, 見 doctrinal unity in views and explanations, and 利, 行, 學, or 施 economic unity in community of goods, deeds, studies, or charity.

六外道

see styles
liù wài dào
    liu4 wai4 dao4
liu wai tao
 roku gedō
six non-Buddhist paths

六苦行

see styles
liù kǔ xíng
    liu4 ku3 xing2
liu k`u hsing
    liu ku hsing
 rokkugyō
The heretics of the six austerities are referred to as 六苦行外道; v. 六行.

兼務寺

see styles
 kenmuji
    けんむじ
Buddhist temple without a dedicated head priest

出家人

see styles
chū jiā rén
    chu1 jia1 ren2
ch`u chia jen
    chu chia jen
monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist)
One who has left home and become a monk or nun. Two kinds are named: (1) 身出家 one who physically leaves home, and (2) 心出家 one who does so in spirit and conduct. A further division of four is: (1 ) one who physically leaves home, but in spirit remains with wife and family; (2) one who physically remains at home but whose spirit goes forth; (3) one who leaves home, body and spirit; and (4) one who, body and mind, refuses to leave home.

删闍夜


删阇夜

see styles
shān shé yè
    shan1 she2 ye4
shan she yeh
 Sanjaya
(or 耶毘羅胝子); 删逝移毘刺知子 Sañjaya-Vairāṭīputra, or Saṁjayin Vairaḍīputra, one of the six founders of heretical or non-Buddhist schools, whose doctrine was that pain and suffering would end in due course, like unwinding a ball of silk, hence there was no need of seeking the 'Way'.

Variations:

see styles
 satsu; setsu
    さつ; せつ
(n,suf) (1) (刹 only) temple (Buddhist); (2) (See 心柱・しんばしら・1) central pillar of a pagoda; (3) (刹 only) {Buddh} kshetra (realm, country); ksetra

十三宗

see styles
shí sān zōng
    shi2 san1 zong1
shih san tsung
 jūsan shū
The thirteen Buddhist schools of China v. 宗派.

十八宗

see styles
shí bā zōng
    shi2 ba1 zong1
shih pa tsung
 jūhachi shū
The eighteen Japanese Buddhist sects, i.e. 三論; 法相; 華嚴; 律; 倶舍; 成實; 天台; 眞言; 融通念佛; 淨土; 眞; 日蓮; 時; 臨濟; 曹洞; 黃檗; 普化; and 修驗宗.

十八經


十八经

see styles
shí bā jīng
    shi2 ba1 jing1
shih pa ching
 jūhachi kyō
(十八大經); 十八明處 The eighteen Indian non-Buddhist classics, i.e. the four vedas, six śāstras, and eight śāstras.

十六師


十六师

see styles
shí liù shī
    shi2 liu4 shi1
shih liu shih
 jūroku shi
The sixteen non-Buddhist "heretical" Indian philosophers.

十法行

see styles
shí fǎ xíng
    shi2 fa3 xing2
shih fa hsing
 jippō gyō
Ten ways of devotion to the Buddhist sutras: to copy them; serve the places where they are kept, as if serving the Buddha's shrine; preach or give them to others; listen attentively to their exposition; read; maintain; discourse on them to others; intone them; ponder over them; observe their lessons.

千佛洞

see styles
qiān fó dòng
    qian1 fo2 dong4
ch`ien fo tung
    chien fo tung
Buddhist grottos

卑栗蹉

see styles
bēi lì cuō
    bei1 li4 cuo1
pei li ts`o
    pei li tso
 hirisha
蔑戻車 mlecchas, border people, hence outside the borders of Buddhism, non-Buddhist.

南海傳


南海传

see styles
nán hǎi zhuàn
    nan2 hai3 zhuan4
nan hai chuan
 Nankai den
A Record of Buddhist Practices Sent Home from the Southern Sea

南無師


南无师

see styles
nán wú shī
    nan2 wu2 shi1
nan wu shih
 namu shi
Masters of namaḥ, i.e. Buddhist or Taoist priests and sorcerers.

吸金剛

see styles
 kokongou / kokongo
    ここんごう
Hevajra; Eternal Vajra (tantric Buddhist deity)

唄比丘


呗比丘

see styles
bài bǐ qiū
    bai4 bi3 qiu1
pai pi ch`iu
    pai pi chiu
 bai biku
鈴聲比丘 A famous Buddhist singer of old, ugly but with bell-like voice.

噶舉派


噶举派

see styles
gá jǔ pài
    ga2 ju3 pai4
ka chü p`ai
    ka chü pai
Geju (Tibetan: transmit word of Buddha) sect of Tibetan Buddhist

四句執


四句执

see styles
sì jù zhí
    si4 ju4 zhi2
ssu chü chih
 shikushū
The four tenets held by various non-Buddhist schools: (1) the permanence of the ego, i. e. that the ego of past lives is the ego of the present; (2) its impermanence, i. e. that the present ego is of independent birth; (3) both permanent and impermanent, that the ego is permanent, the body impermanent; (4) neither permanent nor impermanent; that the body is impermanent but the ego not impermanent.

四部衆


四部众

see styles
sì bù zhòng
    si4 bu4 zhong4
ssu pu chung
 shibushu
    しぶしゅ
(rare) (See 四衆・1) four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
四部弟子; 四部僧; 四衆 The four divisions of disciples— bhikṣu, bhikṣuṇī, upāsaka, and upāsikā, monks, nuns, and male and female devotees.

坊さん

see styles
 bousan / bosan
    ぼうさん
(1) (familiar language) (honorific or respectful language) (See お坊さん・1) Buddhist priest; monk; (2) (familiar language) boy

執金鋼

see styles
 shikkongou / shikkongo
    しっこんごう
Diamond Holder (name of a Buddhist celestial being)

増支部

see styles
 zoushibu / zoshibu
    ぞうしぶ
(work) Samyutta Nikaya (Buddhist sutra); Gradual Collection; Numerical Discourses; (wk) Samyutta Nikaya (Buddhist sutra); Gradual Collection; Numerical Discourses

増長天

see styles
 zoujouten; zouchouten / zojoten; zochoten
    ぞうじょうてん; ぞうちょうてん
{Buddh} Virudhaka (Buddhist deity)

外外道

see styles
wài wài dào
    wai4 wai4 dao4
wai wai tao
 ge gedō
Outside outsiders, those of other cults.

外道禪


外道禅

see styles
wài dào chán
    wai4 dao4 chan2
wai tao ch`an
    wai tao chan
 gedō zen
non-Buddhist meditation

外道行

see styles
wài dào xíng
    wai4 dao4 xing2
wai tao hsing
 gedō gyō
non-Buddhist practices

多聞天


多闻天

see styles
duō wén tiān
    duo1 wen2 tian1
to wen t`ien
    to wen tien
 Tamon Ten
    たもんてん
Vaisravana (one of the Heavenly Kings)
(Buddhist term) Vaisravana (Buddhist deity)
Vaiśravaṇa

多門天

see styles
 tamonten
    たもんてん
(irregular kanji usage) (Buddhist term) Vaisravana (Buddhist deity)

大域龍


大域龙

see styles
dà yù lóng
    da4 yu4 long2
ta yü lung
 Dai Ikiryū
Dignāga, or Mahā-Dignāga, also known as 陳那 Jina, founder of the medieval school of Buddhist logic about the fifth century A.D. His works are known only in Tibetan translations. [Winternitz.]

大弟子

see styles
dà dì zǐ
    da4 di4 zi3
ta ti tzu
 dai daishi
sthavira, a chief disciple, the Fathers of the Buddhist church; an elder; an abbot; a priest licensed to preach and become an abbot; also 上坐.

大昭寺

see styles
dà zhāo sì
    da4 zhao1 si4
ta chao ssu
Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism

大本山

see styles
dà běn shān
    da4 ben3 shan1
ta pen shan
 daihonzan
    だいほんざん
head temple of a Buddhist sect
major head temple

大蔵経

see styles
 daizoukyou / daizokyo
    だいぞうきょう
the Tripitaka (complete Buddhist canon)

大藏經


大藏经

see styles
dà zàng jīng
    da4 zang4 jing1
ta tsang ching
 Daizō kyō
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
The Tripiṭaka; the Buddhist canon.

大衆部


大众部

see styles
dà zhòng bù
    da4 zhong4 bu4
ta chung pu
 daishubu
    だいしゅぶ
(See 上座部) Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)
摩調僧祇部 Mahāsāṅghikāḥ, the school of the community, or majority; one of the chief early divisions, cf. 上坐部 Mahāsthavirāḥ or Sthavirāḥ, i.e. the elders. There are two usages of the term, first, when the sthavira, or older disciples assembled in the cave after the Buddha's death, and the others, the 大衆, assembled outside. As sects, the principal division was that which took place later. The Chinese attribute this division to the influence of 大天 Mahādeva, a century after the Nirvāṇa, and its subsequent five subdivisions are also associated with his name: they are Pūrvasailāḥ, Avaraśailāḥ, Haimavatāḥ, Lokottara-vādinaḥ, and Prajñapti-vādinaḥ; v. 小乘.

天耳通

see styles
tiān ěr tōng
    tian1 er3 tong1
t`ien erh t`ung
    tien erh tung
 tennitsuu / tennitsu
    てんにつう
{Buddh} (See 六神通) divine hearing (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers)
supernatural power of divine hearing

夾山寺


夹山寺

see styles
jiā shān sì
    jia1 shan1 si4
chia shan ssu
Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen county 石門縣|石门县[Shi2 men2 xian4], Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan, the purported final home and burial place of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成[Li3 Zi4 cheng2]

如法王

see styles
rú fǎ wáng
    ru2 fa3 wang2
ju fa wang
 nyohō ō
a king who follows the Buddhist teachings

孟婆神

see styles
mèng pó shén
    meng4 po2 shen2
meng p`o shen
    meng po shen
 mōbajin
The Meng family dame, said to have been born under the Han dynasty, and to have become a Buddhist; later deified as the bestower of 孟婆湯 the drug of forgetfulness, or oblivion of the past, on the spirits of the dead.

宿命通

see styles
sù mìng tōng
    su4 ming4 tong1
su ming t`ung
    su ming tung
 shukumyoutsuu / shukumyotsu
    しゅくみょうつう
(Buddhism) recollection of past lives; wisdom of past lives (one of six supernatural powers of Buddhas and arhats)
{Buddh} (See 六神通) knowledge of previous lifetimes (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers)
(宿命智通) pūrvanivāsānusmṛti-(jñāna); buddha-knowledge of all forms of previous existence of self and others; one of the 六通 (六神通).

實相花


实相花

see styles
shí xiàng huā
    shi2 xiang4 hua1
shih hsiang hua
 jissō no hana
實相風 The flower, or breeze, of Reality, i.e. the truth, or glory, of Buddhist teaching.

尼法師


尼法师

see styles
ní fǎ shī
    ni2 fa3 shi1
ni fa shih
 amahoushi / amahoshi
    あまほうし
{Buddh} nun
A nun teacher; effeminate.

山ぶし

see styles
 yamabushi
    やまぶし
(1) itinerant Buddhist monk; (2) practitioner of Shugendo

岡本寺

see styles
 okamotodera
    おかもとでら
(place-name) Okamotodera (popular name for the Hokkiji Buddhist temple in Nara)

帶妻僧


带妻僧

see styles
dài qī sēng
    dai4 qi1 seng1
tai ch`i seng
    tai chi seng
 taisai sō
married Buddhist monk

常灯明

see styles
 joutoumyou / jotomyo
    じょうとうみょう
continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)

常燈明

see styles
 joutoumyou / jotomyo
    じょうとうみょう
continuously burning light (e.g. at a Buddhist altar)

広目天

see styles
 koumokuten / komokuten
    こうもくてん
{Buddh} Virupaksa (Buddhist deity)

庚申塚

see styles
 koushinzuka / koshinzuka
    こうしんづか
(See 青面金剛,三猿) roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys); (place-name) Kōshinzuka

彌戾車


弥戾车

see styles
mí lì chē
    mi2 li4 che1
mi li ch`e
    mi li che
 mireisha
mleccha, barbarian, foreigner, wicked; defined as 'ill-looking', a term for a non-Buddhist tribe or people. Also 彌離車; cf. 蜜.

彼岸会

see styles
 higane
    ひがんえ
Buddhist services during the equinoctial week

念仏踊

see styles
 nenbutsuodori
    ねんぶつおどり
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing

念持仏

see styles
 nenjibutsu
    ねんじぶつ
(rare) Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home

成道会

see styles
 joudoue / jodoe
    じょうどうえ
Bodhi Day; Buddhist holiday on December 8 to celebrate Shakyamuni's enlightenment

戒律藏

see styles
jiè lǜ zàng
    jie4 lv4 zang4
chieh lü tsang
 kairitsu zō
The Vinaya Piṭaka, the second main division of the Buddhist canon.

打ち敷

see styles
 uchishiki
    うちしき
patterned cloth laid on a table or Buddhist altar; antependium

拔思發


拔思发

see styles
bá sī fā
    ba2 si1 fa1
pa ssu fa
 Bashihotsu
拔合思巴; 八思巴 Baschpa (Phags-pa), Tibetan Buddhist and adviser of Kublai Khan, v. 八發 (八發思).

持国天

see styles
 jikokuten
    じこくてん
{Buddh} Dhrtarastra (Buddhist deity)

掛佛齋


挂佛斋

see styles
guà fó zhāi
    gua4 fo2 zhai1
kua fo chai
 kebutsu sai
Buddhist ritual [ceremony] with large banner painting

摧邪輪

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 zaijarin
    ざいじゃりん
(work) Tract for Destroying Heretical Views (Buddhist treatise by Myoe, ca. 1212 CE); (wk) Tract for Destroying Heretical Views (Buddhist treatise by Myoe, ca. 1212 CE)

新熏家

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xīn xūn jiā
    xin1 xun1 jia1
hsin hsün chia
 shingun ke
a Buddhist philosopher who advocates the theory of newly perfumed seeds

新發意


新发意

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xīn fā yì
    xin1 fa1 yi4
hsin fa i
 shin bocchi
One who has newly resolved on becoming a Buddhist, or on any new line of conduct.

方丈記

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 houjouki / hojoki
    ほうじょうき
(work) An Account of My Hut (1212 collection of essays in the Buddhist eremitic tradition, by Kamo no Chome); The Ten Foot Square Hut; (wk) An Account of My Hut (1212 collection of essays in the Buddhist eremitic tradition, by Kamo no Chome); The Ten Foot Square Hut

明月珠

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míng yuè zhū
    ming2 yue4 zhu1
ming yüeh chu
 myōgetsushu
明珠; 摩尼 The bright-moon maṇi or pearl, emblem of Buddha, Buddhism, the Buddhist Scriptures, purity, etc.

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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