List: Buddhism
Words and expressions used in Buddhism, a religion widely extended in Japan.
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- afterlife, the hereafter
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- Vimalakirti Sutra
noun noun (generic) historical term rare term Buddhism
- great treasure
- Taihล era (701.3.21-704.5.10), Daihล era
- great treasure (used to refer to bodhisattvas, esoteric teachings, etc.)
- homa-mandala (fire altar)
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- ten important Rinzai temples, second in significance to the Kyoto Gozan
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen)
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- small Zen temple built to commemorate the death of a high priest
- minor temple in the grounds of a head temple
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- Shakyamuni triad, Gautama triad, image of Shakyamuni (Gautama) Buddha flanked by two attendants
obsolete kanji Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)
Buddhism expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
Buddhism noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- Garbhadhatu, Womb Realm, Matrix Realm
- Garbhadhatu Mandala, Womb Realm Mandala, Matrix Realm Mandala