| A |
| Abhiseka Ceremony |
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kanjo |
| -see water rite |
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| Age of the Final Dharma |
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mappo |
| -see Three Ages of the Dharma |
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| Amida Buddha |
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Amida butsu |
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| "Amida Buddha, Homage to" |
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Namu Amida Butsu |
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| Amida Sutra [smaller Sutra of Immeasurable Life ] |
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amida-kyo |
| -see Three Sutras of the Pure Land |
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| amulet |
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omamori, literally to "guard" or "protect" |
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| Ananda |
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Anan |
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| ancestral ceremony |
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Segaki |
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| Anniversary Service |
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nenkai-hoyo |
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| Anraku |
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| anti-Buddhist movement |
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haibutsu kishaku |
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| assistant priests |
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shikishu |
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| Auxiliary Practices |
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jogo |
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| B |
| bell, large ceremonial |
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daikin |
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| bell, small ceremonial |
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inkin |
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| bell, temple |
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kosho |
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| bell tower |
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shoro |
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| Birth [in the Pure Land] |
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ojo |
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| Bliss or Reward Body [skt. sambhogakaya] |
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hojin |
| -see Three Bodies |
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| bodhisattva |
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bosatsu |
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| Body/Bodies, Three |
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sanjin |
| -see Three Bodies |
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| Buddha's Enlightenment [Dec. 8] |  |
jodoe |
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| Buddha's Memorial Day [Feb. 15] |  |
nehan-e |
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| Buddha's Birthday [Apr. 8] |
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hanamatsuri |
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| C |
| capability of people |
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kikon |
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| ceremony leader |
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doshi |
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| ceremonial bell, large |
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daikin |
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| ceremonial bell, small |
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inkin |
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| ceremonial fan |
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chukei |
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| ceremonial rosary |
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shogon-juzu |
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| ceremonial socks |
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tabi |
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| ceremonial materials |
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hogu |
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| chant leader |
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ina |
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| Chanting of the Buddhas' Names |
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butsumyoe |
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| chief priest |
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jushoku |
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| Chinzei school |
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chinzei-ha |
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| Chion-in |
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| Chosai |
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| Chu-in Services |
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chu-in-kuyo |
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| Collection on the Essentials for Birth |
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ojoyoshu |
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| colored robe |
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koromo |
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| Commentary on the Meditation Sutra |
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kammuryoju-kyosho |
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| convocation |
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sensho |
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| D |
| daily service |
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nichijo gongyo |
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| Death Guidance |
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makura-gyo, literally "pillow sutra" |
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| deceased ancestors |
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hotoke-sama , literally "venerable buddhas" |
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| dependent co-origination [skt. pratitya-samutpada] |
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engi |
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| desacralizing ceremony |
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hakken-shiki |
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| Dharma Body [skt. dharmakaya] |
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hosshin |
| -see Three Bodies |
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| dharma name |
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kaimyo |
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| Dharmakara Bodhisattva |
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Hozo bosatsu |
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| Different Good Practices |
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irui-no-jogo |
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| Difficult Path |
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nangyodo |
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| Dogen |
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| Donran [ch. T'an-luan] |
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| Doshaku [ch.Tao-ch'o ] |
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| Dream of Zendo |
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nisotaimen |
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| E |
| Easy Path |
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igyodo |
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| ecclesiastical rank |
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sokai |
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| Eighteenth Original Vow |
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juhachigan |
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| Eightfold Path, Noble [skt. aryastangika-marga] |
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hasshodo |
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| Eiku |
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| enshrinement |
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kaigen |
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| equinoctial memorial service |
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Higan, literally "the other shore" |
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| Established Mind |
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anjin |
| -see Three Minds
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| evening service |
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taiya |
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| Exclusive Nembutsu |
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senju-nembutsu |
| -see Single-Minded Recitation of the Nembutsu
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| Extended Rites |
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eitai-kuyo, literally "eternal services" |
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| F |
| family temple registration system |
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dankaseido |
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| fan, ceremonial |
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chukei |
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| Farewell Rite |
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kokubetsu-shiki |
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| Firm Establishment of Faith |
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ketsujo-ojoshin |
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| five grievous sins |
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gogyakuzai |
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| Fivefold Transmission Retreat |
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gojusoden-e |
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| Founder's Day; Honen's Birthday [Apr. 7] |
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shusokotan-e |
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| Four Noble Truths |
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shitai |
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| Fujaku |
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| funeral |
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sogi |
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| funeral donation |
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koden |
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| G |
| gassho |
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| Gateway of the Holy Path |
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shodomon |
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| Gateway of the Pure Land |
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jodo-mon |
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| General Form of the Nembutsu |
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sono-nembutsu |
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| Genko |
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| Genchi |
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| Genshin |
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| gong |
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nyo |
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| grave stone |
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haka |
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| ground breaking ceremony |
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jichin-shiki |
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| H |
| Handprint for Transmission of the Nembutsu to Future Generations |
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matsudai nembutsu jushu-in |
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| home altar |
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butsudan |
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| "Homage to Amida Buddha" |
|
Namu Amida Butsu |
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| Honen Shonin |
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Honen Shonin |
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| Honen's Birthday [Apr. 7] |
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shusokotan-e |
| -see Founder's Day |
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| Honen's Memorial Day [Jan. 25] |
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gyoki |
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| hungry ghost |
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gaki |
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| I |
| ignorant, deluded person |
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bonpu |
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| immolation ceremony |
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jobon-shiki |
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| inauguration of a chief priest |
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shinzan-shiki |
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| incense burner |
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koro |
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| incense offering |
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shoko |
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| incense, stick |
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senko |
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| intermediate stage between birth and death |
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chu-in |
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| invocation |
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hyobyaku |
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| Ippen |
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| itinerant or mendicant |
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hijiri |
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| J |
| Ji Sect |
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ji-shu |
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| Juren |
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| K |
| Kachio-dera |
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| Kannon Bodhisattva |
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Kannon bosatsu |
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| Karoku Persecution |
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karoku-no-honan |
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| Kenni |
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| Koen |
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| Komyokai movement |
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komyokai |
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| Kosai |
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| Kumarajiva |
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Kumaraju |
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| Kyoseikai movement |
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kyosei-kai |
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| Kyoshu |
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| L |
| lotus petals, paper |
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sanka |
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| lotus plate |
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keko |
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| M |
| main hall |
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hondo |
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| main image |
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honzon |
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| Manifested Body [skt. nirmanakaya] |
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ojin |
| -see Three Bodies |
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| materials, ceremonial |
|
hogu |
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| meal offering |
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reizen |
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| Meditation Sutra |
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kammuryoju-kyo |
| -see Three Sutras of the Pure Land |
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| memorial hall |
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nokotsudo |
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| memorial service or veneration |
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kuyo |
| -see Veneration |
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| memorial tablet |
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ihai |
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| memorial tablet platform |
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ihaidan |
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| mendicant or itinerant |
|
hijiri |
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| Mind which Dedicates One's Merit to the Pure Land with the Resolution to Be Born There |
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ekohotsuganshin |
| -see Three Minds |
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| Minds, Three |
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sanjin |
| -see Three Minds |
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| Miscellaneous Practices |
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zogyo |
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| N |
| nembutsu |
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|
 Exclusive- ; Single-Minded Recitation of the- |
|
senju-nembutsu |
| General Form of the- |
|
sono-nembutsu |
| -mendicant or itinerant |
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nembutsu-hijiri |
| -Samadhi |
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nembutsu-zammai [mental absorption in the nembutsu] |
| Special- |
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betsuji-nembutsu |
| Specific- |
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betsu-no-nembutsu |
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| New Year's Eve bells |
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joya-no-kane |
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| New Year Practice |
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shushoe |
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| Nichiren |
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| nirvana |
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nehan |
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| Noble Eightfold Path [skt. aryastangika-marga] |
|
hasshodo |
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| Not-self [skt. anatman] |
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muga |
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| O |
| offering |
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kumotsu |
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| one million nembutsu rosary |
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hyakumanben-juzu |
|
| One Page Document |
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ichimai-kishomon |
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| ordination ceremony |
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tokudo-shiki |
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| Original Vow |
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hongan |
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| Original Vow, Eighteenth |
|
juhachi-gan |
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| Other Power |
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tariki |
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| P |
| paper lotus petals |
|
sanka |
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| Passages on the Selection of the Nembutsu in the Original Vow |
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senchaku hongan nembutsu-shu [senchaku-shu] |
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| Poisons, Three [of greed, anger and delusion] |
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sandoku |
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| preaching rank |
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kyokai |
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| precepts |
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kairitsu |
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| Precepts movement |
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koritsu-ha |
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| "Pre-emptive Funeral" Sermons |
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gyakushu-seppo |
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| priest |
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obosan/soryo |
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| priests, assistant |
|
shikishu |
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| Profound Mind |
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jinshin |
| -see Three Minds |
|
| prostration |
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raihai |
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| Pure Land Sect |
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jodo-shu |
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| Pure Land Sect, True |
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jodoshin-shu |
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| R |
| rainy season retreat |
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ango |
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| Reitan |
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| Renunciation movement |
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shasei-ha |
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| Reply to a Disciple |
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isshi-koshosoku |
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| Retreat, Fivefold Transmission |
|
goju-soden-e |
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| Reward or Bliss Body [skt. sambhogakaya] |
|
hojin |
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| Right Practices |
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shogyo |
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| Rightly Established Practice |
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shojono-go |
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| ritual purification |
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shasui |
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| robe |
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kesa |
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| robe, colored |
|
koromo |
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| rosary |
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juzu |
| ceremonial- |
|
shogon-juzu |
| one million nembutsu- |
|
hyakumanben-juzu |
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| Ryochu |
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| Ryukan |
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| Ryushin |
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| S |
| scholastic rank |
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gakkai |
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| Seishi Bodhisattva |
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Seishi-bosatsu |
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| Seizan school |
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seizan-ha |
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| Selection and Rejection |
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senchaku |
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| Self Power |
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jiriki |
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| Seven Article Pledge |
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shichikajo kishomon |
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| Shakyamuni Buddha |
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Shakamuni-butsu |
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| Shariputra |
 | Sharihotsu |
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| Shingon Sect |
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shingon-shu |
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| Shinran |
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| Shiio Benkyo |
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| Shogei |
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| Shoko [Bencho] |
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| Shoku |
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| Shonen |
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| Shoso |
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| Shotatsu |
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| Single-Minded Recitation of the Nembutsu |
|
senju-nembutsu |
| -see Exclusive Nembutsu |
|
| Single Recitation doctrine |
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ichinen-gi |
|
| Sins, Five Grievous |
|
gogyakuzai |
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| socks, ceremonial |
|
tabi |
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| Sonsho |
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| Special Nembutsu |
|
betsuji-nembutsu |
|
| Specific Nembutsu |
|
betsu-no-nembutsu |
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| stick incense |
|
senko |
|
| study room |
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sho-in |
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| Suchness [skt. tathata] |
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shinnyo |
|
| summer memorial services |  |
Urabon; Obon; Bon |
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| sutra |
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kyohon |
|
| Sutra Copying |
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sha-kyo |
|
| Sutra of Immeasurable Life |
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muryoju-kyo |
| -see Three Sutras of the Pure Land |
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| sutra table |
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kyozukue |
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| T |
| table of food offerings |
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shoryodana |
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| taking the precepts |
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jukai-e |
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| taking refuge in the Triple Gem |
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kikyoshiki |
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| Tanzei |
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| A Teaching to the Western Land |
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saihoshinan-sho |
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| temple |
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otera/ji-in |
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| temple bell |
|
kosho |
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| temple family |
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jizoku |
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| temple family's quarters |
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kuri |
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| Tendai Sect |
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tendai-shu |
|
| Ten Night Chanting |
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juya-e |
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| Three Ages of the Dharma |
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shozomatsu |
| Age of the Right Dharma |
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shobo |
| Age of the Semblance Dharma |
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zoho |
| Age of the Final Dharma |
|
mappo |
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| Three Bodies |
|
sanjin |
| Dharma Body [skt. dharmakaya] |
|
hosshin |
| Bliss Body; Reward Body [skt. sambhogakaya] |
|
hojin |
| Manifested Body [skt. nirmanakaya] |
|
ojin |
|
| Three Minds |
|
sanjin |
| Utterly Sincere Mind |
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shijoshin |
| Profound Mind |
|
jinshin |
| Mind which Dedicates One's Merit to the Pure Land with the Resolution to Be Born There |
|
ekohotsuganshin |
|
| Three Poisons [of greed, anger and delusion] |
|
sandoku |
|
| Three Sutras of the Pure Land |
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jodosanbu-kyo |
| Sutra of Immeasurable Life |
|
muryoju-kyo |
| Meditation Sutra |
|
kammuryoju-kyo |
| Amida Sutra [smaller Sutra of Immeasurable Life ] |
|
amida-kyo |
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| Tokuhon |
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| tonsure |
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teido |
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| torches of transmigration |
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ako |
|
| Tranquil Light doctrine |
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jakkojodo-gi |
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| True Pure Land Sect |
|
jodoshin-shu |
|
| the True Teaching, Practice, and Realization of the Pure Land Way |
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kyogyoshinsho |
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| Truths, Four Noble [skt. catvary aryasatyani] |
|
shitai |
|
| Tsuizen Service |
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tsuizen-kuyo |
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| U |
| Urabon chanting |
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tanagyo |
|
| Utterly Sincere Mind |
|
shijoshin |
| -see Three Minds |
|
| V |
| Various Practices Corresponding to the Original Vow doctrine |
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shogyo hongan-gi |
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| veneration or memorial service |
|
kuyo |
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| W |
| wake |
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otsuya |
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| water rite [Abhiseka Ceremony] |
|
kanjo |
|
| whisk |
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hossu |
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| witnessing guidance |
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indo |
|
| wood chanting blocks |
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kaishaku |
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| wooden fish block |
 |
mokugyo |
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| Y |
| Yamazaki Bennei |
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| Z |
| Zendo [ch.Shan-tao] |
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| Zojo-ji |
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| Zonno |
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