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