List: Buddhism
Words and expressions used in Buddhism, a religion widely extended in Japan.
Buddhism noun noun (generic) archaic
- mendicant priest's begging bowl
- iron helmet
Buddhism noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- ("like this"; often the opening word of a sutra)
- ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
Buddhism expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to chant the nembutsu
search-only kanji form Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- Vairocana-Buddha
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- strict observance of the commandment that all priests should be celibate
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- life release, ceremony of releasing captive animals
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- song praising the virtues of the Buddha
- chanting of Buddhist hymns
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- Lotus Sutra
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- six consciousnesses (i.e. functions of the six sense organs: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and reasoning)
Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)