attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
Buddhist (household) altar
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
Buddhist family chapel; altar room
to chant (repeat) the name of Buddha
Buddhism; Buddhist teachings
Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings)
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering
Buddha's death; very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism
Buddhist memorial service
hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept
punishment by Buddha; divine retribution
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha)
Buddhist; disciple of Buddha
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th lunar month)
Buddhist image normally withheld from public view
metal statue of Buddha (usu. bronze); cold-hearted person; cold-blooded person
flowers or flower arrangements for a butsudan (household Buddhist altar)
passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitabha
attainment of Buddhahood during life
being deep in prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha
grace of Buddha; indebtedness to Buddha
statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth)
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
Confucianism and Buddhism
mixture (synthesis) of Buddhism and Shintoism
Buddha's name; annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
Buddhist studies; Buddhology
making Buddhist images, implements, etc.
Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home
enshrining a Buddhist image
loudly reciting Amithaba's name
shop selling Buddhist articles
all things have the Buddha nature
recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists)
Buddhist memorial service
small Buddhist image inside another Buddhist image
Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas
Buddha figure carved on a rock face
chanting an invocation (to Amida Buddha); reciting a prayer
all things have the Buddha nature
a woman becoming a Buddha; a woman entering Nirvana
Kassapa Buddha; Kasyapa Buddha; Kashyapa Buddha
inflexible people; heartless people; (lit.) Buddhist images of wood, metal, and stone
realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise; Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama)
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
Shinto, Confucianism and Buddhism
grand Lama; living Buddha
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
tooth of Buddha recovered from his cremated ashes
before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet; offerings made to Buddha or placed on a mortuary tablet
Zen temple meditation hall
annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
seeing Buddha and hearing his teachings
woman interested in Buddhism and Buddhist images
the buddha of infinite light (Amithaba)
the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings
all Buddhas of past, present and future
Verse of the Shared Morality of the Seven Buddhas
secret Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism (practised in Kyushu in the Edo period)
tracing a picture of a Buddhist image
USA, Britain, France and the Netherlands
the death of Shakyamuni Buddha; Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)
Buddha prior to Gautama; Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni
kami-buddha syncretization theory (e.g. manifestation theory)
annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th lunar month)
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism
government-run workshop of Buddhist sculptors (during the Nara period)
Yuzu Nembutsu (school of Pure Land Buddhism)
contemplation (on Amida Buddha, the Pure Land, etc.)
Buddhist image seat; temple pulpit
Buddhist term; teaching of the Buddha; saying of the Buddha; words of the Buddha
buddha state (ultimate level of Buddhist enlightenment); buddhahood
winning favor or influence using someone else's property; plagiarism; (lit.) presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers
Buddhist image in the open
coloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple
Dīpankara Buddha; Dipankara (the lamp bearer)
embroidered Buddha; Buddhist embroidery
Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)
very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)