sutra; Buddhist scriptures
sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra
Glory to the Sutra; Hail Lotus Sutra
white kimono in which dead person is dressed
The Classic of Poetry; The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes; Shijing; Shih Ching
chanting or reading the sutras
scroll mounter; picture framer
The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
Sutra of Immeasurable Life
scroll mounter; picture framer
the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics
sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen
Prajnaparamita Sutra; Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
The Five Classics (of Confucianism)
The Book of Documents; The Book of History; Shujing; Shu Ching
mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
complete Buddhist scriptures
presenting a hand-copied sutra to a temple (or money, etc. in its place)
the Tripitaka (complete Buddhist canon)
Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
Golden Light Sutra (as translated into Chinese by the monk I Ching)
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
inscription of scripture on stone
three major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism
Diamond Wisdom Sutra; Diamond Sutra
apocryphal sutra (composed in China or Japan)
three main sutras (of a school of Buddhism)
sutra; holy writings; writings of a sage; Bible
Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing
book of stamps (each confirming donation to a temple on a pilgrimage)
Xiuyaojing (Indian astrological text written by Amoghavajra)
meditation performed while walking
title of a scripture or sacred text (e.g. Buddhist sutra); title on a scroll or rolled book
Diamond Perfection of Wisdom Sutra; Diamond Sutra
sutra-reading time (in morning and evening)
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
Sutra of Immeasurable Meanings
prefatory sutra; opening a sutra; beginning to read a sutra
Minister for Economics and Finance
you can't do something if you don't know how to do it; (lit.) you can't read a sutra (by heart) if you haven't learned it
Samantabhadra Contemplation Sutra
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch; Platform Sutra