sutra; Buddhist scriptures
sacred books; sutras; scriptures (Bible, Koran, etc.)
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
the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics
I Ching (ancient Chinese divination and philosophical text; one of the Five Classics of Confucianism); The Book of Changes; Yijing
scroll mounter; picture framer
scroll mounter; picture framer
Sutra of Immeasurable Life
sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen
The Five Classics (of Confucianism)
The Book of Documents; The Book of History; Shujing; Shu Ching
Prajnaparamita Sutra; Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
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)
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
Golden Light Sutra (as translated into Chinese by the monk I Ching)
three major sutras of Pure Land Buddhism
inscription of scripture on stone
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
various scriptures; many sutras
Ullambana Sutra; Yulanpen Sutra
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
ancient Indian collection of tales on the early lives of Buddha (ca. 4th century BCE); Jataka
title of a sutra; name of a sacred text; title on a makimono
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
Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
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
Pratyutpanna Samadhi Sutra; Sutra on the Samadhi for Encountering Face-to-Face the Buddhas of the Present
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch; Platform Sutra