sour look; surly face; pout
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
France; French (language)
Buddhist (household) altar
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
a Buddha; deceased person
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
laryngeal prominence; Adam's apple
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha
Buddhist teachings; Buddhism
Buddhist family chapel; altar room
to chant (repeat) the name of Buddha
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
Britain and France; Anglo-French
Buddhism; Buddhist teachings
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering
person (or their spirit) who died with no one to tend their grave
crown of a buddha's head; brusqueness; grumpiness
Buddha's heart; Buddha's mercy
Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings)
Buddha's death; very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
Buddhist scriptures; sutras
stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
even the patience of a saint eventually runs out; (lit.) (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed)
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
God and Buddha; Gods and Buddhas; one's guardian angel
mercy; merciful heart; charity
monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification
way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings
Buddhist; Buddhist priest
Buddhist memorial service
punishment by Buddha; divine retribution
syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism
Germany and France; German-French
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
there is no God!; it's a cruel world; (lit.) there is no god or Buddha
hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
living Buddha; saintly Buddhist monk; living person
pre-sectarian Buddhism; the earliest Buddhism; original Buddhism
Buddhist; disciple of Buddha
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
Buddhist scholar; Buddhologist
French Open (tennis); Roland-Garros
Buddhist thought; Buddhist concept
laryngeal prominence; Adam's apple
French possession; French territory
France and the United Kingdom; French-British; French-English
intently praying to Buddha (esp. Amitabha)
Buddhist image normally withheld from public view
flowers or flower arrangements for a butsudan (household Buddhist altar)
metal statue of Buddha (usu. bronze); cold-hearted person; cold-blooded person
spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death; the recently departed (and buried or cremated, etc.)
attainment of Buddhahood during life
French; French writing; French literature
department of French literature
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th lunar month)
being deep in prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha
Hinayana Buddhism; Theravada Buddhism
Buddhist; researcher of Buddhism
Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; The Three Jewels; Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis); roller (any bird of family Coraciidae); Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)
France and Germany; Franco-German
passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitabha
omniscience (of a 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)
pure land; spiritual realm of Buddhahood
follower of the Buddha; Buddhist; all Buddha's children; mankind; Bodhisattva
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
mixture (synthesis) of Buddhism and Shintoism
Buddha's name; annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
Buddhist studies; Buddhology
visit to a Buddhist temple
Nikaya (early sectarian) Buddhism
Buddha's hand (Citrus medica sarcodactylus); fingered citron
Confucianism and Buddhism
making Buddhist images, implements, etc.
Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home
Buddhist studies; Buddhology
America and France; American-French
enshrining a Buddhist image
buddhakaya (the body of Buddha)
maker of Buddhist images and altar fittings
Britain, France and Germany
stationed in France; resident in France (of ambassadors, etc.)
shop selling Buddhist articles
funeral Buddhism; modern day Buddhism in Japan that focuses on the lucrative performing of funeral ceremonies over teaching enlightenment
loudly reciting Amithaba's name
Buddhist country; the land of Buddha; Buddhist paradise
recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists)
French-Japanese dictionary
Southern Buddhism (as practiced in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia)
Usnisavijaya; Victorious Goddess of the Chignon
all things have the Buddha nature
new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period
Buddha figure carved on a rock face
Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas
henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule); henbit; Japanese nipplewort (Lapsanastrum apogonoides)
otherworldly; sanctimonious
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
Buddhist memorial service
with great relief; as if meeting a friend in need; (lit.) as if having met a Buddha in hell
small Buddhist image inside another Buddhist image
Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
Kassapa Buddha; Kasyapa Buddha; Kashyapa Buddha
Buddhist terminology; word related to Buddhism
a woman becoming a Buddha; a woman entering Nirvana
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
falling to the ground like a Buddha statue being thrown down
realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise; Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings
all things have the Buddha nature
Butchōson (type of Buddha representing omniscience in Mikkyō Buddhism); Butchō
place containing a Buddhist image; place containing a Buddha; pure land; independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward)
Buddhist image in the open
Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
chanting an invocation (to Amida Buddha); reciting a prayer
my dear; (lit.) my Buddha
inflexible people; heartless people; (lit.) Buddhist images of wood, metal, and stone
Japanese-French (e.g. dictionary)
poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara
Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines
Nara Buddhism; Nara-period Buddhism
tooth of Buddha recovered from his cremated ashes
Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama)
grand Lama; living Buddha
Buddha's birthday celebration
Shinto, Confucianism and Buddhism
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
Japanese invasion of French Indochina (1940)
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism (government policy during the beginning of the Meiji period)
footprint of the Buddha carved in stone
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
USA, Britain, France and the Netherlands
Buddha; stupa; Buddhist temple; Buddhist monk
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)
Sino-French War (1884-1885)
French-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
the buddha of infinite light (Amithaba)
all Buddhas of past, present and future
tracing a picture of a Buddhist image
Verse of the Shared Morality of the Seven Buddhas
French newspaper; French press
woman interested in Buddhism and Buddhist images
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
secret Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism (practised in Kyushu in the Edo period)
Zen temple meditation hall
image of the Buddha entering nirvana
offering to the Buddha (often rice)
before a Buddha or a mortuary tablet; offerings made to Buddha or placed on a mortuary tablet
seeing Buddha and hearing his teachings
my dear; (lit.) my Buddha
smiling Buddha (statue); laughing Buddha
the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings
the Mu koan ("does a dog have Buddha nature?")
Buddhist incantation using chanting, drumbeating, and dancing
seed of Buddhahood; something that makes it possible to attain Buddhahood; teaching of Buddha which make it possible to be enlightened
Buddha figure carved on a rock face
my dear; (lit.) my Buddha
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
my dear; (lit.) my Buddha
offering to Buddha (often rice)
offering to Buddha (often rice)
smiling Buddha (statue); laughing Buddha
Buddhist term; teaching of the Buddha; saying of the Buddha; words of the Buddha
Buddhist image seat; temple pulpit
having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha; having a stern face but a tender heart
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra
being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness
Northern Buddhism (as practiced in East Asia)
coloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple
Japanese-French dictionary
very unlucky day (according to old almanacs)
French style; Presta valve
Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)
Bukkōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
kami-buddha syncretization theory (e.g. manifestation theory)
God only knows what may happen
act of visiting a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple
government-run workshop of Buddhist sculptors (during the Nara period)
Dīpankara Buddha; Dipankara (the lamp bearer)
French horse-power; metric horsepower
Buddha prior to Gautama; Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni
buddha state (ultimate level of Buddhist enlightenment); buddhahood
separation of Buddhism and Shintoism
contemplation (on Amida Buddha, the Pure Land, etc.)
poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara
form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)
Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)
three causes of Buddha nature
better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; (lit.) better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't
Buddhist image in the open
don't bother the Buddha, give no heed to God
money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; (lit.) even the Buddha's verdict is (decided by) money
Dalit Buddhist movement; neo-Buddhist movement
putting one's own beliefs on a pedestal; being narrow-minded
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th lunar month)
winning favor or influence using someone else's property; plagiarism; (lit.) presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
annual ceremony of reciting the names of the Buddhas
embroidered Buddha; Buddhist embroidery
embroidered Buddha; Buddhist embroidery
Presta valve; French valve; Sclaverand valve
Yuzu Nembutsu (school of Pure Land Buddhism)
European roller (species of bird, Coracias garrulus)
Japanese eight-barbel loach (Lefua echigonia)