① 自身の(主として魂の)救済または死後の救済を願って、または故人の供養のために、仏に祈ること、または仏の姿または存在を強く心に思い描く(念じる)こと。多くの場合、阿弥陀仏(阿弥陀如来)に対してそのような行為をする。特に「南無阿弥陀仏(なむあみだぶつ)」と声に出して唱えること(口称念仏)を指していうことが多い。
Buddhist (household) altar
Buddhist family chapel; altar room
① 仏教徒として進むべき道。釈尊(もしくは他の如来)の教えに従った生き方。特にさとり(悟)に近づくための生き方、実践を言う。② 仏教に同じ。
Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings)
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering
stone Buddhist image; unemotional person; taciturn person
Buddhist memorial service
punishment by Buddha; divine retribution
punishment by Buddha; divine retribution
Buddhist; disciple of Buddha
Buddhist image normally withheld from public view
metal statue of Buddha (usu. bronze); cold-hearted person; cold-blooded person
grace of Buddha; indebtedness to Buddha
statue of the birth of Buddha (right hand pointing at the heavens, left hand pointing at the earth)
Confucianism and Buddhism
Buddhist studies; Buddhology
small Buddhist image inside another Buddhist image
Buddha triad; image of a Buddha attended by two Bodhisattvas
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)
grand Lama; living Buddha
the seven previous incarnations of Buddha
tooth of Buddha recovered from his cremated ashes
Zen temple meditation hall
woman interested in Buddhism and Buddhist images
the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings
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)
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)
Buddha prior to Gautama; Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni
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
Buddhist image in the open
coloured curtains hanging from the eaves of a Buddhist temple