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A B C Ch D E F G H I J K Material extraído de: “Argentina Seikyo” - 1995-2001 SGIAR “Los Principales escritos de Nichiren Daishonin” Glosario Vol. I – II 1995 – 1998 SGIAR “La sabiduría del Sutra del Loto: Diálogo sobre la religión en el siglo XXI -SGIAR” “World Links” - SOKA GAKKAI USA 1999 A B C CH D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Buda Ionno Buda provisional Abidatsuma Kusha Ron Buda Taho Abidon Shin Ron Buda, naturaleza de Agama Buda de la beneficencia Agon, sutras Buda de ilimitada felicidad Aizen Buda de kuon ganjo Ajatashatru Buda, reliquias de Alaya, conciencia Buda, sabiduría de Amida Budeidad Ananda Budeidad, manifestación de la Animalidad Buda verdadero Anryugyo Buda Yakushi Aprendizaje Buddhamitra Arhat Budhagaya Arjaka Budhaghosa Aryadeva Budismo de la siembra Aryasinha Budismo de la cosecha Asamkhya Bukkoku Ki Asanga Buppongyojitsu, Sutra Ashi Bussho Gyosan Ashoka Bussho Ron Ashura Bussho Toki Ashvaghosha Butsumyo, Sutra Asita Asogui Asura C Atsuhara, persecución de Cadena de causalidad de doce eslabones Avichi Cambiar veneno en medicina Awa, provincia de Camino esencial Capítulo "Duración de la vida de El Que B Así Llega" Capítulo "Medios hábiles" Bachi-ashura Capítulo "Creencia y Comprensión" Baddabara Capítulo “Parábolas y Semejanzas” Baladitya Catorce acciones contra la Ley Bekkyo Ceremonia de consagración Bishamon Ceremonia en el Aire Bodaishin ron Cielo Bodhisattva Cielo de Brahma Bodhisattva de la Tierra Cielo de Tushita Bodhisattvas de la enseñanza teórica Ciencia - Religion Bodhi, árbol Cinco agamas Bommo, Sutra Cinco Ascetas Bonno Soku Bodai Cinco Budas Bonten Cinco Cánones Brahma Cinco caracteres de Myoho-renge-kyo Brahmanismo Cinco clases de sabiduría Buda Cinco clases de visión Buda Amida Cinco Componentes De La Vida Buda Dainichi Cinco Deseos Buda Daitsu Cinco Elementos Cuatro malos caminos Cinco Escritos Principales Cuatro mares Cinco Faltas Cardinales Cuatro meditaciones Cinco Guías Para La Propagación Cuatro modos pacíficos de practicar Cinco impurezas Cuatro nobles verdades Cinco naturalezas Cuatro objetos de fe Cinco Pasiones Ilusorias Cuatro prácticas fáciles Cinco períodos de quinientos años Cuatro poderes ilimitados de Cinco Órganos de los sentidos comprensión y prédica Cinco prácticas Cuatro reuniones Cinco Practicas Correctas Cuatro Reglas Cinco prácticas ascéticas Cuatro reyes celestiales Cinco preceptos Cuatro Reyes Que Hacen Girar la Rueda Cinco principios más importantes Cuatro sabores inferiores Cinco provincias y siete marcas Cuatro sabores y tres enseñanzas Cinco puntos de vista falsos Cuatro Sufrimientos Cinco regiones de la India Cuatro Sabores Cinco sabores Cuatro virtudes infinitas Cinco vehículos Cuatro valentías Cinco virtudes constantes Cuatro verdades nobles Cincuenta y dos etapas de la práctica del Cuatro visiones del bosquecillo de sal bodhisattva Cuatro virtudes Comprensión intuitiva Cuatro votos universales Concentración y discernimiento Cuerpo del dharma o cuerpo de la Ley Conciencia única, Escuela de Cuerpo manifiesto Conspicuo, beneficio Constelación, kalpa CH Cuatro Bodhisattvas Chandaka Cuatro categorías de venerables Chandala Cuatro cielos de meditación Chang-an Cuatro clases de creyentes Ch'eng-kuan Cuatro clases de tierra Chia-hsiang Cuatro continentes Chien-chen Cuatro deudas de gratitud Chih-che Cuatro elementos Chin-kang-chi Cuatro enseñanzas Chisho Cuatro Enseñanzas Del Método Chi-tsang Cuatro Enseñanzas De Doctrina Chunda Cuatro estados nobles Chu-Tao-sheng Cuatro Etapas De La Fe Y Cinco Etapas De La Práctica Cuatro Etapas En La Iluminación D Hinayana Daíchido Ron Cuatro Etapas De Meditacion Dai-Gohonzon Cuatro formas de nacimiento Daihannya, Sutra Cuatro formas de meditación Daihatsunehan, Sutra Cuatro fuerzas Daihi, sutra Cuatro grandes hombres de Aprendizaje Daihoshaku, sutra Cuatro (Grandes) Bodhisattvas Daijo hoon girin jo Cuatro grandes discípulos que Daijo kishin ron escuchaban la voz Daijo Shiron Gengi Daikoku Doctrina de la recitación única Daiman Baramon Doji Daimoku Dos lugares y tres asambleas Daimoku del Budismo verdadero Dos vehículos Dainichi Doscientos cincuenta preceptos Dainichikyo gishaku Dosho Dainichi sho Dosho y domyo Dainichi, sutra Dozen-bo Dai Ron Dragón, reyes Daishin ajare Dragón, la hija del rey Daishin-bo Dronodana Daishonin Daishutsu, Sutra E Daito Saiiki Ki Eho Daitsu El Que Así Llega Daitsuchisho Ema Mitsutoki Dammira Emanaciones del Buda verdadero Danna Emma Dan Senchaku Encho Dashabala Kashyapa Engaku ji Décimooctavo Voto Engyo Deidad del Sol Enryaku ji Deidades del Sol y de la Luna Eshin, escuela De los Ciervos, Parque Enseñanza de conexión Del Águila, Pico Enseñanzas esotéricas Deseos mundanos Enseñanza esencial Deseos mundanos, son la iluminación Enseñanza específica De practicar, modo fácil Enseñanza perfecta Demonio Enseñanza teórica Demonio del Sexto Cielo Enseñanzas del Camino Sagrado Dengyo Enseñanzas de la Tierra Pura Dento Roku Enseñanzas provisionales Dependiente, origen Eón Devadatta Época de conflicto “Devadatta”, capítulo Escuela Hosso Devoto del Sutra del Loto Escuela Hokke Día Medio de la Ley Escuela Jiron Diamante, Mundo del Escuela Jodo Diamante, mandala del Mundo del Escuela Kegon Dieciocho Escuelas Hinayana Escuela Ritsu Diez actos malos Escuela Sanron Diez demonios Escuela Shingon Diez direcciones Escuela Shoron Diez Estados Escuela Tendai Diez factores de la vida Escuela Zen Diez Virtudes o Títulos Honorables del Esencial naturaleza de la Ley Buda Eshin Diez preceptos buenos Éxtasis Difícil, modo de practicar Dignaga Doctrina de la recitación repetida F Fa-ch'üan H Fa-tao Hachiman Fa-tsang Hambre Fa-yun Hiei, monte Fe Hija del Rey Dragón Fe, Práctica Y Estudio Hike, sutra Fuchu Hiki Yoshimoto Fudo Himatala Fudo Myoo Hinayana, Budismo Fugen “Hiyu”, capítulo Fugen, capítulo Hizo Hoyaku Fugen, sutra “Hoben”, Capítulo Fuhozo innen den Hodo, Sutras Fuji Shugaku Yoshu Hoitokujoo Fuji Shugaku Zenshu Hoki-bo Fukyo Hokke Gengi «Fukyo», capítulo Hokke Gengi Shakusen Fumbetsu kudoku, capítulo Hokke Genron Fumyo Hokke Genzan Funamori Yasaburo Hokke Mongu Fusión de la realidad y la sabiduría Hombres de incorregible descreimiento Fuyo, Sutra Hombres de aprendizaje Hombres de Comprensión Intuitiva G Honen Honrado por el Mundo Gakko Hoon, sutra Gandara Horyu-ji Gango-ji Hosho ron Ganjin Hoso Garuda Hosshaku kempon Gatha “Hosshi”, capítulo Gattenno “Hosshi kudoku”, capítulo Gautama Hosso, escuela Gaya Hotchi ron Gaya Kashyapa “Hoto”, capítulo Gejimmitsu, Sutra Hozo Gembo Hsi-ming-ssu Gishin Hsing-man Gohonzon Hsiu-ch’an-ssu «Gohyaku deshi juki», capítulo Hsuan-tsang Gohyaku-jintengo Huai-kan Gohyakumon Ron Hui-k’o Gomyo Hui-kuan Gongyo Hui-kuang Gonjikinyo, sutra Hui-kuo Gonso Hui-neng Gran Ley Pura Hui-ssu Gran maestro Hui-tsung Guketsu Hui-wen Gyobo Bonji Hui-yüan Jo-Agon, Sutra Humanidad "Jo", Capítulo Hung-jen Jofukyo Hyaku ron Jofukyo Bosatsu, Capitulo Jogen Shakkyo Roku I Jogen Judo Icchantika Jurasetsu Ichinen Jyogyo Ichinen Sanzen Juan Chi Igualdad Jujushin ron I-Iung Ilusiones del pensamiento y del deseo Inaba-bo K Ina, Persecución de Kakutoku Indra Kalpa Infierno Kalpa de la continuidad Infierno Avichi Kanadeva Infierno del sufrimiento incesante Kannon Insensibles, seres Karma Ionno Karma Y Libre Albedrío Invisible, beneficio Kashyapa Ira Katyayana Ishikawa no Hyoe Nyudo Kishimojin Issaikyo ongi Kiyomori Itai doshin Kobo Izu, exilio a Kokalika Komoku J Kongosatta Kosen-rufu Jakunichi-bo Kshatriya Jamás Despreciar K'uei-chi Jambudvipa Kumarajiva Jataka Kuon Ganjo Jayata Kyo y chi Jetavana, monasterio Jetri Jígage L Jiikokuten Lago Munetchi Jikaku Ley Mística "Jinriki", capitulo Ley Pura Jisso-ji Liang-hsü Jisui Los que "escuchaban la voz" Jivaka Los que "han comprendido la causa" Joen-bo Jogyo M Joken-Bo Madhyantika Jo Ron Maestro del Tripitaka Jotai Mahadeva Joyuishiki Ron Mahakashyapa Jotoku Mahaprajapati Jozo y Jogen Mahayana Mahayana provisional Nyoze Mahayana verdadero Maitreya O Mai Ji Sa Ze Nen Ochenta mil enseñanzas Maka Shikan Ocho clases de seres inferiores Man Ocho enseñanzas Mandala Ocho grupos de seres animados Manifestaciones del Buda Ocho errores Mantra Ocho escuelas Masakado Ocho fases de la existencia de un buda Mar del sufrimiento Ocho infiernos fríos Maudgalyayana Ocho negaciones Miao-lo Ocho vientos Minamoto no Yoritomo Onjo-ji Misericordia Oscuridad fundamental Miroku Monju Monjushiri P Monte Hiei Parábola Monte Sumeru Parábola “Los tres carros y la casa en Moriya llamas” Mudra Parábola “Del hombre rico y el hijo Muhengyo pobre” Mundo de la forma y del deseo Parshva Mundo Saha Período Hodo Mundos sumeru Personas Comunes Mundo triple Pico del Águila Musho Doji Po Chü-i Myoho-renge-kyo Posesión mutua de los Diez Estados Myoji-soku Prasenajit Myo'on Pratyekabuddha Primer Día de la Ley N Pu-k'ung Punyayashas Nagarjuna Purna Nan-yüeh Nam-myoho-renge-kyo Nayuta Q Nembutsu Quinto período de quinientos años Nen'a Nichiren Daishonin R Nikko Shonin Rahula Nirvana Realización Autolograda Nombre, entidad, cualidad, función e Registro de las regiones occidentales influencia Reverencia Simultánea Nose Rey que hace girar la rueda Nueve conciencias Río de los tres cruces Nueve estados Rissho Ankoku Ron Nueve grandes persecuciones Ryokan Nueve mundos Ryuzo-bo Nyorai S Sugawara no Michizane Sumeru Sabiduría Sumitomo Sadato Sunakshatra Saddha Sustitución de los tres vehículos por el Sanzen-jintengo vehículo único Satta Sutra Daijuku Seis actos difíciles y nueve fáciles Sutra Dainichi Seis caminos Sutra del Loto Seis cielos del mundo del deseo Sutra del Nirvana Seis escuelas Sutra Kegon Seis formas Sutra Muryogi
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