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Glossary of terms used in Buddhism  
 
 

haiku
    (Language:   Japanese)
a 17 syllable Japanese style of poetry (more)

Hakuin
    (Language:   Japanese)
(1685 - 1768 C.E.), renowned Japanese master of Rinzai Zen (more)

Hanamatsuri
    (Language:   Japanese)
The festival of flowers in Japan, commemorating the birth of the Buddha. (more)

hijiri
    (Language:   Japanese)
In Buddhism, term for a wise and holy person, a wandering monk. (more)

Hinayana
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Sanskrit term used by the Mahayanists to criticize early Buddhists for their limited or narrow perspective on the meaning of Buddha’s teaching. (more)

hiso-hizoku
    (Language:   Japanese)
Neither a monk nor a layperson, and that his [Shinran] faith transcended these institutional and social definitions. (more)

hoben
    (Language:   Japanese)
Japanese for Upāya. (more)

Honen
    (Language:   Japanese)
Honen (1133-1212) was the founder of the independent school of Pure Land (Jodo) Bud­dhism in Japan (more)

hongan
    (Language:   Japanese)
Primal or Original Vow, particularly the Eighteenth Vow of Amida Buddha. (more)

honzon
    (Language:   Japanese)
The object of worship in a Buddhist altar. Also gohonzon, with honorific prefix. (more)

Hozo
    (Language:   Japanese)
Japanese reading for the name "Dharmakara." (more)

Hua-yen Sutra
    (Language:   Japanese)
A major Mahayana Sutra which expresses the philosophy of “the one is all and the all is one.” (more)

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