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  • Nadī Kāshyapa

    [那提迦葉] (; Pali Nadī Kassapa;  Nadai-kashō)

  • Nāgabodhi

    [竜智] (n.d.) (;  Ryūchi)

  • Nāgārjuna

    [竜樹] (n.d.) (;  Ryūju)

  • Nāgasena

    [那先比丘] (n.d.) (, Pali;  Nasen-biku)

  • Nagoe, the lay nun of

    [名越の尼] (n.d.) ( Nagoe-no-ama)

  • Nairanjanā River

    [尼連禅河] (; Pali Neranjarā;  Nirenzen-ga)

  • Naivasamjnānāsamjnā Realm

    [非想非非想処] (;  Hisō-hihisō-sho)

  • Nakaoki, the lay priest of

    [中興入道] (n.d.) ( Nakaoki-nyūdō)

  • Nālandā Monastery

    [那爛陀寺] (;  Naranda-ji)

  • Nambu Rokurō Sanenaga

    [南部六郎実長]

  • Nam-myoho-renge-kyo

    [南無妙法蓮華経]

  • namu

    [南無] (;  namas)

  • Namu Amida Butsu

    [南無阿弥陀仏]

  • Nanda

    [難陀] (;  Nanda)

  • Nanjō Hyōe Shichirō

    [南条兵衛七郎] (d. 1265)

  • Nanjō Shichirō Gorō

    [南条七郎五郎] (1265–1280)

  • Nanjō Tokimitsu

    [南条時光] (1259–1332)

  • Nan-yüeh

    [南岳] (515–577) (PY Nanyue;  Nangaku)

  • naraka

    [地獄・奈落] (, Pali;  jigoku or naraku)

  • Nārāyana

    [那羅延] (;  Naraen)

  • Narendrayashas

    [那連提耶舎] (490–589) (;  Narendaiyasha)

  • nayuta

    [那由多] (;  nayuta)

  • near-perfect enlightenment

    [等覚] ( tōgaku)

  • Nembutsu

    [念仏] ()

  • Nembutsu Chosen above All, The

    [選択集] ( Senchaku-shū or Senjaku-shū)

  • Nembutsu school

    [念仏宗] ( Nembutsu-shū)

  • Nen’a

    [然阿]

  • Neranjarā River

    [尼連禅河] (Pali;  Nirenzen-ga)

  • Never Disparaging

    [常不軽菩薩・不軽菩薩] ( Sadāparibhūta;  Jōfukyō-bosatsu or Fukyō-bosatsu)

  • “Never Disparaging” chapter

    [不軽品] ( Fukyō-bon)

  • new translations

    [新訳] ( shin’yaku)

  • nibbāna

    [涅槃] (Pali;  nehan)

  • Nichiben

    [日弁] (1239–1311)

  • Nichidai

    [日代] (1297–1394)

  • Nichigen-nyo

    [日眼女] (1242–1303)

  • Nichigō

    [日郷・日毫] (1293–1353)

  • Nichiji

    [日持] (b. 1250)

  • Nichijū

    [日什] (1314–1392)

  • Nichijun

    [日順] (1294–1356)

  • Nichikan

    [日寛] (1665–1726)

  • Nichikō

    [日講] (1626–1698)

  • Nichimoku

    [日目] (1260–1333)

  • Nichimyō

    [日妙] (n.d.)

  • Nichinyo

    [日女] (n.d.)

  • Nichiō

    [日奥] (1565–1630)

  • Nichiren

    [日蓮] (1222–1282)

  • Nichiren school

    [日蓮宗] ( Nichiren-shū)

  • Nichiren Shōshū

    [日蓮正宗]

  • Nichirō

    [日朗] (1245–1320)

  • Nichiu

    [日有] (1402–1482)

  • Nichizen

    [日禅] (d. 1331)

  • Nichizon

    [日尊] (1265–1345)

  • Nigantha Nātaputta

    [尼乾陀若提子] (Pali;  Nikenda-nyakudaishi)

  • Niiama

    [新尼] (n.d.)

  • Niida Shirō Nobutsuna

    [新田四郎信綱] (n.d.)

  • Niike Saemon-no-jō

    [新池左衛門尉] (n.d.)

  • Nikke

    [日華]

  • Nikkō

    (1) [日興] (1246–1333); (2) [日光] ()

  • Nikō

    [日向] (1253–1314)

  • Nikō’s Records

    [日向記] ( Nikō-ki)

  • nine arrogances

    [九慢] ( ku-man)

  • nine consciousnesses

    [九識] ( ku-shiki)

  • nine divisions of the scriptures

    [九分経] ( kubun-kyō)

  • nine divisions of the teachings

    [九分教] ( kubun-kyō)

  • nine great ordeals

    [九横の大難] ( kuō-no-dainan)

  • nine great persecutions

    [九横の大難] ( kuō-no-dainan)

  • nine honored ones on the eight-petaled lotus

    [八葉九尊] ( hachiyō-kuson)

  • nine mountains and eight seas

    [九山八海] ( kusen-hakkai)

  • nine schools

    [九宗] ( ku-shū)

  • ninety-five non-Buddhist schools

    [九十五種の外道] ( kujūgoshu-no-gedō)

  • nine types of arrogance

    [九慢] ( ku-man)

  • nine worlds

    [九界] ( ku-kai or kyū-kai)

  • Ninshō

    [忍性]

  • ninth period of decrease in the kalpa of continuance

    [住劫第九の減] ( jūkō-daiku-no-gen)

  • nirmāna-kāya

    [応身] (;  ōjin)

  • nirvana

    [涅槃] (; Pali nibbāna;  nehan)

  • nirvana of no remainder

    [無余涅槃] ( muyo-nehan)

  • nirvana of remainder

    [有余涅槃] ( uyo-nehan)

  • Nirvana school

    [涅槃宗] (Chin Nieh-p’an-tsung;  Nehan-shū)

  • Nirvana Sutra

    [涅槃経] (Chin Nieh-p’an-ching;  Nehan-gyō)

  • Nishiyama, the lay priest of

    [西山入道] (n.d.) ( Nishiyama-nyūdō)

  • Nissen

    [日仙] (1262–1357)

  • Nisshō

    [日昭] (1221–1323)

  • Nisshū

    [日秀] (d. 1329)

  • Nitchō

    (1) [日頂] (1252–1317); (2) [日澄] (1262–1310)

  • noble eightfold path

    [八正道] ( hasshō-dō)

  • non-duality of body and mind

    [色心不二] ( shikishin-funi)

  • non-duality of delusion and enlightenment

    [迷悟不二・迷悟一体] ( meigo-funi or meigo-ittai)

  • non-duality of good and evil

    [善悪不二] ( zen’aku-funi)

  • non-duality of life and its environment

    [依正不二] ( eshō-funi)

  • non-duality of living beings and Buddhas

    [生仏不二・生仏一如] ( shōbutsu-funi or shōbutsu-ichinyo)

  • Nōnin

    [能忍] (n.d.)

  • non-returner

    [阿那含・不還] (, Pali anāgāmin;  anagon or fugen)

  • non-substantiality

    [空] ( shūnya or shūnyatā;  kū)

  • Northern Buddhism

    [北方仏教・北伝仏教] ( Hoppō-bukkyō or Hokuden-bukkyō)

  • Northern school of Zen

    [北宗禅] ( Hokushū Zen)

  • numberless major world system dust particle kalpas

    [五百塵点劫] ( gohyaku-jintengō or gohyaku-jindengō)

  • Nyagrodha

    [尼倶律陀] (;  Nikurida)

  • nyagrodha tree

    [尼拘律樹・尼倶類樹] (;  nikuritsu-ju or nikurui-ju)

  • Nyohō

    [如宝] (d. 814 or 815) (; Chin Ju-pao)

  • nyūdō

    [入道] ()

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