Glossary 1 用語集一 A～F

A 　

a bamboo container of sake　酒一筒

a horse load of salt　塩一駄

A man will die for a shame, a woman will die for a man.　男ははじ(恥)に命をすて、女人は男の為に命をす(捨)つ。

"A person who can accept and uphold this sutra is likewise foremost among all living beings."　「能く是の経典を受持する者有れば亦復(またまた)是くの如し。一切衆生の中に於て亦為(こ)れ第一なり」

"A plant, a tree, a pebble, a speck of dust - each has the Buddha nature, and each is endowed with cause and effect and with the function to manifest and the wisdom to realize its Buddha nature." (Myoraku)　「一草・一木・一礫(りゃく)・一塵(じん)、各(おのおの)一仏性・各一因果あり縁了を具足す」(妙楽)

a sack of soybeans　大豆一俵　

About this doctrine, you must examine the principles that I am here expounding, and from now on, clarify its meaning.　此の法門は理を案じて義をつまびらかにせよ。

absolute myo　絶待妙

accept and uphold　受持　じゅじ

accent of the capital　京なまり

Action of the Votary of the Lotus Sutra　種種御振舞御書

actions to manifest it　(正了縁のうちの)縁

actual fact 現証

actual proof　現証

acupuncture　針治　はりたて

adamantine　金剛　金剛石

"After I have passed away, should accept and uphold this sutra."　「我が滅度の後に於て 応に斯(こ)の経を受持すべし」

"This person will determine to attain Buddhahood and be never has doubt about it.” (chapter of Supernatural Power of Tathagata)　「是の人仏道に於て 決定して疑(うたがい)有る事無けん」(神力品)

"After I have passed, in the last five-hundred-year period you must spread it abroad widely throughout the whole world and never allow it to be cut off."　「我が滅度の後、後五百歳の中に広宣流布し閻浮提(えんぶだい)に於て断絶せしむること無けん」

age of attaining liberation　解脱堅固

age of meditation　禅定堅固

age of reading, reciting, and listening　読誦多聞堅固

age of building temples and stupas　多造塔寺堅固

age of when quarrels and disputes prevail　闘諍堅固

age of conflict　闘諍堅固

All Buddhas of the three existences, too, had attained Buddhahood by virtue of the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo.　されば三世の諸仏も妙法蓮華経の五字を以て仏になり給ひしなり。

"All assertions that lack scriptural proof are to be branded as false; they are the same as the views of non-Buddhists. "　「文証無きは悉(ことごと)く是邪義にして彼の外道に同じ」

"All bodhisattvas have learned them in the past, all bodhisattvas will learn them in the future, and all bodhisattvas are learning them at present."　「一切の菩薩は已に学し、一切の菩薩は当に学し、一切の菩薩は今学す」

Although all the other trees may shed their leaves, the pine and cypress retrain their green,　諸木は枯るゝと雖も松柏(しょうはく)は萎(しぼ)まず

and although the other plants may wither, the bamboo remains unchanged.　衆草は散ると雖も掬竹(きくちく)は変ぜず

And the Lotus Sutra is like these.　法華経も亦復是くの如し

Although one does not at first have an understanding mind, the fact that one can listen to this Lotus Sutra and not slander it is a result of the great good acts done in the past.　たとひ先に解信(げしん)無くとも此の法華経を聞いて謗ぜざるは大善の所生なり

"All is impermanence."　「諸行無常」

"This is the law of birth and death."　「是生滅法」

"Must annihilate the perception of birth and death."　「寂滅滅己」

"Enjoy a quite nirvana."　「寂滅為楽」

All of them will see me　則皆見我身

all phenomena are the mind 　一切法是心

"All you good men,each of you must consider carefully."　「諸の善男子、各諦 (あきら) かに思惟せよ」

"This is a difficult matter."　「此は為 (こ) れ難事なり」

"Should make a great vow."　「宜しく大願を発 (お) こすべし」

"Among the sutras I have preached past, now preach present, and will preach future, this Lotus Sutra is the most difficult to believe and the most difficult to understand"　「我が所説の経典、無量千万憶にして、已に説き、今説き、当に説かん。而も其の中に於て、此の法華経、最も為(こ)れ難信難解(なんしんなんげ)なり」

An attaining Buddhahood of plants pertains to creatures without heart.　　草木成仏とは非情の成仏なり。

anthill　蟻塚

anti-Lokayata　逆路伽耶陀

appearance 　相

acquired quality　修徳　

archenemy　大怨敵

arrogant counterfeit saint　僭聖増上慢

Articles to be Observed after the Passing of Nikko　日興跡条条の事

As inseparable as fish and the water in which they swim　水魚の思い

"As the light of the sun and moon can banish various glom, this person will practice asceticism in this world and perish the darkness of all people."　「日月の光明の能く諸の幽冥(ゆうみょう)を除くが如く、斯(こ)の人世間に行じて能く衆生の闇を滅す」

Asvaghosa　馬鳴

"Assembly on Spirit Eagle Mountain which continues in solemn state and has not yet disbanded."　「霊山一会 儼然未散」　

"At all times I think it myself."　「毎自作是念」

"At that time, I and the assembly of monks appear together on Spirit Eagle Mountain."　「時我及衆僧 倶出霊鷲山」

at will 　 意のままに

attaining Buddhahood in this life time 一生成仏

The attempted be heading at Tatsunokuchi　竜の口の頸(くび)の座

Attaining Enlightenment at the Initial Stage of Faith through the Lotus Sutra　法華初心成仏抄

authority　威徳

aversion　顰蹙　ひんしゅく

Averting of disaster and prolonging one's life span　息災延命

awakening　 法性

B　

banishment and execution　流罪死罪

Because the spirits become rampant, all the people of the nation become disordered　鬼神乱るるが故に万民乱る

"Because it [the Lotus Sutra] can cure what is thought to be incurable, it is called myo, or wonderful."　「治し難きを能く治す、所以(ゆえ)に妙と称す」

Because the Buddha adjusted himself to the minds of all living beings, the other sutras are preaching in accordance with the minds o others.　諸経は随他意なり、仏・一切衆生の心に従ひ給ふ故に。

However, the Lotus Sutra is a teaching in accordance with the Buddha's mind, because it made all people follow the Buddha's mind.　法華経は随自意なり、一切衆生を仏の心に随へたり。

"Because the poison has penetrated deeply and their minds no longer function as before."　「毒気深入 失本心故」

belief means to be without doubt　無疑曰信　むぎわっしん

"Belief means to be without doubt; understanding means to have a clear perception of the matter."　「疑い無きを信と曰い、明了なるを解と曰ふ」

believing 　信

being able to enter by faith　以信得入

being banished again and again　数数見擯出　さくさくけんひんずい

being cursed, vilified, attacked with swords and staves, shards and rubble　悪口(あっく)・罵詈(めり)・刀杖(とうじょう)・瓦磔(がりゃく)

being disowned　勘当される

being mentally confused　狼狽気味

being suspended in the air　住在空中

being transmitted from teacher to one disciple only　唯受一人

benevolent demon　善鬼

bestowal of prophecy　授記　

Bestowal of Prophecy　授記品

betraying the Buddha’s teaching　仏法中怨

beyond ordinary comprehension　不可思議

birth, aging, sickness and death　生老病死

Bodhisattva Fukyo was a person at the initial stage of rejoicing.　彼の不軽は初随喜の人、

Nichiren is a beginner at the stage of hearing the name and the words of the truth.　日蓮は名字の凡夫なり。

bodhisattva Maitreya　弥勒菩薩

Bodhisattva of the essential teaching　本化の菩薩

"The Buddha consistently possesses the three bodies throughout the three existences."　「仏・三世に於て等しく三身有り」

"But in the various teachings other than the Lotus Sutra, he kept this secret and did not transmit it."　「諸教の中に於て之を秘して伝えず」

　

Buddha of the property of perfect wisdom　自受用身　じじゅゆうしん

Buddha who first attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree　始成正覚

Buddha's thirty-two features and eighty characteristics　三十二相 八十種好

"The Buddha said to the demon daughters, 'Excellent, excellent! If you can shield and guard those who accept and uphold the name of the Lotus Sutra, your good fortune will be immeasurable!'"　「仏諸の羅刹女(らせつにょ)に告げたまはく、善きかな善きかな、汝等但能く法華の名を受持する者を擁護(おうご)せん福量(はか)るべからず」

The Buddha taught that persons who read and uphold the Lotus Sutra in accordance with its teachings will invariably be hated by these three types of enemies.　法華経を説の如くよみ持たん人は必ず三類の敵人に怨まるべきなりと仏説き給へり。

Buddhahood inherent in one’s own mind　己心の仏界

"Buddhism came first from the west, like the moon appearing."　「始め西より伝ふ猶(なお)月の生ずるが如し」

"Now it has returned from the east, like the sun rising."　「今復東より返る猶(なお)日の昇るがごとし」

Buddhism is reason　仏法と申すは道理なり

Buddhism of harvest　脱益　だっちゃく

Buddhism of sowing　下種　げしゅ

Buddhist practice　仏道修行

Buddhist Practice during Menstruation　月水御書

C　

seven calamities

1) calamity of disease and pestilence among the populace　人衆疾疫(しつえき)の難

2) calamity of invasion from foreign lands　他国侵逼の難

3) calamity of revolt within one’s own domain (calamity of revolt)　自界叛逆の難

4) calamity of irregularities and strange occurrences among the stars and constellations　星宿変化の難

5) calamity of eclipses of the sun and moon　日月薄蝕の難

6) calamity of unseasonable wind and rain　非時風雨の難

7) calamity of rain that fails to fall even when the season for it has come and gone　過時風雨の難

calligrapher　手書

calmly　穏便に

cardinal sin　五逆罪

Catechism of the Lotus and Nembutsu　法華浄土問答抄

Causes and relationships of only one great important matter　唯一大事因縁　

censure 　譏　そしり

ceremony in which the Buddhas appear in the world　諸仏出世の儀式

ceremony of the propagation　化儀

ceremony that certify the states　灌頂

"Chant the Lotus Sutra with your ordinary distracted mind. You do not have to enter into a state of mental concentration."　「散心に法華を誦し禅三昧に入らず」

"Whether sitting, standing, or walking, must fix your whole mind on the words of the Lotus Sutra."　「座立行(ざりゅうぎょう)一身に法華の文字を念ぜよ」

The character myo, like flowers that become fruit and the half moon that waxes full, is one that changes into a Buddha.　妙の文字は花のこのみとなるがごとく、半月の満月となるがごとく、変じて仏とならせ給ふ文字なり。

"The character myo, or wonderful, means that which is beyond ordinary comprehension, beyond the power of words to describe, beyond the scope of the mind to imagine." 　「妙とは不可思議・言語道断・心行所滅なり」

"Ho, or Law, means the doctrine of the Ten Worlds and the ten factors, of the oneness of cause and effect."　「法とは十界十如・因果不二の法なり」

Chapter of Encouraging Devotion　勧持品

Chapter of Entrustment　嘱累品

Chapter of Introduction　序品

Chapter of Previous Life of Dignity King　厳王品

Chapter of Simile and Parable　譬喩品

Chapter of the Bodhisattva of Never Disparaging　不軽品

Chapter of the Expedient Means　方便品

Chapter of the Incantation　陀羅尼品

Chapter of the Parable of the Medicinal Herbs　薬草喩品

chestnuts　栗

cherry, plum, peach, and the damson　桜梅桃李

chief of this island country　嶋の長（おさ）

child of a Chandala family　賤民が子

Chunda　純陀

Clauses that should be maintained after Nikko　日興跡条々の事

clean and pure　清浄

clever at difficult questions and answers　巧於難問答　ぎょうおなんもんどう

cluster of merits　功徳聚　くどくじゅ

cold-suffering bird　寒苦鳥

comet 彗星

coming to us unsought and automatically　不求自得

common mortals　凡夫

Comparison of the Lotus and Other Sutras　諸経と法華経と難易の事

Comparison between the Lotus Sutra and Other Sutras　諸経と法華経と難易の事

comparative myo　相待妙

comprehensive, abbreviated or concise, and essential　広略要

concentration　定　精進　集中　先進

concisely open the recent to reveal the remote　略開近顕遠　りゃっかいごんけんのん

conferring titles　灌頂

congenital quality　性徳

"Consciousness first carries out the process of discernment or discrimination."　「識先(ま)づ了別し、」

"Then perception takes in a thing, surface forms an image of the thing, acting decides whether to go along with or reject the thing, and form responds to the decision of volition." 　「次に受は領納し、想は相貌(そうみょう)を取り、行は違従を起こし、色は行に由って感ず」

conspicuous and inconspicuous　冥顕

conspicuous benefit　顕益　　

conspicuous punishment　顕罰

Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man　聖愚問答抄

converting others　化他

conversion of others and own religious practice 　自行化他

cowardly　臆病

Curing Illness through Different Teachings, such as Hinayana, Mahayana, the Pre-Lotus Sutra, and the Lotus Sutra　治病大小権実違目

cypress　柏　

D　

damp wood　湿れる木

darkness　無明　むみょう

day-to-day record　日記文書

death sentence　死罪

deceptive words　妄語

decline　衰　低下　減少　下落

dedication　帰命　献身

defiled by the three poisons　三毒強盛

delusion and enlightenment are not separate　迷悟不二

Dengyo says, "Though he praises the Lotus Sutra, in fact he kills the heart of the Lotus."　伝教いわく「法華経を讃むると雖も還って法華の心を死(ころ)す」

denying the law of cause and effect　因果撥無

Departure that never departs　不去而去の去

Depend upon the preachings of the Buddha, and do not put faith in traditions handed down orally.　「仏説に依慿(えひょう)して口伝を信ずること莫(なか)れ」

The destiny of Japan depends upon Nichiren.　日蓮によりて日本国の有無はあるべし。

A house without pillars collapses, and a person without a soul is dead.　譬へば宅(いえ)に柱なければたもたず、人に魂なければ死人なり。

Nichiren is the soul of the people of this country.　日蓮は日本の人の魂なり。

deviation　僻事　ひがごと

devil king of the sixth heaven　第六天の魔王

Dharma body, wisdom, and emancipation　法身・般若・解脱

Dharma nature　法性　ほっしょう

Dialogue on the Lotus and Pure Land Teachings　法華浄土問答抄

diarrhea　下痢　はらのけ

Difficulty of Sustaining Faith　此経難持御書

difficult-to-practice way　難行

diligent practice　精進行

Disappearance of doubt is called faith　無疑曰信

disbelief　不信

disciple having the talent　器用の弟子

disease continuing from the past lives　業病

disregard, close, ignore, and abandon　捨閉閣抛　しゃへいかくほう

Distinguishing between Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhism　小乗大乗分別抄

distorted views　僻目　ひがめ

distorted thoughts　僻思 ひがおもい

direct path of enlightenment　成仏の直道

Do not despise them!　蔑如 (べつじょ) すること勿れ

Do not look on them with contempt!　蔑如すること勿れ

"Do not rely on treatises that distort the sutras; rely on those that are faithful to the sutras."　「修多羅に依らざるは黒論なり、修多羅に依るは白論なり」

Do not to be talked of with outsiders　口外すべからず

doctrine of the evil element inherent in the Buddha's life　性悪の法門

doctrine that persons of the two vehicles can attain Buddhahood　二乗作仏

doctrine that the Buddha attained enlightenment in the remote past　久遠実成

doctrinal aspect　教相

documentary proof　証文

doing anything at will　如意

drought　旱魃

Duke of Chou　周公旦

dust particles of the land　大地微塵

Duty of Repaying Favor　報恩抄

E

earthly desires are enlightenment without change　煩悩即菩提　　

egotistical judgement　計我

Eight winds　八風　　

1) prosperity　利　うるおい

2) decline　衰　おとろえ

3) disgrace　毀　そしり

4) honor　誉　ほまれ

5) praise　称　たたえ

6) censure　譏　そしり

7) suffering　苦　くるしみ

8) and pleasure　楽　たのしみ

eighty characteristics　八十種好

emancipation　解脱　解放

Encouraging Devotion　勧持品

endowed with the three bodies　三身

enemy of Buddhism　仏法中怨

engaging　定

Enjoying good fortune surpassing the ten honorable titles　福過十号

enlightenment　法性

Enlightenment of Plants　草木成仏口決

entities of the supernatural powers　体の神力

Entity of the Mystic Law　当体義抄

envoy　使者

eranda tree　伊蘭

Eternity, happiness, true self, and cleanliness　常楽我浄

"Even a single phrase cherished deep in one's heart will without fail help one reach the opposite shore."　「一句も神(たましい)に染みぬれば咸(ことごと)く彼岸を資(たす)く」

"To ponder one phrase and practice it is to exercise navigation in crossing the sea of the sufferings of birth and death." 　「思惟(しい)修習永く舟航に用(もち)う」

Even if one does not reject the Lotus Sutra, if one praises the sutras that preceded it, one is in effect slandering the Lotus Sutra.　たとひ法華経を破せざれども、爾前の経々をほむるは法華経をそしるに当たれり。

Myoraku says, "If we praise the past, is that not a slander of the present?"　妙楽云はく「若し昔を称歎(しょうたん)せば豈(あに)今を毀(そし)るに非ずや」文。

"Even if one reviles the correct teaching and falls into the evil paths, one can create causes for the eventual attainment of benefit."　「謗に因って悪に墮つは、必ず因って益を得」

Even embracing the Lotus Sutra would be no use without the bloodline of faith.　信心の血脈なくんば法華経を持(たも)つとも無益なり。

Even in the heaven where there is neither thought nor no thought, where life lasts eighty thousand years, no one escapes the law of mutability,　非想の八万歳未だ無常を免れず

and in the heaven of thirty-three gods, too, where life lasts a thousand years, it is swept away at last by the winds of decline.　忉利(とうり)の一千年も猶退没(たいもつ)の風に破らる

Even someone like Zenmui who declared that the Lotus Sutra and the Dainichi Sutra are the same principle could not escape the censure of Yama.　理同と申す人いまだ閻魔のせめ(責)を脱れず。

How then can someone who says that the Kegon Sutra is inferior to the Dainichi Sutra and that the Lotus Sutra is in turn inferior to the Kegon Sutra, escape the charge of slandering the correct teaching?　大日経に劣る、華厳経に猶劣ると申す人・謗法を脱るべしや。

Examining the Shingon School, or Examining the True Word School　真言見聞

Exegesis on the True Object of Worship　観心本尊抄文段

exile and execution　流罪・死罪

Explaining the Causation of the Ten Worlds　十法界明因果抄

Explanatory Note of the Selection of Times　撰時抄愚記

Expiating Sins by Refuting Slander of the Buddha Law　呵責滅罪謗法抄

an exorcist of rain is lewd　雨師淫乱

extensively opening the recent to reveal the remote　広開近顕遠

Extinguishing of the sufferings of birth and death and return to nirvana　還滅門　げんめつもん

Extinction occurs so that there may be birth, and the reason we go down is to climb up.　滅するは生ぜんが為、下るは登らんが為なり。

eye-opening ceremony　開眼供養

F　

faith and practice　信と行

Faith is the sewing into the robe.　信心を以て衣裏にかくと云ふなり

Faith means to have no doubt　無疑曰信

fame and profit　名聞名利

fawning retainers. fawning vassals.　諛臣　ゆしん

fig　イチジク　無花果　ちっとも

filial devotion　孝養

first time heard the title　名字即

fittingly もっとも　ふさわしく

five bodily sections　五輪

five cardinal sins　五逆罪

Five components of life　五陰

1) form　色

2) perception　受　

3) conception 　想

4) volition　行

5) consciousness　識

　

five elements　五大

five elements of earth, water, fire, wind, and space　地水火風空の五大（五輪五大）

Five eyes　五眼

1) Buddha eye　仏眼

2) Dharma eye　法眼

3) wisdom eye　慧目

4) heavenly eye　天眼

5)eye of ordinary mortals or physical eye　肉眼　　　

five guides　五義　宗教の五綱

1) teaching　教

2) people’s capacity　機

3) time　時

4) country　国

5) the sequence in which the Buddhist teachings are to be propagated (the sequence of propagation)　教法流布の先後

five impurities　五濁

five spicy foods　五辛

five thousand arrogant persons　五千の上慢

firefly　蛍火

fixed unfixed　定業　不定業

Floating tree of sandalwood　栴檀の浮木

flowers and fruit　花と果　はなとこのみ

Foolish people forget what they have promised when the crucial moment has come.　つたなき者のならひは、約束せし事をまことの時はわするるなるべし

For among all illnesses, the gravest illness is that of slandering the Lotus Sutra.　諸病の中には法華経を謗ずるが第一の重病なり。

And among all medicines, the finest medicine is Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.　諸薬の中に南無妙法蓮華経は第一の良薬なり。

For Bodhisattvas as the Object of Devotion　四菩薩造立抄

For me it took twenty-seven years　余は二十七年なり

For persons who do not have faith in the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha has passed away.　法華経を信ぜざる人の前には釈迦牟尼仏入滅を取り、

But for those who put faith in the sutra, although Shakyamuni Buddha may seem to have passed away, he is still present in the world.　此の経を信ずる者の前には滅後たりと雖も仏の在世なり

For the spread of Buddhism, one must choose either the method of shoju or shakubuku, depending on the times.　仏法は摂受・折伏時によるべし。

These are analogous to the two worldly ways of a pen and a sword.　譬へば世間の文武二道の如し。

Four Debts of Gratitude　四恩抄

Four debts of gratitude of Buddhism　仏法の四恩

1) debt of gratitude to be paid to one’s father and mother　父母の恩を報ぜよ

2) debt of gratitude to be paid to the ruler of the nation　国主の恩を報ぜよ

3) debt of gratitude to be paid to all living beings　一切衆生の恩を報ぜよ

4) debt of gratitude to be paid to the three treasures [the Buddha, the Law, and the monk]　三宝の恩を報ぜよ

four gate　四門

1) gate of being　有門　うもん

2) gate of emptiness　空門　

3) gate of that is both being and emptiness　亦有亦空門　やくう・やくく うもん

4) gate of that neither being nor emptiness　非有非空門

four heavens　四天下

Four kinds of punishments　四罰

1) total punishment　総罰

2) individual punishment　別罰

3) inconspicuous punishment　冥罰

4) conspicuous punishment　顕罰

Four kinds of prayer　四種の祈祷

1) conspicuous prayer and conspicuous response　顕祈顕応

2) conspicuous prayer and inconspicuous response　顕祈冥応

3) inconspicuous prayer and inconspicuous response　冥祈冥応

4) inconspicuous prayer and conspicuous response　冥祈冥応

four meditation heavens　四禅

four noble realms　四聖

Four points regarding the entrustment of the Supernatural Power　 神力品の四要

1) "All the doctrines possessed by the Tathagata,"　「如来の一切の所有の法 、」

2) "all the freely exercised supernatural powers of the Tathagata,"　「如来の一切の自在の神力、 」

3) "the storehouse of all the secret essentials of the Tathagata,"　「如来の一切の秘要の蔵 、」

4) "all the most profound matters of the Tathagata,"　「如来の一切の甚深の事、」

　"all these are proclaimed, revealed, and clearly expounded in this sutra."　「皆此の経に於て宣示顕説す。」

Four virtues　四徳

1) filial piety toward one’s father and mother　父母に孝あるべし

2) loyalty to one’s lord　主に忠あるべし

3) courtesy toward one’s friends　友に合 (あ) うて礼あるべし

4) pity and kindness toward those less fortunate than oneself　劣れるに逢うて慈悲あれ

Four ways of preaching　四悉檀

Fourteen slander　十四誹謗

1) arrogance　驕慢

2) negligence　懈怠

3) egotistical judgement, or arbitrary　計我

4) shallow understand, self-satisfied　浅識

5) attachment to desire　著欲

6) lack of understanding, or without a seeking spirit　不解

7) disbelief 　不信

8) aversion　顰蹙

9) doubts　疑惑

10) slandering, or vilification　誹謗

11) despising goodness, or contempt　軽善

12) hating goodness, or hatred　憎善

13) jealousy for goodness　嫉善

14) grudge goodness　恨善

forbearance　忍耐

Formulary of Adjudications　御式目

form and shadow　影と身

fortitude　不屈の精神　剛毅

Free from Poverty　無貧

Freeing one from suffering and bringing joy　抜苦与楽

frog　かえる

From the fury of the rain, we can judge the greatness of the dragon that caused it to fall; from the size of the lotus flower, we can tell the depth of the pond that produced it.　雨の猛 (たけ) きを見て竜の大なる事を知り、華の大なるを見て池のふかきことはしんぬべし

The Fugen Sutra states, "Without either cutting off earthly desires or separating themselves from the five desires, they can purify all their senses and wipe away all their offenses."　普賢経に云はく「煩悩を断ぜず五欲を離れず、諸根を浄(きよ)むることを得て諸罪を滅除す」

function of the supernatural powers　用 (ゆう) の神力

fundamental darkness or ignorance　元品の無明

Fundamental principles of non-Buddhist schools　外道の極理

1) causes produce effects　因中有果　いんちゅううか

2) causes do not produce effects　因中無果

3) causes both do and not produce effects　因中亦 (やく) 有果亦無果

fundamental practice　正行

Continued 　　つづく