215, 226, 292, 332, 395, 412–413,
471–477,500, 532, 619, 693–694,
759, 772, 781, 871, 882. See also
Nichiren school
and commentarial literature, 167
cult of, 594–598, 672
as protective text, 634
and sacred geography, 792
and Tiantai school, 845–847
Loulan, 125
Loväda samgrahaya, 778
Luce, Gordon H., 302
Lumbinl, 83
lunar cycle, and time reckoning, 285
Lun Fogu biao(Han Yu), 759
Lung gi nye ma(Bu ston), 104
Lunyu, 172
Luohans, 151–152. See alsoarhat(s)
Luo Qing, 813
Luoyang, 146, 148, 535, 551
Luoyang qielan ji,57, 516
Lushan, 348
Lu Shengyan, 814
Lüders, Heinrich, 97
M
Macy, Joanna, 248
Madhyamagama, 11
Madhyamakahrdayakarika(Bhavaviveka),
42, 481–482
Madhyamakakarika(Nagarjuna), 111,
581, 809
Madhyamakaloka(Kamalas ́lla), 483
Madhyamaka school, 31–32, 42, 53,
77–78, 111, 144, 223–224, 470,
479–485,481–483, 581–582, 649,
680, 683, 749, 809, 827, 846–847,
855, 861–862
Madhyamakavatara(Candraklrti), 111,
482, 604
Madhyantavibhaga,914, 916
Madhyantika, 368, 750
maechi, 901
Maezumi, Taizan, 868
magazines and periodicals
Buddhist Ray(U.S.), 865
Light of Dharma(U.S.), 865
Vietnamese, 883
Ma gcig lab sgron (Machig Labdrön),
485–486, 901
Mahabharata, 331
Mahabodhi Temple, 50, 364, 486–487
Mahabodhi Society, 16, 359, 448, 798
Mahabodhivamsa, 877
Mahachulalongkorn, 832
Mahadeva, 504, 568
Mahadhamma San ̇kram
Sasanalan ̇kara catam, 102
MahaGhanta, 774
MahaGhosananda, 110
Mahakala, 563
mahakalpa, 185
Mahakarma-vibhan ̇ga, 302
Mahakassapa (arhat). SeeMahakas ́yapa
Mahakas ́yapa, 29, 84, 133, 188, 232, 354,
487,507, 542, 566, 576, 897
Mahamakut, 832
Mahamantranudharinl, 634
Mahamaudgalyayana, 232, 287, 290,
308–309, 317, 354, 487–488,542,
741, 750
Mahamaya, 238
Mahamayurl, 634
mahamudra,488–489, 513
Mahanaman, 232
Mahanikai order, 108
Mahapadana-suttanta,72, 890
mahapades ́a , 111
Mahapadesa-sutta, 94
Mahaparinibbana-sutta,205–207, 626.
See also Mahaparinirvana-sutra
Mahaparinirvana-sutra,8, 84–85, 179,
300, 489,715, 894, 905–906
MahaprajapatlGautaml, 83–84, 232, 238,
353, 489–490,607, 741
Mahaprajñaparamita-s ́astra(Nagarjuna),
214
Mahapratisara, 634
mahapurusa,80, 361
Maharajakaniskalekha(Matrceta), 518
Maharajavan ̇krl(UKala), 102
Mahasaccaka-sutta, 83
Mahasamghika school, 11, 77, 86, 113,
121, 188, 223–224, 354, 368, 490,
491, 502–504, 538, 588, 674, 742
Mahasamghika-vinaya, 887
mahasammatta,424–425
Mahasasrapramardinl, 634
Mahasatipatthana-sutta, 754
mahasattva,58, 61, 85
Mahasena, 644
mahasiddha,488, 490–491,572, 583,
820–821, 878–879
Mahasi Sayadaw, 898
Mahasthamaprapta, 15
mahastupa, 804
Mahathat Monastery, 39
Mahatisadda Ghanta, 774
Mahavadana-sutra,85–86Mahavagga,231, 285
Mahavagge Mandapeyyakatha, 445
Mahavairocana, 274, 373, 412, 473, 476,- See alsoVairocana
Mahavairocana-sutra,56, 254, 511, 534,
764
Mahavamsa,75, 95, 162, 333, 626, 644,
742, 777, 795–796, 877
Mahavastu,86, 230, 491,512, 538, 746
Mahavessantara-jataka, 422
Mahavibhasa,20, 166, 188, 377, 505
Mahavihara, 188, 644, 795, 837
Mahaviharavasins, 506
Mahavlra, 383
Mahavyutpatti, 87
Mahayana art, 372
Mahayana precepts in Japan, 499–501
Mahayanasamgraha(Asan ̇ga), 32, 59,
914–916
Mahayana school, 29, 33, 52, 211, 214,
239, 269, 309, 342, 419–420, 490,
492–499,525, 534, 616, 809–810,
871, 878
and apocrypha, 26–27
and bodhicitta,54–56
and buddhahood, 77–78, 186–187, 219,
230, 378, 760
and Buddha images, 81, 88, 550
and buddhas, 13–14, 47, 71–74, 87,
234, 497, 743
in Cambodia, 106–107
in Central Asia, 120–121
in China, 143
“cult of the book,” 474, 591, 717
and ethics, 262–263
and gender, 304–305
and initiation, 375–376
institutionalization of, 357–358
key texts, 113, 183, 227–228, 320, 456,
756
in Korea, 430–432, 904–905
and laity, 445, 447–448
and merit, 208, 532
in Nepal, 588, 593
and nirvana,603–604
and original enlightenment, 619–620
and path, 93, 636
and prajñaparamitaliterature, 665–667
precepts, 281–282, 675
and Pure Land Buddhism, 695–696,
698–699, 701, 707
rise of, 356–357, 369, 479, 507, 776
and spread of Buddhism in China,
140–141
and Tantra, 820, 852
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