The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction

Mahasi Sayadaw, 153, 305
Mahav~rocana, 115, 126, 128, 168, 191,
248, 249
Mahavibha~a, 97
Mahavihara, 144
Mahayana, 127, 133, 143-144, 145, 168,
174,182,187,190,222,237,258,
277, 293
M~treya, 105,106,213,223
Ma~9rua, 124,126,128-129,233,293
Mang Gong, 230
Maiijusri, 105-107
Manseong, 230
Mantra, 123-124, 197,293. See also
DharaJ?.i
Mappo, 197,249-250,253,256,257
Mara, 14, 47, 126
Marpa, 278, 286
Matrceta, 97
Maudgruyayana,45, 215
Maya (Siddhartha's mother), 11
Maya (illusion), 84, 87
Meditation, 15, 39, 153, 188-189, 192,
202, 235, 278, 279, 308. See also
Ch'an; Zen
Merit, 77, 81, 155-156, 158-162, 215,
291,294
Middle Way, 32, 35, 88, 91
Milarepa, 278
MingTi, 173
Miracle of the Pairs, 45
Monastic practice. See Monks
Monks
China, 213, 214
early India, 67-75
Korea, 231-236
Thailand, 156, 159-160, 164
Tibet, 290-295
Monk tax, 292
Mudra, 125, 294
Mulamadhyamaka-karika, 88
Miilasarvastivadins, 98, 274, 292
Multiple bodies of the Buddha, 94-95,
110
Murasaki Shikibu, 249, 250
Musang, 220
Muslims, 135-137, 148-149, 154, 169
Muso Soseki, 257

Nagamuna Myoko, 266, 267

Nagarjuna, 88, 89, 121, 191

Nagas, 21, 80

Nruanda University, 95, 96, 121, 122

Nampo Jomyo, 253

Nanayon, Upasika Kee, 164

INDEX 339

Naropa, 131, 132, 277, 278

Naturru origination, 194

Nembutsu, 254, 255

Nee-Confucianism, 209, 229, 257, 260,

270

New Rinz~, 263

Nguyen Du', 237

Nhat Hanh, Thich, 239, 307

Nichiren, 255-257

Nien-fo, 196-198, 211. See also Nembutsu

Nirma~a-kaya, 94, 110, 246, 286

Nirva~a, 13, 23, 40, 56, 87, 88, 165, 192,

303, 306

Nirvat;~a Sutra, 85, 94, 182, 183, 187, 202

Niwano Nikkyo, 266, 267, 270

Noble Eightfold Path, 32, 35-37, 48, 70,

90,133,306

No drama, 258

Nonbeing, Proponents of, 179, 186, 204

Non-duruity, 128, 133, 192-193, 258,279

Not-self, 34, 37-38, 56, 87, 151, 165, 260

Nuns

China, 176, 210

early India, 71, 72, 74-77

Japan, 244, 262

Korea, 230, 231, 233

Thailand, 161

Tibet, 295-296

Nyingma school, 279, 280, 282, 289

Nyogen Senzaki, 303

Oda Nobunaga, 259

O-de, 276, 277

Olcott, Henry Steel, 150, 306

One Mind, 182, 191, 194, 224

One Vehicle, 112, 190,247-248

Onin War, 259

6-To-Kan school, 253

Pabongkha,290

Padmasambhava, 274, 275

Pagan, 146-147

Prui Text Society, 300, 306

Parakramabahu, 147, 149, 163

Pari~ad, 43, 307

Path to Purification, The, 145, 153

Path with Heart, A, 308

Perfection ofWisdom, 87, 101, 314

Perfections, 61, 99, 102, 224

Performance Tantras, 124, 125

Perfumed chambers, 74, 95

Phenomenology, 19, 24, 88, 190, 303

Pilgrimages, 50, 291

Pi~9ola Bharadvaja, 73, 213

Plaiform Sutra, 201, 202, 227