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INDEX ah-un symbolism, 25, 85, 94, 100, 117, 136, 198 Aiea Hongwanji, 47–48 Aiea Taiheiji Sōtō Mission, 48–50 Aizen, 6, 32, 35, 38, 55, 70, 72, 121, 215 Akiyama, Rev. Taiken, 56 altar cloths, 28, 78–79, 134, 170 altar shrine (kūden), 29, 138, 142, 156, 184, 187–188, 194, 219 Amida Buddha, 7, 8, 31, 38; and God, 10, 59; as Great Buddha, 200; of Hawaiian sandalwood, 150; at Higashi­Hongwanji temples, 57, 68, 119, 184; at Honpa Hongwanji temples, 53, 60, 61, 65, 66, 76, 78, 88, 100, 104, 106, 107, 137, 141, 150, 155, 157, 160, 162, 164, 170, 174, 177, 182, 186, 189, 191, 199, 203, 211, 219; at independent temples, 52, 92; at Jōdo temples, 63, 114, 116, 118, 124, 142, 152, Boldface numbers indicate pages with definitions of terms. 175, 177, 192, 200, 213; light of, 79, 119, 171, 200; modern interpretation of, 11, 66, 107–108, 183; Original Vow of, 9–10, 15; paradise of, 78, 139, 193, 198, 201, 179; raigō of, 121, 124, 144, 152, 193, 201; at Shingon temples, 121, 144; at Sōtō Zen temples, 145, 171; at Tendai temples, 73, 96–98; with twenty-five bodhisattvas,­ 125 amulets (omamori), 41, 56, 109, 124, 126 Ara, Ryōkan, 5, 97, 98 banners (ban), 26, 28 Benzaiten, 36, 70, 98, 136, 215 birds, 28, 29; cockatiel, 39; crane, 39; crowned, 39; ducks, 39; egrets, 39; geese, 39; herons, 39; peacock, 39; phoenix, 39, 51; of the Pure index 234 Land, 48, 60, 78, 106; two-headed (jivamjivaka), 39, 53, 88, 133, 134, 199, 219 Bishamonten, 35, 36, 71, 95, 98 bodhisattvas: five great, 55; general features of, 32; twenty-five, 125 Bodhi tree, 2, 64, 79, 110, 164, 190, 200 bowl-shaped bell (daikin), 26–27 buddhas: general features of, 30–31; relics of, 80 Buddhism, 2, 3; introduction to Japan, 3–4 Buddhist flag, 41, 78 Byōdō-in Temple, 51–52 calligraphy, 81, 82, 93, 101, 120, 175, 182, 199–200 canopy (tengai), 27–28, 201 celestial maidens (hiten), 35, 99, 104– 105, 216 censer (kōro), 25, 28, 123; long-handled (egōro), 26 Chih-i (Jp. Chigi), 38, 97 Chōzenji International Zen Dōjō, 13 Christian, 23, 51 church style, 23 cremation, 15; crematorium, 145, 205, 206 cymbals (nyōhachi), 27 Daigen Shuri, 34, 128–129, 145 Daikokuten, 36, 71, 98, 126, 215 Daimoku, 5, 14, 32, 166; mandala, 32, 38, 80–81, 82, 101, 127, 166 Dainichi Buddha, 6, 31, 38, 71–72, 97, 194, 196 Daishi-dō, 6–7, 147–148, 155, 180, 187, 195, 214 Daoism, 36, 128–129 Daruma, 34, 36, 98, 110, 128, 135, 145 Dengyō Daishi, 5, 97. See also Saichō Dōgen, 5, 11–12, 38, 50, 95, 103, 129, 172, 205, 217 dragons, 29, 50, 101–102, 117, 135–136, 139, 144, 216 drum: double-sided, 27; fan, 27; fishshaped (mokugyo), 27, 128, 130 Ebisu, 36, 56, 215 Eightfold path, 3, 40, 134, 164 Eiheiji, 12, 95 elephants, 39, 94, 139, 189 Eshin-ni, 9, 37 Esoteric Buddhism, 5, 34 Ewa Hongwanji Mission, 52–53 fire ritual platform (goma dan), 26, 55, 69, 96 flower vases (kabin or kebyō), 28 Four Celestial Kings (shitennō), 35, 124 Four Noble Truths, 1, 3 front altar table (maejoku), 28; at Honpa Hongwanji temples, 87, 100, 105, 133, 140, 150, 154, 161, 185, 203, 211; at independent temples, 92; at Jōdo temples, 114, 116; at Nichiren temples, 82, 101; at Shingon temples, 136, 144, 187; at Sōtō temples, 94, 128, 205 Fuchino: Heigo (Hego), 62–63, 88, 93, 107; Wilfred, 79 Fudō, 3, 6, 32, 34, 38; at independent temples, 90; at Shingon temples, 56, 69–72, 74–75, 121, 136, 144, 148, 156–157, 187, 194, 196, 215; at Tendai temples, 96, 97 Fugen, 31, 34, 80, 97, 124 funerals, 14–16 Gohōgo, 5–6, 214 Gotō Katsu, 116, 133 graveyard: Honpa Hongwanji, 132, 139, 140, 150, 155, 158; Jōdo, 116, 142–143, 152, 202; Nichiren, 166; Rinzai, 307; Shingon, 195; Sōtō, 146, 206 Hakalau Jōdō Mission, 113–114 Haleiwa Jōdo Mission, 53–54 Haleiwa Kōshōji Shingon Mission, 55–56 Hamakua Hongwanji, 133 Hamakua Jōdo Mission, 8, 19, 114–116 Hana Hongwanji Mission, 189–190 Hanapepe Hongwanji Mission (West Kaua‘i Hongwanji), 169–170 Hanapepe Zenshūji Sōtō Temple, 170–172 hand gestures (mudra), 30, 31, 72, 75, 98, 113 Hawi Jōdo...

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