Abbot
住持
A monk who holds the position of administration of a Buddhist monastery
管理寺院的出家人
A guide of the Bodhisattvas' Way of Life
入菩薩行論／入菩提行論
寂天大師開示
A Lamp for the Path
菩提道燈論／菩提道炬論
阿底峽大師開示
Lamp on the path of enlightenment
Abhidharma
阿毘達磨
Doctrinal treatise and commentary. One of the three divisions of the Buddhist canon, the other two being sutras and vinaya (rules of monastic discipline).
Acharya
阿闍黎
A Sanskrit term means "one who teaches by their conduct."
梵文術語，意思是 「由他們的行為來教導的人」。
Action Tantra
事續
The first of four classes of tantra
四部瑜珈中的第一個
Adept
成就者
Adi Buddha
普賢王如來
The primordial Buddha of Vajrayana Buddhism
佛教密宗中的無上瑜伽部信仰的本初佛
Afflicted Consciousness
煩惱識
第七識，又稱為末那識
The seventh consciousness, also named Manas Consciousness
Akanishta
色究竟天
The highest peak of Existence-as-Form.
色究竟天或有頂天，漢地又稱密嚴淨土。
Akshobhya
阿閦佛／不動佛
Alaya Consciousness
阿賴耶識
The fundamental consciousness of all sentient beings. As defined by the Yogacara School, Alaya means the "storehouse", implying that this consciousness contains and preserves all past memories and potential psychic energy within its fold.
Alm
砵／缽
Altar
佛壇
Shrine
Altruism
利他
Amitabha
阿彌陀佛
Amoghasiddhi
不空成就佛
Ananda
阿難／慶喜
釋迦牟尼佛弟子，原是釋迦牟尼佛之堂弟
Anuttara
無上密法
無上瑜伽密
HIGHEST YOGA TANTRA
Antidote
對治
Apsaras
飛天
Aron
劫
Also know as Kalpa, a concept used in Buddhist cosmology to indicate a period of time
劫是佛教宇宙學中用來表示時間的一種慨念
The Aspiration of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra
普賢行願品
Asanga
無著大師
Indian Budhisattva Dharma King who founded the Yogachara school
創立瑜珈行派的印度佛學大師
Asceticism
苦行
Ashoka
阿育王
Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
般若八千頌
八千頌般若波羅蜜多經
Eight thousand verse perfection of wisdom sutra
Attachment
貪取／執著
Atisa
阿底峽尊者
The great India Buddhist Master (982-1054)
偉大的印度佛教大師 (公元982-1054）
Asanga
無著大師
Indian Budhisattva Dharma King who founded the Yogachara school
創立瑜珈行派的印度佛學大師
Asura
阿修羅
A being in the Deva Realms who suffers from jealousy and quarrelling.
天人的一種, 但充滿嫉妒和爭吵。
Auspicious
吉祥天
Auspicious implies success in the future, while propitious means favorable conditions are present; auspicious means promising or of good omen—not just special or memorable.
Avalokitésvara
觀音菩薩
Avichi Hell
阿鼻地獄／無間地獄
Hell without respite
Bardo
中陰身
The intermediate existence between death and reincarnation -- a stage varying from seven to forty-nine days.
Bindu
明點
Vital essence drops located within the body
明點是人身中生命能量的凝聚點，是生命、精神之精華。
Bodhichitta
菩提心
The compassionate wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all beings.
為了所有眾生的利益而祈求獲得證悟的慈悲願望。
Bodhisattva
菩薩
Bon (Black)
本教 (黑)
Chakravartin ghorlo gyurpa
轉輪勝王
Compassion (The second immeasurables)
悲 (四無量心之二）
the second of the immeasurables, is the wish for all sentient beings to be free from suffering.
願一切眾生能離苦及苦因
Cundhi
準提
Dakini
空行母