Selective Index

(numbers refer to parables) 

Afflictions 003; 014;  044;  087;  0109;  0133; 0141; 0142; 0143; 0147; 0151; 0152; 0159

see also Attachment; Sex

Ajatasatru 034; 049

Amitabha Buddha 003; 023; 038; 059; 0123

Anathapindika 074; 077; 0157

Anger 0109; 0159

Animal sacrifice 043

Ant 077

Apple (rotten) 0124

Arhat 013; 059; 089

Arrow 092

Attachment 004; 005; 007; 008; 036; 085; 0103; 0121; 0147; 0156

Avalokitesvara 016; 050

Avatamsaka Sutra 073; 0163

Awakening 008; 009; 064; 0147

Bees 019; 0119

Bhiksu bound by reeds 0115

Bimbisara 034; 049

Birth & Death 011; 030; 037; 0101

Bodhi Mind 012; 013; 0136

see also Bodhisattva

Bodhidharma 018; 0150

Bodhiruci 075

Bodhisattva 012; 013; 016; 061; 088; 089; 099

Bowing 099

Brahma Net Sutra 061; 0111

Breath 067; 0144

Broom (sweep & broom) 0133

Buddha Nature 055; 0102; 0134

Buddha Recitation 015; 065; 0125

Buddha Vehicle 017; 091; 0104

Buddhadharma see Dharma

Buddhas

-- as Supreme teachers 016

Cause & Effect 021; 049; 058; 083

Charity 022; 0110; 0123; 0131

Chiko Mandala 023

Compassion 001; 010; 024; 025; 043; 089; 0100; 0132; 0155

--Great Compassion 050; 052; 0163

Criticism 044

Cultivation 027; 031; 045; 052; 0107; 0132; 0133; 0143; 0146; 0161 see also Practice

Death 080; 0151

Dedication of merit 052; 079

Delusion 033; 039; 040; 060; 087; 094; 0140; 0147

Deer 024; 0100; 0154

Deities

-- as projection of mind 0145

Demon 035; 036; 037; 094; 0128; 0145

see also Delusion

Devadatta 010; 034; 049

Dharma 014; 037; 072; 0117; 0133

Dharmakara 003; 059

Dog 0121; 0122

Emptiness 076; 0103

Enlightenment 009; 0107; 0149

Eternity 042

Expedient Means see Skillful Means

Faith/Vow/Practice 045

False thoughts 094

Fate 002

Fault-Finding 047

Five Desires 003; 020; 051; 087

Forgiveness 016; 086; 0106; 0159

Four wives 054

Fox 083

Great Compassion 0163

Hallucinations 0128

Honen 019

Horizontal Path 062

Human Condition 032; 051; 054; 060; 066; 069; 071; 0124; 0144; 0160

Ignorance see Delusion

Immolation 0103; 0127

Immortality 075

Impermanence 041; 067; 068; 069; 070; 0138; 0144

Intellect 059; 072; 0118; 0156

Intercausality 073

Intoxicant 0111

Jeta Grove 074

Jewel Not of Indra 073

Kalpa 042

Karma 001; 048; 049; 050; 054; 058; 077; 078; 080; 081; 0119; 0122; 0131; 0162

Killing 016; 043; 0115; 0136; 0153; 0154; 0162

see also Vegetarianism

Kisagotami 068

Kumarajiva 097

Lankavatara Sutra 018

Letting Go 086

Lion (Worms in Body --) 0139

Lotus Sutra 017; 055; 091; 099; 0104; 0134

Lust 020; 028; 087; 0142; 0151

Madman 0140

Mahakasyapa 077

Mahastamaprapta 088

Mahayana / Theravada 013; 089

Maitreya 086

Mandala 023

Mantra 050; 052

Mara 0152

Meditation 064

Merit and virtue 018; 079

Metaphysics 027; 092

Middle Way 0143

Milinda (King --) 0105

Mind 014; 016; 028; 029; 035; 055; 081; 082; 093; 094; 095; 096; 097; 098; 0107; 0109; 0114; 0120; 0128; 0140; 0145; 0148; 0149

Miracles 0130

Mutual Identity 073

Never Despise Bodhisattva 099

Noblesse Oblige 0100

Non-Retrogression 0123

One-Vehicle 017; 091; 0104

Other-Power 0105

Other-Shore 0117; 0157

Ox 0146

Parinirvana Sutra 034; 037

Parents 0149

Parrot 025

Passions 003; 020; 051; 087

Po Chu-i 061

Power of truth 0137

Practice 002; 023; 028; 029; 030; 031; 056; 087; 0107; 0141; 0146; 0161

see also Cultivation

Praise & Criticism 044

Precepts 0111; 0112; 0113; 0114; 0115; 0116

Pride & Conceit 0109

Psychological projections 0145

Pure Land teaching 003; 015; 019; 023; 026; 031; 038; 045; 059; 062; 065; 070; 088; 0101; 0105; 0119; 0123; 0125; 0126; 0135; 0157

see also Sukhavati

Raft 0117

Reasoning 059; 072; 0118; 0156

Rebirth stories 0125; 0126

Reeds 0115

Reincarnation 006; 009; 0121; 0122

Relics of Sakyamuni 084

Repentance 0141

Retrogression 0123

Rice 0131

Rotten apple 0124

Sakyamuni Buddha 084; 0106

Samadhi 019; 056

Self-mortification 0103; 0127

Sex 020; 028; 087; 0142; 0151

Singlemindedness 056; 0128; 0129

Skillful Means 017; 043; 052; 053; 064; 0134; 090; 091; 0108

Sore (with Human Face) 078

Speech (Wrong --) 046; 0122

Spiritual Power 0130

Spirituality 014

Stale rice 0131

Success in practice 002

Suffering 027; 032; 063; 071; 077

Sukhavati 003; 059; 062; 0125; 0126; 0135

Supportive recitation 0126

Surangama Sutra 088

T'an-luan 075

Teacher 047

Tiger 0129; 0154

Transfer of merit 052; 079

Truth 044; 057; 076; 0137

Turtle 066; 0158

Vegetarianism 0126; 0136; 0153; 0155; 0158

Vimalakirti 0116

Visions 0128

Vows 082; 0119

War 016; 0159

White path 0135

Wine 0111

Wisdom 040; 089; 0136

Wisdom teaching 0157

Women 0106

Words (attachment) 0156

Worms (in Lion's Body) 0139

Wrong speech 046; 0122

Wu-ta (Master) 078

Yajnadatta 0140

Zen 018; 095; 0150