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GlossaryDīpaṃkara – Sanskirt name of the Primordial Buddha,a Buddha that existed before the commonly known historicalŚākyamuni Buddha. In an age before the historical Buddha attainedhis enlightenment, Dīpaṃkara Buddha gave the historical Buddhaa chance to begin his spiritual journey towards Buddhahood.Śākya – The name of the original historical Buddha’s tribe,contained within his name of Śākyamuni. This name has been takenby one of the two householder monk castes in Newar Buddhism torefer to itself.Vajrāchārya – The second of the two castes involved in thehouseholder monk system of Newar Buddhism, and the only casteable to take additional esoteric ordination to become full priestsable to perform the fire ceremony for their client parishioners.yajamāna, Newari: jajmān – A Newar Buddhist term that refersto a Vajrāchārya priest’s collection of client parishioners thatis typically inherited patrilineal.homa – The original Sanskrit name of an important fire ceremonyconnected with Esoteric Buddhism, performed for clientparishioners in the Newar tradition by their Vajrāchārya priest.This practice continues within Japan in the Shingon tradition ofMount Koya, where it is known as goma ( 護 摩 ).sangha – The term for the Buddhist community, traditionallyencompassing practicing monks.nikujisaitai – Literally “meat eating and marriage”, a wordthat was coined during doctrinal debates in the Edo period to describethe transgressive practices priests were engaging in despitetheir vowsbakufu – Literally “tent office” ( 幕 府 ), used to describe thegovernment of the Japanese shogunate.REFERENCESBowring, Richard J. The Religious Traditions of Japan, 500 -1600. Cambridge, UK. 2013.Bunnag, Jane. The Way of the Monk and the Way of theWorld: Buddhism in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia. in The World ofBuddhism: Buddhist Monks and Nuns in Society and Culture, editedby Heinz Bechert and Richard F. Gombrich, New York: Facts onFile. 1984.Carrithers, Michael. “They Will Be Lord upon the Island”:Buddhism in Sri Lanka. in The World of Buddhism: BuddhistMonks and Nuns in Society and Culture, edited Heinz Bechert andRichard F. Gombrich, New York: Facts on File. 1984.Jaffe, Richard M. Neither Monk nor Layman : Clerical Marriagein Modern Japanese Buddhism. Honolulu, Hawai’i: Universityof Hawaiʻi, 2011.Kashiwahara, Yusen and Koyu Sonoda. Shapers of JapaneseBuddhism. Tokyo. 2013.“Konjaku Monogatarishū.” University of Kyoto. Last modified2003. Accessed March 28, 2013. http://edb.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exhibit/konjaku/kj_top.html.Nakamura, Ikuo. Nikujiki Saitai Kō: Bukkyō No Hassei. Tokyo:Seidosha. 2011.Nobutaka, Inoue. “An Introduction to Religion at Workin the World - Article #2 of a Series - East Asia in Japanese Buddhism.”Weekly Toyo Keizai, 11 Feb 2012,.Sueki, Fumihiko. “Study of Buddhist Scripture -1000 Yearsof Japanese Wisdom - The Chronicle of Eizon.” Asahi Shinbun, 30Jul 2012.Sugimoto, Yoshio The Cambridge Companion to ModernJapanese Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2009.Ury, Marian. Tales of Times Now Past: Sixty-Two Storiesfrom a Medieval Japanese Collection. Berkeley: University of CaliforniaPress, 1979.von Rospatt, Alexander. “Contemporary Buddhism Class103 Robert Bowers Curl Laicization in Japanese Buddhism 104