常见佛教英语佛教Buddhism三大语系佛教Three languages of Buddhism:汉语系佛教Chinese Language Buddhism藏语系佛教Tibetan Language Buddhism巴利语系佛教Pali Language Buddhism大乘佛教Mahayana Buddhism上座部佛教Theravada Buddhism金刚乘/密宗Vajrayana Buddhism(Lamaism)中国佛教Chinese Buddhism佛经Sutra经、律、论Sutras, Vinaya, Sastra大藏经Tripitaka Sutra三宝（佛、法、僧）Triratna (Buddha, Dharma,Sangha)“三宝”加被May “Triratna”bless法师Master/Venerable长老Thero/Venerable大长老Mahathero/ Most V enerable方丈/主持Abbot佛教宗派Buddhist School佛教仪式：Buddhist Ceremony/Buddhist Service for和平祈祷法会Buddhist Praying Ceremony for World Peace礼佛pay respect for Buddha颂经Sutra Chanting香炉Incense burner上香To offer incense to Buddha因果Cause and effect成道/成佛To obtain the Buddha-hood觉悟To get enlightenment三皈五戒The ceremony for lay Buddhists to go to the Buddha for refuge, go to the Dharma for refuge, go to the Sangha for refuge and to follow the five commandments of Buddhism（no killing，no stealing，no sexual misconduct，no lying，no intoxicant）诸恶莫做，众善奉行，自净其意，既是佛教“To do no evil, to do only good, to purify the will, is thedoctrine of all Buddhas”做功德To make contribution to普渡终生To save all living beings from sufferings四谛Four noble truths八正道Eight noble paths善哉Sadhu (good or excellent)佛教寺院Monastery/Buddhist Temple山门The Front Gate大雄宝殿The Main Shrine Hall圆通殿The Hall of Universal Understanding观音殿The Hall of Avalokitesvara Buddhisatva藏经阁The Tripitaka Sutra Pavilion罗汉堂The Hall of Arhan祖师殿The Hall of Patriarch四大天王Four deva-kings, the protectors of Buddhism韦驮Vitasoka/Vigatasoka, the protector of Buddhism斋堂Monastic Dinning Hall客堂Monastic Reception四大名山：Four holy mountains of Chinese Buddhism五台山Wutai Mountain is the Holy Place of Manjusri Buddhisattva峨嵋山Ermei Mountain is the Holy Place of Mahasthama Buddhisattva 九华山Jiuhua Mountain is the holy place of Ksitigarbha Buddhisattva 普陀山Putuo Mountain is the holy place of Avalokitesvara Buddhisattva 佛像Buddha statue释迦牟尼佛Shakyamuni Buddha弥勒佛Maitreya Buddha迦叶佛Kasyapa Buddha阿弥陀佛Amitaba Buddha毗庐舍那佛Vairocana Buddha药师佛Bhaisajya Buddha/medicine Buddha三世佛Buddhas of Three Periods:Kasyapa Buddha of the pastShakyamuni Buddha of the present,Maitrya Buddha of the future菩萨Buddhisattva观世音菩萨Avalokitesvara Buddhisattva菩贤菩萨Samandhabatra Buddhisattva大势智菩萨Mahasthamaprapta Buddhisattva文殊菩萨Manjusri Buddisattva地藏菩萨ksitigahba Buddhisattva善财童子Sudhana罗汉Arhan西方三圣：阿弥陀佛、观音菩萨、大势至菩萨Amitaba BuddhaAvalokitesvara BuddhisattvaMahasthamaprapta Buddhisattva达摩Budhidharma摩腾Kasyapa Matanga竺法兰Gobharana/Dharmaraksa佛学院Buddhist College僧伽Sangha僧、尼（比丘、比丘尼）monk、nun /Bhiksu, Bhiksuni方丈/主持Abbot首座Chief monk监院/当家Monastic Manger侍者Assistant中国佛教协会The Buddhist Association of China中国佛学院The Buddhist Academy of China会长President副会长Vice President秘书长Secretary General副秘书长Deputy Secretary General佛学英语词汇the Great Vehicle d大乘the Lesser Vehicle 小乘the Diamond Vehicle 金刚乘Four Noble Truths 四圣谛苦suffering集causes of suffering灭suppression of suffering 道path to suppression of sufferingTwelve Links in the Chain of Causation 十二因缘cycle of rebirths 轮回ignorance 惑nirvana 涅磐greed 贪hatred 嗔stupidity 痴pride 慢hesitation 疑wrong view 恶见no-soul 无我impermanence 无常sentient beings 众生deva 天human 人asura 阿修罗animal 畜牲hungry ghost 饿鬼denizen of hell 地狱morality 戒concentration 定wisdom 慧action 身speech 口consciousness 意lay Buddhists 居士novice monks 沙弥monks 比丘Five Precepts 五戒personal enlightenment 自觉universal enlightenment 觉他full enlightenment 觉满Buddha of Medicine 药师佛Buddha Maitreya 弥勒佛body of essence 法身award body 报身body of transformation 化身Four Heavenly Kings 四天王karma 因果Buddha Amitaba 阿弥陀佛Buddha of Sunlight (法身佛)毗卢遮那佛Buddha Sakyamuni 释迦牟尼佛Bodhisattva of Compassion 观音菩萨Boohisattva of Ultimate Knowledge 文殊菩萨Bodhisattva of Universal Benevolence 普贤菩萨Bodhisattva of Great Power 大势至菩萨bodhi 菩提dhyana 禅那sangha 僧团saha 娑婆五蕴five aggregates色aggregate of material body受aggregate of feelings想aggregate of perceptions 行aggregate of predispositions识aggregate of consciousness简单佛学英语Birth is suffering; aging is suffering;生是苦；老是苦；sickness is suffering; death is suffering;病是苦；死是苦；association with the unpleasant is suffering;怨憎会是苦；dissociation from the pleasant is suffering;爱别离是苦；not to get what one wants is suffering;求不得是苦；in short, attachment to the five aggregates is suffering.简言之，对五蕴的执取就是苦。
When past conditioning is erased and no fresh one produced,当过去的诸行都根除了，并且也无新的产生，the mind no longer seeks for future birth.心不再企求来生。
The seed consumed, cravings no more arise.种子耗尽，渴爱不再。
Such-minded wise ones cease like [the flame of] this lamp.智者的心有如灯熄焰灭。
Impermanent are all compounded things.诸行无常，When one perceives this with true insight,洞察及此，then one becomes detached from suffering;便能离苦；this is the path of purification.此即净化之道。