南無妙法蓮華経

なむみょうほうれんげきょう

Hail Lotus Sutra

法華経

ほけきょう

Lotus Sutra

蓮華

れんげ レンゲ

lotus flower

蓮華座

れんげざ

lotus seat (under Buddha's statue)

蓮華草

れんげそう

Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)

蓮華坐

れんげざ

lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs

岩蓮華

いわれんげ イワレンゲ

Chinese dunce cap (species of succulent plant, Orostachys iwarenge)

蓮華台

れんげだい

lotus seat (under Buddhist statues); lotus base

紅妙蓮寺

べにみょうれんじ ベニミョウレンジ

Camellia japonica 'Benimyorenji' (cultivar of common camellia)

妙法

みょうほう

marvelous law of Buddha, Saddharma

散り蓮華

ちりれんげ

ceramic spoon

蓮華躑躅

れんげつつじ レンゲツツジ

Japanese azalea (Rhododendron japonicum), renge azalea

蓮華升麻

れんげしょうま レンゲショウマ

false anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla)

法華

ほっけ ほけ

Nichiren sect, Tendai sect

華厳経

けごんきょう

Avatamska sutra

法華宗

ほっけしゅう

Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)

法華八講

ほっけはっこう

Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

法華神道

ほっけしんとう

Hokke Shinto (Shinto doctrines based on Nichiren Buddhism)

蓮

はす はちす ハス

sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Indian lotus, lotus