(Buddhism) a non-canonical book, such as one that's merely on Buddhism or belongs to other religious canons

the Apocrypha

Buddhism

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

a piece of research, a study, investigation

to research, to study

A satirical term referring to the modern phenomenon in which Buddhist practice is largely neglected in Japan and is only sought out for funeral services.

(Buddhism) Mahayana