Gatha
Ancient Indian verse.

Giving
See charity.

Gokulika
See Kaukkutikah.

Good Roots
There are eleven kinds of good roots:
1.faith
2.shame
3.remorse
4.absence of greed
5.absence of hatred
6.absence of stupidity
7.vigor
8.transquility
9.non-laxity
10.non-harming
11.renunciation

These are eleven good Dharmas of the fifty one Dharmas belonging to the heart.

Gotama
Gotama in Pali, Gautama in Sanskrit. The surname of the Shakya clan into which Shakyamuni was born. Another name for Shakyamuni.

Gui Ji
Gui Ji (A.D. 632-682) was a great Dharma master of the Dharmalaksana School. His writing on the Lotus Sutra was so remarkable that was generally accepted and interpreted by other great Dharma masters.

gave up ineffably ineffable numbers of bodies and lives

(Said of Shakyamuni Buddha in Chapter 40 of the Flower Adornment Sutra.) It means that he renounced his body and life and gave them up to help others countless times during countless lifetimes.

good knowing advisors

Dharma Masters who lecture on the Sutras.

Good Wealth

The main protagonist in the Chapter 40 of the Flower Adornment Sutra, "The Chapter on Entering the Inconceivable State of Liberation Through the Practices and Vows Of Universal Worthy Bodhisattva." Seeking enlightenment, Good Wealth (Sanskrit: Sudhana) visited and studied with 53 spiritual advisors, and attained Buddhahood in one lifetime. The name "Good Wealth" is derived from the fact that when Sudhana was born, myriad treasures appeared in his father's home. See also "Sudhana."

Great Means Expansive Buddha Flower Adornment Sutra

See "Flower Adornment Sutra."

Great Enlightenment

The highest of all enlightenments. It is the combination of three different kinds of enlightenment: self-enlightenment, the ability to enlighten others, and the ability to attain self-enlightenment as well as to enlighten others. See also Chapter 1 of "Understanding Buddhism."

Great Mind

See "Bodhi Mind."

Great Strength Bodhisattva

(Chinese: "Da Shi Zhi.") One of Amitabha Buddha's two great Bodhisattva companions in the Pure Land. (The other is Guan Yin.) In pictures depicting Amitabha Buddha, Great Strength Bodhisattva often stands to Amitabha's right (our left). He often carries one or more flowers and is recognizable by the water jar (jeweled pitcher) adorning his crown.

Great Vehicle

A term used to describe what is known in Pure Land study as the Bodhisattva path. As Master Chin Kung explains in Part 3 of his commentary titled The Three Conditions,. "The Buddha's 'Great Vehicle' teachings are those that encourage not only self-realization, but also the cultivation of compassion to help all suffering beings.The Buddha also expounded some 'Small Vehicle' teachings, which 'carry' fewer people to Buddhahood because they solely stress self-realization." See also "Mahayana."

grounds

See "Ten Grounds."

Guan Shi Yin

See "Guan Yin."

Guan Yin

The Bodhisattva of Compassion, often referred to as "Great Compassion Bodhisattva." One of Amitabha Buddha's two greatest Bodhisattva companions in the Pure Land. Guan Yin stands to Amitabha Buddha's left (our right) in many pictures and statues. (The Bodhisattva who stands on the other side of Amitabha is is Da Shi Zhi, or "Great Strength Bodhisattva.") Guan Yin is often recognizable by the small Buddha adorning Her crown.

Guatama Buddha

See "Shakyamuni Buddha."

Gatha – Stanza or the versified part of a discourse

Gatis – Evil realms