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Vinaya (Sanskrit) [from vi-ni to lead towards, instruct, educate]: Education, discipline, control; in Buddhism, the rules of discipline, with special application to monks.

Buddhism is a very important religion in China and one of the three major schools of thought along with Confucianism and Taoism. It has affected and been affected by Chinese culture, politics, literature and philosophy for almost two millennia. For a more generalized discussion of Chinese religion, see religion in China


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Buddhism: Meditation in Buddhism

The practice of Meditation is common and is believed to lead through a succession of stages to spiritual liberation or Nirvana. By meditation one learns to simply be in the present moment rather than dwelling on the past or fantasizing about the future.

Buddhists believe:
* To study the way of the Buddha is to study oneself.
* To study oneself is to forget oneself.
* To forget oneself is to be enlightened by everything.
* The object of concentration or Kamatthana varies according to person or situation.
* Chanting of mantras is an act of homage to gods. Words or verses may be recited in praise of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. It helps to develop a calm and peaceful state of mind.

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Concepts in Buddhism

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A

Acquired enlightenment, Action in Buddhism, Alaya Consciousness, Almsgiving, Altruistic Behavior, Aspiration for enlightenment, Attachment, Attaining Buddhahood in one''s present form, Attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime, Attainment of Buddhahood, Attainment of Buddhahood by evil persons, Attainment of Buddhahood by persons of the two vehicles, Attainment of Buddhahood by women, Attainment of Buddhahood in the remote past, Awakening of Faith, Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, Awakening of the Faith, Awakening vs Enlightenment

B

Bodhi Mind, Bodhisattva, Buddha Consciousness, Buddha Nature, Buddha Recitation, Buddha mind, Buddha nature, Buddha Remembrance, Buddhism Action, Buddhism Chakra, Buddhism Dharma, Buddhism Disciple

C

Cause awakened one, Chakra in Buddhism, Civic Religion, Compounded in Buddhism, Conditioned in Buddhism, Consciousness in Buddhism

D

Dedication of Merit, Degenerate Age, Delusion in Buddhism, Demons in Buddhism, Deva in Buddhism, Dharma Dual, Dharma Gate, Dharma Heir, Dharma in Buddhism, Dharma Nature, Dharma Successor, Dharma Ending Age, Diamond Sutra, Difficult Path of Practice, Disciple in Buddhism

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Earthly desires are enlightenment, Easy Path of Practice, Effluents in Buddhism, Effort in Buddhism, Ego in Buddhism, Eight Divisions of Gods and Dragons, Eight Sufferings, Eight Winds, Eightfold Path, Endurance in Buddhism, Energy in Buddhism, Enlightened One, Enlightenment in Buddhism, Enlightenment of plants, Eternal Now, Evil Paths in Buddhism, Expedient means, Expedient Means chapter, Externalists

F

Faith in Buddhism, Fifty two stages of bodhisattva practice, Five Bhikshus, Five Corruptions, Five Desires, Five Eyes, Five Fundamental Conditions of Passions and Delusions, Five Natures, Five Offenses, Five Precepts, Five Sensual Pleasures, Five Sins, Five Skandhas, Five Turbidities, Flower Ornament, Flower Store World, Foundation of mindfulness, Four Aspects of Buddha Dharma, Four Elements, Four Fruits of the Arhat, Four Great Bodhisattva, Four Great Vows, Four Noble Truths, Four Pure Lands, Four ranks of sages, Four Reliance, Four Signs, Four stages of enlightenment, Four stages of Hinayana enlightenment, Four Universal Vows, Four Unlimited Mind, Four Virtues, Four Vows, Four Ways, Four Wisdom, Fourfold Assembly, Frame of reference, Fundamental darkness, Fundamental nature of enlightenment

G

God in Buddhism, Good Spiritual Advisor, Good Wealth, Great Awakening, Great Mind, Great Vehicle, Greatly Enlightened World Honored One

H

Heaven of the Thirty Three, Heretical views in Buddhism

I

Ignorance in Buddhism, Inclusion of Buddhahood in the nine worlds, Inclusion of the nine worlds in Buddhahood, Inherent enlightenment

J

Jewel Net of Indra

K

Karma in Buddhism, Knowledge in Buddhism, Kundalini in Buddhism

L

Land of Enlightened and Unenlightened Beings, Land of Sages and Common Mortals, Last Age in Buddhism, Law of Interdependent Causation, Lesser Vehicle, Life Span of the Thus Come One chapter, Livelihood in Buddhism, Lotus Treasury World

M

Maya in Buddhism, Merit and Virtue, Middle Vehicle, Mind in Buddhism, Mindfulness, Mindfulness in Buddhism, Mindfulness of the Buddha, Moksha in Buddhism

N

Near perfect enlightenment, Nirvana in Buddhism, No Birth, Non duality of delusion and enlightenment

O

Ocean Wide Lotus Assembly, Once returner, One Life Bodhisattva, Oneness of delusion and enlightenment, One Vehicle Dharma, Original enlightenment

P

Path in Buddhism, Path of the Sages, Perfect enlightenment, Perfect Enlightenment Sutra, Philosophy in Buddhism, Planting the seeds of Buddhahood, Polar Mountain, Pratyeka Buddha, Precepts of perfect and immediate enlightenment, Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples chapter, Prophecy of future enlightenment, Pure Land School, Pure Land Sutras

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Religion in Buddhism, Run of the mill person

S

Saha World, Samadhi in Buddhism, Samsara in Buddhism, Satori, Seed of Buddhahood, Self awakened one, Self Nature in Buddhism, Self Power in Buddhism, Self Power Path, Seven aids to enlightenment, Seven Treasures, Shastra in Buddhism, Six Directions, Six Dusts, Six Organs, Six Paths, Six Planes of Existence, Six stages of practice, Sixth Patriarch, Skillful Means, Skillful means, Small Vehicle, Sowing maturing and harvesting, Speech in Buddhism, Spiritual power in Buddhism, Stage of progressive awakening, Stage of resemblance to enlightenment, Stage of ultimate enlightenment, Stress in Buddhism, Student in Buddhism, Supreme perfect enlightenment, Sutra in Buddhism

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Tao in Buddhism, Teacher of the true cause, Teacher of the true effect, Ten Directions, Ten Evil Acts, Ten Great Vows, Ten Precepts, Ten Virtues, Theravada, Third Lifetime, Thirty seven Limbs of Enlightenment, Thought in Buddhism, Three bodies of the Buddha, Three Evil Paths, Three Jewels, Three Karmas, Three Poisons, Three Precious Ones, Three Pure Land Sutras, Three Realms, Three Refuges, Three Treasures, Three Vehicles, Three Worlds, Tolerance of Non Birth, Transcendental in Buddhism, Transference of Merit, Transmission of the Lamp, Treatise, Treatise on the Discipline for Attaining Enlightenment, Treatise on the Mind Aspiring for Enlightenment, Treatise on the Treasure Vehicle of Buddhahood, Triloka, Trailoka, Tripitaka, Triple Jewel, Triple Realm, Two Truths

U

Unbinding, Unconditioned in Buddhism, Unsurpassed enlightenment

V

Vipassana in Buddhism, Virtue in Buddhism, Way in Buddhism, Wisdom life, World of Buddhahood, World of cause awakened ones, World Honored One of Great Enlightenment, Worldly Dusts

Y

Yama in Buddhism, Yin and Yang in Buddhism, Yoga in Buddhism, Yogi in Buddhism

Z

Zen Buddhism


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Introduction and links to related topics

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Buddhism - A religion of Asia holding the belief that by the right living and the right thinking one can reach Nirvana

Buddhism - Buddhism {}

Buddhism - Religion founded in India by Gautama Siddhartha (563-483 BCE) which stresses the four noble truths; Buddhism''s main two main divisions are the Theravada and Mahayana schools.

Buddhism - A variety of religions founded by a man named Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha (“Enlightened One”). An outgrowth of Vedic Paleopagan mysticism, rooted in the “Four Noble Truths:”
(1) Existence is suffering,
(2) Suffering is caused by desire,
(3) Desire can be overcome,
(4) by following the Eightfold Path (right belief, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right meditation).

Buddhism - Buddhism. Buddhism is now split into two distinct Churches : the Southern and the Northern Church.

The former is said to be the purer form, as having preserved more religiously the original teachings of the Lord Buddha. It is the religion of Ceylon, Siam, Burmah and other places, while Northern Buddhism is confined to Tibet, China and Nepaul. Such a distinction, however, is incorrect.

If the Southern Church is nearer, in that it has not departed, except perhaps in some trifling dogmas due to the many councils held after the death of the Master, from the public or exoteric teachings of Sakyamuni - the Northern Church is the outcome of Siddharta Buddha’s esoteric teachings which he confined to his elect Bhikshus and Arhats. In fact, Buddhism in the present age, cannot he justly judged either by one or the other of its exoteric popular forms. Real Buddhism can be appreciated only by blending the philosophy of the Southern Church and the metaphysics of the Northern Schools.

If one seems too iconoclastic and stero:, and the other too metaphysical and transcendental, even to being overgrown with the weeds of Indian exotericism - many of the gods of its Pantheon having been transplanted under new names to Tibetan soil - it is entirely due to the popular expression of Buddhism in both Churches.

Correspondentially they stand in their relation to each other as Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. Both err by an excess of zeal and erroneous interpretations, though neither the Southern nor the Northern Buddhist clergy have ever departed from truth consciously, still less have they acted under the dictates of priestocracy, ambition, or with an eye to personal gain and power, as the two Christian Churches have.

Agon Buddhism - A sect of Buddhism that uses the Agon Sutras as scriptures.

Soka Gakkai Buddhism - A mystical form of Buddhism based on the teachings of 13th century Japanese fisherman Nichiren Daishonin, who taught that the true interpretations of Buddha''s teachings were recorded in the Lotus Sutra

Pure Land Buddhism - School of Mahayana Buddhism founded in China by Tao-cho (562-645 CE) which emphasizes devotion to Amida, the Celestial Buddha who founded a heavenly Buddha-Land called the Pure Land which awaits his followers upon their deaths.

Tibetan Buddhism - Tibetan Buddhism derives from the confluence of Buddhism and yoga which started to arrive in Tibet from India briefly around the late eighth century and then more steadily from the thirteenth century onwards. Indian Buddhism around that time had incorporated both Hindu yogic and tantric practices along with the classical teachings of the historical Buddha who lived around 500 BC.

It acknowledged that there were two paths to enlightenment (complete transcendence of identification with the personal ego). One path was that taught in the sutras according to the historical teachings. The heart of sutra practice was based on morality, concentration, and wisdom (not identifying with the personal ego. The other path, which has become the cornerstone of Tibetan variations, was tantric. This practice blended the sutra teachings with techniques adapted from Hindu systems of yoga and tantra.

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* : Bodhi

Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit. Lit. awakening) is a title given in Buddhism to the specific awakening experience attained by the Indian spiritual teacher Gautama Buddha and his disciples. It is sometimes described as complete and perfect sanity, or awareness of the true nature of the universe. After attainment, it is believed one is freed from the cycle of Samsāra: birth, suffering, death and rebirth. Bodhi is most commonly translated into English as enlightenment, though this translation is problematic, since enlightenment ... Including: Bodhi - Modes of Enlightenment Bodhi - Pacceka-Bodhi Pratyeka Bodhi - Sammā-Sambodhi supreme Buddha Bodhi - Quotes

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* : Buddhism in China

Buddhism is a very important religion in China and one of the three major schools of thought along with Confucianism and Taoism. It has affected and been affected by Chinese culture, politics, literature and philosophy for almost two millennia. For a more generalized discussion of Chinese religion, see religion in China. Buddhism in China - History of Buddhism in China. The arrival of Buddhism in China followed the first contacts between China and Central Asia which occurred with the opening of the Silk Ro ... Including: Buddhism in China - History of Buddhism in China Buddhism in China - Relation to Confucianism and Daoism Buddhism in China - Local interpretation of Indian texts Buddhism in China - Buddhism gains political traction in the north Buddhism in China - Monks and rulers join forces Buddhism in China - Modern Chinese Buddhism Buddhism in China - Reference

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* Spiritual - TheosophyDictionary on Vinaya


Vinaya (Sanskrit) [from vi-ni to lead towards, instruct, educate]
 
Education, discipline, control; in Buddhism, the rules of discipline, with special application to monks.

 
(See also: Vinaya, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul )

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* Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary on Vedanta


Vedanta (Sanskrit) The end or completion of the Veda; the final, most perfect exposition of the Vedic tenets. As Uttara-mimansa, one of the six Darsanas or Hindu schools of philosophy, it is said to have been founded by the compiler of the Vedas, Vyasa. Sankaracharya is the main popularizer of the Advaita or nondualistic Vedantic philosophy, which is virtually identical with Central Asian Buddhism.
 
"The Vedanta is the highest form that the Brahmanical teachings have taken . . .
 
"The Vedanta may briefly be described as a system of mystical philosophy derived from the efforts of Sages through many generations to interpret the sacred or esoteric meaning of the Upanishads. . . . The Hindus call the Vedanta Brahma-jnana" (OG 181).

 
(See also: Vedanta, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul )

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* Spiritual - TheosophyDictionary on Yamabushi


Yamabushi (Japanese) A sect in Japan of ancient origin, but now inclining to Buddhism. Often regarded as the fighting monks, inasmuch as they have not hesitated to take up arms in case of necessity somewhat like certain yogis in Rajputana or the lamas in Tibet. They are perhaps most numerous near Kyoto, where they are famed for their healing powers. Yamabushi hold a "Japanese Secret Science of the Buddhist Mystics," calling their seven mystery-teachings the seven precious things or jewels (SD 1:67).

 
(See also: Yamabushi, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul )

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* Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary on Amrita


Amrita (Sanskrit). The ambrosial drink or food of the gods; the food giving immortality. The elixir of life churned out of the ocean of milk in the Puranic allegory. An old Vedic term applied to the sacred Soma juice in the Temple Mysteries.

 
(See also: Amrita, Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary,  )

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* Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary on Amulam Mulam


Amulam Mulam (Sanskrit). Lit., the "rootless root" ; Mulaprakriti of the Vedantins the spiritual "root of nature".

 
(See also: Amulam Mulam, Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary,  )

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