Article - Buddhism: Buddhism After The Buddha
  Buddhism after the Buddha Buddhism spread slowly in India until the powerful Mauryan emperor Asoka converted to it and actively s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Buddhism After The Buddha
Buddhism spread slowly in India until the powerful Mauryan emperor Ashoka converted to it and actively supported it. His promotion led to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Practices Of Buddhism
Buddhism - Refuge in The Three Jewels. Main Article: Refuge (Buddhism) Buddhists seek refuge in the "Three Jewels" of Buddhism as the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia - Buddhism
Buddhism, a religion and philosophy from ancient India, is based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, of the Shakyas. Hi...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, who lived in what is now Northern India ...   » Read the article

Article - Bodhi
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit. Lit. awakening) is a title given in Buddhism to the specific awakening experience attained by the Indian spiri...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: History Of The Buddhist Schools
Buddhism: History of the Buddhist schools Three months after the passing of Gautama Buddha, The First Council was held at Rajagaha by hi...   » Read the article

Article - Christ And Budda: Jesus Through Buddhist Eyes
Christ and Budda: Jesus Through Buddhist Eyes His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, speaking to a capacity audience in the Albert Hall in 1984 u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodhi: Encyclopedia - Bodhi
Bodhi (Pāli and Sanskrit. Lit. awakening) is a title given in Buddhism to the specific awakening experience attained by the Indian spiri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ashoka: Encyclopedia - Ashoka
Ashoka the Great (Devanagari: अशोक; IAST transliteration: Aśoka) was the emperor of the Mauryan Empire from 273 BCE to 232 BCE. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zazen: Encyclopedia - Zazen
Zazen is at the heart of Zen Buddhist practice. Zazen is different from other meditation in that it uses no meditation object or concept ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lotus Sutra: Encyclopedia - Lotus Sutra
The Lotus Sutra or Sutra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma (Sanskrit: Saddharmapundarīka-sūtra; 妙法蓮華經 Cn: Miàofǎ Li�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nirvana: Encyclopedia - Nirvana
In the Indian religions Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism, nirvāna (from the Sanskrit निर्वाण, Pali: Nibbāna -- Chinese: 涅...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wisdom King: Encyclopedia - Wisdom King
In Vajrayana Buddhism, a Wisdom King (Sanskrit vidyarāja, Jp. 明王 myō-ō) is the third type of deity after Buddhas and bodhisattvas....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagarjuna: Encyclopedia - Nagarjuna
Nāgārjuna (నాగార్జునా in Telugu, 龍樹 in Chinese) (c. 150 - 250 CE) was an Indian philosopher, the founder of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yana Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Yana Buddhism - The Three Yanas
Mahayana Buddhists often express two different schemata of three yanas. First, here are three paths to liberation that culminate as one o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Buddhism - Historical Overview Of The Development Of Korean Buddhism
When Buddhism was originally introduced to Korea from China in 372, or about 800 years after the death of the historical Buddha, Shamanis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Buddhism - Expansion Of Buddhism To The West
After the Classical encounters between Buddhism and the West recorded in Greco-Buddhist art, information and legends about Buddhism seem ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Buddhism - Life Of The Buddha
Main article: Gautama Buddha According to the Buddhist tradition, the historical Buddha Siddharta Gautama was born to the Shakya clan tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neo-buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neo-buddhism - Distinctive Interpretation
Ambedkarite Buddhists espouse an eclectic version of Buddhism, primarily based on Theravada, but with additional influences from Mahayana...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gautama Buddha: Encyclopedia Ii - Gautama Buddha - The Buddha In Other Religions
Gautama Buddha - Hinduism. Some Hindu denominations regard Buddha as the ninth avatar of Lord Vishnu. Buddhists in general do not consi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Buddhism - Ashokan Proselytism C. 260 Bce
The Mauryan king Ashoka (273–232 BCE) converted to Buddhism after his bloody conquest of the territory of Kalinga (today's Orissa) in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Buddhism - Mahayana Expansion 1st C.ce–10th C.ce
From that point on, and in the space of a few centuries, Mahayana was to flourish and spread in the East from India to South-East Asia, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-buddhism - Intellectual Influences In Asia
Through art and religion, the influence of Greco-Buddhism on the cultural make-up of East Asian countries, especially China, Korea and Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Buddhism - Sunga Persecutions 2nd–1st C.bce
The Sunga dynasty (185–73 BCE) was established in 185 BCE, about 50 years after Ashoka's death. After murdering King Brhadrata (last of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Skanda Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Skanda Buddhism - History
According to the teaching, Skanda was the son of a virtous king who had complete faith in Buddha's teachings. When Buddha entered nirvana...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodhisattva: Encyclopedia Ii - Bodhisattva - The 10 Grounds Of Buddhism
After the ten bhumis, according to Mahayana Buddhism, one attains complete enlightenment and becomes a Buddha. Various traditions within ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Menander I: Encyclopedia Ii - Menander I - Legacy
Menander I - Buddhism. Main article: Greco-Buddhism After the reign of Menander I, his son Strato I and several subsequent Indo-Greek r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Buddhism
This ordination of women is currently and historically practised in some Buddhist regions and not in others. The tradition of the ordaine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabodhi Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabodhi Temple - History
Mahabodhi Temple - Rise of Buddhism. Traditional accounts say that, around 530 BC, Gautam Buddha, wandering as a monk, reached the sylv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yin Shun: Encyclopedia Ii - Yin Shun - Biography
Yin Shun - Early years. Yin Shun was born prematurely on March 12th, 1906 in a small village in Zhejiang Province, China, near Shanghai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodh Gaya: Encyclopedia Ii - Bodh Gaya - Mahabodhi Temple
It is believed that 250 years after the Enlightenment of the Buddha, Emperor Ashoka visited Bodh Gaya. He is considered to be the origina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Borobudur: Encyclopedia Ii - Borobudur - Structure
Viewed from above, Borobudur takes the form of a giant mandala, symbolically depicting the path of the bodhisattva from samsara to nirvan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mandalay: Encyclopedia Ii - Mandalay - History
Founded in 1857 by King Mindon, Mandalay was the last capital (1860–1885) of the last independent Burmese Kingdom before annexation by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hsuan Hua: Encyclopedia Ii - Hsuan Hua - Early Life
Master Hsuan Hua, a native of Shuangcheng County of Jilin Province, was born Bai Yushu on April 16th , 1918. His father was diligent and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Buddhism
At the time of the Buddha, he apparently predicted that his teachings would disappear after 500 years. According to the Sutta Pitaka, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parsifal: Encyclopedia Ii - Parsifal - Composition
After first encountering his work in 1854, Wagner followed Schopenhauer's lead and became interested in oriental philosophies, particula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eschatology: Encyclopedia Ii - Eschatology - Buddhism
Buddha predicted that his teachings would disappear after 500 years. According to the Sutta Pitaka, the "ten moral courses of conduct" wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Historical Outline
The Indo-Greek kingdom was established by Demetrius, the son of the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus. Indo-Greek Kingdom - Occupation of N...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddha: A Spiritual Dictionary On Buddha
Buddha: Prince Gauthama. circa 556-480 BC. Founder of Buddhism after attaining enlightenment   (See also: Buddha , Body Mind ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddha: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Buddha
Buddha: Buddha. Prince Gautama, circa 556 480 BC. Founder of Buddhism after attaining enlightenment.   (See also: Buddha , ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddha-lands: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Buddha-lands
Buddha-Lands: In Mahayana Buddhism, heavenly realms instituted by Celestial Buddhas to which the devoted go after death; the most famo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahakasyapa: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Mahakasyapa
Mahakasyapa: A disciple named Kasyapa was called this after he had understood Buddha Gautama's silent sermon. When Buddha held out a f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Noble Truths: Health And Healing Dictionary On Four Noble Truths
Four Noble Truths: The essential teaching of early Buddhism. According to tradition, after attaining enlightenment, the Buddha proclai...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sutta: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Sutta
sutta (sutta; Skt. sutra): Literally, "thread"; a discourse or sermon by the Buddha or his contemporary disciples. After the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abhidhamma: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Abhidhamma
Abhidhamma (abhidhamma): (1) In the discourses of the Pali Canon, this term simply means "higher Dhamma," and a systematic ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Buddha
Buddha: (Sanskrit) "The enlightened." Usually the title of Siddhartha Gautama (ca 624544 bce), a prince born of the Shakya c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Buddha
Buddha: (Sanskrit) "The enlightened."   Usually the title of Siddhartha Gautama (ca 624544 bce), a prince born of the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Avatamsaka (flower Ornament) Sutra: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Avatamsaka (flower Ornament) Sutra
Avatamsaka (Flower Ornament) Sutra The basic text of the Avatamsaka School. It is one of the longest sutras in the Buddhist Canon and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddha: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Buddha
Buddha (buddha): The name given to one who rediscovers for himself the liberating path of Dhamma, after a long period of its having be...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddha: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Buddha
Buddha [one of true wisdom]: Buddha is a title bestowed on an enlightened master. The Buddha in the present cycle is Siddhartha Gautam...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhism: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Buddhism
Buddhism. Buddhism is now split into two distinct Churches: the Southern and the Northern Church.   The former is said to be the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharmasoka: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Dharmasoka
Dharmasoka (Sanskrit). The name given to the first Asoka after his conversion to Buddhism, - King Chandragupta, who served all his lon...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddha: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Buddha
Buddha Skt., Pali, lit., “awakened one.”    1. A person who has achieved the enlightenment that leads to release...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nichiren Buddhism: Alternative Health Dictionary On Nichiren Buddhism
Nichiren Buddhism (Nichirenism, Nichiren Shoshu, NS, Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism): Mystical Japanese religion named after Nichiren Daisho...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bon: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bon
Bon (Tibetan) (possible variation of bod Tibet, or an ancient word meaning invoker)   Also pon and bhon. The Tibetan religion bef...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharma-ending Age, Degenerate Age, Last Age.: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Dharma-ending Age, Degenerate Age, Last Age.
Dharma-Ending Age, Degenerate Age, Last Age. The present spiritually degenerate era, twenty-six centuries after the demise of Shakyam...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Vows: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Four Vows
Four Vows: Vows taken by bodhisattvas, that are regularly recited in zendos after zazen. 1)    All beings I vow to lib...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pratyeka Buddha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pratyeka Buddha
Pratyeka Buddha (Sanskrit) [from prati towards, for + eka one]   Each one for himself; exalted and in one sense holy beings who c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ugghatitannu: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Ugghatitannu
ugghatitannu (uggha.tita~n~nu): Of swift understanding. After the Buddha attained Awakening and was considering whether or not to teac...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Noble Truths: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Four Noble Truths
Four Noble Truths The essential teaching of early Buddhism.   According to tradition, after attaining enlightenment, the Buddha ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Noble Truths: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Four Noble Truths
Four Noble Truths The essential teaching of early Buddhism.   According to tradition, after attaining enlightenment, the Buddha ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trisharana: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Trisharana
Trisharana (Sanskrit). The same as" Triratna "and accepted by both the Northern and Southern Churches of Buddhism.   A...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dhatu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dhatu
Dhatu (Sanskrit) Constituent part, ingredient; an equivalent to mahabhuta (element), the range or plane of primeval matter, five usual...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dalai Lama: Health And Healing Dictionary On Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama: Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, considered an emanation of Avalokiteshvara, an enlightened being who embodies the co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Awakening Vs. Enlightenment: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Awakening Vs. Enlightenment
Awakening vs. Enlightenment A clear distinction should be made between awakening to the Way (Great Awakening) and attaining the Way (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Attainment Of Buddhahood In The Remote Past: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Attainment Of Buddhahood In The Remote Past
Attainment of Buddhahood in the remote past (Jpn.: kuon jitsujo)   Shakyamuni's original attainment of enlightenment in the incon...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Svastika: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Svastika
Svastika (Sanskrit). In popular notions, it is the Jaina cross, or the "four-footed" cross (croix cramponnée). In Mas...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahayana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mahayana
Mahayana (Sanskrit) [from maha great + yana vehicle]   Great vehicle; a highly mystical system of Northern Buddhist philosophy an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dalai Lama: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama Tibetan dalai, "ocean," ; lama, "no one is superior to"   Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Inclusion Of The Nine Worlds In Buddhahood: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Inclusion Of The Nine Worlds In Buddhahood
Inclusion of the nine worlds in Buddhahood (Jpn.: bukkai-soku-kukai or bukkai-shogu-no-kukai)   The principle that the nine world...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Attainment Of Buddhahood: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Attainment Of Buddhahood
Attainment of Buddhahood (Jpn.: jobutsu)   To become a Buddha. Several principles concerning the attainment of Buddhahood or enli...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhism: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Buddhism
BUDDHISM Since we waste our youth suffering from boundless ignorance and unfulfilled desire and since age is mostly a time of physical...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Ranks Of Sages: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Four Ranks Of Sages
Four ranks of sages (Jpn.: shie)   Buddhist teachers to be relied upon after Shakyamuni Buddha's death. They are explained in the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arhat: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Arhat
Arhat (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root arh to be worthy, merit, be able)   Worthy, deserving; also enemy slayer (from ari enemy +...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddha Siddharta: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Buddha Siddharta
Buddha Siddharta (Sanskrit) The name given to Gautama, the Prince of Kapilavastu, at his birth. It is an abbreviation of sarvartthasid...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aryasangha: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Aryasangha
Aryasangha (Sanskrit) The Founder of the first Yogacharya School. This Arhat, a direct disciple of Gautama, the Buddha, is most unacco...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Devachan: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Devachan
Devachan bDe-ba-can de-wa-chen (Tibetan) (from bde-ba happiness + can possessing)   The happy land; exoterically, a translation o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Principles Of Buddhism
Buddhism - The Three Marks of Existence. According to the Buddhist tradition, all phenomena (dharmas) are marked by three characteristi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - What Is A Buddha?
The term "Buddha" is a word in ancient Indian languages including Pāli and Sanskrit which means "one who has awakened". It is derived fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Headline Text
Buddhism, a religion and philosophy from ancient India, is based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, of the Shakyas. His...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Origins
As with any history so old, there are many different stories of how the Buddha came to be, Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit सिद्ध�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Relations With Other Eastern Faiths
Some Hindus (primarily in the northern regions of India) believe that Gautama is the 9th incarnation (see avatar) of Vishnu; there are ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Buddhism And The West
Occasional intersections between Western civilization and the Buddhist world have been occurring for thousands of years. Perhaps the most...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Buddhist Religious Philosophy And Branches
Buddhism has evolved into myriad schools that can be roughly grouped into three types: Nikaya, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. Of the Nikaya sch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Scriptures
The Buddhist canon of scripture is known in Sanskrit as the Tripitaka and in Pāli as the Tipitaka. These terms literally mean "three bas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Buddhism In The Modern World
Estimates of the number of Buddhists vary between 230 and 500 million, with 350 million as the most commonly cited figure. [5] In norther...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iv - L
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages IV - L . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article