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Buddhism:
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(See also: Buddhism , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)
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Buddhism: Sanskrit Hinduism
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buddhism: non-orthodox form of vedic / aryan teaching founded by the buddha or enlightened one
(See also: buddhism ,
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Buddhism:
Magickal
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BUDDHISM: The religion based on the doctrine of Gautama Buddha that asserts suffering is inseparable from existence and that enlighten...
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Buddhism:
Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Buddhism
Buddhism: non-orthodox form of Vedic\Aryan teaching founded by the Buddha or enlightened one
(See also: Buddhism ,
Hinduism,...
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Buddhism:
Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Buddhism
Buddhism:
Buddhism. Religion founded by Buddha, which holds that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end...
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Buddhism:
Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Buddhism
Buddhism A variety of religions founded by a man named Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha (“Enlightened One”). An outgrowth o...
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Buddhism:
Social Studies Dictionary - Buddhism
Definition and meaning of Buddhism
Buddhism - [World History] Buddhism evolved from Hinduism in northern India and Nepal and...
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Buddhism:
Social Studies Dictionary - Buddhism
Definition and meaning of Buddhism
Buddhism - [World History] Buddhism evolved from Hinduism in northern India and Nepal and...
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Tibetan Buddhism:
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Tibetan Buddhism:
Tibetan Buddhism derives from the confluence of Buddhism and yoga which started to arrive in Tibet from India brief...
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Buddhism:
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Magick Dictionary
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BUDDHISM Since we waste our youth suffering from boundless ignorance and unfulfilled desire and since age is mostly a time of physical...
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Buddhism:
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Buddhism. Buddhism is now split into two distinct Churches: the Southern and the Northern Church. The former is said to be the...
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Nichiren Buddhism:
Alternative
Health Dictionary On Nichiren Buddhism
Nichiren Buddhism (Nichirenism, Nichiren Shoshu, NS, Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism): Mystical Japanese religion named after Nichiren Daisho...
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Hinayana, Lesser Vehicle Buddhism:
Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Hinayana, Lesser Vehicle Buddhism.
Hinayana, Lesser Vehicle Buddhism The oldest or most “orthodox” form of Buddhism, with deities demoted to very minor roles...
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Mahayana, Greater Vehicle Buddhism:
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Mahayana, Greater Vehicle Buddhism A later, “heterodox” version of Buddhism which incorporates many Paleopagan deities fro...
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Enlightenment:
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Enlightenment (Jpn.: satori) See also: attainment of Buddhahood
(See
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Acquired Enlightenment:
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Acquired enlightenment (Jpn.: shikaku) See also: inherent enlightenment
(See
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Awakening Of Faith:
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Awakening of Faith (Jpn.: Kishin-ron) See: Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, The
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Delusion (ignorance):
Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Delusion (ignorance)
Delusion (Ignorance) "Delusion refers to belief in something that contradicts reality. In Buddhism, delusion is ... a lack of aw...
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Zen Buddhism: Zen
Buddhist Dictionary
Zen Buddhism: Zen
Buddhist Dictionary
A
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Diamond Sutra:
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Diamond Sutra "An independent part of the Prajnaparamita Sutra, which attained great importance, particularly in East Asia. It s...
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Enlightened One:
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Enlightened One (Jpn.: kakusha) Also, Awakened One. A Buddha. One who is enlightened to the ultimate truth or principle of life...
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Surangama Sutra:
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Surangama Sutra Also called Heroic Gate Sutra. The "Sutra of the Heroic One" exercised a great influence on th...
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Attaining Buddhahood In This Lifetime:
Buddhism
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Attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime (Jpn.: issho-jobutsu) See: attainment of Buddhahood
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Self-awakened One:
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Self-awakened one (Jpn.: dokkaku) See: cause-awakened one
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also: Self-awakened one ,
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Buddha Nature:
Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Buddha Nature
Buddha Nature The following terms refer to the same thing: Self-Nature, True Nature, Original Nature, Dharma Nature, True Mark, True ...
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Stage Of Progressive Awakening:
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Stage of progressive awakening (Jpn.: bunshin-soku) The fifth of the six stages of practice.
(See
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Attainment Of Buddhahood By Women:
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Attainment of Buddhahood by women (Jpn.: nyonin jobutsu) See: attainment of Buddhahood
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Original Enlightenment:
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Original enlightenment (Jpn.: hongaku) A reference to the enlightenment Shakyamuni attained countless kalpas ago, as described...
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Perfect Enlightenment:
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Perfect enlightenment (Jpn.: myogaku or engaku) Also, supreme perfect enlightenment. The enlightenment of a Buddha. "Perfe...
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Buddhahood:
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Buddhahood (Jpn.: bukkai) The state of awakening that a Buddha has attained. The ultimate goal of Buddhist practice and the hig...
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Stage Of Ultimate Enlightenment:
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Stage of ultimate enlightenment (Jpn.: kukyo-soku) The sixth of the six stages of practice. See: six stages of practice ...
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Stage Of Resemblance To Enlightenment:
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Stage of resemblance to enlightenment (Jpn.: soji-soku) The fourth of the six stages of practice. See: six stages of pra...
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Four Stages Of Enlightenment:
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Four stages of enlightenment (Jpn.: shi-ka) See: four stages of Hinayana enlightenment, attainment of Buddhahood
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Unsurpassed Enlightenment:
Buddhism
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Unsurpassed enlightenment (Jpn.: mujo-bodai; Skt.: anuttara-sambodhi) Also, supreme enlightenment or supreme perfect enlightenm...
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Aspiration For Enlightenment:
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Aspiration for enlightenment (Skt.: bodhi-chitta; Jpn.: bodaishin; Pali.: bodhi-chitta) Also, desire for bodhi or aspiration fo...
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Inherent Enlightenment:
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Inherent enlightenment (Jpn.: hongaku) Also, original enlightenment; or, depending on context, originally enlightened or eterna...
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Seed Of Buddhahood:
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Seed of Buddhahood (Jpn.: busshu) The cause for attaining Buddhahood. The Buddha nature inherent in ordinary people, or the inn...
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Supreme Perfect Enlightenment:
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supreme perfect enlightenment (Jpn.: anokutara-sammyaku-sambodai or mujo-shoto-shogaku) The enlightenment of a Buddha.
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Nagarjuna (2nd/3rd Cent.):
Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Nagarjuna (2nd/3rd Cent.)
Nagarjuna (2nd/3rd cent.) "One of the most important philosophers of Buddhism and the founder of the Madhyamika school. Nagarjun...
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Fundamental Nature Of Enlightenment:
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Fundamental nature of enlightenment (Jpn.: gampon-no-hossho) Enlightenment to the fundamental nature of all things and phenomen...
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Near-perfect Enlightenment:
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Near-perfect enlightenment (Jpn.: togaku) The fifty-first of the fifty-two stages of bodhisattva practice. The stage nearly equ...
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Buddha:
Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Buddha
Buddha Skt., Pali, lit., “awakened one.” 1. A person who has achieved the enlightenment that leads to release...
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World Of Buddhahood:
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World of Buddhahood (Jpn.: bukkai) Also, realm of Buddhas. The highest of the Ten Worlds. When viewed as a state of life, the w...
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Teacher Of The True Cause:
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Teacher of the true cause (Jpn.: honnin-myo-no-kyoshu) In Nichiren's teachings, the Buddha who expounds the fundamental Law, or...
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Enlightenment Of Plants:
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Enlightenment of plants (Jpn.: somoku-jobutsu) Also, enlightenment of insentient beings. The enlightenment of grass, trees, roc...
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Buddhism: Basic
Buddhist Dictionary
Buddhism: Basic
Buddhist Dictionary
A
basic dictionary of Buddhism terms. Please note that all words in grey like
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Oneness Of Delusion And Enlightenment:
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Oneness of delusion and enlightenment (Jpn.: meigo-funi or meigo-ittai) Also, non-duality of delusion and enlightenment. The pr...
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Fundamental Darkness:
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Fundamental darkness (Jpn.: gampon-no-mumyo) Also, fundamental ignorance or primal ignorance. The most deeply rooted illusion i...
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Buddhism:
Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Buddhism
Buddhism: Religion founded in India by Gautama Siddhartha (563-483 BCE) which stresses the four noble truths; Buddhism's main two main...
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Attainment Of Buddhahood:
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Attainment of Buddhahood (Jpn.: jobutsu) To become a Buddha. Several principles concerning the attainment of Buddhahood or enli...
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Greatly Enlightened World-honored One:
Buddhism
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Greatly Enlightened World-Honored One (Jpn.: Daikakuseson) See: World-Honored One of Great Enlightenment
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Attainment Of Buddhahood By Persons Of The Two Vehicles:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On Attainment Of Buddhahood By Persons Of The Two Vehicles
Attainment of Buddhahood by persons of the two vehicles (Jpn.: nijo-sabutsu) See: attainment of Buddhahood
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Attainment Of Buddhahood By Evil Persons:
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Attainment of Buddhahood by evil persons (Jpn.: akunin jobutsu) See: attainment of Buddhahood
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Attaining Buddhahood In One's Present Form:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On Attaining Buddhahood In One's Present Form
Attaining Buddhahood in one's present form (Jpn.: soku-shin-jobutsu) See: attainment of Buddhahood
(See
also: Attaini...
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Non-duality Of Delusion And Enlightenment:
Buddhism
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Non-duality of delusion and enlightenment (Jpn.: meigo-funi or meigo-ittai) See: oneness of delusion and enlightenment
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Teacher Of The True Effect:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On Teacher Of The True Effect
Teacher of the true effect (Jpn.: honga-myo-no-kyoshu) In Nichiren's teachings, Shakyamuni Buddha. In the "Life Span"...
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Seven Aids To Enlightenment:
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Enlightenment Dictionary On Seven Aids To Enlightenment
Seven aids to enlightenment (Jpn.: shichi-kakushi or shichi-bodaibun) Seven practices conducive to enlightenment. They are memo...
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Awakening Of Faith In The Mahayana:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On Awakening Of Faith In The Mahayana
Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, The (Jpn.: Daijo-kishin-ron; Chin.: Ta-ch'eng-ch'i-hsin-lun) Abbreviated as Awakening of Fa...
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Perfect Enlightenment Sutra:
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Enlightenment Dictionary On Perfect Enlightenment Sutra
Perfect Enlightenment Sutra (Jpn.: Engaku-kyo; Chin.: Yüan-chyeh-ching) An abbreviation of the Complete and Final Teaching...
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Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi
Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi (Skt) (Jpn.: anokutara-sammyaku-sambodai or mujo-shoto-shogaku) Supreme perfect enlightenment, the uns...
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Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment:
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Enlightenment Dictionary On Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment
Earthly desires are enlightenment (Jpn.: bonno-soku-bodai) A Mahayana principle based on the view that earthly desires cannot e...
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Land Of Enlightened And Unenlightened Beings:
Buddhism
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Land of Enlightened and Unenlightened Beings (Jpn.: bonsho-dogo-do) Also, Land of Sages and Common Mortals. Here ordinary peopl...
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Sowing Maturing And Harvesting:
Buddhism
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Sowing maturing and harvesting (Jpn.: shu-juku-datsu) The three-phase process by which a Buddha leads people to Buddha-hood. In...
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Cause-awakened One:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On Cause-awakened One
Cause-awakened one (Jpn.: engaku; Skt.: pratyekabuddha) Also, self-awakened one. One who perceives the twelve-linked chain of c...
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Four Ranks Of Sages:
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Four ranks of sages (Jpn.: shie) Buddhist teachers to be relied upon after Shakyamuni Buddha's death. They are explained in the...
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Planting The Seeds Of Buddhahood:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On Planting The Seeds Of Buddhahood
Planting the seeds of Buddhahood (Jpn.: geshu) Also, sowing the seeds of Buddhahood. One of the three benefits described in T'i...
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Expedient Means Chapter:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On Expedient Means Chapter
Expedient Means chapter (Jpn.: Hoben-bon) The second chapter of the Lotus Sutra, in which Shakyamuni Buddha reveals that the pu...
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Prophecy Of Future Enlightenment:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On Prophecy Of Future Enlightenment
Prophecy of future enlightenment (Skt.: vyakarana; Pali.: veyüakarana; Jpn.: juki or kibetsu or wagarana) A Buddha's predi...
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Six Stages Of Practice:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On Six Stages Of Practice
Six stages of practice (Jpn.: roku-soku) Also, six identities. Six stages in the practice of the Lotus Sutra formulated by T'ie...
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Treatise On The Mind Aspiring For Enlightenment:
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Enlightenment Dictionary On Treatise On The Mind Aspiring For Enlightenment
Treatise on the Mind Aspiring for Enlightenment, The (Jpn.: Bodai-shin-ron; Chin.: P'u-t'i-hsin-lun) A work attributed to Nagar...
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Treatise On The Discipline For Attaining Enlightenment:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On Treatise On The Discipline For Attaining Enlightenment
Treatise on the Discipline for Attaining Enlightenment, The (Chin.: P'u-t'i-tzu-liang-lun; Jpn.: Bodai-shiryo-ron) A Chinese tr...
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World-honored One Of Great Enlightenment:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On World-honored One Of Great Enlightenment
World-Honored One of Great Enlightenment (Jpn.: Daikaku-seson) Also, Greatly Enlightened World-Honored One. An honorific title ...
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Such:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Such
"such": See tadi.
(See also: Such , Buddhism, Body Mind and
Soul)
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Fifty-two Stages Of Bodhisattva Practice:
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Enlightenment Dictionary On Fifty-two Stages Of Bodhisattva Practice
Fifty-two stages of bodhisattva practice (Jpn.: gojuni-i) Also, fifty-two stages of practice. The stages through which bodhisat...
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Precepts Of Perfect And Immediate Enlightenment:
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Precepts of perfect and immediate enlightenment (Jpn.: endon-kai) Also, perfect precepts. One of the three types of learning ba...
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Pure Land Buddhism:
Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Pure Land Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhism: School of Mahayana Buddhism founded in China by Tao-cho (562-645 CE) which emphasizes devotion to Amida, the Celes...
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Land Of Sages And Common Mortals:
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Enlightenment Dictionary On Land Of Sages And Common Mortals
Land of Sages and Common Mortals (Jpn.: bonsho-dogo-do) Also, Land of Enlightened and Unenlightened Beings. Literally, "th...
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Treatise On The Treasure Vehicle Of Buddhahood:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On Treatise On The Treasure Vehicle Of Buddhahood
Treatise on the Treasure Vehicle of Buddhahood, The (Skt.: Ratnagotravibhaga-mahayanottaratantra-shastra; Chin.: Chiu-ching-i-ch'eng-p...
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Four Stages Of Hinayana Enlightenment:
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Four stages of Hinayana enlightenment (Jpn.: shi-ka) Also, four stages of enlightenment or four fruits. Four levels of enlighte...
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World Of Cause-awakened Ones:
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Enlightenment Dictionary On World Of Cause-awakened Ones
World of cause-awakened ones (Jpn.: engaku-kai) Also, realm of cause-awakened ones or world of realization. The eighth of the T...
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Attainment Of Buddhahood In The Remote Past:
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Attainment of Buddhahood in the remote past (Jpn.: kuon jitsujo) Shakyamuni's original attainment of enlightenment in the incon...
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Inclusion Of Buddhahood In The Nine Worlds:
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Enlightenment Dictionary On Inclusion Of Buddhahood In The Nine Worlds
Inclusion of Buddhahood in the nine worlds (Jpn.: kukai-soku-bukkai or kukai-shogu-no-bukkai) The principle that the world of B...
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Inclusion Of The Nine Worlds In Buddhahood:
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Inclusion of the nine worlds in Buddhahood (Jpn.: bukkai-soku-kukai or bukkai-shogu-no-kukai) The principle that the nine world...
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Prophecy Of Enlightenment For Five Hundred Disciples Chapter:
Buddhism
Enlightenment Dictionary On Prophecy Of Enlightenment For Five Hundred Disciples Chapter
Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples chapter (Jpn.: Gohyaku-deshi-juki-hon) Abbreviated as the "Five Hundr...
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Theravada:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Theravada
Theravada (theravaada): The "Doctrine of the Elders" - the only one of the early schools of Buddhism to have survived into t...
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Naga:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Naga
naga (naaga): A term commonly used to refer to strong, stately, and heroic animals, such as elephants and magical serpents. In Buddhis...
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Vipaka:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Vipaka
vipaka (vipaaka): The consequence and result of a past volitional action (kamma).
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Viriya:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Viriya
viriya (viriya): Persistence; energy. One of the ten perfections (paramis), the five faculties (bala; see bodhi-pakkhiya-dhamma), and ...
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Asura:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Asura
Asura (asura): A race of beings who, like the Titans of Greek mythology, fought the devas for sovereignty over the heavens and lost. ...
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Avijja:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Avijja
avijja (avijjaa): Unawareness; ignorance; obscured awareness; delusion about the nature of the mind. See also moha.
(...
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Ayatana:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Ayatana
ayatana (aayatana): Sense medium. The inner sense media are the sense organs: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind. The outer sens...
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Bhante:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Bhante
bhante (bhante): Venerable sir; often used when addressing a Buddhist monk.
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Bhava:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Bhava
bhava (bhava): Becoming. States of being that develop first in the mind and can then be experienced as internal worlds and/or as world...
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Bhavana:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Bhavana
bhavana (bhaavanaa): Mental cultivation or development; meditation. The third of the three grounds for meritorious action. See...
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Arammana:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Arammana
arammana (aaramma.na): Preoccupation; mental object.
(See also: Arammana , Buddhism, Body Mind and
Soul)
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Ariya:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Ariya
ariya (ariya): Noble, ideal. Also, a "Noble One" (see ariya-puggala).
(See also: Ariya , Buddhism, Body Mi...
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Asava:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Asava
asava (aasava): Mental effluent, pollutant, or fermentation. Four qualities - sensuality, views, becoming, and ignorance - that "...
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Asubha:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Asubha
asubha (asubha): Unattractiveness, loathsomeness, foulness. The Buddha recommends contemplation of this aspect of the body as an antid...
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Brahma:
Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Brahma
brahma (brahma, brahmaa): "Great One" - an inhabitant of the non-sensual heavens of form or formlessness.
(S...
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