Dictionary - Karma: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Karma
Karma: In Hindu tradition the karma is the record of all actions from all lives, the consequences for which are determined by the inte...   » Read the article

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

Dictionary - Ban T'o: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Ban T'o
Ban T'o Suddhidanthaka in Sanskrit. Ban T¹o was a disciple of Buddha, and he was very forgetful; for when the Buddha taught him the s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kasaya: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Kasaya
Kasaya The monk¹s robe, or cassock.    (See also: Kasaya , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Surangama Sutra: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Surangama Sutra
Surangama Sutra Also called Heroic Gate Sutra.    The "Sutra of the Heroic One" exercised a great influence on th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anusaya: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Anusaya
anusaya (anusaya): Obsesssion; underlying tendency. (The etymology of this term means "lying down with"; in actual usage, th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - 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 ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ajaan,: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Ajaan,
ajaan, ajahn, achaan, etc.: (Thai). Teacher; mentor. Equivalent to the Pali acariya.    (See also: Ajaan, , Buddhism, Bo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - 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...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Sanskrit
Sanskrit Learned language of India. Canonical texts of Mahayana Buddhism in its Indian stage were written in Sanskrit.    ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Citta: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Citta
Citta Mind or heart. the two terms being synonymous in Asian religious philosophy.    (See also: Citta , Buddhism, Body M...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deva: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Deva
Deva Lit., "A shining one".   An inhabitant of the heavenly realms, which is characterized by long life, joyous surro...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Fruits Of The Arhat: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Four Fruits Of The Arhat
Four Fruits of the Arhat   See under Arhat entry.    (See also: Four Fruits of the Arhat , Buddhism, Body Mind and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vipasyana: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Vipasyana
Vipasyana Discernment; also, insight, correct perception or view.    (See also: Vipasyana , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhism: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Buddhism
A Theosophical definition of Buddhism :   Buddhism The teachings of Gautama the Buddha. Buddhism today is divided into two bran...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fourfold Assembly: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Fourfold Assembly
Fourfold Assembly Or the Four Varga (groups) are bhiksu, bhiksuni, upasaka and upasika, i.e. monks, nuns, male and female devotees. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samsara: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Samsara
Samsara Cycle of rebirths; realms of Birth and Death.    (See also: Samsara , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Mantra: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Mantra
Mantra A syllable, word or verse which has been revealed to a seer in meditation, embodiment in sound of a deity; spell or incantatio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ch'an-ting: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Ch'an-ting
Ch'an-Ting Lit., mind still and quiet: the Chinese translation of the Sanskrit terms Dhyana- Samadhi, meaning deep contemplative prac...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Veda: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Veda
Veda True or sacred knowledge or lore; name of celebrated works which constitute the basis of the first period of the Hindu religion....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Five Turbidities: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Five Turbidities
Five Turbidities (Corruptions, Defilements, Depravities, Filths, Impurities) They are. the defilement of views, when incorrect, perv...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bodhi-tao: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Bodhi-tao
Bodhi-Tao Bodhi-path: The way or path to the Supreme Enlightenment of Buddhahood.    (See also: Bodhi-Tao , Buddhism, Bo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tripitaka: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Tripitaka
Tripitaka Lit., three baskets:   The earliest Buddhist canonical text consisting of three sections: Buddha's discourses (sutra...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anapanasati: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Anapanasati
anapanasati (aanaapaanasati): Mindfulness of breathing. A meditation practice in which one maintains one's attention and mindfulness o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sage: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Sage
Sage A wise and virtuous person, an accomplished one who is second in rank to a saint.    (See also: Sage , Buddhism, Bo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lesser Vehicle: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Lesser Vehicle
Lesser Vehicle The early Buddhism. A term coined by Mahayanists to distinguish this school of Buddhism (whose modern descendent is Th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chakra: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Chakra
Chakra: (Cakra) The centers of force that are within specific organs of the body. These organs "collect, transform, and distribut...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Faith: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Faith
Faith: A belief; in the religious sense, faith is a belief in the supernatural or whatever other force brings the believers together. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahayana: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Mahayana
Mahayana Lit., great vehicle; the dominant Buddhist tradition of East Asia.   Special characteristics of Mahayana are Emphasi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acariya: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Acariya
acariya (aacariya): Teacher; mentor. See kalyanamitta.    (See also: Acariya , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Dhyana: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Dhyana
Dhyana The practice of concentration--i.e., meditation. Also, more specifically, the four form concentrations and the four formless c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lotus Sutra: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Lotus Sutra
Lotus Sutra Or Saddharma-pundarika, Dharma Flower, or "The Lotus of the True Law." The sutra is the basis for the Lotus sec...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Buddhism
Buddhism: The religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha (ca 624544 bce). He refuted the idea of man's...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Religion: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Religion
Religion: Derived from the Latin word religio, meaning to bind or bring together. Religion is that which brings people together. &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arhat: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Arhat
Arhat Arhatship is the highest rank attained by Sravakas.   An Arhat is a Buddhist saint who has attained liberation from the c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Foundation Of Mindfulness: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Foundation Of Mindfulness
foundation of mindfulness: see Satipatthana.    (See also: Foundation of mindfulness , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmin: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Brahmin
Brahmin The highest of the four Castes in Hinduism. They served Brahma, his offering, the keepers of the Vedas, i.e. priestly. &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dedication Of Merit: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Dedication Of Merit
Dedication of Merit   See "Transference of Merit."    (See also: Dedication of Merit , Buddhism, Body Min...   » 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 - Truth: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Truth
Truth: That which is believed to be, not necessarily what really is (fact).    (See also: Truth , Buddhism, Body Mind and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Amitabha Sutra: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Amitabha Sutra
Amitabha Sutra See "Three Pure land Sutras."    (See also: Amitabha Sutra , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul) &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddha: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Buddha
Buddha: The awakened; forever enlightened. Buddha Gautama did not claim to be the first Buddha nor the last. He frequently mentioned p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mindfulness Of The Buddha: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Mindfulness Of The Buddha
Mindfulness of the Buddha Synonymous with Buddha Recitation. See "Buddha Recitation."    (See also: Mindfulnes...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Three Vehicles: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Three Vehicles
Three Vehicles The yanas of Sravakas, Pratyekabuddhas and Bodhisattvas.    (See also: Three Vehicles , Buddhism, Body Mi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Consciousness: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Consciousness
Consciousness: In Buddhism there are eight classes of consciousness. The first five are the senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, and he...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anasrava: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Anasrava
Anasrava (sanskrit) Opposite of asrava.    (See also: Anasrava , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhikkhuni: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Bhikkhuni
bhikkhuni (bhikkhunii): A Buddhist nun; a man (woman) who has given up the householder's life to live a life of heightened virtue (see...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Virtue: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Virtue
Virtue   See "Merit and Virtue."    (See also: Virtue , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Marks: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Marks
Marks Characteristics, forms, physiognomy.   Marks are contrasted with essence, in the same way that phenomena are contrasted w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ego: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Ego
Ego: The individual or self; in Buddhism the ego is an illusion, which helps to perpetuate all illusion.    (See also: Eg...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dhamma-vinaya: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Dhamma-vinaya
Dhamma-vinaya (dhamma-vinaya): "doctrine (dhamma) and discipline (vinaya)." The Buddha's own name for the religion he founde...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bodhi: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Bodhi
Bodhi Sanskrit for Enlightenment. Also Perfect knowledge or wisdom by which a person becomes a Buddha.    (See also: Bod...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asura: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Asura
Asura Titanic demons, enemies of the gods, with whom-especially Indra-they wage war.    (See also: Asura , Buddhism, Bod...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zen: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Zen
Zen. A major school of Mahayana Buddhism, with several branches.   One of its most popular techniques is meditation on koans, w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Maya
Maya: Name attributed to Gautama Siddharta's mother. More importantly, maya is translated as illusion, and is used to describe reality...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Reliance: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Four Reliance
Four Reliance (to learning Buddhist Dharma) The four standards of Right Dharma which buddhist should rely on or abide by: (1)  ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arya: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Arya
Arya Any individual ennobled by his/her own continuing effort on the path to enlightenment.    (See also: Arya , Buddhis...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharmakaya: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Dharmakaya
Dharmakaya   See "Three bodies of the Buddha."    (See also: Dharmakaya , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Ways: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Four Ways
Four Ways (of learning Buddhist Dharma) (1)  Belief/faith; (2)  Interpretation/discernment; (3)  Practice/performanc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Metta: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Metta
metta (mettaa): Loving-kindness; goodwill. One of the ten perfections (paramis) and one of the four "sublime abodes" (brahma...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana Sutra: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Nirvana Sutra
Nirvana Sutra The last of the sutras in the Mahayana canon. It emphasizes the importance of Buddhanature, which is the same as Self-N...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lotus Sect: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Lotus Sect
Lotus Sect A Buddhist sect founded by the great Master Hui Yuan about 390 A.D. at his monastery on Mount Lu in Kiangsi Province in Ch...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Seven Aids To Enlightenment: Buddhism 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...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anuttara-samayak-sambodhi: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Anuttara-samayak-sambodhi
Anuttara-Samayak-Sambodhi The incomparably, completely and fully awakened mind; it is the attribute of buddhas.    (See a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arthakrtya: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Arthakrtya
Arthakrtya One of the Four All-Embracing Virtues: performance of conduct profitable to others in order to lead them toward the truth....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Apaya-bhumi: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Apaya-bhumi
Apaya-bhumi States of woe: the three realms of existence characterized by extreme discomfort and delusion--i.e., hell-states, animal-...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anicca: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Anicca
anicca (anicca): Inconstant; unsteady; impermanent.    (See also: Anicca , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Adhitthana: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Adhitthana
adhitthana (adhi.t.thaana): Determination; resolution. One of the ten perfections (paramis).    (See also: Adhitthana , ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhikkhu: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Bhikkhu
bhikkhu (bhikkhu): A Buddhist monk; a man who has given up the householder's life to live a life of heightened virtue (see sila) in ac...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dana: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Dana
Dana The practice of generosity or charity: one of the Paramitas as well as one of the All- Embracing Virtues, where it means, in the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Heretical Views: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Heretical Views
Heretical views The sutras usually refer to sixty-two such views. They are the externalist (non- Buddhist) views prevalent in Buddha ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Akaliko: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Akaliko
akaliko (akaaliko): Timeless; unconditioned by time or season.    (See also: Akaliko , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Noble Truths: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Four Noble Truths
Four Noble Truths (1)  Sufferings; (2)  Cause of Sufferings; (3)  )Cessation of sufferings; (4)  The Path lead...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Five Corruptions: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Five Corruptions
Five Corruptions   See "Five Turbidities."    (See also: Five Corruptions , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhavana: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Bhavana
bhavana (bhaavanaa): Mental cultivation or development; meditation. The third of the three grounds for meritorious action.   See...   » Read the article

Dictionary - 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. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharma: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Dharma
Dharma (Dhamma): Translated as law. In Buddhism, the Dharma is the canonical texts.    (See also: Dharma , Buddhism, Body...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bodhisattva-tao: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Bodhisattva-tao
Bodhisattva-Tao The way of the practitioner of Mahayana Buddhism.   One following this path aspires to the attainment of Enligh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anatta: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Anatta
anatta (anattaa): Not-self; ownerless.    (See also: Anatta , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Ki: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Ki
Ki: The energy of the spirit. This is not the soul or the ego, it is only energy. It is also activity, and the energy of the cosmos an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddharupa: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Buddharupa
Buddharupa A statue or Image of the Buddha, used for devotional purposes.    (See also: Buddharupa , Buddhism, Body Mind...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Avidya: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Avidya
Avidya: In Hinduism this is one of the conditions involved in samsara and reincarnation, meaning ignorance. This is ignorance of spiri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhaisajyaguru: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Bhaisajyaguru
Bhaisajyaguru Sanskrit word, the Buddha of Medicine, who quells all diseases and lengthens life. His is the Buddha in the Pure Land o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asamkhiya (kalpa): Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Asamkhiya (kalpa)
Asamkhiya (kalpa) Term related to the Buddhist metaphysics of time. Each of the periodic manifestations and dissolutions of universes...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharini: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Dharini
Dharini Extended mantra used in esoteric branch of Buddhism to focus and expand the mind. Its words, or sounds, should not communicat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Aspects Of Buddha Dharma: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Four Aspects Of Buddha Dharma
Four Aspects (of Buddha Dharma) (1)  the teaching; (2)  the principle; (3)  the practice; (4)  the fruit/rewar...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agadas: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Agadas
Agadas adj.: healthy; n.: antidote, panacea, universal remedy.    (See also: Agadas , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul) &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sangha: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Sangha
sangha (sangha): On the conventional (sammati) level, this term denotes the communities of Buddhist monks and nuns; on the ideal (ariy...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cetasika: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Cetasika
cetasika (cetasika): Mental concomitant (see vedana, sanna, and sankhara).    (See also: Cetasika , Buddhism, Body Mind ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Asrava: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Asrava
Asrava (sanskrit) Pain causing impurity, defilement.    (See also: Asrava , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Dhana: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Dhana
dhana (dhana): Treasure(s). The seven qualities of conviction, virtue (see sila), conscience & concern, learning, generosity (see ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cakravala: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Cakravala
Cakravala The nine cakravala or concentric mountain ranges or continents, separated by eight seas, of a universe.    (See...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agaru Or Aguru: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Agaru Or Aguru
Agaru/Aguru Sandalwood incense.    (See also: Agaru or Aguru , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Bodhimandala: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Bodhimandala
Bodhimandala Truth-plot, holy sits, place of Enlightenment, the place where the Buddha attained Enlightenment.    (See als...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhadanta: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Bhadanta
Bhadanta "Most virtuous"; honorific title apllied to a Buddha.    (See also: Bhadanta , Buddhism, Body Mind and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deva; Devata: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Deva; Devata
deva; devata (deva, devataa): Literally, "shining one" - an inhabitant of the heavenly realms (see sagga and sugati). &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chan: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Chan
Chan See Zen.    (See also: Chan , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhutatathata: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Bhutatathata
Bhutatathata The true character of reality. The real as thus, always or eternally so. True Suchness.    (See also: Bhuta...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Effluents: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Effluents
effluents: See asava.    (See also: Effluents , Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahmajala: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Brahmajala
Brahmajala Or Indra's net, characterized by holding a luminous gem in every one of its eyes. (Hindu mythology).    (See a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Evam: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Evam
evam (eva.m): Thus; in this way. This term is used in Thailand as a formal closing to a sermon.    (See also: Evam , Bud...   » Read the article