Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts
There are a great variety of Buddhist texts. Buddhists place varying value on them: attitudes range from worship of the text itself, to d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Non-canonical Texts
Non or semi-canonical texts have been important from very early in Buddhism. Extensive commentaries exist in Pali for the Pali Canon and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Canonical Texts
These are, in some way or other, texts associated with Gautama, the historical Buddha. Different schools, however, are not always in agre...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Texts
There are a great variety of Buddhist texts. Buddhists place varying value on them: attitudes range from worship of the text itself, to d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pali Canon: Encyclopedia - Pali Canon
The Pali Canon is one the earliest existing scripture collections of the Buddhist tradition. These scriptures were recited orally from th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anunatva-apurnatva-nirdesa: Encyclopedia - Anunatva-apurnatva-nirdesa
The Anunatva-Apurnatva-Nirdesa ("Exposition of Non-Decrease and Non-Increase") is a Buddhist sutra belonging to the Tathagatagarbha class...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asvaghosa: Encyclopedia - Asvaghosa
Ašvaghosa (?80-?150 CE) was an Indian philosopher-poet, born in Saketa in Central India. He is believed to have been the first Sanskrit ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta (IAST advaita vedānta; Devanagari अद्वैत वेदान्त; IPA [ədvaitə vé:dα:ntə]) is probably th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibetan Buddhist Canon: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan Buddhist Canon - Esoteric Tradition
Tibetan Buddhist canon - Organisation of Tantric texts. Tibetan Buddhism typically divides the Tantras into four hierarchical categorie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Are The World And God Wholly False?
Advaita Vedanta - Status of the world. People often get confused by Advaita teachings that the universe is false. Shankara says that th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Adi Sankara's Thoughts In A Summary
Adi Sankara's treatises on the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras are his principal and almost undeniably his own works....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmaraksita: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmaraksita - Dharmaraksita And The Milinda Panha
The Milinda Panha is another famous non-canonical Pali Buddhist text that describes the religious dialogues between the famous Indo-Greek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bodhidharma: Encyclopedia Ii - Bodhidharma - Portrayals Of Bodhidharma
Throughout Buddhist art, Bodhidharma is depicted as a rather ill-tempered, profusely bearded and wide-eyed barbarian. He is described as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maitreya: Encyclopedia Ii - Maitreya - Characteristics
One of the earliest mention of Maitreya is a Sanskrit text, the Maitreyavyakarana (The Prophecy of Maitreya), stating that Gods, men and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Adi Sankara: The Pillar Of Advaita
The first person to consolidate the principles of Advaita was Adi Sankara (आदि शंकर, pronounced as /α:di shənkərə, 788-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Salient Features Of Advaitism
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Advaita Vedanta - Thre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Advaita And Science
According to some followers of Advaita, it may very well be a place where the scientific world intersects with the spiritual world. They ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Important Books And Figures Of Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta - Mahavakya. Mahavakya, or "the great sentences," state the unity of Brahman and Atman. They are 4 in number and their ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dhammapada: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Dhammapada
Dhammapada (Pali, "Dhamma Verses" or "footsteps of Dhamma") Buddhist scripture containing 423 stanzas on a variety...   » 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 - Anatta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Anatta
Anatta (Pali) (from an not + atta self, soul)   Non-self, nonegoity; a Buddhist doctrine postulating that there is no unchanging,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Mahayana Texts
See Mahayana Sutras for a list of sutras categorised by source, without discussion. Buddhist texts - Perfection of Wisdom Texts. Deal w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Vajrayana Texts
Buddhist texts - Buddhist tantras. The canon of the Vajrayana schools includes a number of Nikaya-related texts from a number of the sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Texts Of The Nikaya Schools
There is some dispute over what to call the more conservative stratum of Buddhist schools and the texts associated with them. The most wi...   » Read the article