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Chinese New Year: Year Of The Monkey
Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year which has been designated the Year of the Monkey, 4701. The date is computed on the bas...
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Amma: Massage
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Amma, Anma
AMMA/ANMA Amma (sometimes spelled anma) is the traditional word for massage in the Japanese language. It comes from the Chinese tradit...
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Rituals In Buddhism: Buddhist
Funeral Rites
Rituals in Buddhism: Buddhist Funeral Rites
Theravadins
Buddhist follow the Indian custom of burning the body at death. The BuddhaÕs
bod...
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Buddhist
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Buddhist Rituals: Traditional Chinese Funeral Arrangements
On
the passing away of the father, the eldest son becomes the head of the fam...
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Jade Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary -
Jade
Jade Dream Symbols: In Chinese tradition, jade contains the mysterious cosmic energy in concentrated form. It therefore symbolizes pow...
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Meaning Of Dreams In Islam: Reflections On The Dream Traditions Of Islam
Meaning of Dreams in Islam
Few Western dream researchers have any familiarity with the rich dream traditions of Islam. The Muslim faith ...
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Buddhism: History Of Buddhism
The history of
Buddhism spans from the 6th century BCE to the present,
starting with the birth of the Buddha Siddharta
Gautama. This make...
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T'ien:
Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On T'ien
T'ien: In Chinese tradition, this is translated as Heaven. T'ien is an important theme in Chinese religion, philosophy, and the Chines...
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Dream Dictionary Dragon: Dream Interpretation
Dictionary - Dragon
Dragon Dreaming of a dragon depends greatly on the individual’s attitude towards such creatures. In British mythology, dr...
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Buddhism: Buddhist
Festivals And Special Days
Buddhist
Festivals and Special Days
There
are many special or holy days held throughout the year by the Buddhist
community. Many of thes...
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New Age Spirituality: New
Age Vs. Vedic Tradition
A critical in-depth analysis of
the differences and similarities between the New Age movement and the Vedic
traditions by Henry Makow PhD...
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Kundalini
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II of III.
In Part II: 1) Can I just use kundalini yoga simply t...
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Buddhist Worship: Worship In Buddhism
Buddhist Worship: Worship in Buddhism
Buddhists
can worship both at home or at a temple. It is not considered essential to go
to a templ...
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Kundalini
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This FAQ gives a background on the phenomenon of kundalini. Part
I of III.
In Part I: 1) What is kundalini?, 2) What is the
diffe...
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Buddhism Holydays: Holy Days
And Festivals In Buddhism
Buddhism Holydays: Holy days and Festivals in Buddhism
Festivals play a big part in
the lives of many Buddhists. Most Buddhists, with th...
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Afterlife: Encyclopedia Of Afterlife Mythology
In Different Cultures
Afterife - Life After Death
An encyclopedia of different cultures
mythology around afterlife,
including : Adiri, Ama-No-Hashidate...
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The Roots Of
The New Age Movement Ð Part Ii
The New Age movement
is hardly novel! Its philosophy is rooted in ancient traditions, often based on
mystical experiences, each within a ...
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Buddhism: Buddhist Scriptures
Buddhism: Buddhist Scriptures
The Buddhist canon of scripture is known in Sanskrit as the Tripitaka and in Pali as the Tipitaka. These t...
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Peiru-un:
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Peiru-un
Peiru-un (Chinese) The traditional founder of China and progenitor of the Chinese peoples. According to legend this king, beloved of t...
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Qigong:
Natural
Health Therapy Dictionary On Qigong
QIGONG: Qigong (also referred to as chi-kung) is an ancient Chinese exercise that stimulates and balances the flow of qi, or vital lif...
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Feng Shui: Massage
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Feng Shui
FENG SHUI Feng shui (translated as “wind and water”) is the Chinese system of balancing the energy patterns of the physica...
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Philosophy Of Dreams Xxiv: Dream Of Chuang Tze
Chuang Tze, a Chinese Philosopher, once dreamt that he was a butterfly. On waking, he said to himself, “Now, am I a man dreaming that I...
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Vastu Shastra: Size, Shape,
Orientation And Location In Vastu
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Confucius:
New Age
Spirituality Dictionary On Confucius
Confucius (Chinese: K'ung Fu-tzu, "Master K'ung"; 551-479 BC) The most famous philosopher of ancient China. According to tra...
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Lao-tse, Lao-tzu:
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Lao-tse, Lao-tzu
Lao-Tse or Lao-tzu (Chinese) One of the great teachers of China who appeared and taught some little time before Confucius began his ca...
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Goat Of Mendes:
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Goat Of Mendes
Gobi or Shamo Desert A wild, arid region of mountains and sandy plains which was once fertile land and in part the site of a former in...
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Tantra: Aligning Intimacy With Spirituality
The
central teaching in Tantra is that all of life is sacred, especially our
sexuality. This is because Tantrism views the sex power as b...
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Cheta, Che-ti:
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Cheta, Che-ti
Cheta or Che-ti (Chinese) Used in Chinese Buddhist works in reference to the famous Saptaparna Cave mentioned by a number of Chinese B...
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Dzyan:
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Dzyan
Dzyan (Senzar) Closely similar to the Tibetan dzin (learning, knowledge). Although Blavatsky states that dzyan is "a corruption o...
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Yellow-faced:
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Yellow-faced
Yellow-faced Used in an archaic commentary on the Book of Dzyan (q SD 2:427-8), referring to people on Atlantis, the continent of the ...
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Bhogarishi:
Hindu -
Hinduism Dictionary On Bhogarishi
Bhogarishi: nu (Sanskrit) One of the 18 siddhas of Saiva tradition, an alchemist and tantrika yogi, associated with the Palani Hills M...
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Zodiac:
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Zodiac
Zodiac [from Greek zodiakos kyklos circle of animals] The zone extending on both sides of the ecliptic, with a total width of a...
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Confucius, K'ung Fu-tzu:
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Confucius, K'ung Fu-tzu
Confucius K'ung Fu-tzu (551-479 BC) "Philosopher K'ung"; Chinese philosopher, statesman, and scholar, whose teachings dealt ...
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Kwan-yin, Kuan-yin:
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Kwan-yin, Kuan-yin
Kwan-yin, Kuan-yin (Chinese) The Chinese Buddhist goddess of compassion, the female aspect of Kwan-shai-yin, referred to in the Stanza...
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Sacred Sites: Places Of Peace And Power
The research and study of the Sacred Geometry and Space of Sacred Sites have been the focus of Martin Gray for more than 20 years.
Marti...
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Chuang Tzu:
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Chuang Tzu
Chuang Tzu (Chinese) Chinese philosopher (late 4th century B.C.) who, with Lao Tzu and Kuan Tzu, is regarded as one of the patriarchs ...
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Chutuktu, Hutukhtu:
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Chutuktu, Hutukhtu
Chutuktu, Hutukhtu (Mongolian) Also Khutukhtu, Houtouktou, etc. Saintly; same as the Tibetan tulku or chutuktu and the Chinese huo-fo ...
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Ti:
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Ti
Ti (Chinese) In the I Ching, the name for the beneficent sustaining power or chief spirit of the universe. One of the minor deities is...
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Yang:
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Yang
Yang (Chinese) The bright aspect -- as the sunny side of a hill -- in contrast to yin, the dark side. In mystic Chinese literature and...
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Abhayagiri:
Theosophy Dictionary On Abhayagiri
Abhayagiri (Sanskrit) (from a not + bhaya fear + giri mountain, hill) Mount Fearless; a mountain in Sri Lanka. According to Fa-...
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Hinduism: Hinduism
Lexicon On B
Hinduism Lexicon on B
From backbiting to buddhi
chitta.
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Yi-shu-lu-chia-lun:
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Yi-shu-lu-chia-lun
Yi-shu-lu-chia-lun (Chinese) The Chinese translation of the Ekasloka-sastra of Nagarjuna (Lung-shu). See also YU
(See ...
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Tao:
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Tao
Tao (Chinese) The way, road, path; the Chinese treat of tao in two aspects: the tao of man (jen tao); and the tao of the universe -- w...
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O-mi-to Fo, Amita Fo:
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O-mi-to Fo, Amita Fo
O-mi-to Fo, Amita Fo (Chinese) The Chinese form of Amita Buddha (Sanskrit, "boundless buddja") a title given to the cosmic m...
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Yu:
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Yu
Yu (Chinese) Being; according to the Yi-shu-lu-chia-lun (translation of Nagarjuna's Ekasloka-sastra), " 'the Substance giving sub...
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Lung:
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Lung
Lung (Chinese) Dragon; the being who excels in intelligence. Dragons of Wisdom was the name given by the Chinese to the first disciple...
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I Ching:
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I Ching
I Ching (Chinese) Also Yi King. The Book of Changes; also Holy Book of Mutations, these mutations being the manifestations of tao. &n...
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Kuen-lun-shan:
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Kuen-lun-shan
Kuen-lun-shan (Chinese) One of the sacred mountains in China, situated in the southwest between China and Tibet in the Keun-lun range ...
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Houen:
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Houen
Houen (Chinese) The lower portion of the human soul, corresponding to kama. The other human aspect is the ling, the higher ling corres...
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Houah:
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Houah
Houen (Chinese) The lower portion of the human soul, corresponding to kama. The other human aspect is the ling, the higher ling corres...
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Kwan, Kuan:
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Kwan, Kuan
Kwan, Kuan (Chinese) Taoist term equivalent to the Sanskrit dhyana (meditation). "Kuan means originally to 'watch' for ome...
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Ching-fa-yin-tsang:
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Ching-fa-yin-tsang
Ching-fa-yin-Tsang (Chinese) The mystery of the eye of the good doctrine; in Chinese Buddhism, the esoteric teaching or interpretation...
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Shin-sieu:
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Shin-sieu
Shin-sieu (Chinese) A sage and seer; the sixth Buddhist Patriarch of North China who taught the esoteric doctrine of bodhidharma, one ...
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Smriti, Smrti:
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Smriti, Smrti
Smriti smrti (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root smri to remember] What is remembered; unwritten teachings handed down by word of ...
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Dragon:
Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Dragon
DRAGON (lung, Chinese, rong, Vietnamese, ryu, Japanese, naga, Sanskrit) - 1. great beneficent being in Far East mythology which guard...
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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...
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Yu:
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Yu
Yu Emperor of China, called "the Great" and considered a national hero. Founder of the Hsia dynasty, his reign has been assi...
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Abhayagiri:
Spiritual Theosophical
Dictionary On
Abhayagiri
Abhayagiri (Sanskrit). Lit., "Mount Fearless" in Ceylon. It has an ancient Vihara or Monastery in which the well-known Chine...
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Jen-nang:
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Jen-nang
Jen-nang (Chinese) In Chinese mythology, the divine man (SD 2:365, see ref at Chim-nang).
(See also: Jen-nang , Mysticism, M...
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Kwan-shai-yin, Kuan-shi-yin:
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Kwan-shai-yin, Kuan-shi-yin
Kwan-shai-yin, Kuan-shi-yin (Chinese) Equivalent to the Sanskrit Avalokitesvara, both being the seventh kosmic principle. Mystically, ...
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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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Yao:
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Yao
Yao (Chinese) One of the ancient legends of China tells of a flood and of a hero, Yao, who escapes the deluge in a vessel. He carries ...
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Venus Transit: The Venus Conjunction June 8 2004
Malvin Artley gives an exciting mythological background to Venus in connection to the forthcoming Venus Transits of 2004 and 2012. A must...
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Pai-wuen-yen-fu:
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Pai-wuen-yen-fu
Pai-wuen-yen-fu (Chinese) Also Pai-wen-yen-fu. A remarkable dictionary prepared in China: "the greatest in the world, full of quo...
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Dalai Lama:
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Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama (from Mongolian ta-le ocean) The title of the Great Lama or abbot of the Gedun Dubpa Monastery situated at Lhasa, Ti...
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Kiu-che, Book Of:
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Kiu-che, Book Of
Kiu-che, Book of (Chinese) (Tibetan rgyud-sde) A large occult astronomical and astrological work known in certain parts of Chin...
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Lhasa, Lhassa:
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Lhasa, Lhassa
Lhasa or Lhassa lha sa (Tibetan) (from lha gods + sa place) Place of the gods, equivalent of the Sanskrit deva-bhumi. The capit...
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Panchatantra:
Hindu -
Hinduism Dictionary On Panchatantra
Panchatantra: (Sanskrit) The collection of animal stories used by sage Vishnu Sharma to teach the king's sons the "art of practic...
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Amita-buddha:
Spiritual
- Theosophy
Dictionary On Amita-buddha
Amita-buddha (Sanskrit) Chinese and Tibetan Buddhist name for universal, primeval wisdom or soul, equivalent to adi-buddha. Also the c...
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Ma-li-ga-si-ma:
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Ma-li-ga-si-ma
Ma-li-ga-si-ma (Chinese) The continent which legend relates formerly sank beneath the ocean's waves. As related in a legend, owing to ...
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Magic Word:
Mysticism
Magick Dictionary
On
Magic Word
MAGIC WORD The root of all Magic is The Word. Ho Logos . In every culture, the shaman is the person with the largest vocabulary (altho...
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Shang:
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Shang
Shang (Chinese) In the I Ching, the constant virtues -- benevolence, laws, and rites of social life, righteousness, and correctness --...
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Chen:
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Chen
Chen (Chinese) Taoist term for reality; according to Chuang: "Chen is the highest degree of vitality or spirituality; the man who...
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Chin Kuang Ming Ching:
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Chin Kuang Ming Ching
Chin kuang ming ching (Chinese) Luminous sutra of golden light (SD 1:470)
(See also: Chin kuang ming ching , Mysticism, Myst...
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Hiuen-tsang:
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Hiuen-tsang
Hiuen-Tsang Chinese Buddhist (see refs from Hiouen Thsang and Huien-Tsang)
(See also: Hiuen-Tsang , Mysticism, Mystici...
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Amdo A Mdo:
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- Theosophy
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Amdo a mdo (Tibetan) The northeastern-most region of the Tibetan cultural area, roughly equivalent to the northeastern quarter of the ...
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Hien:
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Hien
Hien (Chinese) "an absolute saint (a Nirvanee) when joined entirely with the 'Dragon of Wisdom.' " (BCW 7:202n)
(Se...
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Fo-hi:
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Fo-hi
Fo-hi (Chinese) The heavenly man, "called the twelve Tien-Hoang, the twelve hierarchies of Dhyanis or Angels, with human Faces, a...
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Buddhachchhaya, Buddhacchaya:
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Buddhachchhaya, Buddhacchaya
Buddhachchhaya Buddhacchaya (Sanskrit) (from buddha awakened one + chchhaya shadow) The shadow of the Buddha; during certain co...
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Fa-hsiang-tsung:
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Fa-hsiang-tsung
Fa-hsiang-Tsung (Chinese) A Buddhist "school of contemplation founded by Hiuen-Tsang, the traveller, nearly extinct. Fa-hsiang-Ts...
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Ekasloka-sastra:
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Ekasloka-sastra
Ekasloka-Sastra (Sanskrit) (from eka one + sloka stanza + sastra scripture) A Buddhist mystical work written by Nagarjuna, call...
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Foh-maeyu, Fo Mai-yu:
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Foh-maeyu, Fo Mai-yu
Foh-maeyu, Fo mai-yu (Chinese) (from fo buddha + miao temple) Buddha's temple; a temple dedicated to Sakyamuni Buddha.
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sitemap for Popular Pages IV - C . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles
related to the word.
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