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Enlightenment: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Enlightenment
enlightenment: For Saiva monists, Self Realization, samadhi without seed (nirvikalpa samadhi); the ultimate attainment, sometimes re...
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Treatise On The Mind Aspiring For Enlightenment:
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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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Seven Aids To Enlightenment:
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Seven aids to enlightenment (Jpn.: shichi-kakushi or shichi-bodaibun) Seven practices conducive to enlightenment. They are memo...
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Buddhahood:
Buddhism
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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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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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Greatly Enlightened World-honored One:
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Greatly Enlightened World-Honored One (Jpn.: Daikakuseson) See: World-Honored One of Great Enlightenment
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Enlightenment:
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Enlightenment:
Realization of the light of the soul. Stabilization of God Consciousness in the physical body.
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Enlightenment:
Indian Hindu Dictionary On Enlightenment
enlightenment: the direct experience that the individual Self (Atman) is one with the supreme Self (Brahman); also referred to as real...
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Enlightenment:
Siddha Yoga
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Enlightenment:
The final attainment on the spiritual path, when the limited sense of "I" merges into supreme Consciousness....
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Enlightenment:
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Hinduism Dictionary On Enlightenment
enlightenment: For Saiva monists, Self Realization, samadhi without seed (nirvikalpa samadhi); the ultimate attainment, sometimes refe...
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Enlightenment:
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Spiritual Dictionary On Enlightenment
enlightenment Universal consciousness; traditionally compared to a mind full of light
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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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Treatise On The Discipline For Attaining Enlightenment:
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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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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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Attaining Buddhahood In This Lifetime:
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Attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime (Jpn.: issho-jobutsu) See: attainment of Buddhahood
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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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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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Cause-awakened One:
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Cause-awakened one (Jpn.: engaku; Skt.: pratyekabuddha) Also, self-awakened one. One who perceives the twelve-linked chain of c...
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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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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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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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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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Unsurpassed Enlightenment:
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Unsurpassed enlightenment (Jpn.: mujo-bodai; Skt.: anuttara-sambodhi) Also, supreme enlightenment or supreme perfect enlightenm...
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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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Awakening Of Faith In The Mahayana:
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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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Buddhism: Basic
Buddhist Dictionary
Buddhism: Basic
Buddhist Dictionary
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basic dictionary of Buddhism terms. Please note that all words in grey like
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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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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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Non-duality Of Delusion And Enlightenment:
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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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Perfect Enlightenment Sutra:
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Perfect Enlightenment Sutra (Jpn.: Engaku-kyo; Chin.: YŸan-chyeh-ching) An abbreviation of the Complete and Final Teaching on P...
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Sowing Maturing And Harvesting:
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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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Life Span Of The Thus Come One Chapter:
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Life Span of the Thus Come One chapter (Jpn.: Nyorai-juryo-hon) Abbreviated as the "Life Span" chapter. The sixteenth...
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Attainment Of Buddhahood By Persons Of The Two Vehicles:
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Attainment of Buddhahood by persons of the two vehicles (Jpn.: nijo-sabutsu) See: attainment of Buddhahood
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Zen Buddhism: Zen
Buddhist Dictionary
Zen Buddhism: Zen
Buddhist Dictionary
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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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Inclusion Of Buddhahood In The Nine Worlds:
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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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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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Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi:
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Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi (Skt) (Jpn.: anokutara-sammyaku-sambodai or mujo-shoto-shogaku) Supreme perfect enlightenment, the uns...
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World Of Cause-awakened Ones:
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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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Land Of Sages And Common Mortals:
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Land of Sages and Common Mortals (Jpn.: bonsho-dogo-do) Also, Land of Enlightened and Unenlightened Beings. Literally, "th...
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Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment:
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Earthly desires are enlightenment (Jpn.: bonno-soku-bodai) A Mahayana principle based on the view that earthly desires cannot e...
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Inclusion Of The Nine Worlds In Buddhahood:
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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...
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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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Fifty-two Stages Of Bodhisattva Practice:
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Fifty-two stages of bodhisattva practice (Jpn.: gojuni-i) Also, fifty-two stages of practice. The stages through which bodhisat...
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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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Enlightenment:
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Enlightenment Dictionary On Enlightenment
Enlightenment (Jpn.: satori) See also: attainment of Buddhahood
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Attaining Buddhahood In One's Present Form:
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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
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Planting The Seeds Of Buddhahood:
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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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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:
Parapsychology
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Enlightenment:
The stage of realization of the one Universal Spirit bubbling in all sentient and insentient forms; union of the indiv...
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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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Enlightenment:
Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Enlightenment
ENLIGHTENMENT (bodhi, Sanskrit) - 1. universal consciousness;; traditionally compared to a mind full of light like the moon in a clou...
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Acquired Enlightenment:
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Acquired enlightenment (Jpn.: shikaku) See also: inherent enlightenment
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Enlighten...
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Path:
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Hinduism Dictionary On Path
path: Marga or pantha. A trail, road or way. In Hinduism there are various ways that the term path is used. - ...
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Enlightenment:
Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Enlightenment
Enlightenment: A state in which one is aware of one's true nature. This is not necessarily a state of complete awareness, which would ...
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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 (...
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Land Of Enlightened And Unenlightened Beings:
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Enlightenment Dictionary On Land Of Enlightened And Unenlightened Beings
Land of Enlightened and Unenlightened Beings (Jpn.: bonsho-dogo-do) Also, Land of Sages and Common Mortals. Here ordinary peopl...
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Self-awakened One:
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Enlightenment Dictionary On Self-awakened One
Self-awakened one (Jpn.: dokkaku) See: cause-awakened one
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Stage Of Resemblance To Enlightenment:
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Enlightenment Dictionary On Stage Of Resemblance To Enlightenment
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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Prophecy Of Enlightenment For Five Hundred Disciples Chapter:
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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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Enlightenment:
Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Enlightenment
Enlightenment See "Awakening vs. Enlightenment."
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Association For Research And Enlightenment:
New Age
Spirituality Dictionary On Association For Research And Enlightenment
Association for Research and Enlightenment (A. R. E. ),Organization founded by famed psychic Edgar Cayce inVirginia Beach,VA.
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Thirty-seven Limbs Of Enlightenment:
Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Thirty-seven Limbs Of Enlightenment
Thirty-seven Limbs of Enlightenment These are: the four mindfulnesses; the four right efforts; the four bases of miraculous power...
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Truth:
New Age
Spiritual Dictionary On Truth
Truth Only that which you know and experience consciously within yourself
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Body
Mind and Soul)
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Association For Research And Enlightenment (a.r.e.):
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Spiritual Dictionary On Association For Research And Enlightenment (a.r.e.)
Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) Edgar Cayce Foundation
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Enlightenment:
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Spirituality Dictionary On Enlightenment
Enlightenment A higher state of consciousness in which the person seems to transcend his or her ego, and becomes aware of his/her divi...
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Original Enlightenment:
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Enlightenment Dictionary On Original Enlightenment
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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Enlightenment Dictionary On Perfect Enlightenment
Perfect enlightenment (Jpn.: myogaku or engaku) Also, supreme perfect enlightenment. The enlightenment of a Buddha. "Perfe...
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Dreaming About Snake: Meaning Of Snake In A Dream
Meaning of dream with Snake from different traditions
• In Indian tradition, moving snakes symbolize the stirring of kundalini.
• In F...
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Spiritual Dictionary: Hinduism Dictionary From J-r
A spiritual dictionary from J-R of the most common spiritual words in Hinduism. Also see these links: Hinduism, Spirituality, Enlightenme...
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Hinduism Dictionary: Spiritual Dictionary On Hindusim From R-z
A Hinduism dictionary with the most common spiritual words from P-Z. Also see these links: Hinduism, Spirituality, Enlightenment, Spiritu...
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Spiritual Dictionary: Spiritual Hinduism Dictionary
A spiritual dictionary of the 280 most common words in Hinduism. Also see these links: Hinduism, Spirituality, Enlightenment, Spiritual D...
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Site Map: Site Map Archives D-j
Map over all archives. See also: Sacred Space, Sacred Places, Power Places, Enlightenment, Spiritual Growth, Meaning of Dreams, Yoga, May...
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