Encyclopedia - Faith In Buddhism: Encyclopedia - Faith In Buddhism
Faith (saddha/ sraddha) is an important constituent element of the teachings of the Buddha - both in the Theravada tradition as in the Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith In Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith In Buddhism - Faith In Mahayana Buddhism
The role of faith in Mahayana Buddhism is, if anything, even stronger. Its depth and range become intensified, particularly in the tathag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith In Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith In Buddhism - Faith In Early Buddhism Theravada
The Pali suttas (scriptures) list faith as one of the seven Treasures (dhanas), one of the five “spiritual faculties” (indriyas), one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith: Encyclopedia - Faith
The word faith has various uses; its central meaning is similar to "belief", "trust" or "confidence", but unlike these terms, "faith" ten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith - Buddhism
Faith (saddha/ sraddha) is an important constituent element of the teachings of the Buddha - both in the Theravada tradition as in the Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith - Buddhism
Faith (saddha/ sraddha) is an important constituent element of the teachings of the Buddha - both in the Theravada tradition as in the Ma...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Relations With Other Faiths
Buddhism: Relations with other faiths Some Hindus (primarily in the northern regions of India) believe that Gautama is the 9th incarnati...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, who lived in what is now Northern India ...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Buddhism After The Buddha
  Buddhism after the Buddha Buddhism spread slowly in India until the powerful Mauryan emperor Asoka converted to it and actively s...   » Read the article

Article - Dharma: Path Of Powerful Dharma Beings
Dharma: Path of Powerful Dharma Beings One takes refuge in the Buddha's path because it allows the freedom to modulate it to one's self-...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism And Ecology: Man & Environment - A Special Bond  
Buddhism sees humans neither as a special creation of God, nor does it see them as having been given dominion over 'lesser' species. I...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Rites: Buddhist Funeral Rites
Buddhism: Funeral Rites as practiced in Thailand and other South East Asian Countries. Funeral rites are the most elaborate of all the l...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Pali Chanting In The Theravada Buddhist Tradition
Pali Chanting in the Theravada Buddhist Tradition With translation to enlglish, including   Vandan a - Homage to the Triple Gems ...   » Read the article

Article - 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 Buddha�s bod...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Rituals: Traditional Chinese Funeral Arrangements
Buddhist Rituals: Traditional Chinese Funeral Arrangements On the passing away of the father, the eldest son becomes the head of the fam...   » Read the article

Article - Prayers In Buddhism: The Purpose Of Buddhist Prayer
The Purpose of Buddhist Prayer Buddhist prayer is a practice to awaken our inherent inner capacities of strength, compassion and wisdom...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism Beliefs: The Three Jewels In Buddhism
Buddhism Beliefs: The Three Jewels in Buddhism Buddhists seek refuge in what are often referred to as the Three Jewels, Triple Gem or Tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia - Buddhism
Buddhism, a religion and philosophy from ancient India, is based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, of the Shakyas. Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Faith And World Religions: Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Faith And World Religions
The Báb · Abdu'l-Bahá Kitáb-i-Aqdas · Kitáb-i-Íqán The Hidden Words Administrative Order The Guardian Universal House of Justice ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pure Land: Encyclopedia - Pure Land
Pure Land Buddhism (Chinese: 净土宗, Jìngtǔzōng; Japanese: 浄土宗, Jōdoshū; Vietnamese: 净度宗, Tịnh Độ Tông), also k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a term primarily used in religion and spirituality of a long journey or search of great moral significance. Sometimes, it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In India: Encyclopedia - Religion In India
India is one of the most religiously diverse nations in the world, with one of the most deeply religious societies and cultures. Religion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fasting: Encyclopedia - Fasting
Fasting is the act of willingly abstaining from all food and in some cases drink, for a period of time. Depending on the tradition, fasti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegetarianism And Religion: Encyclopedia - Vegetarianism And Religion
According to the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians, the majority of the world's vegetarians follow the practice for religious ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia - Hell
Hell is, according to many religious beliefs, a place or a state of painful suffering. The English word 'hell' comes from the Teutonic 'H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shinran: Encyclopedia - Shinran
Shinran Shonin (親鸞聖人) (1173-1262) was a pupil of Honen and the founder of the Jodo Shinshu (or True Pure Land) sect in Japan. He ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God In Buddhism: Encyclopedia - God In Buddhism
Buddhism is generally regarded as a non-theistic religion. Although it does teach the existence of “gods” (devas), these are merely h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom
The Indo-Greeks (or sometimes Greco-Indians) designate a series of Greek kings, who invaded and controlled parts of northwest and norther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Relations With Other Eastern Faiths
Some Hindus (primarily in the northern regions of India) believe that Gautama is the 9th incarnation (see avatar) of Vishnu; there are ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Practices Of Buddhism
Buddhism - Refuge in The Three Jewels. Main Article: Refuge (Buddhism) Buddhists seek refuge in the "Three Jewels" of Buddhism as the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Buddhism After The Buddha
Buddhism spread slowly in India until the powerful Mauryan emperor Ashoka converted to it and actively supported it. His promotion led to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Buddhism And The West
Occasional intersections between Western civilization and the Buddhist world have been occurring for thousands of years. Perhaps the most...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Headline Text
Buddhism, a religion and philosophy from ancient India, is based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, of the Shakyas. His...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Principles Of Buddhism
Buddhism - The Three Marks of Existence. According to the Buddhist tradition, all phenomena (dharmas) are marked by three characteristi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - What Is A Buddha?
The term "Buddha" is a word in ancient Indian languages including Pāli and Sanskrit which means "one who has awakened". It is derived fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Origins
As with any history so old, there are many different stories of how the Buddha came to be, Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit सिद्ध�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Scriptures
The Buddhist canon of scripture is known in Sanskrit as the Tripitaka and in Pāli as the Tipitaka. These terms literally mean "three bas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Buddhist Religious Philosophy And Branches
Buddhism has evolved into myriad schools that can be roughly grouped into three types: Nikaya, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. Of the Nikaya sch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Buddhism In The Modern World
Estimates of the number of Buddhists vary between 230 and 500 million, with 350 million as the most commonly cited figure. [5] In norther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Faith And World Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'í Faith And World Religions - Bahá'í Faith And Comparative Theology
As seen, the Bahá'í Faith recognizes the divine origins of Hinduism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the B�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aniconism: Encyclopedia Ii - Aniconism - In The Bahá'í Faith
Followers of the Bahá'í faith generally prefer that photographs and depictions of certain religious figures, such as Báb and Bahá'u'l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In India - Buddhism
Buddhism, known in ancient India as Buddha Dharma, originated in northern India in what is today the state of Bihar. It rapidly gained ad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilgrimage - Buddhism
Gautama Buddha spoke of four holy sites that followers may seek. Lumbini birth place Sarnath (formally Isipathana) where he delivered hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilgrimage - Christianity
Pilgrimages were first made to sites connected with the life, birth and crucifixion of Jesus. Surviving descriptions of Christian pilgrim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilgrimage - Islam
Pilgrimage - Hajj. Pilgrimage to Mecca – the hajj – is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. It should be attempted at least once in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suffering: Encyclopedia Ii - Suffering - Suffering Addressed By Major Faiths
Suffering - Buddhism. In Buddhism, the central problem is identified as dukkha, a term in Pali and Sanskrit which can be translated as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilgrimage - Bahá'í Faith
A Bahá'í pilgrimage currently consists of visiting the holy places in Haifa, Akká, and Bahjí in Northwest Israel. Bahá'ís do not ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilgrimage - Jainism
In Jainism, a tirtha may be Siddha kshetra: site of liberation of a Kevali (including Tirthankaras) like Ashtapad hill, Sammet Shikhar,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilgrimage: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilgrimage - Judaism
See related article Three pilgrim festivals. Within Judaism, the Temple in Jerusalem was the center of the Jewish religion, until its des...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aniconism: Encyclopedia Ii - Aniconism - In Judaism And Christianity
A number of verses in the Pentateuch refer to prohibitions against the creation of various forms of images, invariably linked directly wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aniconism: Encyclopedia Ii - Aniconism - In Islam
Sunni Islam generally prohibits Muslims from creating or possessing likenesses of people or animals, a position stated in many hadith. Fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In India - Hinduism
The adherents of Hinduism form the largest religious community in India, numbering over 900 million. See The Following Articles for More ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fasting: Encyclopedia Ii - Fasting - Religious Fasting
Fasting - The Bahá’í faith. In the Bahá'í Faith, fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset during the Bahá’í month of `Ala' ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suffering: Encyclopedia Ii - Suffering - Law
The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984 defines "torture" as involving "suffer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In India - Christianity
Christianity, according to tradition (and now supported by recent research), arrived in India in the first century through the apostle Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In India - Judaism
Trade contacts between the Mediterranean region and the west coast of India probably led to the presence of small Jewish settlements in I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegetarianism And Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Vegetarianism And Religion - Buddhism
The first lay precept in Buddhism prohibits killing. Many see this as implying that Buddhists should not eat the meat of animals. However...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fasting: Encyclopedia Ii - Fasting - Medical Fasting
People can also fast for medical reasons, and this has also been an accepted practice for many years. One reason that people fast for med...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - What Is Dharma?
Main Article: Dharma The word Dharma (Sanskrit; "धर्म" in the Devanagari script) or dhamma (Pali) is used in most or all philoso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fasting: Encyclopedia Ii - Fasting - Political Fasting And Hunger Strikes
Main article: Hunger strike Political fasts (today more commonly known as the hunger strikes) have been around since the early 1900s. One...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fasting: Encyclopedia Ii - Fasting - Physical Effects Of Fasting
When food is not eaten, the body looks for other ways to find energy, such as drawing on glucose from the liver's stored glycogen and fat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - Common Modern Practices
See also: Dharmic rituals after death Dharmic religions share a variety of theological, philosophical and ceremonial similarities. ... ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - Exchanges With Abrahamic Religions
Dharmic religions and Abrahamic religions were conceived over 7,000 years ago in the two opposite parts of Asia, and share a complex and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegetarianism And Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Vegetarianism And Religion - Hinduism
Hindus believe that food shapes the personality, mood and mind. They believe that meat promotes aggressiveness and a mental state of turm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - Birth And History
See Also: History of Early Hinduism, Vedic civilization The earliest ancestor of Dharmic religions was the Vedic religion of the ancient ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Origins
Hell, as it exists in the Western popular imagination, has its origins in Hellenized Christianity, particularly taken from adaptation of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Hell In Literature
Many of the great epics of European literature include episodes that occur in Hell. In the Roman poet Virgil's Latin epic, the Aeneid, Ae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Hell In Entertainment And Other Popular Culture
Philip José Farmer in his Riverworld series (1971) created perhaps the best science fiction depiction of a "man" made hell created with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Non-religious Context
The word "Hell" used away from its religious context was long considered to be profanity, particularly in North America. Although its use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vegetarianism And Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Vegetarianism And Religion - Abrahamic Religions
Jews, Christians, and Muslims (Abrahamic religions) are all left with the biblical ideal of the Garden of Eden diet, which from all appea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Religious Accounts
Hell appears in several mythologies and religions in different guises, and is commonly inhabited by demons and the souls of dead people. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Religious Accounts
Hell appears in several mythologies and religions in different guises, and is commonly inhabited by demons and the souls of dead people. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Non-religious Context
The word "Hell" used away from its religious context was long considered to be profanity, particularly in North America. Although its use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shinran: Encyclopedia Ii - Shinran - Doctrine
Essentially Shinran said that since we are all defiled by greed, hatred and delusion, we have no chance of gaining enlightenment by ourse...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Awakening Of Faith: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Awakening Of Faith
Awakening of Faith (Jpn.: Kishin-ron)   See: Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, The   (See also: Awakening of Faith , En...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edicts Of Ashoka: Encyclopedia Ii - Edicts Of Ashoka - Religious Precepts
Edicts of Ashoka - Budddhism. Beyond spreading the moral virtues of Buddhism, Ashoka also insisted that the word of the Buddha be read ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edicts Of Ashoka: Encyclopedia Ii - Edicts Of Ashoka - Ashoka's Conversion
Ashoka explains that he converted to Buddhism out of remorse for his conquest of the Kalingas around 264 BCE in eastern India (near the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - The Indo-greeks And Indian Culture
Buddhism flourished under the Indo-Greek kings, and it has been suggested that their invasion of India was intended to show their support...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - The Indo-greeks And Buddhism
Main article: Greco-Buddhism The Edicts of Ashoka, inscribed during the reign of the Indian emperor Ashoka (273-232 BCE), claim that the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God In Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - God In Buddhism - The God Idea In Early Buddhism
The Buddha of the Pāli suttas (scriptures) dismisses as “foolish talk”, as “ridiculous, mere words, a vain and empty thing” (Dig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God In Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - God In Buddhism - Mahayana And Tantric Mystical Doctrines
The situation takes on a different complexion in Mahayana and Tantric Buddhism. Here one encounters the notion of the Buddhas as kinds of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pure Land Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pure Land Buddhism - Overview
Pure Land Buddhism is based upon the Pure Land sutras first brought to China circa 150 by the Parthian monk An Shih Kao and the Kushan mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pure Land Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pure Land Buddhism - Eastern Pure Land
In esoteric Vajrayana Buddhism, Amitabha's Western Pure Land is the counterpart to Akshobhya's Eastern Pure Land, or Abhirati. While espe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Historical Outline
The Indo-Greek kingdom was established by Demetrius, the son of the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus. Indo-Greek Kingdom - Occupation of N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - The Indo-greeks And Other Faiths
Indo-Greek Kingdom - Hinduism. The first known bilingual coins of the Indo-Greeks were issued by Agathocles around 180 BCE. These coins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Indo-greeks In The Art Of Gandhara
The Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, beyond the omnipresence of Greek style and stylistic elements which might be simply considered as an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Scythian And Kushan Invasions
From 130 BCE, Indo-European nomads (the Scythians and then the Yuezhi) started to invade Bactria from the north. In 125 BCE the Greco-Bac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Aftermaths
From the 1st century CE, the Greek communities of central Asia and northwestern India lived under the control of the Kushan branch of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-greek Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-greek Kingdom - Main Indo-greek Kings Timeline And Territories
There were over 30 Indo-Greek kings, often in competition on different territories. Many of them are only known through their coins. Not ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pure Land: Encyclopedia Ii - Pure Land - Overview
Pure Land Buddhism is based upon the Pure Land sutras first brought to China circa 150 by the Parthian monk An Shih Kao and the Kushan mo...   » 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 - Awakening Of The Faith (treatise): Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Awakening Of The Faith (treatise)
Awakening of the Faith (Treatise) A major commentary by the Patriarch Asvaghosha (lst/2nd cent.), which presents the fundamental prin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith - Religious Faith
In religious contexts, "faith" has several different meanings. Sometimes, it means loyalty to one's religion. It is in the latter sense i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith - Religious Faith
In religious contexts, "faith" has several different meanings. Sometimes, it means loyalty to one's religion. It is in the latter sense i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith - Islam
Faith in Islam centers on faith in the fulfillment of prophecy by Muhammad, the prophet and messenger of the holy God Allah. For more, se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith - Islam
Faith in Islam centers on faith in the fulfillment of prophecy by Mohammed, the prophet and messenger of the holy God Allah. For more, se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith - Christianity
Faith in Christianity centers on faith in the saving grace of Christ the Son of the living God, who died for the sin of the world. The pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith - Christianity
Faith in Christianity centers on faith in the saving grace of Christ the Son of the living God, who died for the sin of the world. The pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Faith: Encyclopedia Ii - Faith - Judaism
Although Judaism does recognize the positive value of Emunah (faith/belief) and the negative status of the Apikorus (heretic) the specifi...   » Read the article