Encyclopedia - Six Lower Realms: Encyclopedia - Six Lower Realms
In traditional Mahayana Buddhist cosmology, the six lower realms are six of the ten spiritual realms; these six realms compose samsara. S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Six Lower Realms: Encyclopedia Ii - Six Lower Realms - Good Realms
Note that the order of the realms may differ among different Buddhist traditions; for instance, some traditions place the asura realm sec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Six Lower Realms: Encyclopedia Ii - Six Lower Realms - Evil Realms
Six lower realms - Hungry ghost realm. Hungry ghost realm (also Pretas realm) is based on possessiveness and desire. The reason why sen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia - Samsara
In Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and other related religions, samsara or saṃsāra refers to the concept of reincarnation or rebirth in In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bardo Thodol: Encyclopedia - Bardo Thodol
The Bardo Thodol, sometimes called the Tibetan Book of the Dead, is a funerary text that describes the experiences of the consciousness a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Cycle Of Rebirth
In most Indian philosophical traditions, including the orthodox Hindu and heterodox Buddhist and Jain systems, an ongoing cycle of birth,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Saṃsāra In Hinduism
In some types of Hinduism, Saṃsāra is seen as ignorance of the True Self, Brahman, and thus the soul is led to believe in the reality ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Saṃsāra In Jainism
In Jainism, karma, anuva (ego) and the veil of maya are central. In Jainism, liberation from samsara is called moksha or mukti. ... See...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Saṃsāra In Buddhism
Samsara - Saṃsāra in Nikaya Buddhism. Whereas in Hinduism some being (ātman, jiva, etc.) is regarded as being subject to Saṃsāra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Samsara In Surat Shabda Yoga
In Surat Shabda Yoga, the purpose is to realize the individual's True Self (Self-Realization), True Essence (Spirit-Realization) and True...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asura: Encyclopedia Ii - Asura - In Buddhism
Asuras also appear as a type of supernatural being in traditional Buddhist cosmology. For information on this subject, see six lower real...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sakti: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Sakti
A Theosophical definition of Sakti :   Sakti (Sanskrit) A term which may be briefly defined to mean one of what in modern Occul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Pure Lands: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Four Pure Lands
Four Pure Lands A classification by the Pure Land and T'ien T'ai schools of the pure realms subsumed under the Land of Amitabha Buddh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paramita: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Paramita
Paramita (Sanskrit) [from param beyond + ita gone from the verbal root i to go]   Gone or crossed to the other shore; derivativel...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sakti: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sakti
Sakti (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root sak to be powerful, energetic, have force]   Universal energy, the feminine aspect of foha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Skandhas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Skandhas
Skandhas (Sanskrit) Bundles, groups of various attributes forming the compound constitution of the human being. They are the manifeste...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zohar, Sepher Haz-zohar: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Zohar, Sepher Haz-zohar
Zohar, Sepher haz-Zohar (Hebrew) [from zohar light, splendor]   Book of the light; the principal work or compendium of the Qabbal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bardo: Encyclopedia - Bardo
The Tibetan word Bardo means literally "intermediate state" - also translated as "transitional state" or "in-between state". In Sanskrit ...   » Read the article