Encyclopedia - Trikaya: Encyclopedia - Trikaya
The Trikaya doctrine (Sanskrit, literally "Three bodies or personalities"; 三身 Chinese: Sānshén, Japanese: sanjin) is an important B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trikaya: Encyclopedia Ii - Trikaya - Trikaya
Later Mahayana Buddhists were concerned with the transcendent aspect of the Dharma. So therefore if the Dharma is transcendental, totally...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trikaya: Encyclopedia Ii - Trikaya - Origins
Buddhism has always recognised more than one Buddha. In the Pali Canon twenty-eight previous Buddhas are mentioned, and Gautama Buddha, t...   » Read the article

Article - Buddha
Buddha (Sanskrit, Pali, others: literally Awakened One, from the root: √budh, "to awaken") is a title used in Buddhism for anyone who h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sambhogakaya: Encyclopedia - Sambhogakaya
(Sanskrit) Celestial dimension, expression of the symbolic and archetypal dimension of Buddhahood, to which only the spiritually develop...   » 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 - Nirmanakaya: Encyclopedia - Nirmanakaya
(Sanskrit) Terrestrial or transformational dimension The dimension of Buddhahood to which the unenlightened have access, and where the p...   » 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 - Buddha: Encyclopedia - Buddha
Buddha (Sanskrit, Pali, others: literally Awakened One, from the root: √budh, "to awaken") is a title used in Buddhism for anyone who h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dhammakaya: Encyclopedia - Dhammakaya
The Dhammakāya Movement is a Theravāda Buddhist movement founded in Thailand in the 1970s. It was founded by the Thai meditation master...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vairocana: Encyclopedia - Vairocana
According to the Buddhist Trikaya doctrine, Vairocana (also Vairochana or Mahavairocana; 大日如来 or 毘盧遮那佛 Chinese: Dàrì ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahayana: Encyclopedia - Mahayana
Mahāyāna (literally "great vehicle"; from the Indian language of Sanskrit. Chinese: 大乘, Dàshèng; Japanese: 大乗, Daijō; Vietna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosynthesis: Encyclopedia - Psychosynthesis
Psychosynthesis is a form of transpersonal psychology which insists on integration, or synthesis of various psychological functions in or...   » Read the article

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

Dictionary - Trikaya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Trikaya
Trikaya (Sanskrit) Lit., three bodies, or forms. This is a most abstruse teaching which, however, once understood, explains the myster...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trikaya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Trikaya
Trikaya (Sanskrit) [from tri three + kaya vesture, body]   The three glorious vestures or states in which the consciousness of an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirmanikaya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nirmanikaya
Nirmanikaya (Sanskrit) [from nirmana forming, creating + kaya body, robe, vehicle]   Appearance body; the lowest of the trikaya, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vestures: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vestures
Vestures.   See TRIKAYA   (See also: Vestures , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)      » 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 - 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 - Buddha: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddha - Names Of The Buddhas
In most Theravada countries, it is the custom for Buddhists to hold elaborate festivals to honor 28 Buddhas. In the Chronicle of the Budd...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kaya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kaya
Kaya. See TRIKAYA   (See also: Kaya , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddha: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddha - Eternal Buddha
The idea of an everlasting Buddha is a notion popularly associated with the Mahayana scripture, the Lotus Sutra. That sutra has the Buddh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Celestial Buddha: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Celestial Buddha
Celestial Buddha (sambhogakaya): in Mahayana Buddhism's Triple Body (trikaya) theory, these are heavenly or god-like Buddhas, the most...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eternal Buddha: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Eternal Buddha
Eternal Buddha (dharmakaya): In Mahayana Buddhism's Triple Body (trikaya) theory, the Eternal Buddha is undifferientiated absolute exi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Triple Body: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Triple Body
Triple Body (trikaya): In Mahayana Buddhism, the notion of three levels or "bodies" of Buddha's existence: (a) the Eternal B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sambhogakaya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sambhogakaya
Sambhogakaya (Sanskrit) [from sambhoga enjoyment together, delightful participation + kaya body]   Participation body; the second...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharmakaya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Dharmakaya
Dharmakaya (Sanskrit). Lit., "the glorified spiritual body" called the "Vesture of Bliss". The third, or highest o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ku-sum, Skugsum: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ku-sum, Skugsum
Ku-sum skugsum (Tibetan cycle of non-being, equivalent to the Sanskrit trikaya; Subba Row defined it as the triple form of the nirvani...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sambhogakaya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sambhogakaya
Sambhogakaya (Sanskrit). One of the three "Vestures" of glory, or bodies, obtained by ascetics on the "Path". Some...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharmakaya: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Dharmakaya
A Theosophical definition of Dharmakaya :   Dharmakaya (Sanskrit) This is a compound of two words meaning the "continuance...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahayana: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahayana - Doctrine
The way of the Mahayana, in contrast to the more conservative and austere Theravada school of Buddhism, can be characterized by: Univers...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharmakaya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dharmakaya
Dharmakaya (Sanskrit) (from dharma law, continuance from the verbal root dhri to support, carry, continue + kaya body)   Continua...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Three Bodies Of The Buddha: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Three Bodies Of The Buddha
Three bodies of the Buddha (Skt. trikaya) Dharmakaya: The Dharma-body, or the "body of reality", which is formless, unchan...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Amrita-yana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Amrita-yana
Amrita-yana amrita-yana (Sanskrit) (from a not + mrita dead from the verbal root mrir to die + yana path, vehicle)   The path of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddha: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Buddha
Buddha Skt., Pali, lit., “awakened one.”    1. A person who has achieved the enlightenment that leads to release...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirmanakaya: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Nirmanakaya
A Theosophical definition of Nirmanakaya :   Nirmanakaya (Sanskrit) A compound of two words: nirmana, a participle meaning &quo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddhakshetra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Buddhakshetra
Buddhakshetra buddhakshetra (Sanskrit) (from buddha awakened + kshetra field, sphere of action)   The sphere of action of an enli...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirmanakaya: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Nirmanakaya
Nirmanakaya (Sanskrit). Something entirely different in esoteric philosophy from the popular meaning attached to it, and from the fanc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trisharana: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Trisharana
Trisharana (Sanskrit). The same as" Triratna "and accepted by both the Northern and Southern Churches of Buddhism.   A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahayana: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahayana - Headline Text
The Mahayana scriptures were probably set in writing around the 1st century BCE. Some of them, such as the Perfection of Wisdom sutras, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahayana: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahayana - Mahayana Scriptures
The Mahayana scriptures were probably set in writing around the 1st century BCE. Some of them, such as the Perfection of Wisdom sutras, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vairocana: Encyclopedia Ii - Vairocana - Doctrine
In the Rigveda the word ‘vairocana' has the connotation of a brilliant and luminous sun. Indeed, Vairocana in Tibetan is called ‘Namn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahayana: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahayana - Origins
Scholars believe that Mahayana as a distinct movement began around the 1st century BCE in the North-western Indian subcontinent (in what ...   » 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

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 - 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 - 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

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap V - T
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages V - T . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. &...   » Read the article