Encyclopedia - Yana: Encyclopedia - Yana
Yana can refer to: Yana (Buddhism), a Buddhist term (path). Yana River, a river in eastern Russia. Yana, Sierra Leone, a town in western...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yana: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Yana
Yana Sankrit term, commonly translated as vehicle; means spiritual vehicle, path or career.    (See also: Yana , Buddhis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yana Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Yana Buddhism - The Three Yanas
Mahayana Buddhists often express two different schemata of three yanas. First, here are three paths to liberation that culminate as one o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yana Buddhism: Encyclopedia - Yana Buddhism
Yana is a Sanskrit word with a range of meanings including nouns such as vehicle, journey, and path; and verbs such as going, moving, rid...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Inspiration: God And I By Yana Gupta
A personal reflection on God by Yana Gupta. �I don't believe in God. Why do I need to believe in something I feel so strong about? When y...   » 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

Article - Vajrayana
Also known as Tantric Buddhism, Mantrayana, Tantrayana, Esoteric Buddhism, Diamond Vehicle or True Words Sect. (Secret) Mantra vehicle is...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Polemics
Buddhist polemics revolve around the veracity and efficacy of doctrine and practice. It seems that from the very beginning Buddhists were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yana River: Encyclopedia - Yana River
The Yana River (Яна in Russian), a river in Sakha in Russia, located between the Lena to the west and the Indigirka to the east. It is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yana Gupta: Encyclopedia - Yana Gupta
Yana Gupta (nee Synkova) (born c 1979) (height 5'8(1.73 m)) at Brno, is a Czechoslovakian (now Czech Republic) model-actress now active i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinayana: Encyclopedia - Hinayana
Hinayana (Sanskrit: "inferior vehicle"; Chinese: 小乘 Xiǎoshèng; Japanese: Shōjō; Vietnamese: Tiểu thừa) is a term coined by th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narayana Guru: Encyclopedia - Narayana Guru
Nārāyana Guru (नारायण गुरु) (1856 - 1928) was a great sage and social reformer of India. Born in Ezhava/Thiyya comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Polemics: Encyclopedia - Buddhist Polemics
Buddhist polemics revolve around the veracity and efficacy of doctrine and practice. It seems that from the very beginning Buddhists were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ullambana Sutra: Encyclopedia - Ullambana Sutra
The Ullambana Sutra is a Mahayana sutra which consists in a brief discourse given by the Gautama Buddha principally to the monk Mahāmaud...   » 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

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 - Vajrayana: Encyclopedia - Vajrayana
Also known as Tantric Buddhism, Mantrayana, Tantrayana, Esoteric Buddhism, Diamond Vehicle or True Words Sect. (Secret) Mantra vehicle is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chattampi Swamikal: Encyclopedia - Chattampi Swamikal
Chattampi Swamikal (b:1853 - d:1925) was one of Kerala’s famed social reform activists and learned men. Chattampi Swamikal worked in pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vimana: Encyclopedia - Vimana
A vimāna is a mythological flying machine, described in the ancient literature of India. References to these flying machines are commonp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alhamdulillah: Encyclopedia - Alhamdulillah
Alhamdulillah means "Praise to God" in Arabic, similar to the Hebrew Halel luyah. In everyday speech it simply means "Thank God!" The phr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yunus Emre: Encyclopedia - Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre was a 13th century Turkish poet and mystic, who had an immense influence on Turkish literature. He was the leading representat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patañjali: Encyclopedia - Patañjali
Patañjali (Devanāgarī पतञ्जलि) is the compiler of the Yoga Sutra, a major work containing aphorisms on the practical and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yana Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Yana Buddhism - The Two Yanas
Traditionally, the two vehicles in Mahayana Buddhism consist of sravakayana and pratekyabuddhayana. These in turn refer to doctrines and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Yana
Yana (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root ya to go]   Path, road, vehicle; there are two recognized paths of action in nature, the pr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paccera-yana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Paccera-yana
Paccera-yana.   See PACHCHEKA-YANA   (See also: Paccera-yana , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dict...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Amata-yana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Amata-yana
Amata-yana (Pali) (from a not + mata dead, from the verbal root mri to die + yana leading, going, vehicle, from the verbal root ya to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yana Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Yana Buddhism - Origins Of -yana: Vehicles And Paths
The use of yana to refer to a spiritual journey may date to the Rig Veda, possibly composed circa 1500 BCE, whose 10th Mandala makes seve...   » 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

Encyclopedia - Hinayana: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinayana - Hinayana As A Pejorative
There remains an open and active debate regarding the issue of whether Hinayana was coined to be pejorative or merely classificatory. Tho...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pratyeka-yana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pratyeka-yana
Pratyeka-yana (Sanskrit) [from prati towards, for + eka one + yana vehicle, path]   The path of each one for himself, or the pers...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deva-yana: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Deva-yana (dheva-yaana)
deva-yana: deva-yana (dheva-yaana). Path of light or of the gods, taken by virtuous people after death.   (See also: deva-y...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pitri-yana: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Pitri-yana (pithri-yaana)
pitri-yana: pitri-yana (pithri-yaana). Path of ancestors, through which the soul ascends to the Lunar World to enjoy the benefits o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pachcheka-yana, Paccekayana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pachcheka-yana, Paccekayana
Pachcheka-yana paccekayana (Pali) [from pachcheka for oneself or for the personal + yana vehicle]   Personal vehicle or personali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yahi: Encyclopedia Ii - Yahi - Ishi
Main article: Ishi The most famous Yahi, indeed the only one known to us, was Ishi, the last member of his tribe. ([ʔísχi], where the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narayana Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Narayana Guru - Nārāyana Guru’s Philosophy
After a span of a millennium since the time of Adi Shankara, Sree Nārāyana Guru was the next greatest proponent and re-evaluator of Adv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narayana Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Narayana Guru - Works By Nārāyana Guru
Narayana Guru - In Malayalam. Swanubavageethi Atmopadesa Śatakam Advaitha Deepika Arivu Daiva Desakam Jeevakarunya Panchakam Anukamba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narayana Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Narayana Guru - Nārāyana Guru, Rationalism And Atheism
Eventhough Nārāyana Guru had built a number of temples and composed many poems in praise of popular Hindu deities, he had many atheist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narayana Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Narayana Guru - Nārāyana Guru Rationalism And Atheism
Eventhough Nārāyana Guru had built a number of temples and composed many poems in praise of popular Hindu deities, he had many atheist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinayana: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinayana - Etymology
The Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Oxford, 1899), gives a translation of 'Hīna' as: "deficient, defective, faulty, isuffic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinayana: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinayana - In Brief
Hinayana is used as a name to refer variously (to one or more of doctrines, traditions, practitioners or thoughts that are) generally con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinayana: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinayana - Hinayana And Theravada
Concerning the distinctions between Hinayana and Theravada, Dr. Rahula, a prominent buddhist teacher, says the following: "Between the 1s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narayana Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Narayana Guru - Enlightenment And Its Poetic Expression
It is uncertain as to when precisely Nānu Āśān moved to his hermitage deep inside the hilly forest area in Maruthwāmala, where he is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narayana Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Narayana Guru - Consecration Of Siva Lingam At Aruvippuram
During his wandering life he happened to be at Aruvippuram in 1888. In the month of March that year, because of the request from local pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinayana: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinayana - Origins Of Hinayana: Vehicles And Paths
It appears that the distinction between vehicles and paths arises in early Mahayana sutras, such as the Lotus Sutra, where it is stated t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narayana Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Narayana Guru - Transformation As Master, Yogi And Seeker Of Truth
At the age of 21 young Nānu was sent for further education under an eminent scholar Kummampilli Rāman Pillai Āśān of Karunagapalli. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narayana Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Narayana Guru - Transformation As Master Yogi And Seeker Of Truth
At the age of 21 young Nānu was sent for further education under an eminent scholar Kummampilli Rāman Pillai Āśān of Karunagapalli. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ghost Festival: Encyclopedia Ii - Ghost Festival - Buddhist Ghost Festival: Ullambana
The Ghost Festival has roots in the Buddhist festival, Ullambana, and also some from the Daoist culture. In the Tang Dynasty, the Buddhis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ghost Festival: Encyclopedia Ii - Ghost Festival - Japanese Ghost Festival: O-bon
Main article: O-bon O-bon, or simple Bon, is the Japanese version of the Ghost Festival. It has since been transformed over time into a f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narayana Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Narayana Guru - Early Life
The Guru was born at Chempazhanthi a small village near Thiruvananthapuram circa 1856. As the only son of his parents, who had three daug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chimariko Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Chimariko Language - Genetic Relations
Proposals linking Chimariko to other languages in various versions of the hypothetical Hokan family have been advanced. Roland Dixon sugg...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Three Vehicles: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Three Vehicles
Three Vehicles The yanas of Sravakas, Pratyekabuddhas and Bodhisattvas.    (See also: Three Vehicles , Buddhism, Body Mi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Devayana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Devayana
Devayana (Sanskrit) (from deva spiritual being + yana path)   The way of the gods.   (See also: Devayana , Mysticism, Mys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Sapir: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Sapir - Life And Work
Sapir was born in Lauenburg, Germany, now Lębork in Poland, in 1884. In 1904 he graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Germ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - One-vehicle Dharma: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On One-vehicle Dharma
One-Vehicle Dharma The one Yana, the vehicle of Oneness. The one Buddhayana, the One Vehicle, i.e., Mahayana, which contains the fina...   » 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 - 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 - Chattampi Swamikal: Encyclopedia Ii - Chattampi Swamikal - Soul Mate Of Nānu Āśān
It was at Perunnalli Krishnan Vaidyar’s house that Chattampi Kunjan Pilla first met the young Nānu Āśān (later known as Sree Nārā...   » 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 - Hokan Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Hokan Languages - Family Outline
Hokan languages (28): Esselen-Yuman languages (10) Esselen language Yuman-Cochimí languages Northern Hokan languages (13) Chimari...   » 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 - Kidung Sunda: Encyclopedia Ii - Kidung Sunda - Different Versions Of Kidung Sunda
A Dutch philologist, Prof. Dr. C.C. Berg, has found several versions of Kidung Sunda. Out of them he has discussed and published two vers...   » 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

Dictionary - Vehicle: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vehicle
Vehicle A principle or element, through which an entity is able to express itself, and which can therefore be called the carrier of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ryuzo Yanagimachi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ryuzo Yanagimachi - Cloning
In July 1998 the Yanagimachi laboratory published work in Nature on cloning mice from adult cells. Yanagimachi named the new cloning tech...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bön: Encyclopedia Ii - Bön - Bön Spiritual Practices
New Bön, while essentially identical with other schools of Tibetan Buddhism, may be distinguished by certain characteristics: counter-c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - Basic Concepts And Methodology
Traditonal Āyurveda speaks of eight branches: kāyāchikitsā (internal medicine), shalyachikitsā (surgery including anatomy), shālāk...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Triyana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Triyana
Triyana (Sanskrit) [from tri three + yana vehicle, way]   The three vehicles, ways, conditions, or degrees by which the neophyte,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahayana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mahayana
Mahayana (Sanskrit) [from maha great + yana vehicle]   Great vehicle; a highly mystical system of Northern Buddhist philosophy an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ramayana: Encyclopedia Ii - Ramayana - Timeline
The Ramayan is ascribed to a single author, Vālmiki. Its exact date of creation is unknown, and is estimated to lie between the 4th and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ramayana: Encyclopedia Ii - Ramayana - Timeline
The Ramayan is ascribed to a single author, Vālmiki. Its exact date of creation is unknown, and is estimated to lie between the 4th and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Buddhism - Emergence Of The Vajrayana 5th Century
Main article: Vajrayana Vajrayāna Buddhism, also called Tantric Buddhism, first emerged in eastern India between the 5th and 7th centuri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Left-hand Path, Path Of Shadows: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Left-hand Path, Path Of Shadows
Left-hand Path or path of shadows, those taking it called in theosophy brothers of the shadow. One of the two fundamental paths or cou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Right-hand Path: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Right-hand Path
Right-hand Path From time immemorial, in all countries and among all races, there have been recognized two antagonistic schools of occ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Buddhist Schools: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Buddhist Schools - Further Development
Following the first division, the Mahāsanghikas split into several sub-schools of minor importance. The Sthaviravādin School had, by th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enlightenment Concept: Encyclopedia Ii - Enlightenment Concept - People Who Have Been Said To Be Enlightened
In our own time, Jiddu Krishnamurti is said by some to have attained Enlightenment under a pepper tree in Ojai, California in the 1920s. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wintu: Encyclopedia Ii - Wintu - History
Wintu - Contact with Whites. The Wintu were first encountered by Euro-Americans in the 1826 expedition of Jedediah Smith, followed by a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medley Swimming: Encyclopedia Ii - Medley Swimming - Current World Records
Medley swimming - Long course swim pools. 200m Individual Medley: 1:55.94 - Michael Phelps, USA (August 9, 2003) 400m Individual Medl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atharvaveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Atharvaveda - Recensions
The Caraṇavyuha (attributed to Shaunaka) lists nine shakhas or schools of the Atharvaveda: paippalāda ... See also:Atharvaveda, Atha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Buddhist Schools: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Buddhist Schools - Legacy
The Theravāda School of Sri Lanka, Burma, and Thailand is descended from the Sthaviravādin School. Some remnants of other early schools...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukraine At The 2000 Summer Olympics: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukraine At The 2000 Summer Olympics - Medals
Ukraine at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Silver. Kateryna Serdyuk, Nataliya Burdenya, and Olena Sadovnycha - archery, women's team ......   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wintu: Encyclopedia Ii - Wintu - Wintu Groups
They lived in small groups without centralized political authority. These groups are often referred to as triblets, rather than tribes be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Criticism
Hinduism is criticized based on current or past regressive social customs such as Dowry, Sati and casteism. Many also criticize it by lin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chattampi Swamikal: Encyclopedia Ii - Chattampi Swamikal - Early Life
Swamiji’s father was Vasudeva Sarma and mother Manga Devi of Ullukod tharavad of Kollur village in southern Travancore. It is said that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit Grammarians: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit Grammarians - Panini's School
Panini's work had a phenomenal success, and later Sanskrit grammarians were essentially reduced to the role of his commentators, and his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vyasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Vyasa - In The Arthashastra
The only non-religios book in which Vyasa has an interesting entry is the Arthashastra of Chanakya. In chapter 6, it says: Whosoever is o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kidung Sunda: Encyclopedia Ii - Kidung Sunda - Some Analysis
Kidung Sunda has to be considered as a literary work of art and not as a reliable historical chronicle. However the events told in this t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kidung Sunda: Encyclopedia Ii - Kidung Sunda - Authorship
All manuscripts of Kidung Sunda are of Balinese provenance. However it is not known where this work was composed, either in Java or in Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Georgetown Guyana: Encyclopedia Ii - Georgetown Guyana - Economy
Demerara sugar, timber, bauxite, gold, and diamonds are exported through Georgetown's harbour. List of businesses headquartered in George...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Georgetown Guyana: Encyclopedia Ii - Georgetown Guyana - Politics
Executive- Georgetown is politically governed by a Mayor. The Mayor's office inculdes several supporting agencies and divisions including...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Georgetown Guyana: Encyclopedia Ii - Georgetown Guyana - Greater Georgetown
Greater Georgetown has the following important places: Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Headquarters International Convention Centre Univer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Simferopol: Encyclopedia Ii - Simferopol - Modern City
After the Soviet Union collapse in 1991 Simferopol became the capital city of Autonomous Republic of Crimea within the independent Ukrain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Georgetown Guyana: Encyclopedia Ii - Georgetown Guyana - Points Of Interest
Georgetown is laid out in a N-S, E-W grid, interlaced with canals protected by kokers built by the Dutch and later the British that provi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Hindu Sacred Texts
The overwhelming majority of Hindu sacred texts are composed in the Sanskrit language. Indeed, much of the morphology and linguistic phil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Hindu Philosophy: The Six Vedic Schools Of Thought
The six Āstika or orthodox (accepting the authority of the Vedas) schools of Hindu philosophy are Nyāya, Vaisheshika, Sāmkhya, Yoga, P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Important Symbolism And Themes In Hinduism
Hinduism - Tilaka symbol on forehead or between eyebrows. Main article: Tilaka The tilaka (or tilak) is a mark worn on the forehead a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rigveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Rigveda - Hindu Tradition
According to Indian tradition, the Rig-Vedic hymns were collected by Paila under the guidance of Vyāsa, who formed the Rig-Veda Samhita ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yaşar Kemal: Encyclopedia Ii - Yaşar Kemal - Bibliography
Yaşar Kemal - Stories. Sarı Sıcak, (Yellow Heat) 1952 Yaşar Kemal - Novels. İnce Memed (Memed, My Hawk) (1955) Teneke (The Dr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enlightenment Concept: Encyclopedia Ii - Enlightenment Concept - Definition
The Western intellectual history of term "enlightenment" is the basis for the secular idea that relates to a localized, religion-specific...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Denominations
Each of the Hinduism's four major denominations share rituals, beliefs, traditions and personal deities with one another, but each sect h...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism Sitemap I - Y
This is a sitemap for Buddhism - Y . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.   ...   » Read the article