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- Sanchi refers to a small village in India located 46 km north-east of Bhopal, and ten km from Besnagar and Vidisha in the central part of the ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
- Gandharvas (from the Sanskrit: गंधर्व, gandharva, possibly meaning "fragrances") refers to a group of low-ranking male ...9 KB (1,445 words) - 07:26, 2 April 2008
- The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (JOKB) Korea's largest denomination of Korean Buddhism developed in the late Goryeo period, as a means ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 06:43, 5 April 2024
- Dzogchen (or 'Great Perfection'), pronounced tsɔktɕʰẽ in the International Phonetic Alphabet, is the central teaching of the Nyingma ...18 KB (2,673 words) - 01:18, 16 January 2023
- A relic (from Latin: reliquiae meaning 'remains') is a venerated object of religious and/or historical significance, often the human ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- * Stambaugh. Joan. Impermanence is Buddha-Nature. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1990. ISBN 978-0824812577 == External links == ...13 KB (2,020 words) - 16:34, 29 January 2024
- Category:Public [[Image:Albrecht Dürer Betende Hände.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Faith in something greater is an important theme in all the world ...13 KB (1,952 words) - 00:32, 25 March 2024
- Kapila or Maharishi Kapila is a Vedic sage (rishi) traditionally considered to be the original proponent of the Samkhya system of Indian philosophy ...11 KB (1,609 words) - 02:49, 5 October 2022
- Category:Public [[Image:Guru Rinpoche - Padmasambhava statue.jpg|thumb|240px|Guru Rinpoche - Padmasambhava statue - near Kulu]] Padmasambhava ...11 KB (1,775 words) - 06:13, 18 November 2022
- A Bhikkhu (Pāli), or Bhiksu (Sanskrit), is a fully ordained male Buddhist monastic. Female monastics are called Bhikkhunis. The holy orders ...18 KB (2,886 words) - 03:36, 1 October 2023
- Alms or almsgiving is the general practice of charitable giving to the poor; it is based upon any number of religious teachings. In the Abrahamic ...12 KB (1,965 words) - 08:19, 23 July 2023
- Abhidharma (Sanskrit) or Abhidhamma (Pāli) is a category of Buddhist scriptures, and the ideas contained in and based on them, that attempts ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- Kandy (maha nuvara, mahaˈnuərə , in Sinhala, கண்டி kaṇṭi, ˈkaɳɖi , in Tamil), constitutes the English rendering for Maha Nuvara ...14 KB (1,979 words) - 07:07, 28 February 2023
- every living being, known generally as Buddha-nature. If cultivated, this ... every living being, known generally as Buddha-nature. If cultivated, this ...22 KB (3,219 words) - 14:14, 27 January 2023
- Kalkin (meaning "eternity" or "time"; also rendered as Kalki or Kalika) is the tenth and final Avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu ...12 KB (1,915 words) - 02:29, 5 October 2022
- Tendai (天台宗; Tendai-shū) is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism, originating from the Chinese Tiantai (T'ien-t'ai) or Lotus ...15 KB (2,260 words) - 05:41, 27 February 2023
- Shinbutsu shūgō (Japanese for the "fusion of kami and Buddhas") refers to a form of cultural-religious syncretism that arose in Japan ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 20:48, 31 December 2023
- A dakini (Sanskrit: ḍākinī; Tibetan:khandroma meaning "Sky dancer/walker") is a tantric deity that might best be described as a ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- The Buddha most commonly refers to Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhāttha Gotama), also called Shakyamuni (“sage of the Shakyas,” ...39 KB (6,288 words) - 18:32, 22 November 2023
- His teachings point to a direct experience of Buddha-Nature rather ... insight in followers of their inherent Buddha-nature. Bodhidharma’s distinctive ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- Buddhism has been a major force in the creation of Korean culture and civilization since the Three Kingdoms of Korea period. Missionaries from ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 16:38, 21 January 2024
- , also known as Shin Buddhism, was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran Shonin (1173-1263), himself a disciple of Honen (1133-1212 ...23 KB (3,447 words) - 20:10, 24 April 2023
- The Tripiṭaka (Sanskrit) or Tipiṭaka (Pāli) meaning: "three baskets"), is the formal term for the earliest surviving canon of ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 17:41, 2 May 2023
- Saigyō Hōshi (Japanese: 西行法師, also called Sato Norikiyo) (1118 – 1190) was a Japanese Buddhist priest-poet of the late Heian and ...14 KB (2,344 words) - 18:56, 22 December 2022
- Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, India are a Buddhist monastery complex of twenty-nine rock-cut cave monuments containing paintings and sculpture ...19 KB (2,978 words) - 07:12, 16 June 2023
- it was taught that all beings have Buddha-nature, which led to Vajrayana ... starts with their potential Buddha-nature and nurtures it to produce ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- The Therapeutae (meaning: "healers") were an ancient order of mystical ascetics who lived in many parts of the ancient world but were ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 18:27, 30 April 2023
- category:image wanted Golden mean or "middle way" is an ancient concept described in various traditions. The concept was often discussed ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 06:15, 20 December 2022
- Wat Phou (Vat Phu) is a Khmer ruined temple complex in southern Laos located at the base of Mount Phu Kao, 6|km from the Mekong river in Champassak ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 23:14, 3 May 2023
- In Hinduism, an avatar (from the Sanskrit avatāra: meaning "downcoming") refers to a "descent" of the divine into the realm ...18 KB (2,850 words) - 07:10, 23 August 2023
- Category:Public[[Image:Putuoshan_guanyin.JPG|thumb|right|280px|right|Statue of Guan Yin on Mount Putuo]] Guan Yin (Pinyin: Guān Yīn; traditional ...10 KB (1,730 words) - 22:16, 2 December 2021
- The Buddhas of Bamyan ( بت های باميان - but hay-e bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into the side of ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- Maitreya, the "future Buddha" in Buddhist eschatology, is a Bodhisattva that many Buddhists believe will eventually appear on earth ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- Ryōkan (良寛) (1758-1831) was a Zen Buddhist monk of the Edo period (Tokugawa shogunate 1603-1864), who lived in Niigata, Japan. He was renowned ...10 KB (1,696 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- 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 was ...16 KB (2,491 words) - 14:15, 27 January 2023
- Category:Public Falun Gong (Chinese: 法轮功: meaning "Practice of the Wheel of Law"), also known as Falun Dafa (Chinese: 法轮大法: ...14 KB (2,259 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- a person, but the person's own Buddha-nature reflected in the personality of the guru. In return, the disciple is expected to shows great ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 07:58, 24 July 2023
- teaching, that all beings possess a Buddha-nature (often equated with sunya ... asked Zhaozhou "does a dog have Buddha-nature or not?," the monk ...33 KB (5,103 words) - 03:57, 4 March 2023
- In Buddhist doctrine and metaphysics, the word skandha (Sanskrit: स्कान्धास) refers to the five "aggregate" elements ...34 KB (5,011 words) - 22:42, 29 January 2023
- Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (October 18, 1870 – July 22, 1966; standard transliteration: Suzuki Daisetsu, 鈴木大拙) was a Japanese Buddhist ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 07:35, 12 January 2024
- The Mogao Caves, or Mogao Grottoes ( 莫高窟|p=mò gāo kū ) (also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas and Dunhuang Caves), forms a ...10 KB (1,518 words) - 19:28, 9 November 2022
- Kāma (Devanagari: काम) is the Indian notion of pleasure, which encompasses a wide variety of concepts including sensual gratification ...13 KB (1,937 words) - 02:33, 5 October 2022
- Manyoshu (万葉集 Man'yōshū, "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves") is the earliest existing anthology of Tanka poems, regarded ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- Obon (Japanese:お盆) or just Bon (盆) is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. It has been celebrated in ...17 KB (2,546 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- Bhadantācariya Buddhaghosa was a fifth-century Hinüber, Oskar, 1996: 103 is more specific, estimating dates for Buddhaghosa of 370 - 450 C.E ...14 KB (1,973 words) - 17:39, 30 April 2020
- The Noble Eightfold Path (Pāli: Ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo; Sanskrit:Ārya 'ṣṭāṅga mārgaḥ; Chinese: 八正道, Bāzhèngdào; ...22 KB (3,259 words) - 02:48, 17 January 2023
- Dazu Huike (487-593) ( 大祖慧可 ; Chinese for short:慧可; pinyin: Huìkě; Wade-Giles: Hui-k’o; Japanese: Eka) is considered the Second ...17 KB (2,535 words) - 08:53, 28 January 2024
- Kensho refers to the first perception of the Buddha-Nature or True-Nature, sometimes referred to as "awakening." Kensho is not a permanent ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- The Nara period ( 奈良時代, Nara-jidai) of the history of Japan covers the years from about 710 to 784 C.E., during which the Empress Genmei ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 01:25, 11 November 2022
- Borobudur, a ninth century Buddhist Mahayana monument in Central Java, Indonesia. Built for the devotees of Mahayana Buddhism, the temple stands ...30 KB (4,409 words) - 19:44, 20 November 2023
