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  • Won Buddhism, Wonbulgyo, a compound of the Korean won (circle) and ... enlightenment in 1916 and had a precognition of the world entering an era of ...
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  • philosophy to classify philosophical schools and persons based on whether ... There are six orthodox schools (i.e. Veda accepting) of Hindu philosophy: ...
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  • The Trikaya doctrine (Sanskrit, meaning "Three Bodies" of ... The Trikaya doctrine became an important part of Mahayana teaching ...
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  • Rinzai-shū, Chinese: Linji-zong) is one of the two major Japanese Zen ... After meeting with opposition from the traditional schools of Buddhism ...
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  • Tendai (天台宗; Tendai-shū) is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism ... set out to reform Hinayana (Theravada) Buddhism, reasserting the importance ...
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  • and power. Mudras are an important part of Hinduism and Buddhism and they ... grain." In the Vajrayana schools of Buddhism, mudras symbolize ...
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  • yoga")Lindsay Jones (ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Ed. (Macmillan ... Although Yogācāra, like all Indian schools of Buddhism, eventually ...
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  • quot; in Japanese) (617 – 686), was one of the leading philosophers, writers ... With his life spanning the end of the Three Kingdoms period and the ...
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  • Land School"), also known as Jodo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land ... as expressed in the nembutsu (repetition of the name of Amida). Through ...
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  • Vairocana is one of many Buddhas revered by particular sects of Sino ... Derived largely from the teachings of the Mahavairocana Sutra and ...
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  • Samsāra refers to the state of perpetual reincarnation or rebirth ... Others schools of Buddhism dealt with the difficult coexistence of ...
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  • patriarch in the traditional lineage of Chinese Chan. He is said to ... are eliminated and a constant awareness of one’s natural enlightenment ...
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  • medieval Korean noble and politician of the early Joseon dynasty. He ... Goryeo dynasty, took the Neo-Confucianism of Zuxhi and the Cheng brothers ...
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  • Abhidharma (Sanskrit) or Abhidhamma (Pāli) is a category of Buddhist ... Historically, Abhidharma started as an elaboration of the teachings ...
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  • religions referring to the entire cycle of cause and effect which governs ... with earthly existence. The concept of karma in Indian philosophy ...
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  • Tongdosa Temple is one of the Three Jewel Temples of Korea, representing ... bell-shaped stupa believed to contain relics of the Buddha, the main representation ...
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  • In another departure from more traditional Pure Land schools of Buddhism ... Earlier schools of Buddhism that came to Japan, including the Tendai ...
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  • The term Indian philosophy may refer to any of several traditions ... All the schools of Indian philosophy are characterized by some common ...
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  • to have met Sengcan, the Third Patriarch of Chan, when he was fourteen ... Daoxin’s teachings emphasized the practice of meditation. He and ...
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  • a state of constant flux. In various schools of Buddhism, Śūnyatā is a key ... Widely misconceived as a doctrine of nihilism, the teaching on the ...
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