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by particular sects of Sino-Japanese Buddhism, especially among the Chinese ... to the increasing popularity of Pure Land Buddhism, but Vairocana's legacy ...

Won Buddhism, Wonbulgyo, a compound of the Korean won (circle) and ... the Society of the Study of the Buddha-dharma at Iksan North Cholla province ...

* I take refuge in the Dharma (The "Teachings") ... :I go for refuge in the Dharma. *Sangham saranam gacchāmi ...

Body) is a central concept in Mahayana Buddhism forming part of the Trikaya ... Buddhism has always recognized the existence of more than one Buddha ...

three forms of the Buddha teach the same Dharma, but take on different forms ... cultures and religions. Not only Buddhism speaks of the three bodies ...

The Lotus Sutra or Sutra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma ... the basis on which the Nichiren sects of Buddhism were established. ...

the founder of the Linji school of Chán Buddhism during Tang Dynasty China ... name for the lineage of his form of Zen Buddhism. The Linji school of Buddhism ...

Tendai (天台宗; Tendai-shū) is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism ... set out to reform Hinayana (Theravada) Buddhism, reasserting the importance ...

in the student. In some forms of Buddhism, the Guru-disciple relationship ... part in the Shruti tradition of Vaidika dharma. The Hindus believe that ...

The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (JOKB) Korea's largest denomination ... Beginning in the seventh century, two major schools of Buddhism developed ...

quot;) of Huangmei, where he taught Chan Buddhism for thirty years and attracted ... of daily life, a them which became central to Chan Buddhism. ...

His major work, Shobogenzo (literally, "Treasury of the True ... the headquarters of the Tendai school of Buddhism. At a young age, he raised ...

In Buddhism, there are four different lengths of kalpas. A regular ... ancient Indian tradition on the subject of dharma, or the rules of behavior ...

Master who helped to transmit Tantric Buddhism to Tibet during the eighth ... into realized practitioner of tantric Buddhism. Many Tibetan thangkas and ...

by Shenhui (670-762). Shenxiu was Dharma-heir of Hongren (弘忍) ... Buddhist and was inspired to take up Buddhism. After some seven years ...

Buddha. He was renowned as the Guardian of the Dharma. The word Ananda ... any other way. Ananda's knowledge of Dharma caused him frequently to ...

primary inquiry is into the nature of dharma (duty) based on close hermeneutics ... system. Mimamsa’s arguments against Buddhism may have contributed in ...

Gautama Buddha. He is considered the Dharma successor of the second Chinese ... reveals the influence of Taoism on Chan Buddhism, and deals with the principles ...

Japanese: Kegon; Sanskrit: Avatamsaka) Buddhism, a tradition which taught ... Only School. In 650 C.E., Uisang and his dharma friend, Wonhyo (元曉), ...

park where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma, and where the Buddhist Sangha ... The holy site holds a place of importance in Buddhism because many ...

#039;s reign, just 24 years after Buddhism was first introduced to ... the west Buddha is Turning the Wheel of Dharma, the south Buddha is touching ...

to spend time in quiet meditation, for Dharma (study), to offer prayers ... :See Korean Buddhism for more information. [[Image:Monk_in_the_temple ...

one of the foremost pilgrimage sites in Buddhism. Siddhartha, as Buddha Gautama ... three months to pay respects and to teach the Dharma. ===Religious ...

Land School"), also known as Jodo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land ... Jodo Shu is heavily influenced by the idea of Mappo or The Age of ...

Second Patriarch of Chinese Ch'an Buddhism and the twenty-ninth after ... method to reach a true understanding of Buddhism, and that he taught that ...

are: 1) abhi- higher or special + dharma- teaching, philosophy, thus ... respected and used by schools of Mahayana Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, ...

Chinese Chan. He is said to have received dharma transmission from Daoxin ... After Chan Buddhism had been established in China for several centuries ...

In both the Theravada and Mahayana traditions of Buddhism, faith is ... As Buddhism evolved and spread throughout Asia, the act of faith became ...

This stupa form was adopted by Buddhism as an appropriate structure ... The old pagodas indicate how Buddhism spread through China. Many were ...

lineages in Tibet after the repression of Buddhism by King Langdarma (Glang Darma). Atisha, a Buddhist monk credited with reforming Tibetan Buddhism, ...

renovations. Those advances come out of Buddhism's tenet that humans ... Doctorate in Literature. He lectured on Buddhism in the United States before ...

Huineng is the Sixth Patriarch of Chán Buddhism, as well as the last official ... quot; (頓教) Southern Chan school of Buddhism, which advocated an immediate ...

Vajrayana Buddhism (also known as Tantric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Esoteric ... While Vajrayana Buddhism is a part of Tibetan Buddhism, in that it ...

are part of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism, the foundational teachings ... ethical code followed by lay followers of Buddhism: :1. To refrain ...

a seminal role in the transmission of Zen Buddhism from India to China (where ... be an inspiration to practitioners of Zen Buddhism today, and he exemplifies ...

purusharthas), alongside artha (wealth), dharma (righteousness) and moksha ... Buddhism sees absolutely no positive aspects of kāma. In this tradition ...

religious rituals of Shintoism. When Buddhism was introduced into Japan ... The relationship between Buddhism and Shintoism in Japan is complex ...

) was an influential Chinese master of Chan (Zen in Japanese) Buddhism ... was from Baizhang that Huángbò received Dharma transmission. According to ...

teaching in Mahayana and Tantric Buddhism, which affirms that each ... quot; of the entirety of Mahayana Dharma. Additionally, the Lankavatara ...

Way) school of Mahāyāna (Great Vehicle) Buddhism. He is credited with writing ... but also in triggering Hindu responses to Buddhism (particularly evidenced ...

Thangka are a revered form of sacred art in Tibetan Buddhism overflowing ... of Tibet. Yeshe De Project. Berkeley, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1987. ...

Hanh was also instrumental in bringing Buddhism to the West, and engaging ... Thiền) and the Mahayana school of Buddhism and was ordained as a monk ...

Tibetan Buddhism is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions ... The earliest well-documented influence of Buddhism in Tibet dates ...

temple. The contribution he made to Buddhism and Buddhist art in Singapore ... U Kyaw Gaung aimed to introduce Theravada Buddhism in Singapore.Than, "A ...

the Shaolin monks to have introduced Chan Buddhism (similar to Japanese Zen ... for foreigners who come to study Buddhism and martial arts. One of ...

Pradesh region of India held Buddha and Buddhism. Over the course of the ... tiers, it represented the symbol of the dharma, the Wheel of the Law. ...

are an important part of Hinduism and Buddhism and they are frequently ... techniques. Meanwhile, the emergence of Buddhism in the sixth century B.C ...

is one of two main temples of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism, the ... the Rinzai-school. Heinrich Dumoulin, Zen Buddhism: A History. Volume 2: Japan ...

, also known as Shin Buddhism, was founded by the former Tendai Japanese ... one of the most widely followed forms of Buddhism in Japan. Today, there are ...

quot; or "Perfection." In Buddhism, the Paramitas refer to ... of the bodhisattva path found in Mahayana Buddhism. This path involves the ...

opposites, and renew the processes of the Dharma (Paths of Virtue) and Creation ... to the traditions of the Vedas, such as Buddhism and Jainism. ...

teaching of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism and is considered to be ... in its own right, independent of Buddhism or Bön. Namkhai Norbu says ...

and was recognized by Yuanwu as a Dharma-heir in the Linji tradition ... Dahui became the acknowledged leader of Buddhism of the Southern Song dynasty. ...

today in both Hinduism and Vajrayana Buddhism. ==Description== ... Three Jewels - the Buddha or teacher, the Dharma teaching or its texts, and ...

complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma. As such, he will be the ... the current Buddha's teachings (the Dharma) are completely forgotten ...

of constant flux. In various schools of Buddhism, Śūnyatā is a key concept ... of persons and phenomena is unique to Buddhism, constituting an important ...

of infinite compassion in East Asian Buddhism. The name Guan Yin is short ... century due to Daoist influence on Buddhism. The traditional date for ...

by Tibetans well before the arrival of Buddhism by Tibetan armies as regimental ... Buddhism has always demonstrated its ability to adopt and absorb shamanistic ...

Shingon Buddhism (眞言, 真言 "true words") is a major ... Shingon Buddhism arose during Japan's Heian period (794-1185 ...

are called Bhikkhunis. The holy orders in Buddhism connect back to the central ... and "nun" are applied also on Buddhism, the situation of "ordination ...

chosen to represent three elements of Buddhism, bul or Buddha, beop or ... Unified Silla and Goryeo periods, when Buddhism was the state religion, ...

south as Mysore. An early supporter of Buddhism, Ashoka established monuments ... Ashoka's role in encouraging lay Buddhism (and therefore seems to ...

Westerner documented to have converted to Buddhism, renowned for his open-minded ... seem to have been active proselytizers of Buddhism during the time of Menander: ...

Buddhism has been a major force in the creation of Korean culture ... Buddhist monks in her realm, converted to Buddhism under Suneun's instruction ...

India and the historical founder of Buddhism. A majority of twentieth ... Siddhārtha Gautama established the Dharma, English spelling follows ...

throughout the schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Chöd entwines the traditions ... of the contemporary schools of Tibetan Buddhism and due to the dissemination ...

of the Japanese Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. He transformed the Rinzai ... courtyard, books from every school of Buddhism. Struck by the sight of ...

10, 1912 – November 4, 1993) is the dharma name of a Korean Seon (Hangul: ... intensely. But Dongsan master's dharma talk during the following ...

quot; found in both Vedic Hinduism and Buddhism. Hinduism's oldest ... In Buddhism, a deva is one of many different types of non-human beings ...

and devoted time to studying Buddhism. became one with it. His flirtation with Buddhism was a superficial one; he ...

practice of Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism. It serves several religious ... in the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism, where they are used in ...

world and the West by introducing Zen Buddhism and other Far Eastern religious ... Three years after he had received "Dharma transmission" from Kosen ...

conceptions of maya are held within Buddhism and Sikhism. ... aid of humankind through the protection of dharma. However, the Bhagavadgita ...

of Law" in reference to the Dharma wheel or Chakra of Buddhism ... supposed moral degeneration. He echoes Buddhism by stated that the current ...

hungry ghosts") ritual of Japanese Buddhism. This was traditionally ... Influenced by Buddhism, this holiday coincides with Vu Lan, the Vietnamese ...

holds a special place as a center for Buddhism during the Mauryan Empire ... importance in the history and heritage of Buddhism in India, with several Buddhist ...

Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism.Heriyanto ... by dharmic traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism. These religions were brought ...

as a temporary phase, as by many men in Buddhism. ===Abrahamic religions=== ... Buddhism: The teachings of Buddhism include the noble eightfold path ...

India's major religions, Jainism and Buddhism, trace their beginnings ... quot; but later became a disciple of Buddhism and became known as "Dhamma ...

height by cultivating the truth embedded within Buddhism. ... wrote a history of the Five Houses of Zen Buddhism: Yun-men, Ts'ao-tung ...

by the mainstream voices of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, which promoted ... itself is certainly old, predating the dharma smṛtis.". ...

leader of the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism). The Potala Palace, located ... Tongzhi Emperor of China proclaiming Buddhism a "Blessed Field of ...

Tibet, many of the men practice Tibetan Buddhism in the monasteries of Karsha ... of the inhabitants practice Tibetan Buddhism, while the remainder declare ...

" is a form of Mahāyāna Buddhism that stresses the practice ... it is the most widely practiced sect of Buddhism among non-Asians. The popularity ...

but was at least contemporary with, Buddhism and Jainism. The founder ... but was at least contemporary with, Buddhism and Jainism. ...

he grew up in centers of Hinayana Buddhism, later studied under Buddhasvāmin ... a bright future and would introduce many people to Buddhism: ...

Jainism (pronounced jayn-izm), traditionally known as Jain Dharma ... Jain dharma teaches that every living thing is an individual and eternal ...

from the history and lore of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, generally containing aspects ... In Chan (Zen) Buddhism, a koan is a succinct paradoxical statement ...

Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its ... Korean Buddhism today consists mostly of the Seon lineage. Seon has ...

("Ideation Only") school of Buddhism. Though it flourished for ... His strongest personal interest in Buddhism was in the field of Yogācāra ...

Hindu devotees need to follow the path of dharma, one’s religious and social ... Both Theravada (the way of the elders) and the later Mahayana Buddhism ...

for the purpose of protecting or restoring dharma (cosmic order, righteousness ... navigating humanity toward the paths of dharma (righteousness), bhakti ...

Japan from abroad were Confucianism, Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, Daoism ... Japan from abroad were Confucianism, Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism and Western ...

At least some other early schools of Buddhism had Abhidharma Piṭakas ... Lanka and Thailand, "official" Buddhism has in large part adopted ...

psychic ability) in Hinduism and Tantric Buddhism. These spiritual powers ... found in Tantric Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism. A Siddha or adept is an ...

religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism have often encouraged their followers to transcend worldly attachments (and, by extension, its moral ...

drawing elements from the religions of Buddhism, Hinduism, Bon, and various ... for use within the practice of Tibetan Buddhism and, despite the existence ...

represent the first tangible evidence of Buddhism. The edicts describe in ... The Ashoka inscriptions represent the first tangible evidence of Buddhism ...

Most religions—Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam ... सनातन धर्म, Sanātana Dharma), speaks to the idea that ...

proposed by world religions. Hinduism and Buddhism relate sin to karma: it ... quot; in a future life (Hinduism and Buddhism), through some misfortune ...

) is a term used in Tantric Buddhism that means "wheel of time ... that would allow him to practice the Dharma without renouncing his worldly ...

Buddhism, and Bodh Gaya with it, flourished. The city was at the heart ... *Buddhism ==Notes== == References == * Aitken, Molly Emma. Meeting ...

to be rooted in a transcendent Reality—dharma, Dao, Heaven, God, Forms ... Indian religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism talk about ...

record of the development of Tibetan Buddhism. Today, the Institute of ... the time of the second transmission of Buddhism to Tibet (marked by the ...

sent to the Yona country and he preached Dharma among the Yonas and the Kambojas ... Sunga empire, and possibly in defense of Buddhism. The main mentions of the ...

For many centuries, Theravada Buddhism has been the predominant religion ... accounts situate the origins of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka circa 200 B ...

their source to ultimate reality (dharma, Brahman, Dao, Heaven, or ... Hinduism regards dharma (the path of righteousness) as the first chief ...

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 ... complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma, is held by the vast majority ...

important tenet of Jainism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. It is a multidimensional ... the religions of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism, being a key precept in ...

whom he eventually shared his interest in Tibetan Buddhism. ... can be found in Kerouac's novel The Dharma Bums, describing collecting ...

of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism, and Ancient Judaism. ... The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism was ...

chose it as a worthy analog of the Sanskrit dharma. Arthur F. Wright ... * Wright, Arthur F. Buddhism in Chinese History. Stanford, CA: Stanford ...

vis-à-vis the divine), the claim about Buddhism being atheistic is more ... primary inquiry more upon the nature of dharma than the properties of a ...

of the white is the wheel of the law of dharma. Truth or satya, dharma or ... and the saffron for both Hinduism and Buddhism. The flag had eight lotuses ...

figure, the Mahdi. In some lineages of Buddhism, Maitreya Buddha is expected ... The idea of Messiah can also be found in Buddhism, where the bodhisattva ...

in the Far East, such as that of Buddhism, where the attainment of ... sensual pleasure or love), Artha (wealth), Dharma (righteousness or morality ...

Hinduism, known as Sanātana Dharma, (सनातन धर्म ... a syllabus for teaching the sanatana dharma at her Hindu Central College ...

hokku. He was strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism, and is said to have regretted ... and devotion to the Pure Land sect of Buddhism are clearly present in his hokku. ...

This practice appears also in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sufism. ... Although the European term "monk" is often applied to Buddhism ...

division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism, included in the Khuddaka ... * Dharma, Krishna. Pancha Tantra - Five Wise Lessons: A vivid retelling ...

. When people commit sins, violating the dharma - a value system that teaches ... Buddhism is far from theistic, so, it has no real concept of atonement ...

many religious faiths, including Buddhism. The Buddhist work Milinda ... goodness of the man and in his belief in Dharma—a sense of fairness and ...

which is generally friendly towards Buddhism. De Visser has speculated ... are the troublesome opponents of Buddhism, who rob temples, mislead ...

dharmic religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism, which do not hesitate to ... Dharmic religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism in the East, teach ...

In Buddhism, Mara is the demon who assaulted Gautama Buddha beneath ... * Ling, T.O. Buddhism and the Mythology of Evil. Allen and Unwin, 1962. ...

society had as one of its foci Theravada Buddhism and the island of Ceylon ... for the school used the term sanatana dharma (eternal truth) for Hinduism ...

the netherworlds who oppose morality and dharma. Indra consumes soma in preparation ... Vedas in the heterodox Indian schools of Buddhism and Jainism, Indra retained ...

In Buddhism, the Dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) Mahakala is represented by a crow in one of his physical/earthly forms. Avalokiteśvara/Chenrezig ...

B.C.E., prior to and during the rise of Buddhism in India. They represent ... and new schools of thought such as Buddhism and Jainism emerged and ...

Hindu India, ethical notions of universal dharma and metaphysical Brahman provided Inclusivistic frameworks for understanding other faith perspectives ...

his public speaking at the annual Sarva Dharma Sammelan held at Jabalpur ... * Osho. The Book of Wisdom: The Heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Boston ...

achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure Dharma. title = Buddhism and the Baha'i Faith | first = Moojan | last ...

in the indications of their support of Buddhism. The Indo-Greek kings seem ... within his realm also had converted to Buddhism: "Here in the ...

non-Christian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and others accessible to ... the essential sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism ...

major world religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. ... eternality" 萬字), and represents Dharma, universal harmony, and the ...

their purpose as being to rejuvenate dharma, to vanquish those negative ... daily, rather than the means of knowing dharma. It is also known for handling ...

in various religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, and Islam, and they have incorporated ideas that may appear similar ...

the highest religious authority in Tibetan Buddhism, has stated that war "should be relegated to the dustbin of history." On the other ...

would later develop into the prevalent notion of dharma). This asha is emanated by Ahura Mazda, which can then be cultivated through loving devotion ...

*Buddhism's three refuges are called "Trisharana:" Buddhan sharanam gacchami, Dhammam sharanam gacchami, Sangham sharanam gacchami. ...

quot; of the West, the transmission of Buddhism to East Asia along the Silk ... in India, Sufism in Islam, and Zen Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism in ...

(adharma, or disorder) is kept in check with dharma (order, righteousness) is healthy. The universe is not the creation of the Gods; indeed they are ...

engendered the growth of Jainism and Buddhism, and so attempts were made ... who rules based upon the principles of dharma, that is, morality and ethics ...

In the transmission of Buddhism to China, the Daoist philosophical ... forced to compete with Confucianism and Buddhism, its major rivals, for patronage ...

India is home to four major world religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism ... were contemporary to the development of Buddhism and Jainism. ...

Hinduism, sometimes known as Sanatana Dharma ("Eternal Law" ... (āstika). Two other Indian philosophies, Buddhism and Jainism, did not accept ...

art is associated with the spread of Buddhism in the seventh and eighth ... eighth centuries C.E. in connection with Buddhism. In the ninth century, as ...

and Catholicism), Hinduism, or Buddhism. The Torajan religious belief (aluk) was not legally recognized, and the Torajans raised their voices ...

point of the death penalty, as a matter of Dharma and to protect society at ... Buddhism generally disapproves of capital punishment. The sage Nagarjuna ...

are also mentioned in the Pali canon of Theravada Buddhism. Flood 1996, 161. One epithet for Shiva is "Inhabitant of the cremation ground ...

as a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and took the Dharma name Jikan, meaning "silence ... recent years, which he attributed to Zen Buddhism. Blue Alert, an album of ...

#039;. Jewel imaginary forms a central part of Buddhism: the triple-jewel represent 'Buddha', his teachings Dharma and the spiritual community ...