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  • Early Buddhism
    The term '''Early Buddhism''' can refer to: * [[Pre-sectarian Buddhism]], which refers to the Teachings and monastic organization and structure, f
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  • Nikaya period
    [[Nikāya period]]; or [[Nikāya Buddhism]]; in the [[pali canon]] of the [[theravada school]], the term [[nikāya ...discourses]]' or '[[kindred sayings]] of both structure and content in the pre-sectarian period
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  • Dharmaskandha
    ...hun]] also cites three points for considering this text to be sourced in a pre-sectarian [[Abhidharma]]. It similar {{Wiki|analysis}} of [[rupa]] to the [[Sariputta
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  • Nikāya Buddhism
    ...ist schools]]. Some [[scholars]] use the term as excluding pre-sectarian [[Buddhism]]. In [[Indian Buddhism]]
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  • Nikaya Buddhism
    ...ist schools]]. Some [[scholars]] use the term as excluding pre-sectarian [[Buddhism]]. ==In [[Indian Buddhism]]==
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  • Pre-Yeshe Tsogyel: Context
    [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]
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  • Four Phases of a Thought of Chih-i
    [[Category:Buddhism by Numbers]]{{BuddhismbyNumber}}
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  • Buddhism and Bön I: The religion of the gods
    ...how to combine the pre-Buddhist [[religious practice]] of [[Tibet]] with [[Buddhism]]. The {{Wiki|manuscript}} (IOL Tib J 990) is a fragment of a scroll, which ...ds]], which involve {{Wiki|killing}}, are contrary to the [[rituals]] of [[Buddhism]].
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  • Hīnayāna
    ...term and it is still used today by [[Mahāyānists]] to describe [[Theravāda Buddhism]]. ...Buddhism]] simply because it predates the period when sects arose within [[Buddhism]].
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  • Karma by Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
    ====[[Are the doctrines of karma and reincarnation an essential part of Buddhism?]]==== ...ething else, then you have to work on the improvement yourself - this is [[Buddhism]]. I think an [[understanding]] of [[karma]] is still useful even for those
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  • Bali
    * '''[[Torma]]''' The tradition of using offering cakes pre-dates Tibetan Buddhism, though traditional Indian offering cakes — called '''bali''' or balingha
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  • Sthaviravāda
    ...early [[Buddhism]] that arose from the [[Great Schism]] in pre-sectarian [[Buddhism]], the other [[being]] that of the [[Mahāsāṃghika]] school.
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  • Components of Tibetan Religion
    ...have been assembled and shuffled in the process of developing the form of Buddhism that we call “Vajrayana” today. ...a few moments and look at “Tibetan religion” as a greater whole, of which Buddhism certainly is the largest part.
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  • Defining Mahāyoga
    ...turns out that the [[Tibetans]], during their first exposure to [[tantric Buddhism]], had also asked themselves what [[Mahāyoga]] stands for. I found the ans [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]
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  • The Golden Fishes
    In [[Buddhism]], the [[golden fishes]] [[symbolize]] [[happiness]], as they have complete [http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/symbols/fishes.htm religionfacts.com]
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  • Mt Kailash
    ...ted to the mountain, linked with the greatest {{Wiki|saints}} of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], [[Guru Padmasambhava]] and [[Milarepa]], and is the [[abode]] of the [[d
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  • Phodong Monastery
    ...], the most important [[Monastery]] of the [[Kagyu]] [[sect]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], [[Phodong]] and [[Ralang Monastery]].
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  • A few words on Vajrapani
    ...greater significance within the [[tantrayana]] [[tradition]] of [[Mahayana Buddhism]].
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  • Women and Buddhist Philosophy: Engaging Zen Master KimIryŏp. By JIN Y. PARK.
    about [[Buddhism]], while part two comprises four chapters that analyze her [[life]] from [[Buddhism]] was a result of her meeting renowned [[Zen]] ([[Sŏn]]) [[master]] Man’
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  • Arahat: free from craving
    [[Category:Theravada Buddhism]]
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  • BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO BASIC CONCEPTS OF "TIBETAN" BUDDHISM ( 5 )
    Like a great melting pot, [[Tibetan Buddhism]] admits a multitude of [[powers]], some [[celestial]], others earth-based ...[[Padmasambhava]], who [[bound]] them over through mighty oaths to serve [[Buddhism]] in new roles as [[protectors]] or [[defenders of the law]]. [[Local deiti
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  • Panca-marga
    ...]] [[spiritual]] progress current in many pre- [[Mahāyāna]] [[forms]] of [[Buddhism]], and also particularly emphasized in the [[Yogācāra school]].
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  • Buddhism and God
    A couple of [[people]] have asked me recently about what [[Buddhism]] has to say about [[God]]. There are a couple of different ways to answer [[Buddhism]], [[God]] and [[practice]]
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  • Where and Why Did the Sarvāstivādins Go Wrong?
    ...m]], again focussing on the [[Sarvastivāda]] as representative of [[Indian Buddhism]]. ...l|canonical]] texts and commentaries are a product of {{Wiki|sectarian}} [[Buddhism]].
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  • Avalokiteśvara in early Tibet I: Guiding the dead
    ...the figure of [[Atiśa]], the {{Wiki|Bengali}} [[monk]] who helped revive [[Buddhism in Tibet]] in the 11th century. However, our [[manuscripts]] show that by t
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  • Melong Mirror Divination
    ...opposed to the dished design. [[Mirror]] {{Wiki|divination}} used within [[Buddhism]] and also in other [[religions]] and cultures. Sometimes a [[bowl]] of [[w [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]
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  • Theorizing Social Consciousness: Lü Cheng (1896–1989) and the Rise of Buddhist Idealism in Modern China
    ...[Buddhism]] and activism, which later contributed to the rise of engaged [[Buddhism]]. 9. Conclusion: A Pre-History of Socially [[Engaged Buddhism]]
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  • BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO BASIC CONCEPTS OF "TIBETAN" BUDDHISM ( 4 )
    ...[[religion]] lost ground, and it was not until the "second diffusion" of [[Buddhism]] in the ninth and tenth centuries that it became firmly and finally establ ...ences]] that led [[Tibetan Buddhism]] to diverge so markedly from [[Indian Buddhism]] that later observers [[attached]] to it a new [[name]] -- [[Lamaism]] --
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  • American Zen College
    ...mantown, Maryland for the [[purpose]] of studying and practicing [[Zen]] [[Buddhism]].
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  • Mikkyō
    [[Mikkyō]] ([[密教]]?, lit. "[[secret teachings]]", "[[esoteric]], [[Tantric Buddhism]]") is a [[Japanese]] term that refers to the [[esoteric]] [[Vajrayāna]] p ...] [[magic]], {{Wiki|Taoism}} and, at a later date, [[Tibetan]] [[Vajrayāna Buddhism]], evolved to become the [[esoteric]] [[Japanese]] [[tradition]] that is [[
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  • Correlating Yoga to the Stages
    One way of viewing [[tantric Buddhism]] or [[Vajrayana]] is to see the various practices as organized into four c
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  • What is a Geshe?
    Among the sects of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], the [[Gelug school]] places the most rigorous {{Wiki|emphasis}} on philo ...stic}} {{Wiki|training}}. In exile, however, all [[four schools of Tibetan Buddhism]] have successfully recreated some of their [[monastic]] [[universities]].
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  • The Jambhala or Wealth Deity Practice
    ...]] of [[hell]]. Yet why is the [[Jambhala]] Practice included in [[Tantric Buddhism]]?` I replied, `[[Tantric Buddhism]], in its [[mission]] to succour [[sentient beings]], is {{Wiki|aware}} tha
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  • Death and Corpse Disposal Rituals
    [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]
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  • More about Buddhism in China
    [[Buddhism]] is based on the [[life]] and teachings of [[Sakyamuni]], who lived in eas ...} offspring were [[essential]] to maintaining the ancestral [[lineage]]. [[Buddhism]] proved to be adaptable, not only in [[China]], but elsewhere throughout {
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  • Samyutta Nikaya
    ..."[[three baskets]]" that compose the [[Pali]] [[Tipitaka]] of [[Theravada Buddhism]]. Because of the abbreviated way parts of the text are written, the total ...ion to be finalized in terms of both {{Wiki|structure}} and content in the pre-sectarian period.
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  • Maitripa (1010-1089)
    ...1010-1089) is an important figure both in [[mahayana]] and [[vajrayana]] [[Buddhism]]. It is through him that [[Maitreya]] and [[Asanga's]] crucial work on [[B [[Category:Buddhism]]
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  • Pilgrimage in Buddhist Tibet
    ...important to both {{Wiki|adherents}} of the [[Bön]] [[religion]] and of [[Buddhism]]. [[Pilgrimage]] to [[holy mountains]], lakes, [[caves]], [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]
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  • The State Of Buddhist Violence Now by Nicholas Clairmont
    And now our [[discussion]] of [[Buddhism]] takes us to [[Burma]]. ...ddhists]], consider the struggle for [[Tibet]], the capital of Marketing [[Buddhism]] to Westerners. (I am reminded of a joke. Interviewer: "What will it take
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  • Begtse (Cham dance)
    ...onk]]. [[Begtse]] [[realized]] that he had witnessed the great power of [[Buddhism]] and gladly became a [[protector]] of the [[Buddhist]] [[creed]]. The [[G
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  • Pañcika
    ...ctria|Bactrian]]) [[mythological]] figure who, with the later arrival of [[Buddhism]] from across the {{Wiki|Indus River}} became incorporated as [[Buddhist]]
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  • The Dalai Lama: Saint or Sinner?
    ...s and have spent quite alot of [[time]] looking into [[Tibet]] & [[Tibetan Buddhism]] I [[thought]] I might take a look at these criticisms in more detail and ...upport and I personally have noticed critiques of the [[Dalai Lama]] and [[Buddhism]] in general becoming increasingly common on online {{Wiki|atheist}} & skep
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  • Vajrayogini - Ugra Tara
    ...] suggests a close association with [[Tantric]] [[beliefs]] of [[Vajrayana Buddhism]]. Bajra or [[Vajra]] is the [[Buddhist]] [[symbol]] of [[thunder]] and {{W ...in a more [[peaceful]] [[manifestation]]. A parallel [[development]] in [[Buddhism]] is that the [[goddess]] [[Vajrayogini]] is the {{Wiki|female}} counterpar
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  • Ridam/Ladam: Closing Mountains to Human Activity
    ...force to be subdued and reined. With the focus on the internal [[mind]], [[Buddhism]] argued the [[world]] is a creation of the [[mind]]. The power of the [[mi The spread of [[Buddhism]] was not merely about the [[conversion]] of the [[people]]. It involved th
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  • Buddhism’s Disappearance from India
    ...[[view]], which perhaps has more {{Wiki|adherents}} than any other, that [[Buddhism]] disappeared, not on account of persecution by [[Hindus]], but because of ...m]] to [[Tibet]] in the eighth century. Consequently, even the story of [[Buddhism in India]] cannot be unequivocally written in a single register of {{Wiki|d
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  • Countless kalpas of practice
    ...[Kalpas]] of practice to attain. It was maintained that practitioners of [[Buddhism]], as represented by [[Bodhisattvas]], had to practice [[lifetime]] after [ [[Category:Japanese Buddhism]]
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  • Peter Skilling
    ...nscriptions}} and {{Wiki|archaeological}} remains; the history of [[Indian Buddhism]] and the development of [[Mahayana sutras]]; and the [[Pali]] and vernacul
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  • Amoghavajra and Chinese Esoteric Buddhism
    A review of {{Wiki|Chinese}} [[Esoteric Buddhism]]: [[Amoghavajra]] and the Ruling {{Wiki|Elite}}, by Geoffrey C. Goble. ...fluence]] on contemporary and subsequent [[development]] of [[Esoteric]] [[Buddhism in China]].
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  • Buddhism and the Brahma concept
    ...ctrine]] of [[paticcasamuppada]], which is the central [[philosophy]] of [[Buddhism]]. ...iki|classification}} the term [[Brahma]] falls into the second group. In [[Buddhism]] it is used in a [[sense]] quite different from the [[sense]] in which it
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  • The Many Faces of Bön
    ...s macabre beliefs and practices, which have contaminated the purer form of Buddhism that would otherwise have been present in Tibet. ...aya, and Marichi may have been carried over from the original pre-Bön into Buddhism.
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  • On Tantric Buddhism and Deity Practice
    For those who are [[interested]] in Tantic [[Buddhism]], I strongly recommend The {{Wiki|Psychology}} of [[Buddhist Tantra]] by R ...ment]] {{Wiki|ceremony}} taking a place in our area every week. [[Tantric Buddhism]] promises fast track to [[Enlightenment]]. The [[Highest Yoga Tantra]] cl
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  • Divination
    *http://www.BuddhismA2Z.com/ ''[[Buddhism]] A to Z''. Ven. [[Dhammika]], 2007.
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  • One vehicle
    [[Category:Buddhism]]{{BuddhismbyNumber}}
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  • TIBETAN BUDDHISM By Namgyal Tsepak
    ...tuals]], and [[meditative practices]]. However, the everyday [[practice of Buddhism]] in the [[sphere]] of laypersons is diverse and [[essential]] to [[nomadic A layperson’s [[understanding]] and [[appreciation]] of [[Buddhism]] is often achieved through devotional practices such as [[prayers]], [[pro
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  • Sinicizing Buddhist concepts
    ...of [[essential]] [[nature]]. Some of the early {{Wiki|polemics}} against [[Buddhism]] in [[China]] explicitly attacked it for neglecting to address the questio
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  • Diamond Sutra Buddhist text
    ...] work closest in [[spirit]] to the [[philosophy]] of [[Chan]] ([[Zen]]) [[Buddhism]]. ...rit]]: “[[Greater Vehicle]]”) {{Wiki|movement}} that arose within [[Indian Buddhism]] around the beginning of the [[Common Era]] and became by the 9th century
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  • Harivarman's Satyasiddhi-sastra
    ...cle contributed to the anniversary volume for the late expert on [[Chinese Buddhism]], [[Tokiwa Daijo]] ([[Tokyo]], 1933). [http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/ew27145.htm buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw]
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  • On the Emergence of the Mahayana Buddhism
    1. The origin of the [[Mahayana Buddhism]] ...all disagreeing to certain extent with the [[traditional]] conservative [[Buddhism]] [[doctrines]], but all claiming to be [[Buddha-vacana]] ([[Buddha’s wor
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  • Self-essence
    ...eing]]; a technical term found in early sources but used mainly in later [[Buddhism]] to denote the {{Wiki|concept}} of an [[ātman]] or a permanent and [[unch
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  • Pāli Canon
    ...uminating]] illustrations. In [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Thailand]], "official" [[Buddhism]] has in large part adopted the interpretations of {{Wiki|Western}} [[schol The [[relation]] of the [[scriptures]] to [[Buddhism]] as it actually [[exists]] among ordinary [[monks]] and [[lay people]] is,
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  • Buddhism and Bon IV: What is bon anyway?
    In previous [[Buddhism]] and [[Bon]] posts I’ve tried to say something about the pre-Buddhist [[ ...hism]] arrived, and that afterwards there were various struggles between [[Buddhism]] and [[Bon]]. But the fact is it’s not at all clear that there was a [[r
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  • Drikung Kagyu Ngondro Preliminary Practices of the Five-fold Path of Mahamudra
    The founder to the [[Drikung Kagyu lineage]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], [[Lord Jigten Sumgon]] stated, “[[Ngondro]] is even more important tha
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  • The Rhinoceros Sutta in Three Parallel Versions
    ...nonical]] [[languages]], but mostly to give a [[feel]] for the early (i.e. pre-sectarian) [[Buddhist]] [[world]]. I was taken by the [[idea]] of presenting three ve ...ifically is [[Buddhism]] not simply what [[Buddhists]] say and do; or is [[Buddhism]] only what it says {{Wiki|ancient}} texts?
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  • Sanskrit
    ...ism]] were composed in [[Sanskrit]], while the [[Tipiṭaka]] of [[Theravāda Buddhism]] was composed in [[Pāḷi]]. The two [[languages]] have much in common, b ...]] of [[Hinduism]] and a {{Wiki|literary}} and [[scholarly Language]] in [[Buddhism]] and [[Jainism]]. Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled [[languag
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  • When the Indian island collided with the Asian plate
    ...Roof of the [[World]]: the [[Bon]] [[Faith]] that flourished long before [[Buddhism]] was introduced [[in Tibet]]. The {{Wiki|Kingdom}} of [[Shangshung]] in [[ visited [[Tibet]]; [[Buddhism]] became the [[state religion]]. In order to translate [[Buddhist scripture
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  • Torma (Wylie: gtor ma)
    ...ur and butter used in [[tantric rituals]] or as [[offerings]] in [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. They may be dyed in different colors, often with white or [[red]] for th The [[tradition]] of using [[offering cakes]] pre-dates [[Tibetan Buddhism]], though [[traditional]] [[Indian]] [[offering cakes]] — called [[bali]]
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  • Kashmir Shaivism and Dzogchen
    ...but this does not mean that its meaning is understood in the same way in [[Buddhism]] and in [[Vaishnavism]]. The [[Wikipedia:Bhagavad Gita|Bhagavad Gita]] was ...th or seventh century CE, where it became the major rival of the earlier [[Buddhism]] and [[Jainism]]. [[North]] [[Indian]] texts summarizing the more unsystem
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  • Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy
    ...iki|distinguished}} initially by its particular expertise in [[Tantric]] [[Buddhism]], became prominent {{Wiki|philosophically}} from the early 13th century on
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  • Meditation in a very few words
    [[Buddhism]] primarily deals with the [[human]] [[condition]] of [[suffering]] and [[c
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  • Before and after Sado
    [[Category:Japanese Buddhism]]
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  • Maitripa (1007-1078)
    [[Matripa]] is an important figure both in [[mahayana]] and [[vajrayana]] [[Buddhism]].
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  • Datsan
    ...angeable, as other [[Monastery]] organization [[forms]] found in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] elsewhere, were not {{Wiki|present}}.
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  • Theravada vs. Mahayana Buddhism
    [http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/fastfacts/differences_theravada_mahayana.htm religionfacts.com] [[Category:Theravada Buddhism]]
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  • Voice of the Nembutsu
    First one does "[[Gassho]]", a most important act in [[Buddhism]]. It is accomplished by gently placing your palms together in front of you ...t was enough to simply recite [[Nembutsu]]. He firmly believed that true [[Buddhism]] should be able to be practiced easily anywhere and at any [[time]].
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  • Will Christianity replace Buddhism in China? by Jay Best
    ...y}} is tied at 8.5% so possibly {{Wiki|Christianity}} may have edged out [[Buddhism ]]- but really? ...really listen, to question my own assumptions, and see all the ways that [[Buddhism]] or {{Wiki|Atheism}} or {{Wiki|Christianity}} or being an idiot or whateve
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  • Hariti
    With the arrival of [[Buddhism]] to [[Gandhara]] from across the {{Wiki|Indus River}}, this [[mythology]] ...and [[vows]] to {{Wiki|protect}} all children. She repents, converts to [[Buddhism]] and from then on, only feeds upon pomegranates as a substitute for childr
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  • Tibetan alphabet
    ...a]], one of his ministers, to [[India]] to [[gather]] [[information]] on [[Buddhism]]. The minister then reputedly devised a script for [[Tibetan]] based on th ...In [[Mongolia]] [[Tibetan]] is considered the Classical [[language]] of [[Buddhism]] and was widely taught until quite recently.
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  • Burmese Tantric Buddhism
    ...a}}. [[Ari]] Gyi [[monks]] that belong to [[Mahayana]] practiced [[Tantric Buddhism]]. When [[King]] [[Anawratha]] launched the [[religious]] [[cleansing]], th ...ed that [[Burma]] is a [[Theravada]] country embraced pristine [[Theravada Buddhism]] originated in [[Sri Lanka]]. The [[truth]] of the [[matter]] is that [[Bu
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  • Is Vajrayana hacking the West?
    ...[Vajrayana]] programs in the [[West]] – though fewer than other types of [[Buddhism]]. Why isn’t there at least one [[Vajrayana]] center with a resident [[te One answer is that other [[forms]] of [[Buddhism]] scale easily. Most [[Sutric]] [[Buddhisms]], [[including]] [[Tibetan]] [[
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  • Kapila and the Samkhya School
    ...denying the [[existence]] of an Ishvara....(Max Muller et al, Studies in [[Buddhism]])... ...d, in [[Samkhya school]] of {{Wiki|Hindu philosophy}}....... In [[Mahayana Buddhism]] it is used as part of the [[compound]] "[[Avalokiteśvara]]" ("[[lord]] w
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  • Karma: Damma
    ...[[action]], a former act leading to a {{Wiki|future}} result, or result. [[Buddhism]] interprets [[karma]] in two ways: as indicating [[three categories]] of [ ...rough the creation of good [[karma]]. The [[idea]] of [[karma]] predates [[Buddhism]] and was already prevalent in [[Indian]] {{Wiki|society}} well before the
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  • Begtse (Cam sring)
    ...|color}}, and his three [[eyes]] stare with [[hatred]] at the enemies of [[Buddhism]]. He wears a cuirass of {{Wiki|copper}}, a garment of [[red]] {{Wiki|silk}
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  • About Bon Buddhism
    ...n preserved. While much in {{Wiki|modern}} [[Bon]] is similar to [[Tibetan Buddhism]], [[Bon]] retains the richness and flavor of its pre-[[Buddhist]] roots. [http://www.ligmincha.org/en/bon-buddhism.html www.ligmincha.org]
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  • Discover the Sacred Significance of Stupas in India: A Journey Through Time and Tradition
    ...r the pre-Buddhist origins of the [[tradition]] and its association with [[Buddhism]]. ...stupas]] may have been pre-Buddhist, but they came to be associated with [[Buddhism]].
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  • White Lotus
    佛家神功 [[fut ga shen gong]] – about the same as the two above but with [[Buddhism]] stuff instead of {{Wiki|Taoism}} and they also promote the possession pra For example, those places that favor [[Buddhism]] more will need a [[white Lotus Sect]] like the [[I Kuan Dao]].
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  • Lord
    [[Buddhism]]: it refers to The [[Buddha]] and in [[Jainism]] to the [[Mahavira]].
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  • Tankas
    The [[Nyingma school]] is the [[oldest of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism]], founded by [[Tibet's]] Great [[Guru]], [[Padma Sambhava]], in the eighth
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  • Buddhism in Jaffna peninsula
    [[Buddhism]] in {{Wiki|Jaffna}} peninsula as was practised previously in the {{Wiki|Ja ...iki|Tamil}} [[monks]] and reflect the rise in [[popularity]] of [[Mahayana Buddhism]] amongst {{Wiki|Jaffna}} [[Tamils]] and the [[Tamils]] of the [[ancient]]
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  • Nobility
    ...n dressed in the style of the [[Indian]] royalty. The ideal of [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] is the [[pawo]] or pamo—the [[hero]] or heroine.
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  • Ignite Your Inner Fire: A Guide to G Tummo Breathwork
    ...mmo]] was later incorporated into the [[Vajrayana tradition]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] by the [[yogi]] [[Milarepa]] in the 11th century. According to legend, [[ ...ttain the [[Wikipedia:Absolute (philosophy)|ultimate]] goal of [[Vajrayana Buddhism]]: [[enlightenment]] or [[Buddhahood]].
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  • Who Was Guṇaprabha?
    ...uṇaprabha]] and his texts along with the recent studies on early [[Tibetan Buddhism]] can shed some light on the [[nature]] of [[Indian]] and [[Tibetan]] [[rel ...dian]] Institute of Advanced Study, 1970), 176; S. A. Banerji, Traces of [[Buddhism]] in {{Wiki|South India}}: 700-1600 A. D. ({{Wiki|Calcutta}}: [[Scientific]
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  • Daoism and Buddhism - Some Thoughts
    {{Centre|<big><big>Daoism and Buddhism - Some Thoughts </big></big><br/> ...over, in the centuries following Daoism's formation it would appear that [[Buddhism]] exerted more influence on it than the reverse. However, this is not neces
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  • Atthakavagga and Parayanavagga
    ...all collections of [[suttas]] within the [[Pāli Canon]] of [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]]. They are considered by {{Wiki|modern}} [[scholars]] to be among the ear ...ent a continuation of a [[Wikipedia:Heterodoxy|heterodox]] strand within [[Buddhism]], rather than either a totally or largely {{Wiki|orthodox}} one, as held b
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  • Buddhist Funeral Traditions
    While there are a number of different denominations within [[Buddhism]], [[Buddhists]] commonly believe that [[life]] and [[death]] are a part of Embalming is acceptable in [[Buddhism]].
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  • Buddhist Death Rituals
    ...he {{Wiki|individual}} achieve a better station in the next [[life]]. In [[Buddhism]], burial and [[cremation]] are both practiced. Even though there are many [[forms]] of [[Buddhism]], the [[belief]] in [[reincarnation]] is shared. It is believed that [[dea
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  • Domesticating the Dharma: Buddhist Cults and the Hwaom Synthesis in Silla Korea.
    Published on H-Buddhism (July, 2008) ...to the end of [[Unified Silla]] in 935. Most previous research on [[Silla Buddhism]] has focused either on the introduction of the [[tradition]] from [[China]
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  • Co-Living Movement of both organic and inorganic substances
    ...ts]], [[Jodo Shu]] will be able to establish a new [[form]] of [[Pure Land Buddhism]] according to societal requirements of the contemporary [[world]]. ...so that it encompasses all aspects of [[morality]]. One of [[Pure Land]] [[Buddhism's]] [[characteristic]] aspects asks us to make a detailed inquiry into "oth
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  • Shugendō
    ...olk}} {{Wiki|animism}}, and further developed as [[Taoism]] and [[esoteric Buddhism]] arrived in [[Japan]]. [[Buddhism]] and [[Shinto]] were amalgamated in the [[shinbutsu shūgō]], and [[Kūka
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  • Burnt offerings
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  • Bon: a heterodox system
    (1) the [[divine dharma]] ([[Iha chos]]), or [[Buddhism]]; ...] is separate and {{Wiki|distinct}} from the other two, although [[Tibetan Buddhism]] clearly incorporated [[elements]] of both of these [[traditions]].
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  • Dharmakirti’s logic
    The [[idea]] of [[Perception]] has taken a new turn in [[Buddhism]] when [[Dharmakirti]] says that the [[reality]] rather “[[ultimate reali ...regarded as the usual ways of [[knowing]] [[object]] in this period. As [[Buddhism]] arises from {{Wiki|phenomenology}} therefore [[Perception]] of [[object]]
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  • Guhyajnana Dakini
    ...[[Padmasambhava]] in the country of [[Uddiyana]]. All schools in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] carry a [[lion-faced dakini]] practice because of the [[belief]] that she
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  • UnderstandingTibetan Buddhism - Bon
    (1) the [[divine dharma]] ([[Iha chos]]), or [[Buddhism]]; ...eveloped as a self-conscious [[religious]] system under the influence of [[Buddhism]].
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  • Chöd: A Tibetan Buddhist Practice
    ...one of the many new sects that flourished in the second dissemination of [[Buddhism]] from [[India]] from 950 to 1350CE. [[Chöd]] has been classified as a bra ...has afforded a kind of validation in being connected with the sources of [[Buddhism]] through the [[Indian master]] [[Dampa Sangyé]].
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  • The Saying "Empty Your Cup"
    ...that is unrecognizable to most [[Buddhists]]. The argument about whether [[Buddhism]] is a [[philosophy]] or [[religion]] is being perpetrated by [[people]] wh [[Category:Buddhism]]
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  • The Stages of Life According to Tibetan Buddhism
    [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]] ....institute4learning.com/2012/08/08/the-stages-of-life-according-to-tibetan-buddhism/]]
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  • Jokhang
    ...Buddha]] statue, perhaps the single most venerated [[object]] in [[Tibetan Buddhism]].
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  • A Possible Scenario
    ...and [[Tibet]]. In [[India]], even after the virtual [[disappearance]] of [[Buddhism]] in the thirteenth century, their [[criticism]] of the {{Wiki|status}} quo ...become especially important in the “later” (post-1000) orders of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]: the [[Kagyu]] ([[bKa’ brgyud]]), [[Sakya]] ([[Sa skya]]), and [[Gelug]
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  • Vajrayana Sects (Schools)
    ...e}} and the various [[Tibetan]] [[traditions]]. The practice of [[esoteric Buddhism]] in [[Tibet]] followed six major [[traditions]]: the [[Nyingma]], [[Jonang ...e local [[Bon]] [[deities]] became the [[dharma protectors]] of [[esoteric Buddhism]] in [[Tibet]].
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  • Indian Buddhist cosmology
    ...nt}} [[cosmology]] that [[grasps]] the vastness of the [[universe]] like [[Buddhism]] at a [[time]] when [[scientific]] [[knowledge]] was {{Wiki|non-existent}} ...In short, the [[universal]] [[view]] of the [[Buddha land]] suggested in [[Buddhism]] [[grasps]] a far larger [[world]] than those prescribed by {{Wiki|modern}
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  • Thread Cross
    ...d its [[ritual]] use has been adopted into all [[traditions]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] to a greater or lesser extant depending on the [[tradition]].
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  • The red-faced men I: Warriors with painted faces
    ...er of all of this pre-Buddhist barbarity, and of the civilizing effects of Buddhism. In the early 10th century Nub Sangye Yeshe wrote of early Tibet: “These ...und 2130 BC, which is indeed around 2,500 years before the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet in the mid-7th century. After Sönam Tsemo this prophecy continued
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  • Schisms and Sects
    ...n]], and that what he had [[attained]], anyone could attain. In [[Mahayana Buddhism]], however, a [[view]] of the [[Buddha]] as a [[transcendent]] being emerge ...enlightenment]] of all as the [[Buddha]] himself had done. Whereas [[early Buddhism]] had focused on the goal of [[enlightenment]] only for rare {{Wiki|individ
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  • Transitions to the Otherworld: The Tibetan Books of the Dead, II
    ...reflect the creative tension between the two opposing [[traditions]] of [[Buddhism]] and [[Bon]], and reveal a number of [[Tibetan]] [[ideas]] on [[death]] an
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  • Confusion
    [[Category:Buddhism]]
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  • The Chakrasamvara Tantra: Its History, Interpretation, and Practice in India and Tibet
    ...he yoginI [[tantras]] continued for centuries, ending with the demise of [[Buddhism]] in [[Indian]] in the thirteenth century.
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  • Chinese Buddhist Schools
    ...ugh the [[ideas]] and {{Wiki|literature}} of many different [[forms]] of [[Buddhism]] reached [[China]] – [[including]] [[Sarvāstivāda]], Mahīśāsika, [[ ...his translations and teachings were deliberate attempts to bring [[Chinese Buddhism]] back in line with [[Indian]] teachings. The [[ideas]] he opposed (primari
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  • Chorten
    ...has been repeated in [[Thailand]], [[Burma]], and other countries where [[Buddhism]] was taught by [[monks]] from [[Sri Lanka]].The basic structure of a [[Cho
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  • Some Facts about Vajrayana Buddhism
    ...his fact, it would not be an {{Wiki|exaggeration}} to say that [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] has had the strongest effect in the {{Wiki|culture}} of [[Nepal]] Valley ...[Lamaism]]) is influenced by [[Bon]] and thus not a [[pure]] [[form]] of [[Buddhism]].
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  • Buddhism, common misconceptions about Buddhism
    ...na]] were understood. Some of the earliest [[Westerners]] to write about [[Buddhism]] were {{Wiki|Christian}} {{Wiki|missionaries}} who studied it as a part of ...n]] [[beliefs]]. Even the {{Wiki|missionaries}} who tried to write about [[Buddhism]] objectively, and some did, often saw its [[doctrines]] through their [[ow
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  • Exploration and Conquest
    [[Ashoka]] was a key figure in the transition of [[Buddhism]] from a local [[religion]] to a force that [[transformed]] {{Wiki|Asia}}. ...[[war]]. [[Dharma]], in this case, refers to the [[moral]] teachings of [[Buddhism]] rather than to a [[philosophy]] or [[meditative practice]] aimed toward [
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  • Buddhism Today, East and West
    ...ual month and date,” José Ignacio Cabezón, {{Wiki|professor}} of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] and {{Wiki|Cultural}} Studies at the {{Wiki|University of California}}, { ...] in [[Tibet]], where there are a lot of restrictions on the practice of [[Buddhism]], but among [[Tibetans]] in exile.”
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  • Ultimate Reality and Divine Beings
    ...], and the [[nature]] of [[existence]] is different in each stage. Later [[Buddhism]] expanded this [[vision]] to include {{Wiki|multiple}} {{Wiki|universes}}, According to [[Buddhism]], [[ultimate reality]] is [[samsara]], [[endless]] {{Wiki|existence}}, but
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  • Vietnamese Family of Buddhists
    ...ard the goals of the [[Vietnamese]] [[Buddhist]] Youth Association and ::[[Buddhism]].
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  • What the Buddha REALLY said
    ...ion]] is, on that account, any less valid than a millennia-old one. (Was [[Buddhism]] bogus when the [[Buddha]] [[taught]] it?) On the other hand, [[understand ...goddess]] {{Wiki|worship}}, among others. What was their shared origin? ([[Buddhism]] influenced both, but makes much less use of [[goddesses]] than I would li
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  • Differences between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism
    ===Common Ground Between [[Theravada]] and [[Mahayana Buddhism]]=== # [[Sakayamuni Buddha]] is the original and historical founder of [[Buddhism]].
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  • Tibetan Buddhism unbounded - The Zimwock Rinpoche lineage by Dr. Pauline Gallagher & Venerable Freeman Trebilcock
    ...uite a profound [[influence]] on all four main [[traditions]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] since the 16th century when the [[lineage]] began. ...enging conventions and reaching out to all [[sentient beings]] – [[Tibetan Buddhism]] unbounded.
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  • Phenomenology of The Sublime Vibration as Word and Language
    ...of [[translucent]] energetic [[manifestation]] is also described in [[Chan Buddhism]], [[Hindu]] [[Kashmir]] Shavism, and Yan Xin [[Qi Gong]]. [[Category:Western Buddhism]]
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  • Namkha Sacred Form Of Yarn
    ...[[consecration]] of [[Samye monastery]] during the first importation of [[Buddhism]] to Tibe, in comparison, weaves of a related type in English {{Wiki|folk}}
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  • Bridges
    As [[Buddhism]] spread it took this expression of {{Wiki|practical}} [[kindness]] with it The Impact of [[Buddhism]] on {{Wiki|Chinese}} Material {{Wiki|Culture}}, John Kieschnick, 2003.
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  • Sudden or gradual Enlightenment?
    In contrast to most other [[forms]] of [[Buddhism]] which are usually called [[Gradual Schools of Enlightenment]], [[Zen]] (w ...lds to a {{Wiki|pluralist}} [[understanding]] of [[reality]] which [[early Buddhism]] does.
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  • The Tree of Enlightenment: An Introduction to the Major Traditions of Buddhism - Chapter Two: The Pre-Buddhist Background
    An Introduction to the Major Traditions of Buddhism</big></big><br/> ...etrospective examination can help us better understand the [[nature]] of [[Buddhism]] in particular, and perhaps, too, the [[nature]] of [[Indian philosophy]]
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  • 6th Panchen Lama
    ...o return from [[Shambhala]] to [[Tibet]] to help it when the country and [[Buddhism]] were in difficulties. Others believed [[Guandi]]/[[Gesar]] was an [[incar
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  • Buddhism - Is it a Religion?
    [[Buddhism]] does not demand blind [[faith]] from its adherents. Here mere [[belief]] The starting point of [[Buddhism]] is {{Wiki|reasoning}} or understanding, or, in other words, [[Samma-ditth
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  • Udana
    ...]]) is a [[Buddhist scripture]], part of the [[Pali Canon]] of [[Theravada Buddhism]]. It is included there in the [[Sutta Pitaka's]] [[Khuddaka Nikaya]]. The
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  • Sipa Chidö, Lü and Dö
    According to [[Buddhism]], we have lived countless {{Wiki|past}} lifetimes and, if we do not reach ...stead please them and win their favour and [[protection]], [[Bhutanese]] [[Buddhism]] recommends carrying out [[offering rituals]] to the {{Wiki|non-human}} de
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  • Buddhist Education
    ...ction}} against to [[Brahmanic]] system. [[Lord Buddha]], the founder of [[Buddhism]] did not write any [[book]] himself. His followers made the collection of ===Basic [[Truths]] or {{Wiki|principles}} of [[Buddhism]]===
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  • Here’s How the Number 108 Binds Us to the Universe
    ...[religions]] [[recognize]] the [[mystical]] power of [[108]] as well. In [[Buddhism]], for example, there are said to be [[108]] [[Earthly desires]], [[108]] l [[Category:Buddhism]]
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  • Mahinda's message from Mihintalava
    ...no [[thoughts]] of chosen or selected [[people]]. This is what earns for [[Buddhism]] its honoured title of Fastest Spreading [[Religion]] in many parts of the ...en today their cultural enrichment under the guidance and inspiration of [[Buddhism]]. Think of Japan's ike bana or the art of [[flower]] arrangement or its ri
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  • Protective deities
    .... in accordance with [[precepts]] common to the various sects of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], to an important group of [[deities]], best known under the [[name]] [[ch ...ng [[weapons]] and crushing the [[human]] or [[supernatural]] enemies of [[Buddhism]] under their feet. The group of [[Protectors]] and guardian [[deities]], w
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  • Of Gods and Spirits
    ...wing the {{Wiki|Chinese}} {{Wiki|occupation}}, and the growth of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] in the [[West]], [[Dowman]] poses the question: "How has this tiny number
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  • Kun tu bzang po - Samantabhadra
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  • The Funeral (sogi) & Other Ceremonies of Remembrance
    There are a number of {{Wiki|ceremonies}} in [[Japanese Buddhism]] surrounding [[death]] and the [[remembrance]] of the [[dead]], principall ...n and [[aspiration]]. Finally, it is a basic {{Wiki|custom}} in [[Japanese Buddhism]] for mourners to offer [[money]] to the [[mourning]] [[family]] to help pa
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  • Buddhist Stupas: Their History and Purpose
    ...ering]] or [[object]] of veneration, and at the same time as a [[symbol of Buddhism]]. Today, [[stupas]] house only a few pieces of [[sacred]] remains; they ma ...ements]] specific to particular regions, or according to the [[form]] of [[Buddhism]] practiced in the region.
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  • Mahayana and tantric mystical doctrines
    ...n takes on a different complexion in [[Mahayana]] and [[Tantra]] [[Tantric Buddhism]]. Here one encounters the notion of the [[Buddhas]] as kinds of [[cosmic]] ...mystically hued mentalist {{Wiki|pantheism}}. There is also in [[Mahayana Buddhism]], the {{Wiki|concept}} of an [[ADI-BUDDHA]].
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  • Uḍāna
    ...]]) is a [[Buddhist scripture]], part of the [[Pali Canon]] of [[Theravada Buddhism]]. It is included there in the [[Sutta Pitaka's]] [[Khuddaka Nikaya]]. The
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  • The Vajra Caste & Kalachakra
    ...urpose]] of the [[Vajra]] [[Caste]] was not force everyone to convert to [[Buddhism]] but for [[people]] to re-discover the [[purity]] of their [[own]] [[tradi ...plies to [[people]] of any [[faith]], not just [[people]] who believe in [[Buddhism]]… the [[Shambhala]] [[vision]] does not distinguish a [[Buddhist]] from
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  • The Cult of the Naga by Dr. Htin Aung
    '''The [[Naga]] in [[Buddhism]]''' ...and devout worshippers of the [[Buddha]]. The [[Naga]] [[tradition]] in [[Buddhism]] began with an episode in the [[life of the Buddha]]. After [[attaining]]
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  • Buddhism and evolution
    As no major {{Wiki|principles}} of [[Buddhism]] contradict it, many [[Buddhists]] tacitly accept the {{Wiki|theory}} of [ ...necessarily addressed by a [[religion]] based on [[phenomenology]], and [[Buddhism]] is generally accepting of {{Wiki|modern}} [[scientific]] theories about t
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  • Buddhist Fish Symbol
    ...ess]] and freedom. It is one of the [[Eight Auspicious Symbols]] used in [[Buddhism]] imported from [[China]]. The {{Wiki|fish}} symbolises living in a [[state [[Category:Buddhism]]
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  • Self-awareness in tibetan buddhism. A study of the philosophical relevance of rang rig and its contribution to the contemporary debates on the nature of consciousness
    [[Category:Buddhism]] [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]
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  • Understanding Cambodian Buddhism
    In [[order]] to understand [[Cambodian]] [[Buddhism]], it is necessary to first understand {{Wiki|Khmer}} [[cosmology]] and {{W ...r]] to cultivate positive [[Karma]], {{Wiki|Cambodians}} practice formal [[Buddhism]]:
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  • Mahasanghika - the Earliest Vinaya?
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  • Kataragama
    ...onymous}} with Skanda-Kumara who was a [[guardian deity]] of [[Sinhala]] [[Buddhism]]. ...ri Lanka]] believe that [[Kataragama]] deviyo is a [[guardian deity]] of [[Buddhism]] and he is the presiding [[deity]] of [[Kataragama temple]]. [[Kataragama]
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  • Contemporary Buddhist Revival in Kalmykia: Survey of the Present State of Religiosity
    Even today, in spite of the westward expansion of [[Buddhism]], [[Kalmykia]] remains the only {{Wiki|ethnic}} [[Buddhist community]] in [[Buddhism]] began to spread among the [[Kalmyks]] in the 13th century A.D.[1] At that
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  • Buddhist thought is often compared for similarities with non-dual writings
    It could also pay to compare them for their differences. [[Buddhism]] has [[precepts]] to rigorously follow and a [[morality]] and [[honesty]]. ...they see two states. I believe that we can see both [[non-duality]] and [[Buddhism]] within this quotation. Let's take a look.
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  • Current Theories of the Origins of Buddhism
    ...progress; indeed a {{Wiki|materialist}} interpretation of the [[origins of Buddhism]] or of the events of the [[life]] of [[Siddhārtha]] [[Gautama]] is {{Wiki ...and is very well known that [[kṣatriyas]] were the founders not only of [[Buddhism]], [[Jainism]] and Ājīvikism but also of the [[ascetic]] and idealistic [
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  • Longchenpa Life & Works
    ...ilosophical]] author in the history of the [[Nyingma school]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] and one of the great figures in 14th century [[Tibet]], a time of larger- ...gchenpa]] had minimal impact on his [[own]] school, much less on [[Tibetan Buddhism]] as a whole:
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  • The Dakini Principle: How Female Messengers of Wisdom Inspire Meditators Today. ~ Michaela Haas
    ~[[Padmasambhava]], pioneer of [[Vajrayana Buddhism]] [[in Tibet]] [[Tibetan Buddhism]] offers a unique premise: that to be a woman can actually be favorable on
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  • Bon-po books of the dead
    Before the arrival of [[Buddhism]] from [[India]] sometime in the seventh century A.D., [[Tibetan]] [[religi ...ctive}} [[religious]] [[tradition]] only in deliberate [[opposition]] to [[Buddhism]] as late as the tenth century. [[Thus]], more than likely, a genuine pre-B
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  • The Kitchen God and the Bodhisattva King of the Kinnaras
    ...ast]] {{Wiki|Asian}} [[religious]] {{Wiki|culture}}. However, in [[Chinese Buddhism]], their [[representation]] does not seem to possess any [[animal]] charact ...Wiki|cultural}} historian or anthropologist familiar with the [[history of Buddhism]] [[knows]], the [[Buddhist]] [[religion]] was always successful in establi
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  • Origin and Development of Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma
    ...into three main phases: [[Early Buddhism]], [[Abhidharma]], and [[Mahāyāna Buddhism]]. [[Early Buddhism]] The [[Early Buddhism]] represents the [[Buddhist]] [[discourses]] delivered by the [[Buddha]].
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  • The Oral Tradition from Zhang Zhung
    Thus the [[Bönpos]] believe that [[Buddhism]], the [[Dharma]] of [[India]], was but another later version of the [[Prim
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  • Buddhism and Education by Pataraporn Sirikanchana
    Since the advent of [[Buddhism in Thailand]] nearly 1,000 years ago, [[monks]] have had crucial roles espe To make young [[people]] and children familiar with [[Buddhism]].
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  • Yungdrung, Rigpa & The Fourth Moment
    "In general, [[Buddhism]] is not overly concerned with the [[direction]] the [[svastika]] turns. Th "Before the arrival of [[Buddhism in Tibet]], the {{Wiki|shamanistic}} tribes of the northern wastes of the E
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  • The Sanskrit Kālacakra and the Vimalaprabha Commentary
    ...[Indian religions]], such as the [[Veda]], [[Hinduism]], [[Jainism]] and [[Buddhism]] ([[including]] [[Tibetan]]). The Journal welcomes epigraphical studies as
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  • Jokhang Temple, Lhasa
    ...th both the founding of {{Wiki|Lhasa}} and the effective introduction of [[Buddhism]] into [[Tibet]]. While it is possible that {{Wiki|Lhasa}} had some pre-[[B ...ding to {{Wiki|Lhasa}}'s [[emergence]] as the [[sacred]] city of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] begins are associated with the marriages of [[King]] [[Songtsen Gampo]] t
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  • Buddhist 'Iron Man' found by Nazis is confirmed to be extraterrestrial
    It came to [[religious]] prominence in the Far East with the spread of [[Buddhism]] but also appears in pre-Buddhist [[traditions]] like the early [[Bön]] [ ...artifact would satisfy Himmler, who was very much into [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhism]] and [[thought]] the [[Buddha]] himself might be the [[Aryan]] descendant
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  • Emptiness in buddhism
    The following two articles are on the key {{Wiki|concept}} in [[Buddhism]], ‘[[Emptiness]]' : ===On [[Emptiness of Buddhism]]===
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  • Ancient statue discovered by Nazis is made from meteorite
    [[Category:Buddhism Related Articles]]
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  • Why did magic matter in Buddhist tantra?
    ...etween [[tantra]] and [[Sutrayana]] ([[traditional]] {{Wiki|mainstream}} [[Buddhism]]) is that [[tantra]] is about [[compassionate]] engagement with the everyd We take [[compassionate]] [[action]] for granted in {{Wiki|modern}} [[Western Buddhism]], but it is not advocated by [[Sutrayana]], which recommends complete dise
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  • Asaṅga, Vasubandhu & Shambhala
    "[[Vasubandhu]] was trained in the [[orthodox]] [[Sarvastivada]] Order of [[Buddhism]], which had its seat at [[Kausambhi]] (near {{Wiki|modern}} [[Allahabad]], [[Vasubandhu]] is said to have taken up [[Mahāyāna Buddhism]] after meeting with [[Asaṅga]] and one of [[Asaṅga's]] [[disciples]].[
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  • The Religions of T ibet, by Guiseppe T ucci
    ...Wikipedia:Laurence Waddell|Waddell]], Prof. [[Tucci]] applies to [[Tibetan Buddhism]] the evocative but baseless [[name]] "[[Lamaism]]"-, in almost every other ...e various [[religious]] strata—many of them pre-dating the introduction of Buddhism—that coexist in the [[Tibetan]] [[mind]]. [[Tibetan religion]] is a compl
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  • What Is Losar?
    ...and “[[Sar]]” means “[[New]]”. The [[Losar]] {{Wiki|festival}} pre-dates [[Buddhism]] in [[Tibet]] and goes back to the [[time]] when the [[Bon religion]] held
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  • Namkha Explained
    ...[[consecration]] of [[Samye monastery]] during the first importation of [[Buddhism]] to [[Tibet]]. (Pearlman, 2002: p. 18).[3] Weavings of a similar [[nature]
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  • Lion or Shi
    ...fore, there is a close [[affinity]] and association of the [[lion]] with [[Buddhism]] in both [[art]] and [[symbolism]].
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  • Namkha
    ...[[consecration]] of [[Samye monastery]] during the first importation of [[Buddhism]] to [[Tibet]].
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  • How Bodhidharma and his Buddhism disappeared from Tamil Nadu by Sidharth Gautham Sunder
    ...of the film revolves around this [[Buddhist monk]] who {{Wiki|preached}} [[Buddhism]], {{Wiki|martial arts}} and [[medicine]] in [[China]]. ...uram the [[Pallava]] {{Wiki|capital}} in 440 AD. After {{Wiki|learning}} [[Buddhism]] he travelled to [[China]] to spread the true [[Buddhist]] way of [[life]]
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  • Buddhism and the Roman world
    :[[File:Gesar 67 10 dr.jpg|thumb]]Several instances of interaction between [[Buddhism and the Roman world]] are documented by Classical and early [[Christian]] w ...] ([[Wikipedia:Pandyan Dynasty|Pandion]] {{Wiki|Pandya}} or [[Pandita]] ([[Buddhism]]) to {{Wiki|Caesar Augustus}} around 13 CE. The {{Wiki|embassy}} was trave
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  • Adi-Buddha
    In [[Vajrayana Buddhism]], the [[Adi-Buddha]], or [[Adibuddha]] ([[Tibetan]]: [[Dang-po'i sangs-rgy ...}} of [[Adi-Buddha]] is the closest to [[monotheism]] of any [[form]] of [[Buddhism]].
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  • Ashoka Chakra
    # [[Avidya (Buddhism)|Avidyā]] ''lack of [[knowledge]]'' - ''a [[blind]] [[person]], often walk
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  • Nagarjuna by Harold Stewart
    ...from [[Shakyamuni]], [[Nagarjuna]] is regarded as the second founder of [[Buddhism]]; for just as [[Shakyamuni's]] [[sermons]], [[preached]] during his [[life ...with [[Jiriki]], or the [[self-power]] of the [[Zen]] and other sects of [[Buddhism]]. [[Tao-ch'o]], the Second {{Wiki|Chinese}} [[Patriarch]] (562-645), then
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  • Sources
    ...ied with [[traditional]] [[shamanism]]. Given the adaptive [[nature]] of [[Buddhism]], it would be surprising and ' ...an act of supreme [[generosity]] also has many well-known precedents in [[Buddhism]], such as the [[Buddha’s]] [[gift]] of his [[body]] to the hungry
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  • Tantsric Sadhanas.
    [[Category:Buddhism]] [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]
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  • Pratyekabuddha
    ...types]] of [[bodhi|enlightened]] [[beings]] according to some schools of [[Buddhism]].
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  • The First Bhikhuni Ordination in Australia
    ...ed only to {{Wiki|Christianity}}. Even though [[ordination]] of women in [[Buddhism]] occurred during the [[life of the Buddha]], his initial reluctance to ord ...asons]], there are miserably few {{Wiki|female}} [[teachers]] in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] and a few seem to be in that position [[because of]] the [[merit]] of the
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  • Metaphysical vision of ancient Japanese esoteric Buddhism
    ...ism]] and, upon his return two years later, founded [[Japanese]] [[Shingon Buddhism]]. The analytic and systematic [[character]] of Kūkai’s writings may wel ...editation]], [[Dainichi]] performs the three great practices of [[esoteric Buddhism]]: the [[chanting]] of [[sacred]] syllables ([[mantras]]), the [[visualizat
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  • Dharma from the sky I: Legends and history
    A case in point is the story of the first [[appearance]] of [[Buddhism in Tibet]], a story that goes back at least as far as the Pillar Testament ..., in particular those accounts which treat of the foundations of [[Tibetan Buddhism]].
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  • Shi-tenno
    ...lated as "[[Directional Guardians]]") are [[deities]], [[protectors]] of [[Buddhism]], who guard each of the four [[directions]] of the {{Wiki|compass}} ([[nor ...rample {{Wiki|demonic}} figures that are usually descibed as "enemies of [[Buddhism]];" these {{Wiki|demons}} represent [[psychological]] states, such as [[ign
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  • The Buddhist-Confucian Conflict in the Early Chosŏn and Kihwa's Syncretic Response: The Hyŏn chŏng non
    [[Buddhism]] became established as a state [[religion]] in [[Korea]] during the sixth ...ge}} was deleterious to the well-being of the state. The attacks made on [[Buddhism]] by Cho Inok (?-1396) and Chŏng Mongju (1337-1392) were also made on {{Wi
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  • Shedra: Monastic Colleges
    ...ཕྱིན་རབ་འབྱམས་]]}}) is awarded. After three more years studying [[esoteric Buddhism]] and [[monastic discipline]], the students complete the programme with a [ [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]
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  • Key Buddhist Teachings
    http://www.cloudwater.org/index.php/about-buddhism-2/four-noble-truths-and-eightfold-path [[Category:Buddhism]]
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  • Eight practice lineages
    [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]{{BuddhismbyNumber}}
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  • Torma
    ...nd butter used in [[tantric]] [[rituals]] or as [[offerings]] in [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. The [[tradition]] of using [[offering cakes]] pre-dates [[Tibetan Buddhism]], though [[traditional]] [[Indian]] [[offering cakes]] — called [[bali]]
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  • What Are Stupas?
    In [[Tibetan Buddhism]], the building of [[stupas]] ([[chorten]] in [[Tibetan]]) came to be an im
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  • Dzogchen and the Nine Vehicles of Enlightenment
    ...rian]] [[rime]] [[intention]] that arose within [[Tibetan]] and [[Mahayana Buddhism]] is now occurring in all of the [[great wisdom]] [[traditions]]. The recen [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]
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  • The Nyingma Tantras Research Database
    ...riod of [[Tibetan history]] in the so-called "early [[transmission]]" of [[Buddhism]] into [[Tibet]] from [[India]] and other countries. It was subsequently di ...t reflects the [[Nyingmas]] startling innovative [[adaptation]] of [[Indic Buddhism]] in the eleventh to fourteenth centuries. The collections tend to be divid
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  • Sayadaw U Tejaniya
    [[Category:Theravada Buddhism writers]]
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  • Reflections on Mara
    [[Mara]] is a familiar figure in the rich lore of [[Buddhism]], most especially as the [[deva]], or [[supernatural]] being, whose forces To quote Trevor Ling, a [[scholar]] of [[Buddhism]]: "What these legendary stories appear to {{Wiki|emphasize}} is the [[Budd
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  • Greek Buddhism & Shambhala
    ...sa]], {{Wiki|Greek}} [[monks]] seem to have been active proselytizers of [[Buddhism]] during the [[time]] of Menander: the [[Yona]] ({{Wiki|Greek}}) [[Mahadham ...llenistic}} {{Wiki|Greek}} involvement during the formative centuries of [[Buddhism]]. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmaraksita) ....."One of the major [[mi
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  • Tantra and Transparency, or Cultural Contradiction and Today’s Tibetan Buddhist Wizard
    ...arly 20th century, {{Wiki|French}} explorer and early convert to [[Tibetan Buddhism]] [[Alexandra David-Neel]] profiled them as ‘shamanists’ disguised as [ ...s they were concerned) much of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] wasn’t really ‘real’ [[Buddhism]] at all.
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  • Naraka (thing)
    ...i|concept}} in [[Buddhism]] is that the [[Buddhists]] generally (because [[Buddhism]] contains a variety of different sects, it's unfair to lump them all toget ...nent]] [[consciousness]] or [[Gods]]. There's [[nothing]] peculiar about [[Buddhism]] in this regard - any [[religion]] that talks of any kind of [[Hell]] will
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  • Tārā - A Beautiful Goddess for a Not-So-Beautiful World
    ...a [[female bodhisattva]] and an important [[goddess]] [[deity]] in both [[Buddhism]] and [[Hinduism]]. ...ia [[Shaktism]] (the pre-cursor to institutionalized [[Hinduism]]) since [[Buddhism]] was originally a [[religion]] devoid of [[deities]] altogether.
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  • Is There a Beginning?
    [[Buddhism]] does not so much deny the {{Wiki|theory}} of a Creator-God as make the {{ ...[[unchanging]], [[permanent]] [[self]]. That which links them is called in Buddhism“kamma”, or [[volitional]] [[activity]]; the continuation of the causal
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  • Three Bodies Doctrine
    ...vasdy {{Wiki|superior}} to those of an [[ordinary person]]. In [[Mahayana Buddhism]] however, [[Sakyamuni]], the [[Buddha]] as [[Truth]], is believed to have ...ia}} and is strongly associated with the geographical spread of [[Mahayana Buddhism]]. The sculptures in {{Wiki|Cave}} 90 at Kanheri, [[north]] of {{Wiki|Bomba
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  • Review of The Hidden History of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, by Bryan J. Cuevas
    ...Nyima Drakpa]] (1647-1710), “a rather fierce yet [[benevolent guardian of Buddhism]] and perhaps a tragically misunderstood [[religious]] savant” (180).
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  • Whose Buddha?
    ...hern or Voidest [[Buddhism]], Isn't It The Oldest / Original [[Form]] of [[Buddhism]] ? ..., and only became [[perceived]] as belonging to a separate [[religion]] ([[Buddhism]]) as their [[traditions]] spread outside of [[India]].
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  • Five Strands - The meanings relate to our lives and Buddhist practice
    ...itioner]] and the [[relative]] significance of this specific [[form]] of [[Buddhism]]. The following are some of the [[symbolic]] [[reasons]] for using [[chant ...beads becomes a waist. The two tassels become two {{Wiki|legs}}. All of [[Buddhism]] relates back to the {{Wiki|individual}} and the individual's practice to
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  • Creating Sangha
    ...given [[society]] and persist over generations. The Sangha-structures in [[Buddhism]] over the {{Wiki|past}} 2,500 years have for the most part been [[monastic ...ocial}} [[conditions]] of former times. All [[traditional]] [[forms]] of [[Buddhism]] share in common the stamp of a {{Wiki|medieval}} {{Wiki|social}} {{Wiki|s
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  • Buddhist Cosmology by Dr. C. George Boeree
    ...show up even in the most sophisticated texts, and so the [[student]] of [[Buddhism]] should be familiar with them -- even if they seem at times to take away r ...accumulated]] [[merit]]. Or, in [[Zen]], [[enlightenment]]. In [[Tibetan buddhism]], this refers to the means of achieving the [[Dharmakaya]], i.e. the power
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  • Avestan Geography: The Mixture of Mythical and Historical Elements
    ...{{Wiki|Greek}} [[traditions]] but would have had direct [[contact]] with [[Buddhism]] and no [[doubt]] often met [[monks]] living in his kingdom."....http://ww [[Category:Early Buddhism]]
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  • The Two Truths - The Transcendent Absolute (Nonduality) and Phenomena
    An [[interesting]] twist to this is given in [[Tibetan Buddhism]], where there is the {{Wiki|distinction}} between the lower [[Enlightenmen ...ga]]" {{Wiki|perspective}}, but there are also other teachings - [[Tibetan Buddhism]] and [[Wikipedia:Taoism|Taoist]] [[Yoga]] to [[name]] just two - which str
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  • A Word on the Mantrayāna by Urgyen Sangharakshita
    There are two [[principal]] [[forms]] of [[Buddhism]], the [[śrāvakayāna]] and the [[bodhisattvayāna]], otherwise known as ...[[thinking]]. However, there are [[people]] who find this ‘[[magical]]’ [[Buddhism]] very attractive, especially when the [[mantra]] is [[experienced]] within
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  • The swastika sign (卐) – a symbol of Buddhism or Nazism?
    ...{{Wiki|Persians}} as well as; specifically in Hinduisms, [[Jainism]] and [[Buddhism]] as a [[sacred]] [[symbol]] of [[good luck]]. ==[[Buddhism]] and [[Swastika]]==
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  • Dzogchen and the Nine Vehicles of Enlightenment According to the According to the Nyingma Nyingma Tradition Tradition
    ...rian]] [[rime]] [[intention]] that arose within [[Tibetan]] and [[Mahayana Buddhism]] is now occurring in all of the [[great wisdom]] [[traditions]]. The [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]
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  • NECHUNG ORACLE TEMPLE
    ...e]]. Although [[temple]] belongs to the [[Nyingma tradition]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], it has close [[connection]] with [[Drepung Monastery]]. The texts that [ [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]
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  • Eight precepts II
    In [[Buddhism]], the [[eight precepts]] ([[Sanskrit]]: aṣṭāṇga-śīla or aṣṭā ...resently, the [[uposatha]] [[vows]] are mostly associated with [[Theravāda Buddhism]] in [[South]] and {{Wiki|Southeast Asia}},[2] but it was a widespread prac
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  • The story of the Lion-Faced Dakini (Sengdongma)
    ...]]” of [[mind]]. This [[ancient]] practice has been important in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] since the time of [[Padmasambhava]]. [[Category:Tibetan Buddhism]]
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  • Edward Conze
    ...Lafcadio Hearn. However, [[Conze's]] first significant [[contact]] with [[Buddhism]] was at this mid-point in his [[life]], at the beginning of the {{Wiki|Sec Once intrigued, {{Wiki|Conze}} devoted the rest of his [[life]] to [[Buddhism]], and in particular to translating the [[Prajnaparamita]] or [[Perfection
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  • Aññāta-Kondañña (Aññā-Kondañña) Thera
    [[Category:History of Buddhism]]
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  • Gyaincain Norbu
    ...i|People's Republic of China}}, the eleventh [[Panchen Lama]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. He is also the vice president of the [[Buddhist]] Association of [[China ...opening {{Wiki|ceremony}} of the 2006 [[World]] [[Buddhist]] Forum about [[Buddhism]] and national unity. Reportedly, it received a cold {{Wiki|reception}} amo
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  • Can Buddhism Save the World? A Response to Nelson Foster
    ...o conspicuously ready to accommodate inequalities and tyrannies? How did [[Buddhism]] serve [[beings]], much less save them, by withdrawing from [[society]]? I ...] of engaged [[Buddhism]] but even the very notion of a socially-engaged [[Buddhism]].
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  • I-KUAN TAO 一貫道 (THE WAY OF UNITY): THE EMERGING FOLK BUDDHISM IN CHINA AND TAIWAN
    I-KUAN TAO [[一貫道]] (THE WAY OF UNITY):THE EMERGING FOLK [[BUDDHISM]] IN [[CHINA]] AND TAIWAN ...an}} sects, the [[White Lotus Society]] [[白蓮教]] in particular. Maitreyan [[Buddhism]], on the other hand, was the antecedent of the [[White Lotus Society]]. Th
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  • Archery & kyudo
    ...Often known as "[[Zen]] Archery" it is not limited to the school of [[Zen Buddhism]] and in fact using sport or another [[activity]] in this way may actually ...er the {{Wiki|Second World War}} kyūdō has often being associated with Zen-Buddhism. This is largely due to the [[book]] ''Zen in the Art of Archery'' (1948)
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  • Caves as Sacred Places on the Tibetan Plateau
    ...al, are key [[elements]] in the [[sacred]] {{Wiki|geography}} of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. ...re used is an impor­tant aspect of my research on the re-introduction of [[Buddhism]] to the {{Wiki|Tibetan plateau}} after AD 1000 (Expedition 47(2):28-34).
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  • What is a wrathful Buddha?
    ...e feature of the [[iconography]] of [[Mahayana Buddhism]] and of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], and other [[Vajrayana traditions]] in particular. A [[wrathful deity]] i ...kini's]] Warm [[Breath]]: The {{Wiki|Feminine}} [[Principle]] in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] ([[Boston]] & [[London]]: [[Shambhala]] Pub., 2001,) 154-156:
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  • Uposatha
    ...[[arahant]] [[Mahinda]], [[King]] [[Asoka's]] son, officially introduced [[Buddhism]] to [[Sri Lanka]] on this day in the 3rd century B.C.
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  • The Buddha and the Cosmos
    ...e [[Buddha]] dwells and the [[realm]] of [[delusion]]. Although [[Mahayana Buddhism]] also posits the [[existence]] of [[buddha-realms]] and our [[own]] [[defi ...sly in the [[universe]]. This is a fundamental [[principle]] of [[Mahayana Buddhism]].
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  • Avalokiteśvara or Padmapani
    ...zìzài]] ({{Wiki|Chinese}}: [[觀自在]]), not the [[form]] used in [[East Asian Buddhism]] today, [[Guanyin]] ...Avalokiteśvara]] / [[Padmapani]], [[Ajanta Caves]], [[India]] In [[Chinese Buddhism]] and {{Wiki|East Asia}}, Tangmi practices for the 18-armed [[form of Avalo
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  • Lungta
    In [[Tibetan Buddhism]], the [[mind]] is seen as being dependent on, or mounted on, the [[subtle
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  • Gyudmed Monastery Kensur Sonam Gyaltsen’s Letter to Tibetan Buddhists and the Tibetan Government-in-exile
    ...uddhist]] [[Teacher]], nor even a [[Buddhist]], as it is a commitment of [[Buddhism]] not to harm others. its [[cause]] was the wrong [[prayer]]; and its [[function]] is to harm [[Buddhism]] and [[living beings]].
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  • What Is a Buddhist Perspective on Scientific Discoveries About the Nature of the Universe?
    ...bang]] itself. How does the [[venerable]] [[religious]] [[tradition]] of [[Buddhism]] accommodate this {{Wiki|modern}} [[scientific knowledge]]? ...scientific]] analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in [[Buddhism]] to be false, then we must accept the findings of [[science]] and abandon
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  • Mustang
    ...nth centuries. (It was the [[Sakya-pa]] who converted [[Kublai Khan]] to [[Buddhism]], in effect "taming" the {{Wiki|Mongols}}.) One of the greatest of [[Sakya [[Category:Buddhism]]
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  • Abbot of Gyumed Tantric College Speaks Out on Dorje Shugden
    ...uddhist]] [[Teacher]], nor even a [[Buddhist]], as it is a commitment of [[Buddhism]] not to harm others. ...ddhism]] and [[living beings]]. So if you say this is a [[protector]] of [[Buddhism]], or a [[protector]] of [[Gelug Tradition]], it is disgrace and [[shame]].
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  • Tara and the Cult of the Female in Buddhism
    ...he softest aspect of [[being]], man or [[divine]], which was the core of [[Buddhism]], best revealed itself in a {{Wiki|female}} frame. Hence, in the course of ...ified with the result that during [[Mahayana]] phase, more so in [[Tibetan Buddhism]], the number of [[Female deities]] reached in thousands.
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  • The Languages of Buddhism
    ...might be worth starting with some observations edited from Peter Harvey, [[Buddhism]], and several Wiki inserts (noted): Thus, it is incorrect to speak of an original language of [[Buddhism]]...however, it is probably true to say that the [[Buddha's]] discourses we
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  • The Dakinis Womb
    [[Twilight Language]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]” [[Tricycle]]: The [[Buddhist]] Review, Fall 2006: 82-85. In an [[investigation]] of [[language]] in [[Buddhism]], no area is more perplexing than that of the Vajraya¥na [[tradition]] of
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  • The Publishing Industry and the Western Construction of Buddhism: Marketing the Dharma By Bonnie Brereton
    ...ay you could say that the value of [[Buddhism]] to any publisher is that [[Buddhism]] is [[hot]]. Its non-academic enthusiasts are well educated and well heele ...symposium‘s organizers. "It can be likened to the [[transformation]] of [[Buddhism]] as it moved from [[India]], the land of its [[birth]], to [[China]], a co
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  • Buddhism in the West.
    ...]] in the [[West]] broadly encompasses the [[knowledge]] and practice of [[Buddhism]] outside of {{Wiki|Asia}}. ...tries in {{Wiki|Asia}} during the 19th century detailed [[knowledge]] of [[Buddhism]] became available to large numbers of [[people]] in the [[West]], as a res
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  • Padmasambhava from shamanic viewpoint,
    ...by him have great power. He is an extremely important figure in [[Tibetan Buddhism]], being the ...poche]] is considered to be the [[tantric]] [[Buddha]] who first brought [[Buddhism]] to Tibet,but to many {{Wiki|shamans}} in the [[Himalayas]] he is consider
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  • Prayer Wheels
    With the introduction of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] into the [[West]], new types of Mani [[wheels]] have come into being. [[H [http://www.scribd.com/doc/22145680/Buddhism-Tantric-Symbols www.scribd.com]
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  • Advaita Vedanta & the Origins of Dzogchen
    ...developed in interaction with the other [[traditions]] of [[India]] ... [[Buddhism]], [[Vaishnavism]] and [[Shaivism]], as well as the other schools of Vedant ...Richard; [[Ācārya]], [[Gauḍapāda]] (1995), Early [[Advaita Vedānta]] and [[Buddhism]]: the [[Mahāyāna]] context of the Gauḍapādīya-kārikā, SUNY Press
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  • The Trikaya or Three (or Four) ''Bodies''
    ...Northern]]" or "Greater" School of [[Buddhism]], which includes [[Tibetan Buddhism]], is {{Wiki|distinguished}} from the drier and more conservative [[Therava ...aching]] is to be found in [[Vajrayana]], or [[Tibetan]] or [[Tantric]], [[Buddhism]]. Here, the [[Trikaya doctrine]] is an important {{Wiki|thesis}} that can
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  • How does one practice Dzogchen meditation?
    Now of course in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] there is a lot of [[meditation]] that goes on prior to this, and [[tantri And this type of [[Buddhism]] is considered the [[highest]] type, after you have mastered and learned a
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  • History of Dzogchen
    The Introduction of Pre-Nyingma [[Buddhism]] and [[Zhang-zhung]] [[Rites]] to {{Wiki|Central Tibet}} This pre-Nyingma phase of [[Buddhism]] in {{Wiki|Central Tibet}} did not have [[dzogchen]] teachings. In fact, i
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  • Dulduityn Danzanravjaa
    ...f a prominent [[line of tulkus]] of the [[Nyingmapa lineage]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] in [[Mongolia]] and was found by the personal attendant of the [[4th Noyo As a member of the [[Nyingma]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]],[[Danzanravjaa]] was not required to refrain from [[alcohol]] or {{Wiki|s
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  • Symbolism of the Stupa?
    ...oundation and moving upward, each part is [[symbolic]] to some aspect of [[Buddhism]], most of which are taken directly from {{Wiki|canonical}} [[Abhidhamma]] It is quite obvious just how [[symbolic]] the [[stupa]] is to [[Buddhism]]. Although there is much more that can be said about them, this gives a pi
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  • Reflections on Western Interest in Buddhism by Peter Morrell
    {{Centre|<big><big>Reflections On Western Interest In Buddhism<br/> </big></big> Regarding [[Buddhism]], the first question one might ask is why a [[person]] today should wish t
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  • Review: The Taming of the Demons: Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism
    ...aming of the {{Wiki|Demons}}: [[Violence]] and [[Liberation]] in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] ...int, building around it a fascinating history of [[violence]] in [[Tibetan Buddhism]].
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