Buddist Terms

K Tsuchiya . (Japan)
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  1. Zen
    school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan
  2. guru
    a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
  3. karma
    effects of one's actions that determine his or her destiny
  4. koan
    a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution
  5. lotus
    native to eastern Asia
  6. mandala
    any of various geometric designs symbolizing the universe
  7. mantra
    a sacred utterance or poetic hymn in Vedism
  8. nirvana
    the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation
  9. sutra
    a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization
  10. tantra
    any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind
Created on Tue May 10 09:53:26 EDT 2011 (updated Tue May 10 10:08:28 EDT 2011)

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