Buddhism

Buddhism

Buddhism is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as the Buddha.

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Moggalana

Religion; Buddhism

One of Buddha's chief disciples, noted for his intellect.

Moha

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) One of the 'Three Fires'. Mental dullness, infatuation, stupidity. The philosophical doctrine of Maya applied to the human mind.

Loka

Religion; Buddhism

'World', denotes the three spheres of existence comprising the whole world in Buddhist cosmology.

Loka-dhamma

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) "Worldly Conditions", eight things are called Worldly Conditions, since they arise in connexion with worldly life: Gain and loss, honour and dishonour, happiness and misery, praise and blame.

Lokuttra

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) 'Supermundane', is a term for the four paths and the four fruits of the Sotapatti.

Madhyamaka

Religion; Buddhism

(Sanskrit) The middle way, a system of analysis founded by Nagarjuna, based on the prajnaparamita sutras of Shakyamuni Buddha, and considered to be the supreme presentation of the wisdom of ...