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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Jhana

Religion; Buddhism

Mental absorption. A state of strong concentration focused on a single object. One of the highest levels of awareness that can be reached by the practise of samadhi. There are four jhanas, which ...

Jijimuge

Religion; Buddhism

(Japanese) The doctrine of the Kegon School of the 'unimpeded interdiffusion' of all Ji, things. Apparently the last word in the intellectual understanding of the unity of manifestation.

Isipatana

Religion; Buddhism

The deer-park near Benares (now called Sarnath) where Buddha gave his first teachings.

Jainism

Religion; Buddhism

A religion founded by Nataputta, who was a royal clan of the Nata tribe in ancient India at the time of Shakyamuni. Its basic doctrine is non-materialistic atheism.

Jataka tales

Religion; Buddhism

Storeys or legends about Buddha's birth or previous forms of existence.

Idhappaccayata

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) This / that conditionality. This name for the causal principle the Buddha discovered on the night of his Awakening emphasises the point that, for the purposes of ending suffering and stress, ...