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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Apaya

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) Realm of destitution. One of the four lower realms of existence, in which beings suffer because of their bad Kamma: hell, the realm of hungry shades, the realm of angry demons, and level of ...

Asava

Religion; Buddhism

Effluent; fermentation. Four qualities - sensuality, views, becoming, and ignorance - that "flow out" of the mind and create the flood of the round of death and rebirth.

Anagarika

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali/Sanskrit) 'Homeless one'. One who enters the homeless life without formally joining the Sangha.

Ananda

Religion; Buddhism

One of the Shakyamuni Buddha's Ten Great Disciples, and the Buddha's cousin. He was first in hearing the Buddha's words. As he had excellent memory, he memorised the Buddha's sermons, which were ...

Anapana-sati

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) 'Mindfulness on In-and-out breathing', is one of the most important exercises for reaching mental concentration and the four absorbtions (jhanas).

Abhidhamma

Religion; Buddhism

(1) In the discourses of the Pali Canon, this term simply means "higher Dhamma," a systematic attempt to define the Buddha's teachings and understand their interrelationships. (2) A later collection ...

Mahasanghika

Religion; Buddhism

Literally means the Member of the Great Order, majority, community. During the First Council, when the Sthavira or elder disciples assembled in the cave after the Buddha's death, and the other ...