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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Kanjizai

Religion; Buddhism

The Japanese term for Avalokitesvara; The One Who Perceives the (Essential) Self at rest; the one who perceives the emptiness of perceptions and forms.

Kanzeon

Religion; Buddhism

The Japanese term for Avalokitesvara; The One Who Perceives the Sounds of the World; incarnation of mercy and compassion.

Kapilavatsu

Religion; Buddhism

The capital of the Sakya kingdom. The king of Kapilavatsu was Suddhodana, who was the father of Shakyamuni. The present-day Kapilavatsu is in Nepal.

Kalpa

Religion; Buddhism

(Kalpa in Sanskrit, Kappa in Pali). It is a fabulous period of four hundred and thirty two million years of mortals, measuring the duration of world. It is the period of time between other creation ...

Kama

Religion; Buddhism

(Sanskrit) Desire of the senses, especially sexual desire. The craving which arises from the false belief in an ego or self separate from the rest of manifestation.