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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Makyo

Religion; Buddhism

(Japanese) Fantasies, hallucinations, and seemingly real mental or physical experiences that arise during zazen; they are said to be an obstacle to practice.

Majjhima-patipada

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) 'Middle Path', is the whole noble eight-fold path which, by avoiding the two extemes of senual lust and self-torment leads to enlightenment and deliverence from suffering.

Mahayana Buddhism

Religion; Buddhism

Mahayana means "The Great Raft" or "The Great Vehicle. " It is the largest and most influential of the three main forms of Buddhism (the other two being Theravada and Vajrayana ). It is practised in ...

Mahayana

Religion; Buddhism

(Skt) The greater vehicle; one of the two major divisions of Buddhism, as in China, Korea, Vietnam, Tibet and Japan.

Law of Karma

Religion; Buddhism

The results of actions, which produce effects that may be either good or bad. It is derived from the Law of Causal Condition (Law of Cause and Effect).

Law of Dependent Origination

Religion; Buddhism

(Paticcasamuppada) It states that all phenomena arise depending upon a number of causal factors. In other words, it exists in condition that the others exist; it has in condition that others have; it ...