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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Lotus Sutra

Religion; Buddhism

The Lotus Sutra is probably the most important text of Mahayana Buddhism. It describes a lecture the Buddha gave and the ideas and thoughts. He discusses all the things that differentiate Mahayana ...

Kyosaku

Religion; Buddhism

(Japanese) Keisaku, cautionary device; the flat, narrow stick carried by the monitor during zazen.

Laity

Religion; Buddhism

An English word used to refer to the general members of a religion (in Buddhism, Christianity, etc. ) as opposed to religious specialists such as monks or priests. In Buddhism, the opposite of laity ...

Lakkhana

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) Characteristics. Tri-lakkhana, the three characteristics of existence: change, unsatisfactoriness and not-self.

Kung-an or koan

Religion; Buddhism

In Zen, it is a word, or a phrase, or a storey couched in irrational language which cannot be solved by intellectual processes, but whose meaning must burst on the mind directly. Kung-an is used as ...

Kusinara

Religion; Buddhism

Kusinara in Pali, Kusinagara in Sanskrit. The village where Shakyamuni Buddha died, and was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Malla.

Kundalini

Religion; Buddhism

(Sanskrit) Blissful energy dormant within the physical body, aroused through tantric practise and used to generate penetrative insight into the true nature of reality.