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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Sangha

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) On the conventional (sammati) level, this term denotes the communities of Buddhist monks and nuns; on the ideal (ariya) level, it denotes those followers of the Buddha, lay or ordained, who ...

Sanbo kyodan

Religion; Buddhism

(Japanese) Order of the Three Treasures; the Zen sect traced from Yasutani Hakuun, 1885-1973.

Takuhatsu

Religion; Buddhism

(Japanese) To show the bowl, the walk taken by monks or nuns through towns near the temple to accept gifts of money or rice.

Sutra / sutta

Religion; Buddhism

(1) As in Hinduism, a term meaning sacred text. (2) The Sutra Pitaka is one of the three divisions of the tripitaka. It contains the words and teachings of Buddha himself. (3) The Sutras are the ...

Sura

Religion; Buddhism

Celestial being who enjoys the highest pleasures to be found in cyclic existence.

Sunna

Religion; Buddhism

A Sanskrit term for void; emptiness; the realm of transitory and relative existence. As a doctrinal term it refers, in Theravada, exclusively to the Annatta doctrine, i.e., the unsubstantiality of ...