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Religion

Refers to any set of beliefs of any community or nation, concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of life and the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a supernatural or divine agency.

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teisho

Religion; Buddhism

(Japanese) To present the shout; the roshi's Dharma talk.

Tathagata

Religion; Buddhism

A term for the Buddha (Siddartha) which means "The Enlightened One. " Literally, "one who has become authentic (tatha-agata)," an epithet used in ancient India for a person who ...

tariki

Religion; Buddhism

(Japanese) The use of 'Other-Power' for salvation as distinct from Self-Power, Jiriki.

Tara

Religion; Buddhism

A female manifestation in Tibet of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, whose Tibetan form is Chenrezig. She can appear in 21 different forms, which differ in ...

tantrism

Religion; Buddhism

Tantrism and tantric ideas begin with notions in line with all forms of Buddhism, namely, the idea that Ultimate Reality is a singular Unity. It is not the apparent multiplicity ...

Tantrayana

Religion; Buddhism

Also called Vajrayana. A school of esoteric Tibetan Buddhism. It emphasizes not only meditation but also the use of symbolic rites, gestures, postures, breathing, incantation, and ...

tanha

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) Lit. 'thirst': 'Craving' is the chief root of suffering, and of the ever continuing cycle of rebirths.