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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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 has attained the ...

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 attributes and are known by ...

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 of the present world ...

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 other secret means.