Religion

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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Yama

Religion; Buddhism

God of the dead; sometimes, death personified.

yaksa

Religion; Buddhism

The demons in the lower realm, like the Ghost Realm. They are evil, malignant and violent. They live on earth or in air.

yakka

Religion; Buddhism

In popular belief, a kind of ghost, goblin or orge.

yab-yum

Religion; Buddhism

In Tibeten Buddhism, or Vajrayana Buddhism, this is the symbol of the male and female sexual union--usually a union of a god or a bodhisattva and his consort--which represents the ...

wu

Religion; Buddhism

No; does not have; case one of the Wu-men kuan, often the first koan of the Zen student.

wisdom

Religion; Buddhism

This is the usual translation of prajna.

wheel of life

Religion; Buddhism

(Sanskrit: Bava Chakra) In Tibetan Buddhism especially, the Wheel of Life is a symbol consisting of three concentric circles held by Yama, the God of the Underworld. It signifies ...