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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Wesak or Vesak

Religion; Buddhism

A lunar month corresponding to the Western April-May. The Festival at the Full Moon commemorates the Buddha's Birth, Enlightenment and Passing.

wat

Religion; Buddhism

(Thai) A temple or monastery. Wat Pa, forest monastery.

vipassana/vipashyana

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali, Vipassana; Vipashyana, Sanskrit) penetrating insight into the three marks of existence ; a term often applied to the practice of meditation in some traditions.

vipassana

Religion; Buddhism

This form of meditation is widely practiced in Theravada Buddhism. Its goal is the realization of the three marks of existence: suffering, impermanence, and "no-soul. " It leads ...

vinnana

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) Consciousness; the faculty by which one cognizes the phenomenal world.

vinaya

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) The monastic discipline, whose rules and traditions comprise six volumes in printed text.

vimalakirti

Religion; Buddhism

A lay contemporary of the Buddha, whose spiritual attainment is highly regarded. He exemplifies the Mahayana model of fully realized nonmonastic practice. The Vimalakirti Sutra ...