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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Jijimuge

Religion; Buddhism

(Japanese) The doctrine of the Kegon School of the 'unimpeded interdiffusion' of all Ji, things. Apparently the last word in the intellectual understanding of the unity of ...

isipatana

Religion; Buddhism

The deer-park near Benares (now called Sarnath) where Buddha gave his first teachings.

jainism

Religion; Buddhism

A religion founded by Nataputta, who was a royal clan of the Nata tribe in ancient India at the time of Shakyamuni. Its basic doctrine is non-materialistic atheism.

jataka tales

Religion; Buddhism

Stories or legends about Buddha's birth or previous forms of existence.

idhappaccayata

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) This / that conditionality. This name for the causal principle the Buddha discovered on the night of his Awakening emphasises the point that, for the purposes of ending ...

impermanence

Religion; Buddhism

(Sanskrit: anitya, Pali: anicca) This term refers to the Buddhist notion that all things of samsara are impermanent. Once created, they decay and pass away. Although this is ...

hungry ghost

Religion; Buddhism

These ghosts are a state of existence, a type of rebirth. This state stems from negative karma. The ghosts live between the earth and hell. They are called hungry because they ...