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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Avalokiteshvara

Religion; Buddhism

Popularly known as the Bodhisattva of Compassion. He has reincarnated in this world numerous times (in both male and female forms) and therefore plays many roles depending on ...

asura

Religion; Buddhism

This term is often translated as "ogre" or "titan. " They are one of the six states of existence that are in samsara. Different types of Buddhism view them differently. Asura is ...

asavas

Religion; Buddhism

The 'cankers' which obstruct spiritual achievement (e.g. Sensual longing, desire for continued separate existence, ignorance).

Ashoka

Religion; Buddhism

A Buddhist monarch of 300 B. C. , the third emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty, who unified most of India under his rule and fostered the dissemination of Buddhism. It is said that ...

asubha

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) 'Impurity', loathsomeness, foulness, the perception of Impurity.

anuttara-samyak-sambodhi

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) Supreme perfect enlightenment.

Apaya

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) Realm of destitution. One of the four lower realms of existence, in which beings suffer because of their bad Kamma: hell, the realm of hungry shades, the realm of angry ...