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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kyosaku

Religion; Buddhism

(Japanese) Keisaku, cautionary device; the flat, narrow stick carried by the monitor during zazen.

laity

Religion; Buddhism

An English word used to refer to the general members of a religion (in Buddhism, Christianity, etc. ) as opposed to religious specialists such as monks or priests. In Buddhism, ...

lakkhana

Religion; Buddhism

(Pali) Characteristics. Tri-lakkhana, the three characteristics of existence: change, unsatisfactoriness and not-self.

kung-an or koan

Religion; Buddhism

In Zen, it is a word, or a phrase, or a story couched in irrational language which cannot be solved by intellectual processes, but whose meaning must burst on the mind directly. ...

Kusinara

Religion; Buddhism

Kusinara in Pali, Kusinagara in Sanskrit. The village where Shakyamuni Buddha died, and was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Malla.

kundalini

Religion; Buddhism

(Sanskrit) Blissful energy dormant within the physical body, aroused through tantric practice and used to generate penetrative insight into the true nature of reality.

kuan yin

Religion; Buddhism

The Chinese manifestation of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Although originally depicted as male, he gradually became represented as female. She appears to all ...