Buddhism

Buddhism

Buddhism is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as the Buddha.

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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 to the realization of ...

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 contains his ...