Encyclopedia of Buddhism

Aksobhya: “Imperturbable” (vajrafamily), sap- phire blue, earth-touching gesture (bhu
mispars ́a- mudra
), east (some sects pl ...

Bibliography Fisher, Robert E. Art of Tibet.New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997. Maxwell, Thomas S. “The Advanced Forms of Buddhis ...

separate distinct paths—an ordinary path leading to better rebirths for laypeople and a noble path leading to nirvana
for monks ...

cially compassion and wisdom, to which all Buddhists should eventually aspire. The bodhisattva masters the perfections through a ...

Shengyan, and the Taiwanese nun Zhengyan (Cheng Yen) to refer to a form of modern Buddhism involved with current social issues s ...

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“dharma years,” that is, the number of Lenten seasons since full ordination. When the many particular rules have been inter- nal ...

(1865–1928) in Germany, and Christmas Humphreys (1901–1983) in England. The schools of Grimm and Dahlke continued their work wit ...

Britain, the Netherlands, and other Western Euro- pean nations, refugees, immigrants, and business- people from Asian countries ...

EVIL A word that closely approximates the English word evil is the Sanskrit and Pa
li term pa
pa,which can be used to describe a ...

EVIL Ma
ra, the Evil One, attacks the Buddha. (Tibet, eighteenth century.) The Art Archive/Dagli Orti. Reproduced by permission. ...

of originally divine beings. These beings are at first ce- lestial, incorporeal, and entirely happy, but they de- volve into ear ...

two schools of Zen (Rinzai and So
to
), and the NICHIREN SCHOOL. Each new phase of Buddhism’s de- velopment was portrayed as a r ...

the LOTUSSU
TRA(SADDHARMAPUNDARI
KA-SU
TRA) and the teachings of ZHIYI(538–597), founder of the par- ent Tiantai tradition in ...

braced by the other ruling elites, for it confirmed and bolstered their authority too. The dominance of Kenmitsu Buddhism Kenmit ...

See also:Huayan School; Japan; Japanese Royal Fam- ily and Buddhism; Kamakura Buddhism, Japan; Meiji Buddhist Reform; Shingon Bu ...

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FAITH Few notions elicit more debate and vague associations than the family of concepts associated with the word faithand its va ...

adhimuttior adhimokkha). The attitude or cognitive- affective state expressed by this word is characteristic of the preliminary ...

sired state of mind has the distinct marks of Buddhist notions of mind and faith. Thus, in some of the more radical Jo
do shinsh ...