Encyclopedia of Buddhism
MI LA RAS PA (MILAREPA) Mi la ras pa (pronounced Milarepa, 1028/40–1111/23) was a highly revered Tibetan yogin. He is considered ...
In general, the text records a series of conversations between the Buddhist monk Nagasena and the Bac- trian Indo-Greek king Mi ...
is most fundamentally predicated on the physical re- turn of the Jews to Palestine. The Christian Book of Revelation, as well, e ...
suffering. This new eschatology was especially appeal- ing during times of demographic crisis, such as war or famine, which were ...
decades later, the themes of millennial world renewal are easily linked to the larger tradition of Maitreya worship. Agrarian ut ...
of purity is required for the next step: reaching liber- ating insight. As happens frequently in the Buddhist canon, a number of ...
buddha, S ́akyamuni was believed to possess the stan- dard set of supernormal powers or ABHIJN A(HIGHER KNOWLEDGES) accruing ...
lence, prompting the emperor to have the image de- stroyed. This act was followed by the miraculous ap- pearance of a large log ...
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tiation has involved less a movement away from reli- gion than the coming into being of two separate do- mains, the religious an ...
in ethical behavior and avoid dissipation instead of engaging in elaborate ritual practices. We also en- counter it more than tw ...
the case, as Buddhist intellectual elites have devoted considerable effort to exploring in theory and in prac- tice various leve ...
interstitial groups, the gahapatiare also significant for comparative purposes, given analogous developments in the eastern Medi ...
thing as comprehending it); and the third senses of both correspond to each other (each is a provisional name for an absolute re ...
monastic life. Although each structure was probably made of perishable materials, such as bamboo, thatch, and wood, the building ...
Almost every oasis had a Buddhist presence, al- though chronologies of the sites and their architecture are sketchy. It is simil ...
ambulatory defined by pillars. Both hall types and full- scale monasteries are depicted in Buddhist murals and paintings on silk ...
dormitories, filled the space on either side of the main building line. Monks’ quarters sometimes contained a single huge bed on ...
(668–935), borrow from monastery traditions of China and represent two distinctly Korean types of Buddhist architecture at the s ...
Horyuji, for instance, had a gatehouse, kondo,pagoda, and covered arcade connected to the gatehouse at its core, as well as a ...
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