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SAHA WORLD. SeeCosmology SAICHO Saicho(767–822), posthumously known as DengyoDai- shi, was the founder of the Japanese Tendai ...
Unfurling the Real Meaning) is today extant only in Chinese and Tibetan versions (Chinese, Jie shenmi jing; Tibetan, Dgongs pa n ...
process characterized by mental and physical DUHKHA (SUFFERING). This ongoing series of lives is determined by the moral qualit ...
In the S ́atavahana period (ca. 150 C.E.), towering gateways consisting of two pillars bearing three archi- traves were erecte ...
the PATH. They are called stream-enterersbecause the stream of the dharma, the understanding of the FOUR NOBLE TRUTHSthat system ...
admission to the order and the conducting of the rains- retreat; and (3) the Parivara,a compendium of addi- tional materials. T ...
Mahayana and Tantric san ̇ ̇ghas We can see clearly in Edward Conze’s translation of the Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom(p. 6 ...
as communities of monks, sometimes even including members of the same nikaya. As for the historical tantric communities, they a ...
in oneself while cultivating “universal respect” for the inherent buddhahood of all other sentient beings. The Sanjie community ...
(WORD OF THEBUDDHA). This is indicated by their opening with the phrase evam maya s ́rutam (“Thus have I heard”), indicating ...
endowed with manuscripts of the navadharma,which includes the following sutras: Saddharmapundarlka (Lotus Sutra), Astasa ...
collections covering a range of activities, such as build- ing monasteries (e.g., the Kriyasamgraha). Treatises.Often attracti ...
Hodge, Stephen, trans. The Maha-Vairocana-Abhisambodhi Tantra: With Buddhaguhya’s Commentary.London: Rout- ledge Curzon, 2003. ...
or saint. S ́ariputra is renowned for his wisdom and his expertise in ABHIDHARMA. Because of his reputation for wisdom, S ́ari ...
alogues and other miscellaneous texts extant in Chi- nese translation. While the exact relationship between the Sarvastivadins ...
later became the first emperor of the Yuan dynasty in China. Qubilai Khan requested from ’Phags pa the complete Hevajra initiati ...
tive polemics against what he saw as unwarranted Ti- betan innovations. Precocious as a youth, Sa skya Pandita was identi- fie ...
Stearns, Cyrus. Luminous Lives: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam ‘Bras Tradition in Tibet.Boston: Wisdom Publi- cations ...
See also:Mainstream Buddhist Schools COLLETTCOX SCRIPTURE The word scripture(from the Latin scribere,“to write or to compose”) i ...
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