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Eastern religions

Buddhist texts from the 3rd century BCE and later, containing reworkings of the Buddhist sutras

Nonviolence, one of the cardinal virtues of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism

Celestial Buddha of Mahayana Buddhism

Non-self, a key concept in Buddhism

Layer of texts within the Vedas dealing with detailed instructions for rituals

Association of Shinto Shrines

Religious administrative organization that oversees Shinto shrines in Japan

Ātman (Hinduism)

Hindu concept for inner self, spirit or soul

Avalokiteśvara

Buddhist bodhisattva embodying the compassion of all buddhas

Material appearance or incarnation of a deity on earth in Hinduism

South Indian dharmic belief system

Buddhist Concept

Tibetan Book of the Dead

The primary holy scripture for Hinduism

Bhagavata Purana

Sanskrit Hindu text, one of the eighteen major Puranas, story of Krishna

Singing of poems or hymns in Indian traditions

Spiritual path in Hinduism focused on devotion

Ordained female Buddhist monastic

In Mahayana Buddhism, mind that strives toward awakening, empathy, and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings

Buddhist term for aspirant to enlightenment

Tibetan religion

Metaphysical concept, unchanging Ultimate Reality in Hinduism

Layer of Hindu text within the Vedas

Four virtues In Buddhist ethics and meditation practice

Hindu reform movement

Buddhist concept of inherent nature or potential of Buddhahood

Dharmic religion

Buddhism in the West

The history and demographics of Buddhism in the West

Buddhist canons

Buddhist canonical collection

Buddhist meditation

Practice of meditation in Buddhism

Buddhist monasticism

Monastery tradition

Platform or wooden cabinet that enclose and protect a gohonzon, statue or painting of a buddha or bodhisattva, or other Buddhist religious icon

Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism

Chinese Buddhism

Buddhism with Chinese characteristics

Head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism

Collection of Taoist texts

Tibetan Buddhism advanced practice

Concept in Chinese philosophy

Key concept in Indian philosophy and Eastern religions, with multiple meanings

One of the three bodies (trikaya) of a buddha in Mahayana Buddhism

Buddhist sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism

One of the two major schools of Jainism

Tibetan meditation practice

Drukpa Kargyud Rinpoches

Concept in Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism

Tradition of teachings in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism

A wood plaque deposited in a Japanese temple to ask for a wish.

Enlightenment in Buddhism

Goal of Buddhist practice

Epic-Puranic chronology

Timeline of Hindu history based on the Mahabharata, the Ramayana, and the Puranas

Five Pure Lights

Dzochen teaching

Four Noble Truths

Basic framework of Buddhist thought

Tantric assemblies or feasts

A denomination of Hinduism that worships Ganesha

Mantra of the Vedic tradition

Dominant school of Tibetan Buddhism

Sikh main holy site; building in India

Ground (Dzogchen)

Primordial state in Tibetan Buddhism

Chinese interpretation of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara

Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field

Guru Granth Sahib

Primary scripture of Sikhism

Shinto purification ritual

Term for preliminary Buddhism before Mahayāna

Place of worship in Hinduism

Indian religion and way of life

Adherents of the religion of Hinduism

Philosophical concept

Indian religions

Religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent

Supreme soul, ruler, lord, king, queen or husband in Indian texts

Religion that originated in the Indian subcontinent

Collection of traditional narratives of the previous lives of Buddha

Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism)

10th–16th-century school of Tibetan Buddhism

A specific type of Shinto theatrical dance

School of Tibetan Buddhism

Last of four yugas (ages) in Hindu cosmology

Intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual

A school of Tibetan Buddhism

Compassion or mercy in Buddhist philosophy

8th-century Japanese chronicle

Hindu pilgrimage and festival celebrated in India

Tibetan Buddhism textual form

Mahāyāna Buddhist mind training practice developed between 900—1200 CE

Longchen Nyingthig

Scripture in Tibetan Buddhism

One of three scriptural divisions within Dzogchen

Cross-legged sitting meditation pose

Popular Sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism

Religious terminology

Branch of Buddhism

One of the ten pāramīs of the Theravāda school of Buddhism

Spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism

Persian religion founded in the 3rd century CE

Mantra (Bring Me the Horizon song)

2018 single by Bring Me the Horizon

Division in Tibetan Buddhism and Bon

Buddhist doctrine

Shinto practice of ritual purification by washing the entire body

Spiritual liberation in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism

Sacred mountain of Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu cosmology

Sympathetic or vicarious joy in Sanskrit and Pali

Preliminary practice in Vajrayana and Dzogchen

Nirmāṇakāya

Concept in Buddhism

Renounciation of desire in Buddhism

Liberation from repeated rebirth in saṃsāra

Noble Eightfold Path

Buddhist practices leading to liberation from saṃsāra

School of Tibetan Buddhism

Sacred sound and spiritual symbol in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism

Buddhist scriptures of the Theravada tradition

Buddhist concept of perfection

Religious practice

Pointing-out instruction

Introduction to the nature of mind in Tibetan Buddhism

Principle of Buddhism and its personification

Pratītyasamutpāda

Fundamental Buddhist teaching

Religious text of Jainism

Puja (Hinduism)

Prayer ritual of devotional worship performed by Hindus

Hindu scriptures

Pure Land Buddhism

School of Mahāyāna Buddhism

Vital force forming part of any living entity in traditional Chinese philosophy

Orchestral composition by Christopher Theofanidis

Ancient Sanskrit Epic by Valmiki

Rebirth (Buddhism)

Teaching in Buddhism

Refuge in Buddhism

Initiation ceremony in Buddhism

Concept within Tibetan Buddhism

First of the four sacred canonical texts (śruti) of Hinduism

Sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism

Form of object in Indian philosophy

One of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism

Samatha-vipassanā

Buddhist term meaning "tranquility of the mind

Samatha-vipassanā

Meditation practice described in Buddhism literally, "special seeing", often translated as "insight"

Saṃbhogakāya

One of the (usually) three kayas in Buddhism.

Cycle of death and rebirth in Buddhism and Hinduism

Sanskrit word meaning religious community

Buddhist concept of "formations"

Tibetan Buddhist concept

Seventeen tantras

Collection of tantras

One of the major traditions within Hinduism, and reveres Shiva as the Supreme Being

Goddess-centric sect of Hinduism

Polytheistic religion from Japan

Japanese shrine of the Shinto religion

Monotheistic religion originating in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent

Six Dharmas of Naropa

Set of advanced Tibetan Buddhist practices

The five aggregates of clinging: form, sensations, perceptions, ideas, and consciousness

Smarta tradition

Tradition in Hinduism linked to Advaita Vedanta

Sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism

Tradition in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism

Buddhist theological concept of voidness in ontology, meditation and phenomenology

Set of primary Buddhist scriptures, second part of the Pāli canon

"own-being/becoming"— intrinsic, essential nature or essence of beings

"self-awareness" in Buddhism

Branch of Jainism

Ancient Eurasian icon and later Nazi symbol

Esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism

Tao (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Chinese classic text

Religious and philosophical tradition

Tara (Buddhism)

Female Bodhisattva

True nature of things in Buddhism

Tattvartha Sutra

Jain religious text

Terma (religion)

Hidden teachings in various Buddhist traditions

A Tibetan Buddhist master who discover ancient hidden texts or terma.

Branch of Buddhism, oldest extant school

Three marks of existence

Buddhist concept; consists of impermanence (anicca), suffering (dukkha), and non-self (anattā)

Three Treasures (Taoism)

Taoist term; in the Daodejing, refers to compassion, frugality, and humility

Tibetan Buddhism

Form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet

Supreme spiritual teacher in Jainism

Meditation practice of Tibetan Buddhism

Three Bodies concept in Mahayana Buddhism

Vajrayana discipline of breath and body

Vajrayana meditation practice

Ancient Sanskrit religious and philosophical texts of Hinduism

Concept of equanimity in Buddhism

Major Hindu tradition that reveres Vishnu as the Supreme Being

Indian Buddhist tantric tradition

Buddhist term referring to feelings and sensations

One of six schools of Hindu philosophy

Ancient scriptures of Hinduism

Oral tradition of the Vedas

Hindu Buddhist term for ideas related to discernment, mind/consciousness, life force, etc.

Buddhist monastic rules

Vinaya Piṭaka

Primary religious text in Buddhism, first part of the Tripitaka - Pali Canon

Symbol in Tibetan Buddhist art

Ritual offering sacrifice in Hinduism

Yana (Buddhism)

"vehicle" of Buddhism

Philosophical concept of dualistic-monism or dynamic-monism in ancient Chinese philosophy

Spiritual practices from ancient India

Meditative discipline in Zen Buddhism

Zen (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Teachings in Tibetan Buddhism and Bon

Zhuangzi (book)

Ancient Chinese text from the late Warring States period