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Avalokitesvara

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The bodhisattva of compassion, known as the embodiment of all the buddhas compassion; appears in the female form in china as guanyin

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Middle Way

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the middle path between two extremes: 1: between extreme asceticism and sensual indulgence and 2: between nihilism and eternealism, instead asserting two levels of truth: the conventional and ultimate.

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Perfection of wisdom sutras

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mahayana texts that appeared in india between 100-700 ce that emphasize the compassionate path of the bodhisattva and the wisdom that understands emptiness: the lack of inherent existence of all phenomena

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Upaya

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:skillful means: wholesome methods of adaptin the teaching to the needs of sentient beings

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Amitabha

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The Buddha of infinite life and light who dwells in the western pure land called sukkhavati: pure land buddhists in east asia are devoted to amitabha buddha and recite his name as a spiritual practice

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Koan

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a question or riddle used as an object of meditation in rinzai zen :sudden school: practice to demonstrate the limits of conventional logic and intellectul understanding, and to spark direct insight into the true nature of things

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soto

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one of two main schools of Zen practice, soto emphasizes :just sitting: in order to cultivate awareness and gain direct insight into the true nature of one's own mind

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Vajrayana

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adamantine vehicle. branch of mahayana buddhism that uses mantras mudras and mandalas, and advanced meditation practices known as deity yoga as means to achieve awakening

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Dali Lama

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"Ocean of wisdom" a lineage of scholar monks who have served as the temporal and spiritual leaders of tibet since the 17th century; the 14th dalai lama received the nobel peace prize in 1989 and currently lives in Dharamsala, India

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Mantra

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sound syllables, associated with a particular buddha or bodhisattva that are recited as part of tantric meditation practice: om mani padme hum

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Abhidharma`

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"higher teachings" 3rd part of the buddhist canon, which systematizes buddhist psychology in scholastic categories, questions and answers

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Tripitaka

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"3 baskets" the buddhist canon consisting of 3 divisions: vinaya, sutra, abhidharma

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Alaya-vijnana

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"storehouse consciousness" 1/8th consciousness accepted in the yogacara school that serves as a storehouse for the imprints/seeds of actions that ripen in the future

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Tathagatagarbha

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"embryo of enlightenment" buddha nature; potential buddha in all of us

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Therigatha

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"verses of the elders" 73 songs of realiztion composed by more than 70 female arhats and accomplished religious teachers/ important for study of women in early buddhism

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Dhammapada

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a collection of 423 verses in pali attributed to the buddha, including such sayings as "hatred never ceases by hatred in this world; by love alone do it cease"

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Dharmas

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Phenomena, constituents or fundamental elements of reality objects of perception

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buddhaghosa

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5th century buddhist scholar who composed the parth of purification and discourse on the foundations of mindfulness, classic theravada texts

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The Tibetan book of the dead

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the popular title for liberation by hearing in the intermediate state, a tibetan buddhist text that describes the process of dying, bardo, and rebirth

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nichiren

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a japanese monk who emphasized the saving power of the lotus sutra in a time of moral decline;

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Tzu-Chi

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the buddhist compassion relief association; founded by bhiksuni cheng-yen in taiwan, its five million members are dedicated to medical care, social welfare, and disaster relief around the world as an opportunity for spiritual growth

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Soka Gakkai

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"value creating society" lay movement that arose in postwar japan as a branch of nichiren shoshu. popular among the working class, the movement has spread internationally, advocating peace and the chanting of na myo ho ren gek kyo

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engaged buddhism

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a buddhist social liberation movement; recognizing the interraltedness of all life, engaged buddhists attempt to actively implement buddhist ethical and social teachings to alleviate oppression and suffering

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FWBO

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friends of the western buddhist order: school of western buddhism founded in the uk in 1967 by sangharakshita: same- sex communities and supports dalits

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Jodo Shinshu

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the true pure land sect of japanese buddhism founded by shinran; a school of practice that focuses on amitabha buddha and recites the nembutsu, with the aim of achieving rebirth in Sukkhavati pure land

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Sarvodaya sramadama

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"sharing of energy for the awakening of all" a grassroots rural development movement in sri lanka founded in 1958. dedicated to the benefit of human society

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aung san suu kyi

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a burmese laywomen who founded many organizations. in 1990 she was elected ehad of government but has been under house arrest by the repressive military regime

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BR Ambedkar

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a former untouchable who converted to buddhism in 1956 and began a movement among the dalits in india based on his reinterpretation of the dharma as socially liberating

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Thich Nhat Hanh

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vietnamese poet, writer, monk, peace and social activist who advocates engaged buddhism

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Falun Gong

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"wheel of the law" a modern chinese religion with buddhist and daoist elements that uses meditation and physical exercises to promote enlightenment; persectuted by the chinese gov since 1999

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Pratitya-samutpada

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"dependent arising" 12 links beginning with ignorance and ending with aging and death, that explain how sentient beings become involved with cyclic existense

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dukkha

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"suffering" "unsatisfactoriness" 3 types of dukkha 1 dukka of dukka 2 duka that arises from impermaneance 3 all pervasive dukkha

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Nagarjuna

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2nd century indian scholar monk regarded as the founder of the middle way school of mahayana philosophy

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prajna

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wisdom; understanding, especially regarding the path that leads to liberation; direct insight into emptiness

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sunyata

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"emptines" the lack of true or inherent existence, which applies to all phenomena, including emptiness itself

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10 unwholesom acts

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3 of body 4 of speech 3 of mind

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tanha

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"thirst" the desire to hold on to pleasureable experiences; craving 1 for sense pleasure 2 to be something 3 to be nothing

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Huineng

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the 6th patriarch of chan buddhism; an illiterate peasant who lived in china at the end of the 7th century who surpassed more cultured monks in intuitive insight and received the official "dharma seal" transmission of his teacher

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Post modernism

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n approach that questions all meta-narratives or over-arching truth discourses and instead emphasizes ambiguity, social location, and difference

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Post structuralism

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heories or methods of analysis that reject binary oppositions and absolutes, viewing categories and meanings as shifting and provisional