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Paramita Buddhism

Paramita

The Sanskrit term pāramitā (devanāgarī पारमिता) is a feminine noun indicating "leading to the opposite shore" or "reaching the opposite shore" or even "completing a path," as an adjective (here...

Paramita

The Sanskrit term pāramitā (devanāgarī पारमिता) is a feminine noun indicating "leading to the opposite shore" or "reaching the opposite shore" or even "completing a path," as an adjective (here...

Nekkhamma Buddhism

Nekkhamma

Nekkhamma (Sanskrit: नैष्काम्य) is a Pali term translated in English as "renunciation" or "the joy of renunciation", but it can be translated figuratively as "to give up worldly life and...

Nekkhamma

Nekkhamma (Sanskrit: नैष्काम्य) is a Pali term translated in English as "renunciation" or "the joy of renunciation", but it can be translated figuratively as "to give up worldly life and...

Satipatthana Buddhism

Satipatthana

Satipaṭṭhāna (Pali; smṛti-upasthāna in Sanskrit), means "establishment of attention" or "application of presence of mind. "It is an essential limb of Buddhist practice: attention must be established, maintained at all...

Satipatthana

Satipaṭṭhāna (Pali; smṛti-upasthāna in Sanskrit), means "establishment of attention" or "application of presence of mind. "It is an essential limb of Buddhist practice: attention must be established, maintained at all...

Terma Buddhism

Terma

Terma (Tibetan: གཏེར་མ་, Wylie: gter ma) means "treasure" in Tibetan.According to Tibetan tradition, Termas were hidden by Padmasambhava in the eighth century to be discovered in later times when there...

Terma

Terma (Tibetan: གཏེར་མ་, Wylie: gter ma) means "treasure" in Tibetan.According to Tibetan tradition, Termas were hidden by Padmasambhava in the eighth century to be discovered in later times when there...

Terton Buddhism

Terton

Tertön (Tibetan: གཏེར་སྟོན་, Wylie: gter ston) is a term within Tibetan Buddhism meaning "treasure discoverer". It is used to designate human beings who are especially gifted in discovering terma (treasure)...

Terton

Tertön (Tibetan: གཏེར་སྟོན་, Wylie: gter ston) is a term within Tibetan Buddhism meaning "treasure discoverer". It is used to designate human beings who are especially gifted in discovering terma (treasure)...

Tantra Buddhism

Tantra

Tantra (Sanskrit तन्त्र, neuter, "tissue, continuum, connection") or tantrism refers to various currents within Indian philosophy and religion that first emerged as an esoteric form of Hinduism and later Buddhism...

Tantra

Tantra (Sanskrit तन्त्र, neuter, "tissue, continuum, connection") or tantrism refers to various currents within Indian philosophy and religion that first emerged as an esoteric form of Hinduism and later Buddhism...