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Religion portal. v. t. e. Buddhist cosmology is the description of the shape and evolution of the Universe according to Buddhist scriptures and commentaries. It consists of a temporal and a spatial cosmology. The temporal cosmology describes the timespan of the creation and dissolvement of alternate universes in different aeons.
Maraṇasati (mindfulness of death, death awareness) is a Buddhist meditation practice of remembering (frequently keeping in mind) that death can strike at any time ( AN 6.20), and that we should practice assiduously ( appamada) and with urgency in every moment, even in the time it takes to draw one breath.
Japanese name. Kana. 相互存在. Interbeing is a philosophical concept and contemplation practice rooted in the Zen Buddhist tradition, notably proposed by Thich Nhat Hanh. [ 1][ 2] It underscores the inter-connectedness and interdependence of all elements of existence. [ 3][ 4] It informs ethical living, mindfulness, and compassionate ...
A History. Part One: India and China: "Zen (Chin. Ch'an, an abbreviation of ch'an-na, which transliterates the Sanskrit Dhyāna (Devanagari: ध्यान) or its Pali cognate Jhāna (Sanskrit; Pāli झान), terms meaning "meditation") is the name of a Mahāyāna Buddhist school of meditation originating in China.
Buddhism portal. v. t. e. Rebirth in Buddhism refers to the teaching that the actions of a sentient being lead to a new existence after death, in an endless cycle called saṃsāra. [ 1][ 2] This cycle is considered to be dukkha, unsatisfactory and painful. The cycle stops only if Nirvana (liberation) is achieved by insight and the ...
Pure Land Buddhism or Pure Land School ( Chinese: 淨土宗; pinyin: Jìngtǔzōng; Japanese: 浄土仏教, romanized : Jōdo bukkyō; Korean : 정토종; RR : Jeongto-jong; Vietnamese: Tịnh độ tông; also known as Amidism[ 1][ 2]) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Pure Land. It is one of the most ...
The Buddhist tradition regards the body and the mind as being mutually dependent. [ 1] The body or physical form (called Rūpa) is considered as one of the five skandha, the five interdependent components that constitute an individual. The Buddha taught that there is no separate, permanent, or unchanging self, and that a human being is an ...
Glossary of Buddhism. Aniconic carving representing the final nirvana of a Buddha at Sanchi. Nirvana ( Sanskrit: निर्वाण; IAST: nirvāṇa; Pali: nibbāna) is the extinguishing of the passions, [ 1] the "blowing out" or "quenching" of the activity of the grasping mind and its related unease. [ 2]