• The Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma (Sanskrit: tridharmacakra-pravartana, Tibetan: chos kyi 'khor lo gsum) is a Mahāyāna Buddhist framework for...
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    Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma. The pedagogic upaya doctrine and classification of the "three turnings of the wheel" was first postulated by the Yogacara...
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    The dharmachakra (Sanskrit: धर्मचक्र, Pali: dhammacakka) or wheel of dharma is a symbol used in the Dharmic religions. It has a widespread use in Buddhism...
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  • of the doctrine of the Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma that was first codified in the Sandhinirmocana Sutra. The Ocean of Definitive Meaning conveys...
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    Definitive Meanings in the Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma, the Two Truths and Dependent Arising Part Three: Gaining Certainty about the View Part Four:...
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    the Wheel of Dhamma. Thich Nhat Hanh (trans.) (1999). "Discourse on Turning the Wheel of the Dharma: Dhamma Cakka Pavattana Sutta". In The Heart of the...
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    Mañjuśrīmitra (category Year of birth missing)
    Yogachara, Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma, and Garab Dorje: Moreover, in terms of content, it is quite clear that the early Dzogchen Movement of the eighth...
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    contraction of Sanskrit cintamani; "chos" is Tibetan for dharma; and "'khor" or "'khorlo" means chakrano. The common term, “prayer wheel” is a double...
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    taught three grand cycles called "Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma." According to the sutra, the first of these consists of Hinayana teachings; the second...
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    Saṃdhinirmocana also introduced the paradigm of the Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma, with its own teachings being placed into the final and definitive teaching...
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    classes of beings, such as Hinayana teachings being only for those of the Hinayana family and so on). Thus the three turnings of the wheel of Dharma are essentially...
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  • The Dharma Initiative, also written DHARMA (Department of Heuristics and Research on Material Applications), is a fictional research project and organization...
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    Maitreya (redirect from Cult of Maitreya)
    the third turning within the Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma. They teach the "consciousness-only" idealist philosophy of Yogacara Buddhism. Buddhist...
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    The Three Ages of Buddhism, also known as the Three Ages of the Dharma (simplified Chinese: 三时; traditional Chinese: 三時; pinyin: Sān Shí), are three divisions...
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    doctrines. The Sūtra affirms that the earlier "turnings of the wheel of Dharma"—the teachings of the Śrāvaka Vehicle (Śrāvakayāna) and the emptiness (śūnyatā)...
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    According to the Tibetan Buddhist master Longchenpa: According to the Mahayana approach, the buddha is the totality of the three kayas; the dharma encompasses...
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    Longchenpa (category Scholars of Buddhism from Tibet)
    Publications, 2012. The Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma. In Erik Pema Kunsang. Jewels of Enlightenment: Wisdom Teachings from the Great Tibetan Masters...
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    bahuvrīhi: "through whom the wheel is moving" in the meaning of "through whom the Dharmachakra ("Wheel of the Dharma) is turning" (most commonly used in Buddhism)...
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    teachings of the Buddha into three types, which it calls the "three turnings of the wheel of Dharma." To the first turning, it ascribes the Āgamas of the śravakas...
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  • for the Tibetan tradition's understanding of the three turnings of the wheel of Dharma since it describes the Buddha's teaching as consisting of three phases...
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    Definitive Meanings in the Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma, the Two Truths and Dependent Arising Part Three: Gaining Certainty about the View Part Four:...
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  • The name of the center means 'The Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma'. Buddhist meditation techniques and teachings on the various aspects of the ‘Graduated...
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    include the Dharma wheel, the Indian lotus, the three jewels and the Bodhi tree. Buddhism symbolism is intended to represent the key values of the Buddhist...
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  • lit. "Treasury of the True Dharma Eye") is the title most commonly used to refer to the collection of works written in Japan by the 13th-century Buddhist...
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    cosmology Sutra The birth of Buddha (Lalitavistara) The Path to Nirvana Three Ages of Buddhism Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma Triratna Buddhist...
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    discourse on the turning of the Dharma wheel). Other suttas such as the Tevijja Sutta, and the Cula-Hatthipadopama-sutta give a different outline of the path...
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    (/ˈdɑːfə/ DAH-fə; lit. 'Dharma Wheel Practice') is a new religious movement. Falun Gong was founded by its leader Li Hongzhi in China in the early 1990s. Falun...
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    taught along with the teachings of the third turning of the wheel of Dharma. Similarly, the Lankavatara sutra explains the doctrine of the unborn and unoriginated...
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    Buddha is also someone who fully understands the Dharma, the true nature of all things or phenomena (dharmas), the ultimate truth. Buddhahood (Sanskrit: buddhatva;...
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    with the "golden wheel". The auspiciousness of the turning of the dharma wheel is symbolic of Buddhism, both in its teachings and realizations.[citation...
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