Chanda (Sanskrit, Pali; Tibetan: ‘dun pa) is translated as "intention", "interest", or "desire to act". Chanda is identified within the Buddhist Abhidharma...
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Taṇhā (redirect from Craving (buddhism))
ceases. Buddhism categorizes desires as either taṇhā or chanda. Chanda literally means "impulse, excitement, will, desire for". Bahm states that chanda is...
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samskara चित्त संस्कार; Pali: cetasika; Tibetan: སེམས་བྱུང sems byung), in Buddhism, are identified within the teachings of the Abhidhamma (Buddhist psychology)...
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Theravada (redirect from Theravada Buddhism)
the most commonly accepted name of the oldest existing vehicle (yana) of Buddhism, the other name being Hinayana. The vehicle's adherents, termed Theravādins...
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Buddhism and Hinduism have common origins in the culture of Ancient India. Buddhism arose in the Gangetic plains of Eastern India in the 5th century BCE...
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Samadhi (redirect from Samadhi (Buddhism))
Samādhi (Pali and Sanskrit: समाधि), in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness. In many Indian religious...
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chess player Chanda (album), a 1996 album by Zubeen Garg and Jonkie Borthakur Chanda (Buddhism), a type of desire that can be wholesome Chanda (2007 film)...
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("emptiness"). It is part of the Threefold Training in Buddhism, and is one of the ten pāramīs of Theravāda Buddhism and one of the six Mahāyāna pāramitās. Prajñā...
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Chamunda (section In Buddhism)
attendants of the warrior goddess Parvati. The name is a combination of Chanda and Munda, two demons whom Chamunda killed. She is closely associated with...
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Tantra (section Proto-Tantric elements in Buddhism)
Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Chinese Esoteric Buddhism, Japanese Shingon Buddhism and Nepalese Newar Buddhism. Although Southern Esoteric Buddhism does not directly...
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Dharma (redirect from Dharma (Buddhism))
believed to have a transtemporal validity, and is one of the Puruṣārtha. In Buddhism, dharma (Pali: dhamma) refers to the teachings of the Buddha. In Buddhist...
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Indus seals was not accidental. Chanda detected signs of the practice of proto-Buddhism and Jainism in the antiquity. Chanda's publication in 1930, titled...
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or other symbols instead of Burmese script. Buddhism (Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ), specifically Theravāda Buddhism (Burmese: ထေရဝါဒဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ), is the official...
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Advaita Vedanta (redirect from Relation between Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism)
techniques with Buddhism. According to a 1918 paper by the Buddhism scholar O. Rozenberg, "a precise differentiation between Brahmanism and Buddhism is impossible...
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romanized: kleśa; Pali: किलेस kilesa; Standard Tibetan: ཉོན་མོངས། nyon mongs), in Buddhism, are mental states that cloud the mind and manifest in unwholesome actions...
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Duḥkha (redirect from Suffering (Buddhism))
"suffering", "pain," "unease," "unsatisfactory," is an important concept in Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism. Its meaning depends on the context, and may refer...
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Reincarnation (redirect from Reincarnation (Buddhism))
(punarjanman) is a central tenet of the Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. In various forms, it occurs as an esoteric belief...
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Pali: 𑀫𑁄𑀳; Tibetan phonetic: timuk) is a concept in both Hinduism and Buddhism, meaning illusion or delusion. In Hinduism, it is one of the six arishadvargas...
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Swastika (redirect from Swastika in Buddhism)
of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. It generally takes the form of a cross, the arms of which...
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Saṃsāra (section In Buddhism)
Upanishads. The full exposition of the saṃsāra doctrine is found in early Buddhism and Jainism, as well as in various schools of Hindu philosophy. The saṃsāra...
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termPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Mental factors (Buddhism) – Buddhist aspects of the mind Guenther (1975), Kindle Locations 524-526...
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Raga (Sanskrit term) (redirect from Rāga (Buddhism))
Hinduism, it is one of the five Kleshas or poisons that afflict the soul. In Buddhism, Raga is identified in the following contexts: One of the three poisons...
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Karuṇā (redirect from Compassion (Buddhism))
is a significant spiritual concept in the Indic religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism. In Hinduism, Karuṇā is one of the fundamental virtues...
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Sanskrit prosody (redirect from Chandas)
Sanskrit prosody or Chandas refers to one of the six Vedangas, or limbs of Vedic studies. It is the study of poetic metres and verse in Sanskrit. This...
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Dvesha (redirect from Dvesha (Buddhism))
aversion". In Hinduism, it is one of the Five Poisons or kleshas. In Buddhism, Dvesha (hate, aversion) is the opposite of raga (lust, desire). Along...
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