• The Buddhist Spell (Taiwanese: 菩薩戒, Romanized: Pu ti you hun) is a 1993 Taiwanese fantasy film directed by Chao Lu-chiang and starring Sharla Cheung. Shen...
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  • with his first starring role in the film Cupid One with Sally Yeh. He is also known for his role as Lam Wing in the 1996 film Tai Chi Boxer and FuXi...
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  • her first film role in the 1986 film The Magic Crystal. She continued to work with the director on many of his productions in the early 1990s as well. Cheung...
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    Buddhist tantric literature refers to the vast and varied literature of the Vajrayāna (or Mantrayāna) Buddhist traditions. The earliest of these works...
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    Incantation (redirect from Magic spell)
    incantation, spell, charm, enchantment, or bewitchery is a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects. The formula can...
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  • Theravada (redirect from Theravada Buddhist)
    Gautama Buddha's teaching or Dhamma in the Pāli Canon for over two millennia. The Pāli Canon is the most complete Buddhist canon surviving in a classical Indian...
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    Dharani (category Buddhist philosophical concepts)
    dharani used by Buddhists in medieval China. Seminal Buddhist literature describes an ordinary monk as a student of spell techniques and the acquisition of...
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  • of the Red Lotus (1965), The Knight of Knights (1966) and Trail of the Broken Blade (1967). He took on the stage name 'Wu Ma' as it reflected the animal...
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    forms in the ancient Buddhist texts, and are traditionally identified as the first teaching given by the Buddha. While often called one of the most important...
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    The Dalit Buddhist movement (also known as the Neo-Buddhist movement, Buddhist movement for Dalits, Ambedkarite Buddhist movement and Modern Buddhist...
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    Zen (redirect from Zen Buddhist)
    "Zen and the "Hero's March Spell" of the Shoulengyan jing". The Eastern Buddhist. 47 (1): 81–120. ISSN 0012-8708. JSTOR 26799795. Archived from the original...
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  • There are several Buddhist canons, which refers to the various scriptural collections of Buddhist sacred scriptures or the various Buddhist scriptural canons...
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  • (1992) Her Judgement Day (1993) The Buddhist Spell (1993) Angel's Project (1993) Combat at Heaven's Gate (1993) The Sword Stained With Royal Blood (1993)...
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    stemming from the latest stages of Buddhism (which included many Vajrayāna elements). It thus preserves many Indian Buddhist tantric practices of the post-Gupta...
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    were transmitted to the bodhisattva, but the mainstream of those who venerated Avalokiteśvara upheld the Buddhist rejection of the doctrine of any creator...
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    Mantra (redirect from Buddhist prayers)
    Buddhas Keyworth, George A. (2016). "Zen and the "Hero's March Spell" of the Shoulengyan jing". The Eastern Buddhist. 47 (1): 81–120. ISSN 0012-8708. JSTOR 26799795...
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    system of morality for Buddhist lay people. They constitute the basic code of ethics to be respected by lay followers of Buddhism. The precepts are commitments...
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    The term American Buddhism can be used to describe all Buddhist groups within the United States, including Asian-American Buddhists born into the faith...
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    in consecrated ground. The earliest extant example of this type of printed matter is a fragment of a dhāraṇī (Buddhist spell) miniature scroll written...
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    a Buddhist monk and pilgrim who is a central character in the 16th century novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en. Tang Sanzang is based on the historical...
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    Bhikkhunī (redirect from Buddhist nun)
    भिक्षुणी, romanized: bhikṣuṇī) is a Buddhist nun, fully ordained female in Buddhist monasticism. Bhikkhunīs live by the Vinaya, a set of either 311 Theravada...
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    Stupa (redirect from Buddhist Stupa)
    hemispherical structure containing relics (such as śarīra – typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation. Circumambulation...
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    be interpreted based on Buddhist doctrine and beliefs alone but the practice must be understood in the larger context of the Chinese religious landscape...
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    Butsudan (redirect from Buddhist altar)
    Butsudan (仏壇, lit. "Buddhist altar"), sometimes spelled Butudan, is a shrine commonly found in temples and homes in Japanese Buddhist cultures. A butsudan...
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    The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Pashto: د باميانو بودايي پژۍ, Dari: تندیس‌های بودا در بامیان) were two possibly 6th-century monumental Buddhist statues in the...
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    ထေရဝါဒဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ), is the official and state religion of Myanmar since 1961, and practiced by nearly 90% of the population. It is the most religious Buddhist country...
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    themselves for the moment...when they will emerge to rebuild civilization". Lifton posited that Aum's publications used Christian and Buddhist ideas to impress...
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    Saṃsāra (category Buddhist philosophical concepts)
    Many scholarly texts spell saṃsāra as samsara. According to Monier-Williams, saṃsāra is derived from the verbal root sṛ with the prefix saṃ, Saṃsṛ (संसृ)...
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    Prajñāpāramitā Devī (category Buddhist goddesses)
    Indian Buddhist art from around the 9th to 12th centuries, particularly in the art of the Pala Empire. She is also widely found in the Buddhist art of...
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    magical incantations. Kubera is said to have provided the Buddhist sangha with protection spells in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. These spirit deities also included...
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