countries. Merit is connected with the notions of purity and goodness. Before Buddhism, merit was used with regard to ancestor worship, but in Buddhism it gained...
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modern Buddhism is merit transfer. A person accumulates merit not only through intentions and ethical living, but also is able to gain merit from others...
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transfer of merit can be reconciled with the individual nature of karma in Buddhism. Some scholars believe that the idea originates with early Buddhism, whereas...
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Buddhism Paṭṭhāna Anantarika-karma Consciousness (Buddhism) Development of Karma in Buddhism Index of Buddhism-related articles Karma Merit (Buddhism)...
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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:...
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Look up merit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Merit may refer to: Merit (Buddhism) Merit (Christianity) Punya (Hinduism) Imputed righteousness in Lutheranism...
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पुण्य, 'merit') is a philosophical concept used in Buddhism and Hinduism, with several meanings. Punya (Hinduism) Punya (Jainism) Merit (Buddhism) It may...
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Saṃsāra (Sanskrit: संसार, Pali: saṃsāra; also samsara) in Buddhism and Hinduism is the beginningless cycle of repeated birth, mundane existence and dying...
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Anantarika-karma (redirect from Five cardinal sins in Buddhism)
on sin Devadatta Icchantika Karma in Buddhism Merit (Buddhism) Moha (Buddhism) Pratitya-samutpada Samsara (Buddhism) Three Poisons Twelve Nidanas "SuttaCentral"...
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with a temporal reward. Good works Grace Merit (Buddhism) Harvey, Peter (2013). An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. Cambridge...
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Buddhism was first established in Japan in the 6th century CE. Most of the Japanese Buddhists belong to new schools of Buddhism which were established...
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In Buddhism, refuge or taking refuge refers to a religious practice which often includes a prayer or recitation performed at the beginning of the day or...
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Theravada (redirect from Theravada Buddhism)
(/ˌtɛrəˈvɑːdə/; lit. 'School of the Elders') is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school's adherents, termed Theravādins, have...
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Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet, Bhutan and Mongolia. It also has a sizable number of adherents in the areas surrounding the...
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practice of Buddhism, two popular practices stand out: merit-making and vipassanā meditation. There is also the less popular weizza path. Merit-making is...
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Secular Buddhism—sometimes also referred to as agnostic Buddhism, Buddhist agnosticism, ignostic Buddhism, atheistic Buddhism, pragmatic Buddhism, Buddhist...
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Karma (redirect from Action (Buddhism))
Some schools of Indian religions, particularly within Buddhism, allow transfer of karma merit and demerit from one person to another. This transfer is...
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Four Noble Truths (redirect from Noble Truths of Buddhism)
In Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths (Sanskrit: चत्वार्यार्यसत्यानि, romanized: catvaryāryasatyāni; Pali: caturāriyasaccāni; "The Four Arya Satya") are "the...
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Buddhism in China refers to Buddhism that has been developed and practiced in China, based on the geographical location and administrative region instead...
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Buddhist ethics (redirect from Sila (Buddhism))
are traditionally based on the enlightened perspective of the Buddha. In Buddhism, ethics or morality are understood by the term śīla (Sanskrit: शील) or...
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Mahayana (redirect from Mahāyāna Buddhism)
religious merit." Macmillan Encyclopedia of Buddhism (2004): p. 494 Guang Xing. The Concept of the Buddha: Its Evolution from Early Buddhism to the Trikaya...
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Institutions of Chinese Buddhism Chinese Buddhism or Han Buddhism (simplified Chinese: 汉传佛教; traditional Chinese: 漢傳佛教; pinyin: Hànchuán Fójiào; Jyutping:...
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Dhammapada commentary claims that Purana died by drowning himself. Merit (Buddhism) Sramana Samannaphala Sutta "DN 2 Sāmaññaphala Sutta; The Fruits of...
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Nichiren Buddhism (Japanese: 日蓮仏教), also known as Hokkeshū (Japanese: 法華宗, meaning Lotus Sect), is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on the teachings...
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Thích Thiên (帝釋天) or Thích Đề Hoàn Nhân (釋提桓因) in Vietnamese. In Chinese Buddhism, Śakra is sometimes identified with the Taoist Jade Emperor (Yùhuáng Dàdì...
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Sri Lankan Buddhism. He is one of the twenty four protective deities of Chinese Buddhism and of the sixteen dharmapalas of Tibetan Buddhism.[citation needed]...
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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...
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Buddhist devotion (redirect from Puja (Buddhism))
Devotion, a central practice in Buddhism, refers to commitment to religious observances or to an object or person, and may be translated with Sanskrit...
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Buddhism in Cambodia or Khmer Buddhism (Khmer: ព្រះពុទ្ធសាសនានៅកម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: Preăh Pŭtthôsasânéa noŭ Kâmpŭchéa) has existed since at least the 5th century...
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Jōdo Shinshū (redirect from Shin Buddhism)
as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran. Shin Buddhism is the...
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