East Asian Buddhism or East Asian Mahayana is a collective term for the schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism that developed across East Asia which follow the Chinese...
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Buddhism in Southeast Asia includes a variety of traditions of Buddhism including two main traditions: Mahāyāna Buddhism and Theravāda Buddhism. Historically...
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Mahavihara tradition. East Asian Mahāyāna ("Great Vehicle"), East Asian Buddhism or "Eastern Buddhism", prominent in East Asia and derived from the Chinese...
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Buddha standing today at the entrance of many Buddhist temples in East Asian Buddhism in the form of frightening wrestler-like statues. They are dharmapala...
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Buddhism has been present in the Middle East and influenced some Middle Eastern religions such as Manichaeism. Buddhism, per some estimates by early medieval...
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Weixinism), as well as elements drawn from Mahayana Buddhism that form the core of Chinese and East Asian Buddhism at large. The group also includes Japanese Shinto...
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various traditions of Mahayana Buddhism. He is the Buddhist equivalent of the Hindu god Ganesha. In Tibetan Buddhism he is also known as the Red Lord...
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of days depends on various circumstances and is not fixed. In East Asian Mahayana Buddhism, there are different fasting (Chinese: zhai) practices. The most...
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Shakyamuni Buddha's death and passing into Nirvana in East Asian Buddhism. The Three Ages of Buddhism are three divisions of time following Buddha's passing:...
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subcontinent throughout Central, East, and Southeast Asia. At one time or another, it influenced most of Asia. The history of Buddhism is also characterized by...
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attracted sizable followings.[citation needed] Korean Buddhism has contributed much to East Asian Buddhism, especially to early Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese...
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major branches of Buddhism exist: the Theravada in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and the Mahayana throughout the Himalayas and East Asia. The Buddhist tradition...
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with chapters on "The Buddhism of Southeast Asia", "Buddhism in the Tibetan Culture Area", "East Asian Buddhism" and "Buddhism Comes West"; Penguin Handbook...
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adherents of Islam. Buddhist Association of China Buddhism in Hong Kong Buddhism in Taiwan East Asian Buddhism Four Buddhist Persecutions in China List of Buddhist...
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female Indian Buddhist deity which remains popular in East Asian Buddhism. In Chinese Buddhism, she is associated with the practice of the well known...
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Buddhism in Central Asia mainly existed in Mahayana forms and was historically especially prevalent along the Silk Road. The history of Buddhism in Central...
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Adi-Buddha (section In East Asian Buddhism)
innate wisdom that is present in all sentient beings. In Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, the term Ādibuddha is often used to describe the Buddha Samantabhadra...
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beings who is young and has newly arisen in its heavenly world. In East Asian Buddhism, the word deva is translated as 天 (literally "heaven") or 天人 (literally...
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Chinese Buddhism or a talisman symbolizing power and good fortune in Chinese folklore. The "ruyi" image frequently appears as a motif in Asian art. A traditional...
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Vajrasattva (section East Asian Buddhism)
the Mahayana and Mantrayana/Vajrayana Buddhist traditions. In Chinese Buddhism and the Japanese Shingon tradition, Vajrasattva is the esoteric aspect...
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Yidam (redirect from Ishta-deva (Buddhism))
yidams extends to regional and cultural variations within Vajrayana Buddhism. East Asian Vajrayana, as practiced in China, Korea, and Japan, incorporates...
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Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Pure Land. It is one of the most widely practiced traditions of Buddhism in East Asia. Pure Land Buddhism is...
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achieve buddhahood. The ten vows have become a common practice in East Asian Buddhism, particularly the tenth vow, with many Buddhists traditionally dedicating...
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the dissemination of Buddhism throughout the East Asian cultural sphere, including Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Chinese Buddhism also developed various...
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Bodhisattva Precepts (section East Asian Buddhism)
with the bodhisattva vow to save all beings and with bodhicitta. East Asian Buddhism makes use of different sets of bodhisattva precepts found in various...
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Buddhist music (section In East Asian Buddhism)
central feature of East Asian Buddhism, where it is seen as an important offering to the Buddhas, as a skillful means of teaching Buddhism and also as a kind...
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Buddha-nature (section East Asian Buddhism)
a wide range of (sometimes conflicting) meanings in Indian Buddhism and later in East Asian and Tibetan Buddhist literature. Broadly speaking, it refers...
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Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, Sarvastivada Buddhism was transmitted from North India through Central Asia to China. Direct contact between Central Asian and Chinese...
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17th-Century Buddhism." Religions. 14. 248. 10.3390/rel14020248. Wu, Jiang (2006). "Building a Dharma Transmission Monastery" (PDF). East Asian History. 31:...
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Vinaya (section East Asian Buddhism)
Lanka & Southeast Asia), Mulasarvastivada (Tibetan Buddhism and the Himalayan region) and Dharmaguptaka (Taiwan and East Asian Buddhism). In addition to...
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