Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna (AF, Chinese: 大乘起信論; pinyin: Dàshéng Qǐxìn Lùn; Japanese: 大乗起信論, Daijōkishinron; Korean: 대승기신론, Daeseung-gisinron; Vietnamese:...
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may refer to: A doctrine in East Asian Buddhism which can be traced to the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna A concept in New Thought One Mind, Charles...
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Samatha-vipassanā (section Mahāyāna)
views, and several other elements. Likewise the influential text called the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana has a section on calm and insight meditation...
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Buddha-nature (category Mahayana)
The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana (Dàshéng Qǐxìn Lùn) was very influential in the development of Chinese Buddhism While the text is traditionally...
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Buddhist texts (redirect from Word of the Buddha)
reworking of the Dignaga text. The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana (Dàshéng Qǐxìn Lùn) is an influential text in East Asian Buddhism, especially in the Hua-yen...
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Korean Buddhism (redirect from Buddhism in Korea, North)
of phenomena"). Common in the works of Joseon scholar-monks are writings on Hwaeom-related texts, as well as the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana,...
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Aśvaghoṣa (category Indian scholars of Buddhism)
previously believed to have been the author of the influential East Asian Buddhist text named The Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana (Chinese: 大乘起信論; pinyin:...
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Yang Wenhui (category Chinese scholars of Buddhism)
studied the Confucian classics as a child, in 1862 he became interested in Buddhism after reading a copy of the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana (大乘起信論...
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Zen scriptures (section The role of scripture in Zen)
Nirdeśa Sūtra, the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana-sutra, and the Mahaparinirvana Sutra. The Chán-tradition...
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Bodhicitta (section In Tibetan Buddhism)
In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhicitta ("enlightenment-mind" or "the thought of awakening") is the mind (citta) that is aimed at awakening (bodhi), with wisdom...
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Mahāyāna (/ˌmɑːhəˈjɑːnə/ MAH-hə-YAH-nə; Sanskrit: महायान, pronounced [mɐɦaːˈjaːnɐ], lit. 'Great Vehicle') is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions...
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Tathātā (section Mahayana Buddhism)
terminate the use of words. A 5th-century Chinese Mahayana scripture entitled Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana describes the concept more fully: In its very...
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Idealism (redirect from Theory of ideas)
(2020). "Chapter 3 The Debate over the Awakening of Faith in Mahāyāna". In Differentiating the Pearl from the Fish-Eye. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill...
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Huineng (redirect from The sixth patriarch)
Vimalakirti Sutra Lotus Sutra Śūraṅgama Sūtra Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana According to Huineng's autobiography in the Platform Sutra, Huineng's father was...
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Original enlightenment (category Buddhism in the Heian period)
The Chinese term itself is first mentioned in the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana (c. 6th century). According to this treatise: The essence of Mind...
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Huayan (category Buddhism in China)
sources, like the Mahayana Awakening of Faith, and the Madhyamaka and Yogacara philosophies. Huayan teachings, especially its doctrines of universal interpenetration...
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the emptiness of the self. In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhi is equal to prajna, insight into the Buddha-nature, sunyata and tathatā. This is equal to the realisation...
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Chan Buddhism (category Buddhism in China)
style of teaching, which was inspired by the Chinese text Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana. According to McRae, the "first explicit statement of the sudden...
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D. T. Suzuki (category Buddhism in the United States)
English (e.g. Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana), his role in translating and ghost-writing aspects of Soyen Shaku's book was more the beginning of Suzuki's...
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Bodhisattva (category Buddhist stages of enlightenment)
Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Mahayana bodhisattvas are spiritually heroic persons that work to attain awakening and are driven by...
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Nondualism (category Philosophy of religion)
Yogacara views is the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana, which may be a Chinese composition. In Chinese Buddhism, the polarity of absolute and relative...
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Tathāgatagarbha sūtras (category Mahayana sutras)
major text, the Awakening of Faith, was originally composed in China, while the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra was considerably extended in China [citation...
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East Mountain Teaching (redirect from Northern School of Ch'an Buddhism)
the mind in the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana also had a significant import on the doctrinal development of the East Mountain Teaching: In the words...
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is originally found in the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana. East Asian Buddhism also embraced the Pure Land sutras and faith in Buddha Amitabha and...
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teaching is also related to the concept of tathātā "Suchness" which is derived from the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana. Tsung-tse uses a well known metaphor...
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The Mahāyāna sūtras are a broad genre of Buddhist scripture (sūtra) that are accepted as canonical and as buddhavacana ("Buddha word") in certain communities...
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Buddhahood (redirect from Ramifications of the Buddha concept)
awakening") and is interpreted in many different ways across schools of Buddhism. The title of "Buddha" is most commonly used for Gautama Buddha, the...
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Exposition of the Sūtra on Perfect Enlightenment) Qixing lun zhijie 起信論直解 (Direct Dissertation on the Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana) Bashiba...
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Wonhyo (category Korean scholars of Buddhism)
without sacrificing the distinctive message of each text. He found his hermeneutical key in the famous Mahāyāna text, the Awakening of Faith (Dasheng Qixin...
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Chinese Buddhism (redirect from Chinese Mahayana)
is a Chinese form of Mahayana Buddhism which draws on the Chinese Buddhist canon that includes the indigenous cultural traditions of Confucianism and Taoism...
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