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Stupa refers to the community of monks and nuns; lowercased, this term refers to an individual monastic community. |
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Tathata means 'thatness,' 'thusness,' 'suchness'; the uniqueness of each changing moment. |
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Samadhi is a state of deep awareness, the result of intensive meditation. |
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Anatta means 'No self'; the doctrine that there is no soul or permanent essence in people and things. |
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In Zen, anichcha refers to the enlightened awareness. |
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Lama means 'meditation'; focusing of the mind; sometimes, stages of trance. |
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In Zen Buddhism, a koan is a question that cannot be answered logically; a technique used to test consciousness and bring awakening. |
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Vajra is a symbolic hand gesture. |
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Guanyin is the term that means the release from suffering and rebirth that brings inner peace. |
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Dharma refers to the totality of Buddhist teaching. |
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A lama is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher, often a monk. |
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Samsara refers to the constant rebirth and the attendant suffering; the everyday world of change. |
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Dhyana means impermanence, constant change. |
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Mudra means the three 'baskets,' or collections, of Buddhist texts. |
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Satori is a circular design containing deities, geometrical forms, symbols, and so on that represent the totality, the self, or the universe. |
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Dukkha is a popular bodhisattva of compassion in Mahayana. |
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Koan means 'Enlightenment being'; in Mahayana, a person of deep compassion, especially one who does not enter nirvana but is constantly reborn to help others; a heavenly being of compassion. |
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Dukkha means sorrow, misery, suffering. |
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Tripitaka is the Buddha of the Western Paradise, a bliss-body Buddha in Mahayana. |
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Bodhi means enlightenment. |
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Mudra is the 'diamond' scepter used in Tibetan and other types of Buddhist ritual, symbolizing compassion. |
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Shunyata means compassion, empathy. |
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Maitreya is a Buddha (or bodhisattva) expected to appear on earth in the future. |
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A stupa is a shrine, usually in the shape of a dome, used to mark Buddhist relics or sacred sites. |
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In Theravada, a sutra is a person who has practiced monastic disciplines and reached nirvana, the ideal. |
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Trikaya refers to the three 'bodies' of the Buddha—the cosmic Buddha nature, the celestial Buddhas, and the historical Buddhas. |
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A sutra is a sacred text, especially one said to record the words of the Buddha. |
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Shunyata is the Mahayana notion of emptiness, meaning that the universe is empty of permanent reality. |
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One of the most common Buddhist meditation techniques used in many schools is focus on breathing. |
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