A report on Buddhism
Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on a series of original teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha.
- Buddhism295 related topics with Alpha
Gautama Buddha
63 linksAscetic and spiritual teacher of South Asia who lived during the latter half of the first millennium BCE.
Ascetic and spiritual teacher of South Asia who lived during the latter half of the first millennium BCE.
He was the founder of Buddhism and is revered by Buddhists as a fully enlightened being who taught a path to Nirvana (lit.
Theravada
64 linksTheravāda (Sinhala: ථේරවාද, Thai: เถรวาท) (lit.
Theravāda (Sinhala: ථේරවාද, Thai: เถรวาท) (lit.
"School of the Elders", Pali: 𑀣𑁂𑀭𑀯𑀸𑀤 Theravāda, literally “doctrine of the elders” ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school.
Mahayana
60 linksMahāyāna ("Great Vehicle") is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices.
Tibetan Buddhism
40 linksTibetan Buddhism (also referred to as Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, Lamaistic Buddhism, Himalayan Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism) is the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is the dominant religion.
Bodhisattva
33 linksIn Buddhism, a bodhisattva (𑀩𑁄𑀥𑀺𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀯 (Brahmī)) or bodhisatva is a person who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood.
Pali
24 linksMiddle Indo-Aryan liturgical language native to the Indian subcontinent.
Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language native to the Indian subcontinent.
It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist Pāli Canon or Tipiṭaka as well as the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism.
Sanskrit
21 linksClassical language of South Asia that belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.
Classical language of South Asia that belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.
Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism.
Nirvana (Buddhism)
19 linksNirvana (Sanskrit: निर्वाण, '; Pali: ') is "blowing out" or "quenching" of the activities of the worldly mind and its related suffering.
Nirvana (Sanskrit: निर्वाण, '; Pali: ') is "blowing out" or "quenching" of the activities of the worldly mind and its related suffering.
Nirvana is the goal of the Buddhist path, and marks the soteriological release from worldly suffering and rebirths in saṃsāra.
Vajrayana
27 linksVajrayāna (वज्रयान, "thunderbolt vehicle", "diamond vehicle", or "indestructible vehicle" ) along with Mantrayāna, Guhyamantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Secret Mantra, Tantric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism are names referring to Buddhist traditions associated with Tantra and "Secret Mantra", which developed in the medieval Indian subcontinent and spread to Tibet, Nepal, East Asia, Mongolia and other Himalayan states.