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Abhidharma

(Encyclopedia)Abhidharma ŭbˈĭdŭrˌmə [key] [Skt.,=higher dharma, or doctrine], schools of Buddhist philosophy. Early Buddhism analyzed experience into 5 skandhas or aggregates, and alternatively into 18 dhatus...

nirvana

(Encyclopedia)nirvana nērväˈnə [key], in Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism, a state of supreme liberation and bliss, contrasted to samsara or bondage in the repeating cycle of death and rebirth. The word in Sansk...

lama

(Encyclopedia)lama: see Tibetan Buddhism.

Lamaism

(Encyclopedia)Lamaism: see Tibetan Buddhism.

Amidism

(Encyclopedia)Amidism: see Pure Land Buddhism. ...

Panchen Lama

(Encyclopedia)Panchen Lama: see Tibetan Buddhism. ...

dharma

(Encyclopedia)dharma därˈmə [key]. In Hinduism, dharma is the doctrine of the religious and moral rights and duties of each individual; it generally refers to religious duty, but may also mean social order, righ...

Changzhou

(Encyclopedia)Changzhou or Changchow both: chängˈjōˈ [key], city, S Jiangsu prov., E central China,...

Shubun

(Encyclopedia)Shubun sho͞oˈbo͞onˈ [key], fl. 1st half of 15th cent., Japanese painter and Zen Buddhist priest. He studied under Josetsu, and became the central figure in the renaissance in Japan of the Chinese ...

Yogacara

(Encyclopedia)Yogacara yōˌgəkärˈə [key] [Skt.,=yoga practice], philosophical school of Mahayana Buddhism, also known as the Vijnanavada or Consciousness School. The founders of this school in India were Maitr...