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• Tathagatagarbha doctrine — In Mahayana and Tantric Buddhism, the Tathāgatagarbha (如來藏) doctrine (often essentially the same as the Buddha nature concept) teaches that each sentient being contains the intrinsic, effulgent Buddhic element or indwelling potency for becoming a …   Wikipedia

• Ātman (Buddhism) — Ātman ( sa. आत्मन्) or Atta (Pāli) literally means self , but is sometimes translated as soul or ego . The word derives from the Indo European root *ēt men (breath) and is cognate with Old English æthm and German atem [ [http://www.yourdictionary …   Wikipedia

• God in Buddhism — Since the time of the Buddha, the refutation of the existence of a creator has been seen as a key point in distinguishing Buddhist from non Buddhist views. [B. Alan Wallace, Contemplative Science. Columbia University Press, 2007, pages 97 98.]… …   Wikipedia

• Śūnyatā — Śūnyatā, शून्यता (Sanskrit noun from the adj. sūnya void ), Suññatā (Pāli; adj. suñña ), stong pa nyid (Tibetan), Kuu, 空 (Japanese), Gong seong, 공성(空性) (Korean), qo ɣ usun (Mongolian) meaning Emptiness or Voidness , is a characteristic of… …   Wikipedia

• Buddha-nature — (Classical Chinese: 佛性, modern pinyin fó xìng , literally corresponds to the Sanskrit, Buddha dhatu Buddha Element , Buddha Principle , but seems to have been used most frequently to translate the Sanskrit Tathāgata garbha , meaning Buddha Matrix …   Wikipedia

• Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen — (Tibetan: དོལ་པོ་པ་ཤེས་རབ་རྒྱལ་མཚན་, Wylie: Dol po pa Shes rab Rgyal mtshan) (1292–1361),[1] known simply as Dolpopa, the Tibetan Buddhist master known as The Buddha from …   Wikipedia

• Buddhism — Buddh redirects here, for the Race Circuit, see Buddh International Circuit Standing Buddha. One of the earliest known representations of the Buddha, 1st 2nd century CE, Gandhara …   Wikipedia

• Nirvana — This article is about the religious concept. For the American grunge band, see Nirvana (band). For other uses, see Nirvana (disambiguation). Nirvāṇa (Sanskrit: निर्वाण; Pali: निब्बान (nibbāna); Prakrit: णिव्वाण) is a central concept in Indian… …   Wikipedia

• Theosophy — This article is about the philosophy introduced by Helena Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society. See Theosophy (history of philosophy) for other uses. The emblem of the Theosophical Society Theosophy, in its modern presentation, is a spiritual… …   Wikipedia

• Intellectual history — refers to the history of the people who create, discuss, write about and in other ways propagate ideas. Although the field emerged from European discourses of Kulturgeschichte and Geistesgeschichte, the historical study of ideas has engaged not… …   Wikipedia