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| A collection of 100 koans first collected by Hsueh-tou Ch'ung-hsien (980-1052) from previous Ch'an records. |
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| bodhi | ||
| Wisdom or enlightenment. | ||
| Bodhi | ||
| (Sanskrit, Pali, "awakened"). Buddhahood; state of full enlightenment, in which things are seen as they really are. |
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| bodhicitta | ||
| (Sanskrit, "thought of enlightenment"). An important concept in Mahayana Buddhism. In a personal sense, it signifies the spontaneous resolve to strive for enlightenment. In a cosmic sense, it is reality itself, which makes enlightenment possible. In Tantric Buddhism, it is the fusion of wisdom with compassion in the bliss of perfect enlightenment. |
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| bodhisattva | ||
| (Sanskrit, "one whose essence is wisdom"). In Mahayana Buddhism, future buddhas who postpone nirvana in order to help free others from suffering. The goal of Mahayana Buddhism is to become a bodhisattva. See Bodhisattvas. |
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| bonpu | ||
| (Japanese, "ordinary man"). In Zen, an expression used for the ordinary person as opposed to one who is enlightened or on the religious path. |
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| buddha | ||
| (Sanskrit, Pali, "Awakened One") A fully enlightened being. |
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| buddha-dharma | ||
| Teaching of the Buddha; another name for Buddhism. |
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| buddha-nature | ||
| (Sanskrit buddhata; Japanese bussho). In Mahayana Buddhism, the true nature of all appearances and all beings. To truly realize one's participation in the buddha-nature is to attain enlightenment. |
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| buddha-sasana | ||
| Buddha-discipline; another name for Buddhism. |
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| Buddhas of the three times | ||
| The buddhas of the past (whose numbers are incalcuable, but the best-known is Dipamkara), present (Gautama), and future (Maitreya). |
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| buddhata | ||
| (Sanskrit) See buddha-nature. | ||
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