Buddhism: Teaching, Practice, and Rituals

                                                                                             JAP149


9/11/2016

Basic terms:

]  Siddhārta Gautama

]  Śākyamuni

]  śramana

]  meditation dhyāna

]  contemplation samādhi

]  Kapilavastu

]  historicity vs. hagiography

]  deva

]  Tusita heaven

]  bodhisattva

]  bodhicitta

]  pāramitā

o    generosity dāna

o    moral virtue śīla

o    patience ksānti

o    courage vīrya

o    contemplation samādhi

o    wisdom prajnā

]  compassion karunā

]  wisdom prajnā

]  Five Celestial Bodhisattvas

o   Maitreya – future

o    Avalokiteśvara – compassion

o    Mańjusrī – wisdom

o    Vajrapāni – power

o    Samantabhadra – practice

]  Gandhāra

]  mudra

]  lotus

]  sword

]  peaceful deities and wrathful deities

]  unity of opposites