Search results for "Sila" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • Buddha's teaching: pañña (wisdom), sila (conduct), samadhi (concentration ... *Tivari, Mahesa. Sila, Samadhi, and Prajna: The Buddha's Path ...
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  • Upāsaka (masculine) or Upāsikā (feminine) (from Sanskrit: meaning "attendant") refers to Buddhists who are not monks, nuns or novices ...
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  • Vipassanā (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (विपश्यना) in (Sanskrit) means "insight" and is often used to describe a type of ...
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  • Alms or almsgiving is the general practice of charitable giving to the poor; it is based upon any number of religious teachings. In the Abrahamic ...
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  • [[Image:Sila River 4th fall 1996-07-26.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Sila River's "Fourth Waterfall"--typical Canadian Shield rocks]] ...
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  • three subcategories: wisdom (prajna), ethics (sila), and meditation (samadhi). The word "Right" (Samyak) that precedes each part of the Eightfold ...
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  • Woman. Other cosmic beings, variously named Sila or Pinga, take her place, ... Rasmussen 1965, 106 Among the Netsilik, Sila was imagined as male. The ...
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  • In Buddhism, the first of the Five Precepts (Panca-sila) of Buddhism is to abstain from destruction of life. The justification of the precept ...
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  • The Noble Eightfold Path (Pāli: Ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo; Sanskrit:Ārya 'ṣṭāṅga mārgaḥ; Chinese: 八正道, Bāzhèngdào; ...
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  • of sea animals, Aningaaq in charge of the sun, and Sila in charge of the air. ===Clothing=== [[Image:Parka (Kamleika) Aleutian Islands.JPG|thumb ...
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  • The term Pāramitā or Pāramī (Sanskrit and Pāli respectively) means "Perfect" or "Perfection." In Buddhism, the Paramitas ...
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  • attained Dhyana and Samadhi. The Bodhisattva Sila Sutra says, "Our Essence of Mind is intrinsically pure." Learned Audience, let us realize ...
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  • * Inuit mythology : inua, sila * Leni Lenape mythology : manetuwak * Norse mythology : seid * Druidry : Awen * Yoruba mythology : oloddumare ...
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  • practice of morality, meditation and wisdom (sila, samadhi, panna). The goal of Nibbana (and its associated techniques) have traditionally been seen as ...
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  • Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what it sees as inconsistencies in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism ...
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  • A virtue is a trait or disposition of character that leads to good behavior, for example, wisdom, courage, modesty, generosity, and self-control ...
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  • Meditation (from the Latin meditatio: "discourse on a subject") As noted in the [https://www.etymonline.com/word/meditation Online Etymology ...
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  • for alleged nepotism. Although the Pancha Sila (Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence) was the basis of the 1954 Sino-Indian treaty over Tibet ...
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  • The anirniit were seen to be a part of the sila - the sky or air around them - and were merely borrowed from it. Although each person's ...
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  • Buddhist traditions. Basic practices include sila (ethics), samadhi (concentration of the mind) and prajna (wisdom), as described in the Noble Eightfold ...
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