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beliefs, religious
bodhi (“to wake up”)
Bodhidharma (legendary first patriarch of Zen)
bodhisattva (enlightened being)
bodhisattva path (bodhisattva-yana)
body, physical
Brahman (Ultimate Reality in the Hindu sense)
Buddha (“the awakened one”)
Buddhism
“Buddhism,” as term
cakravartin (“wheel-turner”)
caste, caste system see varna (social class, caste)
Chan see Zen (禅, Chn. Chan)
chanoyu (茶の湯, tea ceremony)
chaos see hundun (混沌, chaos; the “Cosmic Egg”)
China
Christianity
comparative religions, as academic discipline
Confucian tradition
“Confucianism,” as term
Confucius see Kongfuzi (孔夫子, Confucius)
“Confucius,” as term
cosmogonic myths
Daijosai (coronation ritual)
dao (道, the “Way”)
“Daoism,” as term
see also Taoism
darśan
death, attitudes toward
death, ritual treatment of
devanāgarī (“script of the gods”)
dharma (“duty,” especially in the Hindu tradition)
Dharmacakra-pravartana sūtra (The Sūtra Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dharma)
dharma-kāya (dharma body: third of the “three bodies”)
divinity, conceptions of
dukha (“suffering”)
duty see dharma (“duty,” especially in the Hindu tradition)
ego
see also jiva (individual ego)
Eightfold Path
Eliade, Mircea
ethics
see also morality, virtue
faith
fengshui (風水, geomancy)
filial piety see xiao (孝, filial piety)
five constant relationships (wu chang, 五常 or wu lun, 五倫)
five elements see wuxing (五行, five elements/phases)
flower arranging see ikebana (生花, flower arranging)
food
as offering
production and preparation
Four Noble Truths
Four Passing Sights
Geertz, Clifford
gender and gender roles
gentleman, in the Confucian sense see junzi (君子, gentleman)
geomancy see fengshui (風水, geomancy)
Great Going Forth (pravrajya)
Guanyin (觀音) see Avalokiteśvara (Chn. Guanyin, Jpn. Kannon 觀音)
haiku (俳句)
heart, as seat of feeling
hermit, recluse
Hindu tradition
“Hinduism,” as term
home, household life
homelessness
hua (化, transformation, transmutability)
Huineng (慧能, Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Chan [Zen])
hun (魂, yang, soul)
hundun (混沌, chaos; the “Cosmic Egg”)
ikebana (生花, flower arranging)
illusion see māyā (illusion, ignorance)
impermanence see anicca (impermanence)
India
Izanagi and Izanami (creator gods)
Japan
Jātaka Tales
jiva (individual ego)
Judaism
junzi (君子, gentleman)
kami
Kannon (觀音) see Avalokiteśvara (Chn. Guanyin, Jpn. Kannon 觀音)
karma (action, law of consequence)
kōan (公案, “public case”)
Kongfuzi (孔夫子, Confucius)
Krishna
Kitigarbha (Jpn. Jizō, 地藏, bodhisattva of the underworld)
language
limitations of
religious dimensions of
legalism (realism)
li (禮, rites, propriety)
liberation see moksha/moka (liberation)
līlā (play, sport)
ligam (male mark; symbol of the god Shiva)
Lunyu (論 語, The Analects)
Madhyamaka School
mahāsattvas (“great beings”)
Mahāyāna
Maitreya Buddha (Chn. Milefo, 彌勒佛, Buddha of Future Blessing)
māyā (illusion, ignorance)
Mengzi (孟子, Mencius)
mind, mental activity
moksha/moka (liberation)
monastic code see Vinaya (monastic code)
monasticism
mondō (問答, “question and answer”; a type of koan)
monk see upāsaka (monk)
morality, virtue
see also ethics
Mozi (墨子)
Mt. Fuji
mu (無, Chn. wu, “no,” “non,” “emptiness”)
mu-koan
myth
Nāgārjuna
Nirgua Brahman (aniconic forms of Brahman)
nirmāna-kāya (“transformation” body)
nirvāa (“cessation”)
non-action see wuwei (無為, non-action)
non-self see anatta (non-self)
nun see upāsikā (nun)
ōmi-kami (“great kami”)
pārājika (“failure”)
pari-nirvāa (“complete annihilation”)
philosophical Taoism
pluralism
po (魄, yin, soul)
pratitya-samutpāda (“co-dependent origination”)
pravrajya see Great Going Forth (pravrajya)
propriety, in the Confucian sense see li (禮, rites, propriety)
pu (樸, “uncarved block”)
Pure Land see Sukhāvatī (Pure Land or “Western Paradise”)
Pure Land Buddhism
puruārtha (want, preoccupation)
qi (氣, breath, vapor, energy, power)
rectification of names (正名, zhengming)
religion
and the state
cultural dimensions of
definitions of
religious Taoism
ren (仁, co-humanity, kindness, benevolence)
renunciation
Rinzai (臨済, Chn. Linji, Japanese school of Zen)
rites, in the Confucian sense see li (禮, rites, propriety)
ritual, religious dimensions of
Rujiao (儒 教, Confucian school)
sacred/profane distinction
Sagua Brahman (iconic forms of Brahman)
salvation
sambhoga-kāya (“celestial” or “bliss” body)
samsāra (wheel of life; world cycle)
sangha (religious community)
sanskara (mark of learning)
Sanskrit
sat-chit-ānanda (perfect being, consciousness, bliss)
satori (悟り, enlightenment)
scripture
self, conceptions of
see also Ātman (self in the Hindu sense)
sex and sexuality
Shintō
Shiva (Śiva)
shu (恕, reciprocity)
Siddhārtha Gautama (Śākyamuni Buddha)
skandhas (“five aggregates of personal identity”)
soul, conceptions of
spirituality, contrasted with religion
Sri Lanka
stages of life see ashrama (āśrama, stage of life)
Streng, Frederick
suffering see dukkha (“suffering”)
Sukhāvatī (Pure Land or “Western Paradise”)
śūnyatā (emptiness)
supernaturalism, as defining characteristic of religion
symbols, symbolism
syncretism
tanhā (thirst, craving)
Taoism
“Taoism,” as term
tea ceremony see chanoyu (茶の湯, tea ceremony)
Theravāda
transformation body see nirmāna-kāya (“transformation” body)
transmutability see hua (化, transformation, transmutability)
trikāya (“three bodies” of the Buddha)
Tripiaka (“Three Baskets”)
Tu Weiming
unity of knowledge and action
upāsaka (monk)
upāsikā (nun)
upāya (efficient means)
uselessness see wuyong zhi yong (無用之用, the usefulness of uselessness)
varna (social class, caste)
Vinaya (monastic code)
Wang Yangming
wine
see also alcohol
wuchang (五常) see five constant relationships (wu chang, 五常 or wu lun, 五倫)
wuwei (無為, non-action)
wuxing (五行, five elements/phases)
wuyong zhi yong (無用之用, the usefulness of uselessness)
xiao (孝, filial piety)
yin (陰)/yang (陽)
yoga (discipline)
yoni (female mark)
Zen (禅, Chn. Chan)
zhengming (正名) see rectification of names (正名, zhengming)
ziran (自然, nature, spontaneity)
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