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The triquetra (/ t r aɪ ˈ k w ɛ t r ə / try-KWEH-truh; from the Latin adjective triquetrus "three-cornered") is a triangular figure composed of three interlaced arcs, or (equivalently) three overlapping vesicae piscis lens shapes.
Within Christianity, the triquetra symbol is an abstract variation of the cross itself symbolising the Holy Trinity, and the image of the cross as a symbolic representation of Christ's sacrifice. [8] External to Christianity, the triquetra symbol is found not only in ancient Celtic systems of religious thought, but also within that of the ...
The endless knot iconography symbolised Samsara i.e., the endless cycle of suffering of birth, death and rebirth within Tibetan Buddhism. The inter-twining of wisdom and compassion. Interplay and interaction of the opposing forces in the dualistic world of manifestation, leading to their union, and ultimately to harmony in the universe.
In The Lotus & The Rose: A Conversation Between Tibetan Buddhism & Mystical Christianity, Lama Tsomo and Matthew Fox discuss the interconnections between Buddhism and Christianity. In it, Fox relates the Buddha-nature to what scholars John Dominic Crossan and Bruce Chilton call Paul's original " cosmic " or "metacosmic" view of Christ.
The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a defined collection of sacred texts recognized by various schools of Tibetan Buddhism, comprising the Kangyur and the Tengyur.The Kangyur or Kanjur is Buddha's recorded teachings (or the 'Translation of the Word'), and the Tengyur or Tanjur is the commentaries by great masters on Buddha's teachings (or the 'Translation of Treatises').
Glossary of Buddhism Upekshā ( Pali : 𑀉𑀧𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 , romanized: upekkhā ) is the Buddhist concept of equanimity . As one of the brahmaviharas or "virtues of the " Brahma realm" ( brahmaloka ), it is one of the wholesome mental factors (( kuśala cetasika ) cultivated on the Buddhist path to nirvāna through the practice of ...
There are numerous parallels between the discourses in the Madhyama Āgama and discourses in the Sutta Piṭaka. [6]...of the two hundred and twenty-two sutras of T. 26, only one hundred and three have their counterpart in the Majjhimanikāya; fourteen have their counterpart in the Dīghanikāya, seventeen in the Saṃyuttanikāya, and eighty-seven in the Aṅguttaranikāya.
The Lokottaravādin Mahāvastu speaks of Buddhism as consisting of the Three Vehicles, and includes specific instructions regarding the Bodhisattva Path and the practices of bodhisattvas. [18] From the Mahāvastu , we know that the Lokottaravādins had a conception of a bodhisattva's progress toward enlightenment as consisting of ten grounds ...