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A Dharma name is a new name acquired during both lay and monastic Buddhist initiation rituals in Mahayana Buddhism [1] and monastic ordination in Theravada Buddhism (where it is more proper to call it Dhamma or Sangha name). The name is traditionally given by a Buddhist monastic, and is given to newly ordained monks, nuns [2] and laity. [3]
dhamma name/dharma name A Dharma name or Dhamma name is a new name traditionally bestowed by a Buddhist monastic, given to newly ordained monks, nuns, and laity during both lay and monastic Buddhist initiation ritual in Mahayana Buddhism and monastic ordination in Theravada Buddhism (where it may also be called a Sangha name). Dhamma names are ...
' Buddha ') – A term meaning either Buddha or dead soul. While Buddhist in origin, the term is used in the second sense by all Japanese religions. [1] Hyakudoishi (百度石, lit. ' hundred-times stone ') – Sometimes present as a point of reference for the hyakudomairi near the entrance of a shrine or Buddhist temple. Hyakudomairi (百度 ...
Nāmarūpa is a dvandva compound in Sanskrit and Pali meaning "name (nāma) and form (rūpa)". Nama (name) and Rupa (form) is the simple worldly identity of any form by a name both of which are considered temporal and not true identity with the nameless and formless ‘reality’ or ‘Absolute’ in Hinduism that has manifested as maya. In ...
In a glossary of Buddhist terms, [12] Richard Robinson et al. define sangha as: Sangha. Community. This word has two levels of meaning: (1) on the ideal (arya) level, it denotes all of the Buddha’s followers, lay or ordained, who have at least attained the level of srotāpanna;
"Good Friend(ship)") – The Japanese Shinto-Buddhist name for the Buddhist concept of Kalyāṇa-mittatā; similar to a Death doula. Zen-dō* (禅堂) – lit. "hall of Zen". [1] The building where monks practice zazen, and one of the main structures of a Zen garan. [1] Zokumyō (俗名) – the name a Buddhist priest had before taking his ...
Miracles generally play a larger role in Mahayana Buddhism than in Theravada Buddhism, with miracles often being used to directly illustrate specific Mahayana doctrines. [4] The miracles found in Mahayana sutras typically have much more symbolism and put more emphasis on the direct use of supranormal powers to teach and help other living beings.
Ryōgen (left), 18th chief abbot (zasu) of Enryaku-ji. The omikuji sequence historically commonly used in Japanese Buddhist temples, consisting of one hundred prophetic five-character quatrains, is traditionally attributed to the Heian period Tendai monk Ryōgen (912–985), posthumously known as Jie Daishi (慈恵大師) or more popularly, Ganzan Daishi (元三大師), and is thus called ...