enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Dharma name - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma_name

    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]

  3. Swing (Java) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_(Java)

    Example Swing widgets in Java. Swing is a GUI widget toolkit for Java. [1] It is part of Oracle's Java Foundation Classes (JFC) – an API for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for Java programs. Swing was developed to provide a more sophisticated set of GUI components than the earlier Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT).

  4. Prajñāpāramitā Devī - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prajñāpāramitā_Devī

    The famed Prajñāpāramitā of Java. Mahayana Buddhism took root in Java during the Sailendra dynasty (8th century CE). The 8th-century Kalasan temple in Central Java contains an image that has been identified as the related goddess Tara, which shares some similarities with Prajñāpāramitā Devi, such as being deemed mother of Buddhas.

  5. Bodhidharma - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhidharma

    His name prior to monkhood is said to have been Jayavarman. [10] Bodhidharma is associated with several other names, and is also known by the name Bodhitara. Faure notes that: Bodhidharma's name appears sometimes truncated as Bodhi, or more often as Dharma (Ta-mo). In the first case, it may be confused with another of his rivals, Bodhiruci. [85]

  6. Kejawèn - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kejawèn

    Javanese Kejawen community performing Birat Sengkolo ritual with offerings including several tumpeng. Kejawèn (Javanese: ꦏꦗꦮꦺꦤ꧀, romanized: Kajawèn) or Javanism, also called Kebatinan, Agama Jawa, and Kepercayaan, is a Javanese cultural tradition, consisting of an amalgam of Animistic, Buddhist, Islamic and Hindu aspects.

  7. Sangha - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangha

    A Buddhist monk is a bhikkhu in Pali, Sanskrit bhikṣu, while a nun is a bhikkhuni, Sanskrit bhikṣuṇī. These words literally mean "beggar" or "one who lives by alms ", [ 2 ] : 115 [ 24 ] and it was traditional in early Buddhism for the Sangha to go on "alms round" for food, walking or standing quietly in populated areas with alms bowls ...

  8. A Taiwan-based Buddhist charity attempts to take the founding ...

    www.aol.com/news/taiwan-based-buddhist-charity...

    When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake ripped through Taiwan in April, it took about 30 minutes for the region’s most ubiquitous charity to set up an emergency response center. Tzu Chi, an ...

  9. Buddhist surname - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_surname

    In East Asian Buddhism, monks and nuns usually adopt a Buddhist surname and a Dharma name, which are combined in the surname-first East-Asian naming order.Since the 4th century the standard Buddhist surname has been Shi (Chinese: 釋, Korean: Seok, Vietnamese: Thích, [1] Japanese: Shaku), which is the first syllable of Shijiamouni, the Chinese word for Shakyamuni. [2]