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  2. Dhammasaṅgaṇī - Wikipedia

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    The Dhammasaṅgaṇī (Pāli; lit. ' Collection of Dhammas '; Vietnamese: Bộ Pháp Tụ), also known as the Dhammasaṅgaha, is a Buddhist scripture, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.

  3. Three Jewels and Three Roots - Wikipedia

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    Although the names are different, these three do not in any way differ from the Three Jewels. The Guru is the Budha , the Yidam is the Dharma, and the Dakinis and Protectors are the Saṅgha. And on the innermost level, the dharmakāya is the Buddha, the saṃbhogakāya is the Dharma, and the nirmāṇakāya is the Saṅgha. [4]

  4. Refuge in Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    The Dharma, the Buddhist teachings expounded by the Buddha; The Sangha, the monastic order of Buddhism that practices and preserves the Dharma. In this, it centres on the authority of a Buddha as a supremely awakened being, by assenting to a role for a Buddha as a teacher of both humans and devās (heavenly beings). This often includes other ...

  5. Shurangama Mantra - Wikipedia

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    It was again spoken by the Buddha before an assembly of monastic and lay adherents. [2] Like the popular six-syllable mantra "om mani padme hum" and the Nīlakaṇṭha Dhāraṇī, the Śūraṅgama mantra is synonymous with practices of Avalokiteśvara, an important bodhisattva in both East Asian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism.

  6. Buddhist symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The earliest Buddhist art is from the Mauryan era (322 BCE – 184 BCE), there is little archeological evidence for pre-Mauryan period symbolism. [6] Early Buddhist art (circa 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE) is commonly (but not exclusively) aniconic (i.e. lacking an anthropomorphic image), and instead used various symbols to depict the Buddha.

  7. Bodhipakkhiyādhammā - Wikipedia

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    In Buddhism, the bodhipakkhiyā dhammā (Pali; variant spellings include bodhipakkhikā dhammā and bodhapakkhiyā dhammā; [1] Skt.: bodhipakṣa dharma) are qualities conducive or related to (pakkhiya) awakening/understanding (), i.e. the factors and wholesome qualities which are developed when the mind is trained ().

  8. Buddha in art - Wikipedia

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    Many people may be familiar with the "Happy" or "Laughing" Buddha, a different historical figure, who should not be confused with the images of Gautama Buddha. Budai , a Chinese Buddhist monk also known as Hotei , is depicted as fat and happy, almost always shown smiling or laughing, and is associated with Maitreya , the future Buddha.

  9. Lalitgiri - Wikipedia

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    The antiquities unearthed include a plethora of images of Buddha in different meditative forms from the Mahayana Buddhism period. The finds also include a gold pendant, silver jewellery, stone tablets with imprints of Ganesha and Mahisasurmardini, a seal matrix-cum-pendant, and a small image of Avalokiteśvara.