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  2. Shen (Chinese religion) - Wikipedia

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    Chang Tsai's dictum, "The negative spirit (kuei) and positive spirit (shen) are the spontaneous activity of the two material forces (yin and yang)," has become the generally accepted definition. [4] The primary meaning of shen is translatable in English as god, gods, God; deity, deities, spirit, spiritual, spiritlike, [1] spirits, Spirit ...

  3. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Chinese symbols often have auspicious meanings associated to them, such as good fortune, happiness, and also represent what would be considered as human virtues, such as filial piety, loyalty, and wisdom, [1] and can even convey the desires or wishes of the Chinese people to experience the good things in life. [2]

  4. Three Treasures (traditional Chinese medicine) - Wikipedia

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    It has subsequently also been used to refer to the jing, qi, and shen and to the Buddhist Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha). This latter use is misleading, however, as the Three Jewels in Buddhism is a completely different philosophy. The Buddha is the teacher, the Dharma is the teaching, and the Sangha is the community.

  5. 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.

  6. Menshen - Wikipedia

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    Seen in Buddhist and Taoist temples. Naluoyan Jingang: 那羅延金剛 He: 和 Collectively, the "2 Immortals He and He", with names meaning "Harmony" and "Union". He: 合 Qin Shubao: 秦叔寶 Tang generals whose image was ordered placed upon gates by the Great Ancestor of the Tang ("Emperor Taizong") Yuchi Gong: 尉遲恭 Sun Bin: 孫臏

  7. Chinese folk religion - Wikipedia

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    Shen in the meaning of "spiritual" is a synonym. [96] The Yijing states that "spiritual means not measured by yin and yang". [ 96 ] Ling is the state of the "medium" of the bivalency ( yin - yang ), and thus it is identical with the inchoate order of creation. [ 14 ]

  8. Glossary of Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    A Definition Etymology In other languages abhidhamma A category of scriptures that attempts to use Buddhist teachings to create a systematic, abstract description of all worldly phenomena abhi is "above" or "about", dhamma is "teaching" Pāli: abhidhamma Sanskrit: abhidharma Bur: အဘိဓမ္မာ abhidhamma Khmer: អភិធម្ម âphĭthômm Tib: ཆོས་མངོན་པ ...

  9. Chinese Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    In larger monasteries or temples, a number of ancillary halls also house the images of lesser Buddhist divinities, giving residents and visitors alike a wide choice of objects of worship and supplication." [2] Another common structure is a pagoda, which may contain Buddhist relics and statues or images of Buddhas and bodhisattvas. [61]