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Glossary of Buddhism Byādhi (Pali; Sanskrit: vyādhi ) is a Buddhist term that is commonly translated as sickness, illness, disease, etc., [ web 1 ] and is identified as an aspect of dukkha (suffering) within the teachings on the Four Noble Truths .
[note 3] While often called one of the most important teachings in Buddhism, [16] they have both a symbolic and a propositional function. [17] Symbolically, they represent the awakening and liberation of the Buddha, and of the potential for his followers to reach the same liberation and freedom as him. [18]
The anattā doctrine of Buddhism denies that there is anything permanent in any person to call one's Self, and that a belief in a Self is a source of dukkha. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Some Buddhist traditions and scholars, however, interpret the anatta doctrine to be strictly in regard to the five aggregates rather than a universal truth, despite the ...
[118] [119] The existence of karma is a core belief in Buddhism, as with all major Indian religions, and it implies neither fatalism nor that everything that happens to a person is caused by karma. [120] (Diseases and suffering induced by the disruptive actions of other people are examples of non-karma suffering. [120])
ṛ ddhipāda) is a compound term composed of "power" or "potency" (iddhi; ṛ ddhi) and "base," "basis" or "constituent" (pāda). [1] In Buddhism, the "power" referred to by this compound term is a group of spiritual powers. Thus, this compound term is usually translated along the lines of "base of power" or "base of spiritual power."
Later translators have emphasized that "suffering" is a too limited translation for the term duḥkha, and have preferred to either leave the term untranslated, [15] or to clarify that translation with terms such as anxiety, distress, frustration, unease, unsatisfactoriness, not having what one wants, having what one doesn't want, etc. [18] [19 ...
He uses the metaphor of a stream passing by a mid-stream island; the island creates two streams, but the streams can also be seen as one and the same. [4] The Pali commentaries remark that these five qualities are "faculties" when used to control their spheres of influence, and are "powers" when unshakeable by opposing forces.
Dharmacakra, symbol of the Dharma, the Buddha's teaching of the path to enlightenment. Buddhism (Pali and Sanskrit: बौद्ध धर्म Buddha Dharma) is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, "the awakened one".