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Vairocana/Mahāvairocana
Klaus Pinte
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Vairocana/Mahāvairocana Introduction As one of the aspects and later designation of Vairocana (var. Virocana/Verocana), or the Luminous One, ...
Vietnam, Buddhism in
Elise Anne DeVido
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Buddhism in Vietnam Introduction While the precise details about the origins of Buddhism in Vietnam are still unclear, presumably coming to t...
Vinaya
Klaus Pinte
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Vinaya Introduction The disciplinary codes for the training of Buddhist monks (Skt. bhikṣus) and nuns (Skt. bhikṣuṇīs), as well as the instit...
Vision and Visualization
David L. McMahan
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Vision and Visualization Introduction Visual metaphors, visionary literature, and visualization practices are pervasive in Buddhist traditions....
Visualization/Contemplation Sutras
David Quinter
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Visualization/Contemplation Sutras Introduction Visualization/contemplation sutras refer to a group of six sutras in the Chinese Buddhist cano...
West (North America and Europe), Buddhism in the
Scott A. Mitchell
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Buddhism in the West (North America and Europe) Introduction The study of Buddhism in the West is built on the pioneering work of a handful...
Wheel of Life (Bhava-Cakra)
Karil Kucera
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-01-11
Wheel of Life (bhava-cakra) Introduction The Wheel of Life (Skt. bhava-cakra)—or, as it is sometimes referred to, the Wheel of Becoming, the Wh...
Women in Buddhism
Kim Gutschow
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Women in Buddhism Introduction The very existence of a “Women and Buddhism” entry but no “Men in Buddhism” entry implies a set of methodologica...
Yogācāra
William S. Waldron
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Yogācāra Introduction The Yogācāra (practitioners of yoga) school, also known as citta-mātra (mind-only), or vijñānavāda (consciousness s...
Zen, Premodern Japanese
Taigen Leighton
Subject: Buddhism »
Date Added: 2010-09-13
Premodern Japanese Zen Introduction Japanese Zen developed in distinctive ways after the Chan traditions were imported from China during th...
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