Sūtras

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      75 words ......kyamuni (See Gautama Buddha ) important to Hīnayāna Buddhism (See Hīnayāna Buddhism ). Mahāyāna Buddhism (See Mahāyāna Buddhism ) has also made significant use of sūtras, as in the...

Vajrayāna

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      102 words ......Tantric (see Tantrism ) Mahāyāna Buddhism (see Mahāyāna Buddhism ) that emphasizes the possibility of a swift...liberation. Like all of Mahāyāna Buddhism, Vajrayāna and Sutrayāna are...

Trikāya

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      50 words ......x101;ya In Sanskrit, trikāya means “Three Forms,” and in Mahāyāna Buddhism (see Mahāyāna Buddhism ) the term refers to the three forms taken by the Buddha (see Gautama Buddha ): the human form...

Maitreya

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      47 words ...Maitreya In Buddhist (see Buddhism , see Mahāyāna Buddhism ) mythology, Maitreya, “the Friendly,” is the Buddha of the future, the eighth Buddha who is still the Bodhisattva...

Arhat

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      149 words ......na and Theravāda Buddhists (see Hīnayāna Buddhism , Theravāda Buddhism ) there can be only one Buddha...for others. The reformist Mahāyāna Buddhists (see Mahāyāna Buddhism ) consider the arhat idea a self-centered concept and have...

Monju

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      57 words ...Monju The Japanese (see Japanese Buddhism ) version of the Mahāyāna (see Mahāyāna Buddhism ) Bodhisattva (see Bodhisattva ) Man̄juśrī, Monju sits on a lion and holds a book and a sword. The book symbolizes...

Zen Buddhism

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      200 words ...Zen Buddhism Zen Buddhism is said to have come to Japan by way of Chan, a form of Mahāyāna Buddhism (see Mahāyāna Buddhism ) brought to China from India by Bodhidharma (see Bodhidharma ), the twenty-eighth successor to Gautama Buddha (see Gautama Buddha...

Bodhisattva

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      236 words ...Bodhisattva Depending on the sect of Buddhism (see Buddhism ), the word bodhisattva has essentially...seeking Enlightenment (bodhi). In early Pāli (see Pāli ) Buddhism—Buddhism contained...to Sanskrit texts; for example, Theravāda (see Theravāda Buddhism ) and other forms of ...

Tibetan Buddhism

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      325 words ...Tibetan Buddhism The Mahāyāna Buddhism, (see Mahāyāna Buddhism , Buddhism ) of Tibet, or Lamism, as it is sometimes called because of the importance of the Dalai Lama, is deeply influenced by...

Mahāyāna Buddhism

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      104 words ...Mahāyāna Buddhism The “Great (Mahā) Vehicle...Buddhism ) or Mahāyāna Buddhism is the reformed Buddhism that replaces...Buddhism (see Hīnayāna Buddhism , Theravāda Buddhism ). Its...

Kannon

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      112 words ......see Avalokiteśvara ), is perhaps the most admired of the Japanese Mahāyāna Buddhist (see Mahāyāna Buddhism ) bodhisattvas. Like the Chinese counterpart Guanyin (see Guanyin ), Kannon, who is sometimes male, sometimes...

Chinese Buddhism

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      131 words ......thought. It was not until the late fifth and early sixth centuries CE that Buddhism of a Mahāyāna (see Mahāyāna Buddhism ) sort was able to weave itself fully into the fabric of Chinese life. By then it had become a spiritual...

Shingon Sect

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      237 words ...Shingon Sect The Shingon sect or Shingonshu of Japanese Mahāyāna (See Mahāyāna Buddhism ) Buddhism (See Japanese Buddhism ) is the only sect today that keeps alive the esoteric or Mikkyō tradition centered on...

Dhyāni Buddhas and Bodhisattvas

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      277 words ...Dhyāni Buddhas and Bodhisattvas In the Mahāyāna Buddhist (see Mahāyāna Buddhism ) tradition, Gautama Buddha (see Gautama Buddha ) was preceded by other Buddhas in other ages (see Diffusion and Parallelism...

Lotus of the Good Law

A Dictionary of Asian Mythology;      191 words ......monks on Mount Tendai. This was the beginning of the Tendai sect (see Tendai Sect ), a Mahāyāna (see Mahāyāna Buddhism ) sect, which, like the Chinese Tendai monks, based its beliefs on the Hoke-kyo or Lotus of the Good Law...