Search by property
This page provides a simple browsing interface for finding entities described by a property and a named value. Other available search interfaces include the page property search, and the ask query builder.
List of results
- Bīja + (This+term+can+be+used+in+a+variety+of+cont … This+term+can+be+used+in+a+variety+of+contexts%2C+though+one+of+the+more+common+usages+is+related+to+the+Buddhist+notion+of+karma%2C+cause+and+effect.+In+this+sense%2C+b%C4%ABja+are+the+seeds+of+karmic+actions%2C+which+have+the+potential+to+ripen+into+karmic+consequences.tential+to+ripen+into+karmic+consequences.)
- Avidyā + (This+term+can+have+different+meanings+and+ … This+term+can+have+different+meanings+and+connotations+depending+on+the+context.+Especially+among+Tibetan+traditions+such+as+the+Nyingma%2C+in+which+%27%27rig+pa%27%27%2C+usually+translated+as+awareness%2C+became+a+key+concept%2C+its+opposite%2C+%27%27ma+rig+pa%27%27%2C+references+the+state+in+which+that+awareness+is+not+recognized.+In+this+context%2C+%27%27ma+rig+pa%27%27+should+likely+be+treated+as+an+indigenous+Tibetan+term+rather+than+a+direct+translation+of+the+Sanskrit+term+%27%27avidy%C4%81%27%27.the+Sanskrit+term+%27%27avidy%C4%81%27%27.)
- Kun gzhi + (This+term+entered+the+Tibetan+lexicon+as+a … This+term+entered+the+Tibetan+lexicon+as+a+translation+of+%27%27%C4%81laya%27%27%2C+and+thus+it+is+often+rendered+back+to+its+Sanskrit+antecedent+in+modern+scholarship+and+translations.+However%2C+as+a+Tibetan+term%2C+it+is+more+commonly+read+literally+as+the+compound+%27%27all-ground%27%27%2C+or+%27%27ground+of+everything%27%27.+As+such+it+is+often+used+to+describe+a+common+locus%2C+or+substrate%2C+out+of+which+both+sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra+and+nirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a+emerge.s%C4%81ra+and+nirv%C4%81%E1%B9%87a+emerge.)
- Gzhan stong + (Though%2C+as+a+noun%2C+this+term+is+common … Though%2C+as+a+noun%2C+this+term+is+commonly+used+to+reference+a+subsect+of+the+Madhyamaka+school+that+lies+in+opposition+to+the+more+mainstream+stance+that+asserts+self-emptiness+%28%27%27rang+stong%27%27%29%2C+or+the+universal+lack+of+inherent+existence+%28%27%27rang+bzhin+med+pa%27%27%29%2C+it+can+also+refer+to+different+types+of+emptiness+that+describe+the+ultimate+and+relative+levels+of+reality.+Hence%2C+relative+phenomena+are+deemed+to+be+self-empty+since+they+lack+independent+defining+characteristics%2C+while+the+ultimate+is+said+to+be+empty+of+other%E2%80%94namely%2C+the+afflictions+and+defilements+that+only+incidentally+seem+to+obscure+it+but+by+which+it+has+actually+never+been+sullied.+which+it+has+actually+never+been+sullied.)
- Śūnyatā + (Though+emptiness+is+generally+predicated+o … Though+emptiness+is+generally+predicated+on+the+dependent+origination+of+relative+phenomena%2C+it+is+a+dialectic+method+of+explaining+the+ultimate+truth+through+a+negative+assertion+and+thereby+highlighting+what+true+reality+lacks%2C+rather+than+making+a+positive+assertion+of+what+that+reality+actually+is.ssertion+of+what+that+reality+actually+is.)
- Thugs dam + (Thugs+dam+generally+refers+to+meditation+a … Thugs+dam+generally+refers+to+meditation+and+spiritual+commitment+of+a+religious+practitioner+but+often+has+the+specific+meaning+of+remaining+in+the+state+of+meditation+after+death+in+the+Himalayan+Buddhist+tradition.+Highly+realised+beings+are+said+to+remain+in+this+state+for+period+after+their+death+until+their+enlightened+spirit+leaves+the+physical+body.lightened+spirit+leaves+the+physical+body.)
- Vinaya + (Vinaya+literally+means+taming%2C+subduing%2C+or+conquering+because+the+moral+precepts+and+vows+help+to+tame+the+practitioner+and+to+develop+the+good+discipline+necessary+for+spiritual+practice.)
- Viparyāsa + (Vipary%C4%81sa+is+the+mistaken+and+erroneous+understanding+of+the+way+things+are+but+also+has+the+connotation+of+having+a+totally+opposite+or+perverse+view+rather+than+a+minor+misunderstanding.)
- Test Term + (test+page)