Tradition collection 1,943 records
Buddhist traditions
Theravāda, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna, their figures, sutras, lineages and monasteries.
Sacred places
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Lhasa
Prefecture-level city and capital of Tibet -
Borobudur Temple
Buddhist temple in Java, Indonesia -
Nara
City in Nara prefecture, Japan -
Archaeological siteAngkor
Former capital city; region of Cambodia -
Potala Palace
7th-century Tibetan fortress and palace in Lhasa, rebuilt in the 17th century as the winter seat of the Dalai Lamas -
Anuradhapura
City in North Central Province, Sri Lanka -
Bagan
Ancient city in Myanmar -
Kiyomizu-dera
Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto -
Nalanda Mahavihara
Ancient Hindu-Buddhist monastery in present-day Bihar, India
Figures
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The BuddhaIndian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE) -
Nagarjuna3rd-century Indian Buddhist philosopher -
Xuanzang7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664) -
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Amitābha BuddhaCelestial buddha of Mahayana Buddhism -
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Thích Nhất HạnhVietnamese Buddhist monk and activist (1926–2022) -
DōgenJapanese Zen Buddhist teacher (1200-1253) -
KūkaiJapanese Buddhist monk and calligrapher, the founder of the Shingon school (774–835) -
NichirenFounder of Nichiren Buddhism in Japan -
ZhiyiChinese Buddhist monk and founder of Tiantai tradition (538–597) -
EisaiJapanese monk -
HōnenJapanese Buddhist monk -
ShinranJapanese Buddhist monk and founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect (1173–1263)
Traditions and schools
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Buddhism
Indian religion -
Zen
School of Mahāyāna Buddhist Tradition -
Mahāyāna
Branch of Buddhism popular in East Asia and Vietnam that sees the goal of becoming a buddha through the bodhisattva path as being available to all and sees the state of the arhat as incomplete -
Theravāda
Major branch of Buddhism following the Pāli Canon, dominant in Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand -
Tibetan Buddhism
Form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan -
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Vajrayana
Indian Buddhist tantric traditions given to Tibet, Bhutan, and East Asia -
Bon
Tibetan religion -
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Buddhism in Japan
Traditions of Buddhism popular in Japan
Gods
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AvalokiteśvaraBodhisattva embodying compassion -
MaitreyaFuture Buddha in Buddhist eschatology -
MañjuśrīBodhisattva in Mahāyāna Buddhism, who represents the transcendent wisdom of the Buddhas -
Māra PāpīyānGod of death and sin. Ruler of the 6th heaven in the Kāmadhātu -
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Guan YinChinese name of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara -
TārāFemale Bodhisattva -
VairocanaCelestial Buddha embodying emptiness -
KṣitigarbhaBodhisattva -
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SamantabhadraIn Buddhism, a bodhisattva associated with practice and meditation -
VajrapaniMahayana bodhisattva -
AcalaWrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism -
VaiśravaṇaDeity in Buddhism
Stories and texts
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TextPāli Canon
Buddhist scriptures preserved in the Pāli language by the Theravada tradition -
TextHeart Sutra
Short Mahayana sutra, surviving in Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan, expounding the Two Truths doctrine that ultimately all phenomena are sunyata -
TextLotus Sutra
Mahayana sutra -
TextBardo Thodol
Nyingma terma text revealed by Karma Lingpa -
TextTripitaka Koreana
Collection of wooden blocks imprinted with Korean Buddhist scriptures housed in a temple -
TextAvatamsaka Sutra
Sutra of Mahāyāna Buddhism
Festivals and practices
Holy days and festivals · 2, each with the day its record gives
Rites and practices · 30, with no day on record
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zazen
Sitting Meditation in Zen Buddhism -
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Buddhist meditation
Meditation practice -
nianfo
Buddhist concept -
Shikoku Pilgrimage
Multi-site pilgrimage of 88 temples associated with the Buddhist monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) on the island of Shikoku, Japan -
upasampadā
Buddhist ordination ceremony -
nékor
Meditative pilgrimage ritual
24 more — the full list.
Offices and houses
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OfficeDalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist spiritual teacher -
Officeguru
Teacher, expert, counsellor, spiritual guide or leader, often in Hindu, Jain, Buddhist or Sikh traditions -
HouseGoryeo
Ancient kingdom in the Korean peninsula (918–1392) -
OfficeLama
Honorific title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism -
OfficePanchen Lama
Priest in Tibetan Buddhism - House
Konbaung dynasty
Last dynasty of Myanmar, that ruled the Third Empire of Myanmar
Events
- First Buddhist council Gathering of senior monks of the Buddhist order convened just after the Buddha's death
- Second Buddhist council Council, said to have taken place 70 years after the Buddha’s death, which resulted in the first schism in the Sangha between the Sthaviras and the Mahāsāṃghikas
- Third Buddhist council
- Fourth Buddhist council Two separate Buddhist council meetings
- Fifth Buddhist council 1871 meeting of Buddhist monks
Explained connections
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