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Foundations
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The Buddha
  • Tathāgata
  • Birthday
  • Four sights
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    • Ānanda (cousin)
    • Devadatta (cousin)
  • Bodhi tree
  • Places where the Buddha stayed
  • Buddha in world religions
Bodhisattvas
  • Avalokiteśvara
    • Guanyin
  • Mañjuśrī
  • Mahāsthāmaprāpta
  • Ākāśagarbha
  • Kṣitigarbha
  • Samantabhadra
  • Vajrapāṇi
  • Skanda
  • Tārā
  • Metteyya/Maitreya
Disciples
  • Kaundinya
  • Assaji
  • Sāriputta
  • Mahamoggallāna
  • Ānanda
  • Mahākassapa
  • Aṅgulimāla
  • Anuruddha
  • Mahākaccana
  • Nanda
  • Subhūti
  • Puṇṇa Mantānīputta
  • Upāli
  • Mahapajapati Gotamī
  • Khema
  • Uppalavanna
  • Asita
  • Channa
  • Yasa
Key concepts
  • Avidyā (Ignorance)
  • Bardo
  • Bodhicitta
  • Buddha-nature
  • Dhamma theory
  • Dharma
  • Enlightenment
  • Five hindrances
  • Indriya
  • Karma
  • Kleshas
  • Mental factors
  • Mindstream
  • Parinirvana
  • Pratītyasamutpāda
  • Rebirth
  • Saṃsāra
  • Saṅkhāra
  • Skandha
  • Śūnyatā
  • Taṇhā (Craving)
  • Tathātā
  • Ten Fetters
  • Three marks of existence
    • Anicca
    • Dukkha
    • Anattā
  • Two truths doctrine
Cosmology
  • Ten spiritual realms
  • Six Paths
    • Deva realm
    • Human realm
    • Asura realm
    • Hungry Ghost realm
    • Animal realm
    • Naraka
  • Three planes of existence
Branches
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    • Zen
      • Chinese Chan
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      • Korean Seon
      • Vietnamese Thiền
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    • Yogachara
  • Vajrayana
    • Tibetan Buddhism
    • Chinese Esoteric Buddhism
    • Shingon
    • Dzogchen
  • Theravada
    • Southern Esoteric Buddhism
  • Navayana
  • Early Buddhist schools
  • Pre-sectarian Buddhism
  • Basic points unifying Theravāda and Mahāyāna
  • Southern, Eastern and Northern Buddhism
Practices
  • Bhavana
  • Bodhipakkhiyādhammā
  • Brahmavihara
    • Mettā
    • Karuṇā
    • Mudita
    • Upekkha
  • Buddhābhiṣeka
  • Dāna
  • Devotion
  • Deity yoga
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  • Faith
  • Five Strengths
  • Iddhipada
  • Meditation
    • Mantras
    • Kammaṭṭhāna
    • Recollection
    • Smarana
    • Anapanasati
    • Samatha-vipassanā (Vipassana movement)
    • Shikantaza
    • Zazen
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    • Ganana
    • Mandala
    • Tonglen
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    • Mindful Yoga
    • Satipatthana
  • Nekkhamma
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  • Pāramitā
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    • Offerings
    • Prostration
    • Music
  • Refuge
  • Sādhu
  • Satya
    • Sacca
  • Seven Factors of Enlightenment
    • Sati
    • Dhamma vicaya
    • Pīti
    • Passaddhi
  • Śīla
    • Five precepts
    • Eight precepts
    • Bodhisattva vow
    • Pratimokṣa
  • Threefold Training
    • Śīla
    • Samadhi
    • Prajñā
  • Vīrya
    • Four Right Exertions
  • Twenty-two vows of Ambedkar
  • Yujia Yankou
  • Shuilu Fahui
  • Dabei Chan
Nirvana
  • Bodhi
  • Bodhisattva
  • Buddhahood
  • Pratyekabuddhayāna
  • Four stages of awakening
    • Sotāpanna
    • Sakadagami
    • Anāgāmi
    • Arhat
Monasticism
  • Bhikkhu
  • Bhikkhunī
  • Śrāmaṇera
  • Śrāmaṇerī
  • Anagārika
  • Ajahn
  • Sayadaw
  • Zen master
  • Rōshi
  • Lama
  • Rinpoche
  • Geshe
  • Tulku
    • Western tulku
  • Kappiya
  • Donchee
  • Householder
  • Upāsaka and Upāsikā
  • Achar
  • Śrāvaka
    • Ten principal disciples
  • Shaolin Monastery
Major figures
  • The Buddha
  • Nagasena
  • Aśvaghoṣa
  • Nagarjuna
  • Asanga
  • Vasubandhu
  • Kumārajīva
  • Buddhaghosa
  • Buddhapālita
  • Dignāga
  • Bodhidharma
  • Zhiyi
  • Emperor Wen of Sui
  • Songtsen Gampo
  • Xuanzang
  • Shandao
  • Padmasambhava
  • Saraha
  • Atiśa
  • Naropa
  • Karmapa
  • Hōnen
  • Shinran
  • Dōgen
  • Nichiren
  • Shamarpa
  • Dalai Lama
  • Panchen Lama
  • Ajahn Mun
  • B. R. Ambedkar
  • Ajahn Chah
  • Thích Nhất Hạnh
Texts
  • Early Buddhist texts
  • Tripiṭaka
  • Mahayana sutras
  • Pali Canon
  • Chinese Buddhist canon
  • Tibetan Buddhist canon
  • Dhammapada
  • Sutra
  • Vinaya
  • Madhyamakālaṃkāra
  • Abhidharmadīpa
Countries
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    • Thailand
    • Tibet
    • Ukraine
    • United Kingdom
    • United States
    • Uruguay
    • Uzbekistan
    • Venezuela
    • Vietnam
    • Wales
    • Zimbabwe
History
  • Timeline
  • Ashoka
  • Kanishka
  • Buddhist councils
  • History of Buddhism in India
    • Decline of Buddhism in India
  • Huichang persecution of Buddhism
  • Greco-Buddhism
    • Gandharan Buddhism
      • Texts
    • Menander I
  • Buddhism and the Roman world
  • Buddhism in the West
  • Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
  • Persecution of Buddhists
    • In Afghanistan
    • In Vietnam
  • Rimé movement
  • Banishment of Buddhist monks from Nepal
  • Dalit Buddhist movement
  • Chinese invasion of Tibet
    • 1959 Tibetan uprising
  • Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism
  • Buddhist modernism
  • Vipassana movement
  • 969 Movement
  • Engaged Buddhism
  • Women in Buddhism
Philosophy
  • Abhidharma
  • Atomism
  • Buddhology
  • Creator
  • Buddhism and democracy
  • Economics
  • Eight Consciousnesses
  • Engaged Buddhism
  • Eschatology
  • Ethics
  • Evolution
  • Humanism
  • Logic
  • Reality
  • Secular Buddhism
  • Socialism
  • The unanswerable questions
Culture
  • Architecture
    • Temple
    • Vihāra
    • Kyaung
    • Wat
    • Ordination hall
    • Stupa
    • Pagoda
      • Burmese pagoda
    • Candi
    • Dzong architecture
    • List of Buddhist architecture in China
    • Japanese Buddhist architecture
    • Buddhist temples in Korea
    • Thai temple art and architecture
    • Tibetan Buddhist architecture
  • Art
    • Greco-Buddhist
  • Budai
  • Buddha in art
  • Calendar
  • Cuisine
  • Funeral
  • Holidays
    • Vesak
    • Uposatha
    • Māgha Pūjā
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  • Mantra
    • Om mani padme hum
  • Mudra
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  • Literature
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  • Prayer wheel
  • Symbolism
    • Dharmachakra
    • Flag
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  • Temple of the Tooth
  • Vegetarianism
Miscellaneous
  • Abhijñā
  • Amitābha
  • Brahmā
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  • Hinayana
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  • Sacred languages
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Comparison
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Lists
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