Āyurvedic Glossary A abaran concealment energy of the causal or essential body abhyañga massage-like therapies agni digestive enzymes ahimsa non-violence ajapa the Gāyatrī mantra that brings salvation ajīrna indigestion ājñā chakra thirdRead More…
Ananda (Venerable) One of the ten great disciples of the Buddha Shakyamuni. “Ananda was the Buddha’s first cousin and his attendant. He also compiled and edited the sutras. His name means rejoicing,Read More…
The complete title is The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra. Two sutras, the large and the small, have this title, both taking as subject Amitabha Buddha, his pure Buddhaland to the West,Read More…
Amita (Buddha) Amitabha’s body is the color of gold, The splendor of his hallmarks has no peer. The light of his brow shines round a hundred worlds, Wide as the sea areRead More…
See Amitabha Buddha.
Abhidharma The Abhidharma is the third of the three divisions or “baskets” of the Tripitaka or Buddhist Canon. Its Dharma is organized thematically and logically; it can be said to be aRead More…
Ajita (Bodhisattva) Another name for the Bodhisattva Maitreya. Ajita is Sanskrit and means “unconquerable”. See Maitreya (Bodhisattva).
“Bodhisattva (bodhi = enlightenment + sattva = being) is a Sanskrit word which can be interpreted in two ways: 1) Enlightener of Sentient Beings. The Bodhisattva takes the enlightenment that he hasRead More…
See Corpus of Manifest Enlightenment.
Three Pitakas (Skt. tripiṭaka; Tib. སྡེ་སྣོད་གསུམ་, Wyl. sde snod gsum) — the three collections or ‘baskets’ into which the Word of the Buddha is divided. They are the Vinaya, SutraRead More…