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Category Archives: Triple Jewel

Triple Jewel or Three Jewels or Triple Gem or Three Gems – Buddha, Dharma, Sangha

08Sep/20

Choden Rinpoche

September 8, 2020Buddhist Masters, Monks, Sangha, VajrayanaBuddhist Masters, Choden Rinpoche, FPMT, Tibet, VajrayanaLosang Jinpa, D.Ayur, PhD

See https://www.cloudmonk.io/doku.php?id=choden_rinpoche

03May/16

Ananda

May 3, 2016Arhats, Buddhism, Buddhist Glossary, Buddhist Masters, Buddhist Sanskrit Terms, Glossaries, Monks, Sangha, Sanskrit TermsLosang Jinpa, D.Ayur, PhD

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…

03May/16

Amitabha Sutra

May 3, 2016Amitabha, Buddhism, Buddhist Ayurvedic Sanskrit Terms, Buddhist Glossary, Buddhist Sanskrit Terms, Sanskrit Terms, SutrasLosang Jinpa, D.Ayur, PhD

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…

03May/16

Amitabha

May 3, 2016Amitabha, Ayurveda Glossary Level 1 CAT, Buddhas, Buddhism, Buddhist Ayurvedic Sanskrit Terms, Buddhist Glossary, Buddhist Sanskrit Terms, Distance Learning Clinical Ayurvedic TherapistLosang Jinpa, D.Ayur, PhD

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…

03May/16

Amita Buddha

May 3, 2016Buddhas, Buddhism, Buddhist Glossary, Buddhist Sanskrit TermsLosang Jinpa, D.Ayur, PhD

See Amitabha Buddha.

03May/16

Abhidharma

May 3, 2016Buddhist Glossary, Buddhist Sanskrit Terms, Dharma, Sanskrit TermsLosang Jinpa, D.Ayur, PhD

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…

03May/16

Ajita

May 3, 2016Buddhism, Buddhist Glossary, Buddhist Sanskrit Terms, MonksLosang Jinpa, D.Ayur, PhD

Ajita (Bodhisattva) Another name for the Bodhisattva Maitreya. Ajita is Sanskrit and means “unconquerable”. See Maitreya (Bodhisattva).

03May/16

Abbot

May 3, 2016Buddhist Glossary, Monks, UncategorizedLosang Jinpa, D.Ayur, PhD

abbot The abbot is the head of a monastery. One Chinese term for abbot, fangzhang ‘ten feet square’ is a term used primarily in Chan monasteries and refers to the ideal sizeRead More…

22Jan/16

Dedicated to Ven. Da Xin De Ben Shr

January 22, 2016American Buddhists, Buddhism, Buddhist Masters, Chan Tradition, Dedication, MonksAmerican Buddhists, Buddhism, Buddhist Masters, Chan, Monks, ZenLosang Jinpa, D.Ayur, PhD

‘Da Xin De Ben Shr‘ — He would not like anything at all to be said about him other than that he was an itinerant monk bhikshu of the American Jen ChenRead More…