Words and terms common in the Buddhist communities of Nepal, Thailand and Taiwan. AGAM: A secret ritual room for esoteric rites in Newar Buddhist temples in Nepal. BHIKSHUNI (Sanskrit) or BHIKKUNI ...
Puchung Tsering began the project in 2012. He collected five versions of the "Tripitaka" from Nathang, Beijing, Dege, Zhuoni, and Lainai. He used the copy from Dege - which was the most complete - as ...
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Although Keown regretfully concedes that the vast subject of Buddhism cannot be ""compressed into the pages of a volume such as this,"" and that his illustrated dictionary is ""far from exhaustive,"" ...
v. 1. [without special title] -- v. 2.Amoghavikrāmin-Bzod.par.smra.ba.can -- v. 3. Cayan Acala-Dhūpā -- v. 4. Dhyāna-pāramitā - Gzuṅsḷas.byuṅ.baḥi lha ...
LANZHOU - Authorities with China's national social sciences fund have earmarked 800,000 yuan ($128,000) for the compilation of a dictionary on Tibetan Buddhism, compilers said Saturday. The dictionary ...