Buddhist Traditions And Concepts Codexery

A source-cited reference to buddhist traditions and concepts

Buddhist Traditions And Concepts (19)

• Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism) — 11th-century Tibetan Buddhist tradition emphasizing compassion, discipline, and study.
• Kagyu — One of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
• Karuṇā — Compassion as a spiritual virtue in Indic traditions.
• Lamrim — Tibetan Buddhist textual form presenting stages to enlightenment.
• Lojong — A Tibetan Buddhist contemplative practice using aphorisms to transform the mind.
• Longchen Nyingthig — Terma cycle revealed by Jigme Lingpa, central to the Nyingma school.
• Mahamudra — A multivalent Buddhist term for the great seal of wisdom and emptiness.
• Mahayana — Largest Buddhist branch emphasizing the bodhisattva path to buddhahood.
• Maitrī — A key Buddhist concept of loving-kindness and benevolence.
• Middle Way — The Buddhist path that sidesteps both indulgence and self-mortification.
• Mūlamadhyamakakārikā — Foundational Madhyamaka text on emptiness and dependent origination.
• Ngöndro — Preliminary practices common to all Tibetan Buddhist schools and Bon.
• Nirmāṇakāya — Physical manifestation of a Buddha in time and space.
• Noble Eightfold Path — Early Buddhist path to liberation from rebirth.
• Prajnaparamita — A perfected wisdom and body of Mahāyāna Buddhist scriptures.
• Pratītyasamutpāda — Key Buddhist doctrine of conditioned arising shared by all schools.
• Pure Land — A purified realm free from suffering, sought for rebirth.
• Pure Land Buddhism — A Mahayana tradition focused on rebirth in a Buddha's pure land.
• Pāramitā — Buddhist perfections cultivated for enlightenment.

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