avalokiteshvara (a compassionate buddha-to-be

  • 1Avalokiteśvara — holding a lotus flower. Nālandā, Bihar, India, 9th century CE …

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  • 2Zen — For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). Zen Chinese: Traditional: 禪 Simplified: 禅 Pinyin: Chán …

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  • 3Tara (Buddhism) — This article is about the Buddhist bodhisattva. For the Hindu goddess, see Tara (Devi); and a Korean musical band, T ara Green Tara, Kumbum, Gyantse, Tibet, 1993 …

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  • 4Conceptions of God — Part of a series on God General conceptions …

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  • 5Buddhahood — In Buddhism, buddhahood (Sanskrit: buddhatva .Pali: buddhatta . Or (both) buddhabhāva ) is the state of perfect enlightenment (Sanskrit: samyaksambodhi . Pali: sammāsambodhi ) attained by a Audio|Buddha.ogg|buddha (Pali/Sanskrit for awakened one… …

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  • 6New Kadampa Tradition — NKT redirects here. For other uses, see NKT (disambiguation). Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal …

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  • 7Guan Yin — Chinese|pic=Liao Dynasty Guan Yin statue.jpg|picc Shanxi Province (A.D. 907 1125) s=观音 p=Guānyīn s2=观世音 p2=Guānshì Yīn t=觀音|t2=觀世音 p2=Guānyīn p2=Guānshì Yīn w=Kuan yin w2=Kuan shih Yin j=gun1 jam1 j2=gun1 sai3 jam1 y=Gūnyām y2=Gūnsai Yām h=Gon Im …

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  • 8Bodhisattva — In the Buddhist context, a bodhisattva ( sa. बोधिसत्त्व, IAST|bodhisattva ; bo|t=བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ་|w=byang chub sems dpa; Vietnamese: Bồ Tát ; pi. बोधिसत्त, IAST|bodhisatta ; Thai: โพธิสัตว์, phothisat ; zh stp|t=菩薩|s=菩萨|p=púsà) means either… …

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  • 9Nīlakantha dhāranī — Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal History Timeline · Councils …

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  • 10hell — like, adj. /hel/, n. 1. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus. 2. any place or state of torment or misery: They made their father s life a hell on earth. 3.… …

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