Sage Path
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In Buddhism, the path of meditation and practices to gain Enlightenment; based on self-power, self-effort.
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Samantabhadra
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In Buddhism, an important bodhisattva and a symbol of the practice of meditation and discipline.
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samvara
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In Buddhism, one of the "hells" without pain.
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sanzen
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koan study
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Sariputra
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A leading disciple of Śākyamuni Buddha
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satori
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enlightenment experience central to Zen
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Senju Nembutsu
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The sole practice of nembutsuand a basis for the Pure Land movement.
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sensei
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teacher
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sesshin
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a weeklong intensive Zen meditation session
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Sesshu
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(1421-1506 C.E.), one of the great Zen teachers and painters known within the Zen tradition in Japan.
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Shan-tao
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Shan-tao (613-681) was an important scholar of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism.
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Shan-tao (613-681)
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An important scholar of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism whose teaching greatly affected Honen and Shinran.
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shingyo
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Joyous trusting
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shinjin
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The term for "true entrusting," which according to Shinran is the primary cause for birth in the Pure Land.
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Shinran
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Shinran (1173-1262): attributed founder of the Jodo Shin school of Buddhism.
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shinzoku-nitai
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Term for the double theory of truth, mundane and supermundane.
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Shoichi
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(1202- 1280 C.E.), first Patriarch of Tofukuji.
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shojoju
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"Ranks of the Truly Settled." A stage in the process of the Bodhisattva becoming Buddha whereby he cannot backslide; the stage of non-retrogression where Enlightenment is guaranteed.
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shunya
(alternate spellings: sunya)
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“Void”, “emptiness,” in Sanskrit
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sodo
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describe the monks’ quarters within a Zen monastery
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Sravaka
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A follower of the Hinayana, a disciple of the Buddha, a hearer.
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Srimala
(alternate spellings: Shrimala)
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An ancient Indian Queen who expressed her faith in Buddhism in the Queen Śrīmāla Sutra.
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Sukhavati
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“Blissful (place)” in Pure Land or Amidist Buddhism
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sumiye
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ink painting.
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©2003 Dictionary of Spiritual Terms
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