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General Introduction

BuddhistBuddhist WomanBuddhism and GenderBuddhist PsychologyBuddhist LiteratureBuddhist SectsBuddhism and PoliticsLinguisticsBuddhist Musicbhasa)|Buddhist EthicsBuddhist EnvironmentalismBuddhist EcologyBuddhist EducationBuddhist DietBuddhist RitualsBuddhist NormsSutraCatalogue of SutrasSutra's CollectionDigitalization of TextsSuspicious ScriptureSpurious ScriptureThe Translation of SutraThe Explanation of SutraBuddhism and ScienceBuddhist EconomicsBuddhist OrganizationBuddhist MedicineBuddhist TerminologyReligious LawsChronicleHagiographyBiographyBuddhist DoctrinesBuddhist DoctrinesBuddhist StudiesBuddhology)|MethodologyOntologyMind-Nature OntologyEpistemologyBuddhist LogicsHetuvidya)|CosmosologyHermeneuticsIconographyDocumentationTextual CriticismBuddhist TemplePracticeBhavanakramaManagement of Buddhist TempleBuddhist RobeCultural Enterprise

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Other

EkayanaThe Noble Eightfold PathBodhyavgaThe Three-nature DoctrineThree Dharma SealsThe Three JewelsThe Four Noble TruthsFour ImmeasureablesPanca-skandhaThe Six PerfectionsTake RefugeScriptural SynopsesEschatologyPersecution of BuddhismBuddhist DeityBuddhist ProtectorsIcchantikaBuddha NatureTathagata-garbhaAlayavijnanaBuddha RelicsBuddhist RelicsVolunteerT'zu-ChiVirtueDonationSavghikadanaAnatmanImpermanentEmptinessconditionsBuddhist RosaryPure LandBijaBodhicittaLoving KindnessSocial MovementSocial ServiceNirvanaImmediate UnderstandingGradual UnderstandingEnlightenmentNon-duality of Immediateness and gradualnessPrapancaSatkaya-DrstiKarmaSadharana-karmaThe Fixed KarmasCause and EffectHellThe Western Paradise of Eternal BlissAvidyaBhavaParamartha-satyaSamkrta-dharmaAsamkrta-dharmaThe Jneyavarana-TheorySamanyalaksanaSvalaksanaBuddha-kayaTrikayavataraDharmakayaSambhogakayaNirmanakayaBardoDeath and DyingReincarnationBuddhist Funeral Rites and CeremoniesTerminal CareHospice CareNear-Death ExperienceChaplainBuddhism and Christianity and CatholicismBuddhism and JudaismBuddhism and MuslimBuddhism and Islam)|Buddhism and TaoismBuddhism and ConfucianismTripitakaSutta PitakaVinaya PitakaAbhidhamma PitakaThe Middle WayTo acquire sutras from the WestParliamentaryKarmanComparative ReligionReligion ConversationReligions ExperienceThe Rising ReligionReligious SymbolismReligious BeliefMetanoiaMiraculous PowerBodhisattvaconditionspaticca-samuppadaParatantra-SvabhaavaParikalpita-SvabhavaParinis!panna-svabhavaSutrantikaDharmadhatuPrajna ( Prajnaparamita ) |SvabhavaAltruism

十二分教:SutraGeyaVyakaranaGatbaUdamaItivitakaJatakaVaipulyAdbbuta-aharmNidanaAvadanaUpades

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Category

Characteristics:Humanistic Buddhism=Engaged BuddhismMahayana BuddhismHinayanaReclusive BuddhismLayperson's BuddhismTheravada BuddhismContemporary BuddhismGeyi BuddhismIndian BuddhismEarly Buddhism=Primitive BuddhismAbhidharma BuddhismDunhuang BuddhismTibetan BuddhismEsoteric BuddhismLamaismCritical BuddhismSthavira BuddhismMadhyade?aWestern BuddhismWestern BuddhismBritish Buddhism

Asian Buddhism:
Chinese BuddhismTaiwanese BuddhismJapanese BuddhismKorean Buddhism
Thai BuddhismSri Lankan BuddhismVietnamese BuddhismBurmese BuddhismCambodian Buddhism
FujianSichuanYunnanShanghaiGuizhouQinghaiXingjiangDocuments from Dunhuang ( The manuscripts of Dunhuang ) |Dunhuang BuddhismUigur ( Uygur)|Tulufan ( Turfan)|Xi Xia ( Hsi Hsia)|Buddhism in Jiangxi

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Art

Buddhist ArtStupaPaintingTangkaMuraSculptureChinese CalligraphyDramaCaveBuddhist StatueBuddhist ArchitectureGandhara FormTantric FormMetamorphic images of sutras ( Metamorphoses of sutras / Buddhist stories in pictures)|Bianwen ( Buddhist stories retold)

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Sect

China:Zen BuddhismPure Land BuddhismTien-tai BuddhismYogacara BuddhismHua-yen BuddhismSoto Zen BuddhismThe Cloud-gate ZongThe Lin-chi Zen BuddhismKuei-yang ZongHongzhou ZongThree-Treatise school ( The Sanlun Zong)|Shelun ZongDa?abhumik??

India:UmasvatiBrahmanisNyaya SchoolMadhyamakaPrasangikaSvatantrikaMind-Only BuddismYogacara schoolMadhyamakayogacaraSarvastivadaSthaviraMahasamghikaTamrasatiyaVatsiputriyaBhadrayaniyaSammatiyaSannagarikaDharmottariyaVibhajyavadinSutrantikaMahaviharaAbhayagirivihara

Tibetan Buddhism:BonDge-lugs-pa SchoolSakyapa SchoolNyingma SchoolKagyu SchoolVajra-yana

Japan:Soka Gakkai AssociationNichiren Buddhismthe Nichiren Shonin ZenshuKyoto SchoolShingon BuddhismThe True DaikokuShintoismJodo-Shinshu BuddhismHigashi-Hongan-Ji Temple SchoolHigashi-Hongan-Ji Temple School

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Buddhist History

General Introduction:Mahayana Buddhist HistoryHinayana Buddhist HistoryChinese Buddhist HistoryJapanese Buddhist HistoryTaiwanese Buddhist HistoryIndian Buddhist HistoryTheravadin Buddhist HistoryAmerican Buddhist HistoryBritish Buddhist HistoryThai Buddhist HistorySri Lankan Buddhist HistoryVietnamese Buddhist HistoryBurmese Buddhist HistoryTibetan Buddhist HistoryKorean Buddhist History

Classification by Dynasty:
China╱
Sung BuddhismYuan BuddhismSui BuddhismTang BuddhismMing BuddhismQing BuddhismHan BuddhismNorthern and Southern Dynastries BuddhismFive Dynasties BuddhismLater Liang Buddhism
Japan╱Kamakura BuddhismEdo BuddhismBuddhism of Heian Period

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Dharma-gate

Common:Buddhism of Heian PeriodShamatha and VipashyanaTransmission of BuddhismMindfulnessthe Precepts of a BodhisattvaMantraOrdinationRetreatPilgrimageThe Bodhisattva PathLoving Kindness MeditationMonasticismMonastic CommunityAscetic PracticesConcentrationMeditationcankamanaUpayakausaliaSamadhi

China:KoanEkavyuha-SamadhiPratyutpanna-SamadhiSurajgama-SamadhiKsamayatiThe ritual for confession and pardonsyncretism of Zen and scriptural teachingConcentration on both understanding and conductcombined practice of virtues and wisdomcombined practice of the exoteric and the esotericcombined practice of Zen and Pure-landsyncretism of the three religionssyncretism of esoteric and exotericTo copy the scriptures

Tibetan Buddhism:AbhishekVisualizationMandalaMahamudraDzogpa ChenpoKyerimDzog-rimtonglentonglenMaha MadhyamakaMahayogaHoma RitualsFour Dhrmas of GampopaVajrasamadhiHatha YogaKalacakraMaitri BhavanaMaitri Bhavana Dream YogasMahakala, BernagcheSahaja Yoga

Others:SatipatthanaVipassanaMahasati MeditationAnapana-satia-subha-smrtimizuko kuyo

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Practioner

Tibet:KarmapaDudjom RinpocheDalai LamaPan-chen LamaLama YeshePadmasambhavaKamalasilaH.E. Kalu RinpocheChogyam Trungpa RinpocheZopa RinpocheDilgo Khyentse RinpocheKhenchen Thrangu RinpocheTsong KhapaGampopaAtisaMarpa LodsawaMilarepaLongchen

China:Hong YiXuanzang (Hiuen Tsiang)|Hui NengZhiyiBodhidharmaXu yunKumarajivaVimalakirtiLian chi ( Yunqi Zhuhong)|Jianzhen ( Ganjin)|Amogha-vajraDharmaraksaShandao

India:King AsokaKing KaniskaKing HarsaKing PasenadiKing AjatasattuNagarjunaAryadevaAsangaVasubandhuVasumitraCandrakirtiSthiramatiBuddhaguhyaBuddhapalitaDharmatrataHaribhadraAsvaghosaSankarasvaminSantidevaSantarakshitaBhavavivekaSanghabhadraDinnaagaKumaarila

Japan:KukaiSaichoDogenShinranYuan ChenEnnin ( Jikaku dai shi)

Others:Thich Nhat HanhMaster WonhyoBuddhaghosa

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Buddha and Bodhisattva

Buddha:Gautama BuddhaSakyamuniAmitaba BuddhaDorjechangBhaisajyaguruPaccekabuddhaAdibuddhaSariputtaMaha-vairocanaAksobhya BuddhaMaitreya Buddha

Bodhisattva:ManjusriKshitigarbhaSkandaSamantabhadraMaitreyaAvalokiteshvara

Arhat:ArhatMoggallana

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Sutra

Sutra:GuhyasamajatantraDasabhumika SutraMahavairocana SutraMahasatipatthana SutraPrajnaparamita SutraMahaparinibbana SutraMaharatnakuta SutraThe Sixth Patriarch's SutraHeart SutraManjusrimulakalpaAngulimala SutraJatakaUdanaAbhiniskramana SutraDharani-samuccaya SutraThe Lotus SutraPatimokkhaMilindapanhaSatipatthana SutraDhammapada Stura|Diamond SutraAgama SutraThe Amitabha SutraSuramgama-samadhi SutraMahaparinibbana SutraPratyutpannasamadhi SutraPrajnaparamita SutraBrahmajala SutraSukhavativyuha SutraBuddhavatamsaka SutraYuan Jiuo SutraLankavatara SutraShurangama SutraSandhinirmocana SutraVimalakirtin-irdesaAnguttara NikayaSamyuktagama SutraBhagavan-bhaisajyaguru-vaiduryaprabhasya purvapranidhana-visesa-vistara

Abhidharma:MadhyamakavataraBodhicaryavataraMahasaropama SuttaTa-ch'eng-chung-kuan-shih-lunKarmasiddhi-prakaranaAbhidharmasamuccayaMahayana-sraddhotpada SutraSiksasamuccayaMahaprajnaparamita-upadesa-sastraMadhyamika-karikaMadhyantavibha-gabhasyaYuktishastikaCatuhsatakaNyayabinduSatyasiddhiprakaranaAksarasatakaSatakaPrasannapadaDharmaskandhaShunyatasaptatiAbhidharmakosaPrajnapradipaVigrahavyavartaniVisuddhimaggaAbhisamayalamkaraSamantapasadikaLam rim chen moShun-chung-lunYogacarabhumiJewel Ornament of LiberationVimokaamarga-sastraVaidalyasutraVadanyayaRatnavaliRatnagotravibhagaPramanavarttikaMahayana-samgraha

Others:
Upacaya╱
AdvayavajrasamgrahaSadhanamalaTattvasamgrahaTathagataguhyakaAbhisamayalankaralokaSutrasamuccayaTantraMaitrisimit
Gaathaa╱SuhrllekhaMulamadhyamikakarikaTrimsikaVimsatika
Upanishad╱VedantaBrahmanaUpanishad
Theravada Buddhist Historical Record╱DipavajsaMahavajsa

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Appellation

GuruLaywomanRinpocheAbbotBuddhist MonkBuddhist NunSramaneraLaymanLaypersonMasterGesheMahasi SayadawLamaMeditator

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