An Illustrated Outline of Buddhism: The Essentials of Buddhist Spirituality (41 page)

gnosis, 72, 116

tya
), 31, 43

God, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 23, 24, 31,

Incarnation (
Avatāra
), 39, 68

39, 40, 43, 44, 46, 48, 50, 51,

incarnationism, incarnationist, 9,

55, 68, 79, 94, 130

23, 46

Greco-Roman religion, 10

India,
ix
,
x
, 8, 15, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26,

Green Tārā, 6, 89, 96

27, 30, 39, 53, 76, 83, 87, 89,

Guénon, René, 5, 51, 123

90, 91, 93, 101, 104, 105, 113,

Gupta Dynasty,
x
, 27, 39

135

individuality, 39, 67

140

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Indo-China,
ix
, 53

karma
, 20, 36, 98, 124

Indra (Hindu God), 13

Karma-Kagyü
school (Tibet), 90,

Ingen, 117

92, 121

Intellect (
Nous
,
Intel ectus
,
Buddhi
),

Karmapa, 90

5, 48, 50

karunā
,
mahākarunā
(compassion),

Irenaeus, St., 40

2, 30, 32, 67, 79

Islam, Islamic, 9, 10, 23, 36, 43, 44,

Kashmir, 21

53, 79

Kāshyapa, Mahākāshyapa, 19, 20,

Izanagi, 130-132

39, 61

Izanami, 130-132

Kasia, 17

Kassapa (Kāshyapa) Buddha, 39

Jainism, 10

Kegon
school, 55, 58, 101, 117, 121

Japan,
ix
, 2, 4, 21, 24, 27, 28, 53, 54,

Kel y, Bernard, 7

55, 58, 62, 66, 68, 69, 70, 78,

klesha
s (poisons, passions), 40, 41

81, 101, 102, 109, 110, 111,

knowledge (
bodhi
), 14, 31, 46, 79,

112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118,

94, 116

119, 120, 121, 128, 129, 132,

kōan
(spiritual paradox), 116

133, 136

Kōbō Daishi (Kukai), 113, 116, 117

japa-yoga
, 43, 79, 80

Koncho Gyepo Khön, 90, 92

Java, 60, 83

Korea,
ix
, 27, 53, 58, 109, 110, 111

Jesu-Maria
(invocatory prayer), 97

kshānti
(patience), 77

Jesus.
See
Christ, Jesus

Kshitigarbha (Jizō), 68, 69

Jesus Prayer (invocatory prayer),

Kushinagara, 17

43, 79

Kūya, 65

jewel (
mani
), 93, 97

Kwannon, Kwan-Yin, Avalokitesh-

Jimmu Tennō, 114, 130

vara, Chenrezig, 68, 70, 73,

Jīna
s, 72

78, 103, 120

jiriki
(“own-power”), 55

Kyoto, 28, 70, 78, 117, 119, 136

Jizō (Kshitigarbha), 68

Jōdo
.
See
Pure Land school

Ladhak, 53

joy (
muditā
), 13, 30

lama tulku
s, 98, 99

Judaism, 9, 10, 23, 31

Lamdre
(“Path and Goal”), 90

languages, sacred, liturgical, 16, 54,

Kagyü
school (Tibet), 90, 92, 121

73

Kakusandha, 39

Lankāvatāra-Sūtra
, 17, 21

Kali (Hindu Goddess), 93

Laos,
ix
, 53, 58, 83, 84, 86

Kali-Yuga
(the “Dark Age”), 80

Lao Tzu, 11, 101

Kalki-Avatāra
, 36

latreia
(worship),
dulia
(veneration),

Kalmuks, Kalmykia, 53

23

Kānadeva, 61

Lhasa, 88, 99

Kapilavastu, 13, 14

Logos
, 31, 40, 46, 50, 51

Kapimala, 61

lohan
, 40

Index

141

lotus (
padma
), 17, 93, 97

Mauryan Dynasty, 20

Lotus sects, 117

māyā
(relativity), 51

loving-kindness (
maitrī
), 30

Māyā, Queen (mother of the Bud-

Lumbinī Grove, 13

dha), 13

Middle Way (
Madhyamā-pratipad
),

madhyamā-pratipad
(Sanskrit, the

32, 35

“Middle Way”), 32

Middle Way School (
Mādhyamika
),

Mādhyamika
(the “Middle Way”

21, 91

school), 21, 91

Milarepa, 89, 90, 92, 98, 136

Māgadha, 14, 20, 27

Milinda, 20

mahākarunā
,
karunā
(great compas-
Mi-tsung
school, 58, 101, 121. See

sion), 2, 30, 32, 67, 79

also
Vajrayāna

Mahākāshyapa (Kāshyapa), 18, 19

Mohammed, 46

Mahāsānghika
, 53

Mongolia, 28, 37, 45, 53, 58, 70, 96

Mahāsthāmaprāpta, 68

morality, 5, 6, 7, 35, 36, 67

Mahāsukha
(great bliss), 97

mudrā
s (spiritual gestures), 24

Mahāvairochana, Dainichi Nyorai,

mysticism, spirituality, 2, 5, 46, 50

xi
, 2, 31, 32, 70, 72, 77, 116

Mahāyāna
,
xi
, 2, 9, 14, 16, 21, 31, 40, Nāgārjuna, 21, 61, 65, 91, 92

53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 65, 67, 77,

Nālandā, 21, 90

83, 84, 89, 90, 93, 127, 136

Name of the Buddha, 43, 65, 113

Mahinda, 20, 83

Nara, 113, 114

Maitreya, Metteya Buddha, 36, 37,

Nāropa, 90, 92

39, 54, 72, 73, 109

nembutsu
(invocation of Amida

maj hima-pātipadā
(Pali, the “Mid-

Buddha), 43, 79, 80, 116

dle Way”), 32

Nepal, 13, 53, 57, 89

Malaysia, 83

“new age” religion, 43

mandala
, 27, 29, 91

Nichiren, 117

mani
(jewel), 93, 97

nien-fo
, 43, 79

Mani-Mantra
, 97

Nirmānakāya
, 50

Mañjushrī, 68, 72, 73

Nirvāna
(“Extinction”, “Divine

mantra
(s) (prayer formulas), 24, 80,

State”),
xi
,
xii
, 1, 2, 31, 32, 39,

94, 97, 116, 134

40, 44, 46, 48, 54, 67, 68, 78,

mantrayāna
, 90, 94, 98, 134

79, 94

mappō
(the “decadent age”), 80

non-self (
anātmā
,
anattā
), 43, 44

Māra, 14

Nous
, 5, 48. See also
Buddhi
; Intel-

Marpa, 90, 92

lect

Mary, Virgin, 51

Nyingma
school (Tibet), 90, 92, 121

Masefield, Peter, 16, 68, 136

Mathurā, 24, 25

Object, Divine (God Transcendent),

Matsuo, Kuni, 117, 136

1, 31n

Maudgalyāyana, 19

Ohiru, 130

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Om Mani Padme Hum
, 97

purusha
(essence, masculine princi-

“Original Vow”, 43, 65, 79, 80

ple), 55, 93

orthodoxy, 6, 7, 8

Purushapura (Peshāwar), 21

“own-power” (
jiriki
), 55

Rāhula (son of the Buddha), 13

padma
(lotus), 93, 97

rajas
(expansive tendency), 131

Padmasambhava, 90, 92

rakan
, 40

Paekche (Kudara), 109, 110, 113

Rangoon, 83

pagodas, 27

Ratnasambhava, 72, 77

Pali Canon, 16-17

Reality, Supreme, Ultimate,
xi
, 1, 2,

Pallis, Marco,
vii
, 68, 91, 136

6, 9, 31, 32, 40, 116, 127

Panchen Lama, 73, 99

realization (spiritual achievement

pantheism, 127

or attainment), 5, 23, 35, 39,

pāramitā
s, 40, 67, 77

48, 116

Parinirvāna
, 17, 21

reincarnation, 36, 123, 125

Parsiism, 10.
See also
Zoroastrian-

relative, the, 39, 44, 50, 68

ism

renunciation (
shīla
), 13

Paul, St., 44, 80

revelation, 1, 6, 7, 9, 14, 32, 51, 55,

Personal God, 50, 51

116

Peshāwar (Purushapura), 21

Rinchen Zangpo (“the Great Trans-

Plato, Platonic doctrine of beauty,

lator”), 92

23, 46, 127

Rudrāyana, King, 23

poisons (the three
klesha
s), 40, 43

rūpa
(body, form), 39

Polonnaruwa, 49, 83, 84

Russia, 53

“power of the Other” (
tariki
), 55

Ryōnin, 65

prajñā
(wisdom), 2, 35, 55, 77, 79, 94

Prajñādhāra, 61

Saddharma-Pundarīka-Sūtra
, 17, 19,

Prajñāpāramitā
, 6, 17, 60, 72

22, 126

Prajñā-Pāramitā-Sūtra
, 4, 16, 17, 21,
Sakya
school (Tibet), 90, 92, 121

78, 93, 134

samādhi
, 35

prakriti
(substance, feminine princi-

Samantabhadra, 72

ple), 55, 93

Sambhogakāya
, 50

pranidhānabala
(will), 2

samsāra
, 39, 40, 44, 46, 48, 51, 67,

pranidhānas
(vows), 79

68, 94, 116

pratīka
(icon), 23

samyaksam-buddha
, 67

pratyeka-buddha
, 67

Sānchī, 26, 27

pride, 7, 40, 43

Sangha
(Buddhist community), 16,

Pure Land school (
Sukhāvatī
,
Ching-

17

t’u
,
Jōdo
), 43, 55, 65, 80, 106,

Sanghamitta, 83

107, 55, 58, 65, 79, 80, 101,

Sārnāth,
x
, 14, 27, 39

116, 117, 121

Sarvāstivāda
, 53, 89, 90

purgatory, 70, 124

Sat-Chit-Ānanda
, 94