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Buddhism and Vajrayana have 60 things in common (in Unionpedia): Asanga, Śūnyatā, Śrāvakayāna, Bardo, Bodh Gaya, Bodhi, Bodhisattva, Buddhism in Bhutan, Buddhism in Mongolia, Buddhism in Nepal, Buddhist meditation, Buddhist modernism, Buddhist philosophy, Cakrasaṃvara Tantra, Cambodia, China, Chinese Buddhism, Deity yoga, East Asia, Fierce deities, Gautama Buddha, Guhyasamāja Tantra, Guru, Hinayana, Hindu pilgrimage sites, Islam, Jogye Order, Kalmykia, Karmamudrā, Lama, ..., Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpa, Madhyamaka, Mahasiddha, Mahayana, Mahayana sutras, Mandala, Manjushri, Mantra, Myanmar, Nirvana, Pāli Canon, Pāramitā, Prajñā (Buddhism), Prajnaparamita, Saṃsāra, Samadhi, Samatha, Sanskrit, Shaiva Siddhanta, Shaivism, Shingon Buddhism, Tendai, Thailand, Theravada, Tiantai, Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrayana, Vipassanā, Yidam, Yogachara. Expand index (30 more) »
Asanga
Asaṅga (Romaji: Mujaku) (fl. 4th century C.E.) was a major exponent of the Yogacara tradition in India, also called Vijñānavāda.
Asanga and Buddhism · Asanga and Vajrayana ·
Śūnyatā
Śūnyatā (Sanskrit; Pali: suññatā), pronounced ‘shoonyataa’, translated into English most often as emptiness and sometimes voidness, is a Buddhist concept which has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context.
Buddhism and Śūnyatā · Vajrayana and Śūnyatā ·
Śrāvakayāna
Śrāvakayāna (श्रावकयान; सावकयान) is one of the three yānas known to Indian Buddhism.
Buddhism and Śrāvakayāna · Vajrayana and Śrāvakayāna ·
Bardo
In some schools of Buddhism, bardo (Tibetan བར་དོ་ Wylie: bar do) or antarabhāva (Sanskrit) is an intermediate, transitional, or liminal state between death and rebirth.
Bardo and Buddhism · Bardo and Vajrayana ·
Bodh Gaya
Bodh Gaya is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Bodh Gaya and Buddhism · Bodh Gaya and Vajrayana ·
Bodhi
Bodhi (Sanskrit: बोधि; Pali: bodhi) in Buddhism traditionally is translated into English with the term enlightenment, although its literal meaning is closer to "awakening".
Bodhi and Buddhism · Bodhi and Vajrayana ·
Bodhisattva
In Buddhism, Bodhisattva is the Sanskrit term for anyone who has generated Bodhicitta, a spontaneous wish and compassionate mind to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Bodhisattvas are a popular subject in Buddhist art.
Bodhisattva and Buddhism · Bodhisattva and Vajrayana ·
Buddhism in Bhutan
Buddhism is the major religion in Bhutan.
Buddhism and Buddhism in Bhutan · Buddhism in Bhutan and Vajrayana ·
Buddhism in Mongolia
Buddhism in Mongolia derives much of its recent characteristics from Tibetan Buddhism of the Gelug and Kagyu lineages, but is distinct and presents its own unique characteristics.
Buddhism and Buddhism in Mongolia · Buddhism in Mongolia and Vajrayana ·
Buddhism in Nepal
Buddha was born in Shakya (Shakya) Kingdom of Kapilvastu which lies in present-day Rupandehi district, Lumbini zone of Nepal.
Buddhism and Buddhism in Nepal · Buddhism in Nepal and Vajrayana ·
Buddhist meditation
Buddhist meditation is the practice of meditation in Buddhism and Buddhist philosophy.
Buddhism and Buddhist meditation · Buddhist meditation and Vajrayana ·
Buddhist modernism
Buddhist modernism (also referred to as Modern Buddhism, modernist Buddhism and Neo-Buddhism) are new movements based on modern era reinterpretations of Buddhism.
Buddhism and Buddhist modernism · Buddhist modernism and Vajrayana ·
Buddhist philosophy
Buddhist philosophy refers to the philosophical investigations and systems of inquiry that developed among various Buddhist schools in India following the death of the Buddha and later spread throughout Asia.
Buddhism and Buddhist philosophy · Buddhist philosophy and Vajrayana ·
Cakrasaṃvara Tantra
The Cakrasaṃvara Tantra (चक्रसंवर तन्त्र) or Khorlo Déchok is considered to be of the mother class of the Anuttarayoga Tantra in Vajrayana Buddhism.
Buddhism and Cakrasaṃvara Tantra · Cakrasaṃvara Tantra and Vajrayana ·
Cambodia
Cambodia (កម្ពុជា, or Kampuchea:, Cambodge), officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia (ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, prĕəh riəciənaacak kampuciə,; Royaume du Cambodge), is a sovereign state located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia.
Buddhism and Cambodia · Cambodia and Vajrayana ·
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.
Buddhism and China · China and Vajrayana ·
Chinese Buddhism
Chinese Buddhism or Han Buddhism has shaped Chinese culture in a wide variety of areas including art, politics, literature, philosophy, medicine, and material culture.
Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism · Chinese Buddhism and Vajrayana ·
Deity yoga
Deity yoga (Tibetan: lha'i rnal 'byor; Sanskrit: Devata-yoga) is a practice of Vajrayana Buddhism involving identification with a chosen deity through visualisations and rituals, and the realisation of emptiness.
Buddhism and Deity yoga · Deity yoga and Vajrayana ·
East Asia
East Asia is the eastern subregion of the Asian continent, which can be defined in either geographical or ethno-cultural "The East Asian cultural sphere evolves when Japan, Korea, and what is today Vietnam all share adapted elements of Chinese civilization of this period (that of the Tang dynasty), in particular Buddhism, Confucian social and political values, and literary Chinese and its writing system." terms.
Buddhism and East Asia · East Asia and Vajrayana ·
Fierce deities
In Buddhism, fierce deities are the fierce, wrathful or forceful (Tibetan: trowo, Sanskrit: krodha) forms of enlightened Buddhas, Bodhisattvas or Devas (divine beings).
Buddhism and Fierce deities · Fierce deities and Vajrayana ·
Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha (c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE), also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Shakyamuni Buddha, or simply the Buddha, after the title of Buddha, was an ascetic (śramaṇa) and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.
Buddhism and Gautama Buddha · Gautama Buddha and Vajrayana ·
Guhyasamāja Tantra
The Guhyasamāja Tantra (Sanskrit: Guhyasamājatantra; Tibetan: Gsang ’dus rtsa rgyud (Toh 442); Tantra of the Secret Community) is one of the most important scriptures of Tantric Buddhism.
Buddhism and Guhyasamāja Tantra · Guhyasamāja Tantra and Vajrayana ·
Guru
Guru (गुरु, IAST: guru) is a Sanskrit term that connotes someone who is a "teacher, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field.
Buddhism and Guru · Guru and Vajrayana ·
Hinayana
"Hīnayāna" is a Sanskrit term literally meaning the "inferior vehicle".
Buddhism and Hinayana · Hinayana and Vajrayana ·
Hindu pilgrimage sites
In religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or search of great moral significance.
Buddhism and Hindu pilgrimage sites · Hindu pilgrimage sites and Vajrayana ·
Islam
IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).
Buddhism and Islam · Islam and Vajrayana ·
Jogye Order
The Jogye Order, officially the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (대한불교조계종, 大韓佛敎 曹溪宗) is the representative order of traditional Korean Buddhism with roots that date back 1,200 years to Unified Silla National Master Doui, who brought Seon (known as Zen in the West) and the practice taught by the Sixth Patriarch, Huineng, from China about 820 C.E. The name of the Order, Jogye, was adopted from the name of the village where Patriarch Huineng's home temple is located.
Buddhism and Jogye Order · Jogye Order and Vajrayana ·
Kalmykia
The Republic of Kalmykia (p; Хальмг Таңһч, Xaľmg Tañhç) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic).
Buddhism and Kalmykia · Kalmykia and Vajrayana ·
Karmamudrā
Karmamudrā (Sanskrit; "action seal," erroneously: kāmamudrā or "desire seal," Tib. las-kyi phyag-rgya) is a Vajrayana Buddhist technique of sexual practice with a physical or visualized consort.
Buddhism and Karmamudrā · Karmamudrā and Vajrayana ·
Lama
Lama ("chief" or "high priest") is a title for a teacher of the Dhamma in Tibetan Buddhism.
Buddhism and Lama · Lama and Vajrayana ·
Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpa
The Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa or Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpa is a text of the Kriyā-tantra class.
Buddhism and Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpa · Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpa and Vajrayana ·
Madhyamaka
Madhyamaka (Madhyamaka,; also known as Śūnyavāda) refers primarily to the later schools of Buddhist philosophy founded by Nagarjuna (150 CE to 250 CE).
Buddhism and Madhyamaka · Madhyamaka and Vajrayana ·
Mahasiddha
Mahasiddha (Sanskrit: mahāsiddha "great adept) is a term for someone who embodies and cultivates the "siddhi of perfection".
Buddhism and Mahasiddha · Mahasiddha and Vajrayana ·
Mahayana
Mahāyāna (Sanskrit for "Great Vehicle") is one of two (or three, if Vajrayana is counted separately) main existing branches of Buddhism and a term for classification of Buddhist philosophies and practice.
Buddhism and Mahayana · Mahayana and Vajrayana ·
Mahayana sutras
The Mahayana sutras are a broad genre of Buddhist scriptures that various traditions of Mahayana Buddhism accept as canonical.
Buddhism and Mahayana sutras · Mahayana sutras and Vajrayana ·
Mandala
A mandala (Sanskrit: मण्डल, maṇḍala; literally "circle") is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the universe.
Buddhism and Mandala · Mandala and Vajrayana ·
Manjushri
Mañjuśrī is a bodhisattva associated with prajñā (insight) in Mahayana Buddhism.
Buddhism and Manjushri · Manjushri and Vajrayana ·
Mantra
A "mantra" ((Sanskrit: मन्त्र)) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit believed by practitioners to have psychological and spiritual powers.
Buddhism and Mantra · Mantra and Vajrayana ·
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.
Buddhism and Myanmar · Myanmar and Vajrayana ·
Nirvana
(निर्वाण nirvāṇa; निब्बान nibbāna; णिव्वाण ṇivvāṇa) literally means "blown out", as in an oil lamp.
Buddhism and Nirvana · Nirvana and Vajrayana ·
Pāli Canon
The Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language.
Buddhism and Pāli Canon · Pāli Canon and Vajrayana ·
Pāramitā
Pāramitā (Sanskrit, Pali) or pāramī (Pāli) is "perfection" or "completeness".
Buddhism and Pāramitā · Pāramitā and Vajrayana ·
Prajñā (Buddhism)
Prajñā (Sanskrit) or paññā (Pāli) "wisdom" is insight in the true nature of reality, namely primarily anicca (impermanence), dukkha (dissatisfaction or suffering), anattā (non-self) and śūnyatā (emptiness).
Buddhism and Prajñā (Buddhism) · Prajñā (Buddhism) and Vajrayana ·
Prajnaparamita
Prajñāpāramitā means "the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom" in Mahāyāna Buddhism.
Buddhism and Prajnaparamita · Prajnaparamita and Vajrayana ·
Saṃsāra
Saṃsāra is a Sanskrit word that means "wandering" or "world", with the connotation of cyclic, circuitous change.
Buddhism and Saṃsāra · Saṃsāra and Vajrayana ·
Samadhi
Samadhi (Sanskrit: समाधि), also called samāpatti, in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools refers to a state of meditative consciousness.
Buddhism and Samadhi · Samadhi and Vajrayana ·
Samatha
Samatha (Pāli) or śamatha (शमथ; zhǐ) is the Buddhist practice (bhāvanā भावना) of calming the mind (citta चित्त) and its 'formations' (saṅkhāra संस्कार).
Buddhism and Samatha · Samatha and Vajrayana ·
Sanskrit
Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.
Buddhism and Sanskrit · Sanskrit and Vajrayana ·
Shaiva Siddhanta
Shaiva siddhanta,(IAST: Śaiva siddhānta), provides the normative rites, cosmology and theological categories of Agamic and Vedic Shaivam combined.
Buddhism and Shaiva Siddhanta · Shaiva Siddhanta and Vajrayana ·
Shaivism
Shaivism (Śaivam) (Devanagari: शैव संप्रदाय) (Bengali: শৈব) (Tamil: சைவம்) (Telugu: శైవ సాంప్రదాయం) (Kannada:ಶೈವ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯ) is one of the major traditions within Hinduism that reveres Shiva as the Supreme Being.
Buddhism and Shaivism · Shaivism and Vajrayana ·
Shingon Buddhism
is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra.
Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism · Shingon Buddhism and Vajrayana ·
Tendai
is a Mahayana Buddhist school established in Japan in the year 806 by a monk named Saicho also known as.
Buddhism and Tendai · Tendai and Vajrayana ·
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.
Buddhism and Thailand · Thailand and Vajrayana ·
Theravada
Theravāda (Pali, literally "school of the elder monks") is a branch of Buddhism that uses the Buddha's teaching preserved in the Pāli Canon as its doctrinal core.
Buddhism and Theravada · Theravada and Vajrayana ·
Tiantai
Tiantai is a school of Buddhism in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam that reveres the Lotus Sutra as the highest teaching in Buddhism.
Buddhism and Tiantai · Tiantai and Vajrayana ·
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism is the form of Buddhist doctrine and institutions named after the lands of Tibet, but also found in the regions surrounding the Himalayas and much of Central Asia.
Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism · Tibetan Buddhism and Vajrayana ·
Vajrayana
Vajrayāna, Mantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Tantric Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism are the various Buddhist traditions of Tantra and "Secret Mantra", which developed in medieval India and spread to Tibet and East Asia.
Buddhism and Vajrayana · Vajrayana and Vajrayana ·
Vipassanā
Vipassanā (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (विपश्यन) in the Buddhist tradition means insight into the true nature of reality.
Buddhism and Vipassanā · Vajrayana and Vipassanā ·
Yidam
Yidam is a type of deity associated with tantric or Vajrayana Buddhism said to be manifestations of Buddhahood or enlightened mind.
Buddhism and Yidam · Vajrayana and Yidam ·
Yogachara
Yogachara (IAST:; literally "yoga practice"; "one whose practice is yoga") is an influential school of Buddhist philosophy and psychology emphasizing phenomenology and ontology through the interior lens of meditative and yogic practices.
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Buddhism and Vajrayana Comparison
Buddhism has 308 relations, while Vajrayana has 254. As they have in common 60, the Jaccard index is 10.68% = 60 / (308 + 254).
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