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Buddhist prayer beads

Index Buddhist prayer beads

Buddhist prayer beads or malas (Sanskrit: "garland"Apte, Vaman Shivram (1965), written at Delhi, The Practical Sanskrit Dictionary (Fourth revised and enlarged ed.), Motilal Banarsidass Publishers) are a traditional tool used to count the number of times a mantra is recited, breaths while meditating, counting prostrations, or the repetitions of a buddha's name. [1]

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A Devilish Homicide

A Devilish Homicide is a 1965 South Korean film written and directed by Lee Yong-min.

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Abhayagiri vihāra

Abhayagiri Vihāra was a major monastery site of Mahayana, Theravada and Vajrayana Buddhism that was situated in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

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Avalokiteśvara

Avalokiteśvara (अवलोकितेश्वर) is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas.

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Buddha chitta mala

Buddha chitta mala commonly referred as 'Bodhi mala', 'bodhi chitta mala' or 'buddha mala' is a string of mala beads that are made from the natural seeds from Buddha chitta plant.

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Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Theravada Buddhism is the religion of 70.2% of the population of Sri Lanka.

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Buddhist Churches of America

The is the United States branch of the Nishi Honganji subsect of Jōdo Shinshū ("True Pure Land School") Buddhism.

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Buddhist devotion

Devotion, a central practice in Buddhism, refers to commitment to religious observances or to an object or person, and may be translated with Sanskrit or Pāli terms like saddhā, gārava or pūjā.

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Buddhist meditation

Buddhist meditation is the practice of meditation in Buddhism and Buddhist philosophy.

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Case Closed (season 20)

The twentieth season of the Case Closed anime was directed by Kenji Kodama and Yasuichiro Yamamoto and produced by TMS Entertainment and Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.

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Daemonorops

Daemonorops is a genus of rattan palms in the family Arecaceae found primarily in the tropics and subtropics of southeastern Asia with a few species extending into southern China and the Himalayas.

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Daochuo

Daochuo (562–645), was a Chinese Buddhist scholar of the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra who later became an eminent scholar of Pure Land Buddhism.

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Dhupa

Dhupa (धुप) is, in Indian religions (such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, etc.), the ritual offering of incense during puja to an image of a deity, or other object of veneration.

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Dragoon Might

is a 2D competitive fighting game produced by Konami and released as a coin-operated video game in August.

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Erdene Zuu Monastery

The Erdene Zuu Monastery (Эрдэнэ Зуу хийд, Chinese:光顯寺, Tibetan:ལྷུན་གྲུབ་བདེ་ཆེན་གླིང་) is probably the earliest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia.

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Hōgyū Jizō

are Japanese stone statues; mostly of Ksitigarbha and other kinds of stone statues made by Buddhist monk Hōgyū (around 1672–1732) between 1722 and 1732 in Kumamoto, Japan.

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Incense in India

India is the world's main incense producing country, and is a healthy exporter to other countries (though export sales have been troubled by increasing costs of the raw materials, and by other factors, such as Western countries buying unperfumed sticks, and by Indian companies producing fakes or imitations).

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Index of Buddhism-related articles

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Japanese funeral

A Japanese funeral (葬儀 sōgi or 葬式 sōshiki) includes a wake, the cremation of the deceased, a burial in a family grave, and a periodic memorial service.

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Jōdo-shū

, also known as Jōdo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism derived from the teachings of the Japanese ex-Tendai monk Hōnen.

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Jet Li

Li Lianjie (born 26 April 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese film actor, film producer, martial artist, and retired Wushu champion who was born in Beijing.

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Kṣitigarbha

Kṣitigarbha (Sanskrit क्षितिगर्भ /) is a bodhisattva primarily revered in East Asian Buddhism and usually depicted as a Buddhist monk.

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Kyo Sohma

is a character in the manga and anime series Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya.

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Lei (garland)

Lei is a garland or wreath.

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List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Akita)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of for the Prefecture of Akita.

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List of eponymous adjectives in English

An eponymous adjective is an adjective which has been derived from the name of a person, real or fictional.

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List of Fruits Basket characters

The characters of Fruits Basket were created by Natsuki Takaya in the manga written and illustrated by her.

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List of Hindu festivals

There are a great number of Hindu Religious Festivals held throughout the world.

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List of Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties

This is a list of Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan.

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List of My-Otome characters

This article is a list of fictional characters who appear in the My-Otome anime series and its sequel My-Otome Zwei.

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List of The Last Blade characters

This is a list of characters from The Last Blade.

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Magyal Dongkar

Tsepangsa Magyal Dongkar (? – ?) was an important Tibetan Empire female.

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Mala

Mala may refer to.

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Malas

Malas may refer to.

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Meditation

Meditation can be defined as a practice where an individual uses a technique, such as focusing their mind on a particular object, thought or activity, to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state.

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Mie (pose)

The mie (見え or 見得, pronounced 'mee-eh'), a powerful and emotional pose struck by an actor, who then freezes for a moment, is a distinctive element of aragoto Kabuki performance.

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Moheyan

Heshang Moheyan was a late 8th century Buddhist monk associated with the East Mountain Teaching.

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Nianfo

Nianfo (Japanese:,, Phật) is a term commonly seen in Pure Land Buddhism.

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Nikkō Shōnin

was a senior disciple of Nichiren and was the former chief priest of Kuon-ji temple in Mount Minobu, Japan.

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Outline of Buddhism

Buddhism (Pali/बौद्ध धर्म Buddha Dharma) is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, "the awakened one".

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Pādodaka

Pādodaka (Sanskrit: पादोदक, lit. foot-water) is holy water.

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Phuang malai

Phuang malai (พวงมาลัย) or Malai (มาลัย) are a Thai form of floral garland.

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Prayer beads

Prayer beads are used by members of various religious traditions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and the Bahá'í Faith to mark the repetitions of prayers, chants or devotions, such as the rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Catholicism, and dhikr (remembrance of God) in Islam.

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Prayer flag

A prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas.

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Prayer wheel

A prayer wheel is a cylindrical wheel on a spindle made from metal, wood, stone, leather or coarse cotton.

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Prostration (Buddhism)

A prostration (Pali: panipāta, Skt.: namas-kara, Ch.: li-pai, Jp.: raihai) is a gesture used in Buddhist practice to show reverence to the Triple Gem (comprising the Buddha, his teachings, and the spiritual community) and other objects of veneration.

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Puja (Hinduism)

Pūjā or Poojan or Poosei (Thamizh) (Devanagari: पूजा) is a prayer ritual performed by Hindus of devotional worship to one or more deities, or to host and honor a guest, or one to spiritually celebrate an event.

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Pundit (explorer)

The term pundit or pandit was used in the second half of the 19th century to denote indigenous surveyors who explored regions to the north of India for the British.

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Pure Land Buddhism

Pure Land Buddhism (浄土仏教 Jōdo bukkyō; Korean:; Tịnh Độ Tông), also referred to as Amidism in English, is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism and one of the most widely practiced traditions of Buddhism in East Asia.

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Rental Magica

is a Japanese light novel series by Makoto Sanda, with illustrations by Pako.

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Reverberation of Sound

The Reverberation of Sound, or Dratenjur, is considered to be the root tantra of the seventeen tantras of the Menngagde approach to Dzogchen.

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Rosary

The Holy Rosary (rosarium, in the sense of "crown of roses" or "garland of roses"), also known as the Dominican Rosary, refers to a form of prayer used in the Catholic Church and to the string of knots or beads used to count the component prayers.

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Rudraksha

Rudraksha (IAST:, Devanagari: रूद्राक्ष, Telugu: రుద్రాక్ష, Tamil:ருத்ராட்ச) ("Lord Rudra's teardrops"), is a seed traditionally used as prayer beads in Hinduism (especially Shaivism).

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Sīvali

Sīvali (Sīvali; ရှင်သီဝလိ; พระสีวลี) is an arhat widely venerated among Theravada Buddhists.

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Shikoku Pilgrimage

The or is a multi-site pilgrimage of 88 temples associated with the Buddhist monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) on the island of Shikoku, Japan.

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Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami

is a Japanese play that has been performed in bunraku and kabuki, and was jointly written by Takeda Izumo I, Takeda Izumo II, Namiki Sōsuke and Miyoshi Shōraku.

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Tenka-Goken

The are a group of five Japanese swords.

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Thai folklore

Thai folklore is a diverse set of traditional beliefs held by the Thai people.

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The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual

The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual: Temples and the Establishment of the Gods is an archaeological study focusing in on the early development of Hinduism within the Gupta Empire between the 4th and 6th centuries CE.

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The Dog Pillow

Inu makura or is an early-Edo period Japanese literary parody of The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon.

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Tibetan Nuns Project

The Tibetan Nuns Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and supporting female Buddhist monastics in India from all Tibetan Buddhist lineages.

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Trul khor

Tsa lung Trul khor (vayv-adhisāra "magical movement instrument, channels and inner breath currents"), known in short as Trul khor "magical instrument" or "magic circle" (adhisāra) is a Vajrayana discipline which includes pranayama and body postures (asanas).

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Ziziphus budhensis

Ziziphus budhensis is a species of plant in the Rhamnaceae family endemic to the Timal region of Kavreplanchok in Central Nepal.

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108 (number)

108 (one hundred eight) is the natural number following 107 and preceding 109.

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14th Dalai Lama

The 14th Dalai Lama (religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso; born Lhamo Thondup, 6 July 1935) is the current Dalai Lama.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_prayer_beads

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