karma Literally “action,” this means the moral law of cause and effect governing the future. Bad actions lead to rebirth in the lower orders of being. Good behavior leads to rebirth in the higher orders. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual ...
Now, the Pali word kamma or the Sanskrit word karma (from the root kr to do) 巴利文 Kamma和梵文 Karma (从字根 Kr 做、作而来), literally means 'action', 'doing'. 其字义是「活动」、「作为」。 But in the Buddhist theory of karma it has a specific meaning: 但在佛教的「业」的理论中...
Karma (Sanskrit, alsokarman, Pāli:kamma) is a Sanskrit term that literally means “action” or “doing.” In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to action driven by intention (cetanā) which leads to future consequences. Those intentions are considered to be the determining factor in the kind...
The word ‘occult’ simply means ‘hidden’ or ‘secret’. The word ‘esoteric’ means ‘inner’, and in reference to spiritual teachings, refers to the inner teachings accessible to those ready to look deeper into their own nature. (Jesus even makes reference to this in the New Testament,...
just like we do. This means that every time we interact with the Universe around us, these actions produce a unique energy that can be either good or bad. The word karma is literally translated precisely under this concept of “making and collecting the field of physical, verbal, and mental...
The word Navaratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit, - ‘nava,’ means nine and ‘ratri,’ means nights. During these nine nights, nine forms of Shakti… by Sujata Nandy Tantra - The Canvas Of Life Very often the word “Tantra,” invokes an assortment of thoughts and myths that ...
the word which is invariably used to translate the Sanskritamritainto Tibetan isbDud.rTsi. This breaks down into two syllables, the second of which (rTsi) is simply the common word for "juice". The first syllable (bDud) is more problematic. If taken literally, this means "demon" and it...
As the Buddhist sangha developed, specific rules and rites were enacted that differ very little in Buddhist monasteries even today. The rules by which the monks are judged and the punishments that should be assessed are found in thevinayatexts (vinayaliterally means “that which leads”). TheVin...
A priest recited a sermon at Bang Chan about the Rice Mother (Mae Posob), the goddess who brings the crop: The word 'mother' means one who can provide children. Mother is the person to whom we should pay gratitude . Human beings and animals owe a great deal to rice; so rice is ...
21The word bhāṇaka, literally ‘speaker’, is used in early Buddhist literature to de-note those professionals who were charged with the recitation and oral trans-mission of the canon.22In the context of Mahāyāna, according to Drewes, who shares here Shizutami’s view, dharmabhāṇ...