Buddhism

abhidharma altar amida apsara attachment attention avalokiteshvara awareness belief beliefs bell bodhisattva bodhisavatta book bs budda buddha buddhism caste-system channa chant clinging community compassion con-job craving creature dalai deity demon desire detachment dharma division dorje _edit ego emptiness enlightenment _expand folklore ghandarva gods gong hagiography _hartnell head-trip heart_sutra hinayana identity impermanence incarnations interdependence japanese_buddhism jataka_tales jizo karma kind koan lama literature _lost lotus_sutra lotus-sutra mahayana mahayana-buddhism maitreya mala mantra mediation meditation member metta metta_sutra middle_path mind mindfulness monk monster mythology naga nam_myoho_renge_kyo nichiren_buddhism nichiren-buddhism nirvana non_attachment om_mani_padme_hum people practice prince prop prophecy props psyche pure-land pure-land-buddhism reality reincarnation ritual samsara sangha self shinto siddhartha-guatama _stub suffering sutra symbols taoism teaching teachings theravada the_three_jewels thought tibetan_buddhism tibetan-buddhism type vajrayana zabuton zafu zen-buddhism