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• Nirvana
  ...tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara samsara] and is sought especially in [[Buddhism]] through the extinction of [[desire]] and [[individual]] [[consciousness]] *2a : a place or state of [[oblivion]] to care, [[pain]], or external [[reality]]; also : bliss, [[heaven]]
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• 94:12 The God Concept of Buddhism
  ...from the [[absorption]] of much erroneous human [[philosophy]], so does [[Buddhism]] bear its human birthmark. But the teachings of [[Gautama]] have continued ...hinran] in Japan, this [[concept]] finally came to fruit in the [[belief]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amida_Buddha Amida Buddha].
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• 94:11 Buddhist Philosophy
  ...now they could also pray for them. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism Buddhism] soon amalgamated with the lingering ritualistic [[practices]] of disintegr ...he northern or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayahana Mahayana] gospel of Buddhism.
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• 2006-03-15-Be A Pure Channel
  ...questions which you return to on the nature of self, and on the nature of reality existence, when we speak to you so often of the world of illusion. This is ...may assume. There would be little point in the creation by the Divine of a reality structure that was never changing, for it would already know itself fully.
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• Equanimity
  ...ance]] and centeredness which [[endures]] through all possible [[changes]] in circumstances. According to the [[Bhagavad Gītā]], one may achieve equani *In [[Buddhism]], equanimity (upekkhā, upekṣhā) is one of the four immeasurables
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• Subtle body
  ...ikipedia.org/wiki/Great_chain_of_being chain of being] that [[culminates]] in the [[physical]] form. ...m]. The various attributes of the subtle body are frequently [[described]] in terms of often obscure [[symbolism]]: Tantra features references to the [[s
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• Mantras
  ...ritual]] [[movements]] which are based on, or off-shoots of, the practices in the earlier Eastern traditions and religions. ...y development of a science of [[phonetics]] in India). Mantras can be used in Eastern spiritual traditions to divert the mind from basic instinctual desi
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• Indian Philosophy
  ...efer to any of several traditions of philosophical thought that originated in [[Indian subcontinent|India]]. ...n one of the chief causes of the wealth and greatness of Indian philosophy in the past, it has a definite moral for the future."
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• Buddhist Philosophy
  ...[[5th century BCE]]). Buddhist philosophy deals extensively with problems in [[metaphysics]], [[phenomenology]], [[ethics]], and [[epistemology]]. ...ng]] and non-being, and this critique is inextricable from the founding of Buddhism.
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• Super-consciousness
  ...nary human being is achieved. These faculties are aroused by and developed in conjunction with certain dispositions of [[character]] such as patience, ki ...[intellectual]] and moral enlightenment, and profound personal growth.[1]. In a spiritual context, It may also be associated with [[transcendence]], spir
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• 103:9 The Essence of Religion
  ...ogether, [[dominated]] by [[reason]] and the [[facts]] of [[science]] and, in its nonmaterial reaches toward the [[spirit]] realms, by [[truth]]. No matt 103:9.3 [[Buddhism]] in its [[original]] form is one of the best religions without a [[God]] which
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• Mindstream
  ...m]]" ([[Sanskrit]]: saṃtāna) of [[awareness]]. There are a number of terms in the Buddhist literature that may well be rendered "mindstream". The mindstr ...other a [[mind]]. However, what we call the mental and the material occurs in a [[unity]] of organization. [[Organization]] is something [[dynamic]]."
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• 94:2 Brahmanism
  ...Brahmans], who, in turn, have [[maintained]] their religious [[hegemony]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] to the present time. ...precarious [[system]] collapsed before the debasing [[cults]] which poured in from the [[surrounding]] and less advanced [[civilizations]]. The vast [htt
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• Epiphany
  ...manifestation]] of [[Christ]] to the [[Gentiles]] or in the Eastern Church in commemoration of the [[baptism]] of [[Christ]] ...] [[nature]] or [[meaning]] of something (2) : an [[intuitive]] grasp of [[reality]] through something (as an [[event]]) usually simple and striking (3) : an
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• Scripture
  ...di. ''God's Breath: Sacred Scriptures of the World: The Essential Texts of Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Suf.'' Marlowe and Company, New Yo ...(23rd ed., 1888): "The revelation of God in nature is presupposed by that in Scripture."
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• Consciousness
  ...ip between oneself and one's environment. It is a subject of much research in philosophy of mind, psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science. ...ich refers to the global availability of information to processing systems in the brain. Phenomenal consciousness is a state with [[qualia]]. Phenomenal
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• Deity
  ...[[worship]]ped, thought [[holy]], [[divinity|divine]], or [[sacred]], held in high regard by [[human being]]s. The English word "god" comes from Anglo-Saxon, and similar words are found in many Germanic languages "''Gott''" — "God").
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• Spiritual Evolution
  ...ture]] evolve along a predetermined [[cosmological]] pattern or ascent, or in accordance with certain pre-determined [[potentials]]. ...[[concept]] is also complemented by the [[idea]] of a creative [[impulse]] in [[human being]]s, known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenesis epigen
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• Essence
  ...sence, ad. L. essentia, f. *essent-em, fictitious pr. pple. of esse to be, in imitation of Gr. {omicron}{ulenis}{sigma}{giacu}{alpha} being, f. {olenis}{ ...fashion him. a1688 CUDWORTH Immut. Mor. (1731) 2 None of these things have in Nature any Essence of their own.[https://dictionary.oed.com]
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• 1998-04-19-On Faith
  ...ut it remains up to the mortal person to take hold of his faith and to use in their lives. ...o your being and therefore be calm and equalized in your [[reactions]] and in your [[thinking]]?
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