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Buddhist Terms

A comprehensive glossary of Buddhist concepts from the Kadampa Lamrim and Mahamudra traditions, with modern scientific parallels across physics, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence.

70 terms

Buddhist Terms

Afflictions

Aggregates

Attachment

Aversion

Awareness-Itself

Bodhicitta

Buddha Nature

Clarity

Compassion

Conduct

Crossing Over

Death & Impermanence

Dedication

Dependent Origination

Dharani

Dharma

Effortless Meditation

Emptiness

Enlightenment

Equanimity

Excitation

Four Noble Truths

Four Yogas

Guru Yoga

Ignorance

Imputation

Kadampa

Karma

Lamrim

Loving-kindness

Lower Realms

Madhyamaka

Mantra

Meditation

Mental Elaboration

Merit

Mindfulness

Nature of Mind

Nirvana

Nonmeditation

One Taste

One-Pointedness

Ordinary Mind

Pliancy

Pointing Out

Prajna

Precious Human Life

Recognition

Refuge

Renunciation

Samadhi

Samsara

Sangha

Sentient Beings

Setting Up

Shamatha

Simplicity

Sinking

Six Perfections

Skillful Means

Spiritual Guide

Staying

Suffering

Three Poisons

Three Principal Aspects

Tonglen

Two Truths

Vajra

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Vipashyana