Glossary of Buddhism

Definition	Etymology	In other languages
Kakusandha Buddha	Pāli: Kakusandha Sanskrit: Krakkucchanda	Bur: ကကုသန် Kakuthan 拘留孙佛 Zh: Jūliúsūn Fó
karma, lit. "action", The law of cause and effect in Buddhism	from √kri: to do Sanskrit: karma Pāli: kamma	Bur: ကံ kan or ကြမ္မာ kyamma Mon: ကံ Shan: ၵျၢမ်ႇမႃႇ or ၵၢမ်ႇ Thai: กรรม gum Tib: ལས, lai Mn: үйлийн үр, uiliin ür 業¹, 因果² Cn: ¹yè, comm.: ²yīnguǒ Jp: gō, inga Ko: 업 eob Vi: nghiệp
Kassapa Buddha	Pāli: Kassapa Sanskrit: Kasyapa	Bur: ကဿပ Kathapa 迦葉佛 Cn: Jiāyè Fó Jp: Kashōbutsu
kensho In Zen, enlightenment; has the same meaning as satōri, but is customary used for an initial awakening experience	Japanese: 見性 kenshō	見性 Cn: jiànxìng Vi: kiến tính
khyenpo, also khenpo, An academic degree similar to a doctorate in theology, philosophy, and psychology	Tibetan
khanti patience		Bur: ခန္တီ khanti Shan: ၶၼ်ႇထီႇ Thai: ขันติ kanti 耐心 Cn: Nàixīn Vi:
kinhin Zen walking meditation	Japanese: 経行 kinhin or kyōgyō	經行 Cn: jīngxíng Vi: ??
koan A story, question, problem or statement generally inaccessible to rational understanding, yet may be accessible to Intuition	Japanese: 公案 kōan	公案 Cn: gōng-àn Ko: gong'an Vi: công án
ksanti The practice of exercising patience toward behaviour or situations that might not necessarily deserve it—it is seen as a conscious choice to actively give patience as a gift, rather than being in a state of oppression in which one feels obligated to act in such a way.	Sanskrit	忍辱 Jp: ninniku
Koṇāgamana Buddha	Pāli and Sanskrit: Koṇāgamana	Bur: ကောဏာဂုံ Kawnagon 拘那含佛 Zh: Jūnàhán Fó
kyosaku In Zen, a flattened stick used to strike the shoulders during zazen, to help overcome fatigue or reach satori	Japanese: 警策 kyōsaku, called keisaku in Rinzai	香板 Cn: xiangban

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