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| sacca truthfulness |
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| samanera/shramanera A male novice monk, who, after a year or until the ripe age of 20, will be considered for the higher Bhikkhu ordination |
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| samatha Mental stabilization; tranquility meditation. Distinguished from vipassana meditation |
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| samsara The cycle of birth and rebirth; the world as commonly experienced |
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| samu Work, conceived as a part of Zen training. |
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| samvrti Conventional, as opposed to absolute, truth or reality; see also paramartha |
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| sangha The community of Buddhist monks and nuns. Teachers and practitioners. |
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| Sanlun Buddhist philosophical school based on the Madhyamaka school |
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| sanzen A formal interview with a teacher in many traditions of Zen. Similar to dokusan |
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| satori Awakening; understanding. A Japanese term for enlightenment |
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| sayadaw Burmese meditation master |
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| seichu In the Zen Buddhist calendar, a period of intensive, formal monastic training. It is typically characterized by week-long Daisesshins and periodic sanzen |
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| sesshin A Zen retreat where practitioners meditate, eat and work together for several days |
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| shikantaza Soto Zen. "Only concentrated on sitting" is the main practice of the Soto school of Japanese Zen Buddhism |
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| shunyata Emptiness; see also Nagarjuna |
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| sila "morals", "morality", "ethics": precepts |
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| Sōtō Sect of Zen emphasizing shikantaza as the primary mode of practice; see also Dogen |
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| store consciousness The base consciousness (alayavijnana) taught in Yogacara Buddhism |
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| sutra Scripture; originally referred to short aphoristic sayings and collections thereof |
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| Sutra Pitaka The second basket of the Tripitaka canon, the collection of all Buddha's teachings |
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