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Etymology |
In other languages |
| Vajrayana, The third major branch, alongside Hinayana and Mahayana, according to Tibetan Buddhism's view of itself |
- Sanskrit: vajrayāna, lit. "diamond vehicle"
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- Bur: ဝဇိရယာန wazeirayana
- Thai: วชิรญาณ wachira-yaan
- Mn: Очирт хөлгөн, ochirt khölgön
- 金剛乘
- Cn: Jīngāng shèng
- Jp: Kongō jō
- Vi: Kim cương thừa
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| Vairocana, |
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- Tib: རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད། rNam-par-snang mdzad
- Mn: ᠪᠢᠷᠦᠵᠠᠨ ᠠ᠂ ᠮᠠᠰᠢᠳᠠ ᠋᠋ᠭᠡᠢᠢᠭᠦᠯᠦᠨ ᠵᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠᠭᠴᠢ᠂ ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠭᠡᠷᠡᠯᠲᠦ;
- 毗盧遮那佛, 大日如來
- Cn: Pílúzhēnàfó
- Jp: Dainichi Nyorai, Birushana-butsu
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| Vāsanā habitual tendencies or dispositions |
- Pāli and Sanskrit: Vāsanā
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| Vinaya Pitaka, The first basket of the Tripitaka canon, which deals with the rules of monastic life |
- Pāli, Sanskrit: vinaya-piṭaka, lit. "discipline basket"
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- Bur: ဝိနည်းပိဋကတ် wini pitakat
- Mon: ဝိနဲ
- Shan: ဝီႉၼႄး
- Thai: วินัย wi-nai
- Tib: འདུལ་བའི་སྡེ་སྣོད་ dul-bai sde-snod
- Mn: Винайн аймаг сав, vinain aimag sav
- 律藏
- Cn: Lǜzàng
- Jp: Ritsuzō
- Vi: Luật tạng
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| vipassana Usually translated as "Insight" meditation, most associated with the Theravāda tradition, but also present in some other traditions such as Tiantai. Often combined with śamatha meditation |
- from vi-√dṛś: to see apart
- Pāli: vipassanā
- Sanskrit: vipaśyanā, vidarśanā
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- Bur: ဝိပဿနာ wipathana
- Shan: ဝီႉပၢတ်ႈသၼႃႇ
- Thai: วิปัสสนา wipadsana
- Tib: ལྷག་མཐོངlhag mthong
- Mn: үлэмж үзэл, ulemj uzel
- 觀,観
- Cn: guān
- Jp: kan
- Vi: quán
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| viriya energy, enthusiastic perseverance |
- from
- Pāli: viriya
- Sanskrit: vīrya,
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- Tib: brtson-grus
- Thai: วิริยะ wiriya
- 能量
- Cn: néngliàng
- Jp: nōryō
- Vi: năng-lượng
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