Religion
- bonze
- (from 凡僧 bonsō), a Buddhist monk
- koan
- 公案 kōan, a paradoxial story or statement used during meditation in Zen Buddhism. Inspired the hacker koan tradition amongst computing circles.
- satori
- 悟り, enlightenment in Zen Buddhism
- shinto
- 神道 shintō, the native religion of Japan
- torii
- 鳥居, traditional Japanese gates commonly found at the gateway to Shinto shrines
- zen
- 禅, from Chinese 禪 (Mandarin Chán), originally from ध्यान Sanskrit Dhyāna / Pali झन Jhāna, a branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
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Famous quotes containing the word religion:
“The stallion and his mare,
unbridled, with arrow-pattern,
are worked on.
the blue cloth
before the door
of religion and inspiration....”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“There is more religion in men’s science than there is science in their religion.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“There’s no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)