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- Kuan Yin (8111 bytes)
1: ...e:Daienin_Kannon.JPG|thumb|right|Kannon statue in Daienin, Mt. Koya, Japan]]
9: [[Image:Aomori Buddha.jpeg|thumb|left|A statue of the Kuan Yin Bodhisat...
12: ...a depiction which derives from the earlier ''[[Pandaravasini]]'' form.
16: ... split into thousands of pieces. Fortunately, a [[Buddha]] assembled him back together again. With eleven ...
70: ...ourage her. The monks forced Kuan Yin to work all day and all night, while others slept, in order to f... - Relic (11473 bytes)
13: ====Romano-Christian [[daemon]]s and the "virtue" of relics====
17: ...se mystic potency that emanated from inhabiting [[daemon]]s who were conceived of as alien and hostile...
36: ...ce. The bones or ashes of [[Aesculapius]] at [[Epidaurus]], and of [[Perdiccas I]] at Macedon were tre...
40: ...rious saints are venerated. Originally, after the Buddha's death, his body was divided for the purpose of ...
42: ...Kanishka's stupa in Peshawar, Pakistan, now in Mandalay, Burma. Teresa Merrigan, 2005]] - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
3: ...most of the [[Indian subcontinent]], from present day [[Afghanistan]] to [[Bengal]] and as far south a...
5: ... retrospect exceeds the boundaries of the present-day republic of India.
7: ...hines brightly like a bright star, even unto this day."
18: ...e he met Devi, who was his personal nurse and the daughter of a merchant from adjacent Vidisha. After ...
20: ...a. At that stage of his life, many called him Chanda Ashoka meaning murderer and heartless Ashoka. - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...''Afghanistan''' ([[Pashtu]]/[[Dari (Afghanistan)|Dari-Persian]]: Afğānistān ا...
5: ...6;'''<br>'''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<br>'''Dawlat-e Eslami-e Afghanestan'''</big>
21: ...[Persian language|Persian]] ([[Dari (Afghanistan)|Dari]]),<br>[[Pashtu]]
38: | '''[[National Day]]''' || [[19 August]]
60: ...turbulent history. Through the ages, the region today known as ''Afghanistan'' has been occupied by ma... - Nepal (22444 bytes)
14: ...transliteration: Ja'nani Jan'mabhumis'hcha Swar'gadapi Gariya'si)<br />[[Sanskrit]]: Mother and the Mo...
58: ... North India and southern Terai region of present day Nepal (though the hilly and mountainous regions ...
66: ...ese tradition) in his hospital bed. He died three days later. ''See [[Dipendra of Nepal]].''
76: [[Bagmati]], [[Bheri]], [[Dhawalagiri]], [[Gandaki]], [[Janakpur]], [[Karnali]], [[Koshi]], [[Lumb...
81: .... Three broad physiographic areas run laterally — lowland [[Terai Region]] in the south; central... - Tibetan art (2932 bytes)
1: ...[[Himalayas|Himalayan]] kingdoms ([[Bhutan]], [[Ladakh]], [[Nepal]], and [[Sikkim]]). Tibetan art is ...
7: ...els inspired both bronze and stone statues of the Buddha to be created for temple use.
18: ...ative forces have been subdued and now must serve Buddha. - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
5: ...], [[China]] and [[India]], but they laid the foundations of our modern world. While goods and religi...
11: ...ations developed rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] may have been domesticated as early as circa ...
18: ...] trade was extended to [[Harappa]] and [[Mohenjo-daro]] in the [[Indus Valley Civilization|Indus vall...
23: ... Dynasty]], Egyptians are returning with huge [[cedar]] trees. Sahure's name is found stamped on a thi...
28: ...[Badakhshan]] and, although separated by the formidable [[Pamir]] mountains, routes across them were, ... - Caste (32815 bytes)
5: ...books," (2-7). Only the Purusha Sukta hymn (Rig Veda 10:90) mentions the castes and compares them to t...
7: ...t refers to the the lustrous colour of the sky at dawn.
20: ...e with the Brahman the privilege of reading the Veda, but only so far as it is taught and explained to...
27: ...ociety, and must endure 12 years studying the [[Vedas]].
31: ... the [[Iran|Persia]]ns and the [[levites]] of [[Judaism]]. - India (27950 bytes)
23: ...[1974]], India conducted an underground [[Smiling Buddha| nuclear test]], making it an unofficial member o...
46: ...]] and with several mostly-regional parties. The NDA, led by the BJP, currently forms the main opposit...
53: ... two scientific bases in [[Antarctica]] – [[Dakshin Gangotri]] and [[Maitri]], but has made no t...
61: ...]]), the [[Brahmaputra]], the [[Yamuna]], the [[Godavari]], and the [[Krishna River|Krishna]]. The riv...
79: ...ion within the highly diverse Indian population today. Its biggest [[metropolitan]] agglomerations are... - April (9790 bytes)
1: {{AprilCalendar}}
3: ...alendar]] and one of four with the length of 30 [[day]]s.
7: ...bly referring to the "opening of the light in the days, and of the life of the leaves, and of the voic...
9: ...eform]] in [[45 BCE]] resulted in April having 30 days and becoming the fourth month, as the year now ...
11: In [[Japanese calendar|old Japanese calendar]], the month is called ''Uzuki'' (卯੍... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...ably with '''[[faith]]''' or '''belief system'''—is commonly defined as [[belief]] concerning th...
2: ...roperly described as a "religious organization" – that is, an organization of people that suppor...
4: [[Image:Borobudur-perfect-buddha edited.jpg|300px|thumb|right|[[Borobudur]], a [[B...
10: ...hence interpreting "religion" as "returning to bondage."
17: ...tices that have the function of addressing the fundamental questions of human identity, ethics, death ... - Meditation (26064 bytes)
7: ...y]], meditation can induce — or is itself — an [[altered state of consciousness]].
20: ...serve simply as a means of relaxation from a busy daily routine, or even as a means of gaining insight...
43: ...as some resemblance with "choiceless awareness" — the kind of meditation that [[J. Krishnamurti]...
47: The Buddha achieved [[Bodhi|enlightenment]] while meditating...
53: ...eported to have communicated with [[God]]. The 40 days following his [[baptism]] were spent in such a ... - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
6: ...namis have been historically referred to as ''[[tidal wave]]s'' because as they approach land they tak...
12: ...nts of the earth's crust can occur at [[plate boundaries]]. [[Subduction]] earthquakes are particularl...
18: ...hich produced a water wave estimated at 50 – 150 m and reached 524 m up local mou...
22: ...n its path, often reducing buildings to their foundations and scouring exposed ground to the bedrock. ...
24: ...h little overall energy loss. A tsunami can cause damage thousands of kilometres from its origin, so t... - Bodhisattva (7734 bytes)
1: ...ama]] as a '''bodhisattva''', before becoming a [[Buddha]]. He is characteristically depicted as an Indian...
4: == Bodhisattvas in Theravada Buddhism ==
6: ...dha [[Maitreya]] ([[Pali]]: Metteyya). The Theravada tradition, i.e. the Pali Canon, speaks of no othe...
10: ...est state of development, full enlightenment of a Buddha. This type of motivation is known as [[bodhicitta...
12: ...dhisattva in opposition to that of the ''[[sravakabuddha]]'' (conventionally referred to as an [[arhat]]).... - Amulet (8206 bytes)
6: ...ndash; for example: ''vade retro, [[Satan]]as'' – ([[Latin]], "go back, Satan"), to repel [[evil...
10: ...n [[Argentina]] the god [[Ekeko]] furnishes a standard amulet, to whom one should offer at least one b...
18: ...an]] syncretic religions, like [[Voodoo]], [[Umbanda]] and [[Santer�] use other drawings as amulets,...
33: ...uareg]] still use them, as do the [[Haida]] [[Canada|Canadian]] [[aborigine]]s, who wear the [[totem]]...
39: War and other dangerous activities make the participants try to ge... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
15: ...ful? How do beautiful things differ from the everyday? What is [[Art]]?
17: ...s immodest), also considered [[politics]], modern-day [[physics]], [[geology]], [[biology]], [[meteoro...
21: ...[http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/G001]. Boundaries between categories are not distinct in Wester...
65: ...Leibniz]], [[George Berkeley]], [[John Locke]], [[David Hume]], [[Thomas Reid]], [[Jean-Jacques Rousse...
67: ...ers include [[Donald Davidson]] (now deceased), [[Daniel Dennett]], [[Jerry Fodor]], [[Jurgen Habermas... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: At [[Bhimbetka]] in the present-day state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] are found the earlie...
11: ... in the edicts of the Mauryan Emperor [[Ashoka]], dating to the [[500 BC|5th century BC]], of the [[Ch...
20: ...ntury. By the year 1818, virtually all of present-day India was under the sway of the [[British East I...
26: ...[1974]], India conducted an underground [[Smiling Buddha| nuclear test]], making it an unofficial member o...
30: ...uthern India. A tradition of Indian [[rock art]] dates to 40 or 50,000 years ago. - Confucius (21352 bytes)
37: ...s''' (traditionally [[September 8]]? [[551 BCE]]–[[479 BCE]]) was a famous thinker and social [[...
50: ...ught up in poverty by his mother. His social ascendancy links him to the growing class of ''Sh짧 (...
56: ...nstitutions and rites to push a new political agenda of his own: he wanted rulers to be chosen on thei...
76: ...or not older rulers had governed by Confucian standards is dubious.
81: ... the gods, social and political institutions, and daily behavior. It was believed that ''lǐ'' ori... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn...
19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}} - Buddhist philosophy (14386 bytes)
2: ... philosophy]] based on the teachings of [[Gautama Buddha]] (c. [[563 BC]] - c. [[483 BC]]). Buddhist philo...
6: ...theism]], [[monism]], and [[dualism]] alike. The Buddha criticized all concepts of metaphysical [[being]]...
8: ... soul ([[Atman]]) really exist?" have divided the Buddha's followers even during his own lifetime, and epi...
14: ...ctrines in the same sense as other religions; the Buddha himself taught that a person should accept a teac...
20: Lama Anagorika Govinda expressed it as follows in the book 'A Living Bud...
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