| Sirvana | Blissful spiritual condition where the heart extinguishes passion, hatred and delusion; highest spiritual plane one person can attain |
| Pitaka (Tripitaka) | Literally, “basket.” Refers to the “three baskets” (Tripitaka) of sacred Buddhist writings |
| Pure Land | Teaching in Lotus Sutra emphasizing faith in Buddha Amitabha and the goal of rebirth in his heaven of the pure land |
| Pure Land Buddhism | Sect based on faith in Amida Buddha (Buddha of the infinite light) for salvation, achieved by repeating Amida’s name |
| Samsara | The cycle of birth, suffering, death and rebirth |
| Sangha | Buddhist monastic order literally translated as “group” or “community”; may be the oldest order in Buddhism |
| Satori | Term for enlightenment in Zen Buddhism |
| Soka Gakkai | Creative-Value Study Society; modern revival of Nichiren Shoshu, 13th century Buddhist sect |
| Stupas | Originally, burial mounds, now used as relic chambers or memorials, especially of the Buddha |
| Theravada | “Teachings of the elders”; also called Hinayana Buddhism and prevails in Southeast Asia |
| Tibetan Buddhism (Lamaism) | Buddhist sect combining Buddhist principles with occult religion of Tibet. Priests are called Lamas and head is the Dalai Lama. |
| True Sect of the Pure Land | Sect emphasizing teachings of Pure Land, founded in the 13th century by Shinran; today, largest Buddhist sect in Japan |
| Vinaya | First of three parts of the Pitaka, or scriptures of Buddhism, containing rules of discipline of Buddhist monastic order |
| Zazen | Zen meditation, concentrating on a problem or koan |
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