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Foundations	Three Jewels Buddha Dharma Sangha Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path Nirvana Middle Way

The Buddha	Tathāgata Birthday Four sights Physical characteristics Footprint Iconography Films Miracles Family Suddhodana (father) Maya (mother) Yasodhara (wife) Rahula (son) Places where the Buddha stayed Buddha in world religions

Key concepts	Three Marks of Existence Impermanence Suffering Not-self Dependent Origination Five Aggregates Karma Rebirth Saṃsāra Saṅkhāra Defilements Ignorance Craving Five Hindrances Ten Fetters Faculties Enlightenment (Awakening) Parinirvana Thusness Two truths doctrine Emptiness Bodhicitta Bodhisattva Buddha-nature Mindstream Dzogchen

Cosmology	Ten spiritual realms Six Realms Heaven Human realm Asura realm Hungry Ghost realm Animal realm Hell Three planes of existence

Practices	Refuge Buddhist devotion Puja Offerings Prostration Chanting Merit Paritta Generosity Renunciation Morality Precepts Bodhisattva vow Patimokkha Threefold Training Morality Concentration Wisdom Four Divine Abidings Loving-kindness Compassion Sympathetic joy Equanimity Perfections Enlightenment Qualities Seven Factors of Enlightenment Bases of Power Five Strengths Faith Effort Four Right Exertions Mindfulness Satipatthana Jhāna/Dhyāna Bhavana Meditation Kammaṭṭhāna Recollection Smarana Mindfulness of Breathing Serenity meditation Insight meditation Shikantaza Zazen Kōan Mandala Tonglen Tantra Tertön Terma

Attainment	Types of Buddha Private Buddha Bodhisattva Four stages of enlightenment Stream-enterer Once-returner Non-returner Arhat

Monasticism	Monk Nun Novice monk Novice nun Anagarika Ajahn Sayadaw Zen master Rōshi Lama Rinpoche Geshe Tulku Householder Lay follower Disciple

Major figures	Gautama Buddha Sāriputta Mahamoggallāna Ananda Maha Kassapa Anuruddha Mahakaccana Nanda Subhuti Punna Upali Mahapajapati Gotami Khema Uppalavanna Buddhaghosa Nagasena Bodhidharma Nagarjuna Asanga Vasubandhu Atisha Padmasambhava Nichiren Dalai Lama

Texts	Tipitaka Vinaya Pitaka Sutta Pitaka Abhidhamma Pitaka Commentaries Visuddhimagga Mahayana sutras Chinese Buddhist canon Tripitaka Koreana Tibetan Buddhist canon

Branches	Theravada Mahayana Zen Pure Land Tiantai Nichiren Madhyamaka Yogacara Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhism Shingon Early Buddhist schools Pre-sectarian Buddhism Basic points unifying Theravada and Mahayana

Countries	Bangladesh Bhutan Burma Cambodia China India Indonesia Japan Korea Laos Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Pakistan Russia Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Tibet Vietnam Middle East Iran Western countries Australia France United Kingdom United States

History	Timeline Buddhist councils History of Buddhism in India Decline of Buddhism in India Ashoka Greco-Buddhism Buddhism and the Roman world Silk Road transmission of Buddhism Persecution of Buddhists Women in Buddhism Buddhism in the West Buddhist modernism

Philosophy	Abhidharma Logic Buddhology Eschatology Reality God Humanism Eight Consciousnesses Engaged Buddhism Socialism Anarchism Economics Atomism Evolution Ethics Fourteen unanswerable questions

Culture	Art Greco-Buddhist art Poetry Buddha statue Budai Symbolism Dharmacakra Flag Bhavacakra Thangka Prayer wheel Mala Mudra Mantra Om mani padme hum Music Holidays Vesak Uposatha Magha Puja Asalha Puja Rains retreat Monastic robe Architecture Vihara Wat Stupa Pagoda Thai temple art and architecture Pilgrimage Lumbini Bodh Gaya Sarnath Kushinagar Bodhi Tree Mahabodhi Temple Calendar Cuisine Vegetarianism

Miscellaneous	Lineage Maitreya Avalokiteśvara Guanyin Amitābha Brahmā Māra Dhammapada Vinaya Sutra Koliya Hinayana Liturgical languages Pali Sanskrit Dharma talk Kalpa Higher Knowledge Supernormal Powers

Buddhism and:	Science Psychology Hinduism Jainism East Asian religions Christianity Theosophy Gnosticism

Lists	Buddhas Twenty-eight Buddhas Bodhisattvas Buddhists Suttas Books Temples

Fo Guang Shan

Hsing Yun Humanistic Buddhism Buddha's Light International Association

Abbots	Hsing Yun (1967-1985) Hsin Ping (1985-1995) Hsin Ting (1995-1997, 1997-2005) Hsin Pei (2005-present)

Temples and Wayplaces	Buddha Memorial Center Hsi Lai Temple Nan Hua Temple Nan Tien Temple Chung Tian Temple IBPS Manila Guang Ming Temple FGS Auckland BLIA Philippines Toronto Fo Guang Shan Temple Fo Guang Shan, Vancouver

Schools	University of the West Fo Guang University Nanhua University Pumen High School

Miscellaneous	Yifa Wu Po-hsiung Woodenfish Program

Zen

Zen Buddhism Zen Buddhists Zen texts

Main articles	Zen Chinese Chán Korean Seon Japanese Zen Zen in the USA

Persons	Classic Chinese Chán Bodhidharma Huineng Mazu Linji (Rinzai) Dongshan Modern Chinese Chán Hsuan Hua Sheng-yen Nan Huai-Chin Traditional Japanese Zen Dogen Hakuin Modern Rinzai Imakita Kosen Soyen Shaku D.T. Suzuki Soen Nakagawa Modern Soto Kodo Sawaki Shunryu Suzuki Sanbo Kyodan Haku'un Yasutani Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle Robert Aitken Philip Kapleau White Plum Asanga Taizan Maezumi Dennis Genpo Merzel Germany Zen Karlfried Graf Dürckheim Muho Noelke Korean Seon Jinul Seung Sahn Seongcheol Vietnamese Thiền Thich Nhat Hanh

Chinese Chán	Historical Schools Chinese Chán East Mountain Teaching Mazu's Hongzhou school The Five Houses of Chán Guiyang school Linji school Cadong Contemporary Schools Buddha's Light International Association Fo Guang Shan

Japanese Zen	Japanese Zen Extinct Schools Daruma school Fuke Niō Zen Contemporary Schools Sōtō Rinzai Ōbaku Lay Schools Sanbo Kyodan Ningen Zen Kyodan Academic Zen Kyoto School

Korean Seon	Historical Nine mountain schools Contemporary Taego Order Jogye Order

USA Zen	Shunryu Suzuki-lineage Shunryu Suzuki Zentatsu Richard Baker Mel Weitsman San Francisco Zen Center Tassajara Zen Mountain Center Kodo Sawaki-lineage Kodo Sawaki Antaiji Shohaku Okumura Brad Warner Yasutani-lineage Hakuun Yasutani Sanbo Kyodan Robert Baker Aitken John Tarrant Taizan Maezumi Zen Center of Los Angeles White Plum Asanga Tetsugen Bernard Glassman Zen Peacemakers Joko Beck Dennis Merzel Kanzeon Zen Center Philip Kapleau-lineage Philip Kapleau Rochester Zen Center Toni Packer Other Soto-lineages Soyu Matsuoka Dainin Katagiri Kobun Chino Otogawa Gyokuko Carlson Soen Nakagawa-lineage Soen Nakagawa Eido Tai Shimano Zen Studies Society Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji Other Rinzai-lineages Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Omori Sogen Shodo Harada Keido Fukushima Pan-lineage Soto Zen Buddhist Association

European Zen	Sanbo Kyodan Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle Kodo Sawaki-lineage Taisen Deshimaru Other Soto-lineages Houn Jiyu-Kennett

Doctrinal Background	Buddha-nature Yogacara Sunyata

Influential Sutras	Zen and Sutras Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra Diamond Sūtra Heart Sūtra Vimalakirti Sutra Avatamsaka Sutra Śūraṅgama Sūtra

Teachings	Ten Ox-Herding Pictures Silent illumination Five ranks of Tozan Sudden Enlightenment Kensho Satori Three mysterious Gates Four Ways of Knowing

Practice	Zazen Shikantaza Kōan practice Sesshin Zazenkai Ango

Hierarchy and titles	Novice Unsui Jyukai Attendants Jikijitsu Jisha Priest Oshō Teacher Sensei Roshi Zen master Institutional organisation Zen ranks and hierarchy Dharma transmission Zen lineage charts

Temples	Main Soto Temples Eihei-ji Sōji-ji Antai-ji Main Rinzai Temples Myōshin-ji Daitoku-ji Tōfuku-ji

Zen Literature	Classic Two Entrances and Four Practices Hui-neng's Platform Sūtra Faith in mind Sandokai Transmission of the Lamp Mumonkan Shobogenzo Modern Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Three Pillars of Zen Critical Zen at War

Cultural Influence	Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Related Schools of Buddhism	Hua-yen Tiantai Pure Land Buddhism

Academic Research	Heinrich Dumoulin Masao Abe Steven Heine William Bodiford