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Glossary of Buddhism. The five precepts ( Sanskrit: pañcaśīla; Pali: pañcasīla) or five rules of training ( Sanskrit: pañcaśikṣapada; Pali: pañcasikkhapada) [4] [5] [note 1] is the most important system of morality for Buddhist lay people. They constitute the basic code of ethics to be respected by lay followers of Buddhism.
Dharmas leading to Awakening. The Five Strengths ( Sanskrit, Pali: pañcabalā) in Buddhism are faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom. They are one of the seven sets of Bodhipakkhiyadhamma ("qualities conducive to enlightenment"). They are paralleled in the five spiritual faculties, which are also part of the Bodhipakkhiyadhamma.
Pancasila. (politics) A depiction of the Garuda Pancasila on a poster; each tenet of the Pancasila is written beside its symbol. Pancasila ( Indonesian: [pantʃaˈsila] ⓘ) is the official, foundational philosophical theory of Indonesia. The name is made from two words originally derived from Sanskrit: " pañca " ("five") and " śīla ...
Pancha Bhuta or Pancha Maha-Bhuta ( Sanskrit: पञ्चभूत, पञ्चमहाभूत; pañca-mahā-bhūta ), five great elements, also five physical elements, is a group of five basic elements, which, according to Hinduism, is the basis of all cosmic creation. [1] These elements are: Prithvi / Bhudevi (Sanskrit ...
The pañcānana ( Sanskrit: पञ्चानन ), also called the pañcabrahma, [1] are the five faces of Shiva corresponding to his five activities ( pañcakṛtya ): creation ( sṛṣṭi ), preservation ( sthithi ), destruction ( saṃhāra ), concealing grace ( tirobhāva ), and revealing grace ( anugraha ). [2] The names, qualities ...
The Five Wisdoms are: Ādarśa-jñāna, the wisdom of "Mirror-like Awareness", "devoid of all dualistic thought and ever united with its 'content' as a mirror is with its reflections"; [2] [note 3] This type of wisdom is a transformation of the eighth consciousness, the Alayavijnana. Samatā-jñāna, the wisdom of the "Awareness of Sameness ...
A kosha (also kosa; Sanskrit कोश, IAST: kośa ), usually rendered "sheath", is a covering of the Atman, or Self according to Vedantic philosophy. The five sheaths, summarised with the term Panchakosha, are described in the Taittiriya Upanishad (2.1-5), [1] [2] and they are often visualised as the layers of an onion. [3]
Panchatantra: Smart, The Jackal Book 1: The Loss of Friends Translator: Arthur William Ryder The Panchatantra is a series of inter-woven fables, many of which deploy metaphors of anthropomorphized animals with human virtues and vices. Its narrative illustrates, for the benefit of three ignorant princes, the central Hindu principles of nīti. While nīti is hard to translate, it roughly means ...