Buddhism

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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  Mantras 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 Ambedkar Dalai Lama
Texts	Tripiṭaka Mahayana sutras Pali Canon Chinese Buddhist canon Tibetan Buddhist canon
Branches	Theravada Mahayana  Zen Pure Land Tiantai Nichiren Madhyamaka Yogacara Navayana 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 Economics Atomism Evolution Ethics Fourteen unanswerable questions
Culture	Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Temple of the Tooth 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 Maya Devi Temple 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 Iddhi (Psychic powers) Siddhi (Psychic powers)
Buddhism and:	Science Psychology Hinduism Jainism East Asian religions Christianity Theosophy Gnosticism
Lists	Buddhas Twenty-eight Buddhas Bodhisattvas Buddhists Buddhist Brāhmans Suttas Books Temples