Death. Maranussati: 'Recollection of Death'.

or Five Aggregates, that is, the five components of an intelligent being, or psychological analysis of the mind:

Chanted daily by Zen students as an expression of their aspiration.

One of the great Bodhisattvas. In Japanese, Samantabhadra.

(Japanese) To join the palms (in reverence or respect).

Verses; poem composed of them.

(Tibetan) The virtuous Order. The order of Tibetan Buddhism founded by Lama Tsong Khapa and his disciples in the early fifteenth century.

Realization of Ultimate Reality or The Way of Everyday Life, one of the key chapters of Dogen Zenji's Shobogenzo. An important Soto Zen text, it subtly explores the relationship between practice [..]

Gotama in Pali, Gautama in Sanskrit. The surname of the Shakya clan into which Shakyamuni was born. Another name for Shakyamuni.

Teachings outlining the progressive training of the mind leading to enlightenment.