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AIGO: (Korean): word for responding to an incomprehensible situation, such as sudden death, or grief, or even surprise |
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Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi: (Sanskrit): "comlete unexcelled awakening"; the enlightenment experience in which a person becomes a Buddha |
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Bhikshu: a fully ordained monk. |
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Bhikshuni: a fully ordained nun. |
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Blue Cliff Record: (Chinese: Bi-Yen-Lu; Japanese: Hekigan Roku): compiled in 1125 CE, one of the most important collections of kong-ans, still in use today. |
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bodhi: "awakening"; enlightenment. |
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Bodhidharma: (Sanskrit): the first Zen patriarch; he reputedly came to China in 520 CE. and sat for nine years facing a wall at Shao-Lin temple |
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Bodhisattva: a being whose actions promote unity or harmony; one who vows to postpone one's own enlightenment in order to help all sentient beings realize liberation; one who seeks enlightenment not only for oneself but for others. The Bodhisattva ideal is at the heart of Mahayana and Zen Buddhism. |
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bosalnim: in Korea, a lay woman who helps at a temple |
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Buddha: an awakened one; refers usually to Siddhartha Gautama (sixth century BCE), historic founder of Buddhism. |
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