| | BUDDHISM TERMS Asia Buddhism Buddha Theravada Mahayana Zen Nirvana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07) |
 | | Universal Vehiclism is a Buddhist concept first postulated by the Venerable Sheng Yen of the Dharma Drum foundation Taiwan in one of his books (it must be said, however, that his concept of Universal Vehicalism differs from Chua's concept), and later on developed by the philosopher Calvin Chua of Singapore. |
 | | In Buddhism, the ancient concept of a "constituent factor" (Sanskrit dharma), perhaps originally conceived of as a constituent factor of Buddhist doctrine, came to fulfill this role of an ontological category, in the sense of a constituent factor of mind as well as matter. |
 | | The ultimate goal of a Buddhist practitioner is to eliminate karma, end the cycle of rebirth and suffering, and attain nirvana, translated as nothingness or blissful oblivion and characterized as the state of being one with the entire universe. |
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