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Glossary of terms used in Buddhism  
 
 

Devadatta
    (Language:   )
In Buddhism, the evil accomplice of Ajātaśatru (more)

Dhammapada
    (Language:   Pali)
a collection of verses composed in Pali giving the foundation of Buddhist moral philosophy (more)

Dharmakara
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Sanskrit name for the Bodhisattva who established a place where all beings can attain Enlightenment. (more)

Dharmakaya
    (alternate spellings:  Dhamma-kaya)
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Literally, “dharma body”; in Mahāyāna Buddhism, the supreme and non-manifest form of the Buddhas, personified as the Ādi-Buddha. (more)

dhyana
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
meditation (more)

Dhyani Buddha
    (Language:   Sanskrit)
Buddha “of meditation” (more)

dokusan
    (Language:   Japanese)
go alone (more)

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