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Glossaries Buddhism Religion and Spirituality

Glossaries

Glossaries and dictionaries for Buddhist terms.

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- Glossary that covers many Pali words and technical Buddhist terms.

- Compiled by Ron Epstein, Ph.D.
- Essay on the meaning and translation of "dukkha" and "karma".
- On the website of a university Buddhist study and practise group.
- A Japanese Zen dictionary of over 150 commonly used terms.
- Dictionary of CJK (Chinese-Japanese-Korean) East Asian Buddhist Terms, by Charles Muller.
- An ongoing project involved in compiling Buddhist terminology and translation terms to bridge the Tibetan and English languages. Begun in 1979, it has slowly grown to a database of approx 5 megabytes with 65,000 entries.
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- Essay on how Buddhist terms were translated into Chinese.
- Glossary of Buddhist terms.
- Glossary of Buddhist terms on a site about mysticism in world religions.
- Japanese Zen terms in Japanese kanji and romanji with English explanations.
- An extensive discussion of "dukkha", a central term in Buddhism which is not directly translatable into English.
- Glossary on a site about Chinese Buddhism.
- Pali words used in Buddhism.
- A glossary of Zen as used by the Kwan Um School of Zen.
- Glossary of Shin Buddhist terms, from The Collected Works of Shinran.
- Adapted from the "talk.religion.buddhism" FAQ.
- Definitions of terms used at Zen retreats.
- Definitions of many commonly used Tibetan Buddhist terms.
- Glossary with a focus on Tibetan Buddhism.

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