The name Dalai Lama is a combination of the Mongolic dalai, meaning “ocean” or “big,” and the Tibetan bla-ma, meaning “master” or “guru.” It is the title given to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism by the Tibetan people. The Dalai Lama is the successor of a line of individuals considered to be reincarnations of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.
Link copied!
A deity in the Hindu pantheon, she is the consort of Vishnu, is considered the goddess of wealth and prosperity.…
Also known as Durga Saptashati, it is one of the foremost texts within the Shaktism tradition and focuses on the…
An epithet for the Hindu god Shiva where he is represented as an ascetic, sitting with his legs crossed and…
Also known as jinas, Tirthankaras are teachers and guides in Jain devotional practices who lead their followers on the path…
A philosophical concept in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, and a spiritual principle of cause and effect wherein the actions…
Also known as Manjughosa and Vaigsvara, he is a bodhisattva who is associated with prajna (wisdom) in the Mahayana and…
Earliest extant text from the Vedic corpus, dated roughly between 1700 and 1200 BCE. Like the other Vedas, the Rigveda…
A text of the Lokottaravada school of early Buddhism, it was written in Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit between the second…