Takuhatsu:
(Japanese) To show the bowl, the walk taken by monks or
nuns through towns near the temple to accept gifts of money
or rice.
Tanha:
(Pali) Lit. 'thirst': 'Craving' is the chief root of suffering,
and of the ever continuing cycle of rebirths.
Tantra:
(Sanskrit) Any text from a group of later mystical writings.
Tantrayana:
Also called Vajrayana. A school of esoteric Tibetan Buddhism.
It emphasizes not only meditation but also the use of symbolic
rites, gestures, postures, breathing, incantation, and other
secret means.
Tariki:
(Japanese) The use of 'Other-Power' for salvation as distinct
from Self-Power, Jiriki.
Tathagata:
(Pali/Skt.) Literally, "one who has become authentic
(tatha-agata)," an epithet used in ancient India for
a person who has attained the highest religious goal. In Buddhism,
it usually denotes the Buddha, although occasionally it also
denotes any of his Arahant disciples.
Tathata:
(Sanskrit) 'Thusness' or 'Suchness', used for the ultimate
and unconditioned nature of things.
Teisho:
(Japanese) To present the shout; the roshi's Dharma talk.
Ten
Great Disciples of Skakyamuni Buddha:
Theravada:
(Pali) The "Teachings of the Elders" - the only
one of the early schools of Buddhism to have survived into
the present; currently the dominant form of Buddhism in Thailand,
Sri Lanka, and Burma.
Therigatha:
One
of the books of the Pali Tipitaka meaning " The Verses
of the Nuns" and the earliest corpus of poetry by a woman
from ancient India.
The
Three Jewels: Or the Triple Gem, i.e. the Buddha, the
Dharma, and the Sangha, which are the three essential components
of Buddhism. They are the objects of veneration. Buddhists
take refuge in them by pronouncing the threefold refuge formula,
thus acknowledging themselves to be Buddhists.
T'ien
t'ai: (Japanese: Tendai ) One of the schools of Chinese
Buddhism.
Ti-ratana:
(Pali) 'Three Jewels' or Three Gems, which by all Buddhist
are revered as the most venerable things, they are: the Buddha,
the Dharma and the Sangha.
Ti-sarana:
'Three-fold Refuge', in which every faithful adherent of the
Buddha but his/her trust, consisting in the Buddha, Dharma
and the Sangha.
Tokudo:
(Japanese) Ordination as a trainee for the priesthood.
Tope:
Buddhist shrine, typically dome-shaped.
Transmission
of the Lamp: A record of the lives and sayings of Zen
masters from the earliest days to the tenth century, compiled
in 1004 by Tao-yuan.
Trikaya:
(Sanskrit) The three 'bodies', kaya, or vehicles of manifestation
of the Buddha; Dharma-kaya, Sambhoga-kaya and Nirmana-kaya.
Tripitaka:
Tripitaka in Sanskrit, Tipitaka in Pali. The three parts
of the Pali canon are: Sutra-Pitika (Sanskrit) or Sutta-Pitaka
(Pali), or the Sutra Basket, which are the discourses attributed
to Shakyamuni Buddha. Vinaya-Pitika (both Sanskrit and Pali),
or the Ordinance Basket - containing the rules of monastic
life. Abhidharma-Pitika (Sanskrit) or Abhidhamma-Pitaka (Pali),
or Shastras, or the Treatise Basket - containing the doctrinal
commentaries, philosophical and technical works, such as discourses,
discussions, or treatises on the doctrines, etc.
Trishna:
(Sanskrit) Thirst for sentient existence; separative desire.
Tsong
Khapa, Lama: (1357-1417) Founder of the Geluk tradition
of Tibetan Buddhism, and revitalizer of many sutra and tantra
lineages and the monastic tradition in Tibet.
Tusita
Heaven: The fourth devaloka in the Realm of Desire. Its
inner department is the Pure Land of Maitreya who like Shakyamuni
and all Buddhas is reborn there before descending to earth
as the next Buddha in our world.
Twelve
Bases: The Six Internal Bases and the Six External Bases
are together called the Twelve Bases. Base implies the meaning
of germinating and nourishing. All mental activities are germinated
and nourished from these Twelve Bases.
