page_title: Outline of Buddhism
section_title: Buddhist culture
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Buddhism / Buddhist culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Imitation paper money (issued by "天地银行", "The Bank of Heaven and Earth") and yuanbao burnt at ancestors' graves around the time of the Ghost Festival. (Jiangsu Province). Русский: Сожжение ритуальных бумажных денег и бутафорских (бумажных же) ямб у могил предков на кладбище в пров. Цзянсу
context_page_description: Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, "the awakened one".
  The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, Buddhism.
context_section_description: Alms
  Ango — three-month-long period of intense training for students of Zen Buddhism
  Buddhist architecture
  Vihara — Buddhist monastery
  Wat — monastery temple in Cambodia, Thailand, Lanna or Laos
  Thai temple art and architecture
  Stupa — mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics
  Pagoda — tiered tower with multiple eaves common in China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia
  Zendo — meditation hall in Zen Buddhism
  Butsudan — shrine
  Buddhist art
  Greco-Buddhist art
  Standing Buddha
  Buddhist poetry
  Buddhist music
  Buddha statue
  Colossal Buddha statues
  Tian Tan Buddha
  Kamakura Great Buddha
  Grand Buddha at Ling Shan
  Leshan Giant Buddha
  Gifu Great Buddha
  Great Buddha
  Buddhist calendar
  Buddhist clothes
  Tricivara — Monastic robe
  Antaravasaka — Lower robe
  Uttarasanga — Upper robe
  Sangati — Outer robe
  Buddhist cuisine
  Buddhist vegetarianism
  Dharani
  Drubchen — traditional form of meditation retreat in Tibetan Buddhism
  Funeral (Buddhism)
  Buddhist holidays
  Vesak — birth, enlightenment (Nirvana), and passing away (Parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha
  Asalha Puja
  Magha Puja
  Uposatha — the Buddhist observance days, falling on the days of the full moon and new moon, when the monks gather to recite the Pātimokkha and lay people often visit monasteries and temples to undertake the eight precepts
  Kathina — festival which comes at the end of Vassa
  Kaicho
  Kīla — three-sided peg, stake, knife, or nail like ritual implement traditionally associated with Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
  Mandala — concentric diagram having spiritual and ritual significance
  Sand mandala
  Buddhist prayer beads — Mala
  Mantra
  Om mani padme hum
  Namo Amituofo
  Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō
  Om tare tuttare ture svaha
  Buddho
  Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammāsambuddhassa
  Buddhist view of marriage
  Mudra — Symbolic or ritual gesture
  Añjali Mudrā — greeting gesture which consists of putting the palms together in front of the chest
  Buddhist music
  Prayer wheel
  Sarira — Buddhist relics
  Sesshin — period of intensive meditation (zazen) in a Zen monastery
  Buddhist symbolism
  Dharmacakra — Wheel of Dhamma
  Bhavacakra — Wheel of Becoming
  Buddhist flag
  Ensō — Symbol in Zen symbolizing enlightenment, strength, elegance, the Universe, and the void
  Thangka
  Tree of physiology
  Ashtamangala
  Vajra — short metal weapon that has the symbolic nature of a diamond
  Vassa — Rains retreat
caption: Imitation currency burned for ancestors, during the Ghost Festival
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