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Mahayana

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The great vehicle; Bodhisattvas

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2
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Hui-yuan

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Chinese monk who helped initiate Amitabha cult

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3
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Kumarajiva

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Indian monk helped with Amitabha cult; translated texts

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4
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Tripitaka

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Three baskets of scriptures

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Amitabha

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Buddha of shining light; dwelt in the Pure Land

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Pure Land

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Faith, devotion & chnaging Buddha’s name; aim is rebirth in paradise

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Hui-neng

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Sixth Patriarch; preachings in Platform Sutra

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Feng-chien

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Feudal system

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Shih

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Scholar-gentry; educated men obtaining positions through exams and study

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Chin-shih

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Metropolitan / highest degree in examinations

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Sheng-yuan (hsiu-ts’ai)

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First degree in examination system; cultivated talent; prefectural

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Chu-Jen

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Second degree in exam system; provincial

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Wen-fang ssu-pao

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Four Treasures of the Studio; brush, ink, ink stick, paper

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Pi-chi

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Early form of fiction: tales and observations

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Hsi-yu-chi

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“Journey to the West” ; monk who traveled to India for sacred texts with a pig and monkey; by Wu Cheng-en

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Hsuan-tsang

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Buddhist monk who traveled to India for 16 years looking for texts

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Ch’in-ch’i shu-hua

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Zitar, chess, calligraphy & painting

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K’ung (shunyata)

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Abandoning inclinations of this world; empty void, nothingness

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Chun-hsien

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System of county commanderies to enhance power of ruler

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Ch’uan-ch’i

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Longer type of story about love, knights and history

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Shui-hu chuan

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“Water Margin” novel; bandit leader and companions fight for justice; like Robin Hood

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Ju-lin wai-shih

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“The Scholars” novel by Wu Ching tzu; tells of normal life of scholar class; status the most important

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Guanyin

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Bodhisattva; delivers those of Pure Land to Amita Buddha

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Lotus Sutra

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Influential Mahayana sutra; basis of many schools

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Maitreya

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Buddha who will appear in the future and teach pure dharma

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Platform Sutra

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Chan Buddhist scripture; perception of one’s try nature; conduct, meditation and wisdom

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Ch’i-yun sheng-tung

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Spirit resonance and closeness to nature in art

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Theravada

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Small vehicle; school of thought

“Teaching of the elders”

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Tao-sheng

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Emphasized a not so restricted diet; Buddha nature revealed: nothing wrong with us; rejected by fellow monks

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Chan Buddhism

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Zen in Japan; associated with martial arts

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Nung

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Kung

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Shang

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Mo-fa

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Buddha law

35
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Liu-pu

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Japan (2 decks)

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