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.
