Buddhism Reference – Mahasattva. A Great Person, a great Bodhisattva, a Bodhisattva of great accomplished practice.

Buddhism Reference – MahaPrajnaParamita. The Perfection of Wisdom Sutras written to promote personal deep insight into the teachings and method of Buddhist thought.

Buddhism Reference – Madhyamaka. Nagarjuna’s Middle Way of practice and the piercing perception of Sunyata.

Buddhism Reference – Liberate. To break free of our craving and clinging mind of Samsara to experience the true reality of the Engine of Life.

Buddhism Reference – Extinction. The third phase of Karma from instantiation to Abiding formations and decay, and ultimately to Dissolution or Extinction.

Buddhism Reference – Invoke - Invocation. We chant “NaMuMyoHoRenGeKyo” to Instantiate our Buddha experience in accord with the universal Law of the Engine of Life to instantiate our maximal potential, moment-to-moment.

Buddhism Reference – Homage. We chant “NaMu” as homage to “MyoHoRenGeKyo” in accord with the universal Law of the Engine of Life to instantiate our maximal potential, moment-to-moment.

Buddhism Reference – Hinayana. A term used to define early practices based on early teachings of Shakyamunibuddha, also known as incomplete or lesser vehicles.

Buddhism Reference – GoHonzon, again. An important distinction to know in our modern understanding of Buddhist scholarship of Nichiren and the Lotus Sutra.

Buddhism Reference – Gandhari Languages and Texts. An ancient center of Buddhist scholarship important in the transmission of Buddhist scholarship into central and Eastern Asia.