KKBN: Glossary of Buddhist Terms

Glossary of Buddhist Terms

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K Explanation

Kalachakra Literally, "the Wheel of Time". A cycle of complex teachings embracing cosmology, history, psychology, and spiritual practice in one coherent system. Name of a Link-Ref tantra and of the deity featured in it.

Kalpa A vast stretch of time.

Karma Literally, "action". The sum of all an individual's deeds, which ineluctably determine their experiences during this life and in the afterlife and future births. Positive karma (merit) can be increased and negative karma eliminated through meditation and the practice of virtue.

Kayas, Three Three aspects of the totality of the completely enlightened experience. The three bodies or modes of experience of a Buddha. Link-Ref Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya.

Khenpo The chief instructor or spiritual authority in a monastery. Though the word is often translated as "abbot", the khenpo is not usually the administrator of the monastery. The title is also accorded to lamas of great learning.

K	Explanation
Kalachakra	Literally, "the Wheel of Time". A cycle of complex teachings embracing cosmology, history, psychology, and spiritual practice in one coherent system. Name of a tantra and of the deity featured in it.
Kalpa	A vast stretch of time.
Karma	Literally, "action". The sum of all an individual's deeds, which ineluctably determine their experiences during this life and in the afterlife and future births. Positive karma (merit) can be increased and negative karma eliminated through meditation and the practice of virtue.
Kayas, Three	Three aspects of the totality of the completely enlightened experience. The three bodies or modes of experience of a Buddha. Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya.
Khenpo	The chief instructor or spiritual authority in a monastery. Though the word is often translated as "abbot", the khenpo is not usually the administrator of the monastery. The title is also accorded to lamas of great learning.