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  • 11being — n. 1. Existence, subsistence, reality, actuality. 2. Essence, essential being, inmost nature, substance, inner reality, life, vital principle, root, core, heart, centre of life. 3. Sentient, conscious, or personal agent, living thing, creature,… …

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  • 12Anthroposophical view of the human being — The anthroposophical view of the human being includes:Threefold and fourfold viewRudolf Steiner often described the human being as consisting of an eternal spirit, an evolving soul and a temporal body, giving a detailed analysis of each of these… …

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  • 13Sentience — is the ability to feel or perceive subjectively. It is an important concept in the philosophy of animal rights, in buddhist philosophy and in science fiction, although in each of these fields the term is used slightly differently. Sentience is… …

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  • 14Vishishtadvaita — Vedanta (IAST IAST|Viśishṭādvaita Vedanta ;Sanskrit: विशिष्टाद्वैत)) is a sub school of the Vedānta (literally, end or the goal of Knowledge , Sanskrit) school of Hindu philosophy, the other major sub schools of Vedānta being Advaita and Dvaita …

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  • 15Nirvana — This article is about the religious concept. For the American grunge band, see Nirvana (band). For other uses, see Nirvana (disambiguation). Nirvāṇa (Sanskrit: निर्वाण; Pali: निब्बान (nibbāna); Prakrit: णिव्वाण) is a central concept in Indian… …

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  • 16Buddhism — Buddh redirects here, for the Race Circuit, see Buddh International Circuit Standing Buddha. One of the earliest known representations of the Buddha, 1st 2nd century CE, Gandhara …

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  • 17Mahayana — Mahāyāna Buddhism …

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  • 18Buddha-nature — (Classical Chinese: 佛性, modern pinyin fó xìng , literally corresponds to the Sanskrit, Buddha dhatu Buddha Element , Buddha Principle , but seems to have been used most frequently to translate the Sanskrit Tathāgata garbha , meaning Buddha Matrix …

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  • 19Tulpa — Part of a series on Tibetan Buddhism …

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  • 20Concepts in the Ender's Game series — This is a list of miscellaneous elements in the Ender s Game series of books by Orson Scott Card. Contents 1 Aiùa 2 Ansible 3 Anton s Key 4 Descolada …

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