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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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TAGORE, Rabindranath (1861-1941):

TANTRIC BUDDHISM:

TAYLOR, James Hudson (1832-1905):

TAYLOR, Jeremy (1613-1667):

TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, Pierre (1881-1955):

TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT:

TEMPLE, William (1881-1944):

TENDAI BUDDHISM:

TERESA OF ÁVILA (1515-1582):

TERMINUS A QUO:

TERMINUS AD QUEM:

TERTULLIAN, Quintus Septimius Florens (160-225):

THALES OF MILETUS (640-546 B.C.):

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY:

THERAVADA BUDDHISM:

THOMAS á KEMPIS (1380-1471):

THOMAS, GOSPEL OF:

THOMAS, M. M. (?):

THOMPSON, Francis (1859-1907):

THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862):

THUCYDIDES (450-400 B.C.?):

TIBETAN BUDDHISM:

TILLICH, Paul (1886-1965):

TIPIAKA [TRIPIAKA -Sanskrit]:

TOCQUEVILLE, Alex de (1805-1859):

TOLAND, John (1670-1722):

TOLEDOTH YESHU:

TOLSTOY, Leo, (1828-1910):

TORQUEMADA, Tomás de (1420-1498):

TOTAL DEPRAVITY:

TOYNBEE, Arnold Joseph (1889-1975):

TRACTS FOR THE TIMES:

TRADITION DIRECTION:

TRADITIONAL RELIGION:

TRADITIONALIST:

TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION [TM]:

TRANSCENDENTALISM:

TRANSMIGRATION:

TRANSUBSTANTIATION:

TRENT, COUNCIL OF:

TROELTSCH, Ernst (1865-1923):

TURNER, Witter Victor (1920-1986):

TYLOR, Edward Burnett, Sir (1832-1917):

TYNDALE, William (1494-1536):

TYRRELL, George (1861-1909):

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TENDAI BUDDHISM:

the leading Japanese school of BUDDHISM founded by Dengyo Daishi in 805, on the basis of the LOTUS SUTRA and centered on the Monastery at Mount Hiei near Kyoto, teaching that the historical BUDDHA is a manifestation of the eternal BUDDHA-NATURE which is the fundamental ESSENCE of the UNIVERSE. As a result the Buddha becomes an object of FAITH enabling individuals to realize their own ultimate Buddha-nature thus attaining ENLIGHTENMENT.