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Concise Dictionary of Religion

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TAGORE, Rabindranath (1861-1941):

TANTRIC BUDDHISM:

TATAGATA:

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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TATAGATA:

a term used by the BUDDHA to refer to himself which literally means "He who has come" or "Who has gone." Although there is no agreement as to its exact MEANING, BUDDHIST commentators give literally hundreds of explanations.