a Buddhist priest

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• Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields — is a Buddhist site founded by the Sinhalese community based in the areas surrounding Kuala Lumpur to provide a place of worship in the Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist tradition. It is also commonly known as the Brickfields Buddhist Temple . The… …   Wikipedia

• Priest — Priest, n. [OE. prest, preost, AS. pre[ o]st, fr. L. presbyter, Gr. ? elder, older, n., an elder, compar. of ? an old man, the first syllable of which is probably akin to L. pristinus. Cf. {Pristine}, {Presbyter}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Christian… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Buddhist temples in Japan — The hondō, or main hall , of Higashi Hongan ji in Kyoto. Along with Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples are the most numerous, famous, and important religious buildings in Japan.[note 1] The Japanese word for a Buddhist temple is tera …   Wikipedia

• Buddhist art in Japan — Buddhism had an important role in the development of Japanese art between the sixth and the sixteenth centuries. Buddhist art and religion came to Japan from China, with the arrival of a bronze Buddhist sculpture alongside the sutras. Buddhist… …   Wikipedia

• Buddhist Churches of America — The Buddhist Churches of America is the United States branch of the Honpa Hongan ji (also known as Nishi Honganji) sub sect of Jōdo Shinshū ( True Pure Land School ) Buddhism. Jodo Shinshu is also popularly known as Shin Buddhism. The B.C.A. is… …   Wikipedia

• priest — noun 1 in Christianity ADJECTIVE ▪ local, parish, village (esp. BrE) ▪ celibate ▪ married ▪ woman ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Buddhist on Fire — Infobox Album Name = Buddhist On Fire Type = studio Artist = Muslimgauze Released = 1984 December Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = ReclooseLOOSE 008 Producer = Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg… …   Wikipedia

• Buddhist — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ devout ▪ Zen ▪ Tibetan, Western ▪ practising/practicing {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. Buddhist …   Collocations dictionary

• Four Buddhist Persecutions in China — The Four Buddhist Persecutions in China was the wholesale suppression of Buddhism carried out on four occasions from the fifth through the tenth century by four Chinese emperors. It is known as the Sambu isso no honan (三武一宗の法難 Four imperial… …   Wikipedia

• Nikkō (priest) — Japanese Buddhism …   Wikipedia

• Alfred Bloom (Buddhist) — Alfred Bloom is a pioneer of Jodo Shinshu studies in the English speaking world. Born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1926 Bloom was the youngest child of a Jewish father. At the time of Alfred Bloom’s birth, his mother had been a recent… …   Wikipedia