Initiates into Tendai and Shingon Buddhism are blindfolded and asked to toss a flower upon a mandala, whereupon it will land either on a realm named for this object, or one named for a womb.
The Danish couple Hannah and Ole Nydahl established a lay organization named for this object to protect the Karma Kagyu school from dissolution during the Karmapa controversy. The five Wisdom Buddhas each occupy a cardinal direction in a location named for this object. Initiates into Tendai and Shingon Buddhism are blindfolded and asked to toss a flower upon a mandala, whereupon it will land either on a realm named for this object, or one named for a womb. The earliest surviving dated printed book is a copy found among the (*) Dunhuang Manuscripts of a text named for this object, which ends by comparing all phenomena to "a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow, / Like dew." That text named for this object frequently uses negation to deconstruct concepts like enlightenment and dharma, and is framed as a dialogue about how aspiring bodhisattvas should act, between Subhuti and the Buddha. For 10 points, a "perfection of wisdom" sutra is named for the illusion-cutting abilities of what jewel?
The Danish couple Hannah and Ole Nydahl established a lay organization named for this object to protect the Karma Kagyu school from dissolution during the Karmapa controversy.
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