The principal Buddha of the Pure Land sect, also known as the Buddha of the Western Paradise.

a device used for measuring or maintaining orientation and angular velocity

Putuo district of Zhoushan city [[舟山市|舟山市|Zhou1 shan1 Shi4]], Zhejiang

a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama

Putuo district, a central district of Shanghai municipality

Mt Potala at Zhoushan in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara)

Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise

Pretoria, capital of South Africa

twisted, spiral, or uneven stones or rocks

a twisting path or tortuous road

Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment

a Buddhist incantation or ritual chant used to promote virtue and obstruct evil

Nanputuo Temple in Xiamen

Vedas (Hindu sacred writings or legends)

Indra (a Hindu deity)

itinerant monk (loanword from Sanskrit)

the creator god of the Zhuang minority

ancient Indian kingdom, often considered the birthplace of Buddhism

A plant of the genus Datura (Datura stramonium), known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and medicinal or toxic properties.

Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), French social anthropologist

Rigveda, Indian religious poem

Gandhara Kingdom in northwest India, c. 600 BC-11 AD, on Kabul River in Vale of Peshawar

Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light

Ayurveda (ancient Indian system and health care philosophy)