Special auxiliary subdivision for Buddhism

Scope Note: This special auxiliary subdivision represents the application of the main special auxiliary subdivision for religion 2-1/-9 to Buddhism. It contains only a selection of the most relevant classes and concepts that were further developed specifically for Buddhism

Application Note: To introduce more concepts, not present here, use special auxiliaries 2-1/-9

⇨ 2-1/-9 Special auxiliary subdivision for religion

⇨ 242-1/-9 Special auxiliary subdivision for Mahayana Buddhism

Theory and philosophy of Buddhism. Nature of Buddhism

The Buddhist view of the universe. Cosmology

The material world. The physical environment

Origins. Cosmogony. Creation of the world

Man. Mankind. Humanity

The nature of man

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Material body. Rupa

The non-material. Nama

Consciousness

Atma. The soul. The spirit. Human spirit

⇨ 24-584.5 Spiritual growth and development. Anna. Knowledge. Gnosis

Anatta. Anatma. No-self. Denial of personality

Freedom. Free will. Predestination

Human experience. Life

Suffering. Dukkha

Karma. Desire. Craving

Death. The dead

⇨ 24-557 Funerary customs and rituals

End of life. Parinirvana (for the enlightened)

Life after death. Afterlife. Hereafter

Rebirth. Reincarnation. Metempsychosis. Metamorphosis

Samsara. Cycle of birth and re-birth

Pratityasamutpada. Dependent origination / dependent arising

Liberation of the soul

Annihilation. Cessation of existence. Non-being. Assimilation. Nirvana. Nibbana

Non-material world in Buddhism. Spiritual realms

Deva-loka / devaloka. Deva-worlds, realm of gods and devas

Pretaloka / petaloka. Abode of ghosts, dwellers on earth

Buddhist Sacred books. Scriptures. Religious texts

Variants

Translations (i.e. from the original text)

Application Note: Details on language and period by common auxiliaries of languages (Table 1c) and common auxiliaries of time (Table 1g)

◇ 24 234=111   Buddhist scriptures in English

Versions   Devanagari Pali Series (Pali Text Society)

The Pali Canon (canon of the Theravada school). Tipitaka. The Three Baskets

Vinaya pitaka. Basket of discipline

⇨ 24-788 Buddhist orders proper. Monastic orders. Monasticism

Mahavagga

Cullavagga

Parajika

Pacittiya

Parivara

Sutta pitaka. Basket of instructions

Digha Nikaya

Majjhima Nikaya

Samyutta Nikaya

Anguttara Nikaya

Khuddaka Nikaya

Khuddakapatha

Dhammapada

Udana

Itivuttaka

Sutta Nipata

Vimanavatthu

Petavatthu

Theragatha

Therigatha

Jataka

Nidessa

Patisambhidamagga

Apadana

Buddhavamsa

Carriyapitaka

Abhidhamma Pitaka. Basket of the higher dhamma

Dhammasangani

Vibhanga

Dhatukatha

Puggalapannatti

Kathavatthu

Yamaka

Patthana

Post-canonical Pali literature

Dipavamsa

Mahavamsa

Callavamsa

Dhammapada attakatha

Milindipanha

Nettipakarana

Visuddhimagga

Vimuttimagga

Sanskrit Buddhist literature   Mahayana texts

Scope Note: Class here only if there is a requirement to keep all sacred texts together. If in doubt, prefer 242-24/-254

⇨ 242-24 Mahayana texts. Sanskrit Buddhist literature

⇨ 242-253 Sutras

⇨ 242-254 Sastras

Commentary on sacred works

Interpretative works. Works of guidance on practice

Oral forms. Oral tradition

Myths and legends

Other literary forms

Poetic works

Epics and sagas

Law. Legal codes. Legal texts

Theology of sacred texts. Theological content

Application Note: Details by special auxiliary table 2-1/-9

Religion as demonstrated in sacred texts. Religious practice

Scope Note: Add to 24-279 detail from the whole auxiliary schedule

Other religious texts

Liturgical works. Liturgical texts

Historical documents. Evidential documents. Historical records. Contemporaneous accounts. Letters

Works of doctrine, dogma. Articles of faith. Systematic theology. Dogmatics

Four noble truths. Ariya sacca. Arya satya

On the existence of suffering

On the origin of suffering

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On the knowledge of the cessation of suffering

Eightfold path. Magga

Wisdom. Panna

Sammaditthi. Right views, right understanding. Knowledge. Jnana / nana

Sammasamkappa. Right aspirations, right thought

Morality. Sila

Sammavaca. Right speech

Sammakamanta. Right conduct, right action

Sammaajiva. Right livelihood

Meditation. Samadhi

Sammavayama. Right effort

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Sammasati. Right mindfulness

Sammasamadhi. Right contemplation

Other forms of religious texts

Sermons as a form

Persons in Buddhism

Buddha. Gautama Buddha. Adi Buddha

Application Note: Details by special auxiliaries 2-144, from 2-1/-9 and/or alphabetical extension (Table 1h)

◇ 24 31-1  Theology of the Buddha

◇ 24 31-144.3 Physical form, appearance of the Buddha

◇ 24 31-144.3NIR  Nirmana-kaya. Temporal body

◇ 24 31-144.3TRI   Trikaya. Doctrine of the three bodies

◇ 24 31-144.7DHA  Dharma-kaya. Essential Buddha

◇ 24 31-144.7SAM  Sambhoga-kaya. Glorious Buddha

⇨ 2-144.3 Physical form, appearance

⇨ 242-31 Buddhas. Central figure of the faith

Life of Buddha

Mother of Buddha. Foster mother. Mahaprajapati

Other significant individuals in founder’s life   Buddha’s original followers. Arhants

Enlightenment, ‘awakening’ of Buddha

Return of the Buddha as Maitreya

Accounts, anecdotal material

Memoirs. Sayings. Deeds

Buddha as model, example

Ascetics. Hermits

Saints. Bodhisattvas. Enlightened ones

Arahant (discipline at the final stage of enlightenment)

Acariya. Wise men

Buddhist religious activities. Buddhist religious practice

Moral behaviour. Moral theology

Adhamma / Adharma. Wrong-doing, evil, immorality

◇ 24 423.5DOS Dosa / dvesha (aversion, hate)

◇ 24 423.5HIM Himsa (harm, violence)

◇ 24 423.5LOB Lobha / Raga (greed)

◇ 24 423.5MOH  Moha (delusion, ignorance)

Panca nirvana / Panca nirvarani. Five hindrances in meditation and in daily life

Kama / kamacchanda / devangari (sensory desire)

Vyapada (ill-will, malevolence)

Thina-middha (sloth and torpor)

Uddhacca-kukkucca (restlessness and worry)

Vicikitsa (doubt, indecision)

Dhamma. Good. Virtue. The good. Right living

Specific virtues in Buddhism

Application Note: Details by alphabetical extension (Table 1h)

◇ 24 423.77AHI  Ahimsa. Non-harm. Respect for life

Ten transcendental virtues. Paramis

Dana. Generosity

Sila. Morality

Nekkhamma. Renunciation

Panna. Wisdom

Viriya. Energy

Khanti. Patience

Sacca. Truthfulness

Adhitthana. Resolution

Metta. Loving-kindness

Upekkha. Equanimity

Buddhist ethics

Religious laws, obligations, moral precepts, moral laws. Regulations. Religious duties

Social customs and practice. Social theology

Dietary requirements. Dietary limitations

Abstinence. Fasting. Prohibition

Rules concerning specific foods and drinks

◇ 24 442.5:637.5  Rules concerning meat

◇ 24 442.5:663.2/.5  Rules concerning alcoholic drinks

Personal hygiene and appearance. Personal conduct

Clothing. Apparel

Sexual relations, activity

Abstinence. Celibacy

Obligation to others. Support of the monastic community

Buddhist worship broadly. Buddhist cult. Buddhist rites and ceremonies

Agents of worship in Buddhism

Buddhist religious sites, locations. Holy places

Buildings for religious use in Buddhism

Buddhist centres of worship and religious significance

Buddhist acts of worships

Buddhist ceremonies

Funerary customs and rituals

Celebrations in Buddhism

Contemplation and reflection

Meditation. Contemplation

Spiritual life

Stages of development

Sotapanna (entering)

Sahadagamin

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Anagamin (never-returner)

Arantship

Spiritual exercises

Processes in Buddhism

Relative processes. External processes. Interactions between Buddhism and other faiths

Syncretism. Borrowing

Assimilation

Relations between Buddhism and society in general

Tolerance. Irenics

Conflict. Antagonism. Hostility

Persecution

Buddhist organization and administration

Persons in Buddhism

⇨ 24-3 Persons in Buddhism

Samgha / sangha. Community of disciples

Head of religion

Buddhist councils

Lay persons. Adherents

Buddhist organizations. Buddhist societies and associations

Buddhist orders proper. Monastic orders. Monasticism

◇ 24 788-05  Persons in Buddhist religious orders

◇ 24 788-055.1 Bhikkhus. Buddhist monks

◇ 24 788-055.2 Buddhist nuns

◇ 24 788-428  Buddhist monastic rules

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Sects. Sectarian movements

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Properties of Buddhism related to classifications, orthodoxy, officialdom, schools of thought, etc

Orthodoxy in Buddhism

⇨ 242 Mahayana Buddhism. The great vehicle

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Reformed Buddhism

Officialdoms of Buddhism

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Mainstream Buddhism

Buddhist schools of thought. The eighteen schools

History of Buddhism

◇ 24 9-732.4     Buddhist councils

◇ 24 9-732.4*1 First Buddhist Council at Rajagrha (Rajagaha, Rajgir), ca. 400 BCE

◇ 24 9-732.4*2 Second Buddhist Council in Vaishali / Vesali (Bihar), ca. 383 BCE

◇ 24 9-732.4*3 Third Buddhist Council in Asokarama (Pataliputra / Pataliputta), around 250 BCE

◇ 24 9-732.4*4 The Two Fourth Buddhist Councils: in Tambapanni (Sri Lanka) ca. 100 BCE and in Kashmir around 100 CE (Theravada tradition)

◇ 24 9-732.4*5 Fifth Buddhist Council in Mandalay (Myanmar), 1871 (Theravada tradition)

◇ 24 9-732.4*6 Sixth Buddhist Council in Yangon / Rangoon (Myanmar), 1954-6 (Theravada tradition)

◇ 24 9-852.5  History of Buddhist schools of thought. The eighteen schools

Hinayana Buddhism. The lesser vehicle. Theravada Buddhism. Pali school

Scope Note: Class here ‘orthodox’ Buddhism of the southern Buddhist world (India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand)

⇨ 24-852.5 Buddhist schools of thought. The eighteen schools

⇨ 242 Mahayana Buddhism. The great vehicle

Mahayana Buddhism. The great vehicle

Information Note: ‘Reformed’ Buddhism of the northern area (Tibet, Nepal, Korea, China and Japan) has more emphasis on popular participation and more traditional religious features than Hinayana. Since most examples of conventional ‘religious’ practice are to be found in Mahayana Buddhism, those concepts are enumerated at this location

⇨ 24-852.5 Buddhist schools of thought. The eighteen schools

⇨ 241 Hinayana Buddhism. The lesser vehicle. Theravada Buddhism. Pali school

Special auxiliary subdivision for Mahayana Buddhism

Scope Note: This special auxiliary subdivision represents the application of the main special auxiliary subdivision for religion 2-1/-9 to Mahayana Buddhism. It contains only a selection of the most relevant classes and concepts that were further developed specifically for Mahayana

Application Note: To introduce more concepts, not present here, use special auxiliaries 2-1/-9

⇨ 2-1/-9 Special auxiliary subdivision for religion

⇨ 24-1/-9 Special auxiliary subdivision for Buddhism

Theory and philosophy of Mahayana Buddhism. Nature of Mahayana

Prajnaparamita. Mother of all the Buddhas

Pantheistic hierarchy

Mahayana texts. Sanskrit Buddhist literature

Sutras

Sastras

Mahayana Tantras

⇨ 233-282 Tantras and Agamas in Hindusm. Ritual texts

⇨ 233.3 Shivaism

⇨ 234 Jainism

⇨ 242-282 Mahayana Tantras

Persons in Mahayana Buddhism

⇨ 24-31 Buddha. Gautama Buddha. Adi Buddha

Buddhas. Central figure of the faith

◇ 242 31-1  Buddhology

◇ 242 31-169  Mythical Buddhas

⇨ 24-31 Buddha. Gautama Buddha. Adi Buddha

Bodhisattvas. Bodhisattva ideal

Religious activities in Mahayana Buddhism. Mahayana practice

Puja. Buddhist worship broadly. Mahayana rites and ceremonies

Agents of worship in Mahayana Buddhism

Buddhist holy places

Places of particular spirituality, holiness

Mahayana buildings for religious use

Buddhist shrines

Mahayana temples

◇ 242 523.4(540)  Mahayana temples in India

Mahayana monasteries. Community buildings

Vehicles of cultic acts in Mahayana Buddhism

◇ 242 524:539.91   Fire in Mahayana rituals

◇ 242 524:611.018.5   Blood in Mahayana rituals

◇ 242 524:628.477.7   Use of ashes in Mahayana rituals

◇ 242 524-032.2    Water in Mahayana rituals

◇ 242 524-035.8   Oil in Mahayana rituals

Objects in worship. Furnishings and decorations

Aids to prayer. Prayer wheels

Statuary. Statues. Idols in Mahayana

◇ 242-31-526.64 Buddha representations

Liturgy in Mahayana

Objects of worship, devotion in Mahayana

◇ 242 533-36  Bodhisattvas as objects of devotion

Reading of texts

Mantras. Chants. Incantations

Physical rites and ceremonies

Washing. Ablution. Immersion in water. Sprinkling of water

Incense. Censing

Postures

Symbolic gestures

Procession. Circumambulation

Offerings in Mahayana

◇ 242 537:539.91  Fire offering

◇ 242 537:581.46  Flower offerings

◇ 242 537:582.477.5:539.91 Juniper wood fire offering

◇ 242 537:633.1  Cereal (meal) offerings

◇ 242 537-032.2  Libations. Offering of water

⇨ 2-538 Sacrifices

Rites of passage. Stages in life

Birth

Adolescence. Puberty. Transition to adulthood

Betrothal. Marriage. Wedding ceremonies

Old age

Death. Funeral ceremonies

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Disposal ceremonies. Burial. Cremation

Stages in spiritual life

Initiation

Confirmation. Adult re-initiation

Ordination

Celebrations in Mahayana Buddhism

Special times of day. Hours for prayer. Hours for worship

Religious calendar. Religious year

Feasts and festivals, holy days in Mahayana Buddhism

Processes in Mahayana Buddhism

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Organization and administration in Mahayana Buddhism

Characteristics of Mahayana Buddhism

Degree of officialdom of Mahayana Buddhism

Official, mainstream Mahayana Buddhism

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Schools of thought in Mahayana Buddhism

◇ 242 852.5MAD  Madhyamaka (India)

◇ 242 852.5PRA   Prajnaparamita, Perfection of Wisdom (India)

◇ 242 852.5YOG   Yogacarins (Yogacara)

◇ 242 852.5ZEN   Zen (Japan)

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History of Mahayana Buddhism

◇ 242 9-852.5   History of Mahayana through schools of thought

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Chinese Buddhism / Han Buddhism

Special auxiliary subdivision for Chinese Buddhism

Chinese Tipitaka

Buddha in Chinese Buddhism

◇ 242.5 31-1  Chinese Buddhology

Bodhisattvas in Chinese Buddhism

Application Note: Details by alphabetical extension (Table 1h)

◇ 242.5 36AVO Avalokitasvara / Guanyin (Bodhisattva of Compassion). Bodhimanda: Mount Putuo

◇ 242.5 36KSH Kshitigarbha / Dizang (Bodhisattva of the Great vow). Bodhimanda: Mount Jiuhua

◇ 242.5 36MAN     Manjushri / Wenshu (Bodhisattva of the Great Wisdom). Bodhimanda: Mount Wutai

◇ 242.5 36SAM   Samantabhadra / Puxian Pusa (Bodhisattva of Great Practice). Bodhimanda: Mount Emei

Sects and movements in Chinese Buddhism

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Classical schools of Chinese Buddhism   Faxiang / East Asian Yogacara school (Dharma Characteristics’ school / ‘Consciousness Only’ school); Kosa school (Reality School / Abhidharma School); San-lun school / East Asian Madhyamaka (Three Sastra School)

T’ien-t’ai / Tiantai School (The Lotus School). Chen-yien (Esoteric School / Mantra School)

Exclusive sects in Chinese Buddhism

Pure Land Buddhism / Amidism

Scope Note: Broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focusing on the teachings of the Buddha Amitabha

Chan Buddhism

Scope Note: Chinese school of Mahayana Buddhism

Lamaism

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Tantrayana. Tantric Buddhism

243.4

Tibetan Buddhism

Vajrayana Buddhism

Information Note: Tantric aspect of Mahayana. Also known as: Tantric Buddhism, Esoteric Buddhism, Tantrayāna, Mantrayāna, Secret Mantra and Diamond Vehicle

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Japanese Buddhism

Nara sects

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Tendai

Shingon

244.8

Kamakara

Zen Buddhism