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Yotae
.
.
Yotzer
(Heb., ‘He creates’). The Jewish
benedictions
which frame the
Shema‘
. In the plural (Yotzerot) it stands for all the liturgical hymns (
piyyutim
) chanted during the morning service.
benedictions
which frame the
Shema‘
. In the plural (Yotzerot) it stands for all the liturgical hymns (
piyyutim
) chanted during the morning service.
Young, Brigham
(Mormon leader in 19th cent.):
(Mormon leader in 19th cent.):
Yüan-ch’i
(Chin., ‘primordial breath’). The fundamental energy in which
yin and yang
are still closely interactive in producing the universe. The yüan-chi is now dispersed, but can be summoned together again in the
Taoist
breathing exercises which distribute it to the whole body.
yin and yang
are still closely interactive in producing the universe. The yüan-chi is now dispersed, but can be summoned together again in the
Taoist
breathing exercises which distribute it to the whole body.
Yuan-chueh-ching
(Skt.,
Pur
a-buddha S
tra
; Jap.,
Engaku-kyo
). ‘The S
tra of Perfect Enlightenment’, a Ch’an/Zen s
tra supposedly translated into Chinese by Buddhatr
ta in 693 (but it is not certain that there was a Skt. original). The
S
tra
tells how twelve
bodhisattvas
(including
Mañju
ri
and
Samantabhadra
) are instructed on the nature of perfect enlightenment.
Pur
a-buddha Stra; Jap.,
Engaku-kyo
). ‘The S
tra of Perfect Enlightenment’, a Ch’an/Zen stra supposedly translated into Chinese by Buddhatrta in 693 (but it is not certain that there was a Skt. original). TheS
tratells how twelve
bodhisattvas
(including
Mañju
riand
Samantabhadra
) are instructed on the nature of perfect enlightenment.
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