The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (454 page)

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Buddha-s
sana
.
Buddha-discipline, a term embracing the practice and teaching of the Buddha, and thus is a name for ‘Buddhism’: see also
BUDDHA-DHARMA
.
Buddhas of the three times
.
The
buddhas
of the three periods, past (Ka
yapa, but often in iconography
D
pa
kara
), present (
kyamuni, i.e. Gotama), and future (
Maitreya
).
Buddha's tooth
(Buddhist relic)
:
see
PILGRIMAGE
(BUDDHISM).

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