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Buddhism Sect Crossword Clue

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noun

• school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan

• a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight

• street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

42%7 Tantric Buddhism sect
noun

• a Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism

27%10 Chinese sect of Buddhism
noun

• popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic

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