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Louisiana Purchase. 1803. Napoleon sells Louisiana to US for $27M to finance defence budget.
Mahayana. 1C-. Liberal Buddhist doctrine of China, Japan, Korea, Tibet. Bodhisattva.
Mann, Thomas. 1875-1955. German/US novelist. Opposed Nazism. Buddenbrooks 1900. Magic Mountain 1927. Death in Venice 1929. Dr Faustus.
Muromachi Period. 1338-1573. Japanese Ashikaga shoguns. Prosperity, foreign trade, Zen Buddhism.
Naga. Hindu, Buddhist beings; ½ man, ½ serpent.
Nagarjuna. c150-250. Indian Buddhist. Founded Madhyamika school. Clarified concept of Emptiness.
Nirvana. Hindu and Buddhist final state of freedom.
Pali. Indo-European language of Buddha.
Pure Land Buddhism. 4C China, Japan. Followers of Buddha saviour Amitabha (Amida, O-mi-t’o). Paradise for invoking his name.
Red Hat Rebellion. 1622. Power struggle of Tibetan Buddhists. Yellow Hats prevail.
Sesshu. 1420-1506. Japanese painter. Zen monk.
Shinran. 1173-1262. Japanese Buddhist. Founded True Pure Land sect.
Six Dynasties. 220-589. Chinese period. Buddhism, Taoism, technical developments. Tea. Gunpowder.
Tantras. 6-7C Hindu, Buddhist holy books.
Tibet. 7C-838 Buddhist kingdom. 9C Divided. 1247 Mongol. 14C Yellow Hats established. 1642 5th Dalai Lama becomes ruler. 1715 Chinese suzerainty. 1792 Closed to foreigners. 1951 Autonomous within China. 1959 China crushes revolt. 1987~9 Riots vs Chinese rule.
Tibetan Buddhism. Yellow Hats. Dalai Lama.
Wallenberg, Raoul. 1912-47?. Swedish diplomat. Saved thousands of Jews in WWII Budapest. Jailed by Soviets. Holocaust.
White Lotus Rebellion. 1796-1804. China. Buddhists vs Manchu. Suppressed. Showed Ch’ing decline.
Yellow Hats. 14C. Monastic Tibetan Buddhist sect. Ruled 1642-1950. Dalai Lama.
Yoga. Hindu and Buddhist system of meditation, breathing and exercise to achieve spiritual enlightenment.
Yogacara. 2C- Mahayana meditative Buddhism. Only consciousness is real.
Zen Buddhism. 6C-. Sect founded by Bodhidharma. Sudden Enlightenment by meditation on Koan paradoxes. 1191 imported to Japan.