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306 STATE, SOCIETY AND RELIGIOUS ENGINEERING: TOWARDS A REFORMIST BUDDHISM IN SINGAPORE Sangha [P] C Buddhist monastic order sang-li (丧礼) C mourning rites san-gui-yi (三皈依) C becomeing a disciple of Buddhism San-Tai-Zi (三太子) C Third Heavenly Prince shakubuku [J] (传教) C proaching/proselytising shang (商) C merchants shan-tang (善堂) C charity hall she (社) C lay Buddhist organisation shen (神) C gods shi (士) C scholar shi-ben-huo (蚀本货) C pro?t losing commodity Shi-Jia-Mo-Ni-Fo (释迦摩尼佛) C Sakyamuni Buddha Shui-Wei-Sheng-Niang (水尾圣娘) C a Chinese goddess Taiji (太极) C Great Beginning ta-li (他力) C Other's power tang (堂) C a term for temple Tian (天) C Heaven Tian Hou (天后) C Empress of the Heaven Tian-dao (天道) C the "Way" of Heaven Tian-Fu-Gong (天富宫) C The name of a temple Tian-Gong (天公) C The Heavenly God/Jade Emperor Tian-Mu (天母) C another name for Tian hou ting-zhu (亭主) C Chinese leader ti-shen (替身) C a subsititute ti-tou-di-zi (剃头弟子) C a shaven-head disciple Tu-di-Gong (土地公) C Earth God wang ben wang zong (忘本忘宗) C forgetting one's origin and ancestors wu-gu (五谷) C the ?ve grains category xiang-lu (香炉) C incense urn xiao (孝) C ?lial piety xiao-zai (消灾) C puri?cation xiao-zai-fa-hui (消灾法会) C Rites of Puri?cation Service xiao-zai-fa-shi (消灾法事) C rites of puri?cation xiao-zai-zhang-cheng (消灾章程) C rites of puri?cation xin-tu (信徒) C believers

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307 Glossary xin-yong (信用) C trust xiu-xin (修心) C spiritual cultivation Xuan-Tian-Shang-Di (玄天上帝) C a Chinese Deity yang-jian (阳间) C Heavenly Plane of Existence Yan-Luo-Wang (阎罗王) C King of Hades yao-cai-dian (药材店) C Herbal Medicine Shop Yao-Shi-Fo (药师佛) C Medicine Buddha Yao-Shi-Jing (药师经) C Medicine Buddha Sutra Yin Yang (阴阳) C Yin and Yang polarity yin-guo (因果) C karma;

cause and effect Yin-jian (阴间) C the Netherworld yin-yuan (因缘) C af?nity yin-zhi (银纸) C silver joss paper you-hun (游魂) C wandering spirits yu (狱) C hell Yu-Huang-Da-Di (玉皇大帝) C Heavenly Emperor Zhang-Fei (张飞) C a Chinese Hero zhong (忠) C loyal Zhong-Yuan-Jie (中元节) C Hungry Ghost Festival zhuang-dao (撞到) C being hit zi-li (自力) C one's power zi-xiu (自修) C self-cultivation Zu-Shi-Gong (祖师公) C Ancestor

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