The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2467 page)

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Ten Days of Penitence
(period of repentance; Jewish Calendar):
Tenebrae
.
The special form of
mattins
and
lauds
for the last three days of
Holy Week
. The name
(Lat., ‘darkness’) comes from the practice of extinguishing fifteen candles, one at a time, during the service.
Tenj
tenge yuiga dokuson
(Jap.). ‘Above heaven, under heaven, I alone am worthy of honour’, a statement which Zen Buddhists believe was made by the
Buddha
kyamuni after his enlightenment. Far from being self-aggrandizing, it is a subtle statement of the realization that all appearances in the universe share the same buddha-nature (
bussh
) and are equally empty of self (
unyat
).
Tenka
ai
and
Va
aka
ai
.

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