The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2491 page)
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Three vehicles
(Mah
y
na account of the three stages of Buddhism):
(Mah
yna account of the three stages of Buddhism):
Three ways
.
.
Three constitutive elements of spiritual and prayer life, associated especially with Christianity, but applied less systematically to other religions. The ways are
purgative
,
illuminative
, and
unitive
.
purgative
,
illuminative
, and
unitive
.
Three weeks
.
.
Period between the Jewish fasts of 17
Tammuz
and 9 Av (hence the Heb. name
ben ha-metsarim
, ‘between the straits’, from Lamentations 1. 3). The three weeks are a time of
mourning
. Very pious Jews also abstain from meat and wine except on the
Sabbath
.
Tammuz
and 9 Av (hence the Heb. name
ben ha-metsarim
, ‘between the straits’, from Lamentations 1. 3). The three weeks are a time of
mourning
. Very pious Jews also abstain from meat and wine except on the
Sabbath
.
Three Worlds
(the constitutive levels of manifestation in the cosmos, in Indian religions):
(the constitutive levels of manifestation in the cosmos, in Indian religions):
Three worms
(malevolent Japanese folk deities):
(malevolent Japanese folk deities):
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