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Noun

street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

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

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

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Zen Zen Buddhism

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