The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1155 page)

The prayer ‘Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me’ (or ‘on me, a sinner’). The continual repetition of this prayer is specially important in
hesychasm
.

 
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(Skt., Jeta or Jetri +
vana
, ‘wood’). A grove on the outskirts of
r
vast
, the capital city of Ko
ala, often frequented by the
Buddha
. In many of the important dialogues, the Buddha is described as residing in the Jetavana grove.
The Jetavana
d
gaba
in
ri Lank
, 370 feet in diameter, is the largest d
gaba in existence. A splinter sect of the
Therav
da
, the Jetavan
yas (formed 4th cent. CE, reabsorbed 12th cent.) take their name from this d
gaba.

 
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