The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (810 page)

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Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
:
Fringes
(to Jewish garments)
:
see
ZITZIT
.
Frum
(figure in cargo cult)
:
Fry, Elizabeth
(prison reformer)
:
Fu
,
also fan
(Chin., ‘return’). The movement of the
Tao
in
Tao-te ching
(16), whereby all things return to their source. In meditation, this ‘returning to the root’ is the means to enlightenment.
Fu-ch’i
(Chin., ‘sustaining by breath’). Breathing (
ch'i
) technique in Taoism, directing breath to all parts of the body. It precedes
t’ai-hsi
, embryonic breathing.

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