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61Races of Bas-Lag — This is a list of the races of Bas Lag, a world created by British author China Miéville. These races are featured in novels including Perdido Street Station, The Scar and Iron Council.Human racesHumansHumans are apparently the dominant race in… …
62Animals in Buddhism — The position and treatment of animals in Buddhism is important for the light it sheds on Buddhists perception of their own relation to the natural world, on Buddhist humanitarian concerns in general, and on the relationship between Buddhist… …
63Alien Intelligence — In the various game settings of Palladium Books, Alien Intelligences are fictional, vastly powerful beings of unknown origin that are stated to be a combination of equal parts spirit, magical energy, and physical flesh. They are said to exist on… …
64Ethics of artificial intelligence — Treating AIs EthicallyThere are many ethical problems associated with working to create intelligent creatures.* AI rights: if an AI is comparable in intelligence to humans, then should it have comparable moral status? * Would it be wrong to… …
65Bodhisattva — In the Buddhist context, a bodhisattva ( sa. बोधिसत्त्व, IAST|bodhisattva ; bo|t=བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ་|w=byang chub sems dpa; Vietnamese: Bồ Tát ; pi. बोधिसत्त, IAST|bodhisatta ; Thai: โพธิสัตว์, phothisat ; zh stp|t=菩薩|s=菩萨|p=púsà) means either… …
66Mahayana — Mahāyāna Buddhism …
67Planets in science fiction — are fictional planets that appear in various media, especially those of the science fiction genre, as story settings or depicted locations. [cite book last = Mann first = George authorlink = coauthors = title = The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science …
68List of extraterrestrials in fiction by type — This is a list of extraterrestrial species that have appeared in various works of fiction, sorted by type. Some aliens fit into more than one category, and so appear on the list twice.Humanoid extraterrestrialsMost aliens are humanoid if not… …
69Bodhicitta — In Buddhism, bodhicitta [For definitions of the components of the term see Wiktionary: and .] (Ch. 菩提心, pudixin , Jp. bodaishin , Tibetan jang chub sem , Mongolian бодь сэтгэл ) is the wish to attain complete enlightenment (that is, Buddhahood)… …
70Buddha-nature — (Classical Chinese: 佛性, modern pinyin fó xìng , literally corresponds to the Sanskrit, Buddha dhatu Buddha Element , Buddha Principle , but seems to have been used most frequently to translate the Sanskrit Tathāgata garbha , meaning Buddha Matrix …
