query: The Coen brothers were the winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture.

pos: Coen brothers Joel David Coen ( born November 29 , 1954 ) and Ethan Jesse Coen ( born September 21 , 1957 ) , collectively referred to as the Coen brothers , are American filmmakers . Their films span many genres and styles , which they frequently subvert or parody . Their best-reviewed works include Fargo ( 1996 ) , The Big Lebowski ( 1998 ) , No Country for Old Men ( 2007 ) , A Serious Man ( 2009 ) , True Grit ( 2010 ) , and Inside Llewyn Davis ( 2013 ) .   The brothers write , direct and produce their films jointly , although until The Ladykillers ( 2004 ) Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing . They often alternate top billing for their screenplays while sharing editing credits under the alias Roderick Jaynes . They have been nominated for thirteen Academy Awards together , and individually for one award each , winning Best Original Screenplay for Fargo and Best Picture , Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for No Country for Old Men . The duo also won the Palme d'Or for Barton Fink and were nominated for Fargo .   The Coen brothers have written a number of films they did not direct , including the biographical war drama Unbroken ( 2014 ) , the historical legal thriller Bridge of Spies ( 2015 ) , and lesser-known , commercially unsuccessful comedies such as Crimewave ( 1985 ) , The Naked Man ( 1998 ) and Gambit ( 2012 ) . Ethan is also a writer of short stories , theater and poetry .   The brothers 's films No Country for Old Men , A Serious Man and Inside Llewyn Davis have been ranked in the BBC 's 2016 poll of the greatest motion pictures since 2000 .

neg: Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ( HFPA ) .

neg: List of American films of 1978 A list of American films released in 1978 .   The Deer Hunter won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1978 .  Superman was the highest-grossing film of 1978 .   __ TOC __

neg: BAFTA Award for Best Film The BAFTA Award for Best Film is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards . It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards , representing the best films of 1947 , but until 1969 it was called the BAFTA Award for Best Film From Any Source . It is possible for films from any country to be nominated , although British films are also recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best British Film and ( since 1983 ) foreign-language films in BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language . As such , there have been multiple occasions of a film being nominated in two of these categories .   There has been one tie for the Best Film award when , in 1962 , Ballad of a Soldier tied with The Hustler for Best Film from any Source . Until 1981 , the award was given to the director , except in 1976 and 1977 , when it was given to the producers . From 1981 to 1985 , it was given solely to the producers , and then in 1986 , it was shared between the Director and Producer . In 1998 , it was once again given to only the producers .   In the following lists , the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively ; those not in bold are the nominees . The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released , not the year of the ceremony , which always takes place the following year .

neg: Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2010 The 4th Houston Film Critics Society Awards were presented on December 18 , 2010 . These awards for `` extraordinary accomplishment in film '' are presented annually by the Houston Film Critics Society ( HFCS ) based in Houston , Texas . The organization , founded in 2007 , includes 22 film critics for print , radio , television , and internet publications in the greater Houston area . The awards are co-sponsored by the Houston Film Commission , Southwest Alternate Media Project , Women in Film and Television/Houston , WorldFest , and the Houston Cinema Arts Society .   The nominations for the 2010 awards were announced on December 12 , 2010 . Eligible films do not need to have played or opened in a Houston film theater prior to the nomination deadline , merely made available to the HFCS membership at a screening or on DVD . Along with the 13 `` best of '' category awards , this year also saw the introduction of a new category for `` Worst Movies of the Year '' . The Social Network , True Grit , and 127 Hours each received six nominations , all including the Best Picture , Actor , Direction , and Original Score categories .   The Social Network was the HFCS 's most awarded film of 2010 taking top honors in the Best Picture , Best Director ( David Fincher ) , Best Actor ( Jesse Eisenberg ) , and Best Screenplay ( Aaron Sorkin ) categories . Inception was the only other film to garner multiple awards , winning both the Best Original Score ( Hans Zimmer ) and Best Cinematography ( Wally Pfister ) prizes . The other acting awards went to Natalie Portman as Best Actress for Black Swan , Hailee Steinfeld as Best Supporting Actress for True Grit , and Christian Bale as Best Supporting Actor for The Fighter . The remaining film honors went to Toy Story 3 as Best Animated Film , Restrepo as Best Documentary , and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Best Foreign Language Film . `` We Are Sex Bob-Omb '' by Beck from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was named the Best Original Song . The HFCS 's first-ever award for `` Worst Picture '' was given to Jonah Hex starring Josh Brolin .   In addition to the category awards , the HFCS presented their annual Lifetime Achievement Award to Sissy Spacek and its Humanitarian Award to George Clooney . Clooney was selected for `` selflessly using his celebrity for greater good '' . The HFCS award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema awards were presented to Charles Dove , director of the Rice University Media Center , and Hector Luna , the founder and editor of C-47 Houston .

neg: 8th Academy Awards The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5 , 1936 , at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles , California . They were hosted by Frank Capra . This was the first year in which the gold statuettes were called `` Oscars '' .   The category of Best Dance Direction was introduced this year . The DGA successfully lobbied for its elimination three years later .   Mutiny on the Bounty became the last film to date to win Best Picture and nothing else ( following The Broadway Melody and Grand Hotel ) , and the only film to receive three nominations for Best Actor .   This was the second and last year that write-in votes were allowed at the Oscars . A Midsummer Night 's Dream became the only film to win a write-in Oscar , taking Best Cinematography .

neg: 52nd Academy Awards The 52nd Academy Awards were presented April 14 , 1980 , at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles . The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson who , in noting the long duration of the production , joked that President Jimmy Carter was working hard for their `` release '' from the ceremonies , a clear reference to the Iranian hostage crisis .   Among the nominees for Best Supporting Actor were 8 year-old Justin Henry -- the youngest Best Supporting Actor nominee ever -- and 79-year-old Melvyn Douglas . This was the largest age difference between two competing actors in Oscar history until 2013 . Ironically , their age difference was partially the reason why Douglas did not attend the Oscars that night , despite winning the award . Henry was nominated for Kramer vs. Kramer , which out of its eight other nominations , finished with five awards , including Best Picture , Best Director for Robert Benton , and Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman .

neg: Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture The Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures is an award annually given since 2005 .   Of all the 12 films awarded , 8 have gone on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature .

neg: Orion Pictures Orion Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture producer and distributor that produced and released films from 1978 until 1999 , and was also involved in television production and syndication throughout the 1980s until the early 1990s . It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former top-level executives of United Artists . Although it was never a large motion picture producer , Orion achieved a comparatively high reputation for Hollywood quality . Woody Allen , James Cameron , Jonathan Demme , Oliver Stone , and several other prominent directors worked with Orion during its most successful years from 1978 to 1992 . Of the films distributed by Orion , four won Academy Awards for Best Picture : Amadeus ( 1984 ) , Platoon ( 1986 ) , Dances with Wolves ( 1990 ) , and The Silence of the Lambs ( 1991 ) . Two other Orion films , Hannah and Her Sisters ( 1986 ) and Mississippi Burning ( 1988 ) , were nominated for that same category . In 2013 , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer revived the Orion name for television ; a year later Orion Pictures was quietly relaunched by the studio .

neg: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films The following is a list of the Top 10 Films chosen annually by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures , beginning in 1929 . From 1968 till 2005 , 29 times the NBR chose the film that would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture as Best Film . Twelve of these times , the film selected was number one on the NBR 's list for that year .

neg: List of submissions to the 85th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 85th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956 . The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue . The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films . Nine shortlisted contenders will be revealed a week before the announcement of the Oscar nominations .   The submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2011 , and 30 September 2012 .   On 8 October 2012 , the Academy announced the final list of eligible submissions , with a record number of 71 films . Nine finalists were announced in December 2012 , which were shortlisted in January , with the final five nominees announced on 10 January 2013 . The Austrian entry Amour directed by Michael Haneke was the eventual winner .   Kenya submitted its first film in the Foreign Language category with Nairobi Half Life . Cambodia made its first submission in 18 years ( and its second overall ) with Lost Loves .

neg: Major film studio A major film studio is a production and film distributor that releases a substantial number of films annually and consistently commands a significant share of box office revenue in a given market . In the North American , Western , and global markets , the major film studios , often simply known as the majors , are commonly regarded as the six diversified media conglomerates whose various film production and distribution subsidiaries collectively command approximately 80 to 85 percent of U.S. and Canadian box office revenue . The term may also be applied more specifically to the primary motion picture business subsidiary of each respective conglomerate .   The `` Big Six '' majors , whose operations are based in or around the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood , are all centered in film studios active during Hollywood 's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s . In three cases -- 20th Century Fox , Warner Bros. , and Paramount -- the studios were one of the `` Big Five '' majors during that era as well . In two cases -- Columbia and Universal -- the studios were also considered majors , but in the next tier down , part of the `` Little Three '' . In the sixth case , Walt Disney Studios was an independent production company during the Golden Age ; it was an important Hollywood entity , but not a major . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , United Artists , and RKO were majors .   Today , Disney is the only member of the Big Six whose parent entity is still located near Los Angeles ( actually , on Disney 's studio lot and in the same building ) . The five others report to conglomerates headquartered in New York City , Philadelphia , and Tokyo . Of the Big Six , Paramount is the only one still based in Hollywood , and Paramount and Fox are the only ones still located within the Los Angeles city limits , while Disney and Warner Bros. are located in Burbank , Columbia in Culver City , and Universal in the unincorporated area of Universal City .   Most of today 's Big Six control subsidiaries with their own distribution networks that concentrate on arthouse pictures ( e.g. Fox Searchlight Pictures ) or genre films ( e.g. Sony 's Screen Gems ) ; several of these specialty units were shut down or sold off between 2008 and 2010 . The six major studios are contrasted with smaller production and/or distribution companies , which are known as independents or `` indies '' . The leading independent producer/distributors -- Lionsgate Films , The Weinstein Company , and former major studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -- are sometimes referred to as `` mini-majors '' . From 1998 through 2005 , DreamWorks SKG commanded a large enough market share to arguably qualify it as a seventh major , despite its relatively small output . In 2006 , DreamWorks was acquired by Viacom , Paramount 's corporate parent . In late 2008 , DreamWorks once again became an independent production company ; its films were distributed by Disney 's Touchstone Pictures until 2016 , at which point distribution switched to Universal .   The Big Six major studios are today primarily backers and distributors of films whose actual production is largely handled by independent companies -- either long-running entities or ones created for and dedicated to the making of a specific film . The specialty divisions often simply acquire distribution rights to pictures in which the studio has had no prior involvement . While the majors still do a modicum of true production , their activities are focused more in the areas of development , financing , marketing , and merchandising . Those business functions are still usually performed in or near Los Angeles , even though the runaway production phenomenon means that most films are now mostly or completely shot on location at places outside Los Angeles .   Since the dawn of filmmaking , the U.S. major film studios have dominated both American cinema and the global film industry . U.S. studios have benefited from a strong first-mover advantage in that they were the first to industrialize filmmaking and master the art of mass-producing and distributing high-quality films with broad cross-cultural appeal . Today , the Big Six majors routinely distribute hundreds of films every year into all significant international markets ( that is , where discretionary income is high enough for consumers to afford to watch films ) . It is very rare , if not impossible , for a film to reach a broad international audience on multiple continents and in multiple languages without first being picked up by one of the majors for distribution .

neg: Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best picture of the year .

neg: 20th Satellite Awards The 20th Satellite Awards is an award ceremony honoring the year 's outstanding performers , films , and television shows , presented by the International Press Academy . It took place on February 21 , 2016 .   The nominations were announced on December 1 , 2015 . The film The Martian leads all nominees with nine , including Best Film .

neg: List of submissions to the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film The 66th Academy Awards , which were held on March 21 , 1994 , saw 35 countries submit films for competition in the Best Foreign Language Film category . The Academy had initially invited 57 countries to send their best films , and the submission deadline was set on November 22 , 1993 . While the rules were basically unchanged , the applications for the 66th Academy Awards included a new form requesting information about the nationalities of the film 's creative team , due to the controversy that had led to the disqualification of A Place in the World at the 65th Academy Awards .   The bolded titles were the five nominated films , which came from Hong Kong , Spain , Taiwan , the United Kingdom and Vietnam . It was the first time that the majority of the nominees in this category came from outside Europe ( it happened again in 1997 , 2006 and 2011 ) and is the only time when there have been three Asian nominees . Vietnam made history by becoming the only Southeast Asian country ever to be nominated in this category ( accurate as of 2013 ) . The prize was ultimately awarded to Spain for the romantic comedy , Belle Epoque .

neg: Goodfellas Goodfellas ( stylized as GoodFellas ) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese . It is an adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi , who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese . The film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends over a period from 1955 to 1980 .   Scorsese initially named the film Wise Guy and postponed making it ; later , he and Pileggi changed the name to Goodfellas . To prepare for their roles in the film , Robert De Niro , Joe Pesci , and Ray Liotta often spoke with Pileggi , who shared research material left over from writing the book . According to Pesci , improvisation and ad-libbing came out of rehearsals wherein Scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted . The director made transcripts of these sessions , took the lines he liked best , and put them into a revised script , which the cast worked from during principal photography .   Made on a budget of $ 25 million , Goodfellas grossed $ 46.8 million . It received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for six Academy Awards , including Best Picture and Best Director , with Pesci winning Best Actor in a Supporting Role . The film won five awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts , including Best Film and Best Director . Additionally , Goodfellas was named the year 's best film by various critics ' groups .   Goodfellas is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in the crime genre . In 2000 , it was deemed `` culturally , historically , and aesthetically significant '' and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress . Its content and style have been emulated in numerous other films and television shows .

neg: List of American films of 1965 A list of American films released in 1965 .   The Sound of Music won the Academy Award for Best Picture .

neg: List of Iraqi submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Iraq has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 2005 . The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue . It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards , in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit , known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award , was created for non-English speaking films , and has been given annually since . As of 2016 , seven Iraqi films have been submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film , and none of them have been accepted as nominees .

neg: 15th Academy Awards The 15th Academy Awards was held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles . Best Picture honors went to the film Mrs. Miniver . The ceremony is most famous for the speech by the film 's Oscar-winning actress Greer Garson . Garson 's acceptance speech as Best Actress ran nearly 6 minutes and is generally considered to be the longest acceptance speech at an Academy Awards ceremony .   Mrs. Miniver was the second film ( after My Man Godfrey in 1936 ) to receive nominations in all four acting categories , as well as the first film to garner five acting nominations .   Also notable at the ceremony , Irving Berlin presented the Academy Award for Best Song , which he ended up winning for `` White Christmas '' .   Best Documentary had four winners , something that has not happened before or since .   A portion of the ceremony was broadcast by CBS Radio .

neg: Grammy Award for Best New Artist The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959 . Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out , for records released in the previous year . The award was not presented in 1967 . The official guidelines are as follows : `` For a new artist who releases , during the Eligibility Year , the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist . '' Note that this is not necessarily the first album released by an artist .   It is sometimes asserted , with varying degrees of sincerity , that winning the award is a curse , as several award winners ( particularly from the late 1970s and early 1980s ) were never able to duplicate the success they experienced in their debut year . This viewpoint was expressed by former Starland Vocal Band member Taffy Danoff in a 2002 interview for VH1 's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders : `` We got two of the five Grammys -- one was Best New Artist . So that was basically the kiss of death and I feel sorry for everyone who 's gotten it since . ''   The category is also notable for being the only one of its kind in which a Grammy Award was vacated . This occurred in 1990 after it was revealed winners Milli Vanilli did not contribute their own vocals on their debut album . The award was revoked , but was not handed out to another artist .   Of the 54 awards presented in the category since its inception , the honor has been presented to 25 solo female artists , 18 duos or groups , and 11 solo male artists . Between 1997 and 2003 , all the winners were solo female artists . Also , from 1993 to 2005 , no winner was a solo male artist . In 2006 , John Legend broke this trend , which started with Marc Cohn in 1992 . Only four artists have won both Best New Artist and Album of the Year in the same year : Bob Newhart in 1961 , Christopher Cross in 1981 , Lauryn Hill in 1999 and Norah Jones in 2003 .   Of all the winners , only three have been country artists . In 1997 , LeAnn Rimes became the first country artist to win the award . She was followed by Carrie Underwood in 2007 and Zac Brown Band in 2010 . Additionally , 2017 marked the first time that two country artists were nominated in this category in the same year .   1984 marked the first time that all of the nominees were from outside of the United States ( Winner Culture Club , Eurythmics , and Musical Youth were from England , Big Country was from Scotland , and Men Without Hats were from Canada ) .

neg: San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Film The San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Film ( or Picture ) is an award given by the San Diego Film Critics Society to honor the best film of the year .


query: Buddhism has over 500 million followers.

pos: Buddhism Buddhism ( -LSB- pronˈbʊdɪzəm -RSB- or -LSB- ˈbuːdɪzəm -RSB- ) is an Indian religion and dharma that encompasses a variety of traditions , beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to the Buddha . Buddhism originated in Ancient India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE , from where it spread through much of Asia , whereafter it declined in India during the middle ages . Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars : Theravada ( Pali : `` The School of the Elders '' ) and Mahayana ( Sanskrit : `` The Great Vehicle '' ) . Buddhism is the world 's fourth-largest religion , with over 500 million followers or 7 % of the global population , known as Buddhists .   Buddhist schools vary on the exact nature of the path to liberation , the importance and canonicity of various teachings and scriptures , and especially their respective practices . Practices of Buddhism include taking refuge in the Buddha , the Dharma and the Sangha , study of scriptures , observance of moral precepts , renunciation of craving and attachment , the practice of meditation ( including calm and insight ) , the cultivation of wisdom , loving-kindness and compassion , the Mahayana practice of bodhicitta and the Vajrayana practices of generation stage and completion stage .   In Theravada the ultimate goal is the cessation of the kleshas and the attainment of the sublime state of Nirvana , achieved by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path ( also known as the Middle Way ) , thus escaping what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth . Theravada has a widespread following in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia .   Mahayana , which includes the traditions of Pure Land , Zen , Nichiren Buddhism , Shingon and Tiantai ( Tendai ) , is found throughout East Asia . Rather than Nirvana , Mahayana instead aspires to Buddhahood via the bodhisattva path , a state wherein one remains in the cycle of rebirth to help other beings reach awakening .   Vajrayana , a body of teachings attributed to Indian siddhas , may be viewed as a third branch or merely a part of Mahayana . Tibetan Buddhism , which preserves the Vajrayana teachings of eighth century India , is practiced in regions surrounding the Himalayas , Mongolia and Kalmykia . Tibetan Buddhism aspires to Buddhahood or rainbow body .

neg: Kumbum A Kumbum ( `` one hundred thousand holy images '' ) is a multi-storied aggregate of Buddhist chapels in Tibetan Buddhism . The most famous Kumbum forms part of Palcho Monastery .   The first Kumbum was founded in the fire sheep year 1427 by a Gyantse prince . It has nine lhakangs or levels , is 35 m high surmounted by a golden dome , and contains 77 chapels which line its walls . Many of the statues were damaged during the Cultural Revolution but have since been replaced with clay images , though they lack the artistic merit of the originals . The 14th century murals showing Newar and Chinese influences , survived much better .   The Kumbum or great gomang ( `` many-doored '' ) stupa at Gyantse is a three-dimensional mandala meant to portray the Buddhist cosmos . The Kumbum , like other mandalas , which are portrayed by a circle within a square , enables the devotee to take part in the Buddhist perception of the universe and can depict one 's potential as they move through it . Mandalas are meant to aid an individual on the path to enlightenment . The Kumbum holds a vast number of images of deities throughout its structure with Vajradhara ( Sanskrit : Vajradhāra , Tibetan : rdo rje ` chang ( Dorje Chang ) , English : Vajraholder ) , the cosmic Buddha , at the top .   `` The lhakangs of the nine levels of the Kumbum , decreasing in number at each level , are structured according to the compendium of Sakya tantras called Drubtab Kantu . Thus each lhakang and each level creates a mandala , and the entire Kumbum represents a three-dimensional path to the Buddha 's enlightenment in terms of increasingly subtle tantric mandalas . ''   The best known Kumbum is the Gyantse Kumbum , built in 1497 by a prince of Gyantse , but there are other surviving examples at Jonang , built by Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen and consecrated in 1333 , and the Chung Riwoche Kumbun at Päl Riwoche , which was built by Thang Tong Gyalpo , who began work on it in 1449 . A further one is at Kumbum Monastery near Xining in Qinghai .

neg: History of Hinduism History of Hinduism denotes a wide variety of related Hindu denominations native to the Indian Subcontinent , most of whom live in modern-day India , Nepal , Pakistan , Bangladesh and Afghanistan . Adherents are also found in the Indonesian island of Bali . Its history overlaps or coincides with the development of Indian religions since Iron Age India . It has thus been called the `` oldest living religion '' in the world . Scholars regard Hinduism as a synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions , with diverse roots and no single founder or source .   The history of Hinduism is often divided into periods of development , with the first period being that of the historical Vedic religion dated from about 1900 BCE to 1400 BCE . The subsequent period , between 800 BCE and 200 BCE , is `` a turning point between the Vedic religion and Hindu religions '' , and a formative period for Hinduism , Jainism and Buddhism . The Epic and Early Puranic period , from c. 200 BCE to 500 CE , saw the classical `` Golden Age '' of Hinduism ( ( c. 320-650 CE ) , which coincides with the Gupta Empire . In this period the six branches of Hindu philosophy evolved , namely Samkhya , Yoga , Nyaya , Vaisheshika , Mīmāṃsā , and Vedanta . Monotheistic sects like Shaivism and Vaishnavism developed during this same period through the Bhakti movement . The period from roughly 650 to 1100 CE forms the late Classical period or early Middle Ages , in which classical Puranic Hinduism is established , and Adi Shankara 's Advaita Vedanta , which incorporated Buddhist thought into Vedanta , marking a shift from realistic to idealistic thought .   Hinduism under both Hindu and Islamic rulers from c. 1200 to 1750 CE , saw the increasing prominence of the Bhakti movement , which remains influential today . The colonial period saw the emergence of various Hindu reform movements partly inspired by western movements , such as Unitarianism and Theosophy . The Partition of India in 1947 was along religious lines , with the Republic of India emerging with a Hindu majority . During the 20th century , due to the Indian diaspora , Hindu minorities have formed in all continents , with the largest communities in absolute numbers in the United States and the United Kingdom . In the Republic of India , Hindu nationalism has emerged as a strong political force since the 1980s , the Hindutva Bharatiya Janata Party forming the Government of India from 1999 to 2004 , and its first state government in South India in 2006 , and also the Narendra Modi led Government from 2014 .

neg: Woodenfish Woodenfish Foundation , previously known as `` Woodenfish Project , '' is an international non-sectarian , non-governmental organization with operations in the United States and P.R. China . Venerable Dr. Yifa founded the `` Woodenfish Project '' in 2002 at Fo Guang Shan monastery in Kaohsiung , Taiwan . The initial flagship program , `` Humanistic Buddhist Monastic Life Program '' aims to allow students from around the world to authentically experience Humanistic Buddhism for one month each summer within a monastic context .   In the past 13 years , Woodenfish program alumni and Venerable Yifa have driven the organizational growth to expand into programming in the United States and mainland China . Woodenfish Foundation became a registered 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) in the state of California in 2007 . Between 2009 and 2015 , Woodenfish has run 13 programs in mainland China . In 2015 , Woodenfish opened a New York headquarters and hired its first full-time staff .   In its second decade , Woodenfish continues to build its base within mainland China and the United States , aiming to fulfill its mission to the greatest extent and offer opportunities for scholastic inquiry and collaboration , and contemplative and cross-cultural peace training .   The namesake comes from the wooden fish instrument , the most common religious musical instrument used in Chinese , Korean and Japanese Buddhism .

neg: Vajracharya A bajracharya or vajracharya ( lit . `` vajra carrier '' ) is a Vajrayana Buddhist priest among the Newar communities of Nepal and a Revered Teacher who is highly attained in Vajrayana practices and rituals . Vajracharya means `` vajra carrier '' . They are also commonly called guru-ju or gu-bhaju ( a short form for guru bhaju ) which are Nepali terms related to the Sanskrit term guru , and translate as `` teacher '' or `` priest '' . The bajracharya is the highest ranking of the Newar castes that are born Buddhist .   The emergence of vajracharya institution is ascribed to the decline of celibate Buddhist monks in about 13th century , and the emergence of Vajrayana .   To become a professional Guruju , a person of the bajracharya caste must go through a number of rituals . The bajracharya boy goes through a ritualistic process of initiation known as bajravishekha , including shaving off the head as the buddha and asking for alms , at a minimum of seven houses a day in different places , in the tradition of monks since the time of Gautama Buddha . Sometimes tantric Newar Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism is referred to as `` Vajracharya Buddhism '' .   The writers of Rebuilding Buddhism : The Theravada Movement in Twentieth-century Nepal explore the unusual relationship of the vajracharyas and their assistant shakyas with Buddhist monasticism :  Unlike Vajracharyas , Shakya men may not be priests for others , but together with Vajracharya men they are the members of the traditional Newar Buddhist monasteries , known honorifically as vihara and colloquially as baha or bahi . In so far as Shakya and Vajracharya men filled their roles in the monastery , they were monks . In effect , they were married , part-time monks .   Many of the modern Buddhist scholars in Nepal belong to the vajracharya tradition .

neg: Traditions of Indonesia Traditions of Indonesia are traditions , beliefs , values , and customs that belong within the culture of Indonesian people .  Indonesia is a vast country of sprawling archipelago with a diverse demographic range of over 300 ethnic groups , and speaking more than 700 living languages .   With 202.9 million Muslim s ( 88.2 % of the total population as of 2009 ) , Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world . Indonesia also has significant numbers of Christians . Protestant and Catholics population are the majority , with other Christian groups existing as well . The majority of Hindu demographics in Indonesia living in the island of Bali . Buddhist Indonesian are located throughout the country , and are ethnically identified as Chinese Indonesians .

neg: Sheng-yen Sheng Yen ( 聖嚴 ; Pinyin : Shèngyán , birth name Zhang Baokang , 張保康 ) ( 1930 -- February 3 , 2009 ) was a Chinese Buddhist monk , a religious scholar , and one of the mainstream teachers of Chan Buddhism . He was a 57th generational dharma heir of Linji Yixuan in the Linji school ( Japanese : Rinzai ) and a third-generation dharma heir of Hsu Yun . In the Caodong ( Japanese : Sōtō ) lineage , Sheng Yen was a 52nd-generation Dharma heir of Dongshan Liangjie ( 807-869 ) , and a direct Dharma heir of Dongchu ( 1908 -- 1977 ) .   Sheng Yen was the founder of the Dharma Drum Mountain , a Buddhist organization based in Taiwan . During his time in Taiwan , Sheng Yen was well known as a progressive Buddhist teacher who sought to teach Buddhism in a modern and Western-influenced world . In Taiwan , he was one of four prominent modern Buddhist masters , along with Hsing Yun , Cheng Yen and Wei Chueh , popularly referred to as the `` Four Heavenly Kings '' of Taiwanese Buddhism . In 2000 he was one of the keynote speakers in the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders held in the United Nations .

neg: Buddhist calendar The Buddhist calendar ( Sāsanā Sakaraj သ သန တ သက ရ ဇ , -LSB- θàðənà θɛʔkəɹɪʔ -RSB- ព ទ ធសករ ជ Sinhala : බ ද ධ වර ෂ or ස සන වර ෂ ( Buddha Varsha or Sāsana Varsha ) ) is a set of lunisolar calendars primarily used in mainland Southeast Asian countries of Cambodia , Laos , Myanmar and Thailand as well as in Sri Lanka for religious or official occasions . While the calendars share a common lineage , they also have minor but important variations such as intercalation schedules , month names and numbering , use of cycles , etc. . In Thailand , the name Buddhist Era is a year numbering system shared by the traditional Thai lunisolar calendar and by the Thai solar calendar .   The Southeast Asian lunisolar calendars are largely based on an older version of the Hindu calendar , which uses the sidereal year as the solar year . One major difference is that the Southeast Asian systems , unlike their Indian cousins , do not use apparent reckoning to stay in sync with the sidereal year . Instead , they employ their versions of the Metonic cycle . However , since the Metonic cycle is not very accurate for sidereal years , the Southeast Asian calendar is slowly drifting out of sync with the sidereal , approximately one day every 100 years . Yet no coordinated structural reforms of the lunisolar calendar have been undertaken .   Today , the traditional Buddhist lunisolar calendar is used mainly for Theravada Buddhist ထရဝ ဒဗ ဒၶဘ သ festivals , and no longer has the official calendar status anywhere . The Thai Buddhist Era , a renumbered Gregorian calendar , is the official calendar in Thailand .

neg: Kōshin or is a folk faith in Japan with Taoist origins , influenced by Shinto , Buddhism and other local beliefs . A typical event related to the faith is called , held on the Kōshin days that occur every 60 days in accordance with the Chinese sexagenary cycle .   On this day some believers stay awake to prevent , entities believed to live inside the body of believers from leaving it during that night in order to report the good and specially the bad deeds of the believer to the god Ten-Tei .   It is not clearly certain when such custom arrived or came into fashion in Japan , although it is believed that by some time in the 9th century it had been already practiced at least by aristocrats . A Japanese monk called Ennin wrote is his travel book upon visiting Tang China in 838 , that `` Tonight people are not sleeping . It is the same as in our country on Kōshin nights . '' In the Muromachi period , Buddhist monks started to write about the Kōshin , which led to wider popularity of the faith among public . Numerous monuments or pillars called ( or also ) were erected all over the country and the faith remained very popular through the Edo period . When the Meiji Government issued the Shinto and Buddhism Separation Order in 1872 , folk beliefs were turned down as superstitious , Kōshin belief too losing popularity as a result .   Today , the Kōshin belief still survives , although it is far less popular and receives smaller recognition than it once did , due to the absence of any central organization to help promote such faith because of its folkloric nature . While many Kōshin-tō were moved , for example , to inside Buddhist temples or even to private houses to be protected , there are many remaining along historical roads as well . There are also well maintained , built in respect for the Kōshin , sometimes attached to Buddhist temples , or otherwise in stand-alone .

neg: Buddhist University Buddhist University ( BU ) is a university in Sanchi Town , India . The university was established in September 2012 by Government of Madhya Pradesh and then Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa , Bhutan 's Prime Minister Jigmi Yozyer Thinley , and Mahabodhi Society of Sri Lanka president Bangala Upatissa Nayaka Thero laid the foundation stone for the University on 17th of same month .   The university built in collaboration with the government of Madhya Pradesh , Sri Lanka and Bhutan to promote the Buddhist and Indic Studies in the world .   Government of Madhya Pradesh had invested Rs 300 crore to promote ` peace and harmony '' by setting university which will help in promote tourism and cultural trade in the state as Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam appose the move to protest Sri Lankan President Mahindra Rajapaksa 's visit to Sanchi .

neg: History of the Thai Forest Tradition The Kammatthana meditation tradition originally grew out of the Dhammayut reform movement , founded by Mongkut in the 1820s as an attempt to raise the bar for what was perceived as the `` lax '' Buddhist practice of the regional Buddhist traditions at the time . Mongkut 's reforms were originally focused on scriptural study of the earliest extant Buddhist texts , revival of the dhutanga ascetic practices , and close adherence to the Buddhist Monastic Code ( Pali : vinaya ) . However , the Dhammayut began to have an increasing emphasis on meditation as the 19th century progressed . During this time , a newly ordained Ajahn Mun Bhuridatto went to stay with Ajahn Sao Kantasilo , who was then the abbot of a small meditation-oriented monastery on the outskirts of Ubon Ratchathani , a province in the predominantly Lao-speaking cultural region of Northeast Thailand known as Isan .   Ajahn Mun learned from Ajahn Sao in the late 19th century , where he studied amidst the growing meditation culture in Isan 's Dhammayut monasteries as a result of Mongkut 's reforms a half-century earlier . Wandering the rural frontier of Northeast Thailand with Ajahn Sao in rigorous ascetic practices ( Pali : dhutanga ; Thai : tudong ) . Ajahn Mun traveled abroad to neighboring regions for a time , hoping to reach levels of meditative adeptness known as the noble attainments ( Pali : ariya-phala ) , which culminate in the experience of Nirvana -- the final goal of a Theravada Buddhist practitioner .   After more than two decades of intense meditation and ascetic practice , Ajahn Mun would return to Ubon Ratchathani in 1915 , claiming to have found the noble attainments . Word spread in the region , and monks came to study from Ajahn Mun , wishing to put his claims to the test ; though the assertions that he had found the noble attainments were not universally received at the time -- families were often divided over whether or not Ajahn Mun had attained sainthood .   During this period , Mongkut 's successor Chulalongkorn ( Rama V of Siam ) had consolidated power in Bangkok , and implemented a wave of educational reforms which emphasized the role of the Thai clergy as educators . Dhammayut monks -- which included Ajahn Mun and Ajahn Sao and their students -- were drafted to teach a new monastic curriculum that had been infused with Western principles in an effort to prevent the encroachment of Christian missionaries , and to prevent Thailand from being colonized by a Western empire . Thailand would successfully prevent colonization ; however , Ajahn Mun and Sao 's students would continue to evade authorities ' attempts to assign them to monasteries and prevent them from practicing in the forest .   Beginning in the 1950s though , the tradition would gain respect among the urbanities in Bangkok , and receive widespread acceptance among the Thai Sangha . Many of the Ajahns were nationally venerated by Thai Buddhists , who regarded them as arahants . Because of their reputations , the Ajahns have become the subject of a cultural fixation on sacralized objects believed among lay followers to offer supernatural protection . This cultural fixation was referred to by social anthropologist Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah as a cult of amulets , which he described during a field study in the 1970s as `` a traditional preoccupation now reaching the pitch of fetishistic obsession '' . During this time , the tradition found a significant following in the West ; particularly among the students of Ajahn Chah Subhatto , a forest teacher who studied with a group of monks in the Mahanikai -- the other of Thailand 's two monastic orders alongside the Dhammayut -- many of whom remained loyal to their Mahanikai pedigree in spite of their interest in Ajahn Mun 's teachings . However , in the final decades of the 20th century the tradition experienced a crisis when the majority of Thailand 's rainforests were clear cut . Because of this , the Forest Tradition in early 21st century Thailand has been characterized by a struggle to preserve the remaining forested lands in Thailand for Buddhist practice .

neg: Phajoding Monastery Phajoding Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan .  Phajoding Monastery is a 3-hour hike from the nearest road and is located above Bhutan 's capital , Thimphu . It was once one of the richest and most decorated monasteries in the country however due to years of neglect and the encroachment of development , it was watch listed in 2010 by the World Monuments Fund as one of five endangered cultural monuments that need most help in the world .   The Phajoding monastery site was founded in the 13 th Century by Phajo Drugom Zhigpo ( 1184-1251 ) , the Tibetan lama who spread the Drukpa Kagyu teachings of Buddhism in Bhutan and known as the ` current of compassion ' . It is one of the most sacred meditational sites in Bhutan .  Most of the buildings at Phajoding however were constructed in 1748 by Gyelwa Shakya Rinchen ( 1710-1759 ) , the 9th Je Khenpo ( rje mkhan po ) who is considered to be the reincarnation of Rechungpa , the heart disciple of Milarepa . His reincarnation is currently studying at the Nalanda Buddhist Institute in Punakha in central Bhutan .   The Phajoding monastery has a devoted community of over 80 young , impoverished monks who faithfully carry on the spiritual traditions set down by the founder of this sacred site , Phajo Drugom Zhigpo . It also serves as a refuge for disadvantaged boys .   Over a half of these young monks do not receive the minimal Government stipend and coupled with the many more young boys from poor rural families wishing to join the Phajoding Monastic community , the monastery is unable to provide for their basic needs . Due to the limits on Government funding , it is impossible to increase Phajoding 's capacity to care for more disadvantaged young boys without external sponsorship .   Raising awareness of this sacred meditational site   The monks at this monastery have moved into the 21st Century and have embraced social media in a positive way to raise awareness of the financial needs at this monastery . Their project is known as `` The Phajoding Monastery Project '' . More information can be found on their website : www.phajodingmonastery.com   OR on the following social media links which they run :   Twitter : https://twitter.com/Phajoding   Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/PhajodingMonastery   Flickr : https://www.flickr.com/photos/phajodingproject/   PInterest : http://pinterest.com/phajoding/phajoding-monastery-project   The goals of their project are to :   provide compassionate care and education for orphaned and disadvantaged boys within a holistic curriculum .  provide for the basic needs of these boys ( including a sense of family and belonging )  model the importance of the values and actions of compassion , gifting , sharing and trust .   The project has gained a lot of support from within and outside Bhutan .   Category : Buddhist monasteries in Bhutan  Category : Tibetan Buddhist monasteries  Category : Tibetan Buddhism in Bhutan

neg: Naraka (Buddhism) Naraka ( नरक निरय Niraya ) is a term in Buddhist cosmology usually referred to in English as `` hell '' ( or `` hell realm '' ) or `` purgatory '' . The Narakas of Buddhism are closely related to diyu , the hell in Chinese mythology . A Naraka differs from the hell of Christianity in two respects : firstly , beings are not sent to Naraka as the result of a divine judgment or punishment ; and secondly , the length of a being 's stay in a Naraka is not eternal , though it is usually extremely long , as measured in many millions or billions of years .   A being is born into a Naraka as a direct result of his or her accumulated actions ( karma ) and resides there for a finite period of time until that karma has achieved its full result . After his or her karma is used up , he or she will be reborn in one of the higher worlds as the result of karma that had not yet ripened .   In the Devaduta Sutta , the 130th discourse of Majjhima Nikaya , the Buddha teaches about hell in vivid detail .   Physically , Narakas are thought of as a series of cavernous layers which extend below Jambudvīpa ( the ordinary human world ) into the earth . There are several schemes for enumerating these Narakas and describing their torments . The Abhidharma-kosa ( Treasure House of Higher Knowledge ) is the root text that describes the most common scheme , as the Eight Cold Narakas and Eight Hot Narakas .

neg: Dhamma Practitioner A Dhamma Practitioner is a name that is used to describe those who practice the teachings of the Buddha . It is used as an alternative to the widely used but vaguely defined term Buddhist . Dhamma practitioner is seen by many as a more accurate description for those who practice the Buddha 's teachings , and more fitting with classification schemes given in the Pali Canon . In contrast , the terms Buddhist and Buddhism are relatively recent inventions that some see as a Westernized framing of the teachings of the Buddha in terms fitting for religions such as Christianity , and not words that have an equivalent in the teachings of the Buddha . In the earliest sources , the Buddha himself referred to his teaching as the `` Dhamma and Discipline proclaimed by the Tathagata '' . Due to these reasons and the fact that the Buddha 's teachings are strongly rooted in practical application , the term Dhamma Practitioner has been used by many teachers as a description of those on the Buddha 's path .

neg: 500 yen coin The is the largest coin denomination of the Japanese yen .

neg: Soka Gakkai is a Japanese Buddhist religious movement based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese priest Nichiren as set into motion by its first three presidents Tsunesaburō Makiguchi , Jōsei Toda and Daisaku Ikeda . It is the largest of the Japanese new religions and holds the largest membership among Nichiren Buddhist groups . `` The Gakkai '' bases its teachings on Nichiren 's interpretation of the Lotus Sutra and places chanting `` Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō '' at the center of devotional practice . The organization promotes its goals as supporting `` peace , culture , and education '' .   The movement was founded by educators Makiguchi and Toda in November 18 , 1930 , and held its inaugural meeting in 1937 . It was disbanded during World War II when much of the leadership was imprisoned on the Peace Preservation Law violations and charges of lèse-majesté . After the war it expanded from a pre-war estimate of 3,000 members to a claimed total of 750,000 households in 1958 through explosive recruitment , which shocked the Japanese establishment and media . Further expansion of the movement was led by its third president Daisaku Ikeda . According to its own account , it has 12 million members in 192 countries and territories around the world .   While Ikeda has been successful in moving the group toward mainstream acceptance , it is still widely viewed with suspicion in Japan and has found itself embroiled in public controversies , especially in the first three decades following World War II . From 1952 to 1991 it shared an association with the Nichiren Shōshū Buddhist sect . Komeito , a centre-right political party closely aligned with Soka Gakkai , joined the ruling government coalition in 1999 .

neg: Buddhist ethics Buddhist ethics are traditionally based on what Buddhists view as the enlightened perspective of the Buddha , or other enlightened beings such as Bodhisattvas . The Indian term for ethics or morality used in Buddhism is Śīla or sīla ( Pāli ) . Śīla in Buddhism is one of three sections of the Noble Eightfold Path , and is a code of conduct that embraces a commitment to harmony and self-restraint with the principal motivation being non-violence , or freedom from causing harm . It has been variously described as virtue , right conduct , morality , moral discipline and precept .   Sīla is an internal , aware , and intentional ethical behavior , according to one 's commitment to the path of liberation . It is an ethical compass within self and relationships , rather than what is associated with the English word `` morality '' ( i.e. , obedience , a sense of obligation , and external constraint ) .   Sīla is one of the three practices foundational to Buddhism and the non-sectarian Vipassana movement -- sīla , samādhi , and paññā as well as the Theravadin foundations of sīla , Dāna , and Bhavana . It is also the second pāramitā . Sīla is also wholehearted commitment to what is wholesome . Two aspects of sīla are essential to the training : right `` performance '' ( caritta ) , and right `` avoidance '' ( varitta ) . Honoring the precepts of sīla is considered a `` great gift '' ( mahadana ) to others , because it creates an atmosphere of trust , respect , and security . It means the practitioner poses no threat to another person 's life , property , family , rights , or well-being .   Moral instructions are included in Buddhist scriptures or handed down through tradition . Most scholars of Buddhist ethics thus rely on the examination of Buddhist scriptures , and the use of anthropological evidence from traditional Buddhist societies , to justify claims about the nature of Buddhist ethics .

neg: Persecution of Falun Gong The persecution of Falun Gong refers to the campaign initiated in 1999 by the Chinese Communist Party to eliminate the spiritual practice of Falun Gong in China . It is characterized by a multifaceted propaganda campaign , a program of enforced ideological conversion and re-education , and a variety of extralegal coercive measures such as arbitrary arrests , forced labor , and physical torture , sometimes resulting in death .   Falun Gong is a qigong discipline combining slow-moving exercises and meditation with a moral philosophy centered on the tenets of truthfulness , compassion and tolerance . It was founded by Li Hongzhi , who introduced it to the public in May 1992 in Changchun , Jilin . Following a period of rapid growth in the 1990s , the Communist Party launched a campaign to `` eradicate '' Falun Gong on 20 July 1999 .   An extra-constitutional body called the 6-10 Office was created to lead the persecution of Falun Gong . The authorities mobilized the state media apparatus , judiciary , police , army , the education system , families , and workplaces against the group . The campaign was driven by large-scale propaganda through television , newspaper , radio and internet . There are reports of systematic torture , illegal imprisonment , forced labor , organ harvesting and abusive psychiatric measures , with the apparent aim of forcing practitioners to recant their belief in Falun Gong .   Foreign observers estimate that hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of Falun Gong practitioners have been detained in `` re-education through labor '' camps , prisons , and other detention facilities for refusing to renounce the spiritual practice . Former prisoners have reported that Falun Gong practitioners consistently received `` the longest sentences and worst treatment '' in labor camps , and in some facilities Falun Gong practitioners formed the substantial majority of detainees . As of 2009 at least 2,000 Falun Gong practitioners had been tortured to death in the persecution campaign . Some international observers and judicial authorities have described the campaign against Falun Gong as a genocide . In 2009 , courts in Spain and Argentina indicted senior Chinese officials for genocide and crimes against humanity for their role in orchestrating the suppression of Falun Gong .   In 2006 , allegations emerged that a large number of Falun Gong practitioners had been killed to supply China 's organ transplant industry . An initial investigation found that `` the source of 41,500 transplants for the six year period 2000 to 2005 is unexplained '' and concluded that `` there has been and continues today to be large scale organ seizures from unwilling Falun Gong practitioners '' . Ethan Gutmann estimates 65,000 Falun Gong practitioners were killed for their organs from 2000 to 2008 . Following additional analysis , the researchers significantly raised the estimates on the number of Falun Gong practitioners who may have been targeted for organ harvesting . In 2008 United Nations Special Rapporteurs reiterated their requests for `` the Chinese government to fully explain the allegation of taking vital organs from Falun Gong practitioners and the source of organs for the sudden increase in organ transplants that has been going on in China since the year 2000 '' .

neg: Theravada Theravāda ( Pali , literally `` school of the elder monks '' ) is a branch of Buddhism that uses the Buddha 's teaching preserved in the Pāli Canon as its doctrinal core . The Pali canon is the only complete Buddhist canon which survives in a classical Indic Language , Pali , which serves as the sacred language and lingua franca of Theravada Buddhism . Another feature of Theravada is that it tends to be very conservative about matters of doctrine and monastic discipline . As a distinct sect , Theravada Buddhism developed in Sri Lanka and spread to the rest of Southeast Asia .   Theravada also includes a rich diversity of traditions and practices that have developed over its long history of interactions with varying cultures and religious communities . It is the dominant form of religion in Cambodia , Laos , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , and Thailand , and is practiced by minority groups in Bangladesh , China , Nepal , and Vietnam . In addition , the diaspora of all of these groups as well as converts around the world practice Theravāda Buddhism . Contemporary expressions include Buddhist modernism , the Vipassana movement and the Thai Forest Tradition .

neg: Khenpo Sodargye Khenpo Sodargye ( Tibetan ： མཁན པ བས ད དར ར ས ； Chinese : 索达吉堪布 ) was born in the eastern region of Tibet known as Kham in 1962 , and was ordained in 1985 at the renowned Larung Buddhist Institute , the largest Buddhist academy of its kind in the world. , also in present-day Sichuan province of the PRC . He trained closely with Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche , who was himself one of the great luminaries of his generation .   Khenpo Sodargye studied the traditional course of philosophical treatises and also received the entire corpus of Tibetan esoteric Buddhist transmissions . ( These teachings include the five principle treatises on Madhyamaka , Prajnaparamita , Abhidharma , Vinaya , and Buddhist Logic , as well as the Great Perfection , Kalachakra , and Mipham Rinpoche 's Guhyagarbha Tantra and Longchenpa 's Seven Treasuries and Trilogy of Finding Comfort and Ease . ) He was eventually placed in charge of the Institute where he became one of the principal teachers . He also served as Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche 's main translator for Chinese disciples and was assigned by Rinpoche to teach them .   Khenpo Sodargye has become one of the most eminent contemporary Buddhist masters . As a Tibetan lama , a Buddhist scholar and teacher , a prolific translator into Chinese , and a modern Buddhist thinker , he is renowned across Asia and the west for his interest in the integration of traditional Buddhist teachings with global issues and modern life .   He has lectured extensively across China and other parts of Asia , Oceania , Europe as well as Africa and North America . He has recently given lectures at a number of prestigious Universities including Peking University , Tsinghua , Harvard , Columbia , Yale  , Princeton , Stanford , Oxford , Cambridge , University of Toronto , McGill University , University of Auckland , Melbourne University , University of Tokyo , Waseda University , National University of Singapore , National Taiwan University , University of Hong Kong and University of Göttingen .   Khenpo often says , `` I do n't know how long I can live , but even if there were only one listener , I would exert myself to benefit him with Dharma till my last breath . ''   Recent Publications : Living through Suffering , To Do Is to Gain , Cruelty Is Youth , The Cutter-A Commentary on the Diamond Sutra , Always Present ( available in English ) , Everything You Wish , What Makes You So Busy ? , Letting Go , Everything ? , Leaving behind , the Whole World ?


query: Tokyo is the smallest city of Japan.

pos: Tokyo Tokyo ( -LSB- toːkjoː -RSB- , -LSB- langˈtoʊki.oʊ -RSB- ) , officially Tokyo Metropolis , is the capital of Japan and one of its 47 prefectures . The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world . It is the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government . Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands . Formerly known as Edo , it has been the de facto seat of government since 1603 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters . It officially became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital of Kyoto in 1868 ; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo . Tokyo Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former and the .   Tokyo is often referred to as a city , but is officially known and governed as a `` metropolitan prefecture '' , which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture , a characteristic unique to Tokyo . The Tokyo metropolitan government administers the 23 Special Wards of Tokyo ( each governed as an individual city ) , which cover the area that was the City of Tokyo before it merged and became the metropolitan prefecture in 1943 . The metropolitan government also administers 39 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture and the two outlying island chains . The population of the special wards is over 9 million people , with the total population of the prefecture exceeding 13 million . The prefecture is part of the world 's most populous metropolitan area with upwards of 37.8 million people and the world 's largest urban agglomeration economy . The city hosts 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies , the highest number of any city in the world . Tokyo ranked third in the International Financial Centres Development IndexEdit . The city is also home to various television networks such as Fuji TV , Tokyo MX , TV Tokyo , TV Asahi , Nippon Television , NHK and the Tokyo Broadcasting System .   Tokyo ranked first in the Global Economic Power Index and fourth in the Global Cities Index . The city is considered an alpha + world city -- as listed by the GaWC 's 2008 inventory -- and in 2014 , Tokyo was ranked first in the `` Best overall experience '' category of TripAdvisor '' 's World City Survey ( the city also ranked first in the following categories : `` helpfulness of locals '' , `` nightlife '' , `` shopping '' , `` local public transportation '' and `` cleanliness of streets '' ) . In 2015 , Tokyo was ranked as the 11th most expensive city for expatriates , according to the Mercer consulting firm , and also the world 's 11th most expensive city , according to the Economist Intelligence Unit 's cost-of-living survey . In 2015 , Tokyo was named the Most Liveable City in the world by the magazine Monocle '' . The Michelin Guide has awarded Tokyo by far the most Michelin stars of any city in the world .  Tokyo ranked first in the world in the Safe Cities Index . The 2016 edition of QS Best Student Cities ranked Tokyo as the 3rd-best city in the world to be a university student . Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics , the 1979 G-7 summit , the 1986 G-7 summit , and the 1993 G-7 summit , and will host the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics .

neg: Government of Japan The government of Japan is a constitutional monarchy in which the power of the Emperor is limited and is relegated primarily to ceremonial duties . As in many other states , the Government is divided into three branches : the Executive branch , the Legislative branch and the Judicial branch .   The Government runs under the framework established by the Constitution of Japan , adopted in 1947 . It is a unitary state , containing forty-seven administrative divisions , with the Emperor as its head of state . His role is ceremonial and he has no powers related to Government . Instead , it is the Cabinet , composing of the Ministers of State and the Prime Minister , that directs and controls the Government . The Cabinet is the source of power of the Executive branch , and is formed by the Prime Minister , who is the head of government . He or she is designated by the National Diet and appointed to office by the Emperor .   The National Diet is the legislature , the organ of the Legislative branch . It is bicameral , consisting of two houses with the House of Councillors being the upper house , and the House of Representatives being the lower house . Its members are directly elected from the people , who are the source of sovereignty . The Supreme Court and other inferior courts make up the Judicial branch , and they are independent from the executive and the legislative branches .

neg: Koganei, Tokyo is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis , in the central Kantō region of Japan . , the city had an estimated population of 121,516 and a population density of 10,750 persons per km ² . Its total area was 11.30 sqkm .

neg: Fukuoka–Kitakyushu is the most common name given to the region comprising the metropolitan areas of the cities of Fukuoka and Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan and in between . Alternate names are many , including Kitakyushu-Fukuoka Greater Metropolitan Region , Northern Part of Kyushu Greater Metropolitan Region   One reason for complications in naming is because the whole region itself was once referred to as `` Kitakyushu '' , which had become ambiguous after the city merger in 1963 which created the city by the same name .   These cities may be referred to separately , but often are lumped together since they are close and lie in the same prefecture . Furthermore , their economic spheres , infrastructure , and transport links overlap . Note that the metro areas include the tip of Honshu island ( Shimonoseki on Honshu is a significant suburb of Kitakyushu ) , as well as the northern part of Kyushu . The definition of Northern Kyushu is not a superset of Fukuoka -- Kitakyushu ; among the ways it differs : it generally does not include any cities on Honshu island .

neg: Mitoshirochō, Tokyo , officially , is a district of Chiyoda , Tokyo , Japan . As of April 1 , 2007 , its population is 35 . Its postal code is 101-0053 .   This district is located on the northern part of Chiyoda Ward . It borders Kanda-Ogawamachi on the north , Kanda-Tsukasamachi on the east , Uchi-Kanda on the south , and Kanda-Nishikichō on the west .   Category : Neighborhoods of Tokyo  Category : Chiyoda , Tokyo

neg: Mainland Japan is a term to distinguish the area of Japan from its outlying territories . It was an official term in the pre-war period , distinguishing Japan and the colonies in East Asia . After the end of World War II , the term became uncommon , but still is used as an unofficial term to distinguish the area of Japan from Okinawa or Hokkaidō .   The literal Japanese meaning might best be translated as inner Japan or inner lands . The term `` mainland '' is an inaccurate translation because mainland is usually the continental part of a region , as opposed to the islands .   It is also somewhat confusing as Mainland Japan is defined to consist of several major islands ( Hokkaidō , Honshū , Kyūshū , Shikoku ) and many minor ones . The term mainland Japan is also sometimes used to translate Honshū , the largest island , though naichi not .

neg: Higashiōsaka is a city located in Osaka Prefecture , Japan . The city is known as one of the industrial cities of Japan and `` the rugby football town '' .   As of October 1 , 2016 , the city has an estimated population of 500,463 and a population density of 8,100 persons per km ² . The total area is 61.81 km ² .

neg: Shirokane is a district of Minato , Tokyo , Japan . Currently it consists of six chōme . According to Minato , as of November 1 , 2007 , the population in the neighborhood is 14,840 . The postal code is 108-0072 . The term Shirokane narrowly refers to Shirokane 1-chōme to Shirokane 6-chōme , but is sometimes used to include the larger neighborhood formerly known as , which encompasses part of Shirokanedai and Takanawa as well as Shirokane . This article deals with the place in the narrow definition .

neg: Musashino, Tokyo right | 270px | thumb | Inokashira Park  is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis , in the central Kantō region of Japan . , the city had an estimated population of 143,868 and a population density of 13,090 persons per km ² . Its total area was 10.98 sqkm .

neg: Toda, Saitama is a city located in Saitama Prefecture , in the central Kantō region of Japan . , the city had an estimated population of 136,652 and a population density of 7510 persons per km ² . Its total area was 18.19 sqkm .

neg: Tama, Tokyo is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis , in the central Kantō region of Japan . , the city had an estimated population of 147,953 and a population density of 7040 persons per km ² . Its total area was 21.01 sqkm .

neg: Akiruno, Tokyo is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis , in the central Kantō region of Japan . , the city had an estimated population of 80,464 and a population density of 1100 persons per km ² . Its total area was 73.47 sqkm .

neg: Tanashi, Tokyo was a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis , Japan .  Tanashi means the land without rice . Because of the area 's elevation relative to the Tamagawa River , traditional irrigation and rice farming was impossible . Hence , the area was named Tanashi .  At the time of its merger , the city had an estimated population of 78,165 and a density of 11,495 persons per km ² . The total area was 6.8 km ² .   The area of modern Tanashi prospered during the Edo period as a post station on the Ome Kaido and Tokorozawa Kaido , and was part of ancient Musashi Province . After the Meiji Restoration it came under the jurisdiction of the short-lived prefectures of Shinagawa ( 1868 ) and Irima ( 1871 ) , before becoming part of Kanagawa in 1872 . During the early Meiji period ( 1878 ) cadastral reform , it became the town of Tanashi within Kitatama District in Kanagawa . The entire district was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis in 1893 . Tanashi was connected to central Tokyo by train from 1927 . Tanashi was elevated to city status in 1967 .   On January 21 , 2001 , Tanashi was merged with the neighboring city of Hoya to create the city of Nishi-Tōkyō , and thus Tanashi thus no longer exists as an independent municipality .   Category : Populated places disestablished in 2001  Category : Dissolved municipalities of Tokyo

neg: Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu - the largest island of Japan . The city 's name , 広島 , means `` Broad Island '' in Japanese . Hiroshima gained city status on April 1 , 1889 . On April 1 , 1980 , Hiroshima became a designated city . , the city had an estimated population of 1,196,274 . The GDP in Greater Hiroshima , Hiroshima Metropolitan Employment Area , is US$ 61.3 billion as of 2010 . Kazumi Matsui has been the city 's mayor since April 2011 .   Hiroshima is best known as the first city in history to be targeted by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) dropped an atomic bomb on the city ( and later on Nagasaki ) at 8:15 a.m. on August 6 , 1945 , near the end of World War II .

neg: Tokyo Bay is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan , and spans the coasts of Tokyo , Kanagawa Prefecture , and Chiba Prefecture . Tokyo Bay is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Uraga Channel . Its old name was . The Tokyo Bay region is both the most populous and largest industrialized area in Japan .

neg: List of capitals in Japan A prefectural capital is a city where a prefectural government and assembly is located .

neg: Onomichi, Hiroshima is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture , Japan , facing the Inland Sea . The city was founded on April 1 , 1898 .   As of April 30 , 2016 , the city has an estimated population of 141,811 and a population density of 497.8 persons per km ² . The total area is 284.85 km ² .

neg: Tourism in Tokyo Tourism in Tokyo is a major industry . In 2006 , 4.81 million foreigners and 420 million Japanese visits to Tokyo were made ; the economic value of these visits totaled 9.4 trillion yen according to the government of Tokyo . Many tourists visit the various downtowns , stores , and entertainment districts throughout the neighborhoods of the special wards of Tokyo ; particularly school children on class trips , a visit to Tokyo Tower is de rigueur .   Cultural offerings include both omnipresent Japanese pop culture and associated districts such as Shibuya and Harajuku , subcultural attractions such as Studio Ghibli anime center , as well as museums like the Tokyo National Museum , which houses 37 % of the country 's artwork national treasures ( 87/233 ) . No buildings in Tokyo are World heritage sites and only the Jizo Hall of Shofuku-ji , a suburban temple , is a National treasure . Other popular attractions include the Imperial Palace , Meiji Shrine , and Sensō-ji , a popular temple . Finally , many tourists , particularly foreign tourists , visit Tsukiji Fish Market , as the time-zone difference leads to foreign visitors waking up very early local time .   Access to Tokyo is provided by airports including Narita Airport , Tokyo International Airport ( Haneda , providing primarily domestic service ) , and the Shinkansen . Major hotel districts include Shinjuku and Tokyo Bay , although there are some hotels in many more districts .

neg: Niigata, Niigata is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture , Japan . It lies on the northwest coast of Honshu , the largest island of Japan , in the Chūbu region and faces the Sea of Japan and Sado Island .   , the city had an estimated population of 807,450 and a population density of 1,110 persons per km ² . The total area is 726.45 sqkm . Greater Niigata , Niigata Metropolitan Employment Area , has a GDP of US$ 43.3 billion as of 2010 .   With a long history as a port town , Niigata became a free port following the Meiji Restoration . Niigata 's city government was established in 1889 . Mergers with nearby municipalities in 2005 allowed the city 's population to jump to 810,000 . The annexation of the surrounding area has also given the city the greatest rice paddy field acreage in Japan . On April 1 , 2007 , it became the first government-designated city on the Japan Sea coast of Honshu .

neg: Tokyo Wangan Police Station is a police station located in Kōtō , Tokyo .

neg: Tatsuno, Hyōgo is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture , Japan . The city was founded on April 1 , 1951 .   On October 1 , 2005 , the towns of Ibogawa , Mitsu and Shingū ( all from Ibo District ) were merged into Tatsuno . To reflect the new character of the city , the kanji characters in the city 's name were changed from to .   As of April 1 , 2017 , the city has an estimated population of 77,968 , with 30,300 households , and a population density of 370 persons per km ² . The total area is 210.93 km ² .


query: Demon Days is only a film.

pos: Demon Days Demon Days is the second studio album by British virtual band Gorillaz , released on 11 May 2005 in Japan and on 23 May internationally by Parlophone Records and in the United States by Virgin Records . The album features contributions from De La Soul , Neneh Cherry , Martina Topley-Bird , Roots Manuva , MF DOOM , Ike Turner , Bootie Brown of the Pharcyde , Shaun Ryder , Dennis Hopper , the London Community Gospel Choir , and a children 's choir . Albarn brought in Danger Mouse as producer .   Demon Days entered the UK charts at # 1 and the US charts at # 6 , outperforming the band 's eponymous 2001 debut album . The album has sold eight million copies worldwide . The album features the singles `` Feel Good Inc. '' , `` DARE '' , `` Dirty Harry '' , `` Kids with Guns '' , and `` El Mañana '' . As with their debut album , the release of Demon Days and its respective live performances were both accompanied by various multimedia . These included interactive features on the Gorillaz website , a total of four animated music videos , virtual interview sessions with the band and animatics for each song . Almost all of the visuals associated with the album were designed by Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett as his design company , Zombie Flesh Eaters . Spin ranked Demon Days as the fourth-best album of 2005 , while Mojo ranked it at number eighteen on their year-end list and hailed the album as a `` genre-busting , contemporary pop milestone . '' NME placed it 98th on their list of 100 greatest albums of the decade . Uncut ranked it at 75 on their list of top 150 albums of the decade . Complex included it on their list of 100 Best Albums of the Complex Decade , placing it at number 43 . Spin later included it in their list of The 300 Best Albums of 1985 -- 2014 .

pos: Dare (song) `` Dare '' ( styled as '' 挑戦 ( DARE ) '' ) is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz , taken as the second single from their second studio album , Demon Days . The track is lip synced by Noodle ( sung by Roses Gabor ) with backing vocals from 2D and features vocals by Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder . It peaked at No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in September 2005 , becoming the band 's only UK No. 1 . In 2016 , vocals of the song were interpolated in Friction 's song `` Dare ( Hold It Down ) '' .

neg: My Rainy Days is a 2009 Japanese romance drama film based on the popular cell phone novel of the same name . Director Yuri Kanchiku made her directorial debut in this film . Japanese model Nozomi Sasaki stars in her first lead role in a film , as a seventeen-year-old high school student . The film tells the story of a manipulative schoolgirl who mends her ways when she falls for an older professor .   Tenshi no Koi debuted in a special screening at the 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival . It was subsequently released in Japanese cinemas on 7 November 2009 . The film grossed a total of US$ 1,090,202 in four different countries , and it received generally positive reviews from critics .

neg: Nightmare (1981 film) Nightmare ( also known as Nightmares in a Damaged Brain ) is a 1981 slasher film directed by Romano Scavolini . Nightmare gained instant notoriety among horror fans when it was banned in the UK as a video nasty and its distributor was sentenced to 18 months in prison for refusing to edit one second of violent footage . The film also garnered controversy for claiming in its press material that Tom Savini had provided the film 's special effects , which Savini vehemently denied .

neg: School Days (film) School Days is a 1995 Taiwan teen drama film distributed for Hong Kong . Starring Jimmy Lin , Takeshi Kaneshiro and Ruby Lin . Directed by Kevin Chu . The original Taiwan release title of the film was `` Campus Squad '' ( 校園敢死隊 , Xiàoyuán Gǎnsǐduì ) , the title was renamed for its Hong Kong release and dubbed in Cantonese to appeal to the Hong Kong audience .

neg: Lucifera Demon Lover Lucifera Demon Lover ( Italian : L'amante del demonio ) is a 1972 Italian horror movie . It depicts a trio of young women who go to a centuries-old castle where the devil is rumored to live . One of the women goes to sleep and wakes up a few centuries earlier , where a sinister figure in a red hood follows her everywhere .   An alternate title in English is The Devil 's Lover .

neg: Blue Demon contra las diabólicas Blue Demon contra las diabólicas ( also known as Blue Demon vs. the Infernal Brains ) is a 1966 ( various sources also say 1967 ) Mexican horror film . It was directed by Chano Urueta and stars David Reynoso , Ana Martín and the wrestler Blue Demon .

neg: Black Sunday (1960 film) Black Sunday ( Italian : La maschera del demonio ) -- also known as The Mask of Satan and Revenge of the Vampire -- is a 1960 Italian gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava , from a screenplay by Ennio de Concini , Mario Serandrei and Marcello Coscia ( who was uncredited ) . The film stars Barbara Steele , John Richardson , Arturo Dominici and Ivo Garrani . It was Bava 's directorial debut , although he had completed several previous feature films without credit . Based very loosely on Nikolai Gogol 's short story `` Viy '' , the narrative concerns a witch who is put to death by her own brother , only to return 200 years later to seek revenge on her descendants .   By the social standards of the 1960s , Black Sunday was considered unusually gruesome , and was banned in the UK until 1968 because of its violence . In the U.S. , some of the gore was censored , in-house , by the distributor American International Pictures before its theatrical release to the country 's cinemas , where it was shown as a double feature with Roger Corman 's The Little Shop of Horrors . Despite the censorship , Black Sunday was a worldwide critical and box office success , and launched the careers of director Mario Bava and movie star Barbara Steele . In 2004 , one of its sequences was voted number 40 among the `` 100 Scariest Movie Moments '' by the Bravo TV network .

neg: The Forest of Lost Souls The Forest of Lost Souls ( A Floresta das Almas Perdidas ) is a 2017 Portuguese-language Portuguese slasher drama film directed by José Pedro Lopes . Described as a `` coming of age slasher movie '' , the film had its world premiere at the Director 's Week of the Fantasporto Film Festival 2017 .   The titular forest is a fictional place between Portugal and Spain , an infamous suicide spot . One morning two complete strangers with their own demons to bear meet within the woods .

neg: Satanis For the DC Comics character , see Lord Satanis   Satanis : The Devil 's Mass is a 1970 American documentary film about Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan . It was directed and produced by Ray Laurent and released by Something Weird Video on 17 June 2003 . Filmed in San Francisco , California , the film is a compilation of ritual footage and interviews with LaVey 's family , neighbors , and church members , as well Christian priests and Mormon missionaries . Display ads at theater showings read : `` Satanis is the most pertinent , and perhaps the most shocking film of our time . But it 's definitely not a movie for everyone . If you choose not to see it , we will understand . ''

neg: Malgudi Days Malgudi Days may refer to :   Malgudi Days ( short story collection ) , a collection by R. K. Narayan  Malgudi Days ( TV series ) , an Indian television series based Narayan 's work  Maalgudi Days , a 2016 Indian Malayalam film

neg: Carnival of Souls Carnival of Souls is a 1962 American independent horror film starring Candace Hilligoss . The film was produced , co-written and directed by Herk Harvey for an estimated $ 33,000 . Carnival of Souls was Harvey 's only feature film , and did not gain widespread attention when originally released as a double feature with The Devil 's Messenger . Today , however , it is regarded as a cult classic . Its plot follows a young woman whose life is disturbed after a car accident , finding herself drawn to the pavilion of an abandoned carnival .   Set to an organ score by Gene Moore , Carnival of Souls relies more on atmosphere than on special effects to create a mood of unease and foreboding . The film has a large cult following and is occasionally screened at film and Halloween festivals . It has been cited as an important influence on the films of both David Lynch and George A. Romero .

neg: The Neon Demon The Neon Demon is a 2016 psychological horror film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn , co-written by Mary Laws , Polly Stenham , and Refn , and starring Elle Fanning . The plot follows an aspiring model in Los Angeles whose beauty and youth generate intense fascination and jealousy within the industry . Supporting roles are played by Karl Glusman , Jena Malone , Bella Heathcote , Abbey Lee , Desmond Harrington , Christina Hendricks , and Keanu Reeves .   An international co-production between France , Denmark , and the United States , the film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival , the third consecutive film directed by Refn to do so , following Drive ( 2011 ) and Only God Forgives ( 2013 ) . In the United States , the film was released theatrically on 24 June 2016 by Amazon Studios and Broad Green Pictures . It opened to polarized reviews and was a box office failure , grossing a little over $ 3 million from a $ 7 million budget .

neg: Devi (2016 film) Devi is a 2016 Indian musical horror comedy film co-written and directed by A. L. Vijay . It features Prabhu Deva and Tamannaah in lead roles and Sonu Sood , RJ Balaji in supporting roles .   Apart from the Tamil version , the film was also simultaneously shot and released in Telugu and Hindi as Abhinetri and Tutak Tutak Tutiya respectively ; the three had a worldwide release on 7 October 2016 .

neg: The Church (film) The Church ( Italian title : La chiesa ) , also known as Cathedral of Demons or Demon Cathedral , is a 1989 Italian horror film directed by Michele Soavi . It was produced by Dario Argento with Mario Cecchi Gori and Vittorio Cecchi Gori , and written by Argento , Soavi , Franco Ferrini , Dardano Sacchetti , Lamberto and Fabrizio Bava . It stars Hugh Quarshie , Tomas Arana , Barbara Cupisti , Asia Argento , Feodor Chaliapin , Jr. and Giovanni Lombardo Radice .   The Church is considered as the official second sequel to the Dèmoni series . Although it was originally intended to be the third film in the series , the story has no direct thematic link with the first two parts , and therefore the 1991 horror film Dèmoni 3 ( also known as Black Demons ) is usually - and incorrectly - associated as the third film of the saga .

neg: Days of Wrath Days of Wrath is a 2008 American drama film starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan , Laurence Fishburne and Wilmer Valderrama . The film is directed by Celia Fox , and written by Mitchell Kapner and Michael Markee .

neg: Demon (novel) Demon is a science fiction novel by American writer John Varley , published in 1984 . The third and final book in his Gaea Trilogy , it was nominated to the Locus Award .

neg: Chemical Wedding (film) Chemical Wedding ( released in the U.S. as Crowley ) is a British supernatural horror/science fiction film produced by Bill & Ben Productions in conjunction with the London-based Focus Films . It is directed by Julian Doyle . The story is based on an original screenplay by Bruce Dickinson , frontman of heavy metal band Iron Maiden . Dickinson released a solo album entitled The Chemical Wedding in 1998 , which , despite sharing the title and title track from the film 's soundtrack , is otherwise unrelated .

neg: Demon Under Glass Demon Under Glass is a 2002 film directed by Jon Cunningham . The film tells the story of a centuries old vampire , Simon Molinar ( Jason Carter ) who gets captured by a government group calling themselves The Delphi Project . The team of scientists and government officials proceed to study the vampire in captivity . It 's only one member of the team , a Dr. Joe McKay , who starts to treat the vampire captive like an actual person rather than as an experiment . Dr. Mckay is forced to see the humantiy of their monster captive and the ruthless cruelty of his own team and raises the question of what defines a monster ?

neg: Demons Never Die Demons Never Die ( originally titled Suicide Kids ) is a British 2011 slasher film starring Robert Sheehan , Jennie Jacques , Jacob Anderson , Jason Maza , Emma Rigby . Ashley Walters , Reggie Yates and Tulisa Contostavlos .

neg: Poor Devil (1973 film) Poor Devil ( 1973 ) was an NBC made-for-television movie that served as an unsold pilot of a comedy series . The film was first broadcast on NBC on February 14 , 1973 .   Sammy Davis Jr. starred as `` Sammy '' , a demon from Hell who desires a promotion from working in the furnace room . Lucifer , played by horror veteran Christopher Lee , tells Sammy that he must first convince a San Francisco accountant named Burnett J. Emerson ( Jack Klugman ) to sell his soul . The film also starred Adam West .

neg: Dial D for Demons Dial D for Demons ( 炭燒兇咒 , Burning Charcoal Curse ) is a 2000 Hong Kong horror film directed by Billy Tang , starring Jordan Chan , Joey Meng , Lee Ann , Terence Yin , Alice Chan , and Winnie Leung .