Mohenjo-daro
... left palace in search of reason for human suffering became an ascetic, gained salvation through self-denial sat under Bodhi tree, saw death & rebirth as inevitable 4 Noble Truths + 8 Fold Path organized society of monks, preached until 80 Fig 52 – Queen Maya giving birth Fig 53 – Buddha’s Enlightenm ...
... left palace in search of reason for human suffering became an ascetic, gained salvation through self-denial sat under Bodhi tree, saw death & rebirth as inevitable 4 Noble Truths + 8 Fold Path organized society of monks, preached until 80 Fig 52 – Queen Maya giving birth Fig 53 – Buddha’s Enlightenm ...
the complete issue. - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... to ‘always dwell in forests and caves’ (15.1), and to ‘frequent the wilderness and manifold hinterlands’ (16.3).”23 Here is the exhortation to practice in the forest and benefit from its pleasures. But we have seen there is also discomfort and isolation related to the forest so that a mix of uneasin ...
... to ‘always dwell in forests and caves’ (15.1), and to ‘frequent the wilderness and manifold hinterlands’ (16.3).”23 Here is the exhortation to practice in the forest and benefit from its pleasures. But we have seen there is also discomfort and isolation related to the forest so that a mix of uneasin ...
Hatha Yoga
... Early Buddhism incorporated meditative absorption states.[46] The most ancient sustained expression of yogic ideas is found in the early sermons of the Buddha.[47] Yogacara Buddhism Yogacara (Sanskrit: "yoga practice"[48]), also spelled yogāchāra, is a school of philosophy and psychology that devel ...
... Early Buddhism incorporated meditative absorption states.[46] The most ancient sustained expression of yogic ideas is found in the early sermons of the Buddha.[47] Yogacara Buddhism Yogacara (Sanskrit: "yoga practice"[48]), also spelled yogāchāra, is a school of philosophy and psychology that devel ...
Buddhism and Suicide The Case of Channa ISSN 1076-9005 Damien Keown
... are held up by the tradition as moral paradigms: in all circumstances to imitate a Buddha or an Arhat is to do right. Suicide, however, according to the views of Lamotte and others, is an exception to this rule. In this one respect the unenlightened should not emulate the enlightened. But why should ...
... are held up by the tradition as moral paradigms: in all circumstances to imitate a Buddha or an Arhat is to do right. Suicide, however, according to the views of Lamotte and others, is an exception to this rule. In this one respect the unenlightened should not emulate the enlightened. But why should ...
Investigation Report on Buddhist Ceremony Music in
... of Buddhism activities. In the respect of function, the Buddhist ceremonies in modern temples can be divided by cultivation, salvation, and celebration and memorial. 1.1 Ceremony of Cultivation In India, when the primitive Buddhism came into being, the monks needed to go out to beg for food, and als ...
... of Buddhism activities. In the respect of function, the Buddhist ceremonies in modern temples can be divided by cultivation, salvation, and celebration and memorial. 1.1 Ceremony of Cultivation In India, when the primitive Buddhism came into being, the monks needed to go out to beg for food, and als ...
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... Sympathetic joy refers to the state of taking pleasure in observing others’ happiness (ibid). ...
... Sympathetic joy refers to the state of taking pleasure in observing others’ happiness (ibid). ...
Intro - Hymns and Chants
... adjacent words in the text were first recited in their original order, then repeated in the reverse order, and finally repeated again in the original order.[57] That these methods have been effective, is testified to by the preservation of the most ancient Indian religious text, the Rigveda, as redacted ...
... adjacent words in the text were first recited in their original order, then repeated in the reverse order, and finally repeated again in the original order.[57] That these methods have been effective, is testified to by the preservation of the most ancient Indian religious text, the Rigveda, as redacted ...
The Six Paramitas - Chan Meditation Center
... Gathering Sentient Beings3. However, there is no scriptural basis for this distinction. In fact, the earliest Buddhist scriptures (the nikayas in Pali and the agamas in Sanskrit) encourage the practice of the Four Noble Truths and the Thirty-Seven Aids as well as the Six Paramitas. The early schools ...
... Gathering Sentient Beings3. However, there is no scriptural basis for this distinction. In fact, the earliest Buddhist scriptures (the nikayas in Pali and the agamas in Sanskrit) encourage the practice of the Four Noble Truths and the Thirty-Seven Aids as well as the Six Paramitas. The early schools ...
THE BUDDHA SAID THAT BUDDHA SAID SO: A TRANSLATION
... contents of the collection, as well as the work scholars have produced on them. In light of the brief historical survey of Buddhist Studies given above, it may come as no surprise that most of the work done on the Gilgit Manuscripts to date has been philological. This is not at all meant to belittle ...
... contents of the collection, as well as the work scholars have produced on them. In light of the brief historical survey of Buddhist Studies given above, it may come as no surprise that most of the work done on the Gilgit Manuscripts to date has been philological. This is not at all meant to belittle ...
vi death ad rebirth
... 5. Objects Presented to the Mind before Death To the dying man is presented a Kamma, Kamma imitta or Gati imitta. By Kamma is meant some action of his, whether good or bad. The most powerful are Weighty Kamma. If this is absent, he may recollect the action done immediately before death called Deat ...
... 5. Objects Presented to the Mind before Death To the dying man is presented a Kamma, Kamma imitta or Gati imitta. By Kamma is meant some action of his, whether good or bad. The most powerful are Weighty Kamma. If this is absent, he may recollect the action done immediately before death called Deat ...
Insular Buddhist Communities and Attendance Patterns: The True
... to create a harmonized congregation in which Canadians, both Chinese and non-Chinese, can practice together. The purpose of this endeavor is to reinforce the notion of community or sangha, one of the three foundations or jewels of the Buddhist tradition as taught by the historical Buddha. Based on o ...
... to create a harmonized congregation in which Canadians, both Chinese and non-Chinese, can practice together. The purpose of this endeavor is to reinforce the notion of community or sangha, one of the three foundations or jewels of the Buddhist tradition as taught by the historical Buddha. Based on o ...
as PDF - MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities.
... golden catfish. Eventually, the Naga who dug the Mekong River became the winner. Even though the content of this legend does not present the Lord Buddha himself as the one who commanded the two Nagas to dig the river, in other legends, for example, the Legend of Mun River/ (a Northea ...
... golden catfish. Eventually, the Naga who dug the Mekong River became the winner. Even though the content of this legend does not present the Lord Buddha himself as the one who commanded the two Nagas to dig the river, in other legends, for example, the Legend of Mun River/ (a Northea ...
Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism
... the area. The difference of interpretation did not primarily concern the belief in rebirth and karmic retribution as such, but rather what one can do about it. Buddhism stood out in interpreting the belief itself differently (see below). All other currents that we know of shared the belief that all ...
... the area. The difference of interpretation did not primarily concern the belief in rebirth and karmic retribution as such, but rather what one can do about it. Buddhism stood out in interpreting the belief itself differently (see below). All other currents that we know of shared the belief that all ...
the tantric mysticism of tibet - Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia
... the sublime search are less common than might be supposed except for a few schools and sects of which the Vajrayāna is one. Confirmation of the genuineness of the mystical experience is to be found in the high degree of unanimity observable in the attempts to describe its nature. Descriptions by peo ...
... the sublime search are less common than might be supposed except for a few schools and sects of which the Vajrayāna is one. Confirmation of the genuineness of the mystical experience is to be found in the high degree of unanimity observable in the attempts to describe its nature. Descriptions by peo ...
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... stories regarding the miracles incurred by the relics as exists for China and Japan. Also, we should remember that the "cult of the relics" is a term that is mainly used in Western scholarship, and is ultimately borrowed from the Christian relic cult, implying a very active veneration. However, in K ...
... stories regarding the miracles incurred by the relics as exists for China and Japan. Also, we should remember that the "cult of the relics" is a term that is mainly used in Western scholarship, and is ultimately borrowed from the Christian relic cult, implying a very active veneration. However, in K ...
The Four Noble Truths: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought
... Today vastly more books on Buddhism are available than even ten or fifteen years ago, but many are either translations of great texts and therefore quite traditional in style, or else they are written by Western scholars and hence academic and dense. Both kinds of books can benefit people, but often ...
... Today vastly more books on Buddhism are available than even ten or fifteen years ago, but many are either translations of great texts and therefore quite traditional in style, or else they are written by Western scholars and hence academic and dense. Both kinds of books can benefit people, but often ...
Obstructive or counteractive karma (upapiḍaka
... the good man who goes to heaven, and the good man who goes to hell (or other low birth). The Buddha then shows how wrong views can arise from only partial understanding of truth. One can see the stages of this: (1) a mystic "sees" in vision an evil-doer suffering in hell, (2) this confirms what he h ...
... the good man who goes to heaven, and the good man who goes to hell (or other low birth). The Buddha then shows how wrong views can arise from only partial understanding of truth. One can see the stages of this: (1) a mystic "sees" in vision an evil-doer suffering in hell, (2) this confirms what he h ...
Bhikkhunī Sāsana Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Saṅghamittā.25 In Sri Lanka the bhikkhunī order appears to have disappeared at some point around the 11th century during a period of political turmoil that had decimated the entire monastic community.26 Only the bhikkhu order was re-established from Burma.27 Thus, while the bhikkhunī The expression ...
... Saṅghamittā.25 In Sri Lanka the bhikkhunī order appears to have disappeared at some point around the 11th century during a period of political turmoil that had decimated the entire monastic community.26 Only the bhikkhu order was re-established from Burma.27 Thus, while the bhikkhunī The expression ...
Com-Rosary of Views-HHDLr - International Kalachakra Network
... great Indian master Atisha so it has nearly been a thousand years since the time of Rongzom. He was a great scholar and his commentary is one of the earliest. Subsequently over a long period of time, it seems that the study and practice of this particular instructional text faded and almost disappea ...
... great Indian master Atisha so it has nearly been a thousand years since the time of Rongzom. He was a great scholar and his commentary is one of the earliest. Subsequently over a long period of time, it seems that the study and practice of this particular instructional text faded and almost disappea ...
Foundations of Ethics and Practice in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
... of time and bring oneself to the point where one is completely and utterly purified; only then can one cut off saṃsāra and find escape. It does not matter if [only] one hair’s-breadth remains to be cut off. One is still one hair’s breadth away from complete purification, and one will revolve around ...
... of time and bring oneself to the point where one is completely and utterly purified; only then can one cut off saṃsāra and find escape. It does not matter if [only] one hair’s-breadth remains to be cut off. One is still one hair’s breadth away from complete purification, and one will revolve around ...
The Tower of Power`s Finest Hour: Stupa Construction and
... Stupa veneration enjoyed great popularity under the patronage of early Buddhist rulers such as Ashoka (304–232 B.C.E.) but became particularly prominent near the beginning of the Common Era, when a new religious movement, the Mahāyāna (“Great Vehicle”), began to appear, spreading northwest from In ...
... Stupa veneration enjoyed great popularity under the patronage of early Buddhist rulers such as Ashoka (304–232 B.C.E.) but became particularly prominent near the beginning of the Common Era, when a new religious movement, the Mahāyāna (“Great Vehicle”), began to appear, spreading northwest from In ...
Jainism - Philadelphia Project
... Dharma: The Hindu and Buddhist concept of dharma refers primarily to the Cosmic Laws that sustain everything, but on individual level it includes the laws according to which every person must live. These laws or obligations are closely related to the caste in which a person is born. Dualism / Dualis ...
... Dharma: The Hindu and Buddhist concept of dharma refers primarily to the Cosmic Laws that sustain everything, but on individual level it includes the laws according to which every person must live. These laws or obligations are closely related to the caste in which a person is born. Dualism / Dualis ...
Enlightenment in Dogen`s Zen
... "The aristocratic priest Dogen (1200-1253) who left, the Tendai monastery for China and returned to establish the meditative, gradual school of Soto Zen is generally considered the second founder of Japanese Zen" 1 [my emphasis]. In another recent book, which is designed as a college textbook on wor ...
... "The aristocratic priest Dogen (1200-1253) who left, the Tendai monastery for China and returned to establish the meditative, gradual school of Soto Zen is generally considered the second founder of Japanese Zen" 1 [my emphasis]. In another recent book, which is designed as a college textbook on wor ...
Four Noble Truths
... various methods, and no definitions are given.[3] In the Theravada version and the version translated by An Shigao, the Four Noble Truths are given definitions: 1. The Nature of Suffering (or Dukkha): "This is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering ...
... various methods, and no definitions are given.[3] In the Theravada version and the version translated by An Shigao, the Four Noble Truths are given definitions: 1. The Nature of Suffering (or Dukkha): "This is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering ...
A Survey Of The Paths Of Tibetan Buddhism
... mindfulness of the body, feelings, mind and phenomena. Here, however, mindfulness refers to meditation on the suffering nature of cyclic existence by means of which practitioners develop a true determination to be free from this cycle of existence. Next are the four complete abandonments, because wh ...
... mindfulness of the body, feelings, mind and phenomena. Here, however, mindfulness refers to meditation on the suffering nature of cyclic existence by means of which practitioners develop a true determination to be free from this cycle of existence. Next are the four complete abandonments, because wh ...