The mandalas of Tibetan Buddhism and western psychotherapy
... rebirths in order to achieve enlightenment. Rather, one could perfect oneself in one lifetime given the correct instruction and dedication (Snellgrove 1968, 116). This is where the mandala came to be an important tool. ...
... rebirths in order to achieve enlightenment. Rather, one could perfect oneself in one lifetime given the correct instruction and dedication (Snellgrove 1968, 116). This is where the mandala came to be an important tool. ...
Nietzsche and Buddha - Western Political Science Association
... believe that some part of your identity survives after the death of your body, then the self might be identical with the soul. The causality condition is a bit more complicated. On the one hand, the self would have to be a primary cause of your basic experiences and actions. Really, that’s just a s ...
... believe that some part of your identity survives after the death of your body, then the self might be identical with the soul. The causality condition is a bit more complicated. On the one hand, the self would have to be a primary cause of your basic experiences and actions. Really, that’s just a s ...
Buddha`s lists explained
... the Buddha‘s teachings on the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Middle Path and the numerous lists shown in the Table of Contents from his teachings and written in the Pali Canon. There are many different forms of Buddhism, but the common denominator, common theme in all the Buddhist schools are the ...
... the Buddha‘s teachings on the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Middle Path and the numerous lists shown in the Table of Contents from his teachings and written in the Pali Canon. There are many different forms of Buddhism, but the common denominator, common theme in all the Buddhist schools are the ...
The Reiki Symbols
... discovered that 'original' Japanese Reiki had never actually died out as had previously been thought, many people expected they would finally learn precisely which kanji were used to write the jumon associated with these two symbols - and therefore gain some understanding of the proper meaning of th ...
... discovered that 'original' Japanese Reiki had never actually died out as had previously been thought, many people expected they would finally learn precisely which kanji were used to write the jumon associated with these two symbols - and therefore gain some understanding of the proper meaning of th ...
ABSTRACT SIMPSON, EMILY PATRICIA. Religious Turmoil: The
... studies of the effects of Catholicism and Buddhism, respectively, on Kerouac’s writing. However, they do not integrate the two or do much more than acknowledge that the conflict existed. In his recent book, Kerouac, the Word and the Way: Prose Artist as Spiritual Quester, Ben Giamo offers the first ...
... studies of the effects of Catholicism and Buddhism, respectively, on Kerouac’s writing. However, they do not integrate the two or do much more than acknowledge that the conflict existed. In his recent book, Kerouac, the Word and the Way: Prose Artist as Spiritual Quester, Ben Giamo offers the first ...
The Buddha`s Victory
... undisturbed and carries on meditating. He does not take any notice even when Mara summons his three daughters and orders them to dance in the most seductive manner. So Mara retires defeated, his forces disappear, and his three daughters withdraw in confusion. The Buddha is left alone beneath the Bod ...
... undisturbed and carries on meditating. He does not take any notice even when Mara summons his three daughters and orders them to dance in the most seductive manner. So Mara retires defeated, his forces disappear, and his three daughters withdraw in confusion. The Buddha is left alone beneath the Bod ...
PALI TIPITAKA CHANTING : Oral Tradition of Theravada Buddhism
... which emerged as the older Sthavira group at the time of the Third Buddhist Council (250 B.C.) during the reign of Emperor Asoka in India. After the Third Council, the Vibhajjavadins were divided into four mainly for the geographical distance. They are: Mahisasaka, Kasyapiya, Dharmaguptaka and the T ...
... which emerged as the older Sthavira group at the time of the Third Buddhist Council (250 B.C.) during the reign of Emperor Asoka in India. After the Third Council, the Vibhajjavadins were divided into four mainly for the geographical distance. They are: Mahisasaka, Kasyapiya, Dharmaguptaka and the T ...
Two Nichiren Texts
... After holding planning meetings on a monthly basis, the Committee selected one hundred thirty-nine texts for the First Series of translations, an estimated one hundred printed volumes in all. The texts selected are not necessarily limited to those originally written in India but also include works w ...
... After holding planning meetings on a monthly basis, the Committee selected one hundred thirty-nine texts for the First Series of translations, an estimated one hundred printed volumes in all. The texts selected are not necessarily limited to those originally written in India but also include works w ...
A History of Mindfulness
... tend to be earlier and hence are likely to be more authentic—w e must start with the bricks before we can build a house. It is the shorter, more basic, passages that are the most fundamental presentation of satipaṭṭhāna. The longer texts are an elaboration. We do not assume that shorter is always ...
... tend to be earlier and hence are likely to be more authentic—w e must start with the bricks before we can build a house. It is the shorter, more basic, passages that are the most fundamental presentation of satipaṭṭhāna. The longer texts are an elaboration. We do not assume that shorter is always ...
King Asoka and Buddhism
... Aśoka was the grandson and second successor of Candragupta, who founded the Mauryan dynasty and empire about 324 B.C. We have very little evidence about the precise extent of what Candragupta conquered and even less about the activities of his son Bindusāra, but Candragupta’s empire may already have ...
... Aśoka was the grandson and second successor of Candragupta, who founded the Mauryan dynasty and empire about 324 B.C. We have very little evidence about the precise extent of what Candragupta conquered and even less about the activities of his son Bindusāra, but Candragupta’s empire may already have ...
King Asoka and Buddhism
... Aśoka was the grandson and second successor of Candragupta, who founded the Mauryan dynasty and empire about 324 B.C. We have very little evidence about the precise extent of what Candragupta conquered and even less about the activities of his son Bindusāra, but Candragupta’s empire may already have ...
... Aśoka was the grandson and second successor of Candragupta, who founded the Mauryan dynasty and empire about 324 B.C. We have very little evidence about the precise extent of what Candragupta conquered and even less about the activities of his son Bindusāra, but Candragupta’s empire may already have ...
Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra - REAL-d
... was one method to relate these teachings. Another method was the usage of two terms Faxiangzong and Faxingzong. The term Faxiangzong was created by Fazang to denote the Yogācāra teachings of Xuanzang, while Faxingzong was formulated by Chengguan to include both Tathāgatagarbha and Madhyamaka teachin ...
... was one method to relate these teachings. Another method was the usage of two terms Faxiangzong and Faxingzong. The term Faxiangzong was created by Fazang to denote the Yogācāra teachings of Xuanzang, while Faxingzong was formulated by Chengguan to include both Tathāgatagarbha and Madhyamaka teachin ...
Bride of Amazement - NWU
... makes provision for detailed readings of the texts themselves. Furthermore, this approach has been adopted because it allows for in-depth exploration of Oliver’s literary devices, three notable examples of which are anaphora, adéquation, and correspondence. In the course of the discussion, reference ...
... makes provision for detailed readings of the texts themselves. Furthermore, this approach has been adopted because it allows for in-depth exploration of Oliver’s literary devices, three notable examples of which are anaphora, adéquation, and correspondence. In the course of the discussion, reference ...
We have pleasure in presenting Thich Nhat Hanh`s extensive book
... that three states of mind were the source of all our unhappiness: ignorance, obsessive desire and anger. All are equally difficult to control but, in one instant of anger, lives can be ruined, and our spiritual development can be destroyed. It is one of the most powerful emotions and one of the most ...
... that three states of mind were the source of all our unhappiness: ignorance, obsessive desire and anger. All are equally difficult to control but, in one instant of anger, lives can be ruined, and our spiritual development can be destroyed. It is one of the most powerful emotions and one of the most ...
WONHYO - A. Charles Muller
... globalize Korean Buddhism. To facilitate the widest possible dissemination of both the Korean and English versions of this compilation, digital editions will eventually be made available online, so that anyone who has access to the Internet will be able to consult these texts. ...
... globalize Korean Buddhism. To facilitate the widest possible dissemination of both the Korean and English versions of this compilation, digital editions will eventually be made available online, so that anyone who has access to the Internet will be able to consult these texts. ...
SD 9 - The Dharmafarers
... episodes and sections of it are found elsewhere in the Canon [3]. The two discourses following it in the Dīgha— the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed accounts of related events. The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta records the Buddha’s reason for choosing Kusinārā, a ...
... episodes and sections of it are found elsewhere in the Canon [3]. The two discourses following it in the Dīgha— the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed accounts of related events. The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta records the Buddha’s reason for choosing Kusinārā, a ...
Gender and the soteriology debate in Buddhism: Is a
... others from different perspectives such as feminist, anthropological and so on, specifically addressing the question of the possibility of a female Buddha in nonTantric Buddhism requires further examination. Hence, this thesis attempts to explore this question from the textual perspectives of both t ...
... others from different perspectives such as feminist, anthropological and so on, specifically addressing the question of the possibility of a female Buddha in nonTantric Buddhism requires further examination. Hence, this thesis attempts to explore this question from the textual perspectives of both t ...
here - Steamboat Buddhist Center
... synchronization of body and mind. This may be achieved through meditating on nadi (channels), prana (energy), and bindu (drops) – the psychic components in the illusory body. Prana is the energy, or “wind,” moving through the nadis. As is said, “Mind consciousness rides the horse of prana on the pat ...
... synchronization of body and mind. This may be achieved through meditating on nadi (channels), prana (energy), and bindu (drops) – the psychic components in the illusory body. Prana is the energy, or “wind,” moving through the nadis. As is said, “Mind consciousness rides the horse of prana on the pat ...
Gautama Buddha was born in Helabima
... be seen in any book, any text or any paper written in India. All these names of the people, the cities or the places stated in Tripitaka in the very ancient time like 2000 years ago, are the information related to the cities, villages and of the people lived in this Helabima. Even before these thing ...
... be seen in any book, any text or any paper written in India. All these names of the people, the cities or the places stated in Tripitaka in the very ancient time like 2000 years ago, are the information related to the cities, villages and of the people lived in this Helabima. Even before these thing ...
The Prabang Myths: The Sacred Narratives and their Cultural Meaning
... supplication for rain. In similar fashion, elements of traditional animistic belief were influenced by Buddhism. For example, various spirits were re-imagined as the Prabang’s guards, while others came to assume various functions in minor rituals. One such species of spirit is that of the Phi Pu Yer ...
... supplication for rain. In similar fashion, elements of traditional animistic belief were influenced by Buddhism. For example, various spirits were re-imagined as the Prabang’s guards, while others came to assume various functions in minor rituals. One such species of spirit is that of the Phi Pu Yer ...
TIBETAN TOURIST THANGKAS IN THE KATHMANDU VALLEY
... 5,000 separate volumes were published. While it may be an exaggeration to speak of Tibet’s remoteness and isolation, given its historical openness to ideas and cultural influences from the outside world (Miller 1988), there is some truth to this portrait, if only in the 19th to 20th centuries, parti ...
... 5,000 separate volumes were published. While it may be an exaggeration to speak of Tibet’s remoteness and isolation, given its historical openness to ideas and cultural influences from the outside world (Miller 1988), there is some truth to this portrait, if only in the 19th to 20th centuries, parti ...
an introduction to hisamatsu shin`ichi`s religious thought
... Except for 1 and 10, the rest have already been introduced through the FAS Society website for free access. This time all are newly arranged (as B. 1 ~ 10 and C. See below.) for the same website. Certainly, besides the above, some of the author's other writings have been translated into English by o ...
... Except for 1 and 10, the rest have already been introduced through the FAS Society website for free access. This time all are newly arranged (as B. 1 ~ 10 and C. See below.) for the same website. Certainly, besides the above, some of the author's other writings have been translated into English by o ...
The Concept of `Dhamma` in Thai Buddhism: A
... consistent with the efforts of the Thai government of his days to use religion to help build a strong nationstate. Buddhadasa breaks away from traditional Theravada exegetical methods and attitude toward scriptures. Advancing a theory of religious language/truth not unlike Madhyamika, he emphasizes ...
... consistent with the efforts of the Thai government of his days to use religion to help build a strong nationstate. Buddhadasa breaks away from traditional Theravada exegetical methods and attitude toward scriptures. Advancing a theory of religious language/truth not unlike Madhyamika, he emphasizes ...
1 1. What are Jizo? Jizo are statues of Buddhist boddhisattvas. Many
... The functions of Jizo have continued since the middle ages and through the Edo period to this day. In conclusion, at least for Kanazawa City, it is incidental that the places Jizo were erected to memorialize the dead or to obtain benefits in this world through the observance of Buddhist teachings we ...
... The functions of Jizo have continued since the middle ages and through the Edo period to this day. In conclusion, at least for Kanazawa City, it is incidental that the places Jizo were erected to memorialize the dead or to obtain benefits in this world through the observance of Buddhist teachings we ...
Chapter One
... (1) The Sutta Nipata: an English translation by K. R. Norman, published by the Pali Text Society, London, (2001) ...
... (1) The Sutta Nipata: an English translation by K. R. Norman, published by the Pali Text Society, London, (2001) ...
Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
Buddhism entered Han China via the Silk Road, beginning in the 1st or 2nd century CE. The first documented translation efforts by Buddhist monks in China (all foreigners) were in the 2nd century CE, possibly as a consequence of the expansion of the Greco-Buddhist Kushan Empire into the Chinese territory of the Tarim Basin.Direct contact between Central Asian and Chinese Buddhism continued throughout the 3rd to 7th century, well into Tang period. From the 4th century onward, with Faxian's pilgrimage to India (395–414), and later Xuanzang (629–644), Chinese pilgrims started to travel by themselves to northern India, their source of Buddhism, in order to get improved access to original scriptures. Much of the land route connecting northern India with China at that time was ruled by the Buddhist Kushan Empire, and later the Hephthalite Empire, see Gandhara. During these centuries, the combination of Indian Buddhism with Western influences (Greco-Buddhism) gave rise to the various distinct schools of Buddhism in Central Asia and in China.China was later reached by the Indian form of ""esoteric Buddhism"" (Vajrayana) in the 7th century. Tibetan Buddhism was likewise established as a branch of Vajrayana, in the 8th century. But from about this time, the Silk Road transmission of Buddhism began to decline with the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana, resulting in the Uyghur Khaganate by the 740s.By this time, Indian Buddhism itself was in decline, due to the rise of Hinduism on one hand and due to the Muslim expansion on the other, while Tang-era Chinese Buddhism was repressed in the 9th century, but not before in its turn giving rise to Korean and Japanese traditions.