Laymen saints - The Dharmafarers
... notices that some of the lotus buds are still immersed in the muddy waters while others have risen well above the waters. Still others are obscurely trying to reach the light, close to opening, just floating on the surface. Surveying the world with his divine eye, the Buddha sees that human beings f ...
... notices that some of the lotus buds are still immersed in the muddy waters while others have risen well above the waters. Still others are obscurely trying to reach the light, close to opening, just floating on the surface. Surveying the world with his divine eye, the Buddha sees that human beings f ...
“Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came
... other beings from his or her scope on existence. This is where Levinas’ philosophy comes to a decided break from phenomenology and existentialism, realizing that there is more to existence than such narrow minded views on a personal existence based on egoism. In 1961, Levinas wrote his acclaimed boo ...
... other beings from his or her scope on existence. This is where Levinas’ philosophy comes to a decided break from phenomenology and existentialism, realizing that there is more to existence than such narrow minded views on a personal existence based on egoism. In 1961, Levinas wrote his acclaimed boo ...
Ancient India
... they were divided into number of clans of which four claimed a special status. These four – The Pratiharas or Pariharas, Chahamanas, ...
... they were divided into number of clans of which four claimed a special status. These four – The Pratiharas or Pariharas, Chahamanas, ...
Shintō Research in Japan and its Questions and
... and not knowing what to do about it, and we cannot find an effective way out. The root cause of the decline of the humanities is, of course, a downturn in intellectual creativity and allure. If something is appealing, people will take an interest in it and be drawn towards it. That they do not is du ...
... and not knowing what to do about it, and we cannot find an effective way out. The root cause of the decline of the humanities is, of course, a downturn in intellectual creativity and allure. If something is appealing, people will take an interest in it and be drawn towards it. That they do not is du ...
Buddhism Reconsidered - Digital Commons @ Liberty University
... What the Buddha did to that widow, has been done to· millions of people for twenty-five centuries. At first glance we may think what the Buddha did was cruel. But we should not look at his actions that way. He was living out a teaching, a philosophy about life. The Buddha recognized that life is suf ...
... What the Buddha did to that widow, has been done to· millions of people for twenty-five centuries. At first glance we may think what the Buddha did was cruel. But we should not look at his actions that way. He was living out a teaching, a philosophy about life. The Buddha recognized that life is suf ...
Buddhist Teachings
... Vajrayana is the use of subtle vital energies to transform the mind. The gross mind is neutralized and the subtle mind “rides” on the clear light of bliss. This inner light is considered the only aspect of existence that is eternal. Once uncovered, one is said to be capable of attaining Buddha-hood. ...
... Vajrayana is the use of subtle vital energies to transform the mind. The gross mind is neutralized and the subtle mind “rides” on the clear light of bliss. This inner light is considered the only aspect of existence that is eternal. Once uncovered, one is said to be capable of attaining Buddha-hood. ...
2012, Autumn - Bodhi Path Buddhist Centers
... Buddha statue (generously filled and blessed by Le Bost life retreatants Lamas Seunam and Lekshé) on an improvised altar, posters of lineage masters and thangkas, lots of plants, windows along one wall, and a little balcony. I’m used to a cooler temperature, a bit more air, but the Serbs have a sayi ...
... Buddha statue (generously filled and blessed by Le Bost life retreatants Lamas Seunam and Lekshé) on an improvised altar, posters of lineage masters and thangkas, lots of plants, windows along one wall, and a little balcony. I’m used to a cooler temperature, a bit more air, but the Serbs have a sayi ...
Construction Of A sand Mandala By The Tibetan Monks Of
... The Sand Mandala is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition involving the creation and destruction of mandalas made from colored sand. A sand mandala is ritualistically destroyed once it has been completed and its accompanying ceremonies and viewing are finished to symbolize the Buddhist doctrinal belief in t ...
... The Sand Mandala is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition involving the creation and destruction of mandalas made from colored sand. A sand mandala is ritualistically destroyed once it has been completed and its accompanying ceremonies and viewing are finished to symbolize the Buddhist doctrinal belief in t ...
The Opening Of The Eyes
... the various teachings of China, including Confucianism and Taoism, the various non-Buddhist teachings of India, including Brahmanism; and, of course, the various teachings of Buddhism. This covers all of the principal strains of thought that had been transmitted to Japan in the Daishonin's day. The ...
... the various teachings of China, including Confucianism and Taoism, the various non-Buddhist teachings of India, including Brahmanism; and, of course, the various teachings of Buddhism. This covers all of the principal strains of thought that had been transmitted to Japan in the Daishonin's day. The ...
Lay Ritual in the Early Buddhist Art of India
... these activities relate to core beliefs in Buddhism. The term worship necessarily carries with it connotations of deification of the object of veneration even ...
... these activities relate to core beliefs in Buddhism. The term worship necessarily carries with it connotations of deification of the object of veneration even ...
Understanding in Theravada Abhidhamma
... Early texts suggest that Gautama was not familiar with the dominant religious teachings of his time until he left on his religious quest, which is said to have been motivated by existential concern for the human condition.[34] At the time, many small city-states existed in Ancient India, called Jana ...
... Early texts suggest that Gautama was not familiar with the dominant religious teachings of his time until he left on his religious quest, which is said to have been motivated by existential concern for the human condition.[34] At the time, many small city-states existed in Ancient India, called Jana ...
The Bahudhātuka-sutta and its Parallels On Women`s Inabilities
... possible as possible and knows it according to reality, and sees what is impossible as impossible and knows it according to reality.31 Ānanda, it is not possible that there could be two wheel-turning kings ruling in the world. [However], it is certainly possible that there could be one wheel-turning ...
... possible as possible and knows it according to reality, and sees what is impossible as impossible and knows it according to reality.31 Ānanda, it is not possible that there could be two wheel-turning kings ruling in the world. [However], it is certainly possible that there could be one wheel-turning ...
Mother Teresa and the Bodhisattva Ideal: A - Purdue e-Pubs
... In the Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions, this dedication to living a life of mercy, kindness and compassion for all that lives is even more highly lauded and becomes linked with the new goal of achieving perfect Buddhahood. Rather than the earlier ideal of liberation from cyclic existence, the bodhisat ...
... In the Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions, this dedication to living a life of mercy, kindness and compassion for all that lives is even more highly lauded and becomes linked with the new goal of achieving perfect Buddhahood. Rather than the earlier ideal of liberation from cyclic existence, the bodhisat ...
Janussoni Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... 2.4 Early Buddhism accepts the notion of preta (P peta), the departed, but they are regarded as members of a realm of suffering beings (peta,yoni, petti,visaya, pitti,visaya).9 In this sutta, we can notice a hint of the early brahmanical conception of preta. The notion of the suffering peta becomes ...
... 2.4 Early Buddhism accepts the notion of preta (P peta), the departed, but they are regarded as members of a realm of suffering beings (peta,yoni, petti,visaya, pitti,visaya).9 In this sutta, we can notice a hint of the early brahmanical conception of preta. The notion of the suffering peta becomes ...
Sakya Newsletter: Fall 2005
... On infinite life: Amitayus (Sanskrit) is the name of a Buddha (who sometimes pretends to be a bodhisattva) and it means infinite life, time immeasurable and boundless life. This is an expression that surprises people in the west. People tend to think about escape rather than infinite life. Śāntideva ...
... On infinite life: Amitayus (Sanskrit) is the name of a Buddha (who sometimes pretends to be a bodhisattva) and it means infinite life, time immeasurable and boundless life. This is an expression that surprises people in the west. People tend to think about escape rather than infinite life. Śāntideva ...
In One Lifetime: Pure Land Buddhism
... Amitabha and his pure land. This spontaneous teaching by Sakyamuni is what makes this teaching so special. In this teaching, Sakyamuni recounted how the bodhisattva Dharmakara, after witnessing the suffering of sentient beings, spent five eons (an incredibly long period of time) studying all the Bud ...
... Amitabha and his pure land. This spontaneous teaching by Sakyamuni is what makes this teaching so special. In this teaching, Sakyamuni recounted how the bodhisattva Dharmakara, after witnessing the suffering of sentient beings, spent five eons (an incredibly long period of time) studying all the Bud ...
Down This Talk - Three Wheels Temple
... the existing Sanskrit text, having been translated in the second or third century. The original Sanskrit text for this sutra is now lost and is believed to have been written in a different form. As regards the Sutra of Meditation, there actually is no Sanskrit version, despite the fact that the sutr ...
... the existing Sanskrit text, having been translated in the second or third century. The original Sanskrit text for this sutra is now lost and is believed to have been written in a different form. As regards the Sutra of Meditation, there actually is no Sanskrit version, despite the fact that the sutr ...
Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Path to Buddhahood
... The accomplishment of the preliminaries has to be seen in the context of the eradication of the three afflictions which is necessary in order to attain Enlightenment. As it is well known, attachment (rāga), aversion (dveṣa) and ignorance (avidyā) are the three principal afflictions. The preliminary ...
... The accomplishment of the preliminaries has to be seen in the context of the eradication of the three afflictions which is necessary in order to attain Enlightenment. As it is well known, attachment (rāga), aversion (dveṣa) and ignorance (avidyā) are the three principal afflictions. The preliminary ...
Managers in making—The Zen management way
... Who don’t want to be successful? Forget the highly competitive corporate world; Today even children studying in schools and colleges want success. So do folks in their own homes and societies. Workshops and seminars are conducted on how to be successful. Organizations spend huge amounts of time, mon ...
... Who don’t want to be successful? Forget the highly competitive corporate world; Today even children studying in schools and colleges want success. So do folks in their own homes and societies. Workshops and seminars are conducted on how to be successful. Organizations spend huge amounts of time, mon ...
STEP BY STEP
... The Buddha cried when he saw this endless cycle of suffering: the fly eats the flower; the frog eats the fly; the snake eats the frog; the bird eats the snake; the tiger eats the bird; the hunter kills the tiger; the tiger„s body become swollen; flies come and eat the tiger„s corpse; the flies lay e ...
... The Buddha cried when he saw this endless cycle of suffering: the fly eats the flower; the frog eats the fly; the snake eats the frog; the bird eats the snake; the tiger eats the bird; the hunter kills the tiger; the tiger„s body become swollen; flies come and eat the tiger„s corpse; the flies lay e ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism and Particularism
... Book of Rites, which precedes the introduction of Buddhism into China by several centuries. This text suggests that filial piety was often understood in a twofold way: active dedication during one’s parents’ lifetime, and performance of memorial services after their demise. This behavioral code was ...
... Book of Rites, which precedes the introduction of Buddhism into China by several centuries. This text suggests that filial piety was often understood in a twofold way: active dedication during one’s parents’ lifetime, and performance of memorial services after their demise. This behavioral code was ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... no new insight into Buddhism. Will the authorities wake up before eravāda Buddhism disappears from the academic map of the world? Much is at stake, for the current situation has already descended into absurdity. If we count those who were not in the programme because they did not present papers, an ...
... no new insight into Buddhism. Will the authorities wake up before eravāda Buddhism disappears from the academic map of the world? Much is at stake, for the current situation has already descended into absurdity. If we count those who were not in the programme because they did not present papers, an ...
here. - Insight Books
... Amadeo Sole-Leris. This covers the entire range of meditation approaches described Tranquility and Insight in the Visuddhi - Magga in the two divisions of samatha (concentration/ tranquillity) and vipassana (insight). The Manuals of Dhamma, Ledi Sayadaw (See page 1. Ledi Sayadaw section for details) ...
... Amadeo Sole-Leris. This covers the entire range of meditation approaches described Tranquility and Insight in the Visuddhi - Magga in the two divisions of samatha (concentration/ tranquillity) and vipassana (insight). The Manuals of Dhamma, Ledi Sayadaw (See page 1. Ledi Sayadaw section for details) ...
The Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra
... The Sanskrit version of the one hundred syllable Vajrasattva mantra in the Puja Book of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (the FWBO) follows the edited text produced by Dharmacārin and Sanskritist Sthiramati (aka Dr. Andrew Skilton) in his article: The Vajrasattva Mantra: Notes on a Correcte ...
... The Sanskrit version of the one hundred syllable Vajrasattva mantra in the Puja Book of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (the FWBO) follows the edited text produced by Dharmacārin and Sanskritist Sthiramati (aka Dr. Andrew Skilton) in his article: The Vajrasattva Mantra: Notes on a Correcte ...
Vajrapani
Vajrapāni (Sanskrit: ""Vajra in [his] hand"") is one of the earliest-appearing bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism. He is the protector and guide of Gautama Buddha and rose to symbolize the Buddha's power. Vajrapāni is also known as Vajrasattva. The Golden Light Sutra titles him ""great general of the yakshas"".Vajrapāni is extensively represented in Buddhist iconography as one of the three protective deities surrounding the Buddha. Each of them symbolizes one of the Buddha's virtues: Mañjuśrī manifests all the Buddhas' wisdom, Avalokiteśvara manifests all the Buddhas' compassion and Vajrapāni manifests all the Buddhas' power as well as the power of all five tathāgatas.Vajrapāni is one of the earliest Dharmapalas and the only Buddhist deity to be mentioned in the Pāli Canon as well as worshiped in the Shaolin Monastery, in Tibetan Buddhism and in Pure Land Buddhism (where he is known as Mahasthamaprapta and forms a triad with Amitābha and Avalokiteśvara). Manifestations of Vajrapāni can also be found in many Buddhist temples in Japan as Dharma protectors called Nio. Vajrapāni is also associated with Acala, who is venerated as Fudo-Myō in Japan, where he is serenaded as the holder of the vajra.