The Tulku System in Tibetan Buddhism
... Professor Losang Jamspal and Dr. Krishna Gosh Della Santina for accepting to supervise this research. It would be impossible to accomplish such a work, without their patience and enthusiastic encouragement through different steps of the research. I am also particularly grateful to Professor Donald L ...
... Professor Losang Jamspal and Dr. Krishna Gosh Della Santina for accepting to supervise this research. It would be impossible to accomplish such a work, without their patience and enthusiastic encouragement through different steps of the research. I am also particularly grateful to Professor Donald L ...
Talking about food does not appease hunger
... phrases such as “eating food, wearing clothes”, “talking about food does not appease hunger”, and several other, food or hunger-related phrases. This resulted in all together 132 excerpts from Chinese Buddhist canon, most of which were first translated into English here. I first found the saying and ...
... phrases such as “eating food, wearing clothes”, “talking about food does not appease hunger”, and several other, food or hunger-related phrases. This resulted in all together 132 excerpts from Chinese Buddhist canon, most of which were first translated into English here. I first found the saying and ...
Insight Meditation Society
... Now people from all over the world support these projects; many speak of the power of this life-giving work. And it all began with that initial gift of a can of soda, offered from a place of purity of heart. How has being a recipient of generosity informed your practice? When I was meditating and li ...
... Now people from all over the world support these projects; many speak of the power of this life-giving work. And it all began with that initial gift of a can of soda, offered from a place of purity of heart. How has being a recipient of generosity informed your practice? When I was meditating and li ...
Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah
... out before he started speaking. This was an extremely important principle, he felt, as the job of the teacher was to get out of the way and to let the Dhamma arise according to the needs of the moment—“If it’s not alive to the present, it’s not Dhamma,” he would say. Once he invited the young Ajahn ...
... out before he started speaking. This was an extremely important principle, he felt, as the job of the teacher was to get out of the way and to let the Dhamma arise according to the needs of the moment—“If it’s not alive to the present, it’s not Dhamma,” he would say. Once he invited the young Ajahn ...
Becoming Whole
... of clients’ internal experiential worlds. While contact is emphasized in mindfulness meditation, expression is not. The central task in meditation is to open oneself to all of one’s experience with positive qualities, such as acceptance, compassion, loving kindness and non-judgment. This is seen as ...
... of clients’ internal experiential worlds. While contact is emphasized in mindfulness meditation, expression is not. The central task in meditation is to open oneself to all of one’s experience with positive qualities, such as acceptance, compassion, loving kindness and non-judgment. This is seen as ...
Kosalan Philosophy dissertation - University of California, Berkeley
... munis, including Vedic ones. The Kāṇva Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa and the Suttanipāta are compilations which contain layers from different time periods. Despite comprising earlier material, the final redactions of both texts occurred during the Śuṅga dynasty in the second or first century BCE. This suggest ...
... munis, including Vedic ones. The Kāṇva Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa and the Suttanipāta are compilations which contain layers from different time periods. Despite comprising earlier material, the final redactions of both texts occurred during the Śuṅga dynasty in the second or first century BCE. This suggest ...
S t u d y C o u r s e
... impossible to share in the mentor’s vision for humanity. The spirit of the mentor is to bring hope and inspiration to ordinary citizens through conviction, encouragement and belief. The shared vision or oneness of mentor and disciple is realised when the disciple accepts responsibility to enact this ...
... impossible to share in the mentor’s vision for humanity. The spirit of the mentor is to bring hope and inspiration to ordinary citizens through conviction, encouragement and belief. The shared vision or oneness of mentor and disciple is realised when the disciple accepts responsibility to enact this ...
D. T. Suzuki and the Question of War
... for the purpose of building up material wealth in order to subdue The following portion of this article is also quoted by Kirita (1994, pp. 53–54) and Victoria (1997, pp. 23–25). While the translation here is based largely on their translations, we have made significant changes. ...
... for the purpose of building up material wealth in order to subdue The following portion of this article is also quoted by Kirita (1994, pp. 53–54) and Victoria (1997, pp. 23–25). While the translation here is based largely on their translations, we have made significant changes. ...
Two Versions of the Mahādeva Tale in the Ekottarika‐āgama
... II. Translation of the first Mahādeva Tale in the Ekottarika‐āgama In the distant past, in this auspicious aeon, the Tathāgata Krakucchanda, an arhat, fully and rightly awakened, endowed with knowledge and conduct, a Well Gone One, a knower of the world, a supreme person, a leader on the path of D ...
... II. Translation of the first Mahādeva Tale in the Ekottarika‐āgama In the distant past, in this auspicious aeon, the Tathāgata Krakucchanda, an arhat, fully and rightly awakened, endowed with knowledge and conduct, a Well Gone One, a knower of the world, a supreme person, a leader on the path of D ...
Guide to Jodo Shinshu Teachings and Practices
... Siddhartha traveled along the Ganges River towards the southeast of India to a kingdom called Magada. Before reaching Magada, he had joined two or three different religious groups. However, these groups were not able to fulfill his search. Thus, he continued the path to enlightenment on his own. He ...
... Siddhartha traveled along the Ganges River towards the southeast of India to a kingdom called Magada. Before reaching Magada, he had joined two or three different religious groups. However, these groups were not able to fulfill his search. Thus, he continued the path to enlightenment on his own. He ...
The Issue At Hand - Insight Meditation Center
... suffering is created when we react to our experience—for example, through anger at the inevitable suffering of pain, or by clinging to joy. When we suffer from physical pain or illness, we can become self-judgmental: “What did I do wrong to have this thing happen to me?” We attack ourselves, or we b ...
... suffering is created when we react to our experience—for example, through anger at the inevitable suffering of pain, or by clinging to joy. When we suffer from physical pain or illness, we can become self-judgmental: “What did I do wrong to have this thing happen to me?” We attack ourselves, or we b ...
Merleau-Ponty`s transcendental theory of perception - SAS
... This paper is concerned with the status of Merleau-Ponty's account of perception. Since my primary aim is to determine the kind of theory that is offered by Merleau-Ponty, I will not enter into detailed discussion of Merleau-Ponty's highly original treatments of particular topics in the theory of pe ...
... This paper is concerned with the status of Merleau-Ponty's account of perception. Since my primary aim is to determine the kind of theory that is offered by Merleau-Ponty, I will not enter into detailed discussion of Merleau-Ponty's highly original treatments of particular topics in the theory of pe ...
Ambedkar and Buddhism by Sangharakshita
... supremacist South Africa are well known and widely discussed, the no less horrifying sufferings of the Untouchables at the hands of the Caste Hindus, as well as Ambedkar’s heroic efforts to emancipate his people from their age-old slavery, have remained virtually unknown outside India. Thirty years ...
... supremacist South Africa are well known and widely discussed, the no less horrifying sufferings of the Untouchables at the hands of the Caste Hindus, as well as Ambedkar’s heroic efforts to emancipate his people from their age-old slavery, have remained virtually unknown outside India. Thirty years ...
Buddhist Prayer - A Buddhist Library
... when they connect with a teacher or a tradition. There are great resources of nourishment, inspiration and encouragement we can tap into when we have an affinity to teachings. The worlds great religious traditions have built up their richness, and power and momentum over time, added to by generation ...
... when they connect with a teacher or a tradition. There are great resources of nourishment, inspiration and encouragement we can tap into when we have an affinity to teachings. The worlds great religious traditions have built up their richness, and power and momentum over time, added to by generation ...
Prayers for Accomplishment in Meditation
... when they connect with a teacher or a tradition. There are great resources of nourishment, inspiration and encouragement we can tap into when we have an affinity to teachings. The worlds great religious traditions have built up their richness, and power and momentum over time, added to by generation ...
... when they connect with a teacher or a tradition. There are great resources of nourishment, inspiration and encouragement we can tap into when we have an affinity to teachings. The worlds great religious traditions have built up their richness, and power and momentum over time, added to by generation ...
The Symbolism of the Early Stūpa
... later stupas these generally increased in number, so as to increase the inferred honour. 1 -' Sometimes, they came to fuse into a spire, as seen in the present super-structure of the Great Stupa at Anuradhapura (figure 4). Another phase in the development of a spire can be seen in the 14-16th centur ...
... later stupas these generally increased in number, so as to increase the inferred honour. 1 -' Sometimes, they came to fuse into a spire, as seen in the present super-structure of the Great Stupa at Anuradhapura (figure 4). Another phase in the development of a spire can be seen in the 14-16th centur ...
Burma`s Rohinga origin in the ancient kingdom of Arakan:Dr.Abid
... 788 A.D. During the reign of Arakani Indian Chandra King Mahat Sing Daya’s time recorded in the royal chronicle that several Arab ships wracked on Ramree Island. "Survivors were sent to Arakan proper and settled in villages." (9) Similar Arab settlements were recorded in the other parts of southern ...
... 788 A.D. During the reign of Arakani Indian Chandra King Mahat Sing Daya’s time recorded in the royal chronicle that several Arab ships wracked on Ramree Island. "Survivors were sent to Arakan proper and settled in villages." (9) Similar Arab settlements were recorded in the other parts of southern ...
Untitled - Hey Gluten Free
... embodiment of the Beat Generation, and his later drift into alcoholic home life, the notion of such a pilgrimage becomes even more endearing with time. To see someone aim so high and land so low also tends to make one desperate. Desperate for what? Perhaps for some assurance that this cannot be, tha ...
... embodiment of the Beat Generation, and his later drift into alcoholic home life, the notion of such a pilgrimage becomes even more endearing with time. To see someone aim so high and land so low also tends to make one desperate. Desperate for what? Perhaps for some assurance that this cannot be, tha ...
How Mindfulness Becomes Mindlessness – A Hermeneutical
... Satipatthana Sutta, interpreted by Bhikkhu Analayo (2003), is an important Eastern source relative to the concept of sati because it enables us to explore the literal meaning of original Buddhist texts and their doctrinal implications relative to mindfulness. This approach, however, also has its lim ...
... Satipatthana Sutta, interpreted by Bhikkhu Analayo (2003), is an important Eastern source relative to the concept of sati because it enables us to explore the literal meaning of original Buddhist texts and their doctrinal implications relative to mindfulness. This approach, however, also has its lim ...
OF Master Hongyi`s Last Calligraphic Work - Papyrus
... Chinese characters and cultivated a full set of artistic skills to write them and aesthetic criteria to appreciate them. These were well based on the cultural values of Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. ...
... Chinese characters and cultivated a full set of artistic skills to write them and aesthetic criteria to appreciate them. These were well based on the cultural values of Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. ...
The Treatise on the Path to Liberation (解脫道論) and the
... the arahant Upatiṣya/Upatissa, while its translation into Chinese was undertaken by Saṃghapāla, Saṃghavarman or Saṃghabhara (僧伽婆羅), active in the early sixth century. In addition to the Chinese translation, an extract from the same work has been preserved in Tibetan.4 The language and the geographic ...
... the arahant Upatiṣya/Upatissa, while its translation into Chinese was undertaken by Saṃghapāla, Saṃghavarman or Saṃghabhara (僧伽婆羅), active in the early sixth century. In addition to the Chinese translation, an extract from the same work has been preserved in Tibetan.4 The language and the geographic ...
save - Dl4a.org
... But what are Hinduism and Buddhism? What do they teach about gods and men and the destinies of the soul? What ideals do they hold up and is their teaching of value or at least of interest for Europe? I will not at once answer these questions by general statements, because such names as Hinduism and ...
... But what are Hinduism and Buddhism? What do they teach about gods and men and the destinies of the soul? What ideals do they hold up and is their teaching of value or at least of interest for Europe? I will not at once answer these questions by general statements, because such names as Hinduism and ...
The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya: Visual
... training, my personal discipline, and, of course, my lineage. And for you, from your American point of view, you have managed to cut through the spiritual materialism and [been] able to … study with me.”16 In other words, Trungpa Rinpoche described that he was able to realize his inherent buddha-nat ...
... training, my personal discipline, and, of course, my lineage. And for you, from your American point of view, you have managed to cut through the spiritual materialism and [been] able to … study with me.”16 In other words, Trungpa Rinpoche described that he was able to realize his inherent buddha-nat ...