Maitreya, the Future Buddha
... relatively narrow picture of Maitreya's role, one defined by our own interests and method of study. But through the composite picture that emerged during the conference, we came to see how rich and how complex a figure Maitreya has in fact been, and from that we were able to see much more even in th ...
... relatively narrow picture of Maitreya's role, one defined by our own interests and method of study. But through the composite picture that emerged during the conference, we came to see how rich and how complex a figure Maitreya has in fact been, and from that we were able to see much more even in th ...
Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism: The Doctrinal History of Nirvana
... In the AbhidharmakoUabhALya, the exposition offered by the early canon is often described as contingent (AbhiprAyika),1 in contrast to the definitive (lAkLaOika) exposition of the abhidharma. One of the problems concerning the truth of the origin of the suffering, the second noble truth, is, as asked ...
... In the AbhidharmakoUabhALya, the exposition offered by the early canon is often described as contingent (AbhiprAyika),1 in contrast to the definitive (lAkLaOika) exposition of the abhidharma. One of the problems concerning the truth of the origin of the suffering, the second noble truth, is, as asked ...
The Evolution of the Precepts
... castes, who had gone forth from various families, caused this holy life to rapidly disappear. It is as if, Sariputta, various flowers, loose on a tray, not tied together by a thread, are scattered about, whirled about, and destroyed by the wind. What is the cause? Inasmuch as they are not held toget ...
... castes, who had gone forth from various families, caused this holy life to rapidly disappear. It is as if, Sariputta, various flowers, loose on a tray, not tied together by a thread, are scattered about, whirled about, and destroyed by the wind. What is the cause? Inasmuch as they are not held toget ...
The Dawn of Abhidharma - Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde
... such formal aspects, he shows how the attempt to provide a comprehensive map of the teachings gradually led to the arising of new terminology and new ideas. He identifies the notion of the supramundane path as an instance where fully fledged Abhidharma thought manifests in the discourses, namely in ...
... such formal aspects, he shows how the attempt to provide a comprehensive map of the teachings gradually led to the arising of new terminology and new ideas. He identifies the notion of the supramundane path as an instance where fully fledged Abhidharma thought manifests in the discourses, namely in ...
Development of The Hua-Yen school during the Tang Dynasty
... not necessarily make our task easy. Our topic is still limited by a number of increasingly narrowly focused questions. To what extent were the conceptual innovations of the patriarchs (especially the first two) the response of a Chinese mind to an Indian tradition? Further, to what extent were the r ...
... not necessarily make our task easy. Our topic is still limited by a number of increasingly narrowly focused questions. To what extent were the conceptual innovations of the patriarchs (especially the first two) the response of a Chinese mind to an Indian tradition? Further, to what extent were the r ...
An Exploratory Study of a Counselling Framework
... based on the Four Noble Truths. The discussion of the theory is in a hetu-phala (Cause-and-Effect) model, and inspects their dynamics of the four components in counselling context. The framework may offer a possible alternative to contemporary counselling practitioners. The organisation of the prese ...
... based on the Four Noble Truths. The discussion of the theory is in a hetu-phala (Cause-and-Effect) model, and inspects their dynamics of the four components in counselling context. The framework may offer a possible alternative to contemporary counselling practitioners. The organisation of the prese ...
Tara and Tibetan Buddhism: The Emergence of the Feminine Divine
... her head, creating an usniska, a protrusion seen as a mark of enlightenment. Her hair is also flowing down onto her shoulders, showing the “boundless freedom of uncontrived, intrinsic awareness.” (Chagdud Khandro 28) She is adorned with a crown, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, armlets, anklets, and ...
... her head, creating an usniska, a protrusion seen as a mark of enlightenment. Her hair is also flowing down onto her shoulders, showing the “boundless freedom of uncontrived, intrinsic awareness.” (Chagdud Khandro 28) She is adorned with a crown, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, armlets, anklets, and ...
Attitudes Towards Nuns: Nandakovāda Light of its Parallels Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... phrase etaṃ mama, eso ’ham asmi, eso me attā, “this is mine, this I am, this is my self,” found in the present case in MN 146 at MN III 271, 24. As Choong notes, the same formulation also parallels a four-partite Pāli set phrase where the self is regarded as identical with an aggregate, as possessin ...
... phrase etaṃ mama, eso ’ham asmi, eso me attā, “this is mine, this I am, this is my self,” found in the present case in MN 146 at MN III 271, 24. As Choong notes, the same formulation also parallels a four-partite Pāli set phrase where the self is regarded as identical with an aggregate, as possessin ...
Master Dogen`s Shobogenzo
... different medicine for every medical ailment. Thus his teachings were always appropriate for the particular suffering individual and for the time at which the teaching was given, and over the ages not one of his prescriptions has failed to relieve the suffering to which it was addressed. Ever since ...
... different medicine for every medical ailment. Thus his teachings were always appropriate for the particular suffering individual and for the time at which the teaching was given, and over the ages not one of his prescriptions has failed to relieve the suffering to which it was addressed. Ever since ...
Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra - REAL-d
... the biography of the fourth patriarch of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism, Chengguan, and his central philosophical concept, the theory of the four dharma-dhātus. I chose this eminent monk because his biography and teachings had received very little scholarly attention in the west. I carefully ...
... the biography of the fourth patriarch of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism, Chengguan, and his central philosophical concept, the theory of the four dharma-dhātus. I chose this eminent monk because his biography and teachings had received very little scholarly attention in the west. I carefully ...
Nietzsche and Buddha - Western Political Science Association
... teachings attributed to the Buddha and recognized by all Buddhists), and many scholars identify Saṃyutta Nikāya 22:56 (the Parivatta Sutta) as being an especially clear exposition. 10 There the Buddha teaches that all of the objects of experience (also called conditioned objects) are made up of fiv ...
... teachings attributed to the Buddha and recognized by all Buddhists), and many scholars identify Saṃyutta Nikāya 22:56 (the Parivatta Sutta) as being an especially clear exposition. 10 There the Buddha teaches that all of the objects of experience (also called conditioned objects) are made up of fiv ...
development of stupa architecture in india
... Stupas were made of clay (Pant 1976:3). Even the original Stupa at Sanchi and Bharhut are said to be made of clay. Archaeological excavations and findings proved that during Ashoka’s reign use of bricks and stone for constructional purpose became popular. But we cannot deny the fact that the predece ...
... Stupas were made of clay (Pant 1976:3). Even the original Stupa at Sanchi and Bharhut are said to be made of clay. Archaeological excavations and findings proved that during Ashoka’s reign use of bricks and stone for constructional purpose became popular. But we cannot deny the fact that the predece ...
EXPOSITION OF THE SUTRA OF BRAHMA S NET
... currently roils the world financial system, or repeated natural disasters. Buddhism has always taught that the world is inherently unstable and its teachings are rooted in the perception of the three marks that govern ...
... currently roils the world financial system, or repeated natural disasters. Buddhism has always taught that the world is inherently unstable and its teachings are rooted in the perception of the three marks that govern ...
The Buddhist Coleridge: Creating Space for The Rime of the Ancient
... perceives the natural environment as inferior to himself, and he fuels his own self-made concept of inferiority in order to solidify his own existence. The ignorant, ego-based desire to aggrandize the self becomes the impetus for the great suffering the Mariner experiences. Despite the lack of prajn ...
... perceives the natural environment as inferior to himself, and he fuels his own self-made concept of inferiority in order to solidify his own existence. The ignorant, ego-based desire to aggrandize the self becomes the impetus for the great suffering the Mariner experiences. Despite the lack of prajn ...
The Poetic Dhamma of Zao Amat Long`s Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta
... study of Theravada have so far found elsewhere in its manuscript traditions. I then take the investigation of the place of lik long in Shan Buddhist practice further by providing an annotated translation of a lik long used for teaching meditation, a subject of training that we have come to associate ...
... study of Theravada have so far found elsewhere in its manuscript traditions. I then take the investigation of the place of lik long in Shan Buddhist practice further by providing an annotated translation of a lik long used for teaching meditation, a subject of training that we have come to associate ...
Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge
... in the early part of the Questions of King Milinda which have a very modern ring, and might almost have been written in Cambridge in the 1920*5'.3 Aldous Huxley was of the opinion that Early Buddhism for the most part respected the principle of vérification and confined its statements to verifiable ...
... in the early part of the Questions of King Milinda which have a very modern ring, and might almost have been written in Cambridge in the 1920*5'.3 Aldous Huxley was of the opinion that Early Buddhism for the most part respected the principle of vérification and confined its statements to verifiable ...
- ANU Repository
... Trizin. I am particularly grateful to His Holiness (oral and lineal descendant of Chos rgyal ’Phags pa, author of Advice to the King) for personally bestowing on me the oral transmission of this teaching. I am also grateful to Gyalyum Tashi Lhakyi and Dolma Phodrang for the kind support that I was p ...
... Trizin. I am particularly grateful to His Holiness (oral and lineal descendant of Chos rgyal ’Phags pa, author of Advice to the King) for personally bestowing on me the oral transmission of this teaching. I am also grateful to Gyalyum Tashi Lhakyi and Dolma Phodrang for the kind support that I was p ...
mindfulness
... mastered the Buddhist teachings and he meditated regularly. Upon awakening, he needed to have his enlightenment certified and so he sought out Venerable Hui Neng, the Sixth Patriarch. After the Patriarch verified his awakening, ...
... mastered the Buddhist teachings and he meditated regularly. Upon awakening, he needed to have his enlightenment certified and so he sought out Venerable Hui Neng, the Sixth Patriarch. After the Patriarch verified his awakening, ...
Mahayana Buddhism - The Doctrinal Foundations
... An ability to look behind unities and see them as merely words, convenient but misleading linguistic constructs, has always formed an important factor in developing insight meditation, the spiritual cultivation which alone will lead to seeing things the way they really are, the sine qua non of nirva ...
... An ability to look behind unities and see them as merely words, convenient but misleading linguistic constructs, has always formed an important factor in developing insight meditation, the spiritual cultivation which alone will lead to seeing things the way they really are, the sine qua non of nirva ...
medidas del tiempo - Fernando Galindo Soria
... one thousand mahayugas,[4] measuring the duration of the world. Each kalpa is divided into 14 manvantara periods, each lasting 71 yuga cycles (306,720,000 years). Preceding the first and following each manvatara period is a juncture (sandhya) the length of a Satya-yuga (1,728,000) years.[7] Two kalp ...
... one thousand mahayugas,[4] measuring the duration of the world. Each kalpa is divided into 14 manvantara periods, each lasting 71 yuga cycles (306,720,000 years). Preceding the first and following each manvatara period is a juncture (sandhya) the length of a Satya-yuga (1,728,000) years.[7] Two kalp ...
The Buddha
... about the Buddha took some time to develop and, in some ways, it is still an ongoing process since, even today, Buddhists continue to retell and rethink the significance of the life of their founder. Scholars have much debated the issue of when a continuous narrative of the whole of Gautama’s life w ...
... about the Buddha took some time to develop and, in some ways, it is still an ongoing process since, even today, Buddhists continue to retell and rethink the significance of the life of their founder. Scholars have much debated the issue of when a continuous narrative of the whole of Gautama’s life w ...
THE CONCEPT OF THE BUDDHA, Its evolution from
... KaniQka A king of India, a renowned patron of Buddhism, the date is not certain but around 1st to 1st . KAtyAyanCputra A teacher of the Sarvastivada school and the attributed author of the MahAvibhAQAXAstra. KleXa Defilement, all of the thoughts, words, actions and emotions which arise and ceas ...
... KaniQka A king of India, a renowned patron of Buddhism, the date is not certain but around 1st to 1st . KAtyAyanCputra A teacher of the Sarvastivada school and the attributed author of the MahAvibhAQAXAstra. KleXa Defilement, all of the thoughts, words, actions and emotions which arise and ceas ...