Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka
... Mahinda Palihawadana is Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit at Sri Jayawardhanapura University, Sri Lanka. He is the co-translator of The Dhammapada (with John Ross Carter, 1987) and author of The God of War and Lavishness (1996). P.D. Premasiri is Professor and Head of Pali and Buddhist Studies at Unive ...
... Mahinda Palihawadana is Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit at Sri Jayawardhanapura University, Sri Lanka. He is the co-translator of The Dhammapada (with John Ross Carter, 1987) and author of The God of War and Lavishness (1996). P.D. Premasiri is Professor and Head of Pali and Buddhist Studies at Unive ...
Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka
... Mahinda Palihawadana is Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit at Sri Jayawardhanapura University, Sri Lanka. He is the co-translator of The Dhammapada (with John Ross Carter, 1987) and author of The God of War and Lavishness (1996). P.D. Premasiri is Professor and Head of Pali and Buddhist Studies at Unive ...
... Mahinda Palihawadana is Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit at Sri Jayawardhanapura University, Sri Lanka. He is the co-translator of The Dhammapada (with John Ross Carter, 1987) and author of The God of War and Lavishness (1996). P.D. Premasiri is Professor and Head of Pali and Buddhist Studies at Unive ...
Stupas and their consecration in contemporary Kalmykia
... Kalmyk Buddhist terminology comes from Indian and Tibetan Buddhism; it also comprises Classical Mongolian terms and Russian words. After almost seventy years of severe persecution of Buddhism and rupture with other Buddhist centers, religious institutions and practices are being restored in Kalmykia ...
... Kalmyk Buddhist terminology comes from Indian and Tibetan Buddhism; it also comprises Classical Mongolian terms and Russian words. After almost seventy years of severe persecution of Buddhism and rupture with other Buddhist centers, religious institutions and practices are being restored in Kalmykia ...
- VU Research Repository
... guiding principle of wisdom also incorporated two major themes: mindful presence (subthemes: a present orientation, the primacy of direct experience, and being with what is), and empowerment through understanding (sub-themes: responsibility, disclosure, and sustaining). ...
... guiding principle of wisdom also incorporated two major themes: mindful presence (subthemes: a present orientation, the primacy of direct experience, and being with what is), and empowerment through understanding (sub-themes: responsibility, disclosure, and sustaining). ...
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
... describes may be considerably shorter than previously assumed. Thus, the historical value of the work is greater than Frauwallner, and historians who have relied on his work, believed. It seems to me that the Skandhaka deserves more attention from scholars who work with early Buddhism. When I use th ...
... describes may be considerably shorter than previously assumed. Thus, the historical value of the work is greater than Frauwallner, and historians who have relied on his work, believed. It seems to me that the Skandhaka deserves more attention from scholars who work with early Buddhism. When I use th ...
Transplanting Buddhism: - Unisa Institutional Repository
... While it is an undeniable historical fact that Buddhism has spread far beyond India, adapting to local circumstances and spawning new variations in the process, the process by means of which it did so is obscure. Recent scholarship has shown that to impute a sense of"mission" to Buddhism is to emplo ...
... While it is an undeniable historical fact that Buddhism has spread far beyond India, adapting to local circumstances and spawning new variations in the process, the process by means of which it did so is obscure. Recent scholarship has shown that to impute a sense of"mission" to Buddhism is to emplo ...
To Understand Buddha`s Teaching
... Chinese history tells us that about three thousand years ago, Buddha Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism was born in Northern India. He lived seventy-nine years and dedicated forty-nine of them to teaching. In 67 AD, one thousand years after he entered Nirvana, these teachings were formally introduc ...
... Chinese history tells us that about three thousand years ago, Buddha Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism was born in Northern India. He lived seventy-nine years and dedicated forty-nine of them to teaching. In 67 AD, one thousand years after he entered Nirvana, these teachings were formally introduc ...
Nietzsche and Buddhism
... European philosophy, owing his chief influences to the men cited above? There are now two main schools of thought about this. Walter Kaufmann and others feel that Nietzsche's aims were positively oreinted and that, therefore, labelling Nietsche a nihilist overlooks the centrality of his doctrines of ...
... European philosophy, owing his chief influences to the men cited above? There are now two main schools of thought about this. Walter Kaufmann and others feel that Nietzsche's aims were positively oreinted and that, therefore, labelling Nietsche a nihilist overlooks the centrality of his doctrines of ...
Download:Three Methods of Merit Accumulation(PDF file)
... time, I could not even write down a letter. There was a lama in my neighborhood named Longzhuo, who wrote down the mantra on the stone board for me, and then I carved those letters of his writing. I did this every day. As a little kid, I often showed off how many mantra boards that I did in a day as ...
... time, I could not even write down a letter. There was a lama in my neighborhood named Longzhuo, who wrote down the mantra on the stone board for me, and then I carved those letters of his writing. I did this every day. As a little kid, I often showed off how many mantra boards that I did in a day as ...
buddhist view in compassion
... In the Bible a variety of Hebrew and Greek words are used which fall within the general semantic range of the English word "mercy." They include such terms as "loving-kindness” ,"to be merciful" , "to have compassion" , and "grace”. [ Colin Brown, The New International Dictionary of New Testament Th ...
... In the Bible a variety of Hebrew and Greek words are used which fall within the general semantic range of the English word "mercy." They include such terms as "loving-kindness” ,"to be merciful" , "to have compassion" , and "grace”. [ Colin Brown, The New International Dictionary of New Testament Th ...
Beyond Buddhist Apology The Political Use of Buddhism by
... but his amazing skill in reforming state ideology does seem to have brought considerable (if temporary) stability and prosperity to his realm. In this thesis, I will take a closer look at the tactics used by Emperor Wu to reinvent the imperial persona. Despite his reputation amongst later Buddhist a ...
... but his amazing skill in reforming state ideology does seem to have brought considerable (if temporary) stability and prosperity to his realm. In this thesis, I will take a closer look at the tactics used by Emperor Wu to reinvent the imperial persona. Despite his reputation amongst later Buddhist a ...
Kingship and Religion in Tibet research plan
... published in Etudes Lalou in 1971. Here Macdonald made a detailed study of the Old Tibetan Chronicle and related documents, including funerary texts, divination manuals, and administrative records. Combining philological rigor with impeccably chosen source material, and working with a highly qualif ...
... published in Etudes Lalou in 1971. Here Macdonald made a detailed study of the Old Tibetan Chronicle and related documents, including funerary texts, divination manuals, and administrative records. Combining philological rigor with impeccably chosen source material, and working with a highly qualif ...
The Main Topics of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist Poetry
... and the spiritual realization presented in the form of poems. Some of these poems are among the canonical commentaries to the Three Pure Land Sutras, such as the ones composed by Hōnen (1133–1212) and Shinran (1173–1263), while other works of poetry were produced by the Pure Land Buddhists of variou ...
... and the spiritual realization presented in the form of poems. Some of these poems are among the canonical commentaries to the Three Pure Land Sutras, such as the ones composed by Hōnen (1133–1212) and Shinran (1173–1263), while other works of poetry were produced by the Pure Land Buddhists of variou ...
Wesak and the Re-Creation of Buddhist Tradition
... world. Chapter One focuses on the methodology used throughout the thesis. I define the term "identity", explicate the functionalist framework used, and review the literature pertaining to this research. Chapter Two emphasizes the different characteristics of the variety of Wesak rituals found around ...
... world. Chapter One focuses on the methodology used throughout the thesis. I define the term "identity", explicate the functionalist framework used, and review the literature pertaining to this research. Chapter Two emphasizes the different characteristics of the variety of Wesak rituals found around ...
Can Compassionate Practice Also Be Good Legal
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-1800s.5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two f ...
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-1800s.5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two f ...
The Skillful Handling of Poison: Bodhicitta and the
... the antidote to anger (krodha); when one is present, the other cannot exist, and so causing patience to arise destroys anger. Śāntideva’s sixth chapter provides numerous meditations designed to make patience arise, such as the following: If there is a remedy, then what is the use of frustration? I ...
... the antidote to anger (krodha); when one is present, the other cannot exist, and so causing patience to arise destroys anger. Śāntideva’s sixth chapter provides numerous meditations designed to make patience arise, such as the following: If there is a remedy, then what is the use of frustration? I ...
Dogen: His Life, Religion, and Poetry
... ished by an emphasis on various kinds of rituals in Japanese styles of train- when his parents died in childhood, he resolved to become a monk—and ing. In a famous passage from his primary text, the Shōbōgenzō (Treasury as the basis for a view of reality as fundamentally shifting and uncertain of th ...
... ished by an emphasis on various kinds of rituals in Japanese styles of train- when his parents died in childhood, he resolved to become a monk—and ing. In a famous passage from his primary text, the Shōbōgenzō (Treasury as the basis for a view of reality as fundamentally shifting and uncertain of th ...
Can Compassionate Practice Also Be Good Legal Practice
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-i 800s. 5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two ...
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-i 800s. 5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two ...
Zen Buddhism and Media - DUO
... The concepts “religion” and “media” are often mentioned together. Although there seems to be few apparent connection between these two concepts, apart from all the news about religiously motivated terror attacks, as well as other often negatively oriented news, these two concepts actually have a lot ...
... The concepts “religion” and “media” are often mentioned together. Although there seems to be few apparent connection between these two concepts, apart from all the news about religiously motivated terror attacks, as well as other often negatively oriented news, these two concepts actually have a lot ...
Wat Intravihan
... During Rama IV's reign, Somdej Toh was given the ceremonial name Phra Buddhacharn Toh Phomarangsi. He was noted for the skill of his preaching and his use of Thai poetry to reflect the beauty of Buddhism, and most famous for making the Phra Somdej amulets. Somdej Toh became an abbot of Wat Rakhang K ...
... During Rama IV's reign, Somdej Toh was given the ceremonial name Phra Buddhacharn Toh Phomarangsi. He was noted for the skill of his preaching and his use of Thai poetry to reflect the beauty of Buddhism, and most famous for making the Phra Somdej amulets. Somdej Toh became an abbot of Wat Rakhang K ...
Compassion in Schopenhauer and Śāntideva Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... physical difference between self and other.7 Because it does not occur automatically on this realization, it has to be cultivated separately. This cultivation is central to BCA chapter eight. To give a brief summary of this section: Śāntideva concentrates on our strong attachment to the physical for ...
... physical difference between self and other.7 Because it does not occur automatically on this realization, it has to be cultivated separately. This cultivation is central to BCA chapter eight. To give a brief summary of this section: Śāntideva concentrates on our strong attachment to the physical for ...
Indigenizing Deities: The Budai Maitreya and the Group of Eighteen
... provided the social foundation for the popularization of religion during the Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1271–1368). The result of the popularization of religion was the multiplication of deities worshipped by the people and the social popularity of religious rituals (Xu Pingfang 1996, 56). In contras ...
... provided the social foundation for the popularization of religion during the Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1271–1368). The result of the popularization of religion was the multiplication of deities worshipped by the people and the social popularity of religious rituals (Xu Pingfang 1996, 56). In contras ...
Dogen: His Life, Religion, and Poetry
... for art’s sake but for instructing the audience in regard to the essence of religious experience. A modern commentator on this cultural development, Karaki Junzō, suggests that there are three levels of impermanence articulated in the religio-aesthetics of Japan. The superficial stage is marked by a ...
... for art’s sake but for instructing the audience in regard to the essence of religious experience. A modern commentator on this cultural development, Karaki Junzō, suggests that there are three levels of impermanence articulated in the religio-aesthetics of Japan. The superficial stage is marked by a ...
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms
... died in the monastery of Sin, at the age of eighty-eight, to the great sorrow of all who knew him. It is added that there is another larger work giving an account of his travels in various countries. Such is all the information given about our author, beyond what he himself has told us. Fa-hien was ...
... died in the monastery of Sin, at the age of eighty-eight, to the great sorrow of all who knew him. It is added that there is another larger work giving an account of his travels in various countries. Such is all the information given about our author, beyond what he himself has told us. Fa-hien was ...
Buddhist art
Buddhist art is the artistic practices that are influenced by Buddhism. It includes art media which depict Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and other entities; notable Buddhist figures, both historical and mythical; narrative scenes from the lives of all of these; mandalas and other graphic aids to practice; as well as physical objects associated with Buddhist practice, such as vajras, bells, stupas and Buddhist temple architecture. Buddhist art originated on the Indian subcontinent following the historical life of Siddhartha Gautama, 6th to 5th century BC, and thereafter evolved by contact with other cultures as it spread throughout Asia and the world.Buddhist art followed believers as the dharma spread, adapted, and evolved in each new host country. It developed to the north through Central Asia and into Eastern Asia to form the Northern branch of Buddhist art, and to the east as far as Southeast Asia to form the Southern branch of Buddhist art. In India, Buddhist art flourished and influenced the development of Hindu art, until Buddhism nearly disappeared in India around the 10th century due in part to the vigorous expansion of Islam alongside Hinduism.