Who`s Who in our Chants
... Korean Soen, facing political threats from China and Japan, and centuries of Confucian repression, the major figures Wonhyo, Chinul and So Sahn encouraged unity, but despite the syncretism which distinguishes Korean Buddhism, the tension remained. In Japan — where, outside the Obaku school, Buddhism ...
... Korean Soen, facing political threats from China and Japan, and centuries of Confucian repression, the major figures Wonhyo, Chinul and So Sahn encouraged unity, but despite the syncretism which distinguishes Korean Buddhism, the tension remained. In Japan — where, outside the Obaku school, Buddhism ...
Symbolism in Asian Statues of the Buddha
... renunciation of wealth and decadence. But there are varieties within these two hairstyles as well. The urna and the curls of the Buddha also have meaning in iconography. The story of the princely Siddhartha begins in the palace, with a young man sheltered from the tribulations of the world. As a sta ...
... renunciation of wealth and decadence. But there are varieties within these two hairstyles as well. The urna and the curls of the Buddha also have meaning in iconography. The story of the princely Siddhartha begins in the palace, with a young man sheltered from the tribulations of the world. As a sta ...
Thus, so the legend runs, The Buddha returns once a year to bless
... Wesak Thus, so the legend runs, The Buddha returns once a year to bless the world, transmitting renewed spiritual life, through The Christ. Slowly then The Buddha recedes into the distance, until again only a faint speck can be seen in the sky, and this eventually disappears. The whole ceremonial b ...
... Wesak Thus, so the legend runs, The Buddha returns once a year to bless the world, transmitting renewed spiritual life, through The Christ. Slowly then The Buddha recedes into the distance, until again only a faint speck can be seen in the sky, and this eventually disappears. The whole ceremonial b ...
The birth of the Sage
... this birth or in a future birth, the effects of our actions will come back to us. We know that not even the Buddha can save us from the effects of our bad actions. As Buddhists, we understand that due to the Law of Kamma, bad things can happen to a good person just as good things can happen to a bad ...
... this birth or in a future birth, the effects of our actions will come back to us. We know that not even the Buddha can save us from the effects of our bad actions. As Buddhists, we understand that due to the Law of Kamma, bad things can happen to a good person just as good things can happen to a bad ...
viii world cycles whe buddhas appear
... To be born as a human being is one of the rare opportunities. According to the Buddha, the number of beings who are reborn as humans is like the dust on his thumbnail, while the number of beings reborn in the four woeful states is like the whole earth. As an example, just the krill population in the ...
... To be born as a human being is one of the rare opportunities. According to the Buddha, the number of beings who are reborn as humans is like the dust on his thumbnail, while the number of beings reborn in the four woeful states is like the whole earth. As an example, just the krill population in the ...
Transfer of Buddhism Across Central Asian Networks
... 5 See especially Latour, Bruno, Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), 37. Latour’s work owes a debt to previous sociological work on the function of practices in maintaining and changing social structures; see especially Bourdieu, ...
... 5 See especially Latour, Bruno, Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), 37. Latour’s work owes a debt to previous sociological work on the function of practices in maintaining and changing social structures; see especially Bourdieu, ...
The Buddha and Omniscience
... Saµyukta Ógama and in the Ekottarika Ógama. The three versions of this discourse agree in recording that the Buddha once went begging but did not receive any alms food at all.10 Another such dilemma comes up in the Milindapañha, namely the question why the Buddha, if he was omniscient, nevertheless ...
... Saµyukta Ógama and in the Ekottarika Ógama. The three versions of this discourse agree in recording that the Buddha once went begging but did not receive any alms food at all.10 Another such dilemma comes up in the Milindapañha, namely the question why the Buddha, if he was omniscient, nevertheless ...
Special Integration Experiences Required Reading
... Vaishali. Here he listened briefly to the teaching of Arada Kalapa, an aberrant samkhya, but left dissatisfied. Crossing the river Ganges he once again entered the kingdom of Magadha and came to Rajgir, the capital, where he listened to the yogic teachings of Rudraka. Again dissatisfied, he left fol ...
... Vaishali. Here he listened briefly to the teaching of Arada Kalapa, an aberrant samkhya, but left dissatisfied. Crossing the river Ganges he once again entered the kingdom of Magadha and came to Rajgir, the capital, where he listened to the yogic teachings of Rudraka. Again dissatisfied, he left fol ...
The Twelve Deeds of the Buddha
... A few years later when the Buddha had grown up a little, he was educated and thus became very knowledgeable, very scholarly, and very skillful. This may be a little surprising, because the Buddha was already enlightened or at least a great bodhisattva residing in the tenth bodhisattva level (bhumi; ...
... A few years later when the Buddha had grown up a little, he was educated and thus became very knowledgeable, very scholarly, and very skillful. This may be a little surprising, because the Buddha was already enlightened or at least a great bodhisattva residing in the tenth bodhisattva level (bhumi; ...
The Lost Empire of the Silk Road The discovery of
... almost entirely burying the town so deep that a camel could climb up one side of the high defensive walls and down the other. Outside the city walls stood a large stone tower, roughly the shape of a cone. It was a stupa, an ancient Buddhist tomb. Here was a real treasure trove! In it they found manu ...
... almost entirely burying the town so deep that a camel could climb up one side of the high defensive walls and down the other. Outside the city walls stood a large stone tower, roughly the shape of a cone. It was a stupa, an ancient Buddhist tomb. Here was a real treasure trove! In it they found manu ...
The Great Lion`s Roar
... The Buddha presents a new way of understanding who is a true ascetic or Brahmin1, relating these terms not to radical austerities but to the perfection of certain qualities through practice. The Buddha espouses the difference between a practitioner of self-mortification and an ascetic. Kassapa, an a ...
... The Buddha presents a new way of understanding who is a true ascetic or Brahmin1, relating these terms not to radical austerities but to the perfection of certain qualities through practice. The Buddha espouses the difference between a practitioner of self-mortification and an ascetic. Kassapa, an a ...
Hinayana and Mahayana
... as "a standardMahayanavihdra"[i.e., monastery](254). I went to Ajantaexpecting that art historianSheilaWeinerwas correctwhen she wrote, "Ajantaoccupies a unique position in the historyof Indianart because it is the only extant site of such grandeur which ... extends in time from the early Hfnaydnaan ...
... as "a standardMahayanavihdra"[i.e., monastery](254). I went to Ajantaexpecting that art historianSheilaWeinerwas correctwhen she wrote, "Ajantaoccupies a unique position in the historyof Indianart because it is the only extant site of such grandeur which ... extends in time from the early Hfnaydnaan ...
Buddhist Tourism report
... foreign exchange earner growing at CAGR of 13 percent. With a contribution of 6.6 percent towards India's GDP and 7.7 percent towards total employment, India's Travel, Tourism and Hospitality industry has the potential to induce sustainable development at the grassroots and become the backbone of ou ...
... foreign exchange earner growing at CAGR of 13 percent. With a contribution of 6.6 percent towards India's GDP and 7.7 percent towards total employment, India's Travel, Tourism and Hospitality industry has the potential to induce sustainable development at the grassroots and become the backbone of ou ...
Traces of Gandhāran Buddhism: An Exhibition of Ancient Buddhist
... in Gāndhārī using the Kharoṣṭhī script. However, as is also illustrated by the collection here presented, this script was gradually abandoned for Brāhmi, and the written language developed towards a standardized Sanskrit, with an intermediate stage of semi-colloquial Sanskrit that has come to be kno ...
... in Gāndhārī using the Kharoṣṭhī script. However, as is also illustrated by the collection here presented, this script was gradually abandoned for Brāhmi, and the written language developed towards a standardized Sanskrit, with an intermediate stage of semi-colloquial Sanskrit that has come to be kno ...
traces of gandhāran buddhism - Institut für Indologie und Tibetologie
... in Gāndhārī using the Kharoṣṭhī script. However, as is also illustrated by the collection here presented, this script was gradually abandoned for Brāhmi, and the written language developed towards a standardized Sanskrit, with an intermediate stage of semi-colloquial Sanskrit that has come to be kno ...
... in Gāndhārī using the Kharoṣṭhī script. However, as is also illustrated by the collection here presented, this script was gradually abandoned for Brāhmi, and the written language developed towards a standardized Sanskrit, with an intermediate stage of semi-colloquial Sanskrit that has come to be kno ...
Chapter VII The Parable of a Magic City - Nichiren
... explanations in Chapter 3. In this chapter the Tathagata “turned the wheel of the teaching of the four truths, three times.” Now we will learn the proof of the four truths in this chapter. That is what it meant with the turning the wheel of the teaching of the four truths three times. 1. 苦諦:All exis ...
... explanations in Chapter 3. In this chapter the Tathagata “turned the wheel of the teaching of the four truths, three times.” Now we will learn the proof of the four truths in this chapter. That is what it meant with the turning the wheel of the teaching of the four truths three times. 1. 苦諦:All exis ...
Untitled [Jessica Main on The Buddha: A Short Biography] - H-Net
... successfully interweaves many versions of the Buddha’s biography in order to expose “the complexities of the biographical process” (pp. xii-xiii).[2] Strong describes the sacred biography of the Buddha in three layers: fragments, autonomous scriptural stories, and vernacular traditions (pp. 4-5). Th ...
... successfully interweaves many versions of the Buddha’s biography in order to expose “the complexities of the biographical process” (pp. xii-xiii).[2] Strong describes the sacred biography of the Buddha in three layers: fragments, autonomous scriptural stories, and vernacular traditions (pp. 4-5). Th ...
The Spread of Sarnath-Style Buddha Images in Southeast Asia and
... southern sea route. The overland route and the Silk Road began to develop during the Han dynasty. The southern sea route had been used before or after the beginning of the Common Era, but it was not used frequently until the sixth century, and most of the relevant records are found in Tang dynasty s ...
... southern sea route. The overland route and the Silk Road began to develop during the Han dynasty. The southern sea route had been used before or after the beginning of the Common Era, but it was not used frequently until the sixth century, and most of the relevant records are found in Tang dynasty s ...
DASABALASRIMITRA ON THE BUDDHOLOGY OF THE SAMMITIYAS
... present] Sakyamuni first made the wholesome root vow (kusalamillapral}idhiina) as a merchant, a sre${hin, during the preliminary career of resolution: 'Oh, may I in future become a Buddha, a worthy one, a truly and completely awakened one. And as this Blessed One is named Sakyamuni, so may I be Saky ...
... present] Sakyamuni first made the wholesome root vow (kusalamillapral}idhiina) as a merchant, a sre${hin, during the preliminary career of resolution: 'Oh, may I in future become a Buddha, a worthy one, a truly and completely awakened one. And as this Blessed One is named Sakyamuni, so may I be Saky ...
Archaeological Discovery and Examination of the Money
... mainly existed in the lower reach of Yangtze River during the 3rd to 4th centuries CE (Wu of the Three-Kingdoms Period to the Western Jin Dynasty). On the upper part of this type of celadon wares, sculptures such as architecture, human, beast and bird figures were usually attached or embossed as dec ...
... mainly existed in the lower reach of Yangtze River during the 3rd to 4th centuries CE (Wu of the Three-Kingdoms Period to the Western Jin Dynasty). On the upper part of this type of celadon wares, sculptures such as architecture, human, beast and bird figures were usually attached or embossed as dec ...
digitising_skt_buddhist_texts
... ray of light springs forth from his forehead illuminating all the worlds and inspires gods to sing praises of the Buddha. The gods then come to salute him and pray him to reveal the excellent sutra. The Buddha then accepts their prayer by maintaining silence. Although the introduction of Mahayana su ...
... ray of light springs forth from his forehead illuminating all the worlds and inspires gods to sing praises of the Buddha. The gods then come to salute him and pray him to reveal the excellent sutra. The Buddha then accepts their prayer by maintaining silence. Although the introduction of Mahayana su ...
Mahayana Buddhism
... Mahayana goes beyond the core doctrine contained in the Theravada Tipitaka in several important respects. It accepts as canonical other sutras not in the Tipitaka; this literature is known as the Buddhavacana (Revelation of the Buddha). The most notable Buddhavacana texts are the Saddharmapundarika ...
... Mahayana goes beyond the core doctrine contained in the Theravada Tipitaka in several important respects. It accepts as canonical other sutras not in the Tipitaka; this literature is known as the Buddhavacana (Revelation of the Buddha). The most notable Buddhavacana texts are the Saddharmapundarika ...
Emergence of the Pure Land Path: The Mahayana Movement
... Mahayana Buddhists therefore established the practice of prajna, by which they sought to transcend the very dichotomies of samsara and nirvana, blind passions and enlightenment, and self and others. Through the realization of this nondualistic wisdom, they sought to “see suchness” or things just as ...
... Mahayana Buddhists therefore established the practice of prajna, by which they sought to transcend the very dichotomies of samsara and nirvana, blind passions and enlightenment, and self and others. Through the realization of this nondualistic wisdom, they sought to “see suchness” or things just as ...
The Sacred Writing by Central Asian Buddhist Monks in China (3
... than a native Chinese. Who, then, played the major role in teaching Buddhist scribes to write Chinese calligraphy? According to a comprehensive survey which focuses on the foreign monk translators and scribes ...
... than a native Chinese. Who, then, played the major role in teaching Buddhist scribes to write Chinese calligraphy? According to a comprehensive survey which focuses on the foreign monk translators and scribes ...
Pilgrimage to the Buddha`s Life Sites
... Seated Buddha, Sravasti. Photograph by Gaurang Prajapati, 2008 (click image for larger version) During the Buddha's lifetime, Sravasti, capital of the powerful Kosala kingdom, provided a retreat during the rainy season for large numbers of the monastic community (sangha). The Buddha spent much of h ...
... Seated Buddha, Sravasti. Photograph by Gaurang Prajapati, 2008 (click image for larger version) During the Buddha's lifetime, Sravasti, capital of the powerful Kosala kingdom, provided a retreat during the rainy season for large numbers of the monastic community (sangha). The Buddha spent much of h ...
Mogao Caves
The Mogao Caves or Mogao Grottoes (Chinese: 莫高窟; pinyin: Mògāo kū), also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas (Chinese: 千佛洞; pinyin: qiān fó dòng), form a system of 492 temples 25 km (16 mi) southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China. The caves may also be known as the Dunhuang Caves, however, this term is also used as a collective term to include other Buddhist cave sites in the Dunhuang area, such as the Western Thousand Buddha Caves, and the Yulin Caves farther away. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spanning a period of 1,000 years. The first caves were dug out in 366 CE as places of Buddhist meditation and worship. The Mogao Caves are the best known of the Chinese Buddhist grottoes and, along with Longmen Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes, are one of the three famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China.An important cache of documents was discovered in 1900 in the so-called ""Library Cave,"" which had been walled-up in the 11th century. The content of the library was dispersed around the world, and the largest collections are now found in Beijing, London, Paris and Berlin, and the International Dunhuang Project exists to coordinate and collect scholarly work on the Dunhuang manuscripts and other material. The caves themselves are now a popular tourist destination, with a number open for visiting.