eForth and Zen
... explored how Forth did things and why things were done the ways they were. It put to rest the myth that Forth was a write-only language by showing that Forth could be understood by the average user with some casual study. It showed how the inner interpreter and the outer interpreter worked, and why ...
... explored how Forth did things and why things were done the ways they were. It put to rest the myth that Forth was a write-only language by showing that Forth could be understood by the average user with some casual study. It showed how the inner interpreter and the outer interpreter worked, and why ...
Enlightenment in Dogen`s Zen
... sudden accession to it. However, this is to overlook what is meant by "enlightenment from the beginning." Other catchphrases may also give a wrong impression. D.T. Suzuki's characterization of Rinzai as "koan introspection Zen" in contrast with Soto "silent illumination" may play some part in the mi ...
... sudden accession to it. However, this is to overlook what is meant by "enlightenment from the beginning." Other catchphrases may also give a wrong impression. D.T. Suzuki's characterization of Rinzai as "koan introspection Zen" in contrast with Soto "silent illumination" may play some part in the mi ...
Buddha and god - Mischievous Peeps
... Law of all universes. That sustaining, patterning and all-intelligent, spiritual Law of Reality is called Dharma or Dharmata (the essential nature of Dharma), but can also be called simply Buddha, or the Awakened Mind (bodhi-citta). This is the mysterious source of all that is—both the visible and t ...
... Law of all universes. That sustaining, patterning and all-intelligent, spiritual Law of Reality is called Dharma or Dharmata (the essential nature of Dharma), but can also be called simply Buddha, or the Awakened Mind (bodhi-citta). This is the mysterious source of all that is—both the visible and t ...
Why the Buddha “Hesitated” To Teach
... were to fail to understand the profound and sublime truth he had realized. 13 The same becomes even more evident in the Theravāda Vinaya, according to which a single request by Brahmā was not sufficient to overcome the Buddha‘s disinclination to teach. According to this account, Brahmā Sahampati had ...
... were to fail to understand the profound and sublime truth he had realized. 13 The same becomes even more evident in the Theravāda Vinaya, according to which a single request by Brahmā was not sufficient to overcome the Buddha‘s disinclination to teach. According to this account, Brahmā Sahampati had ...
The Buddha - World Religions eBooks
... was born. Sources such as the Accariyabbhūtadhamma Sutta (M.3.123) also claim that the Buddha’s awareness of these events preceded his conception, and that he had been waiting mindfully and aware all along in the Tuṣita heaven for the time to enter his mother’s womb. The young boy was given the name ...
... was born. Sources such as the Accariyabbhūtadhamma Sutta (M.3.123) also claim that the Buddha’s awareness of these events preceded his conception, and that he had been waiting mindfully and aware all along in the Tuṣita heaven for the time to enter his mother’s womb. The young boy was given the name ...
The Sentient Reflexivity of Buddha Nature: Metaphorizing
... Nature works is the primary method of the Buddha’s teachings concerning the innate, identical quality found in himself and his disciples. This has been a consistent pedagogy of among Dharma teachers. In the Aristotelian sense, metaphorization generates intuitive perception of the similar in the diss ...
... Nature works is the primary method of the Buddha’s teachings concerning the innate, identical quality found in himself and his disciples. This has been a consistent pedagogy of among Dharma teachers. In the Aristotelian sense, metaphorization generates intuitive perception of the similar in the diss ...
Zen and systemic therapy
... experience: "What’s the use of talking about a musical masterpiece? What counts, is, that one performs it." (Nhat Hanh 1997, p.135). Eisai (1141-1214, Rinzai school) and Dogen (1200-1253, Soto school) are the founders of the two large Zen schools in Japan, which respectively trace back to Chinese sc ...
... experience: "What’s the use of talking about a musical masterpiece? What counts, is, that one performs it." (Nhat Hanh 1997, p.135). Eisai (1141-1214, Rinzai school) and Dogen (1200-1253, Soto school) are the founders of the two large Zen schools in Japan, which respectively trace back to Chinese sc ...
1.4 Why the Buddha “Hesitated” To Teach B S
... these qualities than he himself, and as such found no one to honour and respect. Let me then honour and respect and dwell in dependence on this very Dharma to which I have fully awakened. (S 1:139 = A 2:20)3 The Aguttara version of the sutta closes with an interesting remark put into the Buddha’s m ...
... these qualities than he himself, and as such found no one to honour and respect. Let me then honour and respect and dwell in dependence on this very Dharma to which I have fully awakened. (S 1:139 = A 2:20)3 The Aguttara version of the sutta closes with an interesting remark put into the Buddha’s m ...
Library Web list - Dec 13
... The Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening The Sutra of Hui-‐Neng: Grand Master of Zen The Record of Tung-‐shan Setting in Motion the Dharma Wheel: Talks on the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism Ox Herding at ...
... The Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening The Sutra of Hui-‐Neng: Grand Master of Zen The Record of Tung-‐shan Setting in Motion the Dharma Wheel: Talks on the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism Ox Herding at ...
Founding Human Rights within Buddhism: Exploring Buddha-Nature as an Ethical Foundation
... Considering this, how else might one relate the precepts (which Keown uses as a justification for rights) and the Four Noble Truths (which Keown uses as the ground for rights)? If we turn to the writings of Buddhist teacher S. N. Goenka, we see that he situates the precepts as the minimum requiremen ...
... Considering this, how else might one relate the precepts (which Keown uses as a justification for rights) and the Four Noble Truths (which Keown uses as the ground for rights)? If we turn to the writings of Buddhist teacher S. N. Goenka, we see that he situates the precepts as the minimum requiremen ...
The Buddha - JBE Online Books
... texts to provide a continuous narrative of part of the Buddha’s life. This and other early sources give the impression that the Buddha’s decision to leave home was premeditated and the result of a growing realization that the realities of sickness, ageing and death were things against which he was p ...
... texts to provide a continuous narrative of part of the Buddha’s life. This and other early sources give the impression that the Buddha’s decision to leave home was premeditated and the result of a growing realization that the realities of sickness, ageing and death were things against which he was p ...
Daniel Miracapillo
... Again, Ānanda, a Bhikkhu – not attending to the perception of the base of nothingness, not attending to the perception of the base of neither-perception-nornon-perception- attends to the signless dependent on the signless concentration of mind [animitto cetosamādhi]. His mind enters into that signl ...
... Again, Ānanda, a Bhikkhu – not attending to the perception of the base of nothingness, not attending to the perception of the base of neither-perception-nornon-perception- attends to the signless dependent on the signless concentration of mind [animitto cetosamādhi]. His mind enters into that signl ...
THE SUTRA OF FORTY-TWO CHAPTERS
... that a golden man flew into his palace. The next day he consulted his advisor who told the emperor that must be the sage Buddha. In 64 C.E. a delegation was sent to India to seek the Buddhadharma. Kashyapa-matanga and Gobharana came with white horses, bearing precious sutras, Buddha statues, and rel ...
... that a golden man flew into his palace. The next day he consulted his advisor who told the emperor that must be the sage Buddha. In 64 C.E. a delegation was sent to India to seek the Buddhadharma. Kashyapa-matanga and Gobharana came with white horses, bearing precious sutras, Buddha statues, and rel ...
guidelines for students
... Westerners turn to spirituality as a way to deal with their malaise, they think they can get all the guidance they need from the self-help section of a bookstore or from the Internet. This approach is likely to result in more rather than less confusion. Others may be determined to find a spiritual t ...
... Westerners turn to spirituality as a way to deal with their malaise, they think they can get all the guidance they need from the self-help section of a bookstore or from the Internet. This approach is likely to result in more rather than less confusion. Others may be determined to find a spiritual t ...
The Buddha`s Skillful Means
... irrational thinking. But from a "skillful means" perspective it expresses an ability to respond to the various forms of suffering the Buddha encounted on a daily basis. The point of all those stories in which the Buddha supposedly lies or contradicts himself is not to condone those activites, any mo ...
... irrational thinking. But from a "skillful means" perspective it expresses an ability to respond to the various forms of suffering the Buddha encounted on a daily basis. The point of all those stories in which the Buddha supposedly lies or contradicts himself is not to condone those activites, any mo ...
Temple Book of Chants
... An Act of Buddha worship And General Repentance O, Most Merciful and Compassionate One, pity all beings. With great joy and abandonment, succor those with Vijnana. To the one with noble features and radiance for self-adornment, we the congregation, wholeheartedly take refuge and pay homage. We take ...
... An Act of Buddha worship And General Repentance O, Most Merciful and Compassionate One, pity all beings. With great joy and abandonment, succor those with Vijnana. To the one with noble features and radiance for self-adornment, we the congregation, wholeheartedly take refuge and pay homage. We take ...
the buddha - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... Figure 3). The first basket of the Tipiṭaka is the Vinaya-piṭaka which is the record of the rules given by the Buddha for the proper conduct of monks and nuns and the governance of the original Saṅgha. This section also contains many stories explaining the location and circumstances for the formati ...
... Figure 3). The first basket of the Tipiṭaka is the Vinaya-piṭaka which is the record of the rules given by the Buddha for the proper conduct of monks and nuns and the governance of the original Saṅgha. This section also contains many stories explaining the location and circumstances for the formati ...
Dharma and Abhidharma
... Apart from these in themselves not very decisive considerations, there is one argument which lends some plausibility to the view that the ‘observation of the positions of the body’ was not originally the first of the 4 sm®tyupasthåna. Briefly stated it is that in Buddhism sm®ti is of two kinds (or b ...
... Apart from these in themselves not very decisive considerations, there is one argument which lends some plausibility to the view that the ‘observation of the positions of the body’ was not originally the first of the 4 sm®tyupasthåna. Briefly stated it is that in Buddhism sm®ti is of two kinds (or b ...
Saṃyukta-āgama and the Potential of the Ten Courses of Action
... To refrain from them forms, according to the Cakkavatti-sīhanāda-sutta, the turning-point after a period of continuous moral decline in the world. 4 Such refraining, which corresponds to undertaking the ten wholesome courses of action, will lead to a good rebirth just as surely as ghee will rise abo ...
... To refrain from them forms, according to the Cakkavatti-sīhanāda-sutta, the turning-point after a period of continuous moral decline in the world. 4 Such refraining, which corresponds to undertaking the ten wholesome courses of action, will lead to a good rebirth just as surely as ghee will rise abo ...
Was the Buddha Omniscient?
... applied to their Master but perhaps not fully assimilated. Given the ambiguous meaning of the term sabba (Sanskrit, sarva), it is not surprising that confusion arose within the Buddhist context regarding what it signified and that, at least in the minds of some commentators, a more factual interpret ...
... applied to their Master but perhaps not fully assimilated. Given the ambiguous meaning of the term sabba (Sanskrit, sarva), it is not surprising that confusion arose within the Buddhist context regarding what it signified and that, at least in the minds of some commentators, a more factual interpret ...
Dokument in Tabellen
... took on during its passage through Japan. Zazen is the return to the practice of Shakyamuni, and his practice was first Indian, then Chinese and finally Japanese. It is now universal. When we become familiar with the life and original teaching of Buddha, we can represent it through our kesa, through ...
... took on during its passage through Japan. Zazen is the return to the practice of Shakyamuni, and his practice was first Indian, then Chinese and finally Japanese. It is now universal. When we become familiar with the life and original teaching of Buddha, we can represent it through our kesa, through ...
INSPIRED SPEECH IN EARLY MAHAYANA BUDDHISM I
... (dhammam deseti) and reveals the pure way of life that accords with it (brahmacariyam pak~seti). When others, even the greatest disciples, teach the dharma, they teach what was first made known by him. T o be sure, they teach it only after they have personally verified it by their own experience, bu ...
... (dhammam deseti) and reveals the pure way of life that accords with it (brahmacariyam pak~seti). When others, even the greatest disciples, teach the dharma, they teach what was first made known by him. T o be sure, they teach it only after they have personally verified it by their own experience, bu ...
Who`s Who in our Chants
... If there are many, many buddhas, there are an unbelievable number of bodhisattvas. In one paragraph on the third page of Cleary’s translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra there is a list of 20: “These and others were the leaders — there were as many as there are atoms in ten buddha-worlds.” Also as numer ...
... If there are many, many buddhas, there are an unbelievable number of bodhisattvas. In one paragraph on the third page of Cleary’s translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra there is a list of 20: “These and others were the leaders — there were as many as there are atoms in ten buddha-worlds.” Also as numer ...