the_sixth_ancestor.pps
... [during Bodhidharma’s time] was the true appearance of Buddha’s teaching. Yet now, at this later time [about 125 years later], the threads of those arguments are no longer spoken of. Now we are in what is called the “Dharma-ending age,” in which adherence to the precepts is our practice. This [prece ...
... [during Bodhidharma’s time] was the true appearance of Buddha’s teaching. Yet now, at this later time [about 125 years later], the threads of those arguments are no longer spoken of. Now we are in what is called the “Dharma-ending age,” in which adherence to the precepts is our practice. This [prece ...
Mar/April
... A follower of the Buddha Way may ask, how do we know if we have received the true Dharma? The true teachings of the Buddha? As we discussed, one way is by following the Buddha's Eightfold Path and experiencing enlightenment for ourselves. But another, and often more popular way in the history of Bud ...
... A follower of the Buddha Way may ask, how do we know if we have received the true Dharma? The true teachings of the Buddha? As we discussed, one way is by following the Buddha's Eightfold Path and experiencing enlightenment for ourselves. But another, and often more popular way in the history of Bud ...
Venerable Master Hsing Yun`s 2012 Letter to Dharma Protectors
... The beauty of the Buddha Memorial Center is world renowned. For this very reason, Dr. Charles H.C. Kao of Commonwealth Publishing especially assigned one of their best writers – Pan Xuan to write the book, Humanistic Buddhaland, to describe the Buddha's spirit of compassion, wisdom, altruism, and eq ...
... The beauty of the Buddha Memorial Center is world renowned. For this very reason, Dr. Charles H.C. Kao of Commonwealth Publishing especially assigned one of their best writers – Pan Xuan to write the book, Humanistic Buddhaland, to describe the Buddha's spirit of compassion, wisdom, altruism, and eq ...
Fukanzazengi, translated by R M Hakuun
... used contemporary Japanese in order to offer the Dharma to a wide public. One paragraph was thoroughly simplified, so a fuller version can be read in endnote 2. The Japanese version I translated can be found in the Sōtō Shu Sutra book, published by the Sōtō Headquarters in Tokyo 1984. With many than ...
... used contemporary Japanese in order to offer the Dharma to a wide public. One paragraph was thoroughly simplified, so a fuller version can be read in endnote 2. The Japanese version I translated can be found in the Sōtō Shu Sutra book, published by the Sōtō Headquarters in Tokyo 1984. With many than ...
The Three Jewels of Buddhism
... comparatively low level. Considered as refuges, the Three Jewels represent the possibility of complete liberation from suffering. It is no linguistic accident that we speak of going for refuge. You don’t just accept the Three Refuges; you go for refuge. ‘Going for Refuge’ at the time of the Buddha S ...
... comparatively low level. Considered as refuges, the Three Jewels represent the possibility of complete liberation from suffering. It is no linguistic accident that we speak of going for refuge. You don’t just accept the Three Refuges; you go for refuge. ‘Going for Refuge’ at the time of the Buddha S ...
BUDDHISM - College of the Holy Cross
... • 4. The path to the cessation of suffering is the Eightfold path. – It is the middle way between the two extremes of excessive self-indulgence (hedonism) and excessive self-mortification (asceticism); and it leads to the end of the cycle of rebirth. The path to the end of suffering can extend over ...
... • 4. The path to the cessation of suffering is the Eightfold path. – It is the middle way between the two extremes of excessive self-indulgence (hedonism) and excessive self-mortification (asceticism); and it leads to the end of the cycle of rebirth. The path to the end of suffering can extend over ...
3. Meditation
... How does this apply to illegally downloading file-sharing programs/music/videos? Spending company time on outside work or the internet? I vow to abstain from misconduct done in lust. Indulging in fantasy about or flirting with a co-worker; having an affair with a coworker; These usually don’t lead t ...
... How does this apply to illegally downloading file-sharing programs/music/videos? Spending company time on outside work or the internet? I vow to abstain from misconduct done in lust. Indulging in fantasy about or flirting with a co-worker; having an affair with a coworker; These usually don’t lead t ...
Introduction to Buddhism
... When we observe the world, and everything surrounding us, we can see that everything comes from a certain set of causal conditions. We also see that everything is impermanent. For example, a tree needs seed, earth, water, air, and sunshine to grow. Because the causal conditions are always changing, ...
... When we observe the world, and everything surrounding us, we can see that everything comes from a certain set of causal conditions. We also see that everything is impermanent. For example, a tree needs seed, earth, water, air, and sunshine to grow. Because the causal conditions are always changing, ...
Talk_Two - Western Chan Fellowship
... the sake of manifesting and enjoying one’s Buddha Nature requires a strong faith in the existence of such a nature – and also of the inherent need to actualise it. It requires a deep faith that it is not this aspiring little self that sits on the cushion, but Buddha who sits. I know a lot of people ...
... the sake of manifesting and enjoying one’s Buddha Nature requires a strong faith in the existence of such a nature – and also of the inherent need to actualise it. It requires a deep faith that it is not this aspiring little self that sits on the cushion, but Buddha who sits. I know a lot of people ...
BUDDHISM WITHOUT BELIEFS
... initially assumed that were he to speak of it no one would understand him. A person who is asleep is either lost in deep unconsciousness or absorbed in a dream. Metaphorically, this was how the Buddha must have seen both his previous self as well as everyone else he had known: they either were blind ...
... initially assumed that were he to speak of it no one would understand him. A person who is asleep is either lost in deep unconsciousness or absorbed in a dream. Metaphorically, this was how the Buddha must have seen both his previous self as well as everyone else he had known: they either were blind ...
Understanding the Buddha`s Teachings (excerpt)
... "Teachings of the Elders" (Theravada). The Sarvastivada texts, known as the Northern transmission, exist only in fragmented form. Fortunately, they were translated into Chinese and Tibetan, and many of these translations are still available. We have to remember that the Buddha did not speak Pali, Sa ...
... "Teachings of the Elders" (Theravada). The Sarvastivada texts, known as the Northern transmission, exist only in fragmented form. Fortunately, they were translated into Chinese and Tibetan, and many of these translations are still available. We have to remember that the Buddha did not speak Pali, Sa ...
Guidance for the New Year
... gentleness, and warmth are inherent in everyone, they are not things for which we need to strive. We only need to avoid things like grumbling, ignorance, whining, criticizing, and complaining, which weigh us down like heavy stones. Our aim is reasonable for anyone, which is to serve as an oasis for ...
... gentleness, and warmth are inherent in everyone, they are not things for which we need to strive. We only need to avoid things like grumbling, ignorance, whining, criticizing, and complaining, which weigh us down like heavy stones. Our aim is reasonable for anyone, which is to serve as an oasis for ...
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... patients to come in touch with thmeselves This is followed by periods of light and then heavier manual work, and a period of retraining to help patients rejoin normal life During part of the treatment the patients keep a diary with therapist adding his or her own notes to it ...
... patients to come in touch with thmeselves This is followed by periods of light and then heavier manual work, and a period of retraining to help patients rejoin normal life During part of the treatment the patients keep a diary with therapist adding his or her own notes to it ...
Where do Buddhas come from .... and go?
... Mahayana -- Diachronic accepted, but only as relative truth; on a higher level, Buddhas are generated eternally, every moment, everywhere (Synchronic) ...
... Mahayana -- Diachronic accepted, but only as relative truth; on a higher level, Buddhas are generated eternally, every moment, everywhere (Synchronic) ...
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... patience. She is often in the triad with Kuan Shih Yin (Compassion) and Wen-Shu (Wisdom) as the Three Precious Bodhisattvas whose qualities make up the Buddha's Essence. ...
... patience. She is often in the triad with Kuan Shih Yin (Compassion) and Wen-Shu (Wisdom) as the Three Precious Bodhisattvas whose qualities make up the Buddha's Essence. ...
Dharma, Color and Culture Introduction
... I came to Zen not knowing that such a thing as Buddhism existed. I came to Zen knowing that only in silence and stillness would I intimately know the mind that is inherently free and luminous. I came to Zen because the causes and conditions of my life brought me here. The Buddha Shakyamuni said it w ...
... I came to Zen not knowing that such a thing as Buddhism existed. I came to Zen knowing that only in silence and stillness would I intimately know the mind that is inherently free and luminous. I came to Zen because the causes and conditions of my life brought me here. The Buddha Shakyamuni said it w ...
Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism
... the gods asks him to teach those “with little dust on their eyes.” For 45 years, expounds on his first sermon, The Wheel Sutra. 12. Final Nirvana: Ill from some bad almsfood, gathers disciples, What was to be done has been ...
... the gods asks him to teach those “with little dust on their eyes.” For 45 years, expounds on his first sermon, The Wheel Sutra. 12. Final Nirvana: Ill from some bad almsfood, gathers disciples, What was to be done has been ...
RED DOOR YOGA 11 Steady Mind
... him. Each of them began to offer their gifts of fruits, rich cloth, gold coins, ornaments, previous stones and the like. ...
... him. Each of them began to offer their gifts of fruits, rich cloth, gold coins, ornaments, previous stones and the like. ...
Buddhist Studies at SCZC
... their realization, some would say that it is virtually impossible to realize what they did without such thorough and far-reaching study. We are extremely fortunate to live in a time when these precious teachings are available to us in our own language, in translations and commentaries from teachers ...
... their realization, some would say that it is virtually impossible to realize what they did without such thorough and far-reaching study. We are extremely fortunate to live in a time when these precious teachings are available to us in our own language, in translations and commentaries from teachers ...
Buddha`s Miracles in Shravasti - Padmasambhava Buddhist Center
... beginning of the Tibetan new year), the six other teachers took their seats and Shakyamuni came to his flying through the air. He was honored with extensive offerings. He then sent forth fire and water from his body and the hall was destroyed and reformed as a transparent palace. Before the kings of ...
... beginning of the Tibetan new year), the six other teachers took their seats and Shakyamuni came to his flying through the air. He was honored with extensive offerings. He then sent forth fire and water from his body and the hall was destroyed and reformed as a transparent palace. Before the kings of ...
Dharma as truth teachings
... Like the finger pointing at the moon, the teachings are instrumental, as demonstrated in the parable of the raft. If you want to cross the river, you need the raft. But once across, you don’t go on carrying it around – it was only a tool for the job. But equally, you do need to jump aboard the raft ...
... Like the finger pointing at the moon, the teachings are instrumental, as demonstrated in the parable of the raft. If you want to cross the river, you need the raft. But once across, you don’t go on carrying it around – it was only a tool for the job. But equally, you do need to jump aboard the raft ...
Introduction to Zen Reading List
... The Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader – Nelson Foster and Jack Shoemaker Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation (teachings of Doge ...
... The Roaring Stream: A New Zen Reader – Nelson Foster and Jack Shoemaker Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation (teachings of Doge ...
33week3Buddhism
... decided it was useless to teach others. The King of the gods asks him to teach those “with little dust on their eyes.” For 45 years, expounds on his first sermon, The Wheel Sutra. 12. Final Nirvana: Ill from some bad alms food, gathers disciples, What was to be done has been ...
... decided it was useless to teach others. The King of the gods asks him to teach those “with little dust on their eyes.” For 45 years, expounds on his first sermon, The Wheel Sutra. 12. Final Nirvana: Ill from some bad alms food, gathers disciples, What was to be done has been ...
Introduction to Buddha-Dharma and Sōtō Zen Practice
... The Sutra of Hui-neng, Grand Master of Zen – Thomas Cleary Cultivating the Empty Field: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi – Taigen Leighton Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Enlightenment Unfolds: Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanah ...
... The Sutra of Hui-neng, Grand Master of Zen – Thomas Cleary Cultivating the Empty Field: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi – Taigen Leighton Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Enlightenment Unfolds: Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanah ...
Life of the Buddha - College of the Holy Cross
... Emperor Asoka had eight stupas built as reminders of the most important actions of the Buddha. This stupa is at Vaishali in India, where the story of the monkey’s gift of honey is said to have happened. ...
... Emperor Asoka had eight stupas built as reminders of the most important actions of the Buddha. This stupa is at Vaishali in India, where the story of the monkey’s gift of honey is said to have happened. ...