Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism
... going beyond (kōjō 向上) phase of training, where the child/disciple’s legacy and his indebtedness towards his spiritual mentors is recast in terms of overcoming one’s attainments and attachment to them. Keywords fijilial piety, family reverence, Song period Chan, Rinzai Zen, universality, going beyond ...
... going beyond (kōjō 向上) phase of training, where the child/disciple’s legacy and his indebtedness towards his spiritual mentors is recast in terms of overcoming one’s attainments and attachment to them. Keywords fijilial piety, family reverence, Song period Chan, Rinzai Zen, universality, going beyond ...
Minnan Eisai and Hirado - The Introduction of - NAOSITE
... trivial as a kind of tea, in essence just a variation on other existing kinds of tea, may seem insignificant. However, whereas in its land of origin matcha tea has grown out of fashion hundreds of years ago and has completely vanished, in Japan matcha is still one of the more popular kinds of bevera ...
... trivial as a kind of tea, in essence just a variation on other existing kinds of tea, may seem insignificant. However, whereas in its land of origin matcha tea has grown out of fashion hundreds of years ago and has completely vanished, in Japan matcha is still one of the more popular kinds of bevera ...
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 ...
Library Web list - Dec 13
... A Pictorial Biography of Sakyamuni Buddha The Japanese Bon Dance in Hawaii History of the Soto Sect in Hawaii History of Hawaii Soto-‐Shu 1903-‐1978 Buddhism in Hawaii: Its Impact on a Yankee Community What is ...
... A Pictorial Biography of Sakyamuni Buddha The Japanese Bon Dance in Hawaii History of the Soto Sect in Hawaii History of Hawaii Soto-‐Shu 1903-‐1978 Buddhism in Hawaii: Its Impact on a Yankee Community What is ...
the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
... corresponding increase. Nowadays, there are some who are of the opinion that if one avoids evil deeds, one will not achieve any useful purpose. That view leads people to these false faiths. The ignorance of kamma and its effect that is becoming rife now, is the result of overwhelming greed (lobha) s ...
... corresponding increase. Nowadays, there are some who are of the opinion that if one avoids evil deeds, one will not achieve any useful purpose. That view leads people to these false faiths. The ignorance of kamma and its effect that is becoming rife now, is the result of overwhelming greed (lobha) s ...
Practical Advice for Meditator`s
... dropped when concentration improves. When the meditation is on a phrase only, a rosary may be used in conjunction, each repetition being marked by one bead. One's meditation goes well if one finds the mind increasingly absorbed on the chosen meditation subject, but one should not assume that meditat ...
... dropped when concentration improves. When the meditation is on a phrase only, a rosary may be used in conjunction, each repetition being marked by one bead. One's meditation goes well if one finds the mind increasingly absorbed on the chosen meditation subject, but one should not assume that meditat ...
The Dynamic Practices of Luangpor Teean A Thai
... (sudden enlightenment) by breaking through a series of koans recorded in the Mumonkan[8]. ...
... (sudden enlightenment) by breaking through a series of koans recorded in the Mumonkan[8]. ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism and Particularism
... For the purpose of this paper, I shall mostly focus on the Sino-Japanese developments, before returning to wider issues. The Sinitic Interpretation References to filial piety in ancient Chinese sources abound, for instance in the Book of Rites, which precedes the introduction of Buddhism into China ...
... For the purpose of this paper, I shall mostly focus on the Sino-Japanese developments, before returning to wider issues. The Sinitic Interpretation References to filial piety in ancient Chinese sources abound, for instance in the Book of Rites, which precedes the introduction of Buddhism into China ...
Deconstruction, Zen Buddhism and the Ethical
... There are, however, fundamental issues that the Kasulisean approach needs to resolve in order to be seriously considered as Zen ethics. The first is the relationship between awakening and ethics. In other words: How does the attainment of enlightenment, or awakening to the original enlightenment, en ...
... There are, however, fundamental issues that the Kasulisean approach needs to resolve in order to be seriously considered as Zen ethics. The first is the relationship between awakening and ethics. In other words: How does the attainment of enlightenment, or awakening to the original enlightenment, en ...
Zen spirituality in a secular age II
... problematic discourses on fullness that Taylor mentions. Many initial Western interpretations of Zen tended to leave the Sōtō Zen school out of the picture, due to various reasons.13 Since the 1970s, however, Dōgen’s writings have become more well known in the West.14 Dōgen is a complex thinker, not ...
... problematic discourses on fullness that Taylor mentions. Many initial Western interpretations of Zen tended to leave the Sōtō Zen school out of the picture, due to various reasons.13 Since the 1970s, however, Dōgen’s writings have become more well known in the West.14 Dōgen is a complex thinker, not ...
Northern/Southern Schools
... breakthrough to no-mind where liberation lay, not through an inward reflection searching for enlightenment. This spurious debate over “sudden” versus “gradual” enlightenment in the Northern School teachings was one of the cornerstones of Shen-hui’s attacks and this debate seems to continue today. Bu ...
... breakthrough to no-mind where liberation lay, not through an inward reflection searching for enlightenment. This spurious debate over “sudden” versus “gradual” enlightenment in the Northern School teachings was one of the cornerstones of Shen-hui’s attacks and this debate seems to continue today. Bu ...
Title: Wisdom, Compassion, and Zen Social Ethics: the Case... Sŏngch’ŏl, and Minjung Buddhism in Korea
... chŏnghye kyŏlsa mun 勸修定慧結社文, 1190), Chinul states, "When one is deluded about the mind and gives rise to endless defilements, such a person is a sentient being. When one is awakened to the mind and gives rise to endless marvelous functions, such a person is the Buddha. Delusion and awakening are two ...
... chŏnghye kyŏlsa mun 勸修定慧結社文, 1190), Chinul states, "When one is deluded about the mind and gives rise to endless defilements, such a person is a sentient being. When one is awakened to the mind and gives rise to endless marvelous functions, such a person is the Buddha. Delusion and awakening are two ...
See the April 2017 Newsletter
... yogis – had not yielded the insight he sought, so Siddhartha determined to sit in meditation and invite understanding to awaken within himself. He experienced many distractions and temptations but he persevered, diligently and patiently sitting until he gained the insight he had been seeking. Now Th ...
... yogis – had not yielded the insight he sought, so Siddhartha determined to sit in meditation and invite understanding to awaken within himself. He experienced many distractions and temptations but he persevered, diligently and patiently sitting until he gained the insight he had been seeking. Now Th ...
Essence of Zen.vp
... fortunately there was one more link. Before returning to England in 1964 I was in contact with a very remarkable man. This was a lay Buddhist hermit living on the outskirts of Kalimpong in two small rooms which he has now not left for at least fifteen or sixteen years. From five in the morning until ...
... fortunately there was one more link. Before returning to England in 1964 I was in contact with a very remarkable man. This was a lay Buddhist hermit living on the outskirts of Kalimpong in two small rooms which he has now not left for at least fifteen or sixteen years. From five in the morning until ...
This Talk - Three Wheels Temple
... his protectors on the same true way, just as he revered his wife as a bodhisattva who would lead him to the Pure Land. b) The reason is this: if a man by his own efforts makes others recite the nembutsu, then he may call them his disciples. But it is most presumptuous to claim as 'my disciples' thos ...
... his protectors on the same true way, just as he revered his wife as a bodhisattva who would lead him to the Pure Land. b) The reason is this: if a man by his own efforts makes others recite the nembutsu, then he may call them his disciples. But it is most presumptuous to claim as 'my disciples' thos ...
“Beautiful Women Dig Graves”: Richard Baker-roshi
... Mahakashyapa was designated the first Zen patriarch. The knowledge embodied in Mahakashyapa’s experience of enlightenment was handed down through a series of twenty-eight patriarchs until the Indian philosopher Bodhidharma is purported to have traveled to China in 520 C.E. There, Bodhidharma is said ...
... Mahakashyapa was designated the first Zen patriarch. The knowledge embodied in Mahakashyapa’s experience of enlightenment was handed down through a series of twenty-eight patriarchs until the Indian philosopher Bodhidharma is purported to have traveled to China in 520 C.E. There, Bodhidharma is said ...
here - Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley
... Awareness is crucial to our practice. It is through awareness that we can observe our experience and gain liberating insights, yet practice is often a stop and go affair. Can we practice in a way that is continuous and sustainable? How much effort does awareness take? In this workshop we’ll be explo ...
... Awareness is crucial to our practice. It is through awareness that we can observe our experience and gain liberating insights, yet practice is often a stop and go affair. Can we practice in a way that is continuous and sustainable? How much effort does awareness take? In this workshop we’ll be explo ...
The Other Side of Zen - Princeton University Press
... or “expressions of high culture” such as the Zen garden or the tea ceremony, these scholars tended to isolate the Zen Buddhist tradition from both its sociohistorical context and the broader Japanese religious landscape in which it was embedded. Zen was portrayed as a pure and timeless truth, untain ...
... or “expressions of high culture” such as the Zen garden or the tea ceremony, these scholars tended to isolate the Zen Buddhist tradition from both its sociohistorical context and the broader Japanese religious landscape in which it was embedded. Zen was portrayed as a pure and timeless truth, untain ...
contribution of this dissertation
... sect is particularly well know for its use of koans, questions asked by a Zen master to their student that are used as focuses of meditation practice. This koan practice in its modern form was particularly influenced and developed by the Japanese Rinzai master Hakuin Zenji (1689-1769). The Shambhala ...
... sect is particularly well know for its use of koans, questions asked by a Zen master to their student that are used as focuses of meditation practice. This koan practice in its modern form was particularly influenced and developed by the Japanese Rinzai master Hakuin Zenji (1689-1769). The Shambhala ...
Introduction to Buddhism in America Today
... (pancasila), and sometimes simply as “the five things” or the “five truths” (pancadhamma). The expression “the five things” might seem odd, but perhaps it helps to free us from fixed ideas about what these “things” are, and how they function. There are three ways of understanding these “five things. ...
... (pancasila), and sometimes simply as “the five things” or the “five truths” (pancadhamma). The expression “the five things” might seem odd, but perhaps it helps to free us from fixed ideas about what these “things” are, and how they function. There are three ways of understanding these “five things. ...
Zazen or Not Zazen?
... the late nineteenth and throughout the twentieth centuries. For Lopez, the encounter of these traditional Asian Buddhist societies with modernity^mostly through a colonial situation— prompted the invention of a Buddhist tradition that would enable its survival against the Western secular challenge. ...
... the late nineteenth and throughout the twentieth centuries. For Lopez, the encounter of these traditional Asian Buddhist societies with modernity^mostly through a colonial situation— prompted the invention of a Buddhist tradition that would enable its survival against the Western secular challenge. ...
Zen Language in our Time: the case of Pojo Chinul`s
... tradition.1 The first part of the essay explores Zen philosophy of language by considering the meaning of language in Zen in the context of the Buddhist doctrine of dependent co-arising (Skt. pratõÅtyasamutpaÅda, Chin. yuanqi ãw) and emptiness (Skt. sÂuÅnyataÅ). The discussion will focus on the huat ...
... tradition.1 The first part of the essay explores Zen philosophy of language by considering the meaning of language in Zen in the context of the Buddhist doctrine of dependent co-arising (Skt. pratõÅtyasamutpaÅda, Chin. yuanqi ãw) and emptiness (Skt. sÂuÅnyataÅ). The discussion will focus on the huat ...
What is Buddhism?
... all forms of visible light is the same phenomenon with varying wavelengths. The distinction between one color and the next is completely arbitrary and exists only in the minds of those who use a language with those specific color names. Not all languages divide up that spectrum in the same way. Can ...
... all forms of visible light is the same phenomenon with varying wavelengths. The distinction between one color and the next is completely arbitrary and exists only in the minds of those who use a language with those specific color names. Not all languages divide up that spectrum in the same way. Can ...