Wonhyo - Charles Muller
... Hyeolsa 穴寺. His son Seol Chong brought his remains to Bunhwangsa (the temple with which Wonhyo had been primarily associated during his career), where he made a clay image and interred his ashes. ...
... Hyeolsa 穴寺. His son Seol Chong brought his remains to Bunhwangsa (the temple with which Wonhyo had been primarily associated during his career), where he made a clay image and interred his ashes. ...
Two Versions of the Mahādeva Tale in the Ekottarika‐āgama
... A description of the thousand sons of Mahādeva’s son Dīrghāyu is not found in the parallel versions. The motif of having a thousand vigorous sons occurs in D 1 kha 53b1 or Q 1030 ge 49a6 and in D 4094 ju 76b3 or Q 5595 tu 86b3, where it is associated with Mahādeva instead. ...
... A description of the thousand sons of Mahādeva’s son Dīrghāyu is not found in the parallel versions. The motif of having a thousand vigorous sons occurs in D 1 kha 53b1 or Q 1030 ge 49a6 and in D 4094 ju 76b3 or Q 5595 tu 86b3, where it is associated with Mahādeva instead. ...
A History of Mindfulness
... So we should start by identifying the smallest, simplest units of meaning used to describe satipaṭṭhāna. These are the basic terms and phrases common to all descriptions of satipaṭṭhāna in all the schools. It makes sense to start with the Buddha’s first sermon. This raises an interesting question. T ...
... So we should start by identifying the smallest, simplest units of meaning used to describe satipaṭṭhāna. These are the basic terms and phrases common to all descriptions of satipaṭṭhāna in all the schools. It makes sense to start with the Buddha’s first sermon. This raises an interesting question. T ...
The Dawn of Abhidharma - Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde
... part is the product of later harmonization and levelling. In a paper published in 2012 I have contrasted this understanding with the propositions made by other scholars.5 In two papers published in 2013, I have provided evidence for my reasons for considering the Ekottarika-āgama collection as havin ...
... part is the product of later harmonization and levelling. In a paper published in 2012 I have contrasted this understanding with the propositions made by other scholars.5 In two papers published in 2013, I have provided evidence for my reasons for considering the Ekottarika-āgama collection as havin ...
THE BUDDHA SAID THAT BUDDHA SAID SO: A TRANSLATION
... a large window into the Buddhism of a specific place and time.21 As such, in the first half of the chapter I discuss in varying degrees of detail the history of the discovery and contents of the collection, as well as the work scholars have produced on them. In light of the brief historical survey o ...
... a large window into the Buddhism of a specific place and time.21 As such, in the first half of the chapter I discuss in varying degrees of detail the history of the discovery and contents of the collection, as well as the work scholars have produced on them. In light of the brief historical survey o ...
Canonical Jātaka Tales in Comparative Perspective
... version of the Rāmāyaṇa (summarized in Stutterheim 1925: 66-80) does not take the form of a jātaka. In a Japanese version, Rāma is identified with the bodhisattva, cf. Hara 1980/1989: 335. A Khotanese version (ed. and trsl. Bailey 1940: 376 and 571) is ambivalent since, though it probably does ident ...
... version of the Rāmāyaṇa (summarized in Stutterheim 1925: 66-80) does not take the form of a jātaka. In a Japanese version, Rāma is identified with the bodhisattva, cf. Hara 1980/1989: 335. A Khotanese version (ed. and trsl. Bailey 1940: 376 and 571) is ambivalent since, though it probably does ident ...
Mahāmaitrī in a Mahāyāna Sūtra in Khotanese ― Continuity and
... for the establishment of rich cultures of meditation or mental cultivation. These had important ramifications for the development of Buddhist meditation practices en route from the Indian and Indianised Buddhist world to China. Chapter three of the Book of Zambasta was probably translated into Khota ...
... for the establishment of rich cultures of meditation or mental cultivation. These had important ramifications for the development of Buddhist meditation practices en route from the Indian and Indianised Buddhist world to China. Chapter three of the Book of Zambasta was probably translated into Khota ...
Gurudharma Mūlasarvāstivāda Tradition Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... bhikṣuṇīs came into existence. Thus the formulation of the gurudharma concerning bhikṣuṇī ordination in the Dharmaguptaka, Mahīśāsaka, and Theravāda Vinayas results in an internal inconsistency, as it implies that the probationary training was promulgated by the Buddha at the time when the order of ...
... bhikṣuṇīs came into existence. Thus the formulation of the gurudharma concerning bhikṣuṇī ordination in the Dharmaguptaka, Mahīśāsaka, and Theravāda Vinayas results in an internal inconsistency, as it implies that the probationary training was promulgated by the Buddha at the time when the order of ...
Has Xuanzang really been in Mathurå?
... and history of arts, etc. it is certainly impossible to draw final conclusions about the credibility of the records—whether their facts and their information are to be taken as witnesses of objective historicity, as regional traditions or as texts moulded after certain patterns of inner-Buddhist or ...
... and history of arts, etc. it is certainly impossible to draw final conclusions about the credibility of the records—whether their facts and their information are to be taken as witnesses of objective historicity, as regional traditions or as texts moulded after certain patterns of inner-Buddhist or ...
Theories on the Foundation of the Nuns` Order –
... without thereby necessarily intending that at the time of the Dakkhiavibhaga-sutta she was still observing only the five precepts. Besides, the monastic rules appear to have come into existence only in a gradual manner, being laid down as and when occasion demanded.26 Depending on how early Mahāpr ...
... without thereby necessarily intending that at the time of the Dakkhiavibhaga-sutta she was still observing only the five precepts. Besides, the monastic rules appear to have come into existence only in a gradual manner, being laid down as and when occasion demanded.26 Depending on how early Mahāpr ...
Saṃyukta-āgama and the Potential of the Ten Courses of Action
... In its introductory narration, the Sāleyyaka-sutta is also more detailed, as it gives a full treatment of the favorable report about the recluse Gotama heard by the Brahmins of Sālā that motivated them to visit the Buddha. 24 The Chinese version simply mentions that the Brahmins had come to know abo ...
... In its introductory narration, the Sāleyyaka-sutta is also more detailed, as it gives a full treatment of the favorable report about the recluse Gotama heard by the Brahmins of Sālā that motivated them to visit the Buddha. 24 The Chinese version simply mentions that the Brahmins had come to know abo ...
Oral Dimensions of Pāli Discourses: Pericopes, other Mnemonic
... the preservation of sacred material, for which free improvisation is inappropriate.15 Moreover, recitation was often undertaken communally by the reciters, which leaves little scope for free improvisation.16 The emphasis on verbatim transmission in the early Buddhist oral tradition can even be detec ...
... the preservation of sacred material, for which free improvisation is inappropriate.15 Moreover, recitation was often undertaken communally by the reciters, which leaves little scope for free improvisation.16 The emphasis on verbatim transmission in the early Buddhist oral tradition can even be detec ...
Introduction to the Early Buddhist
... conduct all beings to cessation of sorrow. What the later doctrine teaches is the Mahāyāna or the ‘great vehicle’ which is calculated to transport a larger number of people, the whole community of humanity, over and beyond the sorrow of existence. This new doctrine, as is claimed by its followers, r ...
... conduct all beings to cessation of sorrow. What the later doctrine teaches is the Mahāyāna or the ‘great vehicle’ which is calculated to transport a larger number of people, the whole community of humanity, over and beyond the sorrow of existence. This new doctrine, as is claimed by its followers, r ...
On the Bhikkhunã Ordination Controversy
... In the Theravàda tradition the lineage of bhikkhunãs died out some thousand years ago. Present day attempts to revive this lineage meet with opposition. In what follows I examine arguments raised by opponents to the revival of bhikkhunã ordination. I begin with the legal aspect, followed by taking u ...
... In the Theravàda tradition the lineage of bhikkhunãs died out some thousand years ago. Present day attempts to revive this lineage meet with opposition. In what follows I examine arguments raised by opponents to the revival of bhikkhunã ordination. I begin with the legal aspect, followed by taking u ...
Mahāpajāpatī’s Going Forth in the Madhyama-āgama Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Then Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī approached the Buddha again, paid homage with her head at the Buddha’s feet and, standing back to one side, said: “Blessed One, can women attain the four fruits of recluse-ship? For that reason, [can] women in this right teaching and discipline leave the household out of fai ...
... Then Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī approached the Buddha again, paid homage with her head at the Buddha’s feet and, standing back to one side, said: “Blessed One, can women attain the four fruits of recluse-ship? For that reason, [can] women in this right teaching and discipline leave the household out of fai ...
EVERYONE NEEDS VINAYA: REFLECTION S ON BUDDHIST
... customarily obscure concept. I will begin by looking at the limitations of how Vinaya has been understood traditionally, although we don’t really know how far back many “traditions” go. Some are less than a hundred years old and others were a response to European imperialism. Very few actually go ba ...
... customarily obscure concept. I will begin by looking at the limitations of how Vinaya has been understood traditionally, although we don’t really know how far back many “traditions” go. Some are less than a hundred years old and others were a response to European imperialism. Very few actually go ba ...
Chinese challenges to Buddhism
... Dàoshēng, the last of the great neo-Daoistic Buddhists, thus had some notion of the doctrine of universal Buddha-nature even before the final chapters of the full-length Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra14 had arrived in the south. On the basis of the Lotus Sutra, he had already argued that if the truth is one, ...
... Dàoshēng, the last of the great neo-Daoistic Buddhists, thus had some notion of the doctrine of universal Buddha-nature even before the final chapters of the full-length Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra14 had arrived in the south. On the basis of the Lotus Sutra, he had already argued that if the truth is one, ...
a study on the i-pu-tsung-lun-lun
... The Arhats answered, “It is impossible, but if it is as you say, you can stand by a little and presently get the condition of ‘past learning’. Then you can enter the assembly; at present your presence is not possible.”26[26] Vasumitra, “I care for the condition of ‘past learning’ as little as for a ...
... The Arhats answered, “It is impossible, but if it is as you say, you can stand by a little and presently get the condition of ‘past learning’. Then you can enter the assembly; at present your presence is not possible.”26[26] Vasumitra, “I care for the condition of ‘past learning’ as little as for a ...
Dharma and Abhidharma
... and no trace of it is found in the comparison; it is clearly of secondary importance and may even be an addition. 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 n ...
... and no trace of it is found in the comparison; it is clearly of secondary importance and may even be an addition. 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 n ...
Intellectual Property in Early Buddhism: A Legal and Cultural Perspective
... is no plausible reason why he should be deemed guilty when he has his donors choose a pirated book over a genuine one. To sum up, Vinaya does not recognize potential gains of others as their “real” properties (parapariggahita), so making away with such gains is not a legal theft, and I have yet to f ...
... is no plausible reason why he should be deemed guilty when he has his donors choose a pirated book over a genuine one. To sum up, Vinaya does not recognize potential gains of others as their “real” properties (parapariggahita), so making away with such gains is not a legal theft, and I have yet to f ...
Damming the Dhamma: Problems with Bhikkhunãs in the Pali Vinaya
... the Buddha utilizes the metaphor of a dam for the eight special rules he imposes upon Mahàprajàpatã Gotamã as a condition of ordination, the implications are clear. The presence of women in the order poses a serious and inescapable threat to the dhamma and vinaya, liable, like a flood, to wash away ...
... the Buddha utilizes the metaphor of a dam for the eight special rules he imposes upon Mahàprajàpatã Gotamã as a condition of ordination, the implications are clear. The presence of women in the order poses a serious and inescapable threat to the dhamma and vinaya, liable, like a flood, to wash away ...
The Case of Sudinna: On the Function of
... get food by begging. Whenever the time for taking food came, he would often return to his [familyʼs] home for food. His mother said to Yaśas: “Son, you are really suffering greatly, having shaved off your beard and hair, wearing rag robes, holding a bowl to beg for food, and becoming a laughing stoc ...
... get food by begging. Whenever the time for taking food came, he would often return to his [familyʼs] home for food. His mother said to Yaśas: “Son, you are really suffering greatly, having shaved off your beard and hair, wearing rag robes, holding a bowl to beg for food, and becoming a laughing stoc ...
06_PP_Urban Development_1000
... It contains texts from many strands of earlier tradition. The earliest Mahayana texts were composed in a 'Middle Indo-Āryan' language which was Sanskritised during the Gupta era when Sanskrit became the official language of the Indian court. Most of the Mahayana sutra texts are composed in what ...
... It contains texts from many strands of earlier tradition. The earliest Mahayana texts were composed in a 'Middle Indo-Āryan' language which was Sanskritised during the Gupta era when Sanskrit became the official language of the Indian court. Most of the Mahayana sutra texts are composed in what ...
āgama and aṅga in the early buddhist oral tradition
... afterwards receives information on what these four truths actually mean; cf. in more detail Anālayo 2012. ...
... afterwards receives information on what these four truths actually mean; cf. in more detail Anālayo 2012. ...
Sarvastivada
The Sarvāstivāda (Sanskrit; Chinese: 說一切有部; pinyin: Shuō Yīqièyǒu Bù) were an early school of Buddhism that held to the existence of all dharmas in the past, present and future, the ""three times"". Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośa-bhāṣya states, ""He who affirms the existence of the dharmas of the three time periods [past, present and future] is held to be a Sarvāstivādin.""The Sarvāstivādins were one of the most influential Buddhist monastic groups, flourishing throughout Northwest India, Northern India, and Central Asia. The Sarvāstivādins are believed to have given rise to the Mūlasarvāstivāda sect, although the relationship between these two groups has not yet been fully determined.