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... new milieu in China, the conception of what is entailed in stūpa worship might have undergone marked changes, being given new connotations by Chinese Buddhists that are different to those described in the scriptures. Hence, this dissertation examines how these people conceived of them, in order to f ...
... new milieu in China, the conception of what is entailed in stūpa worship might have undergone marked changes, being given new connotations by Chinese Buddhists that are different to those described in the scriptures. Hence, this dissertation examines how these people conceived of them, in order to f ...
Wonhyo - Charles Muller
... Pure Land scriptures, he wonders how the notion of achieving rebirth in the Pure Land based on a mere ten repetitions of Amitābha’s name can be reconciled with the path of attainment of buddhahood requiring three incalculable eons in the Yogācāra system – or how the Lotus Sūtra’s understanding of th ...
... Pure Land scriptures, he wonders how the notion of achieving rebirth in the Pure Land based on a mere ten repetitions of Amitābha’s name can be reconciled with the path of attainment of buddhahood requiring three incalculable eons in the Yogācāra system – or how the Lotus Sūtra’s understanding of th ...
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... real life experiences and to be fi nally discarded or accepted. Yet, paradoxically, the soteriology that he taught (called Dharma) has come to be known by the people at large for its wisdom, tolerance, compassion, equanimity, and, even, happiness. We were both born in countries where multiple religi ...
... real life experiences and to be fi nally discarded or accepted. Yet, paradoxically, the soteriology that he taught (called Dharma) has come to be known by the people at large for its wisdom, tolerance, compassion, equanimity, and, even, happiness. We were both born in countries where multiple religi ...
Wesak and the Re-Creation of Buddhist Tradition
... Nazi "Heil Hitler" salute, the public execution of a convict, and the cross- burnings of the Klu Klux Klan.... (Bell 129). In all of these symbolic enactments the ritual action does not simply reinforce a group's power, but actually generates power through the collective meaning such public displays ...
... Nazi "Heil Hitler" salute, the public execution of a convict, and the cross- burnings of the Klu Klux Klan.... (Bell 129). In all of these symbolic enactments the ritual action does not simply reinforce a group's power, but actually generates power through the collective meaning such public displays ...
Gurudharma Mūlasarvāstivāda Tradition Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... 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 began. This makes it ...
... 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 began. This makes it ...
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... inclusion of nine contemporaneous life stories recorded by Peng of women who hailed from the vicinity of his native town of Changzhou (contemporary Suzhou). Although, as we shall see, Peng claimed to have written the Shan nüren zhuan for his daughters in 1782, there is ample evidence that the colle ...
... inclusion of nine contemporaneous life stories recorded by Peng of women who hailed from the vicinity of his native town of Changzhou (contemporary Suzhou). Although, as we shall see, Peng claimed to have written the Shan nüren zhuan for his daughters in 1782, there is ample evidence that the colle ...
Education, Invention Of Orthodoxy, And The Construction
... My thesis is that Shengyan’s goal of establishing Chinese Buddhist orthodoxy through modern education aims to transform the way Buddhism is understood in contemporary Taiwan. While this transformation is still undergoing continual change as it is mediated between institutional goals and individual p ...
... My thesis is that Shengyan’s goal of establishing Chinese Buddhist orthodoxy through modern education aims to transform the way Buddhism is understood in contemporary Taiwan. While this transformation is still undergoing continual change as it is mediated between institutional goals and individual p ...
Buddhism in Canada - A Handful of Leaves
... Regarding the question of immigration, some readers will be unfamiliar with the fact that our immigration policies were once rather unapologetically based on race (or, to put it another way, were generated by racism). After World War II, as racism became increasingly discredited, Canadian and Americ ...
... Regarding the question of immigration, some readers will be unfamiliar with the fact that our immigration policies were once rather unapologetically based on race (or, to put it another way, were generated by racism). After World War II, as racism became increasingly discredited, Canadian and Americ ...
Conversion by the Book: Buddhist Print Culture in Early Republican
... certain material, capital, and skill requirements on their use, resulting in the formation of such organizations as publishing houses, printer's guilds, and bookstores. Groups not directly related to publishing are also transformed. Publishing a periodical as a society organ, for example, enables re ...
... certain material, capital, and skill requirements on their use, resulting in the formation of such organizations as publishing houses, printer's guilds, and bookstores. Groups not directly related to publishing are also transformed. Publishing a periodical as a society organ, for example, enables re ...
ekaf emulator
... There are many cases where help given is acknowledged and appreciated for sometime after a good act and later tend to fade away from one’s memory. Then that important act of benevolence is forgotten and one may even lose contact with the generous giver. However, one who has cultivated the noble qual ...
... There are many cases where help given is acknowledged and appreciated for sometime after a good act and later tend to fade away from one’s memory. Then that important act of benevolence is forgotten and one may even lose contact with the generous giver. However, one who has cultivated the noble qual ...
Praying for the Republic
... system of monastic education (seng jiaoyu 僧教育) developed during the Republican period, which aimed exclusively at training clergy members in Buddhism, although laypeople were sometimes admitted into the Buddhist academies. By “Chinese” Buddhism, I am referring to the Buddhist tradition practiced by ...
... system of monastic education (seng jiaoyu 僧教育) developed during the Republican period, which aimed exclusively at training clergy members in Buddhism, although laypeople were sometimes admitted into the Buddhist academies. By “Chinese” Buddhism, I am referring to the Buddhist tradition practiced by ...
Charisma in Buddhism
... as a preprint but maintaining the original number sequence of the main book with which it should be used. In this way, individual topics of spe cial interest are made cheaply available even before the main title has been released. Some sections of the books listed below may not have as much details ...
... as a preprint but maintaining the original number sequence of the main book with which it should be used. In this way, individual topics of spe cial interest are made cheaply available even before the main title has been released. Some sections of the books listed below may not have as much details ...
Wu Yankang, "The Revered Master Deep Willows and the Hall of
... It was at that time that Yang Renshan, in consideration of the need for the Jinling Buddhist Press to have a permanent location in order to assure its future development, had purchased a piece of land of something over six mu near his home at Huapailou, on which he built his new residence of more th ...
... It was at that time that Yang Renshan, in consideration of the need for the Jinling Buddhist Press to have a permanent location in order to assure its future development, had purchased a piece of land of something over six mu near his home at Huapailou, on which he built his new residence of more th ...
Protecting Oneself and Others Through Mindfulness – The Acrobat
... These two similes can be seen to highlight two complementary aspects of the protective function of the gatekeeper of mindfulness. The first simile shows mindfulness in its more general task of preventing the intrusion of evil and encouraging what is wholesome in the mind. The second simile is more s ...
... These two similes can be seen to highlight two complementary aspects of the protective function of the gatekeeper of mindfulness. The first simile shows mindfulness in its more general task of preventing the intrusion of evil and encouraging what is wholesome in the mind. The second simile is more s ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in ord ...
... This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in ord ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materi ...
... is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materi ...
BSTC6079 Early Buddhism: a doctrinal exposition
... is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materi ...
... is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materi ...
History of Won
... against Sŏhak(K. Western Learning: Christianity), insisting on "Securing Country, Comforting People" and "Saving Broadly, All Lives." While Tonghak widely spread, particularly in the region of Honam (South-western part of Korea) with its various denominations, Chūngsang'yo arose to become one of the ...
... against Sŏhak(K. Western Learning: Christianity), insisting on "Securing Country, Comforting People" and "Saving Broadly, All Lives." While Tonghak widely spread, particularly in the region of Honam (South-western part of Korea) with its various denominations, Chūngsang'yo arose to become one of the ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... undetermined questions and why were they left undetermined; epistemological standpoint and the Buddhist psychology of ideologies; Buddhism and the God-idea and the nature of Buddhism as a non-theistic religion; Nibbana as the Buddhist ideal of final emancipation. The course will be concluded with an ...
... undetermined questions and why were they left undetermined; epistemological standpoint and the Buddhist psychology of ideologies; Buddhism and the God-idea and the nature of Buddhism as a non-theistic religion; Nibbana as the Buddhist ideal of final emancipation. The course will be concluded with an ...
Faxian`s Biography and His Contributions to Asian Buddhist Culture
... 266–421 CE), again came into popular consciousness. To most ordinary people, the name Faxian is very strange and many are interested to know: 1) What was the life of Faxian like? 2) How did Faxian create the bond of Buddhism between Sri Lanka and China? 3) What were Faxian’s contributions to Asian B ...
... 266–421 CE), again came into popular consciousness. To most ordinary people, the name Faxian is very strange and many are interested to know: 1) What was the life of Faxian like? 2) How did Faxian create the bond of Buddhism between Sri Lanka and China? 3) What were Faxian’s contributions to Asian B ...
JIABU, Vol. IX, 2016 - International Association of Buddhist
... Shih, as he researches the holy-men and their involvement with political leadership within texts from Thai history. From the pages of history, towards influential literature and art: the last two papers are on the Sinxay Story, perhaps a Jataka tale from Laos, translated by Peter Whittlesey; and the ...
... Shih, as he researches the holy-men and their involvement with political leadership within texts from Thai history. From the pages of history, towards influential literature and art: the last two papers are on the Sinxay Story, perhaps a Jataka tale from Laos, translated by Peter Whittlesey; and the ...
Buddhist Hard Determinism: No Self, No Free Will, No Responsibility
... rough idea of the differences between these two levels, consider an analogous distinction in Western thought by comparing “weight,” from conventional discourse, and “mass,” from scientific discourse.) Because they do not occur in the same domain of discourse, there can be no real incompatibility bet ...
... rough idea of the differences between these two levels, consider an analogous distinction in Western thought by comparing “weight,” from conventional discourse, and “mass,” from scientific discourse.) Because they do not occur in the same domain of discourse, there can be no real incompatibility bet ...
The Therīgāthā - Buddhist Publication Society
... admiring comments from a very notable woman among them, Caroline Rhys Davids (who also rendered the anthology into metrical English).2 Inquirers into the status of women within the Theravāda tradition in particular have time and again drawn this remarkable text3 into their various disquisitions.4 Ye ...
... admiring comments from a very notable woman among them, Caroline Rhys Davids (who also rendered the anthology into metrical English).2 Inquirers into the status of women within the Theravāda tradition in particular have time and again drawn this remarkable text3 into their various disquisitions.4 Ye ...
Whole-body relics in Chinese Buddhism
... as a pan-Buddhist phenomenon and only Japanese whole-body relics can be considered well-researched. A number of monographs in Japanese and one in Italian describe the Japanese mummies in depth.6 Though some of these publications include important research about China we know much less about the prac ...
... as a pan-Buddhist phenomenon and only Japanese whole-body relics can be considered well-researched. A number of monographs in Japanese and one in Italian describe the Japanese mummies in depth.6 Though some of these publications include important research about China we know much less about the prac ...
Recent Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, and Beyond
... will to be antithetical to the Buddhist path, on the other hand. For this reason, in arguing for what I take to be the most reasonable form of free will that is implicitly relevant to Buddhism, I restrict my focus to the relationship between regulated will and mental freedom, because it is only by r ...
... will to be antithetical to the Buddhist path, on the other hand. For this reason, in arguing for what I take to be the most reasonable form of free will that is implicitly relevant to Buddhism, I restrict my focus to the relationship between regulated will and mental freedom, because it is only by r ...