The Buddha
... about the Buddha took some time to develop and, in some ways, it is still an ongoing process since, even today, Buddhists continue to retell and rethink the significance of the life of their founder. Scholars have much debated the issue of when a continuous narrative of the whole of Gautama’s life w ...
... about the Buddha took some time to develop and, in some ways, it is still an ongoing process since, even today, Buddhists continue to retell and rethink the significance of the life of their founder. Scholars have much debated the issue of when a continuous narrative of the whole of Gautama’s life w ...
SD 9 - The Dharmafarers
... Although the fullest account of the Buddha’s last year in recorded in the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta (D 16), 2 episodes and sections of it are found elsewhere in the Canon [3]. The two discourses following it in the Dīgha— the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed a ...
... Although the fullest account of the Buddha’s last year in recorded in the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta (D 16), 2 episodes and sections of it are found elsewhere in the Canon [3]. The two discourses following it in the Dīgha— the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed a ...
medidas del tiempo - Fernando Galindo Soria
... In one situation, some monks wanted to know how many kalpas had died so far. The Buddha gave the analogy: 1. If you count the total number of sand particles at the depths of the Ganges river, from where it begins to where it ends at the sea, even that number will be less than the number of passed ka ...
... In one situation, some monks wanted to know how many kalpas had died so far. The Buddha gave the analogy: 1. If you count the total number of sand particles at the depths of the Ganges river, from where it begins to where it ends at the sea, even that number will be less than the number of passed ka ...
Why the Buddha “Hesitated” To Teach
... 2.3.1 The Buddha’s “inner conflict”? Some modern scholars regard the story of the Brahmā Sahampati‘s entreaty to the Buddha to teach the Dharma for the benefit of the world as “a symbolic and psychological description of the Buddha’s inner conflict.”7 The implication here, some scholars argue, is th ...
... 2.3.1 The Buddha’s “inner conflict”? Some modern scholars regard the story of the Brahmā Sahampati‘s entreaty to the Buddha to teach the Dharma for the benefit of the world as “a symbolic and psychological description of the Buddha’s inner conflict.”7 The implication here, some scholars argue, is th ...
The Buddha - World Religions eBooks
... The tradition in India was for a pregnant woman to return to her relatives to give birth, and as the time drew nigh Māyā set out from Kapilavastu, the Śākyan capital, to return home. Her journey was interrupted for the child arrived on the way and was born in a delightful grove at a remote spot call ...
... The tradition in India was for a pregnant woman to return to her relatives to give birth, and as the time drew nigh Māyā set out from Kapilavastu, the Śākyan capital, to return home. Her journey was interrupted for the child arrived on the way and was born in a delightful grove at a remote spot call ...
The Buddha - JBE Online Books
... her side. This was a very auspicious symbol suggesting that this was no ordinary child. Soothsayers were consulted as to the dream and confirmed that the child would be either a great religious teacher, or a mighty king known as a Cakravartin (“world-ruler”). The tradition in India was for a pregnan ...
... her side. This was a very auspicious symbol suggesting that this was no ordinary child. Soothsayers were consulted as to the dream and confirmed that the child would be either a great religious teacher, or a mighty king known as a Cakravartin (“world-ruler”). The tradition in India was for a pregnan ...
Stupas and their consecration in contemporary Kalmykia
... Most of the monks in Kalmykia I talked to belong to the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and work in the central khurul in Elista. However, monks from the central khurul can perform religious services in other khuruls in different settlements throughout Kalmykia. Much information about the prac ...
... Most of the monks in Kalmykia I talked to belong to the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and work in the central khurul in Elista. However, monks from the central khurul can perform religious services in other khuruls in different settlements throughout Kalmykia. Much information about the prac ...
The Buddha`s Stūpa and Image. The Icons of his Immanence and
... After the Buddha’s cremation, his relics were divided into eight shares and distributed among eight rulers, who built stūpas over the received shares of the relics. In addition two more stūpas were erected, one over the vessel or vase (droṇa) used for dividing the relics, and one over the embers.7 T ...
... After the Buddha’s cremation, his relics were divided into eight shares and distributed among eight rulers, who built stūpas over the received shares of the relics. In addition two more stūpas were erected, one over the vessel or vase (droṇa) used for dividing the relics, and one over the embers.7 T ...
10_chapter 4
... The events of January 1226 brought to an end the Ly dynasty and Tran Canh ascended the throne. The most remarkable consequence of all this was that now an epoch of trouble and confusion created by the fighting between central and local authorities came to an end. Consequently, centralized and unifie ...
... The events of January 1226 brought to an end the Ly dynasty and Tran Canh ascended the throne. The most remarkable consequence of all this was that now an epoch of trouble and confusion created by the fighting between central and local authorities came to an end. Consequently, centralized and unifie ...
Annual Report `14 (MBS) - maha bodhi society, bengaluru
... sister organizations in Mysore, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, was born in the then eastern state of Manipur in India. He was born on March 12, 1922, a full moon day, in Imphal. He was a bright student graduated from the Institute of Engineering Technology, Calcutta (Kolkata) in Automobile Engineering. ...
... sister organizations in Mysore, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, was born in the then eastern state of Manipur in India. He was born on March 12, 1922, a full moon day, in Imphal. He was a bright student graduated from the Institute of Engineering Technology, Calcutta (Kolkata) in Automobile Engineering. ...
The History of Buddhism in Vietnam
... Luong The Vinh, who wrote essays on Buddhist rites, thereby earning himself exclusion from the imperial (and Confucianist) ‘Temple of Literature’; and King Le Thanh Ton (an exception in that he was a Monarch himself), who is most famous for his descriptions of the hon (forsaken spirits) which have n ...
... Luong The Vinh, who wrote essays on Buddhist rites, thereby earning himself exclusion from the imperial (and Confucianist) ‘Temple of Literature’; and King Le Thanh Ton (an exception in that he was a Monarch himself), who is most famous for his descriptions of the hon (forsaken spirits) which have n ...
Download:Three Methods of Merit Accumulation(PDF file)
... family here cannot be apart from Avalokiteshvara. All the prayer flags placed on the mountain were printed with the mantra of Avalokiteshvara, some are hang on the tent, some hang over the house, some on the sacred hill, and some around temples……so when passing by foot or by car, it will always be s ...
... family here cannot be apart from Avalokiteshvara. All the prayer flags placed on the mountain were printed with the mantra of Avalokiteshvara, some are hang on the tent, some hang over the house, some on the sacred hill, and some around temples……so when passing by foot or by car, it will always be s ...
The Resistance of the Monks
... In one sense, this was nothing new. Burmese monks have played an important role at many critical historical junctures and, in response, the authorities have often cracked down hard. Monks have long been seen as a political and social threat to military rule in particular and, since 1962, successive ...
... In one sense, this was nothing new. Burmese monks have played an important role at many critical historical junctures and, in response, the authorities have often cracked down hard. Monks have long been seen as a political and social threat to military rule in particular and, since 1962, successive ...
are buddhists idol - worshippers
... After the image was placed in the temple, the people became very happy. From this time, onwards, according to Fa-hsien, people started copying this replica of the Buddha. But it is difficult to find evidence in Buddhist literature and history to support the existence of Buddha images in India until ...
... After the image was placed in the temple, the people became very happy. From this time, onwards, according to Fa-hsien, people started copying this replica of the Buddha. But it is difficult to find evidence in Buddhist literature and history to support the existence of Buddha images in India until ...
Buddhist Pilgrimage
... He passed into Mahaparinibbana, the Buddha advised pious disciples to visit four places that may be for their inspiration after He was gone. They are Lumbini, where He was born; Buddhagaya, where He attained Supreme Enlightenment; Deer Park in Sarnath, where He preached the First Sermon; and Kusinar ...
... He passed into Mahaparinibbana, the Buddha advised pious disciples to visit four places that may be for their inspiration after He was gone. They are Lumbini, where He was born; Buddhagaya, where He attained Supreme Enlightenment; Deer Park in Sarnath, where He preached the First Sermon; and Kusinar ...
Buddhism in Myanmar
... The Visit to Arakan In Dhannavati, whose walls are still partially visible today, the Mahamuni temple is located on the Sirigutta hill. In this temple, for over two millennia, the Mahamuni image was enshrined and worshipped. The story of the Mahamuni image, at one time one of the most revered shrine ...
... The Visit to Arakan In Dhannavati, whose walls are still partially visible today, the Mahamuni temple is located on the Sirigutta hill. In this temple, for over two millennia, the Mahamuni image was enshrined and worshipped. The story of the Mahamuni image, at one time one of the most revered shrine ...
Buddhism in Myanmar: A Short History
... in his stead and he gave them eight hairs from his head. After the two returned from their journey, they ...
... in his stead and he gave them eight hairs from his head. After the two returned from their journey, they ...
The birth of the Sage
... 2. The Buddha advised us that at no time should we ever insult or condemn the religion of another. Intolerance is the greatest enemy of religion. Denouncing unfair criticism of other faiths the Buddha states, "It is as a man who looks up and spits at heaven. The spittle does not soil the heaven, but ...
... 2. The Buddha advised us that at no time should we ever insult or condemn the religion of another. Intolerance is the greatest enemy of religion. Denouncing unfair criticism of other faiths the Buddha states, "It is as a man who looks up and spits at heaven. The spittle does not soil the heaven, but ...
Read article - Dickinson Blogs
... a matter definitely mundane yet very important for the state? (2) Did he not care for his public image as a king when he ordered this (at that time at least) seemingly pointless public query? These questions, and obviously the lack of the reasonable answers, have led him to term this meeting “an his ...
... a matter definitely mundane yet very important for the state? (2) Did he not care for his public image as a king when he ordered this (at that time at least) seemingly pointless public query? These questions, and obviously the lack of the reasonable answers, have led him to term this meeting “an his ...
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... is clear that the tradition of relics introduced by him forms a dominant strain: references to his relics keep appearing throughout Korean history, and in so far that there was ever a "distribution of relics" it is the one which occurred under Chajang. The two main places associated with Chajang's r ...
... is clear that the tradition of relics introduced by him forms a dominant strain: references to his relics keep appearing throughout Korean history, and in so far that there was ever a "distribution of relics" it is the one which occurred under Chajang. The two main places associated with Chajang's r ...
Part IV Aung San Suu Kyi and Buddhism
... ignorance, hatred, and desire, or suffer the consequences in this life for the next’ (p 25). Of particular interest is the reminiscence of a British journalist, namely that Aung San Suu Kyi was already deeply interested in conversing about politics when she was still living with her mother in India ...
... ignorance, hatred, and desire, or suffer the consequences in this life for the next’ (p 25). Of particular interest is the reminiscence of a British journalist, namely that Aung San Suu Kyi was already deeply interested in conversing about politics when she was still living with her mother in India ...
Special Integration Experiences Required Reading
... to Benares. As his former garments had perished, he took a yellow shroud from the corpse of a servant girl awaiting cremation nearby. To help him wash it, the god Indra struck the ground and produced a pond. A local brahmin's daughter, Sujata, approached and offered him a golden bowl filled with ric ...
... to Benares. As his former garments had perished, he took a yellow shroud from the corpse of a servant girl awaiting cremation nearby. To help him wash it, the god Indra struck the ground and produced a pond. A local brahmin's daughter, Sujata, approached and offered him a golden bowl filled with ric ...
The Tower of Power`s Finest Hour: Stupa Construction and
... beings in achieving the stages of arhat, pratyekabuddha, and the “nonbacksliding” stage of the bodhisattva path (Hurvitz 1976, 197).8 Chapter 15: Emergence of the “Pilgrim” Bodhisattvas Slightly more than halfway through the twenty-eight chapters of the Lotus Sutra, we nd yet another passage where ...
... beings in achieving the stages of arhat, pratyekabuddha, and the “nonbacksliding” stage of the bodhisattva path (Hurvitz 1976, 197).8 Chapter 15: Emergence of the “Pilgrim” Bodhisattvas Slightly more than halfway through the twenty-eight chapters of the Lotus Sutra, we nd yet another passage where ...
A Western Student`s Meditation Experience Under The Guidance of
... I should like also to have it verified whether your body is tight when you are in the Phala state and also whether during that state, the five organs of sense (physical) are sealed. You may have this tested by someone who is reliable… Wish you were in Rangoon for a complete course, which would make ...
... I should like also to have it verified whether your body is tight when you are in the Phala state and also whether during that state, the five organs of sense (physical) are sealed. You may have this tested by someone who is reliable… Wish you were in Rangoon for a complete course, which would make ...
Shwedagon Pagoda
The Shwedagon Pagoda (ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်, IPA: [ʃwèdəɡòʊɴ pʰəjá]); ကျာ် လ္ဂုၚ်, [tɕaɪʔ təkɜ̀ŋ], officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw ([ʃwèdəɡòʊɴ zèdìdɔ̀]) and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar. The 99 metres (325 ft) tall pagoda is situated on Singuttara Hill, to the west of Kandawgyi Lake, and dominates the Yangon skyline.Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa. These relics include the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa, and eight strands of hair from the head of Gautama.