Speech28072011
... The Diamond Sutra insists on the theme of accumulation of merits: in the Buddhist tradition, to copy sutras is an act of devotion, publicly or privately. Mahāyāna did not have monks exclusively formed to memorize sutras. Most of the believers of the Great Vehicle laymen and women . They all ha ...
... The Diamond Sutra insists on the theme of accumulation of merits: in the Buddhist tradition, to copy sutras is an act of devotion, publicly or privately. Mahāyāna did not have monks exclusively formed to memorize sutras. Most of the believers of the Great Vehicle laymen and women . They all ha ...
Bodhisattvas of the Forest and the Formation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra
... ‘Middle Period’, from the first through sixth centuries CE. It is to be hoped that the methodological direction set by studies such as this—and, it should be noted, Jan Nattier’s similar treatment of the Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra7—will be replicated across the entire spectrum of early Mahāyāna literature ...
... ‘Middle Period’, from the first through sixth centuries CE. It is to be hoped that the methodological direction set by studies such as this—and, it should be noted, Jan Nattier’s similar treatment of the Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra7—will be replicated across the entire spectrum of early Mahāyāna literature ...
Mahāyāna Buddhism - University of Otago
... additional material for each week’s topic in addition to facilities for class discussion and other interaction. If you are taking the course by distance, it is essential that you have reliable access to the Internet and a basic familiarity with computers for word processing, email, and Internet brow ...
... additional material for each week’s topic in addition to facilities for class discussion and other interaction. If you are taking the course by distance, it is essential that you have reliable access to the Internet and a basic familiarity with computers for word processing, email, and Internet brow ...
Test on Mahayana Buddhism - The Ecclesbourne School Online
... • 3. Why did the Mahayana criticise the ideal of the Arhat? • 4. What does the Bodhisattva aim to do? • 5. What does ‘Maha – karuna – citta’ mean with reference to the Bodhisattva? • 6. What does the word ‘‘Bodhisattva’ mean? • 7. Why is the Bodhisattva ideal often seen as the ...
... • 3. Why did the Mahayana criticise the ideal of the Arhat? • 4. What does the Bodhisattva aim to do? • 5. What does ‘Maha – karuna – citta’ mean with reference to the Bodhisattva? • 6. What does the word ‘‘Bodhisattva’ mean? • 7. Why is the Bodhisattva ideal often seen as the ...
kumārajīva`s meditative legacy in china
... The article shows that in China and other Far East countries, where Chinese Buddhism spread at the early stages of Mahāyāna Buddhism, traditional methods of Buddhist practice, as explained in the Āgamas, were in practice, but reinterpreted from the Mahāyānistic understanding. Eventually, in the peri ...
... The article shows that in China and other Far East countries, where Chinese Buddhism spread at the early stages of Mahāyāna Buddhism, traditional methods of Buddhist practice, as explained in the Āgamas, were in practice, but reinterpreted from the Mahāyānistic understanding. Eventually, in the peri ...
mahayana buddhism - The Ecclesbourne School Online
... MADHYAMAKA (Middling) MIDDLE WAY The main teacher of Madhyamaka was Nagarjuna. He is probably the greatest single figure since the Buddha Shakyamuni. He is sometimes referred to as the second Buddha. He lived and wrote about 150 AD. Nagarjuna developed further the teaching of the Abhidharma school ...
... MADHYAMAKA (Middling) MIDDLE WAY The main teacher of Madhyamaka was Nagarjuna. He is probably the greatest single figure since the Buddha Shakyamuni. He is sometimes referred to as the second Buddha. He lived and wrote about 150 AD. Nagarjuna developed further the teaching of the Abhidharma school ...
The Concept of Self as Expressed in Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa
... the majority of Mahāyāna sūtras, the actual date of its creation is unknown. Hajime Nakamura believes that “it must have been compiled in the period 200-400 A.D.” (212). There are several existing translations of Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra: “the shortest and earliest extant translated version is the tran ...
... the majority of Mahāyāna sūtras, the actual date of its creation is unknown. Hajime Nakamura believes that “it must have been compiled in the period 200-400 A.D.” (212). There are several existing translations of Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra: “the shortest and earliest extant translated version is the tran ...
Untitled - Fo Guang Shan Temple of Toronto
... However, the official issuing year for Xuanzang’s version of the Heart Sutra is 649 CE, the same year he translated eleven other texts from Sanskrit upon returning from his 16-year pilgrimage to India. The Heart Sutra is unlike any other sutra in the Buddhist canon. It is by far the most popular su ...
... However, the official issuing year for Xuanzang’s version of the Heart Sutra is 649 CE, the same year he translated eleven other texts from Sanskrit upon returning from his 16-year pilgrimage to India. The Heart Sutra is unlike any other sutra in the Buddhist canon. It is by far the most popular su ...
Book Dzyan Res. Rep. 4 6.5 - Eastern Tradition Research Institute
... terms. But it does not necessarily follow that the Mahatmas were themselves followers of the schools from which the terms were taken. E.g., “We are not Adwaitees [followers of the Hindu school of advaita or non-dual Vedånta], but our teaching respecting the one life is identical with that of the Adw ...
... terms. But it does not necessarily follow that the Mahatmas were themselves followers of the schools from which the terms were taken. E.g., “We are not Adwaitees [followers of the Hindu school of advaita or non-dual Vedånta], but our teaching respecting the one life is identical with that of the Adw ...
The Heart Sutra as a Translation
... From the Digital Dictionary of Buddhism: “The five skandhas are a classification of matter and mind into five categories, which are form, feeling, perception, impulse and consciousness. 'Form' (rūpa) is matter in general, the body or materiality. 'Feeling' (vedanā) is receptive or sensory function. ...
... From the Digital Dictionary of Buddhism: “The five skandhas are a classification of matter and mind into five categories, which are form, feeling, perception, impulse and consciousness. 'Form' (rūpa) is matter in general, the body or materiality. 'Feeling' (vedanā) is receptive or sensory function. ...
DAWID ROGACZ* Knowledge and Truth in the Thought of Jizang
... CHINESE MADHYAMAKA The Madhyamaka school was introduced to China as one of the first schools of Buddhist philosophy, at a time when Buddhism was being rapidly sinicised: in 374 Dao An (Dào Ān, 道安), who lived between 312 and 385 AD, compiled the very first Chinese version of the Tripitaka canon. His ...
... CHINESE MADHYAMAKA The Madhyamaka school was introduced to China as one of the first schools of Buddhist philosophy, at a time when Buddhism was being rapidly sinicised: in 374 Dao An (Dào Ān, 道安), who lived between 312 and 385 AD, compiled the very first Chinese version of the Tripitaka canon. His ...
Bhāvaviveka`s Syllogism as an Initial Step to Enlightenment
... three nature theory of the Yogācāra which was inherited from the soteriological system of Early Buddhism. Within the three-natures, paratantra is a reinterpretation of the theory of pratītyasamutpāda which plays a key role in the transcendence from samsāra to nirvāna. In order to avoid the problem o ...
... three nature theory of the Yogācāra which was inherited from the soteriological system of Early Buddhism. Within the three-natures, paratantra is a reinterpretation of the theory of pratītyasamutpāda which plays a key role in the transcendence from samsāra to nirvāna. In order to avoid the problem o ...
Six Major Texts of Buddhist Philosophy
... beings would be not able to achieve enlightenment without mastering the "five major science". The science of logic is one of them. Moreover, as I mentioned earlier it's one of the six principal subjects, which consist of almost all the studies of Buddhism. In fact, historical Buddha did not teach lo ...
... beings would be not able to achieve enlightenment without mastering the "five major science". The science of logic is one of them. Moreover, as I mentioned earlier it's one of the six principal subjects, which consist of almost all the studies of Buddhism. In fact, historical Buddha did not teach lo ...
A Study of Frederick Lenz`s 27 Talks on Tantric Buddhism
... Khempo said: “In term of the six consciounesses, you don’t see the absolute; when one does see the absolute, then the fabricated is eliminated.” ...
... Khempo said: “In term of the six consciounesses, you don’t see the absolute; when one does see the absolute, then the fabricated is eliminated.” ...
Buddhist Philosophical Traditions
... life in a relatively confined geographic area within North India and southern Nepal, but eventually his teaching spread throughout all of Asia. In the twenty-first century, Buddhist institutions can be found throughout the world. As Buddhism developed historically and spread geographically, various ...
... life in a relatively confined geographic area within North India and southern Nepal, but eventually his teaching spread throughout all of Asia. In the twenty-first century, Buddhist institutions can be found throughout the world. As Buddhism developed historically and spread geographically, various ...
Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions
... and established the Saṅgha, the teachings showing the path to liberation have been clearly set forth for sentient beings to follow. As the Buddha’s doctrine spread throughout the Indian subcontinent and then into other countries, different Buddhist traditions emerged. In ancient times, and even into ...
... and established the Saṅgha, the teachings showing the path to liberation have been clearly set forth for sentient beings to follow. As the Buddha’s doctrine spread throughout the Indian subcontinent and then into other countries, different Buddhist traditions emerged. In ancient times, and even into ...
The Questions of the Nāga King Sāgara
... just as a document purportedly written by a king that has the proper seals is known as genuine. Because the concepts of anitya(tva), duḥkha, anātman, and nirvāṇa are central to the Buddhist philosophical view, over the centuries, countless commentaries and elaborations on these concepts have been wr ...
... just as a document purportedly written by a king that has the proper seals is known as genuine. Because the concepts of anitya(tva), duḥkha, anātman, and nirvāṇa are central to the Buddhist philosophical view, over the centuries, countless commentaries and elaborations on these concepts have been wr ...
Tibetan Buddhist Thought: Exploring Reality
... Sautrantika: I perceive it, so it must exist. Chittamatra: Only mind exists, the external world is illusory like a dream. Madhyamaka: Conventionally, there is no argument with ordinary people. Ultimately, things are neither ...
... Sautrantika: I perceive it, so it must exist. Chittamatra: Only mind exists, the external world is illusory like a dream. Madhyamaka: Conventionally, there is no argument with ordinary people. Ultimately, things are neither ...
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... consciousness qua ālaya as a transcendent entity.5 Aside from their differences, both interpretations depict worldviews that later Yogācārins do not endorse. They further leave an impression that the true Buddhism exists in its philosophical doctrines, not in practices.6 This, however, is very misle ...
... consciousness qua ālaya as a transcendent entity.5 Aside from their differences, both interpretations depict worldviews that later Yogācārins do not endorse. They further leave an impression that the true Buddhism exists in its philosophical doctrines, not in practices.6 This, however, is very misle ...
a huayan paradigm for the classification of mahāyāna teachings
... Hīnayāna school dealing only with the characteristics of dharmas, it became the traditional name for this Indian school of Buddhist thought in East Asian Buddhism. He applied the term Wuxiang to the Madhyamaka school of thought, as it denied the existence of characteristics. Divākara’s account of th ...
... Hīnayāna school dealing only with the characteristics of dharmas, it became the traditional name for this Indian school of Buddhist thought in East Asian Buddhism. He applied the term Wuxiang to the Madhyamaka school of thought, as it denied the existence of characteristics. Divākara’s account of th ...
Xuanzang and the Silk Road - NCTA-Vietnam-China-2011
... Along with Marco Polo, Xuanzang would be the most famous traveler on the Silk Road. He has, however the distinction of having traveled both on the northern and southern Silk roads, which even Marco Polo did not do. Overall, Xuanzang traveled an astonishing 10,000 miles over three of the highest moun ...
... Along with Marco Polo, Xuanzang would be the most famous traveler on the Silk Road. He has, however the distinction of having traveled both on the northern and southern Silk roads, which even Marco Polo did not do. Overall, Xuanzang traveled an astonishing 10,000 miles over three of the highest moun ...
The timing of Yogācāra resurgence in the Ming dynasty (1368
... gested that “the Way of the sages is already endowed in my nature. Those who directed their search for the principle in objects and phenomena are misled” 聖人之道, 吾性自足, 向之求理於事物者誤 也.19 Wang thought that a deductive and introspective “extension of knowledge” could avoid the pitfalls of becoming inevitabl ...
... gested that “the Way of the sages is already endowed in my nature. Those who directed their search for the principle in objects and phenomena are misled” 聖人之道, 吾性自足, 向之求理於事物者誤 也.19 Wang thought that a deductive and introspective “extension of knowledge” could avoid the pitfalls of becoming inevitabl ...
Intro to Buddhism: Mahayana
... • “Idealism”: only thought is real; material universe is all unreal • Mind/consciousness as inherently zestful, creative, loving, wise… but… “poisoned” by ignorance and desire ...
... • “Idealism”: only thought is real; material universe is all unreal • Mind/consciousness as inherently zestful, creative, loving, wise… but… “poisoned” by ignorance and desire ...
Ten Aspects of the Mahayana Eight Consciousnesses of the
... It is known in dependence upon absence of strong adherence to the other-dependent character (dependent co-arising, interdependent origination) as being the imputational character. It is an ultimate lack of own-being (essence - paramartha-nihsvabhavata)…It is the selflessness of phenomena…the object ...
... It is known in dependence upon absence of strong adherence to the other-dependent character (dependent co-arising, interdependent origination) as being the imputational character. It is an ultimate lack of own-being (essence - paramartha-nihsvabhavata)…It is the selflessness of phenomena…the object ...
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... Took place some 37 years later at Pāṭaliputra Mahādeva, who maintained five theses concerning the arahant, viz. (1) That the Arhat could be subject to temptation, (2) might have a residue of ignorance, (3) have doubts, (4) gain knowledge through another’s knowledge (5) and enter upon the Supramundan ...
... Took place some 37 years later at Pāṭaliputra Mahādeva, who maintained five theses concerning the arahant, viz. (1) That the Arhat could be subject to temptation, (2) might have a residue of ignorance, (3) have doubts, (4) gain knowledge through another’s knowledge (5) and enter upon the Supramundan ...