Guide to the Bodhisattva`s Way of Life
... Here is a simple analogy. Nowadays, many people enjoy watching TV. Through it some people get information about Dharma teachings and listen to the teachings given by various Dharma instructors. In this way, they derive benefits from it for current and future lives. However, many people are so addic ...
... Here is a simple analogy. Nowadays, many people enjoy watching TV. Through it some people get information about Dharma teachings and listen to the teachings given by various Dharma instructors. In this way, they derive benefits from it for current and future lives. However, many people are so addic ...
Prince Shōtoku`s Commentary on the Śrīmālā-sūtra
... one hundred printed volumes in all. The texts selected are not necessarily limited to those originally written in India but also include works written or composed in China and Japan. While the publication of the First Series proceeds, the texts for the Second Series will be selected from among the r ...
... one hundred printed volumes in all. The texts selected are not necessarily limited to those originally written in India but also include works written or composed in China and Japan. While the publication of the First Series proceeds, the texts for the Second Series will be selected from among the r ...
The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic
... terms in the translation I had read. Nearly a decade later I decided to move to Japan to study the Lotus Sutra and improve my skills in Japanese and Chinese languages. I was encouraged both by Nikkyo Niwano, the founder and then president of Rissho Kosei-kai, and by Yoshiro Tamura, the foremost Japa ...
... terms in the translation I had read. Nearly a decade later I decided to move to Japan to study the Lotus Sutra and improve my skills in Japanese and Chinese languages. I was encouraged both by Nikkyo Niwano, the founder and then president of Rissho Kosei-kai, and by Yoshiro Tamura, the foremost Japa ...
pdf format - HH the Sakya Trizin
... • Everything that occurs is understood as one's own mind. The four commitments: • Afflictions are not abandoned because they are one's mind. • Antidotes are not relied upon because the mind is non-dual. • The true nature is not meditated upon because mind is without grasping. • A result is not hoped ...
... • Everything that occurs is understood as one's own mind. The four commitments: • Afflictions are not abandoned because they are one's mind. • Antidotes are not relied upon because the mind is non-dual. • The true nature is not meditated upon because mind is without grasping. • A result is not hoped ...
issue #3 - HH the Sakya Trizin
... since there is nothing to realize and no realization, the homogenous original state is neither with nor without [extremes]. If one realizes in this way there is definitely no-one else to ask. Since diversity appears as the dharmakaya, a mind that accepts and rejects never arises. There is nothing to ...
... since there is nothing to realize and no realization, the homogenous original state is neither with nor without [extremes]. If one realizes in this way there is definitely no-one else to ask. Since diversity appears as the dharmakaya, a mind that accepts and rejects never arises. There is nothing to ...
Insight Meditation Society
... soup. This did not improve the taste. I’d run out of time to prepare anything else. I had no choice but to place my cuisine out in the serving area. At meal’s end, we had the same quantity of ‘soup’ as at the beginning. Not long afterwards, it was suggested that I move into a full-time maintenance p ...
... soup. This did not improve the taste. I’d run out of time to prepare anything else. I had no choice but to place my cuisine out in the serving area. At meal’s end, we had the same quantity of ‘soup’ as at the beginning. Not long afterwards, it was suggested that I move into a full-time maintenance p ...
Laymen saints - The Dharmafarers
... Then there is the second, in-between, group (the lotuses bobbing up and down on the water level), hesitating between the true and the false, wavering between good and evil. They would either be saved or be lost, depending on whether or not they hear the Dharma. To mix the metaphors in a helpful way, ...
... Then there is the second, in-between, group (the lotuses bobbing up and down on the water level), hesitating between the true and the false, wavering between good and evil. They would either be saved or be lost, depending on whether or not they hear the Dharma. To mix the metaphors in a helpful way, ...
As mentioned in the verse of The Foundation of All Good Qualities:-
... mental quality that can be fully developed in our minds while the emptiness of inherent existence of that bodhicitta is the ultimate buddha nature. 5. Enlightenment is divided into:(a) Ultimate enlightenment (b) Conventional enlightenment Ultimate enlightenment is the same as the Ultimate Buddha Jew ...
... mental quality that can be fully developed in our minds while the emptiness of inherent existence of that bodhicitta is the ultimate buddha nature. 5. Enlightenment is divided into:(a) Ultimate enlightenment (b) Conventional enlightenment Ultimate enlightenment is the same as the Ultimate Buddha Jew ...
Beyond Karma: Sin in Hinduism
... assumption that all religions conform to a basic pattern (which frequently just “happens” to be that of Christianity), and that studying other religions means learning to insert the right concepts into their appropriate slots, as dictated by the paradigm. I do not think we need to belabor the fact t ...
... assumption that all religions conform to a basic pattern (which frequently just “happens” to be that of Christianity), and that studying other religions means learning to insert the right concepts into their appropriate slots, as dictated by the paradigm. I do not think we need to belabor the fact t ...
Chan Master Sheng Yen 1930 – 2009
... have a stable life, to live a life of purity. (This refers to the stability of a person’s character and emotional life. That person must be very steady emotionally and have the maturity to help people, living out his stable and pure life as an example for those around him.) Third is to have the vow ...
... have a stable life, to live a life of purity. (This refers to the stability of a person’s character and emotional life. That person must be very steady emotionally and have the maturity to help people, living out his stable and pure life as an example for those around him.) Third is to have the vow ...
Hinduism Study Booklet
... Dharma refers to the leading of a good life in harmony with natural laws as defined in the scriptures which was controlled through the lifestyles regulating traditional norms of behaviour, ie the varnas. By pursuing your dharma you improve your chances of escaping reincarnation or achieving a better ...
... Dharma refers to the leading of a good life in harmony with natural laws as defined in the scriptures which was controlled through the lifestyles regulating traditional norms of behaviour, ie the varnas. By pursuing your dharma you improve your chances of escaping reincarnation or achieving a better ...
HINDU (VEDIC AND RELATED) LITERATURE
... Analyses of Vyakarana: This is the Vedic grammar book, giving the grammar rules applicable for all the Sanskrit based literature written two to three thousand years ago. The most important among the vyaakarana books is the one written by Panini known as mahabhashya/ ashtaadhyaayee having 2105 sooth ...
... Analyses of Vyakarana: This is the Vedic grammar book, giving the grammar rules applicable for all the Sanskrit based literature written two to three thousand years ago. The most important among the vyaakarana books is the one written by Panini known as mahabhashya/ ashtaadhyaayee having 2105 sooth ...
A Glimpse of India - Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA
... However, on the personal level, its up to individuals to create a form/view of the same Supreme Bharman to pray. Hindu accepts only one God, the Supreme. Because of this flexibility in giving a shape or form, it appears as if there are many Hindu Gods/Goddesses to a non-Hindu. Hindus see divinity in ...
... However, on the personal level, its up to individuals to create a form/view of the same Supreme Bharman to pray. Hindu accepts only one God, the Supreme. Because of this flexibility in giving a shape or form, it appears as if there are many Hindu Gods/Goddesses to a non-Hindu. Hindus see divinity in ...
Quintessential Buddhism - QUINTESSENTIAL TIBETAN BUDDHA
... Buddhism (Pali/Sanskrit: Buddha Dharma) is an ancient, multifaceted, ideological system that originated in the Iron Age Indian subcontinent (c. 1300 B.C.E. – 600 B.C.E.), referred to variously throughout history by one or more of a myriad of concepts—including, but not limited to any of the followin ...
... Buddhism (Pali/Sanskrit: Buddha Dharma) is an ancient, multifaceted, ideological system that originated in the Iron Age Indian subcontinent (c. 1300 B.C.E. – 600 B.C.E.), referred to variously throughout history by one or more of a myriad of concepts—including, but not limited to any of the followin ...
hindu ethics
... The common scriptural ground on which the whole system of Hindu ethics is founded is the postulation of a summum bonum and the proper means to achieve it. This highest ideal is the state of liberation or mokÓ sa. In it a person finds self-fulfillment and deepest bliss. It is established on the metaphy ...
... The common scriptural ground on which the whole system of Hindu ethics is founded is the postulation of a summum bonum and the proper means to achieve it. This highest ideal is the state of liberation or mokÓ sa. In it a person finds self-fulfillment and deepest bliss. It is established on the metaphy ...
Hinduism Beliefs
... What do you already know about Hinduism? List the kinds of powers / abilities that person can possess. For example: Strength, etc. ...
... What do you already know about Hinduism? List the kinds of powers / abilities that person can possess. For example: Strength, etc. ...
Dharma and Abhidharma
... SËtra, and had therefore run its course well before the completion of the SËtrapi†aka. This does not, however, imply that the works from which these lists have been taken must all be as old as that. Clearly, these lists, or some of them, had a life of their own, and were open to use by later works. ...
... SËtra, and had therefore run its course well before the completion of the SËtrapi†aka. This does not, however, imply that the works from which these lists have been taken must all be as old as that. Clearly, these lists, or some of them, had a life of their own, and were open to use by later works. ...
Chapter 4: Ancient India Chapter 4.1: The Indus and Ganges
... Find out about the beginning of Hinduism. Learn about the teachings of Hinduism. ...
... Find out about the beginning of Hinduism. Learn about the teachings of Hinduism. ...
November 2002 - Steveston Buddhist Temple
... These two events have been opportunities to recycle and reuse. The contents of the garage sale and soft goods drive were saved from the garbage dump and hopefully have gone to good future use or treasured by the purchasers. Bus trip on June 20. Twenty-two individuals went on a carefree casino bus tr ...
... These two events have been opportunities to recycle and reuse. The contents of the garage sale and soft goods drive were saved from the garbage dump and hopefully have gone to good future use or treasured by the purchasers. Bus trip on June 20. Twenty-two individuals went on a carefree casino bus tr ...
The Dharma-ending Age
... In all these sources, the reference to the nuns and the duration of 500 years always occur together,17 leading scholars to surmise “therefore, that these two elements entered the Buddhist tradition together” (Nattier 1991:29). Nattier further notes that all these texts belong to the Nikāya school bu ...
... In all these sources, the reference to the nuns and the duration of 500 years always occur together,17 leading scholars to surmise “therefore, that these two elements entered the Buddhist tradition together” (Nattier 1991:29). Nattier further notes that all these texts belong to the Nikāya school bu ...
Hinduism
... It is said that Hinduism has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. Most Hindus not only believe in universal tolerance of others, but they accept all religions as true. It is said, “As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different pat ...
... It is said that Hinduism has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. Most Hindus not only believe in universal tolerance of others, but they accept all religions as true. It is said, “As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different pat ...
Caste System
... Hinduism Basic Tenants of Hinduism To Hindus, every person has an essential self, or atman. For Hindus, the ultimate goal of existence is to achieve moksha (MAHK SHUH), or union with brahman. To accomplish this – you must free yourself from selfish desires. Because Hindus believe that this goal can ...
... Hinduism Basic Tenants of Hinduism To Hindus, every person has an essential self, or atman. For Hindus, the ultimate goal of existence is to achieve moksha (MAHK SHUH), or union with brahman. To accomplish this – you must free yourself from selfish desires. Because Hindus believe that this goal can ...
Natural Law and Hinduism - Heythrop College Publications
... as evidenced in the different works the document cites. The ascetical tendency also represents a major feature of Hindu religious culture. Here the motivations for many of the ethical practices identified as points of convergence are rather different from Christian natural law ethics, since they are ...
... as evidenced in the different works the document cites. The ascetical tendency also represents a major feature of Hindu religious culture. Here the motivations for many of the ethical practices identified as points of convergence are rather different from Christian natural law ethics, since they are ...
Dominant Cultural Patterns of Hindus in India
... Lord. What is especially important about this belief is that, first, the ultimate reality is not seen as separate and apart from ordinary things and events, but is the inner being and energizing force of everyday existence. Initially developed in the sacred ancient Hindu scriptures, the Vedas and Up ...
... Lord. What is especially important about this belief is that, first, the ultimate reality is not seen as separate and apart from ordinary things and events, but is the inner being and energizing force of everyday existence. Initially developed in the sacred ancient Hindu scriptures, the Vedas and Up ...
Dharma
Dharma ([dʱəɾmə]; Sanskrit: धर्म dharma, About this sound listen ; Pali: धम्म dhamma) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. There is no single word translation for dharma in western languages.In Hinduism, dharma signifies behaviors that are considered to be in accord with rta, the order that makes life and universe possible, and includes duties, rights, laws, conduct, virtues and ‘‘right way of living’’. In Buddhism dharma means ""cosmic law and order"", but is also applied to the teachings of the Buddha. In Buddhist philosophy, dhamma/dharma is also the term for ""phenomena"". In Jainism dharma refers to the teachings of the Jinas and the body of doctrine pertaining to the purification and moral transformation of human beings. For Sikhs, the word dharm means the ""path of righteousness"".The Classical Sanskrit noun dharma is a derivation from the root dhṛ, which has a meaning of ""to hold, maintain, keep"". The word ""dharma"" was already in use in the historical Vedic religion, and its meaning and conceptual scope has evolved over several millennia. The antonym of dharma is adharma.