Wu Yankang, "The Revered Master Deep Willows and the Hall of
... import, and from that time he widely sought out other Buddhist writings. From that time forward, lay devotee Yang Renshan was resolutely set on his course of formal Buddhist studies. In her Chinese autobiography (), Yang Buwei writes, [while the family was temporarily residing in Hangzhou in t ...
... import, and from that time he widely sought out other Buddhist writings. From that time forward, lay devotee Yang Renshan was resolutely set on his course of formal Buddhist studies. In her Chinese autobiography (), Yang Buwei writes, [while the family was temporarily residing in Hangzhou in t ...
Balkwill, Final Draft copy - MacSphere
... tradition. Throughout the dissertation, stories of empresses, concubines, female bureaucrats, lay devotees, and female members of the Buddhist monastic institution will be studied in order to show the unique connections between women and the Buddhist tradition under the Northern Wei and also to reve ...
... tradition. Throughout the dissertation, stories of empresses, concubines, female bureaucrats, lay devotees, and female members of the Buddhist monastic institution will be studied in order to show the unique connections between women and the Buddhist tradition under the Northern Wei and also to reve ...
Mindfulness Contextualised. The Buddhist tradition
... Regarding its context, mindfulness has a key place in various formulations of the path of training. Mindfulness is one of the five spiritual faculties. As a sequence, mindfulness appears in the middle. First there is confidence, which is about initial motivation and going forth, followed by energy, ...
... Regarding its context, mindfulness has a key place in various formulations of the path of training. Mindfulness is one of the five spiritual faculties. As a sequence, mindfulness appears in the middle. First there is confidence, which is about initial motivation and going forth, followed by energy, ...
Dark Zen
... number of you come from other Zen centers which teach the doctrine of Dogen Zenji who believes that "all beings are Buddha-nature". And perhaps, using Dogen's words, you also believe that a "donkeys' jowls are the Buddha-nature". Tonight, I will enlighten you with the truth of Buddha-nature. Then yo ...
... number of you come from other Zen centers which teach the doctrine of Dogen Zenji who believes that "all beings are Buddha-nature". And perhaps, using Dogen's words, you also believe that a "donkeys' jowls are the Buddha-nature". Tonight, I will enlighten you with the truth of Buddha-nature. Then yo ...
Could David Hume Have Known about Buddhism?
... are not only influenced by other great philosophers (especially before they are great themselves!). They may pick up ideas from much more obscure figures who happen to be the people they find congenial or talk with on a regular basis—the equivalent of the guy in the next office. From this psychologi ...
... are not only influenced by other great philosophers (especially before they are great themselves!). They may pick up ideas from much more obscure figures who happen to be the people they find congenial or talk with on a regular basis—the equivalent of the guy in the next office. From this psychologi ...
TRUTH - As given to the Buddha
... area of India) and then try to adopt them to Western vanities. It took this author one night, and three “comical” Western books to realize that the truth of Buddhism could only be found in India/Asia. So this author threw every apple away and began his search for the tree. He knew this tree lived i ...
... area of India) and then try to adopt them to Western vanities. It took this author one night, and three “comical” Western books to realize that the truth of Buddhism could only be found in India/Asia. So this author threw every apple away and began his search for the tree. He knew this tree lived i ...
Cullen Interview on Types of Buddhism
... Having been steeped in both these traditions myself I was surprised to learn that the Tibetan Buddhists have a different understanding and usage of the term mindfulness. Some of these differences arise from diverging scriptural sources and interpretations dating back to the time of the Buddha. Our i ...
... Having been steeped in both these traditions myself I was surprised to learn that the Tibetan Buddhists have a different understanding and usage of the term mindfulness. Some of these differences arise from diverging scriptural sources and interpretations dating back to the time of the Buddha. Our i ...
Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology
... LTTE and the forcible recruitment of children, the international community should also link all military aid to the Sri Lankan government to human rights practices. Furthermore, international human rights monitors should be stationed in Sri Lanka to ensure minorities are protected. ...
... LTTE and the forcible recruitment of children, the international community should also link all military aid to the Sri Lankan government to human rights practices. Furthermore, international human rights monitors should be stationed in Sri Lanka to ensure minorities are protected. ...
Buddhist chaplaincy : Buddhist religious care
... very little we can do except watching these objects. They look as if they were always there and continue to be there. According to astronomers that is not true. The Buddha too says that these things are there only while certain conditions prevail and that they will vanish when those ...
... very little we can do except watching these objects. They look as if they were always there and continue to be there. According to astronomers that is not true. The Buddha too says that these things are there only while certain conditions prevail and that they will vanish when those ...
Shinto in the History of Japanese Religion
... can be traced back to the National Learning (kokugaku) scholar Motoori Norinaga in the eighteenth century, and it is reflected more recently in Yanagida Kunio's work on Japanese folklore. The same trend is discernible in the writings of Hori 1chir6, who claims an opinion similar to Robert Bellah's a ...
... can be traced back to the National Learning (kokugaku) scholar Motoori Norinaga in the eighteenth century, and it is reflected more recently in Yanagida Kunio's work on Japanese folklore. The same trend is discernible in the writings of Hori 1chir6, who claims an opinion similar to Robert Bellah's a ...
The Sixfold Purity of an Arahant Chabbisodhana-sutta and its Parallel
... regard to these four nutriments have you attained the knowledge that there is no clinging to anything and that [through] the destruction of the influxes the mind has been liberated? A monk, whose influxes are destroyed and who in this teaching has attained the knowledge of having established the hol ...
... regard to these four nutriments have you attained the knowledge that there is no clinging to anything and that [through] the destruction of the influxes the mind has been liberated? A monk, whose influxes are destroyed and who in this teaching has attained the knowledge of having established the hol ...
June - Nichiren Shu
... promised to spread it after His extinction. Their leader is called Superior Practice Bodhisattva. However, Buddhist leaders before Nichiren Shonin had scarcely Rev. referred to those Kanji Tamura particular bodhisattvas described only in the Lotus Sutra. Even Grand Master T’ien-t’ai’s interpretation ...
... promised to spread it after His extinction. Their leader is called Superior Practice Bodhisattva. However, Buddhist leaders before Nichiren Shonin had scarcely Rev. referred to those Kanji Tamura particular bodhisattvas described only in the Lotus Sutra. Even Grand Master T’ien-t’ai’s interpretation ...
Untitled - Hey Gluten Free
... embodiment of the Beat Generation, and his later drift into alcoholic home life, the notion of such a pilgrimage becomes even more endearing with time. To see someone aim so high and land so low also tends to make one desperate. Desperate for what? Perhaps for some assurance that this cannot be, tha ...
... embodiment of the Beat Generation, and his later drift into alcoholic home life, the notion of such a pilgrimage becomes even more endearing with time. To see someone aim so high and land so low also tends to make one desperate. Desperate for what? Perhaps for some assurance that this cannot be, tha ...
On Compassionate Killing and the Abhidhamma’s Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... If, furthermore, events of this kind occurred, it seems odd that neither the Buddha nor the embedded Vinaya commentary (vibhaṅga) make any reference to them. Vinaya judgments set legal precedents, and it would have been important to clarify the facts on which the judgment was based if the Vinaya rep ...
... If, furthermore, events of this kind occurred, it seems odd that neither the Buddha nor the embedded Vinaya commentary (vibhaṅga) make any reference to them. Vinaya judgments set legal precedents, and it would have been important to clarify the facts on which the judgment was based if the Vinaya rep ...
GCSE Religious Studies
... Candidates may include some of the following points: It is where the Buddha became enlightened so is highly significant for many Buddhists / it is important to venerate a spiritual place / a way of earning good kamma (karma) / a place where a Buddhist can realise the teachings of the Buddha with lik ...
... Candidates may include some of the following points: It is where the Buddha became enlightened so is highly significant for many Buddhists / it is important to venerate a spiritual place / a way of earning good kamma (karma) / a place where a Buddhist can realise the teachings of the Buddha with lik ...
July 2013 - Retreat of Awakening
... Recently, I had the pleasure to share what I have learned with my brothers and sisters at the 2013 Retreat of Awakening. The location was magnificent! There were trees, birds, shrubs and mosquitoes. The sun was peeking over the mountain and shining upon us. I felt uplifted to see so many taking inte ...
... Recently, I had the pleasure to share what I have learned with my brothers and sisters at the 2013 Retreat of Awakening. The location was magnificent! There were trees, birds, shrubs and mosquitoes. The sun was peeking over the mountain and shining upon us. I felt uplifted to see so many taking inte ...
Is There a Soul? - The Dharmafarers
... The brahmins further claimed that it was only through them that anyone could go to heaven or liberate their departed to ascend to heaven. Underlying such ideas was the eternal soul, the spiritual fate of which is in the hands of the brahmins and their elaborate and costly rituals. For the living, th ...
... The brahmins further claimed that it was only through them that anyone could go to heaven or liberate their departed to ascend to heaven. Underlying such ideas was the eternal soul, the spiritual fate of which is in the hands of the brahmins and their elaborate and costly rituals. For the living, th ...
Paper Title (use style: paper title)
... fluxion; to follow the evil makes one restless; appetite induces one to fall into Avici. [10] Thus we can see the attributes of Caturyani are far from being solely atrocious. The punishment of the chief God in the story also differs from Buddhist Sutras. In the latter, the Buddha does not penalize t ...
... fluxion; to follow the evil makes one restless; appetite induces one to fall into Avici. [10] Thus we can see the attributes of Caturyani are far from being solely atrocious. The punishment of the chief God in the story also differs from Buddhist Sutras. In the latter, the Buddha does not penalize t ...
Remembering Within a Sacred Space in Vientiane
... manifestations of collective memory (monuments) within the sacred space of ban That Luang. On the basis of theoretical and historical analysis, I examine two cases: the Unknown Soldier’s Monument and the That Luang or Great Stupa. I observe these monuments from three perspectives: shape (the form of ...
... manifestations of collective memory (monuments) within the sacred space of ban That Luang. On the basis of theoretical and historical analysis, I examine two cases: the Unknown Soldier’s Monument and the That Luang or Great Stupa. I observe these monuments from three perspectives: shape (the form of ...
searchable pdf - The Hume Society
... are not only influenced by other great philosophers (especially before they are great themselves!). They may pick up ideas from much more obscure figures who happen to be the people they find congenial or talk with on a regular basis—the equivalent of the guy in the next office. From this psychologi ...
... are not only influenced by other great philosophers (especially before they are great themselves!). They may pick up ideas from much more obscure figures who happen to be the people they find congenial or talk with on a regular basis—the equivalent of the guy in the next office. From this psychologi ...
Pursuit of Happiness: The Buddhist Way
... precision. There are some who argue that what constitutes happiness is purely subjective, relativistic, emotive, or attitudinal. They also maintain that sources of happiness cannot be properly identified. On this issue, Buddhism takes a different position. The Buddhist position is that there is an ...
... precision. There are some who argue that what constitutes happiness is purely subjective, relativistic, emotive, or attitudinal. They also maintain that sources of happiness cannot be properly identified. On this issue, Buddhism takes a different position. The Buddhist position is that there is an ...
THE ESSENCE OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM
... on video, which we have put onto DVD (see the back pages of this book for details), so that you can now see and hear Lama Yeshe giving these teachings. We have edited this book less intensively than normal so that the text quite closely adheres to Lama’s original words and phraseology, making it eas ...
... on video, which we have put onto DVD (see the back pages of this book for details), so that you can now see and hear Lama Yeshe giving these teachings. We have edited this book less intensively than normal so that the text quite closely adheres to Lama’s original words and phraseology, making it eas ...
Cliff Notes: Text and Image at Baodingshan
... marked differences in not only the artistic mode of representation, but also in the subject matter. Here was a site that stood in stark contrast to everything that I had previously learned about Buddhist art in China. This was no honeycombed cliff of Buddha images; rather, it appeared as a cohesive ...
... marked differences in not only the artistic mode of representation, but also in the subject matter. Here was a site that stood in stark contrast to everything that I had previously learned about Buddhist art in China. This was no honeycombed cliff of Buddha images; rather, it appeared as a cohesive ...
PALI TIPITAKA CHANTING : Oral Tradition of Theravada Buddhism
... In 1996, 11 selected Sri Lankan nuns were ordained fully as bhikkhunis by a team of Theravada monks with the Korean nuns in India. There is disagreement among the Theravada vinaya authorities that whether this ordination is valid. In the last few years the Dambulla chapter of Siam Nikaya in Sri Lank ...
... In 1996, 11 selected Sri Lankan nuns were ordained fully as bhikkhunis by a team of Theravada monks with the Korean nuns in India. There is disagreement among the Theravada vinaya authorities that whether this ordination is valid. In the last few years the Dambulla chapter of Siam Nikaya in Sri Lank ...