Bhikkhu Ashin Jinarakkhita`s Interpreting and Translating Buddhism
... Since Indonesian independence in 1945, the founders of this new state had agreed on a proposed ideology as a national foundation for uniting all ethnicities, religions, and races. Proposed by Sukarno, Pancasila, the ideological foundation consisting of five principles of the new state was finalized ...
... Since Indonesian independence in 1945, the founders of this new state had agreed on a proposed ideology as a national foundation for uniting all ethnicities, religions, and races. Proposed by Sukarno, Pancasila, the ideological foundation consisting of five principles of the new state was finalized ...
Buddhism - John Bowne High School
... • Buddhists believe in reincarnation • Different from Hindu belief: –Buddhists may be reincarnated as many times as it takes until Enlightenment and Nirvana are reached. –Hindus believe in reincarnation as a means of rising up the caste to reach moksha. There is the risk of being reincarnated in a ...
... • Buddhists believe in reincarnation • Different from Hindu belief: –Buddhists may be reincarnated as many times as it takes until Enlightenment and Nirvana are reached. –Hindus believe in reincarnation as a means of rising up the caste to reach moksha. There is the risk of being reincarnated in a ...
7th IBAA Conference - Hsi Lai Journal of Humanistic Buddhism
... promoted the integration of monastery economics between Industry and Chan. Later on in contemporary Taiwanese Buddhism, monastery economics shifts to the foundation system and borrowing money from the bank instead of making loans to laity. Buddhist temples and monasteries were established primarily ...
... promoted the integration of monastery economics between Industry and Chan. Later on in contemporary Taiwanese Buddhism, monastery economics shifts to the foundation system and borrowing money from the bank instead of making loans to laity. Buddhist temples and monasteries were established primarily ...
The Buddha`s Practical Teaching
... presentation, in various guises, throughout the Sutta-pi8aka of the Pali Canon. The Four Truths are the essential and characteristic feature of Buddhism and its goal the complete penetration and understanding of them. The Buddha has stated that it is by not understanding and fully comprehending thes ...
... presentation, in various guises, throughout the Sutta-pi8aka of the Pali Canon. The Four Truths are the essential and characteristic feature of Buddhism and its goal the complete penetration and understanding of them. The Buddha has stated that it is by not understanding and fully comprehending thes ...
Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions
... I would have liked to include or elaborate upon many more points, but the book would have become too lengthy. We apologize for not being able to discuss the wide variety of views, interpretations, and practices within each tradition and request your patience if certain topics you consider important ...
... I would have liked to include or elaborate upon many more points, but the book would have become too lengthy. We apologize for not being able to discuss the wide variety of views, interpretations, and practices within each tradition and request your patience if certain topics you consider important ...
Buddhism as an Education
... more than one god. Each statue serves to inspire wisdom and awakening in each of us. They also represent certain aspects of Buddhism, which remind practitioners of the particular topic of teaching. For example, Guan Yin Bodhisattva, the most popular Bodhisattva in China, represents Infinite Compassi ...
... more than one god. Each statue serves to inspire wisdom and awakening in each of us. They also represent certain aspects of Buddhism, which remind practitioners of the particular topic of teaching. For example, Guan Yin Bodhisattva, the most popular Bodhisattva in China, represents Infinite Compassi ...
Buddhism & Thai World View
... indicate that s/he is older than the speaker. In a more formal situation, the word “khun” (polite title to call people regardless of age and gender) is always used esp. in the city. ...
... indicate that s/he is older than the speaker. In a more formal situation, the word “khun” (polite title to call people regardless of age and gender) is always used esp. in the city. ...
Atisha`s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment
... Atisha’s Questions 1. What is a practitioner of the Great Vehicle like? 2. Can the altruistic intention arise in an ordinary person? 3. Does one need to hold the individual liberation vows as a basis for the Bodhisattva Vow? 4. When someone holding the individual liberation vow takes the tantric vo ...
... Atisha’s Questions 1. What is a practitioner of the Great Vehicle like? 2. Can the altruistic intention arise in an ordinary person? 3. Does one need to hold the individual liberation vows as a basis for the Bodhisattva Vow? 4. When someone holding the individual liberation vow takes the tantric vo ...
Foreword to Buddhist Peacework, 2002
... there is no “other.” The most basic practices that all of the schools of Buddhism engaged in point to the fact that there is no “other.” The fundamental teachings of the Buddha tell us that there is no “other.” Yet we live in a world peopled by those who are subject to the deepest forms of alienatio ...
... there is no “other.” The most basic practices that all of the schools of Buddhism engaged in point to the fact that there is no “other.” The fundamental teachings of the Buddha tell us that there is no “other.” Yet we live in a world peopled by those who are subject to the deepest forms of alienatio ...
- Esamskriti
... (Shiva), who keeps his mouth closed. This according to them symbolizes that the deities swallow all evil and let only virtue pass into the temple through the gates. Another interpretation says they symbolize within lies all the secrets of the universe from beginning to end. The most amazing example ...
... (Shiva), who keeps his mouth closed. This according to them symbolizes that the deities swallow all evil and let only virtue pass into the temple through the gates. Another interpretation says they symbolize within lies all the secrets of the universe from beginning to end. The most amazing example ...
King.txt ... JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST ETHICS VOLUME 1: 1994
... thoughts, aspirations, and emotions upon the character, attitudes, and consequent actions oœ a person. Here an emotion or thought is "reborn" as an attitude or character trait which irrevocably finds expression in one's actions. This might be called thought-character-action karma, or psychic karma. ...
... thoughts, aspirations, and emotions upon the character, attitudes, and consequent actions oœ a person. Here an emotion or thought is "reborn" as an attitude or character trait which irrevocably finds expression in one's actions. This might be called thought-character-action karma, or psychic karma. ...
chapter 7 new ideas and new religions
... *Mahavira taught people three things--------right faith, right knowledge and right behaviour.These teachings are known as triratna or three jewels. *He believed in ahimsa or non-violence. *He taught his followers not to speak lies and not to steal other people’s things. *He did not believe in religi ...
... *Mahavira taught people three things--------right faith, right knowledge and right behaviour.These teachings are known as triratna or three jewels. *He believed in ahimsa or non-violence. *He taught his followers not to speak lies and not to steal other people’s things. *He did not believe in religi ...
Shining With the Inner Light of Gratitude - Sgi-Usa
... The overwhelming majority of our revenue comes from members’ direct contributions. Other major sources of funds include subscriptions and bookstore sales, conference fees (for the SGI-USA Florida Nature and Culture Center) and investment income. All contributions, regardless of timing or location, a ...
... The overwhelming majority of our revenue comes from members’ direct contributions. Other major sources of funds include subscriptions and bookstore sales, conference fees (for the SGI-USA Florida Nature and Culture Center) and investment income. All contributions, regardless of timing or location, a ...
CHAPTER TEN THE IRON BIRD FLIES: BUDDHISM AND THE
... development of modern Buddhism. His given name was David Hewavitarne and he was born into a Buddhist family in Colombo. He disliked the missionary presence, which he described as ‘Christian barbarism’. He met Colonel Olcott in 1891, became his student and subsequently sought ordination as a Buddhist ...
... development of modern Buddhism. His given name was David Hewavitarne and he was born into a Buddhist family in Colombo. He disliked the missionary presence, which he described as ‘Christian barbarism’. He met Colonel Olcott in 1891, became his student and subsequently sought ordination as a Buddhist ...
Buddhism
... The prince followed some of the spiritual teachers of the time, but after mastering their disciplines and relentlessly practicing asceticism, he found himself no closer to overcoming the suffering he had witnessed. After six years of such practices, with his body and mind weak from severe self-morti ...
... The prince followed some of the spiritual teachers of the time, but after mastering their disciplines and relentlessly practicing asceticism, he found himself no closer to overcoming the suffering he had witnessed. After six years of such practices, with his body and mind weak from severe self-morti ...
Steven Collins. Nirvana and Other Buddhist Felicities: Utopias of the
... narrated time and in the time of narrationÓ (p. 234). This discussion is based on a close reading and careful analysis of passages from the Buddhavaüsa and Mahàvaüsa. Collins recognizes the importance of both repetitive and nonrepetitive time in these materials. New translations of the relevant sec ...
... narrated time and in the time of narrationÓ (p. 234). This discussion is based on a close reading and careful analysis of passages from the Buddhavaüsa and Mahàvaüsa. Collins recognizes the importance of both repetitive and nonrepetitive time in these materials. New translations of the relevant sec ...
RELIGION AND THE NEW IMMIGRANTS
... sutras are all voluntary and free, although the family may want to donate money to the monks or the temple. HNT has also conducted several Buddhist weddings and the monks even go to members' homes to bless a newborn baby. All of these practices are innovative. Hsi-Nan Temple has reduced the frequenc ...
... sutras are all voluntary and free, although the family may want to donate money to the monks or the temple. HNT has also conducted several Buddhist weddings and the monks even go to members' homes to bless a newborn baby. All of these practices are innovative. Hsi-Nan Temple has reduced the frequenc ...
Terms Used in Shin Buddhism
... faith alone rather than relying on one’s own efforts to attain enlightenment. The teaching is based on the Three Pure Land Sutras – The Larger Sutra of Eternal Life, The Amida Sutra and the Meditation Sutra – the primary being the Larger Sutra in which Amida Buddha made his Original Vow to save with ...
... faith alone rather than relying on one’s own efforts to attain enlightenment. The teaching is based on the Three Pure Land Sutras – The Larger Sutra of Eternal Life, The Amida Sutra and the Meditation Sutra – the primary being the Larger Sutra in which Amida Buddha made his Original Vow to save with ...
The Pragmatic Buddhist - Center for Pragmatic Buddhism
... can see them every time we look in the mirror. Every time we smile or laugh. Every time we offer an act of compassion…and yes, every time we cry and mourn as well. There is no greater comfort than to honor our predecessors and to see them again through every act of our lives. It is indeed more true ...
... can see them every time we look in the mirror. Every time we smile or laugh. Every time we offer an act of compassion…and yes, every time we cry and mourn as well. There is no greater comfort than to honor our predecessors and to see them again through every act of our lives. It is indeed more true ...
Buddhism and Psychotherapy Across Cultures: Essays on Theories and Practices
... lume (Between Cultures: Buddhism and Psychotherapy in the TwentyFirst Century, Boston University, September 10-11, 2004) was unique most importantly because the participants submitted their presentation papers ahead of time and all participants read them beforehand so they could meet in seminar form ...
... lume (Between Cultures: Buddhism and Psychotherapy in the TwentyFirst Century, Boston University, September 10-11, 2004) was unique most importantly because the participants submitted their presentation papers ahead of time and all participants read them beforehand so they could meet in seminar form ...
Chapter 24, Sections 1,2
... (duties and obligations). People will improve caste in next life by following dharma. ...
... (duties and obligations). People will improve caste in next life by following dharma. ...
File - Emma D Franco
... (Voorst, 76). Depending on where one falls in the listed attributes, depends on what one must uphold and do in terms of their religious duty. Being able to uphold one’s dharma is closely correlated with how one can achieve moksha, as well. Now, looking deeper into the idea of moksha, Hindu people be ...
... (Voorst, 76). Depending on where one falls in the listed attributes, depends on what one must uphold and do in terms of their religious duty. Being able to uphold one’s dharma is closely correlated with how one can achieve moksha, as well. Now, looking deeper into the idea of moksha, Hindu people be ...
