The Eco-Buddhism of Marie Byles Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... involves accepting that suffering is inherent in the life of the earth; the Second Truth that suffering arises because we crave and cling to the things of the earth, which are all transient; and the Third that suffering ends when we give up our cravings and attachment to transient things, and realiz ...
... involves accepting that suffering is inherent in the life of the earth; the Second Truth that suffering arises because we crave and cling to the things of the earth, which are all transient; and the Third that suffering ends when we give up our cravings and attachment to transient things, and realiz ...
The Great Nalanda - Past and Present
... learning for about eight hundred years (from 5th century to 13th century A. D.). At the very beginning it was a monastic institution accommodating thousands of travelling monks coming from different regions. During their stay at Nalanda monastery the Buddha’s Dhamma and Vinaya based on ‘Pariyatti’ a ...
... learning for about eight hundred years (from 5th century to 13th century A. D.). At the very beginning it was a monastic institution accommodating thousands of travelling monks coming from different regions. During their stay at Nalanda monastery the Buddha’s Dhamma and Vinaya based on ‘Pariyatti’ a ...
Sacred Arts of Tibet Art from the Roof of the World
... own lands, which were worked by hired laborers; these laborers were paid by the monasteries, thus fulfilling a role similar to that of farm workers in America and Europe. The monasteries were self-contained communities complete with elected leaders and bureaucracies. The largest, Drepung Monastery n ...
... own lands, which were worked by hired laborers; these laborers were paid by the monasteries, thus fulfilling a role similar to that of farm workers in America and Europe. The monasteries were self-contained communities complete with elected leaders and bureaucracies. The largest, Drepung Monastery n ...
PDF - Chan Meditation Center
... We are pleased to announce the launch of a website dedicated to the life and teachings of Chan Master Sheng Yen (1930-2009). In Chinese and English, the website features key aspects of the life of this late beloved master of Chan Buddhism. Please visit us at www.shengyen.org The website features the ...
... We are pleased to announce the launch of a website dedicated to the life and teachings of Chan Master Sheng Yen (1930-2009). In Chinese and English, the website features key aspects of the life of this late beloved master of Chan Buddhism. Please visit us at www.shengyen.org The website features the ...
Untitled - Shambhala Publications
... The important Buddhist doctrine of the two truths-conventional truths and ultimate truths-is the subject of this book. It examines how the doctrine evolved within early Buddhism from efforts to make sense of contradictions within the collected sayings of the Buddha. The two truths, however, came to ...
... The important Buddhist doctrine of the two truths-conventional truths and ultimate truths-is the subject of this book. It examines how the doctrine evolved within early Buddhism from efforts to make sense of contradictions within the collected sayings of the Buddha. The two truths, however, came to ...
Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars
... that nirva1)a or buddhahood transcends the range of thought. Finally, our recalcitrant Buddhist might object that there is not and never has been any such thing as "Buddhist theology" for the simple reason that the term is an imported one, with no precise equivalent in any Asian B uddhist language, ...
... that nirva1)a or buddhahood transcends the range of thought. Finally, our recalcitrant Buddhist might object that there is not and never has been any such thing as "Buddhist theology" for the simple reason that the term is an imported one, with no precise equivalent in any Asian B uddhist language, ...
work as an opportunity
... genuinely inspired to change the world. A new theme emerged in the late 1980s and early '90s. It focused around the growing awareness that Windhorse was a good place to work on your spiritual practice 'off the cushion’ as well as on it. Windhorse in Cambridge was increasingly seen as a good place fo ...
... genuinely inspired to change the world. A new theme emerged in the late 1980s and early '90s. It focused around the growing awareness that Windhorse was a good place to work on your spiritual practice 'off the cushion’ as well as on it. Windhorse in Cambridge was increasingly seen as a good place fo ...
Secrets Sutra - The EverLife Foundation
... extinction from rebirth) this sovereign of ignorance and illusion offered the sage special dispensation — immediate and easy entry into enlightenment. However, when the Sakya sage fearlessly announced that before he entered nirvana he must first “establish innumerable buddha-lands throughout the uni ...
... extinction from rebirth) this sovereign of ignorance and illusion offered the sage special dispensation — immediate and easy entry into enlightenment. However, when the Sakya sage fearlessly announced that before he entered nirvana he must first “establish innumerable buddha-lands throughout the uni ...
NCERT_12_Themes in Indian History-part 1
... in mind. You have to track the source, read the text, follow the clues, and make the inter-connections before you can reconstruct the past. The physical discovery of a record does not simply open up the past. When Alexander Cunningham first saw a Harappan seal, he could make no sense of it. Only muc ...
... in mind. You have to track the source, read the text, follow the clues, and make the inter-connections before you can reconstruct the past. The physical discovery of a record does not simply open up the past. When Alexander Cunningham first saw a Harappan seal, he could make no sense of it. Only muc ...
The Preliminary Practices of Tibetan Buddhism
... of the healing mother White Tara. Joe, Bob, and many other great teachers from His Holiness the Dalia Lama up to Je Tsongkhapa and Shakyamuni Buddha form my personal Jewel Tree Refuge of blessing and inspiration, and I am grateful to them all. It is my hope that by defining and presenting the pith i ...
... of the healing mother White Tara. Joe, Bob, and many other great teachers from His Holiness the Dalia Lama up to Je Tsongkhapa and Shakyamuni Buddha form my personal Jewel Tree Refuge of blessing and inspiration, and I am grateful to them all. It is my hope that by defining and presenting the pith i ...
- VU Research Repository
... I, Lisa E. Jones, declare that the PhD thesis entitled The Jewel in the Heart of the Lotus: Bringing Buddhist Wisdom and Compassion to Psychotherapy is no more than 100,000 words in length, exclusive of tables, figures, appendices, references and footnotes. This thesis contains no material that has ...
... I, Lisa E. Jones, declare that the PhD thesis entitled The Jewel in the Heart of the Lotus: Bringing Buddhist Wisdom and Compassion to Psychotherapy is no more than 100,000 words in length, exclusive of tables, figures, appendices, references and footnotes. This thesis contains no material that has ...
to view the PDF - The Matheson Trust
... the cultural disturbances of the last four decades but, outside the organs of the American Buddhist community, surprisingly little notice was directed to Ginsberg's engagement with Eastern forms of spirituality. Ginsberg's public career and private life (a somewhat slippery distinction in this case! ...
... the cultural disturbances of the last four decades but, outside the organs of the American Buddhist community, surprisingly little notice was directed to Ginsberg's engagement with Eastern forms of spirituality. Ginsberg's public career and private life (a somewhat slippery distinction in this case! ...
“Beautiful Women Dig Graves”: Richard Baker-roshi
... American style of Zen, Baker strayed from his intended path. Such “scandals”—for this is how Baker’s erring was seen by many observers both inside and outside his community—are not uncommon in American religions; indeed, it may be an idiosyncrasy of Americans to focus disproportionately on the perce ...
... American style of Zen, Baker strayed from his intended path. Such “scandals”—for this is how Baker’s erring was seen by many observers both inside and outside his community—are not uncommon in American religions; indeed, it may be an idiosyncrasy of Americans to focus disproportionately on the perce ...
Shambhala - Akamai.net
... creative ideas, tips, games, and songs to help every family with young children introduce more music into their lives. While there are many songbooks available, as well as serious books on music education and philosophy, this book offers a wonderful range of information and material in one place--th ...
... creative ideas, tips, games, and songs to help every family with young children introduce more music into their lives. While there are many songbooks available, as well as serious books on music education and philosophy, this book offers a wonderful range of information and material in one place--th ...
Mindfulness in Early Buddhism
... Contemplation of the body is not necessarily accompanied by an element of evaluation, however, in fact the next exercise, which turns to the existence of basic material qualities in the body, does not contain a comparable qualification. Contemplation of the body in terms of the elements is in most v ...
... Contemplation of the body is not necessarily accompanied by an element of evaluation, however, in fact the next exercise, which turns to the existence of basic material qualities in the body, does not contain a comparable qualification. Contemplation of the body in terms of the elements is in most v ...
A Long and Winding Road: Soto Zen Training in America
... In America, our training is more personalized, according to our teachers and the needs of students. Some teachers keep their priest-trainees very close, directing every detail of their practice and life for up to five years. Other teachers, like my own, allow students a very wide field to explore, o ...
... In America, our training is more personalized, according to our teachers and the needs of students. Some teachers keep their priest-trainees very close, directing every detail of their practice and life for up to five years. Other teachers, like my own, allow students a very wide field to explore, o ...
The Buddhist Coleridge: Creating Space for The Rime of the Ancient
... (i.e., from an ignorant being to a Buddha). As an unawakened being, the Mariner perceives the natural environment as inferior to himself, and he fuels his own self-made concept of inferiority in order to solidify his own existence. The ignorant, ego-based desire to aggrandize the self becomes the i ...
... (i.e., from an ignorant being to a Buddha). As an unawakened being, the Mariner perceives the natural environment as inferior to himself, and he fuels his own self-made concept of inferiority in order to solidify his own existence. The ignorant, ego-based desire to aggrandize the self becomes the i ...
SD 9 - The Dharmafarers
... the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed accounts of related events. The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta records the Buddha’s reason for choosing Kusinārā, a “remote jungle township,” to spend his last days, that is, it was the capital of an great ancient king Sudassana ...
... the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed accounts of related events. The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta records the Buddha’s reason for choosing Kusinārā, a “remote jungle township,” to spend his last days, that is, it was the capital of an great ancient king Sudassana ...
The Rationale for Developing a Mindfulness-Based
... CONCLUDING THOUGHTS: I have left out Greenberg’s work on couples, on issues of identity and attachment, and focused mainly on the work on nature of emotions and emotion regulation. As I conclude this analysis, it must be mentioned that there is a very deep and profound concern about the ‘self’ in th ...
... CONCLUDING THOUGHTS: I have left out Greenberg’s work on couples, on issues of identity and attachment, and focused mainly on the work on nature of emotions and emotion regulation. As I conclude this analysis, it must be mentioned that there is a very deep and profound concern about the ‘self’ in th ...
contribution of this dissertation
... think Faure’s writings, while extremely valuable, need to be considered carefully. Two of the writers that Faure is very critical of have had enormous influence on how Zen is understood psychologically both within Japan and within the West. These are Kitaro Nishida and D.T. Suzuki. I think these two ...
... think Faure’s writings, while extremely valuable, need to be considered carefully. Two of the writers that Faure is very critical of have had enormous influence on how Zen is understood psychologically both within Japan and within the West. These are Kitaro Nishida and D.T. Suzuki. I think these two ...
Dokument in Tabellen
... Zazen is the return to the practice of Shakyamuni, and his practice was first Indian, then Chinese and finally Japanese. It is now universal. When we become familiar with the life and original teaching of Buddha, we can represent it through our kesa, through our monk's bowl, or even by turning a flo ...
... Zazen is the return to the practice of Shakyamuni, and his practice was first Indian, then Chinese and finally Japanese. It is now universal. When we become familiar with the life and original teaching of Buddha, we can represent it through our kesa, through our monk's bowl, or even by turning a flo ...