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The Ch`an Tsung in Medieval China: School, Lineage, or What?
... school that produced it. and even if !he school in question was distinguished chiefly by a shared belief in that lineage. it would be a mistake to think of the membership of the school and that of the lineage as somehow coextensive. For one thing, lineages always included dead people, and schools (a ...
... school that produced it. and even if !he school in question was distinguished chiefly by a shared belief in that lineage. it would be a mistake to think of the membership of the school and that of the lineage as somehow coextensive. For one thing, lineages always included dead people, and schools (a ...
First Steps - SGI South Africa
... • And all human and sentient beings, regardless of social status, gender or other socially imposed divisions, are equally worthy of respect So the Daishonin writes that, “Life is the most precious of all treasures. Even one extra day of life is worth more than ten million ryo of gold.”2 Everything t ...
... • And all human and sentient beings, regardless of social status, gender or other socially imposed divisions, are equally worthy of respect So the Daishonin writes that, “Life is the most precious of all treasures. Even one extra day of life is worth more than ten million ryo of gold.”2 Everything t ...
JBE Research Article Two Notions of Poverty in the Pàli Canon
... meaningful sense as its consciousness, the root of mind and thus mindfulness, is bestial. In Buddhist psychology consciousness must always be consciousness of something. The six types of consciousness are associated with the five senses and mind.The consciousness that perceives others as beasts is i ...
... meaningful sense as its consciousness, the root of mind and thus mindfulness, is bestial. In Buddhist psychology consciousness must always be consciousness of something. The six types of consciousness are associated with the five senses and mind.The consciousness that perceives others as beasts is i ...
Dzogchen retreat 2013_EN - Palyul Dharma Center in Europe
... Center. The authentic retreat begins with an Introductory Class and Ngondro practice, and ends with the highest Dzogchen practice. The Palyul Namcho Dzogchen Retreat offers traditional Buddhist teachings and practice that help to clear negative karma and to develop inner wisdom. By accomplishing the ...
... Center. The authentic retreat begins with an Introductory Class and Ngondro practice, and ends with the highest Dzogchen practice. The Palyul Namcho Dzogchen Retreat offers traditional Buddhist teachings and practice that help to clear negative karma and to develop inner wisdom. By accomplishing the ...
Fifth Precept Sangha - Northwest Buddhist Recovery
... This meeting is open to people with any addiction and to any individuals choosing abstinence from intoxicants as their preferred lifestyle. Importantly, we abandon attachment to negative self-views by announcing ourselves by our first name only, without identifying ourselves with any addiction. With ...
... This meeting is open to people with any addiction and to any individuals choosing abstinence from intoxicants as their preferred lifestyle. Importantly, we abandon attachment to negative self-views by announcing ourselves by our first name only, without identifying ourselves with any addiction. With ...
Placing Nichiren in the “Big Picture”
... Some assessment of current interpretations and alternative suegestions will also be offered. Medieval concepts of Japan, however, represents an area where the importance of Nichiren has yet to be fully recognized, and this final section of the article suggests the potential contribution to be made b ...
... Some assessment of current interpretations and alternative suegestions will also be offered. Medieval concepts of Japan, however, represents an area where the importance of Nichiren has yet to be fully recognized, and this final section of the article suggests the potential contribution to be made b ...
Eating Stale Food
... lives, then eventually must die. And as she suffered the loss of a loved one, so too had everyone else in the city. She realized that death is common to all and is something that everyone must face one day. ...
... lives, then eventually must die. And as she suffered the loss of a loved one, so too had everyone else in the city. She realized that death is common to all and is something that everyone must face one day. ...
Reclaiming the Robe
... British rule, fully supported the work of Sudharmacharini. His wife, Lady Blake, supported the construction of a nunnery in Katukele, Kandy, which became known as the Lady Blake Aramaya Nunnery. This large institution, where many dasasilmatas live even today, is still one of the most powerful and th ...
... British rule, fully supported the work of Sudharmacharini. His wife, Lady Blake, supported the construction of a nunnery in Katukele, Kandy, which became known as the Lady Blake Aramaya Nunnery. This large institution, where many dasasilmatas live even today, is still one of the most powerful and th ...
STEP BY STEP
... second through their eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, and nerves. We eat twenty-four hours a day without stopping! We crave food for the body, food for feeling, food for volitional action, and food for rebirth. We are what we eat. We are the world, and we eat the world. The Buddha cried when he saw t ...
... second through their eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin, and nerves. We eat twenty-four hours a day without stopping! We crave food for the body, food for feeling, food for volitional action, and food for rebirth. We are what we eat. We are the world, and we eat the world. The Buddha cried when he saw t ...
TEACHER WORKSHOP The Art of Nonviolence: Martin Luther King
... The workshop will begin with an exploration of the role of nonviolence in the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. during the American Civil Rights movement. In an effort to fight the institutionalized discrimination against African-Americans in the United States in the mid-20th century, the participants ...
... The workshop will begin with an exploration of the role of nonviolence in the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. during the American Civil Rights movement. In an effort to fight the institutionalized discrimination against African-Americans in the United States in the mid-20th century, the participants ...
The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya: Visual
... obstacles. Namtars also encourage practitioners to stay the course of meditation practice and remind them of the traditional sources of inspiration and refuge: the teachers, the teachings, and the community of practitioners,20 rather than conventional, samsaric motivations. In the words of Tsultrim ...
... obstacles. Namtars also encourage practitioners to stay the course of meditation practice and remind them of the traditional sources of inspiration and refuge: the teachers, the teachings, and the community of practitioners,20 rather than conventional, samsaric motivations. In the words of Tsultrim ...
Course Handbook for 2015-2016 Office hours
... the Buddhist tradition, discussing key themes such as the history and chronology of monasteries and monasticism, the stupa and relic cult, Buddhist temples and shrines, devotion and ritual, the various schools of Buddhism, and the development of patronage networks. In additional to thematic and regi ...
... the Buddhist tradition, discussing key themes such as the history and chronology of monasteries and monasticism, the stupa and relic cult, Buddhist temples and shrines, devotion and ritual, the various schools of Buddhism, and the development of patronage networks. In additional to thematic and regi ...
talk in the shade of the bo tree
... “indigenous” and “non-western” are not synonymous terms, that subtraction only leaves one diminished and bereft, that a new house cannot be built merely by fumigating an old one? It should not be left unobserved that the frankly western offering of the missionary enterprise is what has been accepte ...
... “indigenous” and “non-western” are not synonymous terms, that subtraction only leaves one diminished and bereft, that a new house cannot be built merely by fumigating an old one? It should not be left unobserved that the frankly western offering of the missionary enterprise is what has been accepte ...
The Researcher: An Interdisciplinary Journal
... in the books, periodicals, and newspapers of the family home, illuminates her ―intellectual context and project‖ (Kirkby 248). What we find is that she is as much preoccupied with human suffering and its cessation, with the cycle of life and death, and with impermanence and illumination, as the Budd ...
... in the books, periodicals, and newspapers of the family home, illuminates her ―intellectual context and project‖ (Kirkby 248). What we find is that she is as much preoccupied with human suffering and its cessation, with the cycle of life and death, and with impermanence and illumination, as the Budd ...
current dialogue - World Council of Churches
... examination of the distinctive contribution of Rev. Lynn de Silva to Buddhist-Christian dialogue, offered by Dr. Leopold Ratnasekera. Another section examined the contexts of other historically Buddhist countries and the churches’ relationship to other schools of Buddhism in other contexts. While th ...
... examination of the distinctive contribution of Rev. Lynn de Silva to Buddhist-Christian dialogue, offered by Dr. Leopold Ratnasekera. Another section examined the contexts of other historically Buddhist countries and the churches’ relationship to other schools of Buddhism in other contexts. While th ...
Buddhist Women and Social Justice - Ideals
... institutions, and to explore the implications of gender bias in society. The authors’ conclusions suggest that, despite the gender bias in Buddhist texts and societies, the Buddha’s teachings present a viable theoretical framework for spiritual and social transformation that not only empowers women, ...
... institutions, and to explore the implications of gender bias in society. The authors’ conclusions suggest that, despite the gender bias in Buddhist texts and societies, the Buddha’s teachings present a viable theoretical framework for spiritual and social transformation that not only empowers women, ...
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
... members of the Sam≥gha. In the paradigmatic story of the Buddha, and other similar stories, we are presented with a view that conversion is a gradual process of realization, whereas in a number of other instances early Buddhists experience a sudden change that is more akin to the Christian idea of c ...
... members of the Sam≥gha. In the paradigmatic story of the Buddha, and other similar stories, we are presented with a view that conversion is a gradual process of realization, whereas in a number of other instances early Buddhists experience a sudden change that is more akin to the Christian idea of c ...
Indian Philosophy
... centuries AD. Subsequent centuries produced commentaries and reformulations continuing up to as late as the 20th century by Aurobindo and Prabhupada among others. Competition and integration between the various schools was intense during their formative years, especially between 800 BC to 200 AD. So ...
... centuries AD. Subsequent centuries produced commentaries and reformulations continuing up to as late as the 20th century by Aurobindo and Prabhupada among others. Competition and integration between the various schools was intense during their formative years, especially between 800 BC to 200 AD. So ...