A Survey of the Paths of Tibetan Buddhism
... I feel the way he demostrated how to become totally enlightened set a very good example for his followers, for this is the way in which we should pursue our own spiritual path. Purifying your own mind is not at all easy, it takes a lot of time and hard work. Therefore, if you choose to follow this t ...
... I feel the way he demostrated how to become totally enlightened set a very good example for his followers, for this is the way in which we should pursue our own spiritual path. Purifying your own mind is not at all easy, it takes a lot of time and hard work. Therefore, if you choose to follow this t ...
10 Taking of Refuge
... because of their inherent suffering, but also because escape therefrom is extremely difficult. A fortunate rebirth depends on the performance of meritorious actions. Beings in the woeful states have very little opportunity to acquire merit, so the tendency is to be reborn again and again in such sta ...
... because of their inherent suffering, but also because escape therefrom is extremely difficult. A fortunate rebirth depends on the performance of meritorious actions. Beings in the woeful states have very little opportunity to acquire merit, so the tendency is to be reborn again and again in such sta ...
The Accommodation of Korean Folk Religion to the Religious Forms
... the indigenous religion will constitute the center of the new religion, with the missionary religion providing many external or superficial features. On the other hand, when there has been a low degree of syncretism by the missionary religion with the autochthonous cults, the core values of the miss ...
... the indigenous religion will constitute the center of the new religion, with the missionary religion providing many external or superficial features. On the other hand, when there has been a low degree of syncretism by the missionary religion with the autochthonous cults, the core values of the miss ...
Introduction - Nichiren Buddhism Library
... as the Pure Land of Perfect Bliss. As a bodhisattva, he took a vow to save all people who call upon his name and to see that, after death, they are reborn to a life of bliss in the far-off Pure Land. The practice of offering prayers to Amida was very popular in Chinese Buddhism and was introduced to ...
... as the Pure Land of Perfect Bliss. As a bodhisattva, he took a vow to save all people who call upon his name and to see that, after death, they are reborn to a life of bliss in the far-off Pure Land. The practice of offering prayers to Amida was very popular in Chinese Buddhism and was introduced to ...
Dhamma and Abhidhamma
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
The Buddha`s Victory
... Mara-vijaya was not the only episode of its kind to occur in the Buddha’s life; may not understand that this was not the Buddha’s only victory. Far from being his only victory the Mara-vijaya represented the culmination of an entire series of victories. This is only to be expected, because spiritual ...
... Mara-vijaya was not the only episode of its kind to occur in the Buddha’s life; may not understand that this was not the Buddha’s only victory. Far from being his only victory the Mara-vijaya represented the culmination of an entire series of victories. This is only to be expected, because spiritual ...
THE BUDDHA SAID THAT BUDDHA SAID SO: A TRANSLATION
... found several Sanskrit Buddhist texts in Nepal and subsequently distributed them to his colleagues in the first half of the nineteenth century.4 Hodgson sometimes consulted with practitioners regarding the contents of these texts, but most scholars after him seem to have abandoned this practice in ...
... found several Sanskrit Buddhist texts in Nepal and subsequently distributed them to his colleagues in the first half of the nineteenth century.4 Hodgson sometimes consulted with practitioners regarding the contents of these texts, but most scholars after him seem to have abandoned this practice in ...
Popular Buddhist Texts From Nepal : Narratives and Rituals of
... they would have looked, this otherwise would simply not be possible. The Newar treatment of books, moreover, is not an isolated example. Some years ago I thought I was able to determine on the basis of canonical Mahayana texts that rebirth in sukhavati was a “generalized” religious goal for those wh ...
... they would have looked, this otherwise would simply not be possible. The Newar treatment of books, moreover, is not an isolated example. Some years ago I thought I was able to determine on the basis of canonical Mahayana texts that rebirth in sukhavati was a “generalized” religious goal for those wh ...
Burmese and Thai esoterica - ePublications@bond
... to it in order to gain eternal merit for their well-being in future lives."(7) ...
... to it in order to gain eternal merit for their well-being in future lives."(7) ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism
... the Buddhist reinterpretation of fijilial piety and its recasting in universal terms emptied it from its content or whether it rather created a broader understanding of parentage. A side question is whether the usual distinction between elitist forms of religious practice and devices geared toward po ...
... the Buddhist reinterpretation of fijilial piety and its recasting in universal terms emptied it from its content or whether it rather created a broader understanding of parentage. A side question is whether the usual distinction between elitist forms of religious practice and devices geared toward po ...
Northern/Southern Schools
... 1986:240) Although history now brands Shen-hsiu’s teachings as “Northern School” teachings, it should be remembered that this was originally meant as a pejorative term to differentiate these teachings from what ultimately became the most successful teachings, the so-called “Southern School”. It was ...
... 1986:240) Although history now brands Shen-hsiu’s teachings as “Northern School” teachings, it should be remembered that this was originally meant as a pejorative term to differentiate these teachings from what ultimately became the most successful teachings, the so-called “Southern School”. It was ...
In One Lifetime: Pure Land Buddhism
... arise from the great vows, deeds, and purity of all the beings there. Through his vows, Amitabha helps all beings create the causes to plant the roots of goodness. With his deeds, he creates the conditions for beings to accumulate merits. With his purity, he has created a perfect land—one that is fr ...
... arise from the great vows, deeds, and purity of all the beings there. Through his vows, Amitabha helps all beings create the causes to plant the roots of goodness. With his deeds, he creates the conditions for beings to accumulate merits. With his purity, he has created a perfect land—one that is fr ...
Avataṃsaka 華嚴 Transnationalism in Modern Sinitic Buddhism
... Avataṃsaka thinkers put forth a view of reality that was, as Robert Gimello famously put it, broadly kataphatic (Gimello, 1976). In their view, reality is an abundant, harmonious whole, composed of an infinity of pieces, with each causally dependent upon all others. A comment is in order here regard ...
... Avataṃsaka thinkers put forth a view of reality that was, as Robert Gimello famously put it, broadly kataphatic (Gimello, 1976). In their view, reality is an abundant, harmonious whole, composed of an infinity of pieces, with each causally dependent upon all others. A comment is in order here regard ...
Buddhist Survival Khmer
... We shall begin with the beliefs the Khmer people hold regarding the afterlife, since this idea was the impetus for our search. Unfortunately, the “jury is still out” regarding THE defining way to reach the pinnacle of a sublime state according to Buddhists in Cambodia, and the views we heard were as ...
... We shall begin with the beliefs the Khmer people hold regarding the afterlife, since this idea was the impetus for our search. Unfortunately, the “jury is still out” regarding THE defining way to reach the pinnacle of a sublime state according to Buddhists in Cambodia, and the views we heard were as ...
Original `Toro Nagashi` in America Reverend Kakei Nakagawa
... Quite a few deep-thinking people who had been living in the world recognized, “that day under a blinding flash, which surpassed the brightness of the sun, we human beings entered into A NEW ERA. We human beings, Homo sapiens, through the ages have been living our short lives foreboding death as indi ...
... Quite a few deep-thinking people who had been living in the world recognized, “that day under a blinding flash, which surpassed the brightness of the sun, we human beings entered into A NEW ERA. We human beings, Homo sapiens, through the ages have been living our short lives foreboding death as indi ...
Chapter 7: Creative Buddhas and Pure Lands in Renaissance Tibet
... The central nexus of the Seminal Heart tradition of the Great Perfection is a model of gnostic creation portraying body, mind and world as articulated and sustained by a variety of Buddhas operating from within and without the human self. At the level of being and its matrix, an exclusively gnostic ...
... The central nexus of the Seminal Heart tradition of the Great Perfection is a model of gnostic creation portraying body, mind and world as articulated and sustained by a variety of Buddhas operating from within and without the human self. At the level of being and its matrix, an exclusively gnostic ...
Fundamentals of Buddhism
... another because the emphasis in Buddhism is on internal practice rather than on external practice. Its emphasis is on the way you develop your mind rather than the way you dress, the kind of food you take, the way you wear your hair and so forth. The second point that I would like to make regards t ...
... another because the emphasis in Buddhism is on internal practice rather than on external practice. Its emphasis is on the way you develop your mind rather than the way you dress, the kind of food you take, the way you wear your hair and so forth. The second point that I would like to make regards t ...
Introduction to Library Catalog and databases
... American Theological Library Association. It is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and ...
... American Theological Library Association. It is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and ...
On the naturalization of karma and rebirth | SpringerLink
... damnation is the destiny of the unbeliever. The Buddhist outlook is somewhat different in that each person’s actions shape his or her own future existence and ultimately determine into which of the six realms they will take rebirth following death. This means that people who do not believe in God bu ...
... damnation is the destiny of the unbeliever. The Buddhist outlook is somewhat different in that each person’s actions shape his or her own future existence and ultimately determine into which of the six realms they will take rebirth following death. This means that people who do not believe in God bu ...
Going Back to the Source
... language. But it often feels that the early Buddhist tradition in India doesn’t speak that way at all. And we think of this sort of thing as very typically Zen. And my sense of being a Buddhist, a follower of the Buddha, is not restricted merely to my Zen practice. And, in fact, most of my work in t ...
... language. But it often feels that the early Buddhist tradition in India doesn’t speak that way at all. And we think of this sort of thing as very typically Zen. And my sense of being a Buddhist, a follower of the Buddha, is not restricted merely to my Zen practice. And, in fact, most of my work in t ...