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King Asoka as a Role Model of Buddhist Leadership
... We live in a time of globalisation. Friedman realised in his bestseller The World is Flat that ”it is now possible for more people than ever to collaborate and compete in real time with more other people on more different kinds of work from more different corners of the planet and on a more equal fo ...
... We live in a time of globalisation. Friedman realised in his bestseller The World is Flat that ”it is now possible for more people than ever to collaborate and compete in real time with more other people on more different kinds of work from more different corners of the planet and on a more equal fo ...
Buddhism in Myanmar
... Shan tribes; and Suvannabhumi is Thaton. The Sasanavamsa mentions five places in Southeast Asia where Asoka's missionaries taught the Buddha's doctrine, and through their teaching many gained insight and took refuge in the Triple Gem. There are two interesting features mentioned in the text. First, ...
... Shan tribes; and Suvannabhumi is Thaton. The Sasanavamsa mentions five places in Southeast Asia where Asoka's missionaries taught the Buddha's doctrine, and through their teaching many gained insight and took refuge in the Triple Gem. There are two interesting features mentioned in the text. First, ...
ANIMAL CRIES AND BUDDHIST MEDITATION: AN APPRAISAL
... The Buddha, as we see in many accounts of the Pali canon, encourages his disciples who attained their ultimate liberation, i.e. nibbāna, to perform a tremendous service to the society and become ideal social beings. However, as we are told by many substantial discourses of the Buddha, the common soc ...
... The Buddha, as we see in many accounts of the Pali canon, encourages his disciples who attained their ultimate liberation, i.e. nibbāna, to perform a tremendous service to the society and become ideal social beings. However, as we are told by many substantial discourses of the Buddha, the common soc ...
As mentioned in the verse of The Foundation of All Good Qualities:-
... If you were asked, “Why is it that according to the CMWS one cannot become an arhat just by realising the selflessness of persons?” what would be your answer? This question is addressed to everyone, in particular, to those who have studied this before. Khen Rinpoche: Quick. Anybody has the answer? T ...
... If you were asked, “Why is it that according to the CMWS one cannot become an arhat just by realising the selflessness of persons?” what would be your answer? This question is addressed to everyone, in particular, to those who have studied this before. Khen Rinpoche: Quick. Anybody has the answer? T ...
The Karmapa and Taiwan
... the Dalai Lama and others answered an invitation to visit Beijing. After returning from Beijing, he once again embarked on a pilgrimage to India, Nepal, and Sikkim. In early 1959, the 16th Karmapa sent the 12th Tai Situpa and the 9th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche to Bhutan. In early February, he led a grou ...
... the Dalai Lama and others answered an invitation to visit Beijing. After returning from Beijing, he once again embarked on a pilgrimage to India, Nepal, and Sikkim. In early 1959, the 16th Karmapa sent the 12th Tai Situpa and the 9th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche to Bhutan. In early February, he led a grou ...
The Sociology of Early Buddhism
... gripped certain sections of the population of North India in the sixth and following centuries bce. The ascetic tradition represented by Buddhism, the Upanis.adic sages and the early Jains placed great emphasis on the transitoriness of human existence in any dimension that could be named. It is temp ...
... gripped certain sections of the population of North India in the sixth and following centuries bce. The ascetic tradition represented by Buddhism, the Upanis.adic sages and the early Jains placed great emphasis on the transitoriness of human existence in any dimension that could be named. It is temp ...
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms
... Sacred Scriptures for nearly eighteen centuries. There are few predecessors in the field of Chinese literature into whose labours translators of the present century can enter. This will be received, I hope, as a sufficient apology for the minuteness and length of some of the notes. A second object i ...
... Sacred Scriptures for nearly eighteen centuries. There are few predecessors in the field of Chinese literature into whose labours translators of the present century can enter. This will be received, I hope, as a sufficient apology for the minuteness and length of some of the notes. A second object i ...
Volume 7 – No. 1 - Buddhist Discussion Centre
... Today, circumstances are different. It would be fascinating to know how many laypersons in their present lifetime will write about, mention in broadcasts, or comment on Internet or other media upon this topic. This Editor forecasts that the figure could aggregate to a million persons within the next ...
... Today, circumstances are different. It would be fascinating to know how many laypersons in their present lifetime will write about, mention in broadcasts, or comment on Internet or other media upon this topic. This Editor forecasts that the figure could aggregate to a million persons within the next ...
guidelines for students
... emphasizing the similarities of different sects. It does not mean mixing together ma ny different practices. The idea of REMI is good, but I am not sure how many true REMI practitioners there are these days. I think REMI is a nice idea, like sharing Dharma with your friends. I don't have problems w ...
... emphasizing the similarities of different sects. It does not mean mixing together ma ny different practices. The idea of REMI is good, but I am not sure how many true REMI practitioners there are these days. I think REMI is a nice idea, like sharing Dharma with your friends. I don't have problems w ...
Four Noble Truths
... The Four Noble Truths and the Lotus Sutra The text of the Lotus Sūtra views the Four Noble Truths as the first teaching of the Buddha, but not the final teaching. In the third chapter, Similes and Parables, the sūtra introduces what it calls "the most wonderful and unsurpassed great Dharma":[11] [12 ...
... The Four Noble Truths and the Lotus Sutra The text of the Lotus Sūtra views the Four Noble Truths as the first teaching of the Buddha, but not the final teaching. In the third chapter, Similes and Parables, the sūtra introduces what it calls "the most wonderful and unsurpassed great Dharma":[11] [12 ...
Buddhist Concepts in the Practice of Psychotherapy: A Qualitative
... In describing the First Noble Truth the Buddha proclaimed: Birth is suffering, decay is suffering, disease is suffering, death is suffering, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering, to be united with the unpleasant is suffering, to be separate from the pleasant is suffering, not t ...
... In describing the First Noble Truth the Buddha proclaimed: Birth is suffering, decay is suffering, disease is suffering, death is suffering, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering, to be united with the unpleasant is suffering, to be separate from the pleasant is suffering, not t ...
Economic and Political Weekly June 9, 2007 2177
... Medharthi’s school was also visited by Ambedkar in the 1940s [Bellwinkel-Schempp 2004: 235]. Medharthi became Ambedkar’s Pali teacher and used to go to Delhi regularly over the weekends. At that time Ambedkar was labour minister in the viceroy’s council. Ambedkar’s visit to Buddhpuri is hardly known ...
... Medharthi’s school was also visited by Ambedkar in the 1940s [Bellwinkel-Schempp 2004: 235]. Medharthi became Ambedkar’s Pali teacher and used to go to Delhi regularly over the weekends. At that time Ambedkar was labour minister in the viceroy’s council. Ambedkar’s visit to Buddhpuri is hardly known ...
Ashtasahasrika_prajnaparamita
... The main characteristics of the Ashtashasrika prajnaparamita of 1015 are as follows. The use of following lines and colors applied in a blended sequence, to raise the plasticity of the figures marked the works of the early and mid 11th century. By the beginning of the 12th century, quickly applied c ...
... The main characteristics of the Ashtashasrika prajnaparamita of 1015 are as follows. The use of following lines and colors applied in a blended sequence, to raise the plasticity of the figures marked the works of the early and mid 11th century. By the beginning of the 12th century, quickly applied c ...
The Four Noble Truths - Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
... Brothers and sisters, I am extremely happy to be here with you and have the opportunity to explain about the Four Noble Truths. The Four Noble Truths as you know are the basic Buddhist teaching, the foundation. In fact without understanding the Four Noble Truths and without experience drawn from thi ...
... Brothers and sisters, I am extremely happy to be here with you and have the opportunity to explain about the Four Noble Truths. The Four Noble Truths as you know are the basic Buddhist teaching, the foundation. In fact without understanding the Four Noble Truths and without experience drawn from thi ...
Issue 1 - Beginner`s Mind Zen Center
... Our practice means facing each moment without preconceptions. The person you meet is your friend and not your friend, your spouse and not your spouse, your child and not your child, your enemy and not your enemy, your boss and not your boss, your coworker and not your co-worker. Who is the one you m ...
... Our practice means facing each moment without preconceptions. The person you meet is your friend and not your friend, your spouse and not your spouse, your child and not your child, your enemy and not your enemy, your boss and not your boss, your coworker and not your co-worker. Who is the one you m ...
Leaving a Guru – Discriminating bad from good Gurus
... wrong paths. By following wrong teachers one corrupts and destroys the own spiritual life and especially all the future lifes. You’ll find good advice in Dza Patrul Rinpoche’s text: »The words of my perfect teachers« where he explains the dangers of following wrong Gurus. It covers most of the subje ...
... wrong paths. By following wrong teachers one corrupts and destroys the own spiritual life and especially all the future lifes. You’ll find good advice in Dza Patrul Rinpoche’s text: »The words of my perfect teachers« where he explains the dangers of following wrong Gurus. It covers most of the subje ...
Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology
... Buddhist viewpoint, mind or consciousness is the core of our existence. Pleasure and pain, good and evil, time and space, life and death have no meaning to us apart from our awareness of them or thoughts about them. Whether God exists or does not exist, whether existence is primarily spiritual or pr ...
... Buddhist viewpoint, mind or consciousness is the core of our existence. Pleasure and pain, good and evil, time and space, life and death have no meaning to us apart from our awareness of them or thoughts about them. Whether God exists or does not exist, whether existence is primarily spiritual or pr ...
Saṃyukta-āgama and the Potential of the Ten Courses of Action
... In its introductory narration, the Sāleyyaka-sutta is also more detailed, as it gives a full treatment of the favorable report about the recluse Gotama heard by the Brahmins of Sālā that motivated them to visit the Buddha. 24 The Chinese version simply mentions that the Brahmins had come to know abo ...
... In its introductory narration, the Sāleyyaka-sutta is also more detailed, as it gives a full treatment of the favorable report about the recluse Gotama heard by the Brahmins of Sālā that motivated them to visit the Buddha. 24 The Chinese version simply mentions that the Brahmins had come to know abo ...
World History: Patterns of Interaction
... Hinduism Evolves Over Centuries Hinduism Changes and Develops • Over last 2,500 years different forms of gods grow in importance • Today, Hindus choose own path to moksha—a state of perfect understanding ...
... Hinduism Evolves Over Centuries Hinduism Changes and Develops • Over last 2,500 years different forms of gods grow in importance • Today, Hindus choose own path to moksha—a state of perfect understanding ...