Eating Practices and Attitudes among American Buddhists: An
... understanding Buddhism and Ecology, a field becoming more explored in the search for measures to solve the environmental crisis. This thesis functions to explore the ways that American Buddhist practitioners view the environment and as a result, their food practices and attitudes. Specifically, I ex ...
... understanding Buddhism and Ecology, a field becoming more explored in the search for measures to solve the environmental crisis. This thesis functions to explore the ways that American Buddhist practitioners view the environment and as a result, their food practices and attitudes. Specifically, I ex ...
here - New Mandala
... emerge and come to exist by itself. Instead, masculinity is made or produced by certain forces and institutions in order to produce certain types of men and their social life. In boxing as well as in Buddhism, men have to contend with privilege as well as exploitation or suffering. As a product of p ...
... emerge and come to exist by itself. Instead, masculinity is made or produced by certain forces and institutions in order to produce certain types of men and their social life. In boxing as well as in Buddhism, men have to contend with privilege as well as exploitation or suffering. As a product of p ...
A Mahayana View on Buddhism and Animals
... meal and then set before her the flesh of her own child, how would she feel? It is with the same love as a mother for her only child that the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas look on all beings of the three worlds. —Patrul Rinpoche The reason for being a vegetarian is not so that we can live a long time, bu ...
... meal and then set before her the flesh of her own child, how would she feel? It is with the same love as a mother for her only child that the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas look on all beings of the three worlds. —Patrul Rinpoche The reason for being a vegetarian is not so that we can live a long time, bu ...
Merit Presentation
... • Merit can only be generated if the individual wants to help others. Positive acts that are motivated by selfishness and desire will not produce merit. • Although it appears that merit can be transferred this is not the case. Technically nothing is given away, merit is only ‘given’ when the intend ...
... • Merit can only be generated if the individual wants to help others. Positive acts that are motivated by selfishness and desire will not produce merit. • Although it appears that merit can be transferred this is not the case. Technically nothing is given away, merit is only ‘given’ when the intend ...
Karma, Character, and Consequentialism
... and that karma can be analysed successfully using Western ethical concepts. Next I seek to clarify the nature and mode of operation of karma. Here, in the longest section of the article, I examine certain conclusions reached by Bruce Reichenbach in the 1990 monograph The Law of Karma, and I set out ...
... and that karma can be analysed successfully using Western ethical concepts. Next I seek to clarify the nature and mode of operation of karma. Here, in the longest section of the article, I examine certain conclusions reached by Bruce Reichenbach in the 1990 monograph The Law of Karma, and I set out ...
The Forerunner of All Things: Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention, and Agency
... she discusses the four pārājikas, or rules the breach of which lead to exclusion from the monastic order (killing, stealing, sexual intercourse, and boasting of unattained spiritual attainments). Buddhaghosa appears in this context as a sympathetic commentator upon a tradition that aimed to instill ...
... she discusses the four pārājikas, or rules the breach of which lead to exclusion from the monastic order (killing, stealing, sexual intercourse, and boasting of unattained spiritual attainments). Buddhaghosa appears in this context as a sympathetic commentator upon a tradition that aimed to instill ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... Course Description This is a foundation course. Its main aim is to provide a foundational knowledge of Mahāyāna Buddhism for students with no or little background in Buddhist Studies. At the end of the course, students are expected to have acquired sufficient fundamental knowledge on the Mahāyāna tr ...
... Course Description This is a foundation course. Its main aim is to provide a foundational knowledge of Mahāyāna Buddhism for students with no or little background in Buddhist Studies. At the end of the course, students are expected to have acquired sufficient fundamental knowledge on the Mahāyāna tr ...
The Dalai Lama: Happiness from within
... dependent upon outer circumstances, on a specific location or moment in time. It is unstable by nature and the sensation it evokes soon becomes neutral or even unpleasant. It leads to ‘hedonic adaptation’ and when repeated it may grow insipid or even lead to disgust; savoring a delicious meal is a s ...
... dependent upon outer circumstances, on a specific location or moment in time. It is unstable by nature and the sensation it evokes soon becomes neutral or even unpleasant. It leads to ‘hedonic adaptation’ and when repeated it may grow insipid or even lead to disgust; savoring a delicious meal is a s ...
Kuroda Toshio - Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
... who emerged from the komin 公 民 (commoners) of the ancient period. Within this new group, however, there were both the gomin 象 民 (the “powerful people,” who later evolved into the zaichi rydshu 在 地 領 王 ， the resident lords of the shoen estates)，and their diametric opposites, the saimin I 田 氏 (the “de ...
... who emerged from the komin 公 民 (commoners) of the ancient period. Within this new group, however, there were both the gomin 象 民 (the “powerful people,” who later evolved into the zaichi rydshu 在 地 領 王 ， the resident lords of the shoen estates)，and their diametric opposites, the saimin I 田 氏 (the “de ...
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... program. Most of the monks were just beginning their study, but by the end of the year many were able to hold simple conversations in English and to make short presentations. The more advanced monks wrote stories for an in-house magazine, and one made a major presentation on the purpose of human lif ...
... program. Most of the monks were just beginning their study, but by the end of the year many were able to hold simple conversations in English and to make short presentations. The more advanced monks wrote stories for an in-house magazine, and one made a major presentation on the purpose of human lif ...
Questioning Karma: Buddhism and the Phenomenology of the
... of a belief or structure of belief becoming reified such that it disables rather than enables being responsive to things and compassionate to others. This danger can especially be seen in some popular conceptions of karma, beliefs not only held by Western critics but by Buddhists themselves. Hence, ...
... of a belief or structure of belief becoming reified such that it disables rather than enables being responsive to things and compassionate to others. This danger can especially be seen in some popular conceptions of karma, beliefs not only held by Western critics but by Buddhists themselves. Hence, ...
PDF - SGI Quarterly Magazine
... “Transcending religious dogma, Nichiren stands out among historical figures of Japan for his sincerity, his intellect and the human warmth that comes across in many of his writings.” Nichiren was subjected to continuous persecution by the authorities. There is a common perception that religious pers ...
... “Transcending religious dogma, Nichiren stands out among historical figures of Japan for his sincerity, his intellect and the human warmth that comes across in many of his writings.” Nichiren was subjected to continuous persecution by the authorities. There is a common perception that religious pers ...
print - Journal of Global Buddhism
... become a key issue. Although processes of "positive orientalism" (Tibet perceived as Shangri-La) and self-mystification skillfully used by Tibetans in exile resulted in a very positive reception of Tibetan Buddhist spirituality in general, modern as well as postmodern Western society seems to strugg ...
... become a key issue. Although processes of "positive orientalism" (Tibet perceived as Shangri-La) and self-mystification skillfully used by Tibetans in exile resulted in a very positive reception of Tibetan Buddhist spirituality in general, modern as well as postmodern Western society seems to strugg ...
Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to
... Theravāda Buddhism is widely recognised as the classic introduction to the branch of Buddhism found in Sri Lanka and parts of South East Asia. The Buddha preached in north-east India in the fifth-century bce. He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ...
... Theravāda Buddhism is widely recognised as the classic introduction to the branch of Buddhism found in Sri Lanka and parts of South East Asia. The Buddha preached in north-east India in the fifth-century bce. He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ...
Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to
... Theravāda Buddhism is widely recognised as the classic introduction to the branch of Buddhism found in Sri Lanka and parts of South East Asia. The Buddha preached in north-east India in the fifth-century bce. He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ...
... Theravāda Buddhism is widely recognised as the classic introduction to the branch of Buddhism found in Sri Lanka and parts of South East Asia. The Buddha preached in north-east India in the fifth-century bce. He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ...
Western Buddhist Motivations for Vegetarianism, 9(3): 385-411. Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion,
... they n'ere thoueht to result in future injury to oneself. The Buddha's first teachine, the doctrine of the Four Noble Truths, lays out the philosophical context for non-harming by explaining the nature, oriein, and cessation of suffering. To stop the sufferinu of aneuish, attachment, grasping, desir ...
... they n'ere thoueht to result in future injury to oneself. The Buddha's first teachine, the doctrine of the Four Noble Truths, lays out the philosophical context for non-harming by explaining the nature, oriein, and cessation of suffering. To stop the sufferinu of aneuish, attachment, grasping, desir ...
A Brief History of Tibet
... Others believe that the Tibetan ancestors were of Indo-European descent, characterized by a long skulls and limbs. But whatever the genetic origins of the Tibetan people, two common myths or traditions of origin exist among the Tibetan people themselves. ...
... Others believe that the Tibetan ancestors were of Indo-European descent, characterized by a long skulls and limbs. But whatever the genetic origins of the Tibetan people, two common myths or traditions of origin exist among the Tibetan people themselves. ...
Noh Sotoba Komachi
... angry spirit and how he must make his nightly journeys to Komachi’s home. To monogi costume change music, stage assistants put on Komachi the clothes of Shôshô. 7. Shite’s madness continues: Komachi and the chorus sing of Shôshô going nightly to visit Komachi in all kinds of weather, of missing impo ...
... angry spirit and how he must make his nightly journeys to Komachi’s home. To monogi costume change music, stage assistants put on Komachi the clothes of Shôshô. 7. Shite’s madness continues: Komachi and the chorus sing of Shôshô going nightly to visit Komachi in all kinds of weather, of missing impo ...
On the Practice of Buddhist Meditation According to the Pali Nikayas
... O n the Practice of Buddhist Meditation sonal instruction of a teacher. Thus the reason why the earlier texts fail to re veal very m u c h about just how to practice meditation is n o t because they are uninterested in such matters, or think they are unimportant, but rather pre cisely the opposit ...
... O n the Practice of Buddhist Meditation sonal instruction of a teacher. Thus the reason why the earlier texts fail to re veal very m u c h about just how to practice meditation is n o t because they are uninterested in such matters, or think they are unimportant, but rather pre cisely the opposit ...
She Who Laughs Loudest: A Meditation on Zen Humor
... philosophy. It is not an exaggeration to say that in Zen Buddhism laughter can be deemed a more appropriate philosophical practice than, for instance, writing or lecturing—or even thinking” (2010, p. 9). The embodied nature of social relations facilitates an affective transmission, which instructs a ...
... philosophy. It is not an exaggeration to say that in Zen Buddhism laughter can be deemed a more appropriate philosophical practice than, for instance, writing or lecturing—or even thinking” (2010, p. 9). The embodied nature of social relations facilitates an affective transmission, which instructs a ...
Chapter 4 THE CONCEPT OF FAITH IN MAHĀYĀNA BUDDHISM
... century CE. During this period, the important Mahāyānist philosophers like Nāgārjuna, Asaṅga, Vasubandhu, Diṅnāga, and Dharmakīrti had contributed to the development of Buddhism and Buddhist logic. In this way, the movement of Mahāyāna Buddhism lasted for more than eight centuries. 269 The root of M ...
... century CE. During this period, the important Mahāyānist philosophers like Nāgārjuna, Asaṅga, Vasubandhu, Diṅnāga, and Dharmakīrti had contributed to the development of Buddhism and Buddhist logic. In this way, the movement of Mahāyāna Buddhism lasted for more than eight centuries. 269 The root of M ...