THEGATEWAY - The Living Dharma
... week. One of the things that was most significant to me was when Dr. Haneda pointed out that we start out at “Thinking-Listening” and go to “Listening-Thinking.” It had stood out the most because I notice I read the Pali Canon(Historical Teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha) and I think about what I want ...
... week. One of the things that was most significant to me was when Dr. Haneda pointed out that we start out at “Thinking-Listening” and go to “Listening-Thinking.” It had stood out the most because I notice I read the Pali Canon(Historical Teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha) and I think about what I want ...
JIABU, Vol. IX, 2016 - International Association of Buddhist
... richness and variety of the multi-dimensional Buddhist traditions • Provide a framework towards better understanding diverse policies and activities • Collaborate in administration, teaching, research and outreach • Recognize each other’s qualifications IABU Goals: • Propagate the Buddhadhamma throu ...
... richness and variety of the multi-dimensional Buddhist traditions • Provide a framework towards better understanding diverse policies and activities • Collaborate in administration, teaching, research and outreach • Recognize each other’s qualifications IABU Goals: • Propagate the Buddhadhamma throu ...
Buddha and god - Mischievous Peeps
... usual answer of ‘yes!’ from most Buddhists has always struck me as highly questionable. In this little book, I attempt to show that there is most definitely room for the concept of God within the vast structure of doctrines which constitute Mahayana Buddhism. Many Buddhists will dismiss my claim as ...
... usual answer of ‘yes!’ from most Buddhists has always struck me as highly questionable. In this little book, I attempt to show that there is most definitely room for the concept of God within the vast structure of doctrines which constitute Mahayana Buddhism. Many Buddhists will dismiss my claim as ...
the early buddhist teaching on the theory and practice of moral life
... (samma dassana) into the nature of reality (yathabhuta), an insight into the true nature of the world within and outside us (yathabhuta-nana).7 It is in the context of the Buddhist view of reality that the Buddhist teaching on moral life assumes significance. Therefore if we are to understand it in ...
... (samma dassana) into the nature of reality (yathabhuta), an insight into the true nature of the world within and outside us (yathabhuta-nana).7 It is in the context of the Buddhist view of reality that the Buddhist teaching on moral life assumes significance. Therefore if we are to understand it in ...
Changing Buddhist Practice in Burma
... mortal existence of a human is due to Karma (Spiro 1992: 75). In Burmese Buddhism, Karma explains the schematic order of beings and rebirth. In other words, Karma is the accumulated merits and virtues which operate at any order of beings. The higher Karma a being accumulated in the past, the higher ...
... mortal existence of a human is due to Karma (Spiro 1992: 75). In Burmese Buddhism, Karma explains the schematic order of beings and rebirth. In other words, Karma is the accumulated merits and virtues which operate at any order of beings. The higher Karma a being accumulated in the past, the higher ...
Buddhist Social Theory?
... This more religious perspective implies different possibilities. To dismiss that other perspective and therefore those other possibilities, without considering them, is arrogant and may be costly. Ecologists tell us that many exotic species are disappearing that have never been catalogued, much less ...
... This more religious perspective implies different possibilities. To dismiss that other perspective and therefore those other possibilities, without considering them, is arrogant and may be costly. Ecologists tell us that many exotic species are disappearing that have never been catalogued, much less ...
Paradox and Poetry in "The Voice of the Silence"
... Buddhist canonical literature, which subsists not merely in volumes but in libraries, falls quite naturally into two main groups, each possessing certain distinctive features. The sutras, as the works comprising the first and more important group are designated, purport to be discourses delivered by ...
... Buddhist canonical literature, which subsists not merely in volumes but in libraries, falls quite naturally into two main groups, each possessing certain distinctive features. The sutras, as the works comprising the first and more important group are designated, purport to be discourses delivered by ...
Introduction to Ichinen Sanzen
... and allocate the session for each set of study partners to make presentations. Facilitators will need to help the group members choose study partners who will meet between sessions to discuss the session topics and to prepare for presenting at each session. Allocate a set of different partners to pr ...
... and allocate the session for each set of study partners to make presentations. Facilitators will need to help the group members choose study partners who will meet between sessions to discuss the session topics and to prepare for presenting at each session. Allocate a set of different partners to pr ...
The Influence of Mahayana on Buddhadasa`s Thought Abstract
... to bring them to the monasteries, which served as both lodgings and place of study. The modern system of education in Thailand in began in the Rama V, thus Buddhist monks in Thailand still have some role to play in national education. From these background, it present the teaching of Buddhism, have ...
... to bring them to the monasteries, which served as both lodgings and place of study. The modern system of education in Thailand in began in the Rama V, thus Buddhist monks in Thailand still have some role to play in national education. From these background, it present the teaching of Buddhism, have ...
BP2 M01 L35 (upload). - Amitabha Buddhist Centre
... Perhaps it is like this. What do our negativities do to us? If you are someone who is striving for a good rebirth, or to achieve liberation, or to achieve enlightenment, the negativities function as obstacles hindering you from achieving any of these goals. When you engage in reading, reciting, and ...
... Perhaps it is like this. What do our negativities do to us? If you are someone who is striving for a good rebirth, or to achieve liberation, or to achieve enlightenment, the negativities function as obstacles hindering you from achieving any of these goals. When you engage in reading, reciting, and ...
Download/View PDF - Buddhist Churches of America
... penetrated the true nature of all things and had become Awakened, which thereafter was called Enlightenment. Siddhartha was then 35 years old. From then on, he was referred to as Sakyamuni Buddha, the "Awakened One of the Sakya clan ." ...
... penetrated the true nature of all things and had become Awakened, which thereafter was called Enlightenment. Siddhartha was then 35 years old. From then on, he was referred to as Sakyamuni Buddha, the "Awakened One of the Sakya clan ." ...
Word File - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... century, King Narendrasinghe in the eighteenth century, Robert Percival in the early noneteenth century and also the continuity of pilgrimages to Sri Pada from all over the island even up to the present day, both by local and foreign visitors. The Sri Pada is a pilgrimage site that has been held sac ...
... century, King Narendrasinghe in the eighteenth century, Robert Percival in the early noneteenth century and also the continuity of pilgrimages to Sri Pada from all over the island even up to the present day, both by local and foreign visitors. The Sri Pada is a pilgrimage site that has been held sac ...
Approaching The Great Perfection
... of this immanence is itself the method by which all aspects of enlightenment are attained simultaneously. The second emphasizes the distinction between the ordinary state of sentient beings, samsara, and its enlightened correlate, nirvana, and proposes that enlightenment is to be attained gradually ...
... of this immanence is itself the method by which all aspects of enlightenment are attained simultaneously. The second emphasizes the distinction between the ordinary state of sentient beings, samsara, and its enlightened correlate, nirvana, and proposes that enlightenment is to be attained gradually ...
Fo Guang Shan Buddhism and Ethical Conversations
... The term “ethics” has a wide variety of meanings in ordinary and technical usage, and for this reason it is necessary to say a little about what I mean when I use the term. First, to address the question of scope, for the purposes of this paper, when I use the term “ethics” I am using it in the broa ...
... The term “ethics” has a wide variety of meanings in ordinary and technical usage, and for this reason it is necessary to say a little about what I mean when I use the term. First, to address the question of scope, for the purposes of this paper, when I use the term “ethics” I am using it in the broa ...
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... Spells and thaumaturgy were already integral aspects of Chinese religion long before the introduction of Buddhism to China14. This aspect of the complex structure of practices, beliefs, and rituals comprising Chinese religion in Han times (ca. 206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.) and before has been characterized a ...
... Spells and thaumaturgy were already integral aspects of Chinese religion long before the introduction of Buddhism to China14. This aspect of the complex structure of practices, beliefs, and rituals comprising Chinese religion in Han times (ca. 206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.) and before has been characterized a ...
Buddhist Religious Studies
... prepare them for international competition, we decided to translate the original Bangla textbooks into English. It's pleasant to note that the number of English medium schools in Bangladesh is increasing very fast. In this context NCTB decided to publish all the textbooks of Primary level in English ...
... prepare them for international competition, we decided to translate the original Bangla textbooks into English. It's pleasant to note that the number of English medium schools in Bangladesh is increasing very fast. In this context NCTB decided to publish all the textbooks of Primary level in English ...
Sutra on the Eight Realizations of Great Beings
... effective way to cut through the net of passions and desires, attain a peaceful state of body and mind, have more to help others, and be free to realize the highest goal: the development of concentration and understanding to attain realization. Knowing how to feel satisfied with few possessions help ...
... effective way to cut through the net of passions and desires, attain a peaceful state of body and mind, have more to help others, and be free to realize the highest goal: the development of concentration and understanding to attain realization. Knowing how to feel satisfied with few possessions help ...
No Real Protection without Authentic Love and Compassion Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... were caught, they would be similarly rewarded. But the king, realizing his mistake, executed the next thief to make an example of him. When the growing number of thieves heard of this, some thought, “We too can arm ourselves with sharp swords and threaten others’ lives; then we can steal even more.” ...
... were caught, they would be similarly rewarded. But the king, realizing his mistake, executed the next thief to make an example of him. When the growing number of thieves heard of this, some thought, “We too can arm ourselves with sharp swords and threaten others’ lives; then we can steal even more.” ...
Nikāya Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... bright result’” (emphasis in original) (17). What that sutta says, however, is simply “there are, Puṇṇa, bright acts, bright vipāka,” atthi, Puṇṇa, kammaṃ sukkaṃ sukkavipākaṃ, proceeding to say that these are harmless acts and harmless vipāka, giving no indication of ethical prio ...
... bright result’” (emphasis in original) (17). What that sutta says, however, is simply “there are, Puṇṇa, bright acts, bright vipāka,” atthi, Puṇṇa, kammaṃ sukkaṃ sukkavipākaṃ, proceeding to say that these are harmless acts and harmless vipāka, giving no indication of ethical prio ...
Prajna, translator, Tang dynasty
... section (密教部). With a few exceptions, the DLP text is placed in the esoteric section of some of the catalogues such as Lu Wai Jing Deng Mu Lu (錄外經等目錄), Goshōrai mokuroku (御請來目錄), and Zhu A She Li Zhen Yan Mi Jiao Bu Lei Zong Lu (諸阿闍梨 真言密教部類總錄). 28 For most catalogues such as Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō ...
... section (密教部). With a few exceptions, the DLP text is placed in the esoteric section of some of the catalogues such as Lu Wai Jing Deng Mu Lu (錄外經等目錄), Goshōrai mokuroku (御請來目錄), and Zhu A She Li Zhen Yan Mi Jiao Bu Lei Zong Lu (諸阿闍梨 真言密教部類總錄). 28 For most catalogues such as Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō ...