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... at the Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Ghana). However, their size has often made administration and accountability difficult, while some megachurch leaders have been victims of their own success with some falling into emotional and moral problems. Examples of successful megachurches abound, bu ...
... at the Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Ghana). However, their size has often made administration and accountability difficult, while some megachurch leaders have been victims of their own success with some falling into emotional and moral problems. Examples of successful megachurches abound, bu ...
Buddhism - A Concise Introduction
... have received from others. A certain writer has said that everybody except myself has been my mentor and we resonate with that assertion. However, there are certain individuals who have been special sources of help and encouragement in this project. We would like to thank Dhananjay Chavan, John Klin ...
... have received from others. A certain writer has said that everybody except myself has been my mentor and we resonate with that assertion. However, there are certain individuals who have been special sources of help and encouragement in this project. We would like to thank Dhananjay Chavan, John Klin ...
Sesame Seeds - Digital Dhamma Mission
... It is with great pleasure we present you this book ‘A Handful of Sesame Seeds.’ This is a collective work of a few Dhamma friends and my involvement is mainly as a spiritual advisor as well as a coordinator for all the relevant parties. This is the first book of a series of children’s Dhamma books w ...
... It is with great pleasure we present you this book ‘A Handful of Sesame Seeds.’ This is a collective work of a few Dhamma friends and my involvement is mainly as a spiritual advisor as well as a coordinator for all the relevant parties. This is the first book of a series of children’s Dhamma books w ...
The Bodhicaryāvatāra A Buddhist treatise translated into
... There was a new wave of diffusion of Buddhism in the 11th century as a result of the large number of translations. These were new texts, but also there were revisions of texts translated during the first period of diffusion of Buddhism. Buston Rinchen (bus ton rin chen)(1290-1364) gave the almost de ...
... There was a new wave of diffusion of Buddhism in the 11th century as a result of the large number of translations. These were new texts, but also there were revisions of texts translated during the first period of diffusion of Buddhism. Buston Rinchen (bus ton rin chen)(1290-1364) gave the almost de ...
Meditation on the Nature of Mind
... and effect. Nontheistic religions ultimately believe that we ourselves are the creator. Naturally, this creator cannot be the body. The body is important as the basis of mind: for example, the human body is the basis of human mind, and we distinguish different types of sentient beings—animals and so ...
... and effect. Nontheistic religions ultimately believe that we ourselves are the creator. Naturally, this creator cannot be the body. The body is important as the basis of mind: for example, the human body is the basis of human mind, and we distinguish different types of sentient beings—animals and so ...
Library Catalogue - Dharma Centre of Winnipeg
... If you are viewing this in PDF format, you can self-navigate by using the Book Subject Categories listed below. If you are viewing this as a Word document, you have more search options. To view clickable Subject Categories, go to "View" on the toolbar and click on "Navigation Pane"; a list of Subjec ...
... If you are viewing this in PDF format, you can self-navigate by using the Book Subject Categories listed below. If you are viewing this as a Word document, you have more search options. To view clickable Subject Categories, go to "View" on the toolbar and click on "Navigation Pane"; a list of Subjec ...
1 The Victorian Title of Paper: Ki
... question of hierarchy in Kim, and it proposes that the novel ultimately obviates the need for Kim to choose between his allegiance to the two systems, offering instead the possibility that his rank in one makes him especially fit for his station in the other. Kim projects a vision of India that can ...
... question of hierarchy in Kim, and it proposes that the novel ultimately obviates the need for Kim to choose between his allegiance to the two systems, offering instead the possibility that his rank in one makes him especially fit for his station in the other. Kim projects a vision of India that can ...
March, 2009 - sotozen-net
... also related to my own life. I think my life is connected to those things I’m aware of as well as to all those things that I cannot see or know, as in this story. My life is connected to conditions all the way back to the far, far past. This isn’t only true for me, but is also true for all of you. I ...
... also related to my own life. I think my life is connected to those things I’m aware of as well as to all those things that I cannot see or know, as in this story. My life is connected to conditions all the way back to the far, far past. This isn’t only true for me, but is also true for all of you. I ...
SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST
... course to be taken in relation to her following of 500 Sàkyan women, who had come together with her in quest of higher ordination. In reply to this question, the Buddha promulgated Cv X.2, according to which bhikkhus on their own should give the higher ordination to female candidates. Considering th ...
... course to be taken in relation to her following of 500 Sàkyan women, who had come together with her in quest of higher ordination. In reply to this question, the Buddha promulgated Cv X.2, according to which bhikkhus on their own should give the higher ordination to female candidates. Considering th ...
Lay Buddhist Practice - Buddhist Publication Society
... (saddhā-pasāda). Down to the present time, Theravada tradition in any Buddhist country is rich in the various forms of reverence accorded to Buddha-images, stupas and to the Sangha. So a negative view as the one mentioned is neither an advantage for practice nor in agreement with tradition. But othe ...
... (saddhā-pasāda). Down to the present time, Theravada tradition in any Buddhist country is rich in the various forms of reverence accorded to Buddha-images, stupas and to the Sangha. So a negative view as the one mentioned is neither an advantage for practice nor in agreement with tradition. But othe ...
the noble eightfold path
... We hear that Buddhism is the way of wisdom, and quite often we hear that it is the Middle Way. That can be misunderstood. One can begin to think of Buddhism as wishy-washy, sit on the fence, everything is all right, and that Buddhism has no particular view about anything. You can do more or less, wh ...
... We hear that Buddhism is the way of wisdom, and quite often we hear that it is the Middle Way. That can be misunderstood. One can begin to think of Buddhism as wishy-washy, sit on the fence, everything is all right, and that Buddhism has no particular view about anything. You can do more or less, wh ...
Is Colorado Buddhism Green? - Digital Commons @ DU
... The human community is paying more attention to our growing environmental crisis. Religious beliefs are often proposed as effective ways to address environmental ethics. It is often supposed that Buddhism is a “green” religion because of its intimate associations with nature. My research focuses on ...
... The human community is paying more attention to our growing environmental crisis. Religious beliefs are often proposed as effective ways to address environmental ethics. It is often supposed that Buddhism is a “green” religion because of its intimate associations with nature. My research focuses on ...
Traditionalist Representations of Buddhism
... esoteric. They maintain that this core is only accessible through authentic initiation into religious traditions judged to be valid because they are unbroken, an idea itself rooted in Romantic nostalgia for an idealized past. Promoting their view as beneficial to human happiness and well-being, some ...
... esoteric. They maintain that this core is only accessible through authentic initiation into religious traditions judged to be valid because they are unbroken, an idea itself rooted in Romantic nostalgia for an idealized past. Promoting their view as beneficial to human happiness and well-being, some ...
Buddhism in Singapore - Jack Meng
... Chinese Buddhism. He concludes that the larger forces of social transformation are likely to have a major impact on the development of Chinese Buddhism in Singapore (Seck 2004: 54). Seck’s study, which spans almost twenty centuries, illustrates the long-term historical change and continuity of Chine ...
... Chinese Buddhism. He concludes that the larger forces of social transformation are likely to have a major impact on the development of Chinese Buddhism in Singapore (Seck 2004: 54). Seck’s study, which spans almost twenty centuries, illustrates the long-term historical change and continuity of Chine ...
ALBANY KARMA THEGSUM CHÖLING October 12, 2012
... The three jewels of Buddhism are the Buddha, the Dharma (teachings of the Buddha), and the Sangha. Sangha is a Sanskrit word which means "community of practitioners". Those of us who have tried meditating or practicing on our own may well appreciate the external support provided by a like-minded com ...
... The three jewels of Buddhism are the Buddha, the Dharma (teachings of the Buddha), and the Sangha. Sangha is a Sanskrit word which means "community of practitioners". Those of us who have tried meditating or practicing on our own may well appreciate the external support provided by a like-minded com ...
A Buddhist Monk`s Journeys to Heaven and Hell
... this mysterious construction which, although engineered in a stupa form, does not contain any relics. Based on the literature and my own research in situ, I surmise that The Borobudur was not only a ceremonial site for the dynasty’s crowning, but was also a dynasty’s gift to the people as an “open u ...
... this mysterious construction which, although engineered in a stupa form, does not contain any relics. Based on the literature and my own research in situ, I surmise that The Borobudur was not only a ceremonial site for the dynasty’s crowning, but was also a dynasty’s gift to the people as an “open u ...
Aaron Tam Lit Review Final
... by the Manchu - controlled Qing government, to the Western notion of the nation state model (Tuttle 2). In the Western model, territory and borders played a key role in governing the influence and authority of Tibet. With this model, the Chinese attempted to take direct control of Tibet's internal ...
... by the Manchu - controlled Qing government, to the Western notion of the nation state model (Tuttle 2). In the Western model, territory and borders played a key role in governing the influence and authority of Tibet. With this model, the Chinese attempted to take direct control of Tibet's internal ...
Thailand`s International Meditation Centers as Sites of Missionization
... Historically, missionization projects included building stupas and powerful Buddha images. In addition to establishing monasteries abroad in major cities like London and Los Angeles, Thai Buddhists have established a new context for missionizing in Thailand that takes advantage of globalization and ...
... Historically, missionization projects included building stupas and powerful Buddha images. In addition to establishing monasteries abroad in major cities like London and Los Angeles, Thai Buddhists have established a new context for missionizing in Thailand that takes advantage of globalization and ...
Analysis of Feature Curves in Buddhist Statue Faces
... Statues of Buddha began to be made in India around ...
... Statues of Buddha began to be made in India around ...
Suttas as History: Four Approaches to the "Sermon on the Noble
... Ariyapariyesanasutta(NQ) is contained as the twenty-sixth sutta in the "Middle Length Division" (Majjhimanikaya)of the "Sutta Basket" of the Tipitaka. Running sixteen pages in the Romanized Pali edition,5 the sermon is remembered, like most of the suttas, to have been preached while the Buddha was d ...
... Ariyapariyesanasutta(NQ) is contained as the twenty-sixth sutta in the "Middle Length Division" (Majjhimanikaya)of the "Sutta Basket" of the Tipitaka. Running sixteen pages in the Romanized Pali edition,5 the sermon is remembered, like most of the suttas, to have been preached while the Buddha was d ...
Buddhist and jain Art.p65
... Buddhism have been influenced by Indian culture since their emergence. The philosophical and ideological principles of Jainism and Buddhism have a great impact on Indic religious settings. These religions had established a new tradition based on ethical and moral way of life, which not only influenc ...
... Buddhism have been influenced by Indian culture since their emergence. The philosophical and ideological principles of Jainism and Buddhism have a great impact on Indic religious settings. These religions had established a new tradition based on ethical and moral way of life, which not only influenc ...
Tantric Poetry of Kukai
... monk, he was ordained at T�daiji in Nara and later spent two years in China (804-6), where he was ordained as a Master of the Shingon (True Word) sect. Returning to Japan, he established Shingon there, and it eventually became the dominant Tantric, or Esoteric, sect. Knkai helped join Shinto traditi ...
... monk, he was ordained at T�daiji in Nara and later spent two years in China (804-6), where he was ordained as a Master of the Shingon (True Word) sect. Returning to Japan, he established Shingon there, and it eventually became the dominant Tantric, or Esoteric, sect. Knkai helped join Shinto traditi ...