The Bahudhātuka-sutta and its Parallels On Women`s Inabilities
... Ānanda, it is not possible for a person [endowed] with a vision of the truth to intentionally kill his father or mother, kill an arahant, cause a schism in the community or, out of an evil mental disposition towards the Buddha, cause the Tathāgata’s blood to flow. [However], it is certainly possible ...
... Ānanda, it is not possible for a person [endowed] with a vision of the truth to intentionally kill his father or mother, kill an arahant, cause a schism in the community or, out of an evil mental disposition towards the Buddha, cause the Tathāgata’s blood to flow. [However], it is certainly possible ...
521. Snodgrass, Judith
... to restructure Christianity around a new conception of the nature of self, a psychological and scientific conception that he described in his book The Soul of Man (1890). He founded The Open Court, a weekly journal, with the intention of propagating these ideas. As the masthead of the journal tells ...
... to restructure Christianity around a new conception of the nature of self, a psychological and scientific conception that he described in his book The Soul of Man (1890). He founded The Open Court, a weekly journal, with the intention of propagating these ideas. As the masthead of the journal tells ...
PDF Preview - Wisdom Publications
... gratification, Siddhartha overcame numerous inner obstacles to achieve Buddhahood, or full enlightenment. Known in Bhutan as Shakyamuni, the Buddha traveled widely on the Indian subcontinent and preached that because all beings are driven by selfish desires, a cycle of suffering reincarnation cannot ...
... gratification, Siddhartha overcame numerous inner obstacles to achieve Buddhahood, or full enlightenment. Known in Bhutan as Shakyamuni, the Buddha traveled widely on the Indian subcontinent and preached that because all beings are driven by selfish desires, a cycle of suffering reincarnation cannot ...
IASbaba.com Post Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture
... of three-dimensionality is shown with tilted perspective. 3. At Bharhut, narrative panels are shown with fewer characters but as the time progresses, apart from the main character in the story, others also start appearing in the picture space. At times more than one event at one geographical place i ...
... of three-dimensionality is shown with tilted perspective. 3. At Bharhut, narrative panels are shown with fewer characters but as the time progresses, apart from the main character in the story, others also start appearing in the picture space. At times more than one event at one geographical place i ...
Sitting Under the Bodhi Tree - Unitarian Church of Harrisburg
... or wanted, within the palace walls. As a boy, he had the ...
... or wanted, within the palace walls. As a boy, he had the ...
Attitudes to Euthanasia in the Vinaya and Commentary By Damien Keown
... intention, the examples show that guilt is firmly tied to the mens rea or state of mind of the accused at the time the offence was committed. Guilt or innocence depends upon the outcome tallying with the intention with which one undertook the project in question. The concept of agency is important w ...
... intention, the examples show that guilt is firmly tied to the mens rea or state of mind of the accused at the time the offence was committed. Guilt or innocence depends upon the outcome tallying with the intention with which one undertook the project in question. The concept of agency is important w ...
Who`s Who in our Chants
... Siddhartha Gautama Shakyamuni is the historical Buddha: he was born a prince, lived in great privilege, escaped his privileged life, after long and hard practice became awakened (which is what “buddha” means), and spent the rest of his life teaching others. We’re not going to focus on these quasi-hi ...
... Siddhartha Gautama Shakyamuni is the historical Buddha: he was born a prince, lived in great privilege, escaped his privileged life, after long and hard practice became awakened (which is what “buddha” means), and spent the rest of his life teaching others. We’re not going to focus on these quasi-hi ...
Essence of Zen.vp
... At the age of sixteen I happened to read the Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of WeiLang (as the Platform Scripture was then called) and immediately had the intuitive perception that here was the absolute truth which, far from being new to me, was what I had really known and accepted all the time. Like m ...
... At the age of sixteen I happened to read the Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of WeiLang (as the Platform Scripture was then called) and immediately had the intuitive perception that here was the absolute truth which, far from being new to me, was what I had really known and accepted all the time. Like m ...
Buddhist Thoughts on Symbiosis—And its Contemporary Implications
... (SGI) President Daisaku Ikeda proposed that this “(single) arrow of earthly desires” stuck deep in the consciousness of all human beings can be viewed as “an attachment to distinctions”. He states, “The following quote is illustrative: ‘I perceived a single, invisible arrow piercing the hearts of th ...
... (SGI) President Daisaku Ikeda proposed that this “(single) arrow of earthly desires” stuck deep in the consciousness of all human beings can be viewed as “an attachment to distinctions”. He states, “The following quote is illustrative: ‘I perceived a single, invisible arrow piercing the hearts of th ...
November - Spokane Buddhist Temple
... Shinshu Center in Berkeley –having just returned from Kyoto, Japan. By now, I imagine most of you have learned that last Friday at the Nishi Hongwanji Temple in Kyoto, Minister‘s Assistant Christine Marr and I (together with ten other BCA candidates and some 60-plus Japanese students) received Tokud ...
... Shinshu Center in Berkeley –having just returned from Kyoto, Japan. By now, I imagine most of you have learned that last Friday at the Nishi Hongwanji Temple in Kyoto, Minister‘s Assistant Christine Marr and I (together with ten other BCA candidates and some 60-plus Japanese students) received Tokud ...
- Moving Dharma
... was largely relegated to neophytes, “junior monks whose meditation is not yet mature enough to practice effectively alone in a hermitage” (Buswell, 161). Once a monk’s proficiency in practice had advanced sufficiently, he could opt for the freedom of solitary practice. The communal controls of the m ...
... was largely relegated to neophytes, “junior monks whose meditation is not yet mature enough to practice effectively alone in a hermitage” (Buswell, 161). Once a monk’s proficiency in practice had advanced sufficiently, he could opt for the freedom of solitary practice. The communal controls of the m ...
傳統西藏對音樂表演及傳播的態度Traditional Tibetan Buddhist
... The faults caused by not having learned properly Candragomin in his Treatise on Chant introduces long series of faults commited while singing. It is interesting to remark that the prescriptions concern either being not properly prepared to sing or doing it with the wrong attitude. For instance singi ...
... The faults caused by not having learned properly Candragomin in his Treatise on Chant introduces long series of faults commited while singing. It is interesting to remark that the prescriptions concern either being not properly prepared to sing or doing it with the wrong attitude. For instance singi ...
Bhikkhave Terminology in Early Buddhist Texts Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... after events have happened and Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī has explained the situation to the Buddha, the Buddha instructs her to gather together the nuns (even those who may have heard the ruling before) so that he can pronounce the ruling. In this case, then, as stipulated, the audience for both the ent ...
... after events have happened and Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī has explained the situation to the Buddha, the Buddha instructs her to gather together the nuns (even those who may have heard the ruling before) so that he can pronounce the ruling. In this case, then, as stipulated, the audience for both the ent ...
RELI 633 - Office of the Provost
... *To help students understand Buddhist attitute towards various aspects of ethics in comparison to alternative ethical views. *Since the goal of the course is not limited to an understanding of Buddhist meta-ethics, it encourages students to reflect sensibly and creatively on social and moral issues ...
... *To help students understand Buddhist attitute towards various aspects of ethics in comparison to alternative ethical views. *Since the goal of the course is not limited to an understanding of Buddhist meta-ethics, it encourages students to reflect sensibly and creatively on social and moral issues ...
The Going Forth of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī in T 60
... forth for women, which women may not transgress, a precept that women are to take up completely for their whole life. “Ānanda, a nun cannot reprimand a monk [regarding] what has been seen, heard, or known. Ānanda, a monk may reprimand a nun [regarding] what has been seen, heard, or known.17 Ānanda, ...
... forth for women, which women may not transgress, a precept that women are to take up completely for their whole life. “Ānanda, a nun cannot reprimand a monk [regarding] what has been seen, heard, or known. Ānanda, a monk may reprimand a nun [regarding] what has been seen, heard, or known.17 Ānanda, ...
The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology
... of environmental determinism. On the contrary, it points to a f requently over looked but highly significant social as well as environmental relationship be tween the food resources of an ancient society and great new developments in its cultural life . The rice plant had an inherent capacity to p ...
... of environmental determinism. On the contrary, it points to a f requently over looked but highly significant social as well as environmental relationship be tween the food resources of an ancient society and great new developments in its cultural life . The rice plant had an inherent capacity to p ...
Wishing to Engage in the Path of Liberation
... f. The Three vehicles (the three paths) 1.Hearer vehicales.2.Solitary Realizer vehicles.3.greater vehicles or Bodhisattvayana. Which is the Hinayana Path which leads to the Liberation? g. Am I Correct to say that Path followed by Sravakas and Pratekya Buddhas leading to the attainment of liberation ...
... f. The Three vehicles (the three paths) 1.Hearer vehicales.2.Solitary Realizer vehicles.3.greater vehicles or Bodhisattvayana. Which is the Hinayana Path which leads to the Liberation? g. Am I Correct to say that Path followed by Sravakas and Pratekya Buddhas leading to the attainment of liberation ...
The Kathāvatthu Niyāma Debates
... Buddhaghosa's commentary clarifies the meaning of niydma in this context: "Niydma and brahmacariya (the religious life) are equivalents for the noble (four-stage) path. And there is no entrance on that path for bodhisattas, except when they are fulfilling the perfections . .." {KvuA IV.8). Thus it b ...
... Buddhaghosa's commentary clarifies the meaning of niydma in this context: "Niydma and brahmacariya (the religious life) are equivalents for the noble (four-stage) path. And there is no entrance on that path for bodhisattas, except when they are fulfilling the perfections . .." {KvuA IV.8). Thus it b ...
- SlideBoom
... recombine after death to be reborn Karma—moral law that determines the direction of rebirth Samsara—the everyday world of change, pain and suffering Nirvana—This Buddhist concept of liberation from Samsara is very similar to the Hindu concept of Moksha ©2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All ri ...
... recombine after death to be reborn Karma—moral law that determines the direction of rebirth Samsara—the everyday world of change, pain and suffering Nirvana—This Buddhist concept of liberation from Samsara is very similar to the Hindu concept of Moksha ©2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All ri ...
Joseph M. KITAGAWA Paradigm change in Japanese Buddhism
... s p iritu a l insight, derived from the Buddha,s own religious experience, has been expressed in doctrines, scriptures, cu lts, ethics, and the e cclesiastical stru cture s o f the Buddhist re lig io n . On the second level, Buddhism nurtures and impregnates its ethos in to the domain o f values ， i ...
... s p iritu a l insight, derived from the Buddha,s own religious experience, has been expressed in doctrines, scriptures, cu lts, ethics, and the e cclesiastical stru cture s o f the Buddhist re lig io n . On the second level, Buddhism nurtures and impregnates its ethos in to the domain o f values ， i ...