Durkheim, Religion, and Buddhism - TRAN-B-300
... Agni and Varuna;but 'he believes that he owes them nothing and that he has nothing to do with them".... Then he is an atheist, in the sense that he does not concern himself with the question whether gods exist or not (Durkheim1965:46;emphasis added). ...
... Agni and Varuna;but 'he believes that he owes them nothing and that he has nothing to do with them".... Then he is an atheist, in the sense that he does not concern himself with the question whether gods exist or not (Durkheim1965:46;emphasis added). ...
Tolstoy`s Views of Buddhism
... the context of Tolscoyan ideal religion. Siddartha, in this story, brought up as a follower of Hinduism, turns away from this religion because of its meaningless. sacrificial ritual. He rebels against the narrow confines of the Hindu dogma and wants to establish a rational religion which conforms to ...
... the context of Tolscoyan ideal religion. Siddartha, in this story, brought up as a follower of Hinduism, turns away from this religion because of its meaningless. sacrificial ritual. He rebels against the narrow confines of the Hindu dogma and wants to establish a rational religion which conforms to ...
Buddhist Food Practices and Attitudes 9: 49-67. Among Contemporary Western Practitioners, Ecotheology,
... the adoption of cultural vegetarianism appears to be more closely linked with two principles: the Mahayana tatlmgatagsrbhadoctrine and a popular doctrine developed the principle of ahimsa. Tathagatagarbha, inMahayana Buddhism, refers to the'Buddha within'or what is more commonly known as Buddha-Natu ...
... the adoption of cultural vegetarianism appears to be more closely linked with two principles: the Mahayana tatlmgatagsrbhadoctrine and a popular doctrine developed the principle of ahimsa. Tathagatagarbha, inMahayana Buddhism, refers to the'Buddha within'or what is more commonly known as Buddha-Natu ...
Down This Talk - Three Wheels Temple
... when one of the group was dying, this dying person would be brought to this house and there would be a special ritual for his or her rebirth in the Pure Land. This was open not only to priests but also to ordinary people without any discrimination between men and women. In this respect the practice ...
... when one of the group was dying, this dying person would be brought to this house and there would be a special ritual for his or her rebirth in the Pure Land. This was open not only to priests but also to ordinary people without any discrimination between men and women. In this respect the practice ...
PB on Atman - Avery Solomon
... PB saw the danger in simply translating Atman as self, as it leads to all the associations which self has for us—as he says “strengthens the very error which … it seeks to refute.” So he qualified the term as over-self. Some friends of mind in Sweden, masters of the Swinglish language, recently r ...
... PB saw the danger in simply translating Atman as self, as it leads to all the associations which self has for us—as he says “strengthens the very error which … it seeks to refute.” So he qualified the term as over-self. Some friends of mind in Sweden, masters of the Swinglish language, recently r ...
The Buddhist Concept of the Human Being
... Law share the same fundamental capacity for compassion and live their lives based on a shared vow for the salvation of all humankind. There is total equality in terms of religious dignity between mentor and disciple in Buddhism. Christianity has fostered individual independence of a kind that transc ...
... Law share the same fundamental capacity for compassion and live their lives based on a shared vow for the salvation of all humankind. There is total equality in terms of religious dignity between mentor and disciple in Buddhism. Christianity has fostered individual independence of a kind that transc ...
Buddhism Apologetics
... man, suffering and very ill.’ On a third journey, he saw a funeral procession. Each time, Gautama’s charioteer said to him that this was just the way life was: all people are subject to old age, illness and death…On a further chariot drive Gautama saw…a man: ‘a shaven-headed man, a wanderer who has ...
... man, suffering and very ill.’ On a third journey, he saw a funeral procession. Each time, Gautama’s charioteer said to him that this was just the way life was: all people are subject to old age, illness and death…On a further chariot drive Gautama saw…a man: ‘a shaven-headed man, a wanderer who has ...
The Buddhist Transformation of Silla Kingship: Buddha as a King
... were accorded the sacred status or Buddha. Wei-shu records that the influential monk Fa Kuo used to say, “Emperor T’ai-tsu is enlightened and likes the Buddha dharma. He is the Tathagata of today. Monks must and should pay him obeisance.” Since monk Fa Kuo equated the ruler of his times with the Bu ...
... were accorded the sacred status or Buddha. Wei-shu records that the influential monk Fa Kuo used to say, “Emperor T’ai-tsu is enlightened and likes the Buddha dharma. He is the Tathagata of today. Monks must and should pay him obeisance.” Since monk Fa Kuo equated the ruler of his times with the Bu ...
The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravāda Buddhist
... aboundingin wisdomand goodness,happy,with oftheworlds,unsurpassed as a guideto mortals knowledge willingto be a teacher for and and Exalted a led, men, One, Buddha,evenas I gods am now,"willarise.29 buddhamentioned ThoughMaitreyais theonlyfuture specifically, thepossibility ofattaining buddhahoodis ...
... aboundingin wisdomand goodness,happy,with oftheworlds,unsurpassed as a guideto mortals knowledge willingto be a teacher for and and Exalted a led, men, One, Buddha,evenas I gods am now,"willarise.29 buddhamentioned ThoughMaitreyais theonlyfuture specifically, thepossibility ofattaining buddhahoodis ...
The Sati Journal - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... these traditional attitudes and practices does nothing to cancel these facts about traditional Buddhism or make them irrelevant. Even if that were the case, Western Buddhists have a moral obligation to be aware of the devastation this attribution of relevance or reality to gender has wrought in Budd ...
... these traditional attitudes and practices does nothing to cancel these facts about traditional Buddhism or make them irrelevant. Even if that were the case, Western Buddhists have a moral obligation to be aware of the devastation this attribution of relevance or reality to gender has wrought in Budd ...
AUTHOR TITLE USER_NUMBERPRODUCT_INFO Edward
... Studying Tibetan Buddhism can be like entering a maelstrom of deities, rituals, and scriptures. In a new introduction to the history, the religion, and the philosophy of Tibetan Buddhism, Reginald Ray calms the storm and provides a compass for exploration. A professor and seasoned practitioner, Ray ...
... Studying Tibetan Buddhism can be like entering a maelstrom of deities, rituals, and scriptures. In a new introduction to the history, the religion, and the philosophy of Tibetan Buddhism, Reginald Ray calms the storm and provides a compass for exploration. A professor and seasoned practitioner, Ray ...
Historical Timeline
... where he is enthroned as the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. In a historic first, the 20th century Chinese government also presents an official certificate accepting the recognition of the young boy as the 17th Karmapa. ...
... where he is enthroned as the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. In a historic first, the 20th century Chinese government also presents an official certificate accepting the recognition of the young boy as the 17th Karmapa. ...
The Question of Vegetarianism and Diet in Pāli Buddhism
... provision against slaying is so profoundly endorsed that the Buddha even argues that the only kind of slaying that he encourages is the killing of anger and other negative emotions (SN 7.1 255). This rejection of violence and killing seems to stem from the view that such actions will lead to sufferi ...
... provision against slaying is so profoundly endorsed that the Buddha even argues that the only kind of slaying that he encourages is the killing of anger and other negative emotions (SN 7.1 255). This rejection of violence and killing seems to stem from the view that such actions will lead to sufferi ...
india, pakistan & afghanistan
... • Caste was determined at birth • Affected all aspects of social life, including work and marriage • Those considered impure were outside of caste or “untouchables” • Static social system/could not advance • Caste became associated with religion ...
... • Caste was determined at birth • Affected all aspects of social life, including work and marriage • Those considered impure were outside of caste or “untouchables” • Static social system/could not advance • Caste became associated with religion ...
the mandala construction process the mandala construction process
... There are hundreds of mandalas in the Tibetan tradition. On The Mystical Arts of Tibet tours, the lamas create many different types, including the mandalas of Bhaishjya Guru (“Medicine Buddha”), Amitayus (“The Buddha of Boundless Life”), Yamantaka (“The Opponent of Death”), and Avalokiteshvara (“The ...
... There are hundreds of mandalas in the Tibetan tradition. On The Mystical Arts of Tibet tours, the lamas create many different types, including the mandalas of Bhaishjya Guru (“Medicine Buddha”), Amitayus (“The Buddha of Boundless Life”), Yamantaka (“The Opponent of Death”), and Avalokiteshvara (“The ...
Bodhisattvas of the Forest and the Formation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra
... But even this emulation of the bodhisattva path by a few was probably not very controversial. As Boucher points out, Buddhist monks in modern Theravāda countries have been known to imagine themselves as bodhisattvas following the path to complete awakening; it is hardly surprising that this happened ...
... But even this emulation of the bodhisattva path by a few was probably not very controversial. As Boucher points out, Buddhist monks in modern Theravāda countries have been known to imagine themselves as bodhisattvas following the path to complete awakening; it is hardly surprising that this happened ...