The Revival ofthe Theravada Nun Order in Thailand
... order of nuns (bhikkhllfll), a multitude of quite diverging opinions and arguments both for and against the revival of the ordination lineage of the bhlkkhuni-order has been brought forward. Amongst these are: Western influenced text-criticism that aims to identify the authentic stance of the histor ...
... order of nuns (bhikkhllfll), a multitude of quite diverging opinions and arguments both for and against the revival of the ordination lineage of the bhlkkhuni-order has been brought forward. Amongst these are: Western influenced text-criticism that aims to identify the authentic stance of the histor ...
By Ajahn Jayasaro - Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
... would be good for them to understand. He also deals in the book with subjects that people tend to misunderstand and others in which important and useful aspects are often overlooked. Thus, Ajahn Jayasaro has chosen suitable topics, ones in which he answers the needs of people interested in Buddhism, ...
... would be good for them to understand. He also deals in the book with subjects that people tend to misunderstand and others in which important and useful aspects are often overlooked. Thus, Ajahn Jayasaro has chosen suitable topics, ones in which he answers the needs of people interested in Buddhism, ...
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... By doing so we actually learn so much about how to progress, and we develop a wider perspective of life. How can a lineage, your lineage, be a positive influence in today’s world? Well, we are trying to adapt and see what works and what doesn’t work. We’re looking to found more open institutes or un ...
... By doing so we actually learn so much about how to progress, and we develop a wider perspective of life. How can a lineage, your lineage, be a positive influence in today’s world? Well, we are trying to adapt and see what works and what doesn’t work. We’re looking to found more open institutes or un ...
Special 20 Anniversary Issue Buddha’s Maritime Nature: A Case Study in
... of Shambhala documents and publications.3 As a study that focuses on particular environmental projects and the communities and individuals involved, this is a study of what has been called “lived religion” or “empirical ethics.” As such I am compelled to be mindful of certain features of this approa ...
... of Shambhala documents and publications.3 As a study that focuses on particular environmental projects and the communities and individuals involved, this is a study of what has been called “lived religion” or “empirical ethics.” As such I am compelled to be mindful of certain features of this approa ...
Dhamma Studies – Level 1 Essay Example
... In this essay on ethical conduct a meaning of the above mentioned Dhamma proverb will be discussed. Ethical conduct (Sila) is one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path (ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo) together with Wisdom (Panna) and Concentration (Samadhi). Sila includes right speech (samma va ...
... In this essay on ethical conduct a meaning of the above mentioned Dhamma proverb will be discussed. Ethical conduct (Sila) is one of the three divisions of the Noble Eightfold Path (ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo) together with Wisdom (Panna) and Concentration (Samadhi). Sila includes right speech (samma va ...
Gautama Buddha
... Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from ancient India who founded Buddhism.[1] In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (P. sammāsambuddha, S. samyaksaṃbuddha) of our age, "Buddha" meaning "awakened one" or "the enl ...
... Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from ancient India who founded Buddhism.[1] In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (P. sammāsambuddha, S. samyaksaṃbuddha) of our age, "Buddha" meaning "awakened one" or "the enl ...
Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution
... Dharma that we need. Buddhism needs to take advantage of its encounter with modern/postmodern civilization—offering a greater challenge than Buddhism has ever faced before—to engage in a selfexamination that attempts to distinguish what is vital and still living in its Asian versions from what is un ...
... Dharma that we need. Buddhism needs to take advantage of its encounter with modern/postmodern civilization—offering a greater challenge than Buddhism has ever faced before—to engage in a selfexamination that attempts to distinguish what is vital and still living in its Asian versions from what is un ...
Copyright Notice
... summarizes the two principle theoretical positions among scholars on engaged Buddhism. One group, like Queen, whom he terms the "modernists," proposes that although there may have been doctrines of sociopolitical relevance latent in early Buddhism, they did not start being developed until Buddhism e ...
... summarizes the two principle theoretical positions among scholars on engaged Buddhism. One group, like Queen, whom he terms the "modernists," proposes that although there may have been doctrines of sociopolitical relevance latent in early Buddhism, they did not start being developed until Buddhism e ...
Buddhist Contribution to Social Welfare in Australia
... summarizes the two principle theoretical positions among scholars on engaged Buddhism. One group, like Queen, whom he terms the "modernists," proposes that although there may have been doctrines of sociopolitical relevance latent in early Buddhism, they did not start being developed until Buddhism e ...
... summarizes the two principle theoretical positions among scholars on engaged Buddhism. One group, like Queen, whom he terms the "modernists," proposes that although there may have been doctrines of sociopolitical relevance latent in early Buddhism, they did not start being developed until Buddhism e ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 63-73 Publication date: 1 February 1998
... his client: they offered opportunities for offsetting his sense of badness on the one hand but played into his internalized perfectionism on the other. Rubin explores how Buddhist emphasis on minimal possessions becomes absorbed into a psychological agenda of self-punishment. He also elaborates ways ...
... his client: they offered opportunities for offsetting his sense of badness on the one hand but played into his internalized perfectionism on the other. Rubin explores how Buddhist emphasis on minimal possessions becomes absorbed into a psychological agenda of self-punishment. He also elaborates ways ...
Mahayana Buddhism and Gross National Happiness in Bhutan
... cooperation, not self-interest and denigration. Abstaining from harsh language is important because it is born of anger, and aims to cause pain of some kind. A person who has controlled his own mind has no need for such expressions of enmity. Gentle words foster understanding, cooperation, and ultim ...
... cooperation, not self-interest and denigration. Abstaining from harsh language is important because it is born of anger, and aims to cause pain of some kind. A person who has controlled his own mind has no need for such expressions of enmity. Gentle words foster understanding, cooperation, and ultim ...
Alan Wallace`s Buddhist Teachers
... H. H. the Dalai Lama, from whom he received the five Buddhist lay vows, full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring to and venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission and commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjuna’s treatise The Precious Garland, the oral ...
... H. H. the Dalai Lama, from whom he received the five Buddhist lay vows, full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring to and venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission and commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjuna’s treatise The Precious Garland, the oral ...
Here - Steamboat Buddhist Center
... As we begin to understand the four views, we don’t necessarily discard things; we begin instead to change our attitude toward them, thereby changing their value. Just because you have less than someone else doesn’t mean that you are more morally pure or virtuous. In fact, humility itself can be a f ...
... As we begin to understand the four views, we don’t necessarily discard things; we begin instead to change our attitude toward them, thereby changing their value. Just because you have less than someone else doesn’t mean that you are more morally pure or virtuous. In fact, humility itself can be a f ...
- Esamskriti
... of this observation is to know the ‘player’ behind the play. However, as the Buddhist becomes perfect in his contemplation, he understands that there is no ‘player’ behind the play at all! It’s all void (Pali, sunnata; Sanskrit, sunyata). This sunnata is not to be misunderstood as zero or nihilism. ...
... of this observation is to know the ‘player’ behind the play. However, as the Buddhist becomes perfect in his contemplation, he understands that there is no ‘player’ behind the play at all! It’s all void (Pali, sunnata; Sanskrit, sunyata). This sunnata is not to be misunderstood as zero or nihilism. ...
ONE
... the sects took place, since all the works we have on the subject are five centuries later than the events they report and the data are everywhere distorted by sectarian bias. But whether our knowledge gets us to within one century of the neighbourhood of the Nirvana, or to within two or three centur ...
... the sects took place, since all the works we have on the subject are five centuries later than the events they report and the data are everywhere distorted by sectarian bias. But whether our knowledge gets us to within one century of the neighbourhood of the Nirvana, or to within two or three centur ...
in practice - Edward Reid Engineering
... no written language—there was—but because when the major teachings were recited by his disciples orally and in unison, there was less chance for errors to be introduced. The discourses are usually directed to bhikkhus, or monks, and they were delivered to his Sangha of ordained disciples. But later ...
... no written language—there was—but because when the major teachings were recited by his disciples orally and in unison, there was less chance for errors to be introduced. The discourses are usually directed to bhikkhus, or monks, and they were delivered to his Sangha of ordained disciples. But later ...
Six Perfections - The Huntington Archive
... persuade oneself that it is never appropriate to become angry. The Buddhist texts give many examples of this inner debate to be reflected on in order to develop and increase patience. One of the popular examples is that of an angry person hitting you with a stick: When an angry person is hitting yo ...
... persuade oneself that it is never appropriate to become angry. The Buddhist texts give many examples of this inner debate to be reflected on in order to develop and increase patience. One of the popular examples is that of an angry person hitting you with a stick: When an angry person is hitting yo ...
History - Arihant Book
... Ravi river. The Bharat tribe won the battle. • Yava or barley is the only grain mentioned in the Rig Veda. • A voluntary tribute given to Rajan (tribal head) was called Bali. • No concept of private property was there in the Rig-vedic ...
... Ravi river. The Bharat tribe won the battle. • Yava or barley is the only grain mentioned in the Rig Veda. • A voluntary tribute given to Rajan (tribal head) was called Bali. • No concept of private property was there in the Rig-vedic ...
chenga choipa - West Kameng District
... the top middle, in the down below right corner Goddess Zse-tsun Drema (Green Tara Devi), in the left corner Goddess Lhamu Yangchen ( Sarasati ), in the middle God Je Yabse Sum, the three founder of Gelukpa Sect Buddhist. Earlier, the Chenga Choipa offering Puja was conducted at Tenzing Gaon where de ...
... the top middle, in the down below right corner Goddess Zse-tsun Drema (Green Tara Devi), in the left corner Goddess Lhamu Yangchen ( Sarasati ), in the middle God Je Yabse Sum, the three founder of Gelukpa Sect Buddhist. Earlier, the Chenga Choipa offering Puja was conducted at Tenzing Gaon where de ...
M. A. Buddhist Literature
... The external students will be admitted to appear for semester examinations of semesters I, II, III and IV in a sequential order. 2. Pattern of Examination: A Post Graduate student is assessed for his/her performance at a written test of 1600 marks i.e. sixteen papers of 100 marks each. In the existi ...
... The external students will be admitted to appear for semester examinations of semesters I, II, III and IV in a sequential order. 2. Pattern of Examination: A Post Graduate student is assessed for his/her performance at a written test of 1600 marks i.e. sixteen papers of 100 marks each. In the existi ...