Suggested reading for Buddhism Level 2
... The Wheel of Life, Kulananda (short and pithy) Meeting the Buddhas, Vessantara (fullsome description of 5 Buddhas and much more) The Mandala of the Five Buddhas, Vessantara (edited version of Meeting the Buddhas) Exploring Karma and Rebirth, Nagapriya Module 3: Dharma Truth Teachings Buddha Mind, Sa ...
... The Wheel of Life, Kulananda (short and pithy) Meeting the Buddhas, Vessantara (fullsome description of 5 Buddhas and much more) The Mandala of the Five Buddhas, Vessantara (edited version of Meeting the Buddhas) Exploring Karma and Rebirth, Nagapriya Module 3: Dharma Truth Teachings Buddha Mind, Sa ...
May 2012 newsletter
... beautifully decorated with flowers for the Hanamatsuri service on April 8th. Thank you to the BWA ladies who committed their time to have it ready for this special day. After the service, the Dharma school students presented a creative and interactive program for all to enjoy and the day concluded w ...
... beautifully decorated with flowers for the Hanamatsuri service on April 8th. Thank you to the BWA ladies who committed their time to have it ready for this special day. After the service, the Dharma school students presented a creative and interactive program for all to enjoy and the day concluded w ...
The Great Lion`s Roar
... point up himself and immediately dismisses the notion. In regard to each of these things the Buddha says “I do not see any who have surpassed me in this,” (para 21). The Buddha considers himself supreme in all of these regards, and thus it does not matter if other teachers preach similar ideas since ...
... point up himself and immediately dismisses the notion. In regard to each of these things the Buddha says “I do not see any who have surpassed me in this,” (para 21). The Buddha considers himself supreme in all of these regards, and thus it does not matter if other teachers preach similar ideas since ...
File - Benoit`s Religion Classes
... • Someone who reaches nirvana does not immediately disappear to a heavenly realm. Nirvana is better understood as a state of mind that humans can reach. It is a state of profound spiritual joy, without negative emotions and fears. • Someone who has attained enlightenment is filled with compassion fo ...
... • Someone who reaches nirvana does not immediately disappear to a heavenly realm. Nirvana is better understood as a state of mind that humans can reach. It is a state of profound spiritual joy, without negative emotions and fears. • Someone who has attained enlightenment is filled with compassion fo ...
Religion and Gender Values in a Changing World
... only division of work based on gender was ploughing which is exclusively a male chore, while women transported the dung (manure) to the field. This may symbolize what I will write about in this paper namely, the cults of Mother Earth, the plough being the male symbol and women nurturing mother earth ...
... only division of work based on gender was ploughing which is exclusively a male chore, while women transported the dung (manure) to the field. This may symbolize what I will write about in this paper namely, the cults of Mother Earth, the plough being the male symbol and women nurturing mother earth ...
Summer 2008 Special Edt. - Birmingham Buddhist Vihara
... Myanmar monks whom he entrusted with a portion of the Buddha’s relics. One of them, U Kitti, eventually passed this on to U Arsaya, another Myanmar monk living in India. In his turn, shortly before his death, he passed them on to venerable Rewata Dhamma in 1964. When the latter travelled to England ...
... Myanmar monks whom he entrusted with a portion of the Buddha’s relics. One of them, U Kitti, eventually passed this on to U Arsaya, another Myanmar monk living in India. In his turn, shortly before his death, he passed them on to venerable Rewata Dhamma in 1964. When the latter travelled to England ...
“How to set up a home Buddhist shrine” word
... When making offering to self (generated deity), the opposite order. ...
... When making offering to self (generated deity), the opposite order. ...
The Imperial Law and the Buddhist Law
... that it should be actively jo in e d to politics. Generally speaking, Buddhism’s relationship with political power occupies an important part of its history that cannot be overlooked. The very attitude whereby one would avoid touching on this relationship may even be seen as one of the particular fo ...
... that it should be actively jo in e d to politics. Generally speaking, Buddhism’s relationship with political power occupies an important part of its history that cannot be overlooked. The very attitude whereby one would avoid touching on this relationship may even be seen as one of the particular fo ...
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... Here, Buddha analyzes the roots of "craving" or "thirst" which come in three forms: greed (lobha), hatred (dosa), and delusion (moha). The greed, both craving for sensuous gratification (kama tanha) and self-preservation (bhava tanha), leads to suffering. Hatred manifested in aggression also leads ...
... Here, Buddha analyzes the roots of "craving" or "thirst" which come in three forms: greed (lobha), hatred (dosa), and delusion (moha). The greed, both craving for sensuous gratification (kama tanha) and self-preservation (bhava tanha), leads to suffering. Hatred manifested in aggression also leads ...
Learning the Buddha`s Great Compassion
... enlightenment, simply hears that bliss is enjoyed in that land without interruption and desires to be born there for the sake of the bliss; such a person will not be able to attain birth. Mahayana bodhisattvas, having become fully aware of the principle of interdependent origination, act to benefit ...
... enlightenment, simply hears that bliss is enjoyed in that land without interruption and desires to be born there for the sake of the bliss; such a person will not be able to attain birth. Mahayana bodhisattvas, having become fully aware of the principle of interdependent origination, act to benefit ...
BUSINESS BUDDHA and the and the
... However, for a variety of personal and professional reasons, I have come to a far different conclusion. About a year after my daughter’s death, a friend suggested I read a book called The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, by the Vietnamese monk, the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh. This began for me a journ ...
... However, for a variety of personal and professional reasons, I have come to a far different conclusion. About a year after my daughter’s death, a friend suggested I read a book called The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, by the Vietnamese monk, the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh. This began for me a journ ...
`Shodh Yatri to Sri Lanka to search for Buddha`s Foot-prints`
... 7. Mihintale: It is the place where Mahinda met king Devanampiyatissa. It is a famous pilgrimage centre in Sri Lanka. 8. Polannaruva : This was the capital of the Vijayabahu after the invasion of the Cholas from South India. It has many important monuments. 9. Sigiriya: It is locally known as Lion R ...
... 7. Mihintale: It is the place where Mahinda met king Devanampiyatissa. It is a famous pilgrimage centre in Sri Lanka. 8. Polannaruva : This was the capital of the Vijayabahu after the invasion of the Cholas from South India. It has many important monuments. 9. Sigiriya: It is locally known as Lion R ...
of Cross-Tradition Exchange Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Chandima Thero was born in Matara District in 1957. His early years as a monk resembled those of many other Sri Lankan Buddhist monks: pirivena (Buddhist monastic education) followed by university. In 1986, he had the chance to visit Malaysia, where he met the famous Sri Lankan missionary monk Ven. ...
... Chandima Thero was born in Matara District in 1957. His early years as a monk resembled those of many other Sri Lankan Buddhist monks: pirivena (Buddhist monastic education) followed by university. In 1986, he had the chance to visit Malaysia, where he met the famous Sri Lankan missionary monk Ven. ...
Buddhism for Today and Tomorrow
... The FWBO exists, we may say, to identify the absolute essentials of the Buddha’s teaching, and to make those essential principles known and relevant to people’s lives in the West. Since its founding in 1967, the FWBO has grown steadily. Not only has it become better known, but more and more individu ...
... The FWBO exists, we may say, to identify the absolute essentials of the Buddha’s teaching, and to make those essential principles known and relevant to people’s lives in the West. Since its founding in 1967, the FWBO has grown steadily. Not only has it become better known, but more and more individu ...
this PDF file - Universität Heidelberg
... heading of Buddhism and Jainism. These are primarily based on Buddhist material but include also a number of Jaina sources. Seven papers in the volume on Jaina Studies are also relevant to Buddhist studies. They demonstrate the interdependent nature of these two traditions and stress the need for ex ...
... heading of Buddhism and Jainism. These are primarily based on Buddhist material but include also a number of Jaina sources. Seven papers in the volume on Jaina Studies are also relevant to Buddhist studies. They demonstrate the interdependent nature of these two traditions and stress the need for ex ...
Buddhist Festival Ceremonies
... Hotei (Chinese, Pu-tai), “the Laughing Buddha,” based on the figure of a tenth-century Chinese round-bellied monk carrying a bulging sack full of the Dharma. In the Zen traditions Maitreya represents the potential each of us can bring to fruition through training. The Festival of Maitreya is traditi ...
... Hotei (Chinese, Pu-tai), “the Laughing Buddha,” based on the figure of a tenth-century Chinese round-bellied monk carrying a bulging sack full of the Dharma. In the Zen traditions Maitreya represents the potential each of us can bring to fruition through training. The Festival of Maitreya is traditi ...
d: Religious Perception of Foreign Tourists at Ancient Kelaniya Temple
... Most of the foreigners visit Kelaniya Temple, as they are guided at this site and they do not possess a sound knowledge about the religious or historical value of the site. Kelaniya Temple has been highlighted since ancient times with the third arrival of the Buddha to the island. The legend regardi ...
... Most of the foreigners visit Kelaniya Temple, as they are guided at this site and they do not possess a sound knowledge about the religious or historical value of the site. Kelaniya Temple has been highlighted since ancient times with the third arrival of the Buddha to the island. The legend regardi ...
Tiro,ku a Sutta
... intermediary preta) rather than the Buddhist (suffering) peta. In Aguttara [Jussoi Sutta] passage ―peta‖ may mean nothing more than ―departed.‖ (PvA:BM 35 n60) While almost all of the beings of four of the five realms have some sort of ―realm‖ or common spatial location, apparently only the pret ...
... intermediary preta) rather than the Buddhist (suffering) peta. In Aguttara [Jussoi Sutta] passage ―peta‖ may mean nothing more than ―departed.‖ (PvA:BM 35 n60) While almost all of the beings of four of the five realms have some sort of ―realm‖ or common spatial location, apparently only the pret ...
the Role of Cataphatic, Apophatic and Aesthetic
... and world arisen by chance) and 44 speculative views on the future (especially annihilationist ones). The Buddha’s main concern, in my opinion, is to acknowledge and criticise all wrong views of his time, so as to clear the way from any intellectual impediment to practising the Path to Liberation (s ...
... and world arisen by chance) and 44 speculative views on the future (especially annihilationist ones). The Buddha’s main concern, in my opinion, is to acknowledge and criticise all wrong views of his time, so as to clear the way from any intellectual impediment to practising the Path to Liberation (s ...
Buddhists in U.S. Agonize on AIDS Issue
... News From The Dharma Realm "Thinking that I had some extraordinary means of protection," he said, "I went ahead with my business as if something would take care of it for me." The Vajradhatu International is now based in Halifax, but it was founded 18 years ago in Boulder, where about 900 members n ...
... News From The Dharma Realm "Thinking that I had some extraordinary means of protection," he said, "I went ahead with my business as if something would take care of it for me." The Vajradhatu International is now based in Halifax, but it was founded 18 years ago in Boulder, where about 900 members n ...