Fabio Rambelli - NCC Center for the Study of Japanese Religions
... is placed, seems to indicate an attempt to separate it from the pollution of profane everyday life. (Hirayama 1949: 50) Still, normative statements such as the ones I have presented thus far are in direct contradiction with popularly held beliefs according to which the purchase of a new butsudan whe ...
... is placed, seems to indicate an attempt to separate it from the pollution of profane everyday life. (Hirayama 1949: 50) Still, normative statements such as the ones I have presented thus far are in direct contradiction with popularly held beliefs according to which the purchase of a new butsudan whe ...
The Seeker`s Glossary of Buddhism
... Buddhism, which first appeared a year ago. The text is a compendium of excerpts and quotations from some 350 works by monks, nuns, professors, scholars and other laypersons from nine different countries, in their own words or in translation. The editors have merely organized the material, adding a f ...
... Buddhism, which first appeared a year ago. The text is a compendium of excerpts and quotations from some 350 works by monks, nuns, professors, scholars and other laypersons from nine different countries, in their own words or in translation. The editors have merely organized the material, adding a f ...
Maitreya Images in Asian Buddhist Fine Arts - Harvard
... into one of the three largest religions in the world. Moreover, as the Saviour, Maitreya becames a popular global cult. 2.3. The Maitreya cult in the contemporary era The Maitreya cult has left its imprint on the development of Buddhism over its 2000-year history. In terms of material culture, the M ...
... into one of the three largest religions in the world. Moreover, as the Saviour, Maitreya becames a popular global cult. 2.3. The Maitreya cult in the contemporary era The Maitreya cult has left its imprint on the development of Buddhism over its 2000-year history. In terms of material culture, the M ...
Mount Meru - Just be Good
... What is the one thing that sets Buddhism apart from all other religions? • Blind faith is not only not required, it is discouraged. • Instead, questioning and investigating is encouraged, so that we can make our own informed decisions about the path we want to take for ourselves. ...
... What is the one thing that sets Buddhism apart from all other religions? • Blind faith is not only not required, it is discouraged. • Instead, questioning and investigating is encouraged, so that we can make our own informed decisions about the path we want to take for ourselves. ...
The Quintessence of Secret (Esoteric) Buddhism
... Join your hands at the forehead level without touching it, and continuously recite the name of God, Buddha or any other spiritual leader's name. In five to thirty minutes, you will feel an external force that either moves your arms, or forms Mudra with your fingers. Your hands may be moved apart, up ...
... Join your hands at the forehead level without touching it, and continuously recite the name of God, Buddha or any other spiritual leader's name. In five to thirty minutes, you will feel an external force that either moves your arms, or forms Mudra with your fingers. Your hands may be moved apart, up ...
Chapter 1 - Stanford University
... conceived the caste system during the second millenium BCE (Flood 36). They describe four main castes (or varnas) which loosely correspond to the occupations of priest, warrior/ruler, merchant, and laborer. There is little mention of untouchables, a fifth and lowest group technically outside the sy ...
... conceived the caste system during the second millenium BCE (Flood 36). They describe four main castes (or varnas) which loosely correspond to the occupations of priest, warrior/ruler, merchant, and laborer. There is little mention of untouchables, a fifth and lowest group technically outside the sy ...
Kingship and Religion in Tibet research plan
... theories of kingship. In addition, the project shall analyze the Buddhist transformation of Tibetan kingship both in the imperial and in the post-imperial periods, and consider the competing depictions of the early kings. All of this shall be achieved through a focus on three complementary themes: 1 ...
... theories of kingship. In addition, the project shall analyze the Buddhist transformation of Tibetan kingship both in the imperial and in the post-imperial periods, and consider the competing depictions of the early kings. All of this shall be achieved through a focus on three complementary themes: 1 ...
Being Peace
... The root word "budh" means to wake up, to know, to understand. A person who wakes up and understands is called a Buddha. It is as simple as that. The capacity to wake up, to understand, and to love is called Buddha nature. When Buddhists say, "I take refuge in the Buddha," they are expressing trust ...
... The root word "budh" means to wake up, to know, to understand. A person who wakes up and understands is called a Buddha. It is as simple as that. The capacity to wake up, to understand, and to love is called Buddha nature. When Buddhists say, "I take refuge in the Buddha," they are expressing trust ...
Winter 2014 pdf - Journal of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives
... I cannot really remember the being I was. Much has changed and my life is so very different now to how it used to be. I entered Shasta Abbey with a mass of unresolved issues, pain, anxiety and desperation all jumbled up within me. As the meditation enabled me to accept and acknowledge more of that t ...
... I cannot really remember the being I was. Much has changed and my life is so very different now to how it used to be. I entered Shasta Abbey with a mass of unresolved issues, pain, anxiety and desperation all jumbled up within me. As the meditation enabled me to accept and acknowledge more of that t ...
Awaken to the Buddha Within
... three may realize it, there was no certainty that a man of eighty could practice it. The master in our story was absolutely right. It is one thing to know what we are supposed to do; doing so is an entirely different matter. But without doing what is good, we will be unable to benefit others or ours ...
... three may realize it, there was no certainty that a man of eighty could practice it. The master in our story was absolutely right. It is one thing to know what we are supposed to do; doing so is an entirely different matter. But without doing what is good, we will be unable to benefit others or ours ...
i-xxiv*.Japanese Myth.FM
... forms, of Buddhism. The sects emphasized different teachings from BUDDHA and about him. Gradually they came to have different attitudes about the nature of the universe and how enlightenment might be reached. While they agreed on many points, the differences set the sects apart. The most important f ...
... forms, of Buddhism. The sects emphasized different teachings from BUDDHA and about him. Gradually they came to have different attitudes about the nature of the universe and how enlightenment might be reached. While they agreed on many points, the differences set the sects apart. The most important f ...
BUDDHIST DEITIES AND MANTRAS IN THE HINDU TANTRAS: I
... Tantric texts and that the Hindu Tantras are borrowed from the Buddhist Tantras. Bhattacharyya addresses not only the iconography but also the deity mantras on the basis of such texts as the Sādhanamālā (SM). He concludes that Chinnamastā and the eight manifestations of Tārā known as Tārā, U ...
... Tantric texts and that the Hindu Tantras are borrowed from the Buddhist Tantras. Bhattacharyya addresses not only the iconography but also the deity mantras on the basis of such texts as the Sādhanamālā (SM). He concludes that Chinnamastā and the eight manifestations of Tārā known as Tārā, U ...
Compassion beyond boundaries, solidarity beyond beliefs
... interreligious cooperation on behalf of those who suffer now and in the future. The thesis illustrates some of the ways in which interreligious cooperation can grow out of a common concern for those who suffer. It also illustrates how such cooperation can foster mutual respect as well as ongoing eff ...
... interreligious cooperation on behalf of those who suffer now and in the future. The thesis illustrates some of the ways in which interreligious cooperation can grow out of a common concern for those who suffer. It also illustrates how such cooperation can foster mutual respect as well as ongoing eff ...
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
... Elements of this Indian religion are also present in Siddhartha. Hinduism is not as dogmatic as Christianity, or even as Buddhism. One important -perhaps the most important - aspect of Hinduism is the concept of the Search or Quest for Truth. Whereas the Buddhist and the Christian each has a specifi ...
... Elements of this Indian religion are also present in Siddhartha. Hinduism is not as dogmatic as Christianity, or even as Buddhism. One important -perhaps the most important - aspect of Hinduism is the concept of the Search or Quest for Truth. Whereas the Buddhist and the Christian each has a specifi ...
tathāgatagarbha, emptiness, and monism
... difference is that the former group of scholars see Mahāyāna in general as monistic while the latter do not. This essay is concerned with this question of the equation of pratītyasamutpāda,śūnyatā, and tathāgatagarbha and the related issue of whether or not tathāgatagarbha thought represents a form ...
... difference is that the former group of scholars see Mahāyāna in general as monistic while the latter do not. This essay is concerned with this question of the equation of pratītyasamutpāda,śūnyatā, and tathāgatagarbha and the related issue of whether or not tathāgatagarbha thought represents a form ...
The Religious Information Practices of New Kadampa Buddhists
... compassion) then the practitioner holds this object single-pointedly in concentration for as long as possible. Through continual training in the meditation on compassion, eventually and gradually it will become inseparable from the mind. Compassion becomes an instinct that accompanies every action o ...
... compassion) then the practitioner holds this object single-pointedly in concentration for as long as possible. Through continual training in the meditation on compassion, eventually and gradually it will become inseparable from the mind. Compassion becomes an instinct that accompanies every action o ...
Japanese Mythology A to Z
... No kami is all-powerful or flawless. Often in Japanese myths, the ujikami do things that a human might, getting into trouble or upsetting others. In this way, they are like Greek or Roman gods. In early Japan, shrines to the kami were generally not very elaborate, nor were most prayers or rituals ad ...
... No kami is all-powerful or flawless. Often in Japanese myths, the ujikami do things that a human might, getting into trouble or upsetting others. In this way, they are like Greek or Roman gods. In early Japan, shrines to the kami were generally not very elaborate, nor were most prayers or rituals ad ...
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Mindfulness: A Dialogue between Buddhism and Clinical
... The Context of Mindfulness in Buddhism In the Buddha’s noble eightfold path, right mindfulness (samma sati) features as the seventh factor in an integrated ten-factored path of intellectual, ethical, meditative, and wisdom training. As such, any consideration of mindfulness in the Buddhist context c ...
... The Context of Mindfulness in Buddhism In the Buddha’s noble eightfold path, right mindfulness (samma sati) features as the seventh factor in an integrated ten-factored path of intellectual, ethical, meditative, and wisdom training. As such, any consideration of mindfulness in the Buddhist context c ...
Waking up to the Present: Vipassana Meditation and the Body
... alternative and complementary forms of medicine rose from 7.6% to 9.4% between 2002 and 2007 (Barnes, Bloom, & Nahin, 2008) in addition to the aforementioned increases in vipassana practitioners since the 1960s. Despite this long period of increasing numbers of Theravada Buddhists and meditation pra ...
... alternative and complementary forms of medicine rose from 7.6% to 9.4% between 2002 and 2007 (Barnes, Bloom, & Nahin, 2008) in addition to the aforementioned increases in vipassana practitioners since the 1960s. Despite this long period of increasing numbers of Theravada Buddhists and meditation pra ...
The Development of the Tathāgatagarbha in the Early Mahāyāna
... dharmakāya, nirvāṇa, bodhicitt… and carried the buddhadhātu pratītyasamutpāda 2 doctrine in later Mahāyāna traditions. It is interesting to look at how the tathāgatagarbha came to appearance developing through the early Buddhism. Systematic research on this issue began in the early twentieth century ...
... dharmakāya, nirvāṇa, bodhicitt… and carried the buddhadhātu pratītyasamutpāda 2 doctrine in later Mahāyāna traditions. It is interesting to look at how the tathāgatagarbha came to appearance developing through the early Buddhism. Systematic research on this issue began in the early twentieth century ...
Can Compassionate Practice Also Be Good Legal Practice
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-i 800s. 5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two ...
... consider the stories of the fifteen participants in this project, it is important to sketch out some broader descriptive parameters about Buddhists in the United States. There has been a Buddhist presence in America since at least the mid-i 800s. 5 From its inception, Buddhism in America has had two ...
Two Versions of the Mahādeva Tale in the Ekottarika‐āgama
... and hair, putting on the three Dharma robes and out of firm faith go forth to train in the path to leave these many troubles behind.’22 “At that time King Mahādeva said to his first[born], the crown prince by the name of Dīrghāyu: ‘Dear, do you know that on my head a white hair has appeared? My inte ...
... and hair, putting on the three Dharma robes and out of firm faith go forth to train in the path to leave these many troubles behind.’22 “At that time King Mahādeva said to his first[born], the crown prince by the name of Dīrghāyu: ‘Dear, do you know that on my head a white hair has appeared? My inte ...