Miracles and Superhuman Powers in South Asian Buddhist Literature
... Now, it is questionable whether Buddhist discourse ever developed a concept equivalent to what we might call natural law. The so-called law of karma is one often cited candidate, but there are others that need to be mentioned, like “dependent origination” (pratītyasamutpāda) and “the nature of thing ...
... Now, it is questionable whether Buddhist discourse ever developed a concept equivalent to what we might call natural law. The so-called law of karma is one often cited candidate, but there are others that need to be mentioned, like “dependent origination” (pratītyasamutpāda) and “the nature of thing ...
Gender and the soteriology debate in Buddhism: Is a
... female Buddha. In non-Tantric Buddhism, this question has long been a subject of debate, and thus far, it is assumed that a female Buddha is impossible. In my view, this latter conclusion is problematic and is not well supported in the traditional canonical literature. Therefore, the focus of this t ...
... female Buddha. In non-Tantric Buddhism, this question has long been a subject of debate, and thus far, it is assumed that a female Buddha is impossible. In my view, this latter conclusion is problematic and is not well supported in the traditional canonical literature. Therefore, the focus of this t ...
save - Dl4a.org
... and penetrating. None of these lands can be justly described as Buddhist in the same sense as Burma or Siam but Buddhism gave them a creed acceptable in different forms to superstitious, emotional and metaphysical minds: it provided subjects and models for art, especially for painting, and entered i ...
... and penetrating. None of these lands can be justly described as Buddhist in the same sense as Burma or Siam but Buddhism gave them a creed acceptable in different forms to superstitious, emotional and metaphysical minds: it provided subjects and models for art, especially for painting, and entered i ...
Daniel Miracapillo
... Again, Ānanda, a Bhikkhu – not attending to the perception of the base of nothingness, not attending to the perception of the base of neither-perception-nornon-perception- attends to the signless dependent on the signless concentration of mind [animitto cetosamādhi]. His mind enters into that signl ...
... Again, Ānanda, a Bhikkhu – not attending to the perception of the base of nothingness, not attending to the perception of the base of neither-perception-nornon-perception- attends to the signless dependent on the signless concentration of mind [animitto cetosamādhi]. His mind enters into that signl ...
The Arya Dharma of Sakya Muni, Gautama Buddha. The Ethics of
... Europe received its religion from the Asiatic Jews. Peter was a Gallilean fisherman, and Paul was a tentmaker of Tarsus. The founder of the religion was Jesus, son of a Jewish Carpenter of Nazareth. Islam was founded by Mohammed, who was by profession a supervisor of a caravan in service under an Ar ...
... Europe received its religion from the Asiatic Jews. Peter was a Gallilean fisherman, and Paul was a tentmaker of Tarsus. The founder of the religion was Jesus, son of a Jewish Carpenter of Nazareth. Islam was founded by Mohammed, who was by profession a supervisor of a caravan in service under an Ar ...
Chapter 5 PP India
... The Decline of the Guptas Invasion of the White Huns in the 4c signaled the end of the Gupta Golden Age, even though at first, the Guptas defeated them. After the decline of the Gupta empire, north India broke into a number of separate Hindu kingdoms and was not really unified again until the c ...
... The Decline of the Guptas Invasion of the White Huns in the 4c signaled the end of the Gupta Golden Age, even though at first, the Guptas defeated them. After the decline of the Gupta empire, north India broke into a number of separate Hindu kingdoms and was not really unified again until the c ...
buddhism/religion - Rare Oriental Books Company
... We do not send books on approval. Books are NOT returnable except when the book differs from the catalog the catalogue description. We are meticulous in our professional efforts to accurately catalogue [according to AACR rules] and describe our items. Unauthorized returns will be refused and returne ...
... We do not send books on approval. Books are NOT returnable except when the book differs from the catalog the catalogue description. We are meticulous in our professional efforts to accurately catalogue [according to AACR rules] and describe our items. Unauthorized returns will be refused and returne ...
1 Sanskrit Beyond Text: The Use of Bonji (Siddham) in Mandala and
... As noted above, the foci of this thesis are the Sanskrit letter hō mandara and the topographic landscape shrine mandala, or miya mandara. The deities in the hō mandara (also called a shūji mandara, 種字曼荼羅) are shown in their “seed-syllable” or shūji (Skt.: bija) form. Shūji (also given as [short “u”] ...
... As noted above, the foci of this thesis are the Sanskrit letter hō mandara and the topographic landscape shrine mandala, or miya mandara. The deities in the hō mandara (also called a shūji mandara, 種字曼荼羅) are shown in their “seed-syllable” or shūji (Skt.: bija) form. Shūji (also given as [short “u”] ...
Sabba Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... While science is based mainly of second and third-hand measurements, the Buddha‟s teaching is a first person discourse. In Western culture, when something is said to be “subjective” means that it is based merely on one‟s own ideas and opinions (that is, inside of oneself) and therefore should not be ...
... While science is based mainly of second and third-hand measurements, the Buddha‟s teaching is a first person discourse. In Western culture, when something is said to be “subjective” means that it is based merely on one‟s own ideas and opinions (that is, inside of oneself) and therefore should not be ...
GCSE Religious Studies A Specimen Question Paper Unit 12
... Do not write on the insert. Any work on the insert will not be marked. Do not place the insert into the answer booklet at the end of the examination. Answer either Question B5 or Question B6 on pages 10 to 16. There are 28 marks available. Four of these marks are for spelling, punctuation and gramma ...
... Do not write on the insert. Any work on the insert will not be marked. Do not place the insert into the answer booklet at the end of the examination. Answer either Question B5 or Question B6 on pages 10 to 16. There are 28 marks available. Four of these marks are for spelling, punctuation and gramma ...
How Mindfulness Becomes Mindlessness – A Hermeneutical
... circle. As noted by Gilhus, hermeneutics generally consists of “a reading that moves back and forth between the parts and the whole of the text, between its structure and meaning, between the reader’s horizon and the horizon of the text, and between the text and context” (Gilhus in: Stausberg & Engl ...
... circle. As noted by Gilhus, hermeneutics generally consists of “a reading that moves back and forth between the parts and the whole of the text, between its structure and meaning, between the reader’s horizon and the horizon of the text, and between the text and context” (Gilhus in: Stausberg & Engl ...
here - Steamboat Buddhist Center
... of the Vinaya, Sutra, Abhidharma, and their combination. Their purpose is to eliminate the 84,000 different types of disturbing emotions latent in one’s mind. Abhidharma. (Tib. chö ngön pa) The Buddhist teachings are often divided into the Tripitaka: the sutras (teachings of the Buddha), the Vinaya ...
... of the Vinaya, Sutra, Abhidharma, and their combination. Their purpose is to eliminate the 84,000 different types of disturbing emotions latent in one’s mind. Abhidharma. (Tib. chö ngön pa) The Buddhist teachings are often divided into the Tripitaka: the sutras (teachings of the Buddha), the Vinaya ...
ATINER`s Conference Paper Series HIS2015-1862
... person holds a great place; which is also known as the second turning of the wheel of law. This doctrine or philosophy has been preserved in a category of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of T ...
... person holds a great place; which is also known as the second turning of the wheel of law. This doctrine or philosophy has been preserved in a category of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of T ...
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
... practically. He takes upon himself the difficult task of establishing Buddhism in India as well as outside (Tibet, China etc.). Though Asvaghosa has been credited with a large number of works but out of these only three are taken to be absolutely authentic. These are Buddhacarita, Saundarananda and ...
... practically. He takes upon himself the difficult task of establishing Buddhism in India as well as outside (Tibet, China etc.). Though Asvaghosa has been credited with a large number of works but out of these only three are taken to be absolutely authentic. These are Buddhacarita, Saundarananda and ...
TIBETAN TOURIST THANGKAS IN THE KATHMANDU VALLEY
... Images and thangkas are recommended only in the preliminary stages of meditation as a focus for concentrating the mind. These stages are not included in the stidhana proper. “It is only after one has succeeded in training the mind that one can seriously start to meditate in order to advance along th ...
... Images and thangkas are recommended only in the preliminary stages of meditation as a focus for concentrating the mind. These stages are not included in the stidhana proper. “It is only after one has succeeded in training the mind that one can seriously start to meditate in order to advance along th ...
Secrets Sutra - The EverLife Foundation
... rendered it the world’s most didactic major religion, in reference to non-Buddhist religions Buddhism has shown an unparalleled tolerance for other views and a desire for finding common ground on the basis of shared human values. Sakyamuni had left a life-affirming, peace-loving tradition designed f ...
... rendered it the world’s most didactic major religion, in reference to non-Buddhist religions Buddhism has shown an unparalleled tolerance for other views and a desire for finding common ground on the basis of shared human values. Sakyamuni had left a life-affirming, peace-loving tradition designed f ...
Hinduism and Buddhism, Volume 1
... in their whole duration and extension over Eastern Asia is to choose a scene unsuited to any canvas which can be prepared at the present day. Not only is the breadth of the landscape enormous but in some places it is crowded with details which cannot be omitted while in others the principal features ...
... in their whole duration and extension over Eastern Asia is to choose a scene unsuited to any canvas which can be prepared at the present day. Not only is the breadth of the landscape enormous but in some places it is crowded with details which cannot be omitted while in others the principal features ...
SD 9 - The Dharmafarers
... The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta records the Buddha’s reason for choosing Kusinārā, a “remote jungle township,” to spend his last days, that is, it was the capital of an great ancient king Sudassana [§5.17-18]. His story is told in detail in the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17), which apparently is meant for t ...
... The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta records the Buddha’s reason for choosing Kusinārā, a “remote jungle township,” to spend his last days, that is, it was the capital of an great ancient king Sudassana [§5.17-18]. His story is told in detail in the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17), which apparently is meant for t ...
Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context
... CHAN AND ZEN STUDIES The state of the field(s) Bernard Faure ...
... CHAN AND ZEN STUDIES The state of the field(s) Bernard Faure ...
A STUDY OF THERAVĀDA BUDDHISM IN VIETNAM
... Vietnamese Buddhists to express their gratitude to King Asoka. Besides this, the Hoang-Gia-My’s genealogy register of this region also recorded an Asoka tower at Do Son2. In addition, the former Kingdom of Champa, in the present central region of Vietnam, which was founded in part by Indian colonist ...
... Vietnamese Buddhists to express their gratitude to King Asoka. Besides this, the Hoang-Gia-My’s genealogy register of this region also recorded an Asoka tower at Do Son2. In addition, the former Kingdom of Champa, in the present central region of Vietnam, which was founded in part by Indian colonist ...
D. T. Suzuki and the Question of War
... other nations. Rather, they are done only in order to further expand human knowledge and bring about the perfection of morality. Thus, if an aggressive country comes and obstructs one’s commerce or violates one’s rights, this would truly interrupt the progress of all humanity. In the name of religio ...
... other nations. Rather, they are done only in order to further expand human knowledge and bring about the perfection of morality. Thus, if an aggressive country comes and obstructs one’s commerce or violates one’s rights, this would truly interrupt the progress of all humanity. In the name of religio ...
Cliff Notes: Text and Image at Baodingshan
... earlier individual cave programs of Dunhuang, Yungang, and Longmen. Baodingshan was like a cave turned inside-out, its subject matter eclectic, and its mode of representation not truly akin to earlier carved or painted precedents [fig. 1]. Thus I began to search for the underlying motivation for suc ...
... earlier individual cave programs of Dunhuang, Yungang, and Longmen. Baodingshan was like a cave turned inside-out, its subject matter eclectic, and its mode of representation not truly akin to earlier carved or painted precedents [fig. 1]. Thus I began to search for the underlying motivation for suc ...
“Negative Side” of DT Suzuki`s Relationship to War
... society as a whole, he still must answer, as a Buddhist layman, for his actions in light of the precepts of the Buddhist faith, first and foremost the precept against taking life. In any event, my critique of Suzuki, either as a young man or later, has little or no connection to how much influence h ...
... society as a whole, he still must answer, as a Buddhist layman, for his actions in light of the precepts of the Buddhist faith, first and foremost the precept against taking life. In any event, my critique of Suzuki, either as a young man or later, has little or no connection to how much influence h ...