Mahayana Buddhism
... that the Truth was too deep and subtle to be comprehended by Sravakas and why the terse sayings of Buddhas were also unintelHgible to them. At the repeated request of Sariputra, Buddha agreed to explain the real aim of the Tathagatas only to those who had implict faith in him and not to those who we ...
... that the Truth was too deep and subtle to be comprehended by Sravakas and why the terse sayings of Buddhas were also unintelHgible to them. At the repeated request of Sariputra, Buddha agreed to explain the real aim of the Tathagatas only to those who had implict faith in him and not to those who we ...
pdf format - HH the Sakya Trizin
... beings and who has vowed to remain in samsara until liberation is won for all beings. Mahayana itself may be further divided into the Paramitayana - or Perfection Vehicle - also known as Cause Vehicle, according to which the Bodhisattva cultivates moral perfection as a cause for future Buddhahood; a ...
... beings and who has vowed to remain in samsara until liberation is won for all beings. Mahayana itself may be further divided into the Paramitayana - or Perfection Vehicle - also known as Cause Vehicle, according to which the Bodhisattva cultivates moral perfection as a cause for future Buddhahood; a ...
TO THE TEACHER: OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIT: To help students
... Bodhisattvas are enlightened beings who have put off entering paradise in order to help others attain enlightenment. There are many different Bodhisattvas, but the most famous in China is Avalokitesvara, known in Chinese as Guanyin. Bodhisattvas are usually depicted as less austere or inward than th ...
... Bodhisattvas are enlightened beings who have put off entering paradise in order to help others attain enlightenment. There are many different Bodhisattvas, but the most famous in China is Avalokitesvara, known in Chinese as Guanyin. Bodhisattvas are usually depicted as less austere or inward than th ...
traces of gandhāran buddhism - Institut für Indologie und Tibetologie
... A certain effort has been made with regard to establishing the origin and the Buddhist school from which the material stem. Regrettably most of the information available about the physical origin is quite scanty, and any archaeological survey has up until now been difficult. One probable place of or ...
... A certain effort has been made with regard to establishing the origin and the Buddhist school from which the material stem. Regrettably most of the information available about the physical origin is quite scanty, and any archaeological survey has up until now been difficult. One probable place of or ...
BD Sp12_10_Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
... many elderly lamas from whom I received teachings. They all passed away, one after the other. In recent years I had no connection with lamas of that generation except for Thinley Norbu. He was generous in accepting me as one of his students, and I had the great fortune of being in his presence over ...
... many elderly lamas from whom I received teachings. They all passed away, one after the other. In recent years I had no connection with lamas of that generation except for Thinley Norbu. He was generous in accepting me as one of his students, and I had the great fortune of being in his presence over ...
... brings good fortune" or "to the happy result in the future of such an act" (1996: 10). To reflect this sense of the positive "ripening" (vipāka) of the karma of actions, and to avoid the connotation of something being deserved,8 Peter Harvey translates puṇya as something "karmically fruitful," "kar ...
INTRODUCTION - Reggie Pawle
... and that discontinuities are, when one focuses on them, at least as obvious as continuity. (p. 3) Of the several schools of Chan Buddhism in China there were two that reached Japan. These two developed into the contemporary Rinzai and Soto schools (Fischer-Schreiber, Ehrhard, & Diener, 1991, p. 262) ...
... and that discontinuities are, when one focuses on them, at least as obvious as continuity. (p. 3) Of the several schools of Chan Buddhism in China there were two that reached Japan. These two developed into the contemporary Rinzai and Soto schools (Fischer-Schreiber, Ehrhard, & Diener, 1991, p. 262) ...
The Tower of Power`s Finest Hour: Stupa Construction and
... Stupa veneration enjoyed great popularity under the patronage of early Buddhist rulers such as Ashoka (304–232 B.C.E.) but became particularly prominent near the beginning of the Common Era, when a new religious movement, the Mahāyāna (“Great Vehicle”), began to appear, spreading northwest from In ...
... Stupa veneration enjoyed great popularity under the patronage of early Buddhist rulers such as Ashoka (304–232 B.C.E.) but became particularly prominent near the beginning of the Common Era, when a new religious movement, the Mahāyāna (“Great Vehicle”), began to appear, spreading northwest from In ...
The Different Paths of Buddhism : A Narrative
... theologian, because there was nothing to mediate, no organization to reform, no divinely inspired message to share with others, no organized ritual to perform or duties of office, and no deity upon which to reflect. The Buddha is best understood as a teacher, philosopher, and founder of a major world ...
... theologian, because there was nothing to mediate, no organization to reform, no divinely inspired message to share with others, no organized ritual to perform or duties of office, and no deity upon which to reflect. The Buddha is best understood as a teacher, philosopher, and founder of a major world ...
- ResearchOnline@JCU
... number of innovative ways; female teachers have been appointed, new methods of teaching have been explored and new ceremonies have been developed. Bur the Diamond Sangha has maintained many traditions of Japanese Zen Budd hism such as: the relationship between teacher and student; the means of appoi ...
... number of innovative ways; female teachers have been appointed, new methods of teaching have been explored and new ceremonies have been developed. Bur the Diamond Sangha has maintained many traditions of Japanese Zen Budd hism such as: the relationship between teacher and student; the means of appoi ...
The Iconography of Nepalese Buddhism
... peaceful and wrathful looking deities in Kathmandu valley. He will even be doubtful if these are Buddhist at all. Because in eravada Buddhist tradition they are famliar with the image of Shakyamuni Buddha, Dharmacakra symbol, stupa, or some devas connected with Buddha legends. However, this is not ...
... peaceful and wrathful looking deities in Kathmandu valley. He will even be doubtful if these are Buddhist at all. Because in eravada Buddhist tradition they are famliar with the image of Shakyamuni Buddha, Dharmacakra symbol, stupa, or some devas connected with Buddha legends. However, this is not ...
The Dalai Lama`s reputation in China
... whether they be humans, animals, gods or ghosts) age, die and are reborn again and again in a tiresome cycle called samsara. According to Buddhist doctrine, birth, life, ageing, illness and death are intrinsically unsatisfactory and painful but, even so, beings cling on to existence and continually ...
... whether they be humans, animals, gods or ghosts) age, die and are reborn again and again in a tiresome cycle called samsara. According to Buddhist doctrine, birth, life, ageing, illness and death are intrinsically unsatisfactory and painful but, even so, beings cling on to existence and continually ...
Three Philosophies and One Reality
... amazed that there could be a book written in Japanese which I was unable to understand at all. But although I could not understand it, I had the feeling that the book might contain important and valuable things. This was the start of what was to become forty years of study. And when at last I could ...
... amazed that there could be a book written in Japanese which I was unable to understand at all. But although I could not understand it, I had the feeling that the book might contain important and valuable things. This was the start of what was to become forty years of study. And when at last I could ...
Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their
... “Greater Vehicle” Buddhism, the movement that developed in India to promote universal liberation of all beings, with the bodhisattva or enlightening being as its ideal. In many different schools and cultural forms, this became and remains the Buddhism of Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and Vie ...
... “Greater Vehicle” Buddhism, the movement that developed in India to promote universal liberation of all beings, with the bodhisattva or enlightening being as its ideal. In many different schools and cultural forms, this became and remains the Buddhism of Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and Vie ...
BUSL-NC-Proceedings 2013 - Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka
... The BUSL has shown lot of bright signs to stand as a premier centre of Buddhist scholarship. The university has recently been equipped with more infrastructure facilities within a relatively very short period of time mainly due to the tremendous leadership of the present Vice Chancellor, Venerable P ...
... The BUSL has shown lot of bright signs to stand as a premier centre of Buddhist scholarship. The university has recently been equipped with more infrastructure facilities within a relatively very short period of time mainly due to the tremendous leadership of the present Vice Chancellor, Venerable P ...
Introduction to the Early Buddhist
... conduct all beings to cessation of sorrow. What the later doctrine teaches is the Mahāyāna or the ‘great vehicle’ which is calculated to transport a larger number of people, the whole community of humanity, over and beyond the sorrow of existence. This new doctrine, as is claimed by its followers, r ...
... conduct all beings to cessation of sorrow. What the later doctrine teaches is the Mahāyāna or the ‘great vehicle’ which is calculated to transport a larger number of people, the whole community of humanity, over and beyond the sorrow of existence. This new doctrine, as is claimed by its followers, r ...
Chapter 7: Creative Buddhas and Pure Lands in Renaissance Tibet
... primordial gnosis (ye shes, Skt. jñāna) of Buddhas. This divine ontology is complimented by a bifurcated epistemology, which accounts for the problem of suffering and impurity by delineating two contrasting modalities in which being and non-being are interpreted, and which we might term karmic and g ...
... primordial gnosis (ye shes, Skt. jñāna) of Buddhas. This divine ontology is complimented by a bifurcated epistemology, which accounts for the problem of suffering and impurity by delineating two contrasting modalities in which being and non-being are interpreted, and which we might term karmic and g ...
What is Sangha
... In our Sangha we are learning how to take care of each other and ourselves through our mindfulness practice and being aware of the impact of our words, actions and thoughts on others and ourselves. We are also taking care of the place where the teachings are given and received. So, the Sangha is an ...
... In our Sangha we are learning how to take care of each other and ourselves through our mindfulness practice and being aware of the impact of our words, actions and thoughts on others and ourselves. We are also taking care of the place where the teachings are given and received. So, the Sangha is an ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... eravāda was surprising. No panel was devoted either to Pali or to eravāda. Less than half a dozen papers used Pali sources, and the few papers on eravādin topics were mostly on culture (e.g., art history, Jātaka performance). Moreover, while I could not identify every name, I believe that no pape ...
... eravāda was surprising. No panel was devoted either to Pali or to eravāda. Less than half a dozen papers used Pali sources, and the few papers on eravādin topics were mostly on culture (e.g., art history, Jātaka performance). Moreover, while I could not identify every name, I believe that no pape ...
The Prince and the Monk: Shōtoku Worship in Shinran`s Buddhism
... strategy to sustain the authority of Buddhist institutions within the newly codified court system. By portraying Shōtoku as a learned scholar of Confucianism and Buddhism, historiographers not only aimed to eclipse the accomplishments of the ruling Soga clan members in Asuka but also sought legitima ...
... strategy to sustain the authority of Buddhist institutions within the newly codified court system. By portraying Shōtoku as a learned scholar of Confucianism and Buddhism, historiographers not only aimed to eclipse the accomplishments of the ruling Soga clan members in Asuka but also sought legitima ...
as a PDF
... Huayan Buddhism on the unobstructed inter-penetration of all things in the world. Putting side by side the three quotations which serve introductions to three of W&nhyo's major works on bodhisattva precepts, we can outline his thoughts on the topic as follows. The Huayan Buddhist idea of non-obstruc ...
... Huayan Buddhism on the unobstructed inter-penetration of all things in the world. Putting side by side the three quotations which serve introductions to three of W&nhyo's major works on bodhisattva precepts, we can outline his thoughts on the topic as follows. The Huayan Buddhist idea of non-obstruc ...
STUDY ON THE PHILOSOPHY AND
... daily life. Okakura (1964) has explained: The Sung allegory of the Three Vinegar Tasters explains admirably the trend of the three doctrines. Sakyamuni, Confucius 3 , and Lao Tzu4 once stood a jar of vinegar, -the emblem of life, and each dipped in his finger to taste the brew. As a matter of fact, ...
... daily life. Okakura (1964) has explained: The Sung allegory of the Three Vinegar Tasters explains admirably the trend of the three doctrines. Sakyamuni, Confucius 3 , and Lao Tzu4 once stood a jar of vinegar, -the emblem of life, and each dipped in his finger to taste the brew. As a matter of fact, ...