Western Self, Asian Other: Modernity, Authenticity, and Nostalgia Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Buddhists, who, though certainly worthy of study, appear to be marginal to the main project of Buddhist Studies, which is overtly concerned with a non-Western Other. The discourse concerning Buddhist modernism has carried with it a subtle claim that so-called “modern” Buddhists— who would not necess ...
... Buddhists, who, though certainly worthy of study, appear to be marginal to the main project of Buddhist Studies, which is overtly concerned with a non-Western Other. The discourse concerning Buddhist modernism has carried with it a subtle claim that so-called “modern” Buddhists— who would not necess ...
The Mandala of Chenrezig
... According to Buddhist history, the purpose, meanings, and techniques involved in the spiritual art of sand mandala painting were taught by Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha (Fully Awakened One), in the sixth century BCE in India. This tradition has been preserved over the past 2,500 years in an unbr ...
... According to Buddhist history, the purpose, meanings, and techniques involved in the spiritual art of sand mandala painting were taught by Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha (Fully Awakened One), in the sixth century BCE in India. This tradition has been preserved over the past 2,500 years in an unbr ...
DO THE TIBETAN TRANSLATIONS OF INDIAN BUDDHIST TEXTS
... early written materials from the Silk-Road region, most notably the textual materials discovered at Tun-huang which, excepting the large amount of Buddhist material, are mainly of an administrative nature consisting of communiqués between Lhasa and the various outposts on the edge of the newly-creat ...
... early written materials from the Silk-Road region, most notably the textual materials discovered at Tun-huang which, excepting the large amount of Buddhist material, are mainly of an administrative nature consisting of communiqués between Lhasa and the various outposts on the edge of the newly-creat ...
Moore Post Canonical Buddhist Political Thought
... texts governing monastic life, since those texts are viewed as authentic and authoritative by all modern sects of Buddhism.1 In this paper I turn to investigate Buddhist normative political theorizing after the early or Canonical period, which (following Collins2 and Bechert3) I treat as beginning d ...
... texts governing monastic life, since those texts are viewed as authentic and authoritative by all modern sects of Buddhism.1 In this paper I turn to investigate Buddhist normative political theorizing after the early or Canonical period, which (following Collins2 and Bechert3) I treat as beginning d ...
Mahayana Buddhism and Gross National Happiness in Bhutan
... bad. Bad deeds and decreased happiness, upon rebirth, means entry into the asura realm, where there is envy and greed for power. Bad deeds also lead to the animal realm in which a sentient being is hunted or slaughtered; the hell realm where suffering is harsh and very long; and hungry ghosts, due t ...
... bad. Bad deeds and decreased happiness, upon rebirth, means entry into the asura realm, where there is envy and greed for power. Bad deeds also lead to the animal realm in which a sentient being is hunted or slaughtered; the hell realm where suffering is harsh and very long; and hungry ghosts, due t ...
Ln 12a Buddhism
... investigation (vibhajyavada), for they both found that there could be no final answers to some of the difficult questions of cosmology, ontology, theology, and eschatology. Fatalists or Determinists like Makkhali Gosala, extreme karma-determinists like Mahavira and so on. All these religious teacher ...
... investigation (vibhajyavada), for they both found that there could be no final answers to some of the difficult questions of cosmology, ontology, theology, and eschatology. Fatalists or Determinists like Makkhali Gosala, extreme karma-determinists like Mahavira and so on. All these religious teacher ...
Rational BUDDHISM
... What Katagiri is suggesting is a kind of meditation that is the oldest and most basic in Buddhism. It was employed by the Buddha himself, and is still used by millions of Buddhists today. You focus on your breathing. When you realize you are lost in thoughts, you gently bring your attention back to ...
... What Katagiri is suggesting is a kind of meditation that is the oldest and most basic in Buddhism. It was employed by the Buddha himself, and is still used by millions of Buddhists today. You focus on your breathing. When you realize you are lost in thoughts, you gently bring your attention back to ...
Alternative Traditions
... I direct my attention to an important new overview of the Tibetan religious world and to a short account of the spread of ‘Lamaism’ in Mongolia, both of which stress the importance of political and economic factors. In between, I glance at the autobiography of a contemporary Gelugpa monk, the nobili ...
... I direct my attention to an important new overview of the Tibetan religious world and to a short account of the spread of ‘Lamaism’ in Mongolia, both of which stress the importance of political and economic factors. In between, I glance at the autobiography of a contemporary Gelugpa monk, the nobili ...
vision for the center - Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
... Insight appear in him yoked evenly together…”so that one can fully see and understand the complete Buddha Dhamma. Many Buddhists agree that it is truly time for an American Sangha using English for the primary teaching language to arise and move forward to help preserve Buddhism. This has been broug ...
... Insight appear in him yoked evenly together…”so that one can fully see and understand the complete Buddha Dhamma. Many Buddhists agree that it is truly time for an American Sangha using English for the primary teaching language to arise and move forward to help preserve Buddhism. This has been broug ...
The Resources of Buddhist Ecology - University of San Diego Home
... Nonetheless, the natural world was central to the Indic Buddhist conception of human flourishing-perhaps, in part, because of the urbanizing environment in which it was born. While nature as a value in and of itself may not have played a major role in the development of early Buddhist thought and pr ...
... Nonetheless, the natural world was central to the Indic Buddhist conception of human flourishing-perhaps, in part, because of the urbanizing environment in which it was born. While nature as a value in and of itself may not have played a major role in the development of early Buddhist thought and pr ...
The Taste of Freedom
... All this was about to change. The coming years would see the emergence into greater prominence of the Manjushri Institute, Throssel Hole Priory, Chögyam Trungpa's Dharmadhatu network, Tarthang Tulku's Nyingma movement, and a number of other organizations dedicated to committed Dharma practice. The F ...
... All this was about to change. The coming years would see the emergence into greater prominence of the Manjushri Institute, Throssel Hole Priory, Chögyam Trungpa's Dharmadhatu network, Tarthang Tulku's Nyingma movement, and a number of other organizations dedicated to committed Dharma practice. The F ...
Chapter 16 Exam - multiple choice
... After the persecution of 445 c.e., which Indian meditation-master's travel to China would initiate a new and profoundly important tradition in the history of Mahayana Buddhism? ...
... After the persecution of 445 c.e., which Indian meditation-master's travel to China would initiate a new and profoundly important tradition in the history of Mahayana Buddhism? ...
File - Year 11-12 Studies of Religion 2Unit 2013-4
... The fourth truth indicates the way to this removal of suffering. This is by means of the Noble Eightfold Path, which formed Gautama Buddha’s basic teaching on Buddhist life-style. Right: Understanding thought Speech action Livelihood effort Mindfulness concentration ...
... The fourth truth indicates the way to this removal of suffering. This is by means of the Noble Eightfold Path, which formed Gautama Buddha’s basic teaching on Buddhist life-style. Right: Understanding thought Speech action Livelihood effort Mindfulness concentration ...
The Novice - Stephen Schettini
... to seek it; it doesn’t just come to you out of the clouds. I’ve read several books published in the last few years by authors who claim to have been granted sudden enlightenment, or views of ultimate truth, or insight into real reality. There’s nothing new in these claims, and I think they’re mad ...
... to seek it; it doesn’t just come to you out of the clouds. I’ve read several books published in the last few years by authors who claim to have been granted sudden enlightenment, or views of ultimate truth, or insight into real reality. There’s nothing new in these claims, and I think they’re mad ...
Buddhism: The Call to Awaken
... To live is to suffer(dukkha). Suffering is caused by desire(tanha). Suffering can be brought to cessation. The solution to suffering is the noble ...
... To live is to suffer(dukkha). Suffering is caused by desire(tanha). Suffering can be brought to cessation. The solution to suffering is the noble ...
The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan
... simply as a way of internalizing and reinforcing the teachings, while others, such as Gen Nyi-ma, understand debate to be also a mode of inquiry into the scholastic tradition. Dreyfus reports that many scholars, once they have mastered the rules, speak of an “exhilarating sense of openness that deba ...
... simply as a way of internalizing and reinforcing the teachings, while others, such as Gen Nyi-ma, understand debate to be also a mode of inquiry into the scholastic tradition. Dreyfus reports that many scholars, once they have mastered the rules, speak of an “exhilarating sense of openness that deba ...
An Interpersonal Exploration of Zen Buddhism
... interpretation of what Zen Buddhism exists as. This personal experience with Zen Buddhism, rather than the objective fact of ‘being Buddhist,’ may result in a wide variety of conceptions of what it means to exist as a Buddhist, as well as practice Zen Buddhism. Therefore, looking at the experiential ...
... interpretation of what Zen Buddhism exists as. This personal experience with Zen Buddhism, rather than the objective fact of ‘being Buddhist,’ may result in a wide variety of conceptions of what it means to exist as a Buddhist, as well as practice Zen Buddhism. Therefore, looking at the experiential ...
- Moving Dharma
... individuality and freedom. U.S. convert Buddhists may often find themselves exercising this spirit of autonomy in a twice-removed Buddhist inheritance. A first layer exists between the Westerners bringing or Asians taking Buddhism from East to West, and the changes resulting from this transition. A ...
... individuality and freedom. U.S. convert Buddhists may often find themselves exercising this spirit of autonomy in a twice-removed Buddhist inheritance. A first layer exists between the Westerners bringing or Asians taking Buddhism from East to West, and the changes resulting from this transition. A ...
BUDDHISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN TRADITIONAL VIETNAM by
... Buddhism from the beginning. Although the political role of the monks was not dominant as before, their influence was still very strong, and Buddhism was given the widest freedom and support ever known in traditional Vietnam. More learned than their predecessors, the Ly emperors appreciated Buddhism ...
... Buddhism from the beginning. Although the political role of the monks was not dominant as before, their influence was still very strong, and Buddhism was given the widest freedom and support ever known in traditional Vietnam. More learned than their predecessors, the Ly emperors appreciated Buddhism ...
