Understanding Buddhism as `Religion` or `Science` ? Hidden
... want to write for people who have that same interest, in order to share what I have learned. But to write something about Buddhism in mainstream academic psychology is something rarely done. I did do it during my postgraduate education of psychoanalysis and it was accepted. But if you check the sci ...
... want to write for people who have that same interest, in order to share what I have learned. But to write something about Buddhism in mainstream academic psychology is something rarely done. I did do it during my postgraduate education of psychoanalysis and it was accepted. But if you check the sci ...
There is a legend the Buddha was once handed a flower and asked
... this intuitive consciousness using our rational mind—any more than we can grasp our own hand or see our own eye. The Zen masters devised ways to reach this repressed area of human consciousness. Some of their techniques—like meditation—were borrowed from Indian Buddhism, and some—like their antirati ...
... this intuitive consciousness using our rational mind—any more than we can grasp our own hand or see our own eye. The Zen masters devised ways to reach this repressed area of human consciousness. Some of their techniques—like meditation—were borrowed from Indian Buddhism, and some—like their antirati ...
Skilful Means: A Concept in Mahayana Buddhism
... other religious traditions should not be drawn in by those with the competence to do so. The religious culture of India is often regarded as multifaceted and flexible, though individual cults have a firm enough identity, while the style of religious practice in China and elsewhere in East Asia is wide ...
... other religious traditions should not be drawn in by those with the competence to do so. The religious culture of India is often regarded as multifaceted and flexible, though individual cults have a firm enough identity, while the style of religious practice in China and elsewhere in East Asia is wide ...
2 The Intersection of Neuroscience and Meditation
... interpret traditional discourse about meditation, especially in terms of meditative techniques and resultant states. In short, traditional accounts often describe techniques and resultant states that are measurable and repeatable; nevertheless, parts of the same account may also focus on issues that ...
... interpret traditional discourse about meditation, especially in terms of meditative techniques and resultant states. In short, traditional accounts often describe techniques and resultant states that are measurable and repeatable; nevertheless, parts of the same account may also focus on issues that ...
OF Master Hongyi`s Last Calligraphic Work - Papyrus
... Chinese characters and cultivated a full set of artistic skills to write them and aesthetic criteria to appreciate them. These were well based on the cultural values of Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. ...
... Chinese characters and cultivated a full set of artistic skills to write them and aesthetic criteria to appreciate them. These were well based on the cultural values of Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. ...
Development of The Hua-Yen school during the Tang Dynasty
... Several traditions of Buddhist thoughts and practices were witnessed by the Sui and early Tang dynasties that had neither the equivalents nor institutional antecedents in the ‘Western Regions.’ In its own way, each of Hua-yen, Tian-tai, Ching-tu, and Chan was a product of a truly novel interpretatio ...
... Several traditions of Buddhist thoughts and practices were witnessed by the Sui and early Tang dynasties that had neither the equivalents nor institutional antecedents in the ‘Western Regions.’ In its own way, each of Hua-yen, Tian-tai, Ching-tu, and Chan was a product of a truly novel interpretatio ...
- D-Scholarship@Pitt
... Studies at Pitt have provided me with adjunct teaching, teaching fellowships and tuition remission throughout much of my time at Pitt, while the P.E.O. Foundation offered me financial aid during my early years in the program. I am especially grateful for the support of two Andrew Mellon Doctoral Fel ...
... Studies at Pitt have provided me with adjunct teaching, teaching fellowships and tuition remission throughout much of my time at Pitt, while the P.E.O. Foundation offered me financial aid during my early years in the program. I am especially grateful for the support of two Andrew Mellon Doctoral Fel ...
The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover
... this intuitive consciousness using our rational mind—any more than we can grasp our own hand or see our own eye. The Zen masters devised ways to reach this repressed area of human consciousness. Some of their techniques—like meditation—were borrowed from Indian Buddhism, and some—like their antirati ...
... this intuitive consciousness using our rational mind—any more than we can grasp our own hand or see our own eye. The Zen masters devised ways to reach this repressed area of human consciousness. Some of their techniques—like meditation—were borrowed from Indian Buddhism, and some—like their antirati ...
ATINER`s Conference Paper Series HIS2015-1862
... 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 Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after t ...
... 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 Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after t ...
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 ...
10_chapter 4
... themselves in the daytime, and go out in the night as fox and mice. They corrupt customs and deprave religion, all that becomes progressively a habit. If it is not forbidden, it will grow worse.”9 Having listened to Dam Si Mong’s advice Ly Cao Tong ordered a large number of apprentice monks to retur ...
... themselves in the daytime, and go out in the night as fox and mice. They corrupt customs and deprave religion, all that becomes progressively a habit. If it is not forbidden, it will grow worse.”9 Having listened to Dam Si Mong’s advice Ly Cao Tong ordered a large number of apprentice monks to retur ...
Untitled - Hey Gluten Free
... the notion of a persisting self, in 1970 this man-with-no-name-notitle would become a homeless religious wanderer replete with wilderness robe. Finally, with a good sense for round numbers and the symbolism of the millennium, the year 2000 would witness “nirvana and willed death beyond death” (Selec ...
... the notion of a persisting self, in 1970 this man-with-no-name-notitle would become a homeless religious wanderer replete with wilderness robe. Finally, with a good sense for round numbers and the symbolism of the millennium, the year 2000 would witness “nirvana and willed death beyond death” (Selec ...
the development of chinese calligraphy
... prominent feature of Indian Buddhist steles. This fact suggests that by the Tang era Buddhists fully understood the political and cultural potency associated with this form as they assimilated into Chinese society.2 These written words were important both in textual content and artist form. The ins ...
... prominent feature of Indian Buddhist steles. This fact suggests that by the Tang era Buddhists fully understood the political and cultural potency associated with this form as they assimilated into Chinese society.2 These written words were important both in textual content and artist form. The ins ...
Untitled - UO Libraries
... Mahadeva, and his school was known as the Mahasangika (Great Council), while the orthodox was called the school of Sthaviras (Elders). Since then the two schools subdivided themselves into a number of minor sections, twenty of which are mentioned by Vasumitra. The book is highly interesting as throw ...
... Mahadeva, and his school was known as the Mahasangika (Great Council), while the orthodox was called the school of Sthaviras (Elders). Since then the two schools subdivided themselves into a number of minor sections, twenty of which are mentioned by Vasumitra. The book is highly interesting as throw ...
Buddhism and Sustainability-Related Organisational Practices: A Sri
... Given some individual papers/chapters in this thesis have been accepted for publication there is a switch between New Zealand English and American spelling in different parts of the thesis. i ...
... Given some individual papers/chapters in this thesis have been accepted for publication there is a switch between New Zealand English and American spelling in different parts of the thesis. i ...
The Buddhist Coleridge: Creating Space for The Rime of the Ancient
... (i.e., from an ignorant being to a Buddha). As an unawakened being, the Mariner perceives the natural environment as inferior to himself, and he fuels his own self-made concept of inferiority in order to solidify his own existence. The ignorant, ego-based desire to aggrandize the self becomes the i ...
... (i.e., from an ignorant being to a Buddha). As an unawakened being, the Mariner perceives the natural environment as inferior to himself, and he fuels his own self-made concept of inferiority in order to solidify his own existence. The ignorant, ego-based desire to aggrandize the self becomes the i ...
- ERA - University of Alberta
... As a concept that developed from European Christianity, however, “there cannot be a universal definition of religion, not only because its constituent elements and relationships are historically specific, but because that definition is itself the historical product of discursive processes” (Asad 199 ...
... As a concept that developed from European Christianity, however, “there cannot be a universal definition of religion, not only because its constituent elements and relationships are historically specific, but because that definition is itself the historical product of discursive processes” (Asad 199 ...
Basics of Practice - Nichiren Shoshu Myoshinji
... simply, there are two ultimate purposes for taking faith in this Buddhism. One is to realize an absolutely unshakable state of happiness in which there is boundless joy in being alive (attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime). The other is to realize an ideal society in ...
... simply, there are two ultimate purposes for taking faith in this Buddhism. One is to realize an absolutely unshakable state of happiness in which there is boundless joy in being alive (attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime). The other is to realize an ideal society in ...
Decline and Fall of Buddhism
... Neither of them started it, and their interests in interpreting it differently, if at all they did as claimed, had arisen out of political needs of the time. Those interested may see writings of Raosaheb Kasbe against this thinking. For our purpose, "Hindutwa" of any and all types have certain cardi ...
... Neither of them started it, and their interests in interpreting it differently, if at all they did as claimed, had arisen out of political needs of the time. Those interested may see writings of Raosaheb Kasbe against this thinking. For our purpose, "Hindutwa" of any and all types have certain cardi ...