Book Dzyan Res. Rep. 4 6.5 - Eastern Tradition Research Institute
... the dhåtu to refer to the tathågata-garbha, or Buddha-nature, taken to be the emptiness of the mind. Buddhist schools sought to avoid emphasizing this teaching in any way which could be seen as holding a unitary eternal svabhåva, apparently because of the similarity of this idea to the Hindu åtman d ...
... the dhåtu to refer to the tathågata-garbha, or Buddha-nature, taken to be the emptiness of the mind. Buddhist schools sought to avoid emphasizing this teaching in any way which could be seen as holding a unitary eternal svabhåva, apparently because of the similarity of this idea to the Hindu åtman d ...
introduction and methodology
... The Indian Caste System is historically one of the main dimensions where people in India are socially differentiated through class, religion, region, tribe, gender, and language. Although this or other forms of differentiation exist in all human societies, it becomes a problem when one or more of th ...
... The Indian Caste System is historically one of the main dimensions where people in India are socially differentiated through class, religion, region, tribe, gender, and language. Although this or other forms of differentiation exist in all human societies, it becomes a problem when one or more of th ...
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... mature Tantric system and projects them backward over time onto an earlier period. Recently, however, scholars such as Robert H. Sharf have begun to point out the limitations of this approach to understanding the nature of Chinese Buddhism and religion3. This essay will address two inter-related que ...
... mature Tantric system and projects them backward over time onto an earlier period. Recently, however, scholars such as Robert H. Sharf have begun to point out the limitations of this approach to understanding the nature of Chinese Buddhism and religion3. This essay will address two inter-related que ...
Fathering Your Father: The Zen of Fabrication in Tang Buddhism
... an element in Shaolin monastery’s claim to own the Buddhist tradition, which allowed them to gain essential capital. The year 690 was recorded on two stelae inscribed at Shaolin Monastery. Besides Faru’s funerary stele, the Shaolin monks also inscribed a letter, sent to them in 621 by Prince Li Shim ...
... an element in Shaolin monastery’s claim to own the Buddhist tradition, which allowed them to gain essential capital. The year 690 was recorded on two stelae inscribed at Shaolin Monastery. Besides Faru’s funerary stele, the Shaolin monks also inscribed a letter, sent to them in 621 by Prince Li Shim ...
Yeshe Tsogyal: Symbol of Female Enlightenment, Empowerment
... Also referred to as ‘penetrating insight’. Since phenomena are not created, therefore, Mother Prajñāpāramitā should not be taken literally as a being who gives birth to a progeny. Rather, she is the symbolic ‘mother’, i.e. without whom; there would be no buddhas and bodhisattvas because without wisd ...
... Also referred to as ‘penetrating insight’. Since phenomena are not created, therefore, Mother Prajñāpāramitā should not be taken literally as a being who gives birth to a progeny. Rather, she is the symbolic ‘mother’, i.e. without whom; there would be no buddhas and bodhisattvas because without wisd ...
Racial Diversity in Buddhism in the U.S.
... memoir about her experiences growing up in the Jim Crow South and becoming both a Tibetan Buddhist and a scholar of Buddhism. Continuing to encourage this type of dialogue, in 2003 Turning Wheel published a more general edition on people of color and Buddhism. Guest editor Lewis Woods introduces the ...
... memoir about her experiences growing up in the Jim Crow South and becoming both a Tibetan Buddhist and a scholar of Buddhism. Continuing to encourage this type of dialogue, in 2003 Turning Wheel published a more general edition on people of color and Buddhism. Guest editor Lewis Woods introduces the ...
Transmission of Indian Buddhist Thought In East Asian Historiography
... religions and faiths Buddhism became more popular among the people of Central Asia and played the role to bring together divergent ethnicity in the region. Therefore, Buddhism became a very important ideology in the entire region for several centuries. The first step in the transmission of Buddhism ...
... religions and faiths Buddhism became more popular among the people of Central Asia and played the role to bring together divergent ethnicity in the region. Therefore, Buddhism became a very important ideology in the entire region for several centuries. The first step in the transmission of Buddhism ...
BRAHMANISM AND BUDDHISM: TWO ANTITHETIC
... With Brahmanism this conception of existence changed. The belief in reincarnations 14 arose and installed for ever in the Brahmanic system as an essential element, becoming a cultural dogma of India. A pessimist feeling took possession of Brahmanism. Human existence –it was thought – passes under th ...
... With Brahmanism this conception of existence changed. The belief in reincarnations 14 arose and installed for ever in the Brahmanic system as an essential element, becoming a cultural dogma of India. A pessimist feeling took possession of Brahmanism. Human existence –it was thought – passes under th ...
be lamps unto yourselves - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San
... Many have called these eight challenges of right relations the Middle Path, because Gotama discovered that extremes bring unhappiness. Over-indulgence has the same effect on a person as has the release of all tension on the strings of a violin. Conversely, extreme self-denial has the effect of tight ...
... Many have called these eight challenges of right relations the Middle Path, because Gotama discovered that extremes bring unhappiness. Over-indulgence has the same effect on a person as has the release of all tension on the strings of a violin. Conversely, extreme self-denial has the effect of tight ...
Back to Exhibition Index Palden Lhamo (dpal ldan lha mo) in her
... Below the main goddess are two figures, the animal-headed female attendents, Chu srin gdong can and Seng ge'i gdong can, who, by their presence, further confirm that this is the above stated form of the goddess. Chu srin gdong can, the "makara-headed" dakini to Palden Lhamo's right, is dark blue in ...
... Below the main goddess are two figures, the animal-headed female attendents, Chu srin gdong can and Seng ge'i gdong can, who, by their presence, further confirm that this is the above stated form of the goddess. Chu srin gdong can, the "makara-headed" dakini to Palden Lhamo's right, is dark blue in ...
The Taming of the Bull
... (5) The elephant is being led by the rope and the hook, and the monkey follows behind. There is less restlessness now; mainly full awareness is used. (6) Both the animals follow behind and the monk does not have to look back (he focusses his attention continuously on his mind); the rabbit (subtle re ...
... (5) The elephant is being led by the rope and the hook, and the monkey follows behind. There is less restlessness now; mainly full awareness is used. (6) Both the animals follow behind and the monk does not have to look back (he focusses his attention continuously on his mind); the rabbit (subtle re ...
B. R. Ambedkar and Buddhism in India
... and family names as caste and identity markers; Brahmins should abolish their names as Sharma, Tiwari, Chatturvedi etc., so that they can not be identified as Brahmins. The abolition of caste is for him a prerequisite of modernity. Japan and Turkey, who also had caste like structures and graded ineq ...
... and family names as caste and identity markers; Brahmins should abolish their names as Sharma, Tiwari, Chatturvedi etc., so that they can not be identified as Brahmins. The abolition of caste is for him a prerequisite of modernity. Japan and Turkey, who also had caste like structures and graded ineq ...
The electronic Journal of East and Central Asian Religions
... of their own. Let me present you with an example of this as a starter. It is rather characteristic that many of the spells featuring pseudo-Sanskrit are salvific and exorcistic in nature. As an example of this we have from the Lingbao yujian 靈寶玉鑑 [The Jade Speculum of the Lingbao [Tradition]],11 a c ...
... of their own. Let me present you with an example of this as a starter. It is rather characteristic that many of the spells featuring pseudo-Sanskrit are salvific and exorcistic in nature. As an example of this we have from the Lingbao yujian 靈寶玉鑑 [The Jade Speculum of the Lingbao [Tradition]],11 a c ...
Alan Wallace`s Buddhist Teachers
... and commentary on the classic treatise Parting From the Four Obsessions from the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism ...
... and commentary on the classic treatise Parting From the Four Obsessions from the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism ...
Special 20 Anniversary Issue Why Buddhism and the West Need Each Other:
... may be your spoil, and that you may make the orphans your prey” (10:2). Both speak on behalf of God, and both address themselves primarily to rulers who abuse their power. Of course, many more examples could be cited from the Bible: speaking truth to power, the prophets call for social justice for t ...
... may be your spoil, and that you may make the orphans your prey” (10:2). Both speak on behalf of God, and both address themselves primarily to rulers who abuse their power. Of course, many more examples could be cited from the Bible: speaking truth to power, the prophets call for social justice for t ...
Emergence of the Pure Land Path: The Mahayana Movement
... compassionate activity of bodhisattvas for whom meritorious action leading to enlightenment and the giving of their own merit to others are interfused. Other paramitas also emphasize the resolution to fulfill the bodhisattva vows for the enlightenment of all beings. Morreover, precepts or morality w ...
... compassionate activity of bodhisattvas for whom meritorious action leading to enlightenment and the giving of their own merit to others are interfused. Other paramitas also emphasize the resolution to fulfill the bodhisattva vows for the enlightenment of all beings. Morreover, precepts or morality w ...
The Enlightenment of Buddha
... The enlightenment of Gautama at Bodh Gaya was an epoch making event of tremendous significance to humankind. It made a huge impact on human consciousness and changed the future course of history both in India and outside. It is no wonder that a fifth of the world’s population today seeks to follow B ...
... The enlightenment of Gautama at Bodh Gaya was an epoch making event of tremendous significance to humankind. It made a huge impact on human consciousness and changed the future course of history both in India and outside. It is no wonder that a fifth of the world’s population today seeks to follow B ...