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 ...
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... inscription all over India, was literate. That is because of the many discrepancies, found in the edicts, which means that either the king or his mahamatyas had not bothered to read them or were unable to read them. Buddha’s or Mahavira’s literacy is not important. Probably they did not bother to h ...
... inscription all over India, was literate. That is because of the many discrepancies, found in the edicts, which means that either the king or his mahamatyas had not bothered to read them or were unable to read them. Buddha’s or Mahavira’s literacy is not important. Probably they did not bother to h ...
Buddhism, Mindfulness, and Transformative Politics
... And yet, there are some reasons to be cautious about seeing Buddhism as part of the political left or even as a promising ally. One set of concerns is philosophical: Buddhism comes with baggage that makes it an uneasy fit with a progressive left agenda, and which many European and American Buddhists ...
... And yet, there are some reasons to be cautious about seeing Buddhism as part of the political left or even as a promising ally. One set of concerns is philosophical: Buddhism comes with baggage that makes it an uneasy fit with a progressive left agenda, and which many European and American Buddhists ...
Thangka of Bhaishajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha Poster Packet Tibet, 14th century
... Western medical beliefs and practices, and the traditional Tibetan artistic technique of thangka painting. Below are some examples of possible discussion questions: • What shapes, symmetry, and organization can you find in this painting? (shapes include circles, ovals, straight lines, and rectangle ...
... Western medical beliefs and practices, and the traditional Tibetan artistic technique of thangka painting. Below are some examples of possible discussion questions: • What shapes, symmetry, and organization can you find in this painting? (shapes include circles, ovals, straight lines, and rectangle ...
Meditation on the Nature of Mind
... one’s own. Every one of us yearns for a happy life. No one deliberately works to create problems or suffering; each of us acts with the intention to bring about happier days. But because we focus on ourselves alone, caring little about others—because we operate out of an egoistic motivation—our acti ...
... one’s own. Every one of us yearns for a happy life. No one deliberately works to create problems or suffering; each of us acts with the intention to bring about happier days. But because we focus on ourselves alone, caring little about others—because we operate out of an egoistic motivation—our acti ...
Including the Theravada and Mahayana Traditions at the Beginning
... Our review and editing of the list were based on the presence in the reading materials of fundamental Buddhist principles; that is to say, the main criterion was that the reading material be based on proper Buddhadhamma / Buddhadharma • in accord with Dependent Origination (paticca-samuppada); • in ...
... Our review and editing of the list were based on the presence in the reading materials of fundamental Buddhist principles; that is to say, the main criterion was that the reading material be based on proper Buddhadhamma / Buddhadharma • in accord with Dependent Origination (paticca-samuppada); • in ...
World Rejection and Pure Land Buddhism in Japan
... layman, noble，or commoner—-who is there who does not seek refuge in it ? Moreover, the texts of the exoteric and esoteric teachings are not few, and their practices, both for relative and ultimate realization，are many. Those who are intelligent and diligent may not find them difficult，but how can on ...
... layman, noble，or commoner—-who is there who does not seek refuge in it ? Moreover, the texts of the exoteric and esoteric teachings are not few, and their practices, both for relative and ultimate realization，are many. Those who are intelligent and diligent may not find them difficult，but how can on ...
XIV Dalai Lama combined effort
... compassion and encouragement of peace. Further examples of this include his drafting a Five Point Peace Plan in 1987 for Tibet as a step towards a peaceful solution and his achievement of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. His life has become a model for all Buddhists especially those of the Sangha. The ...
... compassion and encouragement of peace. Further examples of this include his drafting a Five Point Peace Plan in 1987 for Tibet as a step towards a peaceful solution and his achievement of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. His life has become a model for all Buddhists especially those of the Sangha. The ...
buddhism - Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre
... It is a religious belief that had its birth when a wandering sage found enlightenment with its goal to have an impact that would spread throughout the whole of Asia. ...
... It is a religious belief that had its birth when a wandering sage found enlightenment with its goal to have an impact that would spread throughout the whole of Asia. ...
reclining figure of buddha entering nirvana
... The Buddha came out of the body of his mother from under her right arm, not her womb. At the time of his birth, crops started growing, trees appeared, and rare flowers started blooming. Due to these events, from that moment onwards, he was given the name Siddhartha in Sanskrit, or Tungye Drup in Tib ...
... The Buddha came out of the body of his mother from under her right arm, not her womb. At the time of his birth, crops started growing, trees appeared, and rare flowers started blooming. Due to these events, from that moment onwards, he was given the name Siddhartha in Sanskrit, or Tungye Drup in Tib ...
Nature’s No-Thingness: Holistic Eco-Buddhism and the Problem of Universal Identity
... Buddhist environmentalism I call “holistic eco-Buddhism”: one that draws on the Madhyamaka/Huayan doctrines of dependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda) and mutual non-obstruction (無礙 wu’ai) for inspiration towards a “holistic” or “deep ecological” environmental ethic founded on identification with ...
... Buddhist environmentalism I call “holistic eco-Buddhism”: one that draws on the Madhyamaka/Huayan doctrines of dependent origination (pratītyasamutpāda) and mutual non-obstruction (無礙 wu’ai) for inspiration towards a “holistic” or “deep ecological” environmental ethic founded on identification with ...
Reviews
... and the poetic flights of the Pure Land scriptures. He shows Shan-tao as an accomplished painter and poet himself, and offers evidence showing that the story of Shan-tao committing suicide to hasten his entry into the Pure Land was a later fabrication (Pas claims it was one of Shan-taoÕs disciples t ...
... and the poetic flights of the Pure Land scriptures. He shows Shan-tao as an accomplished painter and poet himself, and offers evidence showing that the story of Shan-tao committing suicide to hasten his entry into the Pure Land was a later fabrication (Pas claims it was one of Shan-taoÕs disciples t ...
Establishing Mindfulness - Calgary Insight Meditation Society
... passing away of everything and how this is unsatisfactory, causing us pain. It is the’ letting go’, the relinquishing, that take us towards liberation or freedom, which is the ultimate goal of Buddhist practice. JC: Well, I would like to thank you. Meditation and Buddhism are certainly alive and wel ...
... passing away of everything and how this is unsatisfactory, causing us pain. It is the’ letting go’, the relinquishing, that take us towards liberation or freedom, which is the ultimate goal of Buddhist practice. JC: Well, I would like to thank you. Meditation and Buddhism are certainly alive and wel ...
the mandala construction process the mandala construction process
... experience; that of Manjushri takes wisdom as the central focus; and that of Vajrapani emphasizes the need for courage and strength in the quest for sacred knowledge. ...
... experience; that of Manjushri takes wisdom as the central focus; and that of Vajrapani emphasizes the need for courage and strength in the quest for sacred knowledge. ...
The Paramis
... The clearest expression of the paramis as an entire path is perhaps found in Shantideva’s classic text from the eighth century, Bodhicaryavatara, or Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way, which is available in several English translations. This work is especially beloved by the Dalai Lama, who has publish ...
... The clearest expression of the paramis as an entire path is perhaps found in Shantideva’s classic text from the eighth century, Bodhicaryavatara, or Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way, which is available in several English translations. This work is especially beloved by the Dalai Lama, who has publish ...
18 religions and religious movements – ii
... on the recumbent bull Nandi,32 which cannot be earlier than the fifth century. Many works of Shivaite art and of Hindu art in general, dating back to between the fifth and the eighth century, have been discovered in Afghanistan. These include some 25 marble sculptures and other works of art.33 Recen ...
... on the recumbent bull Nandi,32 which cannot be earlier than the fifth century. Many works of Shivaite art and of Hindu art in general, dating back to between the fifth and the eighth century, have been discovered in Afghanistan. These include some 25 marble sculptures and other works of art.33 Recen ...
Effective Buddhist Approaches to World Peace
... ways of doing things. It would elapse into prejudice, polarity, negating other views and ways of life and ultimately negating people who are different from “us”. The Buddha sees this attachment to difference as one major cause of in-group and inter-group conflicts. Two thousand years later, this has ...
... ways of doing things. It would elapse into prejudice, polarity, negating other views and ways of life and ultimately negating people who are different from “us”. The Buddha sees this attachment to difference as one major cause of in-group and inter-group conflicts. Two thousand years later, this has ...
Engaged Buddhism and Deep Ecology: Beyond the Science
... practice the teachings and enjoy many of the blessings of the religious life, the Buddha held that the path to holiness could not be fully traversed among the occupations and interests of common life.” Thus, according to Theravada teachings, members of the laity are taught that the next best thing t ...
... practice the teachings and enjoy many of the blessings of the religious life, the Buddha held that the path to holiness could not be fully traversed among the occupations and interests of common life.” Thus, according to Theravada teachings, members of the laity are taught that the next best thing t ...
Buddhist Food Practices and Attitudes 9: 49-67. Among Contemporary Western Practitioners, Ecotheology,
... a popular doctrine developed the principle of ahimsa. Tathagatagarbha, inMahayana Buddhism, refers to the'Buddha within'or what is more commonly known as Buddha-Nature. According to this concept, all sentient beings have within them the potentiality to become Buddhas; thus the chicken on one's plate ...
... a popular doctrine developed the principle of ahimsa. Tathagatagarbha, inMahayana Buddhism, refers to the'Buddha within'or what is more commonly known as Buddha-Nature. According to this concept, all sentient beings have within them the potentiality to become Buddhas; thus the chicken on one's plate ...
Korean Buddhism: History--Condition--Art
... the boat would spring a leak and the whole place would be foundered. Such was science in the fourth century. It seems strange to us now, but ideas of that kind were rife in those days; in fact they have not yet disappeared from popular thought in Korea. I am not sure whether such ideas are connected ...
... the boat would spring a leak and the whole place would be foundered. Such was science in the fourth century. It seems strange to us now, but ideas of that kind were rife in those days; in fact they have not yet disappeared from popular thought in Korea. I am not sure whether such ideas are connected ...
No Hinayana in Buddhism
... 1) In the historical sense: Pre-Mahayanist schools are called Hinayana. 2) Modern Theravada is confused with Hinayana. 3) The term Hinayana is used for an internal part of the Mahayana/Vajrayana teaching. Let's have a closer look on these three usages. ...
... 1) In the historical sense: Pre-Mahayanist schools are called Hinayana. 2) Modern Theravada is confused with Hinayana. 3) The term Hinayana is used for an internal part of the Mahayana/Vajrayana teaching. Let's have a closer look on these three usages. ...