Voice of Buddha CD Booklet
... Written by Urgyen Sangharakshita Sitting under a tree one full moon night on the hot and dusty plains of Northern India at the height of the dry season, two and a half thousand years ago, a man called Siddhartha Gautama made a huge spiritual effort. Summoning up his prodigious powers of concentratio ...
... Written by Urgyen Sangharakshita Sitting under a tree one full moon night on the hot and dusty plains of Northern India at the height of the dry season, two and a half thousand years ago, a man called Siddhartha Gautama made a huge spiritual effort. Summoning up his prodigious powers of concentratio ...
buddhism - Discovery Education
... meditation until, at last, his plea was answered. This is the story that is told of the beginnings of one person’s spiritual journey, a journey that gave rise to the religion of Buddhism, “The Middle Way,” a path rejecting self- denial on the one hand and self-indulgence on the other. While meditati ...
... meditation until, at last, his plea was answered. This is the story that is told of the beginnings of one person’s spiritual journey, a journey that gave rise to the religion of Buddhism, “The Middle Way,” a path rejecting self- denial on the one hand and self-indulgence on the other. While meditati ...
The Imperial Law and the Buddhist Law
... there does, by what standard it should be so defined. For present pur poses, let me take a historical overview of how Buddhism took root, not among particular thinkers or a limited ruling elite，but widely among the people of Japan. I believe it is a significant approach to consider the stages throu ...
... there does, by what standard it should be so defined. For present pur poses, let me take a historical overview of how Buddhism took root, not among particular thinkers or a limited ruling elite，but widely among the people of Japan. I believe it is a significant approach to consider the stages throu ...
The Buddha Appears through the Individual
... In Mahayana Buddhism there are two kinds of Buddha-kaya (Buddha-body): 1) One is rupa -kaya and 2) the other is dharma -kaya. Shakyamuni Buddha is a good example of rupa-kaya (form-body). Whilst rupa-kaya refers to a Buddha who appears in this world by taking on form, dharma -kaya (Dharma-body) refe ...
... In Mahayana Buddhism there are two kinds of Buddha-kaya (Buddha-body): 1) One is rupa -kaya and 2) the other is dharma -kaya. Shakyamuni Buddha is a good example of rupa-kaya (form-body). Whilst rupa-kaya refers to a Buddha who appears in this world by taking on form, dharma -kaya (Dharma-body) refe ...
Development of Zen Buddhism in China
... and prayer, or above them, as one of the great activities of the religious life, or even as its only true activity. It has the full approval of philosophy as well as of theology. In early Buddhism it takes the place of prayer and worship and, though in later times ceremonies multiply, it still remai ...
... and prayer, or above them, as one of the great activities of the religious life, or even as its only true activity. It has the full approval of philosophy as well as of theology. In early Buddhism it takes the place of prayer and worship and, though in later times ceremonies multiply, it still remai ...
Journal of Eurasian Studies
... that allowed Buddhism to flourish. Testament to the thriving state of Buddhism is present in different sources, including Fa Huen’s account. At the same time, the rise of Saivism and Vaisnavism7 brought Buddhism closer to Hinduism and injected a new impetus into Buddhism. The Gupta patronization tow ...
... that allowed Buddhism to flourish. Testament to the thriving state of Buddhism is present in different sources, including Fa Huen’s account. At the same time, the rise of Saivism and Vaisnavism7 brought Buddhism closer to Hinduism and injected a new impetus into Buddhism. The Gupta patronization tow ...
The invisible Buddha
... beggars die, there are no comets seen; | The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.” (Act 2, Scene 2) The pious Buddhists, more familiar with tradition than with the Dharma, speculated on the nature of buddhahood, and in due course viewed the Buddha as “living on” or was eternal in som ...
... beggars die, there are no comets seen; | The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.” (Act 2, Scene 2) The pious Buddhists, more familiar with tradition than with the Dharma, speculated on the nature of buddhahood, and in due course viewed the Buddha as “living on” or was eternal in som ...
Buddhism: The Call to Awaken
... • Moral law of cause and effect • Karma is energy caused by action which produces an effect • Analogies: flame, pebble in pond • Possible problems with teaching? • How we influence karma: morality… ...
... • Moral law of cause and effect • Karma is energy caused by action which produces an effect • Analogies: flame, pebble in pond • Possible problems with teaching? • How we influence karma: morality… ...
Buddhism: The Call to Awaken
... • Moral law of cause and effect • Karma is energy caused by action which produces an effect • Analogies: flame, pebble in pond • Possible problems with teaching? • How we influence karma: morality… ...
... • Moral law of cause and effect • Karma is energy caused by action which produces an effect • Analogies: flame, pebble in pond • Possible problems with teaching? • How we influence karma: morality… ...
Journal of Global Buddhism - Sydney Insight Meditators
... teachers, but also by following developments in (and debates around) dharma practice and doctrine occurring in locales a long way from their native shores. The ...
... teachers, but also by following developments in (and debates around) dharma practice and doctrine occurring in locales a long way from their native shores. The ...
Gautama and Buddhism
... until hundreds of years after his death. Today, much of his life story is clouded in myths and legends which arose after his death. The best historians of our day have several different and even contradictory accounts of Gautama's life. The biography of Siddhartha Gautama was not recorded during his ...
... until hundreds of years after his death. Today, much of his life story is clouded in myths and legends which arose after his death. The best historians of our day have several different and even contradictory accounts of Gautama's life. The biography of Siddhartha Gautama was not recorded during his ...
Middle Path - Freewalt.com
... – some Buddhists worship the Buddha as a god, rejecting the Hindu gods • believe that Gautama grew a second brain when he became the Buddha ...
... – some Buddhists worship the Buddha as a god, rejecting the Hindu gods • believe that Gautama grew a second brain when he became the Buddha ...
53. Competing Conceptions of the Self in Kantian and Buddhist
... ethics emphasizes the distinct dignity of persons, founded on autonomy of the will, thus setting humanity apart from the rest of nature. So here is our core question: without these types of Kantian foundations, what is the justification for the Buddhist constrain on harming? Why is a Buddhist not al ...
... ethics emphasizes the distinct dignity of persons, founded on autonomy of the will, thus setting humanity apart from the rest of nature. So here is our core question: without these types of Kantian foundations, what is the justification for the Buddhist constrain on harming? Why is a Buddhist not al ...
Vajrasattva Puja (Dorje Sempa)
... Vajrasattva is Vajradhara, the primordial Buddha and principal Buddha of the five Buddha families. The manifest appearance is Vajrasattva but there is actually no specific separate being called Vajrasattva. Dorje Sempa means vajra mind. This is the same as Vajradhara, Dorje Chang in Tibetan, which m ...
... Vajrasattva is Vajradhara, the primordial Buddha and principal Buddha of the five Buddha families. The manifest appearance is Vajrasattva but there is actually no specific separate being called Vajrasattva. Dorje Sempa means vajra mind. This is the same as Vajradhara, Dorje Chang in Tibetan, which m ...
Buddhist Psychology - Authentic Leadership Center
... within the individual and, more importantly, each individual has the power to do something about their dissatisfaction. As outlined later in this paper, Buddhist psychology is designed to help us transcend our limited sense of self and experience real satisfaction with ourselves and the world (Dali ...
... within the individual and, more importantly, each individual has the power to do something about their dissatisfaction. As outlined later in this paper, Buddhist psychology is designed to help us transcend our limited sense of self and experience real satisfaction with ourselves and the world (Dali ...
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... Sirisanghabodhi, who was renowned for his compassion, who took vows for the welfare of the citizens, and was regarded as a mahāsatta. Many other kings of Sri Lanka from the 3rd century until the 15th century were also described as bodhisattvas and their royal duties were sometimes clearly associat ...
... Sirisanghabodhi, who was renowned for his compassion, who took vows for the welfare of the citizens, and was regarded as a mahāsatta. Many other kings of Sri Lanka from the 3rd century until the 15th century were also described as bodhisattvas and their royal duties were sometimes clearly associat ...
Ten Aspects of the Mahayana Eight Consciousnesses of the
... these images as cognition-only, just as they are in reality, they misconstrue them… What is the onepointed mind? It is the realization that: 'This image which is the focus of samādhi is cognition-only.' Having realized that, it is mental attention to suchness." Samdhinirmochana Sūtra, Chapter 8: the ...
... these images as cognition-only, just as they are in reality, they misconstrue them… What is the onepointed mind? It is the realization that: 'This image which is the focus of samādhi is cognition-only.' Having realized that, it is mental attention to suchness." Samdhinirmochana Sūtra, Chapter 8: the ...