Siddhartha
... legend holds that when he was conceived, a white elephant painlessly entered the side of his mother, Queen Maya.When the time came for his birth, he is said to have sprung from his mother’s side. He then took seven steps and proclaimed that he was born to achieve bodhi (awakening) for the good of th ...
... legend holds that when he was conceived, a white elephant painlessly entered the side of his mother, Queen Maya.When the time came for his birth, he is said to have sprung from his mother’s side. He then took seven steps and proclaimed that he was born to achieve bodhi (awakening) for the good of th ...
S t Zen in Meiji Japan: The Life and Times of Nishiari
... TheBuddhistleadersoftheMeijiPeriodhadtorespondnotonlytogovernment pressure–likeorderstoclarifytheboundariesanddoctrinesoftheirrespectivesects,orthe decriminalizationofpriests’marrying–buttheywerealsochallengedbythevigorousandvital laycentered“NewBuddhi ...
... TheBuddhistleadersoftheMeijiPeriodhadtorespondnotonlytogovernment pressure–likeorderstoclarifytheboundariesanddoctrinesoftheirrespectivesects,orthe decriminalizationofpriests’marrying–buttheywerealsochallengedbythevigorousandvital laycentered“NewBuddhi ...
The Skillful Handling of Poison: Bodhicitta and the
... Prajñākaramati refers explicitly to the body of a human being, but in keeping with Śāntideva’s text as a whole, I take it in a broader sense as also indicating the kleśas, the mental afflictions like anger and craving which are Śāntideva’s main opponents, and as we will see, his sometimes alli ...
... Prajñākaramati refers explicitly to the body of a human being, but in keeping with Śāntideva’s text as a whole, I take it in a broader sense as also indicating the kleśas, the mental afflictions like anger and craving which are Śāntideva’s main opponents, and as we will see, his sometimes alli ...
Buddhism and Ideology in Japan, 1868-1931
... War I, the prominent Japanese philosopher and cultural historian Watsuji Tetsurō (18891960) was in search of “authentic” culture. He sought to recover the authentic Japanese culture that was, he believed, vanishing from his increasingly modern society. In a vast body of work that spanned nearly five ...
... War I, the prominent Japanese philosopher and cultural historian Watsuji Tetsurō (18891960) was in search of “authentic” culture. He sought to recover the authentic Japanese culture that was, he believed, vanishing from his increasingly modern society. In a vast body of work that spanned nearly five ...
Zen Buddhism and Media - DUO
... from both science of religion and media science are required. David L. McMahan has discussed how Buddhism changed when faced with modernity and the Western world from the end of the 18th century and onward. New “hybrid” appearances of Buddhism, both in the West and in the East, that emerged as a res ...
... from both science of religion and media science are required. David L. McMahan has discussed how Buddhism changed when faced with modernity and the Western world from the end of the 18th century and onward. New “hybrid” appearances of Buddhism, both in the West and in the East, that emerged as a res ...
Compassion in Schopenhauer and Śāntideva Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... where he thinks the similarities lie. For example, he is aware (by WWR2 in 1844) of the Four Noble Truths: [In Buddhism] . . . all improvement, conversion, and salvation to be hoped for from this world of suffering, from this Samsara, proceed from the knowledge of the four fundamental truths: (1) do ...
... where he thinks the similarities lie. For example, he is aware (by WWR2 in 1844) of the Four Noble Truths: [In Buddhism] . . . all improvement, conversion, and salvation to be hoped for from this world of suffering, from this Samsara, proceed from the knowledge of the four fundamental truths: (1) do ...
Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism
... of early Jainism. The most characteristic trait of early Jainism is that it teaches a way of asceticism in which suppression of all activity is central, especially in its more advanced stages. Abstaining from all activity has the obvious consequence that there will be no new deeds leading to karmic ...
... of early Jainism. The most characteristic trait of early Jainism is that it teaches a way of asceticism in which suppression of all activity is central, especially in its more advanced stages. Abstaining from all activity has the obvious consequence that there will be no new deeds leading to karmic ...
First Steps - SGI South Africa
... which divides people or disre- wicked being. gards their humanity. ...
... which divides people or disre- wicked being. gards their humanity. ...
Further Biographies of Nuns
... monks. The monastic rules imply, for example, that a 100-year-old nun must pay respect to a novice boy. Even though some Mahāyāna scriptures like the ‘Diamond Sūtra’ and Vimaladattāsūtra (which became very popular in China) state that there is no difference between female and male as all phenomena a ...
... monks. The monastic rules imply, for example, that a 100-year-old nun must pay respect to a novice boy. Even though some Mahāyāna scriptures like the ‘Diamond Sūtra’ and Vimaladattāsūtra (which became very popular in China) state that there is no difference between female and male as all phenomena a ...
Meaning without Ego - Journal of Philosophy of Life
... in much of its manifestation…dukkha just is. However, for the Buddha and his followers dukkha was something that needed to be overcome. Metz’s fundamentality theory pushes back the animalistic ego and asserts meaning’s achievement within an ethical framework positively oriented towards the fundament ...
... in much of its manifestation…dukkha just is. However, for the Buddha and his followers dukkha was something that needed to be overcome. Metz’s fundamentality theory pushes back the animalistic ego and asserts meaning’s achievement within an ethical framework positively oriented towards the fundament ...
Education, Invention Of Orthodoxy, And The Construction
... practice and education at DDM? How are they defined differently? Why does DDM promote “education through academics”? What are some of the social, cultural, and religious implications of “academics” as defined by DDM in this context? Are there not other means to make Buddhism more relevant in twenty ...
... practice and education at DDM? How are they defined differently? Why does DDM promote “education through academics”? What are some of the social, cultural, and religious implications of “academics” as defined by DDM in this context? Are there not other means to make Buddhism more relevant in twenty ...
Deep Transmission, and of What?
... Americans set out from the Western world on spiritual journeys to Asia, seeking out legendary masters ...
... Americans set out from the Western world on spiritual journeys to Asia, seeking out legendary masters ...
Kierkegaard`s Stages Toward Authentic Religious Experience And
... Gautama (563 BC-483 BCE) who lived in Northern India, and means "enlightened one." The Bodhisattva is an individual who is on the path toward enlightenment. While scholars such as Har Dayal propose many different possible definitions of the root words "bodhi" and "sattva", the term "Bodhisattva" is ...
... Gautama (563 BC-483 BCE) who lived in Northern India, and means "enlightened one." The Bodhisattva is an individual who is on the path toward enlightenment. While scholars such as Har Dayal propose many different possible definitions of the root words "bodhi" and "sattva", the term "Bodhisattva" is ...
contribution of this dissertation
... Zen in the West, there is much written about the Abhidhamma. An understanding of the Abhidhamma provides a way to understand what Buddhist psychology writings in the West are referring to. There is a tendency in the West to group the various psychologies of Buddhism together and to not understand th ...
... Zen in the West, there is much written about the Abhidhamma. An understanding of the Abhidhamma provides a way to understand what Buddhist psychology writings in the West are referring to. There is a tendency in the West to group the various psychologies of Buddhism together and to not understand th ...
Ashé Journal 3.1
... Crowley begins his scientific examination of Buddhism with the Four Noble Truths. The first truth is that existence is sorrow. Crowley claims that the same truth is stated by Huxley in Evolution and Ethics, and that Huxley also states that the amount of pain that a creature endures varies with the d ...
... Crowley begins his scientific examination of Buddhism with the Four Noble Truths. The first truth is that existence is sorrow. Crowley claims that the same truth is stated by Huxley in Evolution and Ethics, and that Huxley also states that the amount of pain that a creature endures varies with the d ...
Siddhartha Savage: The Importance of Buddhism in Huxley`s Brave
... systems and the importance of the Middle Way, including discussions of Prince Gotama and the Four Sights in the 1930 essay “Vulagarity in Literature,” and would in turn help to form the centre of Brave New World. Aldous and Maria Huxley’s visit to India most certainly gave rise to elements of Brave ...
... systems and the importance of the Middle Way, including discussions of Prince Gotama and the Four Sights in the 1930 essay “Vulagarity in Literature,” and would in turn help to form the centre of Brave New World. Aldous and Maria Huxley’s visit to India most certainly gave rise to elements of Brave ...
The Sociology of Early Buddhism
... which centre above all on interaction between monks, nuns and the broader society, and the archaeological evidence which somewhat contextualizes this. If used with appropriate sensitivity, the available sources can furnish clues to the actual relationships, in all their permutations, between Buddhis ...
... which centre above all on interaction between monks, nuns and the broader society, and the archaeological evidence which somewhat contextualizes this. If used with appropriate sensitivity, the available sources can furnish clues to the actual relationships, in all their permutations, between Buddhis ...