On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the
... knowledge of the distant past or future, to have faith in this sutra. That being the case, even if we were to carry out its practice, what meaning could it have for us? In light of all this, it would seem that, when one who is able to show clearly visible proof in the present expounds the Lotus Sutr ...
... knowledge of the distant past or future, to have faith in this sutra. That being the case, even if we were to carry out its practice, what meaning could it have for us? In light of all this, it would seem that, when one who is able to show clearly visible proof in the present expounds the Lotus Sutr ...
The development and use of the Eight Precepts for lay practitioners
... in the aggregate of virtue. Right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration—these states are included in the aggregate of concentration. Right view and right intention—these states are included in the aggregate of wisdom. (The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the ...
... in the aggregate of virtue. Right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration—these states are included in the aggregate of concentration. Right view and right intention—these states are included in the aggregate of wisdom. (The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the ...
Print this article - Journal of Global Buddhism
... contribution of notable Western personages, have indeed facilitated the welcoming of Buddhist ideas and practices by a Western audience, the presence of Buddhist traditions, orders, and schools results as well from Asian efforts to settle practical forms of Buddhism. In this case too, broader condit ...
... contribution of notable Western personages, have indeed facilitated the welcoming of Buddhist ideas and practices by a Western audience, the presence of Buddhist traditions, orders, and schools results as well from Asian efforts to settle practical forms of Buddhism. In this case too, broader condit ...
Oral Dimensions of Pāli Discourses: Pericopes, other Mnemonic
... In regard to variations in the use of pericopes, it is also of interest to compare their use in Pāli discourses to the usage in discourses from the Chinese Āgamas. Taking as an example the Madhyama-āgama collection preserved in Chinese, discourses found in this collection regularly describe how a mo ...
... In regard to variations in the use of pericopes, it is also of interest to compare their use in Pāli discourses to the usage in discourses from the Chinese Āgamas. Taking as an example the Madhyama-āgama collection preserved in Chinese, discourses found in this collection regularly describe how a mo ...
The Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths and Their Opposites
... final path of liberation; for the aspect of 'principle' (= method), positing that the insight comprehending non-self is not a path of liberation; for the aspect of 'accomplishment,' positing the situation of the objectscope while having gone astray; for the aspect, 'way of deliverance,' positing th ...
... final path of liberation; for the aspect of 'principle' (= method), positing that the insight comprehending non-self is not a path of liberation; for the aspect of 'accomplishment,' positing the situation of the objectscope while having gone astray; for the aspect, 'way of deliverance,' positing th ...
What, If Anything, Is Mahyna Buddhism? Problems of Definitions and
... much in question, and it is virtually self-evident that communication concerningMahayanaBuddhismoccasions many disagreements. Therefore,the need for the definitionand classificationof Mahayana Buddhism is obvious. But how we should approachsuch definition and classificationis somewhatless plain. For ...
... much in question, and it is virtually self-evident that communication concerningMahayanaBuddhismoccasions many disagreements. Therefore,the need for the definitionand classificationof Mahayana Buddhism is obvious. But how we should approachsuch definition and classificationis somewhatless plain. For ...
Advice Regarding Spiritual Teachers
... Later, when you know more and feel this is the spiritual tradition you wish to follow, you can then look for a suitable spiritual teacher. This relationship is the most important decision of your life. Once you have taken someone as your spiritual teacher, it is a lifelong commitment of mind with re ...
... Later, when you know more and feel this is the spiritual tradition you wish to follow, you can then look for a suitable spiritual teacher. This relationship is the most important decision of your life. Once you have taken someone as your spiritual teacher, it is a lifelong commitment of mind with re ...
The Theology of Mahayana Buddhism. (Concluded.)
... are identical, for in both we have the three bodies, the twofold division of the Sambhogakaya and of the Xirmanakaya, the latter being further subdivided into two parts. On the whole it may be said that the doctrines of the Jodomon on the subject are the more of his manifestations Avalokitesvara and ...
... are identical, for in both we have the three bodies, the twofold division of the Sambhogakaya and of the Xirmanakaya, the latter being further subdivided into two parts. On the whole it may be said that the doctrines of the Jodomon on the subject are the more of his manifestations Avalokitesvara and ...
Karmic Calculations: The Social Implications of Karmic Causality in
... teachers and the general populace (including most monks and nuns) are notable. Furthermore, the people who do not follow the advanced contemplative methods engage in religious practices that allude to ...
... teachers and the general populace (including most monks and nuns) are notable. Furthermore, the people who do not follow the advanced contemplative methods engage in religious practices that allude to ...
The First Saṅgīti and Theravāda Monasticism Bhikkhu Anālayo
... a shift of perspective by foregrounding monastic discipline over other aspects of the Buddha’s teaching, it also involves to some degree a shift of perspective in relation to these very rules. According to a basic pattern evident in the different Vinayas, the Buddha is on record for promulgating rul ...
... a shift of perspective by foregrounding monastic discipline over other aspects of the Buddha’s teaching, it also involves to some degree a shift of perspective in relation to these very rules. According to a basic pattern evident in the different Vinayas, the Buddha is on record for promulgating rul ...
Page 1 Page 2 N THE CHINESE DHAMMAPADA WITH SPECIAL
... (The Shamons (Srainianas) of five different schools each extracted from the various sutras such verses as comprise four lines or six lines, classified them according ...
... (The Shamons (Srainianas) of five different schools each extracted from the various sutras such verses as comprise four lines or six lines, classified them according ...
Homework Questions for EBP (with the answers in red) Module 1
... Homework #1: The first two Noble Truths [Note: your answers do not have to be exactly the same, word for word, as those written below, as long as you get the essential meaning.] 1. Give two benefits of getting a good understanding of the Four Noble Truths. Any two of the following three: An unders ...
... Homework #1: The first two Noble Truths [Note: your answers do not have to be exactly the same, word for word, as those written below, as long as you get the essential meaning.] 1. Give two benefits of getting a good understanding of the Four Noble Truths. Any two of the following three: An unders ...
THE THREE JEWELS CONT`D - Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre
... the sixth century BC, in India, who is called the ‘historical buddha.’ ...
... the sixth century BC, in India, who is called the ‘historical buddha.’ ...
409. Heine, Steven
... Critical Buddhism, and then examine the current debate with traditionalist scholars who continue to assert the priority of the 75-fascicle text. In this paper I will use the term “traditional Buddhism” to refer collectively to the views of those scholars who have rebutted certain key aspects of the ...
... Critical Buddhism, and then examine the current debate with traditionalist scholars who continue to assert the priority of the 75-fascicle text. In this paper I will use the term “traditional Buddhism” to refer collectively to the views of those scholars who have rebutted certain key aspects of the ...
Influences of Previous Psychedelic Drug
... paths for some, but many of us had tried it and found it sadly lacking. It was too much empty words and negative emotions, too much "Believe!" (contrary to reason) and "You will go to hell if you don't believe!" Some simplified versions of Eastern spiritual teachings had reached this country and cau ...
... paths for some, but many of us had tried it and found it sadly lacking. It was too much empty words and negative emotions, too much "Believe!" (contrary to reason) and "You will go to hell if you don't believe!" Some simplified versions of Eastern spiritual teachings had reached this country and cau ...
patriarch ` svision
... not only wise, but is also a shape-shifting entity that can change its physical appearance at will, from any kind of snake into any human form, or even any number of snakehuman hybrids. Naga are not only male, as the name suggests, but could also appear as the female gender, known in Sanskrit as ‘na ...
... not only wise, but is also a shape-shifting entity that can change its physical appearance at will, from any kind of snake into any human form, or even any number of snakehuman hybrids. Naga are not only male, as the name suggests, but could also appear as the female gender, known in Sanskrit as ‘na ...
Northern/Southern Schools
... attack on Shen-hsiu’s teachings. On January 15, 732, at a Great Dharma Assembly at Tayun-ssu monastery in Honan Province, Shen-hui made a shocking and strident attack on Shen-hsiu and his Dharma heirs, derogatively applying the label “Northern School” to these teachings, an appellation which has rem ...
... attack on Shen-hsiu’s teachings. On January 15, 732, at a Great Dharma Assembly at Tayun-ssu monastery in Honan Province, Shen-hui made a shocking and strident attack on Shen-hsiu and his Dharma heirs, derogatively applying the label “Northern School” to these teachings, an appellation which has rem ...
maitreya
... names and doctrinal terms in order to facilitate comparison with the Dīgha-nikāya parallel, except for the terms Dharma and Nirvāṇa, which by now have become an accepted part of English vocabulary. In the case of the future Buddha I also use the better known Sanskrit Maitreya instead of its Pāli equ ...
... names and doctrinal terms in order to facilitate comparison with the Dīgha-nikāya parallel, except for the terms Dharma and Nirvāṇa, which by now have become an accepted part of English vocabulary. In the case of the future Buddha I also use the better known Sanskrit Maitreya instead of its Pāli equ ...
THE BUDDHA SAID THAT BUDDHA SAID SO: A TRANSLATION
... is difficult to exaggerate—for, as Gregory Schopen notes, the texts provide scholars with a large window into the Buddhism of a specific place and time.21 As such, in the first half of the chapter I discuss in varying degrees of detail the history of the discovery and contents of the collection, as ...
... is difficult to exaggerate—for, as Gregory Schopen notes, the texts provide scholars with a large window into the Buddhism of a specific place and time.21 As such, in the first half of the chapter I discuss in varying degrees of detail the history of the discovery and contents of the collection, as ...
Untitled - Shambhala Publications
... SHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS AND SNOW LION TIBETAN BUDDHIST STUDIES IMPRINT: SNOW LION ...
... SHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS AND SNOW LION TIBETAN BUDDHIST STUDIES IMPRINT: SNOW LION ...
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... learn about their religion in schools and colleges under modern educatIon system. It is a normal phenomenon that when traditional society get exposed to the modern world, it instals in them the sense of inferiority and make them join the racc of modernization and acculturation with advanced society ...
... learn about their religion in schools and colleges under modern educatIon system. It is a normal phenomenon that when traditional society get exposed to the modern world, it instals in them the sense of inferiority and make them join the racc of modernization and acculturation with advanced society ...
The Erotics of Practice: Objects and Agency in Buddhist Avadaría
... different degrees and with very different means) the naturalization of its own arbitrariness," and such a structure leads to what he terms doxa— the experience of "a quasi-perfect correspondence between the objective order and the subjective principles of organization" such that "the natural and soc ...
... different degrees and with very different means) the naturalization of its own arbitrariness," and such a structure leads to what he terms doxa— the experience of "a quasi-perfect correspondence between the objective order and the subjective principles of organization" such that "the natural and soc ...
The Oral Composition and Transmission of Early Buddhist Texts
... somewhat obscure, it certainly seems to imply that students were made to learn fixed texts by heart. Again, there are many references to reciting the Pitimokkha. On one occasion, for example, the Buddha refused to recite the Piihmokkha because the assembly of monks was not pure.'" And finally, there ...
... somewhat obscure, it certainly seems to imply that students were made to learn fixed texts by heart. Again, there are many references to reciting the Pitimokkha. On one occasion, for example, the Buddha refused to recite the Piihmokkha because the assembly of monks was not pure.'" And finally, there ...
The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravāda Buddhist
... ideal in TheravadaBuddhism it (theonlyextantschoolofHTnayana Buddhism), be beneficial to the sources that the may investigate briefly identify withMahayanaBuddhism and the?ravaka-yana with bodhisattva-yana ...
... ideal in TheravadaBuddhism it (theonlyextantschoolofHTnayana Buddhism), be beneficial to the sources that the may investigate briefly identify withMahayanaBuddhism and the?ravaka-yana with bodhisattva-yana ...
The Dragon Who Never Sleeps
... vow with me." It is my invitation that we enter the noble way together. It is also my affirmation of the Buddha's wise teaching of harmony: "I vow, and with universal affinities uniting everyone and everything, all beings are joining me as I vow." Compassion and wisdom thus blend and are one as I re ...
... vow with me." It is my invitation that we enter the noble way together. It is also my affirmation of the Buddha's wise teaching of harmony: "I vow, and with universal affinities uniting everyone and everything, all beings are joining me as I vow." Compassion and wisdom thus blend and are one as I re ...