Macho Buddhism: Gender and Sexualities in the Diamond Way
... fact ... Tibetan Buddhism in its Western varieties does not have much to do with sexuality except perhaps at the level of imagery and symbolism. The general atmosphere of a Dharma group is if anything rather puritanical, especially in the more traditionalist and conservative groups.’ 26 Nydahl also ...
... fact ... Tibetan Buddhism in its Western varieties does not have much to do with sexuality except perhaps at the level of imagery and symbolism. The general atmosphere of a Dharma group is if anything rather puritanical, especially in the more traditionalist and conservative groups.’ 26 Nydahl also ...
āgama and aṅga in the early buddhist oral tradition
... 26 According to Przyluski 1926: 341, the use of the expression sutta in the context of the aṅgas has the specific sense of an exposition that begins with an enumeration of a particular item, “un sūtra était un sermon commençant par un exposé numérique” ( e.g., “there are four things … what are th ...
... 26 According to Przyluski 1926: 341, the use of the expression sutta in the context of the aṅgas has the specific sense of an exposition that begins with an enumeration of a particular item, “un sūtra était un sermon commençant par un exposé numérique” ( e.g., “there are four things … what are th ...
buddhist nuns in the global community
... and thousands of women became arhats, purifying their minds and liberating themselves from suffering and rebirth. The ancient Buddhist texts record the names of many of these early Buddhist nuns, who were recognized by the Buddha for their special attainments: Khema for her wisdom, Dhammadinna for t ...
... and thousands of women became arhats, purifying their minds and liberating themselves from suffering and rebirth. The ancient Buddhist texts record the names of many of these early Buddhist nuns, who were recognized by the Buddha for their special attainments: Khema for her wisdom, Dhammadinna for t ...
Ati*a - College of the Holy Cross
... Atisha meets a woman alternately crying and laughing. • Confused with her behaviour, he inquires about her condition, and she responds: "[O]ne's own mind has been a Buddha from beginning less time. By not knowing this, great complications follow from such a small base of error for hundreds of thous ...
... Atisha meets a woman alternately crying and laughing. • Confused with her behaviour, he inquires about her condition, and she responds: "[O]ne's own mind has been a Buddha from beginning less time. By not knowing this, great complications follow from such a small base of error for hundreds of thous ...
Assu Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... The third adjective, saṁdhi-c,chedaka, too, are clear enough in both contexts. However, it is possible to take sadhi in the sense of “promise, treaty,” as found in treatises on ancient Indian politics16 (as W Rau takes it). However, due to the presence of the ending, chedaka (“breaker”), in the com ...
... The third adjective, saṁdhi-c,chedaka, too, are clear enough in both contexts. However, it is possible to take sadhi in the sense of “promise, treaty,” as found in treatises on ancient Indian politics16 (as W Rau takes it). However, due to the presence of the ending, chedaka (“breaker”), in the com ...
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... doctrinal basis for the later sects associated with The Lotus Sutra was clearly laid. Some see his approach to the relations between the various sutras and the analysis of their contents as a departure from the way in which The Lotus Sutra was understood up till then, while others see it as a justif ...
... doctrinal basis for the later sects associated with The Lotus Sutra was clearly laid. Some see his approach to the relations between the various sutras and the analysis of their contents as a departure from the way in which The Lotus Sutra was understood up till then, while others see it as a justif ...
Contributions to the Study of Popular Buddhism: The Newar
... great Mahayana sutras. The Mahayana fully sustained the early framework with dana as the foundation for householder bodhisattva practice. Generosity to all beings is applauded, although the best "punya return" accrues to gifts made to the buddhas, bodhisattvas, and the samgha. Passages in the sutras ...
... great Mahayana sutras. The Mahayana fully sustained the early framework with dana as the foundation for householder bodhisattva practice. Generosity to all beings is applauded, although the best "punya return" accrues to gifts made to the buddhas, bodhisattvas, and the samgha. Passages in the sutras ...
Development of Yogic Tradition in Buddhism
... There is a strong yogic tradition in Buddhism which, for centuries, has been kept uninterruptedly and practiced according to the Buddha’s teachings. Buddha himself was a great Yogi, disseminating yogic teachings for forty-five years. History shows that the main foundation upon which Buddha became en ...
... There is a strong yogic tradition in Buddhism which, for centuries, has been kept uninterruptedly and practiced according to the Buddha’s teachings. Buddha himself was a great Yogi, disseminating yogic teachings for forty-five years. History shows that the main foundation upon which Buddha became en ...
a facilitator`s guide to
... The third great Buddhist king, Tri Ralpachen, was a grandson of King Trisong Detsen. Said to be an emanation of Vajrapani, he ruled Tibet from 815 to 838, when forces threatened by the spread of ...
... The third great Buddhist king, Tri Ralpachen, was a grandson of King Trisong Detsen. Said to be an emanation of Vajrapani, he ruled Tibet from 815 to 838, when forces threatened by the spread of ...
Yeshe Tsogyal: Symbol of Female Enlightenment, Empowerment
... Buddhist practices are aimed at training the practitioner to have a direct realization or insight into one’s primordial nature of mind which is essentially pure, free from afflictions and all forms of dualities, including gender. Therefore, any of the practices in Vajrayāna, though they begin with g ...
... Buddhist practices are aimed at training the practitioner to have a direct realization or insight into one’s primordial nature of mind which is essentially pure, free from afflictions and all forms of dualities, including gender. Therefore, any of the practices in Vajrayāna, though they begin with g ...
Conflict and Adaptation: Tibetan Perspectives on Nonviolent
... One of the most basic and prominent doctrines if the belief in karma and rebirth. Explained simply, the Buddha taught that our lives are just one of a beginningless string of lives. Upon death, the individual will be reborn again into another life. Each rebirth is spurred by our karma, or actions, i ...
... One of the most basic and prominent doctrines if the belief in karma and rebirth. Explained simply, the Buddha taught that our lives are just one of a beginningless string of lives. Upon death, the individual will be reborn again into another life. Each rebirth is spurred by our karma, or actions, i ...
Meditation on the Nature of Mind
... Holiness’s broad-ranging overview of this important topic constitutes the first part of this book. The lecture insightfully distills some of the most central themes of Buddhism: why the mind is so essential to the tradition, how science and traditional Buddhist learning can benefit from mutual inter ...
... Holiness’s broad-ranging overview of this important topic constitutes the first part of this book. The lecture insightfully distills some of the most central themes of Buddhism: why the mind is so essential to the tradition, how science and traditional Buddhist learning can benefit from mutual inter ...
SFU Forschungsbulletin
... today’s Western (and Eastern) commodification of “enlightenment” and of practices, such as mindfulness, that may lead to enlightenment, one may wish that also from the Buddhist perspective the possibility of attaining enlightenment (Pali bodhi) is rejected altogether. However, Jaina practice and met ...
... today’s Western (and Eastern) commodification of “enlightenment” and of practices, such as mindfulness, that may lead to enlightenment, one may wish that also from the Buddhist perspective the possibility of attaining enlightenment (Pali bodhi) is rejected altogether. However, Jaina practice and met ...
sample - Casa Fluminense
... university in December of 1943, I was sent to the front as a student soldier. I wondered if I were allowed to bring but a single book on the trip, possibly to my death, which would I want to bring? Many of my fellow student soldiers were thinking the same thing. We all worked at part-time jobs in or ...
... university in December of 1943, I was sent to the front as a student soldier. I wondered if I were allowed to bring but a single book on the trip, possibly to my death, which would I want to bring? Many of my fellow student soldiers were thinking the same thing. We all worked at part-time jobs in or ...
the securitisation of tibetan buddhism in communist china
... logic for that cyclical dynamic. For these purposes, a two-level analytical framework will be applied. First, the framework of the insecurity dilemma will be used to draw the broad outlines of the historical cycles of repression and resistance. However, the insecurity dilemma does not look inside th ...
... logic for that cyclical dynamic. For these purposes, a two-level analytical framework will be applied. First, the framework of the insecurity dilemma will be used to draw the broad outlines of the historical cycles of repression and resistance. However, the insecurity dilemma does not look inside th ...
Icono-Conservatism and the Persistence of Śākyamuni
... First, Taranatha is writing from Tibet for a Tibetan audience; his history, in fact, is more or less a chronicle of the significant Tibetan figures and those Indians who either came to Tibet themselves, or whose work became central to Tibetan Buddhism. Second, Taranatha himself seems to have been an ...
... First, Taranatha is writing from Tibet for a Tibetan audience; his history, in fact, is more or less a chronicle of the significant Tibetan figures and those Indians who either came to Tibet themselves, or whose work became central to Tibetan Buddhism. Second, Taranatha himself seems to have been an ...
Kingship and Religion in Tibet research plan
... usually unwritten but made explicit in the language of reciprocal oaths, according to which the subjects pledge their loyalty in return for just rule, and the king pledges to rule justly in return for his subjects’ loyalty; and third, that if this contract is broken by the king, he may be killed by ...
... usually unwritten but made explicit in the language of reciprocal oaths, according to which the subjects pledge their loyalty in return for just rule, and the king pledges to rule justly in return for his subjects’ loyalty; and third, that if this contract is broken by the king, he may be killed by ...
Buddhism`s Worldly Other: Secular Subjects of Tibetan Learning
... Nyingmapa founders of Mindroling, with strong ties to the eighth-century Indian tantric adept Padmasambhava, were especially well known for mastery of Great Perfection (rdzogs chen), a distinctive philosophical, meditative, and ritual system. The Fifth Dalai Lama’s family had diverse religious affil ...
... Nyingmapa founders of Mindroling, with strong ties to the eighth-century Indian tantric adept Padmasambhava, were especially well known for mastery of Great Perfection (rdzogs chen), a distinctive philosophical, meditative, and ritual system. The Fifth Dalai Lama’s family had diverse religious affil ...
Transcript of the teachings by Geshe Chonyi
... manner, in a particular order or are they generated simultaneously? Answer: It is possible that they can be generated simultaneously even while the mind is focusing on one object, such as four noble truths. For example, if the object of observation is true sufferings, one generates these seven branc ...
... manner, in a particular order or are they generated simultaneously? Answer: It is possible that they can be generated simultaneously even while the mind is focusing on one object, such as four noble truths. For example, if the object of observation is true sufferings, one generates these seven branc ...
The Teachings of Vimalakirti - Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
... to a Buddha Land presided over (with some exceptions) by a particular Buddha who is responsible for the spiritual development of all beings in that realm. Buddha Lands are created by Bodhisattvas through ...
... to a Buddha Land presided over (with some exceptions) by a particular Buddha who is responsible for the spiritual development of all beings in that realm. Buddha Lands are created by Bodhisattvas through ...
vajrayana buddhism in comparative perspective
... Traditionist (Sautrāntika), Idealist (Cittamātra) and Centrist (Mādhyamika)—inform three vehicles (triyāna) of Buddhist practice, the Individual Vehicle (Hinayāna/ Theravāda), Universal Vehicle (Mahāyāna) and Process Vehicle (Tantrayāna), also called the Poetic Vehicle (Mantrayāna) or Diamond Vehicl ...
... Traditionist (Sautrāntika), Idealist (Cittamātra) and Centrist (Mādhyamika)—inform three vehicles (triyāna) of Buddhist practice, the Individual Vehicle (Hinayāna/ Theravāda), Universal Vehicle (Mahāyāna) and Process Vehicle (Tantrayāna), also called the Poetic Vehicle (Mantrayāna) or Diamond Vehicl ...
The Kathāvatthu Niyāma Debates
... to the category of wrong entailing fixed evil results or to the category of right entailing fixed good results. Such is contrary to thesutta where three categories (rdsi) are enumerated, namely: 1) micchatta niyato rdsi, 2) sammatta niyato rdsi, and 3) aniyato rdsi, the last and by far the largest o ...
... to the category of wrong entailing fixed evil results or to the category of right entailing fixed good results. Such is contrary to thesutta where three categories (rdsi) are enumerated, namely: 1) micchatta niyato rdsi, 2) sammatta niyato rdsi, and 3) aniyato rdsi, the last and by far the largest o ...
Who`s Who in our Chants
... of the Buddha are all the same name (a few stanzas earlier it was only 36,000,119,500 names, but who’s counting). The 32 major and 80 minor attributes apply to all Buddhas. But was the historic Shakyamuni supposed to have had webbed toes and fingers? Did people believe that baby Siddhartha was born ...
... of the Buddha are all the same name (a few stanzas earlier it was only 36,000,119,500 names, but who’s counting). The 32 major and 80 minor attributes apply to all Buddhas. But was the historic Shakyamuni supposed to have had webbed toes and fingers? Did people believe that baby Siddhartha was born ...
Lokāyata and Its Derivatives in the Sad-dharma-puṇḍarīka
... padamīmāṃsā, mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇa, bhāṣyapravacana, etc.4 Such lists of subjects both for Brahmins and princes are often mentioned in the Upaniṣads and Pali, Prakrit and Buddhist Sanskrit works.5 To cite one example in the Divyāvadāna: chandasi vā vyākaraṇe vā lokāyate vā padamīmāṃsāyāṃ vā (Darbhanga e ...
... padamīmāṃsā, mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇa, bhāṣyapravacana, etc.4 Such lists of subjects both for Brahmins and princes are often mentioned in the Upaniṣads and Pali, Prakrit and Buddhist Sanskrit works.5 To cite one example in the Divyāvadāna: chandasi vā vyākaraṇe vā lokāyate vā padamīmāṃsāyāṃ vā (Darbhanga e ...
print - Journal of Global Buddhism
... Dalai Lama and the Tibetan "government-in-exile." Wallace received oral transmission in 1973 from Ku-ngo Barshi, a lay teacher of the "mind training" tradition traced back to Atīśa (982-1054 CE), one of the founding figures of what later came to be known as the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Wall ...
... Dalai Lama and the Tibetan "government-in-exile." Wallace received oral transmission in 1973 from Ku-ngo Barshi, a lay teacher of the "mind training" tradition traced back to Atīśa (982-1054 CE), one of the founding figures of what later came to be known as the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Wall ...