Thirty_Years_of_Buddhist_studies,Conze
... franco-Belgian school have now been universally adopted by all scholars working in this field, whatever the country they May live in. This is the basic change which has taken place in the last twenty years. At present we are concerned only with the first period of Buddhist history, its first five hu ...
... franco-Belgian school have now been universally adopted by all scholars working in this field, whatever the country they May live in. This is the basic change which has taken place in the last twenty years. At present we are concerned only with the first period of Buddhist history, its first five hu ...
Introduction to Sakya Monastery
... (Tibetan Buddhism prayer beads have 108 beads, hence, 108 is a sacred number in Tibetan Buddhism). Since the purchase, many years of hard work and renovation by dedicated volunteers have brought the building to its present form and grace. At various stages of the renovation, the highest-ranking lama ...
... (Tibetan Buddhism prayer beads have 108 beads, hence, 108 is a sacred number in Tibetan Buddhism). Since the purchase, many years of hard work and renovation by dedicated volunteers have brought the building to its present form and grace. At various stages of the renovation, the highest-ranking lama ...
What is Sangha
... In our Sangha we are learning how to take care of each other and ourselves through our mindfulness practice and being aware of the impact of our words, actions and thoughts on others and ourselves. We are also taking care of the place where the teachings are given and ...
... In our Sangha we are learning how to take care of each other and ourselves through our mindfulness practice and being aware of the impact of our words, actions and thoughts on others and ourselves. We are also taking care of the place where the teachings are given and ...
Hitech Khadi Padmasambhava: The Lotus Born (2)
... Bon which is an animistic religion, worshipping ghosts, devas, gods, etc., together with ancestors' spirits. So beside Buddhist deities, Nyingma also believes in ghosts, devas and geographical gods such as gods of rivers, gods of mountains, gods of lands, gods of the sky, gods of the sea, gods of tr ...
... Bon which is an animistic religion, worshipping ghosts, devas, gods, etc., together with ancestors' spirits. So beside Buddhist deities, Nyingma also believes in ghosts, devas and geographical gods such as gods of rivers, gods of mountains, gods of lands, gods of the sky, gods of the sea, gods of tr ...
The Universal Use of Symbols for Teaching
... The metaphor is not a one-to-one comparison. It is more complex than the analogue in structure and has deeper meanings. Some of these may at first appear to be analogues by their format, such as, faith like a mustard seed. At first glance it looks like an uncomplicated one-to-one comparison. But as ...
... The metaphor is not a one-to-one comparison. It is more complex than the analogue in structure and has deeper meanings. Some of these may at first appear to be analogues by their format, such as, faith like a mustard seed. At first glance it looks like an uncomplicated one-to-one comparison. But as ...
ROBERT SZUKSZTUL* Possible Roots of the Pure Land Buddhist
... which lends support to the hypothesis that Pure Land Buddhism is the result of a conscious and quite conservative elaboration on a certain subset of Buddhist thought, already apparent within the Nikāya literature. As is well known, the tradition of Pure Land Buddhism developed around the core of thr ...
... which lends support to the hypothesis that Pure Land Buddhism is the result of a conscious and quite conservative elaboration on a certain subset of Buddhist thought, already apparent within the Nikāya literature. As is well known, the tradition of Pure Land Buddhism developed around the core of thr ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism
... 6 Zürcher mentions that “in the successive bibliographies the number of works attributed to An Shigao has grown from 34 to 179,” but does not explain the source for the larger fijigure (Zürcher 1991: 278). Stefano Zacchetti also agrees by not mentioning this work in his “Defijining An Shigao’s Transla ...
... 6 Zürcher mentions that “in the successive bibliographies the number of works attributed to An Shigao has grown from 34 to 179,” but does not explain the source for the larger fijigure (Zürcher 1991: 278). Stefano Zacchetti also agrees by not mentioning this work in his “Defijining An Shigao’s Transla ...
regulations for the degree of
... the course we will cover some of the following major topics: the historical transmission of Indian Buddhism to Tibet in two major periods; the various Buddhist traditions and schools of Tibet, their history, doctrinal differences, lineages and spheres of influence; Tibetan sacred art and the applica ...
... the course we will cover some of the following major topics: the historical transmission of Indian Buddhism to Tibet in two major periods; the various Buddhist traditions and schools of Tibet, their history, doctrinal differences, lineages and spheres of influence; Tibetan sacred art and the applica ...
Library Catalogue - Dharma Centre of Winnipeg
... If you are viewing this in PDF format, you can self-navigate by using the Book Subject Categories listed below. If you are viewing this as a Word document, you have more search options. To view clickable Subject Categories, go to "View" on the toolbar and click on "Navigation Pane"; a list of Subjec ...
... If you are viewing this in PDF format, you can self-navigate by using the Book Subject Categories listed below. If you are viewing this as a Word document, you have more search options. To view clickable Subject Categories, go to "View" on the toolbar and click on "Navigation Pane"; a list of Subjec ...
paper presentation 1031
... along with her sister, Changing Woman found herself lonely. The sun comforted Changing Woman; her sister was comforted by a stream of water. Soon both felt movement in their bodies, and each bore a child. Like their mothers, the boys were full grown within twelve days. Wanting to know who their fat ...
... along with her sister, Changing Woman found herself lonely. The sun comforted Changing Woman; her sister was comforted by a stream of water. Soon both felt movement in their bodies, and each bore a child. Like their mothers, the boys were full grown within twelve days. Wanting to know who their fat ...
Dhamma Studies – Level 1 Essay Example
... To summarise, the precepts in any form and ethical conduct in general are extremely important aspects of the Buddha Dhamma. Their importance is also seen throughout other teachings as they are part of many other essential teachings, such as Three Bases of Meritous Actions (Punnakiriyavatthu), Seven ...
... To summarise, the precepts in any form and ethical conduct in general are extremely important aspects of the Buddha Dhamma. Their importance is also seen throughout other teachings as they are part of many other essential teachings, such as Three Bases of Meritous Actions (Punnakiriyavatthu), Seven ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 241-260 Publication date: 26 June 1998
... What does it mean to be a Buddha? There are obviously many ways of reading the Lotus Såtra, including, I suppose, several legitimate ways, by which I mean ways reasonably consistent with or based upon the text itself. Without trying to argue for such an interpretation here, I will simply share with ...
... What does it mean to be a Buddha? There are obviously many ways of reading the Lotus Såtra, including, I suppose, several legitimate ways, by which I mean ways reasonably consistent with or based upon the text itself. Without trying to argue for such an interpretation here, I will simply share with ...
Mahāyāna Buddhism - University of Otago
... additional material for each week’s topic in addition to facilities for class discussion and other interaction. If you are taking the course by distance, it is essential that you have reliable access to the Internet and a basic familiarity with computers for word processing, email, and Internet brow ...
... additional material for each week’s topic in addition to facilities for class discussion and other interaction. If you are taking the course by distance, it is essential that you have reliable access to the Internet and a basic familiarity with computers for word processing, email, and Internet brow ...
INSPIRED SPEECH IN EARLY MAHAYANA BUDDHISM I
... remain a fair n u m b e r ofsfftra discourses left uncertified. 2s But it will be found that the individuals responsible for such discourses, almost always the Great Disciples, have on various occasions been so praised by the Buddha with respect to their wisdom and ability as to be considered author ...
... remain a fair n u m b e r ofsfftra discourses left uncertified. 2s But it will be found that the individuals responsible for such discourses, almost always the Great Disciples, have on various occasions been so praised by the Buddha with respect to their wisdom and ability as to be considered author ...
pramāṇakīrtiḥ
... inseparable connection (avinābhāva). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
... inseparable connection (avinābhāva). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
1 - VTechWorks
... Buddha’s prophecy7. This was the third of his four major deeds. At the close of the great prayer festival called “Monlam” (), his disciples concluded that now it would be unwise for him to continue his peripatetic life style. Hence, they offered to build him a monastery wherever he chose. Ts ...
... Buddha’s prophecy7. This was the third of his four major deeds. At the close of the great prayer festival called “Monlam” (), his disciples concluded that now it would be unwise for him to continue his peripatetic life style. Hence, they offered to build him a monastery wherever he chose. Ts ...
Ashtasahasrika_prajnaparamita
... The main characteristics of the Ashtashasrika prajnaparamita of 1015 are as follows. The use of following lines and colors applied in a blended sequence, to raise the plasticity of the figures marked the works of the early and mid 11th century. By the beginning of the 12th century, quickly applied c ...
... The main characteristics of the Ashtashasrika prajnaparamita of 1015 are as follows. The use of following lines and colors applied in a blended sequence, to raise the plasticity of the figures marked the works of the early and mid 11th century. By the beginning of the 12th century, quickly applied c ...
Niyāmas of Modern Western Interpretations of Theravāda Buddhist Doctrine
... This order which Buddhism saw in the universe was called in Pāli niyǎm'ǎ, that is, going-on, process. In it five branches, strands, phases were discerned: kamma-niyama, order of act-and-result; utu-niyama, physical (inorganic) order; bīja-niyama, order of germs, or seeds (physical organic order); ch ...
... This order which Buddhism saw in the universe was called in Pāli niyǎm'ǎ, that is, going-on, process. In it five branches, strands, phases were discerned: kamma-niyama, order of act-and-result; utu-niyama, physical (inorganic) order; bīja-niyama, order of germs, or seeds (physical organic order); ch ...
a study on the i-pu-tsung-lun-lun
... The Arhats answered, “It is impossible, but if it is as you say, you can stand by a little and presently get the condition of ‘past learning’. Then you can enter the assembly; at present your presence is not possible.”26[26] Vasumitra, “I care for the condition of ‘past learning’ as little as for a ...
... The Arhats answered, “It is impossible, but if it is as you say, you can stand by a little and presently get the condition of ‘past learning’. Then you can enter the assembly; at present your presence is not possible.”26[26] Vasumitra, “I care for the condition of ‘past learning’ as little as for a ...
Buddhism and Modernity
... Tibet deliberately adopted a high-medieval version of Indian Buddhism, and in particular the Tradition developed in Nland University, and deliberately set itself about the task of replicating that very tradition and perpetuating and preserving it, creating the strangest museum culture that the wor ...
... Tibet deliberately adopted a high-medieval version of Indian Buddhism, and in particular the Tradition developed in Nland University, and deliberately set itself about the task of replicating that very tradition and perpetuating and preserving it, creating the strangest museum culture that the wor ...
President Toda said - Unofficial SGI SWS
... In this connection, President Toda discussed the phrase "various causes" from the standpoint of the Daishonin's Buddhism as follows: Regarding the meaning of "various causes": in the time of kuon ganjo we were followers of the original Buddha Nichiren Daishonin. Because of this "cause," now in the L ...
... In this connection, President Toda discussed the phrase "various causes" from the standpoint of the Daishonin's Buddhism as follows: Regarding the meaning of "various causes": in the time of kuon ganjo we were followers of the original Buddha Nichiren Daishonin. Because of this "cause," now in the L ...
God and the Bodhisattva: A Buddhist Reading of Stranger Than Fiction
... Buddha, “[t]he Buddhists...asserted that Brahma was not a single creator God but a collective name for several classes of high deities whose chiefs, forgetting that they are still transient beings in the grip of kamma, were prone to imagine themselves to be the omnipotent everlasting creator.”19 God ...
... Buddha, “[t]he Buddhists...asserted that Brahma was not a single creator God but a collective name for several classes of high deities whose chiefs, forgetting that they are still transient beings in the grip of kamma, were prone to imagine themselves to be the omnipotent everlasting creator.”19 God ...
at a Glance - tibet.net - Central Tibetan Administration
... Asia. Thus the King of Nepal and the Emperor of China offered their daughters in marriage to the Tibetan king. The marriages with the Nepalese and Chinese princesses have been given prominence in the religious history of Tibet because of their contributions to Buddhism. He promoted Buddhism in Tibet ...
... Asia. Thus the King of Nepal and the Emperor of China offered their daughters in marriage to the Tibetan king. The marriages with the Nepalese and Chinese princesses have been given prominence in the religious history of Tibet because of their contributions to Buddhism. He promoted Buddhism in Tibet ...
Wishing to Engage in the Path of Liberation
... b. The paths according to different Buddhist tradition are path leading to a better life in this or future live, a path leading to liberation from this samsaric world or a path leading to fully Enlightenment- the Buddha. Since we are Buddhist, our ultimate goal should be to achieve Buddha hood that ...
... b. The paths according to different Buddhist tradition are path leading to a better life in this or future live, a path leading to liberation from this samsaric world or a path leading to fully Enlightenment- the Buddha. Since we are Buddhist, our ultimate goal should be to achieve Buddha hood that ...