The Dawn of Abhidharma - Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde
... ideas at the University of Hamburg for almost 100 years, ever since the birth of Buddhist Studies in Germany. We are proud that our programme is housed in one of the pioneering academic institutions in Europe at which the study of Buddhism has become a core subject for students focusing on the relig ...
... ideas at the University of Hamburg for almost 100 years, ever since the birth of Buddhist Studies in Germany. We are proud that our programme is housed in one of the pioneering academic institutions in Europe at which the study of Buddhism has become a core subject for students focusing on the relig ...
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
... eastern India. Tibetan historian Taranatha agrees with the same. One of the well-known poet-philosopher Nagarjuna refers him as a man of western India while another Chinese work ‘Shettango’ records him as ‘a man of south India’8. Ascetic Yuan Chwang connects him with central India. In the book “Awak ...
... eastern India. Tibetan historian Taranatha agrees with the same. One of the well-known poet-philosopher Nagarjuna refers him as a man of western India while another Chinese work ‘Shettango’ records him as ‘a man of south India’8. Ascetic Yuan Chwang connects him with central India. In the book “Awak ...
The Ajivikas - Rare Book Society of India
... an ancient religious order of the hermits? Are we not justified in presuming that the Ajivika sect sprang originally from a Vanaprastha or Vaikhanasa order of the hermits and gained an independent foothold as the result of its gradual differentiation from ...
... an ancient religious order of the hermits? Are we not justified in presuming that the Ajivika sect sprang originally from a Vanaprastha or Vaikhanasa order of the hermits and gained an independent foothold as the result of its gradual differentiation from ...
The Tibetan Buddhist Syllogistic Form
... monasteries was always relatively small, and the numbers actually earning the degree of Geshay (meaning “virtuous friend”), a sort of Ph.D. in Buddhist philosophy, was always small. ...
... monasteries was always relatively small, and the numbers actually earning the degree of Geshay (meaning “virtuous friend”), a sort of Ph.D. in Buddhist philosophy, was always small. ...
Development of The Hua-Yen school during the Tang Dynasty
... enquiry can be put at rest by focusing primarily on the crucial role played by two religious thinkers, Tu-shun and Chih-yen. While doing so, we have made an effort to identify the roots of these two patriarchs in the earlier traditions of Buddhism and the setting forth of several early Hua-yen teach ...
... enquiry can be put at rest by focusing primarily on the crucial role played by two religious thinkers, Tu-shun and Chih-yen. While doing so, we have made an effort to identify the roots of these two patriarchs in the earlier traditions of Buddhism and the setting forth of several early Hua-yen teach ...
Mahayana Buddhism - The Doctrinal Foundations
... as a medicine for curing quite specific spiritual ills. Mahayanists in particular see adaptation, and perhaps even syncretism, as a virtue in the Dharma, enabling the teachings to be adapted to the needs of hearers, and thereby indicating the wisdom and compassion of the Omniscient Buddha. The import ...
... as a medicine for curing quite specific spiritual ills. Mahayanists in particular see adaptation, and perhaps even syncretism, as a virtue in the Dharma, enabling the teachings to be adapted to the needs of hearers, and thereby indicating the wisdom and compassion of the Omniscient Buddha. The import ...
Secrets Sutra - The EverLife Foundation
... rendered it the world’s most didactic major religion, in reference to non-Buddhist religions Buddhism has shown an unparalleled tolerance for other views and a desire for finding common ground on the basis of shared human values. Sakyamuni had left a life-affirming, peace-loving tradition designed f ...
... rendered it the world’s most didactic major religion, in reference to non-Buddhist religions Buddhism has shown an unparalleled tolerance for other views and a desire for finding common ground on the basis of shared human values. Sakyamuni had left a life-affirming, peace-loving tradition designed f ...
Prince Shōtoku`s Commentary on the Śrīmālā-sūtra
... “storehouse,” “matrix,” “womb,” or “seed” of enlightenment that is present in all sentient beings. While the tathāgatagarbha is closely related to the notion of buddha-nature, the Shōmangyō gisho describes the former at length but refers to the latter just once. Indeed, both doctrines were more full ...
... “storehouse,” “matrix,” “womb,” or “seed” of enlightenment that is present in all sentient beings. While the tathāgatagarbha is closely related to the notion of buddha-nature, the Shōmangyō gisho describes the former at length but refers to the latter just once. Indeed, both doctrines were more full ...
pacific world - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... The biography of Vajrabodhi which will be examined in this paper is the extensive one written by his lay disciple Lü Xiang, probably compiled within two decades of Vajrabodhi’s death and then included in Yuanzhao’s (圓照) Zhenyuan xinding shijiao mulu (貞元新定釋教目錄, Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings Newly E ...
... The biography of Vajrabodhi which will be examined in this paper is the extensive one written by his lay disciple Lü Xiang, probably compiled within two decades of Vajrabodhi’s death and then included in Yuanzhao’s (圓照) Zhenyuan xinding shijiao mulu (貞元新定釋教目錄, Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings Newly E ...
Buddhist Trail in Ladakh
... without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Great care has been taken in the compilation, updation and validation of information, and every effort has been made to ensure that all information is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Details like telephone and fax numbers, ...
... without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Great care has been taken in the compilation, updation and validation of information, and every effort has been made to ensure that all information is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Details like telephone and fax numbers, ...
The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal
... Buddhism has enjoyed a prominent place in the study of Asian religious ideas at Hamburg University for almost 100 years, ever since the birth of Buddhist Studies in Germany. We are proud that our program is housed in one of the pioneering academic institutions in Europe at which the study of Buddhis ...
... Buddhism has enjoyed a prominent place in the study of Asian religious ideas at Hamburg University for almost 100 years, ever since the birth of Buddhist Studies in Germany. We are proud that our program is housed in one of the pioneering academic institutions in Europe at which the study of Buddhis ...
Indigenizing Deities: The Budai Maitreya and the Group of Eighteen
... From the tenth century onward, the Chinese created indigenous Buddhist deities by adopting Indian deities and reconciling them with Chinese beliefs and artistic traditions. The ways in which Indian Buddhist sutras, revisionary Chinese texts, and the Chinese artistic tradition interacted to create in ...
... From the tenth century onward, the Chinese created indigenous Buddhist deities by adopting Indian deities and reconciling them with Chinese beliefs and artistic traditions. The ways in which Indian Buddhist sutras, revisionary Chinese texts, and the Chinese artistic tradition interacted to create in ...
Syncretism in the study of Quanzhen Taoism from essence to
... In 1220, Quanzhen Patriarch Qiu Chuji (Changyang) began a three year journey across northern China heading west to meet the foreign ruler Chinggis Khan. Qiu was an old man of 72 years, though at the time rumored to be over 300, and he expressed concern that the journey might strain him more than he ...
... In 1220, Quanzhen Patriarch Qiu Chuji (Changyang) began a three year journey across northern China heading west to meet the foreign ruler Chinggis Khan. Qiu was an old man of 72 years, though at the time rumored to be over 300, and he expressed concern that the journey might strain him more than he ...
Buddhist_Text_Transl..
... Diamond Sutras. Its wealth of theoretical and practical instruction in the spiritual life often made it the first major text to be studied by newly ordained monks, particularly in the Chan School. ...
... Diamond Sutras. Its wealth of theoretical and practical instruction in the spiritual life often made it the first major text to be studied by newly ordained monks, particularly in the Chan School. ...
Two Nichiren Texts
... the fact that Nembutsu devotionalism was extremely popular, attracting many commoners as well as members of the samurai class. The practice of worshiping Amitåbha was not foreign to older schools, which recognized the Nembutsu as a secondary teaching. In order to cope with the rise of Hønen’s Nembut ...
... the fact that Nembutsu devotionalism was extremely popular, attracting many commoners as well as members of the samurai class. The practice of worshiping Amitåbha was not foreign to older schools, which recognized the Nembutsu as a secondary teaching. In order to cope with the rise of Hønen’s Nembut ...
Transcending Ego: Distinguishing Consciousness from Wisdom
... from and were reabsorbed into an underlying atman (soul or self). The Buddha, who referred to and refuted the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, denied the existence of the underlying atman, but enumerated the constituents of the empirical individual in his doctrine of five aggregates (skandhas), or the six ...
... from and were reabsorbed into an underlying atman (soul or self). The Buddha, who referred to and refuted the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, denied the existence of the underlying atman, but enumerated the constituents of the empirical individual in his doctrine of five aggregates (skandhas), or the six ...
to view the PDF - The Matheson Trust
... the cultural disturbances of the last four decades but, outside the organs of the American Buddhist community, surprisingly little notice was directed to Ginsberg's engagement with Eastern forms of spirituality. Ginsberg's public career and private life (a somewhat slippery distinction in this case! ...
... the cultural disturbances of the last four decades but, outside the organs of the American Buddhist community, surprisingly little notice was directed to Ginsberg's engagement with Eastern forms of spirituality. Ginsberg's public career and private life (a somewhat slippery distinction in this case! ...
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... Motivation for Life – Module One This online module helps us to take advantage of our lives by understanding how to set the most beneficial daily motivation. You will learn to appreciate your precious human life, the truth of impermanence, how actions and their results are unbetraying, how the po ...
... Motivation for Life – Module One This online module helps us to take advantage of our lives by understanding how to set the most beneficial daily motivation. You will learn to appreciate your precious human life, the truth of impermanence, how actions and their results are unbetraying, how the po ...
Knowing and Living the Truth
... Of these, wisdom is seen as most central, since this is what dispels ignorance. For it is ignorance, not “sin” in a religious sense, which is regarded in Buddhism as the true root of all that is harmful or evil. (Other terms used for this ignorance are delusion, confusion, and self-deception.) For e ...
... Of these, wisdom is seen as most central, since this is what dispels ignorance. For it is ignorance, not “sin” in a religious sense, which is regarded in Buddhism as the true root of all that is harmful or evil. (Other terms used for this ignorance are delusion, confusion, and self-deception.) For e ...
Tibetan Buddhism and Han Chinese: Superscribing New Meaning
... such as the Dalai Lama and more recently the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa (Ogyen Trinley Dorje 2 ) and others such as Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, in presenting its message in compassionate and apparently scientific ways. Their message continues to find resonance in the West, where there is increasing d ...
... such as the Dalai Lama and more recently the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa (Ogyen Trinley Dorje 2 ) and others such as Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, in presenting its message in compassionate and apparently scientific ways. Their message continues to find resonance in the West, where there is increasing d ...
THE TREATISE ON THE ELUCIDATION OF THE KNOWABLE THE
... All sources for the text certainly existed in Tibetan versions, a necessity for ’Phags-pa. Texts written by Vasubandhu (ca. 400–480?), the Sautråntika who became a prominent figure with the Yogåcåra school, and by his older brother Asaçga (born in Gandhåra, ca. 390–470?) certainly were an inspiration ...
... All sources for the text certainly existed in Tibetan versions, a necessity for ’Phags-pa. Texts written by Vasubandhu (ca. 400–480?), the Sautråntika who became a prominent figure with the Yogåcåra school, and by his older brother Asaçga (born in Gandhåra, ca. 390–470?) certainly were an inspiration ...
Placing Nichiren in the “Big Picture”
... Nichiren and Kamakura Buddhism No era in Japanese Buddhist history has received more scholarly atten tion than the Kamakura period (1185-1333). This was the time when several of the Buddhist traditions most influential in Japan today~ Zen, Pure Land, and Nichiren— had their institutional beginnings ...
... Nichiren and Kamakura Buddhism No era in Japanese Buddhist history has received more scholarly atten tion than the Kamakura period (1185-1333). This was the time when several of the Buddhist traditions most influential in Japan today~ Zen, Pure Land, and Nichiren— had their institutional beginnings ...
issue #3 - HH the Sakya Trizin
... We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to our sponsors, whose generosity made this issue possible, and to all those who have contributed to the magazine in one way or another. We’re very grateful for the donations, editorial collaboration and appreciative support that have been offered us during the ...
... We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to our sponsors, whose generosity made this issue possible, and to all those who have contributed to the magazine in one way or another. We’re very grateful for the donations, editorial collaboration and appreciative support that have been offered us during the ...
Chapter One
... (1) The Sutta Nipata: an English translation by K. R. Norman, published by the Pali Text Society, London, (2001) ...
... (1) The Sutta Nipata: an English translation by K. R. Norman, published by the Pali Text Society, London, (2001) ...
Yoga - MAIMT
... an individual perceives reality as maya, illusion, and the individual achieves liberation from it.[88] This particular path to salvation among the several offered by Hinduism, links Tantrism to those practices of Indian religions, such as yoga, meditation, and social renunciation, which are based on ...
... an individual perceives reality as maya, illusion, and the individual achieves liberation from it.[88] This particular path to salvation among the several offered by Hinduism, links Tantrism to those practices of Indian religions, such as yoga, meditation, and social renunciation, which are based on ...