shentong madhyamaka and via negativa
... The objective of this study is to help dispel the widespread view that Buddhism and Christianity are irreconcilable. To this end Christian-Buddhist dialogue has already accomplished a lot. Hence it may no longer be difficult for many people to concede that there is a kinship between the two religion ...
... The objective of this study is to help dispel the widespread view that Buddhism and Christianity are irreconcilable. To this end Christian-Buddhist dialogue has already accomplished a lot. Hence it may no longer be difficult for many people to concede that there is a kinship between the two religion ...
Janusz Chmielewski THE PRINCIPLE OF REDUCTIO AD
... First and foremost, one needs to count the hermetic nature of the texts themselves as the drivers of the distortion, meant for the disciples of the school for mnemonic purposes, which made these texts barely understood by those from outside the group. The tangled, non-linear and ”entry-based” nature ...
... First and foremost, one needs to count the hermetic nature of the texts themselves as the drivers of the distortion, meant for the disciples of the school for mnemonic purposes, which made these texts barely understood by those from outside the group. The tangled, non-linear and ”entry-based” nature ...
TIBETAN TOURIST THANGKAS IN THE KATHMANDU VALLEY
... The key notion in the making of thangkas is the accumulation of merit. This is by no means a recent or a Tibetan innovation, but an idea well rooted in Buddhist tradition. To give an example, the vastness of the merit accumulated through the building of images and stz&~ is the principal message of a ...
... The key notion in the making of thangkas is the accumulation of merit. This is by no means a recent or a Tibetan innovation, but an idea well rooted in Buddhist tradition. To give an example, the vastness of the merit accumulated through the building of images and stz&~ is the principal message of a ...
- J .Krishnamurti , Authentic Report of
... The Buddha taught the ‘art of living’. He never established or taught any ‘‘ism”. He never instructed people to practise any rite or rituals, any blind or empty formalities. Instead, He taught to just observe the reality ‘as it is’. He said one must look within and SEE ‘what is’ (yathabhuta nanadass ...
... The Buddha taught the ‘art of living’. He never established or taught any ‘‘ism”. He never instructed people to practise any rite or rituals, any blind or empty formalities. Instead, He taught to just observe the reality ‘as it is’. He said one must look within and SEE ‘what is’ (yathabhuta nanadass ...
The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya: Visual
... izes Tibetan Buddhism than lineage, which can be described as the historically unfolding relationships between teachers and students. Through this relationship, meditation practices and scholarly training are transmitted from teacher to student. Ideally, in Tibetan Buddhism, this process establishes ...
... izes Tibetan Buddhism than lineage, which can be described as the historically unfolding relationships between teachers and students. Through this relationship, meditation practices and scholarly training are transmitted from teacher to student. Ideally, in Tibetan Buddhism, this process establishes ...
The Art of Living
... learning from the basis of Buddha Shakyamuni’s teachings. The study of these teachings is to help establish proper understanding and viewpoints; thus, the method of “Proper Views and Knowledge” is used here to enter the Buddha’s teachings. There are four schools in this category (Tian Tai, Shian Sho ...
... learning from the basis of Buddha Shakyamuni’s teachings. The study of these teachings is to help establish proper understanding and viewpoints; thus, the method of “Proper Views and Knowledge” is used here to enter the Buddha’s teachings. There are four schools in this category (Tian Tai, Shian Sho ...
Great Disciples of the Buddha
... of the BPS, to follow up his study of S›riputta with a line of Wheel titles on the other great disciples, using the articles by Dr. Hecker as a basis. Thus between 1979 and 1989 there appeared, as individual Wheel booklets, portraits of Mah›moggall›na, finanda, Aºgulim›la, An›thapi˚˜ika, Mah›kassapa, ...
... of the BPS, to follow up his study of S›riputta with a line of Wheel titles on the other great disciples, using the articles by Dr. Hecker as a basis. Thus between 1979 and 1989 there appeared, as individual Wheel booklets, portraits of Mah›moggall›na, finanda, Aºgulim›la, An›thapi˚˜ika, Mah›kassapa, ...
Commentaries On The Vedas, The Upanishads And The Bhagavad
... Gita) in one book. Sri Chinmoy transcends mere commentary by providing us with spiritual illumination on the inner meaning of these important works. Sri Chinmoy is a fully realised spiritual master (who conducts meditation for the United Nations), and his very words provide us with direct spiritual ...
... Gita) in one book. Sri Chinmoy transcends mere commentary by providing us with spiritual illumination on the inner meaning of these important works. Sri Chinmoy is a fully realised spiritual master (who conducts meditation for the United Nations), and his very words provide us with direct spiritual ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... no new insight into Buddhism. Will the authorities wake up before eravāda Buddhism disappears from the academic map of the world? Much is at stake, for the current situation has already descended into absurdity. If we count those who were not in the programme because they did not present papers, an ...
... no new insight into Buddhism. Will the authorities wake up before eravāda Buddhism disappears from the academic map of the world? Much is at stake, for the current situation has already descended into absurdity. If we count those who were not in the programme because they did not present papers, an ...
traces of gandhāran buddhism - Institut für Indologie und Tibetologie
... A certain effort has been made with regard to establishing the origin and the Buddhist school from which the material stem. Regrettably most of the information available about the physical origin is quite scanty, and any archaeological survey has up until now been difficult. One probable place of or ...
... A certain effort has been made with regard to establishing the origin and the Buddhist school from which the material stem. Regrettably most of the information available about the physical origin is quite scanty, and any archaeological survey has up until now been difficult. One probable place of or ...
Traces of Gandhāran Buddhism: An Exhibition of Ancient Buddhist
... A certain effort has been made with regard to establishing the origin and the Buddhist school from which the material stem. Regrettably most of the information available about the physical origin is quite scanty, and any archaeological survey has up until now been difficult. One probable place of or ...
... A certain effort has been made with regard to establishing the origin and the Buddhist school from which the material stem. Regrettably most of the information available about the physical origin is quite scanty, and any archaeological survey has up until now been difficult. One probable place of or ...
The Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra
... The Sanskrit version of the one hundred syllable Vajrasattva mantra in the Puja Book of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (the FWBO) follows the edited text produced by Dharmacārin and Sanskritist Sthiramati (aka Dr. Andrew Skilton) in his article: The Vajrasattva Mantra: Notes on a Correcte ...
... The Sanskrit version of the one hundred syllable Vajrasattva mantra in the Puja Book of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (the FWBO) follows the edited text produced by Dharmacārin and Sanskritist Sthiramati (aka Dr. Andrew Skilton) in his article: The Vajrasattva Mantra: Notes on a Correcte ...
1 FABIO RAMBELLI LECTURE 7 TRANSMISSION OF THE
... poetry collections and the Ise monogatari (waka kanjø), performing arts (Nø, music), professional tools and crafts, and so forth.3 The attainment of secret knowledge transmitted through initiation rituals was a soteriological goal, since it was equivalent to the attainment of salvation (becoming a ...
... poetry collections and the Ise monogatari (waka kanjø), performing arts (Nø, music), professional tools and crafts, and so forth.3 The attainment of secret knowledge transmitted through initiation rituals was a soteriological goal, since it was equivalent to the attainment of salvation (becoming a ...
Mahāmaitrī in a Mahāyāna Sūtra in Khotanese ― Continuity and
... been the main means of instruction in early Khotan. This oral explanation lies, in fact, at the root of the formation of the Book of Zambasta itself.12 The Book of Zambasta partakes of the many developments that occurred in the Buddhist thought-world in the course of the Middle Period of Indian Budd ...
... been the main means of instruction in early Khotan. This oral explanation lies, in fact, at the root of the formation of the Book of Zambasta itself.12 The Book of Zambasta partakes of the many developments that occurred in the Buddhist thought-world in the course of the Middle Period of Indian Budd ...
The Lost Empire of the Silk Road The discovery of
... along the long-travelled Silk Road. The Silk Road! The name spelled mystery and adventure, and was woven like a red thread in the imagination of the young explorers. The Silk Road, the route made legend by the travels of Marco Polo. The route followed for long centuries by caravans from the fabled s ...
... along the long-travelled Silk Road. The Silk Road! The name spelled mystery and adventure, and was woven like a red thread in the imagination of the young explorers. The Silk Road, the route made legend by the travels of Marco Polo. The route followed for long centuries by caravans from the fabled s ...
The eye of new awareness WELCOME TO KAGYU MONLAM
... method or a way where we can focus on accumulations and dedicating them, aiming them towards something that is timeless, towards something that is immeasurable, towards something that is almost, in a way, unlimited in terms of its benefit. And that method would be none other than using or directing ...
... method or a way where we can focus on accumulations and dedicating them, aiming them towards something that is timeless, towards something that is immeasurable, towards something that is almost, in a way, unlimited in terms of its benefit. And that method would be none other than using or directing ...
Surun-Khanda D. Syrtypova
... brgya rtsa) - reference books of descriptions and illustrations, compiled by Buddhist masters of earlier periods[17]; and the most famous masterpieces of fine Vajrayāna art, which we shall now consider. The first Jebtsundamba Qutuɣtu Zanabazar’s (1635-1723) unrivaled creations of Twenty-one Tārā scu ...
... brgya rtsa) - reference books of descriptions and illustrations, compiled by Buddhist masters of earlier periods[17]; and the most famous masterpieces of fine Vajrayāna art, which we shall now consider. The first Jebtsundamba Qutuɣtu Zanabazar’s (1635-1723) unrivaled creations of Twenty-one Tārā scu ...
Literal Means and Hidden Meanings: a New Analysis of Skillful Means
... This very broad and somewhat oversimplified definition tries to incorporate the whole range of Buddhist views on the subject. However, it does not help to explain why there is an extensive use of the term in central Mahâyâna sûtras while pre-Mahâyâna texts are almost completely silent on this issue. ...
... This very broad and somewhat oversimplified definition tries to incorporate the whole range of Buddhist views on the subject. However, it does not help to explain why there is an extensive use of the term in central Mahâyâna sûtras while pre-Mahâyâna texts are almost completely silent on this issue. ...
Untitled - Abhidharma.ru
... descriptions are illuminated by a Mahayana world-view. Most of them are calm and serene, exuding the great love (Sanskrit mahamaitri) and great compassion (Sanskrit mahakaruna) which conjoined with transcendental wisdom constitute the perfect expression of Enlightenment in the Mahayana sutras. The o ...
... descriptions are illuminated by a Mahayana world-view. Most of them are calm and serene, exuding the great love (Sanskrit mahamaitri) and great compassion (Sanskrit mahakaruna) which conjoined with transcendental wisdom constitute the perfect expression of Enlightenment in the Mahayana sutras. The o ...
Tantric Poetry of Kukai
... is one of the most profoundly influential figures in Buddhism, widely revered as Japan's greatest saint. A precocious scholar and wandering monk, he was ordained at T�daiji in Nara and later spent two years in China (804-6), where he was ordained as a Master of the Shingon (True Word) sect. Returnin ...
... is one of the most profoundly influential figures in Buddhism, widely revered as Japan's greatest saint. A precocious scholar and wandering monk, he was ordained at T�daiji in Nara and later spent two years in China (804-6), where he was ordained as a Master of the Shingon (True Word) sect. Returnin ...
08_chapter 3
... Buddhism. Etymologically, the term “Bodhisattva” is derived from the Budh, originally meaning to “be awake”. The noun Bodhi comes to the meaning: (i) knowledge, (ii) enlightenment, (iii) the knowledge possessed by a Buddha1. It appears that in the Anguttara Nikaya the term bodhi denotes both the mea ...
... Buddhism. Etymologically, the term “Bodhisattva” is derived from the Budh, originally meaning to “be awake”. The noun Bodhi comes to the meaning: (i) knowledge, (ii) enlightenment, (iii) the knowledge possessed by a Buddha1. It appears that in the Anguttara Nikaya the term bodhi denotes both the mea ...
Buddhist Studies Semester I to IV
... Core Paper 1: Pre-Buddhist India (PAAICBS 101) This paper deals with Indian civilization and culture from 3000 B.C. to 1000 B.C. with which the history of India begins, from the Indus valley civilization followed by the Vedic age that witnessed the rise of major polities known as the Mahajanapadas. ...
... Core Paper 1: Pre-Buddhist India (PAAICBS 101) This paper deals with Indian civilization and culture from 3000 B.C. to 1000 B.C. with which the history of India begins, from the Indus valley civilization followed by the Vedic age that witnessed the rise of major polities known as the Mahajanapadas. ...
Robert F. RHODES - NCC Center for the Study of Japanese
... 6. In the GangØ-ji garan engi, these documents are called theTØroban mei 塔露盤銘 (Inscription on the Base of the Steeple of the [GangØ-ji] Pagoda) and the JØroku kØmei (Inscription on the Aureole of the Sixteen [Feet Tall Statue of Íåkyamuni Buddha of GangØ-ji]). They are found in Sakurai et al. 1975: ...
... 6. In the GangØ-ji garan engi, these documents are called theTØroban mei 塔露盤銘 (Inscription on the Base of the Steeple of the [GangØ-ji] Pagoda) and the JØroku kØmei (Inscription on the Aureole of the Sixteen [Feet Tall Statue of Íåkyamuni Buddha of GangØ-ji]). They are found in Sakurai et al. 1975: ...
Guru Padmasambhava in Context
... Indus regions is convincing. The number of these devices found also suggests that they might not have been merely used for occasional production, but instead were an ample part of the agricultural or cropping economy of some areas of the Swat valley. This fact is also supported by a relevant witness ...
... Indus regions is convincing. The number of these devices found also suggests that they might not have been merely used for occasional production, but instead were an ample part of the agricultural or cropping economy of some areas of the Swat valley. This fact is also supported by a relevant witness ...
1. Purpose and Aims - Unofficial SGI SWS
... subjects as an emblem of new responsibilities, like a fiefdom or a position in the government. When these two halves were joined, they fit perfectly. The two pieces were used as a seal to indicate that the sovereign and his subject both affirmed an agreement. The Buddha, the Law, and the Sangha are ...
... subjects as an emblem of new responsibilities, like a fiefdom or a position in the government. When these two halves were joined, they fit perfectly. The two pieces were used as a seal to indicate that the sovereign and his subject both affirmed an agreement. The Buddha, the Law, and the Sangha are ...