INTRODUCTION - Reggie Pawle
... and that discontinuities are, when one focuses on them, at least as obvious as continuity. (p. 3) Of the several schools of Chan Buddhism in China there were two that reached Japan. These two developed into the contemporary Rinzai and Soto schools (Fischer-Schreiber, Ehrhard, & Diener, 1991, p. 262) ...
... and that discontinuities are, when one focuses on them, at least as obvious as continuity. (p. 3) Of the several schools of Chan Buddhism in China there were two that reached Japan. These two developed into the contemporary Rinzai and Soto schools (Fischer-Schreiber, Ehrhard, & Diener, 1991, p. 262) ...
BUSL-NC-Proceedings 2013 - Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka
... fight with the time and many other debacles from the very outset. Team work, diligence, patience, unity in diversity are some of the key elements that we need to apply when it comes to an event of this nature. The task assigned to the selected members of our overall coordinating committee was more v ...
... fight with the time and many other debacles from the very outset. Team work, diligence, patience, unity in diversity are some of the key elements that we need to apply when it comes to an event of this nature. The task assigned to the selected members of our overall coordinating committee was more v ...
Fundamentals of Buddhism
... components — the objective component and the subjective component. In other words, the things around us and we the perceivers. Buddhism is noted for its analytical method in the area of philosophy and psychology. What we mean by this is that the Buddha analyzes experience into various elements, the ...
... components — the objective component and the subjective component. In other words, the things around us and we the perceivers. Buddhism is noted for its analytical method in the area of philosophy and psychology. What we mean by this is that the Buddha analyzes experience into various elements, the ...
A Buddhist`s Insight 12 Steps of Recovery
... understand that anatta and sunyata are not denials of our existence or the existence of the material world, but rather that everything about us and our characteristics—spiritual, mental, and physical; wholesome and unwholesome—and even our situations and environments, are constantly undergoing trans ...
... understand that anatta and sunyata are not denials of our existence or the existence of the material world, but rather that everything about us and our characteristics—spiritual, mental, and physical; wholesome and unwholesome—and even our situations and environments, are constantly undergoing trans ...
The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya: Visual
... training, my personal discipline, and, of course, my lineage. And for you, from your American point of view, you have managed to cut through the spiritual materialism and [been] able to … study with me.”16 In other words, Trungpa Rinpoche described that he was able to realize his inherent buddha-nat ...
... training, my personal discipline, and, of course, my lineage. And for you, from your American point of view, you have managed to cut through the spiritual materialism and [been] able to … study with me.”16 In other words, Trungpa Rinpoche described that he was able to realize his inherent buddha-nat ...
Volume 7 – No. 1 - Buddhist Discussion Centre
... subsequent understanding, of the relevant literature associated with a topic. The Canon originates from the first Council and authorised Commentaries should ...
... subsequent understanding, of the relevant literature associated with a topic. The Canon originates from the first Council and authorised Commentaries should ...
BLIAQ Newsletter - Chung Tian Temple
... protection and water conservation. At present, Buddha Memorial Centre not only offers free parking and free entry, but also mobilizes thousands of staff and volunteers to provide services for tourists. The Master, nearly 90 years old, is walking with his devotees on the Bodhisattva path. The Venerab ...
... protection and water conservation. At present, Buddha Memorial Centre not only offers free parking and free entry, but also mobilizes thousands of staff and volunteers to provide services for tourists. The Master, nearly 90 years old, is walking with his devotees on the Bodhisattva path. The Venerab ...
Thirty_Years_of_Buddhist_studies,Conze
... hen teaching recently for a year in North America, it was suggested to me that a re-publication of some of my articles, which have appeared over a period of thirty years in various periodicals, and are now almost unobtainable, might be of assistance to Buddhist scholarship. I therefore submit herewi ...
... hen teaching recently for a year in North America, it was suggested to me that a re-publication of some of my articles, which have appeared over a period of thirty years in various periodicals, and are now almost unobtainable, might be of assistance to Buddhist scholarship. I therefore submit herewi ...
August - FPMT Losang Dragpa Centre
... is not enough, one needs wisdom as well. For example: one has a kind heart to help a very sick person, but at the same time one needs the wisdom to know how to help i.e. whether the sick person needs to be taken to the hospital etc. Just having loving compassion and a good heart is not enough; one m ...
... is not enough, one needs wisdom as well. For example: one has a kind heart to help a very sick person, but at the same time one needs the wisdom to know how to help i.e. whether the sick person needs to be taken to the hospital etc. Just having loving compassion and a good heart is not enough; one m ...
The Wisdom November 2010 - Leicester Buddhist Vihara
... bear results (Vipaka) in this life. All the other kamma will pass over to the very next birth or to any future birth until one attains the final liberation of Nibbana. Most of our kamma falls into indefinitely effective category; very few of bad kamma will bear bad fruit in this life. This is one po ...
... bear results (Vipaka) in this life. All the other kamma will pass over to the very next birth or to any future birth until one attains the final liberation of Nibbana. Most of our kamma falls into indefinitely effective category; very few of bad kamma will bear bad fruit in this life. This is one po ...
Gautama Buddha
... traditional biographies. These include the Buddhacarita, Lalitavistara Sūtra, Mahāvastu, and the Nidānakathā.[9] Of these, the Buddhacarita is the earliest full biography, an epic poem written by the poet Aśvaghoṣa, and dating around the beginning of the 2nd century CE.[9] The Lalitavistara Sūtra is ...
... traditional biographies. These include the Buddhacarita, Lalitavistara Sūtra, Mahāvastu, and the Nidānakathā.[9] Of these, the Buddhacarita is the earliest full biography, an epic poem written by the poet Aśvaghoṣa, and dating around the beginning of the 2nd century CE.[9] The Lalitavistara Sūtra is ...
Jewel in the Ashes: Buddha relics and power in early medieval Japan
... glossary of terms and translated excerpts from texts central to the book’s thesis. The first two chapters present introductory material. Chapter 1， “Introduction: Buddha Relics, Exchange, and the Value of Death,” describes Ruppert， s focus in this volume on “the attitudes of individuals and groups t ...
... glossary of terms and translated excerpts from texts central to the book’s thesis. The first two chapters present introductory material. Chapter 1， “Introduction: Buddha Relics, Exchange, and the Value of Death,” describes Ruppert， s focus in this volume on “the attitudes of individuals and groups t ...
A Buddhist Monk`s Journeys to Heaven and Hell
... a ceremonial place where the Sailendra kings were crowned as Bodhisattvas and also, as it does today, a place of pilgrimage for devotion to glorify Buddhism. Definitely, it was and still is an educational center, an “open university” , and a royal gift to the people. Ascension of The Borobudur can b ...
... a ceremonial place where the Sailendra kings were crowned as Bodhisattvas and also, as it does today, a place of pilgrimage for devotion to glorify Buddhism. Definitely, it was and still is an educational center, an “open university” , and a royal gift to the people. Ascension of The Borobudur can b ...
Northern/Southern Schools
... 1986:240) Although history now brands Shen-hsiu’s teachings as “Northern School” teachings, it should be remembered that this was originally meant as a pejorative term to differentiate these teachings from what ultimately became the most successful teachings, the so-called “Southern School”. It was ...
... 1986:240) Although history now brands Shen-hsiu’s teachings as “Northern School” teachings, it should be remembered that this was originally meant as a pejorative term to differentiate these teachings from what ultimately became the most successful teachings, the so-called “Southern School”. It was ...
File - Drukpa Mila Center
... The teachings on the Five Elements (i.e., Space, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth) are an essential aspect of the Vajrayana path of Tantric Buddhism. This fact is easily witnessed through the Elements' primordial integration with the Buddha Families themselves. In order to introduce practitioners to thes ...
... The teachings on the Five Elements (i.e., Space, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth) are an essential aspect of the Vajrayana path of Tantric Buddhism. This fact is easily witnessed through the Elements' primordial integration with the Buddha Families themselves. In order to introduce practitioners to thes ...
NO INNER CORE - ANATTA BY SAYADAW U SILANANDA
... NO INNER CORE - ANATTA ....................................................................3 ...
... NO INNER CORE - ANATTA ....................................................................3 ...
THE TEACHING METHODS OF BUDDHA
... The Sadhi,nirmocana Śūtra elaborates on the three wisdoms, thus: Through a wisdom arisen from [hearing] the doctrine, Bodhisattvas base themselves upon the words [of the sutras], take the text literally, and do not yet understand the intention… Through a wisdom arisen from thinking, Bodhisattvas do ...
... The Sadhi,nirmocana Śūtra elaborates on the three wisdoms, thus: Through a wisdom arisen from [hearing] the doctrine, Bodhisattvas base themselves upon the words [of the sutras], take the text literally, and do not yet understand the intention… Through a wisdom arisen from thinking, Bodhisattvas do ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... Class Venue: P4, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of ...
... Class Venue: P4, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of ...
eBook - Dharma Resources - Kong Meng San Phor Kark See
... us to share the truth with those who might be interested in it, “Go forth, O Bhikkhus (monks), for the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world, for the good, benefit and the happiness of gods and humans... Let not two go by one way. Preach, O Bhikkhus, the D ...
... us to share the truth with those who might be interested in it, “Go forth, O Bhikkhus (monks), for the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world, for the good, benefit and the happiness of gods and humans... Let not two go by one way. Preach, O Bhikkhus, the D ...
What the Buddha Taught
... source and development of an idea is a matter for the academic. In fact, in order to understand Truth, it is not necessary even to know whether the teaching comes from the Buddha, or from anyone else. What is essential is seeing the thing, understanding it. There is an important story in the Majjhim ...
... source and development of an idea is a matter for the academic. In fact, in order to understand Truth, it is not necessary even to know whether the teaching comes from the Buddha, or from anyone else. What is essential is seeing the thing, understanding it. There is an important story in the Majjhim ...
Fo Guang Shan Buddhism and Ethical Conversations
... “Buddhism is of this world,” says Hsing Yun, quoting a Chan sutra, “it cannot exist apart from this world.” So the task Fo Guang Shan Buddhists set themselves is to find ever more specific ways of skilfully embodying the virtues that Buddhism teaches, with each way being particularly appropriate to ...
... “Buddhism is of this world,” says Hsing Yun, quoting a Chan sutra, “it cannot exist apart from this world.” So the task Fo Guang Shan Buddhists set themselves is to find ever more specific ways of skilfully embodying the virtues that Buddhism teaches, with each way being particularly appropriate to ...
SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST
... course to be taken in relation to her following of 500 Sàkyan women, who had come together with her in quest of higher ordination. In reply to this question, the Buddha promulgated Cv X.2, according to which bhikkhus on their own should give the higher ordination to female candidates. Considering th ...
... course to be taken in relation to her following of 500 Sàkyan women, who had come together with her in quest of higher ordination. In reply to this question, the Buddha promulgated Cv X.2, according to which bhikkhus on their own should give the higher ordination to female candidates. Considering th ...
(1) Book
... to Nakkirur speaks about pitakam. In this, the poet uses the term pitakam in the sense of basket. This word pitaka is a Buddhist technical term which is seen both in Pali and Sanskrit forms such as Sutta-pitaka, Vinaya-pitaka, Dhammapitaka and Tripitaka. Here again it is used in the sense of box or ...
... to Nakkirur speaks about pitakam. In this, the poet uses the term pitakam in the sense of basket. This word pitaka is a Buddhist technical term which is seen both in Pali and Sanskrit forms such as Sutta-pitaka, Vinaya-pitaka, Dhammapitaka and Tripitaka. Here again it is used in the sense of box or ...
Buddhist meditation
Buddhist meditation refers to the meditative practices associated with the religion and philosophy of Buddhism.Core meditation techniques have been preserved in ancient Buddhist texts and have proliferated and diversified through teacher-student transmissions. Buddhists pursue meditation as part of the path toward Enlightenment and Nirvana. The closest words for meditation in the classical languages of Buddhism are bhāvanā and jhāna/dhyāna. Buddhist meditation techniques have become increasingly popular in the wider world, with many non-Buddhists taking them up for a variety of reasons.Buddhist meditation encompasses a variety of meditation techniques that aim to develop mindfulness, concentration, supramundane powers, tranquility, and insight. Given the large number and diversity of traditional Buddhist meditation practices, this article primarily identifies authoritative contextual frameworks — both contemporary and canonical — for the variety of practices. For those seeking school-specific meditation information, it may be more appropriate to simply view the articles listed in the ""See also"" section below.