THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE SELF: HOW EASTERN THOUGHT
... Eastern ideas regarding the Self, particularly those informed by Buddhist traditions, are quite different. From the Buddhist perspective, there is no permanent separate self that exists within the gross body that exercises volitional control over one’s thoughts and actions (Kornfield, 2008). Rather, ...
... Eastern ideas regarding the Self, particularly those informed by Buddhist traditions, are quite different. From the Buddhist perspective, there is no permanent separate self that exists within the gross body that exercises volitional control over one’s thoughts and actions (Kornfield, 2008). Rather, ...
12 ESSAYS ON BUDDHISM
... elsewhere. At any rate, we may here safely conclude that the Buddhist therefore has no problem in his own religious context in subscribing to the general definition of salvation as `the saving of the soul', which to him would mean no more and no less than the liberation or emancipation of the indivi ...
... elsewhere. At any rate, we may here safely conclude that the Buddhist therefore has no problem in his own religious context in subscribing to the general definition of salvation as `the saving of the soul', which to him would mean no more and no less than the liberation or emancipation of the indivi ...
āgama and aṅga in the early buddhist oral tradition
... one such reference in the Mahāgopālaka-sutta of the Majjhimanikāya, however, three parallels preserved in Chinese translation also mention such elders. Yet they only qualify them as “learned”, without bringing in the other epithets used in the Mahāgopālakasutta and thus also without a counterpart to ...
... one such reference in the Mahāgopālaka-sutta of the Majjhimanikāya, however, three parallels preserved in Chinese translation also mention such elders. Yet they only qualify them as “learned”, without bringing in the other epithets used in the Mahāgopālakasutta and thus also without a counterpart to ...
Sutra on the Eight Realizations of Great Beings
... poverty, hunger, ignorance, desires and passions, birth and death. How can a person practicing “Knowing how to feel satisfied with few possessions” also practice generosity? It is by living simply. Almost everyone who spends his or her life serving and helping others, sacrificing themselves for the ...
... poverty, hunger, ignorance, desires and passions, birth and death. How can a person practicing “Knowing how to feel satisfied with few possessions” also practice generosity? It is by living simply. Almost everyone who spends his or her life serving and helping others, sacrificing themselves for the ...
Mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths
... enlightenment are two distinct conditions, whereby liberation signifies the removal of obscurations caused by emotional defilements (Sanskrit: klesavarana), but not of all obscurations to knowledge (Sanskrit: jneyavarana). However, despite the slight variations in how different Buddhist approaches i ...
... enlightenment are two distinct conditions, whereby liberation signifies the removal of obscurations caused by emotional defilements (Sanskrit: klesavarana), but not of all obscurations to knowledge (Sanskrit: jneyavarana). However, despite the slight variations in how different Buddhist approaches i ...
Sample Chapter 4 - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... When he was 80, legend says, the Buddha ate food offered by a wellmeaning blacksmith named Chunda, but the food was spoiled and the Buddha became terribly sick. Sensing that he was dying, he called his disciples. To those who were crying over his impending death, he reminded them that everything mus ...
... When he was 80, legend says, the Buddha ate food offered by a wellmeaning blacksmith named Chunda, but the food was spoiled and the Buddha became terribly sick. Sensing that he was dying, he called his disciples. To those who were crying over his impending death, he reminded them that everything mus ...
Untitled
... bringing to an end a beginningless ignorance.” 6 As such, Buddhism is the true “science” that provides the most satisfactory worldview for our engaging and experiencing reality. The author then proceeds in the attempt to demonstrate the superiority of Buddhism (the Buddha’s dharma and teachings) to ...
... bringing to an end a beginningless ignorance.” 6 As such, Buddhism is the true “science” that provides the most satisfactory worldview for our engaging and experiencing reality. The author then proceeds in the attempt to demonstrate the superiority of Buddhism (the Buddha’s dharma and teachings) to ...
the buddha - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... Vinaya-piṭaka. It is likely that it is a later addition to the Pāli Canon that was formulated by many Buddhist monks over several centuries. Different early Buddhist schools developed slightly different Abhidhammas, some of which exist today and are available for comparison. Another layer of Pāli wr ...
... Vinaya-piṭaka. It is likely that it is a later addition to the Pāli Canon that was formulated by many Buddhist monks over several centuries. Different early Buddhist schools developed slightly different Abhidhammas, some of which exist today and are available for comparison. Another layer of Pāli wr ...
Approaching The Great Perfection
... enlightened mind in all sentient beings, and proposes that the realization of this immanence is itself the method by which all aspects of enlightenment are attained simultaneously. The second emphasizes the distinction between the ordinary state of sentient beings, samsara, and its enlightened corre ...
... enlightened mind in all sentient beings, and proposes that the realization of this immanence is itself the method by which all aspects of enlightenment are attained simultaneously. The second emphasizes the distinction between the ordinary state of sentient beings, samsara, and its enlightened corre ...
DASABALASRIMITRA ON THE BUDDHOLOGY OF THE SAMMITIYAS
... The primary Sthavira source is the Vimuttimagga or Vimuktimiirga, an important early text that is lost in the original Indic, but preserved in a Chinese translation (T. 1648) dating to the early sixth century. Dasabalasrimitra' s excerpts from the Vimuttimagga take up three full chapters (Chaps. 13- ...
... The primary Sthavira source is the Vimuttimagga or Vimuktimiirga, an important early text that is lost in the original Indic, but preserved in a Chinese translation (T. 1648) dating to the early sixth century. Dasabalasrimitra' s excerpts from the Vimuttimagga take up three full chapters (Chaps. 13- ...
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 ...
Guang Ming Digest - Guang Ming Temple
... Venerable Master Hsing Yun is an outspoken proponent of equality among all people and religious traditions. The Order has the largest number of female monastics of any Buddhist order today. By providing and supporting educational and leadership opportunities, he ...
... Venerable Master Hsing Yun is an outspoken proponent of equality among all people and religious traditions. The Order has the largest number of female monastics of any Buddhist order today. By providing and supporting educational and leadership opportunities, he ...
Tibetan Scholastic Education and The Role of Soteriology
... way in which it is used. In one sense, it is tempting and not entirely wrong to assimilate commentary to the semantic aspect and debate to the pragmatic or performative dimension. Nevertheless, as we will see, this distinction is not adequate to the understanding of either form of interpretive pract ...
... way in which it is used. In one sense, it is tempting and not entirely wrong to assimilate commentary to the semantic aspect and debate to the pragmatic or performative dimension. Nevertheless, as we will see, this distinction is not adequate to the understanding of either form of interpretive pract ...
One Foot in the World
... and fettered to suffering. Many Pali words are used to describe this pathetic situation, such as samyojana, bandha and pasa, meaning bond, fetter, and snare, respectively. One sutta employs a simple simile to illustrate the manner in which man is fettered to samsaric life. According to this simile a ...
... and fettered to suffering. Many Pali words are used to describe this pathetic situation, such as samyojana, bandha and pasa, meaning bond, fetter, and snare, respectively. One sutta employs a simple simile to illustrate the manner in which man is fettered to samsaric life. According to this simile a ...
Reflections July 2013 - Buddhist Sangha of Bucks County
... raise a smile or lighten the mood, because the Tripitaka contains many examples of his urbane, subtle humor. His discourses are full of puns (silesa), a pun being the use of a word that has two different meanings or two words that sound the same, for humorous effect. For example, brahmans were also ...
... raise a smile or lighten the mood, because the Tripitaka contains many examples of his urbane, subtle humor. His discourses are full of puns (silesa), a pun being the use of a word that has two different meanings or two words that sound the same, for humorous effect. For example, brahmans were also ...
Salvation in Buddhism - Digital Commons @ Andrews University
... The Four Noble Truths and How to Overcome Suffering Buddhism began as a way to address the suffering that exists in the world, and it was not overly-focused on ultimate salvation. That said, however, there was a clear doctrine of salvation in the Buddha’s teachings: Salvation in early Buddhism was N ...
... The Four Noble Truths and How to Overcome Suffering Buddhism began as a way to address the suffering that exists in the world, and it was not overly-focused on ultimate salvation. That said, however, there was a clear doctrine of salvation in the Buddha’s teachings: Salvation in early Buddhism was N ...
Support for the Dying
... reborn into the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. 2. It is important to remind the dying person to cease thinking of wealth and property, as well as attachments to family and friends. 3. If the patient has written a will so much the better, but if not, it is best to counsel against writing one at ...
... reborn into the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. 2. It is important to remind the dying person to cease thinking of wealth and property, as well as attachments to family and friends. 3. If the patient has written a will so much the better, but if not, it is best to counsel against writing one at ...
Buddhism and Western Psychology
... ends when craving ceases. At this point, it is said that one is fully in the present, joyful, peaceful, and compassionate. A common misunderstanding is that this will result in a person being apathetic or unemotional. This is not the case; one can still have preferences and goals without clinging. O ...
... ends when craving ceases. At this point, it is said that one is fully in the present, joyful, peaceful, and compassionate. A common misunderstanding is that this will result in a person being apathetic or unemotional. This is not the case; one can still have preferences and goals without clinging. O ...
What is Nirvana - Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
... the residual causes of emotional conflicts – craving, desire, lust, aggression, violence, all kinds of manifestations of anger were all conquered. Buddha was able to conquer all of these and then he attained nirvana.i This is called “Nirvana with Remainder,” with residue, because the Buddha still ha ...
... the residual causes of emotional conflicts – craving, desire, lust, aggression, violence, all kinds of manifestations of anger were all conquered. Buddha was able to conquer all of these and then he attained nirvana.i This is called “Nirvana with Remainder,” with residue, because the Buddha still ha ...
On conveying and not conveying expertise
... religious connotations, thereby sidestepping challenging experimental testing validity questions that might arise if such connotations were kept present. Equally, as argued, the absence of first person descriptions from popular meditation training guides may be encouraging inter-subjective agreement ...
... religious connotations, thereby sidestepping challenging experimental testing validity questions that might arise if such connotations were kept present. Equally, as argued, the absence of first person descriptions from popular meditation training guides may be encouraging inter-subjective agreement ...
A Buddhist`s Reflections on Religious Conversion
... passes out of being.” Immediately after that, a chorus of celestial beings shouted “Truly the Lord has founded the highest kingdom of truth, which neither ascetic nor priest nor god nor Mara [the personification of death] nor [the supreme god] Brahma can overturn.” The Buddha’s first talk to his fiv ...
... passes out of being.” Immediately after that, a chorus of celestial beings shouted “Truly the Lord has founded the highest kingdom of truth, which neither ascetic nor priest nor god nor Mara [the personification of death] nor [the supreme god] Brahma can overturn.” The Buddha’s first talk to his fiv ...
BODHI BULLETIN
... pure. It is just like a lotus flower, whose every part — from its roots to its leaves — is useful and beneficial to others. Because the lotus flower is without any clinging, it can completely devote itself to benefit others. The Buddha’s Dharma teaches us to be level-headed — not impeding our own pr ...
... pure. It is just like a lotus flower, whose every part — from its roots to its leaves — is useful and beneficial to others. Because the lotus flower is without any clinging, it can completely devote itself to benefit others. The Buddha’s Dharma teaches us to be level-headed — not impeding our own pr ...
Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Path to Buddhahood
... the three afflictions which is necessary in order to attain Enlightenment. As it is well known, attachment (rāga), aversion (dveṣa) and ignorance (avidyā) are the three principal afflictions. The preliminary practices serve to eradicate attachment through the development of detachment or more positi ...
... the three afflictions which is necessary in order to attain Enlightenment. As it is well known, attachment (rāga), aversion (dveṣa) and ignorance (avidyā) are the three principal afflictions. The preliminary practices serve to eradicate attachment through the development of detachment or more positi ...
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.