Where Does the Cetanic Break Take Place?
... literally overpowered by emotion, there is no mystery why I act as I do, even if I intellectually understand it is not the best option.9 Significantly, however, Buddhist authors will not share this intellectual puzzlement over why or how I can freely act against my better judgment. This is because w ...
... literally overpowered by emotion, there is no mystery why I act as I do, even if I intellectually understand it is not the best option.9 Significantly, however, Buddhist authors will not share this intellectual puzzlement over why or how I can freely act against my better judgment. This is because w ...
Sarkar on the Buddha`s Four Noble Truths
... Buddha and his teachings. From the Buddhist perspective, all sentient experience (even the highly refined states of meditative consciousness known as jhānas) and, correspondingly, the entire world, is marked with unsatisfactoriness. This existential dukkha is a result of human craving rooted in igno ...
... Buddha and his teachings. From the Buddhist perspective, all sentient experience (even the highly refined states of meditative consciousness known as jhānas) and, correspondingly, the entire world, is marked with unsatisfactoriness. This existential dukkha is a result of human craving rooted in igno ...
Chan Master Sheng Yen 1930 – 2009
... together, that makes almost thirty. As for myself, my impact on mainstream Buddhism in the West can be said to be not that successful. But you can’t say it’s a failure, either. Having all of you, as disciples, at least 30 people, makes me quite proud and happy. After over thirty years of teaching Bu ...
... together, that makes almost thirty. As for myself, my impact on mainstream Buddhism in the West can be said to be not that successful. But you can’t say it’s a failure, either. Having all of you, as disciples, at least 30 people, makes me quite proud and happy. After over thirty years of teaching Bu ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... was passed over in silence? So why is the study of Buddhism in this mess? I am well aware that some people object to taking the Buddha as a historical figure, claiming that we can know nothing about him for sure because he wrote nothing down. But what did Jesus or Mohammed write? Yet no one in their ...
... was passed over in silence? So why is the study of Buddhism in this mess? I am well aware that some people object to taking the Buddha as a historical figure, claiming that we can know nothing about him for sure because he wrote nothing down. But what did Jesus or Mohammed write? Yet no one in their ...
The Dhammapada - A Buddhist Library
... He gave a small cocktail party in the uptown Manhattan apartment of Monroe Wheeler, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, another unfailingly helpful and grace-imbued American. The others invited were Marianne Moore, Isaac Bashevis Singer and his wife, and Robert Phelps. It was at the request of Mis ...
... He gave a small cocktail party in the uptown Manhattan apartment of Monroe Wheeler, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, another unfailingly helpful and grace-imbued American. The others invited were Marianne Moore, Isaac Bashevis Singer and his wife, and Robert Phelps. It was at the request of Mis ...
The Dhammapada
... He gave a small cocktail party in the uptown Manhattan apartment of Monroe Wheeler, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, another unfailingly helpful and grace-imbued American. The others invited were Marianne Moore, Isaac Bashevis Singer and his wife, and Robert Phelps. It was at the request of Mis ...
... He gave a small cocktail party in the uptown Manhattan apartment of Monroe Wheeler, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, another unfailingly helpful and grace-imbued American. The others invited were Marianne Moore, Isaac Bashevis Singer and his wife, and Robert Phelps. It was at the request of Mis ...
Recent Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, and Beyond
... within Western philosophy. On the other hand, Western philosophers who wish to explore what Buddhists think about free will might be significantly unfamiliar with basic Buddhist ideas such as Dharma, dependent origination, and the twelve-linked chain, or classic examples such as the chariot and its ...
... within Western philosophy. On the other hand, Western philosophers who wish to explore what Buddhists think about free will might be significantly unfamiliar with basic Buddhist ideas such as Dharma, dependent origination, and the twelve-linked chain, or classic examples such as the chariot and its ...
Mindfulness, Buddhism, and Rogerian Argument
... In the Buddhist sense, both judgment and evaluation involve the human weakness for sorting experience into categories under the motivation of keeping what is pleasant close to us and casting aside what is unpleasant or harmful. Thus, we idly attempt to control experience such that it comes out in ou ...
... In the Buddhist sense, both judgment and evaluation involve the human weakness for sorting experience into categories under the motivation of keeping what is pleasant close to us and casting aside what is unpleasant or harmful. Thus, we idly attempt to control experience such that it comes out in ou ...
Raho,gata Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... an Abhidhamma concept, but we need to respect the sutta teachings by taking them as they are. It is important that this distinction be noted and applied when we are teaching early Buddhism. The second important point to note is the purpose of the sutta teachings, at least, in the case of the Saṅkhat ...
... an Abhidhamma concept, but we need to respect the sutta teachings by taking them as they are. It is important that this distinction be noted and applied when we are teaching early Buddhism. The second important point to note is the purpose of the sutta teachings, at least, in the case of the Saṅkhat ...
guidelines for students
... Buddhism and all other Buddhist paths. In addition to studying Tibetan Buddhism, I have personally studied in the Theravadin Buddhist tradition, having entered a Thai monastery and ordained as a Theravadin Bikkhu in 1975. I also practised Vipassana meditation under the most renowned master Achaan Bu ...
... Buddhism and all other Buddhist paths. In addition to studying Tibetan Buddhism, I have personally studied in the Theravadin Buddhist tradition, having entered a Thai monastery and ordained as a Theravadin Bikkhu in 1975. I also practised Vipassana meditation under the most renowned master Achaan Bu ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... Class Venue: CPD-LG.18, LG/F, Centennial Campus 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 th ...
... Class Venue: CPD-LG.18, LG/F, Centennial Campus 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 th ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... Class Venue: CPD-LG.18, LG/F, Centennial Campus 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 th ...
... Class Venue: CPD-LG.18, LG/F, Centennial Campus 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 th ...
buddhist-inspired options: aspects of lay religious life in the lower
... activities at single points in time and directed towards well-defined goals, they would change their entire lifestyle to varying degrees. The direct reasons for more intensive practice might be quite banal, such as the fear of retribution or simply family custom, and people might still have very con ...
... activities at single points in time and directed towards well-defined goals, they would change their entire lifestyle to varying degrees. The direct reasons for more intensive practice might be quite banal, such as the fear of retribution or simply family custom, and people might still have very con ...
Urban Dharma Newsletters
... have brought the southern branch of the original Bodhi tree, where it was planted at Anuradhapura. From that day up to the present, the Buddhists in Sri Lanka have paid and are paying the utmost reverence to this branch of the Bodhi Tree under the shade of which the Master achieved Enlightenment. Mo ...
... have brought the southern branch of the original Bodhi tree, where it was planted at Anuradhapura. From that day up to the present, the Buddhists in Sri Lanka have paid and are paying the utmost reverence to this branch of the Bodhi Tree under the shade of which the Master achieved Enlightenment. Mo ...
Was the Buddha Omniscient?
... have complete knowledge and vision [aparisesa ñāṇadassana]; that is not possible.”’ Venerable sir, do those who speak thus say what has been said by the Blessed One, and not misrepresent him with what is contrary to fact?[13] The Buddha denies that he has made this claim saying, I recall having actu ...
... have complete knowledge and vision [aparisesa ñāṇadassana]; that is not possible.”’ Venerable sir, do those who speak thus say what has been said by the Blessed One, and not misrepresent him with what is contrary to fact?[13] The Buddha denies that he has made this claim saying, I recall having actu ...
Buddhist Studies Semester I to IV
... 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. During this time, Aryan culture became increasingly agricultural and was socially organized around the four social classes (varnas). This paper ...
... 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. During this time, Aryan culture became increasingly agricultural and was socially organized around the four social classes (varnas). This paper ...
Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Sy
... be applied to the classical English terms that are used to describe the various Buddhist listings of mundane and enlightened qualities. These terms, such as the Eightfold Noble Path, the six perfections, and the four immeasurables, are all ‘relative’ terms with no easily definable ‘absolutes’. Their ...
... be applied to the classical English terms that are used to describe the various Buddhist listings of mundane and enlightened qualities. These terms, such as the Eightfold Noble Path, the six perfections, and the four immeasurables, are all ‘relative’ terms with no easily definable ‘absolutes’. Their ...
Eating Practices and Attitudes among American Buddhists: An
... understanding Buddhism and Ecology, a field becoming more explored in the search for measures to solve the environmental crisis. This thesis functions to explore the ways that American Buddhist practitioners view the environment and as a result, their food practices and attitudes. Specifically, I ex ...
... understanding Buddhism and Ecology, a field becoming more explored in the search for measures to solve the environmental crisis. This thesis functions to explore the ways that American Buddhist practitioners view the environment and as a result, their food practices and attitudes. Specifically, I ex ...
The Buddha`s Fire Miracles Anālayo . 5(11): 9–42. © 5 Bhikkhu
... that they wanted to become his pupils. Another element leading up to this second visit is that Sakka had witnessed the rebirth in his heaven of those who during their earlier human existence had become disciples of the Buddha.18 Against this narrative background, for Sakka not to dare to approach th ...
... that they wanted to become his pupils. Another element leading up to this second visit is that Sakka had witnessed the rebirth in his heaven of those who during their earlier human existence had become disciples of the Buddha.18 Against this narrative background, for Sakka not to dare to approach th ...
Buddha name Siddhartha Gautama
... Following this incident, Gautama was famously seated under a pipal tree - now known as the Bodhi tree - in Bodh Gaya, India, when he vowed never to arise until he had found the truth.[35] Kaundinya and four other companions, believing that he had abandoned his search and become undisciplined, left. ...
... Following this incident, Gautama was famously seated under a pipal tree - now known as the Bodhi tree - in Bodh Gaya, India, when he vowed never to arise until he had found the truth.[35] Kaundinya and four other companions, believing that he had abandoned his search and become undisciplined, left. ...
Newsletter Archives
... complex because none of these texts offer a systematized order. The Vajrayana texts, which may total up to about two thousand in number, are not well-ordered and follow a strange system of coding much of the way. Vajrayana branched mainly from Hinduism and hence, the rituals need to be analyzed more ...
... complex because none of these texts offer a systematized order. The Vajrayana texts, which may total up to about two thousand in number, are not well-ordered and follow a strange system of coding much of the way. Vajrayana branched mainly from Hinduism and hence, the rituals need to be analyzed more ...
Buddhism (World Religions)
... pproximately 370 million people in the world today are practicing Buddhists, making Buddhism the fourth largest of the world’s religions. However, Buddhism has an influence even greater than the number of its adherents would indicate. From the time that Siddhartha Gautama—known as the Buddha—first p ...
... pproximately 370 million people in the world today are practicing Buddhists, making Buddhism the fourth largest of the world’s religions. However, Buddhism has an influence even greater than the number of its adherents would indicate. From the time that Siddhartha Gautama—known as the Buddha—first p ...
What is Sangha
... Some lay practitioners in the West these days use the word "Sangha" as a collective term for all Buddhists, but the Pali Canon uses the word parisā (Sanskrit, parisad) for the larger Buddhist community — the monks, nuns, lay men, and lay women who have taken the Three Refuges — reserving ‘Sangha’ fo ...
... Some lay practitioners in the West these days use the word "Sangha" as a collective term for all Buddhists, but the Pali Canon uses the word parisā (Sanskrit, parisad) for the larger Buddhist community — the monks, nuns, lay men, and lay women who have taken the Three Refuges — reserving ‘Sangha’ fo ...
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.