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The Dhammapada - A Buddhist Library
... and Robert Phelps. It was at the request of Miss Moore, who wanted to "hear some poetry from India," that I read out from my version of the Dhammapada, a few chapters of which I had in my briefcase. (Luckily, for ancient religious texts are not what one takes to cocktail parties.) Miss Moore and the ...
... and Robert Phelps. It was at the request of Miss Moore, who wanted to "hear some poetry from India," that I read out from my version of the Dhammapada, a few chapters of which I had in my briefcase. (Luckily, for ancient religious texts are not what one takes to cocktail parties.) Miss Moore and the ...
The Dhammapada
... and Robert Phelps. It was at the request of Miss Moore, who wanted to "hear some poetry from India," that I read out from my version of the Dhammapada, a few chapters of which I had in my briefcase. (Luckily, for ancient religious texts are not what one takes to cocktail parties.) Miss Moore and the ...
... and Robert Phelps. It was at the request of Miss Moore, who wanted to "hear some poetry from India," that I read out from my version of the Dhammapada, a few chapters of which I had in my briefcase. (Luckily, for ancient religious texts are not what one takes to cocktail parties.) Miss Moore and the ...
Zen and Japanese Militarism
... c lasses. Farsighted Buddhist leaders also responded to the need to adopt the " scientific attitude" of Western leClrning, even with regard to the study of Buddh ism itself. Here , too, however, the motivation was, at least in part, defensive in nature, for the Buddhist leadership recognized that wi ...
... c lasses. Farsighted Buddhist leaders also responded to the need to adopt the " scientific attitude" of Western leClrning, even with regard to the study of Buddh ism itself. Here , too, however, the motivation was, at least in part, defensive in nature, for the Buddhist leadership recognized that wi ...
Transplanting Buddhism: - Unisa Institutional Repository
... to include the historical Buddha. Any religious or philosophical system that claims to draw on the Buddha's teachings might then be called Buddhism, as long as we conveniently forget the embarrassing fact that Buddhism is a western' term for which there is no exact equivalent in many oriental langua ...
... to include the historical Buddha. Any religious or philosophical system that claims to draw on the Buddha's teachings might then be called Buddhism, as long as we conveniently forget the embarrassing fact that Buddhism is a western' term for which there is no exact equivalent in many oriental langua ...
Buddhist Women Meditators of Sri Lanka
... As one woman says: “My mother goes to the temple on Poya days and meditates, but she forgets about it again. Mother still sometimes gets upset. I don’t, and that is the difference between my own and my mother’s meditation.” Among the practitioners of Vipassana there is a very clear optimism about th ...
... As one woman says: “My mother goes to the temple on Poya days and meditates, but she forgets about it again. Mother still sometimes gets upset. I don’t, and that is the difference between my own and my mother’s meditation.” Among the practitioners of Vipassana there is a very clear optimism about th ...
Buddhist Perspectives and Human Communication
... the future will bring nor should we allow our heart to be hindered by the unknown future. Because the universe is constantly changing therefore we cannot control our present moment, what we can do though, is to enjoy the present moment. The heart of Zen Buddhism is to live at the present moment and ...
... the future will bring nor should we allow our heart to be hindered by the unknown future. Because the universe is constantly changing therefore we cannot control our present moment, what we can do though, is to enjoy the present moment. The heart of Zen Buddhism is to live at the present moment and ...
faith in buddhism - ELTE Távol
... Here, we should keep in mind the creativity that translation entails. We especially need to deal with Chinese translations thoroughly and carefully because frequently they were deeply influenced by native Chinese thought. Sometimes Chinese Buddhist texts even appear to be new texts when compared to ...
... Here, we should keep in mind the creativity that translation entails. We especially need to deal with Chinese translations thoroughly and carefully because frequently they were deeply influenced by native Chinese thought. Sometimes Chinese Buddhist texts even appear to be new texts when compared to ...
sarkar and the buddha`s four noble truths
... (pratisancara). In other words, Sarkar sees mind on a microcosmic scale as an emergent phenomenon arising out of the evolving complexity and internal friction of matter. In this process, individual minds develop from the crudest, most objectified phase of citta, through a subtler phase of aham, and ...
... (pratisancara). In other words, Sarkar sees mind on a microcosmic scale as an emergent phenomenon arising out of the evolving complexity and internal friction of matter. In this process, individual minds develop from the crudest, most objectified phase of citta, through a subtler phase of aham, and ...
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 ...
09_chapter 3
... holds worn reins. Doing so, one will inevitably be powerful. Doing the contrary, one cannot avoid failure. Power or crumbling comes progressively.13 Although these words refer to national policy, they reflect no more than a general view. Indeed, as was the situation of Buddhism at the time, the doc ...
... holds worn reins. Doing so, one will inevitably be powerful. Doing the contrary, one cannot avoid failure. Power or crumbling comes progressively.13 Although these words refer to national policy, they reflect no more than a general view. Indeed, as was the situation of Buddhism at the time, the doc ...
Tathagata Meditation - phaptangmeditation.org
... the Absolute Meditation Nature, True Enlightenment Essential Nature to the Intuition enlightenment, which are all erased and abolished. Since one complies with confused wrong consciousness on research, one sticks to writing, and distinguishes the gain from the loss. One, as a result, practices with ...
... the Absolute Meditation Nature, True Enlightenment Essential Nature to the Intuition enlightenment, which are all erased and abolished. Since one complies with confused wrong consciousness on research, one sticks to writing, and distinguishes the gain from the loss. One, as a result, practices with ...
Shikantaza(Just Sitting) - sotozen-net
... (2) Rejection of zazen as a means to an end (oneness of practice and realization) As for the first aspect, Zen Master Nyojo rejected practices other than zazen, from incense-burning to reading sutras in the sayings quoted above. This rejection has several dimensions. The first is the superior religi ...
... (2) Rejection of zazen as a means to an end (oneness of practice and realization) As for the first aspect, Zen Master Nyojo rejected practices other than zazen, from incense-burning to reading sutras in the sayings quoted above. This rejection has several dimensions. The first is the superior religi ...
No Inner Core
... (aggregates) which give the illusory appearance of an individual. As Sister Vajirà, an Arahant at the time of the Buddha, said: When all constituent parts are there, The designation ‘cart’ is used; Just so, where the five groups exist, Of ‘living being’ do we speak. 19 In conclusion, the Sayadaw U S ...
... (aggregates) which give the illusory appearance of an individual. As Sister Vajirà, an Arahant at the time of the Buddha, said: When all constituent parts are there, The designation ‘cart’ is used; Just so, where the five groups exist, Of ‘living being’ do we speak. 19 In conclusion, the Sayadaw U S ...
Book - Jainism in Buddhist Literature Author
... again and again proved to be based on an error or preconceived notions. There are frequent references in the Pali literature of the Buddhists themselves that Nigantha Nataputta i. e. Mahavira was one of those six Tirthankaras or teachers who were senior to Buddha and were sufficiently famous and pop ...
... again and again proved to be based on an error or preconceived notions. There are frequent references in the Pali literature of the Buddhists themselves that Nigantha Nataputta i. e. Mahavira was one of those six Tirthankaras or teachers who were senior to Buddha and were sufficiently famous and pop ...
Buddhist Trail in Ladakh
... inhabited during the early stages of Buddhism. Buddhist texts specified that, ideally, a monastery should be set on a hill with a waterbody nearby and not too far from a human settlement. As Buddhism spread and patronage increased, so monastic establishments expanded. Indeed, in Ladakh, monasteries ...
... inhabited during the early stages of Buddhism. Buddhist texts specified that, ideally, a monastery should be set on a hill with a waterbody nearby and not too far from a human settlement. As Buddhism spread and patronage increased, so monastic establishments expanded. Indeed, in Ladakh, monasteries ...
Japanese Mythology A to Z
... century. By that time, there were many different sects, or forms, of Buddhism. The sects emphasized different teachings from Buddha and about him. Gradually they came to have different attitudes about the nature of the universe and how enlightenment might be reached. While they agreed on many points ...
... century. By that time, there were many different sects, or forms, of Buddhism. The sects emphasized different teachings from Buddha and about him. Gradually they came to have different attitudes about the nature of the universe and how enlightenment might be reached. While they agreed on many points ...
Literal Means and Hidden Meanings: a New Analysis of Skillful Means
... The idea that the doctrine is some kind of a purposeful fiction is one step further from what is sometimes understood by skillful means: the idea that the dharma is designed to serve a purpose. It is based on the explicit idea that what has been said by the Buddha had a different and concealed mean ...
... The idea that the doctrine is some kind of a purposeful fiction is one step further from what is sometimes understood by skillful means: the idea that the dharma is designed to serve a purpose. It is based on the explicit idea that what has been said by the Buddha had a different and concealed mean ...
noid-Abstract - The Journal of Novel Applied Sciences
... Early in the shadow of the sacred texts of Buddhism should be recognized. The original texts were passed two characteristics: first, purely practical perspective ÷ to have the salvation of the human suffering involved, and nirvana is the opposite of human suffering and the achievement of Nirvana th ...
... Early in the shadow of the sacred texts of Buddhism should be recognized. The original texts were passed two characteristics: first, purely practical perspective ÷ to have the salvation of the human suffering involved, and nirvana is the opposite of human suffering and the achievement of Nirvana th ...
mudratantra - Lotusspace
... Tantric Hinduism and Bӧn shamanism, indigenous to Tibet); extending through Tiantai, Mizong, Shingon (and also Kegon) Buddhist schools (via Mikkyo esoteric tradition in Japan); with a dharma (teaching) path from India-Tibet-China-Japan, respectively; Shingon connects with Shintoism, Japanese shamani ...
... Tantric Hinduism and Bӧn shamanism, indigenous to Tibet); extending through Tiantai, Mizong, Shingon (and also Kegon) Buddhist schools (via Mikkyo esoteric tradition in Japan); with a dharma (teaching) path from India-Tibet-China-Japan, respectively; Shingon connects with Shintoism, Japanese shamani ...
permissions - poetry of China
... a slap). is. for here is no negation, no affirmation, but a plain fact, a pure experience, the very foundation of our being and thought. All the quietness and emptiness one might desire in the midst of most active meditation lies therein. Do not be carried away by anything outward or conventional. Z ...
... a slap). is. for here is no negation, no affirmation, but a plain fact, a pure experience, the very foundation of our being and thought. All the quietness and emptiness one might desire in the midst of most active meditation lies therein. Do not be carried away by anything outward or conventional. Z ...
Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade The Realignment
... made a semblance of peace with the contrary views of Confucianism and Daoism, and a new relationship with India. The non-specialist reader may be surprised by the inclusion of the period after the Tang dynasty (618-907) as central to this study. As Professor Sen notes, Buddhism did not wither and di ...
... made a semblance of peace with the contrary views of Confucianism and Daoism, and a new relationship with India. The non-specialist reader may be surprised by the inclusion of the period after the Tang dynasty (618-907) as central to this study. As Professor Sen notes, Buddhism did not wither and di ...
a study on the i-pu-tsung-lun-lun
... Vibhāsā were much later than both katyayaniputra and Vasumitra, therefore they could make such a confused supposition. The preface of the Ārya Vasumitra Bodhisattva Sangiti sāstra has another story about Vasumitra:30[30] “Vasumitra bodhisattva, the great master shall become the successive Buddha aft ...
... Vibhāsā were much later than both katyayaniputra and Vasumitra, therefore they could make such a confused supposition. The preface of the Ārya Vasumitra Bodhisattva Sangiti sāstra has another story about Vasumitra:30[30] “Vasumitra bodhisattva, the great master shall become the successive Buddha aft ...
Buddhism and Sustainability-Related Organisational Practices: A Sri
... This thesis investigates the potential and challenges of Buddhism in informing organisations’1 pursuit of sustainability. Buddhism is argued to enable possibilities for sustainability on a more systemic and spiritual level than a view of economic rationality that tends towards an entity and a materi ...
... This thesis investigates the potential and challenges of Buddhism in informing organisations’1 pursuit of sustainability. Buddhism is argued to enable possibilities for sustainability on a more systemic and spiritual level than a view of economic rationality that tends towards an entity and a materi ...