eBook - Dharma Resources - Kong Meng San Phor Kark See
... knew, more than 2,500 years ago, far more about our modern problems of psychology than they have yet been given credit for. They studied these problems long ago, and found the answers too. As complimented by Jung, “As a student of comparative religions, I believe that ...
... knew, more than 2,500 years ago, far more about our modern problems of psychology than they have yet been given credit for. They studied these problems long ago, and found the answers too. As complimented by Jung, “As a student of comparative religions, I believe that ...
to view the PDF - The Matheson Trust
... ceaselessly for the liberation of all sentient beings. As part of the ceremony Ginsberg accepted his refuge name of "Dharma Lion", bestowed by his Tibetan guru, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.3 This consummated an interest in Buddhism going back to the early 50s. Until his death in April 1997 Ginsberg rem ...
... ceaselessly for the liberation of all sentient beings. As part of the ceremony Ginsberg accepted his refuge name of "Dharma Lion", bestowed by his Tibetan guru, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.3 This consummated an interest in Buddhism going back to the early 50s. Until his death in April 1997 Ginsberg rem ...
laotian hill tribes - Welcome to Muang Lao new website
... Like minority groups the world over, the hill tribes of Laos are facing unaccustomed pressures on their traditional way of life. The depletion of protective, life-giving forest and wilderness, the upward migration of more lowland Laotians, growing pressure on the hill tribes to settle closer to acce ...
... Like minority groups the world over, the hill tribes of Laos are facing unaccustomed pressures on their traditional way of life. The depletion of protective, life-giving forest and wilderness, the upward migration of more lowland Laotians, growing pressure on the hill tribes to settle closer to acce ...
Politics of Higher Ordination, Buddhist Monastic Identitiy, and
... Sumangala recalled for me his own higher ordination examination to which he had gone well-prepared, accompanied by his teacher and a large retinue of lay Buddhists from Dambulla. Sumangala says that during the examination the monks did not test his skills of memorization by asking him to recite even ...
... Sumangala recalled for me his own higher ordination examination to which he had gone well-prepared, accompanied by his teacher and a large retinue of lay Buddhists from Dambulla. Sumangala says that during the examination the monks did not test his skills of memorization by asking him to recite even ...
Kuroda Toshio - Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
... private lives, as well as in their reactions to the authorities of the old and the new orders? The crucial element here is found, I believe, in the people’s opposition, both in outlook and in thought, to the ancient thaumaturgic bonds represented by the political authorities of the ancient Asian-sty ...
... private lives, as well as in their reactions to the authorities of the old and the new orders? The crucial element here is found, I believe, in the people’s opposition, both in outlook and in thought, to the ancient thaumaturgic bonds represented by the political authorities of the ancient Asian-sty ...
print - Journal of Global Buddhism
... and as a teacher. Nydahl's activities, however, have attracted criticism, rendering him a controversial figure in contemporary Buddhism. At this point, it is worth noting that Nydahl, both in his books and public lectures, is very open about controversial details in his biography and lifestyle, for ...
... and as a teacher. Nydahl's activities, however, have attracted criticism, rendering him a controversial figure in contemporary Buddhism. At this point, it is worth noting that Nydahl, both in his books and public lectures, is very open about controversial details in his biography and lifestyle, for ...
Gotami-apadana
... after they became saints; the stories are known as Monk’s Verses (Theragatha) and Nun’s Verses (Therigatha) and are ascribed to about five hundred and fifty monks and forty nuns (Walters, 113). After the changes in post-Asokan society, the stories of ascetic monks and nuns renouncing the world and ...
... after they became saints; the stories are known as Monk’s Verses (Theragatha) and Nun’s Verses (Therigatha) and are ascribed to about five hundred and fifty monks and forty nuns (Walters, 113). After the changes in post-Asokan society, the stories of ascetic monks and nuns renouncing the world and ...
The Different Paths of Buddhism : A Narrative
... The Buddha also did not function as a mediator, reformer, prophet, priest, or theologian, because there was nothing to mediate, no organization to reform, no divinely inspired message to share with others, no organized ritual to perform or duties of office, and no deity upon which to reflect. The Budd ...
... The Buddha also did not function as a mediator, reformer, prophet, priest, or theologian, because there was nothing to mediate, no organization to reform, no divinely inspired message to share with others, no organized ritual to perform or duties of office, and no deity upon which to reflect. The Budd ...
THE OLDEST BOY Resource Guide
... about a memory he has of his flip-flops getting stolen by monkeys in Kathmandu. This actually happened to the lama’s teacher, thus reaffirming that Tenzin is his reincarnated master. The parents still have not decided if they can bear to leave Tenzin at the monastery or take him back to America afte ...
... about a memory he has of his flip-flops getting stolen by monkeys in Kathmandu. This actually happened to the lama’s teacher, thus reaffirming that Tenzin is his reincarnated master. The parents still have not decided if they can bear to leave Tenzin at the monastery or take him back to America afte ...
Tantric Buddhism in India (from c. A.D. 800 to c. A.D. 1200
... broadly of tantric Buddhism as if we could pin down such an entity and its teachings, it is evident that Indian tantric Buddhists even at any one particular point in history did not agree with each other on all matters, and that in the course of time many changes and developments took place in tantr ...
... broadly of tantric Buddhism as if we could pin down such an entity and its teachings, it is evident that Indian tantric Buddhists even at any one particular point in history did not agree with each other on all matters, and that in the course of time many changes and developments took place in tantr ...
did the dhamma die with the buddha?
... In 1986 Peter Masefield published a book called Divine Revelation in Pali Buddhism. It was based on his doctoral thesis and is a highly academic book, with a very large number of quotations from the Paali texts in both Paali and English – mostly translated by the author – that makes it a formidable ...
... In 1986 Peter Masefield published a book called Divine Revelation in Pali Buddhism. It was based on his doctoral thesis and is a highly academic book, with a very large number of quotations from the Paali texts in both Paali and English – mostly translated by the author – that makes it a formidable ...
Annual Report `14 (MBS) - maha bodhi society, bengaluru
... building a Buddhist center in Bangalore. Thus the Maha Bodhi Society, Bangalore was founded in 1956. Since then he has been active in conducting weekly discourses on Buddhism, writing articles and books, creating awareness among the people of Karnataka and India about Buddhism. He extended his activ ...
... building a Buddhist center in Bangalore. Thus the Maha Bodhi Society, Bangalore was founded in 1956. Since then he has been active in conducting weekly discourses on Buddhism, writing articles and books, creating awareness among the people of Karnataka and India about Buddhism. He extended his activ ...
Evaluating the “Unconscious in Dream” between Sigmund Freud
... Sigmund Freud, based on his clinical psychoanalysis, distinguished three different systems of psyche: ‘unconscious’, ‘preconscious’, and ‘conscious’ and relate them to the respective concepts of ‘id’, ‘ego’, and ‘superego’. A constant movement of impulses of stored unconscious data is passing from t ...
... Sigmund Freud, based on his clinical psychoanalysis, distinguished three different systems of psyche: ‘unconscious’, ‘preconscious’, and ‘conscious’ and relate them to the respective concepts of ‘id’, ‘ego’, and ‘superego’. A constant movement of impulses of stored unconscious data is passing from t ...
Daniel Bouchez - Hal-SHS
... Nine Cloud Dream Confucian and Taoist elements too, [p. 446] even holding to the view that the underlying religious standpoint of the novel was the syncretistic idea of the unity of the three doctrines (samgyo hwahap non). To counter this, Professor Chŏng Kyubok, in an article published in 1967,3 de ...
... Nine Cloud Dream Confucian and Taoist elements too, [p. 446] even holding to the view that the underlying religious standpoint of the novel was the syncretistic idea of the unity of the three doctrines (samgyo hwahap non). To counter this, Professor Chŏng Kyubok, in an article published in 1967,3 de ...
Navayana Buddhism - Social
... his goals." Sadly, Mahamaya died only seven days after the birth. After that Siddhartha was raised by his mother’s kind sister, Mahaprajapati. King Shuddodana consulted Asita, a well-known sooth-sayer, concerning the future of his son. Asita proclaimed that he would be one of two things: He could be ...
... his goals." Sadly, Mahamaya died only seven days after the birth. After that Siddhartha was raised by his mother’s kind sister, Mahaprajapati. King Shuddodana consulted Asita, a well-known sooth-sayer, concerning the future of his son. Asita proclaimed that he would be one of two things: He could be ...
Creating the body of a fighter and the mind of a pacifist
... did in fact exist within it, and consequently was subject to the chaos and violence which is inherent to human history. The Shaolin Monastery itself was located on the Song mountain near the city of Luoyang in the Dengfeng county of central Hunan. It was supposedly built by Emperor Xiaowen of the No ...
... did in fact exist within it, and consequently was subject to the chaos and violence which is inherent to human history. The Shaolin Monastery itself was located on the Song mountain near the city of Luoyang in the Dengfeng county of central Hunan. It was supposedly built by Emperor Xiaowen of the No ...
Let`s Meet at the ak ayava a - Personal Pages
... the encounter in this way: “In the Nidanākathā, the young woman, Sujātā, places the food she intends to feed Śākyamuni in a golden bowl and brings it to him while he is seated under a nyagrodha tree” (109). He then tells us that the Manusmti enjoins making the offerings in “bowls made of precious m ...
... the encounter in this way: “In the Nidanākathā, the young woman, Sujātā, places the food she intends to feed Śākyamuni in a golden bowl and brings it to him while he is seated under a nyagrodha tree” (109). He then tells us that the Manusmti enjoins making the offerings in “bowls made of precious m ...
Fabio Rambelli - NCC Center for the Study of Japanese Religions
... is placed, seems to indicate an attempt to separate it from the pollution of profane everyday life. (Hirayama 1949: 50) Still, normative statements such as the ones I have presented thus far are in direct contradiction with popularly held beliefs according to which the purchase of a new butsudan whe ...
... is placed, seems to indicate an attempt to separate it from the pollution of profane everyday life. (Hirayama 1949: 50) Still, normative statements such as the ones I have presented thus far are in direct contradiction with popularly held beliefs according to which the purchase of a new butsudan whe ...
here. - Insight Books
... The Path of Purification Tr. Nanamoli Thera. This classic from c 500AD synthesises the entire teaching of the (Visuddhi Magga) Tipitaka. A detailed work of great complexity, suitable for advanced reading. Hardback. Amadeo Sole-Leris. This covers the entire range of meditation approaches described Tr ...
... The Path of Purification Tr. Nanamoli Thera. This classic from c 500AD synthesises the entire teaching of the (Visuddhi Magga) Tipitaka. A detailed work of great complexity, suitable for advanced reading. Hardback. Amadeo Sole-Leris. This covers the entire range of meditation approaches described Tr ...
The Karmapa and Taiwan
... the Dalai Lama and others answered an invitation to visit Beijing. After returning from Beijing, he once again embarked on a pilgrimage to India, Nepal, and Sikkim. In early 1959, the 16th Karmapa sent the 12th Tai Situpa and the 9th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche to Bhutan. In early February, he led a grou ...
... the Dalai Lama and others answered an invitation to visit Beijing. After returning from Beijing, he once again embarked on a pilgrimage to India, Nepal, and Sikkim. In early 1959, the 16th Karmapa sent the 12th Tai Situpa and the 9th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche to Bhutan. In early February, he led a grou ...
the concept of morality in islam and buddhism: a comparative
... problem is due to the fact that some people have left religion and faith behind, taking up secularism, liberalism, rationalism and empiricism as the substitution. Consequently, some people live and behave unethically and as a result violence, oppression, crime, exploitation, victimization and other ...
... problem is due to the fact that some people have left religion and faith behind, taking up secularism, liberalism, rationalism and empiricism as the substitution. Consequently, some people live and behave unethically and as a result violence, oppression, crime, exploitation, victimization and other ...
Pedagogical Development of Zen Buddhism and Taoism for Taos
... present moment, with an open and curious attitude. Mindfulness-based techniques and meditation have become increasingly used to treat conditions ranging from post-traumatic stress to depression and significant health benefits have been repeatedly duplicated. The effects of meditation on stress relie ...
... present moment, with an open and curious attitude. Mindfulness-based techniques and meditation have become increasingly used to treat conditions ranging from post-traumatic stress to depression and significant health benefits have been repeatedly duplicated. The effects of meditation on stress relie ...
Meditation on the Nature of Mind
... grosser levels of consciousness, how the different schools of Tibetan Buddhism elaborate such a distinction, and how all of these schools have a common source in the scholarly tradition of Nalanda Monastery, the greatest Buddhist university of ancient India. His Holiness’s teaching was profound and ...
... grosser levels of consciousness, how the different schools of Tibetan Buddhism elaborate such a distinction, and how all of these schools have a common source in the scholarly tradition of Nalanda Monastery, the greatest Buddhist university of ancient India. His Holiness’s teaching was profound and ...
The Buddha`s Last Meditation in the D¥rgha-ågama
... and do not dare to ask, you should rely on a good friend to come and swiftly ask [for clarification]. This is proper and the time for it, do not regret it later.” Then the monks were still silent. Ónanda said to the Buddha: “I am confident that all in this community possess serene faith, not a singl ...
... and do not dare to ask, you should rely on a good friend to come and swiftly ask [for clarification]. This is proper and the time for it, do not regret it later.” Then the monks were still silent. Ónanda said to the Buddha: “I am confident that all in this community possess serene faith, not a singl ...
