Religion and Peace - Amazon Web Services
... to all aspects of Islam. Students could apply an example of this ‘struggle’ through application of the process of jurisprudence from their particular ethics study to illustrate how adherents strive for inner peace in everyday life. The practices of Islam provide significant material for the study of ...
... to all aspects of Islam. Students could apply an example of this ‘struggle’ through application of the process of jurisprudence from their particular ethics study to illustrate how adherents strive for inner peace in everyday life. The practices of Islam provide significant material for the study of ...
Ati*a - College of the Holy Cross
... and studied almost all Buddhist and nonBuddhist schools of his time, including teachings from Vishnu, Shiva, Tantric Hinduism and other beliefs. • It is said that Atisha had more than 150 teachers, but one prominent teacher above all else was Dharmakirti from Sumatra, Indonesia. ...
... and studied almost all Buddhist and nonBuddhist schools of his time, including teachings from Vishnu, Shiva, Tantric Hinduism and other beliefs. • It is said that Atisha had more than 150 teachers, but one prominent teacher above all else was Dharmakirti from Sumatra, Indonesia. ...
409. Heine, Steven
... Critical Buddhism on how the two Shõbõgenzõ texts illuminate Dõgen’s critical perspective on original-enlightenment thought in terms of his attitude to causality and karmic retribution. These issues are also explored in light of the way conventional Dõgen scholars have responded to the Critical Budd ...
... Critical Buddhism on how the two Shõbõgenzõ texts illuminate Dõgen’s critical perspective on original-enlightenment thought in terms of his attitude to causality and karmic retribution. These issues are also explored in light of the way conventional Dõgen scholars have responded to the Critical Budd ...
Venerable Master Hsing Yun`s 2012 Letter to Dharma Protectors
... In order to ensure sustainability of the public trust fund, I volunteered to write the OneStroke Calligraphy works for charity sale. Not only has it contributed to funding, I have also been able to broadly develop good affinity and create many good causes. For this reason, regardless of season chang ...
... In order to ensure sustainability of the public trust fund, I volunteered to write the OneStroke Calligraphy works for charity sale. Not only has it contributed to funding, I have also been able to broadly develop good affinity and create many good causes. For this reason, regardless of season chang ...
the way of the bodhisattva
... other problems - the theological and metaphysical questions that have taunted religious thinkers through the centuries - he gently waves aside as “matters not tending to liberation.” What he teaches, he says, is just suffering and the ending of suffering, dukkha and its cessation. Bhikkhu Bodhi, The ...
... other problems - the theological and metaphysical questions that have taunted religious thinkers through the centuries - he gently waves aside as “matters not tending to liberation.” What he teaches, he says, is just suffering and the ending of suffering, dukkha and its cessation. Bhikkhu Bodhi, The ...
BUDDHIST WELL-BEING Christopher W. Gowans Fordham
... is partly based on conflicting philosophical intuitions about the source of value that inform many meta-ethical debates: does value depend on something in the mind of the subject, such as pleasure or desire, or does it depend on something outside the mind of the subject, such as objective facts abou ...
... is partly based on conflicting philosophical intuitions about the source of value that inform many meta-ethical debates: does value depend on something in the mind of the subject, such as pleasure or desire, or does it depend on something outside the mind of the subject, such as objective facts abou ...
Inner Paths - University of Missouri
... Meditation has been proven to lower blood pressure, relieve stress and help you cope with anxiety. It has also been shown to be very effective with chronic pain, insomnia and panic disorder. In one class you will learn this simple technique that can change your life. This class is based upon the wor ...
... Meditation has been proven to lower blood pressure, relieve stress and help you cope with anxiety. It has also been shown to be very effective with chronic pain, insomnia and panic disorder. In one class you will learn this simple technique that can change your life. This class is based upon the wor ...
As mentioned in the verse of The Foundation of All Good Qualities:-
... According to the CMWS: the apprehension of true existence is posited to be an afflictive obscuration the seeds that are deposited by this apprehension of true existence are also posited as an afflictive obscuration. 1. the apprehension of true existence 2. the seeds that are being deposited by t ...
... According to the CMWS: the apprehension of true existence is posited to be an afflictive obscuration the seeds that are deposited by this apprehension of true existence are also posited as an afflictive obscuration. 1. the apprehension of true existence 2. the seeds that are being deposited by t ...
A COMPARISON OF ARISTOTELIAN AND BUDDHIST ETHICS AND
... in Germany. Other English-speaking countries such as Canada and New Zealand have teenage birth rates higher than ours. In the United States the rate is more than double that in the UK. In 1999 the Government published a Teenage Pregnancy Report from its Social Exclusion Unit. It acknowledged there w ...
... in Germany. Other English-speaking countries such as Canada and New Zealand have teenage birth rates higher than ours. In the United States the rate is more than double that in the UK. In 1999 the Government published a Teenage Pregnancy Report from its Social Exclusion Unit. It acknowledged there w ...
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... for about a millennium now, and has been regarded with reverence not only among modern Indian historians and national leaders but also among Western Indologists, for about a century and a half, it would appear almost an impertinence on our part to put forth a view which goes against it. However, a s ...
... for about a millennium now, and has been regarded with reverence not only among modern Indian historians and national leaders but also among Western Indologists, for about a century and a half, it would appear almost an impertinence on our part to put forth a view which goes against it. However, a s ...
Reflections July 2013 - Buddhist Sangha of Bucks County
... from harm? But after spending weeks focusing on the “what ifs” and the “how comes” and the “yes buts,” I realized my list of questions and attempts to place qualifiers on Buddha’s statement was getting me nowhere. I was missing the point. In time I may figure out all the details - or I may not. But ...
... from harm? But after spending weeks focusing on the “what ifs” and the “how comes” and the “yes buts,” I realized my list of questions and attempts to place qualifiers on Buddha’s statement was getting me nowhere. I was missing the point. In time I may figure out all the details - or I may not. But ...
The Cultivation of Virtue in Buddhist Ethics Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... attainment of this goal—a practice known as “merit transfer” (puṇyapariṇāmaṇā). As Jan Nattier describes it, a bodhisattva performs “the mental act of transferring his merit from (as it were) one karmic bank account to another, so that it will contribute not to his rebirth in heaven or to other worl ...
... attainment of this goal—a practice known as “merit transfer” (puṇyapariṇāmaṇā). As Jan Nattier describes it, a bodhisattva performs “the mental act of transferring his merit from (as it were) one karmic bank account to another, so that it will contribute not to his rebirth in heaven or to other worl ...
The Spirit-possession Cult in the Burmese religion
... other traditions, Islam and Hinduism, mainly among Burmese of Indian origin, and various versions of Christianity, mainly among the minorities, will not be taken into account here. I am only dealing with the debate of whether Burmese Buddhism is composed of one or two religions. Actually, in the Sou ...
... other traditions, Islam and Hinduism, mainly among Burmese of Indian origin, and various versions of Christianity, mainly among the minorities, will not be taken into account here. I am only dealing with the debate of whether Burmese Buddhism is composed of one or two religions. Actually, in the Sou ...
buddhism and science
... certain amount of time. This false impression is only a conventional truth. In reality, each being is not a substance, but an aggregate of material shape, feelings, perceptions, habitual tendencies and consciousness. These five aggregates (Pali khandhas, Sanskrit skandhas) exist only for a moment, a ...
... certain amount of time. This false impression is only a conventional truth. In reality, each being is not a substance, but an aggregate of material shape, feelings, perceptions, habitual tendencies and consciousness. These five aggregates (Pali khandhas, Sanskrit skandhas) exist only for a moment, a ...
Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime - Sgi-Usa
... with faith and striving to carry out practice for oneself and for others, anyone can achieve the state of Buddhahood or enlightenment in this lifetime. Nichiren Buddhism calls this important principle “attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime.” It contrasts with the general belief in Buddhism, set fort ...
... with faith and striving to carry out practice for oneself and for others, anyone can achieve the state of Buddhahood or enlightenment in this lifetime. Nichiren Buddhism calls this important principle “attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime.” It contrasts with the general belief in Buddhism, set fort ...
Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Sy
... should perhaps be ‘purity’, as these attributes essentially represent the enlightened qualities or ‘purities’ of the deities. These purities are evocatively expressed in the various ‘Praises to the Deities’, which were composed by many great Indian and Tibetan masters over the last fifteen hundred y ...
... should perhaps be ‘purity’, as these attributes essentially represent the enlightened qualities or ‘purities’ of the deities. These purities are evocatively expressed in the various ‘Praises to the Deities’, which were composed by many great Indian and Tibetan masters over the last fifteen hundred y ...
Sarkar on the Buddha`s Four Noble Truths
... sources, it is possible to assert the doctrine of the Four Noble Truths as central to the Buddhist tradition as a whole. Seen in this light, it is of academic interest to explore what Sarkar says about this central Buddhist doctrine and his interpretation of the Buddha and his teachings. From the B ...
... sources, it is possible to assert the doctrine of the Four Noble Truths as central to the Buddhist tradition as a whole. Seen in this light, it is of academic interest to explore what Sarkar says about this central Buddhist doctrine and his interpretation of the Buddha and his teachings. From the B ...
November/December
... That might seem like an ironic heading coming after the preceding line, but hear me out. Life is beautiful every time you’re able to accept something that has gone wrong. When you can feel good on the whole even though things aren’t going your way you know emotional freedom. What more could you ask ...
... That might seem like an ironic heading coming after the preceding line, but hear me out. Life is beautiful every time you’re able to accept something that has gone wrong. When you can feel good on the whole even though things aren’t going your way you know emotional freedom. What more could you ask ...
A Study of Some Punctuation Errors Found in the Taisho
... Buddhist commentaries attributed to Indians, and most of them seem to regard ekasmin samaye as belonging to the preceding words evam maya śrutam." As a result, we think that there should be no break after śrutam. In fact, if we really think about what this sentence is supposed to mean, it makes no s ...
... Buddhist commentaries attributed to Indians, and most of them seem to regard ekasmin samaye as belonging to the preceding words evam maya śrutam." As a result, we think that there should be no break after śrutam. In fact, if we really think about what this sentence is supposed to mean, it makes no s ...
Archaeology of Buddhism in South Asia
... among its people since antiquity. Therefore cultural heritage in the South Asian context has played a major role in igniting a sense of brotherhood among its people. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation too seeks to promote collaboration among its people in many a field of which culture ...
... among its people since antiquity. Therefore cultural heritage in the South Asian context has played a major role in igniting a sense of brotherhood among its people. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation too seeks to promote collaboration among its people in many a field of which culture ...
Stoicism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Nature
... Tao follows what is natural." The Stoics also had a high regard for living in accordance with Nature. Thus, the essence of the concept of Logos is that all things are within the natural order and operate through it. Christians and others have thought of the Logos as the will or 'word of God' by whi ...
... Tao follows what is natural." The Stoics also had a high regard for living in accordance with Nature. Thus, the essence of the concept of Logos is that all things are within the natural order and operate through it. Christians and others have thought of the Logos as the will or 'word of God' by whi ...