Edwin Arnold - What-Buddha
... the power of the word and of persuasion during more than half a century, and when he died in the arms of his disciples it was with the serenity of a sage, who was certain that he had found the truth’. (The above translation of the French quotation is by Mr Francis Story.) To Gautama has consequently ...
... the power of the word and of persuasion during more than half a century, and when he died in the arms of his disciples it was with the serenity of a sage, who was certain that he had found the truth’. (The above translation of the French quotation is by Mr Francis Story.) To Gautama has consequently ...
On the Bhikkhunã Ordination Controversy
... The function of Cv X.2 is more specifically to enable the giving of the higher ordination to female candidates in a situation where no bhikkhunã order is in existence. This is unmistakably clear from the narrative context. In contrast, the function of Cv X.17 is to regulate the giving of the higher ...
... The function of Cv X.2 is more specifically to enable the giving of the higher ordination to female candidates in a situation where no bhikkhunã order is in existence. This is unmistakably clear from the narrative context. In contrast, the function of Cv X.17 is to regulate the giving of the higher ...
Mindfulness and Mindlessness in Early Chan
... his Chinese teacher Tiantong Rujing 天童如淨 (1163–1228). However, the term shi kantaza does not appear in surviving Chinese documents, and most nonsectarian scholars now approach “simply sitting” as a Japanese innovation, based on Dōgen’s idiosyncratic understanding of the “silent illumination” (mozha ...
... his Chinese teacher Tiantong Rujing 天童如淨 (1163–1228). However, the term shi kantaza does not appear in surviving Chinese documents, and most nonsectarian scholars now approach “simply sitting” as a Japanese innovation, based on Dōgen’s idiosyncratic understanding of the “silent illumination” (mozha ...
A Buddhist Monk`s Journeys to Heaven and Hell
... stupas (domes of more than 3m in height), 504 Buddha-statues in lotus sitting posture (conspicuously, no reclining or standing statues), and 1460 story-telling bas relief panels. The name “Borobudur” is seemingly derived from the Sanskrit “vihara” , meaning sanctuary and pronounced in Javanese as “b ...
... stupas (domes of more than 3m in height), 504 Buddha-statues in lotus sitting posture (conspicuously, no reclining or standing statues), and 1460 story-telling bas relief panels. The name “Borobudur” is seemingly derived from the Sanskrit “vihara” , meaning sanctuary and pronounced in Javanese as “b ...
Magazine 2014 - Lumbini Nepalese Buddha Dharma Society
... The Buddha says present contingency and past conditionality operate in unison. So we have some order within creativity, some creativity within order. In art the order is represented by technique which underpins all creative arts. It is much the same in sport. Apart from the basic Laws of Conditional ...
... The Buddha says present contingency and past conditionality operate in unison. So we have some order within creativity, some creativity within order. In art the order is represented by technique which underpins all creative arts. It is much the same in sport. Apart from the basic Laws of Conditional ...
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... Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one" In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Profound flash of awakening at age 35; spent the final 45 years of his life traveling to teach others and share his great discovery Originally, preserved through oral tradit ...
... Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one" In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Profound flash of awakening at age 35; spent the final 45 years of his life traveling to teach others and share his great discovery Originally, preserved through oral tradit ...
buddhist hybrid sanskrit: the original language
... be a language easy to understand for children and women, the origin of all languages. Like the water released by a cloud, it has but one form, yet, once differences have entered because of the difference between regions and because of beautification, it acquires the later distinctions between Sanskr ...
... be a language easy to understand for children and women, the origin of all languages. Like the water released by a cloud, it has but one form, yet, once differences have entered because of the difference between regions and because of beautification, it acquires the later distinctions between Sanskr ...
Merit Quiz (Office document, 1039kB)
... wisdom (prajña/pañña). • Right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration fall under the category of concentration (samādhi) ...
... wisdom (prajña/pañña). • Right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration fall under the category of concentration (samādhi) ...
The Concept of smṛti in the Yogasūtra: Memory or Mindfulness?
... as one of the key elements of Buddhist meditation. Interpretations of mindfulness that have evolved in modern Buddhism very frequently refer back to Theravāda sources, hence this overview of the roots of mindfulness draws from the Theravāda Buddhist canon and consequently, the technical terms for mi ...
... as one of the key elements of Buddhist meditation. Interpretations of mindfulness that have evolved in modern Buddhism very frequently refer back to Theravāda sources, hence this overview of the roots of mindfulness draws from the Theravāda Buddhist canon and consequently, the technical terms for mi ...
Assu Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... from credulity” (ie free from blind belief) because of the word gloss sva,pratyayatvāt (“self-dependence”), which is the same as the sense given by the Dhammapada Commentary on Dh 97 (DhA 2:186 f).14 However, apparently the meaning “without desire” is preferable in view of the nature of the verse, w ...
... from credulity” (ie free from blind belief) because of the word gloss sva,pratyayatvāt (“self-dependence”), which is the same as the sense given by the Dhammapada Commentary on Dh 97 (DhA 2:186 f).14 However, apparently the meaning “without desire” is preferable in view of the nature of the verse, w ...
BuddhistPractice13
... conditioned by human mind, it necessarily ceases. It is the nature of all caused and conditioned phenomena. It is indeed difficult, but not impossible. Furthermore, the more people work together, the more an effective result can be obtained. This is also the nature of the causally conditioned world. ...
... conditioned by human mind, it necessarily ceases. It is the nature of all caused and conditioned phenomena. It is indeed difficult, but not impossible. Furthermore, the more people work together, the more an effective result can be obtained. This is also the nature of the causally conditioned world. ...
Right Speech - WordPress.com
... Roger Jackson, Professor of Religion at Carleton College, has published widely on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. His most recent book (co-edited with John Makransky) is Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars (Curzon Press). Just as there is a “sex industry ...
... Roger Jackson, Professor of Religion at Carleton College, has published widely on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. His most recent book (co-edited with John Makransky) is Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars (Curzon Press). Just as there is a “sex industry ...
use of theses - ANU Repository
... contrast to the Vedic and post-Vedic systems? Some of the fundamental differences between Vedic dharma and Buddhist dhamma. 3.5.1- 3.5.7: Relation of dhamma to the social contract theory of early Buddhism. 3.6.1 - 3.6.4: The authority of dhamma in the sphere of social and political life, and its exp ...
... contrast to the Vedic and post-Vedic systems? Some of the fundamental differences between Vedic dharma and Buddhist dhamma. 3.5.1- 3.5.7: Relation of dhamma to the social contract theory of early Buddhism. 3.6.1 - 3.6.4: The authority of dhamma in the sphere of social and political life, and its exp ...
Buddhism and Western Psychology
... If essential Buddhism is not religion or philosophy, although usually confused and confounded with them, then what is it? Clearly it is psychology, for it deals with topics such as sensation, perception, emotion, motivation, cognition, mind, and consciousness. The Buddha said his primary work was to ...
... If essential Buddhism is not religion or philosophy, although usually confused and confounded with them, then what is it? Clearly it is psychology, for it deals with topics such as sensation, perception, emotion, motivation, cognition, mind, and consciousness. The Buddha said his primary work was to ...
astract - University of West Florida
... If essential Buddhism is not religion or philosophy, although usually confused and confounded with them, then what is it? Clearly it is psychology, for it deals with topics such as sensation, perception, emotion, motivation, cognition, mind, and consciousness. The Buddha said his primary work was to ...
... If essential Buddhism is not religion or philosophy, although usually confused and confounded with them, then what is it? Clearly it is psychology, for it deals with topics such as sensation, perception, emotion, motivation, cognition, mind, and consciousness. The Buddha said his primary work was to ...
Indian Scholar
... as per BG 9.32 “taking refuge in me, they also, O son of Pritha, who might be of inferior birth, as well as women, Vaishyas and Sudras, even they attain the supreme goal.” Women are present in all Jatis thus Jatis are interchangeable as per the requirement. It is widely accepted during the Vedic per ...
... as per BG 9.32 “taking refuge in me, they also, O son of Pritha, who might be of inferior birth, as well as women, Vaishyas and Sudras, even they attain the supreme goal.” Women are present in all Jatis thus Jatis are interchangeable as per the requirement. It is widely accepted during the Vedic per ...
Newsletter Archives
... The Tantrik would also then become one of the Kulaputras (sons of the clan), by the grace of his female consort, who contains the Kulamrita (clan nectar) or Kuladravya (clan fluid) in her womb. Interestingly, the Vamamarga constitutes a vital aspect among certain Tantric sects. As Tantrism evolved f ...
... The Tantrik would also then become one of the Kulaputras (sons of the clan), by the grace of his female consort, who contains the Kulamrita (clan nectar) or Kuladravya (clan fluid) in her womb. Interestingly, the Vamamarga constitutes a vital aspect among certain Tantric sects. As Tantrism evolved f ...
Eight Chariots and Four Lineages
... Consonants and Vowels. He taught that the correct foundation was to observe the three levels of Buddhist commitments (precepts, bodhisattva vow and tantric commitments). On this firm basis, the path to follow is that of strict asceticism, living in desolate places, such as funeral grounds. There, on ...
... Consonants and Vowels. He taught that the correct foundation was to observe the three levels of Buddhist commitments (precepts, bodhisattva vow and tantric commitments). On this firm basis, the path to follow is that of strict asceticism, living in desolate places, such as funeral grounds. There, on ...
EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH, VOL
... Harsha and Buddhism: Harsha offered daily to the Sun a bunch of red lotuses set in a pure vessel of ruby and tinged like his own heart with the same hue. His brother and sister were ardent Hinayana Buddhists. Harsha, perhaps because of his trials and hardships in his early years, developed strong le ...
... Harsha and Buddhism: Harsha offered daily to the Sun a bunch of red lotuses set in a pure vessel of ruby and tinged like his own heart with the same hue. His brother and sister were ardent Hinayana Buddhists. Harsha, perhaps because of his trials and hardships in his early years, developed strong le ...
Nietzsche and The Four Noble Truths
... -7into the cruelty of nature and, without yielding to a resignation or to ‘a Buddhistic negation of the will,’ reaffirms life with the creation of works of art” (Kaufmann 131). In “Beyond Good and Evil,” he furthers the point: “The discipline of suffering, of great suffering—do you not know that onl ...
... -7into the cruelty of nature and, without yielding to a resignation or to ‘a Buddhistic negation of the will,’ reaffirms life with the creation of works of art” (Kaufmann 131). In “Beyond Good and Evil,” he furthers the point: “The discipline of suffering, of great suffering—do you not know that onl ...
Insight Meditation Society
... offered support, and all kinds of good works were carried out that have transformed the lives of the villagers. Now people from all over the world support these projects; many speak of the power of this life-giving work. And it all began with that initial gift of a can of soda, offered from a place ...
... offered support, and all kinds of good works were carried out that have transformed the lives of the villagers. Now people from all over the world support these projects; many speak of the power of this life-giving work. And it all began with that initial gift of a can of soda, offered from a place ...
The Revival ofthe Theravada Nun Order in Thailand
... Theravada canon which in their view does not allow women to ordain in Theravada under the given circumstances (i.e. the non-existence of Theravada nuns who would be able to carry out their part of the ordination procedure). At the same, however, alternatives to a nun order have been suggested, like ...
... Theravada canon which in their view does not allow women to ordain in Theravada under the given circumstances (i.e. the non-existence of Theravada nuns who would be able to carry out their part of the ordination procedure). At the same, however, alternatives to a nun order have been suggested, like ...
The Buddha`s Noble Eightfold Path Lecture 50: The Principles of
... may in fact agree quite frankly that traditional ethics to a very great extent have in fact collapsed. And lots of people nowadays, maybe some of you here, are no longer convinced that there are any fixed standards of right and wrong so that one can say quite definitely this is right or equally defi ...
... may in fact agree quite frankly that traditional ethics to a very great extent have in fact collapsed. And lots of people nowadays, maybe some of you here, are no longer convinced that there are any fixed standards of right and wrong so that one can say quite definitely this is right or equally defi ...
Rumi and Metta – Showing the Path of Love, by Jason Espada Part
... of spiritual development. There are some things, I’m thinking, that we shouldn’t try to prove with the intellect alone, and the underlying unity of religions is one of them. It’s more than enough proof to look at the exemplary lives that different spiritual traditions produce – people of faith and d ...
... of spiritual development. There are some things, I’m thinking, that we shouldn’t try to prove with the intellect alone, and the underlying unity of religions is one of them. It’s more than enough proof to look at the exemplary lives that different spiritual traditions produce – people of faith and d ...