From Hungry Ghost to Being Human
... and actions to move away from the destructive suffering of addictions and compulsions – the living hell of the Hungry Ghost – to live in harmony and balance with the 10,000 sorrows and 10,000 joys of everyday life; embracing the ordinary and the mundane of just being human. The Realm of Human Beings ...
... and actions to move away from the destructive suffering of addictions and compulsions – the living hell of the Hungry Ghost – to live in harmony and balance with the 10,000 sorrows and 10,000 joys of everyday life; embracing the ordinary and the mundane of just being human. The Realm of Human Beings ...
The Buddhist Approach to Overcoming Suffering
... separate entities, individuals, is essentially illusion and deception. There is no permanent individual self, nor is there some eternal permanent, transcendent entity such as the God of the Judaeo-Christian-Muslim traditions’ God or Allah; if we can accept the flow of the here and now, and concentra ...
... separate entities, individuals, is essentially illusion and deception. There is no permanent individual self, nor is there some eternal permanent, transcendent entity such as the God of the Judaeo-Christian-Muslim traditions’ God or Allah; if we can accept the flow of the here and now, and concentra ...
Theme in Indian History - I questions prelims
... admitted. According to Buddhist texts, this was made possible through the mediation of Ananda, one of the Buddha’s dearest disciples, who persuaded him to allow women into the sangha. The Buddha’s foster mother, Mahapajapati Gotami was the first woman to be ordained as a bhikkhuni. Many women who en ...
... admitted. According to Buddhist texts, this was made possible through the mediation of Ananda, one of the Buddha’s dearest disciples, who persuaded him to allow women into the sangha. The Buddha’s foster mother, Mahapajapati Gotami was the first woman to be ordained as a bhikkhuni. Many women who en ...
Building and Negotiating Religious Identities in A Zen Buddhist
... encouraged to modify themselves into an ideal prototype for the convenience of their modernized audience. Quite often these religions borrow practices from each other because one strategy that succeeds on the marketplace may “work” for others as well. Nagata (1999) identifies religious globalization ...
... encouraged to modify themselves into an ideal prototype for the convenience of their modernized audience. Quite often these religions borrow practices from each other because one strategy that succeeds on the marketplace may “work” for others as well. Nagata (1999) identifies religious globalization ...
The Relocalization of Buddhism in Thailand
... (Pattana 2005:466), all of which draw to a greater or lesser degree upon the visions, practices and ideologies of a traditional and fundamentalist past before they were “tainted” by the process of modern capitalist development. Another significant phenomenon in this process of transformation and div ...
... (Pattana 2005:466), all of which draw to a greater or lesser degree upon the visions, practices and ideologies of a traditional and fundamentalist past before they were “tainted” by the process of modern capitalist development. Another significant phenomenon in this process of transformation and div ...
Under the Influence of Buddhism
... The fourth practice is joyous effort or enthusiastic perseverance (virya). It is the quality of persistent effort or working hard towards achieving a goal. Zangpo points out that one must strive diligently to free oneself and all sentient beings from suffering. Without putting in right effort, we ca ...
... The fourth practice is joyous effort or enthusiastic perseverance (virya). It is the quality of persistent effort or working hard towards achieving a goal. Zangpo points out that one must strive diligently to free oneself and all sentient beings from suffering. Without putting in right effort, we ca ...
Hindu and Buddhist Art () - Asian Art Museum | Education
... The general term used to describe Hindu worship is puja—the most common forms of worship taking place in the home at the family shrine and at the local temple. Practices vary depending on location, but generally speaking, the worshiper might approach the temple to give thanks, to ask for assistance ...
... The general term used to describe Hindu worship is puja—the most common forms of worship taking place in the home at the family shrine and at the local temple. Practices vary depending on location, but generally speaking, the worshiper might approach the temple to give thanks, to ask for assistance ...
Whole-body relics in Chinese Buddhism
... Buddhist studies to explore topics that do not feature prominently in the Buddhist texts itself. This again is in line with the development of Western humanities in general, which during the last 30 years, inspired by the writings of structuralist and post-structuralist authors, have taken aim to un ...
... Buddhist studies to explore topics that do not feature prominently in the Buddhist texts itself. This again is in line with the development of Western humanities in general, which during the last 30 years, inspired by the writings of structuralist and post-structuralist authors, have taken aim to un ...
Has Xuanzang really been in Mathurå?
... information are to be taken as witnesses of objective historicity, as regional traditions or as texts moulded after certain patterns of inner-Buddhist or intercultural Chinese topoi. If this negligence of a sound philological and contextual research of the pilgrims’ accounts is understandable by the ...
... information are to be taken as witnesses of objective historicity, as regional traditions or as texts moulded after certain patterns of inner-Buddhist or intercultural Chinese topoi. If this negligence of a sound philological and contextual research of the pilgrims’ accounts is understandable by the ...
06.07.10 An Answer by Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche to Questions
... are highly motivated by sexual desire, inhabiting a realm of sexual desire. Because of that, he saw Tantra as fit for them. When Kalu Rinpoche taught union practice to westerners, he taught them that it was a Tibetan tradition that he had taught in Tibet in the same way. Indeed, Kalu Rinpoche was re ...
... are highly motivated by sexual desire, inhabiting a realm of sexual desire. Because of that, he saw Tantra as fit for them. When Kalu Rinpoche taught union practice to westerners, he taught them that it was a Tibetan tradition that he had taught in Tibet in the same way. Indeed, Kalu Rinpoche was re ...
Document
... Oral canon of authoritative teachings first compiled within a few years of Şakyamuni’s death, but not recorded in writing until 1st century BCE – Tripitaka (“Three Baskets”): Sūtra (discourses of the Buddha) Vinaya (monastic regulations) Abhidharma (philosophical and psychological commentaries) ...
... Oral canon of authoritative teachings first compiled within a few years of Şakyamuni’s death, but not recorded in writing until 1st century BCE – Tripitaka (“Three Baskets”): Sūtra (discourses of the Buddha) Vinaya (monastic regulations) Abhidharma (philosophical and psychological commentaries) ...
Analysis of Feature Curves in Buddhist Statue Faces
... placed into cluster three. Regarding Chinese Buddha statues, there is a tendency for the curvatures of most of the eyebrow curves to grow at the outer side. In this way, by employing the logarithmic curvature radius, we could analyze the lateral aspect curve from tr-a to prn-a and the characteristic ...
... placed into cluster three. Regarding Chinese Buddha statues, there is a tendency for the curvatures of most of the eyebrow curves to grow at the outer side. In this way, by employing the logarithmic curvature radius, we could analyze the lateral aspect curve from tr-a to prn-a and the characteristic ...
File - World Religions
... term for anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. A bodhisattva is one of the four sublime states a human can achieve in life (the others being an arhat, buddha or pratyekabuddha). In ...
... term for anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. A bodhisattva is one of the four sublime states a human can achieve in life (the others being an arhat, buddha or pratyekabuddha). In ...
Clark.19.4.Dec_.08
... written of such consciousness, the awakened state central to Buddhist practice, as “wild mind,” by which he means mind that is permitted to act freely and spontaneously, exhibiting the complexity, diversity, creativity, and anarchic order that wild nature manifests in all of its expressions.10 Beyon ...
... written of such consciousness, the awakened state central to Buddhist practice, as “wild mind,” by which he means mind that is permitted to act freely and spontaneously, exhibiting the complexity, diversity, creativity, and anarchic order that wild nature manifests in all of its expressions.10 Beyon ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... 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 the religious and philosophical milieu in which Bu ...
... 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 the religious and philosophical milieu in which Bu ...
BSTC6079 Early Buddhism: a doctrinal exposition
... Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pāli 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 the religious and philosophical milieu in which Bu ...
... Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pāli 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 the religious and philosophical milieu in which Bu ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pāli 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 the religious and philosophical milieu in which Bu ...
... Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pāli 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 the religious and philosophical milieu in which Bu ...
Insight Meditation Society
... IMS about to launch a fresh-looking website. New features will include a search function, a ride-share board, online dharma talks and guided meditations, and a photo tour. Please keep visiting www.dharma.org – sometime soon you’ll find a bright new site awaiting you! ...
... IMS about to launch a fresh-looking website. New features will include a search function, a ride-share board, online dharma talks and guided meditations, and a photo tour. Please keep visiting www.dharma.org – sometime soon you’ll find a bright new site awaiting you! ...
BUILDING BRIDGES A Tapestry of Faith Program for Youth
... Right Association means surrounding yourself with people who are healthy and supportive of your spiritual work, preferably those who are also on a spiritual path. According to Buddhist teaching, you do not have to be around people, but if you are going to be with people, you should choose your compa ...
... Right Association means surrounding yourself with people who are healthy and supportive of your spiritual work, preferably those who are also on a spiritual path. According to Buddhist teaching, you do not have to be around people, but if you are going to be with people, you should choose your compa ...
BUILDING BRIDGES A Tapestry of Faith Program for Youth
... supportive of your spiritual work, preferably those who are also on a spiritual path. According to Buddhist teaching, you do not have to be around people, but if you are going to be with people, you should choose your companions wisely. ...
... supportive of your spiritual work, preferably those who are also on a spiritual path. According to Buddhist teaching, you do not have to be around people, but if you are going to be with people, you should choose your companions wisely. ...
Study Guide for MN 28 The Greater Discourse on the Simile of the
... The Aggregate of Form and the Four Elements: The first aggregate is what gets the most detailed discussion in MN 28. This aggregate is defined by the four elements of earth, water, fire and air. Sariputta then teaches how a practitioner should, with wisdom, relate to these elements. This is not mean ...
... The Aggregate of Form and the Four Elements: The first aggregate is what gets the most detailed discussion in MN 28. This aggregate is defined by the four elements of earth, water, fire and air. Sariputta then teaches how a practitioner should, with wisdom, relate to these elements. This is not mean ...
Lesson 13 – Learning About World Religion
... to live the simple life of an ascetic. One night, the prince asked his driver to take him to the forest. At the edge of the dark woods, Siddhartha removed his royal robes, sandals, and jewels. He cut off his hair with a knife. He put on a simple robe and carried only a small ...
... to live the simple life of an ascetic. One night, the prince asked his driver to take him to the forest. At the edge of the dark woods, Siddhartha removed his royal robes, sandals, and jewels. He cut off his hair with a knife. He put on a simple robe and carried only a small ...
Slide 1
... Siddhartha sat under the Bodhi-tree (bodhi = budh = “woke up”) at Buddhagaya to meditate, determined not to arise until he had achieved enlightment; he does and attains Samma Smabodhi, thereby becoming the Supreme Buddha (= awaken or enlightened one). ...
... Siddhartha sat under the Bodhi-tree (bodhi = budh = “woke up”) at Buddhagaya to meditate, determined not to arise until he had achieved enlightment; he does and attains Samma Smabodhi, thereby becoming the Supreme Buddha (= awaken or enlightened one). ...