BUDDHISM - College of the Holy Cross
... • 4. The path to the cessation of suffering is the Eightfold path. – It is the middle way between the two extremes of excessive self-indulgence (hedonism) and excessive self-mortification (asceticism); and it leads to the end of the cycle of rebirth. The path to the end of suffering can extend over ...
... • 4. The path to the cessation of suffering is the Eightfold path. – It is the middle way between the two extremes of excessive self-indulgence (hedonism) and excessive self-mortification (asceticism); and it leads to the end of the cycle of rebirth. The path to the end of suffering can extend over ...
Fathering Your Father: The Zen of Fabrication in Tang Buddhism
... lineage construction in the biographies of Zhiyi (538–597) and Xinxing (540–594). First, the various, contradictory biographies of Zhiyi written by his disciple Guanding (561–632) are put forth as the basis of future Chinese Buddhist genealogies. Guanding’s first biography of Zhiyi was commissioned ...
... lineage construction in the biographies of Zhiyi (538–597) and Xinxing (540–594). First, the various, contradictory biographies of Zhiyi written by his disciple Guanding (561–632) are put forth as the basis of future Chinese Buddhist genealogies. Guanding’s first biography of Zhiyi was commissioned ...
King Asoka as a Role Model of Buddhist Leadership
... leaders do instead of their personal characteristics (e.g. McGregor, 1960; Blake and Mouton, 1964)18 and suggested that leader qualities are not hard-wired but that one can be trained to become a leader. Then, Fiedler (1964) set the stage for the Contingency Theories proposing that there is not one ...
... leaders do instead of their personal characteristics (e.g. McGregor, 1960; Blake and Mouton, 1964)18 and suggested that leader qualities are not hard-wired but that one can be trained to become a leader. Then, Fiedler (1964) set the stage for the Contingency Theories proposing that there is not one ...
Gurudharma Mūlasarvāstivāda Tradition Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Comparing the canonical Vinaya versions of the gurudharma stipulation concerning how bhikṣuṇī ordination should be carried out brings to light two significant differences. One of these two differences concerns the period to be observed as a probationer, or śikṣamāṇā. While the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya v ...
... Comparing the canonical Vinaya versions of the gurudharma stipulation concerning how bhikṣuṇī ordination should be carried out brings to light two significant differences. One of these two differences concerns the period to be observed as a probationer, or śikṣamāṇā. While the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya v ...
Tainted Gender: Sexual Impurity and Women in Kankyo no Tomo
... depict the scene. One night Māya and Śuddhodana had the same dream in which a white baby elephant entered Māya from the right side of her body and they heard a voice which told them that she had become pregnant. Śuddhodana loved Māya deeply, but there had not been a child between them. Women’s most ...
... depict the scene. One night Māya and Śuddhodana had the same dream in which a white baby elephant entered Māya from the right side of her body and they heard a voice which told them that she had become pregnant. Śuddhodana loved Māya deeply, but there had not been a child between them. Women’s most ...
Teaching Journey to the West in Wisconsin
... Buddhism,!Daoism,!Confucianism,!and!several!folk!religions!in!China!have!never!existed!in!watertight! compartments.!Chinese!people!throughout!the!ages!have!combined!and!recombined!elements!from!the! three!teachings!(plus!popular!practice)!in!their!daily!life!to!the!point!that!expert!scholars!find!it ...
... Buddhism,!Daoism,!Confucianism,!and!several!folk!religions!in!China!have!never!existed!in!watertight! compartments.!Chinese!people!throughout!the!ages!have!combined!and!recombined!elements!from!the! three!teachings!(plus!popular!practice)!in!their!daily!life!to!the!point!that!expert!scholars!find!it ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism and Particularism
... developments, before returning to wider issues. The Sinitic Interpretation References to filial piety in ancient Chinese sources abound, for instance in the Book of Rites, which precedes the introduction of Buddhism into China by several centuries. This text suggests that filial piety was often unde ...
... developments, before returning to wider issues. The Sinitic Interpretation References to filial piety in ancient Chinese sources abound, for instance in the Book of Rites, which precedes the introduction of Buddhism into China by several centuries. This text suggests that filial piety was often unde ...
Full Issue
... gospel but also to be sensitive to the fact that, in certain contexts, smaller community-based churches may be the ideal’, he concludes. ‘It was in the 1960s that Buddhism rapidly expanded into the West’, writes Hugh Kemp (adjunct lecturer in missiology at St John’s College, Auckland, New Zealand). ...
... gospel but also to be sensitive to the fact that, in certain contexts, smaller community-based churches may be the ideal’, he concludes. ‘It was in the 1960s that Buddhism rapidly expanded into the West’, writes Hugh Kemp (adjunct lecturer in missiology at St John’s College, Auckland, New Zealand). ...
THE THREE JEWELS CONT`D - Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre
... Bodhisattvas – great beings destined for Buddhahood but delay this goal to help others on the pathway to enlightenment. They seek liberation from suffering for all creatures, thus merits are stored up which warrant one to be a Buddha. Has both monastic and layperson ...
... Bodhisattvas – great beings destined for Buddhahood but delay this goal to help others on the pathway to enlightenment. They seek liberation from suffering for all creatures, thus merits are stored up which warrant one to be a Buddha. Has both monastic and layperson ...
A Distant Mirror. Articulating Indic Ideas in Sixth and Seventh
... choice, partly due to the fact that it has no universally accepted definition. The broadest definitions of this term largely match the meaning intended by the Buddhist authors discussed in this article. For example, Simon Blackburn defines the term as follows: “A self-refuting utterance is one which ...
... choice, partly due to the fact that it has no universally accepted definition. The broadest definitions of this term largely match the meaning intended by the Buddhist authors discussed in this article. For example, Simon Blackburn defines the term as follows: “A self-refuting utterance is one which ...
Doxographies - Why six darśanas? Which six?
... the culture. While darśana or ānvīkṣikī do not exactly correspond to European “philosophy,” this does not imply the absence of concern with metaphysics, epistemology, ontology and linguistic analysis. In fact there is found in these darśanas a level of sophistication comparable to that found in Euro ...
... the culture. While darśana or ānvīkṣikī do not exactly correspond to European “philosophy,” this does not imply the absence of concern with metaphysics, epistemology, ontology and linguistic analysis. In fact there is found in these darśanas a level of sophistication comparable to that found in Euro ...
ALBANY KARMA THEGSUM CHÖLING October 12, 2012
... Associate Members: As an associate member with dues at $20 per month for an individual, you have voting privileges on local center (Albany KTC) matters. In addition, you get a 10% discount on any items we have for sale at Albany KTC, borrowing privileges in KTCʼs library, free teachings given by fel ...
... Associate Members: As an associate member with dues at $20 per month for an individual, you have voting privileges on local center (Albany KTC) matters. In addition, you get a 10% discount on any items we have for sale at Albany KTC, borrowing privileges in KTCʼs library, free teachings given by fel ...
Eight Buddhist Methods for Leaders
... right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration, may serve as a conduit to broaden an individual’s understanding of the importance of leadership. Incorporating these methods could assist any individual in maximizing his or her lea ...
... right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration, may serve as a conduit to broaden an individual’s understanding of the importance of leadership. Incorporating these methods could assist any individual in maximizing his or her lea ...
Buddhism
... WHAT IS KARMA? Karma is the law that every cause has an effect, i.e., our actions have results. This simple law explains a number of things: •inequality in the world •why some are born handicapped and some gifted •why some live only a short life. ...
... WHAT IS KARMA? Karma is the law that every cause has an effect, i.e., our actions have results. This simple law explains a number of things: •inequality in the world •why some are born handicapped and some gifted •why some live only a short life. ...
Lec. 2.4 The Tantrayana or Vajrayana Tradition
... I. Death is certain (i.e., inevitable). A. Death will come and we will not be able to escape it. B. Life diminishes uninterruptedly; we cannot augment it. C. A normal life leaves little time for spiritual practice; one is either too young, too busy with family, or too old. ...
... I. Death is certain (i.e., inevitable). A. Death will come and we will not be able to escape it. B. Life diminishes uninterruptedly; we cannot augment it. C. A normal life leaves little time for spiritual practice; one is either too young, too busy with family, or too old. ...
Beyond Gods and Reason: Towards a Buddhist
... truthfulness of any teaching, moral or otherwise. It is also eminently pragmatic, in that it aims first and foremost at the overcoming of suffering and the attainment of ultimate happiness. As the Kālāma Sutta progresses, the Buddha proposes that the Kālāmas test for themselves whether behavior ch ...
... truthfulness of any teaching, moral or otherwise. It is also eminently pragmatic, in that it aims first and foremost at the overcoming of suffering and the attainment of ultimate happiness. As the Kālāma Sutta progresses, the Buddha proposes that the Kālāmas test for themselves whether behavior ch ...
SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST
... Having become a bhikkhunã through the acceptance of the eight garudhammas, Mahàpajàpatã Gotamã then approached the Buddha with the following question: "Venerable sir, how should I proceed in relation to those Sàkyan women?"6 She was asking about the proper course to be taken in relation to her follo ...
... Having become a bhikkhunã through the acceptance of the eight garudhammas, Mahàpajàpatã Gotamã then approached the Buddha with the following question: "Venerable sir, how should I proceed in relation to those Sàkyan women?"6 She was asking about the proper course to be taken in relation to her follo ...
Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
... practitioners. Sakya Monastery is a place to learn from highly qualified and spiritual Tibetan Lamas in a beautiful traditional setting. Sakya Monastery occupies a beautiful renovated building, which houses a pristine example of a Tibetan Buddhist shrine that is one of only a few in North America. I ...
... practitioners. Sakya Monastery is a place to learn from highly qualified and spiritual Tibetan Lamas in a beautiful traditional setting. Sakya Monastery occupies a beautiful renovated building, which houses a pristine example of a Tibetan Buddhist shrine that is one of only a few in North America. I ...
Is South AsiaŁs Buddhist Leader the Gyalwang Drukpa an
... Ackermann identifies “key terms” of feminist liberation theology, noting that in fact “there is no single feminist theology” (Ackermann 1993e). She states that the term “patriarchy’ denotes the legal, economic and social system that validates and enforces the sovereignty of the male head of the fami ...
... Ackermann identifies “key terms” of feminist liberation theology, noting that in fact “there is no single feminist theology” (Ackermann 1993e). She states that the term “patriarchy’ denotes the legal, economic and social system that validates and enforces the sovereignty of the male head of the fami ...
A Talk with His Holiness the Dalai Lama Sunday April 25, 2010
... demonstrates]. In our tradition we have seven points [about the robe], in the Pali tradition there is only one, “you should wear the robe properly”. It is very minor differences. The same way, there are some other differences. But basically, there are the same precepts. I explained this to these two ...
... demonstrates]. In our tradition we have seven points [about the robe], in the Pali tradition there is only one, “you should wear the robe properly”. It is very minor differences. The same way, there are some other differences. But basically, there are the same precepts. I explained this to these two ...
the early buddhist teaching on the theory and practice of moral life
... two views as occupying a position of mutual opposition, while describing its own position as one that sets itself off from both of them. It is, in fact, against these two views that Buddhist polemics are continually directed and it is by demolishing them that Buddhism seeks to construct its own view ...
... two views as occupying a position of mutual opposition, while describing its own position as one that sets itself off from both of them. It is, in fact, against these two views that Buddhist polemics are continually directed and it is by demolishing them that Buddhism seeks to construct its own view ...
Yoga and Women - International Association of Yoga Therapists
... “In 1948, Sonam Dolkar died and the full responsibility of child-raising fell to Trinley Sangmo. She made certain that eminent lamas who conferred the major teachings and empowerments trained both Jetsun Kushola and Sakya Trizin. Being a dedicated practitioner, she attended the teachings and did man ...
... “In 1948, Sonam Dolkar died and the full responsibility of child-raising fell to Trinley Sangmo. She made certain that eminent lamas who conferred the major teachings and empowerments trained both Jetsun Kushola and Sakya Trizin. Being a dedicated practitioner, she attended the teachings and did man ...
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 ...