Buddhist Thoughts on Symbiosis—And its Contemporary Implications
... culture. These are all fissures in society along which wars, conflicts and terrorist acts escalate on a global scale, enveloping all of humanity in confrontation. “Weapons”, today include a wide range of devices for mass destruction from nuclear and biochemical weapons, to conventional weapons such ...
... culture. These are all fissures in society along which wars, conflicts and terrorist acts escalate on a global scale, enveloping all of humanity in confrontation. “Weapons”, today include a wide range of devices for mass destruction from nuclear and biochemical weapons, to conventional weapons such ...
BUDDHISM: SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION
... Dharmas are unsubstantial (anātman), because (using the Western terminology) they do not exist in se et per se, or (using the Buddhist terminology) they do not exist svabhāvena, i.e. they do not possess an own being; they are dependent, produced by causes and conditions. And, besides that, since t ...
... Dharmas are unsubstantial (anātman), because (using the Western terminology) they do not exist in se et per se, or (using the Buddhist terminology) they do not exist svabhāvena, i.e. they do not possess an own being; they are dependent, produced by causes and conditions. And, besides that, since t ...
The Paramis
... scholars responded from within their tradition. For example, there is an extensive essay by Acariya Dhammapala, a contemporary of Buddhaghosa Bhikkhu in Sri Lanka, called A Treatise on the Paramis. It has been translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi and can be found online http://www.midamericadharma.org/ganges ...
... scholars responded from within their tradition. For example, there is an extensive essay by Acariya Dhammapala, a contemporary of Buddhaghosa Bhikkhu in Sri Lanka, called A Treatise on the Paramis. It has been translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi and can be found online http://www.midamericadharma.org/ganges ...
Chinese Buddhism and the Anti-Japan War
... Contrary to the expectation that Japanese Buddhism had been nationalistic from the Meiji era, as Victoria suggests, some of the Buddhist leaders such as Kiyozawa Manshi 清沢満之 resisted the nationalist morality of the Imperial Rescript on Education and concentrated on the problems of the individual min ...
... Contrary to the expectation that Japanese Buddhism had been nationalistic from the Meiji era, as Victoria suggests, some of the Buddhist leaders such as Kiyozawa Manshi 清沢満之 resisted the nationalist morality of the Imperial Rescript on Education and concentrated on the problems of the individual min ...
New Directions in 20th Century Buddhist Studies in China
... that illustrated the moral successes or failures of the men and women of the past. As Arthur F. Wright puts it (Chang 1981: 156-157), “[T]he successes and failures of the past provide sure guidance for one’s own time…The Confucian tradition, as it developed, perpetuated the injunction to study the p ...
... that illustrated the moral successes or failures of the men and women of the past. As Arthur F. Wright puts it (Chang 1981: 156-157), “[T]he successes and failures of the past provide sure guidance for one’s own time…The Confucian tradition, as it developed, perpetuated the injunction to study the p ...
Review Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen.
... heir to Master Sheng Yen, one of the most renowned and successful Buddhist teachers of the late-20th century who died in 2009. Guo Jun has taught Chinese Buddhism in different parts of the world, such as Australia, Canada, Indonesia, U.S., and Singapore. The book is divided into 47 chapters, ranging ...
... heir to Master Sheng Yen, one of the most renowned and successful Buddhist teachers of the late-20th century who died in 2009. Guo Jun has taught Chinese Buddhism in different parts of the world, such as Australia, Canada, Indonesia, U.S., and Singapore. The book is divided into 47 chapters, ranging ...
Read the rest of Star Wars and Buddhism here.
... shadow side and seeing the never ending war raging on between the Light and Dark Side of the Force, that helps Luke see good and evil must be transcended if his heroes journey is ever to be complete. The means he uses to do this are the same means the Buddha taught over 2,000 years ago. We all under ...
... shadow side and seeing the never ending war raging on between the Light and Dark Side of the Force, that helps Luke see good and evil must be transcended if his heroes journey is ever to be complete. The means he uses to do this are the same means the Buddha taught over 2,000 years ago. We all under ...
PDF sample - Dave`s Lawnscaping
... on which this book is based with the statement that the purpose of the teaching was to enable those present to experience a higher degree of being and awareness than usual. ‘We ourselves are living Buddhism at the moment of our participation.’ It is in the hope that this book will facilitate that ki ...
... on which this book is based with the statement that the purpose of the teaching was to enable those present to experience a higher degree of being and awareness than usual. ‘We ourselves are living Buddhism at the moment of our participation.’ It is in the hope that this book will facilitate that ki ...
Print - Journal of Global Buddhism
... overseas Chinese community in the propagation of transnational Buddhism in modern times. However, by the time Taixu visited Vietnam, his name, his ideas, and the activities of the Chinese Buddhist reform movement were already well-known there via Taixu's writings and his disciples' propagation, the ...
... overseas Chinese community in the propagation of transnational Buddhism in modern times. However, by the time Taixu visited Vietnam, his name, his ideas, and the activities of the Chinese Buddhist reform movement were already well-known there via Taixu's writings and his disciples' propagation, the ...
Tiro,ku a Sutta
... intermediary preta) rather than the Buddhist (suffering) peta. In Aguttara [Jussoi Sutta] passage ―peta‖ may mean nothing more than ―departed.‖ (PvA:BM 35 n60) While almost all of the beings of four of the five realms have some sort of ―realm‖ or common spatial location, apparently only the pret ...
... intermediary preta) rather than the Buddhist (suffering) peta. In Aguttara [Jussoi Sutta] passage ―peta‖ may mean nothing more than ―departed.‖ (PvA:BM 35 n60) While almost all of the beings of four of the five realms have some sort of ―realm‖ or common spatial location, apparently only the pret ...
Liberation Through Hearing in the Planetary Transition: Funerary
... by the Common Culture. But, like many other religious thinkers at this time, he also immersed himself in a deep engagement with the Common Culture’s doctrine of the Palace of the Ages — the mythical, eternal resting place of those entities that have been crowned as the onomatophores (“name-bearers”) ...
... by the Common Culture. But, like many other religious thinkers at this time, he also immersed himself in a deep engagement with the Common Culture’s doctrine of the Palace of the Ages — the mythical, eternal resting place of those entities that have been crowned as the onomatophores (“name-bearers”) ...
Abide in the Mahayana Mind
... Levels of enlightenment There are different levels in the enlightenment of the mind. The first is “fundamental bodhi.” This is the inherent awareness that everyone has. It is what knows and what perceives. It is the mind that is hearing these words at this moment. Mundane beings give rise to ignora ...
... Levels of enlightenment There are different levels in the enlightenment of the mind. The first is “fundamental bodhi.” This is the inherent awareness that everyone has. It is what knows and what perceives. It is the mind that is hearing these words at this moment. Mundane beings give rise to ignora ...
With the Pure Land practice of mindfulness of the
... the corresponding purity of his mind during deepened practice. This is possible as “When one’s mind is pure, the land is pure.” [2] Inevitably, before true faith is realised, one still has to make a “leap of faith”. “(King Milinda:) ‘And how does faith leap forward?’ (Nagasena:) ‘When the Yogin sees ...
... the corresponding purity of his mind during deepened practice. This is possible as “When one’s mind is pure, the land is pure.” [2] Inevitably, before true faith is realised, one still has to make a “leap of faith”. “(King Milinda:) ‘And how does faith leap forward?’ (Nagasena:) ‘When the Yogin sees ...
A Guide to Japanese Buddhism
... exotic religion or a philosophical system of thought. However, Buddhism became known worldwide after the 20th century, with the rapid advancement of the modern technologies of communication and transportation, and interchange of personnel, materials, and information: Particularly after World War II, ...
... exotic religion or a philosophical system of thought. However, Buddhism became known worldwide after the 20th century, with the rapid advancement of the modern technologies of communication and transportation, and interchange of personnel, materials, and information: Particularly after World War II, ...
Dynamics of Sinhala Buddhist Ethno-Nationalism in Post
... The Buddhism that is practiced in Sri Lanka today is not the same doctrine that is said to have been preached by Gautama Buddha, but one that has undergone many waves of transformation.16 The scholarly literature on Sinhala Buddhism shows that there is no single and unified Buddhism. Like most other ...
... The Buddhism that is practiced in Sri Lanka today is not the same doctrine that is said to have been preached by Gautama Buddha, but one that has undergone many waves of transformation.16 The scholarly literature on Sinhala Buddhism shows that there is no single and unified Buddhism. Like most other ...
conclusion - Virginia Review of Asian Studies
... This idea of self-empowerment is very appealing to younger educated Chinese in Southeast Asia and Australia. Practitioners say that the selfempowerment is a critical difference from their prior sects where monks played a key role and where they were told that they had little control over their karma ...
... This idea of self-empowerment is very appealing to younger educated Chinese in Southeast Asia and Australia. Practitioners say that the selfempowerment is a critical difference from their prior sects where monks played a key role and where they were told that they had little control over their karma ...
Nikāya Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... through “skillful,” “wholesome,” “healthful,” and “morally right.” Damian Keown suggests “good” as the best approximation covering the range (119); I tend to agree, though Lance Cousins fears that the connotations of “skill” may thus get lost, and suggests that the term may often be understood as “p ...
... through “skillful,” “wholesome,” “healthful,” and “morally right.” Damian Keown suggests “good” as the best approximation covering the range (119); I tend to agree, though Lance Cousins fears that the connotations of “skill” may thus get lost, and suggests that the term may often be understood as “p ...
Sati Journal Volume 1 - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... interest in Buddhism on many levels, but one of the factors that has persistently hindered the healthy growth of the Dhamma has been the sharp divide between scholars and practitioners. The gap that separates these two communities is sometimes so wide that it seems as if they inhabit different world ...
... interest in Buddhism on many levels, but one of the factors that has persistently hindered the healthy growth of the Dhamma has been the sharp divide between scholars and practitioners. The gap that separates these two communities is sometimes so wide that it seems as if they inhabit different world ...
Faithi in Revolution Tricycle Winter 2008
... Drawing upon the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren declared that it was wiser to avoid leaning too much on either the self-power or the other-power approach. Nichiren’s practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo leads us to discover a power and wisdom that exists within us and at the same time tr ...
... Drawing upon the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren declared that it was wiser to avoid leaning too much on either the self-power or the other-power approach. Nichiren’s practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo leads us to discover a power and wisdom that exists within us and at the same time tr ...
chapter-5 the comparative study between hinduism and buddhism
... One would begin, for example, by remarking that the Vedic doctrine is neither pantheistic nor polytheistic, nor a worship of the powers of Nature except in the sense that Natura Naturans est-Deus and all her powers but the names of God’s acts; that karma is not “fate” except in the orthodox sense o ...
... One would begin, for example, by remarking that the Vedic doctrine is neither pantheistic nor polytheistic, nor a worship of the powers of Nature except in the sense that Natura Naturans est-Deus and all her powers but the names of God’s acts; that karma is not “fate” except in the orthodox sense o ...
Buddhism First Encounter
... It is impossible to know exactly what the Buddha taught. He did not write down his teachings, nor did his early disciples. The only written versions were recorded several hundred years after his death, following centuries of being passed on orally—and of being interpreted in multiple ways. We must ...
... It is impossible to know exactly what the Buddha taught. He did not write down his teachings, nor did his early disciples. The only written versions were recorded several hundred years after his death, following centuries of being passed on orally—and of being interpreted in multiple ways. We must ...
Rational BUDDHISM
... themselves. The Dalai Lama was very surprised at this, and responded, “I thought I had a very good acquaintance with the mind, but now I feel quite ignorant. I find this very, very strange, and I wonder where it comes from. Are you all suffering from nervous disorders?” He then asked “Is this self-c ...
... themselves. The Dalai Lama was very surprised at this, and responded, “I thought I had a very good acquaintance with the mind, but now I feel quite ignorant. I find this very, very strange, and I wonder where it comes from. Are you all suffering from nervous disorders?” He then asked “Is this self-c ...