Moore Post Canonical Buddhist Political Thought
... in the cycle of saṃsāra (birth, death, rebirth). At first all sentient beings are ethereal, being made of mind rather than matter, but through greed and concupiscence they become increasingly material, until they eventually take human form. These early humans live in groups, and have some minimal so ...
... in the cycle of saṃsāra (birth, death, rebirth). At first all sentient beings are ethereal, being made of mind rather than matter, but through greed and concupiscence they become increasingly material, until they eventually take human form. These early humans live in groups, and have some minimal so ...
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... human rights. Ken Jones writes that the original 1989 edition of his book, The Social Face of Buddhism, “was an argument for a socially engaged Buddhism that at that time was little developed and not widely accepted…Since then engaged Buddhism has come more fully of age” (The New xv). Sallie B. King ...
... human rights. Ken Jones writes that the original 1989 edition of his book, The Social Face of Buddhism, “was an argument for a socially engaged Buddhism that at that time was little developed and not widely accepted…Since then engaged Buddhism has come more fully of age” (The New xv). Sallie B. King ...
AHR Forum
... Chinese millenarianism: while both secular and religious authorities in the West disdain-and fear-apocalyptic Christian "sects," they nonetheless acknowledge the tradition on which the sects draw, even as they insist that the sects have distorted the common tradition. In China, the "secular" traditi ...
... Chinese millenarianism: while both secular and religious authorities in the West disdain-and fear-apocalyptic Christian "sects," they nonetheless acknowledge the tradition on which the sects draw, even as they insist that the sects have distorted the common tradition. In China, the "secular" traditi ...
Bhikkhave Terminology in Early Buddhist Texts Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... but with all instances of the vocative reinstated. The term appears much more often than Bhikkhu Bodhi translates it. For example on the Ariyapariyesanā-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, Bhikkhu Bodhi translates it only twelve times, whereas it appears in the sutta in the extant PTS Pāli edition 121 tim ...
... but with all instances of the vocative reinstated. The term appears much more often than Bhikkhu Bodhi translates it. For example on the Ariyapariyesanā-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, Bhikkhu Bodhi translates it only twelve times, whereas it appears in the sutta in the extant PTS Pāli edition 121 tim ...
New Buddhist Silk Roads - ePublications@bond
... sericulture spread to Khotan, and later into Byzantium (Ma 1984) – though China always remained a leading supplier of hig h quality silk. Buddhism on the Silk Road Historically, Buddhism was the official religion within its homeland, India, during the Mauryan Empire (321–185 BCE), Pala Empire (750–1 ...
... sericulture spread to Khotan, and later into Byzantium (Ma 1984) – though China always remained a leading supplier of hig h quality silk. Buddhism on the Silk Road Historically, Buddhism was the official religion within its homeland, India, during the Mauryan Empire (321–185 BCE), Pala Empire (750–1 ...
Impermanence, Anattā, and the Stability of Egocentrism; or,
... capture our intuitions about these matters. Parfit believes his analysis also explains the tendency of act utilitarianism, not to mention egoism, to proliferate counterintuitive results when applied to specific examples where, for instance, sacrificing oneself to save others in ways that appear wron ...
... capture our intuitions about these matters. Parfit believes his analysis also explains the tendency of act utilitarianism, not to mention egoism, to proliferate counterintuitive results when applied to specific examples where, for instance, sacrificing oneself to save others in ways that appear wron ...
The Eight-Fold Path
... The Eight-Fold Path The Noble Eightfold Path is one of the principal teachings of Buddhism. It is used to develop insight into the true nature of reality and to eradicate greed, hatred, and delusion. The Noble Eightfold Path is the fourth of the Buddha's Four Noble Truths; the first element of the N ...
... The Eight-Fold Path The Noble Eightfold Path is one of the principal teachings of Buddhism. It is used to develop insight into the true nature of reality and to eradicate greed, hatred, and delusion. The Noble Eightfold Path is the fourth of the Buddha's Four Noble Truths; the first element of the N ...
Cross-Cultural Transmission of Buddhist Texts
... however, are made consciously, much less clearly conveyed to the reader.” These considerations are relevant not only for modern translators, to whom Nattier was referring, but applied equally in the past, though with important differences. It is, first of all, highly unlikely that ancient translator ...
... however, are made consciously, much less clearly conveyed to the reader.” These considerations are relevant not only for modern translators, to whom Nattier was referring, but applied equally in the past, though with important differences. It is, first of all, highly unlikely that ancient translator ...
Schopen, Buddhist Monks - University of Hawaii Press
... They appear to apply to the questions of ownership and inheritance, for example, the same sort of care and precision that their colleagues working on the Abhidharma applied to the classification and definition of dharmas. Indeed, how much the ÒstyleÓ of thinking that dominates the Abhidharma owes to ...
... They appear to apply to the questions of ownership and inheritance, for example, the same sort of care and precision that their colleagues working on the Abhidharma applied to the classification and definition of dharmas. Indeed, how much the ÒstyleÓ of thinking that dominates the Abhidharma owes to ...
The Dhammapada Yamaka Vagga Vivaraṇa
... Buddhism is for everyone. It serves humanity’s well being in two ways: spiritual and material. Outstanding Buddhist discovery is applicable to the public as well as to the scholar. The Golden Door of the Buddhism is open for everyone who is truly interested in its essence. The Buddha greets and bles ...
... Buddhism is for everyone. It serves humanity’s well being in two ways: spiritual and material. Outstanding Buddhist discovery is applicable to the public as well as to the scholar. The Golden Door of the Buddhism is open for everyone who is truly interested in its essence. The Buddha greets and bles ...
The Ky0jukaimotr, Part II
... KyOjukaimon. Last month I spoke of the way in which the Ky6jukaimon can be interpreted as a means of understanding morality spiritually and exhibiting spirituality through morality. This month I want to explain how there are not really sixteen Precepts all separate from each other but one Buddha Nat ...
... KyOjukaimon. Last month I spoke of the way in which the Ky6jukaimon can be interpreted as a means of understanding morality spiritually and exhibiting spirituality through morality. This month I want to explain how there are not really sixteen Precepts all separate from each other but one Buddha Nat ...
Early Buddhism and the Urban Revolution
... We must assume that during his ministry of forty-five years, the Buddha must generally have established himself in one place during the rainy season and been peripatetic during the rest of the year. Are we to assume that the majority of the texts in our sample were delivered during the rain-retreats ...
... We must assume that during his ministry of forty-five years, the Buddha must generally have established himself in one place during the rainy season and been peripatetic during the rest of the year. Are we to assume that the majority of the texts in our sample were delivered during the rain-retreats ...
Japanese Religion - Randolph
... Tokyo subway system by a new religious movement called Aum Shinrikyo, have made many reluctant to overly associate themselves with “religion.” Further, in most cases, the Japanese, like many Westerners, embrace science, technology, and the worldviews generally associated with these. Some, for exampl ...
... Tokyo subway system by a new religious movement called Aum Shinrikyo, have made many reluctant to overly associate themselves with “religion.” Further, in most cases, the Japanese, like many Westerners, embrace science, technology, and the worldviews generally associated with these. Some, for exampl ...
Awareness Place Well-Being Centre - Dharma Resources
... individuals and groups of people with knowledge and skills they need to effect change in their own lives and in the community. Training opportunities and materials will be organised where individuals and groups of people can acquire, practise, experience and share skills and knowledge to make life m ...
... individuals and groups of people with knowledge and skills they need to effect change in their own lives and in the community. Training opportunities and materials will be organised where individuals and groups of people can acquire, practise, experience and share skills and knowledge to make life m ...
The Case of Sudinna: On the Function of
... monastic rules, namely the background narration to the first of the pārājika rules.3 Due to the gravity of this offence, the interdiction against sexual intercourse laid down in this rule must have been considered of fundamental relevance by the members of the early Buddhist cenobitical community. H ...
... monastic rules, namely the background narration to the first of the pārājika rules.3 Due to the gravity of this offence, the interdiction against sexual intercourse laid down in this rule must have been considered of fundamental relevance by the members of the early Buddhist cenobitical community. H ...
The Story of Buddha
... Siddhartha spent 6 years travelling around northern India. He spent some time with a group of monks who believed that if they ate and drank as little as possible and spent a lot of time thinking they would come to understand the meaning of life. Siddhartha found that this did not work for him. So he ...
... Siddhartha spent 6 years travelling around northern India. He spent some time with a group of monks who believed that if they ate and drank as little as possible and spent a lot of time thinking they would come to understand the meaning of life. Siddhartha found that this did not work for him. So he ...
Chapter Two THE BUDDHIST CONCEPT OF LIBERATION IN THE
... have other sources which suggest that the time of the Buddha is 566-486 B.C.98 However, some recent pro-west explorations reveal that the Buddha lived in the fifth century B.C. i.e. about 480-400 B.C.99 But this view does not find supposed among sincere scholars of the ancient Indian history as it i ...
... have other sources which suggest that the time of the Buddha is 566-486 B.C.98 However, some recent pro-west explorations reveal that the Buddha lived in the fifth century B.C. i.e. about 480-400 B.C.99 But this view does not find supposed among sincere scholars of the ancient Indian history as it i ...
Theravada Philosophical Exposition of the Supramundane (Lokuttara)
... is, as objects for scrutinization by insight. The practice of insight consists essentially in the examination of mental and physical phenomena to discover their marks of impermanence, suffering and non-self. The jhānas a meditator attains provide him with a readily available and strikingly clear obj ...
... is, as objects for scrutinization by insight. The practice of insight consists essentially in the examination of mental and physical phenomena to discover their marks of impermanence, suffering and non-self. The jhānas a meditator attains provide him with a readily available and strikingly clear obj ...
A comparative study in Jainism and Buddhism
... as the guide through his teachings although he had passed away many centuries ago. Mahavira wandered around for 12 years engaging in rigorous penances and attained his goal, enlightenment, as recorded in Jainism. His career was one of supreme detachment and was called Nirgrantha, one without ties, b ...
... as the guide through his teachings although he had passed away many centuries ago. Mahavira wandered around for 12 years engaging in rigorous penances and attained his goal, enlightenment, as recorded in Jainism. His career was one of supreme detachment and was called Nirgrantha, one without ties, b ...
Leader Resource 1 - eternallycompelling.org
... eminence: more commentaries have been written about it than about any other sutra. In this sutra, the Buddha himself, here called the Shakyamuni Buddha (meaning, “The Buddha of the clan of Shakya”) or the Thus Come One (one of his many honorific titles), is teaching. The Lotus Sutra is the main insp ...
... eminence: more commentaries have been written about it than about any other sutra. In this sutra, the Buddha himself, here called the Shakyamuni Buddha (meaning, “The Buddha of the clan of Shakya”) or the Thus Come One (one of his many honorific titles), is teaching. The Lotus Sutra is the main insp ...
ppt.
... everything is dependently originated. If unaware of this, things may seem to arise as existents, remain for a time and then subsequently perish. In actuality, dependently originated phenomena do not arise as existents in the first place. Thus both existence and nihilism are ruled out. ...
... everything is dependently originated. If unaware of this, things may seem to arise as existents, remain for a time and then subsequently perish. In actuality, dependently originated phenomena do not arise as existents in the first place. Thus both existence and nihilism are ruled out. ...
Mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths
... enlightenment are two distinct conditions, whereby liberation signifies the removal of obscurations caused by emotional defilements (Sanskrit: klesavarana), but not of all obscurations to knowledge (Sanskrit: jneyavarana). However, despite the slight variations in how different Buddhist approaches i ...
... enlightenment are two distinct conditions, whereby liberation signifies the removal of obscurations caused by emotional defilements (Sanskrit: klesavarana), but not of all obscurations to knowledge (Sanskrit: jneyavarana). However, despite the slight variations in how different Buddhist approaches i ...
Vajrayana - the pathless path
... precision, until the truth about mind is fully discovered. This truth will eventually be found to be an infinite voidness and profound bliss of omniscience. The disciple refines this phase of the practice through special meditation instructions given by the guru as well as by special yogic exercises ...
... precision, until the truth about mind is fully discovered. This truth will eventually be found to be an infinite voidness and profound bliss of omniscience. The disciple refines this phase of the practice through special meditation instructions given by the guru as well as by special yogic exercises ...
A Study of Frederick Lenz`s 27 Talks on Tantric Buddhism
... - Reason was not emphasized - Meditative goal: to “stop thought” ...
... - Reason was not emphasized - Meditative goal: to “stop thought” ...
History and Gratitude in Theravada Buddhism
... modern approaches to Buddhist histories tend to disregard existential concerns arising from a knowledge of the past in favor of epistemological justifications for “seeing” the world so that one can gain knowledge and power over it.3 Herein I wish to explore the ways in which a number of medieval Bud ...
... modern approaches to Buddhist histories tend to disregard existential concerns arising from a knowledge of the past in favor of epistemological justifications for “seeing” the world so that one can gain knowledge and power over it.3 Herein I wish to explore the ways in which a number of medieval Bud ...