Syncretism in the study of Quanzhen Taoism from essence to
... followers which he represented. Quanzhen’s institutional presence within China after receiving the Khan’s endorsement creates an establishment that is truly greater than anything seen before for a Taoist movement. So vast was the movement that Yao Sui estimates between two and three million became f ...
... followers which he represented. Quanzhen’s institutional presence within China after receiving the Khan’s endorsement creates an establishment that is truly greater than anything seen before for a Taoist movement. So vast was the movement that Yao Sui estimates between two and three million became f ...
1 Glossary Words are listed here according to the language in which
... behavior and ethical rules. 4. Manifestation of reality, of the general state of affairs; thing, phenomenon. 5. Mental content, object of thought, idea – a reflection of a thing in the human mind. 6. Term for the so-called factors of existence, which the Hinayana considers as building blocks of the ...
... behavior and ethical rules. 4. Manifestation of reality, of the general state of affairs; thing, phenomenon. 5. Mental content, object of thought, idea – a reflection of a thing in the human mind. 6. Term for the so-called factors of existence, which the Hinayana considers as building blocks of the ...
The Iconography of Nepalese Buddhism
... art connoisseurs that there was a dearth of books dealing with this subject and they all wished that there should be a book which must be authentic and reliable in subject matter and must have contained historical, cultural and religious meanings and artistic value. e Handicraft Association of Nepa ...
... art connoisseurs that there was a dearth of books dealing with this subject and they all wished that there should be a book which must be authentic and reliable in subject matter and must have contained historical, cultural and religious meanings and artistic value. e Handicraft Association of Nepa ...
mudra - WordPress.com
... demon Mara tried to frighten him with the armies of demons and monsters including his daughters who tried to tempt him to get out of meditation under the Bodhi tree. • While the demon king Mara claimed the throne of enlightenment for himself, his demon army claimed to be the witness for Mara's enlig ...
... demon Mara tried to frighten him with the armies of demons and monsters including his daughters who tried to tempt him to get out of meditation under the Bodhi tree. • While the demon king Mara claimed the throne of enlightenment for himself, his demon army claimed to be the witness for Mara's enlig ...
9 Essays
... Although these essays have been written by one person, they represent the experience, strength and hope of many. The structure of the group has changed as well. As of this writing, we begin with a short reading on some aspect of meditation. These writings come from a variety of Buddhist teachers in ...
... Although these essays have been written by one person, they represent the experience, strength and hope of many. The structure of the group has changed as well. As of this writing, we begin with a short reading on some aspect of meditation. These writings come from a variety of Buddhist teachers in ...
The Yogin & the Madman: Reading the Biographical
... (the author) and past (the portrayed subject, Milarepa) is also central in Tsangnyön’s standard version. On the other hand, by means of a further reference to the earliest evidence of Rechungpa’s Aural Transmission, Quintman also notes how Tibetan Buddhist life writings function as recordings and tr ...
... (the author) and past (the portrayed subject, Milarepa) is also central in Tsangnyön’s standard version. On the other hand, by means of a further reference to the earliest evidence of Rechungpa’s Aural Transmission, Quintman also notes how Tibetan Buddhist life writings function as recordings and tr ...
Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context
... Chan. What mattered, above all, was a consolidation of the results of this revisionist history which allowed, in the light of the documents from Dunhuang, for a retrieval, to bring out of the dungeons of oblivion actors famous in their own time, like Shenhui, Shenxiu, and other masters of the Northe ...
... Chan. What mattered, above all, was a consolidation of the results of this revisionist history which allowed, in the light of the documents from Dunhuang, for a retrieval, to bring out of the dungeons of oblivion actors famous in their own time, like Shenhui, Shenxiu, and other masters of the Northe ...
PowerPoint - Just be Good
... 2. Real – A person who follows the teachings of the Buddha. Therefore, a Real Buddhist is one who learns and practices the teachings of the Buddha to attain Enlightenment. ...
... 2. Real – A person who follows the teachings of the Buddha. Therefore, a Real Buddhist is one who learns and practices the teachings of the Buddha to attain Enlightenment. ...
Ambedkar and Buddhism by Sangharakshita
... devoted the major part of his energies. As early as 1920 he had realized, however, that the interests of the Depressed Classes would have to be safeguarded by means of separate electorates, at least for a period, and it was his increasing insistence on this point that eventually brought him into op ...
... devoted the major part of his energies. As early as 1920 he had realized, however, that the interests of the Depressed Classes would have to be safeguarded by means of separate electorates, at least for a period, and it was his increasing insistence on this point that eventually brought him into op ...
The Doctrinal Transformation of 20th Century
... century, however, the tathāgatagarbha tradition in its various forms (e.g., Buddha Nature theory) had become the normative expression of Buddhist truth and the philosophical foundation of Buddhist doctrine and practice in East Asia. Mādhyamika philosophy, along with its teachings about emptiness a ...
... century, however, the tathāgatagarbha tradition in its various forms (e.g., Buddha Nature theory) had become the normative expression of Buddhist truth and the philosophical foundation of Buddhist doctrine and practice in East Asia. Mādhyamika philosophy, along with its teachings about emptiness a ...
Life in Samsara: Torment, Torture and Tolerance in Buddhist Hell
... intense torments that exist there. These images are a fleshy, visceral and visual introduction to Buddhist hells. They enhance the intensity of Buddhist hells because they are based on the perception that these images are going to create a special hell for the viewer. The images are shockingly vi ...
... intense torments that exist there. These images are a fleshy, visceral and visual introduction to Buddhist hells. They enhance the intensity of Buddhist hells because they are based on the perception that these images are going to create a special hell for the viewer. The images are shockingly vi ...
The Dawn of Abhidharma - Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde
... Ideal, in which I explored what the early discourses have to offer regarding the beginnings of the bodhisattva ideal. In The Dawn of Abhidharma, I similarly explore another development of comparable significance for Buddhist thought: the emergence of the Abhidharma. In the last chapter and the concl ...
... Ideal, in which I explored what the early discourses have to offer regarding the beginnings of the bodhisattva ideal. In The Dawn of Abhidharma, I similarly explore another development of comparable significance for Buddhist thought: the emergence of the Abhidharma. In the last chapter and the concl ...
The Buddha`s Stūpa and Image. The Icons of his Immanence and
... After the Buddha’s cremation, his relics were divided into eight shares and distributed among eight rulers, who built stūpas over the received shares of the relics. In addition two more stūpas were erected, one over the vessel or vase (droṇa) used for dividing the relics, and one over the embers.7 T ...
... After the Buddha’s cremation, his relics were divided into eight shares and distributed among eight rulers, who built stūpas over the received shares of the relics. In addition two more stūpas were erected, one over the vessel or vase (droṇa) used for dividing the relics, and one over the embers.7 T ...
A Brief Exposition on the Heart Sutra The Heart Sutra
... The Bodhisattva Path is the Mahayana way to reach enlightenment. This way is called “six paths to cross to the other shore” (or “six virtues of enlightenment”). They are giving, keeping rules and precepts, patient and humble, devotion (or effort), meditation, and wisdom. At the start of the training ...
... The Bodhisattva Path is the Mahayana way to reach enlightenment. This way is called “six paths to cross to the other shore” (or “six virtues of enlightenment”). They are giving, keeping rules and precepts, patient and humble, devotion (or effort), meditation, and wisdom. At the start of the training ...
The Life of the Buddha and the Four oble Truths
... The Life of the Buddha and the Four Noble Truths these misconceptions the Buddha worked at becoming a scholar and became very skilled in all different arts. It also shows that it is necessary to receive a full education in the culture in which we are born. We must be fully at one with various posit ...
... The Life of the Buddha and the Four Noble Truths these misconceptions the Buddha worked at becoming a scholar and became very skilled in all different arts. It also shows that it is necessary to receive a full education in the culture in which we are born. We must be fully at one with various posit ...
Ashoka - Net Texts
... Ashoka defined the main principles of dharma (dhamma) as nonviolence, tolerance of all sects and opinions, obedience to parents, respect for the Brahmans and other religious teachers and priests, liberality towards friends, humane treatment of servants, and generosity towards all. These principles s ...
... Ashoka defined the main principles of dharma (dhamma) as nonviolence, tolerance of all sects and opinions, obedience to parents, respect for the Brahmans and other religious teachers and priests, liberality towards friends, humane treatment of servants, and generosity towards all. These principles s ...
The Tibetan Buddhist Syllogistic Form
... During more than a dozen centuries of free Buddhist practice in Tibet before the Chinese Communist invasion of the late 1940’s, the Tibetans did not merely preserve the Buddhist literature but also added greatly to every area of Buddhist practice. Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibet ha ...
... During more than a dozen centuries of free Buddhist practice in Tibet before the Chinese Communist invasion of the late 1940’s, the Tibetans did not merely preserve the Buddhist literature but also added greatly to every area of Buddhist practice. Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibet ha ...
on pure land buddhism and ch`an/pure land syncretism in medieval
... It is rare to find a modern account of medieval Chinese Buddhism1 that does not organize the subject in terms of various “schools” or “traditions,” such as Ch’an 禪, T’ien-t’ai 天台, Hua-yen 華嚴, Fa-hsiang 法相, and Ching-t’u 淨土. The Ching-t’u or “Pure Land” school, like the others, is typically presented ...
... It is rare to find a modern account of medieval Chinese Buddhism1 that does not organize the subject in terms of various “schools” or “traditions,” such as Ch’an 禪, T’ien-t’ai 天台, Hua-yen 華嚴, Fa-hsiang 法相, and Ching-t’u 淨土. The Ching-t’u or “Pure Land” school, like the others, is typically presented ...
Understanding Buddhism as `Religion` or `Science` ? Hidden
... about our own culture and which are, as such, limiting as concepts for the study of another culture. We will be guided in this by Ingold, an anthropologist who points out some of the typical Western cultural aspects, which we take for granted, in the theories of the social sciences. These theories a ...
... about our own culture and which are, as such, limiting as concepts for the study of another culture. We will be guided in this by Ingold, an anthropologist who points out some of the typical Western cultural aspects, which we take for granted, in the theories of the social sciences. These theories a ...
Buddhist Meditation: An anthology from the Pali canon
... between samatha, calm meditation and vipassana, insight, was much more fluid in ancient times than is commonly supposed and that the canon constantly encourages a flexibly practical approach. This can be seen both in the assignation of meditation objects to practitioners and in the way help is somet ...
... between samatha, calm meditation and vipassana, insight, was much more fluid in ancient times than is commonly supposed and that the canon constantly encourages a flexibly practical approach. This can be seen both in the assignation of meditation objects to practitioners and in the way help is somet ...
Isayo Samuddaka Sutta
... in stock passages in other early suttas.4 The roots of this animosity are given in a very interesting story. When Shakra and his 33 friends are reborn into the asura world (before it becomes Tāvatisa), the asuras (the old gods) prepare “the fragrant drink” (gandha,pāna),5 an intoxicating potion. Sh ...
... in stock passages in other early suttas.4 The roots of this animosity are given in a very interesting story. When Shakra and his 33 friends are reborn into the asura world (before it becomes Tāvatisa), the asuras (the old gods) prepare “the fragrant drink” (gandha,pāna),5 an intoxicating potion. Sh ...
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... After this course, students will have a clear idea of the path to enlightenment, especially its three main components: renunciation, bodhichitta and the right view of emptiness. They will understand the progressive, step‐like structure of the lam‐rim, its origin in the teachings of Guru Shakyamuni ...
... After this course, students will have a clear idea of the path to enlightenment, especially its three main components: renunciation, bodhichitta and the right view of emptiness. They will understand the progressive, step‐like structure of the lam‐rim, its origin in the teachings of Guru Shakyamuni ...
Untitled - Hey Gluten Free
... heart, and Kerouac never fails to show them in his writing. Gerard left his younger brother a reverence for life and a self-ideal that aspired to be in a state of beatitude—“trying to love all life, trying to be utterly sincere with everyone, practicing endurance, kindness, cultivating joy of the he ...
... heart, and Kerouac never fails to show them in his writing. Gerard left his younger brother a reverence for life and a self-ideal that aspired to be in a state of beatitude—“trying to love all life, trying to be utterly sincere with everyone, practicing endurance, kindness, cultivating joy of the he ...
Buddhist Monastic Discipline
... examine such lapses wherever possible. It is our conviction that, barring the paucity of source material at a particular time, the following considerations contributed in some way or other to the origin and perpetuation of several erroneous theories: (i) An unnecessary attempt to force into one sing ...
... examine such lapses wherever possible. It is our conviction that, barring the paucity of source material at a particular time, the following considerations contributed in some way or other to the origin and perpetuation of several erroneous theories: (i) An unnecessary attempt to force into one sing ...
the pdf - Open Collections
... stūpa worship is said to be of great importance to Buddhists’ cultivation, Buddhist vinaya literature contains a number of precepts regulating devotional acts performed for these objects that are intended to distinguish them from those of non-Buddhist cults and to limit worship to only those set up ...
... stūpa worship is said to be of great importance to Buddhists’ cultivation, Buddhist vinaya literature contains a number of precepts regulating devotional acts performed for these objects that are intended to distinguish them from those of non-Buddhist cults and to limit worship to only those set up ...