Masks — Anthropology on the Sinhalese Belief System
... The headmonk does not describe, or even mention the personal significance of a celibate’s life when as a seventeen-year old youth he decided to embrace it. The reason for this silence is simply that, for a man who has devoted sixty years of his life to eradicating egotism and self-attachment, the fl ...
... The headmonk does not describe, or even mention the personal significance of a celibate’s life when as a seventeen-year old youth he decided to embrace it. The reason for this silence is simply that, for a man who has devoted sixty years of his life to eradicating egotism and self-attachment, the fl ...
Eating Stale Food
... From the day Visakha arrived in Savatthi, the city of her husband, she was kind and generous to everyone in the city and everyone loved her. However, Visakha's father-in-law, Migara, was unhappy with her because she was a devout follower of the Buddha while he was not. ...
... From the day Visakha arrived in Savatthi, the city of her husband, she was kind and generous to everyone in the city and everyone loved her. However, Visakha's father-in-law, Migara, was unhappy with her because she was a devout follower of the Buddha while he was not. ...
Guru Padmasambhava in Context
... according to the legend, the Tantric teachings were first given), and a southernmost one, which was politically dependent on the Laghman-Kabul-Gardez area. The latter evidence appears to be soundly demonstrated by the ruling presence of TurkiShahi, or Shahi of Kabul, as possible donors of the Brahma ...
... according to the legend, the Tantric teachings were first given), and a southernmost one, which was politically dependent on the Laghman-Kabul-Gardez area. The latter evidence appears to be soundly demonstrated by the ruling presence of TurkiShahi, or Shahi of Kabul, as possible donors of the Brahma ...
The Tulku System in Tibetan Buddhism
... 5.4 Tulkus who are recognized by high lamas .......................................................................... 54 5.5 Prophecies in the past .......................................................................................................... 54 5.6 Power to discover hidden treasures .. ...
... 5.4 Tulkus who are recognized by high lamas .......................................................................... 54 5.5 Prophecies in the past .......................................................................................................... 54 5.6 Power to discover hidden treasures .. ...
SD 9 - The Dharmafarers
... Although the fullest account of the Buddha’s last year in recorded in the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta (D 16), 2 episodes and sections of it are found elsewhere in the Canon [3]. The two discourses following it in the Dīgha— the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed a ...
... Although the fullest account of the Buddha’s last year in recorded in the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta (D 16), 2 episodes and sections of it are found elsewhere in the Canon [3]. The two discourses following it in the Dīgha— the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed a ...
The Paracultural Imaginary
... on the process of identity-shaping through the sharing of spirituality where whiteCaucasian American persons reject the cultural values and lifestyles that they were brought up in so as to live in accordance to the Native American spiritual traditions. Using axiomatic poetry developed from ethnograp ...
... on the process of identity-shaping through the sharing of spirituality where whiteCaucasian American persons reject the cultural values and lifestyles that they were brought up in so as to live in accordance to the Native American spiritual traditions. Using axiomatic poetry developed from ethnograp ...
Early Zarathushtrîanism and Early Buddhism: A Comparative Study
... He denigrated tne gods chosen to the image of the warfaring c1ass. He opposed their cult, which was a means to enhance the prestige of the hieratic c1ass. By denigrating their erninent god and their rituals, Zarathushtra had questioned the social distinctions of the warfaring and priestly c1ass. 23 ...
... He denigrated tne gods chosen to the image of the warfaring c1ass. He opposed their cult, which was a means to enhance the prestige of the hieratic c1ass. By denigrating their erninent god and their rituals, Zarathushtra had questioned the social distinctions of the warfaring and priestly c1ass. 23 ...
BUSL-IC-Proceedings 2015 - Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka
... It is with great pleasure that I convey this message regarding the International Buddhist Conference which is going to be held at the Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka on a grand scale. It has become a need of the hour to conduct an International Buddhist Conference on the theme „Buddhism for Future Hu ...
... It is with great pleasure that I convey this message regarding the International Buddhist Conference which is going to be held at the Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka on a grand scale. It has become a need of the hour to conduct an International Buddhist Conference on the theme „Buddhism for Future Hu ...
Chinese Ceremonial Music in Mahayana Buddhism in Southern
... The Chinese people in Thailand were keen on trading, while the native Thai people were farmers and gardeners. Chinese people did not conduct business only in Southern Thailand, but also with mainland China. They constantly expanded their business in the area. It is possible that, when the “Chamber o ...
... The Chinese people in Thailand were keen on trading, while the native Thai people were farmers and gardeners. Chinese people did not conduct business only in Southern Thailand, but also with mainland China. They constantly expanded their business in the area. It is possible that, when the “Chamber o ...
The Lotus Sutra as the Core of Japanese Buddhism
... was born into a temple family of the Nichiren sect in Nagasaki, and I have devoted my academic life to the study of the Nichiren Buddhist faith. In my twenties, having read through the entirety of Nichiren’s writings, I resolved—perhaps one could say I made a vow—to read all of the works that Nichir ...
... was born into a temple family of the Nichiren sect in Nagasaki, and I have devoted my academic life to the study of the Nichiren Buddhist faith. In my twenties, having read through the entirety of Nichiren’s writings, I resolved—perhaps one could say I made a vow—to read all of the works that Nichir ...
The Phor Tay Experience - Than Hsiang Research Center
... the education department to work in the schools and not employed by the schools themselves. Many of these new employees were not Buddhists but followers of other religions. The private high school and kindergarten also faced similar problem. Although they could still select and employ the people the ...
... the education department to work in the schools and not employed by the schools themselves. Many of these new employees were not Buddhists but followers of other religions. The private high school and kindergarten also faced similar problem. Although they could still select and employ the people the ...
Chapter One
... Konagamana, the Exalted One, Arahant, Buddha Supreme, arose in the world. It was in this auspicious aeon, brethren, that Kassapa, the Exalted One, Arahant, Buddha Supreme, arose in the world. It is in this auspicious aeon, brethren, that now I, an Arahant, Buddha Supreme, has arisen in the world.1 T ...
... Konagamana, the Exalted One, Arahant, Buddha Supreme, arose in the world. It was in this auspicious aeon, brethren, that Kassapa, the Exalted One, Arahant, Buddha Supreme, arose in the world. It is in this auspicious aeon, brethren, that now I, an Arahant, Buddha Supreme, has arisen in the world.1 T ...
steve odin PEACE AND COMPASSION IN THE MICROCOSMIC
... concept of upâya, a skillful means or temporary problem-solving device. The doctrine of upâya or skillful means, developed in the famous second chapter of the Lotus Sutra, has become a prevalent notion in most all Mahâyâna Buddhist philosophy. But like Whitehead’s idea of speculative philosophy as a ...
... concept of upâya, a skillful means or temporary problem-solving device. The doctrine of upâya or skillful means, developed in the famous second chapter of the Lotus Sutra, has become a prevalent notion in most all Mahâyâna Buddhist philosophy. But like Whitehead’s idea of speculative philosophy as a ...
Kierkegaard`s Stages Toward Authentic Religious Experience And
... the Bodhisattva ideal is theoretically attainable by all, but few actually do. Mahayana Buddhism tends to be more hopeful in its belief that all can and should attain enlightenment. In this context, enlightenment means the coming to truth out of ignorance. The word "enlightenment" is a translation o ...
... the Bodhisattva ideal is theoretically attainable by all, but few actually do. Mahayana Buddhism tends to be more hopeful in its belief that all can and should attain enlightenment. In this context, enlightenment means the coming to truth out of ignorance. The word "enlightenment" is a translation o ...
Buddhism, Confucianism, and Western Conceptions of Personal
... process of cosmic changes; for there is nothing eternal or permanent, but change. . . Nothing is, everything becomes.”15 In this way, one can see that Buddhism requires the agent to understand the formation of their current state, as every moment is created in relation to those that came before it. ...
... process of cosmic changes; for there is nothing eternal or permanent, but change. . . Nothing is, everything becomes.”15 In this way, one can see that Buddhism requires the agent to understand the formation of their current state, as every moment is created in relation to those that came before it. ...
SD 37.8 - The Dharmafarers
... 33 One who makes an effort to give up wrong livelihood, to cultivate right livelihood—this is one’s right effort. One who is mindful, gives up wrong livelihood and dwells cultivating right livelihood—this is one’s right mindfulness. Thus these three things run along with right livelihood, turn aroun ...
... 33 One who makes an effort to give up wrong livelihood, to cultivate right livelihood—this is one’s right effort. One who is mindful, gives up wrong livelihood and dwells cultivating right livelihood—this is one’s right mindfulness. Thus these three things run along with right livelihood, turn aroun ...
Enlightenment in Dogen`s Zen
... moment-by-moment, progressive insight into the validity of the four holy truths and the three marks of conditioned being. The Kosa points to the progressive nature of the whole marga when it says that "La pensee parfume par le samatha (calme) peut obtenir par la vipasyand la vimukti. . . ."r' This ...
... moment-by-moment, progressive insight into the validity of the four holy truths and the three marks of conditioned being. The Kosa points to the progressive nature of the whole marga when it says that "La pensee parfume par le samatha (calme) peut obtenir par la vipasyand la vimukti. . . ."r' This ...
BE2 Mr Lye Voon Seong-Buddhism and Education
... department to work in the schools and not employed by the schools themselves. Many of these new employees were not Buddhists but followers of other religions. The private high school and kindergarten also faced similar problem. Although they could still select and employ the people they like, there ...
... department to work in the schools and not employed by the schools themselves. Many of these new employees were not Buddhists but followers of other religions. The private high school and kindergarten also faced similar problem. Although they could still select and employ the people they like, there ...
- VU Research Repository
... guiding principle of wisdom also incorporated two major themes: mindful presence (subthemes: a present orientation, the primacy of direct experience, and being with what is), and empowerment through understanding (sub-themes: responsibility, disclosure, and sustaining). ...
... guiding principle of wisdom also incorporated two major themes: mindful presence (subthemes: a present orientation, the primacy of direct experience, and being with what is), and empowerment through understanding (sub-themes: responsibility, disclosure, and sustaining). ...
guidelines for students
... lineages, and teachings because you do not know how to make sense of them in a deeply meaningful way. It is unwise and unnecessary to mix practices, taking from here, taking from there; to do so is to create confusion within your own practice. Generally, people in the West, even people who have stud ...
... lineages, and teachings because you do not know how to make sense of them in a deeply meaningful way. It is unwise and unnecessary to mix practices, taking from here, taking from there; to do so is to create confusion within your own practice. Generally, people in the West, even people who have stud ...
Noble Eightfold Path
... ourselves how they are pertinent to those of us practising in a Western culture in the twenty-first century. The Buddha urged us to test his teachings for ourselves, and to see if by applying them we found a taste of freedom. Our hope is that this series will bring out that taste of freedom for Budd ...
... ourselves how they are pertinent to those of us practising in a Western culture in the twenty-first century. The Buddha urged us to test his teachings for ourselves, and to see if by applying them we found a taste of freedom. Our hope is that this series will bring out that taste of freedom for Budd ...
Meditation and Mental Freedom: A Buddhist Theory of Free Will
... if he had tried. It seems intuitive (to most)3 that because Black did not intervene, Jones “acted on his own” or “for reasons of his own,” as Frankfurt puts it,4 and so Jones is responsible for his choice and action, though Jones could not have done otherwise. To support this intuition, Frankfurt st ...
... if he had tried. It seems intuitive (to most)3 that because Black did not intervene, Jones “acted on his own” or “for reasons of his own,” as Frankfurt puts it,4 and so Jones is responsible for his choice and action, though Jones could not have done otherwise. To support this intuition, Frankfurt st ...
The Eco-Buddhism of Marie Byles Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... desertification had affected small areas of land, she said, but the destruction was now worldwide (“Our Attitude”). Byles argued that the Buddha’s teachings should be adapted to modern conditions (“Adapting Buddha’s Teaching”). She wrote, “The Buddha spoke of avoiding ‘onslaught in creatures’ and ha ...
... desertification had affected small areas of land, she said, but the destruction was now worldwide (“Our Attitude”). Byles argued that the Buddha’s teachings should be adapted to modern conditions (“Adapting Buddha’s Teaching”). She wrote, “The Buddha spoke of avoiding ‘onslaught in creatures’ and ha ...
1 Pu Khwan Khao Worship of Shan in Yunnan
... In the myth of Pu Khwan Khao and the Buddha, the key words said by Pu Khwan Khao are ‘rice’, ‘food’, ‘life’, ‘alive’, or ‘survive’, while these words are rarely or cannot be found from the Buddha. This surely means something. Rice, food, life, survival is the basic need of human beings. The indigeno ...
... In the myth of Pu Khwan Khao and the Buddha, the key words said by Pu Khwan Khao are ‘rice’, ‘food’, ‘life’, ‘alive’, or ‘survive’, while these words are rarely or cannot be found from the Buddha. This surely means something. Rice, food, life, survival is the basic need of human beings. The indigeno ...
Eight Buddhist Methods for Leaders
... Marques (2012) stressed the common sense aspects of Buddhist thinking can apply to an organization separately from the religious beliefs of the employees and leaders. Marques stated the Buddha urged people not to accept blindly any situation or teaching. Only by becoming awakened out of the sleep of ...
... Marques (2012) stressed the common sense aspects of Buddhist thinking can apply to an organization separately from the religious beliefs of the employees and leaders. Marques stated the Buddha urged people not to accept blindly any situation or teaching. Only by becoming awakened out of the sleep of ...