The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
... Asia since the first edition of this monograph appeared in 1995. The pervasive effect of globalization has further intensified the transformation of the world’s political economies, cultures, and societies. Mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos) and Sri Lanka, which share the te ...
... Asia since the first edition of this monograph appeared in 1995. The pervasive effect of globalization has further intensified the transformation of the world’s political economies, cultures, and societies. Mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos) and Sri Lanka, which share the te ...
The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
... Asia since the first edition of this monograph appeared in 1995. The pervasive effect of globalization has further intensified the transformation of the world’s political economies, cultures, and societies. Mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos) and Sri Lanka, which share the te ...
... Asia since the first edition of this monograph appeared in 1995. The pervasive effect of globalization has further intensified the transformation of the world’s political economies, cultures, and societies. Mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos) and Sri Lanka, which share the te ...
The Bahudhātuka-sutta and its Parallels On Women`s Inabilities
... Bahudhātuka-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, according to which a woman is incapable of occupying various positions, one of them being that of a Buddha.9 The Bahudhātuka-sutta has several parallels which show some variations in their presentation of these impossibilities. Of particular significance is ...
... Bahudhātuka-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, according to which a woman is incapable of occupying various positions, one of them being that of a Buddha.9 The Bahudhātuka-sutta has several parallels which show some variations in their presentation of these impossibilities. Of particular significance is ...
Why the Buddha “Hesitated” To Teach
... why, when the Bodhisattva had long ago made an aspiration to reach Buddhahood in order to liberate others, was his mind now bent towards inaction? The reason, the commentator says, is that only now, after reaching awakening, does he fully realize the strength of the defilements in people‘s minds and ...
... why, when the Bodhisattva had long ago made an aspiration to reach Buddhahood in order to liberate others, was his mind now bent towards inaction? The reason, the commentator says, is that only now, after reaching awakening, does he fully realize the strength of the defilements in people‘s minds and ...
History of Indian Buddhism From Sakyamuni to Early Mahayana
... are known to Western scholars working on Indian Buddhism. Hirakawa's extensive reading of Japanese secondary scholarship is summarized in the History of Indian Buddhism. This work thus serves as more than a record of Hirakawa's own views of Buddhism; along with Nakamura Hajime's Indian Buddhism, it ...
... are known to Western scholars working on Indian Buddhism. Hirakawa's extensive reading of Japanese secondary scholarship is summarized in the History of Indian Buddhism. This work thus serves as more than a record of Hirakawa's own views of Buddhism; along with Nakamura Hajime's Indian Buddhism, it ...
Significance of Vas and Katina
... performing and participating in religious ceremonies. Monks help the community to lead a pure life, emphasizing the importance of practicing the Five Precepts and teachings of the Buddha. More significantly Vas is a time to strengthen ties and form bonds between monks and the laity. As spiritual le ...
... performing and participating in religious ceremonies. Monks help the community to lead a pure life, emphasizing the importance of practicing the Five Precepts and teachings of the Buddha. More significantly Vas is a time to strengthen ties and form bonds between monks and the laity. As spiritual le ...
A History of Indian Buddhism: From Śākyamuni to Early Mahāyāna
... are known to Western scholars working on Indian Buddhism. Hirakawa's extensive reading of Japanese secondary scholarship is summarized in the History of Indian Buddhism. This work thus serves as more than a record of Hirakawa's own views of Buddhism; along with Nakamura Hajime's Indian Buddhism, it ...
... are known to Western scholars working on Indian Buddhism. Hirakawa's extensive reading of Japanese secondary scholarship is summarized in the History of Indian Buddhism. This work thus serves as more than a record of Hirakawa's own views of Buddhism; along with Nakamura Hajime's Indian Buddhism, it ...
Buddhist Survival Khmer
... Unfortunately, when I inquired further about this powerful concoction at Wat Mohamontray, the monks told me to forget about it - that this was just magic mixed with Buddhism. They told me that there were some monks who did mix magic with Buddhist practices, some who could heal and tell fortunes, etc ...
... Unfortunately, when I inquired further about this powerful concoction at Wat Mohamontray, the monks told me to forget about it - that this was just magic mixed with Buddhism. They told me that there were some monks who did mix magic with Buddhist practices, some who could heal and tell fortunes, etc ...
Three Philosophies and One Reality
... overview of the many theories in only a single lecture. However, I would like to start by explaining the most important of these theories, and one which is central to all Buddhist thought. This is the Theory of Four Views; my interpretation of the Sanskrit words catvary aryasatyani. This phrase is u ...
... overview of the many theories in only a single lecture. However, I would like to start by explaining the most important of these theories, and one which is central to all Buddhist thought. This is the Theory of Four Views; my interpretation of the Sanskrit words catvary aryasatyani. This phrase is u ...
Three Philosophies and One Reality
... overview of the many theories in only a single lecture. However, I would like to start by explaining the most important of these theories, and one which is central to all Buddhist thought. This is the Theory of Four Views; my interpretation of the Sanskrit words catvary aryasatyani. This phrase is u ...
... overview of the many theories in only a single lecture. However, I would like to start by explaining the most important of these theories, and one which is central to all Buddhist thought. This is the Theory of Four Views; my interpretation of the Sanskrit words catvary aryasatyani. This phrase is u ...
The Noble Eight-fold Way
... It would not be incorrect to say that very few items of the Dhamma have lent themselves over the centuries to such diversity of interpretation as the subject of the Noble Eight-fold Way or the Ariyo Aṭṭhaṅgiko Maggo. We believe this was so even before the pre-classificatory and pre-analytical period ...
... It would not be incorrect to say that very few items of the Dhamma have lent themselves over the centuries to such diversity of interpretation as the subject of the Noble Eight-fold Way or the Ariyo Aṭṭhaṅgiko Maggo. We believe this was so even before the pre-classificatory and pre-analytical period ...
Text ProgrammeFINAL
... Teacher, guide and doorway to awakening, the human body tells the truth. Opening fully to sensation, physical awareness brings us into the present moment and helps us feel our lives; knowing the depths and delights, pleasure and pain of a fully human being buzzing with life. Meditation, movement, ar ...
... Teacher, guide and doorway to awakening, the human body tells the truth. Opening fully to sensation, physical awareness brings us into the present moment and helps us feel our lives; knowing the depths and delights, pleasure and pain of a fully human being buzzing with life. Meditation, movement, ar ...
Introduction to Ichinen Sanzen
... and allocate the session for each set of study partners to make presentations. Facilitators will need to help the group members choose study partners who will meet between sessions to discuss the session topics and to prepare for presenting at each session. Allocate a set of different partners to pr ...
... and allocate the session for each set of study partners to make presentations. Facilitators will need to help the group members choose study partners who will meet between sessions to discuss the session topics and to prepare for presenting at each session. Allocate a set of different partners to pr ...
Introduction to Sakya Monastery
... Introduction Sakya Monastery provides access to the Buddha’s teachings and guidance in a community of 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 ...
... Introduction Sakya Monastery provides access to the Buddha’s teachings and guidance in a community of 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 ...
When Tibetans Found Their Voice
... their own philosophical voice. In fact, these two figures have been so important and so influential that a disproportionately large percentage of the Tibetan philosophical writing since their time has been geared toward support, criticism, interpretation, refinement, or elaboration on their views. T ...
... their own philosophical voice. In fact, these two figures have been so important and so influential that a disproportionately large percentage of the Tibetan philosophical writing since their time has been geared toward support, criticism, interpretation, refinement, or elaboration on their views. T ...
Yeshe Tsogyal: Symbol of Female Enlightenment, Empowerment
... path, in particular, the Dzogchen teachings and herself became a Guru of great power and wisdom. Guru Padmasambhava gave Yeshe Tsogyal an exposition of Guru Yoga 26, “the meditative practice of union with the Guru, the single most powerful and important practice in the entire range of Buddhist teach ...
... path, in particular, the Dzogchen teachings and herself became a Guru of great power and wisdom. Guru Padmasambhava gave Yeshe Tsogyal an exposition of Guru Yoga 26, “the meditative practice of union with the Guru, the single most powerful and important practice in the entire range of Buddhist teach ...
THE SUTRA OF FORTY-TWO CHAPTERS
... THE SUTRA OF F ORTY-TWO C HAPTERS (THE BUDDHA SPEAKS THE SUTRA OF FORTY-TWO CHAPTERS) Translated into Chinese by Kashyapa-matanga and Gobharana of the Later Han Dynasty ...
... THE SUTRA OF F ORTY-TWO C HAPTERS (THE BUDDHA SPEAKS THE SUTRA OF FORTY-TWO CHAPTERS) Translated into Chinese by Kashyapa-matanga and Gobharana of the Later Han Dynasty ...
Zazen or Not Zazen?
... since its leaders and followers are intellectual cosmopolitans who are in contact with other Buddhist traditions. They seek to create an international Buddhism whose essence would be identical once the “cultural accretions” are removed (Lopez 2002， p. xxxix). Third, the distinction between monks and ...
... since its leaders and followers are intellectual cosmopolitans who are in contact with other Buddhist traditions. They seek to create an international Buddhism whose essence would be identical once the “cultural accretions” are removed (Lopez 2002， p. xxxix). Third, the distinction between monks and ...
Holt McDougal
... established as an alternative to Hindu ritualism • Based on the teachings of Mahavira • Practiced ahisma, or nonviolence ...
... established as an alternative to Hindu ritualism • Based on the teachings of Mahavira • Practiced ahisma, or nonviolence ...
JBE Research Article Good or Skilful? Kusala in Canon and Commentary ISSN 1076-9005
... there is no fixed line to be drawn between mundane cleverness and various kinds of superior understanding, whether in terms of understanding Buddhist theory or that involved in developing insight. A few passages concerned with mastery of jhàna or iddhi can also be mentioned at this point.33 The noti ...
... there is no fixed line to be drawn between mundane cleverness and various kinds of superior understanding, whether in terms of understanding Buddhist theory or that involved in developing insight. A few passages concerned with mastery of jhàna or iddhi can also be mentioned at this point.33 The noti ...
Buddhist Thought: A complete introduction to the Indian
... study. All the works referred to in the text are carefully listed. In particular all the primary sources—the Indian writings themselves—have been included with reference to reasonably reliable translations where available, and also where to find the Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, and Chinese texts. Thus i ...
... study. All the works referred to in the text are carefully listed. In particular all the primary sources—the Indian writings themselves—have been included with reference to reasonably reliable translations where available, and also where to find the Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, and Chinese texts. Thus i ...
Buddhist Thought: A complete introduction to the Indian tradition
... study. All the works referred to in the text are carefully listed. In particular all the primary sources—the Indian writings themselves—have been included with reference to reasonably reliable translations where available, and also where to find the Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, and Chinese texts. Thus i ...
... study. All the works referred to in the text are carefully listed. In particular all the primary sources—the Indian writings themselves—have been included with reference to reasonably reliable translations where available, and also where to find the Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, and Chinese texts. Thus i ...
9 On `Refrain from All Evil Whatsoever`
... strength from their training and practice will immediately manifest itself before their very eyes. This blossoming of strength will extend beyond all places, all worlds, all times, all things. And the measuring of it will take ‘refraining’ as its yardstick. Those who have arrived at this point in ti ...
... strength from their training and practice will immediately manifest itself before their very eyes. This blossoming of strength will extend beyond all places, all worlds, all times, all things. And the measuring of it will take ‘refraining’ as its yardstick. Those who have arrived at this point in ti ...
King Asoka as a Role Model of Buddhist Leadership
... stage for the Contingency Theories proposing that there is not one but many leadership styles which should be selected according to the situation-at-hand.19 While Fiedler gravitated to the view to match the leader to the situation for best results, Hersey and Blanchard (1969) proposed that adoption ...
... stage for the Contingency Theories proposing that there is not one but many leadership styles which should be selected according to the situation-at-hand.19 While Fiedler gravitated to the view to match the leader to the situation for best results, Hersey and Blanchard (1969) proposed that adoption ...
Ksitigrabha sutra - Khyentse Foundation
... women giving birth, if they have but one momentary thought of sympathy, to give them aid, medicines, food and drink, or bathings, so as to assure them some measure of peace and happiness, such merits are inconceivable and donors of these things will always be reborn as a Suddhavasodeva for one hundr ...
... women giving birth, if they have but one momentary thought of sympathy, to give them aid, medicines, food and drink, or bathings, so as to assure them some measure of peace and happiness, such merits are inconceivable and donors of these things will always be reborn as a Suddhavasodeva for one hundr ...