Ashtasahasrika_prajnaparamita
... eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal during the reign of the Palas (c.A.D.800-1200), who were ardent followers of Mahayana Buddhism. ...
... eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal during the reign of the Palas (c.A.D.800-1200), who were ardent followers of Mahayana Buddhism. ...
Cullen Interview on Types of Buddhism
... Zen tends to skip to mind-ground, to what I see as the fourth foundation of mindfulness. But I think it helps to go through the four foundations, beginning with just body as body, and moving to feelings as feelings, mental contents, and then mind-ground. To me, there are three aspects to mindfulnes ...
... Zen tends to skip to mind-ground, to what I see as the fourth foundation of mindfulness. But I think it helps to go through the four foundations, beginning with just body as body, and moving to feelings as feelings, mental contents, and then mind-ground. To me, there are three aspects to mindfulnes ...
Building and Negotiating Religious Identities in A Zen Buddhist
... ways of communication and practice needed to be interculturally “localized” for an external audience. On the other hand, pressure of the global market and neoliberal economy pushed religious communities to compete with each other and operate within the economic system. In order to survive and sustai ...
... ways of communication and practice needed to be interculturally “localized” for an external audience. On the other hand, pressure of the global market and neoliberal economy pushed religious communities to compete with each other and operate within the economic system. In order to survive and sustai ...
Violence and (Non-)resistance: Ahiṃsā Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... between ethics and religion, belief and faith, and knowledge and experience. I suggest that it is, despite a theoretical ambiguity, also “determinative” insofar as experience itself presents moral agents with unequivocal demands to act, or not act, on the bases of often nonconceptualized processes. ...
... between ethics and religion, belief and faith, and knowledge and experience. I suggest that it is, despite a theoretical ambiguity, also “determinative” insofar as experience itself presents moral agents with unequivocal demands to act, or not act, on the bases of often nonconceptualized processes. ...
Buddhist Religious Studies
... Sujata, a daughter of the family of Senani, offered a bowl of sweetened rice to him. Siddhartha ate it with his heart's content. Again he sat down for meditation underneath the tree. He promised, 'Let my whole skin-body (sinew) be dried up, I shall never leave the seat without attaining Buddhahood'. ...
... Sujata, a daughter of the family of Senani, offered a bowl of sweetened rice to him. Siddhartha ate it with his heart's content. Again he sat down for meditation underneath the tree. He promised, 'Let my whole skin-body (sinew) be dried up, I shall never leave the seat without attaining Buddhahood'. ...
Buddhism: A Select Bibliography
... Although a selected bibliography, this is nonetheless a rather long list commensurate with the immense number of titles available on Buddhism. The categories employed are subject to the liabilities and qualifications intrinsic to any such categorization. Some of the more philosophically analytical t ...
... Although a selected bibliography, this is nonetheless a rather long list commensurate with the immense number of titles available on Buddhism. The categories employed are subject to the liabilities and qualifications intrinsic to any such categorization. Some of the more philosophically analytical t ...
Buddhism: A Select Bibliography
... Although a selected bibliography, this is nonetheless a rather long list commensurate with the immense number of titles available on Buddhism. The categories employed are subject to the liabilities and qualifications intrinsic to any such categorization. Some of the more philosophically analytical t ...
... Although a selected bibliography, this is nonetheless a rather long list commensurate with the immense number of titles available on Buddhism. The categories employed are subject to the liabilities and qualifications intrinsic to any such categorization. Some of the more philosophically analytical t ...
The Rationale for Developing a Mindfulness-Based
... emotions like fear, anger and sadness are mentioned along with how to deal with them. Feeling is one of the following five aggregates: body (rupa), feelings (vedana), perceptions (sanna), volitional/intentional activity (sankhara) and consciousness (vinnana). An emotion may be described as an inter ...
... emotions like fear, anger and sadness are mentioned along with how to deal with them. Feeling is one of the following five aggregates: body (rupa), feelings (vedana), perceptions (sanna), volitional/intentional activity (sankhara) and consciousness (vinnana). An emotion may be described as an inter ...
Week One: The story of the Historical Buddha and its symbolic
... distract himself from the truth. The middle way that he describes in his teaching encourages us to recognise and acknowledge mental anguish for what it is and to lean into it with as much awareness as possible, in order to find the path that leads beyond it. This does not mean that the Dharma path i ...
... distract himself from the truth. The middle way that he describes in his teaching encourages us to recognise and acknowledge mental anguish for what it is and to lean into it with as much awareness as possible, in order to find the path that leads beyond it. This does not mean that the Dharma path i ...
INTRODUCTION - Reggie Pawle
... my Zen practice. To integrate Zen and psychology was not a question for me of if it was possible. It had to be possible. For me both were dealing with the same fundamental matter. Thus I began to search for ways to integrate the two. This integration has been an experience with mixed results. In var ...
... my Zen practice. To integrate Zen and psychology was not a question for me of if it was possible. It had to be possible. For me both were dealing with the same fundamental matter. Thus I began to search for ways to integrate the two. This integration has been an experience with mixed results. In var ...
A Golden Ring
... miserable. When all things are constantly subject to change, how could we keep our tiny selves above water all the time? It would seem that the whole world is running against our will most of the time if we are self-centered. Our lives are so fragile—what guarantee do we have for our safety and subs ...
... miserable. When all things are constantly subject to change, how could we keep our tiny selves above water all the time? It would seem that the whole world is running against our will most of the time if we are self-centered. Our lives are so fragile—what guarantee do we have for our safety and subs ...
Mindfulness, the Factors of Awakening and Reward
... claim to have awakened to the unsurpassed perfect enlightenment in this world…But when I directly knew all this, then I claimed to have awakened. The knowledge and vision arose in me: ‘Unshakeable is the liberation of my mind…’” (AN. III.101 in Bodhi 2005). According to this account, it was not unti ...
... claim to have awakened to the unsurpassed perfect enlightenment in this world…But when I directly knew all this, then I claimed to have awakened. The knowledge and vision arose in me: ‘Unshakeable is the liberation of my mind…’” (AN. III.101 in Bodhi 2005). According to this account, it was not unti ...
the complete issue - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... behavioral dynamics that are regular and definable. Both of these share a commitment to understanding the mind as a mechanism characterized by the creation and manipulation of representations. The embodied-enactive approach, however, understands cognition as emerging from the activity of embodied ag ...
... behavioral dynamics that are regular and definable. Both of these share a commitment to understanding the mind as a mechanism characterized by the creation and manipulation of representations. The embodied-enactive approach, however, understands cognition as emerging from the activity of embodied ag ...
THE ROLES OF BUDDHISM IN SOCIAL WORK Vietnam and Japan
... Charity seems to be a core concept for Buddhism without having any negative nuance. Professional social work seems to have been established with the denial of the concept of “charity”. Professional social workers today may often refer negatively to the word, partly sensing “eyes from the top”. Third ...
... Charity seems to be a core concept for Buddhism without having any negative nuance. Professional social work seems to have been established with the denial of the concept of “charity”. Professional social workers today may often refer negatively to the word, partly sensing “eyes from the top”. Third ...
Introduction - Nichiren Buddhism Library
... taught that, after the passing of Shakyamuni Buddha, the Buddhist teachings would go through three major periods of change: an age when the Law, or doctrine, would flourish, an age when it would begin to decline, and finally an age known as the Latter Day of the Law, when the Law, or doctrine, would ...
... taught that, after the passing of Shakyamuni Buddha, the Buddhist teachings would go through three major periods of change: an age when the Law, or doctrine, would flourish, an age when it would begin to decline, and finally an age known as the Latter Day of the Law, when the Law, or doctrine, would ...
Ritual Implements in Tibetan Buddhism : A Symbolic Appraisal
... Broadly speaking, the category of ritual objects in Tibetan religion includes nearly all objects that serve a religious function. The extensive variety and uses of ritual objects should be noted as one of the defining elements of Tibetan art, for no other culture has generated so wide a range of suc ...
... Broadly speaking, the category of ritual objects in Tibetan religion includes nearly all objects that serve a religious function. The extensive variety and uses of ritual objects should be noted as one of the defining elements of Tibetan art, for no other culture has generated so wide a range of suc ...
The Three Vehicles of Buddhist Practice
... which many Buddhist shifted their attention from the Vinaya, which concerned the strict discipline of monks and nuns and the Four Noble Truths towards the teachings of the Buddha on compassion and helping others. This shift was not the creation of a new Buddhism as some have suggested because the Vi ...
... which many Buddhist shifted their attention from the Vinaya, which concerned the strict discipline of monks and nuns and the Four Noble Truths towards the teachings of the Buddha on compassion and helping others. This shift was not the creation of a new Buddhism as some have suggested because the Vi ...
The Sentient Reflexivity of Buddha Nature: Metaphorizing
... Nature works is the primary method of the Buddha’s teachings concerning the innate, identical quality found in himself and his disciples. This has been a consistent pedagogy of among Dharma teachers. In the Aristotelian sense, metaphorization generates intuitive perception of the similar in the diss ...
... Nature works is the primary method of the Buddha’s teachings concerning the innate, identical quality found in himself and his disciples. This has been a consistent pedagogy of among Dharma teachers. In the Aristotelian sense, metaphorization generates intuitive perception of the similar in the diss ...
Buddhism in India
... which themselves vary. Leaving the dental–retroflex distinction ambivalent for the whole series of ‘t’, ‘d’, ‘n’ may thus paradoxically be more accurate for a book that aspires to be read throughout India. I have used the Pali forms for most words. For many place names they are generally the more ac ...
... which themselves vary. Leaving the dental–retroflex distinction ambivalent for the whole series of ‘t’, ‘d’, ‘n’ may thus paradoxically be more accurate for a book that aspires to be read throughout India. I have used the Pali forms for most words. For many place names they are generally the more ac ...
Buddhism in India - Challenging Brahmanism and Caste
... which themselves vary. Leaving the dental–retroflex distinction ambivalent for the whole series of ‘t’, ‘d’, ‘n’ may thus paradoxically be more accurate for a book that aspires to be read throughout India. I have used the Pali forms for most words. For many place names they are generally the more ac ...
... which themselves vary. Leaving the dental–retroflex distinction ambivalent for the whole series of ‘t’, ‘d’, ‘n’ may thus paradoxically be more accurate for a book that aspires to be read throughout India. I have used the Pali forms for most words. For many place names they are generally the more ac ...
The Concept of smṛti in the Yogasūtra: Memory or Mindfulness?
... practices that developed over the last hundred years and have become in the last few decades global phenomena, often included under the umbrella term “Buddhism.” ...
... practices that developed over the last hundred years and have become in the last few decades global phenomena, often included under the umbrella term “Buddhism.” ...
Transcript of the teachings by Geshe Chonyi
... from past lives. This is a fact. Hearing this explanation, there are bound to be people who will then say, “I am really hopeless. I don’t have many imprints. I may as well forget about it.” This is the wrong conclusion. This is not the point. The point is that at this moment when we have this opport ...
... from past lives. This is a fact. Hearing this explanation, there are bound to be people who will then say, “I am really hopeless. I don’t have many imprints. I may as well forget about it.” This is the wrong conclusion. This is not the point. The point is that at this moment when we have this opport ...
EMPEROR YONG ZHENG
... and be enlightened, to help them leave their mis eries and to reach for happiness. Thus the goal of the teachings is exactly the same. It is also the goal of education in China. The Three Teachings may be deep in their meanings but they are not in conflict with each other. The fact is that not only ...
... and be enlightened, to help them leave their mis eries and to reach for happiness. Thus the goal of the teachings is exactly the same. It is also the goal of education in China. The Three Teachings may be deep in their meanings but they are not in conflict with each other. The fact is that not only ...
An Introduction to the Simorghian Culture and Mithraism in the East
... In the Central Asia (present Afghanistan and Pakistan) Iranian religions met primitive Buddhism and made a syncretic new religious movement. The first is Miroku Buddhism 弥 勒仏教, the second is Pure Land Buddhism 浄土教, the third is Esoteric Buddhism 密教. These three syncretic religions brought Simorghian ...
... In the Central Asia (present Afghanistan and Pakistan) Iranian religions met primitive Buddhism and made a syncretic new religious movement. The first is Miroku Buddhism 弥 勒仏教, the second is Pure Land Buddhism 浄土教, the third is Esoteric Buddhism 密教. These three syncretic religions brought Simorghian ...
Karma - Prison Mindfulness Institute
... our volitional (intentional) actions. Whether it is good or bad, our karma follows us everywhere, in this life and the next. If we are compassionate, wise, honest, and skillful, we create positive and harmonious circumstances in this and future lives. Committing cruel, dishonest, and other unskillfu ...
... our volitional (intentional) actions. Whether it is good or bad, our karma follows us everywhere, in this life and the next. If we are compassionate, wise, honest, and skillful, we create positive and harmonious circumstances in this and future lives. Committing cruel, dishonest, and other unskillfu ...