CULTURAL HISTORY OF TIBET AND THE HIMALAYAS COURSE
... within the Kathmandu valley and the broader region that have historically served as focal points of interaction for the region’s diverse population. With these material cultural sites as our point of departure, we will explore the formation of the dominant cultural and ethnic groups represented in t ...
... within the Kathmandu valley and the broader region that have historically served as focal points of interaction for the region’s diverse population. With these material cultural sites as our point of departure, we will explore the formation of the dominant cultural and ethnic groups represented in t ...
The Forerunner of All Things: Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention, and Agency
... because neither Hadot nor Foucault studied ancient Buddhist texts their appearance feels a little forced (and they do not reappear). Happily, Heim moves on to her main theme, discussing past translations of cetanā, and settling on “intention” as “a volitional process that intends, initiates, and dir ...
... because neither Hadot nor Foucault studied ancient Buddhist texts their appearance feels a little forced (and they do not reappear). Happily, Heim moves on to her main theme, discussing past translations of cetanā, and settling on “intention” as “a volitional process that intends, initiates, and dir ...
Can things reach the dead?
... One way to study immaterial beings and take their apparitions seriously would be to analyze under which circumstances they appear to which people, or how images of them are, for example, caught on media. Gregory Delaplace has developed this idea in relation to spirits in Mongolia and has proposed a ...
... One way to study immaterial beings and take their apparitions seriously would be to analyze under which circumstances they appear to which people, or how images of them are, for example, caught on media. Gregory Delaplace has developed this idea in relation to spirits in Mongolia and has proposed a ...
Empty Selves: A Comparative Analysis of Mahayana Buddhism
... department. I owe my completion of both in large part to the Professors I have had at Wesleyan. I first developed my status as Sartre superfan while in President Roth’s class “The Modern and the Post-Modern”. Then, in Elise Springer’s Ethics course, I realized Philosophy was not simply an old white ...
... department. I owe my completion of both in large part to the Professors I have had at Wesleyan. I first developed my status as Sartre superfan while in President Roth’s class “The Modern and the Post-Modern”. Then, in Elise Springer’s Ethics course, I realized Philosophy was not simply an old white ...
Unmasking Buddhism
... of 84,000 stūpas throughout India – and indeed beyond, given that some have been found in China – where relics of the Buddha could be deposited. Whatever the case, this model of the Buddhist sovereign embodied by Ashoka had a lasting influence upon the relationship between Buddhism and the state in ...
... of 84,000 stūpas throughout India – and indeed beyond, given that some have been found in China – where relics of the Buddha could be deposited. Whatever the case, this model of the Buddhist sovereign embodied by Ashoka had a lasting influence upon the relationship between Buddhism and the state in ...
Brahmā`s Invitation: the Ariyapariyesanā
... wind cease without remainder. e monk had already proceeded through different celestial realms recognized in the ancient Indian cosmology, seeking a reply to his question. His inquiry remained unanswered, as the denizens of each heavenly realm directed him onwards to the next higher realm for a rep ...
... wind cease without remainder. e monk had already proceeded through different celestial realms recognized in the ancient Indian cosmology, seeking a reply to his question. His inquiry remained unanswered, as the denizens of each heavenly realm directed him onwards to the next higher realm for a rep ...
Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
... In Tibetan Buddhism, a religious community traditionally needs both a monastery and a retreat center. A monastery maintains and preserves the teaching of the Buddha through teaching, training, and practice. It houses monks who are trained in the intellectual, moral and ritual teachings of the Buddha ...
... In Tibetan Buddhism, a religious community traditionally needs both a monastery and a retreat center. A monastery maintains and preserves the teaching of the Buddha through teaching, training, and practice. It houses monks who are trained in the intellectual, moral and ritual teachings of the Buddha ...
2) Indian Buddhism - Kagyü Pende Gyamtso
... some modern Buddhists, it also consists of laymen and laywomen, the caretakers of the monks, those who have accepted parts of the monastic code but who have not been ordained as monks or nuns. According to the scriptures, The Buddha presented himself as a model and beso ...
... some modern Buddhists, it also consists of laymen and laywomen, the caretakers of the monks, those who have accepted parts of the monastic code but who have not been ordained as monks or nuns. According to the scriptures, The Buddha presented himself as a model and beso ...
Untitled - Terebess
... of 84,000 stūpas throughout India – and indeed beyond, given that some have been found in China – where relics of the Buddha could be deposited. Whatever the case, this model of the Buddhist sovereign embodied by Ashoka had a lasting influence upon the relationship between Buddhism and the state in ...
... of 84,000 stūpas throughout India – and indeed beyond, given that some have been found in China – where relics of the Buddha could be deposited. Whatever the case, this model of the Buddhist sovereign embodied by Ashoka had a lasting influence upon the relationship between Buddhism and the state in ...
On the Bhikkhunã Ordination Controversy
... In the Theravàda tradition the lineage of bhikkhunãs died out some thousand years ago. Present day attempts to revive this lineage meet with opposition. In what follows I examine arguments raised by opponents to the revival of bhikkhunã ordination. I begin with the legal aspect, followed by taking u ...
... In the Theravàda tradition the lineage of bhikkhunãs died out some thousand years ago. Present day attempts to revive this lineage meet with opposition. In what follows I examine arguments raised by opponents to the revival of bhikkhunã ordination. I begin with the legal aspect, followed by taking u ...
Bhāvaviveka`s Syllogism as an Initial Step to Enlightenment
... The theory of the two realities of later Madhyamaka represented by Bhāvaviveka and Candrakīrti were influenced by the three nature theory of the Yogācāra which was inherited from the soteriological system of Early Buddhism. Within the three-natures, paratantra is a reinterpretation of the theory of ...
... The theory of the two realities of later Madhyamaka represented by Bhāvaviveka and Candrakīrti were influenced by the three nature theory of the Yogācāra which was inherited from the soteriological system of Early Buddhism. Within the three-natures, paratantra is a reinterpretation of the theory of ...
Ascetic Figures Before and in Early Buddhism: The Emergence of
... and muni are not only Buddhistic terms but trans-sectarian . then an investigation is warranted into their significance in relation to the wider context of the Jain and Brahmanic traditions. We therefore have resolved to explore each of these categories within both Buddhism and the wider ascetic mil ...
... and muni are not only Buddhistic terms but trans-sectarian . then an investigation is warranted into their significance in relation to the wider context of the Jain and Brahmanic traditions. We therefore have resolved to explore each of these categories within both Buddhism and the wider ascetic mil ...
Moral Crossroads: Contemplating Formal and Informal Economy
... experience is evident from the recurring refrain in the Pali canon: “…that which you affirm must be that which you have realized, seen, and known for yourself” (Carrithers, 1988, p. 4). It is on basis of these insights that we considered Buddhism to present a matter-of-fact, non-sectarian, and pragm ...
... experience is evident from the recurring refrain in the Pali canon: “…that which you affirm must be that which you have realized, seen, and known for yourself” (Carrithers, 1988, p. 4). It is on basis of these insights that we considered Buddhism to present a matter-of-fact, non-sectarian, and pragm ...
Saṃyukta-āgama and the Potential of the Ten Courses of Action
... In its introductory narration, the Sāleyyaka-sutta is also more detailed, as it gives a full treatment of the favorable report about the recluse Gotama heard by the Brahmins of Sālā that motivated them to visit the Buddha. 24 The Chinese version simply mentions that the Brahmins had come to know abo ...
... In its introductory narration, the Sāleyyaka-sutta is also more detailed, as it gives a full treatment of the favorable report about the recluse Gotama heard by the Brahmins of Sālā that motivated them to visit the Buddha. 24 The Chinese version simply mentions that the Brahmins had come to know abo ...
Kesaputtiya Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... not. It is interesting to see here how Buddhist epistemology is different from its Western philosophical counterpart, as P D Premasiri notes: The classical epistemological theories of the West fall into one of two principal traditions, viz, rationalism and empiricism. The consequence of the rational ...
... not. It is interesting to see here how Buddhist epistemology is different from its Western philosophical counterpart, as P D Premasiri notes: The classical epistemological theories of the West fall into one of two principal traditions, viz, rationalism and empiricism. The consequence of the rational ...
BuddhistPractice13
... No, it is not. If you go to the gym, for example, and keep saying, “Please, Buddha, make my body stronger and healthier,” it may be a prayer. But, if you go to the gym and exercise every day or do jogging every day, you are not praying. Just like that, Metta is an exercise of mind. Look into the mec ...
... No, it is not. If you go to the gym, for example, and keep saying, “Please, Buddha, make my body stronger and healthier,” it may be a prayer. But, if you go to the gym and exercise every day or do jogging every day, you are not praying. Just like that, Metta is an exercise of mind. Look into the mec ...
imagined communities and a bloody conflict.
... Transplant Anderson’s model of print capitalism into the Sri Lankan theatre, applied to the consciousnesses of both the Sinhala and Tamil speaking people who trace their lineage in millennia, and it becomes a sociocultural concept which is less than a few hundred years old dating back only to the co ...
... Transplant Anderson’s model of print capitalism into the Sri Lankan theatre, applied to the consciousnesses of both the Sinhala and Tamil speaking people who trace their lineage in millennia, and it becomes a sociocultural concept which is less than a few hundred years old dating back only to the co ...
Tantric Buddhism in India (from c. A.D. 800 to c. A.D. 1200
... own identity distinct from non-tantric Mahāyāna Buddhism primarily in the sphere of means (upāya); means for the tantric practitioner’s own liberation and for the purpose of aiding others to the same liberation as well as in the sphere of more worldly aims. II. Observations on the development of ...
... own identity distinct from non-tantric Mahāyāna Buddhism primarily in the sphere of means (upāya); means for the tantric practitioner’s own liberation and for the purpose of aiding others to the same liberation as well as in the sphere of more worldly aims. II. Observations on the development of ...
What if There is No Elephant? Towards a Conception of an Un
... contention was that a full understanding of those larger systems, and therefore of the conditions of possibility of any single local site, required one to combine the views gained from a sufficient number of different perspectives. This prescription rests on certain suppositions that are similar to ...
... contention was that a full understanding of those larger systems, and therefore of the conditions of possibility of any single local site, required one to combine the views gained from a sufficient number of different perspectives. This prescription rests on certain suppositions that are similar to ...
What did Siddhartha realise when he became enlightened?
... complete transformation of body and mind when they wake up, they become more conscious and aware. For this reason, some people will instead refer to the Buddha’s enlightenment as his 'spiritual awakening'. Enlightenment it is a waking of one’s consciousness which leads to a realisation and deep unde ...
... complete transformation of body and mind when they wake up, they become more conscious and aware. For this reason, some people will instead refer to the Buddha’s enlightenment as his 'spiritual awakening'. Enlightenment it is a waking of one’s consciousness which leads to a realisation and deep unde ...
The Lost Empire of the Silk Road The discovery of
... to think deeply until he found the Truth or died. Many years he meditated, until one day, when he was thirty-five years old, he took his place seated beneath the great Bodhi tree. There, at last, he attained complete enlightenment, or nirvana. This means that he found complete freedom from all suffe ...
... to think deeply until he found the Truth or died. Many years he meditated, until one day, when he was thirty-five years old, he took his place seated beneath the great Bodhi tree. There, at last, he attained complete enlightenment, or nirvana. This means that he found complete freedom from all suffe ...
EXPLORATIONS - The Center for Southeast Asian Studies
... (Iwao 1976:1), Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Tokugawa shoguns who came after him felt the need to more explicitly end the pretense of Japanese subordination to China. Efforts to achieve this took many forms, and included both ritual and practical diplomatic activities as well as military and cultural e ...
... (Iwao 1976:1), Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Tokugawa shoguns who came after him felt the need to more explicitly end the pretense of Japanese subordination to China. Efforts to achieve this took many forms, and included both ritual and practical diplomatic activities as well as military and cultural e ...
(mis)Naming of Venusian Features - Virtual Commons
... practitioner visualizes oneself as a special being of certain characteristics (selfgeneration). Rather than feed the ego, the goal is to realize that all things are empty of inherent existence, including oneself and all deities and buddhas, and in such a way transform one’s mind and reach enlighten ...
... practitioner visualizes oneself as a special being of certain characteristics (selfgeneration). Rather than feed the ego, the goal is to realize that all things are empty of inherent existence, including oneself and all deities and buddhas, and in such a way transform one’s mind and reach enlighten ...
Mindfulness Contextualised. The Buddhist tradition
... means attending with mindfulness. The four satipaṭṭhānas are body, feelings, mental states and dhammas. Mindfulness of body is the foundation for the subsequent satipaṭṭhānas by paying attention to bodily sensations. Feelings in this context refer to the hedonic tone of experience, that is, whether ...
... means attending with mindfulness. The four satipaṭṭhānas are body, feelings, mental states and dhammas. Mindfulness of body is the foundation for the subsequent satipaṭṭhānas by paying attention to bodily sensations. Feelings in this context refer to the hedonic tone of experience, that is, whether ...
Thirty_Years_of_Buddhist_studies,Conze
... May live in. This is the basic change which has taken place in the last twenty years. At present we are concerned only with the first period of Buddhist history, its first five hundred years, from the time of the Buddha to about the beginning of the Christian era. The status of the Pali Canon is her ...
... May live in. This is the basic change which has taken place in the last twenty years. At present we are concerned only with the first period of Buddhist history, its first five hundred years, from the time of the Buddha to about the beginning of the Christian era. The status of the Pali Canon is her ...