Self-Cultivation
... Based on the three questions of what the client has received, given, and the difficulties caused for others, Naikan therapy provides a foundation for reflecting on relationships with others. In each case, the clinician and the client search for a more realistic view of conduct and of the give-and-ta ...
... Based on the three questions of what the client has received, given, and the difficulties caused for others, Naikan therapy provides a foundation for reflecting on relationships with others. In each case, the clinician and the client search for a more realistic view of conduct and of the give-and-ta ...
Who`s Who in our Chants
... difference. Descriptions of bodhisattvas are as florid as those of buddhas; their powers are almost indistinguishable from those of buddhas, since they too are able to enlighten sentient beings (which is why Cleary calls them “enlightening beings” instead of enlightened ones). For example, here is h ...
... difference. Descriptions of bodhisattvas are as florid as those of buddhas; their powers are almost indistinguishable from those of buddhas, since they too are able to enlighten sentient beings (which is why Cleary calls them “enlightening beings” instead of enlightened ones). For example, here is h ...
Introduction - Gatwick Airport Chaplaincy
... Nichiren pursued his goal of a Buddhism founded on the one vehicle of the dharma. This is a brief summary, since any comprehensive review would require at least several volumes. We are largely focused on the period leading up to and including the Kamakura shogunate, the time of Nichiren’s mission. Q ...
... Nichiren pursued his goal of a Buddhism founded on the one vehicle of the dharma. This is a brief summary, since any comprehensive review would require at least several volumes. We are largely focused on the period leading up to and including the Kamakura shogunate, the time of Nichiren’s mission. Q ...
PDF - SGI Quarterly Magazine
... human suffering. The founder of Buddhism, Gautama, also known as Shakyamuni, born on the Indian subcontinent around 400 BCE, perceived that suffering is an inevitable part of life and was motivated to find a way to free people from it. Shakyamuni’s teachings were passed down through the oral traditi ...
... human suffering. The founder of Buddhism, Gautama, also known as Shakyamuni, born on the Indian subcontinent around 400 BCE, perceived that suffering is an inevitable part of life and was motivated to find a way to free people from it. Shakyamuni’s teachings were passed down through the oral traditi ...
Macho Buddhism: Gender and Sexualities in the Diamond Way
... himself in the tradition of the aforementioned Mahāsiddhas: these precursors of the Tibetan Kagyu tradition and their ‘crazy yogi’ successors in Tibet used a panoply of transgressive and unconventional methods, including sexuality, in their teachings, which also characterizes modern-day ‘crazy yogi’ ...
... himself in the tradition of the aforementioned Mahāsiddhas: these precursors of the Tibetan Kagyu tradition and their ‘crazy yogi’ successors in Tibet used a panoply of transgressive and unconventional methods, including sexuality, in their teachings, which also characterizes modern-day ‘crazy yogi’ ...
Islam and Buddhism
... sider these books, can no longer advocate atheism or any other perverted ideology or materialistic philosophy, since these books are characterized by rapid effectiveness, definite results, and irrefutability. Even if they continue to do so, it will be only a sentimental insistence, since these book ...
... sider these books, can no longer advocate atheism or any other perverted ideology or materialistic philosophy, since these books are characterized by rapid effectiveness, definite results, and irrefutability. Even if they continue to do so, it will be only a sentimental insistence, since these book ...
The Influence of Mahayana on Buddhadasa`s Thought Abstract
... Mahachulalongkorn-rajavidyalaya of the Mahanikaya , which later developed into Buddhist Universities, and he initiated the first printing of the Pali Tipitaka in Thai script. The public education in Thailand was formerly organized in monasteries. Monasteries performed the function of school, college ...
... Mahachulalongkorn-rajavidyalaya of the Mahanikaya , which later developed into Buddhist Universities, and he initiated the first printing of the Pali Tipitaka in Thai script. The public education in Thailand was formerly organized in monasteries. Monasteries performed the function of school, college ...
Right Intention or Right Thought (Buddhism)
... In contrast to classical Chinese thought, the Indians had a close brahman-atman tie, where the self is the “ultimate substrate of all being” (Venkoba Rao, 2002, p. 316). As an atman and therefore a self does not exist in Buddhism, the self can be reduced to “physical and psychological constituents a ...
... In contrast to classical Chinese thought, the Indians had a close brahman-atman tie, where the self is the “ultimate substrate of all being” (Venkoba Rao, 2002, p. 316). As an atman and therefore a self does not exist in Buddhism, the self can be reduced to “physical and psychological constituents a ...
Buddhist Practice as Play: A Virtue Ethical View
... truth of a certain interpretation is not determined by whether or not it corresponds to the “facts” but by whether it is fruitful. My purpose is to show that a virtue ethical interpretation of Buddhist ethics is possible and that it is a fruitful interpretation. It is fruitful in the sense that it i ...
... truth of a certain interpretation is not determined by whether or not it corresponds to the “facts” but by whether it is fruitful. My purpose is to show that a virtue ethical interpretation of Buddhist ethics is possible and that it is a fruitful interpretation. It is fruitful in the sense that it i ...
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... These ways of seperating the Buddhist ascetics from others serve to profile the sangha in the eyes of the authors of those passages. One feature which may be regarded implicite in these instances is the soteriological argument: the connection of sangha membership and salvation. This is clearly expli ...
... These ways of seperating the Buddhist ascetics from others serve to profile the sangha in the eyes of the authors of those passages. One feature which may be regarded implicite in these instances is the soteriological argument: the connection of sangha membership and salvation. This is clearly expli ...
Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology
... a cultural background Western man views Buddhism and in so doing unconsciously projects his own concepts, values and expectations. Erroneously he perceives ceremonies and bowing as examples of worship or even idolatry. He may extol its scientific worldview or abhor and condemn its "atheism." The Bud ...
... a cultural background Western man views Buddhism and in so doing unconsciously projects his own concepts, values and expectations. Erroneously he perceives ceremonies and bowing as examples of worship or even idolatry. He may extol its scientific worldview or abhor and condemn its "atheism." The Bud ...
Concept Paper and Provisional Program
... for many years. Most notable of these has been the promotion of the “In the Footsteps of Lord Buddha Circuit” by India that encompasses the four primary Buddhist destinations of Bodh Gaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar in India, and Lumbini in Nepal. Other proposals have also been put forward to promote c ...
... for many years. Most notable of these has been the promotion of the “In the Footsteps of Lord Buddha Circuit” by India that encompasses the four primary Buddhist destinations of Bodh Gaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar in India, and Lumbini in Nepal. Other proposals have also been put forward to promote c ...
Images of Buddha
... Most statues display a solemn quietude which symbolizes that the higher sacred beings are in a state of nirvana. Small Buddha figurines such as those at the UMFA were historically suspended on pillars or plaques in Buddhist temples. However, the most important function of these figurines was to prov ...
... Most statues display a solemn quietude which symbolizes that the higher sacred beings are in a state of nirvana. Small Buddha figurines such as those at the UMFA were historically suspended on pillars or plaques in Buddhist temples. However, the most important function of these figurines was to prov ...
Kamma - WordPress.com
... • Bad Kamma is result of three root poisons. If we are unenlightened we will perform greedy actions, hateful actions, ignorant actions. All these lead to rebirth, because we’re not enlightened. So our Kamma causes us not to reach Nibbana. • It’s our Kamma that sparks the new existence on Samsa ...
... • Bad Kamma is result of three root poisons. If we are unenlightened we will perform greedy actions, hateful actions, ignorant actions. All these lead to rebirth, because we’re not enlightened. So our Kamma causes us not to reach Nibbana. • It’s our Kamma that sparks the new existence on Samsa ...
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... publicly that the Dalai Lama is false, without, however, providing any kind of reasoning. Claim: „The Dalai Lama suppresses religious freedom“. Response: The Dalai Lama has recommended to discontinue this cult practice. As a consequence this means that he does not accept those who continue practicin ...
... publicly that the Dalai Lama is false, without, however, providing any kind of reasoning. Claim: „The Dalai Lama suppresses religious freedom“. Response: The Dalai Lama has recommended to discontinue this cult practice. As a consequence this means that he does not accept those who continue practicin ...
Obstructive or counteractive karma (upapiḍaka
... "It is intention that I call karma" (cetanahan bukkhave kammam vadami) The fourth is the Aggregate of Mental Formations (Samkhārakkhandha). In this group are included all volitional activities both good and bad. What is generally known as karma (or kamma) comes under this group. The Buddha's own def ...
... "It is intention that I call karma" (cetanahan bukkhave kammam vadami) The fourth is the Aggregate of Mental Formations (Samkhārakkhandha). In this group are included all volitional activities both good and bad. What is generally known as karma (or kamma) comes under this group. The Buddha's own def ...
Impermanence, Anattā, and the Stability of Egocentrism; or,
... also explains the tendency of act utilitarianism, not to mention egoism, to proliferate counterintuitive results when applied to specific examples where, for instance, sacrificing oneself to save others in ways that appear wrongful would seem to follow on act utilitarian considerations.4 The problem ...
... also explains the tendency of act utilitarianism, not to mention egoism, to proliferate counterintuitive results when applied to specific examples where, for instance, sacrificing oneself to save others in ways that appear wrongful would seem to follow on act utilitarian considerations.4 The problem ...
the buddha image at amaravati
... route, significantly proves that the region might have had a particular development with the foreign communications. According to Hiuen Tsang, who had been studying Abhidharma in one of the 20 monasteries prevailing during his time, people from India, Ceylon, and China visited the great city called ...
... route, significantly proves that the region might have had a particular development with the foreign communications. According to Hiuen Tsang, who had been studying Abhidharma in one of the 20 monasteries prevailing during his time, people from India, Ceylon, and China visited the great city called ...
Handbook For Mankind
... lay people at all. But nowadays it has become an affair involving ceremony, fun and games, loud laughter and money seeking. It is just a picnic and is devoid of all the desirable results originally intended. This sort of thing is a tumour which has developed in Buddhism and thrived. The tumour takes ...
... lay people at all. But nowadays it has become an affair involving ceremony, fun and games, loud laughter and money seeking. It is just a picnic and is devoid of all the desirable results originally intended. This sort of thing is a tumour which has developed in Buddhism and thrived. The tumour takes ...
Meditation on the Nature of Mind
... something like “self-creation” based on the law of causality: cause and effect. Nontheistic religions ultimately believe that we ourselves are the creator. Naturally, this creator cannot be the body. The body is important as the basis of mind: for example, the human body is the basis of human mind, ...
... something like “self-creation” based on the law of causality: cause and effect. Nontheistic religions ultimately believe that we ourselves are the creator. Naturally, this creator cannot be the body. The body is important as the basis of mind: for example, the human body is the basis of human mind, ...
Buddhism and Peace Theory: Exploring a Buddhist Inner Peace
... analysis of how it turns into a root cause of conflict. The third section explores a Buddhist approach to conflict resolution and inner peace. First, it examines mindfulness and how it affects dialogue between those in conflict. Then, it delves into the meaning of inner peace. It is proposed as non- ...
... analysis of how it turns into a root cause of conflict. The third section explores a Buddhist approach to conflict resolution and inner peace. First, it examines mindfulness and how it affects dialogue between those in conflict. Then, it delves into the meaning of inner peace. It is proposed as non- ...
Changing Buddhist Practice in Burma
... Later in 1949, on behalf of the lay organization, Sir U Thwin and U Nu, then the prime minister of Burma, invited Mahasi Sayadaw to come to teach insight meditation at the newly established centre in Rangoon. His teaching became very popular among Buddhist laity; and hence the centre became known po ...
... Later in 1949, on behalf of the lay organization, Sir U Thwin and U Nu, then the prime minister of Burma, invited Mahasi Sayadaw to come to teach insight meditation at the newly established centre in Rangoon. His teaching became very popular among Buddhist laity; and hence the centre became known po ...
Buddhism, Animism, and Entertainment in Cambodian Melismatic
... ‘tritonic, tetratonic or pentatonic scales’. In the later edition of the Grove Dictionary Sam-Ang Sam does not mention smot anymore (Sam 2000). Interestingly, dealing with Khmer literature, Khing (1990) sorts smot among lpaen (secular) rather than ghambir (religious) texts. His reasoning follows th ...
... ‘tritonic, tetratonic or pentatonic scales’. In the later edition of the Grove Dictionary Sam-Ang Sam does not mention smot anymore (Sam 2000). Interestingly, dealing with Khmer literature, Khing (1990) sorts smot among lpaen (secular) rather than ghambir (religious) texts. His reasoning follows th ...
Buddhist Approaches to Psychotherapy Part I
... 5. The Buddhist concept of ego is very different from the way the term is used in many Western psychologies and psychotherapies, where it often has the positive connotation of inner-strength and self-confidence. Which of the following is a true statement about ego in Buddhism? a. According to Buddhi ...
... 5. The Buddhist concept of ego is very different from the way the term is used in many Western psychologies and psychotherapies, where it often has the positive connotation of inner-strength and self-confidence. Which of the following is a true statement about ego in Buddhism? a. According to Buddhi ...
The Four Noble Truths: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought
... Such radical changes at one small Buddhist monastery in India in such a short span of time mirror changes in the rest of the world. Huge technological, economic, and scientific developments have transformed both humanity and the planet we live in. In many cases the changes have been positive, but ce ...
... Such radical changes at one small Buddhist monastery in India in such a short span of time mirror changes in the rest of the world. Huge technological, economic, and scientific developments have transformed both humanity and the planet we live in. In many cases the changes have been positive, but ce ...