The Emergence of Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection in the
... European and American cultures. As new methods in historical and cultural analysis emerged, old ways of understanding world religions from a confessional Christian standpoint, and Christianity itself, came under new critical scrutiny. There arose a fresh interest in non-Christian religions as equall ...
... European and American cultures. As new methods in historical and cultural analysis emerged, old ways of understanding world religions from a confessional Christian standpoint, and Christianity itself, came under new critical scrutiny. There arose a fresh interest in non-Christian religions as equall ...
Tevijja Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... 1.4.1.2 Note that the 4 divine abodes are listed amongst the 11 bases of meditation, such as in the Aṭṭhaka,nāgara Sutta (M 52) [1.4.1.1]. How are they meditatively cultivated so that we attain spiritual wisdom? First, we should cultivate lovingkindness (indeed, for those of us who are beginners, we ...
... 1.4.1.2 Note that the 4 divine abodes are listed amongst the 11 bases of meditation, such as in the Aṭṭhaka,nāgara Sutta (M 52) [1.4.1.1]. How are they meditatively cultivated so that we attain spiritual wisdom? First, we should cultivate lovingkindness (indeed, for those of us who are beginners, we ...
print - Journal of Global Buddhism
... Three caveats need to be registered before proceeding. First, I am suggesting neither that Wallace is the only or best representative of contemporary Tibetan Buddhism in its encounter with the modern world nor that his work is the foremost exemplar of the globalization of Tibetan Buddhism; rather, I ...
... Three caveats need to be registered before proceeding. First, I am suggesting neither that Wallace is the only or best representative of contemporary Tibetan Buddhism in its encounter with the modern world nor that his work is the foremost exemplar of the globalization of Tibetan Buddhism; rather, I ...
Lecture 4 - Lipilekha
... • They are still the most revered leaders in Indian History – All four are worshipped as gods. – Why did their appearance happened around such a small time frame of 400 years of each other in the long 10000 years of Indian History? ...
... • They are still the most revered leaders in Indian History – All four are worshipped as gods. – Why did their appearance happened around such a small time frame of 400 years of each other in the long 10000 years of Indian History? ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in ord ...
... This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in ord ...
A COMPARISON OF ARISTOTELIAN AND BUDDHIST ETHICS AND
... Two other points are relevant to this sketch of the social malaise at work in present day Britain. Firstly, the reach of powerful vested interests is not confined only to the very young. There has been a recent “massification”5 through the cult of celebrities across contemporary culture from sport a ...
... Two other points are relevant to this sketch of the social malaise at work in present day Britain. Firstly, the reach of powerful vested interests is not confined only to the very young. There has been a recent “massification”5 through the cult of celebrities across contemporary culture from sport a ...
Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in ord ...
... This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in ord ...
Buddhist Studies Semester I to IV
... Press,1992. Bhandarkar,D. R.Lecture on the Ancient History of India(from 650 B.C. to 325 B.C.) (Delivered in 1918) Delhi: Bharatiya Publishing House, 1977. Basham, A. L. The Wonder That was India. Delhi: Rupa,1981. Witzel, Michael.Inside the Texts, Beyond the Texts: New Approaches to the Study of th ...
... Press,1992. Bhandarkar,D. R.Lecture on the Ancient History of India(from 650 B.C. to 325 B.C.) (Delivered in 1918) Delhi: Bharatiya Publishing House, 1977. Basham, A. L. The Wonder That was India. Delhi: Rupa,1981. Witzel, Michael.Inside the Texts, Beyond the Texts: New Approaches to the Study of th ...
She Who Laughs Loudest: A Meditation on Zen Humor
... Almost naked, Ikkyū makes us laugh at the social divide and its inherently empty nature. While earlier schools of Buddhism, especially Indian Buddhism, consisted in rather serious logical or analytical exercises designed to gain insight into and thereby dissolve illusions, early forms of Zen added h ...
... Almost naked, Ikkyū makes us laugh at the social divide and its inherently empty nature. While earlier schools of Buddhism, especially Indian Buddhism, consisted in rather serious logical or analytical exercises designed to gain insight into and thereby dissolve illusions, early forms of Zen added h ...
The Dhammapada
... whether the liberated person exists or does not exist after death, or both exists and does not exist after death, whether he neither exists nor does not exist after death.' He will die, Malunkyaputta, before I get a chance to make everything clear to him. "Being religious and following Dhamma has no ...
... whether the liberated person exists or does not exist after death, or both exists and does not exist after death, whether he neither exists nor does not exist after death.' He will die, Malunkyaputta, before I get a chance to make everything clear to him. "Being religious and following Dhamma has no ...
The Dhammapada - A Buddhist Library
... whether the liberated person exists or does not exist after death, or both exists and does not exist after death, whether he neither exists nor does not exist after death.' He will die, Malunkyaputta, before I get a chance to make everything clear to him. "Being religious and following Dhamma has no ...
... whether the liberated person exists or does not exist after death, or both exists and does not exist after death, whether he neither exists nor does not exist after death.' He will die, Malunkyaputta, before I get a chance to make everything clear to him. "Being religious and following Dhamma has no ...
goto-jones_zombie mindfulness manifesto
... this diagnosis is that modern citizens have their authentic freedom compromised by being too attached to thinking itself: they spend too much of their time “lost in thought,” ruminating about the past and the future, worrying, dreaming, riddled with anxieties about thi ...
... this diagnosis is that modern citizens have their authentic freedom compromised by being too attached to thinking itself: they spend too much of their time “lost in thought,” ruminating about the past and the future, worrying, dreaming, riddled with anxieties about thi ...
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... truth about it. Starting from its nomenclature, the native of Tibet called their country Bod () Most probably, this name has been derived from Mongolian word Thubet. But one most convincing according to me and I suppose the scholar community have the word of affirmation in this regard is that the ...
... truth about it. Starting from its nomenclature, the native of Tibet called their country Bod () Most probably, this name has been derived from Mongolian word Thubet. But one most convincing according to me and I suppose the scholar community have the word of affirmation in this regard is that the ...
Lay Ritual in the Early Buddhist Art of India
... are later encountered in virtually every regional and sectarian manifestation of Buddhism not only in India but everywhere Buddhism has traveled. Further, these practices are still ubiquitous throughout the Buddhist world today—more than two thousand years after the carvings were made. Shakyamuni’s ...
... are later encountered in virtually every regional and sectarian manifestation of Buddhism not only in India but everywhere Buddhism has traveled. Further, these practices are still ubiquitous throughout the Buddhist world today—more than two thousand years after the carvings were made. Shakyamuni’s ...
are buddhists idol - worshippers
... problems. Although this is not a real Buddhist practice, such devotional acts do achieve some form of emotional relief and inspiration to the supplicants enabling them to gain courage and resolution to resolve their difficulties. This is also a common practice in many other religions. But for those ...
... problems. Although this is not a real Buddhist practice, such devotional acts do achieve some form of emotional relief and inspiration to the supplicants enabling them to gain courage and resolution to resolve their difficulties. This is also a common practice in many other religions. But for those ...
here - Insight Meditation Center of Pioneer Valley
... relationship with whatever arises that is kinder and freer. Grounding attention in the full body, noticing its posture through stillness and movement, and a gentle focus on breathing can allow ease, gratitude, and wonder to arise supporting greater clarity and self-awareness. ...
... relationship with whatever arises that is kinder and freer. Grounding attention in the full body, noticing its posture through stillness and movement, and a gentle focus on breathing can allow ease, gratitude, and wonder to arise supporting greater clarity and self-awareness. ...
Mother Teresa and the Bodhisattva Ideal: A - Purdue e-Pubs
... prerequisites for entering the bodhisattva path. Third, using these criteria as starting points, I assess Mother Teresa’s aspirations and achievements in relation to the aspirations and achievements of the bodhisattva. In this cross-cultural comparison, I investigate the fundamental values and human ...
... prerequisites for entering the bodhisattva path. Third, using these criteria as starting points, I assess Mother Teresa’s aspirations and achievements in relation to the aspirations and achievements of the bodhisattva. In this cross-cultural comparison, I investigate the fundamental values and human ...
Urban Dharma Newsletters
... father, the emperor Asoka (264-267 BC) of India, who was earlier known as Chandasoka (Asoka the wicked), but later, when he renounced armed conquests, he came to be known as Dharmasoka (Asoka the pious). He proclaimed Buddhism, having become a convert to the faith, throughout India, as the state rel ...
... father, the emperor Asoka (264-267 BC) of India, who was earlier known as Chandasoka (Asoka the wicked), but later, when he renounced armed conquests, he came to be known as Dharmasoka (Asoka the pious). He proclaimed Buddhism, having become a convert to the faith, throughout India, as the state rel ...
The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravāda Buddhist
... andwhileI was yetmerely theBodhisatta notfully-awakened....""In addition [Skt:bodhisattva], to referring to thepresentlifeofGotama,theterm"bodhisattva" is also used in relation to thepenultimate lifeofGotamainTusita(Pali:Tusita) heaven,as wellas hisconceptionand birth.12 In latercanonicaltexts,the b ...
... andwhileI was yetmerely theBodhisatta notfully-awakened....""In addition [Skt:bodhisattva], to referring to thepresentlifeofGotama,theterm"bodhisattva" is also used in relation to thepenultimate lifeofGotamainTusita(Pali:Tusita) heaven,as wellas hisconceptionand birth.12 In latercanonicaltexts,the b ...
The Path of Joy - The Buddhist Library
... Please include name and contact details. We may publish letters of general interest, subject to editing. ...
... Please include name and contact details. We may publish letters of general interest, subject to editing. ...
Female Activism: Reevaluating Traditional Buddhist Patriarchy in
... allowed for (Devine, 20). The removal of men resulted in a leadership vacuum that needed to be filled, and this vacuum was only made more severe with the Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s exile to India when it became clear that he could not safely remain in his occupied Tibet without fear of massive Chinese ...
... allowed for (Devine, 20). The removal of men resulted in a leadership vacuum that needed to be filled, and this vacuum was only made more severe with the Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s exile to India when it became clear that he could not safely remain in his occupied Tibet without fear of massive Chinese ...
What is Sangha
... No. In this tradition, dharma practice is a personal pursuit and as such is entirely driven by you. Whether or how often you come along is entirely up to you. There’s no roll call, the sangha is just there for you whenever you want to come. Having said that, the Buddha identified ‘right effort’ or a ...
... No. In this tradition, dharma practice is a personal pursuit and as such is entirely driven by you. Whether or how often you come along is entirely up to you. There’s no roll call, the sangha is just there for you whenever you want to come. Having said that, the Buddha identified ‘right effort’ or a ...
of Cross-Tradition Exchange Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... agency as creative conformity: Agency as creative conformity moves away from an idea of empowerment that depends on an autonomous place of perfect freedom. In contrast, creative conformity considers self-representation of women who still see themselves ...
... agency as creative conformity: Agency as creative conformity moves away from an idea of empowerment that depends on an autonomous place of perfect freedom. In contrast, creative conformity considers self-representation of women who still see themselves ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... claimed that they did not live and teach, or that we cannot know their ideas. Of course, we cannot know all the ideas or the whole truth, in any sense, about any of these great figures who have moved the world. Scholars will argue about these matters until the end of time, using evidence and reason. ...
... claimed that they did not live and teach, or that we cannot know their ideas. Of course, we cannot know all the ideas or the whole truth, in any sense, about any of these great figures who have moved the world. Scholars will argue about these matters until the end of time, using evidence and reason. ...
Reinventing Female Identity: A Brief History of Korean Buddhist Nuns*
... Paekche sent Buddhist missionaries, including a nun, to Japan in 577. It is known that Paekche began to regularly dispatch Buddhist doctrinal specialists, psalmodists, iconographers, and architects to Japan over its well-developed sea lanes, thus transmitting the rudiments of sinified Buddhist cultu ...
... Paekche sent Buddhist missionaries, including a nun, to Japan in 577. It is known that Paekche began to regularly dispatch Buddhist doctrinal specialists, psalmodists, iconographers, and architects to Japan over its well-developed sea lanes, thus transmitting the rudiments of sinified Buddhist cultu ...