Symbolism in Asian Statues of the Buddha
... part of the body is unassuming, the hair in statues of the Buddha reveals the stage of the quest for enlightenment: long hair is related to the imperial man Siddhartha, and short hair corresponds to the renunciation of wealth and decadence. But there are varieties within these two hairstyles as well ...
... part of the body is unassuming, the hair in statues of the Buddha reveals the stage of the quest for enlightenment: long hair is related to the imperial man Siddhartha, and short hair corresponds to the renunciation of wealth and decadence. But there are varieties within these two hairstyles as well ...
PDF - Open Journal Systems
... this instability has no permanence (anatta) and how this results in dissatisfaction (dukkha). The purpose of the meditation is to transcend the self conception by seeing through its illusory solidity. It is used in both Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism (Plank 2011: 42). According to Plank, vipassana ...
... this instability has no permanence (anatta) and how this results in dissatisfaction (dukkha). The purpose of the meditation is to transcend the self conception by seeing through its illusory solidity. It is used in both Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism (Plank 2011: 42). According to Plank, vipassana ...
Warriors of Buddhism - Open Journal Systems
... made people go in thousands to the palace of Norbulinka, the crowd getting more and more agitated at both the Chinese as well as the Tibetan government whom they thought had betrayed the Dalai Lama. The demonstration soon evolved into a national uprising directed towards the Kashag and its policy ag ...
... made people go in thousands to the palace of Norbulinka, the crowd getting more and more agitated at both the Chinese as well as the Tibetan government whom they thought had betrayed the Dalai Lama. The demonstration soon evolved into a national uprising directed towards the Kashag and its policy ag ...
Suttas as History: Four Approaches to the "Sermon on the Noble
... tradition,the bulk of the seventeen thousand-oddsuttasin the Tipitakahave become increasingly irrelevantto historiansworking in the field. As one of those historians, and despite my wholeheartedsupportfor attempts at recovering a postcanonical TheravadaBuddhist history, I find this fact unsettling. ...
... tradition,the bulk of the seventeen thousand-oddsuttasin the Tipitakahave become increasingly irrelevantto historiansworking in the field. As one of those historians, and despite my wholeheartedsupportfor attempts at recovering a postcanonical TheravadaBuddhist history, I find this fact unsettling. ...
SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST
... 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 ...
The Transformation of the Monastic Ordination
... Asian Theravāda countries.8 The temporary ordination there also functions as a rite of passage that is undergone before marriage, with particular emphasis placed on the merit (puṇya) generated by the ordination for the parents. However, it is in principle accessible to all male candidates regardless ...
... Asian Theravāda countries.8 The temporary ordination there also functions as a rite of passage that is undergone before marriage, with particular emphasis placed on the merit (puṇya) generated by the ordination for the parents. However, it is in principle accessible to all male candidates regardless ...
Violence and Disruption in Society
... century B.C. in India witnessed urbanization and commercial growth. Savatthi, Saketa, Kosambhi, Benares, Rajagaha and Champa would have been some of the most important centers known to the Buddha, who spent much time in urban environments. As Trevor Ling argues in his study, The Buddha, [18] the gro ...
... century B.C. in India witnessed urbanization and commercial growth. Savatthi, Saketa, Kosambhi, Benares, Rajagaha and Champa would have been some of the most important centers known to the Buddha, who spent much time in urban environments. As Trevor Ling argues in his study, The Buddha, [18] the gro ...
Hitech Khadi Padmasambhava: The Lotus Born (2)
... before all the other three sects. "Nyingma" literally means "archaic" because it is the first sect to translate Sanskrit Buddhist scripture into Tibetan, at the beginning of the 14th Buddhist century. The Nyingma Sect has been able to do the good job of keeping and disseminating the early tantra tea ...
... before all the other three sects. "Nyingma" literally means "archaic" because it is the first sect to translate Sanskrit Buddhist scripture into Tibetan, at the beginning of the 14th Buddhist century. The Nyingma Sect has been able to do the good job of keeping and disseminating the early tantra tea ...
Man Religion Society Governance in Buddhism
... contemplated by me over a period of nearly two decades. They reflect the way I think, the way I handle Buddhist teachings and the way I look at the accuracy or otherwise of what others say about Buddhism. And what people at large do with these teachings. The International Buddhist Research and Infor ...
... contemplated by me over a period of nearly two decades. They reflect the way I think, the way I handle Buddhist teachings and the way I look at the accuracy or otherwise of what others say about Buddhism. And what people at large do with these teachings. The International Buddhist Research and Infor ...
Kuroda Toshio - Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
... ening contradiction and deterioration that occurred as a result. For example, the Ritsuryo aristocrats and their descendants, while person ally shifting their economic base to the estate system and its revenues, had to preserve the official categories of peasantry (ti^akusho) and public land ( 众 公 ...
... ening contradiction and deterioration that occurred as a result. For example, the Ritsuryo aristocrats and their descendants, while person ally shifting their economic base to the estate system and its revenues, had to preserve the official categories of peasantry (ti^akusho) and public land ( 众 公 ...
INSPIRED SPEECH IN EARLY MAHAYANA BUDDHISM I
... SgITRA AS THE WORD OF THE BUDDHA It is clear that in the early days of Mahfiyfina the conviction was common that ...
... SgITRA AS THE WORD OF THE BUDDHA It is clear that in the early days of Mahfiyfina the conviction was common that ...
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 ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... simple acknowledgement. Although the power allocated to the monks is of very limited significance, the rules again clearly do express a gender bias, for monks do not seek approval from nuns for their ordinations, nor for the terms of sanctions against their misbehavior. Third, these rules set up a p ...
... simple acknowledgement. Although the power allocated to the monks is of very limited significance, the rules again clearly do express a gender bias, for monks do not seek approval from nuns for their ordinations, nor for the terms of sanctions against their misbehavior. Third, these rules set up a p ...
Buddha name Siddhartha Gautama
... known to his followers as the Buddha or "Awakened One" ("Buddha" is also sometimes translated as "The Enlightened One"). He is often referred to in Buddhism as Shakyamuni Buddha, or "The Awakened One of the Shakya Clan." According to Buddhism, at the time of his awakening he realized complete insigh ...
... known to his followers as the Buddha or "Awakened One" ("Buddha" is also sometimes translated as "The Enlightened One"). He is often referred to in Buddhism as Shakyamuni Buddha, or "The Awakened One of the Shakya Clan." According to Buddhism, at the time of his awakening he realized complete insigh ...
The Mongol Khans and Chinese Buddhism and Taoism
... prince of the Mongolian armies in western China and Tibet. T h e Mongols, who rose from being a small, unknown nomadic tribe to conquerors of the world, could not avoid contact with foreign cultures and different ways of life. Their adoption of those new things also applied to foreign religions. As ...
... prince of the Mongolian armies in western China and Tibet. T h e Mongols, who rose from being a small, unknown nomadic tribe to conquerors of the world, could not avoid contact with foreign cultures and different ways of life. Their adoption of those new things also applied to foreign religions. As ...
Chuang Yen Monastery Four-Week Meditation Retreat
... Participants may join the retreat by arriving any Friday evening, October 28, November 5, 12, or 19, and may stay for one, two, three, or four weeks. FORMAT：Each day of the retreat will include intensive meditation practice, walking meditation, yoga, and personal interviews with Venerable Dhammadipa ...
... Participants may join the retreat by arriving any Friday evening, October 28, November 5, 12, or 19, and may stay for one, two, three, or four weeks. FORMAT：Each day of the retreat will include intensive meditation practice, walking meditation, yoga, and personal interviews with Venerable Dhammadipa ...
Raho,gata Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... Anuruddha (author of the Abhidhamm’attha.saṅgaha) and the leading Commentators, however, rejected Ānanda’s position. They regarded the sub-moment of persistence as a stage during which the dharma “stands facing its own dissolution” (bhaṅgâbhimukh’āvatthā).15 As such, the well-known Burmese exegete, ...
... Anuruddha (author of the Abhidhamm’attha.saṅgaha) and the leading Commentators, however, rejected Ānanda’s position. They regarded the sub-moment of persistence as a stage during which the dharma “stands facing its own dissolution” (bhaṅgâbhimukh’āvatthā).15 As such, the well-known Burmese exegete, ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... According to Ebine Rie, it is this denial of death, which is responsible for the modern day problems which man is facing. According to him, “definitely death has a negative image as it arouses such feelings as extinction of one‟s existence, fear of unknown etc.”1 But at the same time there are also ...
... According to Ebine Rie, it is this denial of death, which is responsible for the modern day problems which man is facing. According to him, “definitely death has a negative image as it arouses such feelings as extinction of one‟s existence, fear of unknown etc.”1 But at the same time there are also ...
Violence and Nonviolence in Buddhist Animal Ethics Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... is described in some detail (1.162:1), but, in general, the animal is slaughtered in a ritually pure way using a method that can only be carried out by royalty (Flood 44). The horse is regarded with great respect and the hymn of the horse sacrifice is even directed specifically towards the animal to ...
... is described in some detail (1.162:1), but, in general, the animal is slaughtered in a ritually pure way using a method that can only be carried out by royalty (Flood 44). The horse is regarded with great respect and the hymn of the horse sacrifice is even directed specifically towards the animal to ...
Ox-Herding - Columbia University
... the oxherd realizes the ultimacy of all existence; there is nothing that is not the Buddhanature. He now understands the preciousness and profundity of the most ordinary things of life, illuminating ordinary living with his enlightenment. The twelfth century monk Guo-an Shi-yuan (also known as Kuo-a ...
... the oxherd realizes the ultimacy of all existence; there is nothing that is not the Buddhanature. He now understands the preciousness and profundity of the most ordinary things of life, illuminating ordinary living with his enlightenment. The twelfth century monk Guo-an Shi-yuan (also known as Kuo-a ...
No self, no free will, no problem Implications of the Anattalakkhaṇa
... have drawn is that between empirical and metaphysical freedom. Empirical freedom can be understood in a number of ways, but in its most general positive conception it refers to the ability of an individual to act as she wants, or to do as she wills. Philosophers have, of course, offered varying accou ...
... have drawn is that between empirical and metaphysical freedom. Empirical freedom can be understood in a number of ways, but in its most general positive conception it refers to the ability of an individual to act as she wants, or to do as she wills. Philosophers have, of course, offered varying accou ...
A-level Religious Studies Mark scheme RSS09 - World
... ‘Buddhists will never be totally free from craving until they attain nibbana.’ Assess this claim. In support of the view Craving/ attachment / desire is so deeply rooted in human nature that it requires conscious effort and commitment to removing this defilement. Some forms of craving such as ambiti ...
... ‘Buddhists will never be totally free from craving until they attain nibbana.’ Assess this claim. In support of the view Craving/ attachment / desire is so deeply rooted in human nature that it requires conscious effort and commitment to removing this defilement. Some forms of craving such as ambiti ...
Buddhism in Crisis? Institutional Decline in Modern Japan
... decline.8 There is an understandable tendency, in studies of religion, to focus on areas of growth and vitality — but the corollary is that scholars of religion have often neglected to examine what happens when religions become moribund. This point has also been made recently by Clark Chilson (2010) ...
... decline.8 There is an understandable tendency, in studies of religion, to focus on areas of growth and vitality — but the corollary is that scholars of religion have often neglected to examine what happens when religions become moribund. This point has also been made recently by Clark Chilson (2010) ...
Noble Truths versus Dependent Origination Professor Oliver
... Dependent Origination. Firstly, it explains how one factor gives rise to another of the twelve links. In other words, the relations that exist between any two factors are identified as nine-fold. They are uppāda (birth), pavatta (existence), nimitta (sign), āyūhana (persuit), saññoga (combination), ...
... Dependent Origination. Firstly, it explains how one factor gives rise to another of the twelve links. In other words, the relations that exist between any two factors are identified as nine-fold. They are uppāda (birth), pavatta (existence), nimitta (sign), āyūhana (persuit), saññoga (combination), ...
- J .Krishnamurti , Authentic Report of
... The Buddha taught the ‘art of living’. He never established or taught any ‘‘ism”. He never instructed people to practise any rite or rituals, any blind or empty formalities. Instead, He taught to just observe the reality ‘as it is’. He said one must look within and SEE ‘what is’ (yathabhuta nanadass ...
... The Buddha taught the ‘art of living’. He never established or taught any ‘‘ism”. He never instructed people to practise any rite or rituals, any blind or empty formalities. Instead, He taught to just observe the reality ‘as it is’. He said one must look within and SEE ‘what is’ (yathabhuta nanadass ...