Fathering Your Father: The Zen of Fabrication in Tang Buddhism
... components of Chan rhetoric can be seen in preceding works, it is the inscription on Faru’s stele that brings them together. Rather than reading the stele inscription as history, Cole sees it as an element in Shaolin monastery’s claim to own the Buddhist tradition, which allowed them to gain essenti ...
... components of Chan rhetoric can be seen in preceding works, it is the inscription on Faru’s stele that brings them together. Rather than reading the stele inscription as history, Cole sees it as an element in Shaolin monastery’s claim to own the Buddhist tradition, which allowed them to gain essenti ...
Three Japanese Religions in Brazil: A Psychological - PUC-SP
... changes did you observe in your life, after entering your current religion? (Paiva & Collabs., 2000, p.153s.). Procedure: Interviews were conducted by pairs of research assistants, then tape-recorded and transcribed. Qualitative analysis of interviews considered them at face-value, and consisted in ...
... changes did you observe in your life, after entering your current religion? (Paiva & Collabs., 2000, p.153s.). Procedure: Interviews were conducted by pairs of research assistants, then tape-recorded and transcribed. Qualitative analysis of interviews considered them at face-value, and consisted in ...
Neither the Same nor the Other
... be it in the Western or the Eastern variety – provides an interpretation of near-death experiences that prevents them from being reduced on some speculative explanatory scheme, but, at the same time, takes them seriously. ...
... be it in the Western or the Eastern variety – provides an interpretation of near-death experiences that prevents them from being reduced on some speculative explanatory scheme, but, at the same time, takes them seriously. ...
Predictions of Women to Buddhahood in Middle-Period Literature Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... the lifetimes of his epochal career.5 According to tradition, the Bodhisattva had to traverse an inconceivable range of forms of existence in saṃsāra—which must have included female existences, in addition to animal and divine destinies—before his final liberation. Before the first arising of the in ...
... the lifetimes of his epochal career.5 According to tradition, the Bodhisattva had to traverse an inconceivable range of forms of existence in saṃsāra—which must have included female existences, in addition to animal and divine destinies—before his final liberation. Before the first arising of the in ...
Chapter 8: Nichikan: Restorer of the Fuji School
... It was said that Teacher Nichikan was held in such high esteem that the day would not break nor the night fall without his presence. This was due to his behavior and character rather than his scholarship, for one cannot command trust from the priesthood and laity if he is lax in everyday conduct reg ...
... It was said that Teacher Nichikan was held in such high esteem that the day would not break nor the night fall without his presence. This was due to his behavior and character rather than his scholarship, for one cannot command trust from the priesthood and laity if he is lax in everyday conduct reg ...
patriarch ` svision
... The Ch’an tradition, as its name suggests, advocates the use of the mind to discover the mind. This is a method of ‘direct’ perception whereby the dichotomy of subject-object is radically and permanently altered so that dualism is cut-off at its root. This is not the end of the mind, as it continues ...
... The Ch’an tradition, as its name suggests, advocates the use of the mind to discover the mind. This is a method of ‘direct’ perception whereby the dichotomy of subject-object is radically and permanently altered so that dualism is cut-off at its root. This is not the end of the mind, as it continues ...
Winning Life An - Soka Gakkai International
... source of the other — for better or worse. While the word Buddha may conjure up images of a specific person from history or world religions courses we have taken, it is also a description of the highest state of life each of us can achieve. Buddha actually means “awakened one,” and the historical Bu ...
... source of the other — for better or worse. While the word Buddha may conjure up images of a specific person from history or world religions courses we have taken, it is also a description of the highest state of life each of us can achieve. Buddha actually means “awakened one,” and the historical Bu ...
A Blueprint for Buddhist Revolution
... can come together is a point of common weakness: the lack of a deep sense of history or historical consciousness (Derrida 1967, 138). In a recent work Bill Martin (2008) takes up this exchange between Derrida and Lévi-Strauss, arguing with Derrida that despite Buddhism’s positive commitment to indiv ...
... can come together is a point of common weakness: the lack of a deep sense of history or historical consciousness (Derrida 1967, 138). In a recent work Bill Martin (2008) takes up this exchange between Derrida and Lévi-Strauss, arguing with Derrida that despite Buddhism’s positive commitment to indiv ...
Jul – Dec 2014 - The Buddhist Union
... of moving towards success in the supramundane field, and we are quite apt to find that these factors enable us to do well in our chosen mundane work as well. Let us first examine the relationship at work between the three sila factors of Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood. Right Li ...
... of moving towards success in the supramundane field, and we are quite apt to find that these factors enable us to do well in our chosen mundane work as well. Let us first examine the relationship at work between the three sila factors of Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood. Right Li ...
Damming the Dhamma: Problems with Bhikkhunãs in the Pali Vinaya
... causality and cessation prompted by the BuddhaÕs words. The worldshaking events do not happen until an outsider has penetrated the boundary of the BuddhaÕs bodhi. The doors are now open and the Buddha can accept Koõóa¤¤a into the sphere of his enlightenment. However, Koõóa¤¤a, like all the monastic ...
... causality and cessation prompted by the BuddhaÕs words. The worldshaking events do not happen until an outsider has penetrated the boundary of the BuddhaÕs bodhi. The doors are now open and the Buddha can accept Koõóa¤¤a into the sphere of his enlightenment. However, Koõóa¤¤a, like all the monastic ...
THE FOUR ASSEMBLIES AND THERAVA.DA BUDDHISM 104). 1
... legal code of one of the different Buddhist traditions that developed after the Buddha's demise, ...
... legal code of one of the different Buddhist traditions that developed after the Buddha's demise, ...
1 DRAWING BELIEFS ABOUT AUTHORITY FROM THE VEDIC
... For help from the support of a Sangha or community, participate in a group of fellow seekers whose conduct and practice support and advance your own; For help from the model of the Buddha, hold in your mind and heart the images of the great buddhas as models until you have the mind and heart of a b ...
... For help from the support of a Sangha or community, participate in a group of fellow seekers whose conduct and practice support and advance your own; For help from the model of the Buddha, hold in your mind and heart the images of the great buddhas as models until you have the mind and heart of a b ...
Good Question, Good Answer
... among drug addicts. In 1987 another Thai monk, Ven. Kantayapiwat was awarded the Norwegian Children’s Peace Prize for his many years of work helping homeless children in rural areas. And what about the large scale social work being done among the poor in India by the Western Buddhist Order? They hav ...
... among drug addicts. In 1987 another Thai monk, Ven. Kantayapiwat was awarded the Norwegian Children’s Peace Prize for his many years of work helping homeless children in rural areas. And what about the large scale social work being done among the poor in India by the Western Buddhist Order? They hav ...
18 religions and religious movements – ii
... who recognized a dual nature (the human and the divine) in Christ, separated from the main body of the Church. This belief came to be known as Nestorianism, after one of its apologists, Nestorius. The Monophysites (who held that Christ had a single, divine nature) prevailed and the Nestorians had to ...
... who recognized a dual nature (the human and the divine) in Christ, separated from the main body of the Church. This belief came to be known as Nestorianism, after one of its apologists, Nestorius. The Monophysites (who held that Christ had a single, divine nature) prevailed and the Nestorians had to ...
History and Gratitude in Theravada Buddhism
... the ways they thought, felt, and acted in the world. If we look closer at what the texts claim to be doing to their audiences and note the rhetorical and aesthetic uses of language designed to accomplish those goals, then we can see how certain kinds of literary activity functioned in the communitie ...
... the ways they thought, felt, and acted in the world. If we look closer at what the texts claim to be doing to their audiences and note the rhetorical and aesthetic uses of language designed to accomplish those goals, then we can see how certain kinds of literary activity functioned in the communitie ...
On the Practice of Buddhist Meditation According to the Pali Nikayas
... P A R T I : T H E NIKAYAS The problem of the term 'meditation' Few, I suppose, would wish to dispute the suggestion that one of the primary concerns of early Buddhist texts is 'meditation'. It is perhaps a little surprising then that it is by n o means clear what Pali (or Sanskrit) term English, or ...
... P A R T I : T H E NIKAYAS The problem of the term 'meditation' Few, I suppose, would wish to dispute the suggestion that one of the primary concerns of early Buddhist texts is 'meditation'. It is perhaps a little surprising then that it is by n o means clear what Pali (or Sanskrit) term English, or ...
Ethics in accounting: Exploring the relevance of a
... life. That is, one may reap the benefits of morally good actions (kusala) in this life itself or in another. One’s good actions in prior lives similarly might bear fruits in this life or in future lives. The same goes for the consequences of unwholesome or morally bad (akusala) actions. More importa ...
... life. That is, one may reap the benefits of morally good actions (kusala) in this life itself or in another. One’s good actions in prior lives similarly might bear fruits in this life or in future lives. The same goes for the consequences of unwholesome or morally bad (akusala) actions. More importa ...
Global Buddhism
... Canonical or early Buddhism is the Buddhism reflected in the Pàli Canon and may be taken to refer to the form of Buddhist tradition developing up to the time of A÷oka (third century B.C.E.). Traditional or historical Buddhism started with the reign of A÷oka and lasted until the beginning of revival ...
... Canonical or early Buddhism is the Buddhism reflected in the Pàli Canon and may be taken to refer to the form of Buddhist tradition developing up to the time of A÷oka (third century B.C.E.). Traditional or historical Buddhism started with the reign of A÷oka and lasted until the beginning of revival ...
Relational Buddhism: A Psychological Quest for Meaning and
... (before a conceptual subject-object dualistic division sets in), in order to be aware of Dependent Origination and Karma whose daily rebirths depend on a willy-nilly choosing and interpersonal relating. The pinnacle of the Buddha’s training method is to instil the embodied social practices of lovin ...
... (before a conceptual subject-object dualistic division sets in), in order to be aware of Dependent Origination and Karma whose daily rebirths depend on a willy-nilly choosing and interpersonal relating. The pinnacle of the Buddha’s training method is to instil the embodied social practices of lovin ...
Shobogenzo Nehanmyoshin (The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
... immediately broke into a smile. Then the Buddha said, “I have the treasury of the true Dharma eye, the marvelous mind of Nirvana, the subtle dharma gate of the true form of the formless, not based on words and letters, transmitted separately from the teachings, always remember the truth of the Buddh ...
... immediately broke into a smile. Then the Buddha said, “I have the treasury of the true Dharma eye, the marvelous mind of Nirvana, the subtle dharma gate of the true form of the formless, not based on words and letters, transmitted separately from the teachings, always remember the truth of the Buddh ...
The Gohonzon - laureldistrictstudy
... Much symbolism has been attached to these offerings over the centuries, but none of it constitutes the essence of faith. Today many view these offerings as creating an environment conducive to chanting and as symbolizing basic human needs: water and food sustain life, candles and incense engage our ...
... Much symbolism has been attached to these offerings over the centuries, but none of it constitutes the essence of faith. Today many view these offerings as creating an environment conducive to chanting and as symbolizing basic human needs: water and food sustain life, candles and incense engage our ...
Untitled
... Shortly thereafter, one of the first books was published arguing not only for the compatibility of Buddhism to science, but for the former’s superiority.5 Two main theses were presented. First, Western “science” is not as different from (Christian/ theistic) faith insofar as it has emerged in the We ...
... Shortly thereafter, one of the first books was published arguing not only for the compatibility of Buddhism to science, but for the former’s superiority.5 Two main theses were presented. First, Western “science” is not as different from (Christian/ theistic) faith insofar as it has emerged in the We ...
Bacon Elizabeth - 2016 - Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita
... The Buddha's teachings are found in various texts. This teaching is called Dharma and is the only thing the Buddha left as a successor (Williams, 2005, p. 191). As a result, the Dharma is the ultimate authority in Buddhism but is also open to subjective interpretations (p. 194). The Dharma itself wa ...
... The Buddha's teachings are found in various texts. This teaching is called Dharma and is the only thing the Buddha left as a successor (Williams, 2005, p. 191). As a result, the Dharma is the ultimate authority in Buddhism but is also open to subjective interpretations (p. 194). The Dharma itself wa ...
傳統西藏對音樂表演及傳播的態度Traditional Tibetan Buddhist
... The Treatise on Music by the great XIII century scholar Sakya Pandita (1182-1251) is the only full-length Tibetan text dealing with theoretical matters concerning music. There is a commentary to this classic text written by Kunga Sonam in the XVII century and it we find a number of quotations from a ...
... The Treatise on Music by the great XIII century scholar Sakya Pandita (1182-1251) is the only full-length Tibetan text dealing with theoretical matters concerning music. There is a commentary to this classic text written by Kunga Sonam in the XVII century and it we find a number of quotations from a ...
Southeast Asian `Indianness`. A Local vs. Trans-regional - Hal-SHS
... rituals performed by monks, activities within the village Buddhist temple or listening to religious ideas expressed by the Buddhist villagers. Moreover, for Spiro, the conflicting relationship between Buddhism and what he called ‘supernaturalism’ is a doctrinal one (that is, Buddhism and spirit cult ...
... rituals performed by monks, activities within the village Buddhist temple or listening to religious ideas expressed by the Buddhist villagers. Moreover, for Spiro, the conflicting relationship between Buddhism and what he called ‘supernaturalism’ is a doctrinal one (that is, Buddhism and spirit cult ...