Vinaya Piṭaka in Buddhist Religious Literature
... exemplary life and that of his disciples, was more or less completed during his life time of forty-five years. Today, this goes under the name of the Sutta Piṭaka. Closely coupled with this came the Vinaya Piṭaka, historically the second in point of time of its genesis. ...
... exemplary life and that of his disciples, was more or less completed during his life time of forty-five years. Today, this goes under the name of the Sutta Piṭaka. Closely coupled with this came the Vinaya Piṭaka, historically the second in point of time of its genesis. ...
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... their beliefs and values, whether to sanction marriages for Gay, Lesbian, Bi-‐sexual and Transgender couples or not. Their goal is to abide by the Golden Rule, an ethic of reciprocity that can be f ...
... their beliefs and values, whether to sanction marriages for Gay, Lesbian, Bi-‐sexual and Transgender couples or not. Their goal is to abide by the Golden Rule, an ethic of reciprocity that can be f ...
The Kathāvatthu Niyāma Debates
... imply that the Buddha-to-be must have been a disciple of Kassapa, which would conflict with the concept of a Buddha as self-developed (sayambhu), as one who discovers the path for himself without the aid of a teacher. Buddhaghosa's commentary clarifies the meaning of niydma in this context: "Niydma ...
... imply that the Buddha-to-be must have been a disciple of Kassapa, which would conflict with the concept of a Buddha as self-developed (sayambhu), as one who discovers the path for himself without the aid of a teacher. Buddhaghosa's commentary clarifies the meaning of niydma in this context: "Niydma ...
gautama buddha - the enlightened world-teacher
... to let the t r u t h they sought shine i n its pristine p u r i t y they maintained a studied silence on the events of their temporal existence and environment. For our knowledge of the life and thought of the Buddha we have, therefore, to depend on what his immediate and later followers have record ...
... to let the t r u t h they sought shine i n its pristine p u r i t y they maintained a studied silence on the events of their temporal existence and environment. For our knowledge of the life and thought of the Buddha we have, therefore, to depend on what his immediate and later followers have record ...
Ethics of the Theravada - ProfPremasiri.com, Home of Professor
... fundamental tenets of the Buddhist ethical system according to the Theravada canonical tradition; and to clarify the implications of these fundamental ethical principles for some moral issues that raise fresh challenges to the moral agent in the contemporary global context. Basic Tenets of Buddhist ...
... fundamental tenets of the Buddhist ethical system according to the Theravada canonical tradition; and to clarify the implications of these fundamental ethical principles for some moral issues that raise fresh challenges to the moral agent in the contemporary global context. Basic Tenets of Buddhist ...
A Historical and Cultural Study of Buddhist:Art in Early South
... attributes and gestures of deities basically unchanged. Ideals of physical perfection and its representation in sculpture form, however present quiet distinct local characteristics such as regional facial types and bodies that reveal underlying musculature and skeleton. Following the conventions of ...
... attributes and gestures of deities basically unchanged. Ideals of physical perfection and its representation in sculpture form, however present quiet distinct local characteristics such as regional facial types and bodies that reveal underlying musculature and skeleton. Following the conventions of ...
Buddhism ver 4
... 3. The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering Suffering ceases with the complete cessation of selfish craving – a cessation which consists in the absence of every passion [nirvana, “no passion,” the “blowing out” of tanha]. Suffering ceases with the laying aside of, the giving up of, the being f ...
... 3. The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering Suffering ceases with the complete cessation of selfish craving – a cessation which consists in the absence of every passion [nirvana, “no passion,” the “blowing out” of tanha]. Suffering ceases with the laying aside of, the giving up of, the being f ...
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... immigrant Buddhists and refugee Buddhists in Canada, a distinction which is completely ignored in the models we just mentioned. The needs and difficulties of these two Buddhist groups are quite different, and hence the temples or Buddhist organizations of these two groups respond very differently in ...
... immigrant Buddhists and refugee Buddhists in Canada, a distinction which is completely ignored in the models we just mentioned. The needs and difficulties of these two Buddhist groups are quite different, and hence the temples or Buddhist organizations of these two groups respond very differently in ...
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... but he also was a master of the Nyingma tradition, and a renowned treasure revealer. At the beginning of the 20th century, when thousands of Tibetans fled Kham during the atrocities of the Chinese general Zhao Erfeng (1845-1911), Jedrung Rinpoche led approximately 2,000 followers in search of the my ...
... but he also was a master of the Nyingma tradition, and a renowned treasure revealer. At the beginning of the 20th century, when thousands of Tibetans fled Kham during the atrocities of the Chinese general Zhao Erfeng (1845-1911), Jedrung Rinpoche led approximately 2,000 followers in search of the my ...
Kushan – Mathura Slide Show
... The making of an image of the Buddha involved much more than the mere carving of a human effigy and labeling it as Sakyamuni. While Western art sought to make an aesthetically beautiful form by portraying human figures as models of physical perfection and athletic vigor, Indian art started with abst ...
... The making of an image of the Buddha involved much more than the mere carving of a human effigy and labeling it as Sakyamuni. While Western art sought to make an aesthetically beautiful form by portraying human figures as models of physical perfection and athletic vigor, Indian art started with abst ...
the way of the bodhisattva
... And purification of the mind and heartThis is the teaching of the awakened ones. Dhammapada 183 (chapter 8, verse 5) During this 8 week course we will be looking at the eightfold path, one of the oldest teachings of Buddhism. It is traditionally said to be what the Buddha first taught after he gaine ...
... And purification of the mind and heartThis is the teaching of the awakened ones. Dhammapada 183 (chapter 8, verse 5) During this 8 week course we will be looking at the eightfold path, one of the oldest teachings of Buddhism. It is traditionally said to be what the Buddha first taught after he gaine ...
regulations for the degree of
... (b) An assessment of candidates’ coursework during their studies may be taken into account in determining their result in each written examination paper; or, where so prescribed in the syllabuses, may constitute part or whole of the examination of one or more courses. MBS 9. Candidates who have fail ...
... (b) An assessment of candidates’ coursework during their studies may be taken into account in determining their result in each written examination paper; or, where so prescribed in the syllabuses, may constitute part or whole of the examination of one or more courses. MBS 9. Candidates who have fail ...
Tibetan Buddhism in the (Post)modern World
... to his disciples and siddhas (a perfected being); all of them were believed to achieve full realization. It is through him that the Nynmapa, the oldest Tibetan Buddhism sect, is established. Another profound figure in the historical development of Tibetan Buddhism is an Indian Buddhist monk called A ...
... to his disciples and siddhas (a perfected being); all of them were believed to achieve full realization. It is through him that the Nynmapa, the oldest Tibetan Buddhism sect, is established. Another profound figure in the historical development of Tibetan Buddhism is an Indian Buddhist monk called A ...
Right Knowledge - What Buddha Said
... that the truths connected with it are to be verified here and now (sandi.t.thiko); its benefits are not delayed (akáliko); anyone can be called upon to directly witness its benefits by putting it into practice (ehipassiko); it evidently leads to the desired goal (opanaiko) and it could be individual ...
... that the truths connected with it are to be verified here and now (sandi.t.thiko); its benefits are not delayed (akáliko); anyone can be called upon to directly witness its benefits by putting it into practice (ehipassiko); it evidently leads to the desired goal (opanaiko) and it could be individual ...
Rational BUDDHISM
... Sometimes this leads to depression, and sometimes to aggression towards others or themselves. The Dalai Lama was very surprised at this, and responded, “I thought I had a very good acquaintance with the mind, but now I feel quite ignorant. I find this very, very strange, and I wonder where it comes ...
... Sometimes this leads to depression, and sometimes to aggression towards others or themselves. The Dalai Lama was very surprised at this, and responded, “I thought I had a very good acquaintance with the mind, but now I feel quite ignorant. I find this very, very strange, and I wonder where it comes ...
Extending the Hand of Fellowship
... the Buddhist world,’ the principle of personal contact, as represented by the words ‘it is a relation that subsists, essentially, with individuals,’ and the principle of orthodoxy, as represented by the words ‘we are happy to extend the hand of spiritual fellowship to all those Buddhists for whom co ...
... the Buddhist world,’ the principle of personal contact, as represented by the words ‘it is a relation that subsists, essentially, with individuals,’ and the principle of orthodoxy, as represented by the words ‘we are happy to extend the hand of spiritual fellowship to all those Buddhists for whom co ...
Buddhism and animals..
... Not all Buddhists are vegetarian and the Buddha does not seem to have issued an overall prohibition on meat-eating. The Mahayana tradition was (and is) more strictly vegetarian than other Buddhist traditions. The early Buddhist monastic code banned monks from eating meat if the animal had been kille ...
... Not all Buddhists are vegetarian and the Buddha does not seem to have issued an overall prohibition on meat-eating. The Mahayana tradition was (and is) more strictly vegetarian than other Buddhist traditions. The early Buddhist monastic code banned monks from eating meat if the animal had been kille ...
Buddhist Historiography in Modern Japanese Intellectual - H-Net
... on Japanese Buddhism at Tokyo Imperial University unMurakami’s conception of Japanese Buddhism as beder, ironically, the rubric of “Indian philosophy.” (So, ing the natural outcome of a kind of Buddhist evolution here at least, we can surmise that “Japanese Buddhism” takes on more saliency in the th ...
... on Japanese Buddhism at Tokyo Imperial University unMurakami’s conception of Japanese Buddhism as beder, ironically, the rubric of “Indian philosophy.” (So, ing the natural outcome of a kind of Buddhist evolution here at least, we can surmise that “Japanese Buddhism” takes on more saliency in the th ...
Pain and its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the...
... Pain and its Ending: TheFour Noble Truths in the Theradvada Buddhist Canon ...
... Pain and its Ending: TheFour Noble Truths in the Theradvada Buddhist Canon ...
Lecture 95: The Universal Perspective of Mahayana Buddhism
... Now in the course of these two whole series, especially in the course of the second of them, we operated so to speak with the help of three main concepts, three leading concepts. One, the concept of unconsciousness or unawareness; two, the concept of self-consciousness or awareness or individuality ...
... Now in the course of these two whole series, especially in the course of the second of them, we operated so to speak with the help of three main concepts, three leading concepts. One, the concept of unconsciousness or unawareness; two, the concept of self-consciousness or awareness or individuality ...
Rebirth - Unofficial SGI SWS
... All things are either myo or ho, latent or manifest, ku or ke. One of the most central and unchanging features of Mahayana3 Buddhist schools up to our own Nichiren branch of Tien Tai Mahayana are the Three Obvious Truths or Santai: 1. The Truth of Non-Permanence, Ketai, is that all things are in fl ...
... All things are either myo or ho, latent or manifest, ku or ke. One of the most central and unchanging features of Mahayana3 Buddhist schools up to our own Nichiren branch of Tien Tai Mahayana are the Three Obvious Truths or Santai: 1. The Truth of Non-Permanence, Ketai, is that all things are in fl ...
MBV Newsletter Vesak 2011 - Minnesota Buddhist Vihara
... Setthohamasmi lokassa I am the most supreme Ayam antimā jāti This is my last birth © Minnesota Buddhist Vihara Inc. ...
... Setthohamasmi lokassa I am the most supreme Ayam antimā jāti This is my last birth © Minnesota Buddhist Vihara Inc. ...
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... Art historians (e.g. Chihara 1996: 45) have noted that during the formative period of new religious iconography around 2,000 years ago, Hindu and Buddhist art continually exchanged ideas. Both drew on pre-existing ideas about the appearance of supernatural beings and their abodes. The examples of Ea ...
... Art historians (e.g. Chihara 1996: 45) have noted that during the formative period of new religious iconography around 2,000 years ago, Hindu and Buddhist art continually exchanged ideas. Both drew on pre-existing ideas about the appearance of supernatural beings and their abodes. The examples of Ea ...
The Buddhist-Hindu Divide in Premodern Southeast Asia
... Art historians (e.g. Chihara 1996: 45) have noted that during the formative period of new religious iconography around 2,000 years ago, Hindu and Buddhist art continually exchanged ideas. Both drew on pre-existing ideas about the appearance of supernatural beings and their abodes. The examples of Ea ...
... Art historians (e.g. Chihara 1996: 45) have noted that during the formative period of new religious iconography around 2,000 years ago, Hindu and Buddhist art continually exchanged ideas. Both drew on pre-existing ideas about the appearance of supernatural beings and their abodes. The examples of Ea ...
Reincarnation Welcome to presentation about reincarnation
... are generally incredulous about this and any other claims of life after death. ...
... are generally incredulous about this and any other claims of life after death. ...