Dogen: His Life, Religion, and Poetry
... the smoke of the incense rising and vanishing during his mother’s funeral, Dōgen was deeply moved by an awareness of the inevitability of death and the pervasiveness of impermanence. The orphaned Dōgen had the opportunity through members of his noble family to be trained for a courtly career but dec ...
... the smoke of the incense rising and vanishing during his mother’s funeral, Dōgen was deeply moved by an awareness of the inevitability of death and the pervasiveness of impermanence. The orphaned Dōgen had the opportunity through members of his noble family to be trained for a courtly career but dec ...
(1) Book
... nature of life forms the basic tenet of Buddhism. According to the Mahayana Buddhist text Gandavyaha “every dharma is like phantom; all the living beings are like dream; all the earthly objects are like magic”. It is not known why the important Buddhist centre in Tamil Nadu is called by the name Kan ...
... nature of life forms the basic tenet of Buddhism. According to the Mahayana Buddhist text Gandavyaha “every dharma is like phantom; all the living beings are like dream; all the earthly objects are like magic”. It is not known why the important Buddhist centre in Tamil Nadu is called by the name Kan ...
Dzogchen retreat 2013_EN - Palyul Dharma Center in Europe
... practice for purifying one’s obscurations through working with the subtle body. The subtle physical body has three main components that are important in the practice of yoga as part of the path to enlightenment. These are the channels (Tib. tsa, Sanskrit: nadis) through which the winds (Tib. lung, S ...
... practice for purifying one’s obscurations through working with the subtle body. The subtle physical body has three main components that are important in the practice of yoga as part of the path to enlightenment. These are the channels (Tib. tsa, Sanskrit: nadis) through which the winds (Tib. lung, S ...
Masks — Anthropology on the Sinhalese Belief System
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Daniel Bouchez - Hal-SHS
... 1637, Manjung had been, as he tells it,14 entirely educated by his mother, too poor to pay for the lessons of a master from outside. Korean women, then as now, had remained more susceptible than men to the attractions of Buddhism. Yi Chae's text, quoted above, 15 reports that Sŏp'o had written the ...
... 1637, Manjung had been, as he tells it,14 entirely educated by his mother, too poor to pay for the lessons of a master from outside. Korean women, then as now, had remained more susceptible than men to the attractions of Buddhism. Yi Chae's text, quoted above, 15 reports that Sŏp'o had written the ...
Fundamentals of Buddhism
... the light of their own experience. When they know for themselves that certain things are harmful then they should abandon them. When they know for themselves that certain things are beneficial, that they lead to happiness and calm, then they should follow them. The Buddha gives this advice that one ...
... the light of their own experience. When they know for themselves that certain things are harmful then they should abandon them. When they know for themselves that certain things are beneficial, that they lead to happiness and calm, then they should follow them. The Buddha gives this advice that one ...
File - Drukpa Mila Center
... involving hand gestures and a three (3) fold meditation practice of visualization of the deity, recitation of mantra and meditative concentration which is called Gar. Gar is the specific features of a specific dance. Visualization of the ground as a mandala is considered a Gar dance. During the danc ...
... involving hand gestures and a three (3) fold meditation practice of visualization of the deity, recitation of mantra and meditative concentration which is called Gar. Gar is the specific features of a specific dance. Visualization of the ground as a mandala is considered a Gar dance. During the danc ...
Eating Practices and Attitudes among American Buddhists: An
... Photograph 5: Hallway at Zen Mountain Monastery.......................................................................7 Photograph 6: “Pennies for Plants” at Vermont Zen Center .........................................................15 Photograph 7: Food offering at Kagyu Thubten Choling .......... ...
... Photograph 5: Hallway at Zen Mountain Monastery.......................................................................7 Photograph 6: “Pennies for Plants” at Vermont Zen Center .........................................................15 Photograph 7: Food offering at Kagyu Thubten Choling .......... ...
geshe rabten rinpoche - Dorje Shugden and Dalai Lama
... fulfilled his family duties and then, out of his own will, chose the renounced life of a monk. Then he entered Tibet's most reputed monastic university, Sera Tekchenling, and began his studies in the Je college. Under the guidance of his teachers such as the most Venerable Geshe Jampa Khedrup, he ma ...
... fulfilled his family duties and then, out of his own will, chose the renounced life of a monk. Then he entered Tibet's most reputed monastic university, Sera Tekchenling, and began his studies in the Je college. Under the guidance of his teachers such as the most Venerable Geshe Jampa Khedrup, he ma ...
TO THE TEACHER: OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIT: To help students
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1. the only buddhayana
... supreme, believe that by strictly observing a specific precept they will become a Buddha, and that they do not need to liberate themselves from within. The root delusions are desire, anger, ignorance, deluded pride, and deluded doubt. Practitioners who fully eradicate the false views and attitudes a ...
... supreme, believe that by strictly observing a specific precept they will become a Buddha, and that they do not need to liberate themselves from within. The root delusions are desire, anger, ignorance, deluded pride, and deluded doubt. Practitioners who fully eradicate the false views and attitudes a ...
Justice and the Khmer Rouge
... I wish to thank the many Venerables who gave me so much help and support over the last year. Due to my university’s code of ethics I am not able to name you, but I am deeply grateful to you for everything that you taught me and gave me. I also particularly wish to thank those friends of mine in Camb ...
... I wish to thank the many Venerables who gave me so much help and support over the last year. Due to my university’s code of ethics I am not able to name you, but I am deeply grateful to you for everything that you taught me and gave me. I also particularly wish to thank those friends of mine in Camb ...
Nirvana for Sale?: Buddhism, Wealth, and the
... colleagues in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee, who have offered tremendous support to me as I transformed my dissertation into a book for publication, and the three anonymous readers whose astute criticisms and suggestions greatly aided in that endeavor. This book ...
... colleagues in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee, who have offered tremendous support to me as I transformed my dissertation into a book for publication, and the three anonymous readers whose astute criticisms and suggestions greatly aided in that endeavor. This book ...
Dogen: His Life, Religion, and Poetry
... to the central doctrine of hongaku (original enlightenment), or the innate potentiality of all beings to attain the primordial Buddha-nature. However, Dōgen quickly felt a fundamental sense of “doubt” about the efficacy of this doctrine: if everyone is already enlightened in that they possess the tr ...
... to the central doctrine of hongaku (original enlightenment), or the innate potentiality of all beings to attain the primordial Buddha-nature. However, Dōgen quickly felt a fundamental sense of “doubt” about the efficacy of this doctrine: if everyone is already enlightened in that they possess the tr ...
2) Indian Buddhism - Kagyü Pende Gyamtso
... 230 and 500 million, with most around 350 million.ʺ However, estimates are uncertain for several countries. According to one analysis, Buddhism is the fifth‐largest religion in the world behind Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and traditional Chinese religion. The monksʹ order (Sangha), w ...
... 230 and 500 million, with most around 350 million.ʺ However, estimates are uncertain for several countries. According to one analysis, Buddhism is the fifth‐largest religion in the world behind Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and traditional Chinese religion. The monksʹ order (Sangha), w ...
mudra - WordPress.com
... • In Gandhara art, it is seen when showing the action of preaching. It was also used in China during the Wei and Sui eras of the 4th and 7th centuries. ...
... • In Gandhara art, it is seen when showing the action of preaching. It was also used in China during the Wei and Sui eras of the 4th and 7th centuries. ...
Tokharian Buddhism in Kucha - Sino
... Kucha, in the present-day Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous region of northwestern China, was one of the major Buddhist kingdoms of Central Asia before Islamization began to take place in this area at the end of the tenth century C.E. The other Buddhist oasis kingdoms in the region were Shan-shan, 1 which ...
... Kucha, in the present-day Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous region of northwestern China, was one of the major Buddhist kingdoms of Central Asia before Islamization began to take place in this area at the end of the tenth century C.E. The other Buddhist oasis kingdoms in the region were Shan-shan, 1 which ...
Filial Piety in Early Buddhism Journal of Buddhist Ethics Guang Xing
... forth (from the home to the homeless life), supporting of mother and father. These are the three duties.”28 In the Vinaya, it is said that if one of a monk’s parents was ill, the monk should go and see them even if he is not asked, since it is the duty of monks. So it is explicit that filial piety s ...
... forth (from the home to the homeless life), supporting of mother and father. These are the three duties.”28 In the Vinaya, it is said that if one of a monk’s parents was ill, the monk should go and see them even if he is not asked, since it is the duty of monks. So it is explicit that filial piety s ...
Insular Buddhist Communities and Attendance Patterns: The True
... on both spiritual and academic matters since I enrolled in my first Buddhism course during my second year in undergraduate studies. Not only have I learned from his great wealth of knowledge on Buddhism and his down-to-earth approach towards the subject matter, but the wisdom that I have gained from ...
... on both spiritual and academic matters since I enrolled in my first Buddhism course during my second year in undergraduate studies. Not only have I learned from his great wealth of knowledge on Buddhism and his down-to-earth approach towards the subject matter, but the wisdom that I have gained from ...
Influences of Previous Psychedelic Drug
... psychedelics. Some of these people were permanently changed in the long run, but many remained the same, basic, neurotic people they had always been; they just spoke of bad "vibrations" and "karma" instead of arguments at work and car accidents. It was as if, having seen a very inspiring movie on h ...
... psychedelics. Some of these people were permanently changed in the long run, but many remained the same, basic, neurotic people they had always been; they just spoke of bad "vibrations" and "karma" instead of arguments at work and car accidents. It was as if, having seen a very inspiring movie on h ...
The Sociology of Early Buddhism
... denotes no ready-made atomic reality: it has always meant many different things to different people. This is especially so for the concept of ‘early Buddhism’, which has itself provoked debate about what it can mean, even in principle. If this is not enough, it is compounded by the temporal disjunct ...
... denotes no ready-made atomic reality: it has always meant many different things to different people. This is especially so for the concept of ‘early Buddhism’, which has itself provoked debate about what it can mean, even in principle. If this is not enough, it is compounded by the temporal disjunct ...
Avataṃsaka 華嚴 Transnationalism in Modern Sinitic Buddhism
... we will meet a number of individuals who studied and lectured on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra. As we do, it is important to keep in mind that this text was almost always read through the lens of the Avataṃsaka philosophy present in these commentaries. Here I refer to Avataṃsaka as a “school” of Buddhist tho ...
... we will meet a number of individuals who studied and lectured on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra. As we do, it is important to keep in mind that this text was almost always read through the lens of the Avataṃsaka philosophy present in these commentaries. Here I refer to Avataṃsaka as a “school” of Buddhist tho ...
Eight Buddhist Methods for Leaders
... overcome these shortcomings is the path to wisdom and success. A combination of compassion and wisdom is sought here. Leaders need to possess compassion and exhibit compassion to their employees. One important step is to distinguish between guilt and regret. Guilt is a negative mind fostered by delu ...
... overcome these shortcomings is the path to wisdom and success. A combination of compassion and wisdom is sought here. Leaders need to possess compassion and exhibit compassion to their employees. One important step is to distinguish between guilt and regret. Guilt is a negative mind fostered by delu ...
EMPEROR YONG ZHENG
... Buddha has the same meaning as when defined by all the other books and all the recorded teachings of the saints and sages. Broadly speaking, Bud dha-nature encompasses all the virtues. If people's hearts are sincere, if they all live pure and disci plined lives, if they all give precedence to court ...
... Buddha has the same meaning as when defined by all the other books and all the recorded teachings of the saints and sages. Broadly speaking, Bud dha-nature encompasses all the virtues. If people's hearts are sincere, if they all live pure and disci plined lives, if they all give precedence to court ...
The Beatnik Buddhist: The Monk of American Pop
... Buddhism, Kerouac came to identify with other prominent teachers in American culture. For example, in a 1954 letter to Ginsberg, Kerouac tells Ginsberg that since he is Ginsberg’s Buddhist guide, Ginsberg ought to listen to him as if he were Einstein teaching relativity.15 Kerouac would also place h ...
... Buddhism, Kerouac came to identify with other prominent teachers in American culture. For example, in a 1954 letter to Ginsberg, Kerouac tells Ginsberg that since he is Ginsberg’s Buddhist guide, Ginsberg ought to listen to him as if he were Einstein teaching relativity.15 Kerouac would also place h ...