Buddhism and Western Psychology
... Dalai Lama continually stresses that his approach to Buddhism is about increasing happiness. Padmasiri de Silva (2000) points out how more attention is given to psychology in Buddhism than in any other major spiritual discipline. Levine (2000) suggests a number of commonalities between Buddhism and ...
... Dalai Lama continually stresses that his approach to Buddhism is about increasing happiness. Padmasiri de Silva (2000) points out how more attention is given to psychology in Buddhism than in any other major spiritual discipline. Levine (2000) suggests a number of commonalities between Buddhism and ...
astract - University of West Florida
... Dalai Lama continually stresses that his approach to Buddhism is about increasing happiness. Padmasiri de Silva (2000) points out how more attention is given to psychology in Buddhism than in any other major spiritual discipline. Levine (2000) suggests a number of commonalities between Buddhism and ...
... Dalai Lama continually stresses that his approach to Buddhism is about increasing happiness. Padmasiri de Silva (2000) points out how more attention is given to psychology in Buddhism than in any other major spiritual discipline. Levine (2000) suggests a number of commonalities between Buddhism and ...
Magazine 2014 - Lumbini Nepalese Buddha Dharma Society
... experience everything as fate. If everything is fate and predetermined then again there would be no need for ethical laws and moral standards. Indeed a teacher in the Buddha’s time, Ajita Kesakambali, said that if one were to go down one side of the Ganges creating mayhem and up the other performing ...
... experience everything as fate. If everything is fate and predetermined then again there would be no need for ethical laws and moral standards. Indeed a teacher in the Buddha’s time, Ajita Kesakambali, said that if one were to go down one side of the Ganges creating mayhem and up the other performing ...
THE BAILIN BUDDHIST TEMPLE: THRIVING UNDER
... Following the Mahàyàna tradition, the Sangha is composed of celibate monks and nuns living at the temple-monastery to carry out their own practices, attend to the statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and perform rituals for lay worshippers. Some of the lay believers may take the conversion rite of g ...
... Following the Mahàyàna tradition, the Sangha is composed of celibate monks and nuns living at the temple-monastery to carry out their own practices, attend to the statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and perform rituals for lay worshippers. Some of the lay believers may take the conversion rite of g ...
Issue 1 - Beginner`s Mind Zen Center
... The first time that Shakyamuni Buddha spoke after his enlightenment was to teach about the Four Noble Truths. These truths are: that we suffer, that there is a cause of our suffering, that there is relief from our suffering, and there is a path to relieve our suffering. In Zen Buddhism, we tend to t ...
... The first time that Shakyamuni Buddha spoke after his enlightenment was to teach about the Four Noble Truths. These truths are: that we suffer, that there is a cause of our suffering, that there is relief from our suffering, and there is a path to relieve our suffering. In Zen Buddhism, we tend to t ...
Annual Report `14 (MBS) - maha bodhi society, bengaluru
... Buddharakkhita who founded the Maha Bodhi Society in Bangalore in 1956. He passed away peacefully on September 23, 2013. Late Venerable Dr. Acharya Buddharakkhita, FounderPresident of Maha Bodhi Society, Bangalore and its branches and sister organizations in Mysore, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, was bo ...
... Buddharakkhita who founded the Maha Bodhi Society in Bangalore in 1956. He passed away peacefully on September 23, 2013. Late Venerable Dr. Acharya Buddharakkhita, FounderPresident of Maha Bodhi Society, Bangalore and its branches and sister organizations in Mysore, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, was bo ...
The Individual Psychology of Tibetan Buddhism
... six syllables is great and vast. The first, Om is composed of three letters, A, U, and M. These symbolize the practitioner's impure body, speech, and mind; they also symbolize the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha…Mani, meaning jewel, symbolizes the factors of method—the altruistic int ...
... six syllables is great and vast. The first, Om is composed of three letters, A, U, and M. These symbolize the practitioner's impure body, speech, and mind; they also symbolize the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha…Mani, meaning jewel, symbolizes the factors of method—the altruistic int ...
Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
... ennobling truths are not propositions to believe; they are challenges to act. There is a passage in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in which Alice enters a room to find a bottle marked with the label "Drink Me." The label does not tell Alice what is inside the bottle but tells her what to do with i ...
... ennobling truths are not propositions to believe; they are challenges to act. There is a passage in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in which Alice enters a room to find a bottle marked with the label "Drink Me." The label does not tell Alice what is inside the bottle but tells her what to do with i ...
Zen spirituality in a secular age II
... In the context of medieval Japanese Buddhism, this ‘leap paradigm’ was represented by the immensely influential Tendai Buddhist discourse of ‘original enlightenment’ (hongaku), the assertion that all beings are Buddhas inherently. 23 Since Dōgen grew up in the Tendai school, this hongaku discourse a ...
... In the context of medieval Japanese Buddhism, this ‘leap paradigm’ was represented by the immensely influential Tendai Buddhist discourse of ‘original enlightenment’ (hongaku), the assertion that all beings are Buddhas inherently. 23 Since Dōgen grew up in the Tendai school, this hongaku discourse a ...
shambhala london 2015
... Chögyam Trungpa always spoke in plain language, and this book has been edited to maximize that approach. Ever-increasing visibility: Chögyam Trungpa's books are more popular now than ever. The author died more than 25 years ago, yet he has over 38,000 Facebook fans, and there is growing interest in ...
... Chögyam Trungpa always spoke in plain language, and this book has been edited to maximize that approach. Ever-increasing visibility: Chögyam Trungpa's books are more popular now than ever. The author died more than 25 years ago, yet he has over 38,000 Facebook fans, and there is growing interest in ...
Insight Meditation in the United States: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit
... Insight Meditation, or vipassana, has been, since the early 1980s, one of the fastest growing in popularity. To a great extent this can be attributed to the practice being offered independent of much of its traditional Theravada Buddhist religious context. This autonomy has allowed the American vipa ...
... Insight Meditation, or vipassana, has been, since the early 1980s, one of the fastest growing in popularity. To a great extent this can be attributed to the practice being offered independent of much of its traditional Theravada Buddhist religious context. This autonomy has allowed the American vipa ...
Insight Meditation Society
... others. We particularly value this deep and ongoing connection with the Asian roots of our practice. All these wonderful teachers have been an inspiration on many levels and have helped nourish the growth of the dharma in the West. At present, the Forest Refuge is providing a venue conducive to long ...
... others. We particularly value this deep and ongoing connection with the Asian roots of our practice. All these wonderful teachers have been an inspiration on many levels and have helped nourish the growth of the dharma in the West. At present, the Forest Refuge is providing a venue conducive to long ...
Zen and Dzogchen: Unifying the Ground and
... obscurations arising in the world of Relative Truth. Thus, Absolute or Ultimate Truth— shunyata—is both origin and aim. While the gradualist path of the Hinayana and the Mahayana uses prajna, the Inner Tantras, and especially the Ati Yoga of Dzogchen, utilize the non-coneptual, nondual innate primor ...
... obscurations arising in the world of Relative Truth. Thus, Absolute or Ultimate Truth— shunyata—is both origin and aim. While the gradualist path of the Hinayana and the Mahayana uses prajna, the Inner Tantras, and especially the Ati Yoga of Dzogchen, utilize the non-coneptual, nondual innate primor ...
The Emerging Role of Buddhism in Clinical Psychology: Toward
... the need to develop culturally syntonic treatments for Asian Americans and Asian Europeans (Hall, Hong, Zane, & Meyer, 2011); (iii) Buddhism’s orientation as more of a philosophical and practice-based system relative to some religions in which a greater emphasis is placed on worship and dogma (Shoni ...
... the need to develop culturally syntonic treatments for Asian Americans and Asian Europeans (Hall, Hong, Zane, & Meyer, 2011); (iii) Buddhism’s orientation as more of a philosophical and practice-based system relative to some religions in which a greater emphasis is placed on worship and dogma (Shoni ...
Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... supposed quietism, James also reflects on the contrary criticism that traditional Zen has at times been overly active in politically problematic ways. He accordingly discusses the political conservativism within traditional Zen as well as its unfortunate role in Imperial Japan. These issues need mor ...
... supposed quietism, James also reflects on the contrary criticism that traditional Zen has at times been overly active in politically problematic ways. He accordingly discusses the political conservativism within traditional Zen as well as its unfortunate role in Imperial Japan. These issues need mor ...
Awaken17 - Dharma Resources - Kong Meng San Phor Kark See
... We spend a large part of our lives working and earning a livelihood. Thus the workplace is one place where we spend a great amount of time and a place that we can apply the Dharma as we do our job well (pg 43), even if our effort is devoted to non-dharma work. We can apply sila (morality), samadhi ( ...
... We spend a large part of our lives working and earning a livelihood. Thus the workplace is one place where we spend a great amount of time and a place that we can apply the Dharma as we do our job well (pg 43), even if our effort is devoted to non-dharma work. We can apply sila (morality), samadhi ( ...
Approaching The Great Perfection
... Lingpa is strongly present in these compositions. The reader cannot help but be struck by the urgency in his writing, and by his concern to communicate the true spirit of the Great Perfection to his audience. Although Jigme Lingpa did compose more scholarly treatises than these, he is best known as ...
... Lingpa is strongly present in these compositions. The reader cannot help but be struck by the urgency in his writing, and by his concern to communicate the true spirit of the Great Perfection to his audience. Although Jigme Lingpa did compose more scholarly treatises than these, he is best known as ...
sample - Casa Fluminense
... Tamura was raised in a Christian family, but he soon grew dissatisfied with Christianity for a variety of reasons and did not maintain any affiliation with the church as an adult. While it would be fair, I think, to say that he was deeply impressed by teachings of the Lotus Sutra and enjoyed friend ...
... Tamura was raised in a Christian family, but he soon grew dissatisfied with Christianity for a variety of reasons and did not maintain any affiliation with the church as an adult. While it would be fair, I think, to say that he was deeply impressed by teachings of the Lotus Sutra and enjoyed friend ...
Buddhism in China and Modern Society: An Introduction Centering
... and the process of grasping the teachings of pure Buddhism12; it is also the process of Buddhism realizing self-reformation and self-purification. He states, “The theory, system, and style (of Buddhism for the Human Realm) have a tendency to constantly change.”13 From his viewpoint, even if it is th ...
... and the process of grasping the teachings of pure Buddhism12; it is also the process of Buddhism realizing self-reformation and self-purification. He states, “The theory, system, and style (of Buddhism for the Human Realm) have a tendency to constantly change.”13 From his viewpoint, even if it is th ...
Transcript of the teachings by Geshe Chonyi
... teachings we listen to or study in that life. Like that, we will slowly become a better person and there will be hope for us to achieve enlightenment. If we want to achieve full enlightenment, it is extremely important for us to place stable and firm imprints on our minds. If we are not doing that n ...
... teachings we listen to or study in that life. Like that, we will slowly become a better person and there will be hope for us to achieve enlightenment. If we want to achieve full enlightenment, it is extremely important for us to place stable and firm imprints on our minds. If we are not doing that n ...
wheel of dharma - Buddhist Churches of America
... e-mail. People do not write checks to make payments anymore. It is all done electronically. People like to be connected with their friends. I always see people talking with their friends even while walking, but the new way to communicate is to send text messages. When I phone my children sometimes t ...
... e-mail. People do not write checks to make payments anymore. It is all done electronically. People like to be connected with their friends. I always see people talking with their friends even while walking, but the new way to communicate is to send text messages. When I phone my children sometimes t ...
Confucianism, Buddhism& Taoism
... In his early twenties he became a tutor At the age of fifty Confucius set out on a 13 year trek He died at the age of 74 Confucius was undoubtedly one of the worlds best teachers He always taught very informal, like a fellow learner with his students He never thought of himself as a sage ...
... In his early twenties he became a tutor At the age of fifty Confucius set out on a 13 year trek He died at the age of 74 Confucius was undoubtedly one of the worlds best teachers He always taught very informal, like a fellow learner with his students He never thought of himself as a sage ...
The Ethics of Knowledge and Action in Postmodern Organizations
... compasses, and squarely confronts him with his innermost being which only can be contacted through deep seeing: his innate knowledge. According to Wang, "The individual has within himself the spring of knowledge and should constantly carry into practice the things that his intuitive knowledge of goo ...
... compasses, and squarely confronts him with his innermost being which only can be contacted through deep seeing: his innate knowledge. According to Wang, "The individual has within himself the spring of knowledge and should constantly carry into practice the things that his intuitive knowledge of goo ...
The First Saṅgīti and Theravāda Monasticism Bhikkhu Anālayo
... seen as subordinate to the overarching aim of cultivating the higher mind and higher wisdom, that is, tranquillity and insight.36 A set of three discourses in the Aṅguttara-nikāya and their parallels in the Saṃyuktaāgama go so far as to indicate that someone who has fulfilled the higher training in ...
... seen as subordinate to the overarching aim of cultivating the higher mind and higher wisdom, that is, tranquillity and insight.36 A set of three discourses in the Aṅguttara-nikāya and their parallels in the Saṃyuktaāgama go so far as to indicate that someone who has fulfilled the higher training in ...
BLIAQ Newsletter - Chung Tian Temple
... that time, he did not even have clothes to wear. His ‘half brother’ (a Dharma brother borrowing their Master’s name but following another one to renounce) gave him two sets of clothes. A few days later, the clothes were worn out but he still wore them for two years, using paper and paste to mend the ...
... that time, he did not even have clothes to wear. His ‘half brother’ (a Dharma brother borrowing their Master’s name but following another one to renounce) gave him two sets of clothes. A few days later, the clothes were worn out but he still wore them for two years, using paper and paste to mend the ...