By Ajahn Jayasaro - Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
... The publication of this book, which is to be made available at hotels and other accommodations, meets a long-standing need. There have been others in the past who have begun and then finally abandoned such a project. This book finally succeeds in remedying an important lack. Ajahn Jayasaro has writt ...
... The publication of this book, which is to be made available at hotels and other accommodations, meets a long-standing need. There have been others in the past who have begun and then finally abandoned such a project. This book finally succeeds in remedying an important lack. Ajahn Jayasaro has writt ...
Current Issue - Buddhism in Ottawa
... hilarious personal stories, and the wise similes of the Buddha. As the retreatants laughed through his tales, a great level of insight was transferred. The entire retreat was held in what Ajahn Sona called Ògolden silenceÓ. When the retreatants had a slight difficulty adhering to this silence on the ...
... hilarious personal stories, and the wise similes of the Buddha. As the retreatants laughed through his tales, a great level of insight was transferred. The entire retreat was held in what Ajahn Sona called Ògolden silenceÓ. When the retreatants had a slight difficulty adhering to this silence on the ...
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 ...
Explaining Tantra in Tibetan Buddhism at Shuchi-in
... “Abbot of Koyasan, Dharma brothers and sisters, including some from China, I am very happy to be here and to have this opportunity to speak to you,” were His Holiness‟s opening words. “I‟ve been here twice before and I‟ve given the Vairochana Initiation before too. The difference this time is that i ...
... “Abbot of Koyasan, Dharma brothers and sisters, including some from China, I am very happy to be here and to have this opportunity to speak to you,” were His Holiness‟s opening words. “I‟ve been here twice before and I‟ve given the Vairochana Initiation before too. The difference this time is that i ...
permissions - poetry of China
... sole fountain of wisdom. Everything depends upon awakening. The self-awakened will spontaneously avoid all evil and pursue all good. He enjoys an ineffable freedom and peace, and carries within him a living fountain of wisdom. The way of Huineng was, then, professedly opened for men of the highest s ...
... sole fountain of wisdom. Everything depends upon awakening. The self-awakened will spontaneously avoid all evil and pursue all good. He enjoys an ineffable freedom and peace, and carries within him a living fountain of wisdom. The way of Huineng was, then, professedly opened for men of the highest s ...
201406 Vesak Edition - Samadhi Buddhist Foundation
... everything born contain its own ending.” When the third quarter of the night approached, Buddha asked his disciples, three times if there were any doubts about the teachings or the disciplines. The Bhikkhus stood silent. The Buddha then said his final words “All conditioned phenomena are subject to ...
... everything born contain its own ending.” When the third quarter of the night approached, Buddha asked his disciples, three times if there were any doubts about the teachings or the disciplines. The Bhikkhus stood silent. The Buddha then said his final words “All conditioned phenomena are subject to ...
Cultivation of wisdom in the Theravada Buddhist tradition
... one) and benefitted not only from supra-mundane insight (which I shall discuss shortly) but ...
... one) and benefitted not only from supra-mundane insight (which I shall discuss shortly) but ...
Buddhism in Thailand
... land. Suvaróabhúmi therefore literally means Golden Land or Land of Gold. Keeping in view the abundance of nature in that part of Asia just referred to, the term seems but appropriate. The reason why scholars of Thailand express the view that the capital of Suvaróabhúmi was at Nakon Pathom was becau ...
... land. Suvaróabhúmi therefore literally means Golden Land or Land of Gold. Keeping in view the abundance of nature in that part of Asia just referred to, the term seems but appropriate. The reason why scholars of Thailand express the view that the capital of Suvaróabhúmi was at Nakon Pathom was becau ...
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
... unsystematic reflection is reflection that is off the right course; that is, taking the impermanent as permanent, the painful as pleasure, the soulless as a soul, the bad as good. The constant rolling-on that is saísára, is rooted in unsystematic thinking. When unsystematic thinking increases it ful ...
... unsystematic reflection is reflection that is off the right course; that is, taking the impermanent as permanent, the painful as pleasure, the soulless as a soul, the bad as good. The constant rolling-on that is saísára, is rooted in unsystematic thinking. When unsystematic thinking increases it ful ...
Crisis and Revival of Meiji Buddhism
... curate a museum where all these materials could be preserved, and the preaching and ceremonies would be performed by appropriate specialists. Together with other scholars, like Albert RÉVILLE (1826‒1906), he became the founder of religious studies in France. In 1880, the "Revue de l'Histoire des Re ...
... curate a museum where all these materials could be preserved, and the preaching and ceremonies would be performed by appropriate specialists. Together with other scholars, like Albert RÉVILLE (1826‒1906), he became the founder of religious studies in France. In 1880, the "Revue de l'Histoire des Re ...
Buddhism - An Order of Teaching and Service
... According to this narrative, shortly after the birth of young prince Siddhartha Gautama, an astrologer visited the young prince's father - King Śuddhodana - and prophesied that Siddhartha would either become a great king or renounce the material world to become a holy man, depending on whether he sa ...
... According to this narrative, shortly after the birth of young prince Siddhartha Gautama, an astrologer visited the young prince's father - King Śuddhodana - and prophesied that Siddhartha would either become a great king or renounce the material world to become a holy man, depending on whether he sa ...
The Taste of Freedom
... Venerable Sangharakshita had fairly recently arrived from the East. And it was during this transitional era in the development of Western Buddhism that he gave the talks which, in lightly edited form, make up this book. By that time Sangharakshita's greatest contribution to the transformation of the ...
... Venerable Sangharakshita had fairly recently arrived from the East. And it was during this transitional era in the development of Western Buddhism that he gave the talks which, in lightly edited form, make up this book. By that time Sangharakshita's greatest contribution to the transformation of the ...
Buddhist Examination Study Guide Buddhist Examination Study Guide
... ( F ) 22. When one practices giving, it is because one is wealthy, has high social standing, or seeks to gain fame. (It is a practice to cultivate people’s mind of compassion and renunciation.) ( T ) 23. What you put into the world comes back to you. How you live your life determines what kind of li ...
... ( F ) 22. When one practices giving, it is because one is wealthy, has high social standing, or seeks to gain fame. (It is a practice to cultivate people’s mind of compassion and renunciation.) ( T ) 23. What you put into the world comes back to you. How you live your life determines what kind of li ...
Samantha Landon World History Text Set Buddhism Introduction
... meditation are all covered within the book. These poems, written by Buddhists, offer a look at the characteristics of Buddhism. B) Rationale: This text will engage students because it is completely different from the texts that they are expected to read for school. This book is mostly written in poe ...
... meditation are all covered within the book. These poems, written by Buddhists, offer a look at the characteristics of Buddhism. B) Rationale: This text will engage students because it is completely different from the texts that they are expected to read for school. This book is mostly written in poe ...
Vows and Declarations of Votaries of the Lotus Sutra and
... enlightenment through the teachings of the Lotus Sutra as Bodhisattvas of the Earth. “Shoju is to be practiced when throughout the entire country only the Lotus Sutra has spread, and when there is not even a single misguided teacher expounding erroneous doctrines…. But the time for shakubuku is very ...
... enlightenment through the teachings of the Lotus Sutra as Bodhisattvas of the Earth. “Shoju is to be practiced when throughout the entire country only the Lotus Sutra has spread, and when there is not even a single misguided teacher expounding erroneous doctrines…. But the time for shakubuku is very ...
Buddhist Perspectives on Health and Healing
... Eight components of the Path are not eight different ways, but related factors of one path. In the course of practicing of these aspects of the Path, the knowledge, understanding, and the beliefs established along the way, as essential assets of the Path, will gradually evolve and grow through depen ...
... Eight components of the Path are not eight different ways, but related factors of one path. In the course of practicing of these aspects of the Path, the knowledge, understanding, and the beliefs established along the way, as essential assets of the Path, will gradually evolve and grow through depen ...
Mimesis, Violence, and Socially Engaged Buddhism: Overture to a
... While the Christian assumptions and context of Girard's mimetic theory differ radically from either ancient or contemporary forms of Buddhism, there are, nonetheless, a number of similarities that suggest a conversation may be fruitful. Both Girard and the Buddhist tradition see our usual self-aware ...
... While the Christian assumptions and context of Girard's mimetic theory differ radically from either ancient or contemporary forms of Buddhism, there are, nonetheless, a number of similarities that suggest a conversation may be fruitful. Both Girard and the Buddhist tradition see our usual self-aware ...
BUDDHISM A Brief Overview of the History of Buddhism Buddhism
... all pleasure, and follow a life of extreme asceticism. But this state of being nearly killed him. What saved him was that one day he heard someone speak about the strings on a musical instrument: if a string is too tight it will break and be ruined; if it is too loose, you cannot make beautiful musi ...
... all pleasure, and follow a life of extreme asceticism. But this state of being nearly killed him. What saved him was that one day he heard someone speak about the strings on a musical instrument: if a string is too tight it will break and be ruined; if it is too loose, you cannot make beautiful musi ...
Buddhism (Pali/Sanskrit:Buddha Dharma) is a religion and
... of encounters—known in Buddhist literature as the four sights he learned of the suffering of ordinary people, encountering an old man, a sick man, a corpse and, finally, an ascetic holy man, apparently content and at peace with the world. These experiences prompted Gautama to abandon royal life and ...
... of encounters—known in Buddhist literature as the four sights he learned of the suffering of ordinary people, encountering an old man, a sick man, a corpse and, finally, an ascetic holy man, apparently content and at peace with the world. These experiences prompted Gautama to abandon royal life and ...
Medicine Buddha Sangha - Susquehanna Yoga and Meditation
... The Venerable Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche was born in the Nag-chu District of Tibet. From his earliest years, the Venerable Thinley Ningpo was distinguished by a loving and compassionate nature and an active concern for the welfare of others. He entered school at the age of eight and diligently ...
... The Venerable Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche was born in the Nag-chu District of Tibet. From his earliest years, the Venerable Thinley Ningpo was distinguished by a loving and compassionate nature and an active concern for the welfare of others. He entered school at the age of eight and diligently ...
The Core of Íåkyamuni Buddha`s Teachings and the Distinctive
... who, hit by a poisoned arrow, says it should not be pulled out and rejects treatment before he receives minute information about the nature of the criminal, the material of the lethal weapon, and so on. The Buddha became silent before such metaphysical problems, but in contrast to this he explained ...
... who, hit by a poisoned arrow, says it should not be pulled out and rejects treatment before he receives minute information about the nature of the criminal, the material of the lethal weapon, and so on. The Buddha became silent before such metaphysical problems, but in contrast to this he explained ...
patriarch ` svision
... lived, can not be limited to either the ethereal or the material, and must be a combination of these two, and that reality is in fact a state of mind-body existence that has broken free of the limitations of thought that bind humanity to the cycle of suffering. Nagarjuna is important for humanity be ...
... lived, can not be limited to either the ethereal or the material, and must be a combination of these two, and that reality is in fact a state of mind-body existence that has broken free of the limitations of thought that bind humanity to the cycle of suffering. Nagarjuna is important for humanity be ...
Buddhism
... Who could be expected to understand truth as profound as that which the Buddha had laid hold of? How could speech-defying revelation be translated into words, or visions that shatter definitions be caged in language? In short, how show what can only be found, teach what can only be learned? ...
... Who could be expected to understand truth as profound as that which the Buddha had laid hold of? How could speech-defying revelation be translated into words, or visions that shatter definitions be caged in language? In short, how show what can only be found, teach what can only be learned? ...
how to meditate
... ubduing the mind and bringing it to the right understanding of reality is no easy task. It requires a slow and gradual process of listening to and reading explanations of the mind and the nature of things; thinking about and carefully analyzing this information; and finally transforming the mind thr ...
... ubduing the mind and bringing it to the right understanding of reality is no easy task. It requires a slow and gradual process of listening to and reading explanations of the mind and the nature of things; thinking about and carefully analyzing this information; and finally transforming the mind thr ...
Tsundu- Becoming a Lama - Documentary Educational Resources
... Buddhists believe that following the Eight Fold Path will enable them to break the chain of birth and death (and thus suffering) and achieve nirvana, or supreme enlightenment. Today there are more than 300 million followers of Buddhism around the world, mostly in Asian countries such as Thailand, Bu ...
... Buddhists believe that following the Eight Fold Path will enable them to break the chain of birth and death (and thus suffering) and achieve nirvana, or supreme enlightenment. Today there are more than 300 million followers of Buddhism around the world, mostly in Asian countries such as Thailand, Bu ...