Buddhist emptiness and Christian trinity
... faculty, which distinguishes between the potential and the actual, the probable and the possible (Govinda, 1981: 4). It is in Symbols that we perceive reality creatively. The Symbol, therefore, is the meeting point of experiencing consciousnesses; it is the place where reality becomes aware of itsel ...
... faculty, which distinguishes between the potential and the actual, the probable and the possible (Govinda, 1981: 4). It is in Symbols that we perceive reality creatively. The Symbol, therefore, is the meeting point of experiencing consciousnesses; it is the place where reality becomes aware of itsel ...
Papers presented at the International Buddhist Conference, March
... time, along with the sapling from the sacred bodhi tree under which the Buddha had attained enlightenment. The same was planted in the Mahamegha garden of Anuradhapura with a great celebration where it was tended with honour and care. It still flourishes as one of the most sacred objects of venerati ...
... time, along with the sapling from the sacred bodhi tree under which the Buddha had attained enlightenment. The same was planted in the Mahamegha garden of Anuradhapura with a great celebration where it was tended with honour and care. It still flourishes as one of the most sacred objects of venerati ...
exemplars and commentary
... understand it. For Buddhists life is suffering and the goal is to find release from the cycle of suffering. Buddhists try to find a way of life that stops suffering coming into being and, that cuts off its causes in one’s life, attitudes and behaviour. Real change and real improvement are only possi ...
... understand it. For Buddhists life is suffering and the goal is to find release from the cycle of suffering. Buddhists try to find a way of life that stops suffering coming into being and, that cuts off its causes in one’s life, attitudes and behaviour. Real change and real improvement are only possi ...
What the Buddha Thought, by Richard Gombrich. London: Equinox
... versial. Of course it is legitimate to attempt to sort out the original ideas and even words of the historical Buddha, and to understand him as a thinker of the order of Socrates, Heraclitus, or Zhuangzi. Of course we should take the Pāli Canon, ‘as a working hypothesis’, to be ‘telling us the truth ...
... versial. Of course it is legitimate to attempt to sort out the original ideas and even words of the historical Buddha, and to understand him as a thinker of the order of Socrates, Heraclitus, or Zhuangzi. Of course we should take the Pāli Canon, ‘as a working hypothesis’, to be ‘telling us the truth ...
Right Mindfulness - Triratna-nyc
... opinions. Why Mindfulness Is Important It's important to understand Buddhism as a discipline or process rather than as a belief system. The Buddha did not teach doctrines about enlightenment, but rather taught people how to realize enlightenment themselves. An ...
... opinions. Why Mindfulness Is Important It's important to understand Buddhism as a discipline or process rather than as a belief system. The Buddha did not teach doctrines about enlightenment, but rather taught people how to realize enlightenment themselves. An ...
puñña sukka By Martin T. Adam Religious Studies Program
... It can mean "that which determines" as well as "that which one uses to determine." Here it is understood in the former sense. Clearly the two senses are not equivalent. The criteria by which we judge an action to be good or bad do not necessarily constitute the causes of the action's being good or ...
... It can mean "that which determines" as well as "that which one uses to determine." Here it is understood in the former sense. Clearly the two senses are not equivalent. The criteria by which we judge an action to be good or bad do not necessarily constitute the causes of the action's being good or ...
Meditation and Mental Freedom: A Buddhist Theory of Free Will
... undermine free will. But according to this argument, indeterminism also undermines free will. We may call those who believe in free will “optimists” and the above dilemma the “optimist’s dilemma.” Complications connected with quantum mechanics bear on the issue of whether determinism or indeterminis ...
... undermine free will. But according to this argument, indeterminism also undermines free will. We may call those who believe in free will “optimists” and the above dilemma the “optimist’s dilemma.” Complications connected with quantum mechanics bear on the issue of whether determinism or indeterminis ...
For more information about Nichiren Buddhism and a - Sgi-Usa
... very heart and core of the sutra’s teaching. He added nam to Myohorenge-kyo and set forth the chanting of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo as the practice to accord one’s life with this Law, which he identified as the law of life itself. Nam comes from the Sanskrit word namas, which was translated in Chinese and ...
... very heart and core of the sutra’s teaching. He added nam to Myohorenge-kyo and set forth the chanting of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo as the practice to accord one’s life with this Law, which he identified as the law of life itself. Nam comes from the Sanskrit word namas, which was translated in Chinese and ...
the role of diamond sutra in the vietnamese buddhist practice
... copied of the sutra, as well as carvings on woodblocks. Today, we can find this sutra all around the country of Vietnam both in the private collection of many Buddhist temples or in public libraries of the government. Particularly in Haùn-Noâm Institute’s library there are sixteen different editions ...
... copied of the sutra, as well as carvings on woodblocks. Today, we can find this sutra all around the country of Vietnam both in the private collection of many Buddhist temples or in public libraries of the government. Particularly in Haùn-Noâm Institute’s library there are sixteen different editions ...
Read article - Dickinson Blogs
... trust in their gurus, such as “The master must have a reason for saying this or doing that, he cannot be wrong,” etc.; so we cannot deny that Ajātasattu was not such a case. For him, the Buddha might have been more than a religious teacher, for it was the Buddha who had rescued him out of the person ...
... trust in their gurus, such as “The master must have a reason for saying this or doing that, he cannot be wrong,” etc.; so we cannot deny that Ajātasattu was not such a case. For him, the Buddha might have been more than a religious teacher, for it was the Buddha who had rescued him out of the person ...
The Four Realities True for Noble Ones: Ariyasacca Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... edition and Ñāṇamoli’s translation (564) put these sentences out of the quotation obviously because these are not found in the relevant SN text. However: 1) The indeclinable iti that signals the end of the quotation comes only after these two sentences in the Vism text. It can only mean that they ar ...
... edition and Ñāṇamoli’s translation (564) put these sentences out of the quotation obviously because these are not found in the relevant SN text. However: 1) The indeclinable iti that signals the end of the quotation comes only after these two sentences in the Vism text. It can only mean that they ar ...
i-xxiv*.Japanese Myth.FM
... clan deities. These spirits can help individuals in the present. However, they do much more than that. The process of honoring one’s ancestors helps unify the extended family that descended from them. Maintaining these bonds strengthens the clan and the entire society. A person is responsible to the ...
... clan deities. These spirits can help individuals in the present. However, they do much more than that. The process of honoring one’s ancestors helps unify the extended family that descended from them. Maintaining these bonds strengthens the clan and the entire society. A person is responsible to the ...
did the dhamma die with the buddha?
... contradicts Masefield’s assertion. In this sutta the Buddha sets out four factors for stream-entry: there are association with superior persons, hearing the true Dhamma, careful attention, and practice in accordance with the Dhamma.19 The same four factors also lead to the fruits of once-returning, ...
... contradicts Masefield’s assertion. In this sutta the Buddha sets out four factors for stream-entry: there are association with superior persons, hearing the true Dhamma, careful attention, and practice in accordance with the Dhamma.19 The same four factors also lead to the fruits of once-returning, ...
a study on the i-pu-tsung-lun-lun
... The Arhats answered, “It is impossible, but if it is as you say, you can stand by a little and presently get the condition of ‘past learning’. Then you can enter the assembly; at present your presence is not possible.”26[26] Vasumitra, “I care for the condition of ‘past learning’ as little as for a ...
... The Arhats answered, “It is impossible, but if it is as you say, you can stand by a little and presently get the condition of ‘past learning’. Then you can enter the assembly; at present your presence is not possible.”26[26] Vasumitra, “I care for the condition of ‘past learning’ as little as for a ...
Sakya Newsletter: Fall 2005
... Citizen, he is on a one year renewable Study Visa with the Nepalese Government and plans to stay at the Tharlam Monastery indefinitely. He studies with his private tutor 6 days a week for about 7 hours a day with only Sundays off. His residential and study quarters are on the top floor of the Tharla ...
... Citizen, he is on a one year renewable Study Visa with the Nepalese Government and plans to stay at the Tharlam Monastery indefinitely. He studies with his private tutor 6 days a week for about 7 hours a day with only Sundays off. His residential and study quarters are on the top floor of the Tharla ...
The Acceptance and Impact of the Lotus Sutra in Japan
... In the ninth century Saicho founded the Tendai Lotus sect in Japan. It was a very important event in the history of faith in the Lotus Sutra in Japan. In China the T’ien-t’ai sect had been founded already by Chih-i in the Sui dynasty. Although the Three Treatises sect ( , which was founded by Chi-ts ...
... In the ninth century Saicho founded the Tendai Lotus sect in Japan. It was a very important event in the history of faith in the Lotus Sutra in Japan. In China the T’ien-t’ai sect had been founded already by Chih-i in the Sui dynasty. Although the Three Treatises sect ( , which was founded by Chi-ts ...
AMAZON REVIEWS, including 41 by readers (August 30, 2013) This
... “In his highly praised new translation, Fronsdal brings to bear his considerable experience both as a scholar and a practitioner. His intimacy with the text is obvious: the verses ring out clearly on the first read, communicating their meaning with precision and poetic sensitivity.”—Tricycle “It's a ...
... “In his highly praised new translation, Fronsdal brings to bear his considerable experience both as a scholar and a practitioner. His intimacy with the text is obvious: the verses ring out clearly on the first read, communicating their meaning with precision and poetic sensitivity.”—Tricycle “It's a ...
Four Noble Truths
... teaching. In the third chapter, Similes and Parables, the sūtra introduces what it calls "the most wonderful and unsurpassed great Dharma":[11] [12] In the past at Vārāṇasī, you turned the wheel of the Dharma of the Four Noble Truths, making distinctions and preaching that all things are born and be ...
... teaching. In the third chapter, Similes and Parables, the sūtra introduces what it calls "the most wonderful and unsurpassed great Dharma":[11] [12] In the past at Vārāṇasī, you turned the wheel of the Dharma of the Four Noble Truths, making distinctions and preaching that all things are born and be ...
Maitreya Images in Asian Buddhist Fine Arts - Harvard
... Madhyamika). It is noteworthy that Asanga used the penname Maitreyanatha in these sastras, which were drawn directly from his understanding of Maitreya’s teachings. However, Asanga only referred vaguely to Maitreya Buddha. 4 The time when Asanga wrote the abovementioned sastras could be considered t ...
... Madhyamika). It is noteworthy that Asanga used the penname Maitreyanatha in these sastras, which were drawn directly from his understanding of Maitreya’s teachings. However, Asanga only referred vaguely to Maitreya Buddha. 4 The time when Asanga wrote the abovementioned sastras could be considered t ...
The Dalai Lama`s reputation in China
... reason why we always see him dressed in maroon and yellow robes (see Figure 7.1). He has been a monk all his life. The spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people. This may have been true before the 1950s when the Chinese encroached on – or, alternatively, liberated – the areas where the ma ...
... reason why we always see him dressed in maroon and yellow robes (see Figure 7.1). He has been a monk all his life. The spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people. This may have been true before the 1950s when the Chinese encroached on – or, alternatively, liberated – the areas where the ma ...
Japanese Mythology A to Z
... No kami is all-powerful or flawless. Often in Japanese myths, the ujikami do things that a human might, getting into trouble or upsetting others. In this way, they are like Greek or Roman gods. In early Japan, shrines to the kami were generally not very elaborate, nor were most prayers or rituals ad ...
... No kami is all-powerful or flawless. Often in Japanese myths, the ujikami do things that a human might, getting into trouble or upsetting others. In this way, they are like Greek or Roman gods. In early Japan, shrines to the kami were generally not very elaborate, nor were most prayers or rituals ad ...
Siddhartha
... CHAPTER ONE — Buddha, The Enlightened One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Prince Siddhartha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 ...
... CHAPTER ONE — Buddha, The Enlightened One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Prince Siddhartha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 ...
The Lotus Sutra as the Core of Japanese Buddhism
... resolved—perhaps one could say I made a vow—to read all of the works that Nichiren himself had read. Unfortunately, although I am now in my eighties, I have still not fulfilled that aspiration. Nichiren was extraordinarily well read. The dramatic persecutions he encountered and his bold speech and a ...
... resolved—perhaps one could say I made a vow—to read all of the works that Nichiren himself had read. Unfortunately, although I am now in my eighties, I have still not fulfilled that aspiration. Nichiren was extraordinarily well read. The dramatic persecutions he encountered and his bold speech and a ...
Empty Subject Terms in Buddhist Logic: Digna¯ga and his Chinese
... Shaw (1974), Perszyk (1984), and Matilal (1985), have studied discussions of empty terms in Indian and Buddhist philosophy. But most of these studies rely heavily on the Nyāya or Navya-Nyāya sources, in which Buddhists are portrayed as opponents to be defeated, and thus do not truly reflect Buddhi ...
... Shaw (1974), Perszyk (1984), and Matilal (1985), have studied discussions of empty terms in Indian and Buddhist philosophy. But most of these studies rely heavily on the Nyāya or Navya-Nyāya sources, in which Buddhists are portrayed as opponents to be defeated, and thus do not truly reflect Buddhi ...
Visualization and Mandala
... point he is to withdraw to his own quarters and continue to practi~e th~re. Should his concentration flag, however, he must return to the place m which the kasina is installed and begin again? Exercises on the other kasi1:za (water, fire, air: blue, yellow, red, white, light, and "limited space") ar ...
... point he is to withdraw to his own quarters and continue to practi~e th~re. Should his concentration flag, however, he must return to the place m which the kasina is installed and begin again? Exercises on the other kasi1:za (water, fire, air: blue, yellow, red, white, light, and "limited space") ar ...
Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
Buddhism entered Han China via the Silk Road, beginning in the 1st or 2nd century CE. The first documented translation efforts by Buddhist monks in China (all foreigners) were in the 2nd century CE, possibly as a consequence of the expansion of the Greco-Buddhist Kushan Empire into the Chinese territory of the Tarim Basin.Direct contact between Central Asian and Chinese Buddhism continued throughout the 3rd to 7th century, well into Tang period. From the 4th century onward, with Faxian's pilgrimage to India (395–414), and later Xuanzang (629–644), Chinese pilgrims started to travel by themselves to northern India, their source of Buddhism, in order to get improved access to original scriptures. Much of the land route connecting northern India with China at that time was ruled by the Buddhist Kushan Empire, and later the Hephthalite Empire, see Gandhara. During these centuries, the combination of Indian Buddhism with Western influences (Greco-Buddhism) gave rise to the various distinct schools of Buddhism in Central Asia and in China.China was later reached by the Indian form of ""esoteric Buddhism"" (Vajrayana) in the 7th century. Tibetan Buddhism was likewise established as a branch of Vajrayana, in the 8th century. But from about this time, the Silk Road transmission of Buddhism began to decline with the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana, resulting in the Uyghur Khaganate by the 740s.By this time, Indian Buddhism itself was in decline, due to the rise of Hinduism on one hand and due to the Muslim expansion on the other, while Tang-era Chinese Buddhism was repressed in the 9th century, but not before in its turn giving rise to Korean and Japanese traditions.