The Possibility of Buddhist Virtue: A Christian Response
... action means that Buddhism is primarily an orthopraxy rather than orthodoxy. 5 What is important is “the harmony of behavior, not harmony of doctrines.” 6 What this means is that Buddhism as a worldview is in a unique position. Since it is primarily a particular set of practices, essentially an eth ...
... action means that Buddhism is primarily an orthopraxy rather than orthodoxy. 5 What is important is “the harmony of behavior, not harmony of doctrines.” 6 What this means is that Buddhism as a worldview is in a unique position. Since it is primarily a particular set of practices, essentially an eth ...
Yoga and Women - International Association of Yoga Therapists
... “Nowhere in the Smritis, Kalpha shastras or any of the religious texts has it been said that a woman cannot wear the sacred thread. In all the six philosophies, four Vedas, one hundred and eight Upanishads, eighteen Puranas and two epics, nowhere is it written that a female cannot wear the sacred th ...
... “Nowhere in the Smritis, Kalpha shastras or any of the religious texts has it been said that a woman cannot wear the sacred thread. In all the six philosophies, four Vedas, one hundred and eight Upanishads, eighteen Puranas and two epics, nowhere is it written that a female cannot wear the sacred th ...
Wu Yankang, "The Revered Master Deep Willows and the Hall of
... On the fourth day of the sixth lunar month of the twenty-third year of the Guangxu reign period [ July ], Lay Devotee Yang with his entire family moved into their newly-built residence in Nanjing’s Yanling Lane. This was the fourth move of the Jinling Buddhist Press. It was at that time that ...
... On the fourth day of the sixth lunar month of the twenty-third year of the Guangxu reign period [ July ], Lay Devotee Yang with his entire family moved into their newly-built residence in Nanjing’s Yanling Lane. This was the fourth move of the Jinling Buddhist Press. It was at that time that ...
Ancient Chinese philosophical advice: Can it help us find happiness
... Confucianism originated about six hundred years before the Christian era in the east of present day of China (Shangdong province). Its founder, Confucius (551472 B.C.) came from the landed classes. He wrote two books: The Great Learning and The Doctrine of the Mean. There are two other seminal works ...
... Confucianism originated about six hundred years before the Christian era in the east of present day of China (Shangdong province). Its founder, Confucius (551472 B.C.) came from the landed classes. He wrote two books: The Great Learning and The Doctrine of the Mean. There are two other seminal works ...
INTRODUCTION - Reggie Pawle
... and that discontinuities are, when one focuses on them, at least as obvious as continuity. (p. 3) Of the several schools of Chan Buddhism in China there were two that reached Japan. These two developed into the contemporary Rinzai and Soto schools (Fischer-Schreiber, Ehrhard, & Diener, 1991, p. 262) ...
... and that discontinuities are, when one focuses on them, at least as obvious as continuity. (p. 3) Of the several schools of Chan Buddhism in China there were two that reached Japan. These two developed into the contemporary Rinzai and Soto schools (Fischer-Schreiber, Ehrhard, & Diener, 1991, p. 262) ...
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... Confucianism originated about six hundred years before the Christian era in the east of present day of China (Shangdong province). Its founder, Confucius (551472 B.C.) came from the landed classes. He wrote two books: The Great Learning and The Doctrine of the Mean. There are two other seminal works ...
... Confucianism originated about six hundred years before the Christian era in the east of present day of China (Shangdong province). Its founder, Confucius (551472 B.C.) came from the landed classes. He wrote two books: The Great Learning and The Doctrine of the Mean. There are two other seminal works ...
The Forerunner of All Things: Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention, and Agency
... and rebirth is admittedly difficult, I was not entirely convinced by some details of Heim’s account. On page 39 we learn that Buddhaghosa glosses cetanā at A.iii.415 like this: “here cetanā should be taken in the sense of arranging, in that it collects everything together”. (The Pāli is idha sabbasa ...
... and rebirth is admittedly difficult, I was not entirely convinced by some details of Heim’s account. On page 39 we learn that Buddhaghosa glosses cetanā at A.iii.415 like this: “here cetanā should be taken in the sense of arranging, in that it collects everything together”. (The Pāli is idha sabbasa ...
On the naturalization of karma and rebirth | SpringerLink
... While plenty of opportunities exist these days for cultural discussion, certain views remain incompatible or even outright conflicting. Because Confucianism portrays human nature as being inherently ‘good’, the idea of original sin as understood in Christianity for example remains elusive to most Ch ...
... While plenty of opportunities exist these days for cultural discussion, certain views remain incompatible or even outright conflicting. Because Confucianism portrays human nature as being inherently ‘good’, the idea of original sin as understood in Christianity for example remains elusive to most Ch ...
Chinese Ceremonial Music in Mahayana Buddhism in Southern
... The Chinese people in Thailand were keen on trading, while the native Thai people were farmers and gardeners. Chinese people did not conduct business only in Southern Thailand, but also with mainland China. They constantly expanded their business in the area. It is possible that, when the “Chamber o ...
... The Chinese people in Thailand were keen on trading, while the native Thai people were farmers and gardeners. Chinese people did not conduct business only in Southern Thailand, but also with mainland China. They constantly expanded their business in the area. It is possible that, when the “Chamber o ...
The Reclining Buddha of Wat Pho, Bangkok
... The Reclining Buddha of Wat Pho, Bangkok The Reclining Buddha is a very popular tourist magnet and also an important object of piety. It is located at Wat Pho which is a Buddhist temple in Phra Nakhon District in Bangkok. Thus, this place is also referred to as ‘Temple of the Reclining Buddha’. The ...
... The Reclining Buddha of Wat Pho, Bangkok The Reclining Buddha is a very popular tourist magnet and also an important object of piety. It is located at Wat Pho which is a Buddhist temple in Phra Nakhon District in Bangkok. Thus, this place is also referred to as ‘Temple of the Reclining Buddha’. The ...
Buddhism, Confucianism, and Western Conceptions of Personal
... “need only imply that having relationships is a necessary condition of being a person, [it need not be implied] that one’s identity as a person comes to nothing more than the sum of one’s relationships.”33 In this way, the modern discourse on personal autonomy in the West and the notions of the self ...
... “need only imply that having relationships is a necessary condition of being a person, [it need not be implied] that one’s identity as a person comes to nothing more than the sum of one’s relationships.”33 In this way, the modern discourse on personal autonomy in the West and the notions of the self ...
Talismanic Writing in Chinese Buddhism
... There is an increasingly large body of material on these topics, but see, among others, Theodor H. Gaster, “Amulets and Talismans,” in Hidden Truths: Magic Alchemy and the Occult, ed. Lawrence E. Sullivan (New York: Macmillan, 1987), 145–47; and Don C. Skemer, Binding Words: Textual Amulets in the M ...
... There is an increasingly large body of material on these topics, but see, among others, Theodor H. Gaster, “Amulets and Talismans,” in Hidden Truths: Magic Alchemy and the Occult, ed. Lawrence E. Sullivan (New York: Macmillan, 1987), 145–47; and Don C. Skemer, Binding Words: Textual Amulets in the M ...
Rethinking Ziolkowski`s “Landscape of the Soul:” A Mahayana
... Mahayana is a greatly debated topic in Buddhist scholarship. Though some accounts mark its beginnings within just a hundred years of the Buddha’s death, by the first century of the Common Era the movement is flourishing. While conservative Buddhist schools continued to exist in India with the Mahaya ...
... Mahayana is a greatly debated topic in Buddhist scholarship. Though some accounts mark its beginnings within just a hundred years of the Buddha’s death, by the first century of the Common Era the movement is flourishing. While conservative Buddhist schools continued to exist in India with the Mahaya ...
The Uses of Max Weber: Legitimation and Amnesia in Buddhology
... Weber’s theories. Weber offered an overall picture of the development of Hinduism. He made many acute observations about the way in which Brahmans had transformed the bases of their religious pre-eminence over the centuries. He had a good understanding of the way in which Hinduism spreads into triba ...
... Weber’s theories. Weber offered an overall picture of the development of Hinduism. He made many acute observations about the way in which Brahmans had transformed the bases of their religious pre-eminence over the centuries. He had a good understanding of the way in which Hinduism spreads into triba ...
goto-jones_zombie mindfulness manifesto
... deal with “problems in living,” not the violence of biomedical procedures. However, it is not even that the revolution requires an ideological intervention to transform societal values. Instead, it is focussed on the impact of changes in individual psychology: th ...
... deal with “problems in living,” not the violence of biomedical procedures. However, it is not even that the revolution requires an ideological intervention to transform societal values. Instead, it is focussed on the impact of changes in individual psychology: th ...
Goryeo Buddhist Painting in an Interregional Context
... exilic environments theywere often thought to be theworks of renowned Chinese masters until the twentieth century, when their peninsular origins were recog nized. Since then, however, their expatriate status has caused research on Goryeo Buddhist painting to be carried out within somewhat isolated i ...
... exilic environments theywere often thought to be theworks of renowned Chinese masters until the twentieth century, when their peninsular origins were recog nized. Since then, however, their expatriate status has caused research on Goryeo Buddhist painting to be carried out within somewhat isolated i ...
Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization
... Evangelical and Pentecostal Protestantism.1 Although the impact of these cultures may have been the major anthropological narrative of our time, we live in an era in which non-Western traditions, such as Eastern religions, martial arts, and healing practices, have also spread around the world. Globa ...
... Evangelical and Pentecostal Protestantism.1 Although the impact of these cultures may have been the major anthropological narrative of our time, we live in an era in which non-Western traditions, such as Eastern religions, martial arts, and healing practices, have also spread around the world. Globa ...
The Theology of Mahayana Buddhism. (Concluded.)
... compassion as to allow a. similar time of need pass by unheeded. Furthermore, we are even told (implicitly by Hinayana, and explicitly by Mahayana) that each of the great world-teachers, each founder of a world-religion, has been more or less a perfect Buddha, consequently worthy of worship, and the ...
... compassion as to allow a. similar time of need pass by unheeded. Furthermore, we are even told (implicitly by Hinayana, and explicitly by Mahayana) that each of the great world-teachers, each founder of a world-religion, has been more or less a perfect Buddha, consequently worthy of worship, and the ...
The Ancestral Remembrance Ceremony and Its Significance
... were extremely delighted. So they asked us if we could do the ceremony in Wales. We agreed. And then we thought: Since we are already going to the UK, why not do even more ceremonies there? Also we could make the ceremonies even bigger, and invite all of the Chinese living in Europe and our friends ...
... were extremely delighted. So they asked us if we could do the ceremony in Wales. We agreed. And then we thought: Since we are already going to the UK, why not do even more ceremonies there? Also we could make the ceremonies even bigger, and invite all of the Chinese living in Europe and our friends ...
Berzin Archives Progress 2/12 to 3/25/2012
... The Contribution of the Tibetan Oral and Textual Heritage to Global Understanding: Progress and Prospects (Full Version, Abridged Version, and Abstract) ...
... The Contribution of the Tibetan Oral and Textual Heritage to Global Understanding: Progress and Prospects (Full Version, Abridged Version, and Abstract) ...
Chinese Mythology A to Z
... forms, or sects. Each emphasized different teachings from and about Buddha. Gradually these sects came to have different attitudes about the nature of the universe and the methods of attaining enlightenment. In terms of mythology, the most important forms of Buddhism are those of the MAHAYANA, or “G ...
... forms, or sects. Each emphasized different teachings from and about Buddha. Gradually these sects came to have different attitudes about the nature of the universe and the methods of attaining enlightenment. In terms of mythology, the most important forms of Buddhism are those of the MAHAYANA, or “G ...
There is Only One Mindfulness: Why Science and Buddhism Need
... awareness [Kang and Whittingham 2010], nonjudgemental awareness, detached observation [KabatZinn 1982]) Despite these various interpretations and descriptions of mindfulness by scholars, researchers, and Buddhist teachers, we argue that, in actual fact, the Buddha taught only one type of mindfulness ...
... awareness [Kang and Whittingham 2010], nonjudgemental awareness, detached observation [KabatZinn 1982]) Despite these various interpretations and descriptions of mindfulness by scholars, researchers, and Buddhist teachers, we argue that, in actual fact, the Buddha taught only one type of mindfulness ...
Clark.19.4.Dec_.08
... written of such consciousness, the awakened state central to Buddhist practice, as “wild mind,” by which he means mind that is permitted to act freely and spontaneously, exhibiting the complexity, diversity, creativity, and anarchic order that wild nature manifests in all of its expressions.10 Beyon ...
... written of such consciousness, the awakened state central to Buddhist practice, as “wild mind,” by which he means mind that is permitted to act freely and spontaneously, exhibiting the complexity, diversity, creativity, and anarchic order that wild nature manifests in all of its expressions.10 Beyon ...
The Influence of Mahayana on Buddhadasa`s Thought Abstract
... Mahachulalongkorn-rajavidyalaya of the Mahanikaya , which later developed into Buddhist Universities, and he initiated the first printing of the Pali Tipitaka in Thai script. The public education in Thailand was formerly organized in monasteries. Monasteries performed the function of school, college ...
... Mahachulalongkorn-rajavidyalaya of the Mahanikaya , which later developed into Buddhist Universities, and he initiated the first printing of the Pali Tipitaka in Thai script. The public education in Thailand was formerly organized in monasteries. Monasteries performed the function of school, college ...
skillful means - The Dharmafarers
... exposition the desirability of the act or condition prized by his opponent-of the union with God (as in the Tevijja), or of sacrifice (as in the Kūṭadanta), or of social rank (as in the Ambaṭṭha), or of seeing heavenly sights, etc (as in the Mahāli), or of the soul theory (as in the Poṭṭhapāda). He ...
... exposition the desirability of the act or condition prized by his opponent-of the union with God (as in the Tevijja), or of sacrifice (as in the Kūṭadanta), or of social rank (as in the Ambaṭṭha), or of seeing heavenly sights, etc (as in the Mahāli), or of the soul theory (as in the Poṭṭhapāda). He ...
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.