A Buddhist Life In America, 1998
... been practicing Buddhism since the 1960's. Her involvement with the Civil Rights Movement and the anti-war movement at this time opened her to issues of social justice that inform her work today. Since 1970, she has worked with dying people and caregivers in order "inspire a gentle revolution in dyi ...
... been practicing Buddhism since the 1960's. Her involvement with the Civil Rights Movement and the anti-war movement at this time opened her to issues of social justice that inform her work today. Since 1970, she has worked with dying people and caregivers in order "inspire a gentle revolution in dyi ...
Biographies of Conference Participants
... as the incarnation of the previous Doboom Tulku at the age of three by Ven. Lama Phurchog Jamgon Rinpoche. In 1969 he joined the Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Sarnath. Then, under the auspices of Sanskrit University, Varanasi, he studied Buddhist philosophy for three years and received a Ge ...
... as the incarnation of the previous Doboom Tulku at the age of three by Ven. Lama Phurchog Jamgon Rinpoche. In 1969 he joined the Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Sarnath. Then, under the auspices of Sanskrit University, Varanasi, he studied Buddhist philosophy for three years and received a Ge ...
Janussoni Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... 2.3 In addition to annual observances, the rite is also performed on special occasions, such as eclipses or at pilgrimage centres. Particular merit is attached to ceremonies performed at Gay (where the Buddha was awakened), Allahbd and Kurukshetra. Śrddha also serves to unite the living and the ...
... 2.3 In addition to annual observances, the rite is also performed on special occasions, such as eclipses or at pilgrimage centres. Particular merit is attached to ceremonies performed at Gay (where the Buddha was awakened), Allahbd and Kurukshetra. Śrddha also serves to unite the living and the ...
Buddhist caves - buddhadhyana.org
... The Buddha visited Champa at least once, perhaps several times and it is the eastern most places he went which can still be identified. According to legend the city got its name from the numerous champaka trees that grew around it. The flowers of this tree are famous for their strong sweet perfume. ...
... The Buddha visited Champa at least once, perhaps several times and it is the eastern most places he went which can still be identified. According to legend the city got its name from the numerous champaka trees that grew around it. The flowers of this tree are famous for their strong sweet perfume. ...
New Buddhist Extremism and the Challenges to Ethno
... Politics in Sri Lanka has always been closely related with certain articulations of Buddhism. In the last few years, this relationship is again in the limelight with the proliferation of new forms of activism by a cluster of Buddhist organizations that aggressively intervenes in the public life. The ...
... Politics in Sri Lanka has always been closely related with certain articulations of Buddhism. In the last few years, this relationship is again in the limelight with the proliferation of new forms of activism by a cluster of Buddhist organizations that aggressively intervenes in the public life. The ...
On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the
... knowledge of the distant past or future, to have faith in this sutra. That being the case, even if we were to carry out its practice, what meaning could it have for us? In light of all this, it would seem that, when one who is able to show clearly visible proof in the present expounds the Lotus Sutr ...
... knowledge of the distant past or future, to have faith in this sutra. That being the case, even if we were to carry out its practice, what meaning could it have for us? In light of all this, it would seem that, when one who is able to show clearly visible proof in the present expounds the Lotus Sutr ...
Pilgrimage to the Buddha`s Life Sites
... After his enlightenment, the Buddha gave his first teaching in a deer park at Sarnath. This is referred to as the first turning of the Wheel of the Law (Dharmachakra). It was here that the Buddha also established the order of monks (sangha). Because of its great importance as a pilgrimage site, Sarn ...
... After his enlightenment, the Buddha gave his first teaching in a deer park at Sarnath. This is referred to as the first turning of the Wheel of the Law (Dharmachakra). It was here that the Buddha also established the order of monks (sangha). Because of its great importance as a pilgrimage site, Sarn ...
the real birth place of buddha yesterday`s kapilavastu, today`s
... If the pillar, which was built by Asoka, after 240 years of Buddha’s death in Buddha’s original birthplace, would have been present now along with the plate, then, there would have been no such arguments as raised now. But due to ill luck, Buddhism was rooted out from Orissa. After Asoka made Buddhi ...
... If the pillar, which was built by Asoka, after 240 years of Buddha’s death in Buddha’s original birthplace, would have been present now along with the plate, then, there would have been no such arguments as raised now. But due to ill luck, Buddhism was rooted out from Orissa. After Asoka made Buddhi ...
The Mongolian Big Dipper Sūtra
... Of these six sections, the canonical Chinese version (T 1307) contains only the first three. The Mongolian version of these three sections is a nearly verbatim translation of the Chinese text, but the Mongolian continues where the Chinese ends. Indeed, the Mongolian text proclaims after section thre ...
... Of these six sections, the canonical Chinese version (T 1307) contains only the first three. The Mongolian version of these three sections is a nearly verbatim translation of the Chinese text, but the Mongolian continues where the Chinese ends. Indeed, the Mongolian text proclaims after section thre ...
Holt McDougal
... It was believed that keeping citizens under The Caste System strict caste rule would stabilize the empire. ...
... It was believed that keeping citizens under The Caste System strict caste rule would stabilize the empire. ...
Aspects of Early Buddhist Sociological Thought
... “If we ask for instance, whether the position of the electron remains the same, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron’s position changes with time, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron is at rest, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether it is in motion, we must say ‘no’. The Buddh ...
... “If we ask for instance, whether the position of the electron remains the same, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron’s position changes with time, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether the electron is at rest, we must say ‘no’; if we ask whether it is in motion, we must say ‘no’. The Buddh ...
steve odin PEACE AND COMPASSION IN THE MICROCOSMIC
... sanzen is a functional equivalent of the Hua-yen/Kegon principle of lishih wu-ai (Japanese: riji muge)—“interpeneteration between particular-object and universal-whole,” whereby each dharma event is like a jewel in the dynamic interrelated matrix of Indra’s Net, reflecting the totality from its own ...
... sanzen is a functional equivalent of the Hua-yen/Kegon principle of lishih wu-ai (Japanese: riji muge)—“interpeneteration between particular-object and universal-whole,” whereby each dharma event is like a jewel in the dynamic interrelated matrix of Indra’s Net, reflecting the totality from its own ...
Changing Buddhist Practice in Burma
... Burma speaks more than 125 different indigenous languages and they live in different parts of the country.5 Burma is known to people around the world as the land of pagodas; its landscape is abundant with pagodas, monasteries, and shrines, and the religio-social daily life incorporates many monks, n ...
... Burma speaks more than 125 different indigenous languages and they live in different parts of the country.5 Burma is known to people around the world as the land of pagodas; its landscape is abundant with pagodas, monasteries, and shrines, and the religio-social daily life incorporates many monks, n ...
Buddhism and Peace Theory: Exploring a Buddhist Inner Peace
... this paper seeks to expand the purview of how we analyze peace and conflict dynamics. Methodological Considerations As is well known, Buddhism is categorized into three major schools – Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. Each of these schools has further sub-schools that have respectively developed ...
... this paper seeks to expand the purview of how we analyze peace and conflict dynamics. Methodological Considerations As is well known, Buddhism is categorized into three major schools – Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. Each of these schools has further sub-schools that have respectively developed ...
Good Question, Good Answer - ndc-lnh
... ANSWER: The word dhamma (Sanskrit dharma) has multiple meanings but as it is used in Buddhism its main meaning is truth, reality, actuality, the way things are. Because we consider the Buddha’s teachings to be true we often refer to them as Dhamma too. QUESTION: Is there a Buddhist equivalent of Chr ...
... ANSWER: The word dhamma (Sanskrit dharma) has multiple meanings but as it is used in Buddhism its main meaning is truth, reality, actuality, the way things are. Because we consider the Buddha’s teachings to be true we often refer to them as Dhamma too. QUESTION: Is there a Buddhist equivalent of Chr ...
Tantric Buddhism in India (from c. A.D. 800 to c. A.D. 1200
... Buddhism, for all that it has of course many unusual characteristics of its own, should not be seen as having an in all respects unique position or requiring for its study methods fundamentally different from those employed in the study of other forms of Indian religion. Like other religious (and no ...
... Buddhism, for all that it has of course many unusual characteristics of its own, should not be seen as having an in all respects unique position or requiring for its study methods fundamentally different from those employed in the study of other forms of Indian religion. Like other religious (and no ...
Islam and Buddhism
... sider these books, can no longer advocate atheism or any other perverted ideology or materialistic philosophy, since these books are characterized by rapid effectiveness, definite results, and irrefutability. Even if they continue to do so, it will be only a sentimental insistence, since these book ...
... sider these books, can no longer advocate atheism or any other perverted ideology or materialistic philosophy, since these books are characterized by rapid effectiveness, definite results, and irrefutability. Even if they continue to do so, it will be only a sentimental insistence, since these book ...
Toward a More Readable Translation of Tannishô 歎異抄―より
... is the design of our DNA, the human traits already imbedded in our genes. Salvation in Shin Buddhism is the awakening or sobering up from a quasi-intoxicated state. In general, human beings are highly self-centred, always on an ego trip, who see things only in the way they want to see, who think the ...
... is the design of our DNA, the human traits already imbedded in our genes. Salvation in Shin Buddhism is the awakening or sobering up from a quasi-intoxicated state. In general, human beings are highly self-centred, always on an ego trip, who see things only in the way they want to see, who think the ...
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... of presence and action in “this world” that characterizes imagery of this period. It was also during the Kamakura period that the Zen school of Buddhism, newly imported from China, began to gain prominence and patronage. While Zen found adherents among various social classes, in eastern Japan the sh ...
... of presence and action in “this world” that characterizes imagery of this period. It was also during the Kamakura period that the Zen school of Buddhism, newly imported from China, began to gain prominence and patronage. While Zen found adherents among various social classes, in eastern Japan the sh ...
Did King Ajātasattu Confess to the Buddha, Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... mind some of Greg Schopen’s observations of Buddhologists who give precedence to received tradition over evidence. For instance, after highlighting the formal and literary nature of scriptural texts, whose purpose he says is almost never historical, he says that scholars of Indian Buddhism have take ...
... mind some of Greg Schopen’s observations of Buddhologists who give precedence to received tradition over evidence. For instance, after highlighting the formal and literary nature of scriptural texts, whose purpose he says is almost never historical, he says that scholars of Indian Buddhism have take ...
Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Sy
... invading Islamic armies finally destroyed its great monastic academies at the end of the ...
... invading Islamic armies finally destroyed its great monastic academies at the end of the ...
Guru Padmasambhava in Context
... to be soundly demonstrated by the ruling presence of TurkiShahi, or Shahi of Kabul, as possible donors of the Brahmanic temple of Barikot. It is also interesting that, in connection with the Eastern Afghanistan political and cultural predominancy, we have noted the diffusion of Kafiro-Dardic element ...
... to be soundly demonstrated by the ruling presence of TurkiShahi, or Shahi of Kabul, as possible donors of the Brahmanic temple of Barikot. It is also interesting that, in connection with the Eastern Afghanistan political and cultural predominancy, we have noted the diffusion of Kafiro-Dardic element ...
Readings in Eastern Religions, 2nd edition
... open to error. While most Hindus are satisfied to think of their scripture as in some sense identified with or authored by God, one school, the PurvaMimamsa, goes to the extreme of denying the existence of God as author to ensure that the errorless nature of scripture cannot be called into question. ...
... open to error. While most Hindus are satisfied to think of their scripture as in some sense identified with or authored by God, one school, the PurvaMimamsa, goes to the extreme of denying the existence of God as author to ensure that the errorless nature of scripture cannot be called into question. ...
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.