Maitreya, the Future Buddha
... "middle path" between asceticism and sensory indulgence, this mendicant gathered about himself a group of devoted followers over the next forty years, founding what was eventually to become one of the great world religions. According to the earliest texts, Gautama taught that his pragmatic method fo ...
... "middle path" between asceticism and sensory indulgence, this mendicant gathered about himself a group of devoted followers over the next forty years, founding what was eventually to become one of the great world religions. According to the earliest texts, Gautama taught that his pragmatic method fo ...
The Buddha
... relatively soon after the Buddha’s death. Others have claimed it was centuries before such an account was finally put together. The question of chronology is a very complicated and tricky one. Even when we know when a particular text was written or compiled, that does not mean that the tradition or ...
... relatively soon after the Buddha’s death. Others have claimed it was centuries before such an account was finally put together. The question of chronology is a very complicated and tricky one. Even when we know when a particular text was written or compiled, that does not mean that the tradition or ...
Analytical Buddhism: The Two
... (such that consciousness could possibly become liberated)? This question motivates the direction of the book. I argue that the self is an illusion contributed to by two strands or tiers. One tier is naturally unified consciousness – itself non-illusory. The other tier is grounded in a stream of desi ...
... (such that consciousness could possibly become liberated)? This question motivates the direction of the book. I argue that the self is an illusion contributed to by two strands or tiers. One tier is naturally unified consciousness – itself non-illusory. The other tier is grounded in a stream of desi ...
EXPOSITION OF THE SUTRA OF BRAHMA S NET
... globalize Korean Buddhism. To facilitate the widest possible dissemination of both the Korean and English versions of this compilation, digital editions will eventually be made available online, so that anyone who has access to the Internet will be able to consult these texts. ...
... globalize Korean Buddhism. To facilitate the widest possible dissemination of both the Korean and English versions of this compilation, digital editions will eventually be made available online, so that anyone who has access to the Internet will be able to consult these texts. ...
The Poetic Dhamma of Zao Amat Long`s Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta
... draws on and enfolds other literature from the Theravada tradition, including the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta Pali canon, the locus classicus of instruction for mindfulness and insight meditation in Theravada, the 5th-century commentary by Buddhaghosa and Cakkinda’s 19th-century Burmese commentary, nissa ...
... draws on and enfolds other literature from the Theravada tradition, including the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta Pali canon, the locus classicus of instruction for mindfulness and insight meditation in Theravada, the 5th-century commentary by Buddhaghosa and Cakkinda’s 19th-century Burmese commentary, nissa ...
Reaffirming Our Right to Happiness
... “Seven Teachings on the Gohonzon” records the Daishonin’s orally transmitted teachings and Nikko Shonin’s comments on the meaning of various inscriptions on the Gohonzon, as well as instructions on the transcription of the Gohonzon. This particular passage simply indicates that when transcribing the ...
... “Seven Teachings on the Gohonzon” records the Daishonin’s orally transmitted teachings and Nikko Shonin’s comments on the meaning of various inscriptions on the Gohonzon, as well as instructions on the transcription of the Gohonzon. This particular passage simply indicates that when transcribing the ...
Keizan Study
... KEIZAN (1264–1325), more fully Keizan Jōkin, was the founding abbot of the Sōjiji Zen monastery. Since the late nineteenth century, he has officially been designated, along with Dōgen (1200–1253), as one of the two founding patriarchs of the Japanese Sōtō Zen school. Born in 1264 (not 1268 as previo ...
... KEIZAN (1264–1325), more fully Keizan Jōkin, was the founding abbot of the Sōjiji Zen monastery. Since the late nineteenth century, he has officially been designated, along with Dōgen (1200–1253), as one of the two founding patriarchs of the Japanese Sōtō Zen school. Born in 1264 (not 1268 as previo ...
THE CONCEPT OF THE BUDDHA, Its evolution from
... the concept of kAya covers studies of the NikAyas and the early Indian Buddhist schools. His discussion of the kAya concept in the NikAyas is significant in that it collects and analyses all relevant passages on the subject. He points out that the conception of kAya in the NikAyas has no metaphysical ...
... the concept of kAya covers studies of the NikAyas and the early Indian Buddhist schools. His discussion of the kAya concept in the NikAyas is significant in that it collects and analyses all relevant passages on the subject. He points out that the conception of kAya in the NikAyas has no metaphysical ...
BUDDHIST IMAGERY IN THE WORK OF PAUL GAUGUIN: THE
... and habits, desires, ambition, and longing that shaped Gauguin’s experiences while traveling, thus calling into question the work he produced while in Tahiti: Was it the actual life and reality of Tahiti depicted in his imagery, or was he simply interpreting the island through the lenses mentioned ...
... and habits, desires, ambition, and longing that shaped Gauguin’s experiences while traveling, thus calling into question the work he produced while in Tahiti: Was it the actual life and reality of Tahiti depicted in his imagery, or was he simply interpreting the island through the lenses mentioned ...
Sunyata 07 - Was Arya Nagarjuna A Mahayanist
... referred to any of the Mahayana Sutras. He referred to Tripitaka mainly Samyutta ...
... referred to any of the Mahayana Sutras. He referred to Tripitaka mainly Samyutta ...
Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism: The Doctrinal History of Nirvana
... In the AbhidharmakoUabhALya, the exposition offered by the early canon is often described as contingent (AbhiprAyika),1 in contrast to the definitive (lAkLaOika) exposition of the abhidharma. One of the problems concerning the truth of the origin of the suffering, the second noble truth, is, as asked ...
... In the AbhidharmakoUabhALya, the exposition offered by the early canon is often described as contingent (AbhiprAyika),1 in contrast to the definitive (lAkLaOika) exposition of the abhidharma. One of the problems concerning the truth of the origin of the suffering, the second noble truth, is, as asked ...
A Study of Sukkhavipassaka in Pāli Buddhism
... First of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to my principal advisors, Dr. Primoz Pecenko, his wife, Dr. Tamara Ditrich, and Dr. Chris Kang of the School of History, Philosophy, Religion, Classics, University of Queensland, for their useful guidance, timely help and warm friendship throug ...
... First of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to my principal advisors, Dr. Primoz Pecenko, his wife, Dr. Tamara Ditrich, and Dr. Chris Kang of the School of History, Philosophy, Religion, Classics, University of Queensland, for their useful guidance, timely help and warm friendship throug ...
Tara and Tibetan Buddhism: The Emergence of the Feminine Divine
... and receive, no question about it, a handful of different stories and variations. The story used for mainly didactic reasons is one that tells of Tara’s existence prior to divinity. Taranatha, the great scholar of the 16th century, tells that Tara was indeed a woman before she was a deity in the pan ...
... and receive, no question about it, a handful of different stories and variations. The story used for mainly didactic reasons is one that tells of Tara’s existence prior to divinity. Taranatha, the great scholar of the 16th century, tells that Tara was indeed a woman before she was a deity in the pan ...
The Buddha and His Teachings
... There are some hasty critics who denounce Buddhism as a passive and inactive religion. This unwarranted criticism is far vii ...
... There are some hasty critics who denounce Buddhism as a passive and inactive religion. This unwarranted criticism is far vii ...
Dharmacorner Buddhist Library Booklist
... Attachment By Ven. Ajahn Sanong Katapunyo- PDF Attachment. Ajahn Brahmavamvo- PDF Autobiography of a Forest Monk By Venerable Ajahn Tate- PDF Awareness Itself By Ajaan Fuang Jotiko- PDF Basic Breath Meditation Instructions. Bhikkhu Thanissaro- PDF Basic Buddhism - A Modern Introduction. V. A. Gunase ...
... Attachment By Ven. Ajahn Sanong Katapunyo- PDF Attachment. Ajahn Brahmavamvo- PDF Autobiography of a Forest Monk By Venerable Ajahn Tate- PDF Awareness Itself By Ajaan Fuang Jotiko- PDF Basic Breath Meditation Instructions. Bhikkhu Thanissaro- PDF Basic Buddhism - A Modern Introduction. V. A. Gunase ...
HAVEL`S DEEP HOPE AND ITS ROLE IN SUFFERING
... purposes of this study, such advice seemed inharmonious, especially in the context of Engaged Buddhist teachings and its intent to actively alleviate human suffering. Acts of compassion and loving kindness are stated as basic and universal practices of Engaged Buddhism. Furthermore, Engaged Buddhist ...
... purposes of this study, such advice seemed inharmonious, especially in the context of Engaged Buddhist teachings and its intent to actively alleviate human suffering. Acts of compassion and loving kindness are stated as basic and universal practices of Engaged Buddhism. Furthermore, Engaged Buddhist ...
Master Dogen`s Shobogenzo
... After holding planning meetings on a monthly basis, the Committee selected one hundred thirty-nine texts for the First Series of translations, an estimated one hundred printed volumes in all. The texts selected are not necessarily limited to those originally written in India but also include works w ...
... After holding planning meetings on a monthly basis, the Committee selected one hundred thirty-nine texts for the First Series of translations, an estimated one hundred printed volumes in all. The texts selected are not necessarily limited to those originally written in India but also include works w ...
Attitudes Towards Nuns: Nandakovāda Light of its Parallels Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... seat and invited him to sit on it.24 When the venerable Nandaka had sat down, the nuns paid respect with their heads at his feet and sat back to one side. The venerable Nandaka said to the nuns: 5. “Sisters, when I now shall teach you the Dharma, you should ask me [questions]. If you understand, you ...
... seat and invited him to sit on it.24 When the venerable Nandaka had sat down, the nuns paid respect with their heads at his feet and sat back to one side. The venerable Nandaka said to the nuns: 5. “Sisters, when I now shall teach you the Dharma, you should ask me [questions]. If you understand, you ...
The Evolution of the Precepts
... essential aspects of the context, and disrupt the logic of the original works. To help bring attention to the editing that has occurred, the normal “…” used for ellipsis is here expanded to “…***…” as the excerpts may leave out entire sentences, paragraphs and sections. References within articles to ...
... essential aspects of the context, and disrupt the logic of the original works. To help bring attention to the editing that has occurred, the normal “…” used for ellipsis is here expanded to “…***…” as the excerpts may leave out entire sentences, paragraphs and sections. References within articles to ...
An Analysis of the Pali Canon
... An Analysis of the Pali Canon was originally the work of A.C. March, the founder-editor of Buddhism in England (from 1943, The Middle Way), the quarterly journal of The Buddhist Lodge (now The Buddhist Society, London). It appeared in the issues for Volume 3 and was later offprinted as a pamphlet. F ...
... An Analysis of the Pali Canon was originally the work of A.C. March, the founder-editor of Buddhism in England (from 1943, The Middle Way), the quarterly journal of The Buddhist Lodge (now The Buddhist Society, London). It appeared in the issues for Volume 3 and was later offprinted as a pamphlet. F ...
Schopenhauer between Fre - UQ eSpace
... as the “enjoyment of the beautiful”, with a more lasting positive experience of someone who has “conquered her inner nature”. Liberation is given the attributes of a “pure knowing being” and “undimmed mirror of the world”, but otherwise it is described only negatively, as liberation from “distress”, ...
... as the “enjoyment of the beautiful”, with a more lasting positive experience of someone who has “conquered her inner nature”. Liberation is given the attributes of a “pure knowing being” and “undimmed mirror of the world”, but otherwise it is described only negatively, as liberation from “distress”, ...
Death, Buddhism, and Existentialism in the Songs of TCS (PFD)
... come to our house and chant prayers and I would fall asleep listening to these prayers. Perhaps because when I was young I passed by the gates of the house of Buddhism, there still remains in my unconscious, along with fragments of Eastern and Western culture that I have accumulated, the words of Bu ...
... come to our house and chant prayers and I would fall asleep listening to these prayers. Perhaps because when I was young I passed by the gates of the house of Buddhism, there still remains in my unconscious, along with fragments of Eastern and Western culture that I have accumulated, the words of Bu ...
Hachiman`s Initial Rise to Prominence
... however, perhaps owing to the confusing mix of native, Chinese, Korean, and—last but not least—Buddhist aspects of Hachiman. Some of these aspects have been addressed in articles by Allan Grapard, but a detailed historical analysis of Hachiman’s unprecedented “career” is still missing in Western sch ...
... however, perhaps owing to the confusing mix of native, Chinese, Korean, and—last but not least—Buddhist aspects of Hachiman. Some of these aspects have been addressed in articles by Allan Grapard, but a detailed historical analysis of Hachiman’s unprecedented “career” is still missing in Western sch ...
Behind the Façade of Secret Mantra
... transpired in ancient India. As history has shown, the growth of Secret Mantra culminates in its complete substitution, hence extinguishing, of Exoteric Buddhism. The reason is that the Secret Mantra methods do not correspond to the true Buddha Dharma. In spite of their Buddhist veneer, their essenc ...
... transpired in ancient India. As history has shown, the growth of Secret Mantra culminates in its complete substitution, hence extinguishing, of Exoteric Buddhism. The reason is that the Secret Mantra methods do not correspond to the true Buddha Dharma. In spite of their Buddhist veneer, their essenc ...
The mandalas of Tibetan Buddhism and western psychotherapy
... rebirths in order to achieve enlightenment. Rather, one could perfect oneself in one lifetime given the correct instruction and dedication (Snellgrove 1968, 116). This is where the mandala came to be an important tool. ...
... rebirths in order to achieve enlightenment. Rather, one could perfect oneself in one lifetime given the correct instruction and dedication (Snellgrove 1968, 116). This is where the mandala came to be an important tool. ...
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.