Cullen Interview on Types of Buddhism
... Zen tends to skip to mind-ground, to what I see as the fourth foundation of mindfulness. But I think it helps to go through the four foundations, beginning with just body as body, and moving to feelings as feelings, mental contents, and then mind-ground. To me, there are three aspects to mindfulnes ...
... Zen tends to skip to mind-ground, to what I see as the fourth foundation of mindfulness. But I think it helps to go through the four foundations, beginning with just body as body, and moving to feelings as feelings, mental contents, and then mind-ground. To me, there are three aspects to mindfulnes ...
Deep Transmission, and of What?
... Americans set out from the Western world on spiritual journeys to Asia, seeking out legendary masters ...
... Americans set out from the Western world on spiritual journeys to Asia, seeking out legendary masters ...
the complete issue - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... have been many studies of the relation between Buddhist psychology and various psychotherapeutic theories (Freudian, Jungian, cognitive-behavioral, etc.), it is arguably the case that Buddhist psychology is not therapeutic in the sense that these approaches are. Most importantly, Buddhist psychology ...
... have been many studies of the relation between Buddhist psychology and various psychotherapeutic theories (Freudian, Jungian, cognitive-behavioral, etc.), it is arguably the case that Buddhist psychology is not therapeutic in the sense that these approaches are. Most importantly, Buddhist psychology ...
Food for the Heart: The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah
... night Ajahn Sumedho gave what he felt was a pretty good exposition, and the next day many members of the Sangha came up and said how much they had appreciated his words. He felt relieved and quite pleased with himself. Sometime later, in a quiet moment, Ajahn Chah caught his attention, fixed him with ...
... night Ajahn Sumedho gave what he felt was a pretty good exposition, and the next day many members of the Sangha came up and said how much they had appreciated his words. He felt relieved and quite pleased with himself. Sometime later, in a quiet moment, Ajahn Chah caught his attention, fixed him with ...
Fall 2006 - Sakya Monastery
... water, for eons and eons. When he reflected on the suffering of these beings, his hunger became less, his desire became less. There were also times when he was being beaten by the guards and he knew that they would get tired after an hour or so and the beatings would stop. In the hell realms, being ...
... water, for eons and eons. When he reflected on the suffering of these beings, his hunger became less, his desire became less. There were also times when he was being beaten by the guards and he knew that they would get tired after an hour or so and the beatings would stop. In the hell realms, being ...
On the Buddhist roots of contemporary non-religious
... patients at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center (Kabat-Zinn 2011, 286; Samuelson et al. 2007, 255). After this pioneering work a wide variety of mindfulness-based interventions have emerged,2 and the effects of these approaches have been analysed in a burgeoning number of academic publica ...
... patients at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center (Kabat-Zinn 2011, 286; Samuelson et al. 2007, 255). After this pioneering work a wide variety of mindfulness-based interventions have emerged,2 and the effects of these approaches have been analysed in a burgeoning number of academic publica ...
Insight Meditation Society
... such care. It was very humbling and inspiring to receive from people like that. The practice of generosity is never about the specific gift. It might just be a spoon of rice. What matters is the quality of the heart and mind behind the offering. That’s where the power of this practice resides. How h ...
... such care. It was very humbling and inspiring to receive from people like that. The practice of generosity is never about the specific gift. It might just be a spoon of rice. What matters is the quality of the heart and mind behind the offering. That’s where the power of this practice resides. How h ...
5 Comparison between types of meditation in Theravada Buddhist
... When considering the above facts regarding the techniques of two meditations the Anapanasathi and three Dan Tian share the same techniques and both meditations concentrate on the person’s breath. In other words, the meditation object for both meditations is the practitioner’s own breath. However, th ...
... When considering the above facts regarding the techniques of two meditations the Anapanasathi and three Dan Tian share the same techniques and both meditations concentrate on the person’s breath. In other words, the meditation object for both meditations is the practitioner’s own breath. However, th ...
The Karmapa and Taiwan
... Dynasty of China. The Karma Kagyu had been defeated to the point of not being able to stage a comeback. It was not until 1959, when Tibetan people staged a massive exodus to India and other countries, and the 14th Dalai Lama was unable to leave India, that the 16th Karmapa of Black Crown of Karma Ka ...
... Dynasty of China. The Karma Kagyu had been defeated to the point of not being able to stage a comeback. It was not until 1959, when Tibetan people staged a massive exodus to India and other countries, and the 14th Dalai Lama was unable to leave India, that the 16th Karmapa of Black Crown of Karma Ka ...
The Characteristics of Tibetan-Language Tripitaka and their Values
... (bkav-vgyur) and Tengyur (bstan-vgyur). Kangyur or “Translated Words” consists of works supposed to have been said by the Buddha himself. Tengyur or “Translated Treatises” consists of interpretations and annotated translations of the Buddha’s teachings written by his disciples and Buddhist scholars. ...
... (bkav-vgyur) and Tengyur (bstan-vgyur). Kangyur or “Translated Words” consists of works supposed to have been said by the Buddha himself. Tengyur or “Translated Treatises” consists of interpretations and annotated translations of the Buddha’s teachings written by his disciples and Buddhist scholars. ...
Sacred Arts of Tibet Art from the Roof of the World
... Tibet have always enjoyed a measure of freedom that contrasts sharply with their Western counterparts. They could seek teachers of their own choice, return to their family’s home, live in their own home, transfer to other monasteries or enter into solitary meditation retreats. The Buddhist religion ...
... Tibet have always enjoyed a measure of freedom that contrasts sharply with their Western counterparts. They could seek teachers of their own choice, return to their family’s home, live in their own home, transfer to other monasteries or enter into solitary meditation retreats. The Buddhist religion ...
Alex Grey (born November 29, 1953) is an American artist
... Harunaga Isaacson, a leading scholar of Vajrayana Buddhism, remarks: "though we do not know precisely at present just how many Indian tantric Buddhist texts survive today in the language in which they were written, their number is certainly over one thousand five hundred; I suspect indeed over two t ...
... Harunaga Isaacson, a leading scholar of Vajrayana Buddhism, remarks: "though we do not know precisely at present just how many Indian tantric Buddhist texts survive today in the language in which they were written, their number is certainly over one thousand five hundred; I suspect indeed over two t ...
The Tulku System in Tibetan Buddhism
... Professor Losang Jamspal and Dr. Krishna Gosh Della Santina for accepting to supervise this research. It would be impossible to accomplish such a work, without their patience and enthusiastic encouragement through different steps of the research. I am also particularly grateful to Professor Donald L ...
... Professor Losang Jamspal and Dr. Krishna Gosh Della Santina for accepting to supervise this research. It would be impossible to accomplish such a work, without their patience and enthusiastic encouragement through different steps of the research. I am also particularly grateful to Professor Donald L ...
Quintessential Buddhism - QUINTESSENTIAL TIBETAN BUDDHA
... Integral Institute (Ken Wilbur) Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) Dzogchen (revival), including Gnostic Buddhism Session One | Quintessential Buddha Dharma | An Overview | © 2012 -2013 ...
... Integral Institute (Ken Wilbur) Falun Gong (Falun Dafa) Dzogchen (revival), including Gnostic Buddhism Session One | Quintessential Buddha Dharma | An Overview | © 2012 -2013 ...
sarkar and the buddha`s four noble truths
... unsatisfactoriness (Pali: dukkha) in life (and in death and rebirth). Gotama asserts that all sentient experience (even the highly refined states of meditative consciousness known as jhanas), and correspondingly, the entire world, is marked with unsatisfactoriness. This existential dukkha is a resul ...
... unsatisfactoriness (Pali: dukkha) in life (and in death and rebirth). Gotama asserts that all sentient experience (even the highly refined states of meditative consciousness known as jhanas), and correspondingly, the entire world, is marked with unsatisfactoriness. This existential dukkha is a resul ...
Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India
... Here the question seems justified: do these stages lead to the goal or do they not ? Various answers can be imagined, such as, “they do to some extent, but not all the way”, “the Buddha had second thoughts about the usefulness of these stages”, etc. But I insist that there is a problem here that dem ...
... Here the question seems justified: do these stages lead to the goal or do they not ? Various answers can be imagined, such as, “they do to some extent, but not all the way”, “the Buddha had second thoughts about the usefulness of these stages”, etc. But I insist that there is a problem here that dem ...
the two traditions of meditation in ancient india
... Here the question seems justified: do these stages lead to the goal or do they not ? Various answers can be imagined, such as, “they do to some extent, but not all the way”, “the Buddha had second thoughts about the usefulness of these stages”, etc. But I insist that there is a problem here that dem ...
... Here the question seems justified: do these stages lead to the goal or do they not ? Various answers can be imagined, such as, “they do to some extent, but not all the way”, “the Buddha had second thoughts about the usefulness of these stages”, etc. But I insist that there is a problem here that dem ...
Shikantaza(Just Sitting) - sotozen-net
... discard the raft. The zazen of Buddha-ancestors is not like this, but is simply Buddha’s practice. We could say that the situation of Buddha’s house is the one in which the essence, practice, and expounding are one and the same. (Eihei Koroku, vol. 8:11) In other schools zazen is a means to gain enl ...
... discard the raft. The zazen of Buddha-ancestors is not like this, but is simply Buddha’s practice. We could say that the situation of Buddha’s house is the one in which the essence, practice, and expounding are one and the same. (Eihei Koroku, vol. 8:11) In other schools zazen is a means to gain enl ...
print - Journal of Global Buddhism
... inseparable union of wisdom/emptiness/space (female) and bliss/compassion (male). During the Tibetan assimilation of late Indian Buddhism, the tradition of the unconventional, non-monastic yogi-practitioner clashed with the establishment of a monastic society. Geoffrey Samuel has described this proc ...
... inseparable union of wisdom/emptiness/space (female) and bliss/compassion (male). During the Tibetan assimilation of late Indian Buddhism, the tradition of the unconventional, non-monastic yogi-practitioner clashed with the establishment of a monastic society. Geoffrey Samuel has described this proc ...
here - Steamboat Buddhist Center
... According to the teachings of Buddha, every sentient being has, or better is already, Buddha nature; thus Buddhahood cannot be “attained.” It is much more a matter of experiencing the primordial perfection and realizing it in everyday life. Buddha nature. (Tib. de shegs nying po) The essential natur ...
... According to the teachings of Buddha, every sentient being has, or better is already, Buddha nature; thus Buddhahood cannot be “attained.” It is much more a matter of experiencing the primordial perfection and realizing it in everyday life. Buddha nature. (Tib. de shegs nying po) The essential natur ...
Three Creative Encounters: Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
... My professors over the years who cultivated my beginner’s mind, and those who gave me suggestions for this thesis, particularly Professors Sarah Mahurin, Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Justine Quijada, Eiko, Henry Abelove, Ron Cameron, Joel Pfister, and Sasha Rudensky; Coffee and Indian Hill for keeping me a ...
... My professors over the years who cultivated my beginner’s mind, and those who gave me suggestions for this thesis, particularly Professors Sarah Mahurin, Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Justine Quijada, Eiko, Henry Abelove, Ron Cameron, Joel Pfister, and Sasha Rudensky; Coffee and Indian Hill for keeping me a ...
The Bodhicaryavatara - Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive
... In the important sutras, which are the sources for the philosophical doctrines of the Cittamatra School or the Mind-Only School of Buddhism, distinctions are made between the three natures of phenomena. Imputational aspects of phenomena are according to these sutras stated as lacking an inherently e ...
... In the important sutras, which are the sources for the philosophical doctrines of the Cittamatra School or the Mind-Only School of Buddhism, distinctions are made between the three natures of phenomena. Imputational aspects of phenomena are according to these sutras stated as lacking an inherently e ...
Pedagogical Development of Zen Buddhism and Taoism for Taos
... scientifically unfolding the benefits these past few decades. Mindfulness meditation, in which the participant is instructed to view one’s own thoughts without judgment, but instead be aware of one’s thoughts and let them pass, has been increasingly in use in the United States since the late 1970’s, ...
... scientifically unfolding the benefits these past few decades. Mindfulness meditation, in which the participant is instructed to view one’s own thoughts without judgment, but instead be aware of one’s thoughts and let them pass, has been increasingly in use in the United States since the late 1970’s, ...
Title: Wisdom, Compassion, and Zen Social Ethics: the Case... Sŏngch’ŏl, and Minjung Buddhism in Korea
... gap still exists, in reality, between the two. Chinul explains this bounded state of sentient beings on three levels: the first involves being bound through outside phenomena, the second, through inner desire, and the third, through the desire for enlightenment. One can identify them as epistemologi ...
... gap still exists, in reality, between the two. Chinul explains this bounded state of sentient beings on three levels: the first involves being bound through outside phenomena, the second, through inner desire, and the third, through the desire for enlightenment. One can identify them as epistemologi ...
EMPEROR YONG ZHENG
... will be benefited. They can help the emperor stabi lise the country. 5. They also said that the Buddha Way and the Sovereign Way are one and the same. The Sover eign Way is extremely broad. It is the same as the Middle Way. The Buddha Way is also the Middle Way which is unbiased and virtuous. Their ...
... will be benefited. They can help the emperor stabi lise the country. 5. They also said that the Buddha Way and the Sovereign Way are one and the same. The Sover eign Way is extremely broad. It is the same as the Middle Way. The Buddha Way is also the Middle Way which is unbiased and virtuous. Their ...
Dzogchen
Dzogchen (Wylie: dzogs chen) or ""Great Perfection"", also called Atiyoga, is a tradition of teachings in Tibetan Buddhism aimed at attaining and maintaining the natural primordial state or natural condition. It is a central teaching of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism and of Bon. In these traditions, Dzogchen is the highest and most definitive path of the nine vehicles to liberation.