CHAPTER 1 Introduction
... eastern India. Tibetan historian Taranatha agrees with the same. One of the well-known poet-philosopher Nagarjuna refers him as a man of western India while another Chinese work ‘Shettango’ records him as ‘a man of south India’8. Ascetic Yuan Chwang connects him with central India. In the book “Awak ...
... eastern India. Tibetan historian Taranatha agrees with the same. One of the well-known poet-philosopher Nagarjuna refers him as a man of western India while another Chinese work ‘Shettango’ records him as ‘a man of south India’8. Ascetic Yuan Chwang connects him with central India. In the book “Awak ...
The Yogin & the Madman: Reading the Biographical
... implemented by Tsangnyön seem to have been aimed explicitly to drape the narrative of Milarepa’s life in canonical garb. The Life of Milarepa, for example, famously opens “with the formula ‘thus did I hear at one time’ evoking Ānanda’s own perfect recitation of the Buddha’s teachings” (137). Similar ...
... implemented by Tsangnyön seem to have been aimed explicitly to drape the narrative of Milarepa’s life in canonical garb. The Life of Milarepa, for example, famously opens “with the formula ‘thus did I hear at one time’ evoking Ānanda’s own perfect recitation of the Buddha’s teachings” (137). Similar ...
Skilful Means: A Concept in Mahayana Buddhism
... explore more recent editions and translations of individual Buddhist texts for themselves. There is also a need for more detailed studies about the use of the concept of skilful means in the various contexts of the differing Buddhist schools, a subject which was only touched on in Chapter 8. As an i ...
... explore more recent editions and translations of individual Buddhist texts for themselves. There is also a need for more detailed studies about the use of the concept of skilful means in the various contexts of the differing Buddhist schools, a subject which was only touched on in Chapter 8. As an i ...
The Dawn of Abhidharma - Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde
... range of factors that led to the emergence of these two aspects of Buddhist thought, my contributions are just meant to present relevant material from the textual corpus of the early discourses, in the hope of thereby providing a point of reference for those who study the same topic based on other m ...
... range of factors that led to the emergence of these two aspects of Buddhist thought, my contributions are just meant to present relevant material from the textual corpus of the early discourses, in the hope of thereby providing a point of reference for those who study the same topic based on other m ...
Talking about food does not appease hunger
... in the present work. Those excerpts were mostly written in classical Chinese, and the contexts were quite similar in form and meaning. In the early time of writing I had no cd rom of Taisho canon of Buddhist texts available. There, I could input a phrase and get the different contexts. Later I had ...
... in the present work. Those excerpts were mostly written in classical Chinese, and the contexts were quite similar in form and meaning. In the early time of writing I had no cd rom of Taisho canon of Buddhist texts available. There, I could input a phrase and get the different contexts. Later I had ...
1 Pu Khwan Khao Worship of Shan in Yunnan
... But what is totally different is the result of the fight. In the story of Baka Brahma, we can strongly say that the Buddha defeats Baka Brahma, since Baka Brahma corrects his wrong view and then becomes a Buddhist, whereas in the myth of Pu Khwan Khao, the Buddha ‘recognizes’ the merit of Pu Khwan K ...
... But what is totally different is the result of the fight. In the story of Baka Brahma, we can strongly say that the Buddha defeats Baka Brahma, since Baka Brahma corrects his wrong view and then becomes a Buddhist, whereas in the myth of Pu Khwan Khao, the Buddha ‘recognizes’ the merit of Pu Khwan K ...
S t u d y C o u r s e
... this is because he manifested the Law of Life through his courageous and compassionate behaviour. Thus the Law was his mentor because he demonstrated proof beyond doubt of living with the Law at the centre of one’s existence. Sharing everything with his disciples so as to instil the same confidence ...
... this is because he manifested the Law of Life through his courageous and compassionate behaviour. Thus the Law was his mentor because he demonstrated proof beyond doubt of living with the Law at the centre of one’s existence. Sharing everything with his disciples so as to instil the same confidence ...
Deva (Buddhism) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... devas differ from the "gods" and "angels" of most religions past and present in many important ways. ...
... devas differ from the "gods" and "angels" of most religions past and present in many important ways. ...
Dy, Ari C. (2013) Marginal Buddhists: religion and identity of a
... Catholic authorities desire an integration of Chinese culture with Christian faith, and I became personally involved in such efforts6 but it was and is a big struggle. At the beginning of this thesis, I share my personal experiences with Chinese religion, Buddhism, the Catholic faith and Chinese id ...
... Catholic authorities desire an integration of Chinese culture with Christian faith, and I became personally involved in such efforts6 but it was and is a big struggle. At the beginning of this thesis, I share my personal experiences with Chinese religion, Buddhism, the Catholic faith and Chinese id ...
the pdf - Open Collections
... uncovering how Chinese Buddhists understood Buddhist stūpas and whether they worshipped them. Though stūpas are not Buddhist inventions, they frequently appear in Buddhist scriptures, depicted as important Buddhist objects of worship symbolizing the Buddha after his nirvāa (or other Buddhist holy p ...
... uncovering how Chinese Buddhists understood Buddhist stūpas and whether they worshipped them. Though stūpas are not Buddhist inventions, they frequently appear in Buddhist scriptures, depicted as important Buddhist objects of worship symbolizing the Buddha after his nirvāa (or other Buddhist holy p ...
The Buddha`s Stūpa and Image. The Icons of his Immanence and
... The stūpa story and architecture After the Buddha’s cremation, his relics were divided into eight shares and distributed among eight rulers, who built stūpas over the received shares of the relics. In addition two more stūpas were erected, one over the vessel or vase (droṇa) used for dividing the re ...
... The stūpa story and architecture After the Buddha’s cremation, his relics were divided into eight shares and distributed among eight rulers, who built stūpas over the received shares of the relics. In addition two more stūpas were erected, one over the vessel or vase (droṇa) used for dividing the re ...
Part IV Aung San Suu Kyi and Buddhism
... This makes any attempt to write an objective account of her life very difficult. And yet it is important that an attempt is made to highlight her life in different ways, for there is no doubt that Aung San Suu Kyi plays a role internationally, as she has captured the imagination of people all over t ...
... This makes any attempt to write an objective account of her life very difficult. And yet it is important that an attempt is made to highlight her life in different ways, for there is no doubt that Aung San Suu Kyi plays a role internationally, as she has captured the imagination of people all over t ...
ATINER`s Conference Paper Series HIS2015-1862
... person holds a great place; which is also known as the second turning of the wheel of law. This doctrine or philosophy has been preserved in a category of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of T ...
... person holds a great place; which is also known as the second turning of the wheel of law. This doctrine or philosophy has been preserved in a category of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of T ...
Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context
... Chan. What mattered, above all, was a consolidation of the results of this revisionist history which allowed, in the light of the documents from Dunhuang, for a retrieval, to bring out of the dungeons of oblivion actors famous in their own time, like Shenhui, Shenxiu, and other masters of the Northe ...
... Chan. What mattered, above all, was a consolidation of the results of this revisionist history which allowed, in the light of the documents from Dunhuang, for a retrieval, to bring out of the dungeons of oblivion actors famous in their own time, like Shenhui, Shenxiu, and other masters of the Northe ...
- ANU Repository
... Beijing) in 1268. It highlights the esteem in which he was held by Qubilai Khan (1215– 1294), the ruler of the world’s mightiest empire of the time, the Mongol Empire. It also marks the heights that Tibetan Buddhism and ’Phags pa’s Sa skya order had reached as an imperial ideological force on the Eu ...
... Beijing) in 1268. It highlights the esteem in which he was held by Qubilai Khan (1215– 1294), the ruler of the world’s mightiest empire of the time, the Mongol Empire. It also marks the heights that Tibetan Buddhism and ’Phags pa’s Sa skya order had reached as an imperial ideological force on the Eu ...
Two Versions of the Mahādeva Tale in the Ekottarika‐āgama
... Tathāgatas as their diamond seat.”18 At that time, Kāśyapa, Śākyamuni Buddha sat there and told me: “Ānanda, I have been seated here in the past: “In this auspicious aeon a king appeared in the world whose name was Mahādeva ... up to ... for eighty-four thousand years he edified [his subjects] by re ...
... Tathāgatas as their diamond seat.”18 At that time, Kāśyapa, Śākyamuni Buddha sat there and told me: “Ānanda, I have been seated here in the past: “In this auspicious aeon a king appeared in the world whose name was Mahādeva ... up to ... for eighty-four thousand years he edified [his subjects] by re ...
The Development of Kaji Kito in Nichiren Shu Buddhism
... My specific interest in kaji kito comes from my childhood memories of my own father’s participation in aragyo, a type of ascetic training undergone by some priests belonging to the Nichiren Shu sect. I recall my father participating in the practice in occasion of “special” events within the family, ...
... My specific interest in kaji kito comes from my childhood memories of my own father’s participation in aragyo, a type of ascetic training undergone by some priests belonging to the Nichiren Shu sect. I recall my father participating in the practice in occasion of “special” events within the family, ...
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 ...
Dhamma and Abhidhamma
... 2.1 THE SARVĀSTIVĀDA ABHIDHARMA. The other dominant Indian school of Buddhism, the Sarvâstivāda (mid-3rd century BCE), also have their own set of seven books of the Abhidharma, compiled in Buddhist Sanskrit. They were most influential in the northwest of India, that is, in Kashmir and Gandhāra (pres ...
... 2.1 THE SARVĀSTIVĀDA ABHIDHARMA. The other dominant Indian school of Buddhism, the Sarvâstivāda (mid-3rd century BCE), also have their own set of seven books of the Abhidharma, compiled in Buddhist Sanskrit. They were most influential in the northwest of India, that is, in Kashmir and Gandhāra (pres ...
development of stupa architecture in india
... growth of religious pantheons. In the history of Indian civilization Buddhism, which besides being one of the oldest religions, has been a way of life and a socio-cultural system. A myriad variety of architecture was conceived, patronized and constructed by the Buddhists throughout the length and br ...
... growth of religious pantheons. In the history of Indian civilization Buddhism, which besides being one of the oldest religions, has been a way of life and a socio-cultural system. A myriad variety of architecture was conceived, patronized and constructed by the Buddhists throughout the length and br ...