Buddhist-Christian Dialogue and Action in the
... the Theravada countries of Asia in the era of globalization. In the face of problems and challenges never experienced before, it asks how Buddhism and Christianity can act as a source of hope to the people who suffer from socio-economic injustice, religiopolitical conflicts, and environmental crises ...
... the Theravada countries of Asia in the era of globalization. In the face of problems and challenges never experienced before, it asks how Buddhism and Christianity can act as a source of hope to the people who suffer from socio-economic injustice, religiopolitical conflicts, and environmental crises ...
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... Motion of the Wheel of Dhamma for the benefit and well-being of mankind, cannot be stopped”5. The Buddha chose to teach the Five Ascetics because they used to take care of him for awhile6 and were the most likely to succeed in using his teachings and witnessing His enlightenment. The Five Ascetics d ...
... Motion of the Wheel of Dhamma for the benefit and well-being of mankind, cannot be stopped”5. The Buddha chose to teach the Five Ascetics because they used to take care of him for awhile6 and were the most likely to succeed in using his teachings and witnessing His enlightenment. The Five Ascetics d ...
Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge
... new point of view and in the light of new material. In it an attempt is made to uncover the epistemological foundations of Pali Canonical thought. One of the main problems of epistemology is that of the means whereby our knowledge is derived. In this work the questions pertaining to the means of kno ...
... new point of view and in the light of new material. In it an attempt is made to uncover the epistemological foundations of Pali Canonical thought. One of the main problems of epistemology is that of the means whereby our knowledge is derived. In this work the questions pertaining to the means of kno ...
development of stupa architecture in india
... Stupas were made of clay (Pant 1976:3). Even the original Stupa at Sanchi and Bharhut are said to be made of clay. Archaeological excavations and findings proved that during Ashoka’s reign use of bricks and stone for constructional purpose became popular. But we cannot deny the fact that the predece ...
... Stupas were made of clay (Pant 1976:3). Even the original Stupa at Sanchi and Bharhut are said to be made of clay. Archaeological excavations and findings proved that during Ashoka’s reign use of bricks and stone for constructional purpose became popular. But we cannot deny the fact that the predece ...
Studies in the Lankavatara Sutra
... far as available. The third part is entirely new. As the Studies were not planned out as a whole from the beginning but have grown progressively in the author's mind, some repetitions have become inevitable. The second part dealing with the Lankavatara containing the philosophy of Zen Bud- ...
... far as available. The third part is entirely new. As the Studies were not planned out as a whole from the beginning but have grown progressively in the author's mind, some repetitions have become inevitable. The second part dealing with the Lankavatara containing the philosophy of Zen Bud- ...
ATINER`s Conference Paper Series HIS2015-1862
... of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after the 5th -6th century, became a part of it. With the development of the Vajra ...
... of texts, known as Prajñāpāramitā literature. The concept of Prajñāpāramitā flourished in these texts over many centuries; before the influence of Tantric elements, which became very popular in the Indian subcontinent after the 5th -6th century, became a part of it. With the development of the Vajra ...
Gurudharma Mūlasarvāstivāda Tradition Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Comparing the canonical Vinaya versions of the gurudharma stipulation concerning how bhikṣuṇī ordination should be carried out brings to light two significant differences. One of these two differences concerns the period to be observed as a probationer, or śikṣamāṇā. While the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya v ...
... Comparing the canonical Vinaya versions of the gurudharma stipulation concerning how bhikṣuṇī ordination should be carried out brings to light two significant differences. One of these two differences concerns the period to be observed as a probationer, or śikṣamāṇā. While the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya v ...
Conversion by the Book: Buddhist Print Culture in Early Republican
... Citations will include complete bibliographic information for the first footnote, and a shortened form thereafter. Any commonly-used alternate or style names will be given at the first instance of a personal name. Traditional Chinese characters will be used in all cases, even when the original sourc ...
... Citations will include complete bibliographic information for the first footnote, and a shortened form thereafter. Any commonly-used alternate or style names will be given at the first instance of a personal name. Traditional Chinese characters will be used in all cases, even when the original sourc ...
cheng xuanying`s conception of the sage in the zhuangzi
... seems to make no distinction between them throughout his commentary. Despite Cheng's vision for harmonizing the sage epithets, I will explore a few examples where we can I detect Cheng' s dissat~sfaction with certain passages of the Zhuangzi. ...
... seems to make no distinction between them throughout his commentary. Despite Cheng's vision for harmonizing the sage epithets, I will explore a few examples where we can I detect Cheng' s dissat~sfaction with certain passages of the Zhuangzi. ...
Nietzsche and Buddha - Western Political Science Association
... teachings attributed to the Buddha and recognized by all Buddhists), and many scholars identify Saṃyutta Nikāya 22:56 (the Parivatta Sutta) as being an especially clear exposition. 10 There the Buddha teaches that all of the objects of experience (also called conditioned objects) are made up of fiv ...
... teachings attributed to the Buddha and recognized by all Buddhists), and many scholars identify Saṃyutta Nikāya 22:56 (the Parivatta Sutta) as being an especially clear exposition. 10 There the Buddha teaches that all of the objects of experience (also called conditioned objects) are made up of fiv ...
The History of Buddhism in Vietnam
... Ch’an sect emphasized direct enlightenment and the doctrine of sunyata. This chapter does the service of translating many beautiful poems of this period. It closes with a careful description of Ly religious architecture, and a profile of popular religiosity (Amitabha-worship, etc.). Chapter IX, “Bud ...
... Ch’an sect emphasized direct enlightenment and the doctrine of sunyata. This chapter does the service of translating many beautiful poems of this period. It closes with a careful description of Ly religious architecture, and a profile of popular religiosity (Amitabha-worship, etc.). Chapter IX, “Bud ...
Chapter 1 - Stanford University
... racial differences between the Aryans, who are said to have migrated to India from the Northwest, and the darker indigenous Indians (the Sanskrit word for caste is varna, which means color) (Mendelsohn and Vicziany 7). Today, however, even Roman Catholics in southern India seat themselves according ...
... racial differences between the Aryans, who are said to have migrated to India from the Northwest, and the darker indigenous Indians (the Sanskrit word for caste is varna, which means color) (Mendelsohn and Vicziany 7). Today, however, even Roman Catholics in southern India seat themselves according ...
WONHYO - A. Charles Muller
... community and the broader Mahāyāna school of Buddhism. Later, the insights and meditative practices of the Seon tradition were introduced to the peninsula and this practice lineage lives on today in meditation halls throughout the country. Korea, as a land that has deep affinities with the ...
... community and the broader Mahāyāna school of Buddhism. Later, the insights and meditative practices of the Seon tradition were introduced to the peninsula and this practice lineage lives on today in meditation halls throughout the country. Korea, as a land that has deep affinities with the ...
BUDDHIST MONASTIC LIFE
... his disciples are said to have been one of a number of groups of religious mendicants in ancient India; Buddhist texts call such a group a gana, and each had its ganacariya, "group teacher" or "leader." It might have been the Buddha's slightly older contemporary Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, who ...
... his disciples are said to have been one of a number of groups of religious mendicants in ancient India; Buddhist texts call such a group a gana, and each had its ganacariya, "group teacher" or "leader." It might have been the Buddha's slightly older contemporary Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, who ...
- SOAS Research Online
... of Brahmin origin.6 In the third century CE, in Persia, the Sassanian dynasty consolidated its power by encouraging a unitary Zoroastrianism and proscribing other religious faiths, apparently including Buddhism. 7 These early episodes echo a general model of religious persecution, resulting from the ...
... of Brahmin origin.6 In the third century CE, in Persia, the Sassanian dynasty consolidated its power by encouraging a unitary Zoroastrianism and proscribing other religious faiths, apparently including Buddhism. 7 These early episodes echo a general model of religious persecution, resulting from the ...
Knowing and Living the Truth
... What is Wisdom? Wisdom in General The dictionary describes wisdom as the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment. Pertinent synonyms include: sagacity, sense, common sense, astuteness, judiciousness, and prudence. The opposite of wisdom is not stupidity, but foolishness. Many very ...
... What is Wisdom? Wisdom in General The dictionary describes wisdom as the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment. Pertinent synonyms include: sagacity, sense, common sense, astuteness, judiciousness, and prudence. The opposite of wisdom is not stupidity, but foolishness. Many very ...
OF Master Hongyi`s Last Calligraphic Work - Papyrus
... Chinese characters and cultivated a full set of artistic skills to write them and aesthetic criteria to appreciate them. These were well based on the cultural values of Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. ...
... Chinese characters and cultivated a full set of artistic skills to write them and aesthetic criteria to appreciate them. These were well based on the cultural values of Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. ...
Two Versions of the Mahādeva Tale in the Ekottarika‐āgama
... Adopting the variant 應 instead of 當. The stanzas in the parallel versions are as follows: MN 83 at MN II 75,17: “the divine messengers have manifested to me, white hair can be seen to have appeared on [my] head”. MĀ 67 at T I 513c7: “white hair has appeared on my head, my life span is deteriorating ...
... Adopting the variant 應 instead of 當. The stanzas in the parallel versions are as follows: MN 83 at MN II 75,17: “the divine messengers have manifested to me, white hair can be seen to have appeared on [my] head”. MĀ 67 at T I 513c7: “white hair has appeared on my head, my life span is deteriorating ...
There is a legend the Buddha was once handed a flower and asked
... realm of insight floating in our mind beyond its conscious state. Taoists also questioned the value of social organization, holding that the best government is the one governing least and that "the wise deal with things through non-interference and teach through no-words."2 Taoists typically refused ...
... realm of insight floating in our mind beyond its conscious state. Taoists also questioned the value of social organization, holding that the best government is the one governing least and that "the wise deal with things through non-interference and teach through no-words."2 Taoists typically refused ...
Wonhyo - Charles Muller
... not unusual for exegetes to have the name of the original text wrong half the time; or to cite a passage that we cannot find in the indicated text; or that it is there, but the paraphrase is so far off that it is difficult to find the source. With Wonhyo, the cited text name is almost always right, ...
... not unusual for exegetes to have the name of the original text wrong half the time; or to cite a passage that we cannot find in the indicated text; or that it is there, but the paraphrase is so far off that it is difficult to find the source. With Wonhyo, the cited text name is almost always right, ...
religionofthesamurai
... titles of 897 Mahayana sutras, yet the most important books often quoted by Northern Buddhist teachers amount to little more than twenty. There exist the English translation of Larger Sukhavativyuha-sutra, Smaller Sukhavati-vyuha-sutra, Vajracchedika-sutra, Larger Prajna-paramita-hradya-sutra, Small ...
... titles of 897 Mahayana sutras, yet the most important books often quoted by Northern Buddhist teachers amount to little more than twenty. There exist the English translation of Larger Sukhavativyuha-sutra, Smaller Sukhavati-vyuha-sutra, Vajracchedika-sutra, Larger Prajna-paramita-hradya-sutra, Small ...
The Bequeathed Teachings Sutra
... cultivation. When running into difficulties during your practice, and you don't know who to turn to, you can certainly turn to this sutra and other Buddhist sutras. You will very likely find answers to your problems. When I first started, he read all the available 200 English books that were transla ...
... cultivation. When running into difficulties during your practice, and you don't know who to turn to, you can certainly turn to this sutra and other Buddhist sutras. You will very likely find answers to your problems. When I first started, he read all the available 200 English books that were transla ...
Buddhism and Sustainability-Related Organisational Practices: A Sri
... Given some individual papers/chapters in this thesis have been accepted for publication there is a switch between New Zealand English and American spelling in different parts of the thesis. i ...
... Given some individual papers/chapters in this thesis have been accepted for publication there is a switch between New Zealand English and American spelling in different parts of the thesis. i ...
Icon - University of Pretoria
... Enlightenment is perhaps better translated as awakening (Fischer-Schreiber & Diener 1994: 102). It seems to be an awakening to clarity and accuracy, and a realization of true reality which is an awakening to the oneness of everything (Fischer-Schreiber & Diener 1994: 102). Enlightenment, awakening, ...
... Enlightenment is perhaps better translated as awakening (Fischer-Schreiber & Diener 1994: 102). It seems to be an awakening to clarity and accuracy, and a realization of true reality which is an awakening to the oneness of everything (Fischer-Schreiber & Diener 1994: 102). Enlightenment, awakening, ...