Mahayana Buddhism - The Doctrinal Foundations
... to some of the recent scholarly work in the field. It is not an elementary academic introduction to Buddhism as a whole or to Buddhist thought. For Buddhism in general I recommend my colleague Rupert Gethin’s The Foundations of Buddhism (OUP, 1998). For Buddhist thought I recommend my other book (wri ...
... to some of the recent scholarly work in the field. It is not an elementary academic introduction to Buddhism as a whole or to Buddhist thought. For Buddhism in general I recommend my colleague Rupert Gethin’s The Foundations of Buddhism (OUP, 1998). For Buddhist thought I recommend my other book (wri ...
TRUTH - As given to the Buddha
... “He who controls his own destiny, despite the gods or other people; and he who has defeated his own vanities and evil: him, do I call a Brahma.” (Again, Brahma meaning the upper-class of mankind.) Oh, the Buddha knew what the word “Brahma” meant in his part of the world. (The Buddha was the son of a ...
... “He who controls his own destiny, despite the gods or other people; and he who has defeated his own vanities and evil: him, do I call a Brahma.” (Again, Brahma meaning the upper-class of mankind.) Oh, the Buddha knew what the word “Brahma” meant in his part of the world. (The Buddha was the son of a ...
The Edicts of King Asoka - Buddhist Publication Society
... personality. It seems that Asoka had been calling himself a Buddhist for at least two years prior to the Kāliṅga war, but his commitment to Buddhism was only lukewarm and perhaps had a political motive behind it. But after the war Asoka dedicated the rest of his life trying to apply Buddhist princip ...
... personality. It seems that Asoka had been calling himself a Buddhist for at least two years prior to the Kāliṅga war, but his commitment to Buddhism was only lukewarm and perhaps had a political motive behind it. But after the war Asoka dedicated the rest of his life trying to apply Buddhist princip ...
View in PDF - Nalanda Buddhist Society
... community came together to support the meaningful event. Offering alms and participating in the Māha Sanghikadāna strengthens the harmonious ties between the Sangha and lay devotees. This is vital for the development of Buddhism in Malaysia. More than a hundred monks and nuns from all traditions wer ...
... community came together to support the meaningful event. Offering alms and participating in the Māha Sanghikadāna strengthens the harmonious ties between the Sangha and lay devotees. This is vital for the development of Buddhism in Malaysia. More than a hundred monks and nuns from all traditions wer ...
An Exploratory Study of a Counselling Framework
... Brazier’s work22. Many psychotherapists have been adopting Buddhist concepts for their practices, for example, Groves and Farmer23, Young-Eisendrath24. Most of the previous works have focused on applying Buddhist teachings as a fragmented manner or a counselling technique such as mindfulness25. In a ...
... Brazier’s work22. Many psychotherapists have been adopting Buddhist concepts for their practices, for example, Groves and Farmer23, Young-Eisendrath24. Most of the previous works have focused on applying Buddhist teachings as a fragmented manner or a counselling technique such as mindfulness25. In a ...
Chapter 1 - Princeton University Press
... metaphysical position, on account of which they conclude that Pyrrho could not be the founder of Pyrrhonism. This idea has been much criticized,15 mainly because the ancient testimonies overwhelmingly say that the concern of Pyrrho is purely with ethics, and many modern scholars agree.16 The very fi ...
... metaphysical position, on account of which they conclude that Pyrrho could not be the founder of Pyrrhonism. This idea has been much criticized,15 mainly because the ancient testimonies overwhelmingly say that the concern of Pyrrho is purely with ethics, and many modern scholars agree.16 The very fi ...
Early Zarathushtrîanism and Early Buddhism: A Comparative Study
... god and their rituals, Zarathushtra had questioned the social distinctions of the warfaring and priestly c1ass. 23 The first chapter of this study will primarily situate Zarathushtra in his historical context and deterrnine the Indo-Iranian nature ofhis lore before defining his opposition to the dom ...
... god and their rituals, Zarathushtra had questioned the social distinctions of the warfaring and priestly c1ass. 23 The first chapter of this study will primarily situate Zarathushtra in his historical context and deterrnine the Indo-Iranian nature ofhis lore before defining his opposition to the dom ...
The Life of Nichiren Daishonin - Sgi-Usa
... and fighting broke out in Kamakura and Kyoto, the seat of the military government and the imperial capital, respectively. This is known as the February Disturbance or the Hojo Tokisuke Rebellion. The Daishonin’s prediction of internal strife had come true just 150 days after declaring it in his remo ...
... and fighting broke out in Kamakura and Kyoto, the seat of the military government and the imperial capital, respectively. This is known as the February Disturbance or the Hojo Tokisuke Rebellion. The Daishonin’s prediction of internal strife had come true just 150 days after declaring it in his remo ...
- Enlighten: Theses
... PhD Dissertation, University of Glasgow, Department of Religious Studies and Theology ...
... PhD Dissertation, University of Glasgow, Department of Religious Studies and Theology ...
Sogdians and Buddhism - Sino
... often used in later Chinese sources. Thus K’ang-chü, as a nomadic state, included Sogdiana, and K’ang kuo referred to Sogdiana, or more specifically the city kingdom of Samarqand, where Buddhism must have been flourishing at that time, enough to send missionary monks to China. Influenced by neighbor ...
... often used in later Chinese sources. Thus K’ang-chü, as a nomadic state, included Sogdiana, and K’ang kuo referred to Sogdiana, or more specifically the city kingdom of Samarqand, where Buddhism must have been flourishing at that time, enough to send missionary monks to China. Influenced by neighbor ...
An Old Inscription from Amarāvatī and the Cult of the Local Monastic
... very little about any secondary structures at the site. We do know that there were a number of mortuary stupas clustered around the main stupa. Burgess, in 1882, referred to two of these, in one of which he found "a small chatti [a type of p o t ] . . . a n d a quantity of calcined bones." A similar ...
... very little about any secondary structures at the site. We do know that there were a number of mortuary stupas clustered around the main stupa. Burgess, in 1882, referred to two of these, in one of which he found "a small chatti [a type of p o t ] . . . a n d a quantity of calcined bones." A similar ...
The Wisdom Teachings of Buddhism with a New
... • “We daily overcome the boundaries between self and other.” (p. 137) • Discuss how we can do this. ...
... • “We daily overcome the boundaries between self and other.” (p. 137) • Discuss how we can do this. ...
Dogen: His Life, Religion, and Poetry
... philosophy in regard to the insubstantial, selfless nature of reality with as a sense of oneness joining the individual with reality: We become whole when sitting in zazen and entering a state in the sensibility of the Japanese recognition through eloquent poetry of the which we are no longer consci ...
... philosophy in regard to the insubstantial, selfless nature of reality with as a sense of oneness joining the individual with reality: We become whole when sitting in zazen and entering a state in the sensibility of the Japanese recognition through eloquent poetry of the which we are no longer consci ...
Cliff Notes: Text and Image at Baodingshan
... tradition in China, and Dr. Henrik Sørenson for pointing out the relatedness of the sutra carvings at Baodingshan to inscribed texts found elsewhere in Sichuan. Grants from the Samuel Kress Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council and the Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Studies aided me in my rese ...
... tradition in China, and Dr. Henrik Sørenson for pointing out the relatedness of the sutra carvings at Baodingshan to inscribed texts found elsewhere in Sichuan. Grants from the Samuel Kress Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council and the Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Studies aided me in my rese ...
The future cakravartin-maitreyan soteriology in early China
... Tathāgata and will attain Nirvāṇa in the Ketumati paradise.5 In Early China, Mahāyāna teachings and Hīnayāna teachings came in almost at the same time, and the Chinese did not strictly distinguish them from each other. Therefore, though in Hīnayāna tradition Maitreya was basically worshiped as the F ...
... Tathāgata and will attain Nirvāṇa in the Ketumati paradise.5 In Early China, Mahāyāna teachings and Hīnayāna teachings came in almost at the same time, and the Chinese did not strictly distinguish them from each other. Therefore, though in Hīnayāna tradition Maitreya was basically worshiped as the F ...
save - Dl4a.org
... assumed its medieval shape and some forms of Buddhism, such as Lamaism, countenance Brahmanic deities and ceremonies, while in Java and Camboja the two religions were avowedly combined and declared to be the same. Neither is it convenient to separate the fortunes of Buddhism and Hinduism outside Ind ...
... assumed its medieval shape and some forms of Buddhism, such as Lamaism, countenance Brahmanic deities and ceremonies, while in Java and Camboja the two religions were avowedly combined and declared to be the same. Neither is it convenient to separate the fortunes of Buddhism and Hinduism outside Ind ...
Placing Nichiren in the Big Picture: Some
... medieval period, to locate “Japan” in the cosmos and in history. It shows how Nichiren has been represented as either politically conservative or radical, marginal to the new Buddhism or its paradigmatic ³gure, depending upon which model of “Kamakura new Buddhism” is employed. It also shows how the ...
... medieval period, to locate “Japan” in the cosmos and in history. It shows how Nichiren has been represented as either politically conservative or radical, marginal to the new Buddhism or its paradigmatic ³gure, depending upon which model of “Kamakura new Buddhism” is employed. It also shows how the ...
Teachings from Traditional Lamas
... What is needed instead is something shining like a radiant diamond or the sun, a mind that is pristine at all times. So it is a question of balance, and this way takes maturity. On one side, one should take time to calm down. One watch one’s breath, but only to avoid continuing the events of the day ...
... What is needed instead is something shining like a radiant diamond or the sun, a mind that is pristine at all times. So it is a question of balance, and this way takes maturity. On one side, one should take time to calm down. One watch one’s breath, but only to avoid continuing the events of the day ...
The Edicts of King Asoka
... It is also very clear that Buddhism was the most influential force in Asoka’s life and that he hoped his subjects likewise would adopt his religion. He went on pilgrimages to Lumbini and Bodh Gaya, sent teaching monks to various regions in India and beyond its borders, and he was familiar enough wi ...
... It is also very clear that Buddhism was the most influential force in Asoka’s life and that he hoped his subjects likewise would adopt his religion. He went on pilgrimages to Lumbini and Bodh Gaya, sent teaching monks to various regions in India and beyond its borders, and he was familiar enough wi ...
the role of diamond sutra in the vietnamese buddhist practice
... practice to chant the Diamond Sutra a thousand times or to learn it by heart. Due to its great importance in Buddhist practice, the Diamond Sutra is very well preserved in many different forms such as the embroidered copies the of Diamond Sutra, hand copied of the sutra, as well as carvings on wood ...
... practice to chant the Diamond Sutra a thousand times or to learn it by heart. Due to its great importance in Buddhist practice, the Diamond Sutra is very well preserved in many different forms such as the embroidered copies the of Diamond Sutra, hand copied of the sutra, as well as carvings on wood ...
2015 SGINZ LEVEL ONE EXAM
... idea that ignorance and the Dharma nature are a single entity” (OTT, 4). Myoho, then, expresses both the enlightened nature of a Buddha and the deluded nature of an ordinary person, and the fact that they are essentially one. While most Buddhist schools see a huge difference between a Buddha and an ...
... idea that ignorance and the Dharma nature are a single entity” (OTT, 4). Myoho, then, expresses both the enlightened nature of a Buddha and the deluded nature of an ordinary person, and the fact that they are essentially one. While most Buddhist schools see a huge difference between a Buddha and an ...
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 ...
The Dawn of Abhidharma - Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde
... Since the publication of The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal in 2010, I have been able to clarify my methodological approach in more detail. My Comparative Study of the Majjhima-nikāya in the light of its parallels,4 published in 2011, shows that according to the evidence we have at our disposal th ...
... Since the publication of The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal in 2010, I have been able to clarify my methodological approach in more detail. My Comparative Study of the Majjhima-nikāya in the light of its parallels,4 published in 2011, shows that according to the evidence we have at our disposal th ...
10_chapter 4
... point before Nhan Tong. With the foundation of the Truc Lam sect Nham Tong realized the unification of the Buddhist clergy under the Tran’s reign. But that task began only in 1299. That meant that during the thirteenth century, Buddhism developed itself with many sects. Except the above mentioned Bu ...
... point before Nhan Tong. With the foundation of the Truc Lam sect Nham Tong realized the unification of the Buddhist clergy under the Tran’s reign. But that task began only in 1299. That meant that during the thirteenth century, Buddhism developed itself with many sects. Except the above mentioned Bu ...