BA / VMO Vinaya and the Buddhist Monastic Order
... towards or emphasis on renunciation or the choice of a life of pabbajjā in one's keenness in the pursuit of the goal of nibbāna. We also wish to add that the pursuit of nibbāna as one's spiritual goal, according to the suttas, also always implied being on a special track of discipline and training c ...
... towards or emphasis on renunciation or the choice of a life of pabbajjā in one's keenness in the pursuit of the goal of nibbāna. We also wish to add that the pursuit of nibbāna as one's spiritual goal, according to the suttas, also always implied being on a special track of discipline and training c ...
A Brief Introduction to Buddhism, by Rev. Marvin Harada
... A Brief Introduction to Buddhism In a nutshell, Buddhism is a teaching that shows us the workings of our ego self and how that ego self causes us all of our problems in life. Our normal reaction to such a statement is, “Who me? I don’t have an ego.” This is exactly why we need Buddhism, because we c ...
... A Brief Introduction to Buddhism In a nutshell, Buddhism is a teaching that shows us the workings of our ego self and how that ego self causes us all of our problems in life. Our normal reaction to such a statement is, “Who me? I don’t have an ego.” This is exactly why we need Buddhism, because we c ...
Reviews
... given by the author, an assistant teacher at the House of Inner Tran quillity in Wiltshire (England). The House is a Buddhist meditation center working in the Theravàda tradition. The first chapter, from which the book takes its title, has been especially written for the occasion, and provides an ...
... given by the author, an assistant teacher at the House of Inner Tran quillity in Wiltshire (England). The House is a Buddhist meditation center working in the Theravàda tradition. The first chapter, from which the book takes its title, has been especially written for the occasion, and provides an ...
Introduction to Meditation
... • The core of Buddhist practice • To develop Wisdom/Insight ( panna, prajna) • To attain Nirvana/Buddhahood. ...
... • The core of Buddhist practice • To develop Wisdom/Insight ( panna, prajna) • To attain Nirvana/Buddhahood. ...
Buddhist Cultural Pluralism in South Asia: Explorations in Popular
... This international conference strives to put together contemporary imageries, ideas, and practices of Buddhism in South Asia. The papers in this conference will depart from the established canons and conventional methodologies of exploration. Buddhism cannot be discussed simply as a religion of the ...
... This international conference strives to put together contemporary imageries, ideas, and practices of Buddhism in South Asia. The papers in this conference will depart from the established canons and conventional methodologies of exploration. Buddhism cannot be discussed simply as a religion of the ...
Meditation according to Hinduism
... Buddha asked people to shun the two extremes of self-indulgence and self-torture and follow the Middle Path. He laid emphasis on such human virtues as dana (charity or benevolence), sila (oral goodness), Khanti (patience or forbearance), viriya (fortitude) and panna (knowledge). He regarded ahimsa ( ...
... Buddha asked people to shun the two extremes of self-indulgence and self-torture and follow the Middle Path. He laid emphasis on such human virtues as dana (charity or benevolence), sila (oral goodness), Khanti (patience or forbearance), viriya (fortitude) and panna (knowledge). He regarded ahimsa ( ...
The Buddhist universe The realms of the universe The Buddhist
... Indian religions often see space and time as cyclical, such that world-systems come into being, survive for a time, are destroyed and then are remade. In Buddhism this happens naturally without the intervention of gods. One tale told by the Buddha in the Aggan̄n̄a Sutta describes the process of recr ...
... Indian religions often see space and time as cyclical, such that world-systems come into being, survive for a time, are destroyed and then are remade. In Buddhism this happens naturally without the intervention of gods. One tale told by the Buddha in the Aggan̄n̄a Sutta describes the process of recr ...
Tibetan Buddhism as practical religion
... Tibetan Buddhism shares with most pre-modern religions, and Tibetan Buddhism has retained it more than many other Buddhist traditions that have been more influenced by European, and specifically Protestant Christian, notions of religion. • Historically, too, Tibetan Buddhism, with its heritage from ...
... Tibetan Buddhism shares with most pre-modern religions, and Tibetan Buddhism has retained it more than many other Buddhist traditions that have been more influenced by European, and specifically Protestant Christian, notions of religion. • Historically, too, Tibetan Buddhism, with its heritage from ...
Depictions of Buddha
... Buddha is popular in China. • This figure is believed to be a representation of a medieval Chinese monk and therefore technically not a Buddha image. ...
... Buddha is popular in China. • This figure is believed to be a representation of a medieval Chinese monk and therefore technically not a Buddha image. ...
Jodo Shinshu Buddhism Beyond Borders
... interior and exterior forms of practice and self-examination in Pure Land and Shin Buddhism. Dr. Jessica L. Main will speak about religious hatred and discrimination and religious reconciliation, especially as they pertain to Jodo Shinshu in Japan and the US. Dr. Blum is the Shinjo Ito Distinguished ...
... interior and exterior forms of practice and self-examination in Pure Land and Shin Buddhism. Dr. Jessica L. Main will speak about religious hatred and discrimination and religious reconciliation, especially as they pertain to Jodo Shinshu in Japan and the US. Dr. Blum is the Shinjo Ito Distinguished ...
The Indian Subcontinent
... 3. The way to end suffering is to end our desire for selfish goals and to see others as an extension of ourselves. 4. The way to end desire is to follow the Middle Path. ...
... 3. The way to end suffering is to end our desire for selfish goals and to see others as an extension of ourselves. 4. The way to end desire is to follow the Middle Path. ...
Vinaya Piṭaka in Buddhist Religious Literature
... Vinaya Piṭaka in Buddhist Religious Literature Basicreligious literature of the Buddhists consists of three distinct collections which are severally known as Dhamma, Vinaya and Abhidhamma. They are all at least two thousand years old. Dhamma consists essentially of the teachings of the Master himsel ...
... Vinaya Piṭaka in Buddhist Religious Literature Basicreligious literature of the Buddhists consists of three distinct collections which are severally known as Dhamma, Vinaya and Abhidhamma. They are all at least two thousand years old. Dhamma consists essentially of the teachings of the Master himsel ...
Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism
... Anatman (No Self) A sentient being is merely a composite of five aggregates in a state of flux: body, sensations, perceptions, volitions, consciousness. This combination gives rise to the illusion of self, which in turn produces craving, tying one to samsara. ...
... Anatman (No Self) A sentient being is merely a composite of five aggregates in a state of flux: body, sensations, perceptions, volitions, consciousness. This combination gives rise to the illusion of self, which in turn produces craving, tying one to samsara. ...
Talk_Four - Western Chan Fellowship
... into shape a moral personality of character and integrity. Its real job is to sustain those spiritual practices which, over time, can ripen a moral personality. Where we are faced with some difficult moral dilemma, where what needs to be done goes slap against our emotional imperatives, this ripenin ...
... into shape a moral personality of character and integrity. Its real job is to sustain those spiritual practices which, over time, can ripen a moral personality. Where we are faced with some difficult moral dilemma, where what needs to be done goes slap against our emotional imperatives, this ripenin ...
Buddhism and Violence: Roots of “religious” conflicts in Myanmar
... state conflates itself, the former becomes the sole marker of what means for one to be a citizen in that particular country. This creates problems when religious minorities are present within the nation. They will be seen as foreign entities in the eyes of the majority deserving to be discriminated ...
... state conflates itself, the former becomes the sole marker of what means for one to be a citizen in that particular country. This creates problems when religious minorities are present within the nation. They will be seen as foreign entities in the eyes of the majority deserving to be discriminated ...
08-nirvana
... We’ve learned about what karma is and how it is through building up good karma we can get closer to being happy. But happiness isn’t just about having good things happen to you. It’s not like Tesco club points, oh no, according to Buddhists it’s much, much more than that. ...
... We’ve learned about what karma is and how it is through building up good karma we can get closer to being happy. But happiness isn’t just about having good things happen to you. It’s not like Tesco club points, oh no, according to Buddhists it’s much, much more than that. ...
Catholicism and Buddhism - Anthony E
... The Attraction of Buddhism In Crossing the Threshold of Hope, the Holy Father notes that the Dalai Lama has worked to bring "Buddhism to people of the Christian West, stirring up interest both in Buddhist spirituality and in its methods of praying." He points out that, "Today we are seeing a certai ...
... The Attraction of Buddhism In Crossing the Threshold of Hope, the Holy Father notes that the Dalai Lama has worked to bring "Buddhism to people of the Christian West, stirring up interest both in Buddhist spirituality and in its methods of praying." He points out that, "Today we are seeing a certai ...