here - Nichiren Shu
... China, and all of Nichiren Daishonin's writings. Nichiren Shoshu concentrates its recitation of the Lotus Sutra to solely the 2nd and 16th chapters. It studies mainly these chapters, but also other areas as well, plus the teachings of T'ien T'ai, but its primary import in the area of religious study ...
... China, and all of Nichiren Daishonin's writings. Nichiren Shoshu concentrates its recitation of the Lotus Sutra to solely the 2nd and 16th chapters. It studies mainly these chapters, but also other areas as well, plus the teachings of T'ien T'ai, but its primary import in the area of religious study ...
Buddhist chaplaincy : Buddhist religious care
... Armed with these and similar observations, supported by communication skills taught by Lord Buddha, a Buddhist teacher will be able to help a person in difficulty, to cope with such difficulty, and indeed to get over it. The difficulty experienced could be minor or major, such as a f ...
... Armed with these and similar observations, supported by communication skills taught by Lord Buddha, a Buddhist teacher will be able to help a person in difficulty, to cope with such difficulty, and indeed to get over it. The difficulty experienced could be minor or major, such as a f ...
- ScienceCentral
... 和平元年), Rouran (柔然) defeated Juqus of Northern Liang, occupied Gaochang and empowered Kanbozhou (阚伯周) as its king. From then on, Gaochang began to have its own king and kingdom,11 which lasted for more than 180 years by the kingdom of Zhang (张氏, 488-496 A.D.), Ma (马氏, 496-501 A.D.) and Qu (麹氏, 502-64 ...
... 和平元年), Rouran (柔然) defeated Juqus of Northern Liang, occupied Gaochang and empowered Kanbozhou (阚伯周) as its king. From then on, Gaochang began to have its own king and kingdom,11 which lasted for more than 180 years by the kingdom of Zhang (张氏, 488-496 A.D.), Ma (马氏, 496-501 A.D.) and Qu (麹氏, 502-64 ...
PT Sangha - Audio/Visual Catalog
... Cultivating a life of unconditional joy and the power to benefit others ...
... Cultivating a life of unconditional joy and the power to benefit others ...
The Phor Tay Experience - Than Hsiang Research Center
... the education department to work in the schools and not employed by the schools themselves. Many of these new employees were not Buddhists but followers of other religions. The private high school and kindergarten also faced similar problem. Although they could still select and employ the people the ...
... the education department to work in the schools and not employed by the schools themselves. Many of these new employees were not Buddhists but followers of other religions. The private high school and kindergarten also faced similar problem. Although they could still select and employ the people the ...
Buddhist emptiness and Christian trinity
... These abstract differences lead to more practical and more significant conclusions. In Hinayana, nirvana somehow has an existence apart from the dharmas—i.e., from the finite world. This implies a kind of dualism. In Mahayana, nirvana is not at all different from samsara—that is, the phenomenal worl ...
... These abstract differences lead to more practical and more significant conclusions. In Hinayana, nirvana somehow has an existence apart from the dharmas—i.e., from the finite world. This implies a kind of dualism. In Mahayana, nirvana is not at all different from samsara—that is, the phenomenal worl ...
Buddhism in Myanmar
... According to the Sasanavamsa, the city of Aparanta is situated on the western shore of the Irrawaddy River at the latitude of Magwe. The Sasanavamsa gives only a very brief summary of the events surrounding the Buddha's visit to Aparanta, presumably because these were well known and could be read in ...
... According to the Sasanavamsa, the city of Aparanta is situated on the western shore of the Irrawaddy River at the latitude of Magwe. The Sasanavamsa gives only a very brief summary of the events surrounding the Buddha's visit to Aparanta, presumably because these were well known and could be read in ...
Rasa - Piazza
... Skill-in-means in Buddhism • Upāya, expedient means, is a term used in Mahayana Buddhism to refer to an aspect of guidance along the Buddhist Paths to liberation where a conscious, voluntary action is driven by an incomplete reasoning around its direction. • Upāya is often used with kaushalya ("cle ...
... Skill-in-means in Buddhism • Upāya, expedient means, is a term used in Mahayana Buddhism to refer to an aspect of guidance along the Buddhist Paths to liberation where a conscious, voluntary action is driven by an incomplete reasoning around its direction. • Upāya is often used with kaushalya ("cle ...
the sangha and its relation to the peace process in sri lanka
... data suggest that the number of monks supporting the ongoing peace process is growing, though they still form a small minority. Some of these monks work within various peace networks in Sri Lanka’s fragmented civil society, and the importance of their work cannot be overestimated. However, such monk ...
... data suggest that the number of monks supporting the ongoing peace process is growing, though they still form a small minority. Some of these monks work within various peace networks in Sri Lanka’s fragmented civil society, and the importance of their work cannot be overestimated. However, such monk ...
Ashé Journal 3.1
... Truths. The first truth is that existence is sorrow. Crowley claims that the same truth is stated by Huxley in Evolution and Ethics, and that Huxley also states that the amount of pain that a creature endures varies with the degree of consciousness of the being. The second Noble Truth is that the ca ...
... Truths. The first truth is that existence is sorrow. Crowley claims that the same truth is stated by Huxley in Evolution and Ethics, and that Huxley also states that the amount of pain that a creature endures varies with the degree of consciousness of the being. The second Noble Truth is that the ca ...
Lecture 100: Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa Page 1 Lecture
... followers. And this fact is surely suggestive. It suggests that the whole practice of the worship of the relics of great men was not so much a part of the Buddha's own teaching, of course, not so much a part of Buddhism proper, as a sort of popular ethnic practice which continued and was still popul ...
... followers. And this fact is surely suggestive. It suggests that the whole practice of the worship of the relics of great men was not so much a part of the Buddha's own teaching, of course, not so much a part of Buddhism proper, as a sort of popular ethnic practice which continued and was still popul ...
Courtesans and Tantric Consorts
... The monastics, however, did have detailed rule books, the vinayas, to guide them. Guidelines for the laity are more elusive. With this in mind I have chosen to focus, in the first part of this study, on lay aspects of the Buddha’s life as presented in his biographies, both textual and iconographic. T ...
... The monastics, however, did have detailed rule books, the vinayas, to guide them. Guidelines for the laity are more elusive. With this in mind I have chosen to focus, in the first part of this study, on lay aspects of the Buddha’s life as presented in his biographies, both textual and iconographic. T ...
The Dalai Lama: Happiness from within
... happiness’ is to cultivate benevolence, altruistic love, and compassion. These qualities are cultivated within, but expressed towards others. In essence, according to Buddhism, seeking happiness for oneself alone is doomed to failure, since self-centeredness is a major source of our discontent. ...
... happiness’ is to cultivate benevolence, altruistic love, and compassion. These qualities are cultivated within, but expressed towards others. In essence, according to Buddhism, seeking happiness for oneself alone is doomed to failure, since self-centeredness is a major source of our discontent. ...
The Treatise on the Path to Liberation (解脫道論) and the
... Treatise on the Path to Liberation, 解脫道論.3 According to the information given at the outset of this work, the Treatise on the Path to Liberation was compiled by the arahant Upatiṣya/Upatissa, while its translation into Chinese was undertaken by Saṃghapāla, Saṃghavarman or Saṃghabhara (僧伽婆羅), active ...
... Treatise on the Path to Liberation, 解脫道論.3 According to the information given at the outset of this work, the Treatise on the Path to Liberation was compiled by the arahant Upatiṣya/Upatissa, while its translation into Chinese was undertaken by Saṃghapāla, Saṃghavarman or Saṃghabhara (僧伽婆羅), active ...
Handbook For Mankind
... lay people at all. But nowadays it has become an affair involving ceremony, fun and games, loud laughter and money seeking. It is just a picnic and is devoid of all the desirable results originally intended. This sort of thing is a tumour which has developed in Buddhism and thrived. The tumour takes ...
... lay people at all. But nowadays it has become an affair involving ceremony, fun and games, loud laughter and money seeking. It is just a picnic and is devoid of all the desirable results originally intended. This sort of thing is a tumour which has developed in Buddhism and thrived. The tumour takes ...
PDF - Open Journal Systems
... Plank describes and discusses sati as a much more complex process than being ‘just mindfulness’ as in the contemporary therapeutic understanding, and claims that this is a simplification on several levels. In the Buddhist context sati is an important aspect of developing bodhi (awakening) and the fi ...
... Plank describes and discusses sati as a much more complex process than being ‘just mindfulness’ as in the contemporary therapeutic understanding, and claims that this is a simplification on several levels. In the Buddhist context sati is an important aspect of developing bodhi (awakening) and the fi ...
- Goldsmiths Research Online
... what is fundamentally an ethical problem – the perennial problem of the best kind of life for man to lead’ (The Nature 1). As Matthew Kapstein notes in discussing later Buddhist philosophical issues in the context of Western thought, ‘there is a limit to what the historian of philosophy can reasonab ...
... what is fundamentally an ethical problem – the perennial problem of the best kind of life for man to lead’ (The Nature 1). As Matthew Kapstein notes in discussing later Buddhist philosophical issues in the context of Western thought, ‘there is a limit to what the historian of philosophy can reasonab ...
Guide to Jodo Shinshu Teachings and Practices
... thousands of people. After seeing the Buddha, many people approached him to become his disciples. Many of these disciples abandoned all their belongings in order to become bhikshus and bhikshunis (monks and nuns). However, the teachings also became the centre of spiritual life for many lay people, c ...
... thousands of people. After seeing the Buddha, many people approached him to become his disciples. Many of these disciples abandoned all their belongings in order to become bhikshus and bhikshunis (monks and nuns). However, the teachings also became the centre of spiritual life for many lay people, c ...
Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology
... Each nation justifies its sense of nationalism on specific beliefs. The most fundamental belief anchoring Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism is that Sri Lanka has been preserved for Sinhalese Buddhists, and minorities live there only because of Buddhists’ sufferance. This sentiment automatically privile ...
... Each nation justifies its sense of nationalism on specific beliefs. The most fundamental belief anchoring Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism is that Sri Lanka has been preserved for Sinhalese Buddhists, and minorities live there only because of Buddhists’ sufferance. This sentiment automatically privile ...
fulltext
... single episode, has usually been interpreted as the great departure of the Buddha. The four riderless horses with their regal parasols are depicted in such a way that it is difficult to believe that the relief represents anything other than the young Buddha leaving the palace. Is it really possible ...
... single episode, has usually been interpreted as the great departure of the Buddha. The four riderless horses with their regal parasols are depicted in such a way that it is difficult to believe that the relief represents anything other than the young Buddha leaving the palace. Is it really possible ...
Mindfulness Contextualised. The Buddhist tradition
... Mindfulness is associated with the ethically wholesome. In the Questions to King Milinda, sati is described as having two qualities: ‘calling to mind’ and ‘taking possession’. Calling to mind refers to recollecting whether a mental state is skilful or not, so as to know which to pursue and which to ...
... Mindfulness is associated with the ethically wholesome. In the Questions to King Milinda, sati is described as having two qualities: ‘calling to mind’ and ‘taking possession’. Calling to mind refers to recollecting whether a mental state is skilful or not, so as to know which to pursue and which to ...