She Who Laughs Loudest: A Meditation on Zen Humor
... philosophy. It is not an exaggeration to say that in Zen Buddhism laughter can be deemed a more appropriate philosophical practice than, for instance, writing or lecturing—or even thinking” (2010, p. 9). The embodied nature of social relations facilitates an affective transmission, which instructs a ...
... philosophy. It is not an exaggeration to say that in Zen Buddhism laughter can be deemed a more appropriate philosophical practice than, for instance, writing or lecturing—or even thinking” (2010, p. 9). The embodied nature of social relations facilitates an affective transmission, which instructs a ...
BD Sp12_10_Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
... the point of view of the three-kaya-wisdom buddhanature, and that this nature permeated every aspect of our reality. During the more than thirty-five years he taught in the West, Rinpoche’s most consistent, crucial instruction was to always have faith and confidence in the three-kaya-wisdom buddhana ...
... the point of view of the three-kaya-wisdom buddhanature, and that this nature permeated every aspect of our reality. During the more than thirty-five years he taught in the West, Rinpoche’s most consistent, crucial instruction was to always have faith and confidence in the three-kaya-wisdom buddhana ...
Macho Buddhism: Gender and Sexualities in the Diamond Way
... fact ... Tibetan Buddhism in its Western varieties does not have much to do with sexuality except perhaps at the level of imagery and symbolism. The general atmosphere of a Dharma group is if anything rather puritanical, especially in the more traditionalist and conservative groups.’ 26 Nydahl also ...
... fact ... Tibetan Buddhism in its Western varieties does not have much to do with sexuality except perhaps at the level of imagery and symbolism. The general atmosphere of a Dharma group is if anything rather puritanical, especially in the more traditionalist and conservative groups.’ 26 Nydahl also ...
TO THE TEACHER: OBJECTIVES OF THE UNIT: To help students
... Literally, the term "Buddha" means "enlightened one." According to Buddhist beliefs, however, there have been innumerable Buddhas over the eons. This section will look primarily at Sakyamuni, the historical founder of Buddhism. Sakyamuni was born around 500 BC in north India. As a young man, unsatis ...
... Literally, the term "Buddha" means "enlightened one." According to Buddhist beliefs, however, there have been innumerable Buddhas over the eons. This section will look primarily at Sakyamuni, the historical founder of Buddhism. Sakyamuni was born around 500 BC in north India. As a young man, unsatis ...
What the Buddha Taught - Career Account Web Pages
... is followed in Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Chittagong in East Pakistan. Mahayana, which developed relatively later, is followed in other Buddhist countries like China, Japan, Tibet, Mongolia, etc. There are certain differences, mainly with regard to some beliefs, practices and obser ...
... is followed in Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Chittagong in East Pakistan. Mahayana, which developed relatively later, is followed in other Buddhist countries like China, Japan, Tibet, Mongolia, etc. There are certain differences, mainly with regard to some beliefs, practices and obser ...
buddhism - SGI Canada
... The early sutras contain many commandments for monastic practice. These teachings also posit a view of enlightenment, or nirvana, as the extinction of earthly desires, which he identified as the source of human suffering. Such teachings were in keeping with many of the prevalent views of his day. “A ...
... The early sutras contain many commandments for monastic practice. These teachings also posit a view of enlightenment, or nirvana, as the extinction of earthly desires, which he identified as the source of human suffering. Such teachings were in keeping with many of the prevalent views of his day. “A ...
PDF to download: Home altars with photos, summer 2010
... he dictionary definition of an altar is ‘a table or flat topped block on which religious offerings are made’. An altar therefore is simply a place of offering and I have several in my home. One of these is in my meditation room and this is available for general use by anyone who wishes to meditate. ...
... he dictionary definition of an altar is ‘a table or flat topped block on which religious offerings are made’. An altar therefore is simply a place of offering and I have several in my home. One of these is in my meditation room and this is available for general use by anyone who wishes to meditate. ...
Whole-body relics in Chinese Buddhism
... as a pan-Buddhist phenomenon and only Japanese whole-body relics can be considered well-researched. A number of monographs in Japanese and one in Italian describe the Japanese mummies in depth.6 Though some of these publications include important research about China we know much less about the prac ...
... as a pan-Buddhist phenomenon and only Japanese whole-body relics can be considered well-researched. A number of monographs in Japanese and one in Italian describe the Japanese mummies in depth.6 Though some of these publications include important research about China we know much less about the prac ...
Mysticism – an Impulse for Ritualizing Death
... for their self-loss anymore, as they do within most religious traditions, but rather create their ‘post-self’: their ongoing identity here on earth among their significant others. 8 For the bereaved, this means that through the ‘continuing bonds’ 9 with their loved ones, they do not let them go in a ...
... for their self-loss anymore, as they do within most religious traditions, but rather create their ‘post-self’: their ongoing identity here on earth among their significant others. 8 For the bereaved, this means that through the ‘continuing bonds’ 9 with their loved ones, they do not let them go in a ...
Dharma Essays
... Ignorance conditions mind/body as well. If there were no ignorance in mind/body, mind/body would be different. Our six organs and the six objects of these organs also contain ignorance. My perception of the flower is based on my eyes and on the form of the flower. As soon as my perception becomes ca ...
... Ignorance conditions mind/body as well. If there were no ignorance in mind/body, mind/body would be different. Our six organs and the six objects of these organs also contain ignorance. My perception of the flower is based on my eyes and on the form of the flower. As soon as my perception becomes ca ...
Teachings in Chinese Buddhism
... opportunity to thank the Triple Gem, and hope that more people may benefit from the Venerable’s writing. In Australia, there are very few English books on Mahayana Buddhism. In order to introduce the Buddha’s teachings to Westerners, members from the University of New South Wales Buddhist Society, t ...
... opportunity to thank the Triple Gem, and hope that more people may benefit from the Venerable’s writing. In Australia, there are very few English books on Mahayana Buddhism. In order to introduce the Buddha’s teachings to Westerners, members from the University of New South Wales Buddhist Society, t ...
Selected Translation of Miao-Yun Part One and Two
... opportunity to thank the Triple Gem, and hope that more people may benefit from the Venerable’s writing. In Australia, there are very few English books on Mahayana Buddhism. In order to introduce the Buddha’s teachings to Westerners, members from the University of New South Wales Buddhist Society, t ...
... opportunity to thank the Triple Gem, and hope that more people may benefit from the Venerable’s writing. In Australia, there are very few English books on Mahayana Buddhism. In order to introduce the Buddha’s teachings to Westerners, members from the University of New South Wales Buddhist Society, t ...
Biographies of Conference Participants
... joined the Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Sarnath. Then, under the auspices of Sanskrit University, Varanasi, he studied Buddhist philosophy for three years and received a GesheAcharya degree in 1972. At the end of 1973 he joined the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, as libr ...
... joined the Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Sarnath. Then, under the auspices of Sanskrit University, Varanasi, he studied Buddhist philosophy for three years and received a GesheAcharya degree in 1972. At the end of 1973 he joined the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, as libr ...
Reflections on Martha Nussbaum’s Work on Compassion from a Buddhist Perspective
... our waking consciousness, memories, what Jung calls the Collective Unconscious, results of previous actions, and awareness of the other skandhas. Here the awareness of self is seated and the illusion of "me" is created, in the sense that the consciousness ascribes permanence to itself. The Buddhist ...
... our waking consciousness, memories, what Jung calls the Collective Unconscious, results of previous actions, and awareness of the other skandhas. Here the awareness of self is seated and the illusion of "me" is created, in the sense that the consciousness ascribes permanence to itself. The Buddhist ...
Acro Dist 5 5.2 24jun01, Job 3
... Buddha. My mind is undisturbed whether people treat me with respect or disrespect, but it is not courteous for others to call one who looks equally with a kind heart upon all living beings, by his fa miliar name; Buddhas bring salvation to the world and so they ought to be treated with respect.’ Th ...
... Buddha. My mind is undisturbed whether people treat me with respect or disrespect, but it is not courteous for others to call one who looks equally with a kind heart upon all living beings, by his fa miliar name; Buddhas bring salvation to the world and so they ought to be treated with respect.’ Th ...
Is South AsiaŁs Buddhist Leader the Gyalwang Drukpa an
... human society” is concordant with Buddhist theology, which also scripturally includes all living beings (including animals and insects) in its “concern for liberation” (Candrakīrti 1989). From this evidence, we can infer that the activities of the Gyalwang Drukpa include, but are not limited to, Ack ...
... human society” is concordant with Buddhist theology, which also scripturally includes all living beings (including animals and insects) in its “concern for liberation” (Candrakīrti 1989). From this evidence, we can infer that the activities of the Gyalwang Drukpa include, but are not limited to, Ack ...
The Role of Buddhism in Society and Radical Buddhist
... religious intolerance and violence. The material was collected through interviews with young monks in Sri Lanka. The contribution of this study provides an account on the monks’ views which gives us a first insight into issues they reflect upon which may be relevant in relation to Sri Lanka’s social ...
... religious intolerance and violence. The material was collected through interviews with young monks in Sri Lanka. The contribution of this study provides an account on the monks’ views which gives us a first insight into issues they reflect upon which may be relevant in relation to Sri Lanka’s social ...
shentong madhyamaka and via negativa
... intolerance, wars and persecutions, we have little choice but to accept that neither religion has produced only one "mainstream" or "true" form of its tradition. Both religions include such a plurality of distinct teachings, practices, approaches and denominations that one may even dispute the propr ...
... intolerance, wars and persecutions, we have little choice but to accept that neither religion has produced only one "mainstream" or "true" form of its tradition. Both religions include such a plurality of distinct teachings, practices, approaches and denominations that one may even dispute the propr ...
Zhuan Falun (Volume II)
... successfully cultivate Buddhahood by chanting sutras, but they won’t succeed if they fail to shed human attachments. Their minds are focused on Buddha, after all, though, so after passing away they wander about in the temple, and follow along as others cultivate. That’s how it is for them. You can’t ...
... successfully cultivate Buddhahood by chanting sutras, but they won’t succeed if they fail to shed human attachments. Their minds are focused on Buddha, after all, though, so after passing away they wander about in the temple, and follow along as others cultivate. That’s how it is for them. You can’t ...
The Main Topics of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist Poetry
... The Main Topics of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist Poetry The striking difference with almost all other Buddhist lineages in the world, excluding Zen, lies in the fact that in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism the significant importance is given to the explanation of the path and the spiritual realization pre ...
... The Main Topics of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist Poetry The striking difference with almost all other Buddhist lineages in the world, excluding Zen, lies in the fact that in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism the significant importance is given to the explanation of the path and the spiritual realization pre ...