Buddhism and Modernity
... in Tibetan when Buddhism arrived. When Buddhism came to Tibet, the decision to translate the Buddhist canon into Tibetan was the decision to create a regimented system of translation, through which the classical Tibetan language came into existence as a vehicle expressly designed to translate Sanskr ...
... in Tibetan when Buddhism arrived. When Buddhism came to Tibet, the decision to translate the Buddhist canon into Tibetan was the decision to create a regimented system of translation, through which the classical Tibetan language came into existence as a vehicle expressly designed to translate Sanskr ...
Alternative Traditions
... mouth Zen is not heart Zen, that Zen practice does have something to do with Buddhist philosophy, and so on. ...
... mouth Zen is not heart Zen, that Zen practice does have something to do with Buddhist philosophy, and so on. ...
Research Article - Journal of Global Buddhism
... monastic life, for women as well as men. Whereas in the early 1990s the majority of monks were old, today the young monks outnumber the old ones. It is not only religious devotion that leads to the rapid increase of clerics among the population. Being a monk or nun is considered a job, and the clerg ...
... monastic life, for women as well as men. Whereas in the early 1990s the majority of monks were old, today the young monks outnumber the old ones. It is not only religious devotion that leads to the rapid increase of clerics among the population. Being a monk or nun is considered a job, and the clerg ...
puñña kusala sukka
... future experiences. Karmically detrimental actions generate unpleasant, unenjoyable future experiences. Fear of an unhappy rebirth, and desire for the pleasures of a happy one, are common motives among Buddhists. We should note, however, that while some meritorious actions will be purposefully aimed ...
... future experiences. Karmically detrimental actions generate unpleasant, unenjoyable future experiences. Fear of an unhappy rebirth, and desire for the pleasures of a happy one, are common motives among Buddhists. We should note, however, that while some meritorious actions will be purposefully aimed ...
Vajrasattva Puja (Dorje Sempa)
... Vajrasattva is Vajradhara, the primordial Buddha and principal Buddha of the five Buddha families. The manifest appearance is Vajrasattva but there is actually no specific separate being called Vajrasattva. Dorje Sempa means vajra mind. This is the same as Vajradhara, Dorje Chang in Tibetan, which m ...
... Vajrasattva is Vajradhara, the primordial Buddha and principal Buddha of the five Buddha families. The manifest appearance is Vajrasattva but there is actually no specific separate being called Vajrasattva. Dorje Sempa means vajra mind. This is the same as Vajradhara, Dorje Chang in Tibetan, which m ...
1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION: MAKTAB, MADRASA
... young secretary to make a thorough study of geography, mathematics, geometry, astronomy, medicine, c arūd (metrics, prosody), the classification of medicinal plants and the systems of underground irrigation. Nizāmi c Arūdı̄ Samarqandı̄ (twelfth century) was of the view that ‘the dabı̄r shall not ...
... young secretary to make a thorough study of geography, mathematics, geometry, astronomy, medicine, c arūd (metrics, prosody), the classification of medicinal plants and the systems of underground irrigation. Nizāmi c Arūdı̄ Samarqandı̄ (twelfth century) was of the view that ‘the dabı̄r shall not ...
Sitting Under the Bodhi Tree - Unitarian Church of Harrisburg
... to what he had seen as a boy: sickness, old age, poverty and death. Although there are many kinds of suffering, he would not have sought to learn about them, if he had not walked outside of the walls of his father’s palace and seen the things he saw. His realization of four simple truths and his des ...
... to what he had seen as a boy: sickness, old age, poverty and death. Although there are many kinds of suffering, he would not have sought to learn about them, if he had not walked outside of the walls of his father’s palace and seen the things he saw. His realization of four simple truths and his des ...
Mysticism – Final Paper
... The Evolution of Zen in America As religions spread into new lands, they tend to take on a “local flavor” in response to the new culture and world views of the people it is being brought to. Buddhism is no different. Coming to the United States in the post-Enlightenment period, Buddhism appeals to t ...
... The Evolution of Zen in America As religions spread into new lands, they tend to take on a “local flavor” in response to the new culture and world views of the people it is being brought to. Buddhism is no different. Coming to the United States in the post-Enlightenment period, Buddhism appeals to t ...
Buddhist Concepts: The Gohonzon
... “The Emergence of the Treasure Tower,” the 11th chapter of the Lotus Sutra, describes a gigantic tower adorned with precious treasures emerging from beneath the earth and hovering in the air. Nichiren explains that this tower is a metaphor for the magnitude of the human potential—the grandeur of the ...
... “The Emergence of the Treasure Tower,” the 11th chapter of the Lotus Sutra, describes a gigantic tower adorned with precious treasures emerging from beneath the earth and hovering in the air. Nichiren explains that this tower is a metaphor for the magnitude of the human potential—the grandeur of the ...
Translation of Gongyo
... unsurpassed lessons on psychology, the workings of the human heart; lessons on life, lessons on happiness; and lessons on peace. It maps out the basic rules of good health. It awakens us to the universal truth that a change in one’s heart can transform everything. – Daisaku Ikeda, The Wisdom of the ...
... unsurpassed lessons on psychology, the workings of the human heart; lessons on life, lessons on happiness; and lessons on peace. It maps out the basic rules of good health. It awakens us to the universal truth that a change in one’s heart can transform everything. – Daisaku Ikeda, The Wisdom of the ...
Significance of Vas and Katina
... or a piece of diamond could tremble, shake and break at times. However, the merit obtained by offering of Katina cannot be nullified by anything until one achieves the ultimate goal of Buddhist aspiration which is Nirvana. It is also believed that the merit, or the positive karma, gained by the offe ...
... or a piece of diamond could tremble, shake and break at times. However, the merit obtained by offering of Katina cannot be nullified by anything until one achieves the ultimate goal of Buddhist aspiration which is Nirvana. It is also believed that the merit, or the positive karma, gained by the offe ...
JBE Research Article Two Notions of Poverty in the Pàli Canon
... The embedded story deals with the demise and reestablishment of the kingdom established by King Daëhanemi. The king, and each of seven successors, reestablishes the boundaries and prosperity of the kingdom through following a set of duties known as the noble duty of the wheel-turning monarch (ariy ...
... The embedded story deals with the demise and reestablishment of the kingdom established by King Daëhanemi. The king, and each of seven successors, reestablishes the boundaries and prosperity of the kingdom through following a set of duties known as the noble duty of the wheel-turning monarch (ariy ...
PB on Atman - Avery Solomon
... individual I. Both Buddhism and Hinduism, to name two, have fundamental practices of searching for the I. In Mahayana practice, one searches for the I in such teachings as the “selflessness of persons.” One should investigate deeply the nature of the I, where it comes from, goes to; its component ...
... individual I. Both Buddhism and Hinduism, to name two, have fundamental practices of searching for the I. In Mahayana practice, one searches for the I in such teachings as the “selflessness of persons.” One should investigate deeply the nature of the I, where it comes from, goes to; its component ...
Karma, Character, and Consequentialism
... to the doctrine of karma. By working dialectically against what might be called the consequentialist consensus—showing what it does not take into account—it is my intention to disclose the deep affinities between Buddhist ethics and Western forms of character ethics. 1. Ethics East and West Can legi ...
... to the doctrine of karma. By working dialectically against what might be called the consequentialist consensus—showing what it does not take into account—it is my intention to disclose the deep affinities between Buddhist ethics and Western forms of character ethics. 1. Ethics East and West Can legi ...
BP2 M01 L35 (upload). - Amitabha Buddhist Centre
... It means acknowledging, “I have done non-virtuous actions in the past. This is something that I shouldn’t have done. It is wrong. It is not good.” In order for us to feel this way about the non-virtuous actions that we have accumulated in the past, we first have to understand how karma is created an ...
... It means acknowledging, “I have done non-virtuous actions in the past. This is something that I shouldn’t have done. It is wrong. It is not good.” In order for us to feel this way about the non-virtuous actions that we have accumulated in the past, we first have to understand how karma is created an ...
The Concept of Self as Expressed in Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa
... [aisvarya], and whose ground/foundation is unchanging [asraya-aviparinama], is termed ’the Self’ [atman]”(32). Such a reply seems to have no room for any other interpretation but the literal one. The Buddha cautions his disciples not to fall into a one-sided view of seeing only emptiness and suffer ...
... [aisvarya], and whose ground/foundation is unchanging [asraya-aviparinama], is termed ’the Self’ [atman]”(32). Such a reply seems to have no room for any other interpretation but the literal one. The Buddha cautions his disciples not to fall into a one-sided view of seeing only emptiness and suffer ...
The First Enlightened Word
... thoughts stay on for a while, become cause for an act, and then melt away. Some thoughts take roots, grow up like monumental trees, bear flower and fruit and sweeten human lives. It is this last variety of thoughts that are born in the minds of great men. It is these that are capable of moving mount ...
... thoughts stay on for a while, become cause for an act, and then melt away. Some thoughts take roots, grow up like monumental trees, bear flower and fruit and sweeten human lives. It is this last variety of thoughts that are born in the minds of great men. It is these that are capable of moving mount ...
Who`s Who in our Chants
... Japan — where, outside the Obaku school, Buddhism tended to be anti-syncretic —the split was pretty much complete. The main charges against the Pure Land school are: the practice is too simple; it is not a serious practice; it is too focused on one’s own life and rebirth. When Zen Master Seung Sahn ...
... Japan — where, outside the Obaku school, Buddhism tended to be anti-syncretic —the split was pretty much complete. The main charges against the Pure Land school are: the practice is too simple; it is not a serious practice; it is too focused on one’s own life and rebirth. When Zen Master Seung Sahn ...
Mūlapariyāya Sutta
... to Majjhima Nikāya is Papañcasūdanī. The subcommentary (ṭīka) was written in the 6th century by Bhadantācariya Dhammapāla of southern India. Orthodox Theravāda Buddhists read the Nikāyas through Buddhaghosa, which means that for them, what the Buddha means in any given text is what Buddhaghosa, and ...
... to Majjhima Nikāya is Papañcasūdanī. The subcommentary (ṭīka) was written in the 6th century by Bhadantācariya Dhammapāla of southern India. Orthodox Theravāda Buddhists read the Nikāyas through Buddhaghosa, which means that for them, what the Buddha means in any given text is what Buddhaghosa, and ...
Only a Fool Becomes a King: Buddhist Stances on Punishment
... their traditions and have struggled to ease the tension between an eventual need for the carrying out of punishment and their understanding of non-violence. This, however, does not mean that Indian Buddhism lacks an idealistic view of how a king should reign. The Buddhist model of kingship was that ...
... their traditions and have struggled to ease the tension between an eventual need for the carrying out of punishment and their understanding of non-violence. This, however, does not mean that Indian Buddhism lacks an idealistic view of how a king should reign. The Buddhist model of kingship was that ...
Brief Introduction of Holy Tantra Jin Gang Dhyana Buddhism
... deliverance of all sentient beings. The practice of attaining Buddhahood is the practice of benevolence, compassion, non-violence, wisdom, and bodhicitta (determination to attain Buddhahood for the sake of sentient beings). 9. Where did the three transmissions merging to one in the twenties of the t ...
... deliverance of all sentient beings. The practice of attaining Buddhahood is the practice of benevolence, compassion, non-violence, wisdom, and bodhicitta (determination to attain Buddhahood for the sake of sentient beings). 9. Where did the three transmissions merging to one in the twenties of the t ...
the buddha - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... that the study of these teachings be not solely an academic exercise, but rather that they be investigated, reflected upon, meditated with and put into practice within one’s life with the intention of assisting all living beings to awaken to a life free from suffering. Sutta (sūtra in Sanskrit) lite ...
... that the study of these teachings be not solely an academic exercise, but rather that they be investigated, reflected upon, meditated with and put into practice within one’s life with the intention of assisting all living beings to awaken to a life free from suffering. Sutta (sūtra in Sanskrit) lite ...
Karma - University of Bristol
... • Karma, within Buddhist thought, is a system of cause and effect. Rather than being linked to ritual actions karma is understood to concern all intentional thoughts and actions. • What this means is that actions have a moral quality to them. Intentional actions that are good and well meaning will ...
... • Karma, within Buddhist thought, is a system of cause and effect. Rather than being linked to ritual actions karma is understood to concern all intentional thoughts and actions. • What this means is that actions have a moral quality to them. Intentional actions that are good and well meaning will ...
The Imperial Law and the Buddhist Law
... When viewed in this way, those among the various sects of Japanese Buddhism that presently have the overwhelming numbers of temples and parishioners are those deriving from the so-called new Kamakura Buddhism. Moreover, the new Kamakura Buddhist movements were undeniably formed and developed by the ...
... When viewed in this way, those among the various sects of Japanese Buddhism that presently have the overwhelming numbers of temples and parishioners are those deriving from the so-called new Kamakura Buddhism. Moreover, the new Kamakura Buddhist movements were undeniably formed and developed by the ...
THE FOUR ASSEMBLIES AND THERAVA.DA BUDDHISM 104). 1
... forms a distinctive mark of the Buddhist tradition. This in turn implies that any living Buddhist tradition that orients itself on the values enshrined in the Pali canon needs to ensure that these four assemblies are in existence, and that each of these assemblies has the opportunity to develop wisd ...
... forms a distinctive mark of the Buddhist tradition. This in turn implies that any living Buddhist tradition that orients itself on the values enshrined in the Pali canon needs to ensure that these four assemblies are in existence, and that each of these assemblies has the opportunity to develop wisd ...