Study Guide, Siddhartha
... Brahma is the god of creation and he is traditionally accepted as the Creator of the entire universe. Vishnu is thought as the preserver of the universe. Vishnu is portrayed as blue or black skinned and has four arms. He has a thousand names and their repetition is an act of devotion. The concept of ...
... Brahma is the god of creation and he is traditionally accepted as the Creator of the entire universe. Vishnu is thought as the preserver of the universe. Vishnu is portrayed as blue or black skinned and has four arms. He has a thousand names and their repetition is an act of devotion. The concept of ...
Hindu and Buddhist States and Societies in Asia, 100
... second century c.e. Most importantly, Buddhist teachings no longer required an individual to join the Buddhist order to gain enlightenment. New interpreters of Buddhism referred to their own teachings as the Greater Vehicle (Mahayana) and denigrated those of earlier schools as the Lesser Vehicle (Hi ...
... second century c.e. Most importantly, Buddhist teachings no longer required an individual to join the Buddhist order to gain enlightenment. New interpreters of Buddhism referred to their own teachings as the Greater Vehicle (Mahayana) and denigrated those of earlier schools as the Lesser Vehicle (Hi ...
Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen’s Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics
... violence, come to actively support and even glorify Japanese imperialism and violence in what is known in East Asia as the Fifteen-Year War (1930–1945)? Ives’s delicate yet critical reflection on this question emerges through a sustained discussion of the life and work of Ichikawa Hakugen (1902–1986 ...
... violence, come to actively support and even glorify Japanese imperialism and violence in what is known in East Asia as the Fifteen-Year War (1930–1945)? Ives’s delicate yet critical reflection on this question emerges through a sustained discussion of the life and work of Ichikawa Hakugen (1902–1986 ...
The Divinization of the Buddha - Journal of Student Scholarhip
... toward a static, emblematic idiom.”46 It is unclear how these images first arose, with some historians linking them to “an increased emphasis on the laity, on devotionalism, [and] the need for a savior,” while others have said it merely reflects the religious preferences of the Greeks, who were accu ...
... toward a static, emblematic idiom.”46 It is unclear how these images first arose, with some historians linking them to “an increased emphasis on the laity, on devotionalism, [and] the need for a savior,” while others have said it merely reflects the religious preferences of the Greeks, who were accu ...
Icono-Conservatism and the Persistence of Śākyamuni
... king, Dharmapala—here I am correcting Taranatha's somewhat confused chronology—whose reign was from 775 to 812, is even more explicit. During this period, several Vajrayana dcdryas are said to have been active, including, notably a figure named Krsnacarya who Taranatha says was a great pandita of Ca ...
... king, Dharmapala—here I am correcting Taranatha's somewhat confused chronology—whose reign was from 775 to 812, is even more explicit. During this period, several Vajrayana dcdryas are said to have been active, including, notably a figure named Krsnacarya who Taranatha says was a great pandita of Ca ...
“Statement of Intellectual Responsibility” (below
... intellectual responsibility to submit work that is not one's own or otherwise to subvert the conditions under which academic work is performed by oneself or by others. C. Reflection papers (15% of your total grade): Nearly every week you will submit a 300-350 word (about a page or a page and a half) ...
... intellectual responsibility to submit work that is not one's own or otherwise to subvert the conditions under which academic work is performed by oneself or by others. C. Reflection papers (15% of your total grade): Nearly every week you will submit a 300-350 word (about a page or a page and a half) ...
BUDDHISM
... concepts of karma and reincarnation, borrowed or adapted from Hinduism, out of which it was a reactionary renewal movement. From the start the Buddha rejected all gods and spiritual beings, including the concept of humans as living souls. He considered everything to be changing, illusionary and impe ...
... concepts of karma and reincarnation, borrowed or adapted from Hinduism, out of which it was a reactionary renewal movement. From the start the Buddha rejected all gods and spiritual beings, including the concept of humans as living souls. He considered everything to be changing, illusionary and impe ...
The Politics of Piety: Pageantry and the Struggle for Buddhism in
... Military rule in Burma (Myanmar) has been justified on a number of grounds since 1962, including the army’s (Tatmadaw) claims to possess a unique ability in suppressing communist and ethnic insurgencies while effectively managing the economy. Following elections held in 1990, the Tatmadaw also soug ...
... Military rule in Burma (Myanmar) has been justified on a number of grounds since 1962, including the army’s (Tatmadaw) claims to possess a unique ability in suppressing communist and ethnic insurgencies while effectively managing the economy. Following elections held in 1990, the Tatmadaw also soug ...
Medicine Buddha Sangha - Susquehanna Yoga and Meditation
... distinguished by a loving and compassionate nature and an active concern for the welfare of others. He entered school at the age of eight and diligently pursued his elementary education. As he became the outstanding student in his school, he was rewarded with an appointment as teacher for the lower ...
... distinguished by a loving and compassionate nature and an active concern for the welfare of others. He entered school at the age of eight and diligently pursued his elementary education. As he became the outstanding student in his school, he was rewarded with an appointment as teacher for the lower ...
Buddhist-Christian Dialogue
... hile Zen Buddhism began to have a powerful artistic and cultural influence in America in the last half of the nineteenth century, the Buddhist-Christian dialogue officially began with the Parliament of the World Religions in Chicago in 1896. Buddhist teachers from around the world shared their scrip ...
... hile Zen Buddhism began to have a powerful artistic and cultural influence in America in the last half of the nineteenth century, the Buddhist-Christian dialogue officially began with the Parliament of the World Religions in Chicago in 1896. Buddhist teachers from around the world shared their scrip ...
gcse religious studies
... progress towards enlightenment when they don’t focus on a God. It takes Gods longer to reach nibbana because they are waiting for rebirth into a godly realm. Buddhists do not believe that a godly realm is the best to be reborn into; human rebirth is much more desirable. Reasons for views on the limi ...
... progress towards enlightenment when they don’t focus on a God. It takes Gods longer to reach nibbana because they are waiting for rebirth into a godly realm. Buddhists do not believe that a godly realm is the best to be reborn into; human rebirth is much more desirable. Reasons for views on the limi ...
Buddhism 1 - Beliefs, special days, divisions and
... Widely varying metaphysical concepts, for example that some Buddhists are clearly atheist whilst others accept the existence, if not the absolute nature of a variety of deities. Some clearly believe in life after death in a very real sense whilst others do not, believing that only kamma or karmic se ...
... Widely varying metaphysical concepts, for example that some Buddhists are clearly atheist whilst others accept the existence, if not the absolute nature of a variety of deities. Some clearly believe in life after death in a very real sense whilst others do not, believing that only kamma or karmic se ...
Guang Ming Digest - Guang Ming Temple
... Venerable Master Hsing Yun is an outspoken proponent of equality among all people and religious traditions. The Order has the largest number of female monastics of any Buddhist order today. By providing and supporting educational and leadership opportunities, he ...
... Venerable Master Hsing Yun is an outspoken proponent of equality among all people and religious traditions. The Order has the largest number of female monastics of any Buddhist order today. By providing and supporting educational and leadership opportunities, he ...
The Flower of Chinese Buddhism
... goes on to state that the envoys dispatched by Emperor Ming eventually reached the land of people the Chinese referred to as the Yuezhi in northern India, where they encountered two Buddhist monks referred to in the account as Jiashe Moteng and Zhu Falan. From them, the envoys obtained Buddhist imag ...
... goes on to state that the envoys dispatched by Emperor Ming eventually reached the land of people the Chinese referred to as the Yuezhi in northern India, where they encountered two Buddhist monks referred to in the account as Jiashe Moteng and Zhu Falan. From them, the envoys obtained Buddhist imag ...
Medicine Buddha guided sadhana
... Those who have received initiation and want to do the self-generation: In response to your request, infinite white rays of light stream down from the heart and body of Guru Medicine Buddha. Completely filling your body, they purify all disease, spirit harm, and the negative karma and mental afflicti ...
... Those who have received initiation and want to do the self-generation: In response to your request, infinite white rays of light stream down from the heart and body of Guru Medicine Buddha. Completely filling your body, they purify all disease, spirit harm, and the negative karma and mental afflicti ...
Concept Paper and Provisional Program
... Sarnath and Kushinagar in India, and Lumbini in Nepal. Other proposals have also been put forward to promote circuits depicting the living Buddhism heritage in the Himalayan and Buddhist Art and Archaeology of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. In recognition of the potential of South A ...
... Sarnath and Kushinagar in India, and Lumbini in Nepal. Other proposals have also been put forward to promote circuits depicting the living Buddhism heritage in the Himalayan and Buddhist Art and Archaeology of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. In recognition of the potential of South A ...
THE THREE JEWELS CONT`D - Faith Cathedral Deliverance Centre
... Bodhisattvas – great beings destined for Buddhahood but delay this goal to help others on the pathway to enlightenment. They seek liberation from suffering for all creatures, thus merits are stored up which warrant one to be a Buddha. Has both monastic and layperson ...
... Bodhisattvas – great beings destined for Buddhahood but delay this goal to help others on the pathway to enlightenment. They seek liberation from suffering for all creatures, thus merits are stored up which warrant one to be a Buddha. Has both monastic and layperson ...
Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
... religion of Korea," I mean the religionwhich was characteristicof these early tribal states. Although itself derived from earlier, prehistoric traditions,by the advent of Buddhism,this primevalreligionhad undergone a process of maturationwhich had adaptedit to the settled nature of the society of a ...
... religion of Korea," I mean the religionwhich was characteristicof these early tribal states. Although itself derived from earlier, prehistoric traditions,by the advent of Buddhism,this primevalreligionhad undergone a process of maturationwhich had adaptedit to the settled nature of the society of a ...
By Ajahn Jayasaro - Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
... The publication of this book, which is to be made available at hotels and other accommodations, meets a long-standing need. There have been others in the past who have begun and then finally abandoned such a project. This book finally succeeds in remedying an important lack. Ajahn Jayasaro has writt ...
... The publication of this book, which is to be made available at hotels and other accommodations, meets a long-standing need. There have been others in the past who have begun and then finally abandoned such a project. This book finally succeeds in remedying an important lack. Ajahn Jayasaro has writt ...
Bodhisattva Precepts in the Ming Society: Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... popular basis at the same time. This paper also takes a cultural comparativist perspective and analyzes the propagation of the same apocryphal precepts in Japan, which could also be explained by comparable conditions in political and technological infrastructure. Apocryphal scriptures played a cruci ...
... popular basis at the same time. This paper also takes a cultural comparativist perspective and analyzes the propagation of the same apocryphal precepts in Japan, which could also be explained by comparable conditions in political and technological infrastructure. Apocryphal scriptures played a cruci ...
Central Asian Contacts and Their Results
... founded the new city of ‘Kaniskapura’. He was very fond of the Kashmir valley and loved its natural beauty. It is said that he had willed to be buried in this valley after his death. b) War against the Saka Straps: The Saka Straps were still powerful in Northern India. Therefore, Kanishka defeated t ...
... founded the new city of ‘Kaniskapura’. He was very fond of the Kashmir valley and loved its natural beauty. It is said that he had willed to be buried in this valley after his death. b) War against the Saka Straps: The Saka Straps were still powerful in Northern India. Therefore, Kanishka defeated t ...