Dogen: His Life, Religion, and Poetry
... method during his stay in China. It was a practice he felt had been dimin- both in terms of personal experiences of sorrow and sadness—for example, ished by an emphasis on various kinds of rituals in Japanese styles of train- when his parents died in childhood, he resolved to become a monk—and ing. ...
... method during his stay in China. It was a practice he felt had been dimin- both in terms of personal experiences of sorrow and sadness—for example, ished by an emphasis on various kinds of rituals in Japanese styles of train- when his parents died in childhood, he resolved to become a monk—and ing. ...
to view the PDF - The Matheson Trust
... life of meditation and the life of art," he claimed, "are both based on a similar conception of spontaneous mind. They both share renunciation as a way of avoiding a conditioned art work, or trite art, or repetition of other people's ideas."15 Under Trungpa's guidance, he also developed his own medi ...
... life of meditation and the life of art," he claimed, "are both based on a similar conception of spontaneous mind. They both share renunciation as a way of avoiding a conditioned art work, or trite art, or repetition of other people's ideas."15 Under Trungpa's guidance, he also developed his own medi ...
Modern Buddhism Volume 3 Prayers for Daily Practice
... Please nourish me with your goodness, That I in turn may nourish all beings With an unceasing banquet of delight. Through your compassionate intention, Your blessings and virtuous deeds, And my strong wish to rely upon you, May all suffering quickly cease And all happiness and joy be fulfilled; And ...
... Please nourish me with your goodness, That I in turn may nourish all beings With an unceasing banquet of delight. Through your compassionate intention, Your blessings and virtuous deeds, And my strong wish to rely upon you, May all suffering quickly cease And all happiness and joy be fulfilled; And ...
EXPOSITION OF THE SUTRA OF BRAHMA S NET
... three trainings: śīla, or moral discipline, the endurance and self-restraint that ...
... three trainings: śīla, or moral discipline, the endurance and self-restraint that ...
Insight Meditation Society
... soup. This did not improve the taste. I’d run out of time to prepare anything else. I had no choice but to place my cuisine out in the serving area. At meal’s end, we had the same quantity of ‘soup’ as at the beginning. Not long afterwards, it was suggested that I move into a full-time maintenance p ...
... soup. This did not improve the taste. I’d run out of time to prepare anything else. I had no choice but to place my cuisine out in the serving area. At meal’s end, we had the same quantity of ‘soup’ as at the beginning. Not long afterwards, it was suggested that I move into a full-time maintenance p ...
Dogen: His Life, Religion, and Poetry
... method during his stay in China. It was a practice he felt had been dimin- by Dōgen both in terms of personal experiences of sorrow and sadness— ished by an emphasis on various kinds of rituals in Japanese styles of train- for example, when his parents died in childhood, he resolved to become ing. I ...
... method during his stay in China. It was a practice he felt had been dimin- by Dōgen both in terms of personal experiences of sorrow and sadness— ished by an emphasis on various kinds of rituals in Japanese styles of train- for example, when his parents died in childhood, he resolved to become ing. I ...
Wonhyo - Charles Muller
... not unusual for exegetes to have the name of the original text wrong half the time; or to cite a passage that we cannot find in the indicated text; or that it is there, but the paraphrase is so far off that it is difficult to find the source. With Wonhyo, the cited text name is almost always right, ...
... not unusual for exegetes to have the name of the original text wrong half the time; or to cite a passage that we cannot find in the indicated text; or that it is there, but the paraphrase is so far off that it is difficult to find the source. With Wonhyo, the cited text name is almost always right, ...
Mindfulness: A Dialogue between Buddhism and Clinical
... Experiential avoidance of private experiences is usually unworkable because private experiences often relate to a person’s history (e.g., a memory) and deliberate attempts to avoid a private experience are likely to bring about memories of that experience (e.g., thinking “don’t get anxious” reminds ...
... Experiential avoidance of private experiences is usually unworkable because private experiences often relate to a person’s history (e.g., a memory) and deliberate attempts to avoid a private experience are likely to bring about memories of that experience (e.g., thinking “don’t get anxious” reminds ...
The Seeker`s Glossary of Buddhism
... In the vast corpus of the Mahayana tradition, one text, the Avatamsaka Sutra, stands supreme. Described by Dr. D. T. Suzuki as the “epitome of Buddhist thought, Buddhist sentiment and Buddhist experience”, the sutra recounts the story of the youth Sudhana, the perennial seeker of the Way, who toward ...
... In the vast corpus of the Mahayana tradition, one text, the Avatamsaka Sutra, stands supreme. Described by Dr. D. T. Suzuki as the “epitome of Buddhist thought, Buddhist sentiment and Buddhist experience”, the sutra recounts the story of the youth Sudhana, the perennial seeker of the Way, who toward ...
9 Essays
... we invoke in this Step is one that can, initially, change our behavior (i.e. drinking) and ultimately change us in fundamental ways.] In Buddhism this broader power can be our vow to make the effort to live in awakening for the sake of all beings. (It may seem obvious, but it’s worth remembering tha ...
... we invoke in this Step is one that can, initially, change our behavior (i.e. drinking) and ultimately change us in fundamental ways.] In Buddhism this broader power can be our vow to make the effort to live in awakening for the sake of all beings. (It may seem obvious, but it’s worth remembering tha ...
MEDITATION
... after the interests of young people in matters concerning Buddhism. Its primary object is to encourage the young to follow the tenets of Buddhism and live a virtuous life. Chief among its activities is the arranging of regular spiritual practice, lectures and discussions on the Dhamma, issuing publi ...
... after the interests of young people in matters concerning Buddhism. Its primary object is to encourage the young to follow the tenets of Buddhism and live a virtuous life. Chief among its activities is the arranging of regular spiritual practice, lectures and discussions on the Dhamma, issuing publi ...
Ambedkar and Buddhism by Sangharakshita
... economic, and religious discrimination but daily suffer personal harassment and humiliation. In the course of the last thousand or so years saints and reformers have sought to ameliorate the lot of the Untouchables – none of them with any great success. The latest and most heroic of these attempts w ...
... economic, and religious discrimination but daily suffer personal harassment and humiliation. In the course of the last thousand or so years saints and reformers have sought to ameliorate the lot of the Untouchables – none of them with any great success. The latest and most heroic of these attempts w ...
Buddhist Trail in Ladakh
... Its salty waters caress the shores of both India and China – in fact, two-thirds of the lake’s waters are in Chinese territory. The blue skies reflect off the lake with a brilliance that will take your breath away. Though this is more than enough reason to visit the lake, its popularity across India ...
... Its salty waters caress the shores of both India and China – in fact, two-thirds of the lake’s waters are in Chinese territory. The blue skies reflect off the lake with a brilliance that will take your breath away. Though this is more than enough reason to visit the lake, its popularity across India ...
Indigenizing Deities: The Budai Maitreya and the Group of Eighteen
... eshy chin and neck are standard features, but the Budai of 1223 differs from the Feilafeng image in three respects. It has a proportionally larger head and plumper body, dons a necklace rather than holds a rosary, and, most importantly, stands rather than sits (Tao Jinsheng 1977, 94). Some Southern ...
... eshy chin and neck are standard features, but the Budai of 1223 differs from the Feilafeng image in three respects. It has a proportionally larger head and plumper body, dons a necklace rather than holds a rosary, and, most importantly, stands rather than sits (Tao Jinsheng 1977, 94). Some Southern ...
OF Master Hongyi`s Last Calligraphic Work - Papyrus
... a calligrapher is often considered as his masterpiece according to two standards: its technique and its moral content. Furthermore, few of the last works by great calligraphers have survived. Scarcity makes these works even more valuable. Bei xin jiao ji (“悲欣交集”) is Hongyi’s last calligraphic work, ...
... a calligrapher is often considered as his masterpiece according to two standards: its technique and its moral content. Furthermore, few of the last works by great calligraphers have survived. Scarcity makes these works even more valuable. Bei xin jiao ji (“悲欣交集”) is Hongyi’s last calligraphic work, ...
Is There a Soul? - The Dharmafarers
... The brahmins further claimed that it was only through them that anyone could go to heaven or liberate their departed to ascend to heaven. Underlying such ideas was the eternal soul, the spiritual fate of which is in the hands of the brahmins and their elaborate and costly rituals. For the living, th ...
... The brahmins further claimed that it was only through them that anyone could go to heaven or liberate their departed to ascend to heaven. Underlying such ideas was the eternal soul, the spiritual fate of which is in the hands of the brahmins and their elaborate and costly rituals. For the living, th ...
Ashoka
... far south as northern Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. The empire had Taxila, Ujjain and Pataliputra as its capital. In about 260 BCE Ashoka waged a bitterly destructive war against the state of Kalinga (modern Odisha).[2] He conquered Kalinga, which none of his ancestors (starting from Chandragupta Maury ...
... far south as northern Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. The empire had Taxila, Ujjain and Pataliputra as its capital. In about 260 BCE Ashoka waged a bitterly destructive war against the state of Kalinga (modern Odisha).[2] He conquered Kalinga, which none of his ancestors (starting from Chandragupta Maury ...
pdf format - HH the Sakya Trizin
... Our teachers have been, as usual, very busy with their Dharma activities, with His Holiness the Sakya Trizin visiting the U.S.A. and Singapore, as well as touring Europe accompanied by Khöndung Gyana Vajra Rinpoche, while Khöndung Ratna Vajra Rinpoche graced Singapore and Taiwan with the Lamdre teac ...
... Our teachers have been, as usual, very busy with their Dharma activities, with His Holiness the Sakya Trizin visiting the U.S.A. and Singapore, as well as touring Europe accompanied by Khöndung Gyana Vajra Rinpoche, while Khöndung Ratna Vajra Rinpoche graced Singapore and Taiwan with the Lamdre teac ...
cheng xuanying`s conception of the sage in the zhuangzi
... seems to make no distinction between them throughout his commentary. Despite Cheng's vision for harmonizing the sage epithets, I will explore a few examples where we can I detect Cheng' s dissat~sfaction with certain passages of the Zhuangzi. ...
... seems to make no distinction between them throughout his commentary. Despite Cheng's vision for harmonizing the sage epithets, I will explore a few examples where we can I detect Cheng' s dissat~sfaction with certain passages of the Zhuangzi. ...
Prince Shōtoku`s Commentary on the Śrīmālā-sūtra
... whose goal was to become an enlightened master, or arhat (literally, “one who is worthy of respect”). All three figures—pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, and arhats—are often criticized in Mahayana polemics, with the arhat coming under particular criticism for “selfishly” focusing on his own enlightenment. T ...
... whose goal was to become an enlightened master, or arhat (literally, “one who is worthy of respect”). All three figures—pratyekabuddhas, śrāvakas, and arhats—are often criticized in Mahayana polemics, with the arhat coming under particular criticism for “selfishly” focusing on his own enlightenment. T ...
Zen and Japanese Militarism
... support for this position in the words of the noted Buddhist scholar, W a l p o l a Rahu l a. l n his book, What The Buddha Taught, R a h u l a wrote: Buddhis m advocates and p reaches non-violence and peace as Its universal message, and does not approve of any kind of violence or destruction of lif ...
... support for this position in the words of the noted Buddhist scholar, W a l p o l a Rahu l a. l n his book, What The Buddha Taught, R a h u l a wrote: Buddhis m advocates and p reaches non-violence and peace as Its universal message, and does not approve of any kind of violence or destruction of lif ...