Practices and wisdom in Nichiren Buddhism
... the house. It was T'ien-t'ai that made the blueprint of the house. It was Nichiren that build the house so that people could live in it. It does not necessarily mean that Nichiren was the only Buddhist who was practical. All three of them were teaching and helping others to understand life and teach ...
... the house. It was T'ien-t'ai that made the blueprint of the house. It was Nichiren that build the house so that people could live in it. It does not necessarily mean that Nichiren was the only Buddhist who was practical. All three of them were teaching and helping others to understand life and teach ...
The Sociology of Early Buddhism
... Buddhists and society when it first began to grow. Even the passing of a bird in the sky leaves some sort of trace, and in principle it should be possible to fashion the instruments to detect it. Much has already been written over the past two centuries about the interaction of the Buddhist Order wi ...
... Buddhists and society when it first began to grow. Even the passing of a bird in the sky leaves some sort of trace, and in principle it should be possible to fashion the instruments to detect it. Much has already been written over the past two centuries about the interaction of the Buddhist Order wi ...
Stupas and their consecration in contemporary Kalmykia
... texts installed, analyses the importance of these Tibetan texts for Kalmyk Buddhism, and describes the process of their installation. The final chapter presents the description and analysis of the major consecration rituals that accompany the construction of a stupa in Kalmykia. It should be mention ...
... texts installed, analyses the importance of these Tibetan texts for Kalmyk Buddhism, and describes the process of their installation. The final chapter presents the description and analysis of the major consecration rituals that accompany the construction of a stupa in Kalmykia. It should be mention ...
bussho notes
... 1. “Buddha nature” (busshō 佛性): A central term of art in Mahāyāna texts, subject to much commentarial opinion. Depending on interpretation and context, the expression may mean: (a) The state or condition of being a buddha, “buddhahood”; the essential nature of a buddha, that by reason of which one i ...
... 1. “Buddha nature” (busshō 佛性): A central term of art in Mahāyāna texts, subject to much commentarial opinion. Depending on interpretation and context, the expression may mean: (a) The state or condition of being a buddha, “buddhahood”; the essential nature of a buddha, that by reason of which one i ...
Buddhism in Myanmar
... the Mahavamsa, a Sinhalese chronicle on the history of Buddhism: When the thera Moggaliputta, the illuminator of the religion of the Conqueror, had brought the (third) council to an end and when, looking into the future, he had beheld the founding of the religion in adjacent countries, then in the m ...
... the Mahavamsa, a Sinhalese chronicle on the history of Buddhism: When the thera Moggaliputta, the illuminator of the religion of the Conqueror, had brought the (third) council to an end and when, looking into the future, he had beheld the founding of the religion in adjacent countries, then in the m ...
Violence and (Non-)resistance: Ahiṃsā Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... between ethics and religion, belief and faith, and knowledge and experience. I suggest that it is, despite a theoretical ambiguity, also “determinative” insofar as experience itself presents moral agents with unequivocal demands to act, or not act, on the bases of often nonconceptualized processes. ...
... between ethics and religion, belief and faith, and knowledge and experience. I suggest that it is, despite a theoretical ambiguity, also “determinative” insofar as experience itself presents moral agents with unequivocal demands to act, or not act, on the bases of often nonconceptualized processes. ...
Buddhism: A Select Bibliography
... Santa Barbara City College (2008) Although a selected bibliography, this is nonetheless a rather long list commensurate with the immense number of titles available on Buddhism. The categories employed are subject to the liabilities and qualifications intrinsic to any such categorization. Some of the ...
... Santa Barbara City College (2008) Although a selected bibliography, this is nonetheless a rather long list commensurate with the immense number of titles available on Buddhism. The categories employed are subject to the liabilities and qualifications intrinsic to any such categorization. Some of the ...
Lecture 100: Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa Page 1 Lecture
... had nothing at all to do with it; they weren't involved. They're not even mentioned in this connection; it was entirely a quarrel between different sections of the lay community, the lay followers. And this fact is surely suggestive. It suggests that the whole practice of the worship of the relics o ...
... had nothing at all to do with it; they weren't involved. They're not even mentioned in this connection; it was entirely a quarrel between different sections of the lay community, the lay followers. And this fact is surely suggestive. It suggests that the whole practice of the worship of the relics o ...
Gotami-apadana
... The Gotami-apadana is the story of Mahapajapati Gotami, maternal aunt and fostermother to the Buddha and, as Walters proposes, the female spiritual counterpart to the Buddha (Walters, 113, 117). Her story is included in a collection of moral biographies, Apadana, which is part of a larger canon, Khu ...
... The Gotami-apadana is the story of Mahapajapati Gotami, maternal aunt and fostermother to the Buddha and, as Walters proposes, the female spiritual counterpart to the Buddha (Walters, 113, 117). Her story is included in a collection of moral biographies, Apadana, which is part of a larger canon, Khu ...
Recent Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism, Incompatibilism, and Beyond
... within Western philosophy. On the other hand, Western philosophers who wish to explore what Buddhists think about free will might be significantly unfamiliar with basic Buddhist ideas such as Dharma, dependent origination, and the twelve-linked chain, or classic examples such as the chariot and its ...
... within Western philosophy. On the other hand, Western philosophers who wish to explore what Buddhists think about free will might be significantly unfamiliar with basic Buddhist ideas such as Dharma, dependent origination, and the twelve-linked chain, or classic examples such as the chariot and its ...
The Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan Buddhism
... Ming dynasties. Chinese Buddhism gave rise to many traditions centered upon Tathāgatagarbha teachings. Chan Buddhism is the crystallization and condensation of the best of all the Chinese Buddhist schools, and it offers us an engaged Buddhism that is extremely relevant to contemporary life. The line ...
... Ming dynasties. Chinese Buddhism gave rise to many traditions centered upon Tathāgatagarbha teachings. Chan Buddhism is the crystallization and condensation of the best of all the Chinese Buddhist schools, and it offers us an engaged Buddhism that is extremely relevant to contemporary life. The line ...
The Yogin & the Madman: Reading the Biographical
... compositional dynamics, presenting a detailed study of the construction of Milarepa’s biographical corpus. To this end, Quintman likens the analysis offered in the book to “a metaphorical anatomy of the biographical corpus,” where “broad structural similarities in versions across anatomical planes” ...
... compositional dynamics, presenting a detailed study of the construction of Milarepa’s biographical corpus. To this end, Quintman likens the analysis offered in the book to “a metaphorical anatomy of the biographical corpus,” where “broad structural similarities in versions across anatomical planes” ...
A Golden Ring
... our tiny selves above water all the time? It would seem that the whole world is running against our will most of the time if we are self-centered. Our lives are so fragile—what guarantee do we have for our safety and subsistence? Second, as to limitlessness of Buddha’s Enlightenment, I offer the fol ...
... our tiny selves above water all the time? It would seem that the whole world is running against our will most of the time if we are self-centered. Our lives are so fragile—what guarantee do we have for our safety and subsistence? Second, as to limitlessness of Buddha’s Enlightenment, I offer the fol ...
Com-Rosary of Views-HHDLr - International Kalachakra Network
... From among the classical commentaries on this root text that is the basis for these teachings, The Garland of Views, the earliest is by Rongzom Pandita who was close to being a contemporary of the great Indian master Atisha so it has nearly been a thousand years since the time of Rongzom. He was a ...
... From among the classical commentaries on this root text that is the basis for these teachings, The Garland of Views, the earliest is by Rongzom Pandita who was close to being a contemporary of the great Indian master Atisha so it has nearly been a thousand years since the time of Rongzom. He was a ...
Kierkegaard`s Stages Toward Authentic Religious Experience And
... The fourth major event in Kierkegaard's life revolved around his relationship with a girl he met while in the aesthetic stage. He would meet and fall in love with Regina Olsen, a lovely young lady of Copenhagen. She was to effect his life, in one way or another, until he died. As mentioned earlier, ...
... The fourth major event in Kierkegaard's life revolved around his relationship with a girl he met while in the aesthetic stage. He would meet and fall in love with Regina Olsen, a lovely young lady of Copenhagen. She was to effect his life, in one way or another, until he died. As mentioned earlier, ...
Buddhist texts
Buddhist texts can be categorized in a number of ways. The Western terms ""scripture"" and ""canonical"" are applied to Buddhism in inconsistent ways by Western scholars: for example, one authority refers to ""scriptures and other canonical texts"", while another says that scriptures can be categorized into canonical, commentarial and pseudo-canonical. Another division is that between buddhavacana ""word of the Buddha"" and other texts.These religious texts were written in many different languages and scripts but memorizing and reciting the texts were of high value. Even after the development of printing, Buddhists preferred to keep to their original practices with these texts.