Zhuan Falun (Volume II)
... People had to figure out everything for themselves. Human beings are in delusion and don’t know anything. It’s just very hard for them to gain insight into things. What Buddha Shakyamuni left to man during his lifetime was primarily the monastic precepts. When Buddha Shakyamuni eventually approache ...
... People had to figure out everything for themselves. Human beings are in delusion and don’t know anything. It’s just very hard for them to gain insight into things. What Buddha Shakyamuni left to man during his lifetime was primarily the monastic precepts. When Buddha Shakyamuni eventually approache ...
Print - Journal of Global Buddhism
... the Chinese Buddhist revival: The need to secure religious identity by the laypeople; the need for economic self- preservation on part of the monastics; and the need to gain international status, by both lay and monastics (Welch 1968, pp.260-2). Speaking of the Buddhist reformers in early twentieth- ...
... the Chinese Buddhist revival: The need to secure religious identity by the laypeople; the need for economic self- preservation on part of the monastics; and the need to gain international status, by both lay and monastics (Welch 1968, pp.260-2). Speaking of the Buddhist reformers in early twentieth- ...
Images of Buddha
... Bodhgaya. It is believed that demons and evil spirits tormented him with nightmares in an attempt to divert him from his goal of becoming an enlightened being free of the sufferings and desires of this transitory world. Siddhartha did achieve enlightenment and was called Buddha (the enlightened one) ...
... Bodhgaya. It is believed that demons and evil spirits tormented him with nightmares in an attempt to divert him from his goal of becoming an enlightened being free of the sufferings and desires of this transitory world. Siddhartha did achieve enlightenment and was called Buddha (the enlightened one) ...
Foundations of Ethics and Practice in Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
... then can one cut off saṃsāra and find escape. It does not matter if [only] one hair’s-breadth remains to be cut off. One is still one hair’s breadth away from complete purification, and one will revolve around in the six paths as before, and escape will be difficult. The ocean of saṃsāra is deep, an ...
... then can one cut off saṃsāra and find escape. It does not matter if [only] one hair’s-breadth remains to be cut off. One is still one hair’s breadth away from complete purification, and one will revolve around in the six paths as before, and escape will be difficult. The ocean of saṃsāra is deep, an ...
NCERT_12_Themes in Indian History-part 1
... that happens, the conception of what constitutes a source itself changes. There was a time when only written records were acknowledged as authentic. What was written could be verified, cited, and cross checked. Oral evidence was never considered a valid source: who was to guarantee its authenticity ...
... that happens, the conception of what constitutes a source itself changes. There was a time when only written records were acknowledged as authentic. What was written could be verified, cited, and cross checked. Oral evidence was never considered a valid source: who was to guarantee its authenticity ...
Why the Buddha “Hesitated” To Teach
... Buddha consented. 14 Similarly the Mahāvastu reports that Brahma at first convinced Sakka, the king of gods, to request the Buddha to teach, a request which did not meet with success, followed by trying the same himself, again without success.15 This evident disinclination to teach does not seem to ...
... Buddha consented. 14 Similarly the Mahāvastu reports that Brahma at first convinced Sakka, the king of gods, to request the Buddha to teach, a request which did not meet with success, followed by trying the same himself, again without success.15 This evident disinclination to teach does not seem to ...
June - Nichiren Shu
... Junior Disciples, as chief members. According to the article of the service in rotation in the “Shuso Gosenge Kiroku (Record of the Founder’s Demise),” the whole record of Nichiren’s funeral service, written by Nikko, altogether 18 disciples offered their service in rotation with one or two disciple ...
... Junior Disciples, as chief members. According to the article of the service in rotation in the “Shuso Gosenge Kiroku (Record of the Founder’s Demise),” the whole record of Nichiren’s funeral service, written by Nikko, altogether 18 disciples offered their service in rotation with one or two disciple ...
Dharma Essays
... In the Five Aggregates, there is nothing that we can call a self. Ignorance is the inability to see this truth. Consciousness, mind/body, the six senses and their objects, contact, and feeling are the effect of ignorance and volitional actions. Because of craving, grasping, and coming to be, there ...
... In the Five Aggregates, there is nothing that we can call a self. Ignorance is the inability to see this truth. Consciousness, mind/body, the six senses and their objects, contact, and feeling are the effect of ignorance and volitional actions. Because of craving, grasping, and coming to be, there ...
BUSL-NC-Proceedings 2013 - Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka
... was situated. Dharmapitha was predominantly focusing on the traditional Buddhist education. In 1998, this very same institute was converted into a full-fledged Buddhist university with the authentic traditional system coalesced with the modern educational fields as well. It was aimed at becoming a l ...
... was situated. Dharmapitha was predominantly focusing on the traditional Buddhist education. In 1998, this very same institute was converted into a full-fledged Buddhist university with the authentic traditional system coalesced with the modern educational fields as well. It was aimed at becoming a l ...
Buddhism in China and Modern Society: An Introduction Centering
... and the process of grasping the teachings of pure Buddhism12; it is also the process of Buddhism realizing self-reformation and self-purification. He states, “The theory, system, and style (of Buddhism for the Human Realm) have a tendency to constantly change.”13 From his viewpoint, even if it is th ...
... and the process of grasping the teachings of pure Buddhism12; it is also the process of Buddhism realizing self-reformation and self-purification. He states, “The theory, system, and style (of Buddhism for the Human Realm) have a tendency to constantly change.”13 From his viewpoint, even if it is th ...
Ancient India
... they were divided into number of clans of which four claimed a special status. These four – The Pratiharas or Pariharas, Chahamanas, ...
... they were divided into number of clans of which four claimed a special status. These four – The Pratiharas or Pariharas, Chahamanas, ...
Talking about food does not appease hunger
... Mahayana texts. I did not define the findings to early Chan Buddhism, although throughout the text Chan can be seen as the doctrinal basis. Essential to this study is the bulk of analysis concerning text-excerpts. As many of the texts have up to now not been translated into English, it was of utmost ...
... Mahayana texts. I did not define the findings to early Chan Buddhism, although throughout the text Chan can be seen as the doctrinal basis. Essential to this study is the bulk of analysis concerning text-excerpts. As many of the texts have up to now not been translated into English, it was of utmost ...
Introduction Self or non-self? Three turnings of the wheel of dharma
... with its diagnosis, etiology, prognosis, and therapy. This gives the basic truths a practical, rather than a theoretical orientation. This and the other talks of the Buddha were collected in the S tra-pi aka. They were interpreted and systematised in the advanced teaching (abhidharma) which was the ...
... with its diagnosis, etiology, prognosis, and therapy. This gives the basic truths a practical, rather than a theoretical orientation. This and the other talks of the Buddha were collected in the S tra-pi aka. They were interpreted and systematised in the advanced teaching (abhidharma) which was the ...
A PDF of the exhibition catalogue may be viewed or downloaded here
... adherents believe that the Heart Sutra (cat. 21) and the Lotus Sutra (cat. 22) record key aspects of the Buddha’s teachings. The Heart Sutra (S: Hridaya sutra) is a brief but crucially important section of the Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Sutra, an early compilation of Mahayana scriptures. ...
... adherents believe that the Heart Sutra (cat. 21) and the Lotus Sutra (cat. 22) record key aspects of the Buddha’s teachings. The Heart Sutra (S: Hridaya sutra) is a brief but crucially important section of the Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Sutra, an early compilation of Mahayana scriptures. ...
Pain and its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the...
... Truths" (pp. 108-30). Too many accounts of the Buddhism of the P!li Canon have neglected or glossed over the abhidhamma material. By contrast, Carol Anderson offers an intelligent and useful survey of the materials relating to the truths found in the Abhidhamma-pi"aka. She comments, "In all of the p ...
... Truths" (pp. 108-30). Too many accounts of the Buddhism of the P!li Canon have neglected or glossed over the abhidhamma material. By contrast, Carol Anderson offers an intelligent and useful survey of the materials relating to the truths found in the Abhidhamma-pi"aka. She comments, "In all of the p ...
Rethinking, Protecting and Transmitting the Tangible and
... today of modern scientific and technical methods, the statue is essentially preserved. Yet, since there has been no awareness to further research and protection of the spirit of the Giant Buddha, some elements which constitute that spirit were ignored or even damaged. These included the natural envi ...
... today of modern scientific and technical methods, the statue is essentially preserved. Yet, since there has been no awareness to further research and protection of the spirit of the Giant Buddha, some elements which constitute that spirit were ignored or even damaged. These included the natural envi ...
here - Nichiren Shu
... Between the various Shoretsu schools, however, there is a further division. Taisekiji and consequently the whole of Nichiren Shoshu are derived from the lineage of one of Nichiren Daishonin's major disciples, Nikko Shonin. The original group of Nikko derived schools and temples (called the "Fuji Mon ...
... Between the various Shoretsu schools, however, there is a further division. Taisekiji and consequently the whole of Nichiren Shoshu are derived from the lineage of one of Nichiren Daishonin's major disciples, Nikko Shonin. The original group of Nikko derived schools and temples (called the "Fuji Mon ...
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.