To Save All Beings: Buddhist Environmental ed. Christopher S. Queen, Activism,
... had its own history of start-up, strategizing, attracting interest, and, in some cases,fading enthusiasm.When these groups work with well-established environmental groups, they seem to be more successfulin accomplishing their goals. Some Buddhist environmental activists have been effective in helpin ...
... had its own history of start-up, strategizing, attracting interest, and, in some cases,fading enthusiasm.When these groups work with well-established environmental groups, they seem to be more successfulin accomplishing their goals. Some Buddhist environmental activists have been effective in helpin ...
Ritual Implements in Tibetan Buddhism : A Symbolic Appraisal
... it represents method, the masculine principle, while the cup symbolizes wisdom, the feminine principle. In many ways, the chopper serves the same purpose as the dorje or the phurpa and is employed in rituals of exorcism by priests and shamans. Broadly speaking, the category of ritual objects in Tibe ...
... it represents method, the masculine principle, while the cup symbolizes wisdom, the feminine principle. In many ways, the chopper serves the same purpose as the dorje or the phurpa and is employed in rituals of exorcism by priests and shamans. Broadly speaking, the category of ritual objects in Tibe ...
Ikeda - Unofficial SGI SWS
... These reappear again and again in the Gosho, for example in The Kalpa of Decrease, The Wonderful Means of Surmounting Obstacles, and perhaps most clearly in the Comparison of the Lotus Sutra and Other Sutras and Letter to The Brothers. “I, Nichiren, say that non-Buddhist scriptures are easier to bel ...
... These reappear again and again in the Gosho, for example in The Kalpa of Decrease, The Wonderful Means of Surmounting Obstacles, and perhaps most clearly in the Comparison of the Lotus Sutra and Other Sutras and Letter to The Brothers. “I, Nichiren, say that non-Buddhist scriptures are easier to bel ...
Ethics of the Theravada - ProfPremasiri.com, Home of Professor
... the Buddhist ethical system. It was called the Middle Way (majjhima patipada) because of the context in which the Buddha preached. During that time, there were those who believed that man's spiritual elevation depended on self-mortification, and there were those who completely disregarded spiritual ...
... the Buddhist ethical system. It was called the Middle Way (majjhima patipada) because of the context in which the Buddha preached. During that time, there were those who believed that man's spiritual elevation depended on self-mortification, and there were those who completely disregarded spiritual ...
Compass of Zen - Kansas Zen Center
... This course was first developed for Dharma Teachers in Training, to prepare them to become full Dharma Teachers. It has been adapted to include people who have taken 5 precepts or have had an introductory course in Zen practice. Each lesson consists of assigned readings and focused homework. Class c ...
... This course was first developed for Dharma Teachers in Training, to prepare them to become full Dharma Teachers. It has been adapted to include people who have taken 5 precepts or have had an introductory course in Zen practice. Each lesson consists of assigned readings and focused homework. Class c ...
Karma and Female Birth
... having become one already, and is now looking back at a previous existence as a female.5 A rationale for this type of aspiration finds expression in a passage in the commentary on the Sutta-nipāta, the Paramatthajotikā, which reports an aspiration made by a woman to be reborn as a man. In her aspira ...
... having become one already, and is now looking back at a previous existence as a female.5 A rationale for this type of aspiration finds expression in a passage in the commentary on the Sutta-nipāta, the Paramatthajotikā, which reports an aspiration made by a woman to be reborn as a man. In her aspira ...
A Buddhist-Communist Manifesto
... utilisation of the means of production) while Capitalism is concerned with profitability. Subsequently, he again declared that “Marxism talked about an equal and just distribution of wealth. I was very much in favor of this” (Dalai Lama, 1999). In fact, this position is founded on earliest Buddhist ...
... utilisation of the means of production) while Capitalism is concerned with profitability. Subsequently, he again declared that “Marxism talked about an equal and just distribution of wealth. I was very much in favor of this” (Dalai Lama, 1999). In fact, this position is founded on earliest Buddhist ...
Introduction - what is the anthropology of Buddhism about?
... often within the same monastery and sharing the same monastic discipline, with those who did not accept the new Mahayana scriptures, until north Indian Buddhism was destroyed by the Muslims between the eleventh and the thirteenth centuries. By that time the Mahayana had long since been taken up in C ...
... often within the same monastery and sharing the same monastic discipline, with those who did not accept the new Mahayana scriptures, until north Indian Buddhism was destroyed by the Muslims between the eleventh and the thirteenth centuries. By that time the Mahayana had long since been taken up in C ...
„What is Mahāyāna? And what are Mahāyāna scriptures?“ (Part II)
... oriented way of reading epigraphical and traditional texts, during the last few decennia a large range of doubts has been cast on older pictures and models of what Mah āyāna is. There have especially been objections against several of them originating from early 20th century Japanese descriptions th ...
... oriented way of reading epigraphical and traditional texts, during the last few decennia a large range of doubts has been cast on older pictures and models of what Mah āyāna is. There have especially been objections against several of them originating from early 20th century Japanese descriptions th ...
BP2 M01 L35 (upload). - Amitabha Buddhist Centre
... 3. Based (or dependent) on recitation The recitation of the hundred-syllable mantra is discussed in the text. This is related to the practice of Vajrasattva that should be performed in accordance with what is described in the teachings. You do the practice with strong regret for having accumulated n ...
... 3. Based (or dependent) on recitation The recitation of the hundred-syllable mantra is discussed in the text. This is related to the practice of Vajrasattva that should be performed in accordance with what is described in the teachings. You do the practice with strong regret for having accumulated n ...
Yowell_uta_2502M_13122
... therefore a passive one. It makes no attempt at reform, nor does it advocate, critique, or engage in histrionics on behalf of religion. It especially does not proselytize in any reasonable sense of the term. For the vast majority of potential religious topics, the reason for this passivity is clear. ...
... therefore a passive one. It makes no attempt at reform, nor does it advocate, critique, or engage in histrionics on behalf of religion. It especially does not proselytize in any reasonable sense of the term. For the vast majority of potential religious topics, the reason for this passivity is clear. ...
BUSINESS BUDDHA and the and the
... being performed: these all seem to be rare indeed. But should we reasonably have expected to find them in factories and workplaces across North America? Joy is not a workplace requirement. It is certainly wonderful when it occurs but it is not part of any strategic business plan that I have ever rev ...
... being performed: these all seem to be rare indeed. But should we reasonably have expected to find them in factories and workplaces across North America? Joy is not a workplace requirement. It is certainly wonderful when it occurs but it is not part of any strategic business plan that I have ever rev ...
Buddhism - Spiritual Awakening Radio
... The Great Realization With this new realization, Siddhartha bathed in the river Niranjana near Bodhagaya, in state of Bihar in Northern India.1 Determined Siddhartha, then, sat in meditation on a grass mat under a Banyan tree and practiced one-pointed focused meditation. He continued this practice u ...
... The Great Realization With this new realization, Siddhartha bathed in the river Niranjana near Bodhagaya, in state of Bihar in Northern India.1 Determined Siddhartha, then, sat in meditation on a grass mat under a Banyan tree and practiced one-pointed focused meditation. He continued this practice u ...
Medicine Buddha guided sadhana
... 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 afflictions that cause these. Your body becomes the nature of light, clean and ...
... 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 afflictions that cause these. Your body becomes the nature of light, clean and ...
Understanding in Theravada Abhidhamma
... Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism, and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition, and first commi ...
... Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism, and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition, and first commi ...
Problems in Reconstructing the Social History of Buddhism in Orissa
... We must ask an important question here. Who were the artists and artisans who made these sculptures ? Where did they come from ? Were they natives of Orissa or did they come from elsewhere ? Who appointed them to execute these works ? Was it the royal dynasties, local chiefs and elites, or the monas ...
... We must ask an important question here. Who were the artists and artisans who made these sculptures ? Where did they come from ? Were they natives of Orissa or did they come from elsewhere ? Who appointed them to execute these works ? Was it the royal dynasties, local chiefs and elites, or the monas ...
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... the apparently settled posture of modern Buddhist scholarship that those problems are settled beyond all doubt and dispute. However, when we reopen these matters with a view to restating them, we record our disagreement with the current theories of the origins of Buddhism, of its early relations wit ...
... the apparently settled posture of modern Buddhist scholarship that those problems are settled beyond all doubt and dispute. However, when we reopen these matters with a view to restating them, we record our disagreement with the current theories of the origins of Buddhism, of its early relations wit ...
The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan
... ing that was always already present. Thus, Candrakı̄rti’s text is thought to reproduce with greater clarity and accessibility a meaning that is implicitly present in Nāgārjuna’s text. Each level of commentary is projected back onto the root text and thereby gains its authority. Drawing on the stra ...
... ing that was always already present. Thus, Candrakı̄rti’s text is thought to reproduce with greater clarity and accessibility a meaning that is implicitly present in Nāgārjuna’s text. Each level of commentary is projected back onto the root text and thereby gains its authority. Drawing on the stra ...
Part 12 - SGI-UK
... of ‘respect’, ‘devotion’ or ‘dedication’. The next five syllables are, on one level, the Japanese pronunciation of the title of the version of the Lotus Sutra translated by the great Indian translator, Kumarajiva, who translated it from Sanskrit into classical Chinese in the fifth century of the com ...
... of ‘respect’, ‘devotion’ or ‘dedication’. The next five syllables are, on one level, the Japanese pronunciation of the title of the version of the Lotus Sutra translated by the great Indian translator, Kumarajiva, who translated it from Sanskrit into classical Chinese in the fifth century of the com ...
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.