1 Website of BESS (Buddhist Education Services for Schools Inc
... For those of us, mostly Westerners but some Asians, who are not well supported or are not supported at all, we are self-‐funded either from our savings, Centrelink benefits or from work. ...
... For those of us, mostly Westerners but some Asians, who are not well supported or are not supported at all, we are self-‐funded either from our savings, Centrelink benefits or from work. ...
Paper - VII - History of Buddhism and Jainism upto 1000 A.D.
... practice, and that we belong to a long line of seekers who have endeavored, through patient practice, to keep these teachings alive. Secondly the commentaries and chronicles contain a wealth of historical information with which we are able to partially reconstruct the early history of Buddhism. The ...
... practice, and that we belong to a long line of seekers who have endeavored, through patient practice, to keep these teachings alive. Secondly the commentaries and chronicles contain a wealth of historical information with which we are able to partially reconstruct the early history of Buddhism. The ...
The "Suicide" Problem in the Pāli Canon
... Pali Canon. T h e topic of suicide has been chosen not only for its intrinsic factual and historical interest but because it spotlights certain key issues in the field of Buddhist ethics and doctrine. In particular, our investigations into this phenomenon may be seen to have a bearing on the doctrin ...
... Pali Canon. T h e topic of suicide has been chosen not only for its intrinsic factual and historical interest but because it spotlights certain key issues in the field of Buddhist ethics and doctrine. In particular, our investigations into this phenomenon may be seen to have a bearing on the doctrin ...
Assu Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... (A K Warder, Indian Buddhism, 1970:150 f) 1.2 PUN AND CONTRADICTION 1.2.1 Dhammapada 97 is a profoundly instructive example of Pali polysemy, the mingling of more than one meaning or usage for a single word or term, and where all the senses, or at least some of them, can apply at the same time to it ...
... (A K Warder, Indian Buddhism, 1970:150 f) 1.2 PUN AND CONTRADICTION 1.2.1 Dhammapada 97 is a profoundly instructive example of Pali polysemy, the mingling of more than one meaning or usage for a single word or term, and where all the senses, or at least some of them, can apply at the same time to it ...
The Twelve Deeds of the Buddha
... Ninth Deed: Victory over of the leader of Maras, Papiyan When the Buddha was sitting under the bodhi tree, Papiyan, the leader of Maras, used forms related to the three disturbing emotions (sometimes called kleshas) of ignorance, desire, and aggression to try to lure the Buddha away from his pursuit ...
... Ninth Deed: Victory over of the leader of Maras, Papiyan When the Buddha was sitting under the bodhi tree, Papiyan, the leader of Maras, used forms related to the three disturbing emotions (sometimes called kleshas) of ignorance, desire, and aggression to try to lure the Buddha away from his pursuit ...
Alternative Traditions
... literacy. Indeed, since the 1950s the amount of shelf space occupied by such works has increased tenfold and twentyfold. Publishers in the major Western languages, particularly English, have vied with one another in bringing out not only translations of classic Buddhist texts, both canonical and non ...
... literacy. Indeed, since the 1950s the amount of shelf space occupied by such works has increased tenfold and twentyfold. Publishers in the major Western languages, particularly English, have vied with one another in bringing out not only translations of classic Buddhist texts, both canonical and non ...
buddhism - World Religions eBooks
... of religious identity is complex for both cradle and convert Buddhists. To make matters worse, some organizations identified members as those who attended religious service, or meditation sessions, or were financial contributors, or attended lectures, or were even just casual visitors to the temple ...
... of religious identity is complex for both cradle and convert Buddhists. To make matters worse, some organizations identified members as those who attended religious service, or meditation sessions, or were financial contributors, or attended lectures, or were even just casual visitors to the temple ...
Environmental Ethics in Mahayana Buddhism: The Significance of
... N today’s world we face a range of environmental problems, such as global warming, ozone layer depletion, deforestation, and a reduction in biodiversity. The problems caused by a reduction in biodiversity are regarded as some of the greatest challenges facing humanity today. This is because a reduct ...
... N today’s world we face a range of environmental problems, such as global warming, ozone layer depletion, deforestation, and a reduction in biodiversity. The problems caused by a reduction in biodiversity are regarded as some of the greatest challenges facing humanity today. This is because a reduct ...
Ashtasahasrika_prajnaparamita
... Stylistic features: The main characteristics of the Ashtashasrika prajnaparamita of 1015 are as follows. The use of following lines and colors applied in a blended sequence, to raise the plasticity of the figures marked the works of the early and mid 11th century. By the beginning of the 12th centur ...
... Stylistic features: The main characteristics of the Ashtashasrika prajnaparamita of 1015 are as follows. The use of following lines and colors applied in a blended sequence, to raise the plasticity of the figures marked the works of the early and mid 11th century. By the beginning of the 12th centur ...
M1-Dhamma-tj3
... “How you should behave in life is sometimes very difficult to work out. Deciding what’s right and what’s wrong can throw you into turbulent confusion. Follow the Dhamma and this confusion will settle be still” ...
... “How you should behave in life is sometimes very difficult to work out. Deciding what’s right and what’s wrong can throw you into turbulent confusion. Follow the Dhamma and this confusion will settle be still” ...
Brahman - TeacherWeb
... Beyond all separate identities, persons, and forms lay this divine reality According to philosophical Hinduism, the individual human soul (atman) was part of this ...
... Beyond all separate identities, persons, and forms lay this divine reality According to philosophical Hinduism, the individual human soul (atman) was part of this ...
strategies of legitimation in buddhist tantrism
... [1964:84]. He notes that incorporation of alien gods was already taking place in the Pàli Canon, where the Lalitavistara and the Divyàvadana incorporate non-Buddhist deities. He goes on to analyse the Ma¤ju÷rãmålakalpa and the Kàraõóanjåha, and considers the significance of Tantric iconography which ...
... [1964:84]. He notes that incorporation of alien gods was already taking place in the Pàli Canon, where the Lalitavistara and the Divyàvadana incorporate non-Buddhist deities. He goes on to analyse the Ma¤ju÷rãmålakalpa and the Kàraõóanjåha, and considers the significance of Tantric iconography which ...
Buddhism and Political Power in Korean History
... Chin in southern China, with which Paekche was in close diplomatic alliance. As in the case of Koguryo, it was not a mere coincidence that Buddhism, a new religion with a universalistic ethos, was introduced into Paekche around the time when it was in the midst of consolidating the central royal au ...
... Chin in southern China, with which Paekche was in close diplomatic alliance. As in the case of Koguryo, it was not a mere coincidence that Buddhism, a new religion with a universalistic ethos, was introduced into Paekche around the time when it was in the midst of consolidating the central royal au ...
Introduction to Agama Sutra: The First Buddhist Scripture
... Chuang Chun Jiang, a disciple of reverend Yin Suan who, I found out later, has written many tomes of work on early Buddhist history. It showed that at the time of the Buddha, his teachings focused much less on the intellectual aspects of "Sunyata", but more centered on the practical ways of seeking ...
... Chuang Chun Jiang, a disciple of reverend Yin Suan who, I found out later, has written many tomes of work on early Buddhist history. It showed that at the time of the Buddha, his teachings focused much less on the intellectual aspects of "Sunyata", but more centered on the practical ways of seeking ...
Buddhism of Russia The English language summary presents the
... though Sakyapa tradition has been very famous in the previous centuries. Due to the political changes Sakyapa has become less known, but I think that it will flourish in these places, due to the previous connection. In fact, in Buryatia, there are many people who know that Sakyapa main practise, the ...
... though Sakyapa tradition has been very famous in the previous centuries. Due to the political changes Sakyapa has become less known, but I think that it will flourish in these places, due to the previous connection. In fact, in Buryatia, there are many people who know that Sakyapa main practise, the ...
Nature’s No-Thingness: Holistic Eco-Buddhism and the Problem of Universal Identity
... either with an individual self or a scaled-up “World-” or “eco-self”: “The dharma . . . teaches that the essence of suffering is clinging, and that the most basic form of clinging is self-identification, regardless of whether one’s sense of self is finite or infinite, fluid or static, unitary or not ...
... either with an individual self or a scaled-up “World-” or “eco-self”: “The dharma . . . teaches that the essence of suffering is clinging, and that the most basic form of clinging is self-identification, regardless of whether one’s sense of self is finite or infinite, fluid or static, unitary or not ...
A Secular Buddhism
... mindfulness may have little if anything to do with Buddhism as it is traditionally understood and presented. By “traditional Buddhism” I mean any school or doctrinal system that operates within the soteriological worldview of ancient India. Whether “Hīnayāna” or “Mahāyāna” in orientation, all such f ...
... mindfulness may have little if anything to do with Buddhism as it is traditionally understood and presented. By “traditional Buddhism” I mean any school or doctrinal system that operates within the soteriological worldview of ancient India. Whether “Hīnayāna” or “Mahāyāna” in orientation, all such f ...
present situation of indonesian buddhism: in memory of bhikkhu
... which was different from traditional Chinese Buddhism tainted with superstitions. After that, he studied physics and chemistry at Groningen in the Netherlands, and then decided to live a life as an "Anagarika," a homeless follower of the teaching of Buddha. On the difference between a monk and an An ...
... which was different from traditional Chinese Buddhism tainted with superstitions. After that, he studied physics and chemistry at Groningen in the Netherlands, and then decided to live a life as an "Anagarika," a homeless follower of the teaching of Buddha. On the difference between a monk and an An ...
Life of Pi: A Story of Suffering and Liberation from Buddhist
... the sea and thereby ushered in all the trials. Hidden in the cargo ship, the lifeboat remains intact, safe and sheltered, like a fetus protected by its mother in the womb. With the change of external conditions, things begin to evolve into different forms. The birth of human life, like the lifeboat ...
... the sea and thereby ushered in all the trials. Hidden in the cargo ship, the lifeboat remains intact, safe and sheltered, like a fetus protected by its mother in the womb. With the change of external conditions, things begin to evolve into different forms. The birth of human life, like the lifeboat ...
Wiltshire KS3- The Buddha Asks Why is There Suffering
... This unit will either be the first of 4 units of work on Buddhism or 2 units of work on Buddhism. The main focus should be on the Ultimate Question ‘The Buddha asks why is there suffering?’ rather than getting bogged down in the biographical details of the life of the Buddha. An overview is all lear ...
... This unit will either be the first of 4 units of work on Buddhism or 2 units of work on Buddhism. The main focus should be on the Ultimate Question ‘The Buddha asks why is there suffering?’ rather than getting bogged down in the biographical details of the life of the Buddha. An overview is all lear ...
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.