The Dharma-ending Age
... uncertain sectarian affiliation: the Ch’ü-t’an-mi chi-kuo ching15 and the Chung pen-ch’i ching.16 All these texts exist only in Chinese translation. In all these sources, the reference to the nuns and the duration of 500 years always occur together,17 leading scholars to surmise “therefore, that the ...
... uncertain sectarian affiliation: the Ch’ü-t’an-mi chi-kuo ching15 and the Chung pen-ch’i ching.16 All these texts exist only in Chinese translation. In all these sources, the reference to the nuns and the duration of 500 years always occur together,17 leading scholars to surmise “therefore, that the ...
The Erotics of Practice: Objects and Agency in Buddhist Avadaría
... The listener of the tale, King Pariksit, is baffled and asks how it is that these women, who know Krsna only as a material being, a lover, can attain emancipation from material reality. In response, one commentator, Sndhärasvämin, makes the following point: "The power of a thing does not require [ou ...
... The listener of the tale, King Pariksit, is baffled and asks how it is that these women, who know Krsna only as a material being, a lover, can attain emancipation from material reality. In response, one commentator, Sndhärasvämin, makes the following point: "The power of a thing does not require [ou ...
The Early Buddhist Notion of the Middle Path
... upheld the view that theirs represent the true teachings of the Buddha. Many a modern scholar, after aligning himself with one or the other of these later philosophical developments, has endeavored to draw a close relationship between the school he has accepted and early Buddhism. In the present pap ...
... upheld the view that theirs represent the true teachings of the Buddha. Many a modern scholar, after aligning himself with one or the other of these later philosophical developments, has endeavored to draw a close relationship between the school he has accepted and early Buddhism. In the present pap ...
Ameriyana: The Western Vehicle of the Buddha Dharma
... the Pali Sutras, which contained teachings on the Dharma, and teachings of discipline, or vinaya. As these communities grew apart, they developed differing views on the vinaya. Traditionally, it is said that there were eighteen schools, though only the Theravada school surSutra for the rescue of all ...
... the Pali Sutras, which contained teachings on the Dharma, and teachings of discipline, or vinaya. As these communities grew apart, they developed differing views on the vinaya. Traditionally, it is said that there were eighteen schools, though only the Theravada school surSutra for the rescue of all ...
3. Interpretative Examples of Controversial Doctrines in the Buddhist
... pleasures (sagga-katha), (4) talk on the disadvantages of sensual pleasures (kamadinavakatha), and (5) talk on the benefits of renouncing sensual pleasures (nekkhammanisamsakatha), (D.I.148). This sermon represents a distinctively Theravadin method on interpreting the Tipitaka. 1.1.3. The Law of Cau ...
... pleasures (sagga-katha), (4) talk on the disadvantages of sensual pleasures (kamadinavakatha), and (5) talk on the benefits of renouncing sensual pleasures (nekkhammanisamsakatha), (D.I.148). This sermon represents a distinctively Theravadin method on interpreting the Tipitaka. 1.1.3. The Law of Cau ...
1 CHAN BUDDHIST AND EARLY DAOIST
... the eternal processes of change, was not only embraced by the Philosophical School of Daoism, but also by the literate followers of Kong Fu Zi (Latin: Confucius), a contemporary of Lao Zi. According to Kong Zi, man must be educated in order to deeply understand the ways of the cosmos, which are refl ...
... the eternal processes of change, was not only embraced by the Philosophical School of Daoism, but also by the literate followers of Kong Fu Zi (Latin: Confucius), a contemporary of Lao Zi. According to Kong Zi, man must be educated in order to deeply understand the ways of the cosmos, which are refl ...
Perception is at the Root of Conflict
... Similarly, Buddhist philosophy also traces conflict back to both faulty interpretations and feelings of threat. There is no particular theory of conflict according to Buddhism, but there are certain discourses in the Pali canon in which the Buddha does explain conflict and its causes. I will focus ...
... Similarly, Buddhist philosophy also traces conflict back to both faulty interpretations and feelings of threat. There is no particular theory of conflict according to Buddhism, but there are certain discourses in the Pali canon in which the Buddha does explain conflict and its causes. I will focus ...
傳統西藏對音樂表演及傳播的態度Traditional Tibetan Buddhist
... attitude is not new among Tibetans; in fact Tibetans can usually provide explanations for almost everything in terms of the doctrine of Buddhism as they understand it or in terms of folk beliefs or just plain common sense. In the same vein an attempt is made to establish a connection between the pra ...
... attitude is not new among Tibetans; in fact Tibetans can usually provide explanations for almost everything in terms of the doctrine of Buddhism as they understand it or in terms of folk beliefs or just plain common sense. In the same vein an attempt is made to establish a connection between the pra ...
Document
... Siddhartha Gautama (“Buddha”) Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one" In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Profound flash of awakening at age 35; spent the final 45 years of his life traveling to teach others and share his great discovery Originally, ...
... Siddhartha Gautama (“Buddha”) Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one" In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Profound flash of awakening at age 35; spent the final 45 years of his life traveling to teach others and share his great discovery Originally, ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 170-189 Publication date: 26 June 1998
... notes that there is nothing in the scriptures or in Theravàda tradition that directly advocates radical social transformation. Both Gunapala Dharmasiri's Fundamentals of Buddhist Ethics,19 which appeared in 1989, and Damien Keown's The Nature of Buddhist Ethics,20 a 1992 title, fail to discuss the i ...
... notes that there is nothing in the scriptures or in Theravàda tradition that directly advocates radical social transformation. Both Gunapala Dharmasiri's Fundamentals of Buddhist Ethics,19 which appeared in 1989, and Damien Keown's The Nature of Buddhist Ethics,20 a 1992 title, fail to discuss the i ...
Dharma and Abhidharma
... doe not appear to have been originally part of Buddhist meditation. The Buddhist SËtras contain traces of a time when these states were as yet not accepted: in the story of the Bodhisattva’s training under Órå∂a Kålåma and Udraka, the son of Råma (MN I. 163-7; II.212; MÓ(C), 776b5-777a4; also in the ...
... doe not appear to have been originally part of Buddhist meditation. The Buddhist SËtras contain traces of a time when these states were as yet not accepted: in the story of the Bodhisattva’s training under Órå∂a Kålåma and Udraka, the son of Råma (MN I. 163-7; II.212; MÓ(C), 776b5-777a4; also in the ...
buddhism and science
... (1) In Asia the advent of Western science was often linked with colonialism, and so Buddhism tended to react with a certain amount of antagonism. Most of the time, though, the attitude was that of ambivalence. On the one hand, some Buddhists, associating science with the Western world view, felt tha ...
... (1) In Asia the advent of Western science was often linked with colonialism, and so Buddhism tended to react with a certain amount of antagonism. Most of the time, though, the attitude was that of ambivalence. On the one hand, some Buddhists, associating science with the Western world view, felt tha ...
The Life of Buddha
... Siddhartha began by seeking out renowned teachers, who taught him about the many religious philosophies of his day as well as how to meditate. But after he had learned all they had to teach, his doubts and questions remained. So he and five disciples left to find enlightenment by themselves. The six ...
... Siddhartha began by seeking out renowned teachers, who taught him about the many religious philosophies of his day as well as how to meditate. But after he had learned all they had to teach, his doubts and questions remained. So he and five disciples left to find enlightenment by themselves. The six ...
Buddhism in a Nutshell
... 3. Mahavagga Pali -- Greater Section 4. Cullavagga Pali -- Shorter Section 5. Parivara Pali -- Epitome of the Vinaya The Sutta Pitaka consists chiefly of discourses, delivered by the Buddha himself on various occasions. There are also a few discourses delivered by some of His distinguished disciples ...
... 3. Mahavagga Pali -- Greater Section 4. Cullavagga Pali -- Shorter Section 5. Parivara Pali -- Epitome of the Vinaya The Sutta Pitaka consists chiefly of discourses, delivered by the Buddha himself on various occasions. There are also a few discourses delivered by some of His distinguished disciples ...
Sunday Services Open to All
... 7. When we awaken to the Buddha within, surrender ourselves to the tradition of Three Jewels, and apprehend the manifestation of the three bodies of Buddha, then Dharma sun begins to shine in our everyday life; the wheel of Dharma turns; we are blessed by its turning; and we live in the Dharma realm ...
... 7. When we awaken to the Buddha within, surrender ourselves to the tradition of Three Jewels, and apprehend the manifestation of the three bodies of Buddha, then Dharma sun begins to shine in our everyday life; the wheel of Dharma turns; we are blessed by its turning; and we live in the Dharma realm ...
Liberation Through Hearing in the Planetary Transition: Funerary
... complex transformations that the Earth had undergone in a “deep time” that spanned billions of years—an extraordinary human achievement. A turbulent and unpredictable period of anthropogenic environmental change in the twenty-first century produced, belatedly, a growing recognition of the interconne ...
... complex transformations that the Earth had undergone in a “deep time” that spanned billions of years—an extraordinary human achievement. A turbulent and unpredictable period of anthropogenic environmental change in the twenty-first century produced, belatedly, a growing recognition of the interconne ...
06.07.10 An Answer by Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche to Questions
... I have paid close attention to the kinds of qualities required to ensure the suitability of tantric practice for particular people. It depends on the three factors of cause, condition and effect. The cause: people who have some karmic connection to it. Though one may be in a lower human life, some d ...
... I have paid close attention to the kinds of qualities required to ensure the suitability of tantric practice for particular people. It depends on the three factors of cause, condition and effect. The cause: people who have some karmic connection to it. Though one may be in a lower human life, some d ...
Jeffrey Hopkins. Emptiness in the Mind-Only School of Buddhism:
... kha pa over Buddhist philosophy and hermeneutics. At the conclusion of the book, the readerÕs imagination is left sparked with questions. One feels that Cittamàtra is fertile ground for further investigation, and wonders particularly how other interpretation lineages such as the Sa skya or rNying ma ...
... kha pa over Buddhist philosophy and hermeneutics. At the conclusion of the book, the readerÕs imagination is left sparked with questions. One feels that Cittamàtra is fertile ground for further investigation, and wonders particularly how other interpretation lineages such as the Sa skya or rNying ma ...
Buddhism from BuddhaNet
... metaphysical speculation about first causes; there is no theology, no worship of a deity or deification of the Buddha. Buddhism takes a very straightforward look at our human condition; nothing is based on wishful thinking, at all. Everything that the Buddha taught was based on his own observation o ...
... metaphysical speculation about first causes; there is no theology, no worship of a deity or deification of the Buddha. Buddhism takes a very straightforward look at our human condition; nothing is based on wishful thinking, at all. Everything that the Buddha taught was based on his own observation o ...
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.