Some ancient Buddhists sites in the Jaffna Peninsula
... and Jaffna were majoritarian Buddhist, Jain regions. The names Nakula, Pakula, or Vakula are well known in early Buddhist texts. In Tibetan art and texts, the 9th Arhant is given as Bakula and holds a mongoose. Buddhist texts mention a 'Nakulpitra' as the father of the Arhant associated with the mo ...
... and Jaffna were majoritarian Buddhist, Jain regions. The names Nakula, Pakula, or Vakula are well known in early Buddhist texts. In Tibetan art and texts, the 9th Arhant is given as Bakula and holds a mongoose. Buddhist texts mention a 'Nakulpitra' as the father of the Arhant associated with the mo ...
Rise and Fall of Buddhism on Daya Basin
... villagers of Haripur removed them to their Bhagavataghara for worship. These images measuring 2 feet in height are excellently carved with characteristic features of the Somavansi period.12 Five stupas were also collected from the same place and preserved in the same village. The description of the ...
... villagers of Haripur removed them to their Bhagavataghara for worship. These images measuring 2 feet in height are excellently carved with characteristic features of the Somavansi period.12 Five stupas were also collected from the same place and preserved in the same village. The description of the ...
Resource Pack 2 for newcomers to Triratna Centres
... Buddhist meditation includes any method of meditation that has Enlightenment as its ultimate aim. Buddhist meditation practices are designed to provide us with a grounding in certain basic human qualities, to help us to become a happy, healthy human being - a necessary foundation for any deeper spir ...
... Buddhist meditation includes any method of meditation that has Enlightenment as its ultimate aim. Buddhist meditation practices are designed to provide us with a grounding in certain basic human qualities, to help us to become a happy, healthy human being - a necessary foundation for any deeper spir ...
Gandharan Standing Buddha
... demand for an icon arose. This sculpture of the Buddha, complete with devotional inscription, was evidently commissioned under such circumstances. The inscription ...
... demand for an icon arose. This sculpture of the Buddha, complete with devotional inscription, was evidently commissioned under such circumstances. The inscription ...
On Being a Sangha Counsellor.
... becoming a Buddha unless s/he happens to be Buddhist. Even then, the lay Buddhist therapist must take into account the readiness for spiritual development, or lack of it, from the side of the client. Nevertheless, a Buddhist therapist will be very aware of whether methods used to prevent suffering i ...
... becoming a Buddha unless s/he happens to be Buddhist. Even then, the lay Buddhist therapist must take into account the readiness for spiritual development, or lack of it, from the side of the client. Nevertheless, a Buddhist therapist will be very aware of whether methods used to prevent suffering i ...
Buddhism, euthanasia and the sanctity of life
... ourselves only to Indian Buddhism, there are significant differences between the ethics of the Mahayana and the Hinayana, as Damien Keown himself admits elsewhere.9 When we come to consider the Buddhist traditions of Tibet, China and Japan we find still further differences. Moreover, since the Keown ...
... ourselves only to Indian Buddhism, there are significant differences between the ethics of the Mahayana and the Hinayana, as Damien Keown himself admits elsewhere.9 When we come to consider the Buddhist traditions of Tibet, China and Japan we find still further differences. Moreover, since the Keown ...
Attitudes to Euthanasia in the Vinaya and Commentary By Damien Keown
... vajja or what is prohibited by the Vinaya (for example, eating after midday) and what is lokavajja, or regarded as immoral by the world at large outside the cloister (for example, killing, stealing, and lying). Furthermore, many rules in the Vinaya were inserted simply to satisfy the expectation ...
... vajja or what is prohibited by the Vinaya (for example, eating after midday) and what is lokavajja, or regarded as immoral by the world at large outside the cloister (for example, killing, stealing, and lying). Furthermore, many rules in the Vinaya were inserted simply to satisfy the expectation ...
Thangka of Bhaishajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha Poster Packet Tibet, 14th century
... • Explain to students that one important art form in Tibet is a mandala, which is used as a guide to meditation. A mandala helps believers visualize the universe and their place in it, often in relation to a specific deity found in the center of the image. It is a symmetrical, geometrical form cons ...
... • Explain to students that one important art form in Tibet is a mandala, which is used as a guide to meditation. A mandala helps believers visualize the universe and their place in it, often in relation to a specific deity found in the center of the image. It is a symmetrical, geometrical form cons ...
AHR Forum
... a way that would have been impossible thirty years ago. Buddhism, which entered China at the beginning of the period under examination and left its richest written record anywhere in the Chinese language, has been extensively studied. However, much older scholarship has focused on Buddhism rather th ...
... a way that would have been impossible thirty years ago. Buddhism, which entered China at the beginning of the period under examination and left its richest written record anywhere in the Chinese language, has been extensively studied. However, much older scholarship has focused on Buddhism rather th ...
The Eight Precepts with Right Livelihood as the
... continuing from the first planning of it down to the carrying of it out, which ‘course’ involves body and/or speech. The ‘choice’ (cetana) here is the momentary mental willing (or ‘affirmation’) at each and every stage of the ‘course’. Visuddhimagga Translations The Path of Purification and The Path ...
... continuing from the first planning of it down to the carrying of it out, which ‘course’ involves body and/or speech. The ‘choice’ (cetana) here is the momentary mental willing (or ‘affirmation’) at each and every stage of the ‘course’. Visuddhimagga Translations The Path of Purification and The Path ...
Rethinking Ziolkowski`s “Landscape of the Soul:” A Mahayana
... this quote often overlooked is ‘may.’ True, it very well could be interpreted in this manner, but it may also be interpreted in numerous ways. Since this enlightenment is immersed within the concepts of totality and simultaneity, categorizing it under any religious or philosophical system immediate ...
... this quote often overlooked is ‘may.’ True, it very well could be interpreted in this manner, but it may also be interpreted in numerous ways. Since this enlightenment is immersed within the concepts of totality and simultaneity, categorizing it under any religious or philosophical system immediate ...
Confucianism and Buddhism Book Instructions Page 1: Title Page
... Confucianism is an ethical system. It teaches people how to behave properly. One element of classical Chinese religion is making sacrifices (for example, preparing a ritual meal) for your ancestors (parents, grandparents, etc.). Confucius taught his followers that they should continue to follow thes ...
... Confucianism is an ethical system. It teaches people how to behave properly. One element of classical Chinese religion is making sacrifices (for example, preparing a ritual meal) for your ancestors (parents, grandparents, etc.). Confucius taught his followers that they should continue to follow thes ...
1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION: MAKTAB, MADRASA
... (twelfth century); in the Akhlāq-i Nāsirı̄ [Nasirean Ethics] by Nası̄r al-Dı̄n al-Tūsı̄ (thirteenth century); in the Akhlāq-i Jalālı̄ [Jalalian Ethics] by Jalāl al-Dı̄n Dawānı̄ (fifteenth century); and in the exhortations of such classical poets of Persian literature as Rūdakı̄, Firdawsı̄, N ...
... (twelfth century); in the Akhlāq-i Nāsirı̄ [Nasirean Ethics] by Nası̄r al-Dı̄n al-Tūsı̄ (thirteenth century); in the Akhlāq-i Jalālı̄ [Jalalian Ethics] by Jalāl al-Dı̄n Dawānı̄ (fifteenth century); and in the exhortations of such classical poets of Persian literature as Rūdakı̄, Firdawsı̄, N ...
Damming the Dhamma: Problems with Bhikkhunãs in the Pali Vinaya
... longevity of brahmacariya under Buddhas of the past was determined by their introduction of the Pàñimokkha or failure to do so. The Suttavibhaïga, therefore, is contextualized within the cosmic dimensions of Buddhas of the past. Each individual rule in both sections is also placed in the context of ...
... longevity of brahmacariya under Buddhas of the past was determined by their introduction of the Pàñimokkha or failure to do so. The Suttavibhaïga, therefore, is contextualized within the cosmic dimensions of Buddhas of the past. Each individual rule in both sections is also placed in the context of ...
Buddhism and its Spread Along the Silk Road
... Buddhist teaching. This is probably the first time a Chinese heard about Buddhism. A century later, a Buddhist community is recorded at the court of a Han prince. However the most famous story is the Han emperor Mingdi's dream about Buddha. In 68 AD, Mingdi sent his official Cai Yin to Central Asia ...
... Buddhist teaching. This is probably the first time a Chinese heard about Buddhism. A century later, a Buddhist community is recorded at the court of a Han prince. However the most famous story is the Han emperor Mingdi's dream about Buddha. In 68 AD, Mingdi sent his official Cai Yin to Central Asia ...
Dialogue and Transformation: Buddhism in Asian Philosophy
... self and demonstrate its place in ultimate reality. This section ends with a selection representing the non-dualist absolutism of Shankara (8th-9th century) — the view that there is only one ultimate reality, qualityless or nirguna Brahman, and that all distinctions whatsoever are false consciousnes ...
... self and demonstrate its place in ultimate reality. This section ends with a selection representing the non-dualist absolutism of Shankara (8th-9th century) — the view that there is only one ultimate reality, qualityless or nirguna Brahman, and that all distinctions whatsoever are false consciousnes ...
The Historical Authenticity of Early Buddhist Literature A Critical
... obvious. Such contradictions in the evidence certainly require an explanation, but it is simplistic to fall back on the contention that the literary sources are normative and therefore historically suspect. Another explanation for such contradictions, probably the most obvious of all, is that the te ...
... obvious. Such contradictions in the evidence certainly require an explanation, but it is simplistic to fall back on the contention that the literary sources are normative and therefore historically suspect. Another explanation for such contradictions, probably the most obvious of all, is that the te ...
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.