The State and the Buddhist Sangha: Xixia State (982–1227)
... State, took personal control over the committee’s activities, which, according to some Chinese sources, was consulted by Uighur monks who had some experience in translating Buddhist texts from Chinese into their own language. One of the first efforts of the committee may have been the Tangut transla ...
... State, took personal control over the committee’s activities, which, according to some Chinese sources, was consulted by Uighur monks who had some experience in translating Buddhist texts from Chinese into their own language. One of the first efforts of the committee may have been the Tangut transla ...
Buddhism - Trinity Evangelical Free Church, Teaneck, NJ
... Lanka where it had its strongest beginning. From Sri Lanka, Buddhism expanded across Asia and has developed into two similar but different branches of Buddhism—Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. Theravada Buddhism mostly practiced in Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Burma, Cambodia and ...
... Lanka where it had its strongest beginning. From Sri Lanka, Buddhism expanded across Asia and has developed into two similar but different branches of Buddhism—Theravada Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. Theravada Buddhism mostly practiced in Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Burma, Cambodia and ...
Sources of Environmental Quotes
... living beings I must rescue, from the terrors of birth, of old age, of sickness, of death and rebirth, of all kinds of moral offence, of all states of woe, of the whole cycle of birth-and-death. . . from all these terrors I must rescue all beings. . . . I must rescue all these beings from the stream ...
... living beings I must rescue, from the terrors of birth, of old age, of sickness, of death and rebirth, of all kinds of moral offence, of all states of woe, of the whole cycle of birth-and-death. . . from all these terrors I must rescue all beings. . . . I must rescue all these beings from the stream ...
Science through Buddhist Eyes
... those “old prejudices” of the system it is being integrated into. So the first question we must ask is: do we really understand what Buddhism is? The term Buddhism is a rather late invention of eighteenth-century European Enlightenment thinkers, who sought to nestle religion within the larger fold o ...
... those “old prejudices” of the system it is being integrated into. So the first question we must ask is: do we really understand what Buddhism is? The term Buddhism is a rather late invention of eighteenth-century European Enlightenment thinkers, who sought to nestle religion within the larger fold o ...
The Great Compassion: Buddhism and Animal Rights Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... XIVth Dalai Lama (including personal communications), as well as contemporary scholars such as Philip Kapleau and Tony Page. His wideranging discussion of Buddhist schools encompasses both Theravada and Mahayana, along with an entire chapter on Tibetan Buddhism. Voices represented in The Great Compa ...
... XIVth Dalai Lama (including personal communications), as well as contemporary scholars such as Philip Kapleau and Tony Page. His wideranging discussion of Buddhist schools encompasses both Theravada and Mahayana, along with an entire chapter on Tibetan Buddhism. Voices represented in The Great Compa ...
ROBERT SZUKSZTUL* Possible Roots of the Pure Land Buddhist
... terminology into similarly linked clusters of concepts. Obviously, many ideas of the Pure Land Buddhism were transformed, owing to the Mahāyāna turn; however, the similarity of the general pattern is – in my opinion – still visible, which lends support to the hypothesis that Pure Land Buddhism is th ...
... terminology into similarly linked clusters of concepts. Obviously, many ideas of the Pure Land Buddhism were transformed, owing to the Mahāyāna turn; however, the similarity of the general pattern is – in my opinion – still visible, which lends support to the hypothesis that Pure Land Buddhism is th ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998: 220-240 Publication Date: 1 June 1998
... writings upon which one could depend. Everybody renewed the teachings according to their opinions and passed it on orally.15 Many of the såtras were compiled by people five hundred years after the Buddha, so they contain many words from these five hundred years.16 ...
... writings upon which one could depend. Everybody renewed the teachings according to their opinions and passed it on orally.15 Many of the såtras were compiled by people five hundred years after the Buddha, so they contain many words from these five hundred years.16 ...
INTRODUCTION - Religion 21 Home
... The jatakas enshrine simple moral and religious messages, such as the importance of fulfilling one’s obligations, or the triumph of good over evil. One well-loved jataka is the story of the Hare in the Moon. The Buddha-to-be was reborn as a hare, and had three special friends — a monkey, a jackal an ...
... The jatakas enshrine simple moral and religious messages, such as the importance of fulfilling one’s obligations, or the triumph of good over evil. One well-loved jataka is the story of the Hare in the Moon. The Buddha-to-be was reborn as a hare, and had three special friends — a monkey, a jackal an ...
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... Buddhist lands. Originally funeral mounds housing relics of the Buddha and his disciples, they have evolved into an elaborate architectural expression of the mandala. Unlike churches, mosques and temples, their prime function is not to house the disciple within a sacred space but to place a model of ...
... Buddhist lands. Originally funeral mounds housing relics of the Buddha and his disciples, they have evolved into an elaborate architectural expression of the mandala. Unlike churches, mosques and temples, their prime function is not to house the disciple within a sacred space but to place a model of ...
Gautama and Buddhism
... Buddhism began as a reformation movement within Hinduism. Its founder was Siddhartha Gautama, who was born about 563 B.C. in the ruler warrior caste of Hinduism. (Died in 483.) His father, Suddhodana, was a Raja a chieftain of the Sakya clan, a family of the Kshatriya (warrior-nobility) caste of anc ...
... Buddhism began as a reformation movement within Hinduism. Its founder was Siddhartha Gautama, who was born about 563 B.C. in the ruler warrior caste of Hinduism. (Died in 483.) His father, Suddhodana, was a Raja a chieftain of the Sakya clan, a family of the Kshatriya (warrior-nobility) caste of anc ...
Tibetan Buddhism in the (Post)modern World
... whoever is interested in reading these Buddhist scriptures can attain these readings from the public. The Tantric path, on the other hand, is orally transmitted from the guru to the disciples. Therefore, the teachings of Tantra are also called “secret mantra” (Gyatso, 2003). The word “secret” is mis ...
... whoever is interested in reading these Buddhist scriptures can attain these readings from the public. The Tantric path, on the other hand, is orally transmitted from the guru to the disciples. Therefore, the teachings of Tantra are also called “secret mantra” (Gyatso, 2003). The word “secret” is mis ...
The Centrality of Buddhism and Education in Developing Gross
... continually going out to those in different states of suffering. He frequently illustrated his teachings with examples from his past lives as a Bodhisattva, which eventually blossomed into the glorious Mahayana tradition. While the Buddha did not say a great deal about social questions, perhaps beca ...
... continually going out to those in different states of suffering. He frequently illustrated his teachings with examples from his past lives as a Bodhisattva, which eventually blossomed into the glorious Mahayana tradition. While the Buddha did not say a great deal about social questions, perhaps beca ...
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... relationship between humans and the divine. Understanding the true nature of this relationship was usually believed to confer supernatural powers. Buddhist art in Java incorporates deities and motifs derived from Hindu mythology. These include Garuda and Angsa, divine mounts of Vishnu and Brahma; th ...
... relationship between humans and the divine. Understanding the true nature of this relationship was usually believed to confer supernatural powers. Buddhist art in Java incorporates deities and motifs derived from Hindu mythology. These include Garuda and Angsa, divine mounts of Vishnu and Brahma; th ...
- Esamskriti
... Part 1 of book has following chapters. Buddha’s Message to the World, Buddhistic India, Buddhism the Fulfillment of Hinduism, Buddhism, the Religion of the Light of Asia, Buddha, the Greatest karma Yogin, The Religion of Buddha, True Buddhism, Buddhism and Vedanta. Part 2 of book has extracts from S ...
... Part 1 of book has following chapters. Buddha’s Message to the World, Buddhistic India, Buddhism the Fulfillment of Hinduism, Buddhism, the Religion of the Light of Asia, Buddha, the Greatest karma Yogin, The Religion of Buddha, True Buddhism, Buddhism and Vedanta. Part 2 of book has extracts from S ...
Arhats in Buddhism
... In early Indian Buddhism, arhatship was dependent on freeing oneself of the “fetters”--the mental bonds that kept one bound to samsāra.11 However, the difference between the Theravada arhat and the Mahāyāna bodhisattva is that arhatship placed an emphasis on individual salvation.12 In Mahāyāna Buddh ...
... In early Indian Buddhism, arhatship was dependent on freeing oneself of the “fetters”--the mental bonds that kept one bound to samsāra.11 However, the difference between the Theravada arhat and the Mahāyāna bodhisattva is that arhatship placed an emphasis on individual salvation.12 In Mahāyāna Buddh ...
Teaching About Buddhism
... Buddha. According to Buddhist tradition, he was not the first or only Buddha, and he will not be the last. Key events: Siddhartha Gautama was born in a military family in Lumbini, in what is now southern Nepal. His mother died a week after the birth, and he was raised by an aunt who later became the ...
... Buddha. According to Buddhist tradition, he was not the first or only Buddha, and he will not be the last. Key events: Siddhartha Gautama was born in a military family in Lumbini, in what is now southern Nepal. His mother died a week after the birth, and he was raised by an aunt who later became the ...
Key Stage 3 - Buddha
... Buddhist idea that we are always changing. “Humans cause their own misery” Do you agree? ...
... Buddhist idea that we are always changing. “Humans cause their own misery” Do you agree? ...
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.