Sramana Tradition
... They go forth from householder life to homelessness. They abandoned all social commitments and become wanderers, surviving in whatever means they could in the forests or by begging. ...
... They go forth from householder life to homelessness. They abandoned all social commitments and become wanderers, surviving in whatever means they could in the forests or by begging. ...
Reflection: Fire and Buddha Image - Sound Ideas
... The fiery body and the Buddha image present striking roles in the religious tradition that transgress Western scholarly rationale of Buddhism as solely a philosophy. Liz Wilson presents the fiery body in Buddhism as a source of self-discipline, and communicating the dharma. Wilson does not argue whe ...
... The fiery body and the Buddha image present striking roles in the religious tradition that transgress Western scholarly rationale of Buddhism as solely a philosophy. Liz Wilson presents the fiery body in Buddhism as a source of self-discipline, and communicating the dharma. Wilson does not argue whe ...
Analysis of Various Methods of Mediation In Buddhist Schools
... meditations. 3 Most classical and contemporary Buddhist meditation guides are school specific. 4 Only a few teachers attempt to synthesize, crystallize and categorize practices from multiple Buddhist traditions. II. CONTENT 1. Meditation in early Buddhism The earliest tradition of Buddhist practice ...
... meditations. 3 Most classical and contemporary Buddhist meditation guides are school specific. 4 Only a few teachers attempt to synthesize, crystallize and categorize practices from multiple Buddhist traditions. II. CONTENT 1. Meditation in early Buddhism The earliest tradition of Buddhist practice ...
regulations for the degree of
... This course will be mainly based on the Pali Sutta Pitaka and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. The course will begin with a description of the religious and intellectual milieu in which Buddhism originated and the nature o ...
... This course will be mainly based on the Pali Sutta Pitaka and is designed to provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. The course will begin with a description of the religious and intellectual milieu in which Buddhism originated and the nature o ...
Paths to Enlightenment
... • This mound-shape design was taken from earlier but not limited to South Asian burial mounds. It was not, however, used as a tomb; it housed relics of Buddha. • It held the ashes of Buddha, and Buddhists can pay homage by circumambulation. • Buddha is depicted in his jatakas (past lives), as footpr ...
... • This mound-shape design was taken from earlier but not limited to South Asian burial mounds. It was not, however, used as a tomb; it housed relics of Buddha. • It held the ashes of Buddha, and Buddhists can pay homage by circumambulation. • Buddha is depicted in his jatakas (past lives), as footpr ...
Buddhist Perspectives on Social Justice and
... The eyes through which one perceives the world become accustomed to a particular view. Like the way a contact lens sets into the wearer’s eye over time and then becomes difficult to remove, one’s perspective can grow so ingrained that it may become accepted as natural perception, instead of interpre ...
... The eyes through which one perceives the world become accustomed to a particular view. Like the way a contact lens sets into the wearer’s eye over time and then becomes difficult to remove, one’s perspective can grow so ingrained that it may become accepted as natural perception, instead of interpre ...
Lokāyata and Its Derivatives in the Sad-dharma-puṇḍarīka
... padamīmāṃsā, mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇa, bhāṣyapravacana, etc.4 Such lists of subjects both for Brahmins and princes are often mentioned in the Upaniṣads and Pali, Prakrit and Buddhist Sanskrit works.5 To cite one example in the Divyāvadāna: chandasi vā vyākaraṇe vā lokāyate vā padamīmāṃsāyāṃ vā (Darbhanga e ...
... padamīmāṃsā, mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇa, bhāṣyapravacana, etc.4 Such lists of subjects both for Brahmins and princes are often mentioned in the Upaniṣads and Pali, Prakrit and Buddhist Sanskrit works.5 To cite one example in the Divyāvadāna: chandasi vā vyākaraṇe vā lokāyate vā padamīmāṃsāyāṃ vā (Darbhanga e ...
A comparative study in Jainism and Buddhism
... according to the needs of the occasion. They contributed to the growth of languages such as Apabhramsa, Old Hindi, Old Gujarati etc. Jain authors were the pioneers in cultivating Tamil and Kannada languages. Jain literature is not entirely religious and has a wide spectrum of secular branches learni ...
... according to the needs of the occasion. They contributed to the growth of languages such as Apabhramsa, Old Hindi, Old Gujarati etc. Jain authors were the pioneers in cultivating Tamil and Kannada languages. Jain literature is not entirely religious and has a wide spectrum of secular branches learni ...
Buddhism`s Disappearance from India
... simply changed form, or was absorbed into Hindu practices. Such an argument is, in fact, a variation of the view, which perhaps has more adherents than any other, that Buddhism disappeared, not on account of persecution by Hindus, but because of the ascendancy of reformed Hinduism. However, the view ...
... simply changed form, or was absorbed into Hindu practices. Such an argument is, in fact, a variation of the view, which perhaps has more adherents than any other, that Buddhism disappeared, not on account of persecution by Hindus, but because of the ascendancy of reformed Hinduism. However, the view ...
Sharon A. Suh Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and
... clearly tries to avoid a West-East dichotomy by including movies produced in different countries; however, it seems that Western movies fail to present Buddhism in a pluralistic and nuanced way. This could have been further discussed in the book: are all Western movies perpetuating the stereotype of ...
... clearly tries to avoid a West-East dichotomy by including movies produced in different countries; however, it seems that Western movies fail to present Buddhism in a pluralistic and nuanced way. This could have been further discussed in the book: are all Western movies perpetuating the stereotype of ...
Pure Land Buddhism File
... Tao-ch’o (562-645 A.D.) further clarified the two ways of salvation -- the Holy Path (Japanese: Shodomon) and the Gate of the Pure Land (Jodomon). The Holy Path is the way of the sages, the difficult path which relies upon self-power, and is open only to a very few. The Gate of the Pure Land is the ...
... Tao-ch’o (562-645 A.D.) further clarified the two ways of salvation -- the Holy Path (Japanese: Shodomon) and the Gate of the Pure Land (Jodomon). The Holy Path is the way of the sages, the difficult path which relies upon self-power, and is open only to a very few. The Gate of the Pure Land is the ...
53. Competing Conceptions of the Self in Kantian and Buddhist
... probably just harden an enemy, who may then retaliate in turn. It follows that we need to remove the emotion itself, and this involves a deeper transformation of the self. Restraint is but a first step in moral development that is aimed at undermining the cognitive basis of anger itself. The person ...
... probably just harden an enemy, who may then retaliate in turn. It follows that we need to remove the emotion itself, and this involves a deeper transformation of the self. Restraint is but a first step in moral development that is aimed at undermining the cognitive basis of anger itself. The person ...
The Pragmatic Buddhist - Center for Pragmatic Buddhism
... can see them every time we look in the mirror. Every time we smile or laugh. Every time we offer an act of compassion…and yes, every time we cry and mourn as well. There is no greater comfort than to honor our predecessors and to see them again through every act of our lives. It is indeed more true ...
... can see them every time we look in the mirror. Every time we smile or laugh. Every time we offer an act of compassion…and yes, every time we cry and mourn as well. There is no greater comfort than to honor our predecessors and to see them again through every act of our lives. It is indeed more true ...
WORD
... concerned. It means that we have to put all the books behind and earnestly and patiently look into our hearts without hoping for any glory but mere mental and spiritual freedom as the Buddha guided us to do. The Buddha’s way is most significant especially nowadays because he did not tell us to go o ...
... concerned. It means that we have to put all the books behind and earnestly and patiently look into our hearts without hoping for any glory but mere mental and spiritual freedom as the Buddha guided us to do. The Buddha’s way is most significant especially nowadays because he did not tell us to go o ...
What Does It Mean To Be Enlightened?
... speaks of in his four-line verse: “That which should be developed, that I have developed.” So what the Buddha has developed is what we have to develop. The path is structured in such a way that it proceeds not suddenly, not abruptly, but in a gradual step-by-step manner to help us climb the ladder t ...
... speaks of in his four-line verse: “That which should be developed, that I have developed.” So what the Buddha has developed is what we have to develop. The path is structured in such a way that it proceeds not suddenly, not abruptly, but in a gradual step-by-step manner to help us climb the ladder t ...
Word of the Buddha - According to the Pali Canon or Tripitaka
... this by their own well-directed endeavour and striving [sammā vāyāma] at a down-to-earth human level. The ability and the capacity to do this is necessarily the outcome of a long and sustained process of moral and ethical development. It is a higher rung [No. 6 = sammā vāyāmo] in the spiritual ladde ...
... this by their own well-directed endeavour and striving [sammā vāyāma] at a down-to-earth human level. The ability and the capacity to do this is necessarily the outcome of a long and sustained process of moral and ethical development. It is a higher rung [No. 6 = sammā vāyāmo] in the spiritual ladde ...
The Means (6)
... additional rules was the only way to deal with the social beliefs of the time… Check out the daily life of monks and nuns on ...
... additional rules was the only way to deal with the social beliefs of the time… Check out the daily life of monks and nuns on ...
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.