Gurudharma Mūlasarvāstivāda Tradition Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Thus the formulation of the gurudharma concerning bhikṣuṇī ordination in the Dharmaguptaka, Mahīśāsaka, and Theravāda Vinayas results in an internal inconsistency, as it implies that the probationary training was promulgated by the Buddha at the time when the order of bhikṣuṇīs began. This makes it ...
... Thus the formulation of the gurudharma concerning bhikṣuṇī ordination in the Dharmaguptaka, Mahīśāsaka, and Theravāda Vinayas results in an internal inconsistency, as it implies that the probationary training was promulgated by the Buddha at the time when the order of bhikṣuṇīs began. This makes it ...
cheng xuanying`s conception of the sage in the zhuangzi
... seems to make no distinction between them throughout his commentary. Despite Cheng's vision for harmonizing the sage epithets, I will explore a few examples where we can I detect Cheng' s dissat~sfaction with certain passages of the Zhuangzi. ...
... seems to make no distinction between them throughout his commentary. Despite Cheng's vision for harmonizing the sage epithets, I will explore a few examples where we can I detect Cheng' s dissat~sfaction with certain passages of the Zhuangzi. ...
SD 9 - The Dharmafarers
... Although the fullest account of the Buddha’s last year in recorded in the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta (D 16), 2 episodes and sections of it are found elsewhere in the Canon [3]. The two discourses following it in the Dīgha— the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed a ...
... Although the fullest account of the Buddha’s last year in recorded in the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta (D 16), 2 episodes and sections of it are found elsewhere in the Canon [3]. The two discourses following it in the Dīgha— the Mahā Sudassana Sutta (D 17) and the Jana,vasabha Sutta (D 18)—give detailed a ...
Buddhism in America - A Handful of Leaves
... will find them often running at cross-purposes because they come out of different disciplines and lack a set of clearly defined, common questions. But they mark an important step in the emergence of American Buddhism as a new field of academic study, one at the intersection of American religious his ...
... will find them often running at cross-purposes because they come out of different disciplines and lack a set of clearly defined, common questions. But they mark an important step in the emergence of American Buddhism as a new field of academic study, one at the intersection of American religious his ...
OF Master Hongyi`s Last Calligraphic Work - Papyrus
... Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. Since then, for over 1500 years, the skills have been well used to write Chinese characters and became vitally important for all kinds of government officials to know a ...
... Confucianism and Taoism and were used to distinguish their calligraphy from the common or popular Chinese handwriting at that time. Since then, for over 1500 years, the skills have been well used to write Chinese characters and became vitally important for all kinds of government officials to know a ...
- University of Virginia
... whose further development culminated in the Ming dynasty novel. Additionally, Xuanzang was honored by commemorative steles, a stiipa, picture scrolls, and mal1dala paintings. Some of these objects were created even during his lifetime. Why was Xuanzang such a hallowed figure in East Asian Buddhism? ...
... whose further development culminated in the Ming dynasty novel. Additionally, Xuanzang was honored by commemorative steles, a stiipa, picture scrolls, and mal1dala paintings. Some of these objects were created even during his lifetime. Why was Xuanzang such a hallowed figure in East Asian Buddhism? ...
An Old Inscription from Amarāvatī and the Cult of the Local Monastic
... of seventeen "megalithic" urn burials. 11 In fact, the site-plan published by Rea in 1909 shows almost twenty small stupas and at least one "earthenware tomb." We do not, unfortunately, know anything more about these stupas except for the fact that their placement and contents conform to a pattern f ...
... of seventeen "megalithic" urn burials. 11 In fact, the site-plan published by Rea in 1909 shows almost twenty small stupas and at least one "earthenware tomb." We do not, unfortunately, know anything more about these stupas except for the fact that their placement and contents conform to a pattern f ...
The Religion of the Samurai
... It is hardly justifiable to cover the whole system of Buddhism with a single epithet [1] 'pessimistic' or 'nihilistic,' because Buddhism, having been adopted by savage tribes as well as civilized nations, by quiet, enervated people as well as by warlike, sturdy hordes, during some twenty-five hundr ...
... It is hardly justifiable to cover the whole system of Buddhism with a single epithet [1] 'pessimistic' or 'nihilistic,' because Buddhism, having been adopted by savage tribes as well as civilized nations, by quiet, enervated people as well as by warlike, sturdy hordes, during some twenty-five hundr ...
A History of Mindfulness
... housed in the later compendiums. In the Nikāyas/Āgamas it is obvious that no one text presents an all encompassing, definitive exposition, so each text must be considered in relation to the collection as a whole. This raises questions of the overall structure and organization of the canon. I began t ...
... housed in the later compendiums. In the Nikāyas/Āgamas it is obvious that no one text presents an all encompassing, definitive exposition, so each text must be considered in relation to the collection as a whole. This raises questions of the overall structure and organization of the canon. I began t ...
Three Creative Encounters: Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
... repeating claims to an exceptional transmission of Tibetan Buddhism and instead begin to dissect how this professed singularity functions as our training allows us. My work departs from previous studies in its focus not on the popular phenomena of Buddhist sympathizers, nor on the appropriation and ...
... repeating claims to an exceptional transmission of Tibetan Buddhism and instead begin to dissect how this professed singularity functions as our training allows us. My work departs from previous studies in its focus not on the popular phenomena of Buddhist sympathizers, nor on the appropriation and ...
Buddhist Hard Determinism: No Self, No Free Will, No Responsibility
... to speak, does not carve conceptualization-independent ultimate reality at the joints in such a way as to reveal such things as chariots or persons; rather, these are at best pragmatically justified conceptual constructions and/or projections that make communication and other pragmatic elements of l ...
... to speak, does not carve conceptualization-independent ultimate reality at the joints in such a way as to reveal such things as chariots or persons; rather, these are at best pragmatically justified conceptual constructions and/or projections that make communication and other pragmatic elements of l ...
Cullen Interview on Types of Buddhism
... Zen tends to skip to mind-ground, to what I see as the fourth foundation of mindfulness. But I think it helps to go through the four foundations, beginning with just body as body, and moving to feelings as feelings, mental contents, and then mind-ground. To me, there are three aspects to mindfulnes ...
... Zen tends to skip to mind-ground, to what I see as the fourth foundation of mindfulness. But I think it helps to go through the four foundations, beginning with just body as body, and moving to feelings as feelings, mental contents, and then mind-ground. To me, there are three aspects to mindfulnes ...
Buddhism From Within.qxd
... this way readers will not be tempted to conclude that by the end of the book they know all about Buddhism. On the other hand, if the book has done its job, it should leave you with a reasonably good sense, or intuitive feel, for Buddhism as a living religion. Since it is a religion which is based up ...
... this way readers will not be tempted to conclude that by the end of the book they know all about Buddhism. On the other hand, if the book has done its job, it should leave you with a reasonably good sense, or intuitive feel, for Buddhism as a living religion. Since it is a religion which is based up ...
Schism, semiosis and the Soka Gakkai
... The Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the Nichiren Shoshu have always had a complex relationship. Formed in 1930 by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai was from its inception an independent lay-Buddhist organization. For 60 years, they maintained an uneasy partnership with ...
... The Soka Gakkai International (SGI) and the Nichiren Shoshu have always had a complex relationship. Formed in 1930 by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai was from its inception an independent lay-Buddhist organization. For 60 years, they maintained an uneasy partnership with ...
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.