The Possibility of Buddhist Virtue: A Christian Response
... virtue view of ethics better than a Buddhist one. Increasingly, Christians are adopting a blended approach to ethics, usually holding to a combination of deontological and virtue ethics. 9 This thesis will put the possibility of a Christian virtue ethic to the test. If it turns out that Christianity ...
... virtue view of ethics better than a Buddhist one. Increasingly, Christians are adopting a blended approach to ethics, usually holding to a combination of deontological and virtue ethics. 9 This thesis will put the possibility of a Christian virtue ethic to the test. If it turns out that Christianity ...
Mysticism – an Impulse for Ritualizing Death
... transformation-process, the experiences of participants are inspired by beliefs, sometimes vague and unarticulated. For this reason, rituals can be based on condensed experiences submitted in ritual tradition which express in a symbolic manner what cannot be articulated solely based in one’s cogniti ...
... transformation-process, the experiences of participants are inspired by beliefs, sometimes vague and unarticulated. For this reason, rituals can be based on condensed experiences submitted in ritual tradition which express in a symbolic manner what cannot be articulated solely based in one’s cogniti ...
The Winning Life - Soka Gakkai International
... interlocked that it is incorrect to consider them separate entities. In treating the sufferings and delusions of human beings, there is the accompanying benefit of better social ...
... interlocked that it is incorrect to consider them separate entities. In treating the sufferings and delusions of human beings, there is the accompanying benefit of better social ...
orthodox chinese buddhism
... or doctrine, especially theological or religious doctrine.”7 Zheng and ortho- both mean “correct,” and xin and -dox both mean “belief.” For doctrines or beliefs to be orthodox means that they are in accordance with certain texts that a religious community, in this case various orders of East Asian B ...
... or doctrine, especially theological or religious doctrine.”7 Zheng and ortho- both mean “correct,” and xin and -dox both mean “belief.” For doctrines or beliefs to be orthodox means that they are in accordance with certain texts that a religious community, in this case various orders of East Asian B ...
print - Journal of Global Buddhism
... inseparable union of wisdom/emptiness/space (female) and bliss/compassion (male). During the Tibetan assimilation of late Indian Buddhism, the tradition of the unconventional, non-monastic yogi-practitioner clashed with the establishment of a monastic society. Geoffrey Samuel has described this proc ...
... inseparable union of wisdom/emptiness/space (female) and bliss/compassion (male). During the Tibetan assimilation of late Indian Buddhism, the tradition of the unconventional, non-monastic yogi-practitioner clashed with the establishment of a monastic society. Geoffrey Samuel has described this proc ...
The Buddha’s Past Life as a Princess Ekottarika-āgama Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Journal of Buddhist Ethics ...
... Journal of Buddhist Ethics ...
British Buddhism: Teachings, Practice and Development
... during the second half of the twentieth century. New statistical information here shows the number of groups in each tradition, and work on the 2001 UK Census data clarifies the number of individual Buddhists in Britain. Chapters 3 and 4 examine the Forest Sangha and the Samatha Trust from the Thera ...
... during the second half of the twentieth century. New statistical information here shows the number of groups in each tradition, and work on the 2001 UK Census data clarifies the number of individual Buddhists in Britain. Chapters 3 and 4 examine the Forest Sangha and the Samatha Trust from the Thera ...
Berzin Archives Progress 2/12 to 3/25/2012
... Guidelines Concerning the Relationship with a Spiritual Teacher (parts 2 – 5) ...
... Guidelines Concerning the Relationship with a Spiritual Teacher (parts 2 – 5) ...
here - New Mandala
... rarely put them in antagonistic positions or judged them purely on the basis of superficial ...
... rarely put them in antagonistic positions or judged them purely on the basis of superficial ...
Noble Truths versus Dependent Origination Professor Oliver
... The new turn that Dependent Origination took in the Vibhanga culminated in the Paṭṭhāna. Even though the Paṭṭhāna does not have a direct discussion on the twelve-fold Dependent Origination, what permeated the entire text is the theory that was first formulated in the discourses in the name of Depend ...
... The new turn that Dependent Origination took in the Vibhanga culminated in the Paṭṭhāna. Even though the Paṭṭhāna does not have a direct discussion on the twelve-fold Dependent Origination, what permeated the entire text is the theory that was first formulated in the discourses in the name of Depend ...
Buddhist Nuns: Between Past and Present
... made to the debt the Buddha is said to owe to his mother for everything she has done on his behalf.9 Through further mediation of Ānanda, the Buddha then allows women to enter the Buddhist monastic order, providing that they accept eight fundamental rules (gurudharma) which will make the nuns’ order ...
... made to the debt the Buddha is said to owe to his mother for everything she has done on his behalf.9 Through further mediation of Ānanda, the Buddha then allows women to enter the Buddhist monastic order, providing that they accept eight fundamental rules (gurudharma) which will make the nuns’ order ...
Deconstruction, Zen Buddhism and the Ethical
... words: How does the attainment of enlightenment, or awakening to the original enlightenment, enable an individual to behave virtuously? Kasulis claims that compassion and intuitive wisdom are one. However even the Buddha himself went through the period of hesitation before he made a decision to teac ...
... words: How does the attainment of enlightenment, or awakening to the original enlightenment, enable an individual to behave virtuously? Kasulis claims that compassion and intuitive wisdom are one. However even the Buddha himself went through the period of hesitation before he made a decision to teac ...
Insight Meditation in the United States: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit
... that are much more thoroughly Westernized than most other forms of Buddhism in America. As the number of people participating in the mindfulness practices of Insight Meditation has increased, a loose-knit lay Buddhist movement, uniquely Western, that is sometimes known as the "vipassana movement," h ...
... that are much more thoroughly Westernized than most other forms of Buddhism in America. As the number of people participating in the mindfulness practices of Insight Meditation has increased, a loose-knit lay Buddhist movement, uniquely Western, that is sometimes known as the "vipassana movement," h ...
- ScienceCentral
... on Gaochang, of which there were 153 (about 2300 in total) Chinese Buddhist manuscripts and printed texts found by the German expedition. Many of them were either translated into Chinese or written by the eminent monks from the inner land from the 4th century to the 7th centuries, and later introduc ...
... on Gaochang, of which there were 153 (about 2300 in total) Chinese Buddhist manuscripts and printed texts found by the German expedition. Many of them were either translated into Chinese or written by the eminent monks from the inner land from the 4th century to the 7th centuries, and later introduc ...
Magazine 2014 - Lumbini Nepalese Buddha Dharma Society
... Buddha was born in 623 BCE in Lumbini, Nepal. So, this year we will also be celebrating the Buddha’s 2638th birth day, Lumbini Day. LUMBINI journal is one of the Society’s activities to promote the profound teachings of the Buddha. We are sure that our readers will appreciate our effort in bringing ...
... Buddha was born in 623 BCE in Lumbini, Nepal. So, this year we will also be celebrating the Buddha’s 2638th birth day, Lumbini Day. LUMBINI journal is one of the Society’s activities to promote the profound teachings of the Buddha. We are sure that our readers will appreciate our effort in bringing ...
Transfer of Buddhism Across Central Asian Networks
... of Buddhism that Tri Song Detsen composed after his imperial council: impermanence and the practice of virtue. It does not seem unreasonable to link these manuscripts found at one of the further corners of the Tibetan Empire with the aims expressed by Tri Song Detsen and his successors. The manuscri ...
... of Buddhism that Tri Song Detsen composed after his imperial council: impermanence and the practice of virtue. It does not seem unreasonable to link these manuscripts found at one of the further corners of the Tibetan Empire with the aims expressed by Tri Song Detsen and his successors. The manuscri ...
What did Siddhartha realise when he became enlightened?
... complete transformation of body and mind when they wake up, they become more conscious and aware. For this reason, some people will instead refer to the Buddha’s enlightenment as his 'spiritual awakening'. Enlightenment it is a waking of one’s consciousness which leads to a realisation and deep unde ...
... complete transformation of body and mind when they wake up, they become more conscious and aware. For this reason, some people will instead refer to the Buddha’s enlightenment as his 'spiritual awakening'. Enlightenment it is a waking of one’s consciousness which leads to a realisation and deep unde ...
The Winning Life - sgi
... the power of Buddhist practice to help us fulfill that potential. At the start of our journey, if we are willing to try the practice ...
... the power of Buddhist practice to help us fulfill that potential. At the start of our journey, if we are willing to try the practice ...
Avataṃsaka 華嚴 Transnationalism in Modern Sinitic Buddhism
... Avataṃsaka thinkers put forth a view of reality that was, as Robert Gimello famously put it, broadly kataphatic (Gimello, 1976). In their view, reality is an abundant, harmonious whole, composed of an infinity of pieces, with each causally dependent upon all others. A comment is in order here regard ...
... Avataṃsaka thinkers put forth a view of reality that was, as Robert Gimello famously put it, broadly kataphatic (Gimello, 1976). In their view, reality is an abundant, harmonious whole, composed of an infinity of pieces, with each causally dependent upon all others. A comment is in order here regard ...
Protecting Oneself and Others Through Mindfulness – The Acrobat
... The above passages indicate in what way through mindfulness one can "become familiar with one's own mind, develop it, protect it accordingly and attain realization", as suggested by the Saṃyukta-āgama parallel to the Sedaka-sutta. The two parallel versions agree in proposing that by protecting onese ...
... The above passages indicate in what way through mindfulness one can "become familiar with one's own mind, develop it, protect it accordingly and attain realization", as suggested by the Saṃyukta-āgama parallel to the Sedaka-sutta. The two parallel versions agree in proposing that by protecting onese ...
Bhikkhunī Sāsana Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Skilling (“Note” 33) remarks that “the word bhikṣuṇī seems to vanish from the epigraphic vocabulary with the Pāla period.” ...
... Skilling (“Note” 33) remarks that “the word bhikṣuṇī seems to vanish from the epigraphic vocabulary with the Pāla period.” ...
The Terracotta Plaques of Pagan: Indian Influence
... in 5th Century CE through north-eastern India, secondly during 7th century CE through religious transformation from Sri Lanka and finally in 10–12 century CE through eastern India. The period between 8th-12th centuries CE in India has been considered as a cradle of encouraging heterodox creeds and ...
... in 5th Century CE through north-eastern India, secondly during 7th century CE through religious transformation from Sri Lanka and finally in 10–12 century CE through eastern India. The period between 8th-12th centuries CE in India has been considered as a cradle of encouraging heterodox creeds and ...
- University of Virginia
... against leaf-shaped mandorlas (see fig. 6.4).2 Sickman writes: There are two basic forms of these steles. One type is a rectangular monolith set up vertically on a low base. The top is generally rounded and sculptured with two, four, or six protecting dragons, their bodies intricately intertwined. T ...
... against leaf-shaped mandorlas (see fig. 6.4).2 Sickman writes: There are two basic forms of these steles. One type is a rectangular monolith set up vertically on a low base. The top is generally rounded and sculptured with two, four, or six protecting dragons, their bodies intricately intertwined. T ...
Practices and wisdom in Nichiren Buddhism
... I encountered Buddhism and counselling around the same time. While I was an undergraduate university student interested in psychology and counselling, my mother introduced me to an international lay Buddhist organization, the Soka Gakkai International, which belongs to the Japanse school of Buddhism ...
... I encountered Buddhism and counselling around the same time. While I was an undergraduate university student interested in psychology and counselling, my mother introduced me to an international lay Buddhist organization, the Soka Gakkai International, which belongs to the Japanse school of Buddhism ...
BUDDHIST WELL-BEING Christopher W. Gowans Fordham
... common-sensical. From this perspective, a criterion of adequacy of a theory of well-being is its capacity to explain our intuitions.6 The divide between the subjective and the objective theories is partly based on conflicting philosophical intuitions about the source of value that inform many meta-e ...
... common-sensical. From this perspective, a criterion of adequacy of a theory of well-being is its capacity to explain our intuitions.6 The divide between the subjective and the objective theories is partly based on conflicting philosophical intuitions about the source of value that inform many meta-e ...
Buddhism
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Buddhism /ˈbudɪzəm/ is a nontheistic religion or philosophy (Sanskrit: dharma; Pali: धम्म dhamma) that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha, commonly known as the Buddha (""the awakened one"").According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. He is recognized by Buddhists as an awakened or enlightened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end their suffering through the elimination of ignorance and craving. Buddhists believe that this is accomplished through the direct understanding and perception of dependent origination and the Four Noble Truths.Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars: Theravada (""The School of the Elders"") and Mahayana (""The Great Vehicle""). Theravada has a widespread following in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, etc.). Mahayana is found throughout East Asia (China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan, etc.) and includes the traditions of Pure Land, Zen, Nichiren Buddhism, Shingon, and Tiantai (Tendai). Vajrayana, a body of teachings attributed to Indian siddhas, may be viewed as a third branch or merely a part of Mahayana. Tibetan Buddhism, as practiced in Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, the Himalayan region of India, Kalmykia, Mongolia and surrounding areas, preserves the Vajrayana teachings of eighth century India. Buddhists number between an estimated 488 million and 535 million, making it one of the world's major religions.In Theravada Buddhism, the ultimate goal is the attainment of the sublime state of Nirvana, achieved by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path (also known as the Middle Way), thus escaping what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth. Mahayana Buddhism instead aspires to Buddhahood via the bodhisattva path, a state wherein one remains in this cycle to help other beings reach awakening. Tibetan Buddhism aspires to Buddhahood or rainbow body.Buddhist schools vary on the exact nature of the path to liberation, the importance and canonicity of various teachings and scriptures, and especially their respective practices. One consistent belief held by all Buddhist schools is the lack of a creator deity. The foundations of Buddhist tradition and practice are the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma (the teachings), and the Sangha (the community). Taking ""refuge in the triple gem"" has traditionally been a declaration and commitment to being on the Buddhist path, and in general distinguishes a Buddhist from a non-Buddhist. Other practices may include following ethical precepts; support of the monastic community; renouncing conventional living and becoming a monastic; the development of mindfulness and practice of meditation; cultivation of higher wisdom and discernment; study of scriptures; devotional practices; ceremonies; and in the Mahayana tradition, invocation of buddhas and bodhisattvas.