SD 37.8 - The Dharmafarers
... 1.2.1 Economics and ecology. Apart from sleep, most of us spend more of our lives at work and wage-earning than in any other waking activity. Inevitably, the work that we do powerfully moulds us. An important message of the Vāseṭṭha Sutta (M 98 = Sn 3.9),3 for example, is that we are not born high o ...
... 1.2.1 Economics and ecology. Apart from sleep, most of us spend more of our lives at work and wage-earning than in any other waking activity. Inevitably, the work that we do powerfully moulds us. An important message of the Vāseṭṭha Sutta (M 98 = Sn 3.9),3 for example, is that we are not born high o ...
Tevijja Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... 1.5.4 Ungodly ways. The ancient brahmins (like many of the priests and gurus of today) are, in fact, still bound by the 5 cords of sensual pleasures [§§27-28]. And they are still overwhelmed by the 5 mental hindrances [§§29-30]. As such, how can they ever meditate effectively to experience spiritual ...
... 1.5.4 Ungodly ways. The ancient brahmins (like many of the priests and gurus of today) are, in fact, still bound by the 5 cords of sensual pleasures [§§27-28]. And they are still overwhelmed by the 5 mental hindrances [§§29-30]. As such, how can they ever meditate effectively to experience spiritual ...
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... ► These Bodhisattavas are beings of great merit who can attain Nibbana at will. But because of their unbound compassion, they sacrifice their own liberation and work of the liberation of ...
... ► These Bodhisattavas are beings of great merit who can attain Nibbana at will. But because of their unbound compassion, they sacrifice their own liberation and work of the liberation of ...
- 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? ...
faith in buddhism - ELTE Távol
... Here, we should keep in mind the creativity that translation entails. We especially need to deal with Chinese translations thoroughly and carefully because frequently they were deeply influenced by native Chinese thought. Sometimes Chinese Buddhist texts even appear to be new texts when compared to ...
... Here, we should keep in mind the creativity that translation entails. We especially need to deal with Chinese translations thoroughly and carefully because frequently they were deeply influenced by native Chinese thought. Sometimes Chinese Buddhist texts even appear to be new texts when compared to ...
PDF - World Wide Journals
... owed much to enterprise of King Asoka. According to legend, the king opened seven of the eight Stūpas that had been built after the Buddha’s death and redistributed the relics all over India, depositing them in 84,000 Dharma Stūpas (dharmarakika).The present Stūpas at Kusinagara, Vaisali, Bharhut, S ...
... owed much to enterprise of King Asoka. According to legend, the king opened seven of the eight Stūpas that had been built after the Buddha’s death and redistributed the relics all over India, depositing them in 84,000 Dharma Stūpas (dharmarakika).The present Stūpas at Kusinagara, Vaisali, Bharhut, S ...
to view the PDF - The Matheson Trust
... Noble Truth was "a very simple fact". Also crucial to Ginsberg's initiation into the world of Eastern spirituality was his discovery of Chinese painting in the Fine Arts Room of the New York Public Library, an interest in Tibetan iconography (particularly the horrific "deities") and the Book of the ...
... Noble Truth was "a very simple fact". Also crucial to Ginsberg's initiation into the world of Eastern spirituality was his discovery of Chinese painting in the Fine Arts Room of the New York Public Library, an interest in Tibetan iconography (particularly the horrific "deities") and the Book of the ...
low-res pdf not print-ready - Research portal
... wisdom. He urged his fellow travelers not to accept his teachings on faith or authority but to treat them as working hypotheses to be tested in their own real life experiences and to be fi nally discarded or accepted. Yet, paradoxically, the soteriology that he taught (called Dharma) has come to be ...
... wisdom. He urged his fellow travelers not to accept his teachings on faith or authority but to treat them as working hypotheses to be tested in their own real life experiences and to be fi nally discarded or accepted. Yet, paradoxically, the soteriology that he taught (called Dharma) has come to be ...
- ResearchOnline@JCU
... Buddhism is generally accepted to have originated in the historical figure of the Buddha. Born in approximately 563 BCE in what is now southern Nepal, the Buddha was born a prince in the Sakya tribe. Legend has it that the prince led a secluded and luxurious life before one day encountering sickness ...
... Buddhism is generally accepted to have originated in the historical figure of the Buddha. Born in approximately 563 BCE in what is now southern Nepal, the Buddha was born a prince in the Sakya tribe. Legend has it that the prince led a secluded and luxurious life before one day encountering sickness ...
Mindfulness: A Dialogue between Buddhism and Clinical
... The Context of Mindfulness in Buddhism In the Buddha’s noble eightfold path, right mindfulness (samma sati) features as the seventh factor in an integrated ten-factored path of intellectual, ethical, meditative, and wisdom training. As such, any consideration of mindfulness in the Buddhist context c ...
... The Context of Mindfulness in Buddhism In the Buddha’s noble eightfold path, right mindfulness (samma sati) features as the seventh factor in an integrated ten-factored path of intellectual, ethical, meditative, and wisdom training. As such, any consideration of mindfulness in the Buddhist context c ...
The Buddhist Coleridge: Creating Space for The Rime of the Ancient
... As a long-time adherent and frequent attendant of Wat Buddharangsi of Miami,2 reading Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner within the vein of Buddhism did not initially seem like an aberration to me. I first encountered the poem as a college freshman, and my mind at the time cou ...
... As a long-time adherent and frequent attendant of Wat Buddharangsi of Miami,2 reading Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner within the vein of Buddhism did not initially seem like an aberration to me. I first encountered the poem as a college freshman, and my mind at the time cou ...
here - Steamboat Buddhist Center
... According to the teachings of Buddha, every sentient being has, or better is already, Buddha nature; thus Buddhahood cannot be “attained.” It is much more a matter of experiencing the primordial perfection and realizing it in everyday life. Buddha nature. (Tib. de shegs nying po) The essential natur ...
... According to the teachings of Buddha, every sentient being has, or better is already, Buddha nature; thus Buddhahood cannot be “attained.” It is much more a matter of experiencing the primordial perfection and realizing it in everyday life. Buddha nature. (Tib. de shegs nying po) The essential natur ...
pacific world - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... 元) era (799–800 CE). The biography has been referenced or summarized by modern scholars on several occasions,13 but until now has yet to be fully translated and explicated. It, and another early biography by Hunlunweng (混倫翁; T. 2157, 55.876b29–877a21) which was compiled into the same volume immediat ...
... 元) era (799–800 CE). The biography has been referenced or summarized by modern scholars on several occasions,13 but until now has yet to be fully translated and explicated. It, and another early biography by Hunlunweng (混倫翁; T. 2157, 55.876b29–877a21) which was compiled into the same volume immediat ...
Placing Nichiren in the “Big Picture”
... an area where the importance of Nichiren has yet to be fully recognized, and this final section of the article suggests the potential contribution to be made by an investigation of his thought in this regard. Nichiren and Kamakura Buddhism No era in Japanese Buddhist history has received more schola ...
... an area where the importance of Nichiren has yet to be fully recognized, and this final section of the article suggests the potential contribution to be made by an investigation of his thought in this regard. Nichiren and Kamakura Buddhism No era in Japanese Buddhist history has received more schola ...
2 The Intersection of Neuroscience and Meditation
... unspecified “yoga” practice—fall along the same trophotropic scale of hypoaraousal, even though attention to the details of many Buddhist practices, including Zazen (Austin, 1998), makes a description in terms of hypoarousal extremely problematic. An alternative approach to research on meditation is ...
... unspecified “yoga” practice—fall along the same trophotropic scale of hypoaraousal, even though attention to the details of many Buddhist practices, including Zazen (Austin, 1998), makes a description in terms of hypoarousal extremely problematic. An alternative approach to research on meditation is ...
searchable pdf - The Hume Society
... only by Louis Le Grand in Paris. It had an extensive library, with 40,000 volumes. Descartes was an alumnus.9 There are only four letters from Hume’s three years in France and only one from La Flèche, plus a slightly later letter referring to his time there.10 Hume always described his time at La Fl ...
... only by Louis Le Grand in Paris. It had an extensive library, with 40,000 volumes. Descartes was an alumnus.9 There are only four letters from Hume’s three years in France and only one from La Flèche, plus a slightly later letter referring to his time there.10 Hume always described his time at La Fl ...
CHAPTER TWO King Asoka, Asoka`s Dhamma and
... conducted instruction and discussion sessions (dhammanus[a]ti Dhamma-paripruchcii)~30 King ASoka visited Lumbini, twenty years after he was anointed, to worship (this spot), because the Buddha Sakyamuni was born here. 31 He rebuilt the stiipa of Buddha Konagamana fourteen years after he was anointed ...
... conducted instruction and discussion sessions (dhammanus[a]ti Dhamma-paripruchcii)~30 King ASoka visited Lumbini, twenty years after he was anointed, to worship (this spot), because the Buddha Sakyamuni was born here. 31 He rebuilt the stiipa of Buddha Konagamana fourteen years after he was anointed ...
here - Nichiren Shu
... They do not truly revere him as the original teacher or master of Buddhism. The only True or Original Buddha for this lineage is Nichiren Daishonin. Therefore, as a result, for this lineage Nichiren Daishonin's writings become even more important than the Lotus Sutra itself. This derivation in tradi ...
... They do not truly revere him as the original teacher or master of Buddhism. The only True or Original Buddha for this lineage is Nichiren Daishonin. Therefore, as a result, for this lineage Nichiren Daishonin's writings become even more important than the Lotus Sutra itself. This derivation in tradi ...
The Buddha - World Religions eBooks
... be either a great religious teacher, or a mighty king known as a Cakravartin (‘world-ruler’). The tradition in India was for a pregnant woman to return to her relatives to give birth, and as the time drew nigh Māyā set out from Kapilavastu, the Śākyan capital, to return home. Her journey was interru ...
... be either a great religious teacher, or a mighty king known as a Cakravartin (‘world-ruler’). The tradition in India was for a pregnant woman to return to her relatives to give birth, and as the time drew nigh Māyā set out from Kapilavastu, the Śākyan capital, to return home. Her journey was interru ...
Download:Three Methods of Merit Accumulation(PDF file)
... hear the title of this sutra, one would not fall into the lower realms in his next life. Just like the other honorable sutra, such as Nirvana Sutra and Samadhi Raja Sutra, the merit of this sutra is extraordinary, like the raging flames, which can burn down all of our previous sins from the time wit ...
... hear the title of this sutra, one would not fall into the lower realms in his next life. Just like the other honorable sutra, such as Nirvana Sutra and Samadhi Raja Sutra, the merit of this sutra is extraordinary, like the raging flames, which can burn down all of our previous sins from the time wit ...
The Role of Buddhism in Achieving Gross National Happiness
... and practical ways. The practice of Buddhism employs innumerable skilful means for attaining complete enlightenment and ultimate happiness. This presents itself as the most challenging goal and also illustrates why Gross National Happiness cannot be achieved unless Buddhist philosophy is fully incor ...
... and practical ways. The practice of Buddhism employs innumerable skilful means for attaining complete enlightenment and ultimate happiness. This presents itself as the most challenging goal and also illustrates why Gross National Happiness cannot be achieved unless Buddhist philosophy is fully incor ...
Stupas and their consecration in contemporary Kalmykia
... and the stupa consecration in contemporary Kalmykia. This chapter surveys the particular texts installed, analyses the importance of these Tibetan texts for Kalmyk Buddhism, and describes the process of their installation. The final chapter presents the description and analysis of the major consecra ...
... and the stupa consecration in contemporary Kalmykia. This chapter surveys the particular texts installed, analyses the importance of these Tibetan texts for Kalmyk Buddhism, and describes the process of their installation. The final chapter presents the description and analysis of the major consecra ...
Noble Eightfold Path
... The Sanskrit word asta means simply ‘eight’, while anga means ‘limb’, ‘member’, or even ‘shoot’. In some modern Indian languages, for instance, one speaks of pancanga-pranama or prostration with the ‘five limbs’, that is to say the two arms, the two legs, and the head. (In Sanskrit the head is calle ...
... The Sanskrit word asta means simply ‘eight’, while anga means ‘limb’, ‘member’, or even ‘shoot’. In some modern Indian languages, for instance, one speaks of pancanga-pranama or prostration with the ‘five limbs’, that is to say the two arms, the two legs, and the head. (In Sanskrit the head is calle ...
Introduction
... countless eons [in previous lives, received prophecy of his future Buddhahood, and was born as a human being in this world]. Then in six years [of ascetic discipline in this life as Š„kyamuni] he overcame [mistaken] views (d£¤¦i) and defeated M„ra17 by raising a single ³nger [while meditating under ...
... countless eons [in previous lives, received prophecy of his future Buddhahood, and was born as a human being in this world]. Then in six years [of ascetic discipline in this life as Š„kyamuni] he overcame [mistaken] views (d£¤¦i) and defeated M„ra17 by raising a single ³nger [while meditating under ...
Zen and Japanese Militarism
... support for this position in the words of the noted Buddhist scholar, W a l p o l a Rahu l a. l n his book, What The Buddha Taught, R a h u l a wrote: Buddhis m advocates and p reaches non-violence and peace as Its universal message, and does not approve of any kind of violence or destruction of lif ...
... support for this position in the words of the noted Buddhist scholar, W a l p o l a Rahu l a. l n his book, What The Buddha Taught, R a h u l a wrote: Buddhis m advocates and p reaches non-violence and peace as Its universal message, and does not approve of any kind of violence or destruction of lif ...
Buddhism
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.