Buddhism A Very Short Introduction - Damien Keown
... 'Buddhism teaches . . .' must be treated with circumspection. We need to qualify them by asking which Buddhists are being referred to, which tradition of Buddhism they follow, which school or sect they belong to, and so forth, before these statements can be of much value. Some scholars would go furt ...
... 'Buddhism teaches . . .' must be treated with circumspection. We need to qualify them by asking which Buddhists are being referred to, which tradition of Buddhism they follow, which school or sect they belong to, and so forth, before these statements can be of much value. Some scholars would go furt ...
Ikeda - Unofficial SGI SWS
... life itself is the entity of the Mystic Law, the one great law that encompasses all others. To “awaken” means to recollect this original desire. In any event, the life-state of Buddhahood and the great desire for widespread propagation are one and the same. It therefore follows that this vast state ...
... life itself is the entity of the Mystic Law, the one great law that encompasses all others. To “awaken” means to recollect this original desire. In any event, the life-state of Buddhahood and the great desire for widespread propagation are one and the same. It therefore follows that this vast state ...
- SOAS Research Online
... that Confucianism and Taoism, particularly the latter, played a decisive role in inspiring the emperors’ initiative against Buddhism.2 In this perspective, since Confucianism and Taoism are native ideologies, the persecutions could be seen as a form of religious conflict where the local religions re ...
... that Confucianism and Taoism, particularly the latter, played a decisive role in inspiring the emperors’ initiative against Buddhism.2 In this perspective, since Confucianism and Taoism are native ideologies, the persecutions could be seen as a form of religious conflict where the local religions re ...
THE TREATISE ON THE ELUCIDATION OF THE KNOWABLE THE
... Ever since the Buddha’s Great Demise over twenty-five hundred years ago, his message of wisdom and compassion has spread throughout the world. Yet no one has ever attempted to translate the entire Buddhist canon into English throughout the history of Japan. It is my greatest wish to see this done an ...
... Ever since the Buddha’s Great Demise over twenty-five hundred years ago, his message of wisdom and compassion has spread throughout the world. Yet no one has ever attempted to translate the entire Buddhist canon into English throughout the history of Japan. It is my greatest wish to see this done an ...
Ālayavijñāna: On the Origin and the Early Development of a Central
... identifies a passage from the samdhitabhumi as the "initial passage," the text-place in which the concept that there is a vijndna quite other than the standard six sensory consciousnesses comes together with the (quasi)-technical term alayavijndna for the first time. In this "initial passage" the a/ ...
... identifies a passage from the samdhitabhumi as the "initial passage," the text-place in which the concept that there is a vijndna quite other than the standard six sensory consciousnesses comes together with the (quasi)-technical term alayavijndna for the first time. In this "initial passage" the a/ ...
Being Peace
... care of it. It is already there. Whatever you are, whatever you do, your baby will receive it. Anything you eat, any worries that are on your mind will be for him or her. Can you tell me that you cannot smile? Think of the baby, and smile for him, for her, for the future generations. Please don't te ...
... care of it. It is already there. Whatever you are, whatever you do, your baby will receive it. Anything you eat, any worries that are on your mind will be for him or her. Can you tell me that you cannot smile? Think of the baby, and smile for him, for her, for the future generations. Please don't te ...
Buddhist Prayer - A Buddhist Library
... insight into our own nature. Significantly, Buddhism is also the whole range of the practices that support this knowing, as well as the result of such insight- acting in the world to relatively and ultimately benefit others. The necessary supporting practices come from insight into what we need, and ...
... insight into our own nature. Significantly, Buddhism is also the whole range of the practices that support this knowing, as well as the result of such insight- acting in the world to relatively and ultimately benefit others. The necessary supporting practices come from insight into what we need, and ...
Prayers for Accomplishment in Meditation
... insight into our own nature. Significantly, Buddhism is also the whole range of the practices that support this knowing, as well as the result of such insight- acting in the world to relatively and ultimately benefit others. The necessary supporting practices come from insight into what we need, and ...
... insight into our own nature. Significantly, Buddhism is also the whole range of the practices that support this knowing, as well as the result of such insight- acting in the world to relatively and ultimately benefit others. The necessary supporting practices come from insight into what we need, and ...
- D-Scholarship@Pitt
... Studies at Pitt have provided me with adjunct teaching, teaching fellowships and tuition remission throughout much of my time at Pitt, while the P.E.O. Foundation offered me financial aid during my early years in the program. I am especially grateful for the support of two Andrew Mellon Doctoral Fel ...
... Studies at Pitt have provided me with adjunct teaching, teaching fellowships and tuition remission throughout much of my time at Pitt, while the P.E.O. Foundation offered me financial aid during my early years in the program. I am especially grateful for the support of two Andrew Mellon Doctoral Fel ...
The Uses of Max Weber: Legitimation and Amnesia in Buddhology
... More detail of this argument is given in Gellner (2001b). Mackie points out that in everyday life we name ‘cause’ that condition (of many) over which we have some control or are able to fix. I ...
... More detail of this argument is given in Gellner (2001b). Mackie points out that in everyday life we name ‘cause’ that condition (of many) over which we have some control or are able to fix. I ...
9 Essays
... in other words, sense desire, desire for existence and desire for extinction.” (It is worthwhile noting that drinking till we pass out or go into blackouts is a sort of desire for extinction.) Something often heard in the rooms of AA is that we are drinking (or drugging, or eating or shopping or wh ...
... in other words, sense desire, desire for existence and desire for extinction.” (It is worthwhile noting that drinking till we pass out or go into blackouts is a sort of desire for extinction.) Something often heard in the rooms of AA is that we are drinking (or drugging, or eating or shopping or wh ...
Papers presented at the International Buddhist Conference, March
... Metaphorically speaking, they are two essential parts of a tree, history is the root and culture is the fruit. Culture without history has no root, whereas history without culture bears no fruit. A nation is like a tree. If it has no history, it will never survive and grow harmoniously, and if it ha ...
... Metaphorically speaking, they are two essential parts of a tree, history is the root and culture is the fruit. Culture without history has no root, whereas history without culture bears no fruit. A nation is like a tree. If it has no history, it will never survive and grow harmoniously, and if it ha ...
“Psychology Works” Fact Sheet: Perfectionism
... Perfectionism is distinct from these attitudes. It is a maladaptive pattern of behaviours that can result in a large number of problems. Achievement striving and conscientiousness involve appropriate and tangible expectations (often very difficult but attainable goals) and produce a sense of satisfa ...
... Perfectionism is distinct from these attitudes. It is a maladaptive pattern of behaviours that can result in a large number of problems. Achievement striving and conscientiousness involve appropriate and tangible expectations (often very difficult but attainable goals) and produce a sense of satisfa ...
Fabio Rambelli - NCC Center for the Study of Japanese Religions
... is placed, seems to indicate an attempt to separate it from the pollution of profane everyday life. (Hirayama 1949: 50) Still, normative statements such as the ones I have presented thus far are in direct contradiction with popularly held beliefs according to which the purchase of a new butsudan whe ...
... is placed, seems to indicate an attempt to separate it from the pollution of profane everyday life. (Hirayama 1949: 50) Still, normative statements such as the ones I have presented thus far are in direct contradiction with popularly held beliefs according to which the purchase of a new butsudan whe ...
The Buddhist Coleridge: Creating Space for The Rime of the Ancient
... (i.e., from an ignorant being to a Buddha). As an unawakened being, the Mariner perceives the natural environment as inferior to himself, and he fuels his own self-made concept of inferiority in order to solidify his own existence. The ignorant, ego-based desire to aggrandize the self becomes the i ...
... (i.e., from an ignorant being to a Buddha). As an unawakened being, the Mariner perceives the natural environment as inferior to himself, and he fuels his own self-made concept of inferiority in order to solidify his own existence. The ignorant, ego-based desire to aggrandize the self becomes the i ...
Exhibition Catalogue - Vassar College WordPress
... Avalokiteshvara’s diverse artistic manifestations exemplify limitless compassion. Of course, compassion is a widely shared religious and humanist value, expressed in Neo-Confucian benevolence and Christian brotherly love, in the life work of Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Theresa. In the context of Mahay ...
... Avalokiteshvara’s diverse artistic manifestations exemplify limitless compassion. Of course, compassion is a widely shared religious and humanist value, expressed in Neo-Confucian benevolence and Christian brotherly love, in the life work of Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Theresa. In the context of Mahay ...
A PDF of the exhibition catalogue may be viewed or downloaded here
... Avalokiteshvara’s diverse artistic manifestations exemplify limitless compassion. Of course, compassion is a widely shared religious and humanist value, expressed in Neo-Confucian benevolence and Christian brotherly love, in the life work of Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Theresa. In the context of Mahay ...
... Avalokiteshvara’s diverse artistic manifestations exemplify limitless compassion. Of course, compassion is a widely shared religious and humanist value, expressed in Neo-Confucian benevolence and Christian brotherly love, in the life work of Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Theresa. In the context of Mahay ...
a study on the i-pu-tsung-lun-lun
... the Chinese meāning here: “The Arhats said, “You can’t speak like that, you had better to dwell in some secluded place and quickly attain Arhatship. Then you may come to this assembly, it will not be too late.” ...
... the Chinese meāning here: “The Arhats said, “You can’t speak like that, you had better to dwell in some secluded place and quickly attain Arhatship. Then you may come to this assembly, it will not be too late.” ...
What Buddhists Believe
... Venerable Dhammananda, I hope the Buddhist Summit will develop further and the light of Buddhism will shine over the entire world. This book, written by Venerable Dhammananda mainly from the Theravada perspective, is a good introduction to Buddhism. It explains basic principles of Buddhism in detail ...
... Venerable Dhammananda, I hope the Buddhist Summit will develop further and the light of Buddhism will shine over the entire world. This book, written by Venerable Dhammananda mainly from the Theravada perspective, is a good introduction to Buddhism. It explains basic principles of Buddhism in detail ...
What Buddhists Believe Expanded 4th edition
... Venerable Dhammananda, I hope the Buddhist Summit will develop further and the light of Buddhism will shine over the entire world. This book, written by Venerable Dhammananda mainly from the Theravada perspective, is a good introduction to Buddhism. It explains basic principles of Buddhism in detail ...
... Venerable Dhammananda, I hope the Buddhist Summit will develop further and the light of Buddhism will shine over the entire world. This book, written by Venerable Dhammananda mainly from the Theravada perspective, is a good introduction to Buddhism. It explains basic principles of Buddhism in detail ...
Further Biographies of Nuns
... information and scholary views on the tradition of biography writing in early Theravāda Buddhism will be helpful. Buddha Gautama’s past lives are recounted in the jātaka, one of the twelve traditional genre divisions of Buddhist canon. Among the most influential developments in the biographical genr ...
... information and scholary views on the tradition of biography writing in early Theravāda Buddhism will be helpful. Buddha Gautama’s past lives are recounted in the jātaka, one of the twelve traditional genre divisions of Buddhist canon. Among the most influential developments in the biographical genr ...
The Religious Information Practices of New Kadampa Buddhists
... The second type of Dharma is comprised of the Dharmas of Insight which refer to the realizations of those teachings within the mind of the practitioner. Realizations are “A stable and non-mistaken experience of a virtuous object that directly protects us from suffering” (Realization, 2015). For exam ...
... The second type of Dharma is comprised of the Dharmas of Insight which refer to the realizations of those teachings within the mind of the practitioner. Realizations are “A stable and non-mistaken experience of a virtuous object that directly protects us from suffering” (Realization, 2015). For exam ...
mudra - WordPress.com
... shown made with the left hand by a revered figure devoted to human salvation from greed, anger and delusion. • The Varada mudra can be made with the arm crooked and the palm offered slightly turned up or in the case of the arm facing down the palm presented with the fingers ...
... shown made with the left hand by a revered figure devoted to human salvation from greed, anger and delusion. • The Varada mudra can be made with the arm crooked and the palm offered slightly turned up or in the case of the arm facing down the palm presented with the fingers ...
BE2 Mr Lye Voon Seong-Buddhism and Education
... working towards a common goal: to make the establishment of the Buddhist schools a reality. However in later years, things became quite different. As the buildings of Phor Tay were getting old, weathered and worn out, so did the Buddhist spirit of the people. The Sangha members were moving out of th ...
... working towards a common goal: to make the establishment of the Buddhist schools a reality. However in later years, things became quite different. As the buildings of Phor Tay were getting old, weathered and worn out, so did the Buddhist spirit of the people. The Sangha members were moving out of th ...
Buddhism and psychology
Buddhism and psychology overlap in theory and in practice. Over the last century, four strands of interplay have evolved: Descriptive phenomenology: Western and Buddhist scholars have found in Buddhist teachings a detailed introspective phenomenological psychology (particularly in the Abhidhamma). Psychotherapeutic meaning: Humanistic psychotherapists have found in Buddhism's non-dualistic approach and enlightenment experiences (such as in Zen kensho) the potential for transformation, healing and finding existential meaning. A theory explaining this connection by introducing the process of initiation was published in 1993. Clinical utility: Contemporary mental-health practitioners increasingly find ancient Buddhist practices (such as the development of mindfulness) of empirically proven therapeutic value. Popular psychology and spirituality: Psychology has been popularized, and has become blended with spirituality to form modern spirituality. Buddhist notions form an important ingredient of this modern blend.↑