"Texts memorized, texts performed: a reconsideration of the role of
... monastics had to make with the laity who were, as it were, unable to comprehend the profound doctrines of the Buddha and who found the harsh and inflexible doctrine of karma too overwhelming12. She writes (1981:23), for instance, that “according to the theory of karma, in Buddhism the burden of resp ...
... monastics had to make with the laity who were, as it were, unable to comprehend the profound doctrines of the Buddha and who found the harsh and inflexible doctrine of karma too overwhelming12. She writes (1981:23), for instance, that “according to the theory of karma, in Buddhism the burden of resp ...
Untitled - Hey Gluten Free
... the notion of a persisting self, in 1970 this man-with-no-name-notitle would become a homeless religious wanderer replete with wilderness robe. Finally, with a good sense for round numbers and the symbolism of the millennium, the year 2000 would witness “nirvana and willed death beyond death” (Selec ...
... the notion of a persisting self, in 1970 this man-with-no-name-notitle would become a homeless religious wanderer replete with wilderness robe. Finally, with a good sense for round numbers and the symbolism of the millennium, the year 2000 would witness “nirvana and willed death beyond death” (Selec ...
Wonhyo - Charles Muller
... to drink, and so were able to get a decent night’s sleep. It was only at the first light of dawn that they realized that the cave in which they stayed was actually a tomb, and that the “gourds” from which they had drunk were human skulls. The storm continued, and their departure was delayed for anot ...
... to drink, and so were able to get a decent night’s sleep. It was only at the first light of dawn that they realized that the cave in which they stayed was actually a tomb, and that the “gourds” from which they had drunk were human skulls. The storm continued, and their departure was delayed for anot ...
Hinduism and Buddhism, Volume 1
... form the major part of intellectual life and have an outward and visible sign in the Chinese written characters which have not been ousted by an Indian alphabet[3]. But in all, especially in Japan, the influence of Buddhism has been profound and penetrating. None of these lands can be justly describ ...
... form the major part of intellectual life and have an outward and visible sign in the Chinese written characters which have not been ousted by an Indian alphabet[3]. But in all, especially in Japan, the influence of Buddhism has been profound and penetrating. None of these lands can be justly describ ...
searchable pdf - The Hume Society
... Alison Gopnik Hume Studies Volume 35, Number 1,2 (2009) pp. 5–28. Your use of the HUME STUDIES archive indicates your acceptance of HUME STUDIES’ Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.humesociety.org/hs/about/terms.html. HUME STUDIES’ Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, tha ...
... Alison Gopnik Hume Studies Volume 35, Number 1,2 (2009) pp. 5–28. Your use of the HUME STUDIES archive indicates your acceptance of HUME STUDIES’ Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.humesociety.org/hs/about/terms.html. HUME STUDIES’ Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, tha ...
Alex Grey (born November 29, 1953) is an American artist
... Harunaga Isaacson, a leading scholar of Vajrayana Buddhism, remarks: "though we do not know precisely at present just how many Indian tantric Buddhist texts survive today in the language in which they were written, their number is certainly over one thousand five hundred; I suspect indeed over two t ...
... Harunaga Isaacson, a leading scholar of Vajrayana Buddhism, remarks: "though we do not know precisely at present just how many Indian tantric Buddhist texts survive today in the language in which they were written, their number is certainly over one thousand five hundred; I suspect indeed over two t ...
Special Series: Dialogues on Eastern Wisdom (2)
... Shakyamuni Buddha must have been revolutionary for those times. Frankly, there would have been clear benefits to using the officially recognized language of the elite. Ikeda: Using the language of the rulers and aristocracy would surely, from the very start, bestow an aura of respectability and auth ...
... Shakyamuni Buddha must have been revolutionary for those times. Frankly, there would have been clear benefits to using the officially recognized language of the elite. Ikeda: Using the language of the rulers and aristocracy would surely, from the very start, bestow an aura of respectability and auth ...
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
... and find their way into English dictionaries. Then, they become accepted by English users as common English words, and appear without their Pali or Sanskrit diacritical signs. For example, English users are more familiar with the words ‘Pali’ and ‘Sanskrit’ than with their Indian forms ‘Pāli’ and ‘S ...
... and find their way into English dictionaries. Then, they become accepted by English users as common English words, and appear without their Pali or Sanskrit diacritical signs. For example, English users are more familiar with the words ‘Pali’ and ‘Sanskrit’ than with their Indian forms ‘Pāli’ and ‘S ...
Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context
... Western scholars who have taken their cues from Yanagida have, however, essentially retained his historical critique of the origins of Chan. What mattered, above all, was a consolidation of the results of this revisionist history which allowed, in the light of the documents from Dunhuang, for a retr ...
... Western scholars who have taken their cues from Yanagida have, however, essentially retained his historical critique of the origins of Chan. What mattered, above all, was a consolidation of the results of this revisionist history which allowed, in the light of the documents from Dunhuang, for a retr ...
THE LOTUS SŪTRA AND ITS `BODIES`: PHYSICAL BODIES
... issues here, we should at least explicitly note a few of them. The first concerns language. The Lotus is a Buddhist text and, simply put, while Buddhism does not have an official sacred language (unlike, say, Judaism or Islam), its origins and early development within ancient India means that terms ...
... issues here, we should at least explicitly note a few of them. The first concerns language. The Lotus is a Buddhist text and, simply put, while Buddhism does not have an official sacred language (unlike, say, Judaism or Islam), its origins and early development within ancient India means that terms ...
Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka
... The current ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka between the majority Sinhalese (represented by the Sri Lankan Government) and the minority Tamils (primarily by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) has lasted over two decades. The catastrophic event, which destroyed the friendly relations between the two e ...
... The current ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka between the majority Sinhalese (represented by the Sri Lankan Government) and the minority Tamils (primarily by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) has lasted over two decades. The catastrophic event, which destroyed the friendly relations between the two e ...
Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka
... The current ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka between the majority Sinhalese (represented by the Sri Lankan Government) and the minority Tamils (primarily by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) has lasted over two decades. The catastrophic event, which destroyed the friendly relations between the two e ...
... The current ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka between the majority Sinhalese (represented by the Sri Lankan Government) and the minority Tamils (primarily by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) has lasted over two decades. The catastrophic event, which destroyed the friendly relations between the two e ...
THE WAY OF SHAMBHALA Contentment in Everyday Life 1 The
... Meditation Instruction for CIEL Shamatha continues to be the main practice, as taught in Level II. (See The Heart of Warriorship Teaching Guide.) In addition, the practice of contemplation is introduced. This is the foundational practice of the hinayana and connected with the mindful walk of the tig ...
... Meditation Instruction for CIEL Shamatha continues to be the main practice, as taught in Level II. (See The Heart of Warriorship Teaching Guide.) In addition, the practice of contemplation is introduced. This is the foundational practice of the hinayana and connected with the mindful walk of the tig ...
religionofthesamurai
... the name being an invention of later Buddhists, who call their doctrine Mahayana in contradistinction to the earlier form of Buddhism. We have to notice that the word Hinayana frequently occurs in Mahayana books, while it does not in Hinayana books. [FN#4] A catalogue of the Buddhist Canon, K'-yuen- ...
... the name being an invention of later Buddhists, who call their doctrine Mahayana in contradistinction to the earlier form of Buddhism. We have to notice that the word Hinayana frequently occurs in Mahayana books, while it does not in Hinayana books. [FN#4] A catalogue of the Buddhist Canon, K'-yuen- ...
the role of diamond sutra in the vietnamese buddhist practice
... conservation of Vietnamese Buddhist xylography was neglected, if not totally ignored. No completed set of Vietnamese Buddhist woodblock prints can be found in any Buddhist temple today in Vietnam. Therefore, the study of the art of Vietnamese woodblock print seems never reach to its good final concl ...
... conservation of Vietnamese Buddhist xylography was neglected, if not totally ignored. No completed set of Vietnamese Buddhist woodblock prints can be found in any Buddhist temple today in Vietnam. Therefore, the study of the art of Vietnamese woodblock print seems never reach to its good final concl ...
Right Concentration and the Suttas
... sukha born of seclusion. One drenches, steeps, saturates, and suffuses ones body with this piti and sukha born of seclusion, so that there is no part of ones entire body which is not suffused by this piti and sukha. (DN 2.77) The phrase "vitakka and vicāra" is yet another example of synonymous paral ...
... sukha born of seclusion. One drenches, steeps, saturates, and suffuses ones body with this piti and sukha born of seclusion, so that there is no part of ones entire body which is not suffused by this piti and sukha. (DN 2.77) The phrase "vitakka and vicāra" is yet another example of synonymous paral ...
Gurudharma Mūlasarvāstivāda Tradition Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... bhikṣuṇīs came into existence. 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 came into existence. 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 ...
Early Happiness Policy as a Government Mission of Bhutan
... Shabdrung as the Buddha of Compassion (Avalokitesvara), a bodhisattva who has the life quest of helping people be free of danger and suffering (Watson 1993). Shabdrung is largely hailed as Avalokitesvara and thus sought to reduce the suffering of his people. In Buddhism the causes of suffering are g ...
... Shabdrung as the Buddha of Compassion (Avalokitesvara), a bodhisattva who has the life quest of helping people be free of danger and suffering (Watson 1993). Shabdrung is largely hailed as Avalokitesvara and thus sought to reduce the suffering of his people. In Buddhism the causes of suffering are g ...
1 Pu Khwan Khao Worship of Shan in Yunnan
... strongly say that the Buddha defeats Baka Brahma, since Baka Brahma corrects his wrong view and then becomes a Buddhist, whereas in the myth of Pu Khwan Khao, the Buddha ‘recognizes’ the merit of Pu Khwan Khao and tells people to give respect to Pu Khwan Khao as they do unto him. Why is Pu Khwan Kha ...
... strongly say that the Buddha defeats Baka Brahma, since Baka Brahma corrects his wrong view and then becomes a Buddhist, whereas in the myth of Pu Khwan Khao, the Buddha ‘recognizes’ the merit of Pu Khwan Khao and tells people to give respect to Pu Khwan Khao as they do unto him. Why is Pu Khwan Kha ...
The Ajivikas - Rare Book Society of India
... an ancient religious order of the hermits? Are we not justified in presuming that the Ajivika sect sprang originally from a Vanaprastha or Vaikhanasa order of the hermits and gained an independent foothold as the result of its gradual differentiation from ...
... an ancient religious order of the hermits? Are we not justified in presuming that the Ajivika sect sprang originally from a Vanaprastha or Vaikhanasa order of the hermits and gained an independent foothold as the result of its gradual differentiation from ...
Chapter One
... Burning Torch (Dipankara) and others, and described how they entered nirvana. All this he employed as an expedient means to make distinctions. Shakyamuni Buddha, further, continues that good men, if there are living beings who come to him, he employs his Buddha eye to observe their faith and to see ...
... Burning Torch (Dipankara) and others, and described how they entered nirvana. All this he employed as an expedient means to make distinctions. Shakyamuni Buddha, further, continues that good men, if there are living beings who come to him, he employs his Buddha eye to observe their faith and to see ...
The Symbolism of the Early Stūpa
... out of the ranks of ordinary beings, by maturing, over many lives, the spiritual potential latent in all. He thus stands out above the greed, hatred and delusion of the world, not attached to anything, as a lotus flower stands above the water, unsoiled by it. T h e lotus, then, symbolises the potent ...
... out of the ranks of ordinary beings, by maturing, over many lives, the spiritual potential latent in all. He thus stands out above the greed, hatred and delusion of the world, not attached to anything, as a lotus flower stands above the water, unsoiled by it. T h e lotus, then, symbolises the potent ...
The Arya Dharma of Sakya Muni, Gautama Buddha. The Ethics of
... Europe received its religion from the Asiatic Jews. Peter was a Gallilean fisherman, and Paul was a tentmaker of Tarsus. The founder of the religion was Jesus, son of a Jewish Carpenter of Nazareth. Islam was founded by Mohammed, who was by profession a supervisor of a caravan in service under an Ar ...
... Europe received its religion from the Asiatic Jews. Peter was a Gallilean fisherman, and Paul was a tentmaker of Tarsus. The founder of the religion was Jesus, son of a Jewish Carpenter of Nazareth. Islam was founded by Mohammed, who was by profession a supervisor of a caravan in service under an Ar ...
Lecture 100: Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa Page 1 Lecture
... followers. And this fact is surely suggestive. It suggests that the whole practice of the worship of the relics of great men was not so much a part of the Buddha's own teaching, of course, not so much a part of Buddhism proper, as a sort of popular ethnic practice which continued and was still popul ...
... followers. And this fact is surely suggestive. It suggests that the whole practice of the worship of the relics of great men was not so much a part of the Buddha's own teaching, of course, not so much a part of Buddhism proper, as a sort of popular ethnic practice which continued and was still popul ...
Buddha`s lists explained
... revere these lists as the essential elements of the teachings. But the Buddha was not really that interested in forming a sectarian religion. His teachings can be applied to members of any or no religion. This Dhamma (Dharma) book is written in plain English with little use of the ancient Pali or Sa ...
... revere these lists as the essential elements of the teachings. But the Buddha was not really that interested in forming a sectarian religion. His teachings can be applied to members of any or no religion. This Dhamma (Dharma) book is written in plain English with little use of the ancient Pali or Sa ...
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.↑