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The Communist Pure Land: The Legacy of Buddhist Reforms in the
... religion, Chairman of the Communist Party Mao Zedong was certain to point out that religious freedom was necessary. It was not his intent to suppress it, but rather to have competing ideologies wage intellectual debates.5 By examining the themes and methodologies of other historians, it can be under ...
... religion, Chairman of the Communist Party Mao Zedong was certain to point out that religious freedom was necessary. It was not his intent to suppress it, but rather to have competing ideologies wage intellectual debates.5 By examining the themes and methodologies of other historians, it can be under ...
Slides from 10/20/14
... simply because there is no quantity term in (and no corresponding idea expressed by) the English sentence being symbolized. Example: Simone is a female philosopher, but she’s not American. (Dictionary: P_: _ is a philosopher; F_: _ is female; A_: _is American; s: Simone) (Ps & Fs) & ~ As ...
... simply because there is no quantity term in (and no corresponding idea expressed by) the English sentence being symbolized. Example: Simone is a female philosopher, but she’s not American. (Dictionary: P_: _ is a philosopher; F_: _ is female; A_: _is American; s: Simone) (Ps & Fs) & ~ As ...
Buddhism of Russia The English language summary presents the
... Well, I found that in these places, as Kalmykya, Mongolia and Buryatia, through the Buddhism has been a little bit declined due to the communist pressure for many years, Buddhism is growing quite fast and the main thing is that there are many people who have not lost interest and faith in Buddhism. ...
... Well, I found that in these places, as Kalmykya, Mongolia and Buryatia, through the Buddhism has been a little bit declined due to the communist pressure for many years, Buddhism is growing quite fast and the main thing is that there are many people who have not lost interest and faith in Buddhism. ...
Summer 2008 Special Edt. - Birmingham Buddhist Vihara
... Myanmar monks whom he entrusted with a portion of the Buddha’s relics. One of them, U Kitti, eventually passed this on to U Arsaya, another Myanmar monk living in India. In his turn, shortly before his death, he passed them on to venerable Rewata Dhamma in 1964. When the latter travelled to England ...
... Myanmar monks whom he entrusted with a portion of the Buddha’s relics. One of them, U Kitti, eventually passed this on to U Arsaya, another Myanmar monk living in India. In his turn, shortly before his death, he passed them on to venerable Rewata Dhamma in 1964. When the latter travelled to England ...
Unit G586 - Buddhism - Scheme of work and lesson plan
... Highlight the issue implicit in desiring nibbana, as even this ‘positive’ desire could be viewed as a subtle form of greed. ...
... Highlight the issue implicit in desiring nibbana, as even this ‘positive’ desire could be viewed as a subtle form of greed. ...
Early Neo-Confucian View of Chinese Buddhism
... individual thinkers have treated the question in too limited a way. The present thesis attempts to be a critical approach of the NeoConfucian criticisms of Chinese Buddhism. ...
... individual thinkers have treated the question in too limited a way. The present thesis attempts to be a critical approach of the NeoConfucian criticisms of Chinese Buddhism. ...
DHAMMA LISTS The Four Noble Truths 1. Dukkha exists
... 2. Aversion/hatred (dosa) – mindfulness transforms this into discriminating Wisdom 3. Delusion (moha) – mindfulness transforms this into Equanimity Three Refuges (Triple Gem, Three Jewels) 1. Buddha – both the historical Buddha and one’s own innate potential for Awakening 2. Dhamma – the Buddha’s te ...
... 2. Aversion/hatred (dosa) – mindfulness transforms this into discriminating Wisdom 3. Delusion (moha) – mindfulness transforms this into Equanimity Three Refuges (Triple Gem, Three Jewels) 1. Buddha – both the historical Buddha and one’s own innate potential for Awakening 2. Dhamma – the Buddha’s te ...
Buddhism in Thailand
... With the growth of Maháyána Buddhism in India, especially during the reign of King Kanishka who ruled over Northern India during the second half of the first century A.D., the sect also spread to the neighboring countries, such as Sumatra, Java, and Kambuja (Cambodia). It is probable that Maháyána B ...
... With the growth of Maháyána Buddhism in India, especially during the reign of King Kanishka who ruled over Northern India during the second half of the first century A.D., the sect also spread to the neighboring countries, such as Sumatra, Java, and Kambuja (Cambodia). It is probable that Maháyána B ...
Propositional logic, I (Lógica Proposicional, I)
... Validity: A wff is said to be valid if it has the value True under all possible interpretations. Ex. T,T∨P,¬P∨P,P⇒P,P⇒(Q⇒P),((P⇒ Q)⇒P)⇒P » A valid wff is a tautology (it is devoid of meaning about the world). Metatheorem 1: if ¬w is unsatisfiable, then the wff w is valid, and viceversa. ...
... Validity: A wff is said to be valid if it has the value True under all possible interpretations. Ex. T,T∨P,¬P∨P,P⇒P,P⇒(Q⇒P),((P⇒ Q)⇒P)⇒P » A valid wff is a tautology (it is devoid of meaning about the world). Metatheorem 1: if ¬w is unsatisfiable, then the wff w is valid, and viceversa. ...
Library Catalogue - Dharma Centre of Winnipeg
... If you are viewing this in PDF format, you can self-navigate by using the Book Subject Categories listed below. If you are viewing this as a Word document, you have more search options. To view clickable Subject Categories, go to "View" on the toolbar and click on "Navigation Pane"; a list of Subjec ...
... If you are viewing this in PDF format, you can self-navigate by using the Book Subject Categories listed below. If you are viewing this as a Word document, you have more search options. To view clickable Subject Categories, go to "View" on the toolbar and click on "Navigation Pane"; a list of Subjec ...
Swastika
... probably best known in its Sanskrit form. It consists of two roots: su (‘good, well’), asti (‘is’), astikah (‘being’); hence svastika literally translates as ‘that which is associated with well-being’. It denotes any lucky or auspicious object, in particular a mark made on people and things as a goo ...
... probably best known in its Sanskrit form. It consists of two roots: su (‘good, well’), asti (‘is’), astikah (‘being’); hence svastika literally translates as ‘that which is associated with well-being’. It denotes any lucky or auspicious object, in particular a mark made on people and things as a goo ...
Non-classical metatheory for non-classical logics
... logic [7], BCK [6], intuitionistic logics, quantum logic [8], among others. The list does not include logics which do not allow you to infer φ → ψ from ψ or logics without a reasonable conditional.2 The logics under consideration also contain rules that one would normally take for granted in a class ...
... logic [7], BCK [6], intuitionistic logics, quantum logic [8], among others. The list does not include logics which do not allow you to infer φ → ψ from ψ or logics without a reasonable conditional.2 The logics under consideration also contain rules that one would normally take for granted in a class ...
Buddhism Reconsidered - Digital Commons @ Liberty University
... beliefs are merely their own beliefs unless, of course, tlley are hemorrhaging Kant. For the purpose of clarity and simplicity, I will define Christianity as the doctrine and life, taught in the Old and New Testament, and guarded in the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Creed of Chalcedon. ...
... beliefs are merely their own beliefs unless, of course, tlley are hemorrhaging Kant. For the purpose of clarity and simplicity, I will define Christianity as the doctrine and life, taught in the Old and New Testament, and guarded in the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Creed of Chalcedon. ...
Mental Balance and Well-Being - Santa Barbara Institute for
... “satisfaction is less a matter of getting what you want than wanting what you have” (p.13), a statement in accordance with the Buddhist emphasis on the importance of contentment (Tsong-kha-pa, 2002, p. 29). Moreover, according to Buddhist theory, clinging to such stimuli as the actual source of one’ ...
... “satisfaction is less a matter of getting what you want than wanting what you have” (p.13), a statement in accordance with the Buddhist emphasis on the importance of contentment (Tsong-kha-pa, 2002, p. 29). Moreover, according to Buddhist theory, clinging to such stimuli as the actual source of one’ ...
Brahman - TeacherWeb
... Beyond all separate identities, persons, and forms lay this divine reality According to philosophical Hinduism, the individual human soul (atman) was part of this ...
... Beyond all separate identities, persons, and forms lay this divine reality According to philosophical Hinduism, the individual human soul (atman) was part of this ...
Mahā Satipatthāna Sutta: Investigation of the Four Noble Truths By
... these eternal laws themselves rather than simply investigating concepts that represent the laws. If this is the case, when meditating in the fourth foundation and investigating the Four Noble Truths, one is participating in the essence of all that is wholesome, not just thinking about what may be wh ...
... these eternal laws themselves rather than simply investigating concepts that represent the laws. If this is the case, when meditating in the fourth foundation and investigating the Four Noble Truths, one is participating in the essence of all that is wholesome, not just thinking about what may be wh ...
Tibetan Buddhism in the (Post)modern World
... whoever is interested in reading these Buddhist scriptures can attain these readings from the public. The Tantric path, on the other hand, is orally transmitted from the guru to the disciples. Therefore, the teachings of Tantra are also called “secret mantra” (Gyatso, 2003). The word “secret” is mis ...
... whoever is interested in reading these Buddhist scriptures can attain these readings from the public. The Tantric path, on the other hand, is orally transmitted from the guru to the disciples. Therefore, the teachings of Tantra are also called “secret mantra” (Gyatso, 2003). The word “secret” is mis ...
Assu Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... Since the Buddha sometimes speaks in terms of “beings” being “reborn” (and of the universe evolving), as if accepting the opinion that there is some kind of permanent soul, which he elsewhere rejects, there might be some obscurity or inconsistency in his doctrine. The unanimous answer of the Buddhis ...
... Since the Buddha sometimes speaks in terms of “beings” being “reborn” (and of the universe evolving), as if accepting the opinion that there is some kind of permanent soul, which he elsewhere rejects, there might be some obscurity or inconsistency in his doctrine. The unanimous answer of the Buddhis ...
Arhats in Buddhism
... states an individual can achieve, with fully-enlightened buddhas and bodhisattvas being ranked higher than arhats. 16 There are even some Mahāyāna texts that claim that arhatship is an entirely separate path, rather than just a lesser holy state.17 The idea of the inferiority of arhatship is the fun ...
... states an individual can achieve, with fully-enlightened buddhas and bodhisattvas being ranked higher than arhats. 16 There are even some Mahāyāna texts that claim that arhatship is an entirely separate path, rather than just a lesser holy state.17 The idea of the inferiority of arhatship is the fun ...
sentential logic
... In considering arguments formally, we care about what would be true if the premises were true. Generally, we are not concerned with actual truth values of any particular sentences- whether they are actually true or false. Yet there are some sentences that must be true, just as a matter of logic. Con ...
... In considering arguments formally, we care about what would be true if the premises were true. Generally, we are not concerned with actual truth values of any particular sentences- whether they are actually true or false. Yet there are some sentences that must be true, just as a matter of logic. Con ...
Computing Default Extensions by Reductions on OR
... needed for the Modal Reduction Theorem. Our approach to formalizing default logic is complementary to the approach in (Lakemeyer and Levesque 2006), in which it is the logic of O R that is axiomatized. Although this is, from the point of view of theoremhood, a stronger system than the rewriting syst ...
... needed for the Modal Reduction Theorem. Our approach to formalizing default logic is complementary to the approach in (Lakemeyer and Levesque 2006), in which it is the logic of O R that is axiomatized. Although this is, from the point of view of theoremhood, a stronger system than the rewriting syst ...
Introduction to Logic What is Logic? Simple Statements Which one is
... If P(p, q, … ) is a Tautology, then P(P1 , P2 , … ) is also a Tautology. (See E.g. 35) ...
... If P(p, q, … ) is a Tautology, then P(P1 , P2 , … ) is also a Tautology. (See E.g. 35) ...
A Concurrent Logical Framework: The Propositional Fragment Kevin Watkins , Iliano Cervesato
... Some of the most commonly recurring concepts in deductive systems are parameterization and variable binding: quantified formulas are pervasive in logic; programming languages contain parameterized expressions such as functions, objects, modules, and others; and inference rules and deductions themse ...
... Some of the most commonly recurring concepts in deductive systems are parameterization and variable binding: quantified formulas are pervasive in logic; programming languages contain parameterized expressions such as functions, objects, modules, and others; and inference rules and deductions themse ...
Facing the Future
... manifestations of the problems they are intended to rectify, but however effective and efficient they may be in the short run, on their own they do not provide long-term solutions. What they offer is cosmetic treatment, stopgap measures that should not be taken as substitutes for alternatives that o ...
... manifestations of the problems they are intended to rectify, but however effective and efficient they may be in the short run, on their own they do not provide long-term solutions. What they offer is cosmetic treatment, stopgap measures that should not be taken as substitutes for alternatives that o ...
The Erotics of Practice: Objects and Agency in Buddhist Avadaría
... In each of these cases, the sight of a divine maiden causes a man to have an orgasm spontaneously, even though each of these men is a religious practitioner engaged in rigorous ascetic discipline involving sexual abstinence. But despite the self-control they have acquired through their austerities, ...
... In each of these cases, the sight of a divine maiden causes a man to have an orgasm spontaneously, even though each of these men is a religious practitioner engaged in rigorous ascetic discipline involving sexual abstinence. But despite the self-control they have acquired through their austerities, ...