The Buddha and His Teachings
... No emancipation or purification can be gained without personal striving. As such petitional or intercessory prayers are denounced in Buddhism and in their stead is meditation which leads to self-control, purification, and enlightenment. Both meditation and service form salient characteristics of Bud ...
... No emancipation or purification can be gained without personal striving. As such petitional or intercessory prayers are denounced in Buddhism and in their stead is meditation which leads to self-control, purification, and enlightenment. Both meditation and service form salient characteristics of Bud ...
Modern Buddhism Volume 3 Prayers for Daily Practice
... a blue-coloured body, four faces and twelve arms, the nature of my purified white indestructible drop. I am embracing Vajravarahi, the nature of my purified red indestructible drop. I am surrounded by the Heroes and Heroines of the five wheels, who are the nature of my purified subtle body – the cha ...
... a blue-coloured body, four faces and twelve arms, the nature of my purified white indestructible drop. I am embracing Vajravarahi, the nature of my purified red indestructible drop. I am surrounded by the Heroes and Heroines of the five wheels, who are the nature of my purified subtle body – the cha ...
Creating the body of a fighter and the mind of a pacifist
... no matter the purpose. The ultimate goal was the renunciation of all attachments, and the realization that any particular act is a transitory piece of history. One Buddhist renunciation that the Shaolin monks were notorious for breaking was the consumption of dead flesh. The monks who indulged in su ...
... no matter the purpose. The ultimate goal was the renunciation of all attachments, and the realization that any particular act is a transitory piece of history. One Buddhist renunciation that the Shaolin monks were notorious for breaking was the consumption of dead flesh. The monks who indulged in su ...
The Prince and the Monk: Shōtoku Worship in Shinran`s Buddhism
... The final chapter reads, in part, like a collection of Lee’s reflections on significant episodes in Shinran’s career. With the rise of new Buddhist sects preaching senju nembutsu or exclusive nembutsu, it is tempting to subscribe to the view that Shinran subverted orthodox Tendai doctrines in order ...
... The final chapter reads, in part, like a collection of Lee’s reflections on significant episodes in Shinran’s career. With the rise of new Buddhist sects preaching senju nembutsu or exclusive nembutsu, it is tempting to subscribe to the view that Shinran subverted orthodox Tendai doctrines in order ...
2015 SGINZ LEVEL ONE EXAM
... with this law, which he identified as the law of life itself. Nam comes from the Sanskrit word namas, which was translated in Chinese and Japanese as meaning “to dedicate one’s life.” Dedication, Nichiren says, means “dedication to the principle of eternal and unchanging truth” (The Record of the Ora ...
... with this law, which he identified as the law of life itself. Nam comes from the Sanskrit word namas, which was translated in Chinese and Japanese as meaning “to dedicate one’s life.” Dedication, Nichiren says, means “dedication to the principle of eternal and unchanging truth” (The Record of the Ora ...
Where Does the Cetanic Break Take Place?
... “weakness of will” for actions that fulfill both criteria. Within this general characterization of akrasia, we can distinguish a number of sub-varieties. Aristotle claims the judgment in question must be correct, and limits what he considers real akrasia to conflicts between the intellect and the de ...
... “weakness of will” for actions that fulfill both criteria. Within this general characterization of akrasia, we can distinguish a number of sub-varieties. Aristotle claims the judgment in question must be correct, and limits what he considers real akrasia to conflicts between the intellect and the de ...
The Zen Experience by Thomas Hoover
... parody on logic is so telling that the only way to really understand the message is to stop trying to "understand" it. Concerning the limitations of verbal transmission, Chuang Tzu tells a story of a wheelmaker who once advised his duke that the book of ancient thought the man was reading was "nothi ...
... parody on logic is so telling that the only way to really understand the message is to stop trying to "understand" it. Concerning the limitations of verbal transmission, Chuang Tzu tells a story of a wheelmaker who once advised his duke that the book of ancient thought the man was reading was "nothi ...
Sett13ing in Motion the Dharma Wheel Talks on the Four Noble
... problem. The colorations we add to our experience, through attachment and clinging, are the cause of the problem. So if the six sense organs, defiled by the clinging mind, can be said to be the origin of suffering, correspondingly, the cessation of suffering means ending such defilements. The fourth ...
... problem. The colorations we add to our experience, through attachment and clinging, are the cause of the problem. So if the six sense organs, defiled by the clinging mind, can be said to be the origin of suffering, correspondingly, the cessation of suffering means ending such defilements. The fourth ...
Awaken to the Buddha Within
... That night Siddhartha went to his quarters. He gazed intensely at his sleeping newborn son. Yasodhara also seemed to be asleep. He quietly left the room. He loved them intensely so he had to do whatever he could to find the Way to free them from pain and distress. Knowing that they would be lovingly ...
... That night Siddhartha went to his quarters. He gazed intensely at his sleeping newborn son. Yasodhara also seemed to be asleep. He quietly left the room. He loved them intensely so he had to do whatever he could to find the Way to free them from pain and distress. Knowing that they would be lovingly ...
Buddhism and its relation to women and prostitution in Thai society
... status of women by defining how they are to be viewed and also by not providing the same religious outlets for them that men are granted. Buddhism is seen as indirectly encouraging prostitution by overlooking women's lack of options and not addressing their immediate concerns. The sex trade in Thail ...
... status of women by defining how they are to be viewed and also by not providing the same religious outlets for them that men are granted. Buddhism is seen as indirectly encouraging prostitution by overlooking women's lack of options and not addressing their immediate concerns. The sex trade in Thail ...
A Comparison of Buddhist Philosophy with Western Codes of Ethics
... relation to ethical dilemmas provides psychologists with required tools to conceptualize the challenging demands of our pluralistic society. They denote principle ethics to be “approaches that emphasize the use of rational, objective, universal, and impartial principles in the ethical analysis of di ...
... relation to ethical dilemmas provides psychologists with required tools to conceptualize the challenging demands of our pluralistic society. They denote principle ethics to be “approaches that emphasize the use of rational, objective, universal, and impartial principles in the ethical analysis of di ...
Cullen Interview on Types of Buddhism
... is the same with the sniper. He might be concentrated; the attention factor is certainly there. But in a true moment of mindfulness there is freedom from greed, hatred and delusion from the mind-state of the cat or the sniper, where there is probably great identification with the motivating factors. ...
... is the same with the sniper. He might be concentrated; the attention factor is certainly there. But in a true moment of mindfulness there is freedom from greed, hatred and delusion from the mind-state of the cat or the sniper, where there is probably great identification with the motivating factors. ...
The Truth of the Messengers
... one is being added to the pile. The answer is simple – the world needs to re-evaluate its concepts of Buddhism instead of just blindly following the teachings of misguided Buddhist monks and nuns. Buddhism is beautiful in its simplicity and practicality. It has been so ‘overdressed’ for more than tw ...
... one is being added to the pile. The answer is simple – the world needs to re-evaluate its concepts of Buddhism instead of just blindly following the teachings of misguided Buddhist monks and nuns. Buddhism is beautiful in its simplicity and practicality. It has been so ‘overdressed’ for more than tw ...
Buddhist Arts of Thailand
... the construction of sentences, and does not require, in a sense, any grammar. The Thai alphabet is of Indian origin. It was instituted on the Sanskrit lanuage, yet it bears the Khmer or Cambodian influence. ...
... the construction of sentences, and does not require, in a sense, any grammar. The Thai alphabet is of Indian origin. It was instituted on the Sanskrit lanuage, yet it bears the Khmer or Cambodian influence. ...
The Ten Pillars of Buddhism
... those following the Way to Enlightenment, especially those who have attained to the higher, transcendental stages of spiritual progress from which recession is not possible. One goes for Refuge to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha - or, in more contemporary idiom, commits ...
... those following the Way to Enlightenment, especially those who have attained to the higher, transcendental stages of spiritual progress from which recession is not possible. One goes for Refuge to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha - or, in more contemporary idiom, commits ...
The Eco-Buddhism of Marie Byles Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Byles appreciated that overall the Buddhist texts did not particularly emphasize the beauty of nature or environmental protection. She admired the sensitivity towards nature found in Zen poetry and art, and recounted the Pāli Canon story about Kassapa’s delight in the forest and climbing crags (Path ...
... Byles appreciated that overall the Buddhist texts did not particularly emphasize the beauty of nature or environmental protection. She admired the sensitivity towards nature found in Zen poetry and art, and recounted the Pāli Canon story about Kassapa’s delight in the forest and climbing crags (Path ...
Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization
... nibalism, suttee, and nakedness, while offering, in addition to the Gospel, literacy, Western medicine, technology, law, and science; he would be an aggressive ‘‘saver of souls,’’ working to supplant false religions; and, because of his ‘‘missionary spirit,’’ he would be the epitome of Christian life ...
... nibalism, suttee, and nakedness, while offering, in addition to the Gospel, literacy, Western medicine, technology, law, and science; he would be an aggressive ‘‘saver of souls,’’ working to supplant false religions; and, because of his ‘‘missionary spirit,’’ he would be the epitome of Christian life ...
Is South AsiaŁs Buddhist Leader the Gyalwang Drukpa an
... critic Rajiv Malholtra notes that “while similar tendencies exist in every civilization, the West has been especially successful at imposing its accounts of history, philosophy and identity on others. This process has required the digestion of the histories and identities of others, such that the po ...
... critic Rajiv Malholtra notes that “while similar tendencies exist in every civilization, the West has been especially successful at imposing its accounts of history, philosophy and identity on others. This process has required the digestion of the histories and identities of others, such that the po ...
The Acceptance and Impact of the Lotus Sutra in Japan
... of obtaining material benefits, for example, recovery from disease, victory in war, and rain in times of drought. The sutras were recited without understanding as rituals of incantation. But Prince Shotoku had a profound understanding of the moral and philosophy within Buddhism. For example we can s ...
... of obtaining material benefits, for example, recovery from disease, victory in war, and rain in times of drought. The sutras were recited without understanding as rituals of incantation. But Prince Shotoku had a profound understanding of the moral and philosophy within Buddhism. For example we can s ...
Aspects of the Study of the (earlier) Indian Mahāyāna
... narrower than ‘Sravakayana’, and strictly speaking it would apply to doctrines antithetical to the Bodhisattvayana (regardless of where these doctrines might be found). At all events, the fact remains that usage has varied through the enormous and (synchronically and diachronically) various literary ...
... narrower than ‘Sravakayana’, and strictly speaking it would apply to doctrines antithetical to the Bodhisattvayana (regardless of where these doctrines might be found). At all events, the fact remains that usage has varied through the enormous and (synchronically and diachronically) various literary ...