Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism: The Doctrinal History of Nirvana
... is action (karma), desire (tKLOA) and ignorance (avidyA).4 Although we do not need to go through all thirty answers put forward by the SarvastivadaVaibhalikas in the MahAvibhALAUAstra, we have to realise that the discrepancies among scattered quotations from the early canon (sEtras) became a serious ...
... is action (karma), desire (tKLOA) and ignorance (avidyA).4 Although we do not need to go through all thirty answers put forward by the SarvastivadaVaibhalikas in the MahAvibhALAUAstra, we have to realise that the discrepancies among scattered quotations from the early canon (sEtras) became a serious ...
An Exploration of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism and its Art
... 2001: 67-89). In the early twentieth century, the British sent military and diplomatic missions to Tibet and then brought back a considerable number of art objects and photographs, which laid the foundation of ‘a pivotal role’ that Great Britain occupied in the emergence of the concepts of ‘Tibetan ...
... 2001: 67-89). In the early twentieth century, the British sent military and diplomatic missions to Tibet and then brought back a considerable number of art objects and photographs, which laid the foundation of ‘a pivotal role’ that Great Britain occupied in the emergence of the concepts of ‘Tibetan ...
Ashoka - Net Texts
... Ashoka defined the main principles of dharma (dhamma) as nonviolence, tolerance of all sects and opinions, obedience to parents, respect for the Brahmans and other religious teachers and priests, liberality towards friends, humane treatment of servants, and generosity towards all. These principles s ...
... Ashoka defined the main principles of dharma (dhamma) as nonviolence, tolerance of all sects and opinions, obedience to parents, respect for the Brahmans and other religious teachers and priests, liberality towards friends, humane treatment of servants, and generosity towards all. These principles s ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... able to provide one’s parents with nourishment. But even dogs and horses are provided with nourishment. If you are not respectful, wherein lies the difference?” (Lunyu .) So in the Confucian concept of lial piety respect is the root and propriety is the model. e Liji also says, “ere are three deg ...
... able to provide one’s parents with nourishment. But even dogs and horses are provided with nourishment. If you are not respectful, wherein lies the difference?” (Lunyu .) So in the Confucian concept of lial piety respect is the root and propriety is the model. e Liji also says, “ere are three deg ...
The Evolution of the Precepts
... castes, who had gone forth from various families, caused this holy life to rapidly disappear. It is as if, Sariputta, various flowers, loose on a tray, not tied together by a thread, are scattered about, whirled about, and destroyed by the wind. What is the cause? Inasmuch as they are not held toget ...
... castes, who had gone forth from various families, caused this holy life to rapidly disappear. It is as if, Sariputta, various flowers, loose on a tray, not tied together by a thread, are scattered about, whirled about, and destroyed by the wind. What is the cause? Inasmuch as they are not held toget ...
Tathagata Meditation - phaptangmeditation.org
... criticism during this lost believes time. If there are those who at the Final Law Period pessimistly look at life and initiate the mind to practice, when they succeed, they are aware that all the given periods are the same, we all have Buddhist nature and True Dharma. As one’s mind becomes unsettle ...
... criticism during this lost believes time. If there are those who at the Final Law Period pessimistly look at life and initiate the mind to practice, when they succeed, they are aware that all the given periods are the same, we all have Buddhist nature and True Dharma. As one’s mind becomes unsettle ...
Keizan Study
... compiled detailed instructions for every aspect of Zen monastic life. His most influential contribution was his detailed instructions on how the abbotship of his monasteries should be rotated among several lines of succession so as to ensure united support and avoid schisms. This method of rotating ...
... compiled detailed instructions for every aspect of Zen monastic life. His most influential contribution was his detailed instructions on how the abbotship of his monasteries should be rotated among several lines of succession so as to ensure united support and avoid schisms. This method of rotating ...
Balkwill, Final Draft copy - MacSphere
... emperor once he grew to manhood and became a challenge to her, only to raise that child emperor’s son, Xiaowendi 孝文帝 (r. 471–499 CE), whom she herself established as a child emperor and ruled behind as Empress Dowager, having also murdered that child’s mother. In total, Empress Dowager Feng ruled th ...
... emperor once he grew to manhood and became a challenge to her, only to raise that child emperor’s son, Xiaowendi 孝文帝 (r. 471–499 CE), whom she herself established as a child emperor and ruled behind as Empress Dowager, having also murdered that child’s mother. In total, Empress Dowager Feng ruled th ...
Guide to the Bodhisattva`s Way of Life
... various Dharma instructors. In this way, they derive benefits from it for current and future lives. However, many people are so addicted to some unrealistic phenomena shown on TV. This looks very miserable and sounds very pitiful. As Buddhist practitioners, we should equip ourselves with mindfulness ...
... various Dharma instructors. In this way, they derive benefits from it for current and future lives. However, many people are so addicted to some unrealistic phenomena shown on TV. This looks very miserable and sounds very pitiful. As Buddhist practitioners, we should equip ourselves with mindfulness ...
Master Dogen`s Shobogenzo
... Publisher’s Foreword On behalf of the Publication Committee, I am happy to present this contribution to the BDK English Tripiṭaka Series. The initial translation and editing of the Buddhist scripture found here were performed under the direction of the Editorial Committee in Tokyo, Japan, chaired b ...
... Publisher’s Foreword On behalf of the Publication Committee, I am happy to present this contribution to the BDK English Tripiṭaka Series. The initial translation and editing of the Buddhist scripture found here were performed under the direction of the Editorial Committee in Tokyo, Japan, chaired b ...
Nichirenism, Utopianism, and Modernity
... While Ishiwara is a well-known figure whose seeming iconoclasm as a military thinker is a never-ending object of fascination, illustrated by the large number of biographies of him that have appeared over the years, his religious and philosophical ideas have remained less examined. Meanwhile, his mov ...
... While Ishiwara is a well-known figure whose seeming iconoclasm as a military thinker is a never-ending object of fascination, illustrated by the large number of biographies of him that have appeared over the years, his religious and philosophical ideas have remained less examined. Meanwhile, his mov ...
Bride of Amazement - NWU
... Oliver is a prolific poet and has won several awards and prizes over the last few decades. The title poem of No Voyage won the first prize from the Poetry Society of America in 1963. Other prizes include the Shelley Memorial Award (1970), the Ohioana Book Award (1973), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1 ...
... Oliver is a prolific poet and has won several awards and prizes over the last few decades. The title poem of No Voyage won the first prize from the Poetry Society of America in 1963. Other prizes include the Shelley Memorial Award (1970), the Ohioana Book Award (1973), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1 ...
- CReaTE - Canterbury Christ Church University
... 2009:182). These are not the first or last people to have this opinion, and some scholars believe that Buddhism could once again flourish in Thailand if its people were to abandon the practice and use of such amuletic items, protective magic and superstitious ways (McDaniel, 2006:101). However, this ...
... 2009:182). These are not the first or last people to have this opinion, and some scholars believe that Buddhism could once again flourish in Thailand if its people were to abandon the practice and use of such amuletic items, protective magic and superstitious ways (McDaniel, 2006:101). However, this ...
Conversion by the Book: Buddhist Print Culture in Early Republican
... Any commonly-used alternate or style names will be given at the first instance of a personal name. Traditional Chinese characters will be used in all cases, even when the original source was written in simplified characters. Japanese names and titles will use pre-1945, pre-shinjitai characters. Sing ...
... Any commonly-used alternate or style names will be given at the first instance of a personal name. Traditional Chinese characters will be used in all cases, even when the original source was written in simplified characters. Japanese names and titles will use pre-1945, pre-shinjitai characters. Sing ...
Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra - REAL-d
... tathāgatagarbha is not very clearly defined or is even ambiguous in Indian Buddhist sources. This problem definitely perplexed Chinese Buddhist thinkers, who attempted to find the ontological source of existence on the basis of their own indigenous tradition. In this thesis I will show how these con ...
... tathāgatagarbha is not very clearly defined or is even ambiguous in Indian Buddhist sources. This problem definitely perplexed Chinese Buddhist thinkers, who attempted to find the ontological source of existence on the basis of their own indigenous tradition. In this thesis I will show how these con ...
A STUDY OF THERAVĀDA BUDDHISM IN VIETNAM
... tradition, which is a large Buddhist school in Southeast Asia. Nowadays, there are two branches of Theravāda Buddhism in Vietnam. One is Theravāda Buddhism practiced by the Khmers in Southern Vietnam. The other is Theravāda Buddhism as practiced by the Vietnamese people. Both of them study and pract ...
... tradition, which is a large Buddhist school in Southeast Asia. Nowadays, there are two branches of Theravāda Buddhism in Vietnam. One is Theravāda Buddhism practiced by the Khmers in Southern Vietnam. The other is Theravāda Buddhism as practiced by the Vietnamese people. Both of them study and pract ...
Now - Fo Guang Shan International Translation Center
... monastery like it, he could try to establish a temple of his own, or engage in one of the other many possible careers for a Buddhist monastic. Given his own inclination and the financial and emotional support of his master, Zhikai, Hsing Yun pursued further education at some of the finest Buddhist s ...
... monastery like it, he could try to establish a temple of his own, or engage in one of the other many possible careers for a Buddhist monastic. Given his own inclination and the financial and emotional support of his master, Zhikai, Hsing Yun pursued further education at some of the finest Buddhist s ...
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... Meditation 101 is an introductory course on basic Buddhist meditation techniques for complete beginners. It teaches basic Buddhist meditations that can be used by anyone to create more peace and happiness in daily life. Meditation 101 is presented in five sessions and covers these basic Buddhist m ...
... Meditation 101 is an introductory course on basic Buddhist meditation techniques for complete beginners. It teaches basic Buddhist meditations that can be used by anyone to create more peace and happiness in daily life. Meditation 101 is presented in five sessions and covers these basic Buddhist m ...
ATINER`s Conference Paper Series HIS2015-1862
... from these, two short texts also belong to the same time period. By this time, the Large Prajñāpāramitā was a huge, extremely abstract text, which commended high amounts of respect for itself, but was very hard to understand. Since the work was a combination of a number of disjointed treaties compos ...
... from these, two short texts also belong to the same time period. By this time, the Large Prajñāpāramitā was a huge, extremely abstract text, which commended high amounts of respect for itself, but was very hard to understand. Since the work was a combination of a number of disjointed treaties compos ...
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... Meditation 101 is an introductory course on basic Buddhist meditation techniques for complete beginners. It teaches basic Buddhist meditations that can be used by anyone to create more peace and happiness in daily life. Meditation 101 is presented in five sessions and covers these basic Buddhist m ...
... Meditation 101 is an introductory course on basic Buddhist meditation techniques for complete beginners. It teaches basic Buddhist meditations that can be used by anyone to create more peace and happiness in daily life. Meditation 101 is presented in five sessions and covers these basic Buddhist m ...
cheng xuanying`s conception of the sage in the zhuangzi
... seems to make no distinction between them throughout his commentary. Despite Cheng's vision for harmonizing the sage epithets, I will explore a few examples where we can I detect Cheng' s dissat~sfaction with certain passages of the Zhuangzi. ...
... seems to make no distinction between them throughout his commentary. Despite Cheng's vision for harmonizing the sage epithets, I will explore a few examples where we can I detect Cheng' s dissat~sfaction with certain passages of the Zhuangzi. ...
Syncretism in the study of Quanzhen Taoism from essence to
... engaged in often was characterized by scholars in a pejorative way and this has stuck in most of the English discussions of Quanzhen syncretism to this day. One of the main problems with syncretism as a label within this debate arises from the nature of the term, which emphasizes essences in two com ...
... engaged in often was characterized by scholars in a pejorative way and this has stuck in most of the English discussions of Quanzhen syncretism to this day. One of the main problems with syncretism as a label within this debate arises from the nature of the term, which emphasizes essences in two com ...
Nor is it clear to me, as people are born and die
... which it is possible to enact that utopia—because, in other words, it comes with a prescription for exile—these philosophers are drawn into thinking about the space of exile too. Let’s start with the understanding that the space of exile is best imagined as a gap, or dislocation. This gap is opened ...
... which it is possible to enact that utopia—because, in other words, it comes with a prescription for exile—these philosophers are drawn into thinking about the space of exile too. Let’s start with the understanding that the space of exile is best imagined as a gap, or dislocation. This gap is opened ...