The Buddha`s Ancient Path
... eternal verities of life, ‘in quest of the supreme security from bondage--Nibbana’ 4 . This was the great renunciation. Dedicating himself to the noble task of discovering a remedy for life’s universal ill, he sought guidance from two famous sages, Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta, hoping that they ...
... eternal verities of life, ‘in quest of the supreme security from bondage--Nibbana’ 4 . This was the great renunciation. Dedicating himself to the noble task of discovering a remedy for life’s universal ill, he sought guidance from two famous sages, Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta, hoping that they ...
The Individual Psychology of Tibetan Buddhism
... negatively, by every experience and simultaneously, by their own biology. It’s nurture and nature. Various forms of therapy are the solution—the means for individuals to realize themselves and then make progress. Tibetan Buddhism, on the other hand, concludes simply that all life is suffering. Throu ...
... negatively, by every experience and simultaneously, by their own biology. It’s nurture and nature. Various forms of therapy are the solution—the means for individuals to realize themselves and then make progress. Tibetan Buddhism, on the other hand, concludes simply that all life is suffering. Throu ...
1 We established the Vajrayana Foundation and Pema Osel Ling in
... world! Relics are Dharmakaya wisdom brought to the earth and we need to help that wisdom energy penetrate to the whole world and to America in particular. It is not only for people: any beings, ...
... world! Relics are Dharmakaya wisdom brought to the earth and we need to help that wisdom energy penetrate to the whole world and to America in particular. It is not only for people: any beings, ...
Meditation on the Nature of Mind
... something like “self-creation” based on the law of causality: cause and effect. Nontheistic religions ultimately believe that we ourselves are the creator. Naturally, this creator cannot be the body. The body is important as the basis of mind: for example, the human body is the basis of human mind, ...
... something like “self-creation” based on the law of causality: cause and effect. Nontheistic religions ultimately believe that we ourselves are the creator. Naturally, this creator cannot be the body. The body is important as the basis of mind: for example, the human body is the basis of human mind, ...
use of theses - ANU Repository
... contrast to the Vedic and post-Vedic systems? Some of the fundamental differences between Vedic dharma and Buddhist dhamma. 3.5.1- 3.5.7: Relation of dhamma to the social contract theory of early Buddhism. 3.6.1 - 3.6.4: The authority of dhamma in the sphere of social and political life, and its exp ...
... contrast to the Vedic and post-Vedic systems? Some of the fundamental differences between Vedic dharma and Buddhist dhamma. 3.5.1- 3.5.7: Relation of dhamma to the social contract theory of early Buddhism. 3.6.1 - 3.6.4: The authority of dhamma in the sphere of social and political life, and its exp ...
Eating Stale Food
... From the day Visakha arrived in Savatthi, the city of her husband, she was kind and generous to everyone in the city and everyone loved her. However, Visakha's father-in-law, Migara, was unhappy with her because she was a devout follower of the Buddha while he was not. ...
... From the day Visakha arrived in Savatthi, the city of her husband, she was kind and generous to everyone in the city and everyone loved her. However, Visakha's father-in-law, Migara, was unhappy with her because she was a devout follower of the Buddha while he was not. ...
A Long and Winding Road: Soto Zen Training in America
... ordained students. In Japan a priest would have ordination, serve as shuso, and, after several more years of monastic training and academic study of Buddhism, would receive dharma transmission or shiho at their home temple. Dharma transmission is an intimate “secret” ceremony, a tantric empowerment, ...
... ordained students. In Japan a priest would have ordination, serve as shuso, and, after several more years of monastic training and academic study of Buddhism, would receive dharma transmission or shiho at their home temple. Dharma transmission is an intimate “secret” ceremony, a tantric empowerment, ...
Ālayavijñāna: On the Origin and the Early Development of a Central
... variations; Schmithausen provides a far more accurate Sanskrit retranslation in notes 1213 and 1223, pp. 478, 480), Schmithausen's arguments gain what power they have solely by separating a particular definition—that concerning the defining characteristics {laksana) of sunyatd—from its broader conte ...
... variations; Schmithausen provides a far more accurate Sanskrit retranslation in notes 1213 and 1223, pp. 478, 480), Schmithausen's arguments gain what power they have solely by separating a particular definition—that concerning the defining characteristics {laksana) of sunyatd—from its broader conte ...
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms
... His surname, they tell us, was Kung, and he was a native of Wu-yang in P'ing-Yang, which is still the name of a large department in Shan-hsi. He had three brothers older than himself; but when they all died before shedding their first teeth, his father devoted him to the service of the Buddhist soci ...
... His surname, they tell us, was Kung, and he was a native of Wu-yang in P'ing-Yang, which is still the name of a large department in Shan-hsi. He had three brothers older than himself; but when they all died before shedding their first teeth, his father devoted him to the service of the Buddhist soci ...
Mahāpajāpatī’s Going Forth in the Madhyama-āgama Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... way the order of nuns was held to have come into being.9 These are found in: 1. the Vinaya in Four Parts of the Dharmaguptaka tradition, preserved in Chinese translation,10 2. a Vinayamātṛka preserved in Chinese translation, which some scholars suggest represents the Haimavata tradition, although th ...
... way the order of nuns was held to have come into being.9 These are found in: 1. the Vinaya in Four Parts of the Dharmaguptaka tradition, preserved in Chinese translation,10 2. a Vinayamātṛka preserved in Chinese translation, which some scholars suggest represents the Haimavata tradition, although th ...
Attā, Nirattā, and Anattā in the early Buddhist literature
... of scholars. While explaining the doctrine of anattā Rahulo [19] refers to the different concepts of ātman, even the concept of Brahman-Ātman of the Upaniṣads and holds that the buddha was unique in rejecting all such doctrines through the doctrine of anattā. "The idea of an abiding, immortal substa ...
... of scholars. While explaining the doctrine of anattā Rahulo [19] refers to the different concepts of ātman, even the concept of Brahman-Ātman of the Upaniṣads and holds that the buddha was unique in rejecting all such doctrines through the doctrine of anattā. "The idea of an abiding, immortal substa ...
The Beatnik Buddhist: The Monk of American Pop
... always thought of themselves as very far along the religious path it provided. In fact, the very night that Kerouac discovered Buddhism, he went home to meditate and decided that he achieved enlightenment.17 Kerouac also referred to himself, his friends, and his acquaintances as “Bodhisattvas” throu ...
... always thought of themselves as very far along the religious path it provided. In fact, the very night that Kerouac discovered Buddhism, he went home to meditate and decided that he achieved enlightenment.17 Kerouac also referred to himself, his friends, and his acquaintances as “Bodhisattvas” throu ...
THEGATEWAY - The Living Dharma
... by Shan-Tao (613-681), a Chinese Pure Land master. I will include some key points that he made during this 4 hour discussion of this parable and present my interpretations and impressions. The most important point Dr. Haneda made was that the essence of Buddhism is to study the self. Dogan (sp) said ...
... by Shan-Tao (613-681), a Chinese Pure Land master. I will include some key points that he made during this 4 hour discussion of this parable and present my interpretations and impressions. The most important point Dr. Haneda made was that the essence of Buddhism is to study the self. Dogan (sp) said ...
World History: Patterns of Interaction
... include this pop-up, continue to step 4 3. In the Print what box, choose the presentation format you want to ...
... include this pop-up, continue to step 4 3. In the Print what box, choose the presentation format you want to ...
Library Web list - Dec 13
... The Liturgy of the Order of the Buddhist Contemplatives for the Laity Scriptures and Ceremonies at Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey Plum Village Chanting and Recitation Book Daily Buddhist Devotions Daily Buddhist Devotions ...
... The Liturgy of the Order of the Buddhist Contemplatives for the Laity Scriptures and Ceremonies at Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey Plum Village Chanting and Recitation Book Daily Buddhist Devotions Daily Buddhist Devotions ...
Dharma American Wars Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... forcefully that military values such as duty, honor, and defense of country reflect, rather than contradict, the basic teachings of the Dharma. But such interpretations of Buddhism are not self-evident to those Buddhist soldiers who struggle with what their religion teaches about military service an ...
... forcefully that military values such as duty, honor, and defense of country reflect, rather than contradict, the basic teachings of the Dharma. But such interpretations of Buddhism are not self-evident to those Buddhist soldiers who struggle with what their religion teaches about military service an ...
Clark.19.4.Dec_.08
... substantial beings and of an enduring, self-identical ego. But his philosophy must at the same time be seen to be equally an expression of the practice of non-attachment, non-egoism and compassion that is fundamental to Buddhism and pervades the Mahayana tradition in particular. This includes compas ...
... substantial beings and of an enduring, self-identical ego. But his philosophy must at the same time be seen to be equally an expression of the practice of non-attachment, non-egoism and compassion that is fundamental to Buddhism and pervades the Mahayana tradition in particular. This includes compas ...
Filial Piety in Early Buddhism Journal of Buddhist Ethics Guang Xing
... This sutta is so important to Chinese Buddhists that it has been translated into Chinese five times. The first three are independent translations and the last two are included in the Āgamas. The five points in supporting parents are one’s duty, and they are also found in the four extant Chinese tra ...
... This sutta is so important to Chinese Buddhists that it has been translated into Chinese five times. The first three are independent translations and the last two are included in the Āgamas. The five points in supporting parents are one’s duty, and they are also found in the four extant Chinese tra ...
A Mahayana View on Buddhism and Animals
... flesh is sophistic, delusional, and argumentative. What they imagine that they witnessed, heard, or suspected that the Blessed One has said, or another Buddha said or did, is grossly distorted. As greed is a hindrance to liberation, so are the objects of greed a hindrance to liberation. Objects of g ...
... flesh is sophistic, delusional, and argumentative. What they imagine that they witnessed, heard, or suspected that the Blessed One has said, or another Buddha said or did, is grossly distorted. As greed is a hindrance to liberation, so are the objects of greed a hindrance to liberation. Objects of g ...
A Western Student`s Meditation Experience Under The Guidance of
... Buddha — that Anicca [Impermanence], Dukkha [Suffering], and Anattā [Impersonality, No Self], when understood properly in practice, is the cure for physical and mental ills. The pity is, your understanding of Anicca in a practical way is still poor because of your interest in so many things which di ...
... Buddha — that Anicca [Impermanence], Dukkha [Suffering], and Anattā [Impersonality, No Self], when understood properly in practice, is the cure for physical and mental ills. The pity is, your understanding of Anicca in a practical way is still poor because of your interest in so many things which di ...
The Discourse on the “Land of Kami” (Shinkoku) in Medieval Japan
... the desire among scholars to separate it from its historical context and analyze it as an independent conceptual construct endowed with a meaning all its own. Closely related to this approach is the ideology of “Shinto” as an indigenous, suprahistorical Japanese entity that has always existed indepe ...
... the desire among scholars to separate it from its historical context and analyze it as an independent conceptual construct endowed with a meaning all its own. Closely related to this approach is the ideology of “Shinto” as an indigenous, suprahistorical Japanese entity that has always existed indepe ...