"Texts memorized, texts performed: a reconsideration of the role of
... 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 responsibility for the tragedies a man has to face in life lies squarely ...
... 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 responsibility for the tragedies a man has to face in life lies squarely ...
View in PDF - Nalanda Buddhist Society
... On this significant day, Bro. Tan taught that "Dhamma means many things... be it universal truth, law of nature, or the way to end our suffering. In a nutshell, Dhamma is a set of principles about living a purposeful life. These are important principles that we observe and live by. One who loves the ...
... On this significant day, Bro. Tan taught that "Dhamma means many things... be it universal truth, law of nature, or the way to end our suffering. In a nutshell, Dhamma is a set of principles about living a purposeful life. These are important principles that we observe and live by. One who loves the ...
The Development of Kaji Kito in Nichiren Shu Buddhism
... constraints to the level of understanding that I can gain about specific practices that can only be done in Japan. My specific interest in kaji kito comes from my childhood memories of my own father’s participation in aragyo, a type of ascetic training undergone by some priests belonging to the Nich ...
... constraints to the level of understanding that I can gain about specific practices that can only be done in Japan. My specific interest in kaji kito comes from my childhood memories of my own father’s participation in aragyo, a type of ascetic training undergone by some priests belonging to the Nich ...
issue #3 - HH the Sakya Trizin
... Virupa's Treasury of Dohas Homage to Sri Vajrasattva Homage to Blessed Nairatma E ma ho! The mahamudra is completely pure by nature like space. Since the reality of the demonstrated object does not exist, it cannot be expressed through the medium of conventional words, the essence without prolifera ...
... Virupa's Treasury of Dohas Homage to Sri Vajrasattva Homage to Blessed Nairatma E ma ho! The mahamudra is completely pure by nature like space. Since the reality of the demonstrated object does not exist, it cannot be expressed through the medium of conventional words, the essence without prolifera ...
The Prabang Myths: The Sacred Narratives and their Cultural Meaning
... eventually came to be regarded as royal gods and assumed the new role of Than. Responsible for driving evil away, these and other gods still protect Buddhism up to the present day.9 In some rituals like the traditional New Year ceremony, Phi Pu Yer Ya Yer spirits still take part as leaders who pour ...
... eventually came to be regarded as royal gods and assumed the new role of Than. Responsible for driving evil away, these and other gods still protect Buddhism up to the present day.9 In some rituals like the traditional New Year ceremony, Phi Pu Yer Ya Yer spirits still take part as leaders who pour ...
OVERAA_DISSERTATION - University of Washington
... Somerset Maugham. All three of these writers experienced a profound crisis of faith in their youth that considerably determined their intellectual and literary trajectories and, in different ways and with varying results, impelled them to incorporate elements of Eastern religion and philosophy into ...
... Somerset Maugham. All three of these writers experienced a profound crisis of faith in their youth that considerably determined their intellectual and literary trajectories and, in different ways and with varying results, impelled them to incorporate elements of Eastern religion and philosophy into ...
medidas del tiempo - Fernando Galindo Soria
... Wikipedia, 20160416 Kalpa (Sanskrit: कल्प kalpa) is a Sanskrit word meaning an aeon, or a relatively long period of time (by human calculation) in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology. The concept is first mentioned in the Mahabharata. Romila Thapar [1] holds that "the kalpa is first referred to in the insc ...
... Wikipedia, 20160416 Kalpa (Sanskrit: कल्प kalpa) is a Sanskrit word meaning an aeon, or a relatively long period of time (by human calculation) in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology. The concept is first mentioned in the Mahabharata. Romila Thapar [1] holds that "the kalpa is first referred to in the insc ...
Mindfulness in Schools
... All four of these teach very similar practices, yet two are clearly ‘Buddhist’, one is not at all, and the other is somewhere in between. Mindfulness, then, is not something easily pigeonholed. I now like to think that the reason I couldn’t tell Seb in Year 9 which option I preferred was that I was ...
... All four of these teach very similar practices, yet two are clearly ‘Buddhist’, one is not at all, and the other is somewhere in between. Mindfulness, then, is not something easily pigeonholed. I now like to think that the reason I couldn’t tell Seb in Year 9 which option I preferred was that I was ...
Wat Intravihan
... katha, inherited from Langka city, and was found in an ancient book by Somdej Toh. The Katha was improved and rewrote by Somdej Toh of Wat Rakhang. The Phra Chinakmanjung Katha is very powerful katha and believed to be the supreme Buddhist spell because the words of this katha invite the magic power ...
... katha, inherited from Langka city, and was found in an ancient book by Somdej Toh. The Katha was improved and rewrote by Somdej Toh of Wat Rakhang. The Phra Chinakmanjung Katha is very powerful katha and believed to be the supreme Buddhist spell because the words of this katha invite the magic power ...
- ANU Repository
... Phodrang for the kind support that I was provided while at Rajpur during my fieldwork, including with accommodation. I would like to thank Khenchen Sonam Gyatso for his guidance in directing me to a number of important Tibetan resources that I might have otherwise overlooked. I would also like to th ...
... Phodrang for the kind support that I was provided while at Rajpur during my fieldwork, including with accommodation. I would like to thank Khenchen Sonam Gyatso for his guidance in directing me to a number of important Tibetan resources that I might have otherwise overlooked. I would also like to th ...
Buddhism and Sustainability-Related Organisational Practices: A Sri
... Given some individual papers/chapters in this thesis have been accepted for publication there is a switch between New Zealand English and American spelling in different parts of the thesis. i ...
... Given some individual papers/chapters in this thesis have been accepted for publication there is a switch between New Zealand English and American spelling in different parts of the thesis. i ...
Hinduism and Buddhism, Volume 2
... 2. A code of altruistic ethics which teaches that everyone must do good in the interest of the whole world and make over to others any merit he may acquire by his virtues. The aim of the religious life is to become a Bodhisattva, not to become an Arhat. 3. A doctrine that Buddhas are supernatural be ...
... 2. A code of altruistic ethics which teaches that everyone must do good in the interest of the whole world and make over to others any merit he may acquire by his virtues. The aim of the religious life is to become a Bodhisattva, not to become an Arhat. 3. A doctrine that Buddhas are supernatural be ...
Buddhist Trail in Ladakh
... without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Great care has been taken in the compilation, updation and validation of information, and every effort has been made to ensure that all information is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Details like telephone and fax numbers, ...
... without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Great care has been taken in the compilation, updation and validation of information, and every effort has been made to ensure that all information is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Details like telephone and fax numbers, ...
The Concept of `Dhamma` in Thai Buddhism: A
... Dhamma is one of the most important and most difficult concepts in Pali Buddhism. Its significance lies in the fact that the term points to both the essence and the goal of Buddhism. Its ambiguity, however, results from the variety of the term's interpretations depending on its contexts. This disser ...
... Dhamma is one of the most important and most difficult concepts in Pali Buddhism. Its significance lies in the fact that the term points to both the essence and the goal of Buddhism. Its ambiguity, however, results from the variety of the term's interpretations depending on its contexts. This disser ...
BEHAVE HOW to T
... forms and expressions of religious and literary modernism emerging elsewhere in Southeast Asia during this same period. Their emphasis on puri¤cation and rationalism as means for achieving “authentic” understanding of the Buddhist scriptures re¶ects the religious reformism adopted by Mongkut (later ...
... forms and expressions of religious and literary modernism emerging elsewhere in Southeast Asia during this same period. Their emphasis on puri¤cation and rationalism as means for achieving “authentic” understanding of the Buddhist scriptures re¶ects the religious reformism adopted by Mongkut (later ...
THROWING BOMBS AT KODO
... Therefore, in this Light of the Buddha Precepts, he is the Light of the Buddha Precepts, I am the Light of the Buddha Precepts, and between this Light of the Buddha Precepts and that Light of the Buddha Precepts, there is no killing each other. Because there is the utter darkness (真っ暗), there is kil ...
... Therefore, in this Light of the Buddha Precepts, he is the Light of the Buddha Precepts, I am the Light of the Buddha Precepts, and between this Light of the Buddha Precepts and that Light of the Buddha Precepts, there is no killing each other. Because there is the utter darkness (真っ暗), there is kil ...
pacific world - Institute of Buddhist Studies
... The biography of Vajrabodhi which will be examined in this paper is the extensive one written by his lay disciple Lü Xiang, probably compiled within two decades of Vajrabodhi’s death and then included in Yuanzhao’s (圓照) Zhenyuan xinding shijiao mulu (貞元新定釋教目錄, Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings Newly E ...
... The biography of Vajrabodhi which will be examined in this paper is the extensive one written by his lay disciple Lü Xiang, probably compiled within two decades of Vajrabodhi’s death and then included in Yuanzhao’s (圓照) Zhenyuan xinding shijiao mulu (貞元新定釋教目錄, Catalogue of Buddhist Teachings Newly E ...
Attitudes Towards Nuns: Nandakovāda Light of its Parallels Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... turn is it to give instructions to the nuns?” The venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha: “Blessed One, the elders have been taking turns in giving instructions to the nuns until Nandaka‖s turn has come, yet Nandaka does not wish to give instructions.” 4. At that time, the Blessed One said to Nandaka: ...
... turn is it to give instructions to the nuns?” The venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha: “Blessed One, the elders have been taking turns in giving instructions to the nuns until Nandaka‖s turn has come, yet Nandaka does not wish to give instructions.” 4. At that time, the Blessed One said to Nandaka: ...
Yoga - MAIMT
... Main articles: Raja Yoga and Yoga Sutras of Patanjali In Indian philosophy, Yoga is the name of one of the six orthodox philosophical schools. The Yoga philosophical system is closely allied with the Samkhya school. The Yoga school as expounded by the sage Patanjali accepts the Samkhya psychology an ...
... Main articles: Raja Yoga and Yoga Sutras of Patanjali In Indian philosophy, Yoga is the name of one of the six orthodox philosophical schools. The Yoga philosophical system is closely allied with the Samkhya school. The Yoga school as expounded by the sage Patanjali accepts the Samkhya psychology an ...
AN INTIMATE DESTRUCTION
... ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATION submitted by Alan Foljambe for the Degree of PhD in Art History and entitled An Intimate Destruction: Tantric Buddhism, Desire, and the Body in Surrealism and Georges Bataille, October 2008. The dissertation addresses the influence of Tantric Buddhism on Surrealism and the w ...
... ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATION submitted by Alan Foljambe for the Degree of PhD in Art History and entitled An Intimate Destruction: Tantric Buddhism, Desire, and the Body in Surrealism and Georges Bataille, October 2008. The dissertation addresses the influence of Tantric Buddhism on Surrealism and the w ...
The History of the Soka Gakkai - Sgi-Usa
... wish—that his mentor be freed from his constricting financial situation and become president of the Soka Gakkai. Within a year, Toda’s financial difficulties were behind him, though he and Ikeda suffered from ongoing health troubles. Ikeda describes the struggles of that period as “the deciding factors ...
... wish—that his mentor be freed from his constricting financial situation and become president of the Soka Gakkai. Within a year, Toda’s financial difficulties were behind him, though he and Ikeda suffered from ongoing health troubles. Ikeda describes the struggles of that period as “the deciding factors ...
Spiritual Independence - Sgi-Usa
... powerful forces within human nature come into play that can work against the original intent of the founder’s teaching. Ultimately, the power, prosperity and survival of the infrastructure can take priority over the very teaching it was supposed to protect and propagate. This can lead to adapting or ...
... powerful forces within human nature come into play that can work against the original intent of the founder’s teaching. Ultimately, the power, prosperity and survival of the infrastructure can take priority over the very teaching it was supposed to protect and propagate. This can lead to adapting or ...
Religion and Agriculture - Institute for International Development
... more universally uncaring than the East is universally spiritual, or poor. This approach elicits some general lessons about our fundamental understanding of self and nature. ...
... more universally uncaring than the East is universally spiritual, or poor. This approach elicits some general lessons about our fundamental understanding of self and nature. ...
Icon - University of Pretoria
... This thesis investigates the nature of gender bias in Tibetan Buddhism and the specific role Western Tibetan Buddhist nuns have played in transforming such prejudice. The afore-mentioned gender bias pertains particularly to the unavailability of full ordination (bhikshuni ordination) for nuns in the ...
... This thesis investigates the nature of gender bias in Tibetan Buddhism and the specific role Western Tibetan Buddhist nuns have played in transforming such prejudice. The afore-mentioned gender bias pertains particularly to the unavailability of full ordination (bhikshuni ordination) for nuns in the ...