Shakespeare, Buddha, and King Lear Journal of Buddhist Ethics Melvin Sterne
... the rise of technology and scientific thinking, observes that: We need also to recognize what happens when we rely too much on the external achievements of science. For example, as the influence of religion declines, there is mounting confusion with respect to the problem of how best we are to condu ...
... the rise of technology and scientific thinking, observes that: We need also to recognize what happens when we rely too much on the external achievements of science. For example, as the influence of religion declines, there is mounting confusion with respect to the problem of how best we are to condu ...
PT Sangha - Audio/Visual Catalog
... anxiety: our relationships with others. In this groundbreaking book, Katie helps you question everything you have been taught to do to gain love and approval. In doing this, you discover how to find genuine love and ...
... anxiety: our relationships with others. In this groundbreaking book, Katie helps you question everything you have been taught to do to gain love and approval. In doing this, you discover how to find genuine love and ...
Business and Buddhist Ethics - Center for Ethics of Science and
... This excerpt shows that the essence of the concept of producing benefit according to Buddhism lies in that benefit leading to happiness both for oneself and for others. Benefit is received not only by oneself and not only by others. Thus the Buddhist idea of creating benefit refers to a harmonizing ...
... This excerpt shows that the essence of the concept of producing benefit according to Buddhism lies in that benefit leading to happiness both for oneself and for others. Benefit is received not only by oneself and not only by others. Thus the Buddhist idea of creating benefit refers to a harmonizing ...
File - ICBI
... spiritually competent an individual must be. The Buddha’s rejection of the principle of social worth premised upon skin-colour, marks him out as one of first discernible preachers of an antiracist philosophy. Master Cassandra Tribe examines the real-life implications of applying and following a ‘mid ...
... spiritually competent an individual must be. The Buddha’s rejection of the principle of social worth premised upon skin-colour, marks him out as one of first discernible preachers of an antiracist philosophy. Master Cassandra Tribe examines the real-life implications of applying and following a ‘mid ...
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... Buddhism and Hinduism. In some schools of Indian religions, Nibbaba is considered equivalent to and used interchangeably with other terms such as vimoksha, vimukti, kaivalya, apavarga, mukti, nihsreyasa and nirvana. ► However, terms such as moksha and nirvana differ and mean different states between ...
... Buddhism and Hinduism. In some schools of Indian religions, Nibbaba is considered equivalent to and used interchangeably with other terms such as vimoksha, vimukti, kaivalya, apavarga, mukti, nihsreyasa and nirvana. ► However, terms such as moksha and nirvana differ and mean different states between ...
Chapter One
... Konagamana, the Exalted One, Arahant, Buddha Supreme, arose in the world. It was in this auspicious aeon, brethren, that Kassapa, the Exalted One, Arahant, Buddha Supreme, arose in the world. It is in this auspicious aeon, brethren, that now I, an Arahant, Buddha Supreme, has arisen in the world.1 T ...
... Konagamana, the Exalted One, Arahant, Buddha Supreme, arose in the world. It was in this auspicious aeon, brethren, that Kassapa, the Exalted One, Arahant, Buddha Supreme, arose in the world. It is in this auspicious aeon, brethren, that now I, an Arahant, Buddha Supreme, has arisen in the world.1 T ...
Buddhism From Within.qxd
... a dog or cat does, we are capable of scheming on how to get more and finer tasting food, how to store it for later, how to add to the pleasure with drink and music, and on and on. And, because we are able to engage in this sort of thinking and fantasizing, and because it works—it gets us more and be ...
... a dog or cat does, we are capable of scheming on how to get more and finer tasting food, how to store it for later, how to add to the pleasure with drink and music, and on and on. And, because we are able to engage in this sort of thinking and fantasizing, and because it works—it gets us more and be ...
JIABU, Vol. IX, 2016 - International Association of Buddhist
... Shih, as he researches the holy-men and their involvement with political leadership within texts from Thai history. From the pages of history, towards influential literature and art: the last two papers are on the Sinxay Story, perhaps a Jataka tale from Laos, translated by Peter Whittlesey; and the ...
... Shih, as he researches the holy-men and their involvement with political leadership within texts from Thai history. From the pages of history, towards influential literature and art: the last two papers are on the Sinxay Story, perhaps a Jataka tale from Laos, translated by Peter Whittlesey; and the ...
Bahudhātuka-sutta On Women‖s Inabilities Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Bahudhātuka-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, according to which a woman is incapable of occupying various positions, one of them being that of a Buddha.9 The Bahudhātuka-sutta has several parallels which show some variations in their presentation of these impossibilities. Of particular significance is ...
... Bahudhātuka-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, according to which a woman is incapable of occupying various positions, one of them being that of a Buddha.9 The Bahudhātuka-sutta has several parallels which show some variations in their presentation of these impossibilities. Of particular significance is ...
The Bahudhātuka-sutta and its Parallels On Women`s Inabilities
... Bahudhātuka-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, according to which a woman is incapable of occupying various positions, one of them being that of a Buddha.9 The Bahudhātuka-sutta has several parallels which show some variations in their presentation of these impossibilities. Of particular significance is ...
... Bahudhātuka-sutta of the Majjhima-nikāya, according to which a woman is incapable of occupying various positions, one of them being that of a Buddha.9 The Bahudhātuka-sutta has several parallels which show some variations in their presentation of these impossibilities. Of particular significance is ...
Samsaric existence in Jack Kerouac`s The Dharma Bums and
... on the vagaries of chance. The sense of contingency that hung over the forties, then, was more than the contingency of capitalism - more, that is, than worries about the state of the economy, inflation, the stability of the banks, or the job market. Aside from the economic, two sorts of contingency ...
... on the vagaries of chance. The sense of contingency that hung over the forties, then, was more than the contingency of capitalism - more, that is, than worries about the state of the economy, inflation, the stability of the banks, or the job market. Aside from the economic, two sorts of contingency ...
Buddhism and Music - Fo Guang Shan International Translation
... II. A History of Buddhist Music During the Mauryan dynasty (317－180 BCE) in India, the powerful King Asoka spared no effort to preserve Buddhism and spread its teachings. Many developments in the field of Buddhist music, such as the inclusion of copper gongs, drums, flutes, conch horns, and harps ...
... II. A History of Buddhist Music During the Mauryan dynasty (317－180 BCE) in India, the powerful King Asoka spared no effort to preserve Buddhism and spread its teachings. Many developments in the field of Buddhist music, such as the inclusion of copper gongs, drums, flutes, conch horns, and harps ...
Week 2 Mantras - YoWangdu Tibetan Culture
... Who was the Buddha Shakyamuni? Although there are various Buddhas – such as Maitreya, the Future Buddha, or Amitabha, the Pure Land Buddha – it is the Buddha Shakyamuni that we mean when we say “the Buddha.” Shakyamuni Buddha was, historically, a spiritual master who lived and taught in modern day I ...
... Who was the Buddha Shakyamuni? Although there are various Buddhas – such as Maitreya, the Future Buddha, or Amitabha, the Pure Land Buddha – it is the Buddha Shakyamuni that we mean when we say “the Buddha.” Shakyamuni Buddha was, historically, a spiritual master who lived and taught in modern day I ...
Aggañña Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... common. Stories try to explain things or sell ideas, but do not always solve problems, especially those of sentient pain. Understandably, the Buddha declares that he not only knows the beginning of things, but also what is beyond that, that is, the way out of suffering (and more).3 1.2 THE FOREMOST ...
... common. Stories try to explain things or sell ideas, but do not always solve problems, especially those of sentient pain. Understandably, the Buddha declares that he not only knows the beginning of things, but also what is beyond that, that is, the way out of suffering (and more).3 1.2 THE FOREMOST ...
merit-making by offering the giant paddy heap
... selfcenteredness, compassion to indifference, merit-making to accumulation of wealth, and belief in one’s own kamma to masquerading. ...
... selfcenteredness, compassion to indifference, merit-making to accumulation of wealth, and belief in one’s own kamma to masquerading. ...
(1) Book
... theliterary merits of works of Buddhist content and orientation in Tamil. There also attempts at studying the logic and philosophy as expounded in the Tamil Buddhist texts, especially in the epic Manimekalai. This paper analyses the two great Tamil epics Cilappatikaram and Manimekalai as the primary ...
... theliterary merits of works of Buddhist content and orientation in Tamil. There also attempts at studying the logic and philosophy as expounded in the Tamil Buddhist texts, especially in the epic Manimekalai. This paper analyses the two great Tamil epics Cilappatikaram and Manimekalai as the primary ...
Contributions to the Study of Popular Buddhism: The Newar
... (Wijayaratna 1989), by performing rituals (Gombrich 1971, 201ff; Lewis 1993b) and providing medical service (Zysk 1991). As preservers and transmitters of the Dharma, the samgha's duty was to attract the Buddhist lay community's merit-making donations by being spiritually worthy (Lamotte 1984); comp ...
... (Wijayaratna 1989), by performing rituals (Gombrich 1971, 201ff; Lewis 1993b) and providing medical service (Zysk 1991). As preservers and transmitters of the Dharma, the samgha's duty was to attract the Buddhist lay community's merit-making donations by being spiritually worthy (Lamotte 1984); comp ...
Lay Buddhist Practice - Buddhist Publication Society
... Even where isolated Buddhists are fortunate enough to be near some Buddhist centre, they will still benefit from these Buddhist practices, all of which are based on similar methods used in the East. Bhikkhu Khantipālo Sydney, Australia ...
... Even where isolated Buddhists are fortunate enough to be near some Buddhist centre, they will still benefit from these Buddhist practices, all of which are based on similar methods used in the East. Bhikkhu Khantipālo Sydney, Australia ...
Introduction - Gatwick Airport Chaplaincy
... Nichiren pursued his goal of a Buddhism founded on the one vehicle of the dharma. This is a brief summary, since any comprehensive review would require at least several volumes. We are largely focused on the period leading up to and including the Kamakura shogunate, the time of Nichiren’s mission. Q ...
... Nichiren pursued his goal of a Buddhism founded on the one vehicle of the dharma. This is a brief summary, since any comprehensive review would require at least several volumes. We are largely focused on the period leading up to and including the Kamakura shogunate, the time of Nichiren’s mission. Q ...
dhamma texts - International Meditation Centres
... An extract from the first talk mentioned is given as an addendum to What Buddhism Is. In all these talks, Sayagyi encourages people to make as much effort as possible, without insisting that they go against their own beliefs. The first steps in Buddhist Meditation, as he points out, are compatible w ...
... An extract from the first talk mentioned is given as an addendum to What Buddhism Is. In all these talks, Sayagyi encourages people to make as much effort as possible, without insisting that they go against their own beliefs. The first steps in Buddhist Meditation, as he points out, are compatible w ...
This Talk - Three Wheels Temple
... insight into the religious experiences of those involved in such events or into their way of thinking. As I am principally concerned with the everyday reality of the relationship between Master and disciple, that is, how their interpersonal relationship functioned in their daily lives, I would like ...
... insight into the religious experiences of those involved in such events or into their way of thinking. As I am principally concerned with the everyday reality of the relationship between Master and disciple, that is, how their interpersonal relationship functioned in their daily lives, I would like ...