The Path of Joy - The Buddhist Library
... expansive, immeasurable, free from hostility, free nature of the activity that forms the habit. from ill will.' That's how you should train yourselves.’ Generally, a habit has three characteristics. However, though long and arduous, the Buddhist spiritual goal of enlightenment is humanly Firstly, we ...
... expansive, immeasurable, free from hostility, free nature of the activity that forms the habit. from ill will.' That's how you should train yourselves.’ Generally, a habit has three characteristics. However, though long and arduous, the Buddhist spiritual goal of enlightenment is humanly Firstly, we ...
Karma/Kamma: Teachings on Action and its Consequences
... Length Discourses. It emphasizes that actions have consequences. What we do with our body, speech and mind directly effects what we experience. The ability to follow the path of practice is contingent on this idea, i.e., how we act affects how we move along a path of liberation. What happens to us i ...
... Length Discourses. It emphasizes that actions have consequences. What we do with our body, speech and mind directly effects what we experience. The ability to follow the path of practice is contingent on this idea, i.e., how we act affects how we move along a path of liberation. What happens to us i ...
Buddhism, Animism, and Entertainment in Cambodian Melismatic
... style is discussed in relation between measurements and the musical concepts of informants. Here both, the pure tone Western and the equal Cambodian tuning exist side-byside even within one piece. The melodies and melismas of smot are fixed and therefore little improvisation is normally done which i ...
... style is discussed in relation between measurements and the musical concepts of informants. Here both, the pure tone Western and the equal Cambodian tuning exist side-byside even within one piece. The melodies and melismas of smot are fixed and therefore little improvisation is normally done which i ...
Introduction
... Yet in drawing water from a stream one seeks its source, and scenting a fragrance one traces its origin.11 The Ta chih tu lun says, “I [the Buddha] practiced without a teacher.”12 A sðtra says, “I [Š„kyamuni] received the prophecy [of attaining Buddhahood without a teacher] from D‡pa½kara.”13 The An ...
... Yet in drawing water from a stream one seeks its source, and scenting a fragrance one traces its origin.11 The Ta chih tu lun says, “I [the Buddha] practiced without a teacher.”12 A sðtra says, “I [Š„kyamuni] received the prophecy [of attaining Buddhahood without a teacher] from D‡pa½kara.”13 The An ...
Self-Cultivation
... Based on the three questions of what the client has received, given, and the difficulties caused for others, Naikan therapy provides a foundation for reflecting on relationships with others. In each case, the clinician and the client search for a more realistic view of conduct and of the give-and-ta ...
... Based on the three questions of what the client has received, given, and the difficulties caused for others, Naikan therapy provides a foundation for reflecting on relationships with others. In each case, the clinician and the client search for a more realistic view of conduct and of the give-and-ta ...
Influences of Previous Psychedelic Drug
... influences and inspires me. I recall that I have seen/felt/tasted the god-like perfection shining in otherwise ordinary human beings, knowing that at some higher level this is always there; we just don't see it. This is my model for knowing that it is possible to experience perfection in the teacher ...
... influences and inspires me. I recall that I have seen/felt/tasted the god-like perfection shining in otherwise ordinary human beings, knowing that at some higher level this is always there; we just don't see it. This is my model for knowing that it is possible to experience perfection in the teacher ...
Managers in making—The Zen management way
... seminars are conducted on how to be successful. Organizations spend huge amounts of time, money, efforts and energy in becoming successful, and making their teams successful. 1.2 What exactly is success? And how does one really become successful? The parameters for success are vary from person to pe ...
... seminars are conducted on how to be successful. Organizations spend huge amounts of time, money, efforts and energy in becoming successful, and making their teams successful. 1.2 What exactly is success? And how does one really become successful? The parameters for success are vary from person to pe ...
Buddhism In Thailand
... the arranging of flowers in a vase, by wise and holy disciples after the Master’s passing away. We learn from historical facts that shortly after the Buddha’s passing away there was what could be called a bad omen for those who were well-wishers of Buddhism. The tears of his mourners had not yet dr ...
... the arranging of flowers in a vase, by wise and holy disciples after the Master’s passing away. We learn from historical facts that shortly after the Buddha’s passing away there was what could be called a bad omen for those who were well-wishers of Buddhism. The tears of his mourners had not yet dr ...
Dhamma Studies – Level 1 Essay Example
... proverb “Virtue will have a good effect on one to the end of old age” (Silam yava jaru sadhu). In result, one will become more content and happy as expressed in the Buddhist proverb “Virtue will bring happiness to one to the end of old age” (Sukham yava jara silam). The precepts can be taken one by ...
... proverb “Virtue will have a good effect on one to the end of old age” (Silam yava jaru sadhu). In result, one will become more content and happy as expressed in the Buddhist proverb “Virtue will bring happiness to one to the end of old age” (Sukham yava jara silam). The precepts can be taken one by ...
Is Buddhism the low fertility religion of Asia?
... through enlightenment or attaining Nirvana, a liberating state of mind, with no further rebirths (Hosaka and Nagayasu 1993; Gombrich 2006). Note, however, that some see procreation as necessary for those who still have some bad karma to be reincarnated and reduce this debt in their next rebirth (Fau ...
... through enlightenment or attaining Nirvana, a liberating state of mind, with no further rebirths (Hosaka and Nagayasu 1993; Gombrich 2006). Note, however, that some see procreation as necessary for those who still have some bad karma to be reincarnated and reduce this debt in their next rebirth (Fau ...
The Possibility of Buddhist Virtue: A Christian Response
... Foundational questions of worldviews are always weighty, so it is hard to overestimate the importance of engaging the foundations of a religion, especially a religion as influential as Buddhism. While it has been shown that the discussion in this thesis will be relevant for more than just a few, it ...
... Foundational questions of worldviews are always weighty, so it is hard to overestimate the importance of engaging the foundations of a religion, especially a religion as influential as Buddhism. While it has been shown that the discussion in this thesis will be relevant for more than just a few, it ...
ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 5 1998:120143 Publication date: 1 May 1998
... societies? In the West, does the popular image of the Ôwithdrawn BuddhistÕ also apply, a Buddhist who supposedly does not take any direct action in the world so as not to get involved with suffering? The Image of Buddhist Withdrawal From the World The image of the withdrawn Buddhist stems from Max W ...
... societies? In the West, does the popular image of the Ôwithdrawn BuddhistÕ also apply, a Buddhist who supposedly does not take any direct action in the world so as not to get involved with suffering? The Image of Buddhist Withdrawal From the World The image of the withdrawn Buddhist stems from Max W ...
The Therīgāthā - Buddhist Publication Society
... overshadow the feminine origins of its contents. However, it needs to be repeated that the fact that the endeavours in question were those of women, though admittedly of mainly secondary importance to a purely religious estimation of the text, is nevertheless of great significance to a gender sensit ...
... overshadow the feminine origins of its contents. However, it needs to be repeated that the fact that the endeavours in question were those of women, though admittedly of mainly secondary importance to a purely religious estimation of the text, is nevertheless of great significance to a gender sensit ...
The Sati Journal - Sati Center for Buddhist Studies
... of great service to many Buddhists and students, scholars and friends of Buddhism.” After a forty-year career in the Department of Comparative Studies in Religion at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Rita Gross has been recognized by Khandro Rinpoche as a Dharma teacher (lobön) in the Vajrayān ...
... of great service to many Buddhists and students, scholars and friends of Buddhism.” After a forty-year career in the Department of Comparative Studies in Religion at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Rita Gross has been recognized by Khandro Rinpoche as a Dharma teacher (lobön) in the Vajrayān ...
Comments on the History of Research on Buddhism among Tamils
... pre-Pallava Tamilakam was a bastion of Vedic religion against Caiṉam and Buddhism but he was correct to consider the latter two religions as weak and marginalized. His analysis of social and political conflict as being caused mainly at a religious level was a progressive step which was taken up by o ...
... pre-Pallava Tamilakam was a bastion of Vedic religion against Caiṉam and Buddhism but he was correct to consider the latter two religions as weak and marginalized. His analysis of social and political conflict as being caused mainly at a religious level was a progressive step which was taken up by o ...
eForth and Zen
... maybe Forth will shine again. Zen as an Oral Tradition Buddhism was founded by Gautama Siddhartha, a religious philosopher and teacher who lived in India (~560-480 B.C. ) He was called Buddha which means the enlightened one. He attracted a large following. His teaching in essence was that one could ...
... maybe Forth will shine again. Zen as an Oral Tradition Buddhism was founded by Gautama Siddhartha, a religious philosopher and teacher who lived in India (~560-480 B.C. ) He was called Buddha which means the enlightened one. He attracted a large following. His teaching in essence was that one could ...
The Bhikkhunī-ordination controversy in Thailand
... ever, he denied that he had conducted the ordination. The highest clerical administrative body in Thailand, the Mahatherasamakhom, accused Narin of wanting to destroy Buddhism. The Mahatherasamakhom further called on the two sisters to cast off their robes. Finally, this controversy resulted in a le ...
... ever, he denied that he had conducted the ordination. The highest clerical administrative body in Thailand, the Mahatherasamakhom, accused Narin of wanting to destroy Buddhism. The Mahatherasamakhom further called on the two sisters to cast off their robes. Finally, this controversy resulted in a le ...
carrying Buddhism
... flowing and individual characteristics while the piece-mold method produces more angular and heavy characteristics, and indeed these are found when comparing a Gandharan image with one from China. Strahan elaborates these differences in her two articles. She then continues in her study to demonstrat ...
... flowing and individual characteristics while the piece-mold method produces more angular and heavy characteristics, and indeed these are found when comparing a Gandharan image with one from China. Strahan elaborates these differences in her two articles. She then continues in her study to demonstrat ...
Buddhism and Modernity in Korea
... a pioneer in expanding the audience of Buddhism beyond the Buddhist clergy. He contended that reaching out to the public was the very way to realize the original teaching of Śākyamuni Buddha and developed his idea into a movement called Tae’gakkyo undong (the Great Enlightenment Movement). The conce ...
... a pioneer in expanding the audience of Buddhism beyond the Buddhist clergy. He contended that reaching out to the public was the very way to realize the original teaching of Śākyamuni Buddha and developed his idea into a movement called Tae’gakkyo undong (the Great Enlightenment Movement). The conce ...
Signs and symbols - Ealing Grid for Learning
... Signs of belonging Amrit Sanskar: Young Sikhs may be formally initiated into the khalsa ages 14-16. A special solution of sugar and water, known as Amrit, is prepared in an iron bowl while the five Banis (special prayers) are recited by five Sikhs in the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib (a reminder ...
... Signs of belonging Amrit Sanskar: Young Sikhs may be formally initiated into the khalsa ages 14-16. A special solution of sugar and water, known as Amrit, is prepared in an iron bowl while the five Banis (special prayers) are recited by five Sikhs in the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib (a reminder ...
Buddhism: The Awakening of Wisdom and Compassion
... helps others to reach enlightenment after achieving his or her own. Bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism have attained this level. Third is "Perfect Complete Enlightenment,” a state in which one reaches perfection in both enlightenment for self as well as helping others to reach enlightenment. This is ...
... helps others to reach enlightenment after achieving his or her own. Bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism have attained this level. Third is "Perfect Complete Enlightenment,” a state in which one reaches perfection in both enlightenment for self as well as helping others to reach enlightenment. This is ...
Lecture 4 - Lipilekha
... • They are still the most revered leaders in Indian History – All four are worshipped as gods. – Why did their appearance happened around such a small time frame of 400 years of each other in the long 10000 years of Indian History? ...
... • They are still the most revered leaders in Indian History – All four are worshipped as gods. – Why did their appearance happened around such a small time frame of 400 years of each other in the long 10000 years of Indian History? ...
