THE TEACHING METHODS OF BUDDHA
... 1:140 f.; DhA 4:188 f.; Miln 349). Those words spoken by the Buddha on such an occasion are known as “Light Verses” or “Holographic Stanzas” (obhāsa,gāthā, SnA 16, 265). On one occasion, to subdue the pride of the Śākyas, the Buddha projected a jewelled walk (ratanacankamaa) in mid-air and then wal ...
... 1:140 f.; DhA 4:188 f.; Miln 349). Those words spoken by the Buddha on such an occasion are known as “Light Verses” or “Holographic Stanzas” (obhāsa,gāthā, SnA 16, 265). On one occasion, to subdue the pride of the Śākyas, the Buddha projected a jewelled walk (ratanacankamaa) in mid-air and then wal ...
A Comparison of Hindu and Buddhist Techniques of Attaining
... forms of contemplation; Ananda-samadhi, associated with supreme joy - unspeakable bliss. This becomes the object of concentration, and all perception, including that of the subtle aspect, is abandoned. This leads to asmita samadhi: the stage at which the self becomes the sole object of reflection an ...
... forms of contemplation; Ananda-samadhi, associated with supreme joy - unspeakable bliss. This becomes the object of concentration, and all perception, including that of the subtle aspect, is abandoned. This leads to asmita samadhi: the stage at which the self becomes the sole object of reflection an ...
Project information Buddhafabrik
... fruits of more than a decade of construction work, mainly on a voluntary basis, are clearly visible today: the living area on the first floor can accommodate a number of residents. On the ground floor, to the right of the spacious large hall, there are a seminar room and our community café with an a ...
... fruits of more than a decade of construction work, mainly on a voluntary basis, are clearly visible today: the living area on the first floor can accommodate a number of residents. On the ground floor, to the right of the spacious large hall, there are a seminar room and our community café with an a ...
Contentment, Compassion and Wisdom, a Buddhist Perspective
... suffering caused by it. And so, contentment is this virtuous mind, which does not have desire or craving, and we can say that there is the ultimate result and temporary result of contentment. The temporary result would be in this life to have a healthy body and also a happy mind, happy life. If we d ...
... suffering caused by it. And so, contentment is this virtuous mind, which does not have desire or craving, and we can say that there is the ultimate result and temporary result of contentment. The temporary result would be in this life to have a healthy body and also a happy mind, happy life. If we d ...
Redalyc.Japanese Buddhism in the 16th century. Letters of the
... well as with the converted Anjirô and his servants. They travelled the long and dangerous way from Malacca to Japan in a Chinese ship and reached Kagoshima, Anjirô’s hometown, on August 15, 1549. The news of the arrival of several foreigners spread immediately and a lot of people came to see them. I ...
... well as with the converted Anjirô and his servants. They travelled the long and dangerous way from Malacca to Japan in a Chinese ship and reached Kagoshima, Anjirô’s hometown, on August 15, 1549. The news of the arrival of several foreigners spread immediately and a lot of people came to see them. I ...
What is Buddhism?
... all forms of visible light is the same phenomenon with varying wavelengths. The distinction between one color and the next is completely arbitrary and exists only in the minds of those who use a language with those specific color names. Not all languages divide up that spectrum in the same way. Can ...
... all forms of visible light is the same phenomenon with varying wavelengths. The distinction between one color and the next is completely arbitrary and exists only in the minds of those who use a language with those specific color names. Not all languages divide up that spectrum in the same way. Can ...
goto-jones_zombie mindfulness manifesto
... this diagnosis is that modern citizens have their authentic freedom compromised by being too attached to thinking itself: they spend too much of their time “lost in thought,” ruminating about the past and the future, worrying, dreaming, riddled with anxieties about thi ...
... this diagnosis is that modern citizens have their authentic freedom compromised by being too attached to thinking itself: they spend too much of their time “lost in thought,” ruminating about the past and the future, worrying, dreaming, riddled with anxieties about thi ...
A Buddhist Life In America, 1998
... My arrival in New York in 1963 coincided with escalation of the war in Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement. During this time, I worked for Alan Lomax, an anthropologist-folklorist who was studying song and movement style cross culturally. Lomax's politics were to the "left" and many of his friends ...
... My arrival in New York in 1963 coincided with escalation of the war in Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement. During this time, I worked for Alan Lomax, an anthropologist-folklorist who was studying song and movement style cross culturally. Lomax's politics were to the "left" and many of his friends ...
Hur, Nam-lin - Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
... emptiness from the daily lives of the populace, as well as to its indiscriminate association with the vulgar desires of the populace. It seems contradictory, but Han Yong’un believed that Korean Buddhism had gone in two opposite directions: Buddhist spiritual pursuits were separated from the daily l ...
... emptiness from the daily lives of the populace, as well as to its indiscriminate association with the vulgar desires of the populace. It seems contradictory, but Han Yong’un believed that Korean Buddhism had gone in two opposite directions: Buddhist spiritual pursuits were separated from the daily l ...
UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA LAWRENCE THE REH
... outcomes, and therefore ‘social justice’ as equal treatment in the social sphere (in this world, in contrast to how equalities promised for an after-life are to be considered). We therefore investigate Buddhist attitudes towards, and practices concerning, fairness of treatment, equality and inequali ...
... outcomes, and therefore ‘social justice’ as equal treatment in the social sphere (in this world, in contrast to how equalities promised for an after-life are to be considered). We therefore investigate Buddhist attitudes towards, and practices concerning, fairness of treatment, equality and inequali ...
Buddhism Across AsiA
... significant changes it brought about in societies throughout most of the Asian continent. The period between the first and the seventh centuries of the Common Era was crucial in this respect, not only because various forms of the doctrine started penetrating key regions of Asia, but also because som ...
... significant changes it brought about in societies throughout most of the Asian continent. The period between the first and the seventh centuries of the Common Era was crucial in this respect, not only because various forms of the doctrine started penetrating key regions of Asia, but also because som ...
Zazen or Not Zazen?
... mode or inquiry into the nature o f things” (Sh arf 1995b, p. 111)，Zen was able to ...
... mode or inquiry into the nature o f things” (Sh arf 1995b, p. 111)，Zen was able to ...
this PDF file - Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist
... claiming that we can know nothing about him for sure because he wrote nothing down. But what did Jesus or Mohammed write? Yet no one in their senses has claimed that they did not live and teach, or that we cannot know their ideas. Of course, we cannot know all the ideas or the whole truth, in any se ...
... claiming that we can know nothing about him for sure because he wrote nothing down. But what did Jesus or Mohammed write? Yet no one in their senses has claimed that they did not live and teach, or that we cannot know their ideas. Of course, we cannot know all the ideas or the whole truth, in any se ...
Religions of China
... behavior and respect for family and ancestors. They also absorbed Daoist views of nature because the Chinese could accept diverse ideas. As a result, many Chinese followed Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian beliefs at the same time. Confucianism and Daoism were concerned with ethics and living in har ...
... behavior and respect for family and ancestors. They also absorbed Daoist views of nature because the Chinese could accept diverse ideas. As a result, many Chinese followed Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian beliefs at the same time. Confucianism and Daoism were concerned with ethics and living in har ...
Buddhism and the race question - UNESDOC
... 01 Lhc core 01 doctrine that is common to both, in spilc of thc apparent differences in some of the outward trappings and the symbolic mylhology of the different schools. To take just one point-and an important point-in illustration, the central doctrine of the Four Truths,for instance,is common to ...
... 01 Lhc core 01 doctrine that is common to both, in spilc of thc apparent differences in some of the outward trappings and the symbolic mylhology of the different schools. To take just one point-and an important point-in illustration, the central doctrine of the Four Truths,for instance,is common to ...
Mysteries of the World According to Buddhism
... that you do make money, you can also actively participate in various charities for the public welfare. Then, not only will you gain economic benefits, you also acquire clear social benefits. For this reason, I hope that when premised on reasonable and lawful conditions, you will participate in chari ...
... that you do make money, you can also actively participate in various charities for the public welfare. Then, not only will you gain economic benefits, you also acquire clear social benefits. For this reason, I hope that when premised on reasonable and lawful conditions, you will participate in chari ...
The Buddha and The Cross: The Development of
... Countless other examples of these kinds of religious minority/majority relationships and development patterns exist not only in Ireland's history, but in the history of every country and society. In the last century, as Buddhism has begun to plant its seeds in Ireland's religiously fertile (yet sti ...
... Countless other examples of these kinds of religious minority/majority relationships and development patterns exist not only in Ireland's history, but in the history of every country and society. In the last century, as Buddhism has begun to plant its seeds in Ireland's religiously fertile (yet sti ...
Dharma Essays
... distinguish the views as logical in contrast to mystical. I reflected in myself that while many people may not easily experience nonduality, they can understand the logical basis of Emptiness and through reflection become aware of its contemporary meaning and importance for our lives. The Empti ...
... distinguish the views as logical in contrast to mystical. I reflected in myself that while many people may not easily experience nonduality, they can understand the logical basis of Emptiness and through reflection become aware of its contemporary meaning and importance for our lives. The Empti ...
A Concept of Rights in Buddhism
... actually contains two superimposed systems. Before going into the various problems, I would like to begin by dividing the Buddhist system of morality into two different systems. Once this point has been clarified, the way to creating a Buddhist social philosophy will be clearer, and in the process w ...
... actually contains two superimposed systems. Before going into the various problems, I would like to begin by dividing the Buddhist system of morality into two different systems. Once this point has been clarified, the way to creating a Buddhist social philosophy will be clearer, and in the process w ...
Two Buddhisms Further Considered
... Japan and America, sociologist Tetsuden Kashima writes: ‘In Japan, the temples in the community are viewed predominantly as religious organizations; in America, the [Buddhist Mission of North America temples] served as a place not only for religious solace, but also for social gatherings that preser ...
... Japan and America, sociologist Tetsuden Kashima writes: ‘In Japan, the temples in the community are viewed predominantly as religious organizations; in America, the [Buddhist Mission of North America temples] served as a place not only for religious solace, but also for social gatherings that preser ...
The Role of a Monk in Myanmar Society
... The first inhabitants of Myanmar belonged probably to Austro-Asiatic group but they have left no pursuable traces. They were replaced by Tibeto-Burman tribes, who came from eastern Tibet in the beginning of the Christian era. The oldest of them known by name were the Pyu, the Kanran, the Arakanese a ...
... The first inhabitants of Myanmar belonged probably to Austro-Asiatic group but they have left no pursuable traces. They were replaced by Tibeto-Burman tribes, who came from eastern Tibet in the beginning of the Christian era. The oldest of them known by name were the Pyu, the Kanran, the Arakanese a ...
SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST
... Having become a bhikkhunã through the acceptance of the eight garudhammas, Mahàpajàpatã Gotamã then approached the Buddha with the following question: "Venerable sir, how should I proceed in relation to those Sàkyan women?"6 She was asking about the proper course to be taken in relation to her follo ...
... Having become a bhikkhunã through the acceptance of the eight garudhammas, Mahàpajàpatã Gotamã then approached the Buddha with the following question: "Venerable sir, how should I proceed in relation to those Sàkyan women?"6 She was asking about the proper course to be taken in relation to her follo ...