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... Vehicle”), which referred disparagingly to the other schools as the Hinayana, (the “Lesser Vehicle”). Theravada is the longest surviving school of the non-Mahayana group, and to avoid enduring negative connotations it is now more common to refer to Theravada as “Southern” Buddhism because of its ass ...
... Vehicle”), which referred disparagingly to the other schools as the Hinayana, (the “Lesser Vehicle”). Theravada is the longest surviving school of the non-Mahayana group, and to avoid enduring negative connotations it is now more common to refer to Theravada as “Southern” Buddhism because of its ass ...
The First Saṅgīti and Theravāda Monasticism Bhikkhu Anālayo
... The danger of mistaking the means of moral conduct for being the goal comes up for explicit comment in the Mahāsāropama-sutta and its Ekottarika-āgama parallel. According to both versions, to mistake accomplishment in virtue, sīla, as the goal would be comparable to a person who mistakes the bark or ...
... The danger of mistaking the means of moral conduct for being the goal comes up for explicit comment in the Mahāsāropama-sutta and its Ekottarika-āgama parallel. According to both versions, to mistake accomplishment in virtue, sīla, as the goal would be comparable to a person who mistakes the bark or ...
Vedic Astrology, Karma and Right Understanding
... by Dennis Flaherty Recognizing the consequences of one’s thoughts and actions is the key to understanding Jyotish. The word karma has found usage in nearly all the languages of the world. It is found in English, French and German dictionaries, but the word's mother tongue is Sanskrit, the Sanskrit o ...
... by Dennis Flaherty Recognizing the consequences of one’s thoughts and actions is the key to understanding Jyotish. The word karma has found usage in nearly all the languages of the world. It is found in English, French and German dictionaries, but the word's mother tongue is Sanskrit, the Sanskrit o ...
Issue 1 - Beginner`s Mind Zen Center
... his enlightenment was to teach about the Four Noble Truths. These truths are: that we suffer, that there is a cause of our suffering, that there is relief from our suffering, and there is a path to relieve our suffering. In Zen Buddhism, we tend to talk about the first three of these and might not s ...
... his enlightenment was to teach about the Four Noble Truths. These truths are: that we suffer, that there is a cause of our suffering, that there is relief from our suffering, and there is a path to relieve our suffering. In Zen Buddhism, we tend to talk about the first three of these and might not s ...
Aspects of Early Buddhist Sociological Thought
... Sociological Significance of Sickness....................................................... 47 Functionalist View – Relation to Buddhist Approach..................... 47 Health as the Most Precious Asset........................................................... 48 Introduction of Monasticism & Hea ...
... Sociological Significance of Sickness....................................................... 47 Functionalist View – Relation to Buddhist Approach..................... 47 Health as the Most Precious Asset........................................................... 48 Introduction of Monasticism & Hea ...
November 2002 - Steveston Buddhist Temple
... Although the above are known as the ten realms of existence, it has been said that these realms exist simultaneously within each of us and they are a reflection of our inner self. It was in the realm of the Hungry Ghost which Maudgalyáyana found his mother suffering. Email your question to: rev.ikut ...
... Although the above are known as the ten realms of existence, it has been said that these realms exist simultaneously within each of us and they are a reflection of our inner self. It was in the realm of the Hungry Ghost which Maudgalyáyana found his mother suffering. Email your question to: rev.ikut ...
To Save All Beings: Buddhist Environmental ed. Christopher S. Queen, Activism,
... elaboratedin many ecological contexts. Across this history the range of Buddhistunderstandingsabout nature and human-nature relations has been basedon different teachings,texts, ancl cultural views. These have not been consistentby any means;in flct, some views directry contradict each other. Malcol ...
... elaboratedin many ecological contexts. Across this history the range of Buddhistunderstandingsabout nature and human-nature relations has been basedon different teachings,texts, ancl cultural views. These have not been consistentby any means;in flct, some views directry contradict each other. Malcol ...
Earlier Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... I mentioned above that the early-period authors embrace a compatibilism between Buddhism, determinism, and free will. This does not mean that they commit Barnhart’s fallacy thereby. Rather, they do not think Buddhism is threatened by the Western philosophical problem. It is natural that the first Bu ...
... I mentioned above that the early-period authors embrace a compatibilism between Buddhism, determinism, and free will. This does not mean that they commit Barnhart’s fallacy thereby. Rather, they do not think Buddhism is threatened by the Western philosophical problem. It is natural that the first Bu ...
M1-Buddhism-as-a-Mental-Therapy-Eastern
... to the west mainly through interests in the practice of meditation. The physical, psychological and spiritual benefits of meditation are well documented today. With the advent of recent brain research using new technologies, including the fMRI, there is now clear evidence that changes occur in the b ...
... to the west mainly through interests in the practice of meditation. The physical, psychological and spiritual benefits of meditation are well documented today. With the advent of recent brain research using new technologies, including the fMRI, there is now clear evidence that changes occur in the b ...
Buddhism - A Concise Introduction
... friendship to age like old wine. One proof of its vintage is that they felt comfortable in raising their voices at each other when disputes arose as they invariably must in joint authorship. In every case, however, the differences were resolved in ways that both parties felt led to a better book. Ye ...
... friendship to age like old wine. One proof of its vintage is that they felt comfortable in raising their voices at each other when disputes arose as they invariably must in joint authorship. In every case, however, the differences were resolved in ways that both parties felt led to a better book. Ye ...
Buddhism, Apophasis, Truth - Journal for Cultural and Religious
... parameters of these concepts are understood to be. And as J. Z. Smith points out, these parameters are formulated from the perspective of Western scholarship: “Religion” is not a native term; it is a term created by scholars for their intellectual purposes and therefore is theirs to define. It is a ...
... parameters of these concepts are understood to be. And as J. Z. Smith points out, these parameters are formulated from the perspective of Western scholarship: “Religion” is not a native term; it is a term created by scholars for their intellectual purposes and therefore is theirs to define. It is a ...
Combined abstracts tantric Buddhism complete
... shiliaoxing! tanyu! 南陽和上頓教解厺禪門直了性壇語)?! (Note! that! the! Chinese! sometimes!used!the!single!term!tan!to!refer!to!ordination!platforms,!abhi%eka!altars,! and! ma'(alas,! leading! to! some! confusion.)! Third,! did! Esoteric! teachings,! such! as! those!found!in!the!Sarva-tath"gata-tattva-sa$graha,!co ...
... shiliaoxing! tanyu! 南陽和上頓教解厺禪門直了性壇語)?! (Note! that! the! Chinese! sometimes!used!the!single!term!tan!to!refer!to!ordination!platforms,!abhi%eka!altars,! and! ma'(alas,! leading! to! some! confusion.)! Third,! did! Esoteric! teachings,! such! as! those!found!in!the!Sarva-tath"gata-tattva-sa$graha,!co ...
Monks, Nuns and Lay People-Bhikshus, Bhikshunis, and Upasakas
... G Beesley & the Dechen Community ...
... G Beesley & the Dechen Community ...
Analysis of Feature Curves in Buddhist Statue Faces
... Abstract We propose a quantitative method of studying Buddhist statue faces, employing the logarithmic curvature radius. We select two curves, a lateral aspect curve and an eyebrow curve from Buddhist statue images. The curves are derived from grayscale images, and logarithmic curvature radiuses are ...
... Abstract We propose a quantitative method of studying Buddhist statue faces, employing the logarithmic curvature radius. We select two curves, a lateral aspect curve and an eyebrow curve from Buddhist statue images. The curves are derived from grayscale images, and logarithmic curvature radiuses are ...
Special 20 Anniversary Issue Buddha’s Maritime Nature: A Case Study in
... with the Kagyü doctrine of Mahāmudrā, which holds that the nature of mind and reality is primordially pure, innately clear, and luminous. From Drescher’s perspective all these terms—Buddha-nature, basic goodness, Nothing Missing, Mahāmudrā—are equivalent, and refer to the fundamental nature of all o ...
... with the Kagyü doctrine of Mahāmudrā, which holds that the nature of mind and reality is primordially pure, innately clear, and luminous. From Drescher’s perspective all these terms—Buddha-nature, basic goodness, Nothing Missing, Mahāmudrā—are equivalent, and refer to the fundamental nature of all o ...
The Religion of Falun Gong Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... focuses on narratives of practitioners in field work done in the USA and elsewhere, and so doesn’t explore the textual and ideology so closely. David Palmer, for instance, in Qigong Fever: Body Science and Utopia in China, has meanwhile shown how Falun Gong fits into the craze for qigong that brough ...
... focuses on narratives of practitioners in field work done in the USA and elsewhere, and so doesn’t explore the textual and ideology so closely. David Palmer, for instance, in Qigong Fever: Body Science and Utopia in China, has meanwhile shown how Falun Gong fits into the craze for qigong that brough ...
japan`s modernization and buddhism - Nanzan Institute for Religion
... of the Emperor who was the ruler of the ancient state. There fore, the Restoration government carried out, on the one hand, reforms aimed at the extinction of the feudal order, but made, on the other hand, not a few anachronistic attempts such as the revival of the ceremonies of the ancient state. ...
... of the Emperor who was the ruler of the ancient state. There fore, the Restoration government carried out, on the one hand, reforms aimed at the extinction of the feudal order, but made, on the other hand, not a few anachronistic attempts such as the revival of the ceremonies of the ancient state. ...
Full-text PDF - College of the Holy Cross
... economic and political terms that were also related to gender. Economically, they identified themselves as mothers and wives focused on family welfare, rather than as independent business owners seeking to accumulate capital. Politically, they described themselves as poor women lacking the kinds of ...
... economic and political terms that were also related to gender. Economically, they identified themselves as mothers and wives focused on family welfare, rather than as independent business owners seeking to accumulate capital. Politically, they described themselves as poor women lacking the kinds of ...
The Forerunner of All Things: Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention, and Agency
... because neither Hadot nor Foucault studied ancient Buddhist texts their appearance feels a little forced (and they do not reappear). Happily, Heim moves on to her main theme, discussing past translations of cetanā, and settling on “intention” as “a volitional process that intends, initiates, and dir ...
... because neither Hadot nor Foucault studied ancient Buddhist texts their appearance feels a little forced (and they do not reappear). Happily, Heim moves on to her main theme, discussing past translations of cetanā, and settling on “intention” as “a volitional process that intends, initiates, and dir ...
The Unintended Legacy of Hellenism
... Mahayana (Greater Vehicle) Buddhism emphasized the ideal of the compassionate bodhisattvas, or lesser Buddhas, who act as intermediaries between the Buddha of Grace (Amitabha) and the worshipper, and who chose to forgo nirvana until every other sentient being reached enlightenment.25 While Buddhists ...
... Mahayana (Greater Vehicle) Buddhism emphasized the ideal of the compassionate bodhisattvas, or lesser Buddhas, who act as intermediaries between the Buddha of Grace (Amitabha) and the worshipper, and who chose to forgo nirvana until every other sentient being reached enlightenment.25 While Buddhists ...
Alan Wallace`s Buddhist Teachers
... H. H. the Dalai Lama, from whom he received the five Buddhist lay vows, full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring to and venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission and commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjuna’s treatise The Precious Garland, the oral ...
... H. H. the Dalai Lama, from whom he received the five Buddhist lay vows, full ordination as a Buddhist monk, the Bodhisattva vows of aspiring to and venturing towards enlightenment, the oral transmission and commentary on the Heart of Wisdom Sutra, Nagarjuna’s treatise The Precious Garland, the oral ...
Filial Piety with a Zen Twist: Universalism and Particularism
... For the purpose of this paper, I shall mostly focus on the Sino-Japanese developments, before returning to wider issues. The Sinitic Interpretation References to filial piety in ancient Chinese sources abound, for instance in the Book of Rites, which precedes the introduction of Buddhism into China ...
... For the purpose of this paper, I shall mostly focus on the Sino-Japanese developments, before returning to wider issues. The Sinitic Interpretation References to filial piety in ancient Chinese sources abound, for instance in the Book of Rites, which precedes the introduction of Buddhism into China ...