The Buddha - World Religions eBooks
... The tradition in India was for a pregnant woman to return to her relatives to give birth, and as the time drew nigh Māyā set out from Kapilavastu, the Śākyan capital, to return home. Her journey was interrupted for the child arrived on the way and was born in a delightful grove at a remote spot call ...
... The tradition in India was for a pregnant woman to return to her relatives to give birth, and as the time drew nigh Māyā set out from Kapilavastu, the Śākyan capital, to return home. Her journey was interrupted for the child arrived on the way and was born in a delightful grove at a remote spot call ...
The Beginnings of Buddhist Art
... friend and sometime secretary, Ng Ah Soon, but I am unable to present it here as there are constant references to plates that I cannot reproduce. However this essay does not have more than one reference to a Plate in the book and can therefore easily stand by itself. I have added illustrations to th ...
... friend and sometime secretary, Ng Ah Soon, but I am unable to present it here as there are constant references to plates that I cannot reproduce. However this essay does not have more than one reference to a Plate in the book and can therefore easily stand by itself. I have added illustrations to th ...
Agon Shu unites Buddhist traditions in Fire Rites
... from India to Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia and Bhutan. Tibetan Buddhism is mainly based on the Tantric Buddhism of latestage Mahayana Buddhism. But Tibetan Buddhism also has elements close to those of early Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism thus has a strong spiritual power not seen in Theravada or Mahayana Budd ...
... from India to Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia and Bhutan. Tibetan Buddhism is mainly based on the Tantric Buddhism of latestage Mahayana Buddhism. But Tibetan Buddhism also has elements close to those of early Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism thus has a strong spiritual power not seen in Theravada or Mahayana Budd ...
Japanese Buddhism, Relativization, and Glocalization
... However, within the field of study on Japanese religions, the issue of globalization still tends to be seen as something self-explanatory, or is at best associated with the missionary activities of some successful new religious movements. Even when a larger array of phenomena is taken into account, ...
... However, within the field of study on Japanese religions, the issue of globalization still tends to be seen as something self-explanatory, or is at best associated with the missionary activities of some successful new religious movements. Even when a larger array of phenomena is taken into account, ...
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... In his later teachings, Mahayana or “Greater Vehicle” teachings, especially in the Lotus and Nirvana sutras, Shakyamuni expounds an entirely new view of self. ...
... In his later teachings, Mahayana or “Greater Vehicle” teachings, especially in the Lotus and Nirvana sutras, Shakyamuni expounds an entirely new view of self. ...
Theravāda Buddhism and John Dewey’s Metaethics Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... things are good in themselves while others are only good or bad depending on whether they lead to those goods. In other words, he rejects the distinction between intrinsic and instrumental goods. Rather, the goodness of an end depends on the means adopted as well as its own role as a means for furth ...
... things are good in themselves while others are only good or bad depending on whether they lead to those goods. In other words, he rejects the distinction between intrinsic and instrumental goods. Rather, the goodness of an end depends on the means adopted as well as its own role as a means for furth ...
The Buddha’s Past Life as a Princess Ekottarika-āgama Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... discourse that reports a past life of the Buddha as a woman. Besides noting indications for the early development and significance of the jātaka genre through comparative study, my main focus is on the gender of the Buddha in his past lives. My survey is restricted to jātakas that are found as disco ...
... discourse that reports a past life of the Buddha as a woman. Besides noting indications for the early development and significance of the jātaka genre through comparative study, my main focus is on the gender of the Buddha in his past lives. My survey is restricted to jātakas that are found as disco ...
Volume 7 – No. 1 - Buddhist Discussion Centre
... In style terms, BDDR reports should not become overly climactic through the formations of "constructed objects", or the Review may lose essential vigour and appeal. A reason such "constructed objects" should be avoided is given by Achaan Naeb, who established a Buddhist Research and Mental Welfare A ...
... In style terms, BDDR reports should not become overly climactic through the formations of "constructed objects", or the Review may lose essential vigour and appeal. A reason such "constructed objects" should be avoided is given by Achaan Naeb, who established a Buddhist Research and Mental Welfare A ...
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... Maháyána Sútras and in the third by a truly enormous number of Tantras. All these writings are anonymous in the sense that their authors are unknown and the claim that they were all spoken by the Buddha Himself involves, as we shall see (ch. 2 sec. 1), a rather elastic conception of the Buddha. At a ...
... Maháyána Sútras and in the third by a truly enormous number of Tantras. All these writings are anonymous in the sense that their authors are unknown and the claim that they were all spoken by the Buddha Himself involves, as we shall see (ch. 2 sec. 1), a rather elastic conception of the Buddha. At a ...
Racial Diversity in Buddhism in the U.S.
... wood-paneled common room to observe the Enlightenment Day of the Buddha, chanting their prayers in Vietnamese, Pali, Chinese, Tibetan, Japanese, and English. All of this is representative in one way or another of the Buddhist tradition in Boston. Today there are more than twenty Buddhist temples and ...
... wood-paneled common room to observe the Enlightenment Day of the Buddha, chanting their prayers in Vietnamese, Pali, Chinese, Tibetan, Japanese, and English. All of this is representative in one way or another of the Buddhist tradition in Boston. Today there are more than twenty Buddhist temples and ...
The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravāda Buddhist
... used in relation to thepenultimate lifeofGotamainTusita(Pali:Tusita) heaven,as wellas hisconceptionand birth.12 In latercanonicaltexts,the bodhisattva ideal is further developed and associatedwithnumerousconcepts.These developments (which includetheconceptofa bodhisattva "into vow)maybe saidto intro ...
... used in relation to thepenultimate lifeofGotamainTusita(Pali:Tusita) heaven,as wellas hisconceptionand birth.12 In latercanonicaltexts,the bodhisattva ideal is further developed and associatedwithnumerousconcepts.These developments (which includetheconceptofa bodhisattva "into vow)maybe saidto intro ...
By Ajahn Jayasaro - Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
... signalled by the complete and utter disappearance of certain toxic mental states from the mind. No regress is possible from such a state. One who reaches the first stage of enlightenment may be sure of reaching the final stage within seven lifetimes at most. He or she has entered the stream leading ...
... signalled by the complete and utter disappearance of certain toxic mental states from the mind. No regress is possible from such a state. One who reaches the first stage of enlightenment may be sure of reaching the final stage within seven lifetimes at most. He or she has entered the stream leading ...
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... dependent on or affected by something else. According to the teaching of dependent origination, all phenomena are conditioned. Everything affects becoming who we truly are: In the Buddhist everything else. This is the most difficult part of the view, wisdom and compassion are intrinsically linked te ...
... dependent on or affected by something else. According to the teaching of dependent origination, all phenomena are conditioned. Everything affects becoming who we truly are: In the Buddhist everything else. This is the most difficult part of the view, wisdom and compassion are intrinsically linked te ...
But you can`t meditate to get these powers. That would be a tanha.
... 1. Describe some of the aims of meditation (4KU) 2. How can meditation help to develop the Buddhist’s understanding of anicca and anatta? (6KU) 3. What is the meaning of the term ‘mindfulness’? (2KU) 4. Describe the two types of Buddhist meditation (Samatha and Vipsanna) Give examples for each. (6K ...
... 1. Describe some of the aims of meditation (4KU) 2. How can meditation help to develop the Buddhist’s understanding of anicca and anatta? (6KU) 3. What is the meaning of the term ‘mindfulness’? (2KU) 4. Describe the two types of Buddhist meditation (Samatha and Vipsanna) Give examples for each. (6K ...
Buddhist Perspectives on Health and Healing
... stage of pure freedom includes not only the process for bringing about the cessation of all sufferings, but also the state of cessation itself. This stage can be obtained by the complete elimination of defilements such as avijjā—being ignorant of the truth, seeing things as self; taṇhā—wanting this ...
... stage of pure freedom includes not only the process for bringing about the cessation of all sufferings, but also the state of cessation itself. This stage can be obtained by the complete elimination of defilements such as avijjā—being ignorant of the truth, seeing things as self; taṇhā—wanting this ...
Development of Thai Buddhism and Challenges to it in 21st Century
... rituals were superimposed on Brahmanical religion. By the time of king’s death, the condition of Buddhism was stable and Sangha was in healthy state. After the death of King Rama I in 1809, his successors’ main religious tasks were to maintain the prosperity and purity of Buddhism and the Sangha, an ...
... rituals were superimposed on Brahmanical religion. By the time of king’s death, the condition of Buddhism was stable and Sangha was in healthy state. After the death of King Rama I in 1809, his successors’ main religious tasks were to maintain the prosperity and purity of Buddhism and the Sangha, an ...
History - Arihant Book
... • The word ‘Veda’ is derived from the Sanskrit word vid., meaning ‘to know’ or knowledge par excellence. The Vedic text are shruti i. e . , directly revealed to the authors by God. Smritis are remembered and collected parts of literature of later period. They are also called samhitas in the sense th ...
... • The word ‘Veda’ is derived from the Sanskrit word vid., meaning ‘to know’ or knowledge par excellence. The Vedic text are shruti i. e . , directly revealed to the authors by God. Smritis are remembered and collected parts of literature of later period. They are also called samhitas in the sense th ...
Buddhist Historiography in Modern Japanese Intellectual - H-Net
... lessly used them, the author’s first figure of inquiry, se and more concerned with promulgating the superiHara Tanzan, is a case in point. Through an invita- ority of Japanese Buddhism over its Asian counterparts. tion by Katō Hiroyuki (1836–1916), Hara, a one-time In doing so, Murakami argued for a ...
... lessly used them, the author’s first figure of inquiry, se and more concerned with promulgating the superiHara Tanzan, is a case in point. Through an invita- ority of Japanese Buddhism over its Asian counterparts. tion by Katō Hiroyuki (1836–1916), Hara, a one-time In doing so, Murakami argued for a ...
Name: Nalandabodhi - Buddhist Chaplains Network
... contemporary students, The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has designed a complete, progressive curriculum providing in-depth training in study, reflection and meditation. A graduate of the Kagyu shedra founded by the Sixteenth Karmapa and a leading scholar of Kagyu educational traditions, Rinpoche, additi ...
... contemporary students, The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has designed a complete, progressive curriculum providing in-depth training in study, reflection and meditation. A graduate of the Kagyu shedra founded by the Sixteenth Karmapa and a leading scholar of Kagyu educational traditions, Rinpoche, additi ...
Nov 2015 - Chung Tian Temple
... Jian-Yong, KMT Honorary Vice-Chairman John Chiang, President of China Buddhist Association Venerable Xue Cheng and many other guests also came to make the event a success. Buddha Light International Association (BLIA) was founded in Los Angeles 25 years ago. At present, more than 70 countries set up ...
... Jian-Yong, KMT Honorary Vice-Chairman John Chiang, President of China Buddhist Association Venerable Xue Cheng and many other guests also came to make the event a success. Buddha Light International Association (BLIA) was founded in Los Angeles 25 years ago. At present, more than 70 countries set up ...
Noble Truths versus Dependent Origination Professor Oliver
... āyūhana (persuit), saññoga (combination), paḷibodha (impediment), samudaya (arising), hetu (cause) and paccaya (condition). These relations are not pointed out in the discourses. Secondly, the Paṭīsambhidāmagga states that, though one factor gives rise to another, both should be understood as paṭicc ...
... āyūhana (persuit), saññoga (combination), paḷibodha (impediment), samudaya (arising), hetu (cause) and paccaya (condition). These relations are not pointed out in the discourses. Secondly, the Paṭīsambhidāmagga states that, though one factor gives rise to another, both should be understood as paṭicc ...