a study on the i-pu-tsung-lun-lun
... The Arhats answered, “It is impossible, but if it is as you say, you can stand by a little and presently get the condition of ‘past learning’. Then you can enter the assembly; at present your presence is not possible.”26[26] Vasumitra, “I care for the condition of ‘past learning’ as little as for a ...
... The Arhats answered, “It is impossible, but if it is as you say, you can stand by a little and presently get the condition of ‘past learning’. Then you can enter the assembly; at present your presence is not possible.”26[26] Vasumitra, “I care for the condition of ‘past learning’ as little as for a ...
buddhism - SGI Canada
... is a fully awakened state of vast wisdom through which reality in all its complexity can be fully understood and enjoyed. A human being who is fully awakened to the fundamental truth about life is called a Buddha. However, many schools of Buddhism have taught that enlightenment is only accessible af ...
... is a fully awakened state of vast wisdom through which reality in all its complexity can be fully understood and enjoyed. A human being who is fully awakened to the fundamental truth about life is called a Buddha. However, many schools of Buddhism have taught that enlightenment is only accessible af ...
The Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra
... rank, royalty‟. I think „lucid‟ would be a good choice in this case. It is the comparative so it means „more śrī’. Putting all this together we find that sarvakarmasu ca me cittaṃ śreyaḥ kuru hūṃ means „and in all actions make my mind more lucid!‟ 12 In Sthiramati’s version (and in most others) hūṃ ...
... rank, royalty‟. I think „lucid‟ would be a good choice in this case. It is the comparative so it means „more śrī’. Putting all this together we find that sarvakarmasu ca me cittaṃ śreyaḥ kuru hūṃ means „and in all actions make my mind more lucid!‟ 12 In Sthiramati’s version (and in most others) hūṃ ...
PDF Preview - Wisdom Publications
... The official state religion of Bhutan, Drukpa Kagyu Buddhism, traces its heritage back to the northern Indian town of Bodhgaya, where Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha around 500 b.c. After discovering a middle path between asceticism and sensory gratification, Siddhartha overcame numerous inner ...
... The official state religion of Bhutan, Drukpa Kagyu Buddhism, traces its heritage back to the northern Indian town of Bodhgaya, where Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha around 500 b.c. After discovering a middle path between asceticism and sensory gratification, Siddhartha overcame numerous inner ...
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 ...
as PDF - MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities.
... Luang, is replaced by Indra, a Buddhist deity. So in this legend, it is Indra who gives the command to the Nagas. This then reflects creation and the making sacred of the Mekong River through a Buddhist deity, Indra. This same story of the fight between the two Nagas which ends with one Naga receivi ...
... Luang, is replaced by Indra, a Buddhist deity. So in this legend, it is Indra who gives the command to the Nagas. This then reflects creation and the making sacred of the Mekong River through a Buddhist deity, Indra. This same story of the fight between the two Nagas which ends with one Naga receivi ...
M.A. Mahayana Buddhist Studies
... 6. R.C. Majumdar, (ed) – The Classical Age, (Bombay 1971) Vol. III. 7. E.J. Thomas – Life of Buddha as Legend and History (London, 1969) 8. P.V. Bapat – 2500 years of Buddhism (New Delhi 1987) 9. S.N. Dube – Cross Currents in Early Buddhism (Delhi 1980) 10. N. Dutt – Early Monastic Buddhism (Calcutt ...
... 6. R.C. Majumdar, (ed) – The Classical Age, (Bombay 1971) Vol. III. 7. E.J. Thomas – Life of Buddha as Legend and History (London, 1969) 8. P.V. Bapat – 2500 years of Buddhism (New Delhi 1987) 9. S.N. Dube – Cross Currents in Early Buddhism (Delhi 1980) 10. N. Dutt – Early Monastic Buddhism (Calcutt ...
Noh Sotoba Komachi
... (Komachi on the Stupa) This play features Ono no Komachi, one of the six great poets of the early Heian Period, also famous for her beauty and her many suitors whose infatuation she allegedly mocked. In the Edo Period, her name became synonymous with a “beautiful woman,” in particular used with regi ...
... (Komachi on the Stupa) This play features Ono no Komachi, one of the six great poets of the early Heian Period, also famous for her beauty and her many suitors whose infatuation she allegedly mocked. In the Edo Period, her name became synonymous with a “beautiful woman,” in particular used with regi ...
An Interpersonal Exploration of Zen Buddhism
... equality and non-theistic authority. At this time, Buddhist monks were intellectuals who had a broad knowledge of Buddha’s life and his teachings. In Vietnam in particular, Buddhism has had a great impact on culture. Buddhist thought in Vietnam is primarily the result of an amalgamation of intercult ...
... equality and non-theistic authority. At this time, Buddhist monks were intellectuals who had a broad knowledge of Buddha’s life and his teachings. In Vietnam in particular, Buddhism has had a great impact on culture. Buddhist thought in Vietnam is primarily the result of an amalgamation of intercult ...
A comparative analysis of causality in Buddhism and African
... idea that every event has a cause seems to be as old as man. The idea of causality thus appears to be transhistorical, transcultural and transdiciplinary. It is simply a universal concept. This does not mean that every culture or forms of knowledge or systems of thought or disciplines have the same ...
... idea that every event has a cause seems to be as old as man. The idea of causality thus appears to be transhistorical, transcultural and transdiciplinary. It is simply a universal concept. This does not mean that every culture or forms of knowledge or systems of thought or disciplines have the same ...
Investigation Report on Buddhist Ceremony Music in
... systems for different Buddhist ceremonies, the carrier of Buddhism activities. In the respect of function, the Buddhist ceremonies in modern temples can be divided by cultivation, salvation, and celebration and memorial. 1.1 Ceremony of Cultivation In India, when the primitive Buddhism came into bei ...
... systems for different Buddhist ceremonies, the carrier of Buddhism activities. In the respect of function, the Buddhist ceremonies in modern temples can be divided by cultivation, salvation, and celebration and memorial. 1.1 Ceremony of Cultivation In India, when the primitive Buddhism came into bei ...
UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA LAWRENCE THE REH
... worldwide. “Over the past century, the number of Catholics around the globe has more than tripled, from an estimated 291 million in 1910 to nearly 1.1 billion as of 2010, according to a comprehensive demographic study by the Pew Research Center.”1 Today Buddhism is found in Sri Lankan, Burma, Thaila ...
... worldwide. “Over the past century, the number of Catholics around the globe has more than tripled, from an estimated 291 million in 1910 to nearly 1.1 billion as of 2010, according to a comprehensive demographic study by the Pew Research Center.”1 Today Buddhism is found in Sri Lankan, Burma, Thaila ...
Canonical Jātaka Tales in Comparative Perspective
... tendency of turning popular tales into jātakas had the result that at times rather worldly narrations became 'Buddhist' even though they may have had little in common with Buddhist thought, "so konnte jede noch so weltliche, dem buddhistischen Ideenkreise noch so ferne stehende Geschichte zu einer ' ...
... tendency of turning popular tales into jātakas had the result that at times rather worldly narrations became 'Buddhist' even though they may have had little in common with Buddhist thought, "so konnte jede noch so weltliche, dem buddhistischen Ideenkreise noch so ferne stehende Geschichte zu einer ' ...
Original `Toro Nagashi` in America Reverend Kakei Nakagawa
... which surpassed the brightness of the sun, we human beings entered into A NEW ERA. We human beings, Homo sapiens, through the ages have been living our short lives foreboding death as individuals up to 100 years. But since “that” day we gained a foreboding of the biological death of an entire specie ...
... which surpassed the brightness of the sun, we human beings entered into A NEW ERA. We human beings, Homo sapiens, through the ages have been living our short lives foreboding death as individuals up to 100 years. But since “that” day we gained a foreboding of the biological death of an entire specie ...
wheel of dharma - Buddhist Churches of America
... When we’re little, one of the first things we’re told to do is “make friends” We’re told to be nice, be fair, be honest and be kind But what we’re not taught is how to leave these friends behind We’re not taught how to leave these people that we’ve grown so close to over the years And we’re certainl ...
... When we’re little, one of the first things we’re told to do is “make friends” We’re told to be nice, be fair, be honest and be kind But what we’re not taught is how to leave these friends behind We’re not taught how to leave these people that we’ve grown so close to over the years And we’re certainl ...
Racial Diversity in Buddhism in the U.S.
... end of the hour, they will rise at the bell and walk quietly down the stairs to gather in the carpeted basement meditation room for a "dharma talk" on some aspect of the teachings of the Buddha. In Revere, in the modest second-floor apartment of a family of Buddhist immigrants from Cambodia, a young ...
... end of the hour, they will rise at the bell and walk quietly down the stairs to gather in the carpeted basement meditation room for a "dharma talk" on some aspect of the teachings of the Buddha. In Revere, in the modest second-floor apartment of a family of Buddhist immigrants from Cambodia, a young ...
Buddhism in Noh
... Esoteric Buddhism was everywhere in Heian and Kamakura Japan. A monk in a Noh play may say he is from Mt. KGya, but this does not necessarily make him more of an esoteric practitioner than if he came from elsewhere. Esotericism flavors Noh so thoroughly that few specific instances of its presence st ...
... Esoteric Buddhism was everywhere in Heian and Kamakura Japan. A monk in a Noh play may say he is from Mt. KGya, but this does not necessarily make him more of an esoteric practitioner than if he came from elsewhere. Esotericism flavors Noh so thoroughly that few specific instances of its presence st ...
European Buddhist Traditions Laurence Cox, National University of
... If in absolute terms there is more European production of written material on Buddhism than ever before, the volume was already high in the later nineteenth century (Franklin 2008). The relationship between publication and practice is not linear, and the last 50 years have seen a strong shift from a ...
... If in absolute terms there is more European production of written material on Buddhism than ever before, the volume was already high in the later nineteenth century (Franklin 2008). The relationship between publication and practice is not linear, and the last 50 years have seen a strong shift from a ...
THE IMPACT OF THE BUDDHIST DOCTRINE OF KARMA ON THE
... The universe is the expression of law. All effects have causes, and man’s soul or character is the sum total of his previous thoughts and acts. Karma, meaning action-reaction, governs all existence, and man is the sole creator of his circumstances and his reaction to them, his future condition, and ...
... The universe is the expression of law. All effects have causes, and man’s soul or character is the sum total of his previous thoughts and acts. Karma, meaning action-reaction, governs all existence, and man is the sole creator of his circumstances and his reaction to them, his future condition, and ...
Robert F. RHODES - NCC Center for the Study of Japanese
... Hua-yen s¨tra (according to the colophon, the s¨tra itself was copied in 513) allegedly from Tun-huang in the possession of the Mitsui Bunko 三井文庫. The vow reads in part, “(I pray that) my late parents will be born in the Realm of Heavenly Life in the Western Direction and constantly hear the right D ...
... Hua-yen s¨tra (according to the colophon, the s¨tra itself was copied in 513) allegedly from Tun-huang in the possession of the Mitsui Bunko 三井文庫. The vow reads in part, “(I pray that) my late parents will be born in the Realm of Heavenly Life in the Western Direction and constantly hear the right D ...
Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Path to Buddhahood
... The beginning, middle and end of the Mahāyāna path is Enlightenment Consciousness. The Mahāyāna path begins with the awakening of Enlightenment Consciousness, is sustained by the cultivation of the two aspect of conventional Enlightenment Consciousness5 and achieves its objective with the attainmen ...
... The beginning, middle and end of the Mahāyāna path is Enlightenment Consciousness. The Mahāyāna path begins with the awakening of Enlightenment Consciousness, is sustained by the cultivation of the two aspect of conventional Enlightenment Consciousness5 and achieves its objective with the attainmen ...
The_Buddha
... Master today teaches that if you and your mother both live good lives, then the two of you will find each other, even if it is on the other side of the world. Never mind the past mothers you had, say six-hundred years ago, because this particular monk only had precious feelings for his most recent m ...
... Master today teaches that if you and your mother both live good lives, then the two of you will find each other, even if it is on the other side of the world. Never mind the past mothers you had, say six-hundred years ago, because this particular monk only had precious feelings for his most recent m ...
Fundamentals of Buddhism
... Experience in Buddhism is comprised of two components — the objective component and the subjective component. In other words, the things around us and we the perceivers. Buddhism is noted for its analytical method in the area of philosophy and psychology. What we mean by this is that the Buddha ana ...
... Experience in Buddhism is comprised of two components — the objective component and the subjective component. In other words, the things around us and we the perceivers. Buddhism is noted for its analytical method in the area of philosophy and psychology. What we mean by this is that the Buddha ana ...
SFU Forschungsbulletin
... practice with its roots in Indian religion (particularly in early [Pali] Buddhism). Considering discussions about this topic in class, as well as the increasing quantitative research on questions of enlightenment, I introduce a qualitative psychological anthropological instrument, the Enlightenment ...
... practice with its roots in Indian religion (particularly in early [Pali] Buddhism). Considering discussions about this topic in class, as well as the increasing quantitative research on questions of enlightenment, I introduce a qualitative psychological anthropological instrument, the Enlightenment ...
Healing Power of Mindfulness Meditation
... “The bhikkhu, friend, who is an arahant, one whose taints are destroyed, who has lived the holy life, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, reached his own goal, utterly destroyed the fetters of existence, one completely liberated through final knowledge, usually dwells with a mind well es ...
... “The bhikkhu, friend, who is an arahant, one whose taints are destroyed, who has lived the holy life, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, reached his own goal, utterly destroyed the fetters of existence, one completely liberated through final knowledge, usually dwells with a mind well es ...