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... The oldest Theravāda tradition, as contained, for example, in the Mahapadana Suttanta6, gives details of the six Buddha-s prior to Gautama. This discourse is attributed to the Buddha himself, who gives the time, caste, family, length of life, etc. of these predecessors of his. In the Buddhavamsa, a ...
... The oldest Theravāda tradition, as contained, for example, in the Mahapadana Suttanta6, gives details of the six Buddha-s prior to Gautama. This discourse is attributed to the Buddha himself, who gives the time, caste, family, length of life, etc. of these predecessors of his. In the Buddhavamsa, a ...
Introduction to Zen Reading List
... Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation (teachings of Dogen) – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Shobogenzo Zuimonki: Sayings of Eihei Dogen ...
... Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Enlightenment Unfolds: The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Dogen – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation (teachings of Dogen) – Kazuaki Tanahashi, etc. Shobogenzo Zuimonki: Sayings of Eihei Dogen ...
Teachings in Chinese Buddhism
... “class love” was revealed a cruel hatred. There is also the view that a man’s spirit comes from God and that this spirit is united to flesh and thus becomes man. According to Christian doctrine, a human being can only be saved if he is born again. This implies that the great majority of people are w ...
... “class love” was revealed a cruel hatred. There is also the view that a man’s spirit comes from God and that this spirit is united to flesh and thus becomes man. According to Christian doctrine, a human being can only be saved if he is born again. This implies that the great majority of people are w ...
Selected Translation of Miao-Yun Part One and Two
... “class love” was revealed a cruel hatred. There is also the view that a man’s spirit comes from God and that this spirit is united to flesh and thus becomes man. According to Christian doctrine, a human being can only be saved if he is born again. This implies that the great majority of people are w ...
... “class love” was revealed a cruel hatred. There is also the view that a man’s spirit comes from God and that this spirit is united to flesh and thus becomes man. According to Christian doctrine, a human being can only be saved if he is born again. This implies that the great majority of people are w ...
Lay Buddhist Practice - Buddhist Publication Society
... the feet of the Buddha is also mentioned many times in the Suttas. Lay people are free to show their reverence in any suitable way and people of those times were recorded in the Suttas as expressing their reverence variously: “So the Kālāmas of Kesaputta approached the Lord. Having approached him, s ...
... the feet of the Buddha is also mentioned many times in the Suttas. Lay people are free to show their reverence in any suitable way and people of those times were recorded in the Suttas as expressing their reverence variously: “So the Kālāmas of Kesaputta approached the Lord. Having approached him, s ...
BUDDHISM
... form of Buddhism. In China on July 22, 1999, the PRC authorities outlawed the Falun Gong cult, which incorporates Tai Chi with Buddhist meditation and practices. Popular even among Communists government officials, this Buddhist cult claims over 160 million adherents. Currently Falun Gong is adminis ...
... form of Buddhism. In China on July 22, 1999, the PRC authorities outlawed the Falun Gong cult, which incorporates Tai Chi with Buddhist meditation and practices. Popular even among Communists government officials, this Buddhist cult claims over 160 million adherents. Currently Falun Gong is adminis ...
Filial Piety in Early Buddhism Journal of Buddhist Ethics Guang Xing
... In the following discussion, I will mainly use the Pāli sources as my evidence with the support of Chinese Āgamas in order to avoid the possible accusation that the latter may have been influenced by the Chinese emphasis of filial piety so that the translators may have adjusted their translations ...
... In the following discussion, I will mainly use the Pāli sources as my evidence with the support of Chinese Āgamas in order to avoid the possible accusation that the latter may have been influenced by the Chinese emphasis of filial piety so that the translators may have adjusted their translations ...
2012, Autumn - Bodhi Path Buddhist Centers
... training and practice on his own, and he did so by engaging in extensive meditation practice. According to historic accounts, Siddhartha attained full enlightenment at the age of 35, and spent the next 45 years of his life sharing what he had discovered with anyone who asked. He became known as the ...
... training and practice on his own, and he did so by engaging in extensive meditation practice. According to historic accounts, Siddhartha attained full enlightenment at the age of 35, and spent the next 45 years of his life sharing what he had discovered with anyone who asked. He became known as the ...
maitreya
... have left behind lustful desires and who teach others the leaving behind of lustful [desires]; who themselves have left behind anger and hatred and who teach others the leaving behind of anger [and hatred]; who themselves have left behind stupidity and ignorance and who teach others the leaving behi ...
... have left behind lustful desires and who teach others the leaving behind of lustful [desires]; who themselves have left behind anger and hatred and who teach others the leaving behind of anger [and hatred]; who themselves have left behind stupidity and ignorance and who teach others the leaving behi ...
Aggañña Sutta - The Dharmafarers
... also what is beyond that, that is, the way out of suffering (and more).3 1.2 THE FOREMOST KNOWLEDGE. The Aggañña Sutta gives in detail what this “higher” knowledge or “the foremost knowledge” (aggañña) is, inclusive of the “beginning of things.” However, it is clear that the Aggaa narrative is Bud ...
... also what is beyond that, that is, the way out of suffering (and more).3 1.2 THE FOREMOST KNOWLEDGE. The Aggañña Sutta gives in detail what this “higher” knowledge or “the foremost knowledge” (aggañña) is, inclusive of the “beginning of things.” However, it is clear that the Aggaa narrative is Bud ...
SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUDDHIST
... present context two modes of reading Vinaya are of particular importance. One is what I would call a legal reading, the other is a historical-critical reading. A legal reading attempts to understand legal implications, a historical-critical reading attempts to reconstruct history through comparative ...
... present context two modes of reading Vinaya are of particular importance. One is what I would call a legal reading, the other is a historical-critical reading. A legal reading attempts to understand legal implications, a historical-critical reading attempts to reconstruct history through comparative ...
BLIAQ Newsletter - Chung Tian Temple
... In the Main Hall of Tathagata Building of Foguangshan, Venerable Master Hsing Yun had heartfelt exchanges with devotees from Hong Kong, Kinmen, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung and overseas, explaining the origin of ‘Devotees Pilgrim Meeting’. It started 77 years ago on this day (Lunar 1st of Feb ...
... In the Main Hall of Tathagata Building of Foguangshan, Venerable Master Hsing Yun had heartfelt exchanges with devotees from Hong Kong, Kinmen, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung and overseas, explaining the origin of ‘Devotees Pilgrim Meeting’. It started 77 years ago on this day (Lunar 1st of Feb ...
shentong madhyamaka and via negativa
... subordination. Let me briefly explain, for these issues play an important role in this study. Jesus threatened patriarchy far more than Buddha Shakyamuni did. Judging by the sutras, Gautama was a sexist who had to be persuaded by his favorite disciple to allow the ordination of women as nuns. He onl ...
... subordination. Let me briefly explain, for these issues play an important role in this study. Jesus threatened patriarchy far more than Buddha Shakyamuni did. Judging by the sutras, Gautama was a sexist who had to be persuaded by his favorite disciple to allow the ordination of women as nuns. He onl ...
"Be a light unto yourself" said Buddha to his disciples who had
... state. Eventually a small sliver of doubt occurs. Have we really made it? At first we are able to smooth over the question, but eventually the doubt begins to occur more and more frequently and soon we begin to struggle to regain our supreme confidence. As soon as we begin to struggle, we fall back ...
... state. Eventually a small sliver of doubt occurs. Have we really made it? At first we are able to smooth over the question, but eventually the doubt begins to occur more and more frequently and soon we begin to struggle to regain our supreme confidence. As soon as we begin to struggle, we fall back ...
521. Snodgrass, Judith
... book The Soul of Man (1890). He founded The Open Court, a weekly journal, with the intention of propagating these ideas. As the masthead of the journal tells us, it was “Devoted to the Work of Conciliating Religion and Science.” This project was his life’s work. In 1890 he founded a second journal, ...
... book The Soul of Man (1890). He founded The Open Court, a weekly journal, with the intention of propagating these ideas. As the masthead of the journal tells us, it was “Devoted to the Work of Conciliating Religion and Science.” This project was his life’s work. In 1890 he founded a second journal, ...
faith and renunciation
... point is very important: what is meant by sense-pleasure? The Suttas list six sense-doors, including the mind. Every door can be either affected by kāma or contemplated through paññā.16 In the first case, sense-experience is contaminated by attachment, whilst wise contemplation protects the sensedoo ...
... point is very important: what is meant by sense-pleasure? The Suttas list six sense-doors, including the mind. Every door can be either affected by kāma or contemplated through paññā.16 In the first case, sense-experience is contaminated by attachment, whilst wise contemplation protects the sensedoo ...
Mysteries of the World According to Buddhism
... “benevolence and love,” Buddhism advocates “compassion,” and Taoism speaks about “accumulating virtues.” Although each religion expresses this idea differently, they all believe in the concept of saving life, serving the community, and taking care of the welfare of the people. However, in the 21st c ...
... “benevolence and love,” Buddhism advocates “compassion,” and Taoism speaks about “accumulating virtues.” Although each religion expresses this idea differently, they all believe in the concept of saving life, serving the community, and taking care of the welfare of the people. However, in the 21st c ...
Lecture 100: Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa Page 1 Lecture
... followers. And this fact is surely suggestive. It suggests that the whole practice of the worship of the relics of great men was not so much a part of the Buddha's own teaching, of course, not so much a part of Buddhism proper, as a sort of popular ethnic practice which continued and was still popul ...
... followers. And this fact is surely suggestive. It suggests that the whole practice of the worship of the relics of great men was not so much a part of the Buddha's own teaching, of course, not so much a part of Buddhism proper, as a sort of popular ethnic practice which continued and was still popul ...
Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution
... with expensive retreats and initiations catering to over-stressed converts eager to pursue their own enlightenment? Let’s hope not, because Buddhism and the West need each other. Despite its economic and technological dynamism,Western civilization and its globalization are in trouble—which means all ...
... with expensive retreats and initiations catering to over-stressed converts eager to pursue their own enlightenment? Let’s hope not, because Buddhism and the West need each other. Despite its economic and technological dynamism,Western civilization and its globalization are in trouble—which means all ...
Signs and symbols - Ealing Grid for Learning
... 3) Look at the use of familiar metaphors to describe the nature of God, e.g. God or Goddess as a father or mother, God as all-merciful. Tell the class the story of Yashoda looking into Krishna’s mouth (see background information) as an example of metaphor used to point out that side of God that is d ...
... 3) Look at the use of familiar metaphors to describe the nature of God, e.g. God or Goddess as a father or mother, God as all-merciful. Tell the class the story of Yashoda looking into Krishna’s mouth (see background information) as an example of metaphor used to point out that side of God that is d ...
The Eight Precepts with Right Livelihood as the
... Society’s 2002 List of Issues as “…one of the most influential Pali texts, this compendium of Buddhist doctrine and metaphysics is the most important book written by Buddhaghosa. It provides a systematic exposition of Buddhist teaching and is also a detailed manual for meditation.” Bhadantacariya Bu ...
... Society’s 2002 List of Issues as “…one of the most influential Pali texts, this compendium of Buddhist doctrine and metaphysics is the most important book written by Buddhaghosa. It provides a systematic exposition of Buddhist teaching and is also a detailed manual for meditation.” Bhadantacariya Bu ...
talk in the shade of the bo tree
... Thailand, as a Theravada Buddhist country, has been a field of Christian endeavor for several centuries - of Roman Catholics since the mid-seventeenth century and for Protestants since the early nineteenth. One of the most pleasant and prosperous countries of Asia, Thailand has been largely free of ...
... Thailand, as a Theravada Buddhist country, has been a field of Christian endeavor for several centuries - of Roman Catholics since the mid-seventeenth century and for Protestants since the early nineteenth. One of the most pleasant and prosperous countries of Asia, Thailand has been largely free of ...
Journey to Mindfulness: The Autobiography of Bhante G.
... By relying on the Buddha’s teachings, I have learned slowly to withdraw from conflict rather than charging into it or, worse still, going looking for it. That, too, has made life immeasurably more peaceful. With the help of the Buddha’s teachings and the practice of mindfulness, the greatest change ...
... By relying on the Buddha’s teachings, I have learned slowly to withdraw from conflict rather than charging into it or, worse still, going looking for it. That, too, has made life immeasurably more peaceful. With the help of the Buddha’s teachings and the practice of mindfulness, the greatest change ...
THE LOTUS SŪTRA AND ITS `BODIES`: PHYSICAL BODIES
... scholars find themselves, poses a host of problems. While we cannot hope to resolve these issues here, we should at least explicitly note a few of them. The first concerns language. The Lotus is a Buddhist text and, simply put, while Buddhism does not have an official sacred language (unlike, say, J ...
... scholars find themselves, poses a host of problems. While we cannot hope to resolve these issues here, we should at least explicitly note a few of them. The first concerns language. The Lotus is a Buddhist text and, simply put, while Buddhism does not have an official sacred language (unlike, say, J ...