1 Contemporary Buddhism in . . . California In this
... meditation as well as praying to certain deities as an isolated religious form from general Buddhism. However, whether this can be counted as Buddhist or not is up to question. In conclusion, Buddhism in Oregon is very multifaceted with both traditional and modern adaptations. Netherlands The introd ...
... meditation as well as praying to certain deities as an isolated religious form from general Buddhism. However, whether this can be counted as Buddhist or not is up to question. In conclusion, Buddhism in Oregon is very multifaceted with both traditional and modern adaptations. Netherlands The introd ...
Alternative Traditions
... These reviews (and I would have written more of them if I had had more time), together with a much smaller number of reviews of books which, though not dealing with Buddhism, were of interest from a (Western) Buddhist point of view, made their appearance in the quarterly FWBO Newsletter between the ...
... These reviews (and I would have written more of them if I had had more time), together with a much smaller number of reviews of books which, though not dealing with Buddhism, were of interest from a (Western) Buddhist point of view, made their appearance in the quarterly FWBO Newsletter between the ...
THE FOUR ASSEMBLIES AND THERAVA.DA BUDDHISM 104). 1
... reply to her query on how to proceed in this situation, the Buddha is on record for authorizing the giving of ordination to female candidates by bhikkhus on their own, that is, without the collaboration of an order of bhikkhunis (Vin II 257). The Vinaya continues with two more regulations that were ...
... reply to her query on how to proceed in this situation, the Buddha is on record for authorizing the giving of ordination to female candidates by bhikkhus on their own, that is, without the collaboration of an order of bhikkhunis (Vin II 257). The Vinaya continues with two more regulations that were ...
Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Sy
... invading Islamic armies finally destroyed its great monastic academies at the end of the ...
... invading Islamic armies finally destroyed its great monastic academies at the end of the ...
Buddhist Meditation - Sungai Long Buddhist Society
... But, once the meditator gets off the cushion, leaves the zendo, gets into his or her car and go's on the freeway... Anger, hatred, and delusion will rise again. It's the same old story. If only there was a way to permanently get rid of greed, hatred and delusion? To realize perfect balance of mind, ...
... But, once the meditator gets off the cushion, leaves the zendo, gets into his or her car and go's on the freeway... Anger, hatred, and delusion will rise again. It's the same old story. If only there was a way to permanently get rid of greed, hatred and delusion? To realize perfect balance of mind, ...
The Great Perfection of Tibetan Buddhism
... general, as the object of compassion. Tonglen is an advanced technique for developing compassion32. In this technique, while one breathes in, one visualizes all the suffering33 in the world entering one’s body as blackness.34 While when one breathes out, one visualizes all the merit (good deeds and ...
... general, as the object of compassion. Tonglen is an advanced technique for developing compassion32. In this technique, while one breathes in, one visualizes all the suffering33 in the world entering one’s body as blackness.34 While when one breathes out, one visualizes all the merit (good deeds and ...
the noble eightfold path
... all the time because it is so obvious. The Buddha pointed things out which we need to consider. He taught nothing outside of what can be seen and realized within this body, with this mind. The whole path is to be developed through this body and mind. We have all that we need. All we have to do is to ...
... all the time because it is so obvious. The Buddha pointed things out which we need to consider. He taught nothing outside of what can be seen and realized within this body, with this mind. The whole path is to be developed through this body and mind. We have all that we need. All we have to do is to ...
Buddhism and the West
... began to experience some of the benefits of these practices. Their minds became calmer and clearer and they felt happier. This was only to be expected. Meditation can be defined, at least provisionally, as the raising of the level of consciousness by working directly on the mind itself, or, alternat ...
... began to experience some of the benefits of these practices. Their minds became calmer and clearer and they felt happier. This was only to be expected. Meditation can be defined, at least provisionally, as the raising of the level of consciousness by working directly on the mind itself, or, alternat ...
Rev. Dr. David Matsumoto - Buddhist Churches of America
... initiated the discussion of establishing a Buddhist and cultural center for the Japanese immigrants. The first gathering to host a religious event was held at a commercial laundry site owned by a Nikkei (first generation Japanese American). Subsequent gatherings were in residential homes. The presen ...
... initiated the discussion of establishing a Buddhist and cultural center for the Japanese immigrants. The first gathering to host a religious event was held at a commercial laundry site owned by a Nikkei (first generation Japanese American). Subsequent gatherings were in residential homes. The presen ...
āgama and aṅga in the early buddhist oral tradition
... one such reference in the Mahāgopālaka-sutta of the Majjhimanikāya, however, three parallels preserved in Chinese translation also mention such elders. Yet they only qualify them as “learned”, without bringing in the other epithets used in the Mahāgopālakasutta and thus also without a counterpart to ...
... one such reference in the Mahāgopālaka-sutta of the Majjhimanikāya, however, three parallels preserved in Chinese translation also mention such elders. Yet they only qualify them as “learned”, without bringing in the other epithets used in the Mahāgopālakasutta and thus also without a counterpart to ...
Foundations of Buddhism: The Four Noble Truths
... speculative thought had reached a stage of the utmost complexity, in India. There we find the familiar arguments of mysticism versus rationalism, of empiricism, pragmatism, logical positivism, the opposing views of ‘eternalism’ and ‘annihilationism’, and of so many intermediate doctrines that it can ...
... speculative thought had reached a stage of the utmost complexity, in India. There we find the familiar arguments of mysticism versus rationalism, of empiricism, pragmatism, logical positivism, the opposing views of ‘eternalism’ and ‘annihilationism’, and of so many intermediate doctrines that it can ...
Oral Dimensions of Pāli Discourses: Pericopes, other Mnemonic
... at one time",1 followed by noting the whereabouts of the Buddha at the time of the particular event or teaching recorded in the discourse. The opening "I have heard" quite explicitly draws attention to the oral nature of what is to follow.2 According to the traditional account, these words were spok ...
... at one time",1 followed by noting the whereabouts of the Buddha at the time of the particular event or teaching recorded in the discourse. The opening "I have heard" quite explicitly draws attention to the oral nature of what is to follow.2 According to the traditional account, these words were spok ...
去る天平宝字七年（763）十二月二十日、神社の東に井あり
... the temple for a retreat when he had a dream in which a man appeared, saying, “Please read the Buddhist scriptures for me.” When he awake from his sleep, he wondered about the dream. The next day a tiny white monkey appeared and came to him, saying, “Stay at this temple and recite the Hokekyô 法華経, o ...
... the temple for a retreat when he had a dream in which a man appeared, saying, “Please read the Buddhist scriptures for me.” When he awake from his sleep, he wondered about the dream. The next day a tiny white monkey appeared and came to him, saying, “Stay at this temple and recite the Hokekyô 法華経, o ...
Buddhism
... There would be no point in painting this picture of samsara if we did not intend to use it to change our situation, to get out of the round of birth and death. Recognizing the circularity of samsara, the circularity of interdependent origination, is the beginning of liberation. How is this so? As lo ...
... There would be no point in painting this picture of samsara if we did not intend to use it to change our situation, to get out of the round of birth and death. Recognizing the circularity of samsara, the circularity of interdependent origination, is the beginning of liberation. How is this so? As lo ...
Dhamma and Abhidhamma
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
... Even the word abhidhamma rarely occurs in the Pali Canon, and where it does, it occurs only as abhidhamme, a non-technical term simply meaning “in relation to the teaching [Dharma].”1 According to Frauwallner, the Abhidhamma was probably composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE.2 Furthermore, the early B ...
the_sixth_ancestor.pps
... If someone were to ask, I’d say that the Zen practiced and promoted [during Bodhidharma’s time] was the true appearance of Buddha’s teaching. Yet now, at this later time [about 125 years later], the threads of those arguments are no longer spoken of. Now we are in what is called the “Dharma-ending a ...
... If someone were to ask, I’d say that the Zen practiced and promoted [during Bodhidharma’s time] was the true appearance of Buddha’s teaching. Yet now, at this later time [about 125 years later], the threads of those arguments are no longer spoken of. Now we are in what is called the “Dharma-ending a ...
regulations for the degree of
... provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materialist ideologie ...
... provide an insight into the fundamental doctrines of what is generally known as Early Buddhism. It will begin with a description of the religious and philosophical milieu in which Buddhism arose in order to show how the polarization of intellectual thought into spiritualist and materialist ideologie ...
Buddhist Philosophical Traditions
... (BCE). Known as Sākyamuni, the “Sage from the Sākya clan,” he is said to have become awakened (Sanskrit, buddha) at the age of thirty-five and spent the remaining forty-five years of his life teaching others his path to Awakening. Sākyamuni Buddha apparently spent his life in a relatively confine ...
... (BCE). Known as Sākyamuni, the “Sage from the Sākya clan,” he is said to have become awakened (Sanskrit, buddha) at the age of thirty-five and spent the remaining forty-five years of his life teaching others his path to Awakening. Sākyamuni Buddha apparently spent his life in a relatively confine ...
10 Taking of Refuge
... The dangers to which we are exposed are much greater than those of the present life or the risk of a fall into the woeful state in future lives. The real danger is the suffering, existence after existence, of birth, ageing, death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair. Besides this intrinsic ...
... The dangers to which we are exposed are much greater than those of the present life or the risk of a fall into the woeful state in future lives. The real danger is the suffering, existence after existence, of birth, ageing, death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief and despair. Besides this intrinsic ...
Human-Centered Buddhism--One that Accords with Dharma
... Indian Buddhism. As I stated in the preface of my book, The Buddhism of India: I am deeply convinced that during its long period of evolution, Buddhism must have suffered distortions through the torrent of changing conditions. To investigate Buddhism’s original tenets, to understand how it has chang ...
... Indian Buddhism. As I stated in the preface of my book, The Buddhism of India: I am deeply convinced that during its long period of evolution, Buddhism must have suffered distortions through the torrent of changing conditions. To investigate Buddhism’s original tenets, to understand how it has chang ...
Buddhism as a `living tradition`
... and to, our own human experience. Further, not only have I found Buddhism directly applicable to lived experience but it also presents to me both firm roots in its traditional past and relevance to my own contemporary experience. In the ways I have experienced Buddhism, I have found no contradiction ...
... and to, our own human experience. Further, not only have I found Buddhism directly applicable to lived experience but it also presents to me both firm roots in its traditional past and relevance to my own contemporary experience. In the ways I have experienced Buddhism, I have found no contradiction ...
Meaning of Conversion
... to Enlightenment, and to the Sangha, the community or Order of those progressing along that path in the direction of Enlightenment. These three Refuges are also commonly known as the Three Jewels. In many traditional Buddhist cultures, Going for Refuge has become – it has to be said – little more th ...
... to Enlightenment, and to the Sangha, the community or Order of those progressing along that path in the direction of Enlightenment. These three Refuges are also commonly known as the Three Jewels. In many traditional Buddhist cultures, Going for Refuge has become – it has to be said – little more th ...
The Survival of Mahayana Buddhism in Nepal
... Muslim and British invaders. Hence the culture and civilisation of the Newars did not undergo the deep social, religious, political and cultural changes that went along with Muslim and British rule in Northern India. Moreover, Nepal was until the 1950s a closed country, sealed effectively from outsi ...
... Muslim and British invaders. Hence the culture and civilisation of the Newars did not undergo the deep social, religious, political and cultural changes that went along with Muslim and British rule in Northern India. Moreover, Nepal was until the 1950s a closed country, sealed effectively from outsi ...
Mahayana Buddhism and Gross National Happiness in Bhutan
... there is a bodhisattva shown to assist all sentient beings toward obtaining the Ultimate Truth and happiness. In Mahayana Buddhism, who remains in this world works to enlighten all and spread happiness and bliss (Gethin 1998; Keown 2013; Leighton 2012). A bodhisattva is not yet a Buddha and not yet ...
... there is a bodhisattva shown to assist all sentient beings toward obtaining the Ultimate Truth and happiness. In Mahayana Buddhism, who remains in this world works to enlighten all and spread happiness and bliss (Gethin 1998; Keown 2013; Leighton 2012). A bodhisattva is not yet a Buddha and not yet ...
Bodhisattvas of the Forest and the Formation of the Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā-sūtra
... Pāli), which depict numerous historical persons in a pre-Aśokan setting, all we have in the early Mahāyāna sutras is a rather confused record of the authors’ beliefs, aspirations and fears. This situation does not promise much in the way of historical reconstruction and, as Daniel Boucher points out ...
... Pāli), which depict numerous historical persons in a pre-Aśokan setting, all we have in the early Mahāyāna sutras is a rather confused record of the authors’ beliefs, aspirations and fears. This situation does not promise much in the way of historical reconstruction and, as Daniel Boucher points out ...