The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology
... of environmental determinism. On the contrary, it points to a f requently over looked but highly significant social as well as environmental relationship be tween the food resources of an ancient society and great new developments in its cultural life . The rice plant had an inherent capacity to p ...
... of environmental determinism. On the contrary, it points to a f requently over looked but highly significant social as well as environmental relationship be tween the food resources of an ancient society and great new developments in its cultural life . The rice plant had an inherent capacity to p ...
buddhism and science
... certain amount of time. This false impression is only a conventional truth. In reality, each being is not a substance, but an aggregate of material shape, feelings, perceptions, habitual tendencies and consciousness. These five aggregates (Pali khandhas, Sanskrit skandhas) exist only for a moment, a ...
... certain amount of time. This false impression is only a conventional truth. In reality, each being is not a substance, but an aggregate of material shape, feelings, perceptions, habitual tendencies and consciousness. These five aggregates (Pali khandhas, Sanskrit skandhas) exist only for a moment, a ...
The Taste of Freedom
... were regarded as `lay followers'. In traditional terms, a Buddhist movement without monks or nuns hardly counted for anything; yet, here we were, practising meditation, immersing ourselves in the suttas and sutras, offering classes, building centres, establishing a viable economic base, creating an ...
... were regarded as `lay followers'. In traditional terms, a Buddhist movement without monks or nuns hardly counted for anything; yet, here we were, practising meditation, immersing ourselves in the suttas and sutras, offering classes, building centres, establishing a viable economic base, creating an ...
Buddhism (World Religions)
... pproximately 370 million people in the world today are practicing Buddhists, making Buddhism the fourth largest of the world’s religions. However, Buddhism has an influence even greater than the number of its adherents would indicate. From the time that Siddhartha Gautama—known as the Buddha—first p ...
... pproximately 370 million people in the world today are practicing Buddhists, making Buddhism the fourth largest of the world’s religions. However, Buddhism has an influence even greater than the number of its adherents would indicate. From the time that Siddhartha Gautama—known as the Buddha—first p ...
9 On `Refrain from All Evil Whatsoever`
... training with. That is, we try not to set karmic consequences into motion or not to stir things up. There is a time when karmic consequences are what cause us to do the training and practice. Once the true face of our karma has been made clear to us, then we understand what ‘refraining’ really means ...
... training with. That is, we try not to set karmic consequences into motion or not to stir things up. There is a time when karmic consequences are what cause us to do the training and practice. Once the true face of our karma has been made clear to us, then we understand what ‘refraining’ really means ...
BuddhistPractice13
... conditioned by human mind, it necessarily ceases. It is the nature of all caused and conditioned phenomena. It is indeed difficult, but not impossible. Furthermore, the more people work together, the more an effective result can be obtained. This is also the nature of the causally conditioned world. ...
... conditioned by human mind, it necessarily ceases. It is the nature of all caused and conditioned phenomena. It is indeed difficult, but not impossible. Furthermore, the more people work together, the more an effective result can be obtained. This is also the nature of the causally conditioned world. ...
Week One: The story of the Historical Buddha and its symbolic
... we are is not fixed but in process – we are becoming who we are, such that the decision and actions of this moment are the conditions for what we will become in the next moment. Moment follows moment in our lives each dependent on what has gone before, in a dependently-arisen process. The ego is no ...
... we are is not fixed but in process – we are becoming who we are, such that the decision and actions of this moment are the conditions for what we will become in the next moment. Moment follows moment in our lives each dependent on what has gone before, in a dependently-arisen process. The ego is no ...
The Dhammapada
... whom it is addressed, as well as from the diversity of needs that may co-exist even in a single individual. To make sense of the various utterances found in the Dhammapada, we will suggest a schematism of four levels to be used for ascertaining the intention behind any particular verse found in the ...
... whom it is addressed, as well as from the diversity of needs that may co-exist even in a single individual. To make sense of the various utterances found in the Dhammapada, we will suggest a schematism of four levels to be used for ascertaining the intention behind any particular verse found in the ...
Growth of Buddhism in America
... least heard of Zen Buddhism. In 1959 when the 14th Dalai Lama fled the Chinese occupation of Tibet along with about 100,000 other Tibetans, this brought a flood of Tibetan teachers to the West. For the last 18 years, studies indicate that all denominations of the Buddhist religion have experienced a ...
... least heard of Zen Buddhism. In 1959 when the 14th Dalai Lama fled the Chinese occupation of Tibet along with about 100,000 other Tibetans, this brought a flood of Tibetan teachers to the West. For the last 18 years, studies indicate that all denominations of the Buddhist religion have experienced a ...
Re-Imagining the Buddha
... their own natural environments: the psyches of the individuals in which they appear and the cultures in which those psyches have developed. Broken and debased images cannot easily be exchanged for images from alien cultures, however genuine, powerful, and effective they may be in their own contexts. ...
... their own natural environments: the psyches of the individuals in which they appear and the cultures in which those psyches have developed. Broken and debased images cannot easily be exchanged for images from alien cultures, however genuine, powerful, and effective they may be in their own contexts. ...
Nnanavamsa1 and P. Krishnasamy2
... not know the way cannot achieve the goal what he wants. Therefore, the person who knows guideline how it can reach can achieve the goal what he wants without difficultly. There are so many ways to achieve the goal in the all religions. In Buddhism, Buddha pointed out goal; Nirvana, or the end of suf ...
... not know the way cannot achieve the goal what he wants. Therefore, the person who knows guideline how it can reach can achieve the goal what he wants without difficultly. There are so many ways to achieve the goal in the all religions. In Buddhism, Buddha pointed out goal; Nirvana, or the end of suf ...
A Buddhist`s Reflections on Religious Conversion
... or elsewhere, no physical body is mine, nor is it me, nor is it my self. Once it is established that the body is not the locus of personal identity, the Buddha then applies the same formula to physical and psychological sensations, to cognitive processes, to personality factors and to all modes of a ...
... or elsewhere, no physical body is mine, nor is it me, nor is it my self. Once it is established that the body is not the locus of personal identity, the Buddha then applies the same formula to physical and psychological sensations, to cognitive processes, to personality factors and to all modes of a ...
PDF - World Wide Journals
... indicated the life and fecundity. The Buddhists Worshipped the Stūpa through to serve the sixteen items to the God i.e. śhoḍaṣopachāras. ...
... indicated the life and fecundity. The Buddhists Worshipped the Stūpa through to serve the sixteen items to the God i.e. śhoḍaṣopachāras. ...
Document
... Adibuddha (S): The original Buddha, eternal with no beginning and with no end. In Mahayana Buddhism, the idea evolved, probably inspired by the monotheism of Islam, that ultimately there is only one absolute power that creates itself. He is infinite, self-created and originally revealed himself in t ...
... Adibuddha (S): The original Buddha, eternal with no beginning and with no end. In Mahayana Buddhism, the idea evolved, probably inspired by the monotheism of Islam, that ultimately there is only one absolute power that creates itself. He is infinite, self-created and originally revealed himself in t ...
To Understand Buddha`s Teaching
... and attachments, our fixations to certain ideas or objects, we will regain our lost Buddhahood; our original perfect enlightened state, our self-nature Buddha. Possessing great wisdom and enlightenment enables us to truly know all that exists and all that is infinite. This includes matters and objec ...
... and attachments, our fixations to certain ideas or objects, we will regain our lost Buddhahood; our original perfect enlightened state, our self-nature Buddha. Possessing great wisdom and enlightenment enables us to truly know all that exists and all that is infinite. This includes matters and objec ...
The Pursuit of Perfection - Fisher Digital Publications
... each other, but at the same time ties them together. Buddhism was born out of Hinduism and contains many of the same aspects, but where they differ most comes through how each religion defines dharma. Dharma can be applied to almost any religion in some way, most in similar forms, but how it is repr ...
... each other, but at the same time ties them together. Buddhism was born out of Hinduism and contains many of the same aspects, but where they differ most comes through how each religion defines dharma. Dharma can be applied to almost any religion in some way, most in similar forms, but how it is repr ...
06_PP_Urban Development_1000
... It contains texts from many strands of earlier tradition. The earliest Mahayana texts were composed in a 'Middle Indo-Āryan' language which was Sanskritised during the Gupta era when Sanskrit became the official language of the Indian court. Most of the Mahayana sutra texts are composed in what ...
... It contains texts from many strands of earlier tradition. The earliest Mahayana texts were composed in a 'Middle Indo-Āryan' language which was Sanskritised during the Gupta era when Sanskrit became the official language of the Indian court. Most of the Mahayana sutra texts are composed in what ...
Foundations of Buddhism The Four Noble Truths
... extension that the psychological sciences are now turning. There is an increasing recognition of the truth that the world of external phenomena is only a part—and by no means the most important part—of man's total experience. What goes on within ourselves, in our psychological responses and motivati ...
... extension that the psychological sciences are now turning. There is an increasing recognition of the truth that the world of external phenomena is only a part—and by no means the most important part—of man's total experience. What goes on within ourselves, in our psychological responses and motivati ...
Zen is not Buddhism - Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
... What, you might ask, does this debate have to to do with the contemporary study of religion and our understanding of Buddhism in Japan? Just this: we are in the midst of a very provocative "rethinking" of Japanese Buddhism by some prominent Buddhist scholars and thinkers who claim that Ch'an/Zen, th ...
... What, you might ask, does this debate have to to do with the contemporary study of religion and our understanding of Buddhism in Japan? Just this: we are in the midst of a very provocative "rethinking" of Japanese Buddhism by some prominent Buddhist scholars and thinkers who claim that Ch'an/Zen, th ...
Mahāpajāpatī’s Going Forth in the Madhyama-āgama Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... to take a position on the original language of the Madhyama-āgama or on Pāli terminology being in principle preferable. In the notes to my translation, I focus on differences between the three discourse versions, as an attempt to cover the differences among all versions would go beyond the bounds of ...
... to take a position on the original language of the Madhyama-āgama or on Pāli terminology being in principle preferable. In the notes to my translation, I focus on differences between the three discourse versions, as an attempt to cover the differences among all versions would go beyond the bounds of ...
Lesson 14 – The Four Sublime Abodes
... Loss and gain, success and failure, praise and blame, pain and happiness are the eight vicissitudes of worldly conditions that affect all humanity. In such a fast moving and materialistic working environment, we are subjected to unjust criticism and abuses. Most people are perturbed when affected by ...
... Loss and gain, success and failure, praise and blame, pain and happiness are the eight vicissitudes of worldly conditions that affect all humanity. In such a fast moving and materialistic working environment, we are subjected to unjust criticism and abuses. Most people are perturbed when affected by ...
ONE
... itself at some unspecified time into a number of sects, of which usually eighteen are counted. Most of these sects had their own Canon. Nearly all of them are lost to us, either because they were never written down, or because the depredations of time have destroyed the written record. Only those ar ...
... itself at some unspecified time into a number of sects, of which usually eighteen are counted. Most of these sects had their own Canon. Nearly all of them are lost to us, either because they were never written down, or because the depredations of time have destroyed the written record. Only those ar ...
Buddhism and Addictions
... location, but includes relationships (sGampopa, 1986, p. 100) or any activity which is engaged in to try to escape dukkha, of which some are likely to be more false or unreliable than others. In particular addictive behavior may be considered a false refuge as it is at best only partially successful ...
... location, but includes relationships (sGampopa, 1986, p. 100) or any activity which is engaged in to try to escape dukkha, of which some are likely to be more false or unreliable than others. In particular addictive behavior may be considered a false refuge as it is at best only partially successful ...
Introduction to Buddhism in America Today
... ways to cultivate and appreciate joy is to live a virtuous life. The third way the Buddha talked about the precepts was as qualities of a person’s character. The Buddha described someone who was spiritually well developed as endowed with the five virtues. The Buddha said that once you reach a certai ...
... ways to cultivate and appreciate joy is to live a virtuous life. The third way the Buddha talked about the precepts was as qualities of a person’s character. The Buddha described someone who was spiritually well developed as endowed with the five virtues. The Buddha said that once you reach a certai ...
June - Kona Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
... over again, and you will be filled with joy.” Today, the Buddha in my mind tells me that I must love not only those who hate me but all people every moment. I must do this anonymously, humbly, and without hoping that I’ll be loved back by them. The Buddha ignored India’s ancient Brahmanic caste syst ...
... over again, and you will be filled with joy.” Today, the Buddha in my mind tells me that I must love not only those who hate me but all people every moment. I must do this anonymously, humbly, and without hoping that I’ll be loved back by them. The Buddha ignored India’s ancient Brahmanic caste syst ...