Borobudur - AlamAsia.net
... After a long journey as an ascetic hermit with years of contemplation and meditation, Siddhartha (also known as Shakyamuni) realized complete awakening and insight into the nature and cause of human suffering along with steps necessary to eliminate it. This was categorized into: Four Noble Truths Th ...
... After a long journey as an ascetic hermit with years of contemplation and meditation, Siddhartha (also known as Shakyamuni) realized complete awakening and insight into the nature and cause of human suffering along with steps necessary to eliminate it. This was categorized into: Four Noble Truths Th ...
Vedic Astrology, Karma and Right Understanding
... called predictive astrology. There are specific houses of the astrological chart that deal with karma. For example, the 5th house of the Vedic chart deals with poorvapunya, or the positive karmas of previous births. The 12th house deals with vyayas, or expenditure and loss, the negative karmas of pr ...
... called predictive astrology. There are specific houses of the astrological chart that deal with karma. For example, the 5th house of the Vedic chart deals with poorvapunya, or the positive karmas of previous births. The 12th house deals with vyayas, or expenditure and loss, the negative karmas of pr ...
Around 2500 years ago, a man lived who became a great teacher
... The Buddhist belief in reincarnation is not found in the twelve step programs, but the Buddhist way of dealing with the cycle of birth and death takes place in this life time, which is where the twelve step programs also apply their efforts. The Mahayana belief in a higher power makes it closer to t ...
... The Buddhist belief in reincarnation is not found in the twelve step programs, but the Buddhist way of dealing with the cycle of birth and death takes place in this life time, which is where the twelve step programs also apply their efforts. The Mahayana belief in a higher power makes it closer to t ...
Karma and Rebirth
... These are often subconscious and we act on them automatically, so we are trapped in a cycle of habitual action. If we become aware of them we can instead choose how to act and so we can improve our conditioning for the future. In traditional Buddhism, karma is seen in the context of rebirth, the tra ...
... These are often subconscious and we act on them automatically, so we are trapped in a cycle of habitual action. If we become aware of them we can instead choose how to act and so we can improve our conditioning for the future. In traditional Buddhism, karma is seen in the context of rebirth, the tra ...
Shobogenzo Nehanmyoshin (The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
... Nirvana is a Sanskrit word which generally means “the state in which the flame (of desires) has been blown out.” This is a condition where all anguish and suffering have been quieted. This is Shakyamuni Buddha’s state of mind when he attained true awakening and was liberated from all suffering. “Mar ...
... Nirvana is a Sanskrit word which generally means “the state in which the flame (of desires) has been blown out.” This is a condition where all anguish and suffering have been quieted. This is Shakyamuni Buddha’s state of mind when he attained true awakening and was liberated from all suffering. “Mar ...
the significance of pagoda
... Buddhas or of saints, but also to make the sacred spots at which some important events connected with the religion had taken place, e.g. the spot at which the Buddha delivered his first sermon or where he sat in meditation. Stupas of this class may conveniently be referred as memorials. It is believ ...
... Buddhas or of saints, but also to make the sacred spots at which some important events connected with the religion had taken place, e.g. the spot at which the Buddha delivered his first sermon or where he sat in meditation. Stupas of this class may conveniently be referred as memorials. It is believ ...
Critical Psychology in Sri Lanka
... teacher who could show him the way to freedom from all suffering. He followed the teachers who claimed to have found perfect release but was not satisfied with the results. At last, with much struggle and experience, he discovered for himself the way by which he attained full Enlightenment (Buddhaho ...
... teacher who could show him the way to freedom from all suffering. He followed the teachers who claimed to have found perfect release but was not satisfied with the results. At last, with much struggle and experience, he discovered for himself the way by which he attained full Enlightenment (Buddhaho ...
Entrance to the Middle Way
... 112. Living Dhamma 113. No Ajaan Chah 114. Seeing the Way (by various authors) 115. Ajaan Fuang - Awareness Itself 116. Ajaan Lee - Autobiography 117. Food for Thought 118. Inner Strength 119. Keeping the Breath in Mind 120. Starting Out Small 121. The Craft of the Heart 122. The Eye of Discernment ...
... 112. Living Dhamma 113. No Ajaan Chah 114. Seeing the Way (by various authors) 115. Ajaan Fuang - Awareness Itself 116. Ajaan Lee - Autobiography 117. Food for Thought 118. Inner Strength 119. Keeping the Breath in Mind 120. Starting Out Small 121. The Craft of the Heart 122. The Eye of Discernment ...
The Causes of Relational Suffering and their Cessation according to
... In Theravāda Buddhism, one way to overcome relational suffering between persons—a way easy to understand but difficult to put into practice—is to follow a simple teaching. How do we look at the world in a simple way according to the Buddha so that relational suffering—or any form of suffering—does n ...
... In Theravāda Buddhism, one way to overcome relational suffering between persons—a way easy to understand but difficult to put into practice—is to follow a simple teaching. How do we look at the world in a simple way according to the Buddha so that relational suffering—or any form of suffering—does n ...
e lotus Journal of the Birmingham Buddhist Vihara Issue No. 35
... suffering; in brief, the five aggregates of clinging are suffering”. Bhante discussed the suffering of the foetus in the womb, of the mother giving birth, of aging with cracking of teeth, white hair, stooped body, then of sickness and death when we must lose our beloved relatives and possessions. He ...
... suffering; in brief, the five aggregates of clinging are suffering”. Bhante discussed the suffering of the foetus in the womb, of the mother giving birth, of aging with cracking of teeth, white hair, stooped body, then of sickness and death when we must lose our beloved relatives and possessions. He ...
a pdf version of this article
... and death. The fact that we cannot control the universe means our relationships with other people, our livelihood, the overall social and political climate, all of these may become unpleasant or even monstrous, and we, as individuals, cannot control everything and make our existence and our world in ...
... and death. The fact that we cannot control the universe means our relationships with other people, our livelihood, the overall social and political climate, all of these may become unpleasant or even monstrous, and we, as individuals, cannot control everything and make our existence and our world in ...
Including the Theravada and Mahayana Traditions at the Beginning
... A BASIC BUDDHIST READING LIST FROM BODHI MONASTERY ...
... A BASIC BUDDHIST READING LIST FROM BODHI MONASTERY ...
Nonviolence and Emptiness: Buddha, Gandhi
... my enquiries generally proceed. Not the least of these is the basic Aristotelian understanding that in seeking out the essence of a thing one must be seeking out that which makes it unique, that which separates it, conceptually, from other things. There is a great deal to be said for this assumption ...
... my enquiries generally proceed. Not the least of these is the basic Aristotelian understanding that in seeking out the essence of a thing one must be seeking out that which makes it unique, that which separates it, conceptually, from other things. There is a great deal to be said for this assumption ...
Page | 1 Mock Revision notes – B601 – Buddhism Religious and
... Fasting is the practice of restricting or temporary halting food intake. Religious fasting occurs to assist the religious person in developing their spirituality and deepening their faith. The Buddha himself discovered that fasting did not help him to reach enlightenment and he only reached enlighte ...
... Fasting is the practice of restricting or temporary halting food intake. Religious fasting occurs to assist the religious person in developing their spirituality and deepening their faith. The Buddha himself discovered that fasting did not help him to reach enlightenment and he only reached enlighte ...
faith and renunciation
... 3. a reflection on some wider contexts — suttas or groups of suttas that emphasize saddhā and nekkhamma. This method, based on the evidences of the texts according to their structure and contents, and supported by some interesting suggestions of contemporary Buddhist scholars and thinkers, will enab ...
... 3. a reflection on some wider contexts — suttas or groups of suttas that emphasize saddhā and nekkhamma. This method, based on the evidences of the texts according to their structure and contents, and supported by some interesting suggestions of contemporary Buddhist scholars and thinkers, will enab ...
The Ten Worlds - Sgi-Usa
... cause-awakened ones (also called the worlds of learning and realization) represented the two highest states Buddhist practitioners could attain and are together called the “two vehicles.” “Voice-hearers” originally meant those who had achieved a partial awakening through hearing (listening to) the B ...
... cause-awakened ones (also called the worlds of learning and realization) represented the two highest states Buddhist practitioners could attain and are together called the “two vehicles.” “Voice-hearers” originally meant those who had achieved a partial awakening through hearing (listening to) the B ...
Buddhism ( Living as a Buddhist
... - The Buddha is shown wearing a simple robe, showing that he lived a simple life with few possessions. - The Buddha is often shown with a bump on the top of the head. This is called the ushnisha and it symbolises wisdom and enlightenment. - The Buddha image has long ear lobes as a reminder of the he ...
... - The Buddha is shown wearing a simple robe, showing that he lived a simple life with few possessions. - The Buddha is often shown with a bump on the top of the head. This is called the ushnisha and it symbolises wisdom and enlightenment. - The Buddha image has long ear lobes as a reminder of the he ...
The Kathāvatthu Niyāma Debates
... enlightenment in his last life had he already entered the path of assurance (niydma)', for this is a middle path between the extremes of self-indulgence, on the one hand, and radical asceticism, on the other. 1 An important implication of the commentary to this controversy, though it is not clear fr ...
... enlightenment in his last life had he already entered the path of assurance (niydma)', for this is a middle path between the extremes of self-indulgence, on the one hand, and radical asceticism, on the other. 1 An important implication of the commentary to this controversy, though it is not clear fr ...
What Is Our Buddhist Practice
... Buddhist practice, supported by study and helping others reveal their own Buddhahood. Faith, practice and study are the basics of Buddhist practice, pursuing activities for oneself and activities for the sake of others. The Gohonzon The Gohonzon, a scroll practitioners chant to, was inscribed by Nic ...
... Buddhist practice, supported by study and helping others reveal their own Buddhahood. Faith, practice and study are the basics of Buddhist practice, pursuing activities for oneself and activities for the sake of others. The Gohonzon The Gohonzon, a scroll practitioners chant to, was inscribed by Nic ...
Perception is at the Root of Conflict
... feelings of threat. There is no particular theory of conflict according to Buddhism, but there are certain discourses in the Pali canon in which the Buddha does explain conflict and its causes. I will focus on two, both from the Digha Nikaya (DN), or the Long Discourses, translated by Thānissaro Bhi ...
... feelings of threat. There is no particular theory of conflict according to Buddhism, but there are certain discourses in the Pali canon in which the Buddha does explain conflict and its causes. I will focus on two, both from the Digha Nikaya (DN), or the Long Discourses, translated by Thānissaro Bhi ...
The Teaching of the Buddha
... The question of the reality of the external world did not present itself to the early Buddhists. Had it been posed we may surmise that the Buddha would have replied, as in similar cases, that the question was not properly put. He would not, we may imagine, have admitted that the human mind has the c ...
... The question of the reality of the external world did not present itself to the early Buddhists. Had it been posed we may surmise that the Buddha would have replied, as in similar cases, that the question was not properly put. He would not, we may imagine, have admitted that the human mind has the c ...
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... "the Path is a system of self-development according to law, a graded process of moral evolution within the law of Karma." Rahula (1978: p. 53) writes of the individual responsibility for one's own happiness: Man is the creator of his own karma, and is able to change its course by means of his person ...
... "the Path is a system of self-development according to law, a graded process of moral evolution within the law of Karma." Rahula (1978: p. 53) writes of the individual responsibility for one's own happiness: Man is the creator of his own karma, and is able to change its course by means of his person ...
Zen and Dzogchen: Unifying the Ground and
... Fruition or Result is the full bodhi of liberation-enlightenment that is Buddhahood, outpictured by the seed-syllable HUM, the pristine cognition that is Buddha mind. Such a mind knows directly the phenomenal reality arising from the primordial ground (pratitya samutpada, tendrel nyingpo) is simply ...
... Fruition or Result is the full bodhi of liberation-enlightenment that is Buddhahood, outpictured by the seed-syllable HUM, the pristine cognition that is Buddha mind. Such a mind knows directly the phenomenal reality arising from the primordial ground (pratitya samutpada, tendrel nyingpo) is simply ...
DAOIST CHONGXUAN (TWOFOLD MYSTERY) THOUGHT AND
... comparison with Twofold Mystery. Therefore, I will particularly look at the texts of Chinese Madhyamikans along with the writings of Nāgârjuna (Longshu, 龍樹) (2nd-3rd CE) who is regarded as the founder of Madhyamaka Buddhism. . Emptiness (Ch., kong, 空; Snk.., śūnyatā) is a distinctive Mahayana doctri ...
... comparison with Twofold Mystery. Therefore, I will particularly look at the texts of Chinese Madhyamikans along with the writings of Nāgârjuna (Longshu, 龍樹) (2nd-3rd CE) who is regarded as the founder of Madhyamaka Buddhism. . Emptiness (Ch., kong, 空; Snk.., śūnyatā) is a distinctive Mahayana doctri ...
DID THE RESURRECTED CHRIST VISIT ASIA?
... Buddha (Sammsambuddha) of our age, "Buddha" meaning "awakened one." The time of his birth and death are uncertain: most early 20th-century historians dated his lifetime as c. 563 BCE to 483 BCE; more recently, however, at a specialist symposium on this question, the majority of those scholars who p ...
... Buddha (Sammsambuddha) of our age, "Buddha" meaning "awakened one." The time of his birth and death are uncertain: most early 20th-century historians dated his lifetime as c. 563 BCE to 483 BCE; more recently, however, at a specialist symposium on this question, the majority of those scholars who p ...
Four Noble Truths
The Four Noble Truths (Sanskrit: catvāri āryasatyāni; Pali: cattāri ariyasaccāni) are ""the truths of the Noble Ones,"" which express the basic orientation of Buddhism: this worldly existence is fundamentally unsatisfactory, but there is a path to liberation from repeated worldly existence. The truths are as follows: The Truth of Dukkha is that all conditional phenomena and experiences are not ultimately satisfying; The Truth of the Origin of Dukkha is that craving for and clinging to what is pleasurable and aversion to what is not pleasurable result in becoming, rebirth, dissatisfaction, and redeath; The Truth of the Cessation of Dukkha is that putting an end to this craving and clinging also means that rebirth, dissatisfaction, and redeath can no longer arise; The Truth of the Path Of Liberation from Dukkha is that by following the Noble Eightfold Path—namely, behaving decently, cultivating discipline, and practicing mindfulness and meditation—an end can be put to craving, to clinging, to becoming, to rebirth, to dissatisfaction, and to redeath.The four truths provide a useful conceptual framework for making sense of Buddhist thought, which has to be personally understood or ""experienced."" Many Buddhist teachers present them as the essence of Buddhist teachings, though this importance developed over time, substituting older notions of what constitutes prajna, or ""liberating insight.""In the sutras the four truths have both a symbolic and a propositional function. They represent the awakening and liberation of the Buddha, but also the possibility of liberation for all sentient beings, describing how release from craving is to be reached.