Core Course - Centre of Buddhist Studies
... Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to 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 Bu ...
... Course Description This course will be mainly based on the early Buddhist discourses (Pali Suttas) and is designed to 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 Bu ...
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... Here at last is an organized overview of Tibetan Buddhism's teachings, beginning with the basic themes of the sutras - the general discourses of the Buddha - and continuing through the esoteric concepts and advanced practices of Tantra. Unlike other introductions to Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhis ...
... Here at last is an organized overview of Tibetan Buddhism's teachings, beginning with the basic themes of the sutras - the general discourses of the Buddha - and continuing through the esoteric concepts and advanced practices of Tantra. Unlike other introductions to Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhis ...
What the Buddha Taught - Career Account Web Pages
... Buddha. Writing the book I have had the ancient texts running in my mind, so I have deliberately kept the synonyms and repetitions which were a part of the Buddha's speech as it has come down to us through oral tradition, in order that the reader should have some notion of the form used by the Teac ...
... Buddha. Writing the book I have had the ancient texts running in my mind, so I have deliberately kept the synonyms and repetitions which were a part of the Buddha's speech as it has come down to us through oral tradition, in order that the reader should have some notion of the form used by the Teac ...
King Asoka as a Role Model of Buddhist Leadership
... since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Next, I will present a synopsis of Aśoka's early biography based on the scarce information available to see whether a conjecture of his character can be formed, before I go on and portrait his leadership style, vision, mission and practical implement ...
... since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Next, I will present a synopsis of Aśoka's early biography based on the scarce information available to see whether a conjecture of his character can be formed, before I go on and portrait his leadership style, vision, mission and practical implement ...
What the Buddha Taught
... Buddha. Writing the book I have had the ancient texts running in my mind, so I have deliberately kept the synonyms and repetitions which were a part of the Buddha's speech as it has come down to us through oral tradition, in order that the reader should have some notion of the form used by the Teac ...
... Buddha. Writing the book I have had the ancient texts running in my mind, so I have deliberately kept the synonyms and repetitions which were a part of the Buddha's speech as it has come down to us through oral tradition, in order that the reader should have some notion of the form used by the Teac ...
What is karma and how does it ripen?
... videos describes the lectures in the following way: The lectures were a landmark event, bringing together for the first time in the West a nonsectarian Buddhist and lay audience for over six hours of emotional and intellectually challenging engagement with these central teachings of the Buddhist can ...
... videos describes the lectures in the following way: The lectures were a landmark event, bringing together for the first time in the West a nonsectarian Buddhist and lay audience for over six hours of emotional and intellectually challenging engagement with these central teachings of the Buddhist can ...
Going Against the Grain: A Historical and - ORCA
... asceticism must be undertaken for its own sake, rather than for any concrete purpose.12 For the last essential element, he explains: “This is not to say that ascetics must renounce the pursuit of all goals in their practices. However, their behaviour is not normally directed toward any immediate ben ...
... asceticism must be undertaken for its own sake, rather than for any concrete purpose.12 For the last essential element, he explains: “This is not to say that ascetics must renounce the pursuit of all goals in their practices. However, their behaviour is not normally directed toward any immediate ben ...
The Eco-Buddhism of Marie Byles Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... involves accepting that suffering is inherent in the life of the earth; the Second Truth that suffering arises because we crave and cling to the things of the earth, which are all transient; and the Third that suffering ends when we give up our cravings and attachment to transient things, and realiz ...
... involves accepting that suffering is inherent in the life of the earth; the Second Truth that suffering arises because we crave and cling to the things of the earth, which are all transient; and the Third that suffering ends when we give up our cravings and attachment to transient things, and realiz ...
Dark and Bright Karma
... Pāli Nikāyas is not a system of virtue ethics with just a universal criterion of goodness. Yet, given the emphasis on the cultivation of virtue to attain nirvana, early Buddhist ethics may be considered a special kind of virtue ethics provided that its utilitarian and moral realist elements are not ...
... Pāli Nikāyas is not a system of virtue ethics with just a universal criterion of goodness. Yet, given the emphasis on the cultivation of virtue to attain nirvana, early Buddhist ethics may be considered a special kind of virtue ethics provided that its utilitarian and moral realist elements are not ...
noid-Abstract - The Journal of Novel Applied Sciences
... passed two characteristics: first, purely practical perspective ÷ to have the salvation of the human suffering involved, and nirvana is the opposite of human suffering and the achievement of Nirvana that the suffering of disappears. The second characteristic of Nirvana with negative connotation such ...
... passed two characteristics: first, purely practical perspective ÷ to have the salvation of the human suffering involved, and nirvana is the opposite of human suffering and the achievement of Nirvana that the suffering of disappears. The second characteristic of Nirvana with negative connotation such ...
Contentment, Compassion and Wisdom, a Buddhist Perspective
... And now, let’s talk about the Contentment itself. What is the definition of contentment? In order to understand what contentment means, we have to understand what its opposite is. We have to understand its essence and also what practice we need to do, if we want to develop contentment. In order to ...
... And now, let’s talk about the Contentment itself. What is the definition of contentment? In order to understand what contentment means, we have to understand what its opposite is. We have to understand its essence and also what practice we need to do, if we want to develop contentment. In order to ...
What goes Around comes Around: a Study of Karma
... What goes Around comes Around: a Study of Karma strands and goals, one of which seeks to blend Eastern and Western philosophies for enhanced comprehension of the human potentials for growth and transformation. An understanding of the concept of karma therefore adds value and meaning to the field of ...
... What goes Around comes Around: a Study of Karma strands and goals, one of which seeks to blend Eastern and Western philosophies for enhanced comprehension of the human potentials for growth and transformation. An understanding of the concept of karma therefore adds value and meaning to the field of ...
Fifth Precept Sangha - Northwest Buddhist Recovery
... and practices of Truth and Truthfulness, Generosity, Ethics, Loving-kindness, Forgiveness, Mindfulness and Fellowship; and is grounded in the Buddhist principles of non-harming, compassion and interdependence. This meeting is open to people with any addiction and to any individuals choosing abstinen ...
... and practices of Truth and Truthfulness, Generosity, Ethics, Loving-kindness, Forgiveness, Mindfulness and Fellowship; and is grounded in the Buddhist principles of non-harming, compassion and interdependence. This meeting is open to people with any addiction and to any individuals choosing abstinen ...
A Comparison of Buddhist Philosophy with Western Codes of Ethics
... (Hadjistavropoulos & Malloy, 2000). Virtue ethics, developed by Aristotle, advocates for the position that the ultimate good is a life well-lived (Hadjistavropoulos & Malloy, 2000). The essence of virtue ethics is “not simply to follow certain kinds of rules, nor seek pleasant consequences, but firs ...
... (Hadjistavropoulos & Malloy, 2000). Virtue ethics, developed by Aristotle, advocates for the position that the ultimate good is a life well-lived (Hadjistavropoulos & Malloy, 2000). The essence of virtue ethics is “not simply to follow certain kinds of rules, nor seek pleasant consequences, but firs ...
NiNi Zhu - Buddhism
... doctrine, good conduct brings a pleasant and happy result and creates a tendency toward similar good acts, while bad conduct brings an evil result and creates a tendency toward similar evil acts. Some karmic acts bear fruit in the same life in which they are committed, others in the immediately succ ...
... doctrine, good conduct brings a pleasant and happy result and creates a tendency toward similar good acts, while bad conduct brings an evil result and creates a tendency toward similar evil acts. Some karmic acts bear fruit in the same life in which they are committed, others in the immediately succ ...
What the Buddha Thought, by Richard Gombrich. London: Equinox
... but with the intention behind it. But the Jains, too, were at first inclined to reject the notion that one’s mental state when acting makes any difference. In early Jainism, all action, because it inevitably involves injury to the living beings that fill every square inch of space, is bad. For the B ...
... but with the intention behind it. But the Jains, too, were at first inclined to reject the notion that one’s mental state when acting makes any difference. In early Jainism, all action, because it inevitably involves injury to the living beings that fill every square inch of space, is bad. For the B ...
Oral Dimensions of Pāli Discourses: Pericopes, other Mnemonic
... the preservation of sacred material, for which free improvisation is inappropriate.15 Moreover, recitation was often undertaken communally by the reciters, which leaves little scope for free improvisation.16 The emphasis on verbatim transmission in the early Buddhist oral tradition can even be detec ...
... the preservation of sacred material, for which free improvisation is inappropriate.15 Moreover, recitation was often undertaken communally by the reciters, which leaves little scope for free improvisation.16 The emphasis on verbatim transmission in the early Buddhist oral tradition can even be detec ...
Literal Means and Hidden Meanings: a New Analysis of Skillful Means
... by the Buddha had a different and concealed meaning. The Pâli canon, for example, contains no such distinction. In the Pâli canon the words and actions of the Buddha are taken literally, and are treated as if the Buddha really meant them. There is no recognition of a gap between words or actions on ...
... by the Buddha had a different and concealed meaning. The Pâli canon, for example, contains no such distinction. In the Pâli canon the words and actions of the Buddha are taken literally, and are treated as if the Buddha really meant them. There is no recognition of a gap between words or actions on ...
The Concept of smṛti in the Yogasūtra: Memory or Mindfulness?
... vocabulary, usually as a synonym for awareness of the posture, and sometimes also of sensations, feelings and mental states that arise when one is in a yogic posture. Although Buddhist and Yogic traditions have regarded themselves throughout their histories as spiritual paths, each providing complet ...
... vocabulary, usually as a synonym for awareness of the posture, and sometimes also of sensations, feelings and mental states that arise when one is in a yogic posture. Although Buddhist and Yogic traditions have regarded themselves throughout their histories as spiritual paths, each providing complet ...
Edwin Arnold - What-Buddha
... Thought. Discordant in frequent particulars, and sorely overlaid by corruptions, inventions, and misconceptions, the Buddhistical works yet agree in the one point of recording nothing—no single act or word—which mars the perfect purity and tenderness of this Indian teacher, who united the truest pri ...
... Thought. Discordant in frequent particulars, and sorely overlaid by corruptions, inventions, and misconceptions, the Buddhistical works yet agree in the one point of recording nothing—no single act or word—which mars the perfect purity and tenderness of this Indian teacher, who united the truest pri ...
Introduction - what is the anthropology of Buddhism about?
... movements for a return to more authentic practice, away from un-Buddhist corruption. In exactly the same way as Spencer rightly points out, the concern to recover practice based on 'original' scriptures was not entirely a modem innovation. Carrithers, in his article, is concerned to describe just su ...
... movements for a return to more authentic practice, away from un-Buddhist corruption. In exactly the same way as Spencer rightly points out, the concern to recover practice based on 'original' scriptures was not entirely a modem innovation. Carrithers, in his article, is concerned to describe just su ...
The Sixfold Purity of an Arahant Chabbisodhana-sutta and its Parallel
... Venerable friend, the Blessed One has taught five aggregates of clinging, the aggregates of clinging of bodily form, feeling, perception, formations and consciousness.10 Venerable friend, knowing what and seeing what in regard to these five aggregates of clinging have you attained the knowledge that ...
... Venerable friend, the Blessed One has taught five aggregates of clinging, the aggregates of clinging of bodily form, feeling, perception, formations and consciousness.10 Venerable friend, knowing what and seeing what in regard to these five aggregates of clinging have you attained the knowledge that ...
Aspects of Early Buddhist Sociological Thought
... Sociological Significance of Sickness....................................................... 47 Functionalist View – Relation to Buddhist Approach..................... 47 Health as the Most Precious Asset........................................................... 48 Introduction of Monasticism & Hea ...
... Sociological Significance of Sickness....................................................... 47 Functionalist View – Relation to Buddhist Approach..................... 47 Health as the Most Precious Asset........................................................... 48 Introduction of Monasticism & Hea ...
Noble Eightfold Path
The Noble Eightfold Path (Pali: ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, Sanskrit: āryāṣṭāṅgamārga) is one of the principal teachings of Śrāvakayāna. It is used to develop insight into the true nature of phenomena (or reality) and to eradicate greed, hatred, and delusion. The Noble Eightfold Path is the fourth of the Buddha's Four Noble Truths; the first element of the Noble Eightfold Path is, in turn, an understanding of the Four Noble Truths. It is also known as the Middle Path or Middle Way. Its goal is Arhatship. The Noble Eightfold Path is contrasted with the Bodhisattva path of Mahayana which culminates in Buddhahood.All eight elements of the Path begin with the word ""right,"" which translates the word samyañc (in Sanskrit) or sammā (in Pāli). These denote completion, togetherness, and coherence, and can also suggest the senses of ""perfect"" or ""ideal."" 'Samma' is also translated as ""wholesome,"" ""wise"" and ""skillful.""In Buddhist symbolism, the Noble Eightfold Path is often represented by means of the dharma wheel (dharmachakra), whose eight spokes represent the eight elements of the path.