Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Path to Buddhahood
... its objective with the attainment of ultimate Enlightenment Consciousness. This process of awakening and developing Enlightenment Consciousness is also conterminous with the progress of the Bodhisattva the central figure in the Mahāyāna drama of liberation towards Buddhahood. Indeed, as we see in th ...
... its objective with the attainment of ultimate Enlightenment Consciousness. This process of awakening and developing Enlightenment Consciousness is also conterminous with the progress of the Bodhisattva the central figure in the Mahāyāna drama of liberation towards Buddhahood. Indeed, as we see in th ...
The Forerunner of All Things: Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention, and Agency
... straining or striving that arranges and collects mental factors, whereas I could not understand how it is an “accumulating.” Heim restates the view that cetanā means āyūhana in the sense of “accumulation” on page 49 and in note 44, again with what seemed to me insufficient discussion of the problems ...
... straining or striving that arranges and collects mental factors, whereas I could not understand how it is an “accumulating.” Heim restates the view that cetanā means āyūhana in the sense of “accumulation” on page 49 and in note 44, again with what seemed to me insufficient discussion of the problems ...
Clark.19.4.Dec_.08
... marks, universal suffering, then present a diagnosis of its cause and cure, and finally explain the path or practice by which the cure can be effected. The cure is seen as liberation from destructive forms of desire and craving through a practice of non-attachment, non-egoism, awakened consciousness ...
... marks, universal suffering, then present a diagnosis of its cause and cure, and finally explain the path or practice by which the cure can be effected. The cure is seen as liberation from destructive forms of desire and craving through a practice of non-attachment, non-egoism, awakened consciousness ...
Buddhist Religious Studies
... He sat down under a Nigrodha tree to rest for a while. Meanwhile Sujata, a daughter of the family of Senani, offered a bowl of sweetened rice to him. Siddhartha ate it with his heart's content. Again he sat down for meditation underneath the tree. He promised, 'Let my whole skin-body (sinew) be drie ...
... He sat down under a Nigrodha tree to rest for a while. Meanwhile Sujata, a daughter of the family of Senani, offered a bowl of sweetened rice to him. Siddhartha ate it with his heart's content. Again he sat down for meditation underneath the tree. He promised, 'Let my whole skin-body (sinew) be drie ...
Violence and (Non-)resistance: Ahiṃsā Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... de Silentio), Clements recognizes—in experience, and through the testing of extreme circumstance—such an ethical relation as already sacred, and therefore as being foundational to any rationalizable religious or ethical frame to which it might be subsumed or appended. This is unusual in the Buddhist ...
... de Silentio), Clements recognizes—in experience, and through the testing of extreme circumstance—such an ethical relation as already sacred, and therefore as being foundational to any rationalizable religious or ethical frame to which it might be subsumed or appended. This is unusual in the Buddhist ...
The Question of Vegetarianism and Diet in Pāli Buddhism
... gage in practices that involve the killing of animals. For example, it is said that the Buddha rejects even the killing of “tiny creatures” (AN 10.21 23) and, furthermore, it is claimed that certain occupations are condemned in particular because they involve animal slaughter: What kind of person, b ...
... gage in practices that involve the killing of animals. For example, it is said that the Buddha rejects even the killing of “tiny creatures” (AN 10.21 23) and, furthermore, it is claimed that certain occupations are condemned in particular because they involve animal slaughter: What kind of person, b ...
Moore Post Canonical Buddhist Political Thought
... close as we can come to those oral teachings). There are a number of scholarly controversies regarding the ostensibly political content of the Canonical Buddhist texts, including whether there is any truly political content at all (as opposed to parables and commentary on contemporary events), if so ...
... close as we can come to those oral teachings). There are a number of scholarly controversies regarding the ostensibly political content of the Canonical Buddhist texts, including whether there is any truly political content at all (as opposed to parables and commentary on contemporary events), if so ...
BUDDHISM: SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION
... ABSTRACT: The conception that Buddhism has of the world could be considered as the Buddhist Philosophy of Nature. This buddhist conception of the world is one of the principal links of Buddhism with science. Buddhism has a dynamic conception of reality. This manifests itself in the peculiar doctrine ...
... ABSTRACT: The conception that Buddhism has of the world could be considered as the Buddhist Philosophy of Nature. This buddhist conception of the world is one of the principal links of Buddhism with science. Buddhism has a dynamic conception of reality. This manifests itself in the peculiar doctrine ...
The Lorax Wears Saffron: Toward a Buddhist Environmentalism Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Although I think that Olendzki’s observation is accurate, it does not fully account for how dependent origination is applied in eco-discourse. The goal may certainly be to become unconditioned, but the uses of dependent origination in the context of eco-Buddhist discourse emphasize how to live in th ...
... Although I think that Olendzki’s observation is accurate, it does not fully account for how dependent origination is applied in eco-discourse. The goal may certainly be to become unconditioned, but the uses of dependent origination in the context of eco-Buddhist discourse emphasize how to live in th ...
Earlier Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism
... will” and “determinism” as compatible is unclear. If, moreover, as Michael Barnhart claims,11 a “blissful maintenance of contradiction” is often embraced within Asian philosophy, it follows that we cannot assume that anyone maintaining two beliefs has a belief about their compatibility, much less an ...
... will” and “determinism” as compatible is unclear. If, moreover, as Michael Barnhart claims,11 a “blissful maintenance of contradiction” is often embraced within Asian philosophy, it follows that we cannot assume that anyone maintaining two beliefs has a belief about their compatibility, much less an ...
View online - Ghent University Library
... It would seem that Buddhist monastics gave due consideration to their distinctive appearance from a very early date, and watched with perennial vigilance over the boundaries of their visual identity.6 ‘Buddhist Studies’ is––or better: has become––a vast field of interdisciplinary scholarship that fo ...
... It would seem that Buddhist monastics gave due consideration to their distinctive appearance from a very early date, and watched with perennial vigilance over the boundaries of their visual identity.6 ‘Buddhist Studies’ is––or better: has become––a vast field of interdisciplinary scholarship that fo ...
Meaning without Ego - Journal of Philosophy of Life
... Nibbāna is not heaven in the traditional Western sense, but an ethical state and it is achieved while the Arahant (enlightened one) lives. Nibbāna, it is true, leads one to the end of rebirth but not to death in the traditional sense. Before one achieves nibbāna, becoming is impermanent and nibbāna ...
... Nibbāna is not heaven in the traditional Western sense, but an ethical state and it is achieved while the Arahant (enlightened one) lives. Nibbāna, it is true, leads one to the end of rebirth but not to death in the traditional sense. Before one achieves nibbāna, becoming is impermanent and nibbāna ...
Earlier Buddhist Theories of Free Will: Compatibilism Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... will” and “determinism” as compatible is unclear. If, moreover, as Michael Barnhart claims,11 a “blissful maintenance of contradiction” is often embraced within Asian philosophy, it follows that we cannot assume that anyone maintaining two beliefs has a belief about their compatibility, much less an ...
... will” and “determinism” as compatible is unclear. If, moreover, as Michael Barnhart claims,11 a “blissful maintenance of contradiction” is often embraced within Asian philosophy, it follows that we cannot assume that anyone maintaining two beliefs has a belief about their compatibility, much less an ...
The Rationale for Developing a Mindfulness-Based
... divided into the somatic and autonomous nervous system. The ANS is again subdivided into the sympathetic and the parasympathetic facets, and it is the sympathetic that is active in negative emotions like fear and anger resulting in increased heart and respiration rates , sweat secretions, adrenalin ...
... divided into the somatic and autonomous nervous system. The ANS is again subdivided into the sympathetic and the parasympathetic facets, and it is the sympathetic that is active in negative emotions like fear and anger resulting in increased heart and respiration rates , sweat secretions, adrenalin ...
The Emergence of Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection in the
... Zen, as revealer of Amitabha’s pure realm—so as to make it seem that movements that developed in Buddhist cultures many centuries after Shakyamuni lived were fully present in the teachings he gave during his lifetime, thus possessing unquestioned authority.v I will focus here on Mahayana Buddhist tr ...
... Zen, as revealer of Amitabha’s pure realm—so as to make it seem that movements that developed in Buddhist cultures many centuries after Shakyamuni lived were fully present in the teachings he gave during his lifetime, thus possessing unquestioned authority.v I will focus here on Mahayana Buddhist tr ...
Karma - Prison Mindfulness Institute
... It is essential to understand karma as a foundation for our behavior, for our dharma practice, and for the quality of our lives as a whole. The Sanskrit word karma means action. This refers to intentional physical, verbal, or mental actions. Karma is directly related to our intention or motivation w ...
... It is essential to understand karma as a foundation for our behavior, for our dharma practice, and for the quality of our lives as a whole. The Sanskrit word karma means action. This refers to intentional physical, verbal, or mental actions. Karma is directly related to our intention or motivation w ...
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... attain the state of a Buddha. It must be stated that this is incorrect. This idea was spread by some early Orientalists at a time when Buddhist studies were beginning in the West, and the others who followed them accepted it without taking the trouble to go into the problem by examining the texts ...
... attain the state of a Buddha. It must be stated that this is incorrect. This idea was spread by some early Orientalists at a time when Buddhist studies were beginning in the West, and the others who followed them accepted it without taking the trouble to go into the problem by examining the texts ...
Consuming Buddhism: the Pursuit of Happiness
... Additionally, we also employed ethnographic method to collect data by participating in different Buddhism practices such as attending a meditation retreat, listening to Dhamma talks, and performing meritorious deeds. We conducted participant and non-participant observation during the practices. As m ...
... Additionally, we also employed ethnographic method to collect data by participating in different Buddhism practices such as attending a meditation retreat, listening to Dhamma talks, and performing meritorious deeds. We conducted participant and non-participant observation during the practices. As m ...
charles s. prebish - Penn State`s history department
... 2. Grant from the College Fund for Research, the Pennsylvania State University, 1975, to do research in Vinaya at Harvard University. 3. Grant from the College Fund for Research, the Pennsylvania State University, 1976, to do research on Buddhist Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin. 4. Researc ...
... 2. Grant from the College Fund for Research, the Pennsylvania State University, 1975, to do research in Vinaya at Harvard University. 3. Grant from the College Fund for Research, the Pennsylvania State University, 1976, to do research on Buddhist Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin. 4. Researc ...
A Golden Ring
... clear mind. Nevertheless, even if we adopt certain practices to train our minds and thereby regain our ability to concentrate with a clear mind, it is no guarantee that such practices would free us from prejudice. Furthermore, unless we are able to reflect upon our views, the more we learn to concen ...
... clear mind. Nevertheless, even if we adopt certain practices to train our minds and thereby regain our ability to concentrate with a clear mind, it is no guarantee that such practices would free us from prejudice. Furthermore, unless we are able to reflect upon our views, the more we learn to concen ...
Karma, Character, and Consequentialism
... to the doctrine of karma. By working dialectically against what might be called the consequentialist consensus—showing what it does not take into account—it is my intention to disclose the deep affinities between Buddhist ethics and Western forms of character ethics. 1. Ethics East and West Can legi ...
... to the doctrine of karma. By working dialectically against what might be called the consequentialist consensus—showing what it does not take into account—it is my intention to disclose the deep affinities between Buddhist ethics and Western forms of character ethics. 1. Ethics East and West Can legi ...
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... to whether he was a follower of the Buddha. Indeed, the Major Discourse with Sakuludayin is set in Rajagaha, and describes that Sakuludayin was part of a large group of wandering ascetics, (many of whom were well known), which had gathered in the area to loudly discuss many trivial matters. Sakuluda ...
... to whether he was a follower of the Buddha. Indeed, the Major Discourse with Sakuludayin is set in Rajagaha, and describes that Sakuludayin was part of a large group of wandering ascetics, (many of whom were well known), which had gathered in the area to loudly discuss many trivial matters. Sakuluda ...
Acro Dist 5 5.2 24jun01, Job 3
... the blind leading the blind, for they were all enmeshed in ignorance. At last Siddhattha came to a settlement of five pupils of Uddaka, headed by Kon da¤¤a, in the jungle of Uruvela near Gaya in Magadha. There he saw these five keeping their senses in check, subduing their passions and prac tising ...
... the blind leading the blind, for they were all enmeshed in ignorance. At last Siddhattha came to a settlement of five pupils of Uddaka, headed by Kon da¤¤a, in the jungle of Uruvela near Gaya in Magadha. There he saw these five keeping their senses in check, subduing their passions and prac tising ...
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.