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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 ...
Digitization of Sanskrit Buddhist Texts in Nepal
... sutras, which had attained great popularity in Nepalese Buddhism, had appeared as early as 4th century A.D. The most important Mahayana texts that moved the religious feelings of the Nepalese Buddhists for centuries and still continuing to do so are given below. 1. Lalitavistara Sutra Lalitavistara ...
... sutras, which had attained great popularity in Nepalese Buddhism, had appeared as early as 4th century A.D. The most important Mahayana texts that moved the religious feelings of the Nepalese Buddhists for centuries and still continuing to do so are given below. 1. Lalitavistara Sutra Lalitavistara ...
The Kathāvatthu Niyāma Debates
... imply that the Buddha-to-be must have been a disciple of Kassapa, which would conflict with the concept of a Buddha as self-developed (sayambhu), as one who discovers the path for himself without the aid of a teacher. Buddhaghosa's commentary clarifies the meaning of niydma in this context: "Niydma ...
... imply that the Buddha-to-be must have been a disciple of Kassapa, which would conflict with the concept of a Buddha as self-developed (sayambhu), as one who discovers the path for himself without the aid of a teacher. Buddhaghosa's commentary clarifies the meaning of niydma in this context: "Niydma ...
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... I. Introductory Remarks Much modern literature in English, French, German, Hindi and other languages has been produced on early Buddhism and its relation to Bráhmaóism and Hinduism. It would appear from the apparently settled posture of modern Buddhist scholarship that those problems are settled bey ...
... I. Introductory Remarks Much modern literature in English, French, German, Hindi and other languages has been produced on early Buddhism and its relation to Bráhmaóism and Hinduism. It would appear from the apparently settled posture of modern Buddhist scholarship that those problems are settled bey ...
Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
... I. Introductory Remarks Much modern literature in English, French, German, Hindi and other languages has been produced on early Buddhism and its relation to Brāhmaṇism and Hinduism. It would appear from the apparently settled posture of modern Buddhist scholarship that those problems are settled bey ...
... I. Introductory Remarks Much modern literature in English, French, German, Hindi and other languages has been produced on early Buddhism and its relation to Brāhmaṇism and Hinduism. It would appear from the apparently settled posture of modern Buddhist scholarship that those problems are settled bey ...
Aniccå Vata Sa∫khårå
... determinations, synergies, constructions. All are clumsy attempts to capture the meaning of a philosophical concept for which we have no exact parallel, and thus all English renderings are bound to be imprecise. I myself use “formations” and “volitional formations,” aware this choice is as defective ...
... determinations, synergies, constructions. All are clumsy attempts to capture the meaning of a philosophical concept for which we have no exact parallel, and thus all English renderings are bound to be imprecise. I myself use “formations” and “volitional formations,” aware this choice is as defective ...
The Mahāsāṃghika and the Tathāgatagarbha
... that while some Mahayana doctrines are derived from the Mahasamghika school, some others are derived from the Sarvastivadin school. I would add that unless some other source can be pointed to, we may conclude that Mahayana Buddhism in its various forms, at least leaving out the special development o ...
... that while some Mahayana doctrines are derived from the Mahasamghika school, some others are derived from the Sarvastivadin school. I would add that unless some other source can be pointed to, we may conclude that Mahayana Buddhism in its various forms, at least leaving out the special development o ...
Guang Ming Digest - Guang Ming Temple
... In 1949, amid the turbulence of civil war, the Venerable Master accompanied many mainland Chinese as they left the mainland China for Taiwan. He first served them as part of the medical corps. ...
... In 1949, amid the turbulence of civil war, the Venerable Master accompanied many mainland Chinese as they left the mainland China for Taiwan. He first served them as part of the medical corps. ...
November 2002 - Steveston Buddhist Temple
... Council gathering, known as the Pravarana, held during the rainy season (The monsoon season in India was traditionally said to end around mid-July). It is said that upon completing this task Maudgalyāyana sees his mother and seven generations of his ancestors being liberated from their suffering and ...
... Council gathering, known as the Pravarana, held during the rainy season (The monsoon season in India was traditionally said to end around mid-July). It is said that upon completing this task Maudgalyāyana sees his mother and seven generations of his ancestors being liberated from their suffering and ...
BUILDING BRIDGES A Tapestry of Faith Program for Youth
... enlightenment. In this way, he is similar to other prophets. However, the Buddha did not claim that God spoke through him. He was a human, like you and me. Though he may have reached the divine state of nirvana, you and I are just as capable of reaching that state as he. Make sure that all participa ...
... enlightenment. In this way, he is similar to other prophets. However, the Buddha did not claim that God spoke through him. He was a human, like you and me. Though he may have reached the divine state of nirvana, you and I are just as capable of reaching that state as he. Make sure that all participa ...
BUILDING BRIDGES A Tapestry of Faith Program for Youth
... help anyone reach enlightenment. In this way, he is similar to other prophets. However, the Buddha did not claim that God spoke through him. He was a human, like you and me. Though he may have reached the divine state of nirvana, you and I are just as capable of reaching that state as he. Make sure ...
... help anyone reach enlightenment. In this way, he is similar to other prophets. However, the Buddha did not claim that God spoke through him. He was a human, like you and me. Though he may have reached the divine state of nirvana, you and I are just as capable of reaching that state as he. Make sure ...
Medicine Buddha Sangha - Susquehanna Yoga and Meditation
... Vajrayogini is the consort to glorious Chakrasamvara. Together they represent the inseparability of bliss and emptiness, she being the wisdom aspect and he the compassion aspect. The great yogi Naropa was visited by an emanation of Vajrayogini as an old woman, she made him aware that he needed great ...
... Vajrayogini is the consort to glorious Chakrasamvara. Together they represent the inseparability of bliss and emptiness, she being the wisdom aspect and he the compassion aspect. The great yogi Naropa was visited by an emanation of Vajrayogini as an old woman, she made him aware that he needed great ...
Rethinking Ziolkowski`s “Landscape of the Soul:” A Mahayana
... countless illnesses and afflictions, each not the same, the Buddha taught countless dharma methods to cure them. This ability to meet the needs of living beings in leading them to ...
... countless illnesses and afflictions, each not the same, the Buddha taught countless dharma methods to cure them. This ability to meet the needs of living beings in leading them to ...
Sabba Kamma Jaha Sutta
... Sutta [§3] is feeling arises from his past karma that was rooted in the ―dust‖ (raja) greed, hate and delusion [§6b]. It is called ―dust‖ because it tends to blind us from reality, or distorts our view of reality. This is before he has attained arhathood. However, after becoming an arhat, he is free ...
... Sutta [§3] is feeling arises from his past karma that was rooted in the ―dust‖ (raja) greed, hate and delusion [§6b]. It is called ―dust‖ because it tends to blind us from reality, or distorts our view of reality. This is before he has attained arhathood. However, after becoming an arhat, he is free ...
Escaping the Inescapable: Changes in Buddhist Karma Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... Finally both BU and CU propose different post-mortem destinations for those who know about the Five Fires (pañcāgni-vidyā), those who only practice the ordinary Brahmanical rituals, and those who do neither (BU 6.2, CU 5.2-10). Richard Gombrich has suggested that certain Pāli texts, particularly the ...
... Finally both BU and CU propose different post-mortem destinations for those who know about the Five Fires (pañcāgni-vidyā), those who only practice the ordinary Brahmanical rituals, and those who do neither (BU 6.2, CU 5.2-10). Richard Gombrich has suggested that certain Pāli texts, particularly the ...
Bhikkhave Terminology in Early Buddhist Texts Journal of Buddhist Ethics
... This is how it appears in the majority of texts of the Pāli canon, although not in the versified texts such as the Dhammapada, Theratherīgāthā and Sutta-nipāta. This translation is Bhikkhu Bodhi’s translation, but with all instances of the vocative reinstated. The term appears much more often than B ...
... This is how it appears in the majority of texts of the Pāli canon, although not in the versified texts such as the Dhammapada, Theratherīgāthā and Sutta-nipāta. This translation is Bhikkhu Bodhi’s translation, but with all instances of the vocative reinstated. The term appears much more often than B ...
12 ESSAYS ON BUDDHISM
... individuals, with moral and social responsibilities, as they go through life in the world. Whatever religious or philosophical explanation they offer for the circumstances which man faces in life, pleasant or unpleasant, this experience, inspite of many areas of commonness, also carves out an impres ...
... individuals, with moral and social responsibilities, as they go through life in the world. Whatever religious or philosophical explanation they offer for the circumstances which man faces in life, pleasant or unpleasant, this experience, inspite of many areas of commonness, also carves out an impres ...
Development of Yogic Tradition in Buddhism
... Buddhism should be given credit as “Buddhist Yoga”. The great Yogi the Buddha refined all the spiritual techniques and then presented them in a simplistic manner so every beginner could grasp the ultimate truth easily. The present study is going to discuss yoga and its tradition, the importance of y ...
... Buddhism should be given credit as “Buddhist Yoga”. The great Yogi the Buddha refined all the spiritual techniques and then presented them in a simplistic manner so every beginner could grasp the ultimate truth easily. The present study is going to discuss yoga and its tradition, the importance of y ...
Origins of research methodology, Buddhism and the Four Noble Truths
... problem, phenomenon, topic or a relationship” (Kothari, 2004:1; De Poly and Gitlin, 2011: 3). The word ‘research’ derives from the French word recherché, meaning “to search deeply with intensity” (Rodgers and Yee, 2015: 11), with previous origins in Latin. In this sense, the Buddha’s endeavor was ‘t ...
... problem, phenomenon, topic or a relationship” (Kothari, 2004:1; De Poly and Gitlin, 2011: 3). The word ‘research’ derives from the French word recherché, meaning “to search deeply with intensity” (Rodgers and Yee, 2015: 11), with previous origins in Latin. In this sense, the Buddha’s endeavor was ‘t ...
Introduction of philosophy
... Right mindfulness is the controlled and perfected faculty of cognition. It is the mental ability to see things as they are, with clear consciousness. Usually, the cognitive process begins with an impression induced by perception, or by a thought, but then it does not stay with the mere impressio ...
... Right mindfulness is the controlled and perfected faculty of cognition. It is the mental ability to see things as they are, with clear consciousness. Usually, the cognitive process begins with an impression induced by perception, or by a thought, but then it does not stay with the mere impressio ...
Mūlapariyāya Sutta
... powerful monastic centre in Anurādhapura, the capital of Sri Lanka. Buddhaghosa’s commentary to Majjhima Nikāya is Papañcasūdanī. The subcommentary (ṭīka) was written in the 6th century by Bhadantācariya Dhammapāla of southern India. Orthodox Theravāda Buddhists read the Nikāyas through Buddhaghosa, ...
... powerful monastic centre in Anurādhapura, the capital of Sri Lanka. Buddhaghosa’s commentary to Majjhima Nikāya is Papañcasūdanī. The subcommentary (ṭīka) was written in the 6th century by Bhadantācariya Dhammapāla of southern India. Orthodox Theravāda Buddhists read the Nikāyas through Buddhaghosa, ...
Ksitigrabha sutra - Khyentse Foundation
... women giving birth, if they have but one momentary thought of sympathy, to give them aid, medicines, food and drink, or bathings, so as to assure them some measure of peace and happiness, such merits are inconceivable and donors of these things will always be reborn as a Suddhavasodeva for one hundr ...
... women giving birth, if they have but one momentary thought of sympathy, to give them aid, medicines, food and drink, or bathings, so as to assure them some measure of peace and happiness, such merits are inconceivable and donors of these things will always be reborn as a Suddhavasodeva for one hundr ...
in practice - Edward Reid Engineering
... At the age of twenty-nine, Siddhartha renounced his lavish life, left his family, and sought the meaning of human life among the greatest teachers of northern India as an ascetic who sometimes, it is said, ate only one grain of rice a day. His quest and his subsequent teachings were rooted in their ...
... At the age of twenty-nine, Siddhartha renounced his lavish life, left his family, and sought the meaning of human life among the greatest teachers of northern India as an ascetic who sometimes, it is said, ate only one grain of rice a day. His quest and his subsequent teachings were rooted in their ...
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
... And in conformity with this thoroughly correct attitude of true inquiry the philosophers of later times observed: "As the wise test the purity of gold by burning, cutting and examining it by means of a piece of touchstone, so should you accept my words after examining them and not merely out of rega ...
... And in conformity with this thoroughly correct attitude of true inquiry the philosophers of later times observed: "As the wise test the purity of gold by burning, cutting and examining it by means of a piece of touchstone, so should you accept my words after examining them and not merely out of rega ...
Vajrapani
Vajrapāni (Sanskrit: ""Vajra in [his] hand"") is one of the earliest-appearing bodhisattvas in Mahayana Buddhism. He is the protector and guide of Gautama Buddha and rose to symbolize the Buddha's power. Vajrapāni is also known as Vajrasattva. The Golden Light Sutra titles him ""great general of the yakshas"".Vajrapāni is extensively represented in Buddhist iconography as one of the three protective deities surrounding the Buddha. Each of them symbolizes one of the Buddha's virtues: Mañjuśrī manifests all the Buddhas' wisdom, Avalokiteśvara manifests all the Buddhas' compassion and Vajrapāni manifests all the Buddhas' power as well as the power of all five tathāgatas.Vajrapāni is one of the earliest Dharmapalas and the only Buddhist deity to be mentioned in the Pāli Canon as well as worshiped in the Shaolin Monastery, in Tibetan Buddhism and in Pure Land Buddhism (where he is known as Mahasthamaprapta and forms a triad with Amitābha and Avalokiteśvara). Manifestations of Vajrapāni can also be found in many Buddhist temples in Japan as Dharma protectors called Nio. Vajrapāni is also associated with Acala, who is venerated as Fudo-Myō in Japan, where he is serenaded as the holder of the vajra.